Assess release readiness

Release preparation starts only after an explicit request from an authorized current Maze Next Gen team member. Readiness reporting is not deployment authorization.

Required evidence

1. Exact release scope and every included item in ToBeReleased.
2. Environment, version, source commit, and immutable artifact identities.
3. Approved requirements, architecture, implementation, and task evidence.
4. Exact-head tests, build, CI, security, and quality results.
5. Migration, compatibility, dependency, capacity, and operational-risk assessment.
6. Previous known-good state, rollback owner, criteria, and verification steps.
7. Deployment and post-release acceptance checks with owners.
8. Separate approval for the reviewed Gondor change before deployment.

Current preparation state

No release scope exists because canonical Scope, Architecture tasks, Kanban Board, and Focus are empty. No release version, environment, or deployment is inferred from repository activity.