# Approve HPT2 contract and baseline

Status: complete
Type: campaign
Updated: 2026-08-27
Next Action: none
Campaign ID: hpt2-approve-contract-and-baseline
Campaign Number: 021
Outcome: Set the quantitative contract and reproduce the current maximum-relevant baseline.
Primary Focus Areas: qualification-release
Supporting Focus Areas: hpt-media-logging
Depends On: none
Decision: none
Detour For: none
Return To: none
Completion Gate: G1 pass criteria are satisfied with owner-approved budgets and reproducible evidence.
Completion Evidence: work/evidence/hpt2-m1-contract-and-baseline-20260827.md
Completion Date: 2026-08-27
Completion Order: 8
Disposition: completed
Roadmap: hpt2-qualification
Roadmap Revision: 2
Milestone: M1
Unlocks Gate: G1

## Request

Define the smallest sufficient HPT2 qualification matrix, approve quantitative budgets, instrument elapsed time and work, and capture the current candidate baseline without implementing speculative optimizations.

## App Server Preparation Contract

```json
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  "campaign_id": "hpt2-approve-contract-and-baseline",
  "completion_evidence": "G1 pass criteria are satisfied with owner-approved budgets and reproducible evidence.",
  "exact_resolution": "dispatch-time",
  "execution_shape": "single-bounded-camp",
  "inline_assets": "metadata-only",
  "objective": "Set the quantitative contract and reproduce the current maximum-relevant baseline.",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "source_freshness": "required",
  "verification": "orchestrator-exactly-once"
}
```

## Completion Check

G1 pass criteria are satisfied with owner-approved budgets and reproducible evidence.
