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$ cd <host-path> && git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null; ls -la; cat README* 2>/dev/null | head -200
exit: 0
he loader would refuse this* — what fails at boot.
- *Once in force, these rules will…* — how a rule that loads fine will behave at decision
  time, each entry naming the reason code the engine will actually record (`cost_unknown`
  for a euro cap with no `cost_param`, `bounds` for `strict_params`, `effect_floor` for an
  effect no policy declares).

They are never merged. A euro cap without a `cost_param` **loads**; it denies at decision
time. Showing that as a boot refusal would tell you the engine refuses something it
accepts.

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