C-403: Federation reconciliation — GI provenance and editorial pointer sync

epicon_id: EPICON_C-403_DOCS_federation-reconciliation_v1
ledger_id: kaizencycle
scope: docs
mode: normal
issued_at: 2026-08-14T13:10:00Z
expires_at: 2026-11-12T13:10:00Z
justification:
  VALUES INVOKED: integrity, witness-fidelity, fail-closed canon, transparency, metric humility
  REASONING: C-403 live runtime shows DEGRADED/DISPUTED posture with conflicting GI layers and stale Substrate editorial pointers. ATLAS collected live Terminal evidence; ZEUS independently dispositioned fields. This PR files reconciliation docs and syncs editorial surfaces only — no KV, no gate lift, no Track R.
  ANCHORS:
    - docs/epicon/cycles/C-403/C403_GI_PROVENANCE_MATRIX.md
    - docs/epicon/cycles/C-403/C403_FEDERATION_RECONCILIATION_REPORT.md
    - docs/epicon/cycles/C-403/C403_ZEUS_DISPOSITION.md
    - docs/epicon/cycles/C-401/C401_FEDERATION_SCAN_REPORT.md
  BOUNDARIES: Documentation and editorial pointer sync only. No cycle.json in this PR (EP-3 deferred). No Terminal runtime. No KV mutation. No integrity-gate change. No Track R promotion.
  COUNTERFACTUAL: If live collision count != 125, regenerate witness before any promotion discussion.
counterfactuals:
  - If cycle.json sync required, open separate EP-3 custodian PR — do not widen this scope
  - If GI primary diverges >0.05 after merge, re-run provenance matrix before editorial GI update
  - Track R step 6 remains forbidden until ZEUS+EVE ADOPT