# OCT Publication Progress Tracker v0.1

Tracker launch date: 2026-04-18  
Last update: 2026-05-05  
Objective: monitor remaining steps toward publishable formalization.

## General status (historical v1.0 track)

- Total passes: 6
- Completed: 6
- In progress: 0
- Missing: 0

## Master program (historical v1.0 track)

1. **Cycle 3 complete (independent benchmark #2)** - `completed (2026-04-19)`
2. **Cycle 4 complete (stress/ablation/audit)** - `completed (2026-04-19)`
3. **Final decision theorems (`validated/revise/reject`)** - `completed (2026-04-19)`
4. **Freeze Formal Base OCT v1.0** - `completed (2026-04-19, candidate)`
5. **Final editing of the founding work** - `completed (2026-04-19)`
6. **Publication package (GitHub + preprint)** - `completed (2026-04-19)`

## Step 1 detail (Cycle 3)

1.1 Freeze benchmark #2 independent - `completed (2026-04-18)`  
1.2 Pre-compiled Cycle 3 results/report package - `completed (2026-04-18)`  
1.3 Cycle 3 input/runtime contract formalized - `completed (2026-04-18)`  
1.4 Dataset acquisition completed (download + manifest + checksum) - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
1.5 D02 execution on benchmark #2 - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
1.6 A01 execution on benchmark #2 - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
1.7 D03 execution on benchmark #2 - `completed (2026-04-19, revise_needed)`  
1.8 Cycle 3 aggregate report + gate to Cycle 4 - `completed (2026-04-19)`

## Step 2 detail (Cycle 4)

2.1 Defined stress/ablation plan - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
2.2 D03 revision with fixed non-adaptive scheme - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
2.3 Stress thresholds D03 (sensitivity grid) - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
2.4 Final reproducibility audit D02/A01/D03 - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
2.5 Closing Cycle 4 reports - `completed (2026-04-19)`

## Step 3 detail (Final theorem decision)

3.1 Decision matrix phase 1 (D02/A01/D03) - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
3.2 Consolidation of decisions on remaining theorems in scope - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
3.3 Final unified decision issue (`validated/revise/reject`) - `completed (2026-04-19)`

## Step 4 detail (Freeze Formal Base OCT v1.0)

4.1 Freeze checklist definition (axioms/notation/canonical theorems) - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
4.2 Theorem state alignment with unified decision matrix - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
4.3 Baseline OCT v1.0 freeze candidate issue - `completed (2026-04-19)`

## Step 5 detail (Final editing)

5.1 Editorial plan chapter-by-chapter - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
5.2 Mathematical/notational standardization - `completed (2026-04-19, pass 1 on draft v0.8)`  
5.3 Final revision for preprint-ready manuscript - `completed (2026-04-19, draft v0.9 + preprint candidate v1.0)`

## Step 6 detail (Publication package)

6.1 Preprint/GitHub publication checklist issue - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
6.2 Index/documentation alignment to final artifacts - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
6.3 Release notes package + version policies - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
6.4 Metadata/preprint license template - `completed (2026-04-19)`  
6.5 Final human review + license/metadata choice - `completed (2026-04-19)`

## v5.3 update lane (started 2026-05-01)

- New planning artifact: `OCT_UPDATE_PLAN_v5_3.md`
- External review corpus imported:
  - `external_reviews_2026-05-01/anti_patterns_validation.md`
  - `external_reviews_2026-05-01/a01_gate_design.md`
- Decision rationale hardening:
  - `DECISION_MATRIX_FINAL_UNIFIED_v0_1.md` now ties `revise` explicitly to Chapter 8 Definition 8.12 constraints.
- Ex-ante gate artifacts published:
  - `templates/OCT_PROXY_PREVALIDATION_SHEET_v0_1.md`
  - `OCT_EX_ANTE_PROXY_GATE_POLICY_v0_1.md`
  - `OCT_CLAIM_TYPE_ANTIPATTERN_CHECKLIST_v0_1.md`
- Cycle 5 refactor specs published (execution pending):
  - `CYCLE_5_2026-05-01/CYCLE_5_OVERVIEW_v0_1.md`
  - `CYCLE_5_2026-05-01/CYCLE_5_A01_PROCESS_LEVEL_SPEC_v0_1.md`
  - `CYCLE_5_2026-05-01/CYCLE_5_D03_LOCKED_TAXONOMY_SPEC_v0_1.md`
  - `CYCLE_5_2026-05-01/CYCLE_5_D02_EVIDENCE_CLASS_SPEC_v0_1.md`
  - `CYCLE_5_2026-05-01/CYCLE_5_EXECUTION_AND_REJECT_RULES_v0_1.md`
  - `CYCLE_5_2026-05-01/CYCLE_5_PREREG_SEAL_TEMPLATE_v0_1.md`
- Runtime governance package published and smoke-tested:
  - `runtime/OCT_APPEND_ONLY_TRAJECTORY_SCHEMA_v0_1.json`
  - `runtime/OCT_PREREG_SEAL_SCHEMA_v0_1.json`
  - `runtime/check_gate_compliance.py`
  - `runtime/compliance_report_v0_1.json` (must be interpreted as substantive gate check, not file-presence only)

Interpretation note (v5.3.1 hardening):
- Historical Cycle 3-4 outputs for A01/D02/D03 remain preserved as record.
- Under ex-ante policy, those outputs are not sufficient for theorem-state promotion by themselves.
- Cycle 5 artifacts supersede historical outputs as admissible evidence basis for A01/D02/D03 promotion.

## v5.4 candidate lane (started 2026-05-05)

Purpose:
1. Open A01 promotion path with real implementations and independent benchmark.
2. Keep D02/D03 unchanged while A01 is methodologically upgraded.

Published planning artifacts:
1. `CYCLE_6_2026-05-05/CYCLE_6_OVERVIEW_v0_1.md`
2. `CYCLE_6_2026-05-05/CYCLE_6_A01_REAL_PIPELINES_SPEC_v0_1.md`
3. `CYCLE_6_2026-05-05/CYCLE_6_EXECUTION_AND_REJECT_RULES_v0_1.md`
4. `CYCLE_6_2026-05-05/CYCLE_6_BENCHMARK_INDEPENDENCE_PROTOCOL_v0_1.md`
5. `CYCLE_6_2026-05-05/CYCLE_6_EXTERNAL_AUDIT_PLAN_v0_1.md`
6. `CYCLE_6_2026-05-05/CYCLE_6_PREREG_SEAL_TEMPLATE_v0_1.md`
7. `RUNBOOK_CYCLE6_EXECUTION_v0_1.md`

Current status:
1. Specification package complete.
2. Execution pending (benchmark acquisition + dual-auditor assignment completion).

## Usage note

At each advancement, update this tracker before status communication.