Refinement terminal-state: CONTINUE
  Floor gates:   1 Major, 0 Minor
  Ceiling pass:  0 finding(s)
  Gates read:    check_cohort_arithmetic, check_editorial_impression
  qc dir:        fixture/continue
  -> Floor gates report 1 Major finding(s) (rejection-for-cause). Genuine work remains -- resolve these before treating the loop as done.
