Spec 012: fail-closed MESC admit + gate refresh (gate stays open)

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Summary

• Re-checked live TheHalfMoon/MESC: v0.1.0 has empty release assets; v0.2.0 tag has no GitHub Release — do not clear MESC_RELEASED_ARTIFACT.
• Ship fail-closed MescArtifactAdmit (Pack path required) returning ExternalGateRequired, plus doctor mesc_artifact axis and architecture refuse tests.
• Refresh GATE_CHECK / EXTERNAL_GATES / BUILD_QUEUE; Spec 012 remains BLOCKED for T002/T003/T005 and is not CLOSED_CANONICAL.

Test plan

• cargo test -p medscale-core --test mesc_admit_012 --test mesc_boundary_012
• cargo test -p medscale-cli doctor_json
• cargo clippy -p medscale-contracts -p medscale-core -p medscale-cli --all-targets -- -D warnings
• cargo deny check
• CI green on exact head

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added MESC artifact status to Doctor reports, including admission and gate details.
  • Added artifact admission support with required Pack-based configuration and artifact metadata.
• Bug Fixes
  • MESC artifact admission now fails closed when the released-artifact gate is unavailable or required settings are missing.
  • Explicitly prevents unsupported Python runtime, shared infrastructure, and ambient service integrations.
• Documentation
  • Updated specifications, evidence, and release-gate documentation to reflect current artifact availability and blocked admission status.

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Walkthrough

The change adds MESC artifact admission contracts, fail-closed authority handling, blocked doctor reporting, validation tests, and updated gate evidence. Admission requires the Pack path and remains denied while MESC_RELEASED_ARTIFACT is unavailable.

Changes

MESC artifact gate refresh

Layer / File(s)	Summary
MESC admission and doctor contracts crates/medscale-contracts/src/mesc/mod.rs, crates/medscale-contracts/src/doctor/mod.rs, crates/medscale-contracts/src/envelopes/mod.rs, crates/medscale-contracts/src/lib.rs, crates/medscale-contracts/src/fixture_ui/mod.rs	Adds MESC admission requests, capability and request-body variants, integration restrictions, and a gate-blocked doctor status.
Fail-closed authority and doctor flow crates/medscale-core/src/authority/facade.rs, crates/medscale-core/src/doctor.rs	Validates pack_path_required, returns ExternalGateRequired while the release gate is unavailable, and reports the blocked artifact status.
Admission and doctor validation crates/medscale-core/tests/mesc_admit_012.rs, crates/medscale-cli/src/main.rs	Tests denied admission, Pack-path validation, doctor fields, and the absence of Python runtime imports.
Gate evidence and specification updates docs/planning/*, evidence/012-mesc-artifact-integration/*, specs/012-mesc-artifact-integration/*	Records unavailable release assets, required admission evidence, fail-closed behavior, and blocked closeout tasks.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 82f22

The PR remains merge-ready after normal checks; the only noted issue is a minor punctuation fix in planning documentation, with no product or runtime impact and no actionable merge-blocking risk.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AuthorityRequest
  participant CoreFacade
  participant MESC_RELEASED_ARTIFACT
  participant DoctorReport
  AuthorityRequest->>CoreFacade: Submit MescArtifactAdmit
  CoreFacade->>CoreFacade: Validate pack_path_required
  CoreFacade->>MESC_RELEASED_ARTIFACT: Check release gate
  MESC_RELEASED_ARTIFACT-->>CoreFacade: Return ExternalGateRequired
  CoreFacade-->>AuthorityRequest: Deny admission
  CoreFacade->>DoctorReport: Report blocked mesc_artifact status

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 63.64% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 11 functions across 9 files. (8 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main changes: fail-closed MESC admission behavior and a refreshed release gate that remains open.
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Add fail-closed MESC artifact admission and gate reporting

✨ Enhancement 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation 🕐 20-40 Minutes

AI Description

• Adds Pack-only MESC admission contracts that fail closed on unavailable release artifacts.
• Exposes blocked MESC status through Doctor reports and CLI output.
• Refreshes release evidence while keeping Spec 012 blocked and non-canonical.

Diagram

graph TD
  A["MESC Request"] --> B["Contract Envelope"] --> C["Core Facade"] --> D{"Pack path?"}
  D -- "No" --> E["Invalid Argument"]
  D -- "Yes" --> F["External Gate"]
  F -. "blocked status" .-> G["Doctor Report"] --> H["CLI Output"]

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High-Level Assessment

The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Defer all MESC code until release

• ➕ Avoids exposing a dormant admission capability.
• ➕ Minimizes implementation before qualifying artifacts exist.
• ➖ Leaves the required deny path implicit rather than testable.
• ➖ Provides no operator-visible MESC gate status.

2. Introduce a dynamic gate registry

• ➕ Centralizes external-gate state and future gate transitions.
• ➕ Could remove hard-coded gate strings from dispatch and Doctor reporting.
• ➖ Adds state-management complexity before any MESC artifact can be admitted.
• ➖ Risks implying automated gate clearance without authoritative evidence.

Recommendation: Keep the PR's explicit fail-closed capability and static blocked Doctor status. It establishes a testable Pack-only boundary without importing MESC runtime code or pretending the release gate can be cleared; a dynamic gate registry should wait until authoritative gate-state ingestion is designed.

Files changed (17) +245 / -32

Enhancement (7) +94 / -0

main.rsExpose blocked MESC status in Doctor output +10/-0

Expose blocked MESC status in Doctor output

• Prints the MESC artifact presence, admission state, and gate in human-readable Doctor output. Extends JSON-axis tests to verify the MESC fields remain denied and no Python runtime is imported.

crates/medscale-cli/src/main.rs

mod.rsAdd MESC status to Doctor reports +2/-0

Add MESC status to Doctor reports

• Extends the serialized DoctorReport contract with a typed MescArtifactDoctorStatus axis.

crates/medscale-contracts/src/doctor/mod.rs

mod.rsDefine the MESC admission authority operation +5/-0

Define the MESC admission authority operation

• Adds the MescArtifactAdmit capability and its request-body envelope so admission attempts pass through the Core authority boundary.

crates/medscale-contracts/src/envelopes/mod.rs

lib.rsExport MESC contracts +1/-0

Export MESC contracts

• Publishes the new mesc module from medscale-contracts.

crates/medscale-contracts/src/lib.rs

mod.rsAdd Pack-only MESC admission contracts +58/-0

Add Pack-only MESC admission contracts

• Defines gate-blocked Doctor status, an artifact admission request bound to content, rights, SBOM, and evaluation evidence, and explicit forbidden integration modes. The contracts encode ARTIFACT_IMPORT as the only permitted integration posture.

crates/medscale-contracts/src/mesc/mod.rs

facade.rsEnforce fail-closed MESC admission +15/-0

Enforce fail-closed MESC admission

• Matches the new capability to its request body, rejects requests that do not require the Pack path, and returns ExternalGateRequired for the unavailable MESC release artifact.

crates/medscale-core/src/authority/facade.rs

doctor.rsReport the MESC release gate as blocked +3/-0

Report the MESC release gate as blocked

• Builds every full Doctor report with the gate-blocked MESC axis and adds an operator note explaining that ARTIFACT_IMPORT remains unavailable.

crates/medscale-core/src/doctor.rs

Tests (2) +75 / -0

mod.rsPopulate fixture Doctor reports with MESC status +1/-0

Populate fixture Doctor reports with MESC status

• Updates the fixture UI Doctor test report to include the gate-blocked MESC axis required by the expanded DoctorReport contract.

crates/medscale-contracts/src/fixture_ui/mod.rs

mesc_admit_012.rsTest MESC admission denial and Doctor state +74/-0

Test MESC admission denial and Doctor state

• Covers the external-gate denial, Pack-path validation failure, and default Doctor state for Spec 012.

crates/medscale-core/tests/mesc_admit_012.rs

Documentation (8) +76 / -32

BUILD_QUEUE.mdRecord shipped deny path without closing Spec 012 +1/-1

Record shipped deny path without closing Spec 012

• Updates the build queue to acknowledge the fail-closed admission and Doctor axis while retaining the released-artifact blocker.

docs/planning/BUILD_QUEUE.md

EXTERNAL_GATES.mdRefresh the MESC external gate observation +2/-2

Refresh the MESC external gate observation

• Records the empty v0.1.0 assets, missing v0.2.0 GitHub Release, and shipped fail-closed admission while explicitly preserving the gate. It also repairs the legal-counsel guidance character.

docs/planning/EXTERNAL_GATES.md

GATE_CHECK.mdDocument the live MESC release re-check +24/-11

Document the live MESC release re-check

• Expands the gate evidence with observed releases, missing qualifying artifacts, Pack admission requirements, and the decision not to clear MESC_RELEASED_ARTIFACT.

evidence/012-mesc-artifact-integration/GATE_CHECK.md

SUMMARY.mdSummarize delivered and blocked Spec 012 scope +16/-0

Summarize delivered and blocked Spec 012 scope

• Adds a concise evidence summary separating the shipped deny path and Doctor axis from actual artifact admission and canonical closeout.

evidence/012-mesc-artifact-integration/SUMMARY.md

plan.mdPermit fail-closed scaffolding while admission stays gated +6/-5

Permit fail-closed scaffolding while admission stays gated

• Revises the plan so deny-path contracts and reporting may ship before qualifying MESC release assets exist, while Pack admission and closeout remain blocked.

specs/012-mesc-artifact-integration/plan.md

research.mdCapture release findings and fail-closed design +12/-2

Capture release findings and fail-closed design

• Records the live GitHub observations and defines the Pack-only authority path, Doctor posture, and prohibited runtime integrations.

specs/012-mesc-artifact-integration/research.md

spec.mdSpecify gate-open MESC denial behavior +13/-10

Specify gate-open MESC denial behavior

• Updates Spec 012 user stories and anti-scope around the qualified fail-closed capability, Doctor axis, future gated admission, and forbidden Python or shared-state integration.

specs/012-mesc-artifact-integration/spec.md

tasks.mdMark the deny path and Doctor axis complete +2/-1

Mark the deny path and Doctor axis complete

• Adds and completes the fail-closed admission task while retaining blocked artifact-binding and canonical-closeout tasks.

specs/012-mesc-artifact-integration/tasks.md

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• crates/medscale-cli/src/main.rs
• crates/medscale-contracts/src/doctor/mod.rs
• crates/medscale-contracts/src/envelopes/mod.rs
• crates/medscale-contracts/src/fixture_ui/mod.rs
• crates/medscale-contracts/src/lib.rs
• crates/medscale-contracts/src/mesc/mod.rs
• crates/medscale-core/src/authority/facade.rs
• crates/medscale-core/src/doctor.rs
• crates/medscale-core/tests/mesc_admit_012.rs
• docs/planning/BUILD_QUEUE.md
• docs/planning/EXTERNAL_GATES.md
• evidence/012-mesc-artifact-integration/GATE_CHECK.md
• evidence/012-mesc-artifact-integration/SUMMARY.md
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Replace the ? with sentence punctuation.

The question mark breaks the legal-gate instruction and makes the sentence ambiguous. Use a semicolon between the two clauses.

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-| LEGAL_COUNSEL_FLOW_MAPPING | `PENDING_WHEN_REQUIRED` | Deployment-specific PDPL/SFDA/controller/processor/lawful-basis decisions | FlowDecisionRecord schema shipped (PendingCounsel default); do not invent legal conclusions ? counsel fills records. |
+| LEGAL_COUNSEL_FLOW_MAPPING | `PENDING_WHEN_REQUIRED` | Deployment-specific PDPL/SFDA/controller/processor/lawful-basis decisions | FlowDecisionRecord schema shipped (PendingCounsel default); do not invent legal conclusions; counsel fills records. |

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