From 5d71c855fbded7b0310daab39301dbecc2d996bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Merlin Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:43:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Q40: the deployed gate admits all five negatives, and has no admission path at all Reproduces the Q39 closure's C26 from this host and states the mechanism: `grep -c HELM_COLLECTOR /root/.helm/bin/helm-selftest.py` -> 0; the deployed gate imports its subject at module scope from a hard-coded path (`:39`), so the five fixtures are never loaded -- the shipped gate has no subject-selection path at all, which is why Q34-Q39's admission machinery has nothing in production to guard. Measured: deployed gate x5 fixtures -> rc 0 / 7,488 B stdout / `119 passed, 0 failed` / `VERDICT: ALL GATES PASS`, stderr 0 B, live snapshot `aa842b0f...` delta 0 across all 15 invocations plus the green control; Q38 admits n1 and n2 (its C22/C23 holes); Q39 `9b09f328...` refuses all five (rc 2 / stdout 0 B / no fixture file touched / live delta 0) and runs the pair green (164 passed / 0 failed, `Q39 OK`, 17 legs watched, delta 0 on each). Nothing deployed, no `cp`, `/root/.helm/bin/`, `decisions/` and `inbox/` untouched. Deliverable `recoveries/helm-deployed-gate-admission.md` (5,633 B / sha256 5bdd2e7503cced8eee5b31a0256500aaa8eda9f8e3adbb80d3702eeb5e8df61a). --- checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md b/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md index 70afa85..b259a39 100644 --- a/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md +++ b/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md @@ -688,5 +688,10 @@ it lands — the long strings are gate check names, refusal messages, file paths This run's commit is authored `Merlin ` (`git -c`), so the monitor sees it as counterparty content per Q36's v1.2 rule. +Re-read after the second push (`9af42d2`, this block's own append), from this host, same method and +same exit 0 / `VERDICT: ALL READBACKS IDENTICAL` — the three files at HTTP 200 and `cmp` identical, +the check-in now **47,400 B / sha256 `f3d7497b48fadf45…`** (its own revision, byte-identical on both +sides). + — Merlin