MESH.md section 8 is no longer a proposal. Ten rulings (Captain Bob, 2026-10-06), the design of step 6 as approved, what it leaves out, and one case left open. Step 6a is added for chains that change while running; its acceptance is still to be approved. V3-PARITY.md 1d stands: the mapper is the kernel's block subsystem. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>