# Archived session body -- 2026-07-18 grounding-audit session (Phases 1-4) Archived per GA-R4 rules 1-2 (first live compliance run of the ruling this session recorded). The bounded summary lives in `docs/session-ledger.md`; this file is the full narrative body. Status claims here are HISTORY -- status lives only in `docs/CURRENT-STATE.md` (GA-R1). ## Charter and scope Session charter: `docs/audit/grounding-audit-charter.md` (commit `148dcef`) plus operator scope amendments delivered at session start: Phase-1 scope extended to CLAUDE.md, the openstack-cloud-ops skill tree, and the auto-memory directory (read as on-disk evidence; auto-memory disabled for the session by design); two operator provenance rulings on memory files (review-after-each-step.md was a one-time instruction, not standing; project-posture-closed-test.md recorded a stance never ruled -- security posture returned to NEUTRAL); GA-R7 added to the Phase-4 queue; memory hygiene + one skill line added to Phase 5. FULL FREEZE on fixes upheld for the entire session: zero edits to any pre-audit surface. ## Phase 1 -- deterministic inventory (commits af2e312, e999b03, a6c47cf) - Built `scripts/record-audit.py` + `tests/record-audit/` (24/24; gauntlet 69 ALL GREEN): doc census (179 files), status-claim extraction (858 rows), reference integrity. 12 contradiction groups on counted surfaces. - Captured the outer plan: `docs/audit/outer-plan-20260718.txt` -- 7 to add, 2 to change, 7 to destroy, incl. voffice1 seed-volume FORCED REPLACEMENT (the defect that stopped the DC0 apply, commit `43b29d7`). - Measured env snapshot: vcloud on -136 (bookend reboot had happened), both guests running autostart=enable, OpenTofu v1.12.4, MAAS 3.7.2, LXD 5.21.5 (`docs/audit/env-snapshot-20260718.md`). - Findings register opened: GA-F01..GA-F14 (`grounding-audit-20260718.md`) incl. the churn-mechanism timeline correlation for GA-F06 (memory file stamped 06:41 mid-sweep on 07-16; reconciliation commits begin 15:47 same day) and GA-F07 (fabricated "operator ruling" provenance). - Ledger fences validated OK; R3-F09 confirmed resolved. - Self-catch GA-F15: the audit's own outputs inflated ledger-scan's mention-derived counters twice (env snapshot wrapped line -> BUNDLEFIX; CURRENT-STATE draft section 9 -> DOCFIX, inside the sentence claiming DOCFIX unaffected). Both reworded token-free; counters re-verified. ## Phase 2 -- ground-truth rebuild (commits be1cd85, c49da79) Fresh-context highest-tier agent authored `docs/CURRENT-STATE.md` (single status authority; 15 gates G1-G15; expected plan count deliberately UNRESOLVED pending D-130 per operator direction). ACCEPTED on independent external review (all repo-checkable citations verified; section-10 re-derivation executed cold and held). Phase-4 drafting directives recorded (size budget ~350, rotation, as-built division of authority). ## Phase 3 -- fresh-agent grounding test (commits 8dd0477, e57f321) Three clean-context probes, identical prompts, independent, repo-only: 21/21 PASS with citations; all oriented CLAUDE.md -> SKILL -> CURRENT-STATE.md unaided; all correctly refused to justify an apply. Holes: H1 (entry-doc divergence; G9 row now names the canonical entry path) + H2 (charter's stale 5/0/6; its own escape clause covers it). ACCEPTED on external review (eight probe citations cold-verified; 21/21 judged earned). GA-F02 scope addition recorded: readiness banner demotes to a pointer in Phase 5. ## G11 -- operator signature (commits 8cdbf4a, f7d0d0e) Operator ran the section-10 verification block (executed in-session, outputs reviewed at `8cdbf4a`; zero divergences across state list, domains, plan capture, versions, counters, service probes) and signed: "SIGNED Reviewed and all signoff conditions are met. I reviewed the section-10 run outputs at 8cdbf4a. Jesse 7/18/2026" -- recorded verbatim in CURRENT-STATE.md section 11. An earlier unfilled [SIGNED/DISPUTED] template was correctly treated as ruling NOTHING (stop-and-ask), which the operator then codified as GA-R5 rule 5. ## Phase 4 -- structural rulings (commits 343825d..d3beddb) Eight rulings, eight exchanges, one per exchange, every Status block carrying the paired question + exact operator utterance; drafts committed before presentation (B2), as-ratified text diffable against each draft: - GA-R3 D-number admission (A1 greppability test + D-129 split; A2 as-built routing); - GA-R5 ruling gate discipline (B1 paired question/answer + responsiveness rule; B2 draft diffability); - GA-R1 single source of truth + 360-line cap + rotation + as-built division (C1 same-commit status rule -> repo-lint check queued; C2 measurement-beats-document); - GA-R2 changelog consolidation (D1 one-changelog-per-session; D2 whole-docs disposition + manifested commits + counting scope); - GA-R6 executable definition of done (E1 gate typing; E2 harnessed closers, vacuous pass = VOID; E3 no conditional close); - GA-R4 ledger rotation (F1 cap-at-close semantics; F2 post-hoc closure of orphans; F3 security-ledger.md as SEC register of record); - GA-R7 memory governance (G1 stage-close memory review; G2 auto-memory posture; G3 memory-is-scratch graduation rule); - Stage-status vocabulary: Option A (OPEN/BLOCKED/HELD/CLOSED) + H1 (mechanically complete token migration; event words are never states). Phase 4 ACCEPTED on external review (whole-range freeze check clean). G2 CLOSED (ruling-type, GA-R6/E1). ## Close-out state - Phase 5 NOT opened this session. Sweep plan DRAFTED and pushed for external review: `docs/audit/phase5-sweep-plan.md` (commit `687dfa8`) -- batches 0-6, GA-F/GA-R traced, dependency-ordered, per-batch gates and verification, v8->v7->D-130 chain with the operator's contingent lean. - DC0 apply remains STOPPED at G9; D-130 unruled; expected plan triple UNRESOLVED (CURRENT-STATE section 5). - Next session: FRESH normal operator session (auto-memory ENABLED per GA-R7 rule 8); first action = read the sweep plan + CURRENT-STATE.md. External review of the plan happens before the first gated batch. - GA-R4 note at this close: the ledger's one-time rotation to <300 lines is Phase-5 Batch-4 work (rule 6); the F1 cap is therefore not yet enforceable at this close -- recorded here rather than silently skipped.