---
name: CTO Core Promotion Decision Record
status: validated
lifecycle_classification: sot
owner: jp
created: 2026-06-02
last_reviewed: 2026-06-02
core_promotion_status: not-promoted
source: .sot/03-PROTOCOLS/CTO-CORE-PROMOTION-DECISION-PACKET-ISSUES.md
---

# CTO Core Promotion Decision Record

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

Core Promotion Decision Packet.

## Decision State

- decision_status: core_promotion_requested
- allowed_decision_states: `not_decided`, `core_promotion_requested`, `core_promotion_deferred`
- resolver: JP or governed Core route
- ready_for_core_review: true
- recommended_next_decision: open_governed_core_prd_route
- candidate_default_repeatability_eligible: true
- repeatability_count: 2
- repeatability_status: pass
- runtime_default_activation: false
- core_promotion_status: not-promoted

## Consequences

- `not_decided` means no Core promotion request exists.
- `core_promotion_requested` means CTO requests a future governed Core review. It does not grant Core authority.
- `core_promotion_deferred` means CTO evidence remains child-local and no Core route should be opened from this packet.

## Required Future Core Route

- Core Sequence Protocol route required.
- Core validator coverage required.
- Core Evidence required.
- Core PRD required.
- Core SOT Issue required.
- runtime default activation requires a separate governed Core route.
- Core promotion, if chosen later, must happen only in `core/` or a governed Core worktree, not `cto/`.

## Guardrails

- No Core promotion occurs.
- No Core mutation occurs.
- Runtime default activation remains false.
- Do not activate Case as default backend.
- no target repository mutation attempted
- no Case execution attempted
- This closeout does not authorize another Case run.
- This record does not authorize another Case run.
- Do not expose endpoint values, secret values, credential values, or raw Target Repository content.