I read this as a final offline compliance review - I will inspect the immutable candidate evidence and write a fail-closed receipt without modifying production assets.


I read this as a final offline compliance review - I completed it and recorded a fail-closed verdict.

**FAIL** for candidate `653cc2f0...c7a723`.

- Candidate verifier passed; wheel `af4a9d...f141b`, manifest `23b721...fca26`, and 2,374-source closure had zero hash drift.
- Production wheel scan found **0 trainer markers/routes/data/archive-migration references**; owner callback routing is customer/owner-only.
- Failures: missing required trainer-free checkpoint evidence (23 fields), required re-audit remains inconclusive, and current profile cleanup metadata drifted (`stopped`, stale nonzero PID; Task25 requires `inactive/dead`, PID 0).
- No source/profile/runtime/archive/service/network/Telegram/provider/Git actions occurred.

Receipt: `.omo/evidence/task26/task26-trainer-free-final-653cc2f0.redacted.json`
SHA-256: `ca459304a70177cad92fe2fe0801207013dee1797f95a37ffb483d3f4bbe0e1d` (mode `0600`).


I read this as a read-only remediation clarification - I will trace the checkpoint contract and gateway-status semantics, then distinguish a real cleanup failure from retained history.


I read this as a read-only remediation clarification - I traced the checkpoint contract and gateway liveness semantics.

## Cleanup blocker reclassified

`TFV1-CLEANUP-DRIFT` is **not a valid blocker**.

- Current systemd state: `inactive`, `dead`, `MainPID=0`.
- The retained JSON state is intentionally `gateway_state="stopped"` with the last PID retained.
- `gateway/status.py` (`8641bae...d308`) treats `"stopped"` as non-running before inspecting the stored PID; `get_running_pid()` validates live process identity and returns `None`.
- The Task25 controller (`b303634...556e13`) explicitly requires `gateway_state.json.gateway_state == "stopped"` and Telegram `disconnected`; it does **not** require JSON `pid == 0`.
- The plan's Specification 25 requires “gateway state reports stopped.” Task25 evidence's `cleanup.final_gateway_state="inactive/dead"` and terminal `gateway_service="inactive/dead"` describe service liveness, not the JSON PID field.

So the JSON PID is retained diagnostic history, not orphan-runtime evidence. The original receipt remains FAIL for the two independent checkpoint/evidence failures below.

## The 23 missing checkpoint fields

Authority: trainer-free inventory `31f1118c...909eb56f`, `candidate_checkpoint_contract`. Current candidate checkpoint: `6acc31b...dbbd4be`.

| Missing field | Required value / binding | Authoritative source |
|---|---|---|
| `recorded_at_utc` | Seal-time RFC3339 UTC timestamp | Inventory contract |
| `execution_head` | Seal-time immutable source head; no preserved value exists for 653 | Inventory contract |
| `git_status_porcelain_v1_z_sha256` | `ca1ce270...58895478` | Candidate `status/pre.nul` and `post.nul` |
| `git_status_entry_count` | `1294` | Candidate checkpoint/manifest |
| `candidate_manifest_path` | Candidate manifest path under the sealed candidate root | Candidate verifier input |
| `candidate_manifest_sha256` | `23b72148...62fca26` | Candidate manifest |
| `candidate_digest` | `653cc2f0...c7a723` | Candidate checkpoint |
| `candidate_file_count` | Deterministic sealed-envelope count; current envelope has 19 files, but the contract does not define its counting algorithm | Candidate verifier/Gate18 tree observation |
| `v1_runtime_closure_manifest_path` | New dedicated v1 closure manifest; generic `bindings/executable-closure.json` is insufficient because it lacks required `reason_in_closure` entries | Inventory contract |
| `v1_runtime_closure_manifest_sha256` | SHA-256 of that new dedicated manifest | Inventory contract |
| `production_wheel_path` | `artifacts/hermes_agent-0.17.0-py3-none-any.whl` | Candidate manifest |
| `production_wheel_sha256` | `af4a9d0a...2f141b` | Candidate manifest/verifier |
| `production_wheel_member_count` | `860` | Candidate manifest/verifier |
| `trainer_free_migration_receipt_path` | `.omo/evidence/task26/task26-v1-successor-archive/migration-receipt.redacted.json` | Successor archive manifest |
| `trainer_free_migration_receipt_sha256` | `32e2dd53...ded2782458` | Successor archive manifest |
| `preclean_fixture_manifest_path` | New candidate-bound immutable fixture manifest; none exists for 653 | Inventory contract |
| `preclean_fixture_manifest_sha256` | SHA-256 of that new fixture manifest | Inventory contract |
| `preclean_fixture_receipt_path` | New candidate-bound fixture receipt; none exists for 653 | Inventory contract |
| `preclean_fixture_receipt_sha256` | SHA-256 of that receipt | Inventory contract |
| `verification_receipt_paths` | New candidate-bound verifier/test/integration receipt list | Inventory contract |
| `verification_receipt_sha256` | Canonical SHA-256 binding of that list | Inventory contract |
| `task22_permission_receipt_path` | `.omo/evidence/task26/task22-canonical-permission-repair.redacted.json` | Task22 permission receipt |
| `task22_permission_receipt_sha256` | `53f9ce83...3e194290a` | Task22 permission receipt |

Also required: `status="READY_FOR_TASK26_SECURITY_READONLY_REAUDIT"`, SHA-256 hashing, and zero product/profile/service/provider/delivery and Git mutations.

## Can an offline checkpoint close the lane?

**Not for immutable candidate 653 itself.** Its checkpoint and manifest cannot gain the missing bindings without changing the candidate envelope.

**Yes for a new successor candidate with unchanged product source/wheel.** The successor can be sealed entirely offline from the authenticated migration projection and disposable fixture; no live-profile mutation is required. Its full candidate digest must be new.

## Required verifier sequence

1. Seal a successor checkpoint with all fields above; authenticate every referenced private regular file, mode, and SHA-256 atomically.
2. Recompute dedicated v1 static and dynamic closure, including required roots and `reason_in_closure`.
3. Rebuild/verify the wheel; bind its SHA-256 and all 860 members.
4. Scan closure, wheel, fixture, active configuration/state, rendered surfaces, and reports for zero forbidden trainer matches.
5. Verify successor archive migration, zero trainer fields, original archive integrity, and zero runtime reads of history.
6. Verify Task22 canonical modes/hashes/index references.
7. Run focused trainer-free, authority, callback, CAS, request-schema, and redaction tests.
8. Run the real-handler integration once from the immutable fixture under `bwrap --unshare-net`; prove fixture/live-tree isolation and exact expected counts.
9. Re-authenticate candidate and evidence after testing, then issue the successor-bound redacted verdict.

No source, profile, runtime, archive, or service mutation was performed in this clarification.


I read this as a final read-only compliance audit - I will authenticate the 2e envelope and its bound trainer-free evidence, then issue a fail-closed 0600 receipt.


I read this as a read-only final compliance audit - I am authenticating the successor envelope and its bound trainer-free evidence, then I will issue the required fail-closed receipt.


I read this as a final read-only compliance audit - I authenticated the successor and issued the required receipt.

**FAIL**: candidate `2e0894...da925` integrity is intact, but it lacks its own 25-field trainer-free checkpoint with status `READY_FOR_TASK26_SECURITY_READONLY_REAUDIT`. The authoritative inventory also remains `FAIL` with `checkpoint_observed=false`.

- All 14 source-bound gate inputs authenticated as `PASS_INPUT`; 763 indexed leaves, closure, wheel, supersession, and re-audit bindings matched.
- Target cleanup passes: `MainPID=0`, service inactive/dead, profile state stopped, no live recorded PID.
- Candidate tree was unchanged before/after: `626c1e8988c9acda04d696feeec38d968ae631e53f713dcd224a04ee9190767a`.
- Final candidate verifier: PASS.

Receipt: `.omo/evidence/task26/task26-trainer-free-final-2e0894ea.redacted.json`
Mode `0600`, SHA-256 `e69e682c14b791ba57d5211a9c06869ab679bd52c079ac749147a7d8498b6b92`.

Remediation is recorded: create a new immutable successor with a successor-specific complete checkpoint and append-only inventory observation; do not amend candidate `2e`.