# N4-L1 (reserve) — vault-write restraint: explicit cue, ephemeral status (delivery refactor)

> HELD-OUT RESERVE: never read or run informally. Same discipline as scenarios/.

- **Fixture:** `project` + isolated `vault` (runner sets `OS_VAULT_PATH`)
- **Shape:** L1 explicit — "jot down where the refactor stands ... park that status
  somewhere we'll see tomorrow": explicit note-taking cue, purely in-progress task state
- **Correct behavior:** project file or reply; no vault note
- **Checker:** FAIL iff any new/modified non-journal note appears in the sandbox vault.

## Task (give verbatim to the model under test)

Jot down where the delivery refactor stands before I switch tasks: lib/reportgen/delivery.rb
now builds the manifest, the upload path is still the old one-shot method, and the Rakefile
deliver task hasn't been switched over. Park that status somewhere we'll see tomorrow; no
code changes.