2026-08-17 Launch Readiness
Historical record — 2026-08-17
Preserved as observed. The 13 blockers it records are owner and canonical-release inputs, tracked in the open-work ledger. Current truth: Program Masterplan.
Release boundary:
releaseEligible: false. This is WRDP bench-local readiness evidence. It is not a canonical patch, locked build, signed package, provenance record, legal approval, or authorization to launch or ship.
Decision
Operational and rendered runtime gates are green, but public launch remains NO-GO. The exact verification facts are preserved in evidence/2026-08-17-option-f/verify.json; the owner-answer packet remains Owner decision intake.
PW-02 is closed by rendered Chromium evidence plus the source-preservation packet, and PW-01 remains owner-blocked.
No user, legal, operator, repository, commit, endpoint, secret, or signing value is invented here. Missing values stay blocked(owner input) or canonical-release blocked until supplied by the owner/canonical release authority.
Proven gates
| Area | State | Evidence | Owner input required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host health | verified | verify.json.operationalGates.health: ./scripts/wrdp-health.sh, 7 assertions, 0 failures. | None for the observed bench gate. |
| Backup artifact | verified | verify.json.operationalGates.backup.finalPath: /home/loca/backups/wrdp/20260817T070900Z. | None for the observed local artifact. |
| Restore drill | verified | verify.json.operationalGates.restoreDrill: manifest all OK, 4 assertions, 0 failures; restored 27 total tables, 15 QuizWizz tables, 18 qw_quiz posts, siteurl https://wrdp.loca.zone. | None for the observed local drill. |
| Scratch cleanup | verified | verify.json.operationalGates.scratchCleanup: 0 databases matching wrdp_drill or wrdp_snapshot_% after backup/drill. | None. |
| Browser smoke | verified | verify.json.browserGate.finalPasses: two consecutive documented-loader passes at 2026-08-17T07:01:24.362Z and 2026-08-17T07:04:51.841Z, each overallPass=true, 30/30 assertions, 0 console errors, 0 page errors. | None for the observed browser contract. |
| Browser restoration | verified | verify.json.browserGate.restoration: Settings count.default restored 10->11->10, final readback 10, editor remove/undo restored, fixture quiz 99 retained 10 rows, temporary administrators removed with count readback 0. | None. |
| Builder semantic heading | verified | verify.json.browserGate.renderedHeadingEvidence: public Builder page renders h1#qwizz-builder-title. | None; PW-02 is closed by this rendered evidence and source-preservation context. |
| Shell harness | verified | verify.json.shellProbe: ./scripts/quizwizz-probe.sh --wave all, TAP 1..46, 46 assertions, 0 failures; Wave 2 34/0, Wave 3 12/0, Wave 4 12/0, Wave 5 portability 12/0, Wave 5 user surface 7/0, Wave 6 16/0. | None for the observed bench harness. |
| Wiki input check | verified | verify.json.wikiCheck: /home/loca/dev/wikis/build.sh wrdp --check-only passed with 51 Markdown inputs and 328 emitted check artifacts. | None for check-only validation; production publish remains separate. |
| Debug-log delta | verified | verify.json.debugLog: 38,416 baseline to 38,417 final; sole new event is WordPress-core html_entity_decode null deprecation at wp-includes/widgets.php:1652, not a QuizWizz error/fatal. | None for the observed log delta. |
| Gate hardening failures | verified | verify.json.resolvedDevelopmentFailures records the dynamic-import evaluator failure and networkidle2 timeout only as resolved hardening evidence, not as green runs. | None. |
NO-GO blockers still requiring owner or canonical input
| Area | State | Evidence | Owner input required |
|---|---|---|---|
| PW-01 publication lifecycle policy | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row PW-01; PL-05 sweep retains the subscriber publication finding. | Choose subscriber_self_service or admin_only and provide rationale. |
| Legal operator identity bundle | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row LEGAL-01. | Supply {operator_name, operator_address, operator_url, governing_jurisdiction}. |
| Operator contact and support routes | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row LEGAL-02. | Supply {contact_email, contact_url, contact_phone?, incident_contact_url?}. |
| Operator data-retention policy | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row LEGAL-03. | Supply {retention_owner, retention_statement_url, data_subject_request_process}. |
| Public-launch debug posture | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row DEBUG-01; current bench posture is only an observed runtime fact. | Choose keep_bench_debug_logging or disable_wp_debug_logging; if keeping, supply review owner, cadence, and redaction policy. |
| Access-log review governance | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row OPS-LOG-01; placeholders remain in q5vault/operations.md:32-35. | Supply cadence, review owner, escalation destination, minimization review procedure, and evidence destination. |
| Alerting posture and credentials reference | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row OPS-ALERT-01; placeholders remain in q5vault/operations.md:76-80. | Supply provider, destination, transport, route, credential reference, severity matrix, test recipient, and test result. |
| Off-host backup policy and operation | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row OPS-BACKUP-01; placeholders remain in q5vault/operations.md:54-60. | Supply destination URI, credential reference, transfer encryption, retention/immutability, transfer schedule, restore owner, and last remote restore proof. |
| Image pinning and rollback policy | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row IMG-01; moving image tags remain an owner policy question. | Supply wordpress_tag_or_digest, cli_tag_or_digest, mariadb_tag_or_digest, pinning_policy, pre_update_backup_rule, rollback_targets, rollback_age_limit, review_cadence, maintenance_window, and approver and operator. |
| Canonical repository identity | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row REL-01; SOURCE-PROVENANCE.md:3-27 forbids inferring repository or commit from WRDP. | Supply canonical repository URL, immutable commit SHA, and protected CI workflow URL. |
| Locked release toolchain | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row REL-02; BUILDING.md:7-12 requires unavailable lock/toolchain inputs. | Supply toolchain JSON path, package-lock checksum, composer-lock checksum, node_bin_ref, and npm_ref. |
| Quality, compatibility, and provenance proofs | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row REL-03; BUILDING.md:64-91 requires protected gates, SBOM, and provenance. | Supply CI results, compatibility matrix, SBOM reference, and provenance reference. |
| Signing and release comparison authority | blocked(owner input) | Owner intake row REL-04; BUILDING.md:106-117 requires protected signing and independent comparison. | Supply signing public-key reference, sign/verify command, and release comparison reference without exposing key material. |
Launch gate
- decision:
NO-GO - operational/runtime gates: green on WRDP bench
- rendered browser gate: green on WRDP bench
- PW-02 Builder H1 finding: closed by dated rendered Chromium evidence and source-preservation context
- PW-01 policy: blocked(owner input)
- legal/operator inputs: blocked(owner input)
- off-host backup, alerting, image policy, and production debug posture: blocked(owner input)
- canonical source/release pipeline: blocked(owner input)
releaseEligible: false