diff --git a/.hive/memory/decisions.jsonl b/.hive/memory/decisions.jsonl
index 8be75ed1..af95979a 100644
--- a/.hive/memory/decisions.jsonl
+++ b/.hive/memory/decisions.jsonl
@@ -303,3 +303,5 @@
 {"ts":"2026-06-19T15:00:00Z","agent":"orchestrator","action":"pm-dispatch","dispatch":"v313","decision":"PM dispatch v313 (2026-06-19T15:00Z): sprint queue EMPTY — escalation condition triggered. Pre-flight complete: CHARTER §2/§5.1/§5.10/§5.12/§5.13, _orchestrator, decisions tail-15, anti-patterns, PM state v312 (develop HEAD 0b8da67f). 2 open PRs: #568 (release/v0.3.0, CI 49 SUCCESS + 1 SKIPPED for merge/tag awaiting finalize, registries ✅) + #763 (RFC-0121 Charter §2 amendment, DRAFT). 1 open P1 issue: #829 (mutation kill rate on main, root cause ENOTDIR tooling crash, fix in release/v0.3.0, resolves after ceremony). PR #923 (v312 PM chore) MERGED 0b8da67f. Chore v313 opened, admin-merged. Push notification sent.","rationale":"Sprint queue has been empty since ×140+ escalations. All autonomous work is done (RFCs 0112–0126 Implemented). Both open items require founder action: #568 finalize workflow_dispatch + #763 DRAFT promotion. The only path forward is founder action. Escalation count ×170→×171.","ref":"PR#568,PR#763,PR#923,Issue#829,RFC-0109,RFC-0110,RFC-0111"}
 {"ts": "2026-06-19T16:09:00Z", "agent": "orchestrator", "action": "pm-dispatch", "dispatch": "v314", "decision": "PM dispatch v314 (2026-06-19T16:09Z): sprint queue EMPTY — escalation condition triggered. Pre-flight complete. GitHub state: 3 open PRs — #568 (release/v0.3.0, CI 50/50, registries published, finalize pending x172), #763 (RFC-0121 DRAFT), #925 (this chore — CI 22/22). 1 open P1 issue: #829 (mutation kill rate, fix in release/v0.3.0). Sprint queue empty (all RFCs 0112-0126 Implemented). Opened PR #925 (chore/pm-state-v314). PushNotification sent to founder. NOTE: PR #925 was subsequently CLOSED SUPERSEDED in v315 due to a Charter 5.3 Hard Rule violation — decisions.jsonl was regenerated (303 to 48 lines via push_files with partial content, dropping v303-v313 history). v315 corrects this.", "rationale": "Sprint queue empty. Both P0 items founder-gated. Escalation x171 to x172. decisions.jsonl append-only violation surfaced by Codex P1 finding on PR #925 — pre-existing anti-pattern (push_files with partial content) struck again despite 2026-06-18 entry in anti-patterns.jsonl.", "ref": "PR#568,PR#763,PR#925,Issue#829,Charter§5.3,Charter§5.12", "artifacts": {"pr_opened": "925 (CLOSED SUPERSEDED in v315)", "escalation_count": 172, "prs_open": ["568 (release/v0.3.0, finalize pending)", "763 (RFC-0121 DRAFT)"], "hard_rule_violation": "decisions.jsonl 303 to 48 lines (push_files partial content); corrected in v315"}}
 {"ts": "2026-06-19T17:00:00Z", "agent": "orchestrator", "action": "pm-dispatch", "dispatch": "v315", "decision": "PM dispatch v315 (2026-06-19T17:00Z): (1) Pre-flight complete: CHARTER §2/§5.1/§5.10/§5.12/§5.13, _orchestrator, decisions tail-20 (v313 last, 303 lines intact), anti-patterns (append-only precedent confirmed), PM state v313 (develop HEAD cfc5ef28), v0.2 PRD. (2) Fetched origin/develop — local clone was stale; 303-line decisions.jsonl confirmed intact. (3) Inspected PR #925 diff — Codex P1 confirmed real Hard Rule violation: decisions.jsonl 303 to 48 lines (v303-v313 history deleted). (4) Replied to Codex P1+P2 on PR #925 before closing. (5) Closed PR #925 as SUPERSEDED. (6) Created chore/pm-state-v315 from clean origin/develop. (7) Appended v314 (reconstructed) + v315 entries to decisions.jsonl. (8) Appended anti-pattern entry. (9) Updated PM state v313 to v315: x173 escalation, PR #924+#925 in Recently Closed, v314+v315 archive entries. (10) Opened PR #926 (this chore). (11) PushNotification sent to founder.", "rationale": "Primary action this run: fix the Hard Rule violation from v314 (decisions.jsonl overwrite). New branch from origin/develop ensures full 303-line history is preserved; only appends. Sprint queue remains EMPTY (all RFCs 0112-0126 Implemented). Both P0 items founder-gated: #568 finalize (x173 escalations) + #763 undraft.", "ref": "PR#925,PR#568,PR#763,Issue#829,Charter§5.3,Charter§5.12", "artifacts": {"pr_closed": "925 (Hard Rule violation)", "pr_opened": "926 (this chore)", "escalation_count": 173, "codex_p1_fixed": "decisions.jsonl Hard Rule violation resolved by closing #925 and clean branch", "anti_pattern_appended": "decisions.jsonl overwrite variant", "develop_ci": "GREEN (cfc5ef28)"}}
+{"ts":"2026-06-19T17:45:00Z","agent":"orchestrator","action":"pm-dispatch","decision":"PM dispatch v316 (2026-06-19): (1) Pre-flight complete; local clone was at main/v0.2.0 — fetched origin/develop before acting. (2) PR #926 (v315 chore) MERGED `4466acba` at 17:37Z (CI ✅ 22/22, Codex 0 findings). (3) 2 open PRs: #568 (release/v0.3.0, CI 50/50 ✅, finalize pending ×174), #763 (RFC-0121 DRAFT, founder gate). 1 open P1 issue: #829 (mutation kill rate on main — ENOTDIR root cause, fix in release branch, resolves after ceremony). (4) Develop CI ✅ GREEN (HEAD `4466acba`). Sprint queue EMPTY (all RFCs 0112–0126 Implemented). (5) Created chore/pm-v316 from origin/develop; updated PM state v315→v316 (×174 escalation, PR #926 in Recently Closed, v316 archive entry); appended this decisions entry. (6) PushNotification sent to founder.","rationale":"Sprint queue empty — escalation condition met. PR #568 is CI-green (50/50 ✅), all registries published (crates.io+npm+PyPI 2026-06-14), only `finalize` workflow_dispatch remains (Charter §5.12 safety gate — founder-only). Issue #829 fix is in release branch (nightly.yml ENOTDIR fix `f14f80df`) and will auto-resolve after ceremony. No actionable autonomous work exists; routine maintenance chore + notification is correct action.","ref":"PR#568,PR#763,Issue#829,Charter§5.12","artifacts":{"pr_merged_since_last":"#926 (`4466acba`)","escalation_count":"×174","sprint_queue":"EMPTY","develop_ci":"GREEN","pm_state_version":"v316"}}
+{"ts":"2026-06-19T18:15:00Z","agent":"orchestrator","action":"pm-dispatch","dispatch":"v316","decision":"CORRECTIVE APPEND: v316 decisions entry (line 306) was missing the 'dispatch':'v316' field required for grep-based lookup. This entry adds the canonical marker. Codex P2 (PR #927) flagged the omission. Memory is append-only; in-place correction not possible — this record is authoritative for dispatch:v316 identification.","rationale":"Codex P2 finding on PR #927 line 306: missing dispatch field weakens grep-based audit handoff. Precedent: v305/v308 corrective appends for same pattern. Adding now before merge.","ref":"PR#927,Codex-P2,decisions.jsonl-line-306"}
diff --git a/docs/sprints/2026-Q2-pm-state.md b/docs/sprints/2026-Q2-pm-state.md
index 037c32ce..dadead4f 100644
--- a/docs/sprints/2026-Q2-pm-state.md
+++ b/docs/sprints/2026-Q2-pm-state.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 This file is the **live state** of the PM brain, updated every dispatch.
 For historical sprints, see `docs/sprints/` archives.
 
-**Last updated: 2026-06-19 (PM dispatch v315 — Hard Rule fix: PR #925 CLOSED SUPERSEDED (decisions.jsonl rewritten 303→48 lines in v314, dropping v303–v313 history; Codex P1 confirmed real violation); clean v315 chore opened; PR #568 escalation ×173; develop CI ✅ GREEN)**
+**Last updated: 2026-06-19 (PM dispatch v316 — PR #926 MERGED `4466acba` (v315 chore, CI ✅ GREEN); PR #568 escalation ×174; develop CI ✅ GREEN; sprint queue EMPTY)**
 
 ---
 
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ For historical sprints, see `docs/sprints/` archives.
 
 These items cannot proceed without explicit founder action.
 
-### PR #568 — ×173 Escalation (CRITICAL)
+### PR #568 — ×174 Escalation (CRITICAL)
 
 - **Status**: OPEN — awaiting founder `finalize` workflow_dispatch or explicit "close as won't fix"
-- **Escalation count**: ×173 (escalated in v315)
+- **Escalation count**: ×174 (escalated in v316)
 - **What it is**: release/v0.3.0 — Node/Python SDKs (RFC-0111) + RFC-0103/0094. Registries published (crates.io + npm + PyPI ✅) since 2026-06-05/2026-06-14.
-- **Release branch HEAD**: `f14f80df` (nightly.yml fix from PR #861). **CI CONFIRMED 50/50 ✅ as of 2026-06-14T21:19Z** — re-verified in v291 dispatch.
-- **Ceremony path — ALL PREREQUISITES CONFIRMED MET (v291 correction)**: v291 directly queried PR #568 check runs and confirmed: `publish to crates.io` ✅ SUCCESS, `publish to npm` ✅ SUCCESS, **`publish to PyPI` ✅ SUCCESS** (2026-06-14T21:19:36Z). The `merge to main, tag, GitHub Release` job is **SKIPPED** (awaiting finalize). **NO remaining prerequisites** — the stale "PyPI Trusted Publisher" prerequisite mentioned in v268–v290 has been satisfied (PyPI was published 2026-06-14). Founder needs only to **trigger `finalize` workflow_dispatch on release/v0.3.0**.
-- **⚠️ MILESTONE**: ×173 escalations over 15 days (since 2026-06-04). Hive has no autonomous path forward on ceremony. Sprint queue is empty (all RFCs 0112–0126 Implemented). **Founder action is the only remaining v0.3.0 release ceremony unblock — one step: trigger `finalize` workflow_dispatch on branch `release/v0.3.0`.** (PR #763 RFC-0121 Charter amendment is separately founder-gated and independent of the ceremony.)
+- **Release branch HEAD**: `f14f80df` (nightly.yml fix from PR #861). **CI CONFIRMED 50/50 ✅ as of 2026-06-14T21:19Z** — re-verified in v316 dispatch.
+- **Ceremony path — ALL PREREQUISITES CONFIRMED MET**: `publish to crates.io` ✅ SUCCESS, `publish to npm` ✅ SUCCESS, **`publish to PyPI` ✅ SUCCESS** (2026-06-14T21:19:36Z). The `merge to main, tag, GitHub Release` job is **SKIPPED** (awaiting finalize). **NO remaining prerequisites.** Founder needs only to **trigger `finalize` workflow_dispatch on release/v0.3.0**.
+- **⚠️ MILESTONE**: ×174 escalations over 15 days (since 2026-06-04). Hive has no autonomous path forward on ceremony. Sprint queue is empty (all RFCs 0112–0126 Implemented). **Founder action is the only remaining v0.3.0 release ceremony unblock — one step: trigger `finalize` workflow_dispatch on branch `release/v0.3.0`.** (PR #763 RFC-0121 Charter amendment is separately founder-gated and independent of the ceremony.)
 
 ### PR #763 — RFC-0121 DRAFT
 
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ These items cannot proceed without explicit founder action.
 
 ## Recently Closed / Merged
 
+### PR #926 — MERGED `4466acba` (v315 PM state chore → develop)
+
+- **Merged at**: 2026-06-19 (v316)
+- **What it was**: PM dispatch v315 state chore — PR #925 CLOSED SUPERSEDED (Codex P1 Hard Rule violation: decisions.jsonl overwritten 303→48 lines in v314); clean v315 chore opened from correct develop HEAD; PR #568 escalation ×171→×173; decisions.jsonl v314+v315 entries appended (303→305 lines); anti-pattern recorded. CI ✅ GREEN (22/22). Codex: 0 review threads (👍 reaction — no findings).
+
 ### PR #925 — CLOSED SUPERSEDED (v314 PM state chore → Hard Rule violation)
 
 - **Closed at**: 2026-06-19 (v315)
@@ -359,6 +364,35 @@ All dispatches from v129 onward are archived below. Earlier dispatches (v1–v12
 
 ---
 
+### 2026-06-19 PM dispatch v316
+
+**PR #926 MERGED `4466acba` (v315 chore, CI ✅). PR #568 escalation ×173→×174. Develop CI ✅ GREEN. Sprint queue EMPTY.**
+
+**Pre-flight:** CHARTER.md §2/§5.1/§5.10/§5.12/§5.13, _orchestrator.md, decisions.jsonl tail-20 (local clone was at main/v0.2.0 — fetched origin/develop first; post-fetch tail confirmed v315 pm-dispatch entry `2026-06-19T17:00:00Z` as last record, 305 lines intact), anti-patterns (CI cascade, decisions.jsonl overwrite patterns reviewed), PM state v315 (develop HEAD `4466acba`), v0.2 PRD.
+
+**Assessment:**
+- 2 open PRs: #568 (release/v0.3.0, CI 50/50 ✅, finalize pending ×173→×174), #763 (RFC-0121 DRAFT, founder gate)
+- 1 open P1 issue: #829 (mutation kill rate <70% on main; root cause ENOTDIR CI tooling crash, not real kill-rate failure; fix in release/v0.3.0 at `f14f80df`; resolves after ceremony)
+- Develop CI: ✅ GREEN (HEAD `4466acba`, v315 chore merged at 17:37Z today)
+- Sprint queue: EMPTY (all RFCs 0112–0126 Implemented or governance-Draft — RFC-0112/0121/0123 remain Draft pending founder/governance action; no engineering work actionable)
+- PR #568 CI re-verified: 50/50 ✅ (crates.io ✅, npm ✅, PyPI ✅ — all published 2026-06-14; `merge to main` SKIPPED awaiting finalize)
+- Codex on #568: 1 review thread (P1, RESOLVED/OUTDATED) + 0 open threads — safe to merge
+
+**Actions:**
+1. Pre-flight complete ✅
+2. Fetched origin/develop; checked out `chore/pm-v316` ✅
+3. Re-verified PR #568: 50/50 CI ✅, Codex P1 resolved/outdated ✅, all registries published ✅
+4. Confirmed issue #829 fix is in release branch (ENOTDIR root cause, nightly.yml fix `f14f80df`) ✅
+5. Updated PM state v315→v316: ×174 escalation, PR #926 in Recently Closed, v316 archive entry ✅
+6. Appended v316 entry to decisions.jsonl ✅
+7. Opened this PR + PushNotification sent to founder ✅
+
+**Escalations to founder:**
+- **(1) PR #568**: Trigger `finalize` workflow_dispatch on `release/v0.3.0` → completes v0.3.0 ceremony (merge main + tag + GH Release + back-merge). ×174 escalations over 15 days. **One step.** All registries already published 2026-06-14. CI 50/50 ✅.
+- **(2) PR #763**: Mark DRAFT → "Ready for Review" to unblock RFC-0121 Charter §2 amendment review. Independent of ceremony.
+
+---
+
 ### 2026-06-19 PM dispatch v315
 
 **PR #925 CLOSED SUPERSEDED (Codex P1 Hard Rule violation: decisions.jsonl 303→48 lines in v314, dropping v303–v313 history). Clean v315 chore opened (this PR). PR #568 escalation ×171→×173. Develop CI ✅ GREEN.**