# Nova v1.9 — Audit Report

> Audit date: 2026-07-23. Auditor: ci-debugger. Milestone: v1.9. Result: PASS.

## Step 1: Reconstruction Test

- 16 v1.9 commits with `---ci---` blocks (specify → clarify → research →
  plan → execute ×4 phases → verify/complete → review-fix).
- Reconstructed state: milestone v1.9, phase 43, status complete.
- Pipeline stages traversed: specify → clarify → research → plan → execute → verify → complete.
- Decisions D-080..D-089 all present in git log + `.ciagent/` files.
- config.json (v1.9 complete), PROJECT.md (v1.9 complete), REQUIREMENTS.md
  (v1.9 complete, 12 reqs), ROADMAP.md (v1.9 complete, phases 39–43),
  REVIEW.md (READY TO SHIP), PERSONAS.md (v1.9), VERIFY.md, AUDIT.md.
**PASS.**

## Step 2: File Discipline

- `.ciagent/config.json`: valid JSON; mode, projects[] present. **PASS.**
- `.ciagent/PROJECT.md`: Vision/Core Value (≡ "What This Is"), Key
  Decisions (v1.9 D-080..D-086), Requirements, Constraints, per-milestone
  Objective sections (≡ "Milestones") present. Section names follow the
  v1.0 established conventions (not the generic audit template). **PASS.**
- `.ciagent/ROADMAP.md`: phases 39–43 present; all marked complete.
  **PASS.**
- `.ciagent/REQUIREMENTS.md`: v1.9 traceability table complete (12/12
  REQ-100..111 marked `complete (v1.9.0)`). **PASS.**
- `.ciagent/ARCHITECTURE.md`: **fixed during audit** — v1.9 addendum
  added covering all new components (contract_resolver interpolation,
  environment_check.load, hitl_gates, attestation_matrix,
  separation_of_duties.route_halt_artifact, WizClient, kyverno_adapter,
  per-environment promotion, adapter parameterization, deferred D-083).
  All 9 v1.9 code components now referenced. **PASS (after fix).**

## Step 3: Branch Hygiene

- Local: `main` only. Remote: `origin/main` only.
- No phase or milestone branches remain (all 5 v1.9 phase branches merged
  + pruned during the run/ship workflow).
- No orphan branches.
**PASS.**

## Step 4: Commit Discipline

- 16/16 v1.9 commits have `---ci---` blocks with project/phase/milestone/
  status fields.
- No stale implementation decisions (D-081..D-085, D-087..D-089 all have
  code refs; D-080 + D-086 are process/meta decisions correctly living in
  `.ciagent/` files).
- No unresolved v1.9 escalations (the 3 `audit(...)` commits in history
  are from prior milestones v1.0/v1.6/v1.7).
**PASS.**

## Issues fixed during audit

1. **ARCHITECTURE.md missing v1.9 addendum** — the architecture doc had
   no coverage of the v1.9 new components (hitl_gates, attestation_matrix,
   interpolation, per-env promotion, adapter parameterization, Wiz/Kyverno
   flesh-outs). Fixed: added a v1.9 addendum section covering all 9 new
   code components + the per-env promotion model + the deferred D-083
   items. Verified all 9 components now referenced.

## Audit result: PASS

---

# ACDL v1.10 Phase 52 — Audit Addendum

> Audit date: 2026-07-27. Auditor: ci-debugger. Phase: 52 (pipeline
> regression-VERIFY fix). Result: PASS.

## Process defect recorded (D-091)

The prior VERIFY stage was diff-scoped: it checked the phase diff only
and never re-ran underlying platform capability. This structural defect
let 8 NFR-patch phases (v1.9.1→v1.9.8, deck rework) pass VERIFY while the
platform they described decayed underneath. The defect is recorded as
D-091 and remediated in Phase 52 by `core/regression_verify.py` +
`scripts/run_regression.sh`.

## Phase 52 audit

- **Reconstruction:** Phase 52 commits present with `---ci---` blocks
  (plan + execute + verify). Decisions D-090..D-094 recorded in
  PROJECT.md. Requirements REQ-112..REQ-115 recorded in REQUIREMENTS.md.
  **PASS.**
- **File discipline:** `core/regression_verify.py`,
  `scripts/run_regression.sh`, `tests/test_verify_regression_mode.py`
  present. `.ciagent/PLAN.md`, `ROADMAP.md`, `PROJECT.md`,
  `REQUIREMENTS.md`, `VERIFY.md` updated for v1.10. **PASS.**
- **Behavioral:** 502 fast tests pass (was 493; +9 new). 3 slow
  integration tests pass. `run_regression.sh` runs and reports honestly.
  **PASS.**
- **Commit discipline:** Phase 52 commits carry `---ci---` blocks with
  project/phase/milestone/status. **PASS.**

## Note on prior "audit CLEAN" claims

The v1.1–v1.9 "audit CLEAN" claims were point-in-time true (the
capabilities ran at the time of tagging). They do not assert current
reproducibility. The capability decay surfaced in the 2026-07-27
CLARIFY/RESEARCH stages is being re-verified in Phase 54 (D-093). The
v1.10 audit will re-assert current reproducibility after the sweep.

## Phase 52 audit result: PASS

---

# ACDL v1.10 — Milestone Audit

> Audit date: 2026-07-27. Auditor: ci-debugger. Milestone: v1.10.
> Result: PASS.

## Step 1: Reconstruction Test

- 5 v1.10 commits with `---ci---` blocks (plan → P52 verify → P53 verify
  → P54 verify → P55 verify).
- Reconstructed state: milestone v1.10, phase 55, status verify.
- Pipeline stages traversed: plan → execute → verify (×4 phases).
- Decisions D-090..D-094 all present in git log + `.ciagent/` files.
- config.json (v1.10 complete), PROJECT.md (Capability Status section
  + decay disclosure), REQUIREMENTS.md (REQ-112..115 complete),
  ROADMAP.md (v1.10 section, phases 52–55 complete), REVIEW.md (READY
  TO SHIP), VERIFY.md (Phase 55 PASS), AUDIT.md (this file),
  CAPABILITY_INVENTORY.md (16 Verified + 6 escalated), REGRESSION_REPORT
  (16/16 Verified).
**PASS.**

## Step 2: File Discipline

- `.ciagent/config.json`: valid JSON; mode, projects[] present; milestone
  v1.10 complete. **PASS.**
- `.ciagent/PROJECT.md`: Capability Status section + decay disclosure +
  D-090..D-094 decision rows present. **PASS.**
- `.ciagent/ROADMAP.md`: v1.10 section with phases 52–55 all marked
  complete; v1.9.8 annotated as last deck-polish before freeze. **PASS.**
- `.ciagent/REQUIREMENTS.md`: v1.10 traceability table complete (4/4
  REQ-112..115 marked `complete (v1.9.9..v1.9.12)`). **PASS.**
- `.ciagent/CAPABILITY_INVENTORY.md`: 16 Verified + 6 IAM-gated
  escalated, with evidence per capability. **PASS.**
- `.ciagent/REGRESSION_REPORT.md` + `.json`: 16/16 Verified, gate passes.
  **PASS.**
- `.ciagent/REVIEW.md`: READY TO SHIP (0 P0, 0 P1, 1 P2 post-hoc).
  **PASS.**

## Step 3: Branch Hygiene

- Local: `main` only. Remote: `origin/main` only.
- No phase or milestone branches remain (single-project mode, flat
  `.ciagent/` paths, no phase branches per config.json
  branching_strategy=phase but committed directly to main per the
  project's established convention).
**PASS.**

## Step 4: Commit Discipline

- 5/5 v1.10 commits have `---ci---` blocks with project/phase/milestone/
  status fields.
- Decisions D-090..D-094 all have code/doc refs.
- The regression `---ci---` blocks include `regression:` arrays with
  per-capability status (Phases 52, 53, 54).
- No unresolved v1.10 escalations (the 6 IAM-gated resources are
  documented in CAPABILITY_INVENTORY.md, not unresolved escalations).
**PASS.**

## Audit result: PASS

The v1.10 milestone is complete. The pipeline regression gap (D-091)
is fixed; the platform is fully locally testable (D-092); every
advertised v1.1–v1.8 capability is re-verified (D-093, 16/16 Verified);
the docs/decks match verified reality (D-094). 0 P0, 0 P1 from review;
1 P2 (post-hoc: expand regression registry to uptime-kuma + RDS stacks).
513 offline tests pass; the regression gate covers 16 capabilities
including 4 live-AWS checks. Ready to tag `v1.10.0`.

---

# ACDL v1.10 — Post-Ship Audit (ciagent-audit workflow)

> Audit date: 2026-07-27. Auditor: ci-debugger. Milestone: v1.10
> (shipped, tag `v1.10.0`). Result: PASS (1 issue fixed during audit).

## Step 1: Reconstruction Test — PASS

Parsed all `---ci---` blocks from `v1.9.8..HEAD` (9 commits).
Reconstructed state:
- Phases: 52, 53, 54, 55 (+ boundary commits 0, 51)
- Milestone: v1.10
- Final status: complete
- Decisions: D-090..D-094
- Requirements: REQ-112..REQ-115
- Regression caps: CAP-001..CAP-016

Compared with `.ciagent/` files:
- config.json: milestone v1.10, status complete. **MATCH.**
- ROADMAP.md: phases 52–55 present, all complete. **MATCH.**
- REQUIREMENTS.md: REQ-112..115 all complete. **MATCH.**
- PROJECT.md: D-090..D-094 decision rows present. **MATCH.**
- CAPABILITY_INVENTORY.md: CAP-001..CAP-016 all Verified. **MATCH.**

**Reconstruction: PASS** — state fully reconstructable from git log.

## Step 2: .ciagent/ File Discipline — PASS (1 issue fixed)

- `config.json`: valid JSON, required fields present. **PASS.**
- `PROJECT.md`: all required sections present (Vision, North Star,
  Capability Status, Requirements, Key Decisions, Constraints,
  Anti-Goals). **PASS.**
- `ROADMAP.md`: phases 52–55 present, v1.10 marked complete. **PASS.**
- `REQUIREMENTS.md`: REQ-112..115 all complete in traceability table.
  **PASS.**
- `ARCHITECTURE.md`: **FIXED DURING AUDIT** — had 0 references to
  v1.10 components (regression_verify, local_emulators,
  REGRESSION_REPORT, CAPABILITY_INVENTORY). Added a v1.10 addendum
  section covering the regression-class VERIFY, local emulating
  adapters, capability re-verification sweep, and the 7 adapter defect
  fixes. Now references all v1.10 components. **PASS (after fix).**

## Step 3: Branch Hygiene — PASS

- Local: `main` only. Remote: `origin/main` only.
- No phase or milestone branches (flat workflow per project convention).
- No orphan branches.
**PASS.**

## Step 4: Commit Discipline — PASS

- 9/9 v1.10 commits have `---ci---` blocks with project/phase/milestone/
  status fields.
- Decisions D-090..D-094: D-091/D-092/D-093 have code refs
  (`core/regression_verify.py`); D-090/D-094 are process/meta decisions
  with extensive `.ciagent/` doc refs (PLAN, ROADMAP, PROJECT,
  CAPABILITY_INVENTORY, AUDIT, VERIFY). No stale decisions.
- No unresolved v1.10 escalations (the 6 IAM-gated resources are
  documented in CAPABILITY_INVENTORY.md, not unresolved escalations).
**PASS.**

## Issues fixed during audit

1. **ARCHITECTURE.md missing v1.10 addendum** — the architecture doc
   had no coverage of the v1.10 new components (regression_verify,
   local_emulators, capability inventory, adapter defect fixes). Fixed:
   added a v1.10 addendum section covering all 4 new subsystems + the
   7 adapter defect fixes. Verified all v1.10 components now referenced.

## Audit result: PASS

---

# ACDL v1.14 — Post-Milestone Audit (ciagent-audit workflow)

> Audit date: 2026-07-29. Auditor: ci-debugger. Milestone: v1.14 (shipped,
> tag `v1.13.24`, Gitea release id 285). Result: PASS.

## Step 1: Reconstruction Test — PASS

Parsed all `---ci---` blocks from the v1.14 commit history (phase/00 +
milestone/v1.14-refinement branches). Reconstructed state:
- **Phase 0 stages:** specify → clarify → research → ideate → plan →
  grill → complete (6 stage commits + 1 ship commit).
- **Phases 1–20:** each has an execute commit (on phase/NN branch) + a
  complete commit (squash-merged into milestone/v1.14-refinement). All
  20 `---ci---` blocks present with `project: acdl`, `phase: N`,
  `milestone: v1.14`, `status: complete`.
- **Phase 21:** complete commit with `status: complete` + requirements
  covered array.
- **Decisions:** D-095..D-101 all present in git log + `.ciagent/` files.
- **Grill binding decisions:** G-101..G-106 in GRILL.md + PLAN.md.
- **Escalation:** E-001 auto-resolved (D-101, full autonomy).

Compared with `.ciagent/` files:
- `config.json`: `active_milestone: v1.14`. **MATCH.**
- `ROADMAP.md`: v1.14 section with phases P0–P21, all complete. **MATCH.**
- `REQUIREMENTS.md`: REQ-135..154 all complete in traceability table.
  **MATCH.**
- `PROJECT.md`: v1.14 Objective + Key Decisions D-095..D-101 present.
  **MATCH.**
- `CHECKPOINT.json`: phase=21, stage=complete, milestone=v1.14,
  milestone_complete=true. **MATCH.**
- `ARCHITECTURE.md`: v1.11–v1.14 addenda present. **MATCH.**
- `PLAN.md`: v1.14 20-phase plan with wave ordering. **MATCH.**
- `GRILL.md`: v1.14 grill run with G-101..G-106 + E-001. **MATCH.**
- `PERSONAS.md`: v1.14 frontmatter + roster. **MATCH.**
- `RESEARCH.md`: v1.14 addendum with 8-category scope audit. **MATCH.**

**Reconstruction: PASS** — state fully reconstructable from git log.

## Step 2: .ciagent/ File Discipline — PASS

- `config.json`: valid JSON; `active_milestone: v1.14`, `active_project:
  acdl`, `projects[]` length 1. **PASS.**
- `PROJECT.md`: all required sections present (Objective v1.14, Key
  Decisions D-095..D-101, Core Tenets, Domain Boundaries, Constraints,
  Anti-Goals, Capability Status). 17 section headers. **PASS.**
- `ROADMAP.md`: v1.14 section with P0–P21, all marked complete. **PASS.**
- `REQUIREMENTS.md`: v1.14 traceability table complete (20/20 REQ-135..154
  marked complete). 172 `complete` references total. **PASS.**
- `ARCHITECTURE.md`: v1.11/v1.12/v1.13/v1.14 addenda present, covering
  the stateless adapter, pipeline-driven lifecycle, ACDL_LIFECYCLE_MODE,
  CAP-013 fix, config schema migration, presentation polish, and all v1.14
  NFR changes. D-083 deferral recorded explicitly. **PASS.**
- `CHECKPOINT.json`: valid JSON; phase=21, stage=complete,
  milestone_complete=true. **PASS.**

## Step 3: Branch Hygiene — PASS (with note)

- **v1.14 phase branches:** phase/00–phase/21 all present locally. All
  squash-merged into milestone/v1.14-refinement (the squash strategy
  does not preserve ancestry for `--is-ancestor` checks, but the content
  is verified present on main via the milestone merge commit `3b1181f`).
- **Milestone branch:** milestone/v1.14-refinement present, squash-merged
  into main.
- **Prior milestone branches:** milestone/v1.11-restart,
  milestone/v1.12-presentation, milestone/v1.13-deck-polish remain
  locally (not pruned). These are historical and harmless.
- **Prior abandoned phase branches:** phase/56-iam-re-bootstrap,
  phase/57-live-deploy-microservice (v1.11 first attempt, abandoned per
  D-097). These have `---ci---` commits (not orphans) but are superseded.
  Not a defect — documented in ROADMAP.md v1.11 RESTART section.
- **Remote:** origin/main + origin/milestone/v1.14-refinement present.
  No orphan remote branches.

**Branch hygiene: PASS** — all v1.14 branches served their purpose; the
content is on main.

## Step 4: Commit Discipline — PASS

- **v1.14 commits with `---ci---` blocks:** 22/22 phase commits (phase 0
  ship + phases 1–20 complete + phase 21 complete) have `---ci---` blocks
  with `project: acdl`, `phase: N`, `milestone: v1.14`, `status:`. The
  1 milestone merge commit (`91338f7`) lacks a `---ci---` block — it is
  a squash-merge summary commit, not a phase commit. Acceptable.
- **Stale decisions:** D-095..D-101 all have code/doc refs (D-095/D-096/
  D-097/D-099 are process/meta decisions in PROJECT.md; D-098 is the
  wave ordering in PLAN.md; D-100/D-101 are ideation/escalation decisions
  in PROJECT.md). No stale decisions.
- **Unresolved escalations:** E-001 auto-resolved (D-101,
  `resolution: auto`, `type: risk_accepted`). No unresolved v1.14
  escalations. The pre-v1.14 `resolution: user provided` match is from
  the v1.1 bootstrap, not v1.14.

**Commit discipline: PASS.**

## Step 5: Audit Checks — PASS

1. **HEAD not on main when branches exist:** HEAD is on main (milestone
   complete; no active phase work). OK — post-milestone state.
2. **CHECKPOINT.json exists:** EXISTS.
3. **CHECKPOINT.json consistent with git status:** checkpoint phase=21,
   stage=complete, milestone=v1.14, milestone_complete=true. Matches
   latest `---ci---` block (da533a8: phase=21, status=complete). **MATCH.**
4. **Report template exists:** EXISTS.
5. **No pending escalations:** E-001 auto-resolved. 0 unresolved v1.14
   escalations.
6. **Milestone version in config:** `active_milestone: v1.14`. Consistent
   with the milestone branch + checkpoint + git log. **MATCH.**

**Additional checks:**
- **Stale version refs:** `grep -rn "@v1\.[6-9]" docs/ README.md` → 0
  hits (bumped to @v1.13 in P19). **PASS.**
- **Test suite:** 561 passed, 5 deselected. **PASS.**
- **Regression gate:** 22/22 capabilities Verified (run at P21). **PASS.**
- **CI pipeline:** `run_ci.sh` exits 0 (3 stages pass). **PASS.**
- **D-083 deferral:** explicitly recorded in ARCHITECTURE.md v1.14
  addendum. **PASS.**

## Audit result: PASS

The v1.14 milestone is complete. All 20 requirements (REQ-135..154)
satisfied; 561 tests pass (was 528 at v1.13.2; +33); 22/22 capabilities
Verified; 6 grill binding decisions (G-101..G-106) applied; 1 escalation
(E-001) auto-resolved. State fully reconstructable from git log. 0 P0,
0 P1, 0 P2 outstanding. Ready for the next milestone.
---

## v1.15 Post-Milestone Audit (2026-07-30)

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
 CIAgent ► AUDIT REPORT
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Reconstruction: PASS — 27 commits since v1.14 base (66a3c69), 20 with
`---ci---` blocks (7 merge commits without blocks, per convention).
Reconstructed state: phase 5, milestone v1.15, complete, tag v1.15.4,
release 302, REQ-155..164 covered. Matches CHECKPOINT.json + REQUIREMENTS.md
+ ROADMAP.md.

.ciagent/ Files: 12 checked.
  - config.json: valid JSON; active_milestone v1.15 consistent.
    FIX applied: projects[0].name "Agentic Cloud Delivery Platform" →
    "Nova — The New Dawn of DevSecOps" (rebrand completeness).
  - PROJECT.md: FIX applied — header "# ACDL — Agentic Cloud Delivery
    Platform" → "# Nova — The New Dawn of DevSecOps" + rebrand-in-progress
    banner → rebrand-complete banner.
  - REQUIREMENTS.md: FIX applied — header "# ACDL — Requirements" →
    "# Nova — Requirements"; traceability 10/10 REQ-155..164 complete.
  - ROADMAP.md: FIX applied — header "# ACDL — Roadmap" → "# Nova —
    Roadmap"; v1.15 phases P1-P5 all complete with tags.
  - ARCHITECTURE.md: PASS (header already Nova per P5 doc-verifier);
    v1.15 addendum present; naming table matches codebase.
  - PERSONAS.md: PASS (v1.15 addendum present).
  - GRILL.md: PASS (v1.15 section present; 0 open escalations).
  - RESEARCH.md: FIX applied — header "# ACDL — v1.11 RESTART Research
    Findings" → "# Nova — ...".
  - PLAN.md: PASS (v1.15 plan present, frontmatter milestone v1.15).
  - AUDIT.md: FIX applied — header "# ACDL v1.9 — Audit Report" →
    "# Nova v1.9 — Audit Report".
  - REVIEW.md: FIX applied — header "# ACDL v1.11 — Multi-Persona Code
    Review" → "# Nova v1.11 — ...".
  - COST.md: FIX applied — header "# ACDL AWS Cost Report" →
    "# Nova AWS Cost Report".
  - IAM_POLICY.md: FIX applied — header "# ACDL — IAM Policy Baseline"
    → "# Nova — IAM Policy Baseline".
  - CAPABILITY_INVENTORY.md: FIX applied — header "# ACDL Capability
    Inventory" → "# Nova Capability Inventory".

Branches: 6 v1.15 phase branches (all merged to main), 1 milestone branch
(merged to main). No orphans. PASS.

Commits: 27 total, 39 `---ci---` blocks, 7 merge commits (no blocks, per
convention), 0 non-merge commits without `---ci---`, 0 unresolved
escalations. PASS.

Audit Checks (runAuditChecks):
  1. HEAD on main (milestone complete) — PASS
  2. CHECKPOINT.json exists — PASS
  3. CHECKPOINT consistent with latest `---ci---` (phase 5, v1.15,
     complete, v1.15.4) — PASS
  4. Report template exists — PASS
  5. No pending escalations (grill: 0 open; log: none) — PASS
  6. Milestone version in config (v1.15) consistent with checkpoint — PASS

Issues fixed (audit auto-fix):
  - 9 `.ciagent/*.md` file headers still said "ACDL" after the v1.15
    rebrand (P1 lead-developer left `.ciagent/` to P0; P0 added the
    rebrand-in-progress banner to PROJECT.md only; the other file
    headers were never rebranded). All 9 headers now say "Nova".
  - config.json `projects[0].name` still said "Agentic Cloud Delivery
    Platform" (display label, not the repo slug). Now "Nova — The New
    Dawn of DevSecOps". The `slug` ("acdl") + `release.gitea.repo`
    ("acdl") stay unchanged per D-105 (real repo name).

Notes:
  - Historical narrative sections in ARCHITECTURE.md/COST.md/GRILL.md/
    AUDIT.md/REVIEW.md (v1.1–v1.14 addenda) still mention `acdl-*`
    resource names + `ACDL_*` env vars — these describe each milestone
    as-shipped and are acceptable as historical record per project
    convention. The active v1.15 sections use Nova.
  - The 7 merge commits without `---ci---` blocks is the established
    convention (merge summary IS the record; the merged phase commits
    carry the blocks). Matches v1.14 precedent.

Verdict: PASS — Project state is fully reconstructable from git log.
All 6 audit checks pass. 10 auto-fixed issues (9 stale headers + 1 config
name) were rebrand-completeness gaps, not structural defects.

---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 5
milestone: v1.15
status: complete
phase_role: final
audit: pass
---/ci---
