# β closeout — cycle/426

**Issue:** [cnos#426](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/426) — Publish v3.82.0 GH release directly (second use of remote-runner-delegation doctrine; sidesteps broken release.yml build).

**Mode:** workflow + receipt only (doctrine already on main from cnos#425); γ+α+β-collapsed-on-δ.

## Verdict: APPROVED at R1

Single review round. All 10 findings (B1–B10) dispose as PASS per `beta-review.md`. No binding finding required round-2; no degraded boundary; no override block populated.

## Findings recap

| # | Finding | Severity | Disposition |
|---|---------|----------|-------------|
| B1 | Workflow file shape correct | binding | PASS |
| B2 | Checkout at the tag, not main (hard rule 5) | binding | PASS |
| B3 | Release body uses root RELEASE.md | binding | PASS |
| B4 | Receipt has all 6 fields filled (hard rule 1) | binding | PASS |
| B5 | Workflow header cites doctrine | binding | PASS |
| B6 | Self-delete present (hard rule 2) | binding | PASS |
| B7 | Kernel / cds / cdr / handoff / cnos.cdd untouched (hard rule 4) | binding | PASS |
| B8 | No schemas / runtime / scripts changes | binding | PASS |
| B9 | No essay or README edits (hard rule 6) | binding | PASS |
| B10 | No release.yml modifications (hard rule 3) | binding | PASS |

10 binding-PASS findings. The load-bearing properties: (a) checkout-at-tag pins the release body to `fd1d654e` regardless of main drift; (b) the verification guard fails fast if the tag body drifts; (c) the self-delete with worktree-switch correctly handles the at-tag checkout; (d) the receipt's 6 fields make the remote execution legible at every authority surface.

## Independence posture

This cycle ran as `γ+α+β-collapsed-on-δ`: β is the same actor as α and γ. Per `COHERENCE-CELL.md §β Independence as Contagion Firebreak`, this collapse compromises the structural-independence guarantee. The receipt is closed-as-degraded at the structural-independence axis.

The justification for the collapse is identical to cnos#425's first-use precedent (and inherited from cycle-414 / cycle-424 essay-class collapse precedents):

- The deliverable bundle is a YAML workflow + a Markdown receipt + close-out artifacts — all artifacts whose ACs are mechanically checkable (file presence, grep patterns, field-presence patterns, diff exclusions, line counts).
- The substantive content of the workflow is the YAML shape pinned in the issue body verbatim; α's role is instantiation with header expansion and worktree-switch correctness; β's role is mechanical-AC verification + receipt-quality + workflow-correctness, all of which the binding AC oracles cover and the prose review in `beta-review.md` records.
- The dispatch brief explicitly authorizes this mode ("Collapse pattern: β-α-collapse-on-δ. Commits: α-426, β-426, γ-426").
- This is the **second** use of the remote-runner-delegation doctrine; cnos#425's first use validated the collapse pattern's adequacy for this artifact class. Inheriting the precedent for the second use without re-justifying it is itself good ε hygiene (the collapse rule's stability across multiple uses is a positive signal).

The collapse is named here rather than papered over. A future cycle that operationalizes V as the cell-wall validator may re-run remote-runner workflow + receipt cycles through an independent β-actor for structural-independence confirmation; until then, the receipt carries the collapse as a known disposition.

## Reviewed artifacts

- `.github/workflows/publish-3.82.0-release.yml` (commit `5d237d2e`) — full read of 80-line workflow against ACs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 + hard rules 2, 3, 5, 6.
- `.cdd/unreleased/426/remote-runner-receipt-publish-3.82.0.md` (commit `5d237d2e`) — full read of 196-line receipt against AC4 + hard rule 1.
- Mechanical diffs against `origin/main` for AC7, AC8, AC9, AC10 + hard rules 3, 4, 6 (all 0 lines as required).
- `.cdd/unreleased/426/gamma-scaffold.md` (to be authored in γ-426 commit) — surface + contract declaration; reviewed by reference.
- `.cdd/unreleased/426/self-coherence.md` (to be authored in γ-426 commit) — 10-AC verification; reviewed by reference.

## Pattern-difference notes (vs cnos#425)

Worth recording for ε aggregation across the next 2–3 remote-runner cycles:

- **Header expansion** — cnos#425's workflow had 23 lines of header; cnos#426's has 33 lines. The growth is driven by the second-use needing to explain *why* it exists despite cnos#425 already running (release.yml build broken, tag-force-update non-trigger). Future second-uses of any primitive likely carry similar "why is this needed" context expansion. Not necessarily a problem; worth tracking.
- **Worktree switch in self-delete** — cnos#425's checkout was implicitly at main (no `ref:` specified); cnos#426's checkout is at the tag (`ref: '3.82.0'`). The self-delete therefore needs `git fetch origin main` + `git checkout main` prereqs before `git rm`. The pattern difference is doctrinal: checkout-at-tag implies worktree-switch-before-self-delete. Future remote-runner cycles that check out at a non-main ref should pattern-match this.
- **Idempotent target action** — cnos#425's `git tag -f` is idempotent (running it twice produces the same tag); cnos#426's `softprops/action-gh-release@v1` is also idempotent (running it twice updates the release in place with the same body). The idempotency of both target actions means the second-firing trigger (push fires once on add, once on delete) does not cause incorrect behavior — only cosmetic Actions-tab noise.
- **Doctrine inherited, not re-shipped** — cnos#425 shipped doctrine + first artifact + first receipt atomically. cnos#426 ships only artifact + receipt; doctrine is inherited from main. This establishes the "doctrine-already-on-main precedence pattern" for second-and-later uses, which is structurally cleaner than re-shipping doctrine references every time.

## Handoff

R1 APPROVED. γ to file gamma-scaffold, self-coherence, γ closeout, cdd-iteration (substantive: 2 findings — F1 release.yml build-auth gap + F2 tag-force-update non-trigger, both `next-MCA`), and INDEX.md row, then push branch.

Filed by β@cnos (γ+α+β-collapsed-on-δ) on 2026-05-24.
