chore(docs): relocate post-wave audit + add GA policy-matrix gate

docs/v1-rc1-post-wave-audit.md → docs/audits/wave-2026-06-01.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Combined with finding #1 (move projectors into sibling files) and finding #2 (on
 
 ## Stop-condition summary
 
-- Audit doc: this file (`docs/v1-rc1-post-wave-audit.md`).
+- Audit doc: this file (`docs/audits/wave-2026-06-01.md`).
 - Follow-up issues filed: **9** (#375–#383), labeled `post-wave-audit`.
 - Out-of-scope for this audit: actual refactor PRs.
 

docs/cut-criteria.yaml

@@ -587,3 +587,32 @@
     drafting). Rc1-side prerequisite is the audit RFP (rc1 Tier-2
     item A); GA flips this to ☑ when the report lands in
     `docs/audits/`.
+
+- id: 2
+  title: "Engine-specific policy-matrix validation re-enabled"
+  tier: 1
+  milestones: [v1.0-ga]
+  owner: "O2 (Convenience & Quality)."
+  rubric: |
+    The engine-specific policy-matrix workflow deferred at rc1
+    (commit
+    [`33fddc0`](https://github.com/TraceCoreAI/tracecore/commit/33fddc0))
+    is re-enabled before GA tag. Either (a) the workflow lives at
+    `.github/workflows/policy-matrix.yml` and runs green on `main`,
+    or (b) a successor gate covers the same engine-specific
+    validation surface and is wired into `verify` per the GA
+    quality bar.
+  citation:
+    - "Commit [`33fddc0`](https://github.com/TraceCoreAI/tracecore/commit/33fddc0) defer note"
+    - "[`docs/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md`](RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md) GA gate row"
+  rubric_check:
+    artifact_exists: "test -f .github/workflows/policy-matrix.yml"
+    gate_script: ""
+  notes: |
+    Deferred at rc1 because the engine-specific matrix raced the
+    pattern-library churn and produced false-red signal more often
+    than it caught real regressions. GA re-enable requires the
+    pattern roster to stabilize (criterion 1 of rc1 at ☑) and the
+    matrix to either (a) be re-wired against the stable roster, or
+    (b) be superseded by a successor gate documented in
+    `docs/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md`.

docs/v1-ga-cut-criteria.md

@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ repo state at render time; never hand-edited in this file.
   item A); GA flips this to ☑ when the report lands in
   `docs/audits/`.
 
+### 2. Engine-specific policy-matrix validation re-enabled
+
+- **Owner objective:** O2 (Convenience & Quality).
+- **Falsifiable rubric:** The engine-specific policy-matrix workflow deferred at rc1
+  (commit
+  [`33fddc0`](https://github.com/TraceCoreAI/tracecore/commit/33fddc0))
+  is re-enabled before GA tag. Either (a) the workflow lives at
+  `.github/workflows/policy-matrix.yml` and runs green on `main`,
+  or (b) a successor gate covers the same engine-specific
+  validation surface and is wired into `verify` per the GA
+  quality bar.
+- **Citation:** Commit [`33fddc0`](https://github.com/TraceCoreAI/tracecore/commit/33fddc0) defer note and [`docs/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md`](RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md) GA gate row.
+- **Status:** ☐ planned — Deferred at rc1 because the engine-specific matrix raced the
+  pattern-library churn and produced false-red signal more often
+  than it caught real regressions. GA re-enable requires the
+  pattern roster to stabilize (criterion 1 of rc1 at ☑) and the
+  matrix to either (a) be re-wired against the stable roster, or
+  (b) be superseded by a successor gate documented in
+  `docs/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md`.
+
 ---
 
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