C403 FEDERATION RECONCILIATION REPORT

C-403 Federation Reconciliation Report¶

Cycle: C-403
Scan date: 2026-08-14T13:07:40Z
Scanner: ATLAS (evidence collection)
Verdict: DEGRADED · DISPUTED · RECONCILIATION REQUIRED
License: CC0 / Public Domain

Executive summary¶

C-403 is live across Terminal runtime APIs and Substrate cycle.json pointer. Editorial Substrate surfaces (STATE_OF_THE_SUBSTRATE_LATEST.md, mkdocs.yml) lag at C-401. GI readings disagree across layers but converge on sub-threshold yellow mode — not Fountain eligibility. Integrity gate remains engaged (125 collision pairs). Track R production promotion is not authorized. This report reconciles contradictions without rewriting evidence, lifting gates, or mutating KV.

Preflight findings¶

Live Terminal evidence (fetch 2026-08-14T13:07:40Z)¶

Full raw capture: agent session /tmp/c403-terminal-evidence.txt.

Reconciliation: GI layers¶

Question 1 — Why cycle-state recorded 0.64 while lanes later showed ~0.78–0.88?¶

Answer: Temporal volatility + stale committed snapshot, not a single authority bug.

• ledger/cycle-state.json was generated at 12:01:03Z with gi 0.64 from KV at that moment.
• Live fetch at 13:07:40Z shows primary lanes at 0.783 (snapshot-lite, integrity-status, vault).
• Micro composite at same fetch: 0.875 (different formula — weighted instrument sweep).
• ZEUS 12:08 capture: ATLAS heartbeat 0.9, micro 0.892, integrity-status 0.80 — all internally consistent for that earlier window.

Verdict: Do not treat any single number as “the” GI. Primary operator lane at fetch time: 0.783 (KV live-compute).

Question 2 — Cache vs formula vs stale read?¶

Question 3 — Why kv_keys_ok=false after successful seed?¶

ZEUS documents: seed returns 200 OK for GI_STATE/HEARTBEAT/SIGNAL_SNAPSHOT, yet ATLAS flags kv_keys_ok=false / kv_keys_all_ok=false. Likely flag semantics vs probe semantics — not proof that KV is down (KV health lane: healthy, latency 16ms). Remains disputed pending Terminal flag wiring review (separate PR if code change needed).

Question 4 — 319 vs 360 seals¶

Do not force equality. Fix labels and provenance (this PR).

Question 5 — cycle.json safe sync¶

See C403_GI_PROVENANCE_MATRIX.md. This docs PR updates editorial surfaces only. Deterministic cycle.json subfields (previous_cycle, updated_by, notes) require a separate EP-3 custodian/writer PR — not mixed here to preserve EPICON scope integrity (C-401 lesson).

Proposed EP-3 patch (no runtime values):

{
  "previous_cycle": "C-402",
  "updated_by": "c403-federation-reconciliation",
  "notes": "C-403 reconciliation. gi carry-forward unchanged (ledger pulse GI_NULL). vault.in_progress_balance runtime-only — see /api/vault/status. seals_count=319 attested examined; 360 raw index."
}

Question 6 — STATE LATEST editorial advance¶

Yes. Advance to C-403 with editorial GI ~0.78 and Live strip disclaimer. Applied in this PR.

Question 7 — OAA broker / witness¶

Not mutated in this pass. Ledger pulse reachable (ledger_verified: true) but gi null in pulse — documented in journals/cycles/C-403.json. OAA broker auth verification deferred to custodian (no credentials in agent scope).

Open gates (unchanged)¶

• cold_canon_append_pending
• sustain_not_wired · sustain_eligible=false
• fountain_gi_below_threshold (GI ≪ 0.95)
• terminal_degraded
• Integrity gate · 125 collisions · sealing suspended
• Track R · pending_zeus_and_eve_attestation
• ZEUS · verification_status: disputed

Bounded changes in this PR¶

Not in this PR: cycle.json mutation, Terminal runtime, KV, Track R, gate lift.

Rollback¶

git revert <this-merge-commit>
npm run export:catalog && git checkout HEAD~1 -- docs/INDEX.md mkdocs.yml

Witness statement¶

No KV mutation performed. No Track R promotion performed. No integrity gate lifted. Human merge remains consent.

Seal: C-403–FED–RECON–001

Merge readiness (2026-08-14T13:20:43Z)¶

Live re-fetch at merge-prep: primary GI 0.75 (down from 0.783 at authoring — within documented volatility; editorial ~0.78 remains valid). Collisions 125, gate active, deploy SHA unchanged (24513b53…).

Custodian: add consensus:requested (same as merged #435) to trigger sentinel → consensus:approved → merge.

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