diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ docs/html/
 docs/outreach/
 docs/oss/
 docs/*.pdf
+docs/contributors/*.pdf
 docs/*.docx
 PROGRESS.md
 LOGIC-MD-STRATEGIC-PLAN.md
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+- Core: preserve `verification.on_fail` through compilation (#64, PR #71). The recovery action (`retry`/`escalate`/`skip`/`abort`/`revise`) was silently dropped at the compile boundary. Now carried as a first-class `CompiledVerification` on a singular `CompiledStep.verification`; the gate-validator return shape got its own name `QualityGateResult`. Parametrised across all five `OnFailAction` values plus the null case.
+
 ## [1.5.0] - 2026-05-15
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 474ddcb..2cddcbf 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ npm run build        # core -> cli -> mcp (sequential)
 ## File Conventions
 
 - `.planning/ROADMAP.md` is the GSD workflow tracker with phase history. Do not edit manually.
-- Root `ROADMAP.md` is the user-facing forward roadmap.
+- Root `STATUS.md` is the user-facing status snapshot (current state, recent moves, and what is next).
 - Root `CHANGELOG.md` is a rolling last-20-entries log.
 - `docs/SPEC.md` is the LOGIC.md format specification.
diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 667e19a..0000000
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Roadmap
-
-> Last updated: 2026-04-10
-
-## Now (Active)
-
-- [ ] Review and merge `feat/m4-m5-m6-merge` branch
-- [ ] Tag and publish v1.4.0 to npm
-
-## Next
-
-- [ ] CLI test suite — add vitest tests for all 9 commands (infra ready, no tests yet)
-- [ ] MCP server HTTP transport testing and documentation
-- [ ] Runtime execution engine — execute compiled workflows with real LLM calls
-- [ ] Plugin ecosystem — document how to build custom MCP tools and Claude Code commands
-
-## Later
-
-- [ ] Watch mode improvements — incremental validation, error overlay
-- [ ] LOGIC.md Language Server Protocol (LSP) for IDE support
-- [ ] Visual editor / playground for LOGIC.md authoring
-- [ ] Package registry — discover and share LOGIC.md templates
-- [ ] Multi-agent orchestration — compile LOGIC.md specs into multi-agent workflows
diff --git a/STATUS.md b/STATUS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c3e2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/STATUS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Status
+
+> Updated: 2026-05-26
+
+## Where we are
+Post-v1.5.0, working a compile-boundary fidelity audit (Ant Newman's review series): the compiler accepts authored spec fields and silently drops them from compiled output, so a runtime cannot execute from the compiled artifact alone. #64 (verification.on_fail) is fixed and merged to main (PR #71). #65 (parallel execution: execution, parallel_steps, join, join_timeout) is fixed and in review (PR #74, not merged). Sibling findings #66, #72, #73 remain open in the same class. 472 core tests passing.
+
+## Recent
+- 2026-05-26: #65 PR #74 opened. First-class `ExecutionPlan` on a singular `CompiledStep.executionPlan`; `join_timeout` carried as a duration string (matching RetryPolicy), not parsed to ms. Design doc at `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-26-execution-plan-design.md`.
+- 2026-05-26: #64 merged (PR #71). `CompiledVerification` plus `QualityGateResult` plus a singular `CompiledStep.verification`.
+- 2026-05-16: v1.5.0 shipped across all six channels (npm core/cli/mcp, VS Code 0.1.4, PyPI 0.1.1, GitHub release).
+- 2026-04-09: v1.4.0 milestone, M4+M5+M6 merge from Modular9 (9-command CLI, 16 templates, MCP 7 tools, Claude Code plugin).
+
+## Next
+- Merge #65 (PR #74) after review.
+- Triage remaining audit siblings #66, #72, #73; apply the same pattern (first-class typed field on CompiledStep, mirror the source, null absent case, parametrised canary test).
+- Wire the executor to consume `CompiledStep.verification` and `CompiledStep.executionPlan` instead of reaching into the un-compiled spec (closes the "compiled output is the execution plan" loop).
+- Update the LangGraph adapter to honour `executionPlan` fan-out and fan-in.
+- Runtime execution engine: execute compiled workflows with real LLM calls (dry-run executor landed in Phase 2; live execution still to build).
+- MCP server HTTP transport: testing and documentation.
+- Watch mode, LSP, visual editor/playground, template registry, multi-agent orchestration (longer horizon).