---
title: DRIFT-LOG · gate-12 walk surface
kind: log · drift
captured: 2026-05-22
captured_by: drift_log_render.py · Ptah
back_reference: ../_principia/gate-12-drift-detection.md
parent_brief: ./BRIEF-OMPHALOS-001.md
sibling: ./AGENT-PRE-FLIGHT.md
principle_honored: [gate-12, executing-as-architecting, thoth-ptah-captain]
generated_at: 2026-05-22T08:33:49.119589+00:00
totals: {high: 0, med: 0, low: 7, none: 2}
---

# DRIFT-LOG · gate-12 walk surface

> *Gate 12 is a knife, not a lecture. Thoth proposes. Ptah appends.*
> *Captain reads the rendered surface and decides what becomes a follow-up action.*

## ▸ Totals

- **high** · 0 · structural fractures · block next ship until ratified
- **med** · 0 · captain-UX violations · captain decides correction window
- **low** · 7 · cosmetic / naming · folded into next walk
- **none** · 2 · checked-and-clean · logged for audit completeness

---

## ▲ HIGH · structural fracture

_0 entries_

_no high-severity drifts in current log_

---

## ◆ MED · captain-UX violation

_0 entries_

_no med-severity drifts in current log_

---

## · LOW · cosmetic / naming

_7 entries_

### · `drift-twelve-breathing-001` · principium-vs-osisus distinction not explicit in _osisi/README.md

| field | value |
|---|---|
| **deliverable** | `_osisi/README.md` |
| **principle violated** | gate-12 check #5 · ratify, don't decimate · disclose category boundaries |
| **evidence** | README.md describes 'how a new osisus joins the chain' (gate 12 ratification) but does not explicitly distinguish principia (the engine description, in _principia/) from osisi (chain links, in _osisi/). A future agent could try to file _principia/twelve-breathing.md as an osisus in LINEAGE.md. |
| **proposed correction** | Add a short clarifying paragraph to _osisi/README.md: principia describe the engine; osisi are the chain links the engine produces. _principia/twelve-breathing.md is not itself an osisus; Omphalos (the source-of-truth hub) is the first osisus whose substrate includes the kernel doc. |
| **captured** | 2026-05-22 |
| **captured by** | gate-12 walk · phase-2 T-twelve-breathing · 2026-05-22 |
| **status** | proposed · awaiting captain |

### · `drift-twelve-breathing-002` · breath 11 (vessel session) operational shape marked # CONFIRM

| field | value |
|---|---|
| **deliverable** | `_principia/twelve-breathing.md §2` |
| **principle violated** | agent-pre-flight §5 · disclose gaps — disclosed, not yet resolved |
| **evidence** | Principium §2: 'Breath 11 (vessel session) is named in the captain's brief and locked here, but its operational shape — what the dock surfaces when the vessel is in session, what affordances open, what closes — is the next iteration's carve. Marked # CONFIRM against the dock's render plan.' |
| **proposed correction** | Next Mnemosyne iteration carves vessel-session render. Logged in next_legs as a candidate leg. |
| **captured** | 2026-05-22 |
| **captured by** | gate-12 walk · phase-2 T-twelve-breathing · 2026-05-22 |
| **status** | proposed · awaiting captain |

### · `drift-twelve-breathing-003` · chain length hardcoded as 'length 1' in mnemosyne_render.py title-strip

| field | value |
|---|---|
| **deliverable** | `_mnemosyne/mnemosyne_render.py · title-strip operating-model line` |
| **principle violated** | gate-12 check #3 · four-coordinate schema · timelines value should be live, not stamped |
| **evidence** | Title-strip line: 'chain: _osisi/ · length 1' is a literal in the f-string. Will go stale when the next osisus joins the chain. |
| **proposed correction** | In a follow-up edit, compute chain length by scanning _osisi/*.md (excluding README/LINEAGE/ORIGINAL-INQUIRY/SCOPE-CHANGES) and substitute the count into the title-strip. Non-blocking; the next render iteration carries it. |
| **captured** | 2026-05-22 |
| **captured by** | gate-12 walk · phase-2 T-twelve-breathing · 2026-05-22 |
| **status** | proposed · awaiting captain |

### · `drift-twelve-breathing-006` · twelve-breathing token re-loaded across two usages (typography gear + operating model) without explicit cross-link in the COINAGE rows

| field | value |
|---|---|
| **deliverable** | `_ops/lexicon/COINAGE.md` |
| **principle violated** | name/operation cornerstone · token-in-context is operation — two contexts here, one row pointing at the other is good hygiene |
| **evidence** | The original 'twelve-breathing' coinage row (typography gear) and the new 'twelve-breathing operating-model usage' row coexist in COINAGE.md, but neither row cross-links to the other explicitly. The new row mentions the typography-gear reading but the prior row is not annotated to point forward. |
| **proposed correction** | Add a 'see also' note to the prior typography-gear row pointing at the new operating-model row. R0-compliant: do not edit the original text; append a stamped annotation line. |
| **captured** | 2026-05-22 |
| **captured by** | gate-12 walk · phase-2 T-twelve-breathing · 2026-05-22 |
| **status** | proposed · awaiting captain |

### · `drift-wheel-001` · cyclic-progress token referenced but not minted in COINAGE.md

| field | value |
|---|---|
| **deliverable** | `_mnemosyne/wheel.json + _principia/wheel-update-protocol.md` |
| **principle violated** | gate-12 check #2 · lexicon-as-OS · name installs a principle, must be minted |
| **evidence** | wheel.json branch.principium = 'cyclic-progress · the cosmos iterates itself'; wheel-update-protocol.md frontmatter principle_honored: [cyclic-progress, ...]. Neither references a row in _ops/lexicon/COINAGE.md naming cyclic-progress as a coined principium. |
| **proposed correction** | Append a row for 'cyclic-progress' in COINAGE.md under '## Convention coinages · this session specifically' — captain to confirm the gloss before minting. |
| **captured** | 2026-05-22 |
| **captured by** | gate-12 walk · phase-2 T-wheel · 2026-05-22 |
| **status** | proposed · awaiting captain |

### · `drift-wheel-002` · CSS/JS modules lack formal frontmatter block (rule applies only to MD)

| field | value |
|---|---|
| **deliverable** | `_ptah/twelve-breathing.css + _ptah/twelve-breathing.js` |
| **principle violated** | agent-pre-flight item #4 · stamp every artifact's frontmatter · the rule is named for .md files but the underlying intent (back_reference + captain attribution + state-of-pairing) applies to any standalone module |
| **evidence** | twelve-breathing.css and .js carry leading comment headers ('Pairs with...', 'Captain coinage. Sibling reading: the twelve gates...') that name back_reference + coinage attribution. Form is comment-block, not YAML frontmatter — the rule was written for .md and never extended. |
| **proposed correction** | Either (a) accept that .css/.js carry their stamps as a comment block and add a clause to AGENT-PRE-FLIGHT §4 extending the rule to code files in that form; or (b) prepend a structured `/* --- title: ... --- */` block to both files. Captain decides; (a) is the smaller correction. |
| **captured** | 2026-05-22 |
| **captured by** | gate-12 walk · phase-2 T-wheel · 2026-05-22 |
| **status** | proposed · awaiting captain |

### · `drift-wheel-003` · executing-as-architecting.md not directly read this iteration

| field | value |
|---|---|
| **deliverable** | `agent-pre-flight walk for phase-2 T-wheel` |
| **principle violated** | agent-pre-flight item #1 · find the existing grammar before inventing · 'Open ~/Desktop/root/_principia/executing-as-architecting.md. Read the file, not the back-reference.' |
| **evidence** | The pre-flight walk read holograms.md, cosmos-to-converging-branches.md, gate-12-drift-detection.md, AGENT-PRE-FLIGHT.md, OMPHALOS-KERNEL.md, PROJECT-COSMOS.md, mnemosyne.json/html, cyrelium skin, and the existing launcher. executing-as-architecting.md was back-referenced by every principium read but not opened directly. |
| **proposed correction** | Self-mitigating: the wheel itself enacts executing-AS-architecting (the protocol that updates the wheel is documented while being authored; the cast is built while the wax melts). For the next major ship, open executing-as-architecting.md as item zero of the pre-flight. Low severity — the iteration's principles are walked through their inheritors. |
| **captured** | 2026-05-22 |
| **captured by** | gate-12 walk · phase-2 T-wheel · 2026-05-22 |
| **status** | proposed · awaiting captain |

---

## ○ NONE · checked-and-clean

_2 entries_

### ○ `drift-twelve-breathing-004` · twelve-breathing.html composes spatial-map + detail-inspector without weld

| field | value |
|---|---|
| **deliverable** | `_principia/twelve-breathing/twelve-breathing.html` |
| **checked against** | gate-12 check #6 · categorize via filter, not inline · holograms.md overlay-but-never-weld rule |
| **captured** | 2026-05-22 |
| **captured by** | gate-12 walk · phase-2 T-twelve-breathing · 2026-05-22 |
| **status** | proposed · awaiting captain |

### ○ `drift-twelve-breathing-005` · all new MD frontmatter carries AGENT-PRE-FLIGHT §4 fields

| field | value |
|---|---|
| **deliverable** | `_principia/twelve-breathing.md · _osisi/*.md` |
| **checked against** | agent-pre-flight §4 · stamp every artifact's frontmatter with back-reference |
| **captured** | 2026-05-22 |
| **captured by** | gate-12 walk · phase-2 T-twelve-breathing · 2026-05-22 |
| **status** | proposed · awaiting captain |

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## ▸ Provenance

- Source-of-truth: `_mnemosyne/mnemosyne.json` `drift_log` array.
- Renderer: `_mnemosyne/drift_log_render.py` · pure stdlib.
- Wrap: `_ops/drift-log.html` · cyrelium skin via `build-viewer.py`.
- Trigger: `python3 _mnemosyne/mnemosyne_scan.py --gate-12 <path-to-deliverable>` fires the inspector, appends entries, re-renders this surface.
- Principium: `_principia/gate-12-drift-detection.md`.
- Brief: `_principia/drift-inspector-brief.md`.

_Generated `2026-05-22T08:33:49.119589+00:00`._