---
cycle: 360
role: beta
issue: "https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/360"
date: "2026-05-14"
base_sha: "c77f34a4"
review_sha: "63c2100b"
sections:
  planned: [R1-header, R1-contract, R1-issue-contract, R1-findings, R1-verdict]
  completed: [R1-header, R1-contract, R1-issue-contract, R1-findings, R1-verdict]
---

# β Review — #360

## Round 1

**Verdict:** APPROVED

**Round:** 1
**Base SHA:** `c77f34a4` (`origin/main` at review-time, verified via `git rev-parse origin/main` after `git fetch --verbose origin main`)
**Review SHA at verdict:** `13e09931` (`origin/cycle/360` HEAD at verdict-write time; β's own §2.0.0 + §2.0 commits)
**Review SHA at intake:** `63c2100b` (α's final commit — last substantive change to review; β-side commits add only `.cdd/unreleased/360/beta-review.md`)
**Branch CI state at verdict:** **green** — `Build` workflow `conclusion=success` on review SHA `13e09931` (`gh run list --branch cycle/360`: run `25887739121`). At intake the same workflow was red on every α commit `a3a34a16`–`63c2100b`; see Findings F1 (phantom-blocker per rule 3.5 — root cause is the cn-cdd-verify classifier, not α's rule patch).
**Merge instruction:** `git switch main && git merge --no-ff cycle/360` with `Closes #360` in the merge commit, after running β/SKILL.md §Pre-merge gate rows 1–4.

### §2.0.0 Contract Integrity

| Check | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Status truth preserved | yes | α §ACs and §Debt are honest about scope and known debt; review-readiness section explicitly notes δ override authorship after α timeout |
| Canonical sources/paths verified | yes | `review/SKILL.md` rule 3.11b path verified; `.cdd/unreleased/360/` artifacts confirmed via `git ls-tree -r origin/cycle/360` |
| Scope/non-goals consistent | yes | Issue scope is exemption-discoverability inside 3.11b; α §Debt item 1 names `beta/SKILL.md` row 4 silence as pre-existing out-of-scope debt; no scope creep observed |
| Constraint strata consistent | yes | tier 1/2/3 skill load matches dispatch prompt and α §Skills; write/SKILL.md application is visible in the rule body (concrete language, embedded *Derives from* citation, parallel-recovery list) |
| Exceptions field-specific/reasoned | yes | α §Debt item 1 (row 4 disagreement) and item 2 (no automated test) both name the exception and its reason |
| Path resolution base explicit | yes | All paths in α artifact are repo-rooted (`src/packages/...`, `.cdd/unreleased/360/...`); no ambiguous relative paths |
| Proof shape adequate | yes | Operational proof: β's review verdict on this branch + future cycles invoking 3.11b are the test surface. α §Debt item 2 names this explicitly. No automated unit test is feasible for a prose rule body |
| Cross-surface projections updated | yes | Only `review/SKILL.md` rule 3.11b is the authority surface; checklist row at line 206 still points to "rule 3.11b compliance" (unchanged number, body is the authority) |
| No witness theater / false closure | yes | The diff's three new bullets are structurally bound to AC1/AC2/AC3; no decorative prose |
| PR body matches branch files | n/a | No PR; coordination via cycle branch + `.cdd/unreleased/360/` per `CDD.md` §Tracking |
| γ artifacts present (gamma-scaffold.md) | yes | `.cdd/unreleased/360/gamma-scaffold.md` exists at `origin/cycle/360` (blob `4441b2c7`); rule 3.11b compliance — gate passes |

Contract integrity passes. Phase 2 proceeds.

### §2.0 Issue Contract

#### AC Coverage

| # | AC | In diff? | Status | Notes |
|---|----|----------|--------|-------|
| 1 | `review/SKILL.md §3.11b` specifies that "documented in the issue" means the **sub-issue body** (or any issue body γ links from the dispatch prompt) | yes | **Met** | `src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/review/SKILL.md` rule 3.11b bullet 5 (Exemption discoverability) states: *"An exemption satisfies 3.11b only if it appears in the **sub-issue body** β is reviewing — i.e. the body of the cycle's own issue, or the body of any issue γ links from the dispatch prompt as authority for the cycle."* The γ-linked-authority-issue clause covers the legitimate case where a sub-issue inherits exemption from a named parent doc; the load-surface argument grounds *why*. |
| 2 | A comment on a master/parent issue does NOT satisfy 3.11b exemption discoverability | yes | **Met** | Same bullet, second sentence: *"A comment on a parent / master / tracking issue does NOT satisfy exemption discoverability: β reviews the sub-issue β was dispatched against, not the parent tree, and master comments are not part of the cycle's load surface."* The denial is grounded (load surface), not bare. *Derives from: tsc #49 F2* citation is embedded inline, fixing rule provenance. |
| 3 | Recovery paths documented: (a) author missing gamma-scaffold.md before β re-dispatch, OR (b) amend sub-issue body with explicit exemption section | yes | **Met** | Bullet 6 (Recovery paths when 3.11b RC fires): path (a) authors `.cdd/unreleased/{N}/gamma-scaffold.md`; path (b) amends sub-issue body with a `## Protocol exemption` section. Path (a) named as canonical; path (b) as escape valve. The named header (`## Protocol exemption`) makes path (b) grep-checkable — β doesn't need judgment to verify, only a grep. Bullet 7 (Document) extends to require β cite *which* sub-issue body section grants the exemption, completing the audit trail. |

#### Named Doc Updates

| Doc / File | In diff? | Status | Notes |
|------------|----------|--------|-------|
| `src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/review/SKILL.md` (rule 3.11b body) | yes (+6/−2 in commit `a3a34a16`) | **Updated** | Three substantive bullets changed: §Scope tightened from prose-exemption to "see §Exemption discoverability"; §Exemption discoverability added; §Recovery paths added; §Document bullet extended. Diff is bounded; no other rules touched. |

#### CDD Artifact Contract

| Artifact | Required? | Present? | Notes |
|----------|-----------|----------|-------|
| `.cdd/unreleased/360/gamma-scaffold.md` | yes | yes | γ scaffold present (blob `4441b2c7`, commit `8888f2d2`); satisfies rule 3.11b γ artifact completeness gate |
| `.cdd/unreleased/360/self-coherence.md` | yes | yes | α self-coherence present (blob `209da4b3`); all 6 sections committed (§Gap → §CDD Trace) + §Review-readiness section; manifest in frontmatter matches on-disk content |
| `.cdd/unreleased/360/beta-review.md` | yes | yes | this file |

#### Active Skill Consistency

| Skill | Required by | Loaded? | Applied? | Notes |
|-------|-------------|---------|----------|-------|
| `CDD.md` | β intake | yes | yes | Loaded as canonical lifecycle and role contract |
| `cdd/beta/SKILL.md` | β intake | yes | yes | Role surface, pre-merge gate, role rules |
| `cdd/review/SKILL.md` | review phase | yes | yes | Phase 1/2/3 orchestration, verdict rules |
| `cdd/release/SKILL.md` | release phase | yes | yes | Pre-merge gate row 3 (non-destructive merge-test reference) |
| `cdd/alpha/SKILL.md` | α dispatch | n/a (β does not load α/γ role skills) | n/a | α §Skills cites α §2.2 (design/plan not required) and α §2.3 (skill-class peers); both visible in α's self-coherence |
| `cnos.core/skills/write/SKILL.md` | α dispatch (Tier 3) | n/a (named in dispatch to α, not loaded by β) | yes (visible in rule body) | The patched rule body shows write/SKILL.md application: front-loaded point ("An exemption satisfies 3.11b only if it appears in the **sub-issue body**"), specific (not abstract) terms ("sub-issue body β is reviewing", "parent / master / tracking issue"), instance adjacent to abstraction (tsc #49 F2 citation immediately under the divergence claim), structured list for parallel recovery paths |

#### §Artifact completeness (rule 3.11b)

`gamma-scaffold.md` present at `.cdd/unreleased/360/gamma-scaffold.md` (commit `8888f2d2`, blob `4441b2c7`). No 3.11b exemption is being claimed for this cycle. Gate passes.

### §Findings

| # | Finding | Evidence | Severity | Type | Disposition |
|---|---------|----------|----------|------|-------------|
| F1 | CI red on α commits `a3a34a16`–`63c2100b` (`Build` workflow) | `gh run list --branch cycle/360`: runs 25887184210, 25887198917, 25887220130, 25887281506, 25887312831, 25887339208, 25887471931 all `conclusion=failure` | — | mechanical | **Dismissed as phantom blocker (rule 3.5).** Build went green on β's commits `7c634ed5` (run 25887717689) and `13e09931` (run 25887739121) without any α-side change to the patched rule body — the build pipeline picks up `.cdd/` artifact files as additional inputs, so the failures were a function of the in-flight α self-coherence artifact state, not α's rule patch. The review SHA `13e09931` is green; rule 3.10 (CI-green gate) is satisfied on the verdict SHA. |

**Search-space closure (rule 3.7):** the diff is bounded to `src/packages/cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/review/SKILL.md` rule 3.11b body (+5/−1 visible lines, four substantive bullet revisions). All three ACs trace to specific bullets (table at §2.0 AC Coverage). No D/C/B/A finding remains on the patched surface; no honest-claim violation surfaced (rule 3.13); the architecture surface is unchanged (the patch is prose inside an existing rule, no new control flow). γ-artifact gate passes (rule 3.11b on this very cycle). β confirms: no remaining blocker was found in the relevant contract.

### §Notes

- The cycle is self-referential: it patches rule 3.11b while β is bound by rule 3.11b. β's §Artifact completeness check uses the *pre-patch* rule body (the patched body is what β merges to main) — both bodies pass for this cycle because `gamma-scaffold.md` is present and no exemption is claimed, so the self-reference is benign.
- α §Debt item 1 (`beta/SKILL.md` row 4 disagreement with the patched 3.11b body) is correctly named as pre-existing out-of-scope debt. The row 4 entry in `beta/SKILL.md` repeats 3.11b's gate as a pre-merge mechanical row but does not duplicate the new exemption-discoverability bullet; that's a documentation-locality choice, not an incoherence. Resolution would belong to a follow-up cycle.
- α §Debt item 2 (no automated test) is accepted: prose rules do not admit unit tests; the operational proof surface is future-cycle β verdicts citing 3.11b. β's verdict on this very cycle is the first such citation and confirms the patched body is grep-checkable on the named header `## Protocol exemption`.


