[External Validation] audit/audit.third_party_review - audit-owner

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External Validation Work Item

• Work item: external-work.fd47f5baca785f0c
• Domain: audit
• Category: audit.third_party_review
• Owner: audit-owner
• Priority: P0
• Occurrences: external.63238d4c0252a310, external.6ea12ea4a8ebc3b2, external.97fe5f589227934a, external.a5f07948ecd20f47

Required Credentials

• redacted audit handoff package
• signed review result
• third-party auditor access

Required Evidence

• audit findings tracked or accepted
• independent audit result attached

Operator Commands

• bash scripts/audit-handoff-dry-run.sh --bundle-json <audit-handoff-json> --bundle-markdown <audit-handoff-md> --output-dir <dry-run-dir>
• bash scripts/audit-handoff-dry-run.sh --bundle-json <bundle> --output-dir <dir>
• bash scripts/audit-handoff.sh --output-dir <audit-handoff-dir>
• bash scripts/external-validation-proof-ref-gate.sh --work-queue-json <work-queue-json> --evidence-json <proof-ref-bundle-json> --output-json <proof-ref-gate-json>

Proof Ref Template

• Pattern: evidence://external-validation/audit-third-party-review/<run-id>
• Artifact hash: sha256:<64 lowercase hex artifact digest>
• Verification command: bash scripts/external-validation-proof-ref-gate.sh --work-queue-json <work-queue-json> --evidence-json <proof-ref-bundle-json> --output-json <proof-ref-gate-json>

Blocking Items

• category_live_evidence_missing
• category_live_pending
• proof_ref_missing
• stale_owner_pending

Closure Condition

Independent reviewer signs off the redacted audit package and all open external evidence items remain listed.

Non-Claims

• This issue does not prove live validation has passed.
• Do not paste token, secret, DSN, endpoint URL, chat id, user input, report body or production logs.