QA Review — MC #9658 reviewing #9655

QA Review — MC #9658 reviewing source task #9655 
 Date: 2026-07-28
Reviewer: John / pi-orchestrator
Scope: Auto-generated QA review for completed MC #9655, titled [TEST-QA-PROVEO-E] DEPLOY bypass test — force flag . 
 Completion criterion for MC #9658: deliver a tool-verified audit/report artifact for the source task. A failing or NEEDS_WORK verdict on source task #9655 is a valid QA review outcome; it does not mean this review artifact failed. 
 Source task facts verified with tools 
 node ~/system/tools/mc.js show 9655 verified: 
 
 Source task: #9655 
 Status: done 
 Priority: H 
 Owner: proveo 
 Category: system 
 DOD evidence: QA test bypass 
 Agent output: QA test bypass 
 
 node ~/system/tools/mc.js history 9655 verified: 
 
 Created by john at 2026-04-27 16:35:03. 
 Started by john at 2026-04-27 16:36:36. 
 Moved ready for review by john at 2026-04-27 16:36:44 with note QA test bypass . 
 Forced completion by john at 2026-04-27 16:36:48. 
 The forced-completion record itself lists blocked/missing gates: QA-19 check required, GOTCHA file missing, hop-build not started, claim gate blocked because no trust labels, validator evidence missing, output contract missing, and PI2 deploy evidence missing. 
 
 QA-19 probe result 
 Command run: 
 node ~/system/tools/qa-19.js check 9655
 
 Observed result in /tmp/alai/9658-review/probe.txt : 
 
 Score: 5/15 . 
 Gate: PENDING . 
 Required for H priority: 15/15 . 
 Failing checks included:
 
 GOTCHA Written: /tmp/gotcha-task-9655.md not found . 
 Tools Checked: no evidence of tool check in GOTCHA. 
 Context Read: no context section in GOTCHA. 
 Build Passes: no build evidence and no hop-build marker. 
 Tests Pass: no test evidence. 
 Evidence Captured: /tmp/verify-9655 not found or empty. 
 Destination Verified: no destination verification evidence. 
 
 
 Manual checks still pending: Error Handling, Output Matches Spec, Self-Review, CEO Acceptance. 
 
 Artifact existence checks 
 The following required/evidence paths were checked and were absent: 
 MISSING /tmp/gotcha-task-9655.md
MISSING /tmp/verify-9655/validator-independent.json
MISSING /tmp/pi2-deploy-evidence-9655.json
 
 Source-task QA verdict 
 Status for source MC #9655: NEEDS_WORK / NOT APPROVED AS PRODUCTION-QUALITY COMPLETION 
 Rationale: 
 
 #9655 is a High-priority source task, but current QA-19 evidence is incomplete ( 5/15 , gate PENDING ). 
 The only DOD/agent output is QA test bypass , which is not enough to prove build, test, deploy, validator, or destination verification. 
 The source task history confirms it was closed through forced completion while multiple gates were missing. 
 
 Recommended follow-up 
 If #9655 was only an intentional bypass/force-flag harness test, no production remediation is required, but the test should be documented as such in the source task outcome. If it represented real deploy work, reopen or create a follow-up to supply the missing GOTCHA, build/test evidence, validator evidence, and PI2 deploy evidence before accepting the completion. 
 Evidence generated by this review 
 
 Probe log: /tmp/alai/9658-review/probe.txt 
 Review report: /Users/makinja/system/evidence/9658/qa-review-9655.md