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+# Discovery publication and owner acceptance
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+3 November2026. Implementation `c9c6b1abc1f87a907d1e37062cfa5e2ed3fd933c` on codex/a3-ui-05 pushed successfully; independent remote readback matched. Committed source/evidence manifest had zero mismatches (14 sources,54 evidence files;80 exported assets separately hashed).
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+Owner then explicitly answered **"Approve discovery and A3-IM06"**. Discovery Gate F is ACCEPTED; do not ask again. Next authorised scope is Career Profile overview, CV library/editor/templates/import review and cover-letter presentation, preserving canonical ownership, editor-left/preview-right, null-as-inherit, undo/save/conflicts/history, frozen packages and RD21. Deferred CV-import engine overhaul remains excluded. This acceptance does not accept Global Jobs provider expansion, Phase10, final integrated security or release readiness.
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+See DISCOVERY_VALIDATION.md and UI-05.md for evidence/boundaries. The original integration/UI01–04 refs remain separate. Root security policy de3d5031 and document-date ca519cac remain on their independent branches and are not silently included.