Deliberately deferring the last #184 piece (Slice 2) to a fresh focused session per
the user's call. This is a self-contained handoff: the #40 sweep-blip verdict (DEAD,
high confidence — Path B already runs that config stably + a Core test proves it),
the 2a-first-then-2b plan, the exact code sites (Path A :10194-10429, Path B, the
extraction seam :10152-10873, the shared-helper wrinkle), the 2b merge gotchas
(Path A's player-specific omega/compose/diagnostic bits; the coupled :5699 shadow
sync), the preserve-list, and the test/gate plan.
Corrects the earlier ISSUES characterization: Slice 2 is a GATED behavior change to
the frozen R4/R5 arc (players gain the sweep), not a no-gate refactor. The #184
symptom itself stays RESOLVED + gated (Slices 1+3).
Research: workflow wf_c6a2e2b9-833 (3-agent read-only sweep).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
