V29 Gate 10: Promoted Protocol Posture Readiness

BITCODE_SPEC_V29.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - Version: `V29`
 - V29 state: canonical promotion complete; V29 is the active Terminal transaction-depth canon and the V29 hand-authored plus generated canon are aligned
 - Current canonical/latest target: `V29`
-- Canonical proof-source commit: `c02638a13a464b1a15430cf9072fd13a4391435d`
+- Canonical proof-source commit: `3cfa3e71ef553ecb25221ed7116e29eccbc4df24`
 - Prior canonical anchor: `BITCODE_SPEC_V28.md`
 - Prior generated proof appendix: `BITCODE_SPEC_V28_PROVEN.md`
 - Generated structured artifact inventory: active canonical `.bitcode/v29-spec-family-report.json`, `.bitcode/v29-canonical-input-report.json`, `.bitcode/v29-canon-posture-drift-report.json`, V29 gate-quality and promotion workflow evidence, and `BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PROVEN.md` as the generated proof appendix for V29 promotion
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ The promotion-readiness contract has five parts:
 `packages/protocol/data/state.json` are commercial runtime posture carriers.
 They must align to V28 active / V29 draft during Gate 10 work and be rewritten
 to V29 active / V30 draft by promotion automation.
+The Gate 10 checker is promotion-mode aware: it must accept the V28/V29 package
+posture before the generated canon commit and the V29/V30 package posture after
+the generated canon commit.
 
 Gate 10 does not itself promote `BITCODE_SPEC.txt`.
 It closes when `version/v29` can be pull-requested to `main` and the V29

BITCODE_SPEC_V29_DELTA.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - Version: `V29`
 - V29 state: canonical promotion complete; this delta records the promoted V28-to-V29 Terminal transaction-depth and promotion-readiness closure set
 - Current canonical/latest target: `V29`
-- Canonical proof-source commit: `c02638a13a464b1a15430cf9072fd13a4391435d`
+- Canonical proof-source commit: `3cfa3e71ef553ecb25221ed7116e29eccbc4df24`
 - Prior canonical anchor: `BITCODE_SPEC_V28.md`
 - Prior generated proof appendix: `BITCODE_SPEC_V28_PROVEN.md`
 - Generated structured artifact inventory: active canonical `.bitcode/v29-spec-family-report.json`, `.bitcode/v29-canonical-input-report.json`, `.bitcode/v29-canon-posture-drift-report.json`, V29 gate-quality and promotion workflow evidence, and `BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PROVEN.md` as the generated proof appendix for V29 promotion
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ Closure acceptance:
 
 - `check:v29-gate10` validates the V29 promotion-readiness surface from a clean
   Gate 10 branch and can run in `--promotion-mode` after `BITCODE_SPEC.txt`
-  advances to `V29`.
+  advances to `V29`, including the promoted V29 active / V30 draft protocol
+  package posture.
 - Gate-quality CI invokes all V29 gate scripts while V29 is still a draft and
   switches to promoted V29 validation after the promotion workflow writes the
   canonical pointer commit.

BITCODE_SPEC_V29_NOTES.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - Version: `V29`
 - V29 state: canonical promotion complete; V29 notes record the accepted Terminal-depth, local/staging, and promotion-readiness evidence
 - Current canonical/latest target: `V29`
-- Canonical proof-source commit: `c02638a13a464b1a15430cf9072fd13a4391435d`
+- Canonical proof-source commit: `3cfa3e71ef553ecb25221ed7116e29eccbc4df24`
 - Prior canonical anchor: `BITCODE_SPEC_V28.md`
 - Prior generated proof appendix: `BITCODE_SPEC_V28_PROVEN.md`
 - Generated structured artifact inventory: active canonical `.bitcode/v29-spec-family-report.json`, `.bitcode/v29-canonical-input-report.json`, `.bitcode/v29-canon-posture-drift-report.json`, V29 gate-quality and promotion workflow evidence, and `BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PROVEN.md` as the generated proof appendix for V29 promotion

BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PARITY_MATRIX.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - Version: `V29`
 - V29 state: canonical promotion complete; V29 parity truth, product-gate audit, generated proof, and promotion automation are aligned
 - Current canonical/latest target: `V29`
-- Canonical proof-source commit: `c02638a13a464b1a15430cf9072fd13a4391435d`
+- Canonical proof-source commit: `3cfa3e71ef553ecb25221ed7116e29eccbc4df24`
 - Prior canonical anchor: `BITCODE_SPEC_V28.md`
 - Prior generated proof appendix: `BITCODE_SPEC_V28_PROVEN.md`
 - Generated structured artifact inventory: active canonical `.bitcode/v29-spec-family-report.json`, `.bitcode/v29-canonical-input-report.json`, `.bitcode/v29-canon-posture-drift-report.json`, V29 gate-quality and promotion workflow evidence, and `BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PROVEN.md` as the generated proof appendix for V29 promotion
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ Accepted surfaces:
 
 - `scripts/check-v29-gate10-local-staging-promotion-readiness.mjs` validates
   the Gate 10 specification, QA ledger, scripts, workflow wiring, runtime
-  posture, and promotion-mode behavior.
+  posture, and promotion-mode behavior before and after the generated V29/V30
+  protocol package posture rewrite.
 - `.github/workflows/bitcode-gate-quality.yml` runs all V29 gate checks in
   draft posture and switches to promoted V29 checks after the promotion commit.
 - `.github/workflows/bitcode-canon-quality.yml` accepts both V28 active / V29

BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PROVEN.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Bitcode Spec V29 Proven
 
 - canonicalVersion: `V29`
-- canonicalCommit: `c02638a13a464b1a15430cf9072fd13a4391435d`
-- canonicalCommitRecordedAt: `2026-05-21T14:33:57-03:00`
+- canonicalCommit: `3cfa3e71ef553ecb25221ed7116e29eccbc4df24`
+- canonicalCommitRecordedAt: `2026-05-21T15:25:23-03:00`
 - worktreeState: `clean`
 - generatorId: `bitcode.proven-generator.v1`
-- generatedAt: `2026-05-21T14:33:57-03:00`
+- generatedAt: `2026-05-21T15:25:23-03:00`
 - outputPath: `BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PROVEN.md`
 - scenarioIds: `auth-issuer-rollback`, `rust-validator-proof-gap`, `config-policy-precedence-incident`, `unsafe-patch-review-recovery`, `infra-deployment-mismatch`, `privacy-boundary-proof-export`, `polyglot-gateway-benchmark-remediation`, `auth-many-asset-normalization`
 - branchModes: `patch`, `context`

BITCODE_SPEC_V30_NOTES.md

@@ -3,32 +3,38 @@
 ## Status
 
 - Version: `V30`
-- V30 state: future notes scaffold only
-- Current canonical/latest target: `V27`
-- Current active draft target: `V28`
-- Prior canonical anchor: `BITCODE_SPEC_V27.md`
-- Prior generated proof appendix: `BITCODE_SPEC_V27_PROVEN.md`
+- V30 state: notes-only draft opening
+- Current canonical/latest target: `V29`
+- Current active draft target: `V30`
+- Canonical pointer: `BITCODE_SPEC.txt` -> `V29`
+- Active canonical anchor: `BITCODE_SPEC_V29.md`
+- Active generated proof appendix: `BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PROVEN.md`
+- Prior canonical anchor: `BITCODE_SPEC_V29.md`
+- Prior generated proof appendix: `BITCODE_SPEC_V29_PROVEN.md`
 - Generated structured artifact inventory: none for V30 yet
-- Source parity state: not opened; V30 source parity begins only after V30 draft opening
+- Source parity state: notes-only draft opening; V30 source parity begins only after V30 first-gate work
 - Scope: future notes for Protocol/BTD hardening after V28 commercial Protocol/Terminal MVP and V29 deeper Terminal work. Exchange is deferred beyond V35.
 
 This NOTES file does not promote V30 and does not open V30 implementation.
-It preserves roadmap intent so V28 can remain focused on commercial Protocol/Terminal MVP QA, bugfixing, audit, and hardening.
+It preserves roadmap intent so V30 first-gate work can open from promoted V29 without rediscovering deferred Protocol/BTD hardening pressure.
 
-## Notes companion rule
+## Notes-only draft rule
 
-This file is planning memory only.
-Requirements become binding only when V30 is explicitly opened as the draft-target SPEC family.
+This file is planning memory only and is not first-gate implementation.
+Requirements become binding only when V30 is explicitly opened as a full draft-target SPEC family.
 
 ## Concise current-system reading
 
-V27 is active canon.
-V28 is current draft target and owns commercial Protocol implementation, Terminal MVP QA, MCP API/ChatGPT App MVP, BTD/testnet/ledgerization, and demonstration-to-commercial boundary cleanup.
-V29 is expected to deepen Terminal workflows.
+V29 is active canon.
 V30 is expected to harden Protocol/BTD surfaces after V28/V29 reveal implementation pressure.
 Exchange is not V30 work.
 
-## Intended V30 focus
+## Deferred from V29
+
+V29 canonically closes deeper Terminal transaction depth, local/staging promotion readiness, and promotion automation.
+V30 inherits deferred hardening pressure around Bitcoin fee boundaries, GitHub delivery evidence, compute/runtime capability truth, storage/readback posture, and build/process proof surfaces.
+
+## Candidate V30 workstreams
 
 V30 owns Protocol/BTD hardening:
 
@@ -40,13 +46,8 @@ V30 owns Protocol/BTD hardening:
 - source-to-shares proof cleanup revealed by V28/V29;
 - Protocol/BTD-specific tests, proofs, and telemetry hooks needed before Exchange returns beyond V35.
 
-## Boundaries
+## Non-goals during V30 opening
 
 V30 must not redefine `$BTD` supply, BTC fee separation, AssetPack range identity, owner-read/licensed-read law, measureminting, or ancestry.
 V30 must not absorb V31 Auxillaries expansion, V32 provation/testing depth, V33 interface depth, V34 deployment depth, or V35 telemetry/documenting depth except for narrow Protocol/BTD-owned hooks.
 V30 must not absorb Exchange or website Conversations; those return beyond V35.
-
-## Return To V28
-
-Do not start V30 implementation during V28.
-Use this scaffold only to keep V28 focused on commercial Protocol/Terminal MVP QA and hardening.

packages/protocol/test/protocol-package-boundary.test.js

@@ -45,23 +45,27 @@ test('@bitcode/protocol does not import the standalone protocol demonstration',
 
 test('@bitcode/protocol commercial formalization exports package-native canon helpers', async () => {
   const protocol = await import('../src/index.js');
+  const pointer = readFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, 'BITCODE_SPEC.txt'), 'utf8').trim();
+  const expectedActiveCanon = pointer === 'V29' ? 'V29' : 'V28';
+  const expectedDraftTarget = pointer === 'V29' ? 'V30' : 'V29';
+  const expectedSpecFamilyMode = pointer === 'V29' ? 'promoted' : 'draft';
 
-  assert.equal(protocol.ACTIVE_CANON_VERSION, 'V28');
-  assert.equal(protocol.DRAFT_TARGET_VERSION, 'V29');
+  assert.equal(protocol.ACTIVE_CANON_VERSION, expectedActiveCanon);
+  assert.equal(protocol.DRAFT_TARGET_VERSION, expectedDraftTarget);
   assert.equal(typeof protocol.buildV21SpecFamilyReport, 'function');
   assert.equal(typeof protocol.buildV21CanonicalInputReport, 'function');
   assert.equal(typeof protocol.buildV21GeneratedArtifactContents, 'function');
   assert.equal(typeof protocol.buildCanonPostureDriftReport, 'function');
   assert.equal(typeof protocol.PROVEN_GENERATOR_ID, 'string');
   assert.equal(typeof protocol.defaultProvenOutputPath, 'function');
   assert.equal(typeof protocol.generateCanonicalProvenMarkdown, 'function');
-  assert.equal(protocol.defaultProvenOutputPath('V28'), 'BITCODE_SPEC_V28_PROVEN.md');
+  assert.equal(protocol.defaultProvenOutputPath(expectedActiveCanon), `BITCODE_SPEC_${expectedActiveCanon}_PROVEN.md`);
   const specFamilyReport = protocol.buildV21SpecFamilyReport({
     version: 'V29',
-    mode: 'draft',
-    currentTarget: 'V28',
+    mode: expectedSpecFamilyMode,
+    currentTarget: expectedActiveCanon,
   });
-  const canonicalInputReport = protocol.buildV21CanonicalInputReport({ currentTarget: 'V28' });
+  const canonicalInputReport = protocol.buildV21CanonicalInputReport({ currentTarget: expectedActiveCanon });
   assert.equal(specFamilyReport.passed, true);
   assert.equal(canonicalInputReport.passed, true);
 });

protocol-demonstration/test/v21-specifying.test.js

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ function projectLabel(version) {
 function expectedActiveCanonicalInputArtifactCount(version) {
   const numeric = Number.parseInt(String(version || '').replace(/^V/u, ''), 10);
   if (!Number.isInteger(numeric)) return 3;
-  if (numeric === 27 || numeric === 28) return 0;
-  if (numeric >= 26) return 22;
+  if (numeric >= 27) return 0;
+  if (numeric === 26) return 22;
   if (numeric >= 22) return 3;
   if (numeric === 21) return 2;
   return 6;

scripts/check-bitcode-draft-notes.mjs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function parseArgs(argv) {
 function printHelp() {
   process.stdout.write(
     [
-      'Usage: node scripts/check-bitcode-draft-notes.mjs --version V27 --current-target V26 [options]',
+      'Usage: node scripts/check-bitcode-draft-notes.mjs --version V30 --current-target V29 [options]',
       '',
       'Options:',
       '  --version <VN>          Draft target version to validate.',
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ function main() {
   const requiredPhrases = [
     `Spec ${version} Notes`,
     '## Status',
-    `Canonical pointer: \`${path.join(repoRoot, 'BITCODE_SPEC.txt')}\` -> \`${currentTarget}\``,
-    `Active canonical anchor: \`${path.join(repoRoot, `${activeSpecPrefix}_${currentTarget}.md`)}\``,
-    `Active generated proof appendix: \`${path.join(repoRoot, `${activeSpecPrefix}_${currentTarget}_PROVEN.md`)}\``,
+    `Canonical pointer: \`BITCODE_SPEC.txt\` -> \`${currentTarget}\``,
+    `Active canonical anchor: \`${activeSpecPrefix}_${currentTarget}.md\``,
+    `Active generated proof appendix: \`${activeSpecPrefix}_${currentTarget}_PROVEN.md\``,
     `${version} state: notes-only draft opening`,
     '## Notes-only draft rule',
     `## Deferred from ${currentTarget}`,
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ function main() {
     'compute',
     'storage',
     'build/process',
-    '## Candidate V27 workstreams',
-    '## Non-goals during V26 closure'
+    `## Candidate ${version} workstreams`,
+    `## Non-goals during ${version} opening`
   ];
 
   for (const phrase of requiredPhrases) {

scripts/check-v29-gate10-local-staging-promotion-readiness.mjs

@@ -193,20 +193,25 @@ function main() {
     'Runtime promotion preparation must update commercial package posture, package data, and package README.',
   );
 
+  const expectedActiveCanon = pointer === 'V29' ? 'V29' : 'V28';
+  const expectedDraftTarget = pointer === 'V29' ? 'V30' : 'V29';
+  const expectedProtocolReadmePosture =
+    pointer === 'V29' ? 'V29` active, `V30` draft after V29 promotion' : 'V28` active, `V29` draft';
+
   assertCheck(
     failures,
-    packageCanonPosture.includes("ACTIVE_CANON_VERSION = 'V28'") &&
-      packageCanonPosture.includes("DRAFT_TARGET_VERSION = 'V29'") &&
-      packageState.includes('"activeCanonVersion": "V28"') &&
-      packageState.includes('"draftTargetVersion": "V29"') &&
-      packageState.includes('"activeProvenAppendixPath": "BITCODE_SPEC_V28_PROVEN.md"') &&
-      packageState.includes('"draftSpecPath": "BITCODE_SPEC_V29.md"'),
-    'Protocol package posture and seed state must be aligned to V28 active / V29 draft before promotion.',
+    packageCanonPosture.includes(`ACTIVE_CANON_VERSION = '${expectedActiveCanon}'`) &&
+      packageCanonPosture.includes(`DRAFT_TARGET_VERSION = '${expectedDraftTarget}'`) &&
+      packageState.includes(`"activeCanonVersion": "${expectedActiveCanon}"`) &&
+      packageState.includes(`"draftTargetVersion": "${expectedDraftTarget}"`) &&
+      packageState.includes(`"activeProvenAppendixPath": "BITCODE_SPEC_${expectedActiveCanon}_PROVEN.md"`) &&
+      packageState.includes(`"draftSpecPath": "BITCODE_SPEC_${expectedDraftTarget}.md"`),
+    `Protocol package posture and seed state must be aligned to ${expectedActiveCanon} active / ${expectedDraftTarget} draft.`,
   );
   assertCheck(
     failures,
-    protocolReadme.includes('V28` active, `V29` draft') && protocolReadme.includes('Gate 10'),
-    'Protocol package README must name the draft posture and Gate 10 promotion boundary.',
+    protocolReadme.includes(expectedProtocolReadmePosture) && protocolReadme.includes('Gate 10'),
+    `Protocol package README must name the ${expectedActiveCanon}/${expectedDraftTarget} posture and Gate 10 promotion boundary.`,
   );
   assertCheck(
     failures,