Proof: quote-response execution now uses verifierSaltCache.getCachedFreshSalt() only, rejects verifier_salt_unavailable before signing or relay when no fresh cached salt exists, preserves stale command expiry before salt lookup, exposes salt cache and executor queue-delay state in health/sentinel/dashboard surfaces, and is covered by targeted regression tests plus full npm test and dashboard build.
Assumptions: the existing verifier salt freshness policy remains safe for cached signing use; fixed in-code queue-delay warning thresholds are sufficient for operator alerts without new latency env vars; no strategy selection, pricing, edge, notional, inventory, arming, signer, or pair enablement behavior changed.
Still fake: venue-native terminal fill ids and fee-complete realized PnL remain unavailable; executor concurrency remains single-consumer; live post-deploy evidence still needs collection after repo-workflow deployment.
Proof: quote-to-relay maker timing now propagates through ingest, normalized quotes, strategy decisions, commands, executor results, quote outcomes, lifecycle rows, dashboard summaries, and runtime alerts; relay failures preserve original text while classifying quote_not_found_or_finished; targeted tests, full npm test, and operator dashboard build passed before commit.
Assumptions: response-age policy stays disabled by default and is only activated through DB-backed pair strategy config after operators review timing evidence; unrelated pre-existing dirty worktree files were left unstaged.
Still fake: relay acceptance is not settlement or realized PnL; live policy thresholds still require post-deploy evidence before enabling skips for production pairs.
Proof: Remove repo-owned automatic safety disarms and operator alert severity surfaces so arming state is no longer silently reverted by stale-quote alerts.
Assumptions: The operator now wants arming to remain explicit and durable even when quote-truth checks are stale or noisy, and simple reachability/state is a better surface than derived alert severity for now.
Still fake: The upstream quote-truth and health heuristics remain unreliable; this change removes their automatic containment effect instead of fixing their underlying accuracy.
Proof: Sentinel no longer raises publish-stale before any matching quote exists, preventing false executor auto-disarm during quiet or pre-match periods; regression tests cover both the false case and the real stalled-after-match case.
Assumptions: A publish-path failure is only meaningful after at least one matching quote has been observed for the active pair.
Still fake: The dashboard still lacks deep ingest diagnostics for why quotes are filtered, so pair-filter mismatch analysis is not yet visible at a glance.
Proof: Sentinel auto-containment now ignores quote-stale-only conditions, executor arming is exposed in the dashboard safe controls, and regression tests cover both containment gating and control routing.
Assumptions: Quote silence alone is not sufficient evidence of a broken execution truth path, while ingest disconnect, publish stall, and history-writer stall remain containment-grade failures.
Still fake: Live deployment still depends on the repo pipeline completing for this commit; executor disarm provenance is still not durably explained in the dashboard.
Proof: Connected ingest without recent quotes now renders as a warning-level no-recent-quotes state instead of a generic critical service failure, while disconnected and publish-stalled cases remain critical.
Assumptions: Operators need transport failure and quote-quiet conditions separated on the service card; stale quote truth should still block trust without pretending the websocket is broken.
Still fake: External alert delivery remains unconfigured; live alert routing is still through the generic webhook path only when configured.
Proof: Runtime health sentinel, alert routing, and anomaly detection for stale/disconnected quote truth, truthful dashboard severity, webhook notifications, and safe executor containment.
Assumptions: Existing control APIs remain the service-local truth surface; external notification stays as a generic webhook sink; executor disarm is an allowed non-fund-moving containment action; current dashboard/operator files in the worktree belong to this turn and are intended to ship together.
Still fake: No live external receiver is configured; webhook delivery is implemented but unverified end-to-end in production; cluster rollout still depends on deploying the new image; no automatic deployment restart path was added.
