Stage A decision — v1.1

Stage A completion status: incomplete.

Protocol version and digest: v1.1 administrative pre-lock, inheriting frozen v1.0 dimensions; ordered dimension digest sha256:d1f13ab6249caaeed1571b885680bf00b8610d967f50365b1e470ee196f637fa.

Roles and independence: RD-001, FEC-001, and CC-001 have isolated contexts but share one provider family. Completeness audit, blinding, recognition, sealed-key custody, and freeze audit have no accepted owners. Context isolation is not claimed as access control or independent provider review.

Candidate-card status: pending FE curator submission and independent completeness audit. No v1.1 A-series card has been accepted.

Comparator coverage: pending comparator curator submission. The v1.0 abstract-only and retrieval deficiencies remain mandatory blocks until repaired with operational primary evidence and independent coverage where required.

Operational-completeness results: unavailable; no independent audit or lock exists.

Blinding edits: not started; no accepted cards are available to the editor.

Recognition results: unavailable; no eligible human responses exist.

Access-isolation verification: failed/pending. No external access-controlled sealed key location or custodian receipt has been supplied.

Protocol deviations: none observed.

Validity threats: same-provider agent family; incomplete prior-exposure self-reports; unassigned independent roles; absent source acceptance, human recognition, and access-controlled key custody.

Stage B authorization: no.

Smallest repair if blocked: finish and independently audit curator submissions, assign the remaining separate roles, establish external key custody, pass recognition with at least two eligible new non-reviewers, and complete the freeze audit.

Artifacts and handoff: role registry, gate checklist, research journal, administrative protocol pre-lock, and this decision. Submit curator final cards and coverage reports into submissions/; do not place private scratch or the sealed key in this package.

Required gate result:

Stage A: incomplete
Stage B: blocked-before-stage-b
classification: inconclusive