Allow group admission with compatible commitments

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -17,11 +17,23 @@ open mode gates.
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**Staged group admission with live commitments — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
+Each proposer and accepting member is checked against their own bribe and
+alliance answers; unrelated participants can still negotiate and bots decline
+blocked consent. Pending invitations preserve alliance answers. Admission is
+fenced when the older whole-turn planner could misread combined alliance and
+payment/travel answers as a pair-only state. Fourteen related files pass 82
+cases, and the joint-planner regression passes separately. Typecheck, lint and
+the production build pass. Group funding with
+member commitments, whole-turn Nexus changes, other profiles and lobby entry
+remain unfinished. [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-admission-with-live-commitments--29-october-2026).
+
 **Staged group departures and unrelated commitments — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
-Group members can leave while bribe answers remain binding; invitations stay
-blocked until those commitments resolve. Group funding remains available when
+Group members can leave while bribe answers remain binding; invitations were
+initially blocked until those commitments resolved (see the later prototype
+above). Group funding remains available when
 only nonmembers have unfinished commitments, while member commitments still
-fence it. Whole-turn Nexus changes, live-bribe admission and member-commitment
+fence it. Whole-turn Nexus changes and member-commitment
 funding remain unfinished. Twelve related files pass 123 cases, including
 real staged group actions, bribe answers, donor payments and rendered controls;
 a separate simultaneous-guide case passes. Typecheck, lint and the production
@@ -30,8 +42,8 @@ build pass. [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-departures-and-unrelated-
 **Staged group Truthtrance and larger worm decisions — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 Alliance answers and expressions now read all group members rather than the
 single-partner field; the respondent's owned leave can satisfy a No. Bribe
-questions reject every current group ally. Group admissions with live bribes and
-changes with whole-turn commitments remain fenced. Larger worm response sequences have
+questions reject every current group ally. Changes with whole-turn commitments
+remain fenced. Larger worm response sequences have
 action-level tests with explicitly staged forces. Group lobby entry and complete
 interactions remain unfinished. Eighteen related files pass 185 cases,
 including the real-action group questions, rendered guides and staged worm
@@ -45,7 +57,7 @@ cover four-member unanimous admission, three-donor funding, departure and
 rejoining, a three-stronghold win, Emperor aid, bot admission and actual table
 controls. Membership and selected faction helper cases cover up to six seats.
 Fourteen related files pass 120 cases, with an additional pair-target case;
-typecheck, lint and the production build pass. Live-bribe admissions and whole-turn commitments, other profiles,
+typecheck, lint and the production build pass. Whole-turn commitments, other profiles,
 full interactions and lobby entry remain unfinished.
 [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#unlimited-alliance-prototype--29-october-2026).
 

docs/OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md

@@ -1,21 +1,41 @@
 # Optional three-stronghold alliance victory
 
+## Group admission with live commitments — 29 October 2026
+
+**Staged Basic prototype, not a selectable game mode.** A proposer or
+accepting participant may consent only when their own unresolved bribe and
+alliance answers remain possible after admission. A positive payment answer
+can therefore prevent its respondent from joining the intended recipient;
+an alternative branch of an expression can still make admission possible.
+Negative answers and commitments belonging only to outsiders need not block
+unrelated admission. The server checks each consenting participant; the table
+shows only the current player's blocked invitations and acceptance. Bots
+decline when their own acceptance is blocked. The pending invitation can be
+declined, and alliance answers are not released merely because it temporarily
+prevents departure. Unanimous consent remains a provisional online procedure.
+
+Admission stays fenced for a participant with both an alliance answer and an
+unresolved payment or travel-family answer when the older whole-turn planner
+is present: that planner still assumes pairs. Group funding with a member's
+commitment, whole-turn Nexus changes, wider profiles and lobby entry remain
+unfinished. These focused staged cases do not certify complete group play or
+expansion combinations.
+
 ## Group departures and unrelated commitments — 29 October 2026
 
 **Staged Basic prototype, not a selectable game mode.** An alliance member
 may leave during a Nexus while ordinary bribe Truthtrance answers remain live.
 The original payment guide and answer remain binding, and existing
 reconciliation still checks the acting player's commitments. New group
-invitations and acceptance remain unavailable while any bribe commitment is
-unresolved; a pending invitation can still be declined. The table explains
-this limit and bots avoid blocked admissions.
+invitations and acceptance initially remained unavailable while any bribe
+commitment was unresolved; the later admission prototype above narrows that fence.
 
 Group bid and physical-shipment funding now ignores unfinished commitments
 belonging solely to nonmembers, because those payments do not debit outsiders.
 An unfinished supported commitment belonging to any group member still fences
 the entire funding path, including donor pledges. Whole-turn commitments still
-block group Nexus changes. Admission with live bribes and funding when a member
-has a commitment need further payment and consent preflight; broader profiles
+block group Nexus changes. Funding when a member has a commitment needs
+further payment and consent preflight; broader profiles
 and lobby entry remain unfinished.
 
 ## Group Truthtrance and larger worm decisions — 29 October 2026
@@ -27,7 +47,7 @@ their group when that owned action satisfies them; the guide does not invent
 another player's consent. Another member may leave, with the existing
 reconciliation rules releasing an answer only if it becomes impossible. Bribe
 questions reject every current group ally as a recipient. Whole-turn alliance
-leaves, group admissions with live bribes or changes with whole-turn commitments, and wider
+leaves, changes with whole-turn commitments, and wider
 combinations remain unfinished.
 
 Action-level worm tests additionally exercise three and four threatened group
@@ -230,8 +250,9 @@ The staged table renders the group controls and minimal bots can answer.
 
 Unanimity, cancellation, the pending-Nexus hold and the surviving pair are
 provisional online procedures, not publisher rulings. This scope excludes
-expansion decks/factions, Advanced, optional modules, live bribe admission or
-whole-turn commitments and pledged aid. No lobby creates the group ledger: faction ally
+expansion decks/factions, Advanced, optional modules, whole-turn commitments
+and pledged aid. Later sections above extend live-bribe admission and group
+funding in staged profiles. No lobby creates the group ledger: faction ally
 benefits, group funding and other interactions must be connected before any
 player can start the printed larger-alliance option. The later unlimited
 prototype above extends this staged groundwork.

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 # Rule decision index
 
+## Group admission with live commitments — 29 October 2026
+
+Staged Basic group admission checks each proposer's or accepting participant's
+own bribe and alliance answers against the proposed group. Consent, pending
+answer handling and its online timing remain provisional.
+[Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-admission-with-live-commitments--29-october-2026).
+
 ## Group departures and unrelated commitments — 29 October 2026
 
 Staged Basic group departure remains available with live bribe answers;
-invitations remain fenced. Funding can proceed when only an outsider has an
+invitations were initially fenced (see the later admission prototype above). Funding can proceed when only an outsider has an
 unfinished commitment, while any group member's unfinished commitment still
 blocks it. [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-departures-and-unrelated-commitments--29-october-2026).