# v2.8 Milestone Audit

Status: passed

## Scope Closed

- Phase `182`: Selected-Candidate Route Choice
- Phase `182.1`: Public Post-Selection Route Advancement
- Phase `182.2`: Fresh Post-Selection Route Choice Replay Proof

## Requirements Coverage

Score: `4/4` requirements satisfied

- `RCC-01` satisfied by Phase `182` through a first deeper route chosen from
  the selected staged candidate.
- `RCC-02` satisfied by Phase `182` through durable
  `selected_candidate_route_choice.active.json|md` artifacts.
- `RCC-03` satisfied by Phase `182.1` through public `next` / `status`
  alignment on the chosen deeper route.
- `RCC-04` satisfied by Phase `182.2` through one isolated replay packet that
  proves the fifth bounded continue step advances beyond selected-candidate
  summary while the earlier baselines remain green.

## Verification Evidence

- Phase `182` route choice:
  - `python -m pytest research/knowledge-hub/tests/test_runtime_scripts.py -k "advances_beyond_selected_consultation_candidate_after_later_continue" -q`
  - result: `1 passed`
- Phase `182.1` public route advancement:
  - covered by queue regression plus fresh-topic replay packet
- Phase `182.2` replay proof:
  - `python -m pytest research/knowledge-hub/tests/test_runtime_scripts.py -k "selected_candidate_route_choice_acceptance or consultation_followup_selection_acceptance or staged_l2_advancement_acceptance_script_runs_on_isolated_work_root or staged_l2_reentry_acceptance_script_runs_on_isolated_work_root or first_source_followthrough_acceptance_script_runs_on_isolated_work_root" -q`
  - result: `5 passed`

## Cross-Phase Integration

- Phase `182` first derived a deeper route choice from the selected staged
  candidate.
- Phase `182.1` then aligned public surfaces and runtime pointers on that
  chosen route.
- Phase `182.2` closed the milestone with one fresh-topic replay packet that
  proves the fifth bounded continue step now advances beyond candidate-summary
  placeholder.

## Audit Notes

- This milestone stayed narrow: it closes route choice beyond selected
  candidate, not execution of the chosen route itself.
- No unsatisfied requirement remains in the `v2.8` traceability table.

## Accepted Open Gaps

- Once `l2_promotion_review` becomes the selected route, the loop still leaves
  the same topic on that promotion-review summary instead of materializing the
  first explicit promotion-review gate.
