## Why `buy_block_glued_high_weak_rebound` currently acts as a hard veto with no structured "blocked now, re-confirm later" path. This is good for RC1 stability, but it also means we cannot observe delayed followthrough behavior in a controlled, testable way. Recent review suggests the correct direction is **not** to relax RC1 hard-veto defaults. The correct direction is to add a shadow-only research scaffold that can evaluate delayed reentry after explicit confirmation. ## What Changes - Add a dedicated glued followthrough confirmation module. - Add branch-gated pending lifecycle for blocked glued weak-rebound signals. - Add a shadow research branch: `alpha_first_glued_followthrough_probe`. - Keep RC1 default branch behavior unchanged. - Add regression tests: - default local baseline hashes unchanged - probe branch fixture behavior pinned - Wire shadow branch into daily signal pipeline output only. ## Capabilities ### New Capabilities - `glued-followthrough-shadow-pending`: subtype-aware pending and confirmation evaluation for blocked glued weak rebounds. - `shadow-branch-observation`: expose probe branch in daily pipeline without changing forward default governance path. ### Modified Capabilities - `dragon-strategy-compatibility-facade`: supports optional glued pending lifecycle in branch-gated mode. ## Impact - Affected code: `dragon_strategy.py`, `dragon_strategy_config.py`, `dragon_branch_configs.py`, `dragon_rule_catalog.py`, `dragon_daily_signal_pipeline.py`, new glued followthrough module, new tests. - Runtime impact: negligible. - Governance impact: none to RC1 default branch; this is shadow research only.