Issue 354: a decided rename was never scheduled, and a record that defers work names its issue

ADR 0244 left the code renames of the node-engine and the tool runner for later with no issue, owner or
date, and two days on the operator believed them live. Open the issue with the inventory, the risk and a
staged plan; add the rule to playbooks 02 and 04, as a dated insight on ADR 0244, and as a cycle.py check
that found the same gap in ADR 0270 (issue 355).

00-META/process/02-graduation.md

@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 2. **Record the decision.** Write a record in [`02-DECISIONS/`](../../02-DECISIONS/) taking the next free
    number. Format and rules are in [`02-DECISIONS/README.md`](../../02-DECISIONS/README.md). State evidence,
    not assertion, and record the options that were rejected — that is the half worth keeping.
+   **A record that puts work off** — a rename, a check, a case it does not handle — names the issue that
+   tracks it and the owner who will do it, in the sentence that defers it, or the deferral is not accepted:
+   a deferral nothing tracks reads as done
+   ([issue 354](../../04-ISSUES/354-a-decided-rename-was-never-scheduled-and-the-operator-believed-it-live/00-report.md),
+   ADR 0244's code renames). [`cycle.py`](../checks/cycle.py) holds every accepted record dated from
+   2026-10-09, and an older one corrected under the rule, to it.
 3. **Write the design.** Create the document under `03-DESIGN/01-to-be/` with frontmatter:
 
    ```yaml

00-META/process/04-build-handoff.md

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 ## Rules
 
 - Every merge is a human checkpoint, without exception.
+- What the handoff leaves for later is an issue with an owner, named in the design or the decision that
+  leaves it — never a sentence saying "later". The design's `code:` names who owns what is built; the issue
+  names who owns what is not. [`cycle.py`](../checks/cycle.py) checks the decision record
+  ([issue 354](../../04-ISSUES/354-a-decided-rename-was-never-scheduled-and-the-operator-believed-it-live/00-report.md)).
 - Never open a pull request unprompted. A permissions list saying it is allowed is not a
   request.
 - Work in an isolated worktree, never a shared checkout. A failed `cd` in a shared checkout