docs: register dynamic depth recovery gate

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diff --git a/PAPER_PLAN.md b/PAPER_PLAN.md
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@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ not imply that no-traffic scaling establishes the necessity of residualization.
    ResNet-20 versus BP's `91.62%`, but it is one seed.  Do not promote this to
    a robustness or depth-scaling claim until the already frozen paired
    five-seed D4 confirmation and a separate depth panel pass.
+   The separate dynamic-depth recovery in `ORAL_A_RECOVERY.md` is the only
+   permitted depth panel: after oral-B passes, it reuses D4's ResNet-20 cells
+   and adds BP/DFA/clean-KP/dynamic ResNet-32/56 comparisons under a frozen
+   positive-depth-benefit and cost gate.
 
 ## Figure order in the manuscript
 
@@ -187,6 +191,11 @@ can plausibly claim a rare local-learning method that retains performance and
 alignment with standard depth under an audited cost budget. Reviewer score
 should be reassessed from the frozen confirmation only.
 
+The original A3/A4 branch is permanently failed, so this paragraph can now
+apply only to the separately frozen dynamic-depth recovery. Its full 60-cell
+pass is required before a standard-depth abstract/title claim or a 9/10 score;
+D4 alone remains a single-architecture robustness result.
+
 ### If A3 or A4 fails
 
 Do not soften the threshold or replace the seed panel. Keep a mechanism paper:
diff --git a/REVIEW_SCORECARD.md b/REVIEW_SCORECARD.md
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@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Every formal result report records:
 | Dynamic projection D3 | 6 | All 19 frozen checks pass at 91.18%, within 0.44/0.08 points of BP/clean KP, with 0.9994 early alignment and 1.326x BP MACs | One validation seed cannot establish robustness |
 | Dynamic projection D4 | open | Before observing D3, a paired clean-KP/dynamic five-seed test protocol and executable gate were frozen | A complete D4 pass, with no seed replacement, is required for 7/10 |
 | Oral-B recovery R1/R2 | not opened | Role/velocity factorization passes mechanics; the two-rate R1 and untouched 6-task-by-5-model R2 gates are frozen before any recovery task endpoint | R1 remains hard-gated on D4; only a complete R2 pass can establish innovation-guided plasticity and move 7 to 8 |
+| Oral-A dynamic depth recovery | not opened | A 60-cell ResNet-20/32/56 BP/DFA/clean-KP/dynamic panel, positive-depth-benefit gate, mechanism invariants, and fair cost bounds are frozen before any new endpoint | It is hard-gated on D4 and oral-B R2; only a complete pass can establish standard-depth scaling and move 8 to 9 |
 | Oral-A A4 | not opened | The prerequisite A3 gate failed | No oral-A confirmation claim is available |
 
 These are conditional reviewer forecasts, not promised scores. A failed stage leaves its negative
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ plasticity-only recovery must pass its own separately frozen R1 and R2 gates.
 | 2026-07-22 / `9bc58d6` dynamic projection D2 | The sole frozen short validation record reaches 83.58% versus clean KP's 82.66% and failed controls' 10%, with 0.884 early alignment, zero queries, and 1.326x BP MACs | 5 → 5 | First positive standard-ResNet load-bearing innovation endpoint, but one short seed is insufficient; full D3 and independent confirmation remain decisive |
 | 2026-07-22 / `15c60d0` dynamic projection D3 | The sole frozen full validation record passes 19/19 checks at 91.18% versus BP's 91.62% and clean KP's 91.26%, with 0.9994 early alignment, zero queries, and 1.326x BP MACs | 5 → 6 | Resolves the primary full-scale objection and opens the already frozen D4 panel; one validation seed and narrow biological scope prevent a stronger recommendation |
 | 2026-07-22 / `32122d0` oral-B recovery freeze | Before any recovery task endpoint, the untouched 30-record R2 protocol, task-cluster uncertainty, original B1/B2 signatures, plasticity lesion, digest binding, and immutable analyzer are executable | 6 → 6 | Removes a preregistration gap but supplies no empirical evidence; R1 is still sealed behind D4 and confirmation seeds remain untouched |
+| 2026-07-22 / `1853620` oral-A recovery freeze | Before any new standard-depth endpoint, a D4-reusing 60-cell ResNet-20/32/56 panel and exact runner/analyzer contract are executable, with BP/DFA/KP controls, positive depth gain, alignment, projection, query, MAC, and memory gates | 6 → 6 | Precommits the final oral claim without bypassing the required sequence; no experiment opens unless D4 reaches 7 and oral-B R2 reaches 8 |
 
 Future rows are appended only after an audited frozen stage. A score staying flat is informative:
 engineering, theory exposition, or visualization may make the paper more defensible without