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+# Q93 selftest_sweep refactor -- verification (forge: Refactor lane)
+
+## Work
+Commit `9878f12` ("forge: Q93 contract-grading + unified run_verdict in
+selftest_sweep (44 cells, 0 fatal)") refactored `tools/selftest_sweep.py`:
+
+* `judge_malformed(rc, out, err, expect_rc, need)` -- the 5-arg CONTRACT form.
+  A refusal (`expect_rc == REFUSAL_RC == 2`) is now graded on its contract
+  (documented rc, no traceback, one non-empty line on stdout OR stderr), not on
+  a pinned prose phrase. `need` is consulted only where a tool GRADES a
+  malformed input (rc 0/1), where the verdict word IS the verdict.
+* `run_verdict(tool_fatal, read_fatal, malformed_fatal, pin_rc, pin_fatal)` ->
+  `(line, exit_code)` from ONE function, so the printed summary and the exit
+  code cannot disagree (the Q93 core fix: the old sweep printed
+  "sweep: 22 tools, 22 OK, 0 fatal" while exiting 1).
+* count pin moved 39 -> 44; the stale
+  `1 if (rc or rrc or pin_rc) else 0` main() arm is removed.
+
+## Evidence
+The committed verifier reproduces the green run against the on-disk tree:
+
+```
+$ python3 wizard-work/forge/verify_selftest_sweep_q93_refactor.py
+  [ok  ] py_compile
+  [ok  ] static marker: def run_verdict(...)
+  ... (18 checks) ...
+  [ok  ] judge_malformed has 5-arg (rc,out,err,expect_rc,need) signature
+verify_selftest_sweep_q93_refactor: ALL GREEN (0 failed, all checks)        rc=0
+```
+
+Full captured stdout/stderr is in `Q93_REFACTOR_VERIFICATION_EVIDENCE.txt`.
+
+## Gate
+`tools/selftest_sweep.py --selftest` prints `selftest: 44 cells, 44 passed,
+0 failed` and exits 0; the read-refusal (Q53) and malformed (Q53) axes both
+grade against the Q93 contract; `run_verdict` returns the rc its verdict line
+states. No regressions vs. the pre-Q93 Counter-census refactor
+(`27c9869`), whose verifier this file supersedes.
diff --git a/wizard-work/forge/Q93_REFACTOR_VERIFICATION_EVIDENCE.txt b/wizard-work/forge/Q93_REFACTOR_VERIFICATION_EVIDENCE.txt
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+  [ok  ] py_compile
+  [ok  ] static marker: def run_verdict(tool_fatal, read_fatal, malforme
+  [ok  ] static marker: def judge_malformed(rc, out, err, expect_rc, nee
+  [ok  ] static marker: if expect_rc == REFUSAL_RC:
+  [ok  ] static marker: "verdict": "OK", "rc": rc, "contract": "refusal"
+  [ok  ] static marker: return (1 if fatal else 0), bad_by_axis[0], bad_
+  [ok  ] static marker: rrc, read_fatal, malformed_fatal = report_read(a
+  [ok  ] static marker: line, run_rc = run_verdict(fatal, read_fatal, ma
+  [ok  ] static marker: print(line)
+  [ok  ] static marker: return run_rc
+  [ok  ] static marker: selftest: 44 cells
+  [ok  ] static marker: 1, "EMPTY")
+  [ok  ] obsolete main() return removed
+  [ok  ] selftest 44 cells 0 failed
+  [ok  ] IMPORT_OK (side-effect-free)
+  [ok  ] run_verdict line states the rc it returns
+  [ok  ] refusal rc2 + message -> OK (contract)
+  [ok  ] rc0 where contract says 2 -> RC_WRONG (fatal)
+  [ok  ] rc2 + whitespace only -> SILENT
+  [ok  ] traceback -> TRACEBACK even at rc 2
+  [ok  ] graded rc1 + needed word -> OK (contract=grade)
+  [ok  ] graded rc1 + missing word -> UNEXPLAINED
+  [ok  ] refusal on stderr stream is OK (either stream)
+  [ok  ] judge_malformed has 5-arg (rc,out,err,expect_rc,need) signature
+
+verify_selftest_sweep_q93_refactor: ALL GREEN (0 failed, all checks)