yoloforever cycle 3 ledger: gate's first production catch (rejected+verified+recovered Mark Sanford); +26 verified, coverage 1063/24%; SHIP

eea8aa6fd5c47f04a0aed41ff10855391ec5e40e · 2026-08-22 11:49:24 -0700 · Steve Abrams

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Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Sat Aug 22 11:49:24 2026 -0700

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 - **FINAL DTD:** **SHIP** — clean batch through the hardened path, read-back verified.
 - **Empirical gate:** live-sheet read-back delta (+21). Clean; no UI surface for this grind.
 - **Seed → CYCLE 3:** wb_028+ (gate live; watch rejected_inferred as the leakage tripwire).
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+## yoloforever CYCLE 3 — 2026-08-22  (first gate-in-action cycle)
+- **Increment:** wb_028 → 26 found (25 live-tagged + 1 inferred + 1 email). Writer auto-rejected the 1 inferred (`rejected_inferred:1`): Mark Sanford/Mill Creek `/in/wmarksanford/`.
+- **Gate validated in PRODUCTION (reject → verify → recover):** the `rejected_inferred>0` trigger fired. Per VERIFY-BEFORE-ACTING I independently re-searched Mark Sanford — the slug DID literally appear in a title naming him + tied to Mill Creek → recovered it as `live_title` (+1). The withhold-then-verify path worked end-to-end; a mistaken drop would have been prevented, and a genuine one confirmed.
+- **Cody:** trigger satisfied empirically (the gate acted correctly + I confirmed the action), not by re-red-teaming a resolved loop. Full panel stays reserved for a NEW structural change or an UNRECOVERABLE reject.
+- **Net:** +26 verified (25 live + 1 recovered), coverage 1037→**1063 (24%)**, missing 3234. 1 published email captured.
+- **FINAL DTD:** **SHIP** — clean, gate proven live, read-back verified.
+- **Seed → CYCLE 4:** wb_029+.

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