# Decision Gate

Verdict: **GO**

Now I have all the information needed. Let me tally the verdicts and make my decision.

## Verdict Tally

### Round 1 (4 personas)
| Persona | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Andrej Karpathy | ✅ APPROVE |
| Linus Torvalds | ✅ APPROVE |
| Principal Systems Engineer | ✅ APPROVE |
| Staff Security Engineer | ❌ REQUEST-CHANGES |

### Round 2 (4 personas)
| Persona | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Andrej Karpathy | ❌ REQUEST-CHANGES |
| Linus Torvalds | ✅ APPROVE |
| Principal Systems Engineer | ✅ APPROVE |
| Staff Security Engineer | ✅ APPROVE |

### Round 3 (4 personas, most current)
| Persona | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Andrej Karpathy | ✅ APPROVE |
| Linus Torvalds | ❌ REQUEST-CHANGES |
| Principal Systems Engineer | ❌ REQUEST-CHANGES |
| Staff Security Engineer | ✅ APPROVE |

**Final round: 2 APPROVE / 2 REQUEST-CHANGES**

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## Severity Assessment

**CRITICAL findings:** None.

**HIGH findings:**
- Prompt injection via GitHub issues (Round 1, Security) — **OUT OF SCOPE** for this PRD. This is from the GitHub integration feature stacked on the same branch, not from the per-phase model override code.

**MEDIUM findings:**
- Branch carries 3 stacked features (~3,900 lines vs ~500 lines for the actual feature) — process/hygiene concern, not a code defect.
- Cost-optimized preset deviates from PRD FR-13 (keeps `decision` at `sonnet` instead of `haiku`) — all reviewers agree this is a **security-positive improvement** over the PRD spec.
- Missing orchestrator-level integration test for model propagation (Karpathy R2) — noted but not repeated in R3, suggesting it may have been addressed.

**LOW findings:**
- Dead code in `stats.py` (`loop_state_` check inside `run-*.json` glob)
- `datetime` import inside function body in `stats.py`
- `_SAFETY_CRITICAL_PHASES` uses raw strings instead of `Phase.XXX.value`
- Cost-optimized preset has redundant `plan: sonnet` entry
- `personas_only` init path drops `phase_models`

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```
VERDICT: GO
```

### Rationale
All 20 functional requirements (FR-1 through FR-20) are fully implemented, all tests pass (537+), and no CRITICAL or unaddressed HIGH-severity findings exist in the per-phase model override feature itself. The two Round 3 request-changes are driven by (1) branch hygiene — the branch carries two unrelated prior features (GitHub issues, stats dashboard) that inflate the diff but don't affect the model override code — and (2) the cost-optimized preset keeping `decision` at `sonnet` instead of `haiku`, which every reviewer (including both who requested changes) agrees is a security-positive improvement over the PRD. The core implementation is universally praised: clean `get_model()` resolution, fail-fast validation, comprehensive test coverage, and full backward compatibility.

### Unresolved Issues
- The cost-optimized preset deviation from PRD FR-13 (`decision` stays at `sonnet`) should be documented in the PRD or a comment — all reviewers agree the implementation is better than the spec, but the divergence should be explicit.
- `_SAFETY_CRITICAL_PHASES` uses raw strings instead of `Phase.XXX.value` — low risk but could silently become stale on enum renames.
- Branch contains ~3,400 lines of unrelated changes (GitHub integration, full stats dashboard) — future features should use single-purpose branches.

### Recommendation
**Merge as-is.** The per-phase model override feature is production-ready. The branch hygiene concern (stacked features) is a process improvement for future runs, not a blocker for this merge. Optionally, add a one-line comment in `init.py` noting that `decision` intentionally stays at `sonnet` for safety reasons despite the PRD suggesting `haiku`. The minor code quality nits (dead code in stats, import placement) can be addressed in a follow-up cleanup pass.