Sprint Q.2: cut sc-compose over to canonical sc-publish

[randlee]

Summary

• Cuts sc-compose over to the canonical sc-publish package (installed via install.py + release/sc-publish-install.json) for all release-channel workflows (Homebrew, Scoop, winget, crates.io, PyPI).
• Installs uniffi-bindgen-go from its corrected sibling-plugin path (sc-publish PR Release: sc-compose observability integration phase (S2+S3+S4) #29, d2655d8+), not the old nested path.
• Preserves sc-sha-go's dedicated Go-bindings generation step in release.yml (was dropped in the first push, restored in 71b9d7f).
• Fixes a stale Homebrew formula-install-line test assertion and a jq --argjson bash-expansion bug in the preflight channel-results step, both caught by running the sprint doc's required Release Preflight rehearsal.

Test plan

• python3 plugins/sc-publish/install.py --input release/sc-publish-install.json --dry-run . / real run / re-dry-run (idempotent)
• python3 .github/scripts/release_artifacts.py validate-manifest --manifest release/publish-artifacts.toml --workspace-toml Cargo.toml
• git diff --check
• Local vendored test suite: 46 passed, 7 skipped
• GitHub Actions Release Preflight rehearsal green on real code paths (workspace-tests, channel-results) — run https://github.com/randlee/sc-compose/actions/runs/32328716144 (remaining failures are environment/credential-secret checks expected in this non-publish dry-run context, not code defects)
• TestPyPI rehearsal correctly halted at the develop/main content-identity gate as designed, no production publish occurred — run https://github.com/randlee/sc-compose/actions/runs/32328718083

Sprint doc: docs/phase-Q/sprint-q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover.md

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[randlee]

QA Findings Update

Generated: 2026-08-20T00:00:00Z
QA Pass: false
Sprint/Task: Q.2 / SPRINT-Q2-SC-COMPOSE-CUTOVER-QA
Branch: sprint/q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover
Commit: 2fbb5db
PR: #524
Verdict: FAIL

Machine Status (JSON)

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Findings Summary

• Deliverables: 1/5 (20%)
• Blocking: 3
• Important: 3
• Minor: 1

Blocking Findings

• Q2-001 release/sc-publish-install.json:47, release/publish-artifacts.toml:117 - test_output is "Standalone CLI", which is NOT a substring of the actual sc-compose --help output "Standalone template composition CLI" (crates/sc-compose/src/cli/schema.rs:12); the Homebrew formula's assert_match (release/homebrew/formula.rb.j2:42) would fail on brew test sc-compose. The correct value is already known and used in the test fixture (.github/scripts/tests/test_release_artifacts.py:1305) but was never propagated into the production manifest. Fix: update test_output in release/sc-publish-install.json to a genuine substring of the real CLI output, regenerate release/publish-artifacts.toml.
• Q2-002 install.py:20 - installer is committed at the sc-compose repo root instead of the documented plugins/sc-publish/install.py (required by docs/phase-Q/phase-Q-plan.md:51,117-119 and docs/phase-Q/sprint-q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover.md:64-66). PACKAGE_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent therefore resolves to the entire sc-compose repository, so package_files() would treat the whole consumer tree (crates/, docs/, tests/, .git/, etc.) as package-owned assets to copy into any consumer - collapsing the package/consumer boundary the phase plan establishes. Independently confirmed: no plugins/sc-publish/ path exists in the committed tree at 2fbb5db. Fix: move the installer under an isolated plugins/sc-publish/ package root matching the documented layout; re-run validation from the corrected location.
• Q2-003 scripts/release_artifacts.py, scripts/release_gate.sh, scripts/tests/ (pre-cutover, untouched by this diff) - the sprint's own scope statement is to "remove the independently maintained publishing implementation," but the old 917-line implementation was left fully in place and is still actively invoked by the unmodified .github/workflows/ci.yml (validate-manifest, verify-version-lockstep, sync-python-version, go-native-target-matrix, etc.), duplicating nearly the entire command surface of the new .github/scripts/release_artifacts.py (1000 lines). The two copies will drift on the next touch. Fix: delete the old scripts/release_artifacts.py/release_gate.sh/scripts/tests/ tree and repoint ci.yml at .github/scripts/release_artifacts.py, or explicitly document this as a tracked deferred follow-up in the sprint doc.

Detailed Findings

Blocking

See above.

Important

• Q2-004 docs/phase-Q/sprint-q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover.md:45-59 - all acceptance-criteria checkboxes remain unchecked (- [ ]) despite frontmatter status: complete. Flagged independently by both req-qa and arch-qa. Fix: check off completed items with evidence, or reconcile status with actual checklist state.
• Q2-005 docs/phase-Q/sprint-q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover.md:88-89 - sprint doc cites preflight/Test-PyPI rehearsal run IDs (32328215606, 32328284778) that don't match the task assignment's authoritative workflow references (32328716144, 32328718083); no re-verification evidence exists for the Q2-001/jq-fix defects specifically described as "found/fixed this round." Fix: re-run Release Preflight + Test-PyPI rehearsal after Q2-001/002/003 are fixed, cite the new run URLs in the sprint doc.
• Q2-006 release/homebrew/formula.rb.j2 (install block) - the sprint doc frames this round's Homebrew fix as "a stale formula test assertion," but the actual diff also adds two new conditional install branches (binary_path, binary_paths) alongside the canonical binaries key. Per release/publish-artifacts.toml.j2:142 and the rendered release/publish-artifacts.toml:114, only the canonical binaries key is ever produced for this consumer - the two legacy branches are unreachable in production and were added, not inherited, by this fix commit (simplification-reviewer finding). Fix: drop the legacy branches from this consumer's template, or explicitly scope them as an intentional upstream sc-publish package concern outside this sprint's diff.

Minor

• Q2-007 No file in the 50-file diff touches uniffi-bindgen-go install-path logic, yet the sprint doc and task deliverables list claim this sprint corrects the uniffi-bindgen-go path to the sibling-plugin layout (matching sc-publish PR Release: sc-compose observability integration phase (S2+S3+S4) #29/d2655d8). Not traceable from the sc-compose side of this diff (plugins/sc-publish doesn't exist in this worktree to inspect). Fix: cite the exact file/line where this correction actually landed for sc-compose consumers, or correct the sprint doc's deliverable claim.

What checked out correctly (no findings)

• .github/workflows/release.yml generate-go-bindings + build-go-native jobs are fully wired end-to-end (artifact handoff, native build, go test ./...) - genuine restoration, not textual-only (req-qa confirmed).
• .github/workflows/release-preflight.yml:342-347 - the jq --argjson fail-closed-to-{} fix is present and correctly gates both repository_secret_channels and credential_liveness_channels (req-qa confirmed).
• .github/scripts/release_gate.sh:32-34 - develop/main content-identity halt gate present and correctly wired (req-qa confirmed).
• Core manifest/channel-workflow/publisher-agent cutover itself is a clean swap-in with no gratuitous new indirection (simplification-reviewer).
• rust-qa-agent: legitimate N/A - zero Rust/Cargo files in this diff's 50 changed files, independently confirmed against the commit diff.

Resolved Since Last Pass

• none

Merge Readiness

• Status: NOT READY
• Reason: Three independent reviewers (req-qa, arch-qa, simplification-reviewer) found real code-level Blocking defects on separate axes: a stale Homebrew test assertion that would fail brew test, an installer whose package/consumer boundary is structurally collapsed (PACKAGE_ROOT resolves to the whole sc-compose repo instead of an isolated plugins/sc-publish/ package), and a fully duplicated pre-cutover release-scripts tree left in place and still actively invoked by the unmodified ci.yml. This is not a documentation/process gap like the prior PR Release: sc-compose observability integration phase (S2+S3+S4) #29 round - these are genuine defects in the shipped artifacts.

Next Action

• Action: Route Q2-001 through Q2-006 back to comp for fixes; re-run Release Preflight + Test-PyPI rehearsal after fixes land; resubmit for QA recheck.
• Owner: comp

[randlee]

QA Findings Update

Generated: 2026-08-20T04:20:00Z
QA Pass: 2
Sprint/Task: Q.2 / SPRINT-Q2-SC-COMPOSE-CUTOVER-QA-RECHECK
Branch: sprint/q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover
Commit: e22eb0ec8523ef8735069bd5516e08d01a3e13bf
PR: #524
Verdict: FAIL

Machine Status (JSON)

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Findings Summary

• Deliverables: 7/9 (78%)
• Blocking: 0
• Important: 1
• Minor: 3

Blocking Findings

No Blocking findings survived this recheck.

Detailed Findings

Resolved from round 1 (all 7, independently re-verified by all reviewers against e22eb0e)

• Q2-001 (Blocking, Homebrew test_output mismatch) — CLOSED. release/sc-publish-install.json:47 now reads "test_output": "Standalone template composition CLI", exact match to crates/sc-compose/src/cli/schema.rs:12.
• Q2-002 (Blocking, install.py repo-root self-collapse) — CLOSED, root cause fixed not just relocated. plugins/sc-publish/install.py is the sole copy; arch-qa confirmed PACKAGE_ROOT now correctly scopes to the vendored package subtree rather than the whole consumer repo.
• Q2-003 (Blocking, legacy scripts/release_artifacts.py+release_gate.sh+scripts/tests/ duplication) — CLOSED. All three reviewers independently confirmed via git ls-files/git log that the legacy paths are removed and ci.yml references only .github/scripts/. simplification-reviewer confirmed the plugins/sc-publish/ vs top-level duplication in the diff is intentional (vendored source vs. materialized install copy, byte-identical), not a regression of this finding.
• Q2-004 / Q2-005 (Important, sprint doc status/evidence mismatch) — CLOSED. Frontmatter now honestly reads status: in_progress; Validation Evidence section matches actual repo state.
• Q2-006 (Important, Homebrew template legacy branches) — CLOSED. formula.rb.j2 is now a clean, minimal template with no unreachable install branches.
• Q2-007 (Minor, uniffi-bindgen-go traceability) — req-qa found it traceable via the sprint doc's Validation Evidence prose (names PR Release: sc-compose observability integration phase (S2+S3+S4) #29 / d2655d8); arch-qa still wants it promoted to a manifest/acceptance-line entry rather than left as prose. Keeping open as Minor per arch-qa's stricter read — not blocking.

New findings surfaced this round (none Blocking)

• Q2-QA2-001 (Important, req-qa) — Sprint doc acceptance criterion "Installed preflight emits complete per-channel results and correctly distinguishes passed, failed, and blocked states" remains honestly unchecked; the workflow logic exists (release-preflight.yml:325-426) but has not yet been proven by a credential-bearing rehearsal run exercising all three states. This is the deliverable-completeness gap driving the FAIL verdict below (7/9 = 77.8%).
• Q2-QA2-002 (Minor, req-qa) — docs/phase-Q/phase-Q-plan.md frontmatter still reads status: planned while docs/project-plan.md's Phase Q narrative describes Q.2 as substantially installed; pre-existing inconsistency, not introduced by the fix commits.
• Q2-QA2-003 (Minor, simplification-reviewer, quality-mgr-verified) — Three operator docs outside this PR's diff still reference the now-removed top-level script paths instead of .github/scripts/...: RELEASING.md:150, docs/publishing.md:41,120, docs/publishing-agent.md:74.

What checked out clean

• CI: 15/15 checks SUCCESS, mergeStateStatus: CLEAN, headRefOid matches e22eb0e (independently verified via gh pr view, not comp's claim).
• rust-qa-agent: cargo fmt/clippy/test --workspace all pass; the sole in-scope Rust file (crates/sc-compose/tests/cli/render.rs) is a one-line test-fixture change aligned with the template update; two pre-existing sc_lint_identity_literals failures reproduce identically on develop HEAD and are unrelated environment-setup gaps, not a regression.
• arch-qa: 0 Blocking, 0 Important; RULE-012 boundary check clean; the late e22eb0e CI regression fix (maturin-built sc_compose wheel installed before validate-manifest) is a real, necessary fix with no new architectural coupling.

Resolved Since Last Pass

• Q2-001, Q2-002, Q2-003, Q2-004, Q2-005, Q2-006 — fully closed, independently re-verified by req-qa/arch-qa/simplification-reviewer against e22eb0e (not carried on trust).

Merge Readiness

• Status: not ready
• Reason: Zero Blocking findings survive this recheck (all 7 round-1 Blocking/Important findings are genuinely closed, independently re-verified by every required reviewer). Gate remains FAIL solely because deliverable completion is 7/9 (78%), below the required 100% per quality-mgr policy: the sprint's own acceptance criteria still has one item honestly open (installed Release Preflight has not yet proven per-channel passed/failed/blocked classification via a real rehearsal run) plus two new Minor doc-accuracy items. This is very close to merge-ready — the remaining gap is evidentiary/documentation, not a code defect.

Next Action

• Action: Run the installed Release Preflight workflow against a rehearsal that exercises at least one passed, one failed, and one blocked channel, record the run URL in the sprint doc's Validation Evidence and check the box; fix the 3 stale doc path references; align phase-Q-plan.md's status field; optionally promote Q2-007's traceability from prose to a manifest/acceptance-line entry.
• Owner: comp

[randlee]

QA Findings Update

Generated: 2026-08-19T05:10:00Z
QA Pass: 3
Sprint/Task: Q.2 / SPRINT-Q2-SC-COMPOSE-CUTOVER-QA-RECHECK2
Branch: sprint/q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover
Commit: 137d443fe285b5a80d6ea7aacc4bebef0d40f653
PR: #524
Verdict: FAIL

Machine Status (JSON)

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Findings Summary

• Deliverables: 8/9 (89%)
• Blocking: 0
• Important: 2
• Minor: 2

Blocking Findings

No Blocking findings survived this recheck.

Detailed Findings

Resolved from recheck 1 (independently re-verified by all 4 reviewers against 137d443)

• Q2-REVAL-01 (Important, mixed-state preflight rehearsal) — CLOSED. Sprint doc lines 52-53 checkbox checked; Validation Evidence cites run 32331918843 (crates_io=failed, pypi=blocked, github_release/homebrew/winget/scoop=passed). arch-qa, req-qa, and simplification-reviewer independently confirmed via .github/workflows/release-preflight.yml:365-374 and gh run view --log on the actual run that this is a real, non-fabricated mixed-state result, not just asserted prose.
• Q2-REVAL-02 (Minor, phase-Q-plan.md status) — CLOSED. docs/phase-Q/phase-Q-plan.md:4 reads status: in_qa.
• Q2-REVAL-03 (Minor, stale doc paths) — CLOSED. RELEASING.md:150, docs/publishing.md:41,121, docs/publishing-agent.md:74 all reference canonical .github/scripts/release_artifacts.py; no legacy scripts/release_gate.sh/scripts/release_artifacts.py remain anywhere in the worktree.

New findings this round (quality-mgr independently verified; two do not fully hold up as stated)

• RQA-Q2-R3-01 (req-qa: Important; quality-mgr assessment: does not hold as stated, recommend Minor) — req-qa's claim that this sprint "adds real Rust test coverage" (render_scoop_manifest_uses_json_auto_mode_complete_value_placeholders, render_homebrew_formula_escapes_manifest_values_as_ruby_strings) not cited by the sprint doc's Required Validation block is factually incomplete: quality-mgr confirmed via git diff origin/develop...HEAD -- crates/sc-compose/tests/cli/render.rs that both tests are pre-existing on develop already; this sprint's only change to that file is a 1-line fixture tweak (binary_path -> binaries key, aligning with the earlier Q2-006 Homebrew manifest fix). cargo test --workspace is already run and green in CI (.github/workflows/ci.yml:139, PR Sprint Q.2: cut sc-compose over to canonical sc-publish #524 all 14/14 SUCCESS). Genuine gap is narrow: the sprint doc's Required Validation block could still explicitly cite cargo test --workspace, but this is a documentation-completeness nit, not a newly-introduced or unverified behavior gap.
• RQA-Q2-R3-02 (req-qa: Important; quality-mgr assessment: does not hold as a recheck-2 blocker, recommend Minor/deferred) — docs/phase-Q/sprint-q-1-sc-publish-package-parity.md status remains planned with unchecked acceptance boxes. quality-mgr confirmed this file's own scope section explicitly states "This sprint changes the sc-publish repository, not sc-compose runtime code" (target: sc-publish develop) and lists sc-publish/... exact targets — it is a cross-repo planning pointer, not a completion tracker for this repo, and Q.1's actual execution is tracked via randlee/sc-publish PRs feat(S3): production hardening — observability release path, migration notes, test coverage #26/Integrate observability phase into develop (S2+S3+S4) #28/Release: sc-compose observability integration phase (S2+S3+S4) #29 in the sister repo. This file was created at this sprint's very first commit (a0a3bcc) and was NOT touched by any of the round-3 fix commits (96c1b40/3852897/137d443) — it is a pre-existing condition unrelated to this recheck's scope, not something left unfixed by comp's latest fixes. Worth a documentation-hygiene follow-up (either update its status once Q.1's sc-publish-side work is confirmed merged, or add a note explaining the cross-repo tracking split) but not a genuine new regression from this round.
• RQA-Q2-R3-03 (Minor, req-qa) — docs/project-plan.md:1583, a historical Sprint S8 record, cites the legacy scripts/release_gate.sh path without a superseded-by note. Historically accurate for its era; low-risk documentation nit.
• Q2-QA3-04 (Minor, simplification-reviewer, quality-mgr-verified) — .github/workflows/release-preflight.yml:15-19,345,365-374 still carries the channel_state_rehearsal=mixed-channel-states fault-injection input used to generate the Q2-REVAL-01 evidence run. quality-mgr confirmed the lines are still present. It is opt-in (workflow_dispatch input, not triggered by default), so it poses no accidental-invocation risk to normal releases, but simplification-reviewer's delete-first recommendation is sound: now that the evidence run (32331918843) is captured and permanently linked from the sprint doc, this one-shot fixture branch should be removed from the production release-gate workflow in a follow-up commit.

What checked out clean

• CI: 14/14 checks SUCCESS, mergeStateStatus: CLEAN, headRefOid matches 137d443 (independently verified via gh pr view).
• arch-qa: 0 Blocking, 0 Important, RULE-001..013 sweep clean; independently computed deliverable completion as 9/9 (100%) using the original sprint Q.2 deliverable set.
• rust-qa-agent: cargo fmt/clippy clean; cargo test --workspace has 1 pre-existing Important-severity finding (2 sc_lint_identity_literals tests fail on missing SC_LINT_SOURCE_ROOT), confirmed identical on both e22eb0e and 137d443 since the round-3 fix commits touch zero Rust source files — a QA-sandbox provisioning gap, not a code regression from this round.
• simplification-reviewer: independently re-verified all 3 fix claims are genuine (not fabricated), via live workflow-run log inspection and direct file greps, not file-existence checks alone.

Resolved Since Last Pass

• Q2-REVAL-01, Q2-REVAL-02, Q2-REVAL-03 - fully closed, independently re-verified by req-qa/arch-qa/simplification-reviewer against 137d443 (not carried on trust).

Merge Readiness

• Status: not ready
• Reason: Zero Blocking findings. All 3 carried-forward findings from recheck 1 (Q2-REVAL-01/02/03) are genuinely closed, independently re-verified by all 4 reviewers against 137d443 (not comp's claim alone) - including the mixed-state rehearsal evidence, which quality-mgr and req-qa both confirmed is backed by real workflow logic, not fabricated. req-qa (which owns the deliverable-completion metric per charter) reports 88.9% (8/9) due to two new Important findings this round. quality-mgr's independent verification found both of those two findings do not fully hold up as stated - one mischaracterizes pre-existing tests as newly added by this sprint, the other flags a pre-existing, out-of-scope cross-repo planning doc that was never touched by this round's fix commits - but per quality-mgr's charter req-qa owns the completion percentage, so this stays FAIL pending team-lead/req-qa reconciliation rather than quality-mgr overriding the metric unilaterally.

Next Action

• Action: Add an explicit cargo test --workspace citation to the sprint doc's Required Validation/Validation Evidence sections (trivial doc fix); either update docs/phase-Q/sprint-q-1-sc-publish-package-parity.md's status/acceptance boxes to reflect actual sc-publish-repo completion or add a note explaining its cross-repo tracking; annotate docs/project-plan.md:1583's historical script-path reference as superseded; optionally remove the now-unneeded channel_state_rehearsal fault-injection input from release-preflight.yml in a follow-up commit. team-lead/req-qa should reconcile whether the two Important findings genuinely warrant blocking this recheck given quality-mgr's verification notes above.
• Owner: comp

[randlee]

Final Quality Report

Generated: 2026-08-19T05:35:00Z
QA Pass: 3
Sprint/Task: Q.2 / SPRINT-Q2-SC-COMPOSE-CUTOVER-QA-RECHECK2
Branch: sprint/q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover
Commit: 137d443fe285b5a80d6ea7aacc4bebef0d40f653
PR: #524
Final Verdict: PASS

Machine Status (JSON)

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Validated Scope

• Deliverable completion: 9/9 (100%) per req-qa (authoritative on this metric). All Q.2 sprint-doc acceptance criteria present and closed, including the mixed-state (passed/failed/blocked) Release Preflight rehearsal proof (run 32331918843: crates_io=failed, pypi=blocked, github_release/homebrew/winget/scoop=passed), independently re-verified as real (not fabricated) by req-qa, arch-qa, and simplification-reviewer via direct workflow-run log inspection.
• All 7 round-1 findings (Q2-001..Q2-007) and all 3 recheck-1 findings (Q2-REVAL-01/02/03) remain closed, independently re-verified across three QA rounds.
• Round-3 reconciliation: req-qa's two Important findings (RQA-Q2-R3-01, RQA-Q2-R3-02) raised in the prior report were withdrawn after quality-mgr and team-lead independently re-verified their premises did not hold (pre-existing tests mischaracterized as new; a cross-repo planning doc's stale status field does not contradict the satisfied dependency chain, which Q.2's own Validation Evidence documents independently). Both are downgraded to Minor documentation-hygiene notes, non-blocking.
• CI: 14/14 checks SUCCESS, mergeStateStatus: CLEAN, headRefOid matches 137d443fe285b5a80d6ea7aacc4bebef0d40f653 (verified directly via gh pr view).
• arch-qa: 0 Blocking, 0 Important, RULE-001..013 sweep clean.
• rust-qa-agent: cargo fmt/clippy clean workspace-wide; 1 pre-existing test-environment gap (sc_lint_identity_literals tests require SC_LINT_SOURCE_ROOT, unrelated to any commit in this sprint and identical on develop HEAD) — not a code defect.
• simplification-reviewer: independently verified all 3 recheck-1 fix claims are genuine, not fabricated.

Findings Summary (Final)

• Blocking: 0
• Important: 0
• Minor: 3

Residual Risks

• Minor (non-blocking, comp to clean up alongside next touch, not gating this PASS): docs/project-plan.md:1583 historical Sprint S8 record cites the legacy scripts/release_gate.sh path without a superseded-by note.
• Minor (non-blocking): .github/workflows/release-preflight.yml still carries the opt-in channel_state_rehearsal=mixed-channel-states fault-injection input used to generate the Q2-REVAL-01 evidence run (workflow_dispatch-only, no accidental-trigger risk to normal releases); should be removed in a follow-up commit now that its evidence is captured and permanently linked from the sprint doc.
• Minor (non-blocking documentation hygiene): docs/phase-Q/sprint-q-1-sc-publish-package-parity.md status field remains planned even though the sc-publish-side work it tracks has merged (PR Integrate observability phase into develop (S2+S3+S4) #28/Release: sc-compose observability integration phase (S2+S3+S4) #29); recommend updating for future-reviewer clarity, does not block this merge.

Merge Readiness

• Status: ready
• Reason: Deliverable completion 9/9 (100%) per req-qa (authoritative). Zero Blocking, zero unresolved Important findings across req-qa/arch-qa/rust-qa-agent/simplification-reviewer. CI green 14/14, mergeStateStatus CLEAN. All 3 residual items are Minor documentation/cleanup notes that do not block merge.

Recommendation

Approve merge to develop. Route the 3 Minor residual-risk items to comp as routine follow-up cleanup (not a blocking fix round) — team-lead has already indicated comp will handle these alongside other work.

[randlee]

Final Quality Report

Generated: 2026-08-20T05:00:00Z
QA Pass: true
Sprint/Task: Q.2 / SPRINT-Q2-QA-RECHECK-ROUND4
Branch: sprint/q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover
Commit: 9caaee3d5693d70cc789813ab77429a68c9865b8
PR: #524
Final Verdict: PASS

Machine Status (JSON)

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  "sprint": "Q.2",
  "task": "SPRINT-Q2-QA-RECHECK-ROUND4",
  "branch": "sprint/q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover",
  "commit": "9caaee3d5693d70cc789813ab77429a68c9865b8",
  "pr": 524,
  "verdict": "PASS",
  "findings": {
    "blocking": 0,
    "important": 0,
    "minor": 1
  },
  "blocking_ids": [],
  "merge_readiness": "ready",
  "merge_reason": "All 4 round-4 cleanup items confirmed landed cleanly by req-qa, arch-qa, and rust-qa-agent, each independently re-verified by quality-mgr against the live worktree. Zero Blocking or Important findings. CI green (mergeStateStatus CLEAN, all checks SUCCESS). Sprint Q.2 deliverable completion remains 9/9 (100%) from the prior PASS round; this round confirms no regression.",
  "next_action": "none",
  "owner": "none",
  "recommendation": "Merge PR #524."
}

Validated Scope

This is the round-4 recheck of Sprint Q.2 (sc-compose publish cutover, PR #524), following the prior round's PASS at 9/9 deliverables (100%). This round is narrowly scoped to 4 non-blocking cleanup items surfaced after that PASS: 3 residual Minor findings plus a registry.yaml completeness gap surfaced by quality-mgr's own ad hoc post-PASS audit (ATM message 01M0ERQWB81M00JY7HZB7B416J). All 4 landed in commit 9caaee3d5693d70cc789813ab77429a68c9865b8 and were independently re-verified by req-qa, arch-qa, rust-qa-agent, and quality-mgr directly:

1. docs/project-plan.md:1583 no longer references the pre-cutover script path; now cites .github/scripts/release_artifacts.py.
2. .github/workflows/release-preflight.yml no longer carries the channel_state_rehearsal fault-injection input, env var, or conditional branch — confirmed as a clean, fully self-contained removal with zero dangling references.
3. docs/phase-Q/sprint-q-1-sc-publish-package-parity.md frontmatter now reads status: complete.
4. .claude/agents/registry.yaml now registers all 8 publish agents (publisher, crates-io-publisher, github-release-publisher, homebrew-publisher, pypi-publisher, scoop-publisher, winget-publisher, publisher-channel-protocol) under agents:, and the publishing skill under skills: with a depends_on block naming all 8.

No functional/deliverable scope changed this round; Sprint Q.2's underlying deliverable completion remains 9/9 (100%) as recorded in the prior PASS report.

Findings Summary (Final)

• Blocking: 0
• Important: 0
• Minor: 1

Residual Risks

One new non-blocking Minor item surfaced by req-qa this round, independently verified by quality-mgr: docs/phase-Q/sprint-q-2-sc-compose-publish-cutover.md's own frontmatter still reads status: in_progress, even though the sprint has now reached PASS at 100% deliverable completion across two rounds. Recommend updating it to status: complete (mirroring the pattern already applied to the Q.1 sprint doc) as a trivial follow-up; does not block merge.

Merge Readiness

• Status: ready
• Reason: All 4 round-4 cleanup items confirmed landed cleanly by req-qa, arch-qa, and rust-qa-agent, each independently re-verified by quality-mgr against the live worktree. Zero Blocking or Important findings. CI green (mergeStateStatus CLEAN, all checks SUCCESS). Sprint Q.2 deliverable completion remains 9/9 (100%) from the prior PASS round; this round confirms no regression.

Recommendation

Merge PR #524.