I read this as a read-only Task26 state reconstruction - I’ll inspect the active handoff first, then correlate the plan, ledger, receipts, repository/runtime, and systemd evidence to identify the single authorized next action.


The active handoff is stale relative to the newer 5e6f candidate receipts, so I’m treating it as policy context rather than current state and now resolving the authoritative candidate, reviewer results, and post-window cleanup from the append-only evidence and live read-only observations.


I read this as a read-only Task26 state reconstruction - I correlated the handoff, plan, Boulder, ledger, receipts, repository, profile, processes, and systemd state.

## Current state

| Area | Evidence-backed state |
|---|---|
| Plan/Boulder | Task26 remains unchecked; Task27 and F1-F5 are unauthorized. Boulder still selects `dualcoach-production-readiness-20260806` as active. Sources: `.omo/plans/dualcoach-production-readiness.md:791-815,1051-1087`; `.omo/boulder.json`. |
| Candidate authority | **No current release-authoritative candidate.** Offline v6 candidate `8536818c...` is only `READY_FOR_FIVE_FINAL_TASK26_LANES_NOT_TASK26_PASS`. Production candidate `5e6f2f2a...` passed Gates 18-20, but the later controller repair explicitly says `candidate_invalidated_by_repair=true`; repaired controller SHA `b3036345...` differs from sealed SHA `76212d9c...`. Sources: `task26-owner-v1-v6-provenance-readiness-receipt.redacted.json`; `task26-post-launch-owner-review-repair-5e6f.../repair-receipt.json`. |
| Gate18 | **PASS for pre-repair 5e6f candidate only:** Golden Path 1/1, source/wheel parity and pre/post verification pass. |
| Gate19 | **PASS for pre-repair 5e6f candidate only:** 23/23 isolated matrix nodes pass. |
| Gate20 | **PASS for pre-repair 5e6f candidate only:** canonical Gateway suite 8,136 passed, 59 skipped. |
| Reviewer lanes | **No exact-current-candidate PASS set.** Objective: FAIL (`80700cc0...`); quality: FAIL (`80700cc0...`); hands-on: FAIL (`80700cc0...`); provenance: FAIL/aborted (`80700cc0...`); security/privacy: PASS only for historical `2a0cd32e...`; v6 readiness records all five final lanes pending. Owner/operator-only and trainer-free checks therefore remain unclosed for Task26 acceptance. |
| Repository | Branch `feature/dual-coach-lifecycle`, HEAD `0dc0f228...`; 1,294 porcelain-v1 records, SHA `ca1ce270...`, matching the 5e6f status artifact. This path-status match does **not** restore candidate authority after the acknowledged source-content repair. |
| Gateway | `hermes-gateway-dualcoachtest.service`: loaded/enabled but **inactive/dead**, `MainPID=0`, `Result=success`; no matching process. Profile `gateway_state.json` says `stopped`, Telegram `disconnected`. |
| Watcher | Both `task26-claim-watch.service` and `task26-replacement-claim-watch.service` are not found/inactive, `MainPID=0`; no matching process. |
| Profile | Zero registered customers; zero room-bootstrap sessions; publication and emergency ledgers empty; two customer-bootstrap sessions exist only as `EXPIRED`, each with zero role claims. No active invite, owner review, activation, or delivery authority exists. |
| Exact blocker | The two authorized human-action windows expired without a claim. Latest receipt status is `PASS_BLOCKED_NO_LIVE_INVITE`; it states: authorize one fresh canonical invite window only when synthetic actor `8527916639` is ready to open it immediately. No valid Telegram link or Start action currently exists. |

Gate receipts:

- `.omo/evidence/task26/task26-gate18-5e6f...-receipt.json`
- `.omo/evidence/task26/task26-gate19-5e6f...-receipt.json`
- `.omo/evidence/task26/task26-gate20-5e6f...-receipt.json`

Latest operational authority:

- `.omo/evidence/task26/task26-expired-human-window-cleanup-5e6f.../cleanup-blocked-audit-receipt.json`

## One next action

**HUMAN-AUTHORIZATION-REQUIRED:** obtain explicit authorization for exactly one fresh canonical invite window, with synthetic actor `8527916639` confirmed ready to open it immediately.

Creating the invite, starting the gateway/watcher, or performing Telegram actions is not currently authorized. Offline resealing or declaring Task26 PASS is also not the immediate authorized action.

## Cleanup / non-touch evidence

Read-only observations used:

```text
git --no-optional-locks status --porcelain=v1 -z --untracked-files=all
ps -eo pid,ppid,lstart,stat,args
systemctl --user show ...
systemctl --user list-units --all ...
sha256sum <profile authority files>
```

Post-observation state remained:

- matching processes: `0`
- gateway: `inactive/dead`, PID `0`
- watcher units active: `0`
- registry SHA: `9eb1b5ae...`
- bootstrap ledger SHA: `76ec1618...`
- room ledger SHA: `87a6df56...`
- publication/emergency SHA: `8df495c2...`

No files, Git state, profile/runtime metadata, services, invites, Telegram/provider state, or customer state were mutated.


I read this as an authority-conflict investigation - I’ll compare the repair recommendation, invite-preparation receipts, cleanup stop record, handoff prohibitions, and plan authorization clauses without changing runtime or profile state.


I read this as an authority conflict check - the handoff/human-authorization interpretation is authoritative; the auditor conflated technical sequencing with permission.

## Determination

**No offline action is currently authorized to establish a live recoverable `owner_review`.** The next action remains obtaining explicit human authorization for one fresh canonical invite window.

### Why

1. **The repair receipt describes a technical prerequisite, not authorization.**

`task26-post-launch-owner-review-repair-5e6f.../repair-receipt.json` says:

- `next_safe_boundary`: use the supported journaled preparation/reconciliation path before reseal/re-arm/relaunch.
- `verification.live_owner_review_recovery_ready`: `false`.
- `repair.candidate_invalidated_by_repair`: `true`.
- It also says not to issue a human-action pointer because no prepared invite or owner-review card existed.

Nothing in that receipt labels the operation offline or grants permission to mutate the live profile.

2. **The demonstrated preparation path is not offline.**

`task26-canonical-invite-preparation-5e6f.../preparation-receipt.json` proves that preparation:

- invoked live-profile API `RoomBootstrapStore.prepare_rehearsal_customer_invite`;
- changed the live bootstrap ledger from SHA `b5f0be87...` to `efc1cc4e...`;
- produced only `PREPARED_AWAITING_HUMAN_CLAIM`;
- explicitly stopped before claim, onboarding, `owner_review`, reseal, re-arm, or service launch.

Thus preparation is a **profile mutation**, and preparation alone cannot establish recoverable `owner_review`.

3. **The plan requires real Telegram participation.**

`.omo/plans/dualcoach-production-readiness.md` states:

- line 713: supported journaled reconciliation moves the existing projection to `owner_review`;
- line 717: “Drive through real Telegram”;
- line 1023: acceptance includes one **real owner/operator Approve path** and restart;
- lines 177-178: external authentication and Telegram actions require normal approval procedures.

An offline disposable test may validate the journal mechanism, but it cannot satisfy the live state prerequisite.

4. **Later cleanup supersedes the earlier operational state.**

`task26-expired-human-window-cleanup-5e6f.../cleanup-blocked-audit-receipt.json` records:

- `status`: `PASS_BLOCKED_NO_LIVE_INVITE`;
- `live_prepared_count`: `0`;
- `owner_review_count`: `0`;
- `third_invite_created`: `false`;
- `sole_remaining_human_action`: authorize one fresh invite only when actor `8527916639` is ready.

Both prior prepared sessions are expired and unusable.

5. **The active handoff is the current normative scope.**

`.omo/start-work/dualcoach-production-readiness-handoff.md` now explicitly labels its section `2026-08-15 authoritative resumption correction`:

- lines 37-40: next live step requires explicit authorization; invite/service/watcher/Telegram actions are forbidden until then;
- lines 104-107: do not restart the service, modify the profile, or consume Telegram updates;
- lines 112-115: historical authorization does not cover another live rehearsal; future validation must remain offline/disposable unless explicitly extended.

The plan itself also says at line 22 that it is a work plan, not operational authorization.

## Authoritative interpretation

| Interpretation | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Offline disposable validation of the journal/reconciliation mechanism | Allowed, but cannot create live `owner_review`. |
| Mutate `dualcoachtest` through journaled invite/session preparation before authorization | **Forbidden.** |
| Establish recoverable live `owner_review` entirely offline | **Not supported by the receipts or plan.** |
| Next action | **Human-authorization-required:** obtain authorization for one fresh canonical invite window with actor `8527916639` ready immediately. |

No files, profile state, services, invites, or external surfaces were changed during this cross-check.


I read this as a read-only root-cause correction audit - I’ll trace the existing synthetic customer/session through Task22, Task23-25 archival cleanup, the current profile, and the controller repair to decide whether restoration/reconciliation should replace fresh bootstrap.


The archive confirms the user’s account was already bound and the completed lifecycle was deliberately removed from the live baseline, not absent historically. I’m now checking whether the repository actually exposes a supported archive-restore/reconciliation operation, rather than assuming that archived bytes may safely be copied back.


I read this as a correction audit of the bootstrap premise - the fresh-invite path was conceptually wrong; Task26 should bind the retained completed-rehearsal evidence into a repaired successor candidate without restoring or repeating onboarding.

## Hypothesis results

| Hypothesis | Verdict | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bot connection existed, but live bootstrap/customer authority was cleaned | **Confirmed** | The Task25 archive’s `telegram-room-bootstrap-v1/ledger.json` retains session `rb_f4L9siIlDP-R6IF27GwxdA` as `ACTIVE`, with customer role claim `user_id/chat_id=8527916639`, message `124`. Its archived registry binds `task22_dm_rehearsal` to the same DM. Current registry has zero customers and current room ledger has zero sessions because Task25 deliberately reset them. |
| 2. Restore/reconcile the archive into the live profile without a new invite | **Rejected as the next action.** | The archive contains sufficient authenticated history, but no supported live archive-restore operation was found. Task22’s journaled reconciliation was the already-completed forward transition, not authorization for selective reverse restoration after cleanup. Restoring the archive would also reintroduce enabled customer, activation, owner actions, scheduled delivery state, and a `sent_audited` delivery, violating Task25’s clean terminal acceptance. |
| 3. A fresh bootstrap invite is required | **Rejected.** | The account was already bound and completed Tasks22-24. A fresh invite creates a second bootstrap lineage for an already-proven customer and contradicts Task22’s requirement to reuse the committed Q1-Q22 session. |

## Decisive evidence

### Task22 required reuse, not re-bootstrap

`.omo/plans/dualcoach-production-readiness.md:710-724` requires:

- reuse of the existing synthetic session’s committed Q1-Q22 answers and attestation;
- supported journaled reconciliation into `owner_review`;
- execution through the existing real Telegram relationship.

Task22 evidence confirms completion:

`/.omo/evidence/dualcoach-task-22-evidence-index.json`

- `terminal.phase = PUBLICATION_COMMITTED`
- `terminal.answer_count = 22`
- `terminal.answers_digest = f1aced03...`
- owner callback count `1`
- customer key `task22_dm_rehearsal`

### Tasks23-24 completed through the same DM

- `.omo/evidence/dualcoach-task-23-evidence-index.json`: activation/check-in completed, one draft and one owner-review card.
- `.omo/evidence/dualcoach-task-24-evidence-index.json`: one accepted send and one audited synthetic delivery, provider message `157`.

Archived delivery authority confirms destination `8527916639`, state `sent_audited`:

```text
.../2009ac177177839cefddb98f285e27fa/
  payload/data/owner-actions/draft-deliveries.json
```

### Task25 intentionally removed live authority

`.omo/evidence/dualcoach-task-25-evidence.json` records:

- archive ID `2009ac177177839cefddb98f285e27fa`
- archive digest `644d74b0...`
- 23 archived scopes
- live customer registry emptied
- rehearsal runtime/setup authorities remaining: `0`
- gateway inactive/dead
- delivery gate disabled

The archive still contains:

- customer registry and DM binding;
- 22-answer customer state;
- active customer-role bootstrap session;
- owner actions and publication receipts;
- activation journals;
- exactly-once delivery receipt.

Therefore, the empty current profile proves cleanup, not absence of prior connection.

### Post-launch repair used the wrong prerequisite for this phase

`task26-post-launch-owner-review-repair-5e6f.../repair-receipt.json` changed the controller to require:

- one live `AWAITING_ACTIVATION` room-bootstrap session;
- one live `COMMITTED` onboarding projection with payload state `owner_review`.

That check only examines the cleaned live profile. It does not consult the verified Task25 archive or Task22-24 receipts. Consequently, it interpreted the successful Task25 cleanup as missing onboarding and led to the unnecessary fresh-invite path.

The controller fail-closed repair was valid mechanically, but its live-state prerequisite was inappropriate for a Task26 evidence review after canonical cleanup.

## Authoritative correction

The current active handoff now states at `.omo/start-work/dualcoach-production-readiness-handoff.md:65-83`:

- **Do not create a fourth bootstrap invite.**
- User `8527916639` was already bound in archived active session `rb_f4L9siIlDP-R6IF27GwxdA`.
- Task25 intentionally cleared the live registry.
- Task26 must consume the immutable archive and live-rehearsal receipts as historical evidence.
- It must not restore the archive or repeat onboarding merely to prove the existing binding.

## Correct next action

**Offline-authorized:** prepare the stable-source successor candidate graph that binds:

1. the repaired controller source;
2. verified archive manifest `ca481144...`;
3. archive receipt `e81a84a8...`;
4. canonical Task22-25 evidence indexes and live receipts;
5. affected automated Gate18-20 reruns.

Then rerun all six Task26 reviewer lanes against that successor candidate.

Do **not** create another invite, restore the archive into `dualcoachtest`, restart the gateway, or ask account `8527916639` to reconnect.

## Non-touch confirmation

Current observations remain:

- gateway: `inactive/dead`, `MainPID=0`
- current registry SHA: `9eb1b5ae...`, zero customers
- archive manifest SHA: `ca481144...`
- archive receipt SHA: `e81a84a8...`
- no matching gateway/Task26 process

No profile, archive, service, Telegram, provider, Git, or evidence state was mutated.