informed-decision/docs/batches/2026-09-21/OPERATOR.md

Budget sitting — operator packet (SECRETS-WP-0009-T03)

Review group: net-kingdom-admins. Surface: https://decisions.coulomb.social/ Contract: docs/specs/CompactSignoffBatches.md. Generator: tools/prepare_budget_batch.py (re-running rewrites the same bytes).

An agent may draft, order, and record evidence. It may not accept / decline / seal.

One unsigned memo

n	memo_id	Blocking record
1	infd-20260921-b01	SECRETS-WP-0009-T03 spend envelope (authority_ref for HFACT-WP-0001 SpendPolicy)

Required acknowledgement: the EUR 100 monthly limit is recorded, not enforced.

Steps

1. Create the native approval (attended). Same contained reader as the 2026-09-14 sitting, with the batch selected explicitly:

   tools/create_sitting_approvals.sh --sitting 2026-09-21 \
     --receipt 2026-09-21-budget-approval-create.json --expect 1
   

   Check first without credentials: .venv/bin/python -B tools/create_sitting_approvals.py --dry-run --sitting 2026-09-21 --receipt 2026-09-21-budget-approval-create.json --expect 1. The receipt at docs/evidence/2026-09-21-budget-approval-create.json gives approval_id and the engine-computed binding digest.

2. Flex Auth admission as a visible version change. In flex-auth/examples/informed-decision-sitting/policy.md: version: v1 → v2, add "memo:infd-20260921-b01" to records with the receipt's approval_id, binding_digest, label: "b01", the binding from approval-create-intents.json, memo_version: 1; mirror it in records.json. Keep all seven v1 records. Do not add the record before step 1: an empty approval id must never be a policy value. Build the image in CI, bump values/informed-decision-sitting.yaml digest, deploy.

3. Point Informed Decision at v2. deploy/sitting-admission.json: version: v2, new package_digest. Roll out the review service.

4. Load and sit. Attach the live KeyCape subject, load the memo (tools/load_sitting_memos.py), and the human accepts at the surface. The accepted approval id is recorded as authority_ref in the SpendPolicy.

Outcome — 2026-09-21

Operator applied the review cutover to compact-sitting v2 and loaded b01. Accepted by the named human at 19:51:29 UTC under fresh AAL2 MFA; the required highlight was acknowledged first; the Approval Engine entry is confirmed. Receipt: docs/evidence/2026-09-21-budget-sitting-accept.json. The seven 2026-09-14 sitting memos are reviewable again under the same package.