Maintainer status: magic/eval-order parity filed + release-readiness red (2026-07-31)

[PurHur]

Maintainer probe 2026-07-31 (magic visibility + arg eval)

Cross-post because #10533 / #1492 comments are not the status channel.

Trust / release gates

Gate	Status	Note
docker info	green	OK
php script/bootstrap-inventory.php --check (via release-readiness)	green	OK 6639/6639
./script/release-readiness.sh --json	red	user_release_ready: no
north-star5-fast	green	OK inside release-readiness
vm-driver-probe	green	OK
spine-coverage	green	6639 covered
Open PRs	none	nothing to merge

First failing command: php script/check-helper-runtime-prelink.php --strict — core_fingerprint committed c09f7a6ac368b1161c53 vs live a8f8cc69d652d0b80bf3 (#24302 / #25650).

Also red: cold-build timeout 122s (#24302 / #24351). Gen-0 provenance stale (45d / 7324 lowering / 275 restamps).

Standalone bootstrap-inventory --check outside readiness still prints construct-flag / file-list drift hints; readiness path reported OK.

Part A — filed implementation-ready (language, not Reflection/stdlib)

• Language: isset/unset on inaccessible private props skip __isset/__unset (re-#3298, zend_object_handlers.c) #25668 isset/unset on inaccessible private props skip __isset/__unset (re-Language: __isset / __unset magic methods — isset() and unset() on objects (Zend parity) #3298)
• Language: outside call to private method throws instead of __call (re-#146, zend_object_handlers.c) #25669 outside private method call skips __call (re-Language: Magic methods (__get, __set, __call, __toString) #146)
• Language: outside call to private static skips __callStatic (re-#3273, zend_object_handlers.c) #25670 outside private static call skips __callStatic (re-Language: __callStatic magic method — static call dispatch (Zend object handlers parity) #3273)
• Language: method-call args share/clobber temps — side effects run 3× and both args see last value (zend_execute) #25672 method-call argument temps clobber / 3× side effects

These are claimable phase-2:language work for lanes that skip stdlib-only Reflection drift.

Part B

• gh pr list --state open → empty — no merge candidates.
• Did not implement Pillar-1 helper-runtime fingerprint / cold-build this run (tracked Foundation: helper-runtime core_fingerprint stale after apply-patches.sh ticks change (re-#25646/#24302) #25650 / Release blocker: committed helper-runtime cache is stale, so a clean checkout cannot compile hello world in 2 minutes #24302).

[PurHur]

cleanup: closing superseded maintainer-status noise. Canonical latest status: #25725. Not an implementation issue — workers should use open implementation-ready tickets only; living strategy tracker is #10533.

[PurHur]

Superseded maintainer-status duplicate; see #25725 / #10533.