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+# Comic Manifest v1 review-instruction record correction — 2026-10-13
+
+**Purpose:** Correct the description of the owner’s October 6, 2026 instruction in the
+historical [Comic Manifest v1 release-preparation record](https://github.com/DefinitelySecureStudio/codex/blob/12e437e30328a3bb9cd2d15e6307a70b4b7e0e2a/releases/comic-manifest-v1.md).
+This is a dated source addendum. The earlier record and the immutable release remain
+part of the history.
+
+## Corrected description
+
+On 2026-10-06, the owner explicitly authorized AI code review and merge for Epic #6
+after being asked about the Constitution’s human-review requirement. The instruction
+was a task-specific owner authorization. It was **not** a formally approved or
+registered temporary constitutional exception under Article 12.7.
+
+The phrase “A3 AI-review exception” in the linked release-preparation record is
+therefore inaccurate. The owner instruction did not itself supply the exact approved
+exception record, the required affected A4 approvals, or registration before
+activation. The Constitution says an exception becomes active only after approval
+of the exact record and entry in the [Studio exception register](https://github.com/DefinitelySecureStudio/studio/blob/3cd52a8f9c6307cd0ce2779fcef051131db097a7/CONSTITUTION_EXCEPTIONS.md).
+That register lists no active or historical exception at the cited Studio revision.
+Article 12.7 does not permit a present-day decision to retroactively legalize
+completed conduct.
+
+The accurate description is: **the owner gave a task-specific instruction authorizing
+AI code review and merge for Epic #6; no formal Article 12.7 exception was
+registered for that instruction.** This correction records that history; it does not
+erase the owner’s instruction or convert it into an exception.
+
+## Scope and non-effects
+
+This correction concerns the description of the past code-review instruction only.
+It does not alter the owner’s separate exact-artifact publication approvals, any
+published bytes, the Codex tag `contract/comic-manifest/v1.0.0` or its target
+`12e437e30328a3bb9cd2d15e6307a70b4b7e0e2a`, or any release asset. No exception is
+created, renewed, backdated or requested. No constitutional policy is amended or
+weakened, and no whole-history `Conforming` status is claimed. The historical
+review-record finding remains as recorded in the accepted Studio closeout
+assessment.
+
+For later review-sensitive changes, record the human reviewer’s authorized capacity
+and exact source revision before describing a change as human-reviewed. Preserve
+ordinary required review. Do not infer review or constitutional status from an issue
+closure, a release approval, an AI instruction or a validator result.
+
+## Provenance
+
+- Constitution v1.0.0: tag `constitution/v1.0.0`, Studio commit
+  [`a9cc8a503aa30e17820edc62ac95f7cbe10e0564`](https://github.com/DefinitelySecureStudio/studio/tree/a9cc8a503aa30e17820edc62ac95f7cbe10e0564);
+  [Article 12.7](https://github.com/DefinitelySecureStudio/studio/blob/a9cc8a503aa30e17820edc62ac95f7cbe10e0564/CONSTITUTION.md#127-temporary-constitutional-exceptions).
+- Exception-register snapshot:
+  [Studio commit `3cd52a8f9c6307cd0ce2779fcef051131db097a7`](https://github.com/DefinitelySecureStudio/studio/blob/3cd52a8f9c6307cd0ce2779fcef051131db097a7/CONSTITUTION_EXCEPTIONS.md).
+- Epic and historical tasks: [Studio #6](https://github.com/DefinitelySecureStudio/studio/issues/6),
+  [#88](https://github.com/DefinitelySecureStudio/studio/issues/88), and
+  [#99](https://github.com/DefinitelySecureStudio/studio/issues/99).
+- The owner’s October 6 instruction is cited by date from the task transcript. No
+  public permalink for that instruction was supplied, so this record does not invent
+  one.
+
+This addendum is source documentation on a later commit. It does not move a tag or
+rebuild, replace, or republish an immutable release artifact.