# Post-Release Assessment — v3.46.0

## 1. Coherence Measurement

- **Baseline:** v3.45.0 — α A+, β A, γ A
- **This release:** v3.46.0 — α A, β A+, γ A
- **Delta:** β improved (polyglot architecture + provider contract make the package/runtime boundary explicit). α held (solid but no new purity boundary work). γ held (clean cycle, §7.0 validated again).
- **Coherence contract closed?** Yes for Slice A scope. `init` and `status` close ACs 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 of #212. Confinement gap (#214) closed same cycle. Design docs advance the architecture frontier but are not yet implemented.

## 2. Encoding Lag

| Issue | Title | Type | Design | Impl | Lag |
|-------|-------|------|--------|------|-----|
| #193 | Orchestrator llm step | feature | converged | not started | growing (9 cycles) |
| #186 | Package restructuring | feature | converged | not started | growing |
| #175 | CTB → orchestrator IR compiler | feature | converged | not started | growing |
| #192 | Go kernel rewrite | feature | converged | Phase 3 in progress | low |
| #212 | Phase 3 remaining commands | feature | converged | Slice A done, B–D remaining | low |
| #170 | Orchestrator IR | feature | converged | shipped v3.36.0 | none |

**MCI/MCA balance:** **Freeze MCI** — 3 issues at growing lag (#193, #186, #175). Two new design docs shipped this cycle (polyglot, provider contract) but these clarify existing architecture rather than adding new commitments. Freeze remains active.

**Rationale:** The growing items haven't moved. New design docs are within the architecture clarification exception (making implicit decisions explicit, not creating new design commitments). Continue shipping Go kernel phases.

## 3. Process Learning

**What went wrong:** PR #213 was merged before Sigma completed review — the review was posted by the operator (R1 + R2) under shared identity. Sigma's review of the merged code found one C-level confinement gap that the operator's review also found and filed (#214). No process gap per se — the two-agent minimum was met (operator reviewed), but Sigma should have completed the in-progress review faster.

**What went right:** Confinement gap found, filed, fixed, and shipped in the same cycle. §7.0 gate continues to work — all findings resolved before merge on PR #215. Design docs captured architecture decisions that were previously implied.

**Skill patches:** None needed this cycle.

**Active skill re-evaluation:** PR #215 had 0 findings. PR #213 R1 had 4 findings (posted by operator) — all were judgment-level, consistent with review skill coverage. No skill gap identified.

**CDD improvement disposition:** No patch needed. Zero review findings from Sigma this cycle. The confinement gap was caught by review (operator's R1), not missed. The eng/go skill already covers input validation patterns.

## 4. Review Quality

**PRs this cycle:** 2 (#213, #215)
**Avg review rounds:** 1.5 (PR #213: 2 rounds, PR #215: 1 round) — within target (≤2 for code)
**Superseded PRs:** 0
**Finding breakdown:** 4 judgment / 0 mechanical / 4 total (PR #213 R1, posted by operator)
**Mechanical ratio:** 0% — well under 20% threshold
**Action:** none

### 4a. CDD Self-Coherence

- **CDD α:** 4/4 — all required artifacts present (RELEASE.md, CHANGELOG, assessment, design docs)
- **CDD β:** 3/4 — design docs and code agree; minor gap: Sigma didn't complete PR #213 review before operator did
- **CDD γ:** 4/4 — clean cycle, review rounds within target, no superseded PRs, confinement fix shipped same cycle
- **Weakest axis:** β
- **Action:** none — the review timing was a session constraint, not a process gap

## 5. Production Verification

**Scenario:** Go kernel creates and inspects hubs with input validation
**Before this release:** `cn init` and `cn status` did not exist in Go binary
**After this release:** `cn init foo` creates hub, `cn init ../bad` rejected, `cn status` shows packages with drift detection
**How to verify:**
```bash
cd /tmp && cn init testbot && ls cn-testbot/.cn/config.json
cn init ../bad  # should fail
cd cn-testbot && cn status
```
**Result:** Deferred — requires updated Go binary on VPS (release CI in progress). Will verify after deploy.

## 6. CDD Closeout

| Step | Artifact | Skills loaded | Decision |
|------|----------|--------------|----------|
| 9 Review | PR #213 comment, PR #215 comment | review | PR #213: 4 findings (operator R1+R2), PR #215: 0 findings |
| 10 Release | tag 3.46.0, RELEASE.md, CHANGELOG | release | v3.46.0 released at fc703a6 |
| 11 Observe | this assessment | post-release | init+status shipped, confinement closed, design frontier advanced |
| 12 Assess | POST-RELEASE-ASSESSMENT.md | post-release | assessment completed |
| 13 Close | next MCA below | post-release | cycle closed |

## 7. Next Move

**Next MCA:** #212 Slice B — `doctor` command
**Owner:** Claude (implementor), Sigma (reviewer/releaser)
**Branch:** `claude/go-212b-doctor`
**First AC:** AC3 — `cn doctor` validates hub structure, lockfile consistency, package integrity
**MCI frozen until shipped?** Yes
**Rationale:** 3 growing lag items unchanged. Continue shipping Go kernel phases.

**Closure evidence (CDD §10):**
- Immediate outputs executed: yes
  - Confinement fix #214 filed and merged (PR #215, e86cfba)
  - Design docs committed (e4f3da0, c171609)
- Deferred outputs committed: yes
  - #212 Slices B–D remain open (tracked in #212)
  - Production verification deferred to post-deploy

**Immediate fixes** (executed this session):
- #214 confinement gap filed and closed (PR #215)

## 8. Hub Memory

- **Daily reflection:** `cn-sigma/threads/reflections/daily/20260410-h.md` — committed at `72eeecdef`
- **Adhoc thread(s) updated:** `cn-sigma/threads/adhoc/20260409-go-kernel-rewrite.md` — committed at `72eeecdef`
