{
  "completed_step": "C402",
  "next_proposed_step": "C403",
  "question": "Consolidate C394–C402 in C403, verify the principal source census and path algebra with a separately written root method, replay the sealed packets, and publish the synthesis, checkpoint and recovery files. Leave C404 unexecuted.",
  "reason_selected_after_current_result": "The batch now has a finite source-loop domain, an exact reduced path grammar, proven global limitations and a direct source reconstruction. A verified synthesis and recovery checkpoint are the best final authorized step.",
  "executed": false,
  "authorization_remaining": 1,
  "fixed_scope": "Mirror/529; regular Gears Noah/Shem/Flood only; SP companion local. Fixed source inputs, no canonical/graph changes."
}