cycle 89: consistency fix — decode header reframed (census=proof, probe=flag-honesty audit)

232ce747a22ccd2c0a5c7b9472f6378552aca3b4 · 2026-06-18 10:31:40 -0700 · Steve Abrams

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commit 232ce747a22ccd2c0a5c7b9472f6378552aca3b4
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 18 10:31:40 2026 -0700

    cycle 89: consistency fix — decode header reframed (census=proof, probe=flag-honesty audit)
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 scripts/buyability-audit/FINDING.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/buyability-audit/FINDING.md b/scripts/buyability-audit/FINDING.md
index 108a69f..d7a4ed8 100644
--- a/scripts/buyability-audit/FINDING.md
+++ b/scripts/buyability-audit/FINDING.md
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ Full active scan (71,719, complete=true, PJ excluded):
 - no-variants data oddity: 0.
 → No active product blocks the sale. The c88 no-image case (orderable-but-blank) has no buyability analogue — nothing is active-but-unbuyable.
 
-## 🔬 Skeptical decode — verified by MECHANISM, not just the flag (the discipline: don't trust availableForSale at face value)
-"100% availableForSale" could be a vacuous pass if the flag were meaningless. So I probed the underlying inventory mechanism (3,000 products / 5,095 variants):
+## 🔬 Skeptical decode — the census is the proof; a mechanism probe AUDITS that the flag isn't lying (don't trust availableForSale at face value)
+The full census already guarantees buyability (availableForSale=false only on DENY+empty/unavailable). To confirm the flag isn't lying, I probed the underlying inventory mechanism (3,000 products / 5,095 variants — a flag-honesty audit, not the proof of the 71,719):
 - **inventoryPolicy CONTINUE (oversell-enabled, always buyable regardless of stock): 73.9%** — DW's made-to-order/trade model: most variants oversell, so they're purchasable even at 0 stock.
 - **inventoryPolicy DENY: 26.1% — and ALL sampled DENY variants have qty > 0** (buyable via real positive stock, incl. the 2026 sentinel).
 - **DENY + qty ≤ 0 (the ONLY state that blocks a sale): 0 in the sample.** And 0 "DENY + qty≤0 + availableForSale=true" oddities.

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