# cdd-iteration — cycle/417

**Issue:** [cnos#417](https://github.com/usurobor/cnos/issues/417)
**Date:** 2026-05-22
**Cycle:** 417 (Sub 3 of cnos#404 wave)
**Receipt status:** `protocol_gap_count: 0` — courtesy stub per backward-compatibility allowance

## Cadence

Per `cnos.cdd/skills/cdd/post-release/SKILL.md §5.6b` cadence rule: `cdd-iteration.md` is required only when `protocol_gap_count > 0`. This cycle's receipt carries `protocol_gap_count: 0`; the artifact is **optional**. This stub is written as courtesy (backward-compatibility allowance per §5.6b — empty-findings files remain valid artifacts).

## Findings

None.

- 0 `cdd-skill-gap` findings
- 0 `cdd-protocol-gap` findings
- 0 `cdd-tooling-gap` findings
- 0 `cdd-metric-gap` findings

No findings of any class. No patches landed; no MCAs filed; no `no-patch` reasons recorded.

## Why no findings

The cycle's matter was a package-migration synthesis — three source sections (`cdd/gamma/SKILL.md §2.5` dispatch sub-blocks; `cdd/operator/SKILL.md §3a`; `cdd/delta/SKILL.md §2`) extracted into one new canonical home at `cnos.handoff/skills/handoff/dispatch/SKILL.md`. The dispatch contract (γ scaffold + 7-axis implementation contract + 11 ACs + 5 hard rules + δ-pinned every axis) covered every authoring decision. The synthesis call — three sections of three different files unified into one cohesive narrative — was unambiguous per the issue body's framing.

No protocol gap surfaced because:

- The Sub 2 precedent (cnos#416) provided a clear three-ruling pattern (move wholesale; replace source with pointer; update cross-references) that Sub 3 mechanically applied to a different surface shape (three sections vs one whole file).
- The implementation contract pinned every axis (Language; Package scoping; cross-ref repair targets enumerated; backward-compat preservation explicit).
- The three source sections were themselves self-contained doctrine; the synthesis required no re-derivation.
- The pointer line-count constraint (≤ 30 lines) was naturally satisfied because each role-skill carries role-local framing without doctrine.

## Cross-repo trace

None. No findings with `patch-landed` + `Cross-repo` disposition. Note: this cycle *moved* the canonical home for dispatch + implementation-contract doctrine, but did not itself perform any cross-repo coordination.

## Aggregator update

Appended to `.cdd/iterations/INDEX.md`: row for cycle 417 with `Findings = 0; Patches = 0; MCAs = 0; No-patch = 0`.
