B6 built the project registry by importing src.projects locally (host-path hack
+ importlib.reload), so it evaluated ORCH_PROJECTS_JSON from the launcher's
process-env. On the deployer's canonical host run that var is unset → built-in
default (ET+ORCH) → false FAIL even when staging isolation is healthy.
- Add read-only additive endpoint GET /projects (src/main.py) returning
known_plane_project_ids + {plane_project_id, repo, work_item_prefix, name}
of the live process; no secrets. Existing routes unchanged.
- Rewrite B6 to fetch GET {base}/projects via the same stdlib _get helper as
A/B4/B5/C; drop the host-path hack and importlib.reload (launch-invariant).
- Isolate the verdict in pure _evaluate_b6(known) -> (passed, detail); contract
unchanged (PASS iff SANDBOX in known and prod ET/ORCH absent). Endpoint
degradation (non-200 / missing key / bad body / network) → deterministic FAIL.
- src/projects.py and .env* untouched.
Docs (golden source): API table + staging-gate B6 mechanic in
docs/architecture/README.md; B6 description + isolation row in
docs/operations/STAGING_CHECK.md; CHANGELOG entry.
Tests: tests/test_staging_check_b6.py (TC-01..TC-07), tests/test_projects_endpoint.py.
Refs: ORCH-048
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>