# STAGE F CONTROLLED EVIDENCE ACQUISITION & TEST READINESS REPORT

## 1. Objective

Convert the 35 frozen Stage E Validation Programs into controlled, executable evidence-acquisition and test-readiness packages. Stage F defines what must be requested, prepared, identified, controlled, recorded, reviewed, and held before any future test execution. It performs no test and records no test result.

## 2. Approved Frozen Baseline

- Package: `PICKLEBALL_DATABASE_APPROVED_FROZEN_BASELINES_THROUGH_STAGEE_CONTROLLED_VALIDATION_PLANNING_2026-09-12.zip`
- Frozen version: `FDB-0014`
- Audit decision: `PASS WITH OPEN GAPS`
- Access mode: `READ ONLY`

## 3. Baseline SHA-256

- Before Stage F: `cf62a113b04d138f74c9a8a220771d72840d36cd195fbdd3f9190c981d3586bb`
- After Stage F: `cf62a113b04d138f74c9a8a220771d72840d36cd195fbdd3f9190c981d3586bb`
- Result: `MATCH`

## 4. Controlled Gap Count

`35` open controlled gaps.

## 5. Gap Coverage

`35 / 35`. Each Gap has an Evidence Acquisition Package and a Gap Closure Evidence Package Manifest.

## 6. Evidence Acquisition Package Count

`35`

## 7. OEM / Supplier Request Package Count

`35`. These packages are request-ready definitions only. No external response is represented.

## 8. Test Work Order Count

`35`. No work order is marked complete and none contains a test result.

## 9. Sample Manifest Schema Count

`1580` required schema fields covering all `79` Stage E Sample Requirements. No sample receipt or sample value is recorded.

## 10. Configuration Control Count

`350`. Each work order covers paddle, core, laminate, adhesive, geometry, fixture, boundary, environment, sensor, and DAQ configuration.

## 11. Instrumentation Readiness Count

`35`. Every readiness state remains `NOT_VERIFIED`; no calibration completion is asserted.

## 12. Test Readiness Gate Count

`35`. Every gate remains `BLOCKED`; none is `READY_FOR_EXECUTION`.

## 13. Raw Data Schema Count

`35`. Every intake state is `AWAITING_DATA`; no raw or processed file is represented as received.

## 14. Provenance Requirement Count

`35`. Every provenance state is `AWAITING_EVIDENCE`.

## 15. Hold Point Count

`350`. Ten hold-point types are defined for each work order, and every Hold Status remains `OPEN`.

## 16. Gap Closure Evidence Manifest Count

`35`. Every state remains `DEFINED_AWAITING_EVIDENCE`.

## 17. Method Gap Count

`7`. All remain `BLOCKED_BY_METHOD_GAP`; Stage F does not invent or select a test method.

## 18. Actual Test Result Count

`0`

## 19. Gap Closure Count

`0`

## 20. New Source Count

`0`

## 21. New Evidence Count

`0`

## 22. New Engineering Claim Count

`0`

## 23. Performance Leakage

`ZERO`. No performance prediction, product ranking, OEM recommendation, product superiority statement, or optimization recommendation was created.

## 24. Historical Mutation

`ZERO`. FDB-0014 remained byte-identical before and after Stage F construction.

## 25. Final QA

- Mandatory checks: `30 / 30 PASS`
- Stage E open gaps preserved: `35 / 35`
- Stage F gap coverage: `35 / 35`
- Method Gaps preserved: `7 / 7`
- Broken Stage E / Stage F references: `0`
- Actual test results: `0`
- External responses represented as received: `0`
- Samples represented as received: `0`
- Calibration completions asserted: `0`
- Gaps closed: `0`
- Approval action performed: `NO`
- Freeze action performed: `NO`
- Actual experiment performed: `NO`

READY FOR INDEPENDENT STAGE F READINESS AUDIT