chasebryan · chasebryan · Jun 12, 2026 · Jun 12, 2026 · Jun 12, 2026 · Jun 12, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Latticra v1 Release Readiness Gate
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_RELEASE_READINESS_GATE_CONTRACT.md'
+      - 'docs/status/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_RELEASE_READINESS_GATE_STATUS.md'
+      - 'docs/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_EVIDENCE_BLOCKER_AUDIT_CONTRACT.md'
+      - 'docs/status/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_EVIDENCE_BLOCKER_AUDIT_STATUS.md'
+      - 'docs/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_PRODUCT_COMPLETION_BLOCKER_AUDIT_CONTRACT.md'
+      - 'docs/status/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_PRODUCT_COMPLETION_BLOCKER_AUDIT_STATUS.md'
+      - 'scripts/latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate.sh'
+      - 'scripts/test-latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate-contract.sh'
+      - 'scripts/latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit.sh'
+      - 'scripts/test-latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit-contract.sh'
+      - 'scripts/latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit.sh'
+      - 'scripts/test-latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit-contract.sh'
+      - '.github/workflows/latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_RELEASE_READINESS_GATE_CONTRACT.md'
+      - 'docs/status/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_RELEASE_READINESS_GATE_STATUS.md'
+      - 'docs/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_EVIDENCE_BLOCKER_AUDIT_CONTRACT.md'
+      - 'docs/status/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_EVIDENCE_BLOCKER_AUDIT_STATUS.md'
+      - 'docs/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_PRODUCT_COMPLETION_BLOCKER_AUDIT_CONTRACT.md'
+      - 'docs/status/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_PRODUCT_COMPLETION_BLOCKER_AUDIT_STATUS.md'
+      - 'scripts/latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate.sh'
+      - 'scripts/test-latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate-contract.sh'
+      - 'scripts/latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit.sh'
+      - 'scripts/test-latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit-contract.sh'
+      - 'scripts/latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit.sh'
+      - 'scripts/test-latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit-contract.sh'
+      - '.github/workflows/latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate.yml'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Run Latticra v1 release readiness gate guard
+        run: |
+          sh scripts/test-latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+          sh scripts/test-latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+          sh scripts/test-latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate-contract.sh
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@
 .PHONY: production-installer-recovery-evidence-intake-validator-contract
 .PHONY: production-installer-multi-vm-validation-status-contract
 .PHONY: production-installer-multi-vm-evidence-intake-validator-contract
+.PHONY: latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit
+.PHONY: latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit
+.PHONY: latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate
 
 OS_IMAGE_VERSION ?= local-candidate
 OS_IMAGE_ISO ?= artifacts/os-images/$(OS_IMAGE_VERSION)/latticra-x86_64.iso
@@ -440,6 +443,9 @@ quality-installer-readiness:
 	sh ./scripts/test-production-installer-recovery-evidence-intake-validator-contract.sh
 	sh ./scripts/test-production-installer-multi-vm-validation-status-contract.sh
 	sh ./scripts/test-production-installer-multi-vm-evidence-intake-validator-contract.sh
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate-contract.sh
 	sh ./scripts/test-seabios-grub-compatibility-contract.sh
 	sh ./scripts/test-seabios-grub-boot-preview-evidence-contract.sh
 	sh ./scripts/test-seabios-grub-boot-preview-preflight.sh
@@ -807,6 +813,9 @@ quality-status:
 	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-higgs-chain-verifier.sh
 	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-effect-substrate-transition-intake.sh
 	sh ./scripts/test-production-quality-blocker-ledger.sh
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate-contract.sh
 
 latticra-effect-status-surface:
 	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-effect-status-surface.sh
@@ -852,7 +861,6 @@ latticra-guarded-model1-effect-demonstration-operator-non-claim-review-receipt:
 
 latticra-guarded-model1-effect-demonstration-evidence-acceptance-preflight-denial-gate:
 	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-guarded-model1-effect-demonstration-evidence-acceptance-preflight-denial-gate.sh
-
 latticra-netplane-central-hub-intake:
 	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-netplane-central-hub-intake.sh
 
@@ -1009,6 +1017,17 @@ production-installer-multi-vm-validation-status-contract:
 production-installer-multi-vm-evidence-intake-validator-contract:
 	sh ./scripts/test-production-installer-multi-vm-evidence-intake-validator-contract.sh
 
+latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit:
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+
+latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit:
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+
+latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate:
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-product-completion-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+	sh ./scripts/test-latticra-v1-release-readiness-gate-contract.sh
+
 boot-compatibility:
 	sh ./scripts/test-seabios-grub-compatibility-contract.sh
 	sh ./scripts/test-seabios-grub-boot-preview-evidence-contract.sh

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Latticra Guard is a planned simplification route, not a finished app or protecti
 
 ## Current status at a glance
 
-The current public posture is tracked in [STATUS.md](STATUS.md), [docs/status/CURRENT_STATUS.md](docs/status/CURRENT_STATUS.md), and [docs/status/ANNOUNCEMENTS.md](docs/status/ANNOUNCEMENTS.md). The [Production quality blocker ledger](docs/status/PRODUCTION_QUALITY_BLOCKER_LEDGER.md) keeps the green local quality signal separate from production readiness claims. The production-installer release artifact staging directory, release worktree cleanliness audit with stdout-only dirty inventory, release toolchain availability audit, release signing identity reference, release artifact candidate preflight, release artifact evidence template, and release artifact, SBOM, transcript, lifecycle, recovery, and multi-VM evidence intake validators are present. The SBOM and transcript evidence templates are also present for future reviewed SBOM and dry-run transcript bundles. They can check future tagged artifact evidence bundles, but they do not create or sign release artifacts, clean or revert tracked files, write dirty-inventory evidence, install release tools, generate or attach an SBOM, accept evidence, pass promotion, record transcripts, validate lifecycle, recovery, or multi-VM behavior, or claim production readiness. Strategy and near-term direction live in [docs/strategy/README.md](docs/strategy/README.md), [docs/project_notes/README.md](docs/project_notes/README.md), [docs/project_notes/CURRENT_DIRECTION.md](docs/project_notes/CURRENT_DIRECTION.md), and [docs/project_notes/UPCOMING_WORK.md](docs/project_notes/UPCOMING_WORK.md).
+The current public posture is tracked in [STATUS.md](STATUS.md), [docs/status/CURRENT_STATUS.md](docs/status/CURRENT_STATUS.md), and [docs/status/ANNOUNCEMENTS.md](docs/status/ANNOUNCEMENTS.md). The [Production quality blocker ledger](docs/status/PRODUCTION_QUALITY_BLOCKER_LEDGER.md) keeps the green local quality signal separate from production readiness claims. The [v1.0.0 release readiness gate contract](docs/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_RELEASE_READINESS_GATE_CONTRACT.md) and [status record](docs/status/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_RELEASE_READINESS_GATE_STATUS.md) aggregate the current release blockers with `v1_release_readiness_gate_passed=0`, `v1_release_readiness_blocked=1`, dynamic blocker classification counts, a v1 tag-specific release artifact candidate preflight report, dynamic evidence-status aggregation, an evidence-blocker detail audit, a product-completion detail blocker audit, and `production_release_ready=0`. The production-installer release artifact staging directory, release worktree cleanliness audit with stdout-only dirty inventory, release toolchain availability audit, release signing identity reference, release artifact candidate preflight, release artifact evidence template, and release artifact, SBOM, transcript, lifecycle, recovery, and multi-VM evidence intake validators are present. The SBOM and transcript evidence templates are also present for future reviewed SBOM and dry-run transcript bundles. They can check future tagged artifact evidence bundles, but they do not create or sign release artifacts, clean or revert tracked files, write dirty-inventory evidence, install release tools, generate or attach an SBOM, accept evidence, pass promotion, record transcripts, validate lifecycle, recovery, or multi-VM behavior, or claim production readiness. Strategy and near-term direction live in [docs/strategy/README.md](docs/strategy/README.md), [docs/project_notes/README.md](docs/project_notes/README.md), [docs/project_notes/CURRENT_DIRECTION.md](docs/project_notes/CURRENT_DIRECTION.md), and [docs/project_notes/UPCOMING_WORK.md](docs/project_notes/UPCOMING_WORK.md).
 
 The [effect substrate transition intake](docs/LATTICRA_EFFECT_SUBSTRATE_TRANSITION_INTAKE.md) records the review order for future effect-runner, build-profile, and Model-1 bridge work before any capability promotion.
 
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ release_artifact_candidate_tracked_worktree_clean=0
 release_artifact_candidate_tracked_dirty_count=<observed>
 release_toolchain_availability_audit_present=1
 release_toolchain_availability_audit_mode=no-effect-command-visibility-report
-release_toolchain_availability_audit_passed=0
-release_toolchain_ready=0
-rpmbuild_available=0
-rpm_available=0
-release_artifact_build_tool_available=0
-release_artifact_query_tool_available=0
+release_toolchain_availability_audit_passed=<observed>
+release_toolchain_ready=<observed>
+rpmbuild_available=<observed>
+rpm_available=<observed>
+release_artifact_build_tool_available=<observed>
+release_artifact_query_tool_available=<observed>
 release_signing_identity_reference_validator_present=1
 release_signing_identity_reference_valid=0
 release_signing_identity_reference_fingerprint_format_valid=0

diff --git a/STATUS.md b/STATUS.md
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Latest Latticra guarded Model-1 effect demonstration evidence acceptance preflig
 Latest Latticra Netplane central hub intake note: 2026-06-19 CDT
 Latest Latticra Netplane Kaiju static adapter evidence intake note: 2026-06-19 CDT
 Latest Latticra product organization simplification note: 2026-06-19 CDT
+Latest Latticra v1.0.0 release readiness gate note: 2026-06-12 CDT
+Latest Latticra v1.0.0 evidence blocker audit note: 2026-06-12 CDT
+Latest Latticra v1.0.0 product blocker audit note: 2026-06-12 CDT
 Latest Latticra computational proof foundation note: 2026-05-29 CDT
 Latest Latticra computational math and physics evaluation note: 2026-05-29 CDT
 Latest Latticra Speculum premise note: 2026-05-29 CDT

diff --git a/docs/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_EVIDENCE_BLOCKER_AUDIT_CONTRACT.md b/docs/LATTICRA_V1_0_0_EVIDENCE_BLOCKER_AUDIT_CONTRACT.md
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# Latticra v1.0.0 Evidence Blocker Audit Contract
+
+Status: no-effect v1.0.0 evidence blocker audit contract
+Evidence level: evidence-blocker decomposition only
+Scope: decompose the evidence blockers that keep the v1.0.0 release readiness gate closed across release artifact, SBOM, transcript, lifecycle, recovery, and multi-VM evidence intake records.
+
+## Purpose
+
+The v1.0.0 release readiness gate reports a compact `v1_release_evidence_blocker_count`. That keeps the top-level release decision readable, but it can hide which concrete evidence inputs are still missing before a release can be considered.
+
+This audit gives those evidence blockers one executable no-effect decomposition. It reads existing status records and reports the missing artifact, checksum, signature, SBOM, transcript, lifecycle, recovery, and multi-VM evidence fields that keep the evidence portion of the v1.0.0 gate blocked.
+
+It does not create release artifacts, generate SBOMs, run VMs, invoke package managers, write evidence, accept evidence, pass promotion, install packages, publish releases, or mutate the host.
+
+## Command
+
+```sh
+sh scripts/latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit.sh
+```
+
+## Current classification
+
+```text
+v1_evidence_blocker_audit_present=1
+v1_evidence_blocker_audit_mode=no-effect-evidence-blocker-decomposition
+v1_evidence_blocker_audit_passed=0
+v1_evidence_detail_blocker_count=<observed>
+v1_evidence_detail_blockers=<observed>
+release_artifact_promotion_gate_passed=<observed>
+release_artifact_present=<observed>
+release_artifact_built_from_tag=<observed>
+release_artifact_reproducible=<observed>
+release_artifact_sha256_recorded=<observed>
+release_artifact_signature_present=<observed>
+release_artifact_signature_verified=<observed>
+release_artifact_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=<observed>
+sbom_artifact_file_present=<observed>
+sbom_dependency_review_present=<observed>
+sbom_vulnerability_review_present=<observed>
+sbom_license_review_present=<observed>
+sbom_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=<observed>
+install_transcript_file_present=<observed>
+uninstall_transcript_file_present=<observed>
+post_removal_absence_transcript_file_present=<observed>
+transcript_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=<observed>
+upgrade_transcript_file_present=<observed>
+rollback_transcript_file_present=<observed>
+reinstall_transcript_file_present=<observed>
+lifecycle_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=<observed>
+recovery_runbook_file_present=<observed>
+failure_mode_register_file_present=<observed>
+recovery_drill_transcript_file_present=<observed>
+rollback_drill_transcript_file_present=<observed>
+operator_recovery_receipt_file_present=<observed>
+recovery_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=<observed>
+fresh_vm_validation_file_present=<observed>
+repeat_vm_validation_file_present=<observed>
+existing_install_validation_file_present=<observed>
+remove_reinstall_validation_file_present=<observed>
+unsupported_target_validation_file_present=<observed>
+non_root_cli_validation_file_present=<observed>
+root_boundary_validation_file_present=<observed>
+checksum_verification_file_present=<observed>
+package_signature_verification_file_present=<observed>
+multi_vm_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=<observed>
+```
+
+The current detail blocker vocabulary includes `release_artifact_missing`, `release_artifact_signature_not_verified`, `release_artifact_evidence_not_accepted`, `sbom_artifact_file_missing`, `sbom_evidence_not_accepted`, `install_transcript_file_missing`, `transcript_evidence_not_accepted`, `upgrade_transcript_file_missing`, `lifecycle_evidence_not_accepted`, `recovery_runbook_file_missing`, `recovery_evidence_not_accepted`, `fresh_vm_validation_file_missing`, and `multi_vm_evidence_not_accepted`.
+
+## Required Source Records
+
+```text
+docs/status/PRODUCTION_INSTALLER_RELEASE_ARTIFACT_CANDIDATE_PREFLIGHT_STATUS.md
+docs/status/PRODUCTION_INSTALLER_RELEASE_ARTIFACT_EVIDENCE_INTAKE_VALIDATOR_STATUS.md
+docs/status/PRODUCTION_INSTALLER_SBOM_EVIDENCE_INTAKE_VALIDATOR_STATUS.md
+docs/status/PRODUCTION_INSTALLER_TRANSCRIPT_EVIDENCE_INTAKE_VALIDATOR_STATUS.md
+docs/status/PRODUCTION_INSTALLER_LIFECYCLE_EVIDENCE_INTAKE_VALIDATOR_STATUS.md
+docs/status/PRODUCTION_INSTALLER_RECOVERY_EVIDENCE_INTAKE_VALIDATOR_STATUS.md
+docs/status/PRODUCTION_INSTALLER_MULTI_VM_EVIDENCE_INTAKE_VALIDATOR_STATUS.md
+```
+
+## Pass Requirements
+
+This audit may report `v1_evidence_blocker_audit_passed=1` only after future reviewed records close all evidence detail blockers. In particular:
+
+```text
+release_artifact_promotion_gate_passed=1
+release_artifact_present=1
+release_artifact_built_from_tag=1
+release_artifact_reproducible=1
+release_artifact_sha256_recorded=1
+release_artifact_signature_verified=1
+release_artifact_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=1
+sbom_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=1
+transcript_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=1
+lifecycle_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=1
+recovery_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=1
+multi_vm_evidence_accepted_by_intake_validator=1
+```
+
+The audit must not infer evidence acceptance from templates, placeholders, fixture records, or validator presence alone.
+
+## Validation
+
+```sh
+sh scripts/test-latticra-v1-evidence-blocker-audit-contract.sh
+```
+
+## Non-Claims
+
+This contract is not evidence acceptance, not a v1.0.0 release candidate, not release artifact promotion, not production installer readiness, not Fedora distribution readiness, not Nadia production readiness, not production cryptography, not runtime authority, and not permission to publish a release.