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The last spec artifact (requirements → design → testing plan → tasks). A DAG of implementation tasks derived from the approved design and testing plan.

Task list

• [x] 1. The outcome → reaction table

  • cli/the_loop/webhook/dispatcher.py: ACK_STATES, built from the same SETTLED_* constants SETTLED_OUTCOMES is built from, mapping control-executed → started·completed, control-rejected/control-ambiguous → error and the suppressed family → started; scope refusals deliberately absent
  • Depends on: none
  • Requirements: R1.2, R1.3, R1.4
  • Test: T1 (red→green)

• [x] 2. _settle acknowledges

  • cli/the_loop/webhook/dispatcher.py: _settle gains a keyword-only acknowledge=True and, after deduper.mark_settled, posts ACK_STATES.get(outcome) through the existing reactor; docstring states the record-then-decorate order and the never-raises contract it leans on
  • Depends on: 1
  • Requirements: R1.1, R2.1, R2.2, R2.5, R3.1
  • Test: T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T12 (red→green)

• [x] 3. The two sites that must stay silent

  • cli/the_loop/webhook/dispatcher.py: _reject_control gains acknowledge=True and passes it through to _settle; _refuse_scope calls it with acknowledge=False (issue-322 R2.6); _dispatch_one's paused branch settles with acknowledge=False because the worker around it already reacted
  • Depends on: 2
  • Requirements: R2.3, R2.4
  • Test: T7, T10 (red→green)

• [x] 4. The silent paths stay silent, the delivered branch stays as it was

  • cli/tests/test_reactions_integration.py: duplicate delivery, invented linkage and spawn-policy drop post nothing; enabled: false silences the new acknowledgements; issue-84's four existing scenarios pass unchanged
  • Depends on: 3
  • Requirements: R2.3, R2.5
  • Test: T8, T9, T11

• [x] 5. Documentation

  • docs/config/cli/routing-options.md: reactions cover both branches, with R1.3's table
  • docs/capabilities/webhook-triggers.md: the acknowledgement rule and a history row
  • evidence/documentation.md: the capability docs reviewed, with the reason for each left unedited
  • Depends on: 3
  • Requirements: R5.1, R5.2
  • Test: T14

• [x] 6. Gates

  • make lint format-check typecheck and the full suite green; evidence/self-review.md, evidence/critic-review.md, evidence/security-review.md, evidence/final-validation.md, evidence/pull-requests.md
  • Depends on: 4, 5
  • Requirements: all
  • Test: T13, T15