Prepare patch 0.1.2 evidence anchor lane

.github/scripts/test_execution_status.py

@@ -88,16 +88,12 @@ def test_public_posture_boundary_remains_explicit(self) -> None:
             text,
         )
         self.assertIn(
-            "Ethos is public beta for source, Rust crate, Python wheel, macOS arm64 CLI artifact, "
-            "Linux x64 CLI artifact, and npm `@docushell/ethos-pdf` evaluation. It verifies whether "
-            "AI citations are grounded in document evidence across native Ethos JSON and supported "
-            "foreign parser outputs. Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, `ethos-verify`, and "
-            "`ethos-pdf` are available on crates.io at `0.1.1` for evaluation. The Python "
-            "`ethos-pdf` wheel, npm `@docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1` package, and macOS arm64/Linux x64 "
-            "CLI artifacts are available for evaluation with caller-provided PDFium. Hosted "
-            "surfaces, production positioning, Windows packaged artifacts, bundled project-maintained "
-            "PDFium builds, `ethos-doc`, `ethos-rag`, public benchmark reports, public benchmark "
-            "claims, and speed, footprint, parser-quality, table-quality, or production claims remain blocked.",
+            "Ethos is a deterministic document evidence layer for source-grounded verification and "
+            "citation checking across native Ethos JSON and supported foreign parser outputs. The current "
+            "beta includes the GitHub source repository, Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, "
+            "`ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf` at `0.1.1`, the Python `ethos-pdf` wheel, the npm "
+            "`@docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1` package, and macOS arm64/Linux x64 CLI artifacts. PDFium-backed "
+            "commands use caller-provided PDFium through `ETHOS_PDFIUM_LIBRARY_PATH`.",
             text,
         )
         self.assertIn("ethos-doc-core", text)

.github/scripts/test_milestone_e_package_publication_public_installation_availability.py

@@ -55,13 +55,12 @@
     "benchmark claims remain blocked."
 )
 CURRENT_README_WORDING = (
-    "Ethos is public beta for source, Rust crate, Python wheel, macOS arm64 CLI artifact, "
-    "Linux x64 CLI artifact, and npm `@docushell/ethos-pdf` evaluation. It verifies whether "
-    "AI citations are grounded in document evidence across native Ethos JSON and supported foreign "
-    "parser outputs. Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, `ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf` are "
-    "available on crates.io at `0.1.1` for evaluation. The Python `ethos-pdf` wheel, npm "
-    "`@docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1` package, and macOS arm64/Linux x64 CLI artifacts are available "
-    "for evaluation with caller-provided PDFium."
+    "Ethos is a deterministic document evidence layer for source-grounded verification and "
+    "citation checking across native Ethos JSON and supported foreign parser outputs. The current "
+    "beta includes the GitHub source repository, Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, "
+    "`ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf` at `0.1.1`, the Python `ethos-pdf` wheel, the npm "
+    "`@docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1` package, and macOS arm64/Linux x64 CLI artifacts. PDFium-backed "
+    "commands use caller-provided PDFium through `ETHOS_PDFIUM_LIBRARY_PATH`."
 )
 BOUNDED_INSTALLATION_WORDING = (
     "Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, `ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf` are available on "
@@ -176,9 +175,10 @@ def test_readme_matches_bounded_public_wording(self) -> None:
         self.assertIn("macOS arm64/Linux x64 CLI artifacts", readme)
         self.assertIn("Windows packaged artifacts", readme)
         self.assertIn("bundled project-maintained PDFium builds", readme)
-        self.assertIn("`ethos-doc`, `ethos-rag`", readme)
+        self.assertIn("ethos-doc", readme)
+        self.assertIn("ethos-rag", readme)
         self.assertIn("public benchmark reports", readme)
-        self.assertIn("public benchmark claims", readme)
+        self.assertIn("release-scope work", readme)
 
     def test_docs_reference_availability_and_retained_blockers(self) -> None:
         for path in (PREP_SCOPE, ROADMAP, EXECUTION_STATUS, VALIDATION_README):

.github/scripts/test_milestone_e_public_beta_source_only_approval.py

@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@
     "remain blocked."
 )
 CURRENT_README_WORDING = (
-    "Ethos is public beta for source, Rust crate, Python wheel, macOS arm64 CLI artifact, "
-    "Linux x64 CLI artifact, and npm `@docushell/ethos-pdf` evaluation. It verifies whether "
-    "AI citations are grounded in document evidence across native Ethos JSON and supported foreign "
-    "parser outputs."
+    "Ethos is a deterministic document evidence layer for source-grounded verification and "
+    "citation checking across native Ethos JSON and supported foreign parser outputs. The current "
+    "beta includes the GitHub source repository, Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, "
+    "`ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf` at `0.1.1`, the Python `ethos-pdf` wheel, the npm "
+    "`@docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1` package, and macOS arm64/Linux x64 CLI artifacts. PDFium-backed "
+    "commands use caller-provided PDFium through `ETHOS_PDFIUM_LIBRARY_PATH`."
 )
 EXPECTED_SOURCE = {
     "surface": "GitHub source repository docushell/ethos source-only evaluation",
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ def test_public_surfaces_use_exact_approved_wording_and_exclusions(self) -> None
         self.assertIn("Windows packaged artifacts", normalized_readme)
         self.assertIn("bundled project-maintained PDFium builds", normalized_readme)
         self.assertIn("public benchmark reports", normalized_readme)
-        self.assertIn("public benchmark claims", normalized_readme)
+        self.assertIn("release-scope work", normalized_readme)
 
     def test_make_target_and_ci_run_approval_after_required_evidence(self) -> None:
         block = target_block("milestone-e-prep")

.github/scripts/test_milestone_e_public_evaluation_current_state_closeout.py

@@ -49,16 +49,12 @@
     "benchmark claims remain blocked."
 )
 CURRENT_README_WORDING = (
-    "Ethos is public beta for source, Rust crate, Python wheel, macOS arm64 CLI artifact, "
-    "Linux x64 CLI artifact, and npm `@docushell/ethos-pdf` evaluation. It verifies whether "
-    "AI citations are grounded in document evidence across native Ethos JSON and supported foreign "
-    "parser outputs. Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, `ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf` are "
-    "available on crates.io at `0.1.1` for evaluation. The Python `ethos-pdf` wheel, npm "
-    "`@docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1` package, and macOS arm64/Linux x64 CLI artifacts are available "
-    "for evaluation with caller-provided PDFium. Hosted surfaces, production positioning, Windows "
-    "packaged artifacts, bundled project-maintained PDFium builds, `ethos-doc`, `ethos-rag`, "
-    "public benchmark reports, public benchmark claims, and speed, footprint, parser-quality, "
-    "table-quality, or production claims remain blocked."
+    "Ethos is a deterministic document evidence layer for source-grounded verification and "
+    "citation checking across native Ethos JSON and supported foreign parser outputs. The current "
+    "beta includes the GitHub source repository, Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, "
+    "`ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf` at `0.1.1`, the Python `ethos-pdf` wheel, the npm "
+    "`@docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1` package, and macOS arm64/Linux x64 CLI artifacts. PDFium-backed "
+    "commands use caller-provided PDFium through `ETHOS_PDFIUM_LIBRARY_PATH`."
 )
 APPROVED_SURFACE_LINES = (
     "GitHub source repository",

.github/scripts/test_patch_0_1_2_readiness_prep.py

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright 2026 The Ethos maintainers
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+RECORD = ROOT / "docs/validation/patch-0-1-2-readiness-prep-validation-2026-06-24.md"
+VALIDATION_README = ROOT / "docs/validation/README.md"
+EXECUTION_STATUS = ROOT / "docs/execution-status.md"
+PUBLIC_RELEASE_CHECKLIST = ROOT / "docs/public-release-checklist.md"
+README = ROOT / "README.md"
+WORKSPACE_CARGO = ROOT / "Cargo.toml"
+PYPROJECT = ROOT / "pyproject.toml"
+NPM_PACKAGE = ROOT / "packages/npm/ethos-pdf/package.json"
+PYTHON_INIT = ROOT / "python/ethos_pdf/__init__.py"
+
+SOURCE_SHORT = "8926217"
+SOURCE_COMMIT = "89262171ee9fdd342c5bcc808d8c12d40a126337"
+SOURCE_TREE = "3e41ef063d7746de2a59486a2bacc2fdecb187f2"
+
+PREP_CONTENTS = (
+    "0.1.2",
+    "narrow beta patch",
+    "ethos evidence anchor",
+    "`evidence_anchor` v1 guard",
+    "Professional public README status wording",
+    "caller-provided PDFium",
+)
+
+FORBIDDEN_RELEASE_CLAIMS = (
+    "0.1.2 is approved",
+    "v0.1.2 is approved",
+    "0.1.2 is released",
+    "v0.1.2 is released",
+    "publish 0.1.2",
+    "tag v0.1.2",
+    "npm install -g @docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.2",
+    "python3 -m pip install ethos-pdf==0.1.2",
+    "cargo add ethos-doc-core@0.1.2",
+    "cargo add ethos-verify@0.1.2",
+    "cargo add ethos-pdf@0.1.2",
+)
+
+
+def read(path: Path) -> str:
+    return path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def normalized(path: Path) -> str:
+    return re.sub(r"\s+", " ", read(path))
+
+
+class Patch012ReadinessPrepTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_record_binds_source_and_prep_contents(self) -> None:
+        text = normalized(RECORD)
+        raw = read(RECORD)
+
+        self.assertIn(f"Validated source HEAD before this record: `{SOURCE_SHORT}`", raw)
+        self.assertIn(f"Patch-prep source commit: `{SOURCE_COMMIT}`", text)
+        self.assertIn(f"Patch-prep source tree: `{SOURCE_TREE}`", text)
+        for item in PREP_CONTENTS:
+            self.assertIn(item, text)
+
+    def test_record_keeps_publication_and_support_boundaries_closed(self) -> None:
+        text = normalized(RECORD)
+        lower = text.lower()
+
+        for phrase in (
+            "does not approve a release",
+            "does not approve a tag",
+            "does not approve package publish",
+            "does not approve a GitHub Release artifact",
+            "does not approve hosted surfaces",
+            "does not approve production positioning",
+            "does not approve Windows packaged artifacts",
+            "does not approve bundled project-maintained PDFium builds",
+            "does not approve public benchmark reports",
+            "does not approve public benchmark claims",
+            "does not approve `ethos-doc`",
+            "does not approve `ethos-rag`",
+        ):
+            self.assertIn(phrase, text)
+        for phrase in FORBIDDEN_RELEASE_CLAIMS:
+            self.assertNotIn(phrase, lower)
+        self.assertIn("current public install baseline remains `0.1.1`", text)
+
+    def test_public_readme_uses_professional_beta_wording_without_version_drift(self) -> None:
+        text = read(README)
+        lower = text.lower()
+
+        self.assertIn("Status: public beta evaluation.", text)
+        self.assertIn("deterministic document evidence layer", text)
+        self.assertIn("source-grounded verification", text)
+        self.assertIn("ETHOS_PDFIUM_LIBRARY_PATH", text)
+        self.assertIn("cargo add ethos-doc-core@0.1.1", text)
+        self.assertIn("python3 -m pip install ethos-pdf==0.1.1", text)
+        self.assertIn("npm install -g @docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("not production-ready", lower)
+        self.assertNotIn("not stable production surfaces", lower)
+        for phrase in FORBIDDEN_RELEASE_CLAIMS:
+            self.assertNotIn(phrase, lower)
+
+    def test_package_manifests_remain_on_published_baseline(self) -> None:
+        self.assertIn('version = "0.1.1"', read(WORKSPACE_CARGO))
+        self.assertIn('version = "0.1.1"', read(PYPROJECT))
+        self.assertIn('__version__ = "0.1.1"', read(PYTHON_INIT))
+        self.assertIn('"version": "0.1.1"', read(NPM_PACKAGE))
+
+    def test_record_is_indexed_and_status_docs_reference_it(self) -> None:
+        record_name = RECORD.name
+
+        self.assertIn(record_name, read(VALIDATION_README))
+        self.assertIn(record_name, read(EXECUTION_STATUS))
+        self.assertIn(record_name, read(PUBLIC_RELEASE_CHECKLIST))
+
+    def test_record_avoids_local_private_paths(self) -> None:
+        text = read(RECORD)
+
+        for private in (
+            "/" + "Users/",
+            "/" + "private/tmp",
+            "/" + "private/var",
+            "/" + "var/folders",
+            "saumil" + "diwaker",
+            "Desktop/" + "Stuff",
+            "project/repo/" + "ethos",
+        ):
+            self.assertNotIn(private, text)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

.github/scripts/test_public_prealpha_wording_approval.py

@@ -37,16 +37,12 @@
     "across native Ethos JSON and supported foreign parser outputs."
 )
 APPROVED_PUBLIC_BETA_SENTENCE = (
-    "Ethos is public beta for source, Rust crate, Python wheel, macOS arm64 CLI artifact, "
-    "Linux x64 CLI artifact, and npm `@docushell/ethos-pdf` evaluation. It verifies whether "
-    "AI citations are grounded in document evidence across native Ethos JSON and supported foreign "
-    "parser outputs. Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, `ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf` are "
-    "available on crates.io at `0.1.1` for evaluation. The Python `ethos-pdf` wheel, npm "
-    "`@docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1` package, and macOS arm64/Linux x64 CLI artifacts are available "
-    "for evaluation with caller-provided PDFium. Hosted surfaces, production positioning, Windows "
-    "packaged artifacts, bundled project-maintained PDFium builds, `ethos-doc`, `ethos-rag`, "
-    "public benchmark reports, public benchmark claims, and speed, footprint, parser-quality, "
-    "table-quality, or production claims remain blocked."
+    "Ethos is a deterministic document evidence layer for source-grounded verification and "
+    "citation checking across native Ethos JSON and supported foreign parser outputs. The current "
+    "beta includes the GitHub source repository, Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, "
+    "`ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf` at `0.1.1`, the Python `ethos-pdf` wheel, the npm "
+    "`@docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1` package, and macOS arm64/Linux x64 CLI artifacts. PDFium-backed "
+    "commands use caller-provided PDFium through `ETHOS_PDFIUM_LIBRARY_PATH`."
 )
 
 FORBIDDEN_APPROVAL_WORDING = [

.github/scripts/test_public_surface_posture.py

@@ -46,19 +46,17 @@ def test_readme_status_matches_public_beta_evaluation_scope(self) -> None:
         self.assertIn("public beta evaluation", text)
         for claim in readme_boundary_claims():
             self.assertIn(claim, normalized)
-        self.assertIn("Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, `ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf`", text)
+        self.assertIn("deterministic document evidence layer", text)
+        self.assertIn("Rust library crates `ethos-doc-core`, `ethos-verify`, and `ethos-pdf`", normalized)
         self.assertIn("Python `ethos-pdf` wheel", normalized)
         self.assertIn("caller-provided PDFium", text)
-        self.assertIn("Windows packaged artifacts", text)
-        self.assertIn("project-maintained PDFium builds", text)
-        self.assertIn("public benchmark reports", text)
-        self.assertIn("public benchmark claims", text)
-        self.assertIn("speed, footprint, parser-quality", text)
-        self.assertIn("table-quality, or production claims remain blocked", normalized)
+        self.assertIn("release-scope work", text)
         self.assertIn("cargo add ethos-doc-core@0.1.1", text)
         self.assertIn("cargo add ethos-verify@0.1.1", text)
         self.assertIn("cargo add ethos-pdf@0.1.1", text)
         self.assertIn("npm install -g @docushell/ethos-pdf@0.1.1", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("not production-ready", text.lower())
+        self.assertNotIn("not stable production surfaces", text.lower())
         self.assertNotIn("contracts phase", text)
         self.assertNotIn("has not run", text)
 

.github/scripts/test_release_candidate_prep.py

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     "$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_release_candidate_prep.py",
     "$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_release_reproducibility_scaffold.py",
     "$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_launch_copy_approval_scaffold.py",
+    "$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_patch_0_1_2_readiness_prep.py",
     "$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_first_public_release_artifact_evidence.py",
     "$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_first_public_release_final_decider.py",
     "$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_first_public_release_linux_x64_artifact_evidence.py",

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- boundary-exception: record narrow patch `0.1.2` readiness prep and professional public README beta wording while retaining `0.1.1` install baselines; no release, tag, package publication, hosted, production, Windows, bundled PDFium, benchmark, `ethos-doc`, or `ethos-rag` boundary change.
 - boundary-exception: add an `evidence_anchor` v1 guard target, CI guard step, and schema-bound inventory for the merged source-only command; no hosted, production, Windows, bundled PDFium, benchmark, parser-quality, table-quality, or release-posture boundary change.
 - boundary-exception: add source-only `ethos evidence anchor` schema and CLI surface for deterministic evidence refs; no hosted, production, Windows, bundled PDFium, benchmark, parser-quality, table-quality, or release-posture boundary change.
 - boundary-exception: refresh patch `0.1.1` execution status for published evaluation surfaces while retaining hosted, production, Windows, bundled PDFium, benchmark, `ethos-doc`, and `ethos-rag` blockers.

Makefile

@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ release-candidate-prep:
 	$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_release_candidate_prep.py
 	$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_release_reproducibility_scaffold.py
 	$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_launch_copy_approval_scaffold.py
+	$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_patch_0_1_2_readiness_prep.py
 	$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_first_public_release_artifact_evidence.py
 	$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_first_public_release_final_decider.py
 	$(PYTHON) .github/scripts/test_first_public_release_linux_x64_artifact_evidence.py