cto/.sot/03-PROTOCOLS/CTO-CORE-PROMOTION-DECISION-PACKET-CLOSEOUT.md

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

CTO Core Promotion Decision Packet Closeout

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

Core Promotion Decision Packet.

Workboard

• CTO-WORK-085
• CTO-WORK-086
• CTO-WORK-087
• CTO-WORK-088

Result

• status: validated
• validated child-local repeatability evidence; not Core promotion; not Runtime default activation
• decision_status: core_promotion_requested
• ready_for_core_review: true
• recommended_next_decision: open_governed_core_prd_route
• recommendation_status: candidate_only_until_core_route_admission_guard_passes
• candidate_default_repeatability_eligible: true
• repeatability_count: 2
• repeatability_status: pass
• runtime_default_activation: false
• core_promotion_status: not-promoted
• Runtime default activation remains false.
• No Core promotion occurs.
• No Core mutation occurs.
• no target repository mutation attempted
• no Case execution attempted
• Do not activate Case as default backend.
• This closeout does not authorize another Case run.

Evidence Map

Evidence	Status	Pointer
Governed execution evidence	validated	CTO-WORK-071
Hermes live smoke remote sync	validated	CTO-WORK-075
CTO endgoal completion audit	validated	CTO-WORK-077
Stage 5 repeatability evidence	validated	CTO-WORK-080
Stage 6 repeatability PRD	validated	CTO-WORK-081
Stage 6 repeatability Harness route	validated	CTO-WORK-082
Hermes repeatability control summary	validated	CTO-WORK-083
Stage 6 repeatability evidence closeout	validated	CTO-WORK-084

Artifact Evidence

• Stage 6 repeatability comparison artifact: /home/svrnty/.hermes/profiles/cto-planb/harness-runs/20260602T104507Z-stage6-real-governed-refresh/stage6-real-governed-refresh-comparison.json
• Hermes WebUI summary artifact: /home/svrnty/.hermes/profiles/cto-planb/harness-runs/20260602T104552Z-run-all-fake-2738738/webui-summary.json
• first governed Stage 5 report: /home/svrnty/.hermes/profiles/cto-planb/harness-runs/20260601T105222Z-r1-src-string-slugify-180161/report.json
• repeat governed Stage 5 report: /home/svrnty/.hermes/profiles/cto-planb/harness-runs/20260602T101450Z-r1-slugify-punctuation-2663598/report.json
• first target commit: 7706f99
• repeat target commit: 2fa1601
• Hermes implementation commit: 05ab2ff
• Hermes merge commit: 40b0d9a
• CTO baseline merge commit before this packet: 00d13f6

Readiness Facts

• Cortex governs: proven
• CTO routes: proven
• Hermes controls: proven
• Harness proves: proven
• Case executes only after proof: proven
• bounded code changes with evidence: proven
• target repos stay owned and protected: proven
• default status is earned not assumed: proven
• candidate-default evidence: proven
• repeatability_count: 2
• repeatability_status: pass
• candidate_default_repeatability_eligible: true
• runtime_default_activation: false
• core_promotion_status: not-promoted
• Codex lane: blocked with rationale
• Pi lane: blocked with rationale

Future Core Route Requirements

Any future Core route must:

• start from the Core workspace, not this CTO workspace;
• pass a Core Route Admission Guard showing an idle governed Core route and no active conflicting Core worktree;
• classify the promoted object class before mutation;
• obey the Core Sequence Protocol;
• update Core SOT only through a governed Core PRD and SOT Issue route;
• add Core validator coverage before any promotion claim;
• produce Core Evidence before any Core authority claim;
• keep runtime default activation separate from candidate-default readiness;
• preserve no-secret, no-endpoint-value, no-raw-Target-Repository-content rules;
• preserve rollback by keeping Case disabled until a later governed route changes runtime default activation.

Blockers Before Promotion

• No Core PRD exists for CTO promotion.
• No Core SOT Issue exists for CTO promotion.
• No Core validator for CTO promotion exists.
• No Core Evidence file exists for CTO promotion.
• No Core Sequence Protocol route has selected CTO promotion as current work.
• Runtime default activation remains false.

Explicit Non-Authority

This packet is a decision packet, not execution evidence, not Core Evidence, not a Core Protocol, not a runtime switch, and not a promotion approval.

Do not push, merge, deploy, close, PR open, issue close, publish, mutate vendor source, mutate external developer repositories, mutate unowned repositories, expose endpoint values, expose secret values, expose credential values, or expose raw Target Repository content.

Do not treat Case, Hermes, Pi, Codex, Harness, or CTO as Cortex OS authority.

Validation

• python3 tools/validate_cto_child.py: required
• python3 /home/svrnty/workspaces/cortex-os/core/tools/check_s69_caveman_prose_discipline.py: required before final claim

Decision

CTO evidence is ready for Core review. The next pragmatic move is candidate-only: open a governed Core PRD route only after the Core Route Admission Guard passes and only if JP or a governed Core route chooses to pursue promotion. Until that separate route exists and passes Core validators, Core promotion remains not-promoted and runtime default activation remains false.