clawX/harness/specs/rules/gateway-readiness-policy.md

id, title, type, appliesTo, requiredTests

id	title	type	appliesTo	requiredTests
gateway-readiness-policy	Gateway Readiness Policy	ai-coding-rule	gateway-backend-communication	tests/unit/gateway-events.test.ts tests/unit/gateway-ready-fallback.test.ts

Gateway status handling must preserve gatewayReady semantics.

gatewayReady: false means runtime-dependent refreshes should wait. gatewayReady: true means the Gateway reported readiness. gatewayReady: undefined is backward-compatible with older Gateway versions and must be treated as ready when the Gateway state is running.

Gateway manager fallback may mark readiness true after its timeout, but it must not emit duplicate ready transitions.