I read this as an implementation-and-sealing task - I’ll inspect the existing candidate/evidence machinery and predecessor seals, then build, verify, dry-run, independently audit, and either emit one fully sealed `READY_STRICT_REHEARSAL` package or an exact hard blocker.


I’ve completed the source/evidence survey. The authoritative implementations and predecessor seals are present; I’m moving into the offline build-and-gate phase now, including resolving the profile suite through the existing local Python environment rather than weakening or skipping its locked dependency contract.


The first full gateway isolation run exposed a harness-only issue: 21 media tests use mocked HTTP but still require hostname classification, and an empty network namespace made DNS classification fail before those mocks. No product defect was found. I’m correcting the offline harness with a read-only synthetic `/etc/hosts` mapping to public documentation addresses (still no network interface or provider access), proving the 21 predecessor failures turn green, then rerunning the full gate without ignoring anything.


I read this as final certification - I completed the offline gates, sealed the candidate, and verified the clean baseline without activation or live mutation.

# `READY_STRICT_REHEARSAL`

**Evidence root**

`.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-st_01a00f35`

## Candidate hashes

- Full: `573d19e464c7df2a0dcacddbb915447beb20c97aceb7c1d1306415014d5730d7`
- Core: `90b2557bb159dc7595ea6bcd3d76d1a0dabf77c51f78aa0ffcf237746d669b49`
- Product inventory: `02c71d790a187f9b0a669f115cf1687c034820e9c55884079b6b98bdd382cd98`
- Inventory entries: `5,492`
- Hermes wheel: `b87aeaca4abb39ce43f6c9dc35eb47e9c3665ec363882aa286d47fb74ec1b7dc`
- Profile wheel: `fb48a1931828ee60ab3812faf795550bf4e672a54c56f78cd10dcf674c45560d`

Both wheel pairs were byte-identical. Profile tests used the existing exact locked `typer==0.27.0` environment offline.

## Final seals

- Readiness seal: `76df4f322d316a8ee1ca332df7fdd2a17d2315ae3cee9c968d253b38bad6388c`
- Package inventory root: `262d345eb795c55ca8076abf96d2262be4a7fe9a05405fee7277dea7c59d0175`
- Candidate manifest: `3c1ad012971740c96b76f1bbd5b50b659cb125e196521e4e15c9eb3ae00d773b`
- Lifecycle observer v7: `fb95738da52c4d0c6f3e9664f9ce2d657bba8845a555b08444acba61e346f570`
- Cleanup controller v6: `7b0b707f8017b1c9dbe8c942b5704779e3c3770966c488584733fecc233a0212`

Bound predecessors:

- Cleanup v5: `0d5477d8cd143da0b254329341fdee7a90ae998d89b9f265b7c01ed48d77ba7f`
- Cleanup v4: `188e9e630b53e9329ae185fc8c007aecb7988c16d174d325d68e8e004edb38e9`
- Immutable retention: `f02a9671422b2d49aace2037dfbcfff461249ac79d4999d46bc09ddce638367d`
- Capture harness: `fd973db6926fe12a87913814e9a15e1f396574e47d153e7221dd2efa72184484`

## Gates

- Gate18 source focused: `430 passed`
- Gate18 installed Hermes wheel: `32 passed`
- Gate18 installed profile wheel: `132 passed`
- Gate19 full gateway: `8,180 passed`, `59 skipped`, `0 failed`
- Gate20 full profile: `683 passed`, `0 failed`
- Offline isolation correction: predecessor `21 RED`, corrected subset `35 GREEN`
- Ruff: PASS
- Strict changed-file typing: `0 errors, 0 warnings`
- Source/wheel parity: Hermes `452`, profile `47`, zero mismatches
- Observer v7 dry-run: PASS
- Cleanup v6 dry-run: PASS, execution locked
- Objective/security/trainer-free/quality/QA/provenance: all `READY_STRICT_REHEARSAL`
- Independent final verification: `51 checks`, PASS

## Current clean state

- Service: `inactive/dead`, `MainPID=0`
- Registry/customer/owner/onboarding live data: absent or empty
- Monitors, dualcoach timers/jobs, and publications: none
- `delivery_enabled=false`
- `activation=false`
- `delivery=false`
- Immutable retention verification: `176` inodes checked, `140` reads verified
- No service start, Telegram/provider/customer action, configuration change, or live-state mutation occurred.

## First exact human handoff

> Operator: launch the exact candidate-bound observer and membership subscription; do not invite or message the customer yet.


I read this as command-only handoff - provide verification, launch, and expected readiness fields without execution.

1. `/usr/bin/python3 "/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-st_01a00f35/verify_candidate.py"`

2. `BLOCKED: no sealed command exists that can install/launch the candidate and arm the membership subscription from the current empty registry without first creating the new logical customer; fabricating one would violate the sealed preflight order.`

3. `{"candidate":"573d19e464c7df2a0dcacddbb915447beb20c97aceb7c1d1306415014d5730d7","checks":51,"clean_state":"PASS","inventory_root":"262d345eb795c55ca8076abf96d2262be4a7fe9a05405fee7277dea7c59d0175","status":"READY_STRICT_REHEARSAL"}`


I read this as successor certification after the read-only bootstrap fix - I’ll preserve the `573d19e…` package untouched, bind the failed-launch rollback chain, rebuild and rerun every offline gate, then seal only a fully verified successor with executable verification and one-use launch commands.


I read this as completed successor certification - the sealed offline successor is ready with exact verification and one-use launch commands.

`READY_STRICT_REHEARSAL`

- Candidate: `dac4e81281e8ab7f5c46461e79d405998e0273fe9f98dc09ff67b73528083092`
- Core: `5066107bad4b9872c6849b655360e8db3c24fae877b566d9f82ea1c892fca613`
- Inventory: `dbdaa4b71bedf411fac46ec54a710e0d73d8f94d505a5e0d6bf40e15705bb5db`
- Seal: `bb191678ac5a3d5d27db30709385e66e57f949539c74a048e3dadb7cc503450e`
- Package inventory: `2ac4de83ff3e55a5459161622823caf5d21f9483209c9d2aab63fdd1eb3781fa`
- Gateway: `8189 passed, 59 skipped`
- Profile: `683 passed`
- Pre-reviews: all `READY_STRICT_REHEARSAL`
- Launch v6 dry-run: `PASS_ZERO_MUTATIONS`
- Predecessor seal remains `76df4f322d316a8ee1ca332df7fdd2a17d2315ae3cee9c968d253b38bad6388c`

Verify:

```bash
/home/cube/projects/richard/hermes-agent/.venv/bin/python "/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v2-st_01a00f35/verify_successor.py"
```

One-use launch to `READY_CUSTOMER_CLAIM`:

```bash
/usr/bin/env PYTHONPATH="/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v2-st_01a00f35/artifacts/hermes_agent-0.17.0-py3-none-any.whl:/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v2-st_01a00f35/artifacts/physique_checkin_cli-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl" /home/cube/projects/richard/hermes-agent/.venv/bin/python "/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v2-st_01a00f35/launch_controller_v6.py" execute --root "/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-launch-controller-v6-successor-st_01a00f35/run-one-use" --permission "/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v2-st_01a00f35/PERMISSION-v6.json"
```


I read this as read-only incident forensics - I’ll inspect the sealed controller, wheel implementation, and existing run evidence, then classify the failure and confirm rollback without exposing credentials or performing any action.


## Diagnosis

**Outer exception**
- Type: `Blocked`
- Exact message: `read-only credential resolution failed`

**Underlying exception**
- Type: `GatewayPreflightError`
- Exact reason: `untrusted profile input: config.yaml`
- Formal reason-code field: none
- Equivalent classification: `UNTRUSTED_PROFILE_INPUT_CONFIG_YAML`

`config.yaml` is mode `0664`; the read-only API rejects any profile input with group/world permission bits (`mode & 0o077`).

## Inputs passed to `load_gateway_preflight_inputs`

- Call: `load_gateway_preflight_inputs(PROFILE)`
- Explicit profile: `/home/cube/.hermes/profiles/dualcoachtest`
- `environment=` argument: omitted, therefore effective explicit environment was `{}`
- Interpreter: `/home/cube/projects/richard/hermes-agent/.venv/bin/python`
- Launch `PYTHONPATH`:
  - `/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v2-st_01a00f35/artifacts/hermes_agent-0.17.0-py3-none-any.whl`
  - `/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v2-st_01a00f35/artifacts/physique_checkin_cli-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl`
- `HERMES_HOME`: not passed by the launch command and not used by this API; the profile is explicit.
- Profile `.env`: exists with mode `0600`, but **was not loaded**. Processing stopped while validating `config.yaml`, before `.env` was opened.

## Wheel and binding findings

- Sealed Hermes wheel contains `load_gateway_preflight_inputs`, its exports, and the `dualcoach_admin` integration.
- Wheel SHA-256: `ee787fb63fd8ce61d35eb2d7a43c11d7e7adef268c1d09a0a40c1d881b8ea742`
- Wheel `gateway/config.py` SHA-256: `98e79aa7021178d5dcb5331ab80e2e7c328c9fcf5bcd3ac893a573af46a56934`
- Permission binding matches the sealed controller.
- This is **not** wheel packaging, permission binding, or proven live credential absence.
- Classification: **controller/preflight wiring defect**. The controller targeted a live profile whose established `config.yaml` mode is `0664`, while the new API requires `0600`. The dry-run checked the API contract but did not exercise this real profile-input validation path.

## Final state

Failure occurred before network preflight, run-root creation, one-use claim, customer preparation, deployment, service start, or rollback execution.

- Run-one-use directory: absent
- One-use marker: absent
- Rollback archive: absent
- Service: `inactive/dead`, `MainPID=0`, `Result=success`
- Registry, sessions, onboarding, owner actions, gateway state/locks, and state DB: absent
- Invite intent count: `0`
- Invite result count: `0`
- Unknown invite outcome count: `0`
- Actual invite count: **`0`**
- Final classification: `PRE_MUTATION_CLEAN_BLOCK`


I read this as a metadata-hardened v3/v7 successor - I’ll verify the authorized `0600` state and unchanged product bytes, exercise the sealed wheel’s real-profile loader with before/after inventories, then issue fresh config-authority, readiness, controller, and one-use permission seals without touching service or customer state.


`READY_STRICT_REHEARSAL`

- Successor v3: `b6d78bc1e68ead7340d92b534fe3a6d0257c8aa2b02cd3d58e43215fbd8a3443`
- Preserved product candidate: `dac4e81281e8ab7f5c46461e79d405998e0273fe9f98dc09ff67b73528083092`
- Candidate seal: `91507c158ba6fefc28a6a53ad5683b497ce25625dbe08f79840e8747225cdcd3`
- Readiness seal: `49dfd3904a01e87de9eaab38e1199fdc6b4fc200f6f88513b0f8717ddd69a026`
- Config-authority seal: `c7a5d14dd1cffed19374a0546ce2f7ca4d19bb0edb46bca8a52e1bce9a7a7d1d`
- Launch-controller v7 seal: `46abf1b819377d97bcd9a502964e6af02c9d649f59b935a418905657aca8a0f3`
- Fresh permission v7: `80cdd213b91f99b0175888369c07907a0992ad8444447adf6095ebd4a8699cd1`
- Actual-profile preflight: `PASS_READ_ONLY_ZERO_MUTATIONS`
- `0664` fixture: `PASS_FAIL_CLOSED`
- Product inventory: unchanged, 5,493 entries
- Wheels: unchanged
- Service: `inactive/dead`, `MainPID=0`
- Invite count: `0`

Verify:

```bash
/home/cube/projects/richard/hermes-agent/.venv/bin/python "/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v3-st_01a00f35/verify_successor_v3.py"
```

One-use launch to `READY_CUSTOMER_CLAIM`:

```bash
/usr/bin/env PYTHONPATH="/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v3-st_01a00f35/artifacts/hermes_agent-0.17.0-py3-none-any.whl:/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v3-st_01a00f35/artifacts/physique_checkin_cli-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl" /home/cube/projects/richard/hermes-agent/.venv/bin/python "/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v3-st_01a00f35/launch_controller_v7.py" execute --root "/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-launch-controller-v7-successor-st_01a00f35/run-one-use-v7" --permission "/home/cube/projects/richard/traning coach/.omo/evidence/task26/task26-strict-final-candidate-successor-v3-st_01a00f35/PERMISSION-v7.json"
```


I read this as an overlay-safe v8 launch successor - I’ll bind the v7 pre-mutation block, replace only the controller’s overlay verification path, exercise adversarial deterministic tests and a real v3-wheel dry-run, then issue a fresh one-use v8 permission and seal without product, config, service, network, or customer changes.


type: cancelled

previous_status: running

reason: Overlay proof path is over-complex; pausing to choose simpler standard deployment.