REPORT: step .felhom.yml files (night 2026-09-24)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0159rPz1ZhFKsS53msqPYxtS

REPORT.md

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-# REPORT — step definitions for the ladder, two bench fixes (2026-09-24, `5ed599c`)
+# REPORT — every ladder step keeps its own `.felhom.yml` (2026-09-24 night, `cf7cf84`, R-664)
 
-Full record: `felhom.eu/documentation/audits/ladder-2026-09-24/README.md`.
+Full record: `felhom.eu/documentation/audits/DRILL-night-2026-09-24.md`.
 
-- Baseline `585a7cba22cf` → **`5ed599c`**. No `image:` line moved.
-- `ladder.step_key` / `step_file`; `check-test-record.py` rule 4 (+ 4 decoy cases: no file, right name wrong image,
-  wrong name, genuine); `upgrade-test.py --write-ladder` keeps the superseded step's compose; `steps_backfill.py`
-  wrote 8 step files (emby, ghost, immich, n8n, navidrome, nextcloud, romm ×2 — romm's first from `f4eb94f`).
-- R-653 `load_verdict`, R-656 `clear_scratch_folders` + `test_upgrade_bench.py` (5 tests).
-- R-663: `test_gate_decoys.py` and `test_ladder_writer.py` were red at the start (last night's pin moves under
-  literals); they now read the live pins.
-- Red-proofs: rule 4 removed → 3 decoys pass wrongly; writer's STEP block off → "has no definition"; bench mutations →
-  3 failures. Green: `catalog_gates.py` OK, decoys 84 OK, writer 6 OK, bench 5 OK.
-- Live: the box (controller v0.268.0) climbed romm's two steps from these files on 9202. **Not run:** a bench edge
-  with the R-653/R-656 changes (no bench this session).
+- `steps/<step_key(to)>.felhom.yml` beside each step's compose, so the box judges a step with that step's own
+  health check, memory request and applied record (controller v0.269.0 reads them).
+- `check-test-record.py` rule 4b refuses a step whose `.felhom.yml` is missing, or has no health check while
+  its template has one; the writer (`upgrade-test.py --write-ladder`) keeps the superseded file; 8 backfilled
+  (`scripts/steps_meta_backfill.py`). Decoys 86 OK; red-proofed (`night-2026-09-24/redproofs/A4-r664-catalog-gate.txt`).
+- Used live tonight: navidrome's and romm's steps were judged by their own files on 9202 (Part C).
+- **No `image:` line moved tonight.** Part D (move more apps) was not run — see the findings doc.
+- Every tested digest in the ladder renders into a compose file that `docker compose config` accepts:
+  25 apps, 37 digests (`night-2026-09-24/B/01`).