---
name: CTO Governed Execution Approval Issues
status: validated
lifecycle_classification: sot
owner: jp
created: 2026-06-01
last_reviewed: 2026-06-01
core_promotion_status: not-promoted
---

# CTO Governed Execution Approval Issues

Local planning SOT only. Not a Core Protocol. Not active Core authority.

## Issue: CTO-WORK-068 - Governed Execution Approval PRD

Status: validated.

Acceptance:

- Define governed execution approval as a single-task approval capture.
- Preserve the exact approval packet.
- Record `approval_granted: true`.
- Record `execution_allowed: true`.
- Record `execution_scope: one approved Harness run only`.
- Preserve the admitted target repository.
- Preserve allowed paths.
- Preserve the Harness command.
- State: Runtime default activation remains false.
- State: Do not activate Case as default backend.
- State: Do not mutate any path outside the allowed paths.
- State: Do not edit upstream `hermes-agent`.
- State: Do not edit upstream `hermes-webui`.
- State: This record is not execution evidence.

## Issue: CTO-WORK-069 - Governed Execution Approval Record

Status: validated.

Acceptance:

- Create the governed execution approval record.
- Include the exact approval packet.
- Include `approval_granted: true`.
- Include `execution_allowed: true`.
- Include `execution_scope: one approved Harness run only`.
- Include `approval_source: JP chat approval`.
- Include the admitted target repository.
- Include allowed paths.
- Include the Harness command.
- State: Runtime default activation remains false.
- State: Do not activate Case as default backend.
- State: Do not mutate any path outside the allowed paths.
- State: Do not edit upstream `hermes-agent`.
- State: Do not edit upstream `hermes-webui`.
- State: This record is not execution evidence.

## Exact Approval Packet

```text
I approve CTO-WORK-049 against /home/svrnty/workspaces/cortex-os/cto-stage5-target-sandbox for the src/strings.py slugify alignment task.
```

- governed execution approval
- single-task approval capture
- exact approval packet
- approval_granted: true
- execution_allowed: true
- execution_scope: one approved Harness run only
- admitted target repository
- allowed paths
- Harness command
- Runtime default activation remains false.
- Do not activate Case as default backend.
- Do not mutate any path outside the allowed paths.
- Do not edit upstream `hermes-agent`.
- Do not edit upstream `hermes-webui`.
- This record is not execution evidence.