# Delegation Readiness Doctor — Validator Scope Hardening

Generated: 2026-04-23 21:57 CDT

## Why this artifact exists
The live upstream blocker stayed externally unchanged, so this block did not create another approval-wait status packet or repost the maintainer nudge. Instead, Hermes closed a local trust gap in the blocker-packet validator.

## Gap found
`validate-artifact-consistency.sh` checked the component artifacts but did not check the consolidated packet that recurring momentum blocks actually trust: `artifacts/latest-upstream-blocker-refresh.md`.

That meant a future drift where the consolidated packet disagreed with the component artifacts could still pass the consistency check.

## Correction made
- Added `latest-upstream-blocker-refresh.md` to the validator's canonical artifact list.
- Updated the starter-kit README so the validator contract now explicitly covers the consolidated blocker packet plus every canonical component artifact.

## Verification
Command:

```bash
bash -n starter-kits/delegation-readiness-doctor/scripts/validate-artifact-consistency.sh \
  && bash starter-kits/delegation-readiness-doctor/scripts/validate-artifact-consistency.sh \
  && bash starter-kits/delegation-readiness-doctor/scripts/verify-unchanged-refresh-hygiene.sh
```

Result:

```text
- latest-upstream-blocker-refresh.md: head=25d371dbe2cfe9d466e3b344028265ec36b782c9 | base=6fdbf2f2d76cf37393e657bf37ceda3d84589200
- latest-workflow-approval-state-change.md: head=25d371dbe2cfe9d466e3b344028265ec36b782c9 | base=6fdbf2f2d76cf37393e657bf37ceda3d84589200
- latest-pr-review-monitor.md: head=25d371dbe2cfe9d466e3b344028265ec36b782c9 | base=6fdbf2f2d76cf37393e657bf37ceda3d84589200
- latest-ci-result-interpreter.md: head=25d371dbe2cfe9d466e3b344028265ec36b782c9 | base=6fdbf2f2d76cf37393e657bf37ceda3d84589200
- latest-workflow-approval-trigger.md: head=25d371dbe2cfe9d466e3b344028265ec36b782c9 | base=6fdbf2f2d76cf37393e657bf37ceda3d84589200
- latest-workflow-approval-brief.md: head=25d371dbe2cfe9d466e3b344028265ec36b782c9 | base=6fdbf2f2d76cf37393e657bf37ceda3d84589200

CONSISTENT: head=25d371dbe2cfe9d466e3b344028265ec36b782c9 | base=6fdbf2f2d76cf37393e657bf37ceda3d84589200
UNCHANGED_REFRESH_HYGIENE_PROVED
```

## Current blocker after this correction
Maintainer workflow approval / first real upstream CI movement remains the only external blocker for PR `#14297`. The maintainer nudge is already posted and should not be reposted unless the blocker signature changes materially.