# β closeout — Cycle 422

**Cycle:** [cnos#422](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/422) — Release-hygiene v3.82.0 (CCNF package-architecture baseline)
**Branch:** `cycle/422`
**Reviewer:** β (collapsed γ+α+β on δ)
**Verdict:** **APPROVE — Round 1**
**Date:** 2026-05-23

## What β verified

All 11 ACs from [cnos#422](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/422) mechanically passed at review time. See [`beta-review.md`](beta-review.md) for the substantive review and [`self-coherence.md`](self-coherence.md) for the mechanical pass-set.

## Implementation-contract verification (Rule 7)

Every pinned axis on `gamma-scaffold.md`'s implementation contract conforms to the diff:

- Language = Markdown + plain-text VERSION file — only `.md` and VERSION edits.
- CLI integration target = None — no CLI changes; `scripts/release.sh` untouched.
- Package scoping = cds/README + cdr/README + VERSION + new `.cdd/releases/3.82.0/RELEASE.md` + cycle-close artifacts — exactly those paths.
- Existing-binary disposition = N/A — no binary touched.
- Runtime dependencies = None — no runtime additions.
- JSON/wire contract = N/A — no schemas, no new packages.
- Backward compat (no kernel / schemas / skill content / runtime / harness / release-effector / out-of-scope packages) — all zero-diff.

No severity-D `implementation-contract` findings.

## What β did NOT find

- No silent rule changes.
- No CCNF kernel edits (AC6 = 0 lines).
- No new schemas or packages (AC7 = absent + 0 schemas/ diff).
- No `cn cdd verify` / runtime / harness / release-effector / `scripts/release.sh` edits (AC8 = 0).
- No #405 / Track A / Track B work bleed (AC9 = no matching new files).
- No protocol-skill content edits (AC10 = 0 across all four protocol skills/ trees).
- No out-of-scope package edits (AC11 = 0 across all four).
- No protocol-gap surfaces (`protocol_gap_count = 0`; `cdd-iteration.md` is a courtesy stub).
- No broken citations in the new READMEs or RELEASE.md (seven high-leverage citations spot-checked in `beta-review.md`).
- No false v0.1-complete claims (every "Landed" claim grounded in a closed sub-issue + a present-on-filesystem artifact).
- No anticipatory "Forthcoming" / "Pending" / "in flight" language remaining as a current-state claim in cds/cdr READMEs.

## Coherence with the post-#404 boundary

The two README rewrites cite `cnos.handoff` as a v0.1-complete peer package (not as a stale dependency); the RELEASE.md "Does NOT include" section correctly defers CCNF-O schemas (Tracks A2–A6) and TSC report attachment (Track B1) to post-tag work. The cycle does **not** push back on the boundary declared at `cnos.handoff/README.md` §"Boundary vs CCNF-O" or the Track A1 survey at `docs/gamma/design/ccnf-o-track-a1-survey.md`. It codifies the boundary from the release side.

## Coherence with the operator's 2026-05-22 directive

The Stop condition in RELEASE.md is the structural-declarative form of the operator's directive ("pause protocol evolution"); the explicit forbidding of #405 Track dispatch until field evidence accumulates is the operational-declarative form; the bumped VERSION is the citable form. All three are coherent with each other and with the directive.

## Release readiness for δ tag

This cycle is the **release commit** for v3.82.0 in the sense of `release/SKILL.md §2.6` "Commit and signal readiness for δ tag" — VERSION is bumped, RELEASE.md is present (at the issue-pinned canonical path; not at repo-root per the issue's AC5 override), and the merge commit on `main` will be the δ-side tag's parent.

**β signals release ready for δ tag.** δ-side action per `release-effector/SKILL.md`:

1. Push the `cycle/422` branch (`git push -u origin cycle/422`) — this cycle does not push, in line with the operator-side merge discipline.
2. Operator merges `cycle/422` → `main` with `--no-ff` and message `Merge cycle/422: Release-hygiene v3.82.0 — CCNF package-architecture baseline. Closes #422.`.
3. δ runs `scripts/release.sh` (or equivalent) to push the bare `3.82.0` tag and create the GitHub release using the RELEASE.md content.
4. δ may also move `.cdd/unreleased/{420,421,422}/` to `.cdd/releases/3.82.0/{420,421,422}/` as part of the release commit per `release/SKILL.md §2.5a`; this cycle does not preempt that operator-side cleanup.
5. CHANGELOG.md ledger row authorship is left to operator-side discretion (see `beta-review.md` "What β did NOT find" → CHANGELOG note); the issue's pinned five D-deliverables do not include a CHANGELOG row, and authoring one in this cycle would be scope-creep.

## CDD Trace update

This cycle's CDD Trace row (per `release/SKILL.md §2.10`):

- **artifact:** `.cdd/releases/3.82.0/RELEASE.md` (release notes) + `VERSION` (3.82.0) + 2 README rewrites (cds, cdr).
- **skills loaded:** `cdd/release` (release-artifact authoring contract — loaded for D5).
- **decision:** released v3.82.0 = CCNF package-architecture baseline; post-tag pause.

## Approval

`APPROVE — Round 1` for merge.

## Merge instruction

```
Merge cycle/422: Release-hygiene v3.82.0 — CCNF package-architecture baseline. Closes #422.
```

`--no-ff` per operator convention. Post-merge δ-side actions per release readiness section above.
