docs(canon): ADR-007 — open ratification step 1 for "Elegance by default" (PROVISIONAL; adopts nothing)

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Supersedes #1083. The content is identical, rebuilt on current main with every commit signed.

Why a replacement

#1083 could not merge, for two reasons:

• Unsigned commits. Two commits pushed by coderabbitai[bot] (ae0a5522, 045a2227) were unsigned. required_signatures checks every commit on the head, so the squash was blocked (see docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc § Squash signs the result, not the PR branch, docs(signing): squash signs the result, not the PR branch #1098).
• Conflicts. The only conflicts were in 045a2227's REGISTRY.a2ml and docstring-scan-test.sh edits. That work is now on main from fix: restore standards main to green: lock-gate pin, registry regen, uuid-v7, map roots, canon 2.1.2, docstring calibration #1088, so the commit is dropped.

The branch is origin/main, then cherry-pick -S -x of af3f614a, 81275794, ae0a5522. Authors are kept. git diff <#1083 head> HEAD -- 0-canon/RSR-PHILOSOPHY.adoc docs/decisions/ is empty. scripts/build-registry.sh --check: in sync.

What

Opens CHANGE-PROCEDURE.adoc step 1 for Elegance by default, retroactively, as docs/decisions/ADR-007-elegance-by-default.adoc.

• 0-canon/RSR-PHILOSOPHY.adoc: the Elegance banner gains a Proposal record pointer. Its PROVISIONAL status is unchanged.
• docs/decisions/ADR-006-always-leave-it-working.adoc: records that step 6's Immutable-Tags precondition is met. The repair was made 2026-09-23 and re-verified 2026-09-30 (current_user_can_bypass = always on all four repos), and launch-scaffolder has cut v0.1.0.

Why

KNOWN-TENSIONS.adoc records a high-severity contradiction: rule 15 is projected into every generated CLAUDE.md while the canon marks it PROVISIONAL. The owner chose the ratify exit (D209, #787).

What merging does, and does not do

Merging adopts nothing. It records the proposal only (steps 1–2). Steps 3–6 stay owed: review, contest period, recorded decision, regeneration. The KNOWN-TENSIONS row stays open until step 5.

Step-3 note: ADR-007 step 3 says authorised review by the constitutional authority is required before this proposal record merges. The owner (the constitutional authority) instructed on 2026-10-01 that this PR be landed. That instruction is recorded here as that review.

Review threads carried over from #1083

All three CodeRabbit threads are answered by the text in this branch:

• ADR-006 "date the Immutable-Tags blocker as pre-repair": ADR-006 l.166 ("The Immutable-Tags blocker is resolved. Before the repair, …").
• ADR-007 "keep step 6 regeneration proof in scope": ADR-007 l.141–142 and the step 6 row (regenerate, validate, prove determinism "even if output is unchanged, regardless of manifesto pin changes").
• ADR-007 "do not merge before authorised review": the step 3 row, and the step-3 note above.

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