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name: blacksite-release-candidate
description: Nominate and verify one Blacksite candidate tree or commit, reuse still-valid selective verification evidence, run the remaining full release gates once, produce an evidence manifest, and hand results to Gitea synchronization.
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# Blacksite release candidate

Read `.codex/workflow.toml` and [the release gates](references/release-gates.md). Require stable scope, no pending major delta, and `Candidate-ready` session state.

1. Record the candidate SHA or dirty-tree digest.
2. Read the verification ledger and reuse every gate whose relevant input digest and lane signature remain valid.
3. Run only missing/invalid release gates via `verify.py candidate` and managed candidate/package lanes.
4. Preserve final binaries/package output and required native evidence before disposable-lane pruning.
5. Write `.codex/session/candidate-evidence.json` with commands, digests, results, artifacts, screenshots, and documentation status.
6. Run documentation integrity and hand a dry-run/authorized candidate update to `blacksite-gitea-sync`.

Do not push, close, or change tracker scope outside direct or configured authority. Run full workspace/all-feature tests and strict lint only once per candidate code digest.