D52: the golden waiver renewed for 2026-10-26 only (expires 2026-10-27) — the Sunday bake was missed; the golden is baked today on v0.344.0 and the waiver goes after the vouch. D51 (Start) and D52 recorded (09 §3 263, 264; CONTEXT; STATUS-HISTORY).

documentation/tests/golden-waiver.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 # the weekly due date.
 # 2026-10-14: goldens 0.310.0 and 0.311.0 were baked the same day (`golden-0.311.0-2026-10-14/`), so the golden is at
 # the newest controller and this waiver covers nothing today. It stays until its date for a release before the next bake.
-issued: 2026-10-13
-expires: 2026-10-20
-reason: pre-customer development; goldens on a weekly cadence (operator ruling 2026-09-13)
+# 2026-10-26 by CC, on the operator's D52 (bake today on v0.344.0): the Sunday 2026-10-25 bake was missed (it was not in
+# that night's brief); golden 0.331.0 is 8 days old. Renewed for TODAY ONLY so the release commits can be pushed; the
+# gate is green tomorrow by the new golden, and this waiver is removed after the vouch.
+issued: 2026-10-26
+expires: 2026-10-27
+reason: D52: bake on v0.344.0 the same day
 register_row: R-468