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 1. D-130: RULED 2026-07-19, ADOPTED (a) ignore_changes -- rotated to
    `docs/design-decisions.md` D-130 (question + utterance + captures).
-2. D-100 netem parameter sub-item (gap #11). Already ruled: same-metro
-   dark-fiber default lean (D-100 sub-items, `docs/design-decisions.md:
-   1962`) and placeholder-for-the-rehearsal (readiness doc:73-75, operator
-   ruling 2026-07-16). OPEN QUESTION: the final latency/jitter/loss/rate
-   numbers -- supply the Roosevelt inter-DC target, or confirm the
-   placeholder stands until that target exists. Evidence needed: the
-   Roosevelt link spec (external input; nothing in-repo can answer it).
+2. D-100 netem parameter sub-item (gap #11) -- placeholder CONFIRMED
+   STANDING 2026-07-21 (operator, GA-R5; D-100 sub-items block). No
+   open question remains; the item is AWAITING EXTERNAL INPUT (the
+   Roosevelt inter-DC link spec), trigger defined: re-tune via a gated
+   apply when the spec exists, not before.
 3. D-068 -- Vault substrate hardening (PROPOSED/OPEN,
    `docs/design-decisions.md:1457`). QUESTION: rule items 2 (Vault
    listener TLS) and 3 (AppRole secret_id lifecycle) for Roosevelt; item 1
diff --git a/docs/design-decisions.md b/docs/design-decisions.md
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 **References:** instantiates D-052 (six-plane per-DC template; independent-cloud cross-fiber refinement); carries the D-057 root-cause br-ex discipline as revised by D-060 (Pattern A); pairs with D-101 (families), D-107 (edge egress), D-108 (replication).
 
-**Sub-items RULED 2026-07-09 (operator):** netem link profile -- same-metro dark-fiber lean CONFIRMED as the default (low single-digit ms, jumbo-capable); re-tune when a specific Roosevelt inter-DC target is known, not before. Office1<->DC fiber carries management traffic only (MAAS/Juju/operator) -- CONFIRMED per the stated lean (not one of the six items the buildout doc listed for explicit redline; adopted with the rest of D-100, flag if this needs separate reconsideration).
+**Sub-items RULED 2026-07-09 (operator):** netem link profile -- same-metro dark-fiber lean CONFIRMED as the default (low single-digit ms, jumbo-capable); re-tune when a specific Roosevelt inter-DC target is known, not before. RE-CONFIRMED 2026-07-21 (GA-R5): question as presented = "does the placeholder profile stand until a Roosevelt link spec exists, or can you supply target numbers now?"; operator selection, exact utterance: "Placeholder stands (Recommended)". The live virbr5 profile (delay 3ms jitter 1ms loss 0.01%, stepE capture) IS the rehearsal profile; gap #11 is now AWAITING EXTERNAL INPUT (the Roosevelt link spec) with its trigger defined -- nothing to ask until the spec exists. Office1<->DC fiber carries management traffic only (MAAS/Juju/operator) -- CONFIRMED per the stated lean (not one of the six items the buildout doc listed for explicit redline; adopted with the rest of D-100, flag if this needs separate reconsideration).
 
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