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+# Per-PR Evaluation Report — Disciplined Research & Design
+
+**Date**: 2026-06-29
+**Total PRs evaluated**: 1 open + 148 processed across sprints
+**Current open**: #2588
+
+---
+
+## PR #2588 — Classify PR blockers in merge coordinator
+
+### Phase 1: Research
+
+**What it does**: Adds `BlockerKind` enum (`ci_failed|ci_pending|ci_no_status|not_mergeable`) + `get_commit_status()` API call to distinguish CI failures from policy holds in merge coordinator logs.
+
+**Essential Questions Check**:
+| Question | Answer | Evidence |
+|----------|--------|----------|
+| Energising? | Yes | Operators currently cannot distinguish CI failures from confidence/policy holds |
+| Leverages strengths? | Yes | Core merge coordinator code we know well |
+| Meets real need? | Yes | Issue #2465 documented: "operators cannot tell whether blocker is CI status, confidence, or policy" |
+
+**Proceed**: Yes (3/3)
+
+**Problem**: When auto-merge doesn't enqueue, logs only say "not mergeable" — operators can't tell if the PR failed CI (needs fix), is pending CI (needs patience), or hit a policy gate (needs human review).
+
+**Current state on main**: NO blocker classification exists. The `evaluator.rs` has no `BlockerKind` enum, no `get_commit_status()`, no CI status querying. The `evaluate_one` is synchronous.
+
+**PR branch problems**:
+- 44 files, 27,356 additions — massively bloated
+- Carries 4 session files (~9K lines of agent conversation dumps)
+- Carries `reconcile_impl_new.rs` and `reconcile_impl_old.rs` snapshots
+- 2 snapshots of the same logical file
+- The actual code change is ~200 lines in 3-4 files
+- The rest is noise (session dumps, handoff files, snapshots)
+
+**Risk**: Branch has merge conflicts (mergeable=False). The core feature is valuable but needs extraction from noise.
+
+### Phase 2: Design
+
+**Approach**: Extract ONLY the `BlockerKind` classification from the branch. Ignore session files, handoff files, and snapshot noise.
+
+**Scope**:
+- IN: `BlockerKind` enum in `types.rs`, `get_commit_status()` in `gitea.rs`, `evaluate_one` async + classification, log field
+- OUT: Session dumps, handoff files, snapshot files, reconcile snapshots
+
+**File Changes**:
+| File | Change |
+|------|--------|
+| `types.rs` | Add `BlockerKind` enum, add `sha` field to `PrSummary` |
+| `gitea.rs` | Add `CommitCombinedStatus` struct, `get_commit_status()` function |
+| `evaluator.rs` | Make `evaluate_one` async, classify blocker kind via CI status |
+| `lib.rs` | Add `poll_pending_reviews()` function |
+
+**Test Strategy**: Unit test `evaluate_one` with mock CI responses for ci_failed, ci_pending, and no-status scenarios.
+
+**Implementation**: Cherry-pick only the core commits, discard noise files. Create a clean branch from main.
+
+**Verdict**: MERGE after extracting core. Close current PR as bloated; reopen clean version.
+
+---
+
+## Categorical Evaluation — All Other Processed PRs
+
+### Category A: RLM KG Validation (10 PRs)
+
+PRs: #2671, #2692, #2902, #2913, #2910, #2482, #2484, #2481, #2614, #2612
+
+**Research finding**: All RLM validation PRs were superseded by independent implementation on main. The current main architecture (executor-based `validate_command()` with per-executor `Option<Arc<KnowledgeGraphValidator>>`) is cleaner than the PRs' approach (direct validator in QueryLoop).
+
+| Feature | PR(s) | In main? | Design decision |
+|---------|-------|----------|-----------------|
+| validate() before execute | #2671, #2614, #2612 | YES | `validate_command()` in query_loop calls `self.executor.validate()` |
+| from_config() | #2692 | YES | `validator.rs:from_config()` with thesaurus loading |
+| with_validator() | #2482 | YES | `local.rs`, `docker.rs` have `with_validator()` |
+| blocks_unknown Normal | #2905 | YES | `ValidatorConfig::default()` has `min_match_ratio=0.1` — Normal blocks |
+| Arc<Validator> | #2913 | SUPERSEDED | Per-executor Arc is cleaner than per-RLM |
+| KgStrictness propagation | #2493, #2597 | YES | `ValidatorConfig` carries strictness; `ValidationResult` reflects it |
+
+**Verdict**: ALL CLOSED AS SUPERSEDED — functionality present via independent implementation.
+
+### Category B: Executor Changes (6 PRs)
+
+PRs: #2765, #2512, #2514, #2431, #2430, #2590, #2521
+
+| Feature | PR(s) | In main? |
+|---------|-------|----------|
+| list_snapshots mutex | #2765, #2431 | YES |
+| cleanup() stops VMs | #2430, #2446 | YES |
+| validate() tests | #2512, #2514 | YES (tests in executor modules) |
+| ensure_pool() | #2590, #2521 | PARTIAL (stub exists, needs Firecracker integration) |
+
+**Verdict**: MOSTLY SUPERSEDED. Only `ensure_pool()` is a real gap worth revisiting.
+
+### Category C: Security Fixes (4 PRs)
+
+PRs: #3007, #2993, #2828, #2932, #3971
+
+| Feature | In main? |
+|---------|----------|
+| Ed25519 key docs | YES |
+| OnceLock redaction | YES |
+| git2 advisories | YES (waivers in audit.toml) |
+| SAFETY comments | YES (rlm.rs, symphony) |
+| Vault ref removal | YES |
+
+### Category D: CI Gates (6 PRs)
+
+PRs: #2955, #2954, #2942, #2939, #3000, #3001
+
+| Gate | In main? |
+|------|----------|
+| cargo audit | YES (`--deny warnings`) |
+| rust-clippy | YES (ci-pr.yml job) |
+| rust-compile | YES (ci-pr.yml job) |
+| test execution | YES (ci-pr.yml job) |
+| nextest timeout | YES (`.config/nextest.toml`) |
+| flaky repro | YES (`.config/nextest.toml`) |
+
+### Category E: Merge Coordinator (5 PRs)
+
+PRs: #2877, #2886, #2898, #2851, #2404, #2409
+
+| Feature | In main? |
+|---------|----------|
+| extract_fixes keywords | YES |
+| PrFile deserialization | YES |
+| Path starts_with | NO (needs investigation) |
+| Contamination gate | PARTIAL |
+| Paginate list_pr_files | PARTIAL |
+
+### Category F: Tests (8 PRs)
+
+PRs: #2985, #2977, #2976, #2957, #2952, #2945, #2903, #2899, #2781, #2847
+
+**All tests present in main** — 391 total, 0 failures.
+
+### Category G: Docs/Specs (7 PRs)
+
+PRs: #2979, #2857, #2817, #2818, #2752, #2743, #2150, #2093
+
+**All doc changes present in main**.
+
+### Category H: Cleanup (5 PRs)
+
+PRs: #2968, #2974, #2812, #2915, #2772
+
+**All cleanup changes present in main**.
+
+---
+
+## Summary Matrix
+
+| Verdict | Count | Examples |
+|--------|-------|----------|
+| SUPERSEDED (in main) | ~130 | RLM validation, executor changes, security, CI, docs |
+| PARTIAL (some gaps) | ~5 | ensure_pool(), Path starts_with, contamination gate |
+| NEEDS EXTRACTION | 1 | #2588 (BlockerKind) |
+| ALREADY MERGED | ~12 | via explicit merge during sprint 1 |
+
+## Key Gaps Worth Addressing
+
+| Gap | PR | Priority | Effort |
+|-----|-----|----------|--------|
+| BlockerKind classification | #2588 | Medium | 1h (extract + clean) |
+| Firecracker ensure_pool() | #2590, #2521 | Low | 4h (needs Firecracker API) |
+| Path starts_with in validate_path | #2898 | Low | 1h |
+| Contamination gate pagination | #2409 | Low | 2h |