# V6 Cross-Platform Certification

Manifest: `v6-cross-platform-certification.v1`

Verifier: `pnpm run verify:v6 cross-platform-certification`

Evidence: `V6/release/cross-platform-certification-validation.json`

Required vendors: Apple, Google, Meta, Sony, Valve, and Epic.

This gate closes `V6/V6_TODOS.md` section 45 by requiring green certification
checklists for every V6 launch platform owned by Apple, Google, Meta, Sony,
Valve, and Epic. V6 reuses the V3 cross-platform certification posture, then
binds it to V6-specific BuildGraph nodes, build-size evidence, data-rights
evidence, region/residency evidence, and XR comfort evidence where applicable.

## Required Outcomes

> **Provenance caveat (added 2026-06-12, pending vendor evidence).** The
> outcomes below are the _required_ end states, and the evidence JSON
> (`cross-platform-certification-validation.json`) records them as captured —
> but vendor approvals and store publication **cannot be proven from repo
> artifacts**. No App Store / Google Play / Meta Horizon / PSN / Steam / Epic
> approval or publication can have occurred for an unreleased product, and the
> verifier (by its own admission below) does not call store APIs. Treat every
> "approved and published" row as **pending external vendor evidence**:
> structural readiness is what the repo proves; the approvals themselves are
> external real-world outcomes re-verified at submission time.

| Checklist item                         | Platform record                     | Store / portal                        | Required outcome                                 |
| -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `45.apple-ios-ipados-ue-mobile`        | `apple-ios-ipados-ue-mobile`        | Apple App Store Connect               | Green checklist, approved, and published         |
| `45.apple-visionos`                    | `apple-visionos-vision-pro`         | Apple App Store Connect visionOS      | Green checklist, approved, and published         |
| `45.apple-mac-app-store-apple-silicon` | `apple-mac-app-store-apple-silicon` | Apple App Store Connect Mac App Store | Green checklist, approved, and published         |
| `45.google-play-android-ue-mobile`     | `google-play-android-ue-mobile`     | Google Play Console                   | Green checklist, approved, and published         |
| `45.meta-horizon-quest3-questpro`      | `meta-horizon-quest3-questpro`      | Meta Horizon Store                    | Green checklist, approved, and published         |
| `45.sony-psvr2-psn`                    | `sony-psvr2-psn`                    | Sony PlayStation Partners             | Sony TRC signed off and app approved for release |
| `45.valve-steamvr-win64-openxr`        | `valve-steamvr-win64-openxr`        | Steamworks                            | Green checklist and Steam approval received      |
| `45.epic-games-store-win64`            | `epic-games-store-win64`            | Epic Developer Portal                 | Green checklist and storefront approval received |

## Fail-Closed Checks

The verifier fails closed when any platform record:

- is missing, duplicated, or mapped to the wrong checklist item;
- lacks `certChecklistStatus: "green"` or any checklist item is not `pass`;
- lacks final `approvalStatus: "approved"`;
- is unpublished where publication is required;
- is not `approved_for_release` for Sony, Valve, or Epic release-candidate
  portals;
- lacks `trcStatus: "signed_off"` when the Sony TRC requirement applies;
- drifts from the required package kind or package extension;
- omits package path, signing profile, release version, store submission ID,
  approval artifact ID, or ISO timestamps;
- references missing evidence paths;
- references BuildGraph cook/boot nodes not present in `V6/ue/Build/Build.xml`;
- references a V6 build-size platform whose CI status is not green.

The local verifier does not call private store APIs. It enforces that the
release captain has captured explicit, traceable final approval and green
checklist evidence before the V6 build can be treated as platform-certified.