fix: read autonomy status during active verification cycles

[tom-sapletta-com]

Operator status failed with “another autonomy cycle owns the state” whenever the scheduled verification cycle was running. Read the last committed SQLite snapshot through a read-only connection while retaining the exclusive execution lock, configuration checks and path guards. Status no longer initializes persistent state and reports corrupt databases through the controlled CLI error path.

Validation: all four added regressions failed before the fix; all 34 autonomy tests and the native governance gate pass afterward. Deployment readback follows independent exact-head review and merge.

Ticket: ticket-009; Planfile: STARTER-021. Automatic coding admission remains separately blocked in STARTER-020.

[ifuri-validator-agent]

Validator approval after policy checks for exact head ae0844afd8e7dbf27482d32acb27ff41b7147489.

Ticket: ticket-009
Correlation ID: curllm009-status-readback-20261006
Model: openai/cursor-auto
Reviewed diff chunks: 1
Advisory LLM verdict: APPROVE
Advisory summary: Reviewed all 1 diff chunk(s). The pull request correctly implements a read-only SQLite connection for operator status queries, resolving lock contention with active verification cycles. The approach properly avoids state initialization during reads, maintains configuration guards, and safely handles missing or corrupt databases.
Advisory findings: none
The LLM output above is advisory and was not used as the approval trust root.
Semantic review prerequisite: not_required; policy 676cb4516bbfed2a000e40b9b1b6e4a430ecc761ec546aeb53d721a1905cfdd7.

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Change digest: aac96413fc15ef314385e17a62fcb368089bc6c0dd1ffeb7c1956817280d2709
Score: 52/100 (M), estimated 53 min, split recommended: true
Affected services/components: repository-wide/unclassified

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Merge will be attempted after this approval when explicitly authorized. ## Decision record (recomputable)

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