cto/.sot/03-PROTOCOLS/CTO-CASE-PROVIDER-DECISION-PACKET-ISSUES.md

title	status	lifecycle_classification	owner	created	last_reviewed	core_promotion_status	route
CTO Case Provider Decision Packet Issues	draft	sot	jp	2026-05-31	2026-05-31	not-promoted	cto

CTO Case Provider Decision Packet Issues

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

CTO-WORK-023 - Case Provider Decision Packet PRD

Status: validated.

Register the compact decision packet for resolving the CTO-WORK-020 provider policy blocker without approving a provider/model.

Acceptance:

• States not_decided is current safe state.
• Lists only external_provider_approved and local_provider_required as active branches.
• Says it does not approve or admit any provider/model.
• Says it is not Stage 2 pass evidence.
• Requires a structured decision record using only not_decided, external_provider_approved, or local_provider_required.
• References existing evidence paths and commits instead of copying runtime evidence.
• Keeps CTO-WORK-020 as provider/model admission authority.
• Keeps CTO_HARNESS_CASE_MODEL_ADMISSION_FILE as execution admission gate.
• Requires exact provider/model, approval source, credential source class, allowed network class, review trigger, and evidence expectations before admission.
• Requires no secrets in SOT, task file, argv, report, trace, backend logs, generated config, or commits.
• States CTO-WORK-022 stays blocked unless decision_status=local_provider_required.
• States real Case Stage 2 remains blocked until admitted provider/model and Harness Evidence Interface pass report exist.
• States no Target Repository path may be inspected or copied.

CTO-WORK-024 - Resolve Case Provider Decision

Status: blocked.

JP or a governed Core route chooses one CTO-WORK-020 decision branch and records the required non-secret fields.

Acceptance:

• Decision record selects exactly one branch: external_provider_approved or local_provider_required.
• not_decided remains the safe default until a decision is recorded.
• Decision record is structured and uses only not_decided, external_provider_approved, or local_provider_required.
• Decision record references existing evidence paths and commits instead of copying runtime evidence.
• If external_provider_approved, the record names exact provider/model, approval source, credential source class, allowed network class, review trigger, and evidence expectations.
• If local_provider_required, the record sets provider class local_case_compatible and keeps exact provider/model empty until a local provider/model is supplied and admitted.
• No secret value is written to SOT, task file, argv, report, trace, backend logs, generated config, or commit.
• CTO-WORK-020 remains blocked until admitted provider/model and real Stage 2 pass report exist.
• CTO-WORK-022 remains blocked unless decision_status=local_provider_required.
• Real Case Stage 2 remains blocked unless CTO_HARNESS_CASE_MODEL_ADMISSION_FILE exists and matches CTO_HARNESS_CASE_MODEL_PROVIDER and CTO_HARNESS_CASE_MODEL.

Blocked by:

• JP choosing external provider approval or local provider requirement.
• Governed Core route if the decision must be promoted before provider use.

CTO-WORK-025 - Current Case Provider Decision Record

Status: validated.

Record the current fail-closed CTO-WORK-020 decision state as not_decided.

Acceptance:

• Decision record has decision_status: not_decided.
• Provider class, provider, model, approval source, credential source class, allowed network class, and review trigger remain empty while blocked.
• Evidence sources reference existing admission and decision packet files only.
• Record says not_decided means no provider/model may run.
• Record says it is not provider/model admission, not Stage 2 pass evidence, and not approval for external or local provider use.
• Record says CTO-WORK-024 remains blocked because this record does not select external_provider_approved or local_provider_required.
• Record says only JP or a governed Core route may change it away from not_decided.
• Record allows only external_provider_approved or local_provider_required as future non-not_decided values.
• Record requires no secret value in SOT, task file, argv, report, trace, backend logs, generated config, or commit.
• Record says no Target Repository path may be inspected or copied.
• Record keeps CTO-WORK-020 as provider/model admission authority.
• Record keeps CTO_HARNESS_CASE_MODEL_ADMISSION_FILE as execution admission gate.
• Record keeps CTO-WORK-024 blocked while decision_status=not_decided.
• Record keeps CTO-WORK-022 blocked unless decision_status=local_provider_required.
• Record keeps real Case Stage 2 blocked until admitted provider/model and Harness Evidence Interface pass report exist.