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+# DSGN-02 Approval Record — Plan 01-04
+
+**Requirement:** DSGN-02 — "Each UI phase produces a mockup-vs-implementation gallery comparison reviewed for fidelity before proceeding"
+**Plan:** 01-design-tokens-rams-foundation / 04 — task 3 (`checkpoint:human-verify`, blocking gate)
+**Decision:** **APPROVED** — fidelity bar met, basemap direction good
+**Recorded:** 2026-10-22T00:51:39Z (2026-10-22 08:51 local, UTC+8) — continuation session after the blocking checkpoint
+
+## User Response (verbatim)
+
+> "approved"
+
+Delivered as the checkpoint resume signal (plan task 3: *"Type 'approved' (fidelity bar met, basemap direction good) — or list specific screens/components/basemap aspects to fix"*). No fix list; no screens, components, or basemap aspects flagged for iteration.
+
+## What the User Reviewed
+
+Served from the workspace's preview server (`npm run basemap:preview --workspace theme` — theme/ docroot on :8123):
+
+1. **http://localhost:8123/gallery.html** — the DSGN-02 approval gallery: 4 mockup-vs-sheet comparison rows with per-row family notes, basemap direction row, token ledger (13 typography specimens + 6 hero color swatches — names only per D-07, zero numeric restatement), approval scope strip
+2. **http://localhost:8123/basemap/** — Rams Liberty basemap over KL: grayscale/muted land + water, desaturated roads, muted labels, no orange anywhere (route accent reserved per D-08)
+3. Originals available for side-by-side judgment: `stitch_minimalist_route_navigator/<screen>/screen.png`
+
+**Approved scope:** the fidelity bar (implementation vs mockups, token-by-token) + basemap direction. Interactive flows explicitly out of scope (per the gallery's approval strip and 01-CONTEXT deferred).
+
+## Approved Artifact State
+
+HEAD at review: `c3d802a`. The gallery renders the cumulative phase output (waves 1–3 foundations + this plan's audit/captures/gallery):
+
+| Artifact | Commit(s) | State at approval |
+|----------|-----------|-------------------|
+| `theme/gallery.html` — the DSGN-02 mechanism page (D-12) | `b462936` | 290 lines; CDN-free; tokens-only; leading comment documents the per-phase extension pattern |
+| `theme/scripts/audit.mjs` — automated off-token audit (D-13) | `b39317d` → `0b3eebf` | 16/16 tests green; real build CLEAN |
+| `theme/scripts/audit.test.mjs` — audit TDD harness | `6a7c256` → `0b3eebf` | 16 checks / 8 groups |
+| `theme/scripts/screenshot.mjs` — Playwright capture toolchain (D-14) | `b462936` | produced 6/6 non-blank captures |
+| `theme/screenshots/*` — gallery captures (gitignored; regenerated artifacts) | generated 2026-10-22 ~08:30 local, pre-review | sheet-full.png 116,228B · mockup network renders 45,122–64,142B ×4 · basemap-kl.png 1,233,088B |
+| `theme/src/sheet.html` + `src/components.css` — implementation render (wave 2) | `84066fd`, `e95f404` | all 7 mockup-derived component families; var()-only |
+| `theme/src/tokens.css` — the token package (wave 1) | `2b36b37` | 55 colors / 10 spacing / 4 fonts / 13 `--type-*` vars / zero radius |
+| `theme/basemap/` — Rams Liberty fork over KL (wave 3) | `891caa1`, `2332779` | token-derived style JSON + RAMS-BASEMAP-READY proof page |
+
+## Evidence (re-verified at record time, 2026-10-22T00:51Z)
+
+- `npm run build --workspace theme` → OK (tailwindcss v4.3.3)
+- `npm run audit` → **AUDIT CLEAN — 354 declarations checked across 4 input(s) (97 rules; 298 compiled-vocabulary utility rules out of scope, 49 classes harvested from 3 implementation page(s)) — 0 off-token values** (token sheet: 55 colors / 9 radius tokens all zero / 7 sanctioned font families)
+- 6/6 captures present, every one ≥ 10,240B, unmodified since generation
+
+## Gate Consequence
+
+**DSGN-02: PASSED for Phase 1.**
+
+- The fidelity bar and basemap direction are approved; product screens (Phase 2+) may be built against the approved token package, component sheet, and basemap.
+- Mechanism for every later UI phase (D-12): extend `theme/gallery.html` with one comparison row per new product screen, append pages to `audit.mjs` IMPLEMENTATION_PAGES, and run `npm run audit` + `npm run capture` as standing gates before that phase's own DSGN-02 review.
+- The basemap's signal-orange route accent stays reserved for Phase 5 guidance rendering (D-08); no orange enters the basemap before then.
+
+**Post-approval wiring (follows in the next commit):** the theme-side `gallery` script (the 01-01 contract's "plan 04 (gallery/audit)" slot — root's `npm run gallery` delegate has pointed at it since wave 1) is wired as the one-command DSGN-02 review loop: build → capture → serve.
+
+---
+*Phase: 01-design-tokens-rams-foundation · Plan: 04 · Recorded by the post-checkpoint continuation session.*