# Decision Gate

Verdict: **GO**

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```
VERDICT: GO
```

### Rationale
All four persona reviewers (Andrej Karpathy, Linus Torvalds, Principal Systems Engineer, Staff Security Engineer) unanimously approved. All 6 functional requirements are fully implemented across ~2,500 new lines. 457 tests pass with zero failures, covering critical paths including error handling, circuit breaker logic, budget exhaustion, and deduplication. The five recurring findings (SHA hex validation, redundant API calls, structured logging, FD inheritance, command allowlisting) are all LOW/MEDIUM severity v2 hardening items — none block v1 shipment.

### Unresolved Issues
- `read_last_good_commit()` should hex-validate SHA before `git checkout` (cheap hardening)
- Two redundant `gh pr list` API calls per cycle could be consolidated
- `SELF_UPDATE_RESTART` should use structured event logging instead of plain `logger.info`
- `self_update_command` with `shell=True` should have allowlist validation in v2
- `os.execv()` FD inheritance — acknowledged PRD trade-off for v2

### Recommendation
Merge as-is. The implementation is well-architected, thoroughly tested, and unanimously approved. The identified findings are low-risk hardening items suitable for a follow-up PR.
