# Loop Hardening Verification

ID: ticket:20260510-loop-hardening-verification
Type: Ticket
Status: closed
Created: 2026-05-10
Updated: 2026-05-10
Risk: low - verifies Markdown/package changes and records final review limitations.

## Summary

Verify the Core loop hardening changes with available package checks, Markdown diff checks, and a fresh-context review launched through a Ralph packet.

## Related Records

- `plan:20260510-core-loop-hardening` - owns the broader hardening sequence and child ticket rollup.
- `ticket:20260510-shaping-slicing-doctrine` - doctrine slice to verify.
- `ticket:20260510-ralph-audit-handoff-doctrine` - doctrine slice to verify.
- `ticket:20260510-playbook-doc-alignment` - playbook/doc alignment slice to verify.

## Scope

May change:

- `.loom/evidence/` verification records
- `.loom/audit/` final review record
- `.loom/packets/ralph/` review packet
- current plan and ticket state/journals

Must not change:

- product skill corpus except small verification-driven corrections routed back to the owning ticket

## Acceptance

- ACC-001: Available package checks and Markdown diff checks pass, or limitations are recorded honestly.
  - Evidence: evidence record with command outputs.
  - Audit: final fresh review should inspect evidence sufficiency.

- ACC-002: A fresh-context review is launched from an on-disk Ralph packet, and the audit record cites the packet.
  - Evidence: packet and audit records.
  - Audit: final review should challenge whether this work dogfoods the packet-before-worker rule.

- ACC-003: Plan and child tickets tell one truthful closure story.
  - Evidence: plan/ticket state and journal inspection.
  - Audit: final review should challenge overclaiming and residual risk.

## Current State

Closed. Package smoke checks, package dry-run pack checks, and `git diff --check`
passed after implementation edits. Evidence is recorded in
`evidence:20260510-loop-hardening-checks`. Fresh-context review was launched from
`packet:20260511T063844Z-loop-hardening-review` and recorded as
`audit:20260510-loop-hardening-review` with a clear verdict.

## Journal

- 2026-05-10: Created from `plan:20260510-core-loop-hardening`.
- 2026-05-10: Set active after implementation slices moved to review. Ran Core and
  Playbooks smoke/pack checks plus `git diff --check`; recorded
  `evidence:20260510-loop-hardening-checks`.
- 2026-05-10: Launched fresh-context review from
  `packet:20260511T063844Z-loop-hardening-review`, recorded
  `audit:20260510-loop-hardening-review`, and closed verification with residual
  risk that live eval behavior remains unproven.
