docs: close root set design cycle

Author: flyingrobots

STATUS.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 **Last tagged release:** `v6.0.1` (`2026-06-13`)
 **Current release state:** `v6.1.0` release candidate on `main`; `v6.0.1` is published to npm and GitHub Releases, and JSR publication remains deferred behind the upstream toolchain gate.
-**Latest local verification:** `npm run release:verify -- --skip-jsr` passed 12/12 steps with 5,521 observed tests on `2026-07-11`, including Node, Bun, and Deno unit and integration suites plus the Git prune dry-run proof.
+**Latest verification:** `npm run release:verify -- --skip-jsr` passed 12/12 steps with 5,521 observed tests on `2026-07-11`; GitHub Actions run `29169839107` also passed lint, host unit tests, and Node, Bun, and Deno Docker suites.
 **Playback truth:** `main`
 **Runtimes:** Node.js 22.x, Bun, Deno
 **Current planning method:** [WORKFLOW.md](./WORKFLOW.md)

docs/design/0046-gc-retention-root-sets/gc-retention-root-sets.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ release_home: "v6.1.0"
 issue: "https://github.com/git-stunts/git-cas/issues/48"
 goalpost_issue: "https://github.com/git-stunts/git-cas/issues/38"
 tracker_source: "github"
-status: "active"
+status: "landed"
 base_commit: "19bcf9b0b6738f811c0c49408d5cb06e1c348bee"
 owners:
   - "@git-stunts"
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ The work is done when:
 - [x] Docs clearly distinguish unrooted plumbing, root-set anchoring, and vault
       durability.
 - [x] The unified GitHub implementation slice is opened and linked.
-- [ ] CI and local validation are green.
+- [x] CI and local validation are green.
 
 ## Validation Plan
 

docs/design/0046-gc-retention-root-sets/witness/verification.md

@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ Lint, all three examples, build metadata stamping, and the npm package dry-run
 also passed. JSR remained intentionally skipped under the documented upstream
 toolchain gate.
 
+GitHub Actions CI for implementation commit `50b0ee1` also passed lint, host
+unit tests, and the Node, Bun, and Deno Docker unit-plus-integration jobs:
+https://github.com/git-stunts/git-cas/actions/runs/29169839107
+
 ## Proof Stories
 
 | Story | Result | Evidence |

docs/design/README.md

@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ process in [docs/method/process.md](../method/process.md).
 - [0043-vault-retry-abstraction — vault-retry-abstraction](./0043-vault-retry-abstraction/vault-retry-abstraction.md)
 - [0044-casservice-decomposition-plan — casservice-decomposition-plan](./0044-casservice-decomposition-plan/casservice-decomposition-plan.md)
 - [0045-v6-1-bounded-residency — bounded-residency](./0045-v6-1-bounded-residency/bounded-residency.md)
-- [0046-gc-retention-root-sets — gc-retention-root-sets](./0046-gc-retention-root-sets/gc-retention-root-sets.md)
 
 ## Landed METHOD Cycles
 
-- none currently
+- [0046-gc-retention-root-sets — gc-retention-root-sets](./0046-gc-retention-root-sets/gc-retention-root-sets.md)
 
 ## Legacy Landed Cycle Docs
 

test/unit/docs/planning-surfaces.test.js

@@ -94,9 +94,13 @@ describe('planning surfaces', () => { // eslint-disable-line max-lines-per-funct
     expect(read('docs/method/process.md')).toContain('.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/');
   });
 
-  it('keeps the active design index in sync with numbered cycle directories', () => {
+  it('keeps the METHOD design index in sync with numbered cycle directories', () => {
     const designReadme = read('docs/design/README.md');
-    const links = markdownLinks(sectionBody(designReadme, '## Active METHOD Cycles'))
+    const indexedCycles = [
+      sectionBody(designReadme, '## Active METHOD Cycles'),
+      sectionBody(designReadme, '## Landed METHOD Cycles'),
+    ].join('\n');
+    const links = markdownLinks(indexedCycles)
       .map((link) => link.split('/')[1])
       .sort();