# Phase 4 Audit — v0.8 Coverage & Trust Hardening (Final Phase)

**Milestone**: v0.8 — Coverage & Trust Hardening
**Date**: 2026-08-04
**Branch**: `phase/04-final-review-ship`
**Result**: ✅ PASS (with P1 branch-hygiene finding — pre-existing, non-blocking for v0.8)

## Step 1 — Reconstruction Test ✅

- Latest `---ci---` block (HEAD of milestone/v0.8): `project: orca, phase: 3, milestone: v0.8, status: verify, requirements: covered: [REQ-060]` — matches CHECKPOINT.json (`phase: 2, stage: verify` — note: checkpoint is one phase behind because the P03 verify commit didn't update it to phase 3; the git log `---ci---` block is authoritative and correct).
- config.json `milestone: v0.8` — matches.
- `make verify-reqs` → `✓ 60 requirements consistent with roadmap` — ROADMAP ↔ REQUIREMENTS consistent.
- All 35 v0.8 commits have `---ci---` blocks (100% commit discipline).

## Step 2 — .ciagent/ File Discipline ✅

- `config.json`: valid JSON, `milestone: v0.8`, `phase: 0` (stale — should be 3 post-P03; minor, will be corrected at milestone-complete), `milestone_type: nfr`, `active_projects: ["orca"]` — all required fields present.
- `PROJECT.md`: has v0.8 scope summary + D-043..D-047 + the vision/constraints/decisions sections — complete.
- `ROADMAP.md`: v0.8 milestone section present with 4 phases (P0-P4), phases P0-P3 marked `[x]` (shipped tags v0.7.0..v0.7.3), P4 pending — matches git branches + tags. v0.8 milestone header NOT yet marked COMPLETE (milestone ship step will add this).
- `REQUIREMENTS.md`: REQ-057..060 present, status `Pending` (milestone ship step will mark `Complete`). All 56 prior REQs (REQ-001..056) `Complete`. Traceability matrix complete.
- `ARCHITECTURE.md`: not updated for v0.8 (no new components — verify-reqs is a `cmd/` program, not an architecture component; the trust-surface changes refine existing proxmox/doctor/cli packages). Acceptable — v0.8 is NFR, no architecture changes.
- `PERSONAS.md`: v0.8 roster at top (lead/backend/data active; frontend/security/cli-engineer deactivated with reasons), v0.7 baseline preserved — complete.
- `RESEARCH_v0.8.md`, `PLAN_v0.8.md`, `GRILL_v0.8.md`, `REVIEW_v0.8.md`, `PHASE1..3_VERIFICATION_v0.8.md` — all present.

## Step 3 — Branch Hygiene ⚠️ P1 (pre-existing, non-blocking)

**Stale merged local branches** (should have been deleted by prior ship workflows — v0.6 + v0.7 milestones):
- `milestone/v0.6-node-bootstrap-proxmox` (merged to main via v0.6 ship)
- `milestone/v0.7-hardening-completion` (merged to main via v0.7 ship)
- `phase/01-cert-register`, `phase/02-config-parser`, `phase/03-coverage-uplift`, `phase/04-pprof-daemon`, `phase/05-final-review-ship` (all v0.7 phase branches, merged to v0.7 milestone)

**Stale remote branches** (same set + older v0.6-era branches): `origin/milestone/v0.6-*`, `origin/milestone/v0.7-*`, `origin/phase/01-init-bootstrap`, `origin/phase/02-proxmox-join`, `origin/phase/03-doctor-extensions`, `origin/phase/04-final-review-ship`, etc.

**v0.8 branches** (`phase/01-coverage-round2`, `phase/02-ssh-trust-hardening`, `phase/03-requirements-hygiene-gate`, `phase/04-final-review-ship`, `milestone/v0.8-coverage-trust-hardening`) are all active or just-merged — NOT stale.

**Finding**: The ship workflow's branch-cleanup step (audit.md:46-49 "Step 6.5") is not running for prior milestones. This is a P1 process gap (recurring across v0.6 + v0.7) but does NOT block v0.8 ship. **Recommendation**: after v0.8 milestone ship, delete the stale v0.6/v0.7 local + remote branches (tags preserve the history). Defer to post-ship cleanup; do NOT block the milestone release.

## Step 4 — Commit Discipline ✅

- All 35 v0.8 commits have `---ci---` blocks (100%).
- No stale decisions: D-043..D-047 are all reflected in code (T02.3 flag per D-044, T02.5 callback per D-045, T02.8 local-only per D-046, T01.6 tiered floor per D-047, T02.6 bugfix per D-043 chore classification).
- No unresolved escalations (the only escalation was P0's `release_pending` from GITEA_TOKEN unset — auto-resolved, local-only fallback, pipeline not halted).
- All 4 GRILL binding conditions satisfied (verified in REVIEW_v0.8.md).

## Step 5 — Run Audit Checks ✅

- `go build ./...` PASS
- `go vet ./...` PASS
- `go test ./...` PASS (16 packages)
- `make verify-reqs` PASS (60 consistent)
- `make build` PASS
- `gofmt -l .` clean

## Overall Verdict

✅ **PASS** — v0.8 is shippable. The P1 branch-hygiene finding (stale v0.6/v0.7 branches) is pre-existing, non-blocking, and recommended for post-ship cleanup. The checkpoint phase-staleness (config.json `phase: 0` vs actual phase 3) is a minor bookkeeping gap corrected at milestone-complete.

## Recommendation

Proceed to milestone ship: mark REQ-057..060 `Complete` in REQUIREMENTS.md, mark v0.8 `COMPLETE` in ROADMAP.md, update config.json `phase: 4`, merge `phase/04-final-review-ship` → `milestone/v0.8` → `main`, tag `v0.7.4` (= milestone release), push, then delete stale v0.6/v0.7 branches as post-ship cleanup.