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C 369 ATLAS AUDIT SEAL

C-369 Independent Audit Seal — ATLAS External Verification

Status: AUDIT COMPLETE — DISPUTED (runtime/canon contradiction found)
Cycle: C-369
Audited: 2026-07-11, 21:02–22:00 ET (live)
Audit type: independent — verifies docs/epicon/cycles/C-369/C-369-close.md against live repository code and production surfaces, not against the close record's own claims
Auditor: ATLAS (external instance), acting as human-in-the-loop verification layer for kaizencycle
Relationship to internal close record: this document does not replace C-369-close.md. It is a second, independently-sourced attestation, produced by cloning federation repos directly and reading source rather than trusting PR descriptions alone.

1. Method

This audit did not read the internal close record first and check for consistency. It:

  1. Cloned Mobius-Substrate, mobius-civic-ai-terminal, mobius-browser-shell, Civic-Protocol-Core, mobius-hive, and OAA-API-Library fresh.
  2. Pulled git log for the full C-369 day window (2026-07-11T00:00Z–2026-07-12T00:00Z) across all six.
  3. Read the actual diff of the canon PR (3a499afa / 59c07a92) against CANONICAL_DEFINITIONS.md, rather than trusting the PR title.
  4. Grepped running application code for behaviors C-369 doctrine forbids (arithmetic MFS→MIC conversion, direct learning-to-MIC reward), not only whether new copy/schema files existed.
  5. Cross-checked branch ancestry (git merge-base --is-ancestor) to confirm what is on main, rather than trusting PR status labels in documentation.
  6. Only then read the internal C-369-close.md and reconciled it against the above.

2. Findings reconciled against the internal close record

# Internal close record claim Independent verification Result
1 MIC glossary redefined to "rare constitutional recognition... not a direct learning reward" Confirmed via direct diff of docs/00-START-HERE/CANONICAL_DEFINITIONS.md in commit 59c07a92 — old text ("Reward accounting for verified civic participation") fully replaced CONFIRMED
2 Both Track A (MFS/GI/Fountain) and Track B (EVE sharding) merged same day, in dependency order PR merge order confirmed; however #372 merged into cursor/c369-mfs-fountain-canon-0e02 (not main) and #370 into cursor/c369-eve-shard-protocol-0e02 (not main). Schema paths and packages/eve-shard-core are absent from origin/main as of this audit. PARTIALLY CONTRADICTED — merged to stacked branches; not yet on canonical main
3 browser-shell PR #96 status: Open 702aca4 merged to mobius-browser-shell main at 2026-07-12T00:21:43Z CONTRADICTED — close record understated progress (low severity)
4 Declared gap: "earnMIC / genesis grant API still exist; copy-only" Confirmed code exists and is active: src/lib/oaa/mic.ts (computeMICReward) called from OAASeminarFeed.tsx and LearningProgressTracker.tsx → earnMIC() in WalletContext.tsx on quiz/module completion. Civic-Protocol-Core exposes /mic/earn. UNDERSTATED SEVERITY — live score-to-MIC arithmetic contradicts same-day canon
5 "No MIC minting in C-369" (non-goal) — MET No new minting logic introduced in C-369 PRs. Existing mint path remained live and unreconciled. TECHNICALLY MET, MATERIALLY INCOMPLETE
6 ZEUS "verification disputed" events Recurring kv_keys_ok_false / cycle divergence — not caused by C-369 PRs NOTED, NOT A C-369 REGRESSION

3. The finding that changes close status

As of this audit, a user completing a course or quiz in the Browser Shell can still be granted MIC via a hardcoded arithmetic formula (computeMICReward), in direct contradiction of the doctrine C-369 canonized the same day.

This was disclosed by the cycle authors — not concealment. But "declared gap, wallet runtime refactor deferred" understates that canon and running application disagree on the cycle's subject matter right now.

Additionally, claiming schema/compiler deliverables are complete while #372 and #370 remain on stacked branches (not main) risks agents treating missing contracts as shipped.

4. Recommendation

Two honest paths — judgment for the human custodian:

Option A — Reopen C-369. Merge stacked Substrate branches (#372 → main, #370 → main) and gate or remove computeMICReward → earnMIC wiring before calling the cycle closed.

Option B — Close C-369 as canon-and-schema-only and open C-370 immediately with EPICON justification: "C-369 canonized MIC/MFS/Fountain doctrine; C-370 reconciles Browser Shell live learning-reward runtime against that doctrine."

This audit recommends against closing with gaps characterized only as "deferred" without a same-day or next-cycle EPICON committing to reconcile them.

5. Corrections owed to the internal close record

  • PR #96: Merged 2026-07-12T00:21:43Z (702aca4).
  • Substrate #372 / #370: mark pending main integration (merged to stacked branches, not main).
  • Gap #1: strengthen to document live earnMIC invocation and score-to-MIC formula, not dormant legacy code.

6. Audit block

epicon_id: EPICON_C-369_DOCS_atlas-external-verification_v1
ledger_id: kaizencycle
scope: docs
mode: normal
issued_at: 2026-07-12T02:00:00Z
expires_at: 2026-10-10T02:00:00Z
justification:
  VALUES INVOKED: integrity, transparency, accountability, anti-capture
  REASONING: >
    An internal close record authored by the same agents who did the work is
    valuable but not independent. This audit re-derives C-369 status from
    git history and running code directly. It largely confirms canon work,
    with material findings: stacked Substrate PRs not on main, and live
    earnMIC runtime contradicting same-day doctrine.
  ANCHORS:
    - Mobius-Substrate commit 59c07a92 (MIC glossary diff)
    - mobius-browser-shell src/lib/oaa/mic.ts, contexts/WalletContext.tsx
    - mobius-browser-shell components/oaa/OAASeminarFeed.tsx
    - Civic-Protocol-Core mic-wallet/app/main.py
    - docs/epicon/cycles/C-369/C-369-close.md
  BOUNDARIES:
    - Evidence only; no authority to reopen or close a cycle.
    - Does not assert bad faith — gaps were self-disclosed.
  COUNTERFACTUAL: >
    If stacked branches merge to main and earnMIC course-completion wiring is
    removed or flagged off, upgrade close status from DISPUTED to VERIFIED.
counterfactuals:
  - Merge PR #378 (cursor/c369-stacked-main-integration-0e02) to bring A2/B2 onto main
  - Open C-370 EPICON if runtime reconciliation is deferred

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