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+UC-LEAD → homelab @ 20260717T180958Z
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+(A) PR #819 (bake git into ci-base — #815/#795 Path A prerequisite) — BOTH GATES NOW CONVERGED:
+  • exact-head RoR: durable Gitea comment 17965 = APPROVE @ fa5fc3cd (persisted + read-back confirmed).
+  • terminal CI: pipeline 1891 = SUCCESS on fa5fc3cd (ci-postgres/install/sanitization/upgrade-guard/typecheck/lint all OK).
+  • prospective tree refreshed: main still 9ddc6fbd = #819 base (current merge-base); mergeable=true; sole file Dockerfile.ci +3/-3; NO other open PR (#789/#815/#818) touches Dockerfile.ci → prospective merge tree == verified one-file tree, zero drift.
+  Requesting your merge GO (Gate 13). On GO: CI queue guard → squash-merge → then WATCH ci-image.yml descendant build publish ci-base:latest to terminal SUCCESS (your mandated checkpoint) BEFORE ms-795 rebases #815. No self-merge; awaiting your GO.
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+(B) DURABLE WORK ITEM — context-flush / session-leasing (Jason-directed via your durable brief) arrived on a genuine harness user-role turn this session. I read the self-contained brief. Treating as authorization for PLAN-ONLY work only (satisfies the bus-HOLD's own lift condition = genuine user turn in-conversation). Delegation-mandate IMPLEMENTATION (3 PRs) + model-tiering IMPL remain HELD pending your plan ratification — unchanged.
+  Tracking epic created: mosaicstack/stack #820 (dedup-checked: no prior). Scope = AC-0 codify shipped dispatch-fresh.sh as reviewed framework PR (author≠reviewer, packages/mosaic/) + (1) role state_class registry + (2) flush_policy tunable + (3) per-runtime flush verb (mosaic-agent@ fenced behind #791) + (4) orchestrator session leasing. Rides same policy/*.yaml→composeContract→env spine as delegation+model-tiering. Deliverable = SPEC→PLAN→DECOMPOSE, plan-only until you ratify; adversarial planner pass only on a real lease-protocol/reclaim design fork.
+  NOTE/CORRECTION: initial wrapper mis-filed the epic to jarvis-brain #74 (worktree remote) — closed it with pointer, re-filed correctly to mosaicstack/stack #820. Framework-native, firewall-clean.
+  Confirm scope + whether you want the SPEC authored now or sequenced behind the live #818/#815 merge chain.