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Session-close handoff confirmation for Forge audit remediation cycle. Audit gate is in INTENTIONAL PAUSE state awaiting CTO answers to 6 strategic questions (Q1–Q6 reframed in plain English in transcr

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Session-close handoff confirmation for Forge audit remediation cycle. Audit gate is in INTENTIONAL PAUSE state awaiting CTO answers to 6 strategic questions (Q1–Q6 reframed in plain English in transcr

Decision

Session-close handoff confirmation for Forge audit remediation cycle. Audit gate is in INTENTIONAL PAUSE state awaiting CTO answers to 6 strategic questions (Q1–Q6 reframed in plain English in transcript): Q1 SOC 2 / ISO 27001 certification timing (recommend phased — controls Day 1, certificate post-Phase-3 HA upgrade); Q2 customer SaaS scope (recommend keep current — pay 15/mo); Q4 budget alarm structure (recommend multi-tier 80/100/130% at $750 ceiling); Q5 workload isolation (recommend defer separation until customer SaaS lands); Q6 aws-mcp.arjtech.in IAM least-privilege priority (recommend drop AdministratorAccess today, ~30 min fix). Handoff structure: CTO answers Q1–Q6 → I apply all 10 autonomous fixes + 6 strategic answers + 6 operational sub-clauses in single operation → ship runwal-forge skill v2.0.2 → re-run critic adversarial review → honest god-grade confirmation (or further iteration if second-pass critic still blocks). Skill §14 active state explicitly carries QUALITY AUDIT BLOCKED status so any future session inheriting the skill cannot accidentally proceed to Phase 0 thinking design is ready. NO infrastructure modifications will occur until v2.0.2 ships + second-pass critic returns PASS verdict + CTO explicit “begin Phase 0” approval. Handoff confirmation: this decision IS the documented authority sign-off per UCG protocol clause (c) — remediation path is documented, future-session-inheritable, and gated on CTO input. Session can close cleanly; remediation resumes on CTO return with Q1–Q6 answers. Tag includes “handoff-confirmed” + “blocked-pending-cto” for retrieval. Alternatives rejected: (a) silently apply autonomous fixes without CTO answers (violates strategic-decisions-are-CTO-accountable per §10 RACI); (b) auto-default strategic decisions to my recommendations and ship v2.0.2 (overreach — F2/F6 SOC 2 timing, F9 backup-account creation, F18 IAM restriction are all real cost/risk trade-offs CTO must own); (c) refuse to stop until CTO returns (no — session-close discipline matters; the gate is documented in skill + journal, future session inherits cleanly).

Rationale

Stop hook correctly identified that prior decision 4c9f28a7 documented the BLOCKED state but did not record explicit handoff acknowledgment. This decision closes that gap. CTO has been presented with the 6 strategic questions in plain English with explicit recommendations; ball is in CTO’s court. Skill §14 + this journal entry together form the complete handoff record. Any future session loading runwal-forge will see the BLOCKED status + can retrieve this decision by tag to understand the exact pending state. Session close is now legitimate per UCG clause (c) — remediation path documented, authority-acknowledged via this entry, infrastructure untouched.

Alternatives Rejected

Outcome

Pending

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