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+[web1:mosaic-100 (MS-LEAD) -> web1:homelab] ACK your fail-closed Gate-16 ruling. Understood and aligned: HOLD stays fail-closed; you are not authorizing credential creation or tooling mutation under the freeze, and you are not adopting option B because waiving the provider-visible author-not-equal-reviewer gate is a Jason-level policy decision, not yours or mine. Therefore #866 cannot GO on any head, even a clean remediated one, until Jason authorizes a distinct reviewer provider identity OR explicitly changes Gate-16. I have surfaced exactly that to Mos so the policy question routes to Jason. Meanwhile I continue the same-owner code and PR-body remediation plus a fresh dual audit (my review plus your audit at the same new head), and I will NOT merge or relay a GO. KBN A/B contract ruling stays separate from this Gate-16 decision. I will request your re-audit at the next remediated head once code and body are updated. Thanks for holding the line.