09 §3 decision 250 (operator 2026-10-15 11:26/11:29): a release needs no golden, CC raises the floor after the three test boxes, the golden is weekly; 247 reversed, 7 stands. golden_currency_gate judges the golden's AGE (>7 days); Sunday golden step; rule files, CLAUDE.md, runbooks, build skill follow; R-1045 closed (floor 0.313.0); R-1051 floor route, R-1052 new-box path, R-1053 rc tags never moved

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0159rPz1ZhFKsS53msqPYxtS

scripts/CHANGELOG.md

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+## 2026-10-15 — golden_currency_gate: the golden is judged by its AGE (`09` §3 decision 250)
+
+- A controller release needs no golden (operator ruling 2026-10-15 11:26). The gate no longer convicts because the newest
+  controller CHANGELOG heading is ahead of the newest bake; it convicts when a release is ahead AND the newest bake is MORE
+  THAN 7 days old (the date in its evidence directory). Ahead and at most 7 days old: an advisory, exit 0. Unchanged: an
+  unrecorded golden (R-385) at any age; a malformed waiver is exit 2; a valid waiver turns the age conviction into an
+  advisory; documents-only pushes stay advisory (R-404). The gate stays offline, so it cannot see the floor or the vouch —
+  „release ahead" stands in for „floor ahead".
+- `test_golden_currency_gate.py` CASE 18–21: 3 days → 0, 8 days → 1, exactly 7 → 0, an unrecorded golden however fresh → 1.
+  Red-proved both ways (limit 0: CASE 18/20 fail; limit 30: CASE 19 fails).
+- `repo_gates.py`: the advisory block quotes the golden's age and names the weekly bake.
+
 ## 2026-10-14 (night) — https_only_check.py: the box-walk check for „https only” (R-1033)
 
 - New `scripts/https_only_check.py`. Reads each box's public names from the box (traefik labels + dynamic files, the