I read this as a read-only F5 provenance and live-state audit - I’ll trace the candidate, build and receipt evidence end-to-end, independently check the terminal state, and return a strict PASS/FAIL with blockers and a JSON-ready summary.


The relevant evidence is in the dedicated `hermes-agent-dualcoach-v1.1` worktree, not the original training-coach directory. I’ve isolated that release root and am now validating its sealed graph against Git and the live profile rather than relying on the self-reported receipts alone.


I read this as a read-only F5 provenance and cleanup audit - I independently checked the release graph, verifier, Git base, and live terminal state.

# F5 verdict: FAIL

One release-blocking provenance gap remains: **the exact two-build wheel reproducibility evidence is absent from the sealed qualification inventory**.

## Blocker

`qualification-receipt.json` asserts:

```json
"reproducible_hermes_builds": 2
```

But the 212-entry `qualification-inventory.json` contains:

- only one successor Hermes wheel;
- no two per-build wheel artifacts or hashes;
- no build transcript/receipt;
- no isolated build directories, build commands, tool hash, environment, or byte-comparison record.

Searching the release and repository found no independently retained `build-1`/`build-2` evidence. Thus both builds producing `ec160d...ddb0` cannot be verified from the sealed evidence. The count is an assertion, not reproducibility proof.

Required closure: inventory and seal a receipt binding two independent isolated builds, each with source commit, builder/toolchain, command/environment, wheel SHA/size, and byte-equality result. Prefer retaining both wheels or separately hashed immutable outputs.

## Evidence that passed

- Canonical derivation independently recomputed:
  - candidate: `0e383539aea1b83205771772f1e8b417840defe60f5ea6ce184f80e3af8d25f9`
  - binding: `178ce0ce9a2ea0b76af8e5ef7fcba2340c4a266388a23da5769642bc550f97f2`
- Wheels:
  - Hermes: `ec160d3d0e29bc747f463923d31bfe736aefb5840a3d32fcb04842aa5139ddb0`
  - profile: `a56da2417df0912f3fe407c0b78befd7362207d1c8a35271000af46701ba79d2`
- Both old and new Hermes wheels have 992 RECORD-valid members. Exact changed members:
  - `gateway/platforms/telegram_customer_bootstrap.py`
  - `hermes_agent-0.17.0.dist-info/RECORD`
- Base Git identity verified:
  - tag object: `e19f59ee50dbb8417bcf874dc6523598e50b2897`
  - commit: `d7425705ee403b543f203668eef751c060e2c89d`
  - tree: `062d2dadc3755df6de72efdfaeb8fd57d6c92568`
- Base artifacts and receipts matched:
  - delivered seal: `54be54cf...52f67`
  - F1-F5 consolidated: `4f578c47...a2a4`
  - final report: `31d7daa6...a76`
  - Task27 manifest: `50eb92a4...ed9d`
- Qualification inventory:
  - SHA: `9478cab8bf04337382ba90948085b639ce3ec5044697de42ade0674908cc5d47`
  - 212 unique entries; no missing, extra, size-drifted, or hash-drifted files
  - seal SHA: `d61ccec94922ca1ca6aa93c94ba3382ea1a95ca2307d9536da39217f970f8c92`
- Authority chains recomputed without errors:
  - registry head: `b18f72e6773c2c6e16a188dfe6f6b8333c2e480c345c234a25b7e5fe8aabca23`
  - ledger head: `e4c2a6a84ecb23f92cdbbb493ba1e58a175acde72f950ba8157e71802466c4ba`
  - current candidate is `0e383...`
  - v1 candidate `d1109...` has only its qualify event and is not revoked/invalidated
- Golden receipts matched their recorded hashes and candidate/binding:
  - source result `a9e7ace8...99de5`
  - source verify `fbb6e0ce...a6323b`
  - installed result `7f911210...31bbf`
  - installed verify `42ef207f...2f4d7`
- Verifier:
  - SHA: `c2da583fa269ff0cf6513b1b0bf89eab93af00b6123db390a9acfcdc2bb4f0b8`
  - direct execution: `DUALCOACH_V11_CANDIDATE_INPUTS_PASS`
  - tests: **4 passed**
  - Git status was unchanged by both checks
- Full Gateway receipt:
  - SHA: `0563de7fb3f0566e693ac6c8dc2fa9a7e19f4b64ecb3322510de69f4df479c3b`
  - 8,552 passed, zero failed under the reliable j8 run
  - serial timeout recheck: 225 passed
  - initial j24 failures are disclosed as resource-contention diagnostics
- Live state:
  - service `inactive/dead`, `MainPID=0`, gateway state `stopped`, Telegram disconnected
  - customer `enabled=false`, consent `granted=false`
  - `delivery_enabled=false`
  - customer, bootstrap, publication-outbox, and staff-membership operational roots absent
  - no rollback temporary root found
- Git mode boundary:
  - v1 annotated tag explicitly says the subtree is an exact **content** mirror and that Git does not preserve/claim sealed `0400/0500` modes.
  - The staged v1.1 mirror uses Git mode `100644`; no v1.1 artifact falsely claims mode equivalence.

## Residual risks

- Local hashes and Git objects remain owner/host trust-bound, not externally signed or WORM.
- The full Gateway and test counts are receipt-bound summaries rather than raw logs in this 212-file inventory.
- The worktree has an untracked generated `build/` tree containing 968 files. It is not in the source commit or staged release, but must remain excluded from the evidence-freeze commit and tag.
- `dualcoach-v1.1.0` and the final F1-F5/final seal do not yet exist, as expected for this pre-final-seal review.

## Required post-seal spot-check

After closing the two-build blocker and creating the final immutable seal/tag:

1. Verify both retained build outputs independently hash to `ec160d...ddb0`.
2. Rerun the standalone verifier against the tagged tree.
3. Recompute the final inventory/seal and authority heads.
4. Confirm the tag commit contains no `build/` content and repeats the Git-content-only mode disclaimer.
5. Confirm all fresh F1-F5 receipts are present and PASS.
6. Recheck the same live stopped, disabled/nonconsenting, operational-roots-absent state.

```json
{
  "lane": "F5",
  "status": "FAIL",
  "candidate": "0e383539aea1b83205771772f1e8b417840defe60f5ea6ce184f80e3af8d25f9",
  "binding": "178ce0ce9a2ea0b76af8e5ef7fcba2340c4a266388a23da5769642bc550f97f2",
  "hermes_wheel": "ec160d3d0e29bc747f463923d31bfe736aefb5840a3d32fcb04842aa5139ddb0",
  "profile_wheel": "a56da2417df0912f3fe407c0b78befd7362207d1c8a35271000af46701ba79d2",
  "qualification_seal": "d61ccec94922ca1ca6aa93c94ba3382ea1a95ca2307d9536da39217f970f8c92",
  "blockers": [
    "No sealed per-build evidence proves that two independent Hermes builds each produced ec160d3d...39ddb0"
  ],
  "canonical_derivation": "PASS",
  "wheel_delta": "PASS_992_MEMBERS_EXACTLY_2_CHANGED",
  "base_provenance": "PASS",
  "inventory": "PASS_212",
  "authority": "PASS_CURRENT_V11_BASE_V1_NOT_REVOKED",
  "golden_paths": "PASS_SOURCE_AND_INSTALLED",
  "verifier": "PASS_4_TESTS",
  "full_gateway": "PASS_8552",
  "live_terminal": "PASS",
  "git_mode_claim": "PASS_CONTENT_ONLY_NO_0400_0500_EQUIVALENCE",
  "post_seal_spot_check_required": true
}
```


I read this as a read-only F5 blocker-closure review - I’ll independently hash both retained builds, validate their receipt against Git/toolchain inputs, recompute the v2 inventory and seal, rerun the decisive verifier, and return only PASS_PENDING_FINAL_SEAL or an exact blocker.


The new evidence closes the prior structural gap: both retained wheels are byte-identical to each other and the release artifact, and each independently passes the 992-member RECORD/delta verifier. I’m completing the cross-bind checks now—v2 seal fields, source-member parity to the committed tree, unchanged authority, and live-state drift.


# F5: PASS_PENDING_FINAL_SEAL

The sole blocker is closed. No new blocker found.

## Verified evidence

- Both retained wheels:
  - size: `8,511,601` bytes each
  - SHA-256: `ec160d3d0e29bc747f463923d31bfe736aefb5840a3d32fcb04842aa5139ddb0`
  - byte-identical to each other and the release artifact
- Each wheel independently passed:
  - complete RECORD validation
  - 992-member inventory
  - exact two-member v1 delta: TTL module and RECORD only
  - TTL source member byte-equality with source commit
- Source binding:
  - commit `ae90902686a66fd6b66dfacba0f373a8011a594a`
  - tree `7a559fb85dc12a3918e9435e06d97834165ef79b`
- Toolchain binding:
  - builder SHA `284e0b428f96851241c8b3a2531d2227d38dda8e4ca1ed30fd4375cc67cefb39`
  - Python 3.12.9 SHA `d9bc96d1ad0161db7ebdc8fdbc690530a9c29299feb2001cba6b29072e2a9051`
  - uv `0.11.30`
  - builder enforces `SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=946684800`, `TZ=UTC`, `UV_OFFLINE=1`, and `uv build --offline`
- Reproducibility receipt:
  - SHA `23bb6c4920f0f6feaf682afb48e6efc4b994d777e9ba3f4b723c5d69a4f4f268`
  - two independent source-root roles
  - `byte_equal=true`, status `PASS`
- v2 inventory:
  - SHA `02954888373679635455cf319a431d27be340823e17c9cf055f72860b2414cbd`
  - exactly 220 unique entries
  - zero missing, extra, size-mismatched, or hash-mismatched entries
- v2 seal:
  - SHA `6b48efbeb968b41e065ee112524d032d5dbe7e4c88ff4421578f92cd92e01bf7`
  - correctly binds both builds, receipt, inventory/count, previous seal, candidate, authority heads, and `git_mode_claim=content_only`
- Authority chains still validate:
  - registry `b18f72e6...abca23`
  - ledger `e4c2a6a8...66c4ba`
  - current candidate `0e383...d25f9`
  - v1 remains non-revoked
- Standalone verifier passed; verifier tests: **4 passed**.
- Live state remains terminal:
  - service `inactive/dead`, PID 0
  - customer disabled and nonconsenting
  - all four operational roots absent
- Verification caused no Git-status change.

## Residual risk

The build independence is a locally hash-sealed receipt rather than externally signed/WORM evidence. This is within the established trust boundary and is not an F5 blocker.

## Required final post-seal spot-check

After F1-F4 receipts and the final seal/tag exist, verify:

1. final inventory includes both wheels, reproducibility receipt, F1-F5 receipts, and v2 seal;
2. final seal and tag bind the expected commit/tree and candidate;
3. both retained wheels still hash to `ec160d...ddb0`;
4. standalone verifier passes against the tagged content mirror;
5. Git claims content identity only, not `0400/0500` mode equivalence;
6. live terminal state has not drifted.

```json
{
  "lane": "F5",
  "status": "PASS_PENDING_FINAL_SEAL",
  "blockers": [],
  "candidate": "0e383539aea1b83205771772f1e8b417840defe60f5ea6ce184f80e3af8d25f9",
  "reproducibility_receipt_sha256": "23bb6c4920f0f6feaf682afb48e6efc4b994d777e9ba3f4b723c5d69a4f4f268",
  "build_a_sha256": "ec160d3d0e29bc747f463923d31bfe736aefb5840a3d32fcb04842aa5139ddb0",
  "build_b_sha256": "ec160d3d0e29bc747f463923d31bfe736aefb5840a3d32fcb04842aa5139ddb0",
  "inventory_entries": 220,
  "inventory_sha256": "02954888373679635455cf319a431d27be340823e17c9cf055f72860b2414cbd",
  "qualification_seal_v2_sha256": "6b48efbeb968b41e065ee112524d032d5dbe7e4c88ff4421578f92cd92e01bf7",
  "post_seal_spot_check_required": true
}
```


I read this as the terminal read-only F5 spot-check - I’ll recompute the 228-entry final inventory and pre-F5 seal, validate every review/replay/report binding, rerun the standalone verifier, inspect staged Git content, and recheck live terminal state before issuing the final F5 verdict.


# Final F5 verdict: PASS

No blockers remain. This response may be sealed as the terminal F5 receipt before creating the local tag.

## Verified

- Final pre-F5 inventory:
  - 228 entries, all unique
  - exact match to every release file except the inventory and seal themselves
  - zero missing, extra, size-mismatched, or hash-mismatched entries
  - SHA: `9286697c36c276b090066ed483a3308ed07d6f0383a6fb3c4d1912f2998e0a63`
- Final pre-F5 seal:
  - SHA: `d64e0ba34ebd9287e663c4a8c1123c355181fb94d6021cc6191d11e2051f572f`
  - all receipt, report, inventory, qualification, candidate, source commit/tree, and mode-claim bindings matched
- Reproducibility:
  - build A and B are each 8,511,601 bytes
  - both SHA `ec160d3d0e29bc747f463923d31bfe736aefb5840a3d32fcb04842aa5139ddb0`
  - byte-identical to each other and the release wheel
  - v2 qualification seal matched: `6b48efbe...e01bf7`
- Reviews:
  - F1: PASS
  - F2: PASS
  - F3: PASS
  - F4: `PASS_PRESERVED_BASE_REAL_SURFACE_PLUS_V1_1_OFFLINE_PARITY`
  - F5 preseal: `PASS_PENDING_FINAL_SEAL`
  - consolidated hashes match all lane receipts
- Installed replay:
  - receipt SHA `53c41a9b...ac2a1`
  - harness SHA `ebfff4b2...c59050` matched
  - status `ACTUAL_INSTALLED_GOLDEN_PATH_PASS`
  - two executions, no external traffic
- Authority chains fully recomputed:
  - registry head `b18f72e6...abca23`
  - ledger head `e4c2a6a8...66c4ba`
  - current candidate `0e383...d25f9`
  - v1 remains non-revoked
- Standalone verifier: `DUALCOACH_V11_CANDIDATE_INPUTS_PASS`
- Verifier tests: **4 passed**
- Report SHA `b7a03b06...04b21`; report is truthful:
  - no v1.1 external Telegram claim
  - inherited real-surface evidence is explicitly base-only
  - deployment/customer upgrade remains unauthorized
  - j24 diagnostic and residual risks are disclosed
- Git:
  - no `build/` path is staged
  - generated `build/` remains untracked only
  - release evidence is staged with normal Git modes
  - report and seal explicitly claim content identity only, not `0400/0500` equivalence
- Live terminal state unchanged:
  - service `inactive/dead`, PID 0
  - customer disabled, consent false, delivery disabled
  - customer/bootstrap/outbox/membership operational roots absent
- Read-only verifier execution left Git status unchanged.

```json
{
  "lane": "F5",
  "status": "PASS",
  "blockers": [],
  "candidate": "0e383539aea1b83205771772f1e8b417840defe60f5ea6ce184f80e3af8d25f9",
  "source_commit": "ae90902686a66fd6b66dfacba0f373a8011a594a",
  "source_tree": "7a559fb85dc12a3918e9435e06d97834165ef79b",
  "final_inventory_entries": 228,
  "final_inventory_sha256": "9286697c36c276b090066ed483a3308ed07d6f0383a6fb3c4d1912f2998e0a63",
  "final_seal_pre_f5_sha256": "d64e0ba34ebd9287e663c4a8c1123c355181fb94d6021cc6191d11e2051f572f",
  "qualification_seal_v2_sha256": "6b48efbeb968b41e065ee112524d032d5dbe7e4c88ff4421578f92cd92e01bf7",
  "release_report_sha256": "b7a03b06c22e5f587c67c7a991a3c75b68c281d1a27e9de94dd4c8732a104b21",
  "reviews": {
    "F1": "PASS",
    "F2": "PASS",
    "F3": "PASS",
    "F4": "PASS_PRESERVED_BASE_REAL_SURFACE_PLUS_V1_1_OFFLINE_PARITY",
    "F5": "PASS"
  },
  "standalone_verifier": "PASS",
  "verifier_tests": "4 passed",
  "authority": "PASS",
  "build_staging": "ABSENT",
  "git_mode_claim": "CONTENT_ONLY",
  "live_terminal": "PASS_UNCHANGED",
  "ready_for_terminal_f5_seal": true,
  "ready_for_local_tag_after_seal": true
}
```


I read this as a read-only corrective-tag authorization audit - I’ll verify the supersession record, recompute the 235-entry tracked release inventory against both index and worktree, confirm product/review invariance and tagged-seal bindings, then return PASS/FAIL specifically for a corrective commit and moving the unpublished local tag.


The correction record matches the observed defect shape: the named `.pyc` is present in every superseded inventory, absent from commit `d1c1e56c27`, and absent from the current worktree/index. The local annotated tag still targets that pre-correction commit and no matching remote tag exists; I’m now validating the prospective corrective index byte-for-byte.


# Verdict: PASS

Authorized for:

1. creating a corrective commit containing only the three staged correction artifacts; and
2. moving the still-local, unpublished `dualcoach-v1.1.0` tag to that commit.

## Verified

- `tagged-inventory.json`
  - SHA: `069a5faee946f6f5208a9e27fe2e084375322ab041902f588f962e050ad18697`
  - 235 unique entries
  - exactly matches all 235 prospective tracked release files after excluding the inventory and seal themselves
  - all worktree and index bytes, sizes, and hashes match
- `tagged-seal.json`
  - SHA: `8f26a2929dd349967ecc39df3b750fdd84a2ded1dfd09ffe4ea27263746a7604`
  - all inventory, correction, consolidated-review, final-verdict, report, product, source, and policy bindings match
  - status: `PASS_ALL_F1_F2_F3_F4_F5`
- Correction truthfulness:
  - affected `.pyc` is absent from HEAD, index, and worktree
  - it was included by the affected v2/final inventories but omitted from Git
  - all listed superseded inventory/seal hashes match
  - old tag object `b95b6803...1a1f` and pre-correction commit `d1c1e56c...defd` match the correction record
  - broad supersession of all pre-tag inventories is explicit
- Only these files are staged:
  - `inventory-correction.json`
  - `tagged-inventory.json`
  - `tagged-seal.json`
- Product and review bytes are unchanged across HEAD, index, and worktree:
  - candidate `0e383...d25f9`
  - Hermes wheel `ec160d...39ddb0`
  - profile wheel `a56da2...79d2`
  - F1-F5, consolidated receipt, final verdict, and release report
- Both retained build wheels remain byte-identical.
- Authority chains pass:
  - registry `b18f72e6...abca23`
  - ledger `e4c2a6a8...66c4ba`
  - v1.1 current; v1 non-revoked
- Standalone verifier passed without changing Git status.
- Tag is local only: neither `origin` nor `personal` publishes `dualcoach-v1.1.0`.
- Content-only mode claim remains explicit; deployment/customer upgrade remain unauthorized.

After the corrective commit, move only the local tag and verify it resolves to that commit and contains exactly the 237 release paths represented by the 235-entry inventory plus `tagged-inventory.json` and `tagged-seal.json`.

```json
{
  "status": "PASS",
  "blockers": [],
  "candidate": "0e383539aea1b83205771772f1e8b417840defe60f5ea6ce184f80e3af8d25f9",
  "inventory_entries": 235,
  "tagged_inventory_sha256": "069a5faee946f6f5208a9e27fe2e084375322ab041902f588f962e050ad18697",
  "tagged_seal_sha256": "8f26a2929dd349967ecc39df3b750fdd84a2ded1dfd09ffe4ea27263746a7604",
  "correction_sha256": "832b32668d71bca5953bdf7c58ae636e5c30baa89f92a30428265d4c956793f5",
  "product_bytes_unchanged": true,
  "reviews_unchanged": true,
  "authority": "PASS",
  "standalone_verifier": "PASS",
  "tag_published": false,
  "corrective_commit_authorized": true,
  "local_tag_move_authorized": true,
  "deployment_authorized": false,
  "customer_upgrade_authorized": false
}
```