Record the Policy draft release decision

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ here.
 
 ### Added
 
+- Policy companion decision (#211): keep RFC 0023 Accepted at draft maturity and Policy 1.0.0 pinned, record its duplicate-identity and no-list-priority rules, and leave disagreement refusal and the second independently authored reader open.
 - RFC 0022 aligns reusable-subgraph bounds, routed handoff provenance, dialect-owned remapping and
   cross-installation packaging with the decisions on #129, #219, #232 and #170 (#233).
 - Dialect-owned data quality and typed research results (#170, #169): six closed deterministic

FAQ.md

@@ -382,11 +382,16 @@ never imply.
 
 **Q46. Is JPS ready for production?** Yes. JPS at `0.2.0-draft` is in production use by adopters,
 through the pinned reference runtime, with a person accountable for every consequential outcome
-(Q47). It is still a draft: pin the exact draft and the runtime release you verified, since
+(Q48). It is still a draft: pin the exact draft and the runtime release you verified, since
 compatibility between drafts is not guaranteed and there is no certification programme yet. A pack
 decides; what acts on its disposition stays the adopter's own system.
 
-**Q47. How would an enterprise adopt it safely?** Treat conformance as document hygiene, not a
+**Q47. Can several policies govern one pack, and which one wins?** Several governing policies are
+allowed, and their list order never makes one policy outrank another. Repeating the same policy
+identity refuses. This draft does not define whether disagreeing coverage records refuse; that rule
+is planned for the companion's next format version in issue #244.
+
+**Q48. How would an enterprise adopt it safely?** Treat conformance as document hygiene, not a
 decision warrant; keep a human accountable for every consequential outcome; pin immutable
 specification releases and recorded checksums; and keep authorization in your own systems, since the
 specification explicitly refuses to model it. The [non-goals](docs/non-goals.md) and

README.md

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ reproducing its corpus version, its results, or its every-row statement.
 | [`conformance/witness/`](https://github.com/Judgment-Pack/judgment-pack-spec/tree/main/conformance/witness) | 54 checkpoint witness vectors, staged until the next `specVersion` (in no corpus) |
 | [`spec/dialect.md`](spec/dialect.md) | Normative prose for the preparation-verifier class, a companion document beside Core |
 | [Dialect vectors][staged-dialect] | 47 dialect vectors; staged (see below) |
-| [`spec/policy.md`](spec/policy.md) | Policy draft approved upon required green CI and PR 218 merge; publication requires its exact Policy tag and a maintainer-published GitHub release; [124 agreement vectors](conformance/policy/1.0.0/README.md) and [versioned schemas](schema/policy/1.0.0/) |
+| [`spec/policy.md`](spec/policy.md) | Policy companion accepted at draft maturity; publication requires its exact Policy tag and a maintainer-published GitHub release; [124 agreement vectors](conformance/policy/1.0.0/README.md) and [versioned schemas](schema/policy/1.0.0/) |
 | [`TESTING.md`](TESTING.md)                                                       | A 10–15 minute external testing exercise            |
 | [`VERSIONING.md`](VERSIONING.md)                                                 | Release and compatibility policy                    |
 | [`CHANGELOG.md`](CHANGELOG.md)                                                   | Draft and published change history                  |

rfcs/0023-policy-companion.md

@@ -5,21 +5,20 @@
 - Created: 2026-10-17
 - Issue: [#211](https://github.com/Judgment-Pack/judgment-pack-spec/issues/211)
 
-This PR proposes acceptance at **draft maturity**, effective only when
-[PR 218](https://github.com/Judgment-Pack/judgment-pack-spec/pull/218) merges after
-required CI passes. Until then the default-branch RFC remains Review; this branch
-records the status proposed for merge, not a completed adoption or publication.
-On merge, [spec/policy.md](../spec/policy.md) defines the bounded Policy offline-reader
-companion and the selected independent draft release route. The original proposal
-and unresolved questions below remain informative design history; their current
-draft dispositions are in [ADOPTION.md](../conformance/policy/1.0.0/ADOPTION.md).
-No stable maturity, immutable release, consumer adoption or execution authority
-follows from draft acceptance. The [candidate contract](policy-companion-contract/README.md)
+RFC 0023 is Accepted at **draft maturity**. Required CI passed and
+[PR 218](https://github.com/Judgment-Pack/judgment-pack-spec/pull/218) merged,
+completing that process disposition. [spec/policy.md](../spec/policy.md) defines
+the bounded Policy offline-reader companion and the selected independent draft
+release route. The original proposal and unresolved questions below remain
+informative design history; their current draft dispositions are in
+[ADOPTION.md](../conformance/policy/1.0.0/ADOPTION.md). Acceptance at draft
+maturity establishes no stable maturity, immutable release, consumer adoption or
+execution authority. The [candidate contract](policy-companion-contract/README.md)
 remains archived proposed material with its original status and bytes.
 The historical [prototype](policy-companion-prototype/README.md) remains explicitly
 non-normative and byte-for-byte frozen at proposal `0.0.2`, baseline commit
 `8a56a95d555c17640d2db4984363b779536b3c2a`. Host integration guidance below names separate
-product responsibilities; acceptance of this RFC would not adopt those products'
+product responsibilities; acceptance of this RFC does not adopt those products'
 protocols on their behalf.
 
 ## Summary
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ consumers. A clause implemented through scope, exception or fallback can referen
 that actual element without inventing a dummy rule or a manual process.
 
 Informational sources are separate and do not create governing dependencies.
-Scope and coverage are declarations to be reviewed, not a language for conditional
+Scope and coverage are declarations to be reviewed, not a language for runtime
 authorization. Validation cannot prove that an organization declared every
 applicable policy or that an interpretation is correct.
 
@@ -362,27 +361,37 @@ Manual and chat actions must share the existing execution/context/approval/CAS
 boundaries. No feature-specific model loop, permission inference or retry service
 is required by this RFC.
 
+## Open criteria
+
+The Runtime reader is the only implementation reader so far. It and the repository
+reader were both Codex-assisted. The acceptance criterion asks for a second reader
+authored independently and remains **OPEN**. The Desk's import path or an Exchange
+reader counts if its authorship is separate; a same-team port does not.
+
+The 16-source maximum in Policy format `1.0.0` is a schema maximum and the `base`
+profile's value under [RFC 0026](0026-document-ceiling-profiles.md). The companion
+adopts the `profile` member only in its next format version, tracked by
+[issue #244](https://github.com/Judgment-Pack/judgment-pack-spec/issues/244).
+
 ## Unresolved questions
 
-1. Adoption/disposition of the exact proposed `1.0.0` selector, declared bounds and
-   closed reference/coverage grammar after public review; no released schema or
-   conformance class is assigned here.
-2. Trust/signature/export profile for review assertions and cross-workspace adoption.
-3. Reconciliation with RFC 0011's proposed pack currency registry without silently
+1. Trust/signature/export profile for review assertions and cross-workspace adoption.
+2. Reconciliation with RFC 0011's proposed pack currency registry without silently
    adopting it or treating offline membership as live authorization.
-4. First real sync provider and its demonstrable revision/lifecycle/freshness
+3. First real sync provider and its demonstrable revision/lifecycle/freshness
    semantics; document-read support alone is insufficient.
-5. Host defaults for self-review versus independent review, quorum changes,
+4. Host defaults for self-review versus independent review, quorum changes,
    role-revocation effects on old signatures, expiry/grace and scheduled publication.
-6. Supported graph/composition closure and its owning execution contract.
-7. Independent implementation evidence and any domain-format adapter demand.
+5. Supported graph/composition closure and its owning execution contract.
+6. Independent implementation evidence and any domain-format adapter demand.
 
-## Conditional draft disposition
+## Accepted draft disposition
 
 On 2026-10-19 the maintainer directed: “Accept the bounded draft after CI; record
-the limited public review”. The decision accepts the exact corrected `1.0.0`
+the limited public review”. Required CI passed and PR 218 merged, completing
+acceptance at draft maturity. The decision accepts the exact corrected `1.0.0`
 content/reference/anchor/coverage grammar and bounds, Policy offline-reader scope
-and independent draft release route **upon PR 218 merge after required CI**.
+and independent draft release route.
 It explicitly accepts the limited public period for this bounded draft, without
 claiming outside review or independently authored interoperability evidence.
 The standing temporary different-vendor-review exception applies; the general
@@ -392,12 +401,11 @@ The separate same-vendor review inspected tree
 `60b04d452efa49032a0cc7d3ac1e55a3900410a8`, committed unchanged as
 `7f118278e480d88e53e6a6be2fe084610a2bebf9`, and reported no material findings in
 [the complete PR record](https://github.com/Judgment-Pack/judgment-pack-spec/pull/218#issuecomment-6273316525).
-The final CI-fix/acceptance delta remains subject to the PR's bounded review and
-required CI gates; that earlier report is not a review of an unidentified later
-commit. [ADOPTION.md](../conformance/policy/1.0.0/ADOPTION.md) records the actual
+That report did not establish independently authored implementation evidence.
+[ADOPTION.md](../conformance/policy/1.0.0/ADOPTION.md) records the actual
 public history, exception, scope and deferred questions with reopening conditions.
 
-Draft acceptance adopts only [the companion](../spec/policy.md) and the narrow
+Acceptance at draft maturity adopts only [the companion](../spec/policy.md) and the narrow
 [publication route](../conformance/policy/1.0.0/PUBLICATION.md). The first independent
 release identifier is `policy-v1.0.0-draft.1`; naming it in this source branch
 does not establish publication. Only the exact tag and a maintainer-published

rfcs/README.md

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stable feature requires two independent implementations and conformance cases.
 | [0019] | The Judgment Exchange — a shared place for dialects | Draft | Research line (see below) |
 | [0020] | The workflow | Draft | Specification (a proposed companion document; see below) |
 | [0022] | Reusable subgraphs contract — explicit encapsulation and reference binding | Draft | Research line (see below) |
-| [0023](0023-policy-companion.md) | Policy content and governing adoption | Accepted (upon green CI and PR 218 merge) | Specification (draft Policy offline-reader companion); live governance remains host-owned |
+| [0023](0023-policy-companion.md) | Policy content and governing adoption | Accepted | Specification (companion at draft maturity; second independently authored reader criterion open); live governance remains host-owned |
 | [0025](0025-core-escalation-routes.md) | Core escalation routes | Accepted design (#219); review pending | Specification (Core) |
 | [0026](0026-document-ceiling-profiles.md) | Document ceiling profiles | Accepted design (#232); review pending | Specification and companions |
 
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ repository.
 RFC 0021 adds [named Dialect artifact identities](0021-dialect-artifact-identity.md) through
 exact `formatVersion` selectors, with unchanged historical formats and separate binding digests.
 
-RFC 0023 has conditional maintainer approval for [the bounded Policy draft](../spec/policy.md),
-effective upon required green CI and PR 218 merge. The default branch remains
-Review until then; no immutable Policy release or consumer adoption is claimed.
+RFC 0023 is Accepted at draft maturity for [the bounded Policy companion](../spec/policy.md).
+The Runtime reader is the only reader so far; the criterion for a second independently authored
+reader remains open. No immutable Policy release or consumer adoption is claimed.
 
 [RFC 0026](0026-document-ceiling-profiles.md) records the accepted document ceiling profiles
 of issue #232. Core §4.1 owns the ceilings; extended companion readers remain future work.

tests/test_site.py

@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ def test_dialect_companion_document_is_published(self) -> None:
     def test_policy_promotion_prose_is_discoverable_and_raw_artifacts_stay_staged(self) -> None:
         page = self.output / "spec/policy/index.html"
         document = page.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-        self.assertIn("Draft companion — conditional acceptance", document)
+        self.assertIn("Accepted at draft maturity", document)
         self.assertIn("Policy offline-reader class", document)
-        self.assertIn("default-branch RFC remains Review", document)
+        self.assertIn("No Policy offline-reader conformance claim is available before that release", document)
         self._assert_nothing_published_under("conformance/policy")
         self.assertFalse((self.output / "artifacts/schema/policy").exists())
         for name in ("common", "policy", "governing-adoption", "fixture", "vectors"):
@@ -271,13 +271,12 @@ def test_policy_promotion_prose_is_discoverable_and_raw_artifacts_stay_staged(se
             published = self.output / "schema/policy/1.0.0" / f"{name}.schema.json"
             self.assertEqual(published.read_bytes(), source.read_bytes())
 
-    def test_policy_draft_acceptance_is_conditional_with_source_only_archives(self) -> None:
+    def test_policy_is_accepted_at_draft_maturity_with_source_only_archives(self) -> None:
         page = self.output / "rfcs" / "0023-policy-companion" / "index.html"
         document = page.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-        self.assertIn('<span class="artifact-label">Draft companion — conditional acceptance</span>', document)
-        self.assertIn("This PR proposes acceptance", document)
-        self.assertIn("required CI passes", document)
-        self.assertIn("Until then the default-branch RFC remains Review", document)
+        self.assertIn('<span class="artifact-label">Accepted at draft maturity</span>', document)
+        self.assertIn("completing that process disposition", document)
+        self.assertIn("No Policy conformance claim is available before", document)
         self.assertIn("blob/main/rfcs/0023-policy-companion.md", document)
         self.assertIn("View current source", document)
         self.assertIn(
@@ -643,9 +642,9 @@ def test_supported_microdata_mirrors_visible_content_without_scripts(self) -> No
 
         faq = (self.output / "faq" / "index.html").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         self.assertIn('itemtype="https://schema.org/FAQPage"', faq)
-        self.assertEqual(faq.count('itemtype="https://schema.org/Question"'), 47)
-        self.assertEqual(faq.count('itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"'), 47)
-        self.assertEqual(faq.count('itemprop="acceptedAnswer"'), 47)
+        self.assertEqual(faq.count('itemtype="https://schema.org/Question"'), 48)
+        self.assertEqual(faq.count('itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"'), 48)
+        self.assertEqual(faq.count('itemprop="acceptedAnswer"'), 48)
         self.assertIn(
             '<h3 itemprop="name" id="q1-what-is-a-judgment-pack-in-one-sentence">', faq
         )

web/build.py

@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ def archive(self) -> str:
         "spec/policy.md",
         PurePosixPath("spec/policy/index.html"),
         "Policy content and governing adoption",
-        "Policy draft approved conditional on required green CI and PR 218 merge; immutable content and exact governing adoption, with no published conformance claim.",
+        "Policy companion accepted at draft maturity; immutable content and exact governing adoption, with no published conformance claim.",
         "spec",
-        "Draft companion — conditional acceptance",
+        "Accepted at draft maturity",
         source_ref="main",
     ),
     Page(
@@ -712,9 +712,9 @@ def archive(self) -> str:
         "rfcs/0023-policy-companion.md",
         PurePosixPath("rfcs/0023-policy-companion/index.html"),
         "RFC 0023: Policy content and governing adoption",
-        "Review proposal for immutable policy content and exact governing adoption, with a proposed draft 1.0.0 contract, a frozen non-normative prototype and unresolved trust and live governance contracts.",
+        "Accepted standards-track RFC at draft maturity for immutable policy content and exact governing adoption, with unpublished draft artifacts and unresolved trust and live governance contracts.",
         "proposals",
-        "Draft companion — conditional acceptance",
+        "Accepted at draft maturity",
         source_ref="main",
     ),
     Page(