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+# PR Remediation & Publish Run — 2026-08-04
+
+Automated execution of the PR Remediation & Publish Runbook against
+`groupthinking/EventRelay`. GitHub surface: GitHub MCP (PR read + comment +
+merge available). Oldest-first scan of all open PRs, each driven to a terminal
+state per the runbook's Definition of Done (`MERGED` / `DEFERRED` / `HALTED`).
+
+## Headline finding
+
+**No open PR has an autonomous merge path — same terminal conclusion as the
+2026-07-31 run.** 65 PRs are open; 57 are drafts (→ `DEFERRED` by SCOPE GATE).
+The material change since 2026-07-31 is that **4 PRs are now non-draft, green,
+and genuinely mergeable** (`mergeable_state: unstable` = mergeable, not blocked)
+— they are waiting only on a human ready/merge decision at the PUBLISH GATE, not
+on any fixable automation blocker.
+
+Per the runbook and the standing guardrails for an unattended scheduled run:
+
+- **PUBLISH GATE** (runbook §3.8): human by default; `auto_merge_policy` unset →
+  conservative → **no auto-merge to protected `main`**. None of the four green
+  PRs carry an `automerge` label, so none qualifies for the labeled fast-path.
+- **CI GATE** (runbook §3.6): the recurring red check on #1280 / #1281 / #1356 is
+  `agent-completion/truth-gate/pr-<n>` returning `invalid_payload`. **This is a
+  legitimate fail-closed verdict, not a workflow fault** (correcting the
+  2026-07-31 run's "gate faulting" framing). Its own machine-readable verdict
+  attributes it to a missing agent-completion contract:
+  `invalid_fields: [issue.number, policy.agent_login, policy.run_id]` and
+  `collection_errors: [missing_linked_issue, missing_closing_issue_reference,
+  missing_agent_run_id, missing_agent_login]` — i.e. the PR links no canonical
+  issue and carries no agent-lock provenance manifest. It is security-sensitive
+  governance infrastructure (runs via `pull_request_target`, trusted
+  append-only publication) and was **not** patched autonomously.
+- **CodeRabbit loop** (runbook §4) is a no-op: CodeRabbit reports
+  `Review skipped: excluded by label configuration` on these PRs.
+
+Therefore no merge, commit, or review-loop action was taken against any PR. The
+only remaining work is human — this run cannot advance it.
+
+## Terminal states — non-draft PRs (the actionable set)
+
+| PR | Author | Title | CI (combined) | Blocker | Terminal state |
+|----|--------|-------|---------------|---------|----------------|
+| 1280 | jules[bot] | fix(a11y): ARIA label on search clear button | ❌ failure | truth-gate `invalid_payload` (no linked issue/provenance) + Vercel "Canceled from Dashboard" | HALTED(ci_failing: missing agent-completion contract) |
+| 1281 | jules[bot] | fix(security): route API errors through formatApiError | ❌ failure | truth-gate `invalid_payload` (no linked issue/provenance) + Vercel canceled | HALTED(ci_failing: missing agent-completion contract) |
+| 1311 | dependabot | build(deps): bump ip-address 10.2.0→10.4.0 | ✅ success | — | HALTED(awaiting_merge_approval) |
+| 1356 | groupthinking | Claude/determined maxwell rswptp | ❌ failure | truth-gate `invalid_payload` (unfilled PR template: placeholder title, no linked issue, no manifest) + merge conflict (`dirty`) | HALTED(human: fill contract + resolve conflict) |
+| 1358 | dependabot | build(deps-dev): bump postcss 8.5.23→8.5.25 | ✅ success | — | HALTED(awaiting_merge_approval) |
+| 1359 | dependabot | build(deps): bump the uv group (2 dirs) | ✅ success | major bump: `cryptography` 48→50 (crosses CVE-2026-69247), `google-cloud-aiplatform` 1.91→1.133 | HALTED(awaiting_merge_approval — human review advised, major deps) |
+| 1362 | dependabot | build(deps): bump npm-minor-patch group (17 updates) | ⏳ pending | truth-gate still "collecting evidence" | HALTED(ci_pending) |
+| 1366 | groupthinking | docs: record F8 web ownership (apps/web → uvai.io) | ✅ success | docs-only, low risk | HALTED(awaiting_merge_approval) |
+
+The 57 draft PRs are `DEFERRED(draft)` per SCOPE GATE and are not enumerated
+individually here (unchanged in disposition from the 2026-07-31 run).
+
+## Staged next commands (human)
+
+Safe fast-path candidates — green CI, mergeable, low risk. **Human mark-ready +
+merge:**
+
+```
+# Docs-only, fully green:
+gh pr merge 1366 --squash
+
+# Green dependency bumps (verify each is intended):
+gh pr merge 1311 --squash   # ip-address 10.2.0 -> 10.4.0
+gh pr merge 1358 --squash   # postcss 8.5.23 -> 8.5.25 (dev)
+
+# Review before merge — major version jumps:
+#   gh pr merge 1359 --squash   # cryptography 48->50, google-cloud-aiplatform 1.91->1.133
+#   gh pr merge 1362 --squash   # npm-minor-patch group, 17 updates — wait for CI green
+```
+
+## Infrastructure note for maintainers (corrects the 2026-07-31 framing)
+
+The 2026-07-31 run called the `agent-completion/truth-gate` `invalid_payload`
+result "the gate faulting rather than evaluating its rules." **The verdicts
+collected this run show that is not accurate** — the gate *is* evaluating and is
+returning a legitimate fail-closed `invalid_payload` because the PRs lack the
+agent-completion contract. Verified on #1370 and #1356, whose machine-readable
+verdicts both report `invalid_fields: [issue.number, policy.agent_login,
+policy.run_id]` (no linked/closing canonical issue, no agent-lock provenance
+manifest). A prior owner comment on #1356 says the same: *"the PR body is still
+the unfilled template … no linked issue, no agent-lock manifest. The gate needs
+the real manifest/evidence, which I can't synthesize."*
+
+The real, systemic gap for maintainers is therefore **not a workflow bug** but
+that the contract cannot be satisfied by an agent from a PR today: the
+`policy.agent_login` / `policy.run_id` fields require a *trusted-publisher* Check
+manifest, and the companion `agent-completion-enforcement.yml` documents that the
+trusted-publisher App "has not been stood up yet" and
+`.github/agent-lock/trusted-publishers.json` is unprovisioned. Until that
+infrastructure exists (and each PR links a canonical issue), agent PRs without a
+linked issue will stay red on this gate by design. Two independent levers:
+(1) provision the trusted publisher + populate the allowlists, and/or (2) ensure
+each substantive PR carries a `Closes #<issue>` reference (the reason #1366 and
+the green dependabot PRs pass the gate as `not_applicable`). This is
+security-sensitive `pull_request_target` governance code and was not modified by
+this unattended run.
+
+## Runbook parameters (as run)
+
+```yaml
+github_surface:        github-mcp        # write-capable, confirmed (auth: groupthinking)
+coderabbit_handle:     "@coderabbitai"   # no-op here: excluded by label config
+auto_merge_policy:     unset             # -> conservative: never auto-merge protected main
+merge_method:          unset
+non_github_hosts:      []                # no sub-agent spawn
+```
+
+_Terminal-state summary: 0 MERGED, 57 DEFERRED (draft), 8 HALTED (4 awaiting
+human merge approval; 3 on the truth-gate for a missing agent-completion
+contract — a linked canonical issue + trusted-publisher provenance the gate
+legitimately requires; 1 CI pending). No autonomous merge path exists; remaining
+work is human-only._