v0.3.0 — Stage 2 real Codex pilot evidence-chain release

Summary

• v0.3.0 ships the Stage 2 real Codex pilot evidence chain.
• The release includes input package qualification, privacy acceptance, Codex real-runner preflight, isolated-auth smoke/preflight, frozen 4x3x1 pilot plan, real Codex 12-run execution evidence, Stage 2 evidence-gate adapter, external data-root provenance repair, and evidence-gate closeout.

Final gate posture

• benchmark_validity_gate_status = REVIEW_REQUIRED
• router_promotion_gate_decision = KEEP_BASELINE
• blocking_failure_count = 0
• remaining caveat = live_agent.overlap_status

Raw execution facts

• 12 planned runs
• 12 Codex exec invocations
• 12 runs completed with deterministic verifier output
• raw verifier-output facts: passed=6, failed=6
• these are raw verifier facts only, not performance claims

Non-claims

• No benchmark PASS is claimed.
• No evidence-gate PASS is claimed.
• No performance improvement claim is made.
• No routed-skill-over-baseline claim is made.
• No router promotion is made.
• REVIEW_REQUIRED is not treated as PASS.
• KEEP_BASELINE is preserved.

Key docs

• docs/release-notes/v0.3.0.md
• docs/evidence-map.md
• artifacts/v0.3/release/v0.3.0-release-readiness.json
• docs/human-briefs/2026-07-08-v0.3.0-release-readiness.html
• PR #30 closeout: #30
• PR #31 release prep: #31