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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Date created: 2026-07-14
Last updated: 2026-07-14
-Current phase: Milestone 3 / Work Package 2 target-native runtime assembly — exact-head run 29358223742 isolates 2,879 Windows arm64 linker-emitted 16-byte function thunks whose `adrp`/`add`/`br` control flow is byte-identical and whose unreachable fourth `udf` instruction differs, plus 68 derived `/Brepro` identity bytes; exact-head run 29359948742 disproves the empty `LinkIncremental` property oracle; exact-head run 29361673339 proves the locally assumed fixed tracking path is absent; exact-head run 29362672415 then proves both native Windows builds fail closed because bounded discovery from the entire generated `build` tree reaches unrelated dependency depth, while all four POSIX controls remain reproducible and upload; the narrow `build/Release` output-tree correction is locally green under E-M3-WINDOWS-LINK-COMMAND-RELEASE-ROOT-LOCAL-001 and requires a new six-cell exact-head run; no evidence authorizes changing a bound, producer, comparator, or default path; oldest-baseline, native-trust, cross-family remote, and measured-baseline gates remain open; no bundled-runtime path is enabled
+Current phase: Milestone 3 / Work Package 2 target-native runtime assembly — exact-head run 29358223742 isolates 2,879 Windows arm64 linker-emitted 16-byte function thunks whose `adrp`/`add`/`br` control flow is byte-identical and whose unreachable fourth `udf` instruction differs, plus 68 derived `/Brepro` identity bytes; exact-head run 29359948742 disproves the empty `LinkIncremental` property oracle; exact-head run 29361673339 proves the locally assumed fixed tracking path is absent; exact-head run 29362672415 then proves both native Windows builds fail closed because bounded discovery from the entire generated `build` tree reaches unrelated dependency depth, while all four POSIX controls remain reproducible and upload; exact implementation commit `6f28a8cbf` narrows discovery to the `build/Release` output tree and is locally green under E-M3-WINDOWS-LINK-COMMAND-RELEASE-ROOT-LOCAL-001; the next six-cell exact-head run remains required, and no evidence authorizes changing a bound, producer, comparator, or default path; oldest-baseline, native-trust, cross-family remote, and measured-baseline gates remain open; no bundled-runtime path is enabled
Primary design: [SSH relay GitHub Release plan](./2026-07-14-ssh-relay-github-release-plan.html)
Motivating issues: [#8450](https://github.com/stablyai/orca/issues/8450), [#1693](https://github.com/stablyai/orca/issues/1693)
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ Update status and evidence as work begins. Do not combine these into one large b
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 0. #8450 legacy fix | Coherent Node/npm selection and live repro | Fixes legacy selection only | Complete and CI-green in draft PR #8724 | E-M0-UNIT-002, E-M0-LIVE-002, E-M0-STATIC-002, E-M0-PR-001, E-M0-CI-001 |
| 1. Contract and selectors | Manifest schema, identity, platform/libc selection, hostile inputs | None | Complete and CI-green in draft PR #8728 | `b9d80a4cb`; E-M2-RED-001, E-M2-CONTRACT-001, E-M2-CI-001 |
-| 2. Runtime builds | Per-tuple assembly, native smoke, SBOM/provenance/signing | None | Draft PR #8741; native Release-tree discovery pending | E-M3-WINDOWS-LINK-COMMAND-RELEASE-ROOT-LOCAL-001 |
+| 2. Runtime builds | Per-tuple assembly, native smoke, SBOM/provenance/signing | None | Draft PR #8741; native Release-tree discovery pending | `6f28a8cbf`; E-M3-WINDOWS-LINK-COMMAND-RELEASE-ROOT-LOCAL-001 |
| 3. Release publication | Prerequisite DAG, embedded manifest, draft upload/read-back gates | Asset-only | Not started | — |
| 4. Desktop resolver/cache | Verified download, extraction, cache, offline behavior | None/forced mode only | Not started | — |
| 5. Transfer/install | Bounded transports, structured sentinel, bundled launch behind per-target Beta/forced mode | Per-target opt-in only | Not started | — |
@@ -5482,9 +5482,9 @@ the bounded depth` before opening or parsing a candidate. Starting at the comple
### E-M3-WINDOWS-LINK-COMMAND-RELEASE-ROOT-LOCAL-001 — Release output-tree discovery scope
- Date: 2026-07-14
-- Commit SHA / PR: implementation and ledger are in the current artifact-only checkpoint; record
- the exact implementation SHA in the immediate documentation evidence head after commit; stacked
- draft PR [#8741](https://github.com/stablyai/orca/pull/8741), target-native execution pending
+- Commit SHA / PR: exact implementation commit
+ `6f28a8cbf53d1cfe889ce259476eb4aaaead2d87`; stacked draft
+ PR [#8741](https://github.com/stablyai/orca/pull/8741), target-native execution pending
- Runner: macOS 26.2 build 25C56, native Apple M4 arm64; Node v26.0.0 and pnpm 10.24.0. This runner
cannot generate the native MSBuild tree, so Windows x64/arm64 jobs remain authoritative.
- Remote and transport: none; bounded discovery-root and builder-ordering contracts only
@@ -5613,12 +5613,11 @@ The project is not complete until every applicable item below is checked with ev
## Next Required Action
-Commit and push the bounded `build/Release` output-tree discovery correction without raising any
-entry/depth/candidate/byte bound, then rerun both Windows architectures and all four POSIX controls.
-Require both Windows clean builds to select one target record and report the same allowlisted
-switch summary. Only if that target-native evidence classifies the 2,879 function thunks may one
-copied-artifact producer correction be considered; retain strict parsing/comparison and
-rejected-output no-upload.
+Push exact implementation commit `6f28a8cbf` plus its evidence-ledger head, then rerun both Windows
+architectures and all four POSIX controls. Require both Windows clean builds to select one target
+record and report the same allowlisted switch summary. Only if that target-native evidence
+classifies the 2,879 function thunks may one copied-artifact producer correction be considered;
+retain strict parsing/comparison and rejected-output no-upload.
Cross-family Layer B targets, the protected manifest-signing environment,
oldest-baseline/native-trust cells, and the paired legacy performance baseline remain
release/default-path blockers; no publication, desktop resolver, SSH transfer/install, per-target