{
  "primary": "validation character-envelope LPIPS, lower is better",
  "topology_override": "Choose geometry-guard candidate 12 over rank-one candidate 11 if it removes all triangle flips and validation character LPIPS is at most 1% worse.",
  "authored_before": "candidate 12 validation evaluation and all test evaluation",
  "frozen_test_comparisons": [
    "00_reference",
    "03_tail_oneshot",
    "final_selected"
  ],
  "no_test_feedback": true,
  "temporal_gate": "Diagnostic only in this pilot: no claim of temporal improvement unless delta_MAE beats static baseline."
}