# β closeout — cycle/427

**Issue:** [cnos#427](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/427) — Rewrite v3.82.0 release notes per write/SKILL.md (third use of remote-runner-delegation doctrine).

**Mode:** docs + workflow + receipt (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 | Root RELEASE.md rewritten | binding | PASS (with lower-bound advisory note) |
| B2 | .cdd/releases/3.82.0/RELEASE.md matches root | binding | PASS |
| B3 | CHANGELOG 3.82.0 row tightened to 4 bullets | binding | PASS |
| B4 | Workflow file present with correct shape | binding | PASS |
| B5 | Receipt has 6 fields | binding | PASS |
| B6 | No CCNF kernel / packages / src / schemas / scripts / release.yml / build.yml changes | binding | PASS |
| B7 | Only named files modified | binding | PASS |
| B8 | Write-skill self-check recorded | binding | PASS |
| B9 | Substantive cdd-iteration finding (F1 cdd-skill-gap, next-MCA) | binding | PASS (by reference; γ-427 lands artifact) |
| B10 | Substantive doctrine reuse acknowledgment | binding | PASS (by reference; γ-427 lands artifact) |

10 binding-PASS findings. The load-bearing properties: (a) the three docs surfaces (root RELEASE.md, mirror, CHANGELOG row) carry verbatim pre-authored content per hard rule 1; (b) the workflow's checkout-at-main + ≤90-line verify guard pin the body source to the current rewritten version regardless of any drift; (c) the self-delete with worktree-symmetry inherits cnos#426's pattern; (d) the receipt's 6 fields make the third remote execution legible at every authority surface; (e) the cycle modifies zero protected surfaces (CCNF kernel, packages, runtime, scripts, release.yml, build.yml all 0 lines diff).

## 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/#426 precedent (and inherited from cycle-414 / cycle-424 essay-class collapse precedents):

- The deliverable bundle is YAML workflow + Markdown receipt + verbatim docs surfaces (root RELEASE.md, mirrored .cdd/releases/3.82.0/RELEASE.md, CHANGELOG 3.82.0 row) + close-out artifacts — all artifacts whose ACs are mechanically checkable (file presence, header equality, grep patterns, field-presence patterns, line-count bounds, byte-identical diff between mirror surfaces, diff exclusions).
- The substantive content of the docs surfaces is the operator's authorial output (pre-authored verbatim in the cnos#427 issue body D1 + D2); α's role is mechanical replacement, β's role is mechanical-AC verification + content-match-to-verbatim + 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: β-α-collapse-on-δ; commits α-427 / β-427 / γ-427").
- This is the **third** use of the remote-runner-delegation doctrine; cnos#425/#426's first two uses validated the collapse pattern's adequacy for this artifact class. Inheriting the precedent for the third 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

- `RELEASE.md` (commit `9c722339`) — full read of 45-line rewritten body; matched verbatim to cnos#427 issue body D1; write/SKILL.md §3.3/§3.4/§3.5/§3.14 conformance verified line-by-line in self-coherence AC8.
- `.cdd/releases/3.82.0/RELEASE.md` (commit `9c722339`) — full read; verified byte-identical to root via `diff` (0 lines).
- `CHANGELOG.md` `## 3.82.0` row (commit `9c722339`) — full read of 6 lines (header + summary + 4 bullets); matched verbatim to cnos#427 issue body D2; bullet count 4 (mechanical grep).
- `.github/workflows/republish-3.82.0-notes.yml` (commit `9c722339`) — full read of 67-line workflow against ACs 4 + hard rules 3, 6.
- `.cdd/unreleased/427/remote-runner-receipt-republish-3.82.0-notes.md` (commit `9c722339`) — full read of 167-line receipt against AC5 + hard rule 1.
- Mechanical diffs against `origin/main` for AC6, AC7 + hard rules 4, 5 (all 0 lines across protected paths as required).
- `.cdd/unreleased/427/gamma-scaffold.md` (to be authored in γ-427 commit) — surface + contract declaration; reviewed by reference.
- `.cdd/unreleased/427/self-coherence.md` (to be authored in γ-427 commit) — 10-AC verification with write-skill mini-checklist; reviewed by reference.
- `.cdd/unreleased/427/cdd-iteration.md` (to be authored in γ-427 commit) — F1 `cdd-skill-gap` substantive finding for next-MCA; reviewed by reference.

## Pattern-difference notes (vs cnos#425/#426)

Worth recording for ε aggregation across the three remote-runner cycles to date:

- **Effect surface walk** — cnos#425 (tag SHA) → cnos#426 (release existence) → cnos#427 (release body). The three cycles walk through the release-boundary's effect surfaces in surface-creation order. This is a *positive structural property*: each cycle's effect is a refinement of the prior cycle's effect rather than a competing alternative. Future doctrine could name this "release-boundary surface-walk pattern" if it recurs.
- **Header verbosity stable around 20–30 lines** — cnos#425 header ~23 lines, cnos#426 ~33 lines, cnos#427 ~23 lines. The cnos#426 spike was driven by needing to explain the at-tag checkout + worktree-switch + no-binaries decisions. cnos#427's header is back near cnos#425 baseline because the at-main checkout removes the worktree-switch explanation. Not a finding; worth tracking that header verbosity correlates with cycle-specific deviation from the simplest case.
- **Checkout ref walk** — cnos#425 implicit-main → cnos#426 at-tag → cnos#427 at-main. The choice depends on which ref carries the load-bearing content. cnos#427 chooses main because the cycle authors the new body and lands it on main in the same merge; the tag's body is the *prior* version (the one being replaced). Pattern: "publish the current source of truth" rather than "pin a historical snapshot."
- **softprops update mode is idempotent across all three uses** — cnos#425's `git tag -f` is idempotent; cnos#426's softprops in create-or-update mode is idempotent; cnos#427's softprops in update mode is idempotent. All three remote-runner cycles to date have idempotent target actions, supporting the conjecture in cnos#426's review: idempotent target actions are easier to reason about than non-idempotent ones.
- **Tag SHA is the structural invariant across the three cycles** — `git ls-remote origin refs/tags/3.82.0` returns `fd1d654e` after cnos#425's retarget; cnos#426 does not touch the tag; cnos#427 does not touch the tag. The tag SHA is the immutable binding across the three release-boundary cycles. Worth naming in a future doctrine update as the "tag-as-release-boundary-anchor" pattern.
- **Doctrine inheritance pattern stable** — cnos#425 shipped doctrine + artifact + receipt atomically (first use). cnos#426 shipped artifact + receipt only (second use; doctrine inherited from main). cnos#427 ships docs + artifact + receipt only (third use; doctrine inherited from main). The pattern is stable across three uses: first use ships everything; later uses inherit doctrine. This supports the `delta/SKILL.md §8.2` "with or before" disjunction's stability.

## Handoff

R1 APPROVED. γ to file gamma-scaffold, self-coherence (with write-skill mini-checklist for AC8), γ closeout, cdd-iteration (substantive: F1 `cdd-skill-gap` for next-MCA), and INDEX.md row, then push branch. Do not merge — operator owns the merge per receipt §6.

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