Clarify production evidence tracker gates

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Summary

• Clarify generated tracker completion gates so production-release rows describe release-artifacts/latest/public-beta-evidence.json as the shared release evidence status manifest, not a public-beta-only target.
• Update the body-sync preamble, operator docs, changelog, and generated release-evidence artifacts.
• Record PR Reconcile non-local evidence generator merge state #254 / issue Reconcile non-local evidence generator merge state #253 as complete in the autonomous run state and select issue Clarify production evidence tracker completion gates #255 as the active queue item.

Validation

• python scripts/test_public_beta_blocker_report.py
• python scripts/generate_public_beta_blocker_report.py --check
• python scripts/test_release_evidence_packet_index.py
• python scripts/generate_release_evidence_packet_index.py --check
• python scripts/test_release_evidence_issue_backlog.py
• python scripts/generate_release_evidence_issue_backlog.py --check
• python scripts/test_release_evidence_issue_body_sync.py
• python scripts/generate_release_evidence_issue_body_sync.py --check
• python scripts/test_release_evidence_issue_bodies.py
• python scripts/check_release_evidence_issue_bodies.py
• python scripts/check_public_beta_evidence.py
• python scripts/test_public_beta_evidence.py
• python scripts/test_production_release_blocker_report.py
• python scripts/generate_production_release_blocker_report.py --check
• python scripts/check_release_readiness.py
• python scripts/test_release_readiness.py
• python scripts/generate_release_manifest.py --check
• python scripts/test_release_manifest.py
• python scripts/generate_release_checksums.py --check
• python scripts/test_release_checksums.py
• python scripts/check_changelog.py
• python -m py_compile scripts/generate_public_beta_blocker_report.py scripts/generate_release_evidence_issue_backlog.py scripts/generate_release_evidence_issue_body_sync.py scripts/test_release_evidence_issue_backlog.py scripts/test_release_evidence_issue_body_sync.py
• rg -n '^#|^##|^###' ops\ROADMAP.md ops\AUTONOMOUS_RUN.md docs\public-beta-evidence.md docs\tooling.md release-artifacts\README.md release-artifacts\evidence\production-release-templates\README.md
• git diff --check

Closes #255.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Clarified release evidence tracking documentation to better explain coverage of both public-beta and production-release requirements in the shared evidence status manifest.

• Tests

  • Enhanced test assertions for release evidence generation processes.

• Chores

  • Updated operational state and validation artifacts.

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• CHANGELOG.md
• docs/public-beta-evidence.md
• docs/tooling.md
• ops/AUTONOMOUS_RUN.md
• ops/ROADMAP.md
• release-artifacts/README.md
• release-artifacts/evidence/production-release-templates/README.md
• release-artifacts/latest/SHA256SUMS
• release-artifacts/latest/public-beta-blockers.md
• release-artifacts/latest/release-checksums.json
• release-artifacts/latest/release-evidence-issue-backlog.json
• release-artifacts/latest/release-evidence-issue-backlog.md
• release-artifacts/latest/release-evidence-issue-body-sync.json
• release-artifacts/latest/release-evidence-issue-body-sync.md
• release-artifacts/latest/release-evidence-packet-index.json
• release-artifacts/latest/release-manifest.json
• scripts/generate_public_beta_blocker_report.py
• scripts/generate_release_evidence_issue_backlog.py
• scripts/generate_release_evidence_issue_body_sync.py
• scripts/test_release_evidence_issue_backlog.py
• scripts/test_release_evidence_issue_body_sync.py

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Walkthrough

This PR clarifies that release-artifacts/latest/public-beta-evidence.json is a shared release evidence status manifest covering both public-beta and production-release requirement rows, not a public-beta-only completion target. Documentation, generation scripts, tests, and committed artifacts are updated to reflect this; operational tracking advances the autonomous queue.

Changes

Evidence Manifest Clarity and Generation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Operator-facing documentation clarifications CHANGELOG.md, docs/public-beta-evidence.md, docs/tooling.md, release-artifacts/README.md, release-artifacts/evidence/production-release-templates/README.md	CHANGELOG clarifies the fixed gate behavior; documentation explains that the evidence filename is retained for compatibility while the underlying manifest is shared; templates and tooling docs explicitly reference the manifest for both public-beta and production-release requirement tracking.
Evidence generation script logic updates scripts/generate_release_evidence_issue_backlog.py, scripts/generate_public_beta_blocker_report.py, scripts/generate_release_evidence_issue_body_sync.py	Backlog generator adds a shared manifest constant and makes completion messaging phase-aware; blocker report updates validation labels and headers; body-sync updates the completion policy preamble to reference the shared manifest.
Generation test assertions scripts/test_release_evidence_issue_backlog.py, scripts/test_release_evidence_issue_body_sync.py	Tests are expanded to assert that generated backlog entries, issue bodies, and policies correctly reference the shared release evidence status manifest and explicitly note its dual-phase coverage.
Regenerated evidence artifacts release-artifacts/latest/public-beta-blockers.md, release-artifacts/latest/release-evidence-issue-backlog.md, release-artifacts/latest/release-evidence-issue-body-sync.md	Blocker report relabels evidence references; backlog artifact updates completion-gate wording across public-beta and production-release rows; issue body sync updates metadata checksums and completion-gate text for all 17 tracked issues.
Checksum and manifest integrity metadata release-artifacts/latest/SHA256SUMS, release-artifacts/latest/release-checksums.json, release-artifacts/latest/release-evidence-packet-index.json, release-artifacts/latest/release-manifest.json	Integrity hashes and sizes are updated for all regenerated documentation, evidence, and metadata files.
Operational queue and verification state ops/AUTONOMOUS_RUN.md, ops/ROADMAP.md	Autonomous run durable state advances: prior queue item (PR #254 / issue #253) marked complete; current PR worklog (issue #255 / PR #256) established; verification metadata refreshed.

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Possibly related issues

• #235: Main issue objective directly addressed by updates to release-evidence issue-body/backlog generation and scripts/tests to reference the shared manifest concept.
• #242: Both touch release-evidence issue body sync artifacts and generation; main PR updates deterministic body wording while retrieved issue references that same artifact for live/audit comparison.
• #253: Both advance autonomous run state and roadmap reconciliation in ops files to move the queue forward.

Possibly related PRs

• 6529-Collections/6529Stream#213: Main PR directly modifies the backlog generator and tests introduced there to change completion-gate logic for shared manifest messaging.
• 6529-Collections/6529Stream#248: Main PR updates generated evidence artifacts that feed the deterministic closure-readiness checker introduced in that PR.
• 6529-Collections/6529Stream#254: Main PR's ops updates directly continue the autonomous queue progression, marking that PR's work complete and establishing the next cycle.

Poem

A rabbit hops through evidence paths so clear,
Where public-beta and release both appear—
One shared manifest, two phases strong,
The naming stays true, the message stays long. 🐰✨

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The PR title 'Clarify production evidence tracker gates' directly summarizes the main change: updating wording in production-release tracker completion gates to clarify that public-beta-evidence.json is a shared evidence status manifest.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR meets all coding-related requirements from issue #255: generators updated to emit accurate production-release completion gates [#255], focused tests added asserting production-release rows mention shared manifest [#255], generated artifacts regenerated [#255], operator docs updated [#255].
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes align with issue #255 scope: wording clarifications, generator logic updates, test additions, artifact regeneration, and ops documentation updates. No manifest renaming, evidence status changes, or secret additions present.
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