itd-2609020625407419's press release has the comparative assembly refuse when the widening run returned fewer than two configurations; the reading chapter has it stage an empty comparative run

itd-2609020625407419's press release has the comparative assembly refuse when the widening run returned fewer than two configurations; the reading chapter has it stage an empty comparative run

A premise contradiction (severity minor) found by the cross-document consistency pass.

• End A: .abcd/development/intents/shipped/itd-2609020625407419-a-comparative-reading-receives-the.md:21 — "If the run returned fewer than two configurations, the assembly refuses and records that the position was not exercised"
• End B: .abcd/development/brief/04-surfaces/23-reading.md:80 — "the position is not exercised, and the assembly stages a run whose ingest commits that outcome as an empty comparative run naming the widening run"

The intent's press release says that with fewer than two configurations the assembly refuses and records that the position was not exercised. 23-reading says the assembly stages a run whose ingest commits that outcome as an empty comparative run naming the widening run. One describes a refusal and the other a successful staging for the same case.

Evidence: .abcd/work/reviews/2026-10-26-consistency/00-summary.md, finding 651.

Grounds

• declined: Closed in the 2026-10-27 triage (dcn-2610271112330536): the two ends do not conflict when read in full. The code comment says both halves are true, the assembly refused and staged the run whose ingest records the outcome.