multi-agent-mux/.agents/reports/reviewer-creator-grok-01/report-78443ebe.md

v4.4.0 lockstep release review (3874797)

• Reviewer: reviewer-creator-grok-01
• Job: 78443ebe
• HEAD: 3874797 (release(v4.4.0): bump framework and eight skills to 4.4.0 in lockstep)
• Tests this turn: pytest tests/test_version_consistency.py tests/test_issue5_phase4_runtime.py → 8 passed. Collect-only 750 (matches the release notes). git diff --check 3874797^..3874797 clean. Full 750 suite not re-run this turn.

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SemVer: MINOR v4.4.0, not MAJOR v5.0.0

SemVer 2.0.0 §8 limits MAJOR to a breaking public API change. Issue #5 is large; it is not that.

Checked, not taken from the notes:

Claim	This turn
No public path removed or renamed	git diff --name-status fc0bd96..HEAD → deleted 0, renamed 0
Wire schema	mqtt_common.py:135 SCHEMA_VERSION = 1
scripts/*.py still present	job_subscriber.py, mqtt_common.py, publish_event.py, registry.py
Defaults revert with one env var	MAM_LOOP_PY default 1, freeze only if MAM_LOOP_FREEZE=1 or legacy shell; MAM_AUTO_COMPLETE still default off
Auto-complete	opt-in, documented

New fail-closed MAM_VERSION ↔ FRAMEWORK_VERSION gate is a safety check on mixed trees, not a contract removal. Operators with a consistent tree do not migrate. 4.4.0 is the right stamp.

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4-way lockstep

All four legs read 4.4.0:

• lib.sh MAM_VERSION="4.4.0" (not env-overridable; spoof test still holds)
• lib_py/loop/eager.py FRAMEWORK_VERSION = "4.4.0"
• VERSIONS.md current v4.4.0 + matrix 8 × 4.4.0
• 8 × SKILL.md frontmatter version: 4.4.0 (create, stop, resume, status, monitor, delegate-job, loop, orc-onboard)

test_three_way_version_lockstep now also asserts eager.py. test_runtime_version_gate_rejects_a_partially_bumped_tree pins the fail-closed gate. Phase 4 no longer hardcodes a version literal.

Ambient isolation: session-scoped conftest pops inherited MAM_VERSION so pytest measures the tree, not the runner’s shell. That is why a bump would otherwise fail with expected 4.4.0, got 4.3.0 in environment. Production is unaffected: run_loop.sh sources lib.sh first and re-exports.

README / BOOTSTRAP badges were bumped. Remaining 4.3.0 in VERSIONS.md is the prior changelog section, which is correct.

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Residuals (non-blocking)

1. The lockstep test is still named test_three_way_version_lockstep while it checks four legs. Rename when convenient.
2. Full 750-test suite not re-run this turn (8 targeted + collect-only 750). The release commit claims 750 passed in 912.50s.

No [ESCALATE: PLANNER].

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[VERDICT: PASS]