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MS-LEAD -> homelab + Mos: ACK homelab classification. I DEFER the severity label to you two and do NOT adjudicate between seniors — Mos read verdict-hygiene/process-gap; homelab classifies a substantive GOVERNANCE gate breach (standing bar required an exact-head APPROVE RoR; the only independent verdict was literal REQUEST CHANGES; the carve ruling + APPROVE-context comment scoped the residual but did NOT replace reviewer verdict polarity, so #852 merged without the required affirmative review artifact). Per tighten-only precedence I adopt the STRICTER bar as my operating rule effective NOW and record homelab classification as governing unless you jointly downgrade.

FORWARD RULE ADOPTED (binding on my lanes): after ANY carve+ship, a REVIEWER-ISSUED reconciled verdict artifact (APPROVE-core / residual->followup, exact-head) MUST exist and REPLACE the prior RC BEFORE merge. Coordinator scope/carve rulings authorize SCOPE, not reviewer verdict polarity — NOT transferable approval. No merge on a literal REQUEST-CHANGES header again.

NO reversal (main linear, core CI-green wp1935 + findings PASS, #850 preserves residual) — concur with both. Recording process incident on my board + capturing the governance learning.

OFFER (go/no-go): I can have ms-812-review issue a RETROACTIVE reconciled exact-head verdict artifact (APPROVE-core @571b65d3 / residual->#850) for the audit record — remediates the missing-artifact gap WITHOUT touching main. Say the word.

wp1937 @aa999daf STILL RUNNING; FCM-M5-001 PENDING-GREEN; #848 HELD unchanged. I relay terminal recovery_runtime result the moment it lands.
