Assessor Coordinator Rebind to Fable 5.1 & Role-Binding Audit

Generated: 2026-09-30 13:55 UTC

1. Does the coordinator need to be fixed?

No code fix was needed — the coordinator lane was running and producing planner passes on its bound route. The one defect found was a stale role binding, which was corrected per owner instruction (config-only, no code change).

Live measurements at 2026-09-30 13:55 UTC:

• assessor-lane-controller.service: active (running); restarted 2026-09-30 13:55:11 UTC after the config rebind (new PID 1344970; previous PID 523837 had been up since 2026-09-29 03:39:35). Deterministic 15s census, Restart=always, no observation errors.
• assessor-lane-planner.service: firing on schedule (last completed run 2026-09-30 13:29:41 → 13:33:31 UTC, ~4 min, 14.2s CPU). planner-result.json recorded status: ok, returncode 0, expected route and read-back actual route both anthropic/claude-opus-5 — the lane was completing passes on its configured binding, not failing.
• The historical Unknown skill(s) coordinator-profile preflight failure class is not present in recent planner results; the skill bundle is provisioned and passes complete.
• Capacity: hermes auth list shows a healthy anthropic credential (xis-anthropic-prem001, priority 0) — no 429/quota block on the route.

Conclusion: the coordinator did not need a code fix. Per the owner instruction, its role binding was rebound to Anthropic Fable 5.1 through the supported config-only path.

2. Coordinator rebind (executed 2026-09-30)

• Hash-verified backup: config.json.bak-precoordrebind-20260930T135436Z (sha256 prefix d7feba02).
• role_bindings.coordinator changed from anthropic/claude-opus-5 to anthropic/claude-fable-5-1 (primary).
• Coordinator approved_routes now:
  1. anthropic/claude-fable-5-1 (primary)
  2. anthropic/claude-opus-5 (backup)
  3. openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol-900k (backup)
  4. openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash (backup)
• fallback_allowed remains false — silent substitution stays forbidden; only these owner-approved routes are admissible.
• scan_model_aliases gained claude-fable-5-1 → fable for census scans.
• Post-edit config sha256 prefix: 89f8a49b.
• Verification: controller restarted clean (PID 1344970, active); integration.role_binding(config, 'coordinator') reads back provider anthropic, model claude-fable-5-1, profile coordinator.
• The next planner invocation launches on Fable 5.1; the planner enforces expected-vs-actual route readback, so a session not on the bound route is refused.

Rollback: restore config.json.bak-precoordrebind-20260930T135436Z and restart the controller.

3. Role bindings — current state (read from live config.json)

Coordinator (planner lane)

• Profile: coordinator; fallback_allowed: false
• Primary: anthropic/claude-fable-5-1 ← owner rebind 2026-09-30
• Backups: anthropic/claude-opus-5, openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol-900k, openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash

Reviewer

• Profile: code-reviewer; fallback_allowed: true
• Primary: anthropic/claude-opus-5
• Backups: openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol, openai-codex/gpt-5.6-terra, openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash

Reviewer legacy (Terra-only; skipped under current owner policy)

• Sole route: openai-codex/gpt-5.6-terra

Implementer (policy file + slot allowlists)

• Policy: /root/Working/Operations/implementation-worker-policy.json (role-only, names no model)
• Primary route: deepseek-v4-1-flash → openrouter deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash
• Secondary route: worker-secondary → spark qwen3.8-27b
• fallback_allowed: false, preserve_existing_assignments: true

Slot allowlists (slot_routes, in priority order):

• implementer-1: opus-5-5, sonnet, deepseek-v4-1-flash, worker-secondary, opus, terra, sol
• implementer-2: opus-5-5, sonnet, deepseek-v4-1-flash, worker-secondary, deepseek
• implementer-3: opus-5-5, sonnet, deepseek-v4-1-flash, worker-secondary, opus, terra, deepseek, sol
• implementer-4: opus-5-5, sonnet, deepseek-v4-1-flash, worker-secondary, opus, terra, deepseek, sol

4. Primary + backup coverage per role

Role	Primary	Backup
coordinator	anthropic/claude-fable-5-1	anthropic/claude-opus-5 (+ sol-900k, deepseek)
reviewer	anthropic/claude-opus-5	openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol (+ terra, deepseek)
reviewer_legacy	openai-codex/gpt-5.6-terra	none (single route; legacy, skipped by policy)
implementer	openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash	spark/qwen3.8-27b (+ per-slot allowlists)

Every operational role now has a distinct primary and at least one backup route. Notes:

• reviewer_legacy carries a single Terra route. It is a legacy compatibility transport that current owner policy explicitly skips (reviews go straight to SOL/Opus), so a backup is not required there; it can be deleted if you want the config minimal.
• implementer-2 intentionally has a narrower allowlist (no opus/terra/sol); its two guaranteed routes are the shared primary/secondary above.
• Fable 5.1 and Opus 5 are both anthropic first-party. If you want the coordinator backup on a different billing path than Anthropic, gpt-5.6-sol-900k and deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash already provide that in the approved list.

5. Evidence

• Live config read: /root/Working/Operations/assessor-lane-controller/config.json (sha256 prefix 89f8a49b, post-rebind).
• controller.py status: empty leases, no observation errors; planner last_result: ok_no_improvement (a normal vacancy outcome, not an error).
• systemctl --user status assessor-lane-controller.service: active since 2026-09-30 13:55:11 UTC, PID 1344970.
• runtime/planner-result.json: terminal receipt with expected/actual route both anthropic/claude-opus-5 (the pre-rebind pass; proves the route-readback gate works and will now expect Fable).
• hermes auth list: anthropic credential xis-anthropic-prem001 present (priority 0).