notify/update/setpreason/clrpreason admitted in CTRL_PRIMARY without
write quorum (Req 3.2 / umbrella 2.8 / bug-396): all four terminate in
receipt-style RETAIN fact paths — reviewer-traced no-block proof (no
admitted opcode reaches a barrier/WAIT path; request opcodes stay
rejected). 21/21 group; census 494/494 zero FAIL; RED→GREEN
independently reproduced via stash-rebuild.
4 RED carriers (notify/update/setpreason/clrpreason must be admitted
without quorum — currently NOT_READY, the bug-396 hole) + 2 pins (six
request opcodes stay rejected; quorum-present admits all ten). Census
494 = 488 + 6; exactly 4 FAILs.
4 green pins: handle_jobdispatch replies receipt-only with zero WAL
appends through a real 2-alloc dispatch cycle (notify outcomes intact,
reply-precedes-processing); set/clr_preason and do_update_op rusage
stay receipt-style with RETAIN-pending fact appends ACK-committed.
Umbrella Reply-Ordering Contract cited per pin. DISCOVERY bug-451
(reviewer-verified): RUSAGE hook va_list type confusion — 4-byte OOB
read + garbage state in WAL_JOB_RUSAGE payloads; fix deferred to 7.1.
Census 488; zero failures.
7 cases: two covered short-circuits, timeout with committed_lsn
unmoved, covering-ACK release, sync_timeout_ms fallback (bounded both
directions), n_peers=1 standalone, NOT_READY passthrough via cap
saturation. Watermark resolved to current_lsn - 1 (design's literal
phrasing unsatisfiable per persist.h:71 invariant) with off-by-one
killing power both ways. 15 tests / 7 RED; suite baseline zero.
Verified table implemented (STOP/RESUME/UPDATE/FAIL RETAIN per
supersession; WORKER detail switch; CHECKPOINT LOCAL); unknown type =
ERROR + XCE_TESTING abort + production RETAIN fallback. All three
hooks route through wal_hook_append_classified (zero bare async
appends); RETAIN registers with the engine lock-free; facts propagate
local append rc only. 8/8 group tests green; full suite 465/465.