[the-vibe-dev]

Summary

Implements the October 30 independent review handoff on a review branch. The supplied 12 regression scenarios now pass. This is an engineering alpha remediation checkpoint, not a family beta release.

Changes cover consent and withdrawal enforcement, stale screenshot replay fencing, deletion and archive consistency, review job recovery, Windows broker/client lifecycle, masked parent step-up, child requests, and truthful capture status. Optional Windows process/domain enforcement defaults off.

Verification

• Frozen backend: 337 passed; synthetic API E2E: 1 passed.
• Frozen Windows-agent source tests: 90 passed.
• Root: 66 passed; dashboard: 21 unit and 10 Playwright checks passed.
• Supplied independent regressions: 12 passed.
• Backend and agent Ruff, dashboard typecheck/build passed.
• Fresh disposable real-backend browser setup and sign-in smoke passed.
• Pillow/certifi locks refreshed after initial CI audit findings. Strict Python dependency audits and dashboard high-severity audit now pass locally; a moderate development-only minimatch advisory remains.

Release gate

Do not merge for ordinary-family beta yet. Real Windows installer qualification, secondary-monitor capture, server named-pipe write/flush deadlines, crash-safe two-phase deletion, external-provider withdrawal races, and held-out end-to-end detection evaluation remain open. See docs/release-validation/independent-review-2026-10-31.md for the per-finding ledger.