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name: ca-override\ndescription: Sanctioned, logged bypass of a gate or hard rule — one audit line, then proceed.\nargument-hint: \"

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/ca-override — logged bypass

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The sanctioned escape hatch. Bypass is permitted only with an audit log entry. Overrides are always\nlogged, always visible, never silent. Single identity, single confirm.

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Flow

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  1. Validate $ARGUMENTS — the reason names the gate being bypassed and a justification. Reject a\nvague reason (\"just skip it\") and ask for a specific one.

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  2. Detect the operator identity from git config user.email only. If it is unset, ask the user once\nto state their identity for the log. (No platform ladder, no second confirmation.)

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  3. Append one line to <project-root>/.codearbiter/overrides.log:

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    [ISO-8601 timestamp] | BY: <email> | GATE: <gate bypassed> | REASON: <reason>\n
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    The log is append-only — never edited or deleted, committed as a permanent audit artifact.

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  4. Proceed with the overridden action. Note in the response that the override is logged.

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Security ceiling — heavier path for security-critical stops

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A routine gate (lint, a style rule, a non-security review finding) takes the single-confirm path above.\nBut a security-critical stop is NOT bypassable by a single confirm. The following require the\nheavier path below, never the one-line flow:

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Heavier path (all required, in order):

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  1. Surface the specific finding verbatim — name the exact primitive/secret/operation and the\nconcrete risk. A generic \"security override\" is rejected.

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  2. Explicit per-finding acknowledgement — the user must acknowledge that specific finding in\ntheir own words (a bare \"yes\"/\"go ahead\"/\"I trust you\" is declined — this mirrors decision-variance).\nDetect identity from git config user.email; if unset, ask once.

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  3. Heavier log entry — append a line tagged SECURITY-OVERRIDE that records the specific finding,\nnot just the gate name:

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    [ISO-8601] | BY: <email> | SECURITY-OVERRIDE | FINDING: <specific finding> | REASON: <reason>\n
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  4. Only then record the bypass. For the crypto/secret commit gate, that means resolving the\ninterpreter once by presence — PY=python3; { command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 && python3 --version >/dev/null 2>&1; } || PY=python\n— never python3 X || python X, which reruns X on any nonzero exit (#577), and running\n\"$PY\" \"<plugin-root>/hooks/security-pass.py\",\nwhich writes <project-root>/.codearbiter/.markers/security-gate-passed bound to the\nsensitive lines it approves, so hook H-09b/H-10b allows the commit — recorded only after\nsteps 1–3, never to skip the gate proper.

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Under /ca-sprint, a security-critical override is a hard-gate STOP: it surfaces to the user and is\nnever auto-decided, even in autonomous mode (SPRINT.md hard gates).

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Hard gate

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MUST write the log line before proceeding — it is not optional. MUST capture an operator identity —\n\"codeArbiter\" or \"automated\" are not valid. MUST include a justification. The override is scoped to\nthe immediate action only; it creates no standing exception. MUST NOT edit or delete an existing\noverrides.log entry. MUST route a security-critical / crypto-secret / irreversible stop through the\nSecurity ceiling path — never the single-confirm flow — and MUST NOT auto-decide such an override\nunder /ca-sprint.

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When NOT to use

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