# Slice 68 - Public Beta Gate Audit

Date: 2026-06-30

## Scope

Review the public beta gate against current evidence and make the result
recoverable for future agents.

## Finding

`docs/python-port/public-release-readiness.md` already listed the beta gates,
but it did not say which gates were ready, which needed a final rerun, and which
still needed product-quality dogfood. That made "release review" a repeated
conversation instead of a durable artifact.

## Decision

`docs/python-port/public-beta-gate-audit.md` is now the gate-by-gate release
audit. It records status, evidence, and remaining risk for each public beta
gate. The current conclusion is:

- most local product gates are covered by tests, clean-install proof, browser
  proof, and live dogfood;
- public beta should still wait for a current-head package rehearsal;
- public beta should still wait for one more real lifecycle dogfood pass
  against a non-toy project source shape.

## Guard

`tests/test_public_contract.py` now compares the first-column gate areas in
`public-release-readiness.md` with the first-column audit areas in
`public-beta-gate-audit.md`. Adding, removing, or renaming a public beta gate
now requires updating the audit.

## Cosmic Python Note

Chapter 10 distinguishes commands from events: commands capture intent, go to
one handler, and fail noisily when they cannot be completed. The transfer here
is release-process shape. The public beta gate is a command-like checklist, not
a loose event log. It needs a single audited outcome for each gate, and missing
coverage should fail a test rather than silently becoming stale prose.
