Cycle 2, a governed calibration cycle on a private mirror of pypa/packaging · recorded 2026-09-11 · calibration lane, development-only receipts. Every value below comes from the signed projection, whose digest and signature you can check locally with the offline verifier kit. This narrates the signed summary of Cycle 2. It is not a re-execution, and the verdict does not name a person.
The loop explains the intended transaction from human intent to a changed software state. The stages below are editorial lenses over published signed fields, not an authenticated event chronology. Primary stage receipts remain private; no access procedure is established. This is not a witnessed replay of every stage.
change eligibility - are we authorized to change it?
Eleven dimensions are protected in advance. Nothing may regress: api.default_changed, api.export_removed, api.serialized_field_break, api.signature_break, operations.external_call_timeout, operations.retry_bound, performance.io_in_loop, security.secret_to_observable_sink, security.untrusted_to_command_sink, test.changed_symbol_link_coverage, test.high_complexity_link_coverage. The target is named too: performance.nesting_ceiling. A real problem does not automatically confer repair authority. The boundaries are set before the change.
invariants discovered - what is true about the software right now?
performance.nesting_ceiling: FAIL. Measured, not guessed. The run starts from an honest red.
candidate production - now the coding agent finally gets involved
One bounded change is proposed against the target dimension. Bounded means: it may touch what the target names, nothing else. The agent does not control the acceptance machinery. It does not get to decide whether its result passed.
reported target-native checks - not an independently reproduced evaluation
Reported target-native test result: PASS - 26,854 passed · 0 failed · 0 errors · 0 skipped. This is a reported test result, not independent public reconstruction of the evaluation. Native Apex Review ACCEPT is not established by this field.
signed summary · the verdict does not name a person
Verdict: COMPLETED; floor ADMITTED; acceptance PASS · 2026-09-11T11:18:34Z · lane CALIBRATION · frozen historical record. The signed verdict does not name a person.
the ratchet · the next verified result becomes the protected floor
performance.nesting_ceiling: FAIL→PASS · floor admitted · 11 protected dimensions listed. Retaining requirements is the intended model for future cycles; the summary does not prove subsequent preservation.
If Apex cannot answer those questions, the change should not pass.
Humans govern intent. Models generate change.
Apex governs whether change becomes reality.
Sources: signed-projection-2026-09-11.json (public, verifiable) · full receipts private, not publicly accessible; access requires separate authorization · madebyapex.dev/evidence