main is red: Governance `Check documentation` (no CONTRIBUTING) and gitleaks generic-api-key at `.machine_readable/6a2/STATE.a2ml:261` (retire the file)

[hyperpolymath]

Measured (2026-09-22, main = 9c4b72b)

• Governance run 35598951870: job governance / Code quality + docs, step Check documentation failed. No CONTRIBUTING* at the tree root (0 matches in the recursive tree). The same step fails on epistemic-types (35599078223) and absolute-zero (35597408905).
• Secret Scanner run 35598951879: job scan / gitleaks, step Gitleaks secret scan (gating) failed with RuleID generic-api-key, File .machine_readable/6a2/STATE.a2ml, Line 261. shell-secrets and rust-secrets are green. This is a found, not a failed-to-look: all 13 steps ran.
• The same two reds stand on the previous head 5f8f65c (Governance 35482984285).

Acceptance criteria

1. Governance: CONTRIBUTING.adoc exists at the root, or whatever Check documentation actually demands (read the step's own output; do not guess), and the fix commit's run is green.
2. gitleaks: the file is retired, not fingerprinted. A2ML is a dead format in this estate (owner doctrine); no .gitleaksignore entry, no inline allow. If line 261 is a live credential, rotate it first and say so here.
3. Watched-failing → green: both runs on the fix commit conclude success; gh api repos/hyperpolymath/echo-types/git/trees/main?recursive=1 --jq '.tree[].path' | grep -c 'STATE.a2ml' is 1 today, 0 after.

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