Addresses CPS-PRD-REV1-REVIEW-Q90 findings F1 and F3 on PR #1491: F1 (format gate): `prettier --write` on the 18 rev1 bundle documents. Whitespace, table padding, list markers and emphasis delimiters only — a normalized token comparison of every file before/after shows zero content difference, so the ratified text is unchanged and no re-ratification applies. F3 (rev0 relative links): the archived rev0 PRD stays byte-identical (sha256 60cc2f98...36afdf verified) per GOV.1 archive-never-edit. A sibling docs/PRDs/2026-08-26_PRD_rev0/README.md records the digest, the original location, the owner disposition that the in-file links are intentionally historical, and a resolution table for all 9 targets (11 occurrences), each verified to exist. Future relocated archives ship the same README instead of edited bytes. F2 (test step) is investigated separately against the CI log.
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id, status, ratified
| id | status | ratified |
|---|---|---|
| GOV.1 | ratified | 2026-09-01 (Jason Woltje; PRD rev1 ratification PR) |
GOV.1 — PRD lifecycle: SOT, shim, revisions, archival
Ratified structurally by Jason, 2026-08-31 (this lane's grill session). Applies
to the Mosaic Stack PRD in mosaicstack/stack (integration trunk next).
The PRD is the project SOT
The PRD is the source of truth for the entire project, independent of any
mission. It is not linked to a current mission and is never overwritten by
milestone work — the pre-2026-08-26 pattern of repurposing docs/PRD.md per
milestone is retired. Mission documents are separate: they reference the
PRD; they never usurp it. This maintains alignment over time.
Shim
docs/PRD.md is a permanent shim, not the PRD body:
- Frontmatter:
kind: shim,current_rev:pointing at the live revision bundle. - Body: one-paragraph summary and a link into
docs/PRDs/. - Updating the PRD means ratifying a new revision bundle and repointing the
shim. The shim's path never changes, so every external reference to
docs/PRD.mdstays valid forever.
Revision bundles
Each ratified revision is a frozen bundle directory:
docs/PRDs/YYYY-MM-DD_PRD_revN/
PRD.md # the assembled PRD for this revision
PRD.0-index.md # order authority + domain registry as of this revision
<DOMAIN>.<n>-*.md # every section document, frozen with the PRD
The PRD and its supporting sections freeze as a set — a revision whose
sections keep moving underneath it is not a revision. Live editing never
happens in docs/PRDs/; the next revision is drafted in a lane
(class‑2 draft-natives per the lane's proposed/README.md) and lands as a new
bundle.
Archival, never deletion
A superseded revision is never deleted and never edited. Versioning is
maintained: every revision that was ever current remains in docs/PRDs/
verbatim. Supersession is expressed only from outside the bundle: the shim
points elsewhere, and the dated directory names plus the shim's git history are
the supersession record. The frozen bundle itself is never touched — not even
to add a superseded_by: marker.
Immutability is convention, not enforcement
No hook or CI guard protects docs/PRDs/ today. If teeth are wanted later, a
CI check that files under docs/PRDs/ never change after merge is cheap; that
is a separate, future decision.
Lineage
- rev0 = the 2026-08-26 "North Star" PRD currently at
origin/next:docs/PRD.md(commit9aa4983c, sha25660cc2f98…36afdf; lane snapshot rev0 PRD). On ratification of rev1 it archives asdocs/PRDs/2026-08-26_PRD_rev0/PRD.md— a one-file bundle, so every revision has the same shape. - rev1 = this lane's draft bundle (
proposed/docs/PRDs/2026-08-31_PRD_rev1/), combining rev0 with the control-plane-surfaces and agent-runtime-ng lane findings and the reconciled docs corpus.
Related: PRD.0-index for naming and ordering; the lane proposed/README.md
for draft-stage conventions.
Registry mechanics (pulled 2026-08-31 from the prd-registry draft)
The operator draft operations/prd-registry.md independently specifies the
same lifecycle and adds mechanics this doc adopts:
- The registry, not the shim, is authoritative. The shim is generated, regenerated on every acceptance and amendment; a missing or ambiguous shim entry is a generation defect, never an authority question.
- Registered versions carry: stable PRD ID, canonical filename/slug, version + status, acceptance timestamp and actor, lineage, content digest, requirement IDs. Anonymous or inferred acceptance is invalid.
- Missions pin PRD ID + version + digest + in-scope requirement IDs; a digest mismatch between pin and artifact blocks the readiness transition (both digests shown as evidence).
- Amendment creates a new immutable version; superseded versions remain queryable as lineage; requirement IDs are never reused.
- Agents read and resolve; they never register versions, rewrite artifacts, or select an implicit latest.
Registry prefixes (Q-G2, 2026-09-01)
Every decision-bearing document declares a unique registry prefix; file-local
bare D-numbering is prohibited. Three registries are live: the stack PRD
registry (D1–D15, and successors Dn as new stack decisions ratify),
the operator DECISION-REGISTER (OD-01…OD-65, renamed from its former
zero-padded D01–D65 form per this ruling), and the agent-runtime-ng
contract decisions (L1-Dnn/L2-Dnn) — three distinct namespaces that
must never be conflated. Any new decision-bearing document must declare its
own unique prefix in its header before citing decisions. In text written
before 2026-09-01, a zero-padded bare Dnn reads as the operator register's
OD-nn.