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| 1 | +# PR_26179_OWNER_010-close-pr-176-audit-archive |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Purpose |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +Archive the read-only forensic audit for PR #176, `PR_26175_OWNER_055: retain legal governance leftovers`, and record the Owner governance disposition. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Final disposition: keep PR #176 closed with no replacement. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Scope |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +This is a no-code Owner governance PR. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +This PR does not: |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +- modify runtime code |
| 16 | +- modify product files |
| 17 | +- modify API files |
| 18 | +- modify database files |
| 19 | +- reopen PR #176 |
| 20 | +- merge PR #176 |
| 21 | +- close any additional PR |
| 22 | +- push changes to any PR branch except this governance report branch |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +## PR #176 Current State |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +| Field | Value | |
| 27 | +| --- | --- | |
| 28 | +| PR | #176 | |
| 29 | +| Title | `PR_26175_OWNER_055: retain legal governance leftovers` | |
| 30 | +| State | Closed | |
| 31 | +| Merged | No | |
| 32 | +| Closed at | `2026-06-28T12:44:46Z` | |
| 33 | +| Head branch | `codex/pr-26175-owner-055-legal-governance-leftover-retention` | |
| 34 | +| Head commit | `a539822e26` | |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +## Original Purpose |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +PR #176 was opened to retain post-OWNER_054 legal/governance leftover artifacts after the corrected legal package was applied. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +The PR intended to preserve: |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +- legal package implementation/source notes |
| 43 | +- legal foundation package governance notes |
| 44 | +- a generated current-open-PR governance snapshot |
| 45 | +- OWNER_055 validation, checklist, manual notes, changed-files, review-diff, and ZIP outputs |
| 46 | +- confirmation that no `IMPLEMENTATION.md` remained at the repository root |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +## Changed Files In PR #176 |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +PR #176 changed these files: |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +- `docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26175_OWNER_055-legal-governance-leftover-retention.md` |
| 53 | +- `docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26175_OWNER_055-legal-governance-leftover-retention_branch-validation.md` |
| 54 | +- `docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26175_OWNER_055-legal-governance-leftover-retention_manual-validation-notes.md` |
| 55 | +- `docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26175_OWNER_055-legal-governance-leftover-retention_requirement-checklist.md` |
| 56 | +- `docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26175_OWNER_055-legal-governance-leftover-retention_validation-lane.md` |
| 57 | +- `docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26175_OWNER_current-open-pr-status.md` |
| 58 | +- `docs_build/dev/reports/codex_changed_files.txt` |
| 59 | +- `docs_build/dev/reports/codex_review.diff` |
| 60 | +- `docs_build/legal/IMPLEMENTATION.md` |
| 61 | +- `docs_build/legal/LEGAL_CHANGELOG.md` |
| 62 | +- `docs_build/pr/PLAN_PR_26175_OWNER_055-legal-governance-leftover-retention.md` |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +## Unique Requirements Found |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +The useful requirement content in PR #176 was legal provenance and implementation guidance: |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +- publish the public legal pages |
| 69 | +- use one shared legal navigation source of truth |
| 70 | +- set `aria-current="page"` on the selected legal page |
| 71 | +- add footer links to legal documents |
| 72 | +- preserve readable and accessible legal pages |
| 73 | +- avoid unrelated runtime, API, database, or product changes |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +Review comments also identified governance defects: |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +- `codex_changed_files.txt` lacked required status/stat evidence |
| 78 | +- branch validation passed a nonconforming branch name |
| 79 | +- OWNER_055 sequence number was reused |
| 80 | +- `BUILD_PR` was marked complete without a committed BUILD_PR source doc |
| 81 | +- legal implementation notes pointed at the wrong legal PR identifier |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +## Implemented Elsewhere |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +The product-facing legal requirements are already present on current `main`. |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +Current `main` contains: |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +- `legal/index.html` |
| 90 | +- `legal/terms-of-service.html` |
| 91 | +- `legal/privacy-policy.html` |
| 92 | +- `legal/cookie-policy.html` |
| 93 | +- `legal/community-guidelines.html` |
| 94 | +- `legal/copyright-policy.html` |
| 95 | +- `legal/dmca-policy.html` |
| 96 | +- `legal/legal-nav.js` |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +The shared legal navigation source exists in `legal/legal-nav.js` and sets `aria-current="page"` on the current document link. |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +Footer legal links exist in `assets/theme-v2/partials/footer.html`. |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +The actual legal package implementation is documented by merged PR #175, `PR_26175_OWNER_054: apply corrected legal package`, and by `dev/reports/PR_26175_OWNER_054-legal-corrected-package.md`. |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +## Not Found On Current Main |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +The exact PR #176 retained leftovers are not present on current `main`: |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +- `docs_build/legal/IMPLEMENTATION.md` |
| 109 | +- `docs_build/legal/LEGAL_CHANGELOG.md` |
| 110 | +- `docs_build/dev/reports/PR_26175_OWNER_current-open-pr-status.md` |
| 111 | +- OWNER_055-specific report bundle |
| 112 | +- OWNER_055 PLAN document |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +These are provenance/report artifacts rather than active product implementation requirements. |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +## Obsolete `docs_build` Conflicts |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +PR #176 conflicts with current architecture because it uses obsolete repository paths: |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +- `docs_build/` |
| 121 | +- `docs_build/dev/reports/` |
| 122 | +- `docs_build/pr/` |
| 123 | +- `tmp/` |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +Current canonical governance and reports live under: |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +- `dev/build/` |
| 128 | +- `dev/reports/` |
| 129 | +- `dev/workspace/` |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | +Because PR #176 is based on old paths and contains unresolved governance review findings, rebasing it would carry forward stale structure and stale report conventions. |
| 132 | + |
| 133 | +## Lost Requirements Assessment |
| 134 | + |
| 135 | +No active legal product requirement appears lost by keeping PR #176 closed. |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | +The only unique material not on `main` is historical provenance text and stale generated report material. The active legal implementation and user-visible legal page requirements are already present through #175 and current `legal/` files. |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | +If Owner later wants historical provenance preserved, it should be recreated as a small current-path archive note under `dev/reports/` or `dev/build/`, with corrected PR identifiers. No replacement is needed for PR #176 itself. |
| 140 | + |
| 141 | +## Final Disposition |
| 142 | + |
| 143 | +Recommendation: keep PR #176 closed with no replacement. |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | +Reason: |
| 146 | + |
| 147 | +- PR #176 was closed and never merged. |
| 148 | +- Its product-facing legal requirements are already implemented on `main`. |
| 149 | +- Its remaining unique content is stale provenance/report material. |
| 150 | +- It uses obsolete `docs_build/` paths. |
| 151 | +- It has unresolved review comments that would need correction even if the content were preserved. |
| 152 | +- Reopening, rebasing, or completing it would add maintenance overhead without adding active product value. |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | +## Validation Summary |
| 155 | + |
| 156 | +- Branch validation: PASS |
| 157 | +- `git diff --check`: PASS |
| 158 | +- `npm run validate:canonical-structure`: PASS |
| 159 | +- Runtime code changed: No |
| 160 | +- Product files changed: No |
| 161 | +- API/database files changed: No |
| 162 | +- PR #176 state changed: No |
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