# QA Review MC #9665 — reviewing MC #9663

# QA Review MC #9665 — reviewing MC #9663

This BookStack page records the completion documentation for MC #9665. The durable evidence bundle is stored on disk at:

- `/Users/makinja/system/evidence/9665/qa-review-9663.md`
- `/Users/makinja/system/evidence/9665/summary.json`

Current tool verification on 2026-07-28 confirmed both files exist and `summary.json` is valid JSON. `node ~/system/tools/qa-19.js check 9663` reports source task #9663 remains `PENDING` at 5/15. The source task is a `[TEST-QA-PROVEO-*]` smoke-test fixture, not a production deploy.

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# QA Review — MC #9665 (reviewing MC #9663)

**Reviewer:** John / pi-orchestrator (Proveo persona)
**Reviewed at (UTC):** 2026-07-28T19:20Z
**Source task:** #9663 — [TEST-QA-PROVEO-SHORT-SHA2] DEPLOY short-sha validation test 2
**Source status:** done (marked completed 2026-05-05 18:44:40)
**Source priority:** H
**Source owner:** proveo

## What #9663 actually is

`mc.js show 9663` confirms this is a synthetic smoke-test marker task, not a real production deploy:
- Title: `[TEST-QA-PROVEO-SHORT-SHA2] DEPLOY short-sha validation test 2`
- DoD Evidence: `short sha test 2`
- Agent Output: `short sha test 2`
- No project, no linked repo, no deploy target, no artifact path.

This review (#9665) is itself an auto-generated QA review spawned by the PI orchestrator's
"task done" event hook, not a CEO-requested audit. Tool state at review time: `~/system/tools/mc.js`
reports `[alai/config] Mock mode active` — the environment backing this MC instance is a mock/test
config, consistent with #9663's synthetic content.

## QA-19 Gate Check (tool-verified)

Ran `node ~/system/tools/qa-19.js check 9663`:

```
SCORE: 5/15 (4 skipped, 4 pending)
REQUIRED: 15/15 for H priority
GATE: PENDING
```

| # | Check | Result | Detail |
|---|-------|--------|--------|
| 1 | RAG Queried | PASS | 2 RAG queries this session |
| 2 | GOTCHA Written | FAIL | `/tmp/gotcha-task-9663.md` not found |
| 3 | Tools Checked | FAIL | No evidence of tool check in GOTCHA |
| 4 | Context Read | FAIL | No context section in GOTCHA |
| 5 | Build Passes | FAIL | No build evidence found; no hop-build marker (ZAKON #5) |
| 6 | Tests Pass | FAIL | No test evidence |
| 7 | No Secrets | PASS | Auto-pass (hook-enforced) |
| 8 | No Debug Artifacts | PASS | None detected |
| 9 | Error Handling | PENDING | Manual check not set |
| 10 | Performance OK | SKIP | Not required for script type |
| 11 | Output Matches Spec | PENDING | Manual check not set |
| 12 | Evidence Captured | FAIL | `/tmp/verify-9663` not found or empty |
| 13 | Destination Verified | FAIL | No destination verification evidence |
| 14 | Visual Check | SKIP | Not required for script type |
| 15 | Backup Taken | PASS | Last backup: CHANGELOG.md (8h ago) |
| 16 | Self-Review | PENDING | Manual check not set |
| 17 | Validator Review | SKIP | Not required for script type |
| 18 | Quality Gate | SKIP | Not required for script type |
| 19 | CEO Acceptance | PENDING | Manual check not set |
| 20 | Endpoint Verification | PASS | No GOTCHA file — check skipped |

Filesystem checks confirmed no supporting artifacts exist:
- `/tmp/gotcha-task-9663.md` — absent
- `/tmp/verify-9663/` — absent

## Verdict

**#9663: NEEDS_WORK / NOT APPROVED as a production-quality completion**, on the same basis as
the sibling smoke-test reviews (#9659 reviewing #9652, same 5/15 PENDING pattern). It was marked
`done` with only a one-line placeholder ("short sha test 2") as evidence — no GOTCHA record, no
build/test evidence, no destination verification.

**However:** given the task title's `[TEST-QA-PROVEO-*]` marker and the mock-mode config backing
this MC instance, #9663 is assessed to be a deliberate harness/smoke-test fixture used to validate
the QA-review auto-generation pipeline itself (John -> Proveo -> qa-19 gate -> evidence write),
not a real deploy that shipped without QA. No production risk is implied by the FAIL/PENDING gate
result. No further remediation of #9663 is warranted; this verdict exists to keep the MC record
tool-verified rather than fabricated.

## Evidence files
- `/Users/makinja/system/evidence/9665/qa-review-9663.md` (this file)
- `/Users/makinja/system/evidence/9665/summary.json`

## BookStack
Published and verified via BookStack API:
- URL: https://docs.alai.no/books/testing-qa/page/qa-review-mc-9665-reviewing-mc-9663
- Page ID: 3285


## Summary JSON snapshot

```json
{
  "review_task": 9665,
  "source_task": 9663,
  "reviewed_at_utc": "2026-07-28T19:20:00Z",
  "reviewer": "john / pi-orchestrator",
  "source_title": "[TEST-QA-PROVEO-SHORT-SHA2] DEPLOY short-sha validation test 2",
  "source_status": "done",
  "source_priority": "H",
  "source_owner": "proveo",
  "environment_note": "mc.js reports Mock mode active (alai-config-mock.json) for this MC instance",
  "qa19": {
    "score": "5/15",
    "required_for_priority": "15/15",
    "gate": "PENDING",
    "failed_checks": [
      "GOTCHA Written",
      "Tools Checked",
      "Context Read",
      "Build Passes",
      "Tests Pass",
      "Evidence Captured",
      "Destination Verified"
    ],
    "pending_manual_checks": [
      "Error Handling",
      "Output Matches Spec",
      "Self-Review",
      "CEO Acceptance"
    ]
  },
  "checked_missing_paths": [
    "/tmp/gotcha-task-9663.md",
    "/tmp/verify-9663"
  ],
  "verdict_for_source_task": "NEEDS_WORK / NOT APPROVED AS PRODUCTION-QUALITY COMPLETION (assessed as intentional smoke-test fixture, not a real unqualified deploy)",
  "bookstack": {
    "url": "https://docs.alai.no/books/testing-qa/page/qa-review-mc-9665-reviewing-mc-9663",
    "page_id": 3285,
    "verified_get": true,
    "note": "Published and verified via BookStack API during MC #9665 completion."
  },
  "evidence_files": [
    "/Users/makinja/system/evidence/9665/qa-review-9663.md",
    "/Users/makinja/system/evidence/9665/summary.json"
  ]
}
```