---
name: Phase 10a stabilization gate after post-handover commits
description: Current-head stabilization checkpoint before resuming Phase 10a QC/dogfood. Covers the two commits ahead of origin/main, verification results, and scope decision for dormant Phase A orchestrator work.
type: audit
tags: [phase10a, stabilization, release, orchestrator, verification]
created: 2026/05/10
status: green-with-manual-qc-remaining
author: Hermes Agent on behalf of Jake Sames
---

# Phase 10a — Stabilization Gate

## Scope

This checkpoint updates the 2026/04/25 handover and static Phase 10a audit for the current local `main`, which is two commits ahead of `origin/main`.

Current local-only commits inspected:

- `c95a5da` — `docs(roadmap): bookmark SIE + adjacent embeddings/rerank/extract servers for PKM phase`
- `6bc8acc` — `feat(transcription): Phase A — engine protocol + registry + orchestrator (clean-room)`

## Findings

### PKM roadmap bookmark

Low release risk. The SIE / embeddings / rerank / extraction note is documentation-only and explicitly marked deferred. It should not affect v0.1 runtime or QA scope.

### Phase A transcription orchestrator

Medium architectural scope, low immediate runtime risk.

The commit adds:

- `crates/cloud-providers/src/provider.rs`
- `crates/transcription/src/registry.rs`
- `crates/transcription/src/orchestrator.rs`
- wiring exports/dependencies plus `KNOWN-ISSUES.md` KI-06

The implementation is deliberately dormant for current app paths. Existing `transcribe_file`, live transcription, and meeting flows still call the existing local engine path directly. KI-06 documents the required follow-up: build the registry at app boot, inject `Arc<Orchestrator>` into `AppState`, and migrate command call sites through the orchestrator with mock-provider coverage.

Decision for v0.1 release flow: keep the Phase A commit only if the dormant boundary remains green; do not expand scope into Phase A.1 before Phase 10a unless a direct release blocker requires it.

## Verification run

Command run from repo root:

```bash
cargo fmt --check && \
  cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings && \
  cargo test --workspace && \
  npm run check && \
  npm run build
```

Final result: PASS.

Notes:

- Initial run failed `cargo fmt --check`; `cargo fmt` was applied.
- Current Rust/Clippy toolchain also surfaced a few warning-as-error issues unrelated to the new orchestrator surface:
  - `manual_range_contains` in `crates/core/src/tuning.rs`
  - `assertions_on_constants` in `crates/core/src/tuning.rs`
  - `println_empty_string` in transcription benchmark tests
  - `trim_split_whitespace` in transcription benchmark helper
- Those were fixed minimally to restore `-D warnings` cleanliness.

## Files changed by stabilization

Rust formatting touched multiple existing files. Semantic clippy fixes were limited to:

- `crates/core/src/tuning.rs`
- `crates/transcription/tests/jfk_bench.rs`
- `crates/transcription/tests/thread_sweep.rs`

This audit file records why those changes exist.

## Recommendation

Resume the original Phase 10a plan now, with this added gate satisfied:

1. Current HEAD is green.
2. Post-handover commits are inspected.
3. Phase A orchestrator work is classified as dormant / post-v0.1 follow-up, not a reason to expand release scope.

Next work remains the manual/runtime Phase 10a checklist:

- Dogfood walkthrough from `HANDOVER.md`
- Runtime keyboard / focus / contrast / reduced-motion checks
- RB-08 macOS power-assertion verification by Rachmann
- Clean-install test once release artefacts are available
- Manual GitHub Actions build workflow before tagging v0.1.0