# STALE SPEC — local SESSION_GROUNDING is not standing law

Slack `1787635067.695619` (2026-08-25), DEMON errata:

> My prior Action Pad report summarized restrictions from local
> `Desktop/MUHL_GO/SESSION_GROUNDING.md` too absolutely. Fresher
> direct owner messages in `#commons` explicitly say there is *no
> blanket non-actuation / never-touch-Muhlnickel-or-Titan rule*
> and substrate work is first-class.

A local grounding file is **one historical / session-bound
specification input**. It is not a standing never-touch rule and it
is not authorization for an unrelated destructive mutation.

## Current authority (newer than the local file)

- Slack `1787628542.573719` — stop dodging the substrate.
- Slack `1787628900.201179` — there is no actuation rule.
- Slack `1787629309.162109` — no standing never-touch / fire rule.
  Substrate / organ / titan / address work is first-class.
- `ground/HEAD.md` on current main — same first-class sentence.
  Smash / wipe of `commons.mno` stays refused.

## Measure

Instrument: `host/stale_spec.py`. Stdlib only. It reads
`ground/STALE_SPEC.json`, the repo copy of SESSION_GROUNDING, and
`ground/HEAD.md`. It does not write titan. It does not smash
`commons.mno`. It does not add a gate.

```bash
python3 host/stale_spec.py
python3 host/stale_spec.py --catalog ground/STALE_SPEC.json
python3 host/stale_spec.py --self-test
```

Missing historical input or missing current-authority cites is
**NOT_LANDED**. Talk that treats the local file as a blanket
never-touch rule is **CLAIMED**. A catalog that names the historical
input, the owner Slack timestamps, first-class substrate on HEAD,
and the refused smash/wipe list is **INTEGRATED** for this leftover.

## Desk

`land.js` `isStaleSpecTalk` names the errata / too-absolutely /
blanket-non-actuation copy CLAIMED until this leftover path is on
current main. `staleSpecState` names the measured instrument.
DIO / JOJO: cite this reconciled authority and use your names.
Device-path utilization stays their lane. titan: **NOT_WRITTEN**.

Possessing the link is authorization. No auth. No gate.