# Preliminary acceptance matrix

2026-11-02. **NO-GO for production.** This is a discovery snapshot, not Stage 7 final acceptance. No accepted final RC or production-equivalent build is nominated. PASS applies only to an executed gate, not historical source evidence.

| Mandatory gate | Current release verdict | Missing release evidence / dependency |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Functional regression | BLOCKED | Accepted final roadmap source; fresh applicable critical journeys |
| Frontend/UX | BLOCKED | Accepted design/implementation and final source-bound browser evidence |
| Accessibility | NOT TESTED | Actual AT/device/contrast/manual evidence plus automation |
| Authentication/authorization | NOT TESTED | Final endpoint/tenant/session qualification |
| Security assessment | BLOCKED | Dedicated security initiative start and predecessor gates; no scan run |
| Backend APIs | NOT TESTED | Final API census and applicable regression |
| MariaDB/migrations | BLOCKED | Hosted isolation and actual RC upgrade/recovery evidence; five offline guards are not this gate |
| CV/PDF fidelity | BLOCKED | Final RC source equivalence and retained scoped approvals; physical print still missing |
| AI integrations | BLOCKED | Explicit isolated-model qualification and semantic evidence |
| Email/OAuth | BLOCKED | Actual configured provider/consent/account verification |
| Performance/reliability | NOT TESTED | Approved load targets and bounded final-source measurements |
| Docker/infrastructure | NOT TESTED | Exact images/environment/configuration/ingress parity |
| CI/CD | BLOCKED | Hosted isolation and fresh actual run/artifacts |
| Backup/restore | NOT TESTED | Disposable complete recovery rehearsal with content assertions |
| Deployment/rollback | NOT TESTED | Authorised isolated rehearsal; production execution remains prohibited |
| Monitoring | NOT TESTED | Failure detection, delivery and redaction evidence |
| Documentation | NOT TESTED | Complete release-source/runbook reconciliation, beyond this partial discovery |
| Human/device/provider | BLOCKED | Real reviewers/devices/accounts and source-bound records |

No gate is marked FAIL without fresh evidence of unacceptable behavior. No missing qualification is marked PASS. Historical source-specific acceptance may be reused where permitted and unchanged, but cannot establish final release readiness by itself.