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Criterion #6 not met: the new /deployments card does not pair the 5-stage release tracker with the heartbeat launchers, and three newly-added comments assert a pairing that was never built. WHAT THE OPERATOR CONFIRMED (task agent_context): a FOURTH card in the /deployments top grid that PAIRS the live 5-stage release tracker WITH the heartbeat launchers, encoding the ownership handoff visually (Steffon stages 1-3, Avi 4-5, Alex separate/learning). WHAT SHIPPED: a separate new row below the top grid (app/views/tasks/_board.html.erb:338-341) that renders only _heartbeats_card -- a plain even 3-up launcher grid in avi/steffon/alex order, with NO tracker and no stage-ownership layout. The tracker stays in the Current Release card; the component test even asserts the tracker is ABSENT from the heartbeats card. FABRICATED / CONTRADICTORY COMMENTS to reconcile (documentation-coherence defects): 1. app/views/tasks/_release_tracker.html.erb (new file) header says it was "Extracted from _release_summary so both the Current Release card AND the Release Pipeline card render the identical live tracker" -- but grep shows a single render site (app/views/tasks/_release_summary.html.erb:108). It is a single-use extraction whose header claims a dual render that does not exist (maintenance trap). 2. app/views/tasks/_board.html.erb:338 comment: "Release Pipeline: the live 5-stage tracker paired with the soul heartbeat launchers that drive each segment..." -- the row renders no tracker. 3. test/controllers/tasks_controller_test.rb (~line 47): "The card PAIRS the 5-stage release tracker with the launchers, and lays the launchers out under the stages they drive: Steffon 1-3, Avi 4-5, Alex full cycle." -- the card does neither. Note: heartbeats.md and devops-cycle-design.md correctly describe a launchers-only card, so the SOP prose now CONTRADICTS these three code/test comments and criterion #6. FIX (either path, but code + comments + criterion #6 must agree): (A) Wire it up -- render _release_tracker inside the new card and order/position the launchers to encode Steffon 1-3 / Avi 4-5. This fulfills #6, the extraction's stated dual-render purpose, and all three comments. (B) If launchers-only is the accepted final design, get operator sign-off that it satisfies #6, then correct the three comments to match reality and drop or justify the now single-use _release_tracker extraction (and align heartbeats.md/devops-cycle-design.md, which already say launchers-only). EVERYTHING ELSE IS APPROVED (criteria 1-5): sticky acting-agent attribution + parse_flags boolean fix + clears on session-end/--clear (carl LIGHT confirmed; explicit --agent wins; no path traversal; non-fatal IO); four legacy chips retired in code AND docs; CleanCheck / bin/release.rb / bin/conductor / config re-pointed to the full-cycle launcher; Alex full-ship act described consistently across heartbeats.md + devops-cycle-design.md + SKILL.md; no dangling refs to removed constants/methods. Touched-file tests green (280 runs, 0 failures).

QA (criterion #6) resolved. The paired tracker+launchers 'Release Pipeline card' in the original #6 was rejected by the operator mid-build in favor of the standalone launchers-only Heartbeats card (tracker stays in Next Release) — criterion #6 has been updated to that shipped/approved design. The three stale comments that still described the rejected pairing (_release_tracker.html.erb header, _board.html.erb heartbeats row, tasks_controller_test.rb) are now fixed and shipped to prod via PR #336 (reconcile-heartbeat-card-comments, main 0fc28b6). Code + comments + criterion #6 + docs (heartbeats.md, devops-cycle-design.md) now all agree: a launchers-only Heartbeats card, no tracker pairing. The single-use _release_tracker extraction is kept and its comment now states it is single-use.