Cycle 01 — Checkpoint A

Date: 2026-10-11. Explicit internal checkpoint after the four finite package dispositions, against source 239c02db76fc6115e877d210cca8d17d77f82e1f. This is a late process review, not external peer review, a new experiment or whole-Cycle synthesis. D-0008 records the disposition.

Timing deviation

The program schedules this checkpoint after RP002A/RP003; the roadmap places it before RP004/RP005A execution. That separate gate was missed. Both later packages already executed and were reviewed. The timing deviation records the intended/actual sequence, consequence and corrective action. Today's checkpoint does not backdate permission or erase the missed gate. Existing independently audited Results remain VALID under the stated evidence assessment; this remains open to later methodological challenge.

Gate-by-gate assessment

Required checkpoint item	Evidence and assessment
Methodology	RP002A separates passive generator fixtures, independent training units, fixed algorithms/margins and conditional intervals. RP003 uses exact finite path criteria; RP004 construction-derived lineage truth and conservative decoding; RP005A fixed graphs, reward horizons and target budgets. No synthetic count is reinterpreted as empirical prevalence.
Problem contracts	PC01 signatures, tolerance/path/lineage semantics are explicit in RP003/RP004. PC02 fixes predictive inquiries and the research graph's traceability query family. PC03 fixes source, targets, edges, admissibility, horizons and bounded viability in RP005A. Draft PC04–06 stay draft; no baseline definition changes.
Graph	The separate forward/backward review reconstructs 33 historical records, eighteen declared relations, forty-five typed references and four complete Result provenance traces. No transitive support, Claim promotion or foundational-question resolution is inferred.
Collision protocol	Every package has a bounded pre-outcome collision record and interpretation limits. Established machinery and inspection limits remain explicit; no exhaustive novelty clearance is claimed. No new novelty search or claim is introduced at checkpoint.
Negative and surprise handling	RP002A's first attempt remains INCOMPLETE without a Result; its technical retry is separate. The seven second-run decisions retain the indeterminate comparison. RP003 counterexamples, RP004 UNKNOWN/collision witnesses and RP005A zero/harmful comparisons remain included. No adverse outcome is filtered or recategorized to improve progress.
Provenance and deviations	Frozen baseline/input checks, output hashes, exact inventories and first-commit immutable run comparisons remain required. RP002A clock/sleep records and this late checkpoint remain separate process deviations. Integrity verification cannot certify scientific truth or substitute for review.
Site projections	Both English sites build from one validated graph/manifest. Package CLOSED differs from Result VALID and Question ACTIVE/OPEN; current completion comes from obligation weights. Historical reports remain marked snapshots. Deployment ledger preserves separate canonical and site-source provenance.
Scope and next gates	Four package commitments completed under D-0004–0007; six foundational Questions remain open/active. DAM X has no supplied-source pilot or accepted blocked disposition. Synthesis, Foundation Review, transition and the close bundle remain separate obligations.

Decision and continuation boundary

Accept the present checkpoint review as completed, explicitly late, under D-0008. Together with the independently documented graph review, resolve only checkpoint-a and graph-review, retaining all thirteen weights and previous package resolutions. Cycle 01 remains ACTIVE at 6/13 (46.2%). This is the checkpoint's process disposition, not evidence that the intended earlier checkpoint happened.

The original baseline, protocols, runs, Test/Result records and historical package reviews remain unchanged. No new research execution is authorized. Continue to Synthesis Review 1 and Foundation Review 1, including the limits and process deviations already recorded. DAM X's source dependency remains visible and unresolved; it must receive its own evidence-based disposition before Cycle closure. Cycle 2 is generated only through the later transition review.

The release anchor cycle-01-checkpoint-a will identify the merged, checked content commit containing this actual review. It is a dated checkpoint snapshot, not an earlier approval, scientific source freeze or Cycle close tag. Never retarget it to conceal later changes.

Revisit this disposition through a new Decision if a material traceability, evidence, projection or methodological defect changes the review. Preserve the historical snapshot and record corrections separately.

References

Source record

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