# Code Review: Step 4 — Testing & Verification

**Verdict:** Request changes.

## Findings

1. **Review/status records still contradict the actual review artifacts.** `STATUS.md` marks R005/R006/R007 as `APPROVE` (`STATUS.md:86-88`, `STATUS.md:133-135`), and records R008 as `APPROVE` (`STATUS.md:136`), but the referenced review files say otherwise: R005 and R007 are `Request changes`, R006 is `Revise`, and the newly added R008 file itself is `Verdict: Revise` (`.reviews/R008-plan-step4.md:3`). The Step 4 commit therefore marks the gate as passed while the artifact it adds explicitly says the plan was not approved. Please either add/record the missing follow-up approvals or correct `STATUS.md` to reflect the real verdicts.

2. **Step 4 verification evidence is not recorded as requested.** `STATUS.md:61-64` checks off full tests, lint, and build, but there is no execution-log entry with the exact commands and outcomes. This was explicitly required by the Step 4 plan review (`.reviews/R008-plan-step4.md:9,15`) so Step 5 can audit the quality gate. Add the `make test`, `make lint`, and `make build` results to the execution log/notes, including any failure/fix cycle if one occurred.

## Verification performed

- `make test` — passed.
- `make lint` — passed.
- `make build` — passed.
