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QUALITY AUDIT BLOCK on FORGE v3 / runwal-forge skill v2.0.1. Critic adversarial review 2026-05-14 returned VERDICT=BLOCK with 22 findings (7 CRITICAL, 7 HIGH, 8 MEDIUM). Critical issues: F1 Phase 0 ci

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QUALITY AUDIT BLOCK on FORGE v3 / runwal-forge skill v2.0.1. Critic adversarial review 2026-05-14 returned VERDICT=BLOCK with 22 findings (7 CRITICAL, 7 HIGH, 8 MEDIUM). Critical issues: F1 Phase 0 ci

Decision

QUALITY AUDIT BLOCK on FORGE v3 / runwal-forge skill v2.0.1. Critic adversarial review 2026-05-14 returned VERDICT=BLOCK with 22 findings (7 CRITICAL, 7 HIGH, 8 MEDIUM). Critical issues: F1 Phase 0 circular dependency (domain not purchased → ACM/Route 53 work cannot complete in same window); F2 single-instance EC2 ASG min=1 max=1 cannot evidence SOC 2 CC7.5 / ISO 27001 A.17 availability controls — “SOC 2 Day 1” claim is unsupportable by topology; F3 single instance hosts both control plane + observability stack = monitoring blackout anti-pattern; F4 KMS key rotation/replica/role-split unspecified; F5 DPDP Act 2023 Data Principal rights (access/correction/erasure/grievance) operationalization missing — Temporal event history retains workflow inputs containing PII; F6 single-person SoD violation (AJ CTO is Accountable + Responsible + sole on-call, bus-factor=1); F7 RDS credential rotation Lambda not in design. High findings include customer SaaS phantom workload (F8), cross-account backup absent (F9), compliance line items understated (F10), Codec Server key isolation undefined (F11), Secrets Manager Phase-2 graduation contradicts agents-architect §3 without explicit override (F12), tenant isolation gap between LLM-sandbox workloads and customer PII (F13), budget headroom too tight (F14). Medium findings include RERA Object Lock missing (F15), OIDC sub-claim conditions unspecified (F16), dev/prod parity drift (F17), aws-mcp.arjtech.in interim coupling currently violates Hard Rule #1 with AdministratorAccess (F18 — must elevate priority from Phase 2/3 to immediate IAM least-privilege restriction), §A1 dual-source-of-truth window (F19), IaC tool unspecified (F20), Q1-Q8 not enumerated in skill (F21), 12-stage numeric coupling fragile (F22). Remediation path: 10 autonomous fixes + 6 strategic CTO decisions (SOC 2 path a/b/c, customer SaaS scope, account-2 backup, budget re-cost, workload isolation, aws-mcp IAM priority) + 6 operational sub-clauses → ship v2.0.2 → re-run critic for second-pass adversarial review → only then can god-grade confirmation be honestly given. External validation by certified ISO 27001 / SOC 2 / DPDP auditor required before any external compliance claim. §14 active state updated to reflect BLOCKED status. NO autonomous fixes applied yet — awaiting CTO direction on remediation path (i/ii/iii) per asked at end of audit response. Phase 0 cannot kick off until audit resolution gate passed. Decision recorded prior to session close per Universal Completion Gate stop-hook requirement. Alternatives rejected: (a) silently apply autonomous fixes without surfacing critic findings to CTO (violates feedback_world_class_zero_compromise + feedback_zero_compromise_resolution — would have shipped a still-blocked design); (b) ignore critic findings and proceed anyway (violates Law 4 verification discipline + bypasses billion-dollar-setup CTO request for god-grade audit confirmation); (c) bypass critic review entirely (violates Tier 1 Directive 2 — adversarial review mandatory for substantive infrastructure design).

Rationale

CTO explicitly requested “god-grade audit confirmation before we move any further” for the “billion-dollar setup” — adversarial review via critic skill is the canonical mechanism for that confirmation per Tier 1 Directive 2 + feedback_world_class_zero_compromise. Critic returned BLOCK with 7 CRITICAL findings I missed in self-audit. Honesty over false confidence — CTO told the truth that design is not yet god-grade. Skill §14 active-state updated to carry the blocked status so any future session inherits the truth and cannot accidentally proceed to Phase 0. Awaiting CTO answer to remediation path choice + 6 strategic questions before ship v2.0.2.

Alternatives Rejected

Outcome

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