chore(miner): remove gate-verdict-poller.js as dead code

packages/gittensory-miner/lib/http-retry.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// Bounded retry-with-backoff around a single HTTP call (#4829). The miner's pollers (ci-poller, gate-verdict-
-// poller) previously let a single brief 5xx from GitHub kill the whole poll loop, because their own attempt loop
+// Bounded retry-with-backoff around a single HTTP call (#4829). The miner's pollers (ci-poller and others)
+// previously let a single brief 5xx from GitHub kill the whole poll loop, because their own attempt loop
 // only re-polls while a conclusion is genuinely "pending", never after a server error. This wraps ONE fetch so a
 // transient SERVER error (a 5xx RESPONSE) is retried a bounded number of times, DISTINCT from that pending-
 // polling, sleeping an exponential backoff between attempts and giving up after `maxAttempts`. A 2xx/3xx/4xx

packages/gittensory-miner/lib/loop-cli.js

@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@ export async function runLoop(args, options = {}) {
         if (prNumber !== null) {
           // Real CI-status observation (#5394): recorded BEFORE the disposition poll below, so a submitted
           // PR's check-run state is captured even while it's still open, not just at its eventual merge/close.
-          // gate-verdict-poller.js (#4273) was the originally preferred source for this signal but has no real
-          // caller-reachable endpoint today (see its own header) -- ci-poller.js's real GitHub check-run
-          // polling is the documented fallback for exactly this case.
+          // ci-poller.js's real GitHub check-run polling is a heuristic proxy for the gate verdict; the
+          // authoritative terminal merge/close outcome comes from pollPrDispositionFn below, sourced directly
+          // from GitHub's own PR state rather than a server-internal endpoint (#5450).
           const ciStatus = await pollCheckRunsFn(claimed.repoFullName, prNumber, {
             githubToken,
             apiBaseUrl: options.apiBaseUrl,

packages/gittensory-miner/package.json

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "expected-engine.version"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "node --check bin/gittensory-miner.js && node --check bin/gittensory-miner-mcp.js && node --check lib/ams-policy.js && node --check lib/attempt-cli.js && node --check lib/attempt-input-builder.js && node --check lib/attempt-log.js && node --check lib/attempt-runner.js && node --check lib/attempt-worktree.js && node --check lib/calibration-run.js && node --check lib/calibration-types.js && node --check lib/calibration.js && node --check lib/ci-poller.js && node --check lib/claim-adjudication.js && node --check lib/claim-conflict-resolver.js && node --check lib/claim-ledger-cli.js && node --check lib/claim-ledger-expiry.js && node --check lib/claim-ledger.js && node --check lib/cli.js && node --check lib/coding-agent-construction.js && node --check lib/coding-agent-house-rules.js && node --check lib/coding-task-spec.js && node --check lib/deny-check.js && node --check lib/deny-hook-synthesis.js && node --check lib/deny-hooks.js && node --check lib/deployment-docs-audit.js && node --check lib/discover-cli.js && node --check lib/event-ledger-cli.js && node --check lib/event-ledger.js && node --check lib/execute-local-write.js && node --check lib/feasibility-cli.js && node --check lib/gate-verdict-poller.js && node --check lib/governor-action-mode.js && node --check lib/governor-chokepoint-persisted.js && node --check lib/governor-chokepoint.js && node --check lib/governor-kill-switch.js && node --check lib/governor-ledger-cli.js && node --check lib/governor-ledger.js && node --check lib/governor-open-pr.js && node --check lib/governor-run-halt.js && node --check lib/governor-state.js && node --check lib/governor-write-rate-limit.js && node --check lib/harness-submission-trigger.js && node --check lib/laptop-init.js && node --check lib/live-issue-snapshot.js && node --check lib/local-store.js && node --check lib/loop-cli.js && node --check lib/loop-closure.js && node --check lib/loop-reentry.js && node --check lib/manage-poll.js && node --check lib/manage-status.js && node --check lib/metrics-cli.js && node --check lib/miner-goal-spec.js && node --check lib/opportunity-fanout.js && node --check lib/opportunity-ranker.js && node --check lib/orb-export.js && node --check lib/plan-store-cli.js && node --check lib/plan-store.js && node --check lib/policy-doc-cache.js && node --check lib/portfolio-dashboard.js && node --check lib/portfolio-discovery.js && node --check lib/portfolio-queue-cli.js && node --check lib/portfolio-queue-manager.js && node --check lib/portfolio-queue.js && node --check lib/portfolio-queue-expiry.js && node --check lib/pr-disposition-poller.js && node --check lib/pr-number-parse.js && node --check lib/pr-outcome.js && node --check lib/prediction-ledger.js && node --check lib/pretooluse-hook.js && node --check lib/rejection-signal.js && node --check lib/rejection-state-machine.js && node --check lib/rejection-templates.js && node --check lib/replay-objective-anchor.js && node --check lib/replay-snapshot.js && node --check lib/replay-task-generation.js && node --check lib/repo-clone.js && node --check lib/run-state-cli.js && node --check lib/run-state.js && node --check lib/self-review-context.js && node --check lib/slop-assessment.js && node --check lib/stack-detection.js && node --check lib/status.js && node --check lib/submission-freshness-check.js && node --check lib/update-check.js && node --check lib/version.js && node --check lib/worktree-allocator.js"
+    "build": "node --check bin/gittensory-miner.js && node --check bin/gittensory-miner-mcp.js && node --check lib/ams-policy.js && node --check lib/attempt-cli.js && node --check lib/attempt-input-builder.js && node --check lib/attempt-log.js && node --check lib/attempt-runner.js && node --check lib/attempt-worktree.js && node --check lib/calibration-run.js && node --check lib/calibration-types.js && node --check lib/calibration.js && node --check lib/ci-poller.js && node --check lib/claim-adjudication.js && node --check lib/claim-conflict-resolver.js && node --check lib/claim-ledger-cli.js && node --check lib/claim-ledger-expiry.js && node --check lib/claim-ledger.js && node --check lib/cli.js && node --check lib/coding-agent-construction.js && node --check lib/coding-agent-house-rules.js && node --check lib/coding-task-spec.js && node --check lib/deny-check.js && node --check lib/deny-hook-synthesis.js && node --check lib/deny-hooks.js && node --check lib/deployment-docs-audit.js && node --check lib/discover-cli.js && node --check lib/event-ledger-cli.js && node --check lib/event-ledger.js && node --check lib/execute-local-write.js && node --check lib/feasibility-cli.js && node --check lib/governor-action-mode.js && node --check lib/governor-chokepoint-persisted.js && node --check lib/governor-chokepoint.js && node --check lib/governor-kill-switch.js && node --check lib/governor-ledger-cli.js && node --check lib/governor-ledger.js && node --check lib/governor-open-pr.js && node --check lib/governor-run-halt.js && node --check lib/governor-state.js && node --check lib/governor-write-rate-limit.js && node --check lib/harness-submission-trigger.js && node --check lib/laptop-init.js && node --check lib/live-issue-snapshot.js && node --check lib/local-store.js && node --check lib/loop-cli.js && node --check lib/loop-closure.js && node --check lib/loop-reentry.js && node --check lib/manage-poll.js && node --check lib/manage-status.js && node --check lib/metrics-cli.js && node --check lib/miner-goal-spec.js && node --check lib/opportunity-fanout.js && node --check lib/opportunity-ranker.js && node --check lib/orb-export.js && node --check lib/plan-store-cli.js && node --check lib/plan-store.js && node --check lib/policy-doc-cache.js && node --check lib/portfolio-dashboard.js && node --check lib/portfolio-discovery.js && node --check lib/portfolio-queue-cli.js && node --check lib/portfolio-queue-manager.js && node --check lib/portfolio-queue.js && node --check lib/portfolio-queue-expiry.js && node --check lib/pr-disposition-poller.js && node --check lib/pr-number-parse.js && node --check lib/pr-outcome.js && node --check lib/prediction-ledger.js && node --check lib/pretooluse-hook.js && node --check lib/rejection-signal.js && node --check lib/rejection-state-machine.js && node --check lib/rejection-templates.js && node --check lib/replay-objective-anchor.js && node --check lib/replay-snapshot.js && node --check lib/replay-task-generation.js && node --check lib/repo-clone.js && node --check lib/run-state-cli.js && node --check lib/run-state.js && node --check lib/self-review-context.js && node --check lib/slop-assessment.js && node --check lib/stack-detection.js && node --check lib/status.js && node --check lib/submission-freshness-check.js && node --check lib/update-check.js && node --check lib/version.js && node --check lib/worktree-allocator.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@jsonbored/gittensory-engine": "*",