Goal

Close the final Wave 8 gap by making the RC and release-control docs match the finished overlay architecture.

Scope

• Wave 8 only
• plate-2 release/blocker/control docs
• no code changes unless a doc claim cannot be reconciled honestly

Loaded Skills

• ralph
• major-task
• goal workflow
• learnings-researcher

Constraints

• Use the locked plan as execution authority
• Keep the RC docs brutally consistent
• No changelog prose
• No re-architecture through doc wording

Phases

• Load skills and identify the next unfinished wave
• Create Ralph context snapshot
• Audit current blocker/control docs
• Implement the smallest honest Wave 8 reconciliation slice
• Verify, architect-review, deslop, rerun, and clean state

Findings

• Wave 8 is the next unfinished batch
• docs/shared/agent-tiers.md is missing in this repo
• docs/solutions/patterns/critical-patterns.md does not exist in this repo
• stale RC language lived in:
  • master-roadmap.md
  • release-readiness-decision.md
  • overview.md
  • replacement-family-ledger.md
• the old decorations.spec.tsx mixed-row hedge was still present in the live control docs even after the overlay lock and migration truth were complete
• the first architect pass caught three real contradictions:
  • master-roadmap.md still treated the overlay tranche as open
  • replacement-family-ledger.md still sounded like the broader verdict was already earned
  • overview.md still pointed at the overlay plan as the current execution owner

Progress

2026-04-14

• Started Wave 8 under Ralph
• Confirmed the next unfinished batch is Wave 8
• Created the Wave 8 Ralph snapshot in .omx/context/
• Audited the live control docs and found the same stale story in multiple places:
  • overlay architecture still treated as unresolved
  • decorations.spec.tsx still named as a mixed public-surface row
  • browser huge-document history compare still described as green in one live verdict doc even though it is follow-up benchmark-infra debt
• Reconciled:
  • master-roadmap.md
  • release-readiness-decision.md
  • overview.md
  • replacement-family-ledger.md
• Verified:
  • targeted grep sweep for stale overlay blocker language
  • targeted grep sweep for the new overlay-lock and benchmark-infra-debt wording
• Architect review:
  • first pass REJECTED for cross-doc contradictions
  • contradiction pass landed and re-review is in flight
  • second pass REJECTED for lingering “earned True Slate RC” wording in the verdict/front-door docs
  • final wording pass landed and re-review passed: APPROVED
• Deslop result:
  • no justified simplifications beyond the landed contradiction cuts
  • reran the stale-phrase sweep after the final wording pass

Errors

• docs/shared/agent-tiers.md is missing in this repo
• docs/solutions/patterns/critical-patterns.md does not exist in this repo