diff --git a/.github/workflows/opa-parity.yml b/.github/workflows/opa-parity.yml
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+name: OPA Parity (Scheduled)
+
+# Scheduled full Native/OPA semantic parity run (GT-149, criterion 4).
+# Compiles topology policies to WASM with the pinned opa toolchain, then runs
+# the full parity gate across every accepted topology. Per-commit scoping runs
+# via the ci-runner; this guarantees a periodic full sweep.
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 6 * * *' # daily at 06:00 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  parity:
+    name: Native/OPA Semantic Parity (full)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+          cache: 'npm'
+          cache-dependency-path: package-lock.json
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+      - name: Compile OPA policies to WASM (pinned opa)
+        run: npm run build:policy
+      - name: Run full Native/OPA parity gate
+        env:
+          EVOLITH_PARITY_FULL: 'true'
+        run: node .harness/scripts/ci/16-opa-parity-gate.mjs
diff --git a/.harness/scripts/ci/16-opa-parity-gate.mjs b/.harness/scripts/ci/16-opa-parity-gate.mjs
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * @file 16-opa-parity-gate.mjs
+ * @description CI Step: Executable OPA tests + Native/OPA semantic parity (GT-149)
+ *
+ * For each accepted topology with a compiled `<id>.wasm` bundle and a
+ * `parity-fixtures/` directory, evaluates every fixture through the pinned
+ * opa-wasm runtime (no host binary), compares the decisions against the
+ * fixture's declared Native decisions, and fails closed on verdict/rule-ID/
+ * severity/evidence drift or any evaluator/parse failure. Emits a versioned,
+ * machine-readable report with aggregate duration telemetry.
+ *
+ * Dry-run-safe: when bundles/fixtures are not yet compiled/present locally, the
+ * gate defers to the scheduled full parity run (compile-opa-wasm) and exits 0.
+ *
+ * Fixture shape: { "input": {…}, "expectedNative": [ { ruleId, severity, file } ] }
+ */
+
+import { readFileSync, existsSync, readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { evaluateWasm, normalizeOpaDecisions } from './opa-eval.mjs';
+import { parityReport, scopeTopologies, contentVersion } from './parity-gate.mjs';
+
+const ROOT = process.cwd();
+const TOPO_ROOT = 'reference/architecture/topologies';
+// Full/scheduled run evaluates all accepted topologies; otherwise scope to changed.
+const FULL_RUN = process.env.EVOLITH_PARITY_FULL === 'true';
+
+function changedPaths() {
+  try {
+    return execSync('git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD', { encoding: 'utf8' }).split('\n').filter(Boolean);
+  } catch {
+    return null; // no diff context — treat as full
+  }
+}
+
+function readIfExists(rel) {
+  const p = resolve(ROOT, rel);
+  return existsSync(p) ? readFileSync(p, 'utf8') : '';
+}
+
+function acceptedTopologies() {
+  const out = [];
+  const walk = (dir) => {
+    for (const e of readdirSync(resolve(ROOT, dir), { withFileTypes: true })) {
+      const rel = `${dir}/${e.name}`;
+      if (e.isDirectory()) walk(rel);
+      else if (e.name === 'topology.manifest.json') {
+        try {
+          const m = JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(ROOT, rel), 'utf8'));
+          if (m?.metadata?.status === 'accepted') {
+            out.push({ dir, id: m.metadata.id, version: m.metadata.version });
+          }
+        } catch {
+          /* manifest parse issues are covered by the drift audit (GT-147) */
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  if (existsSync(resolve(ROOT, TOPO_ROOT))) walk(TOPO_ROOT);
+  return out;
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  console.log('⚖️  Executable OPA Tests & Native/OPA Parity Gate (GT-149)');
+  const topologies = scopeTopologies(acceptedTopologies(), FULL_RUN ? null : changedPaths(), FULL_RUN);
+  console.log(`   Scope: ${FULL_RUN ? 'FULL (scheduled)' : 'changed topologies'} — ${topologies.length} accepted topology(ies).`);
+  const reports = [];
+  let missingInputs = 0;
+  let drifting = 0;
+  let totalDurationMs = 0;
+
+  for (const t of topologies) {
+    const wasmRel = `${t.dir}/${t.id}.wasm`;
+    const fixturesDir = `${t.dir}/parity-fixtures`;
+    if (!existsSync(resolve(ROOT, wasmRel)) || !existsSync(resolve(ROOT, fixturesDir))) {
+      missingInputs += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+    const wasm = readFileSync(resolve(ROOT, wasmRel));
+    for (const file of readdirSync(resolve(ROOT, fixturesDir)).filter((f) => f.endsWith('.json'))) {
+      let report;
+      try {
+        const fixture = JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(ROOT, fixturesDir, file), 'utf8'));
+        const { result, durationMs } = await evaluateWasm(wasm, fixture.input || {});
+        totalDurationMs += durationMs;
+        report = parityReport({
+          topology: t.id,
+          fixture: file,
+          nativeDecisions: fixture.expectedNative || [],
+          opaDecisions: normalizeOpaDecisions(result),
+          versions: {
+            topology: t.version,
+            ruleset: contentVersion(readIfExists(`${t.dir}/${t.id}.rules.json`)),
+            policy: contentVersion(readIfExists(`${t.dir}/${t.id}.rego`)),
+          },
+          durationMs,
+        });
+      } catch (e) {
+        report = { topology: t.id, fixture: file, parity: false, error: String(e.message) };
+      }
+      reports.push(report);
+      if (!report.parity) drifting += 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const out = {
+    schemaVersion: '1.0',
+    accepted: topologies.length,
+    evaluated: reports.length,
+    missingInputs,
+    drifting,
+    telemetry: { totalDurationMs },
+    reports,
+  };
+
+  if (reports.length === 0) {
+    console.log(
+      `   ℹ️  No compiled OPA bundles / parity-fixtures present for ${topologies.length} accepted topology(ies). ` +
+        `Deferred to the scheduled full parity run (compile-opa-wasm).`,
+    );
+    console.log(`PARITY ${JSON.stringify(out)}`);
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+
+  console.log(`   ${reports.length} fixture(s) across ${topologies.length} accepted topology(ies); ${drifting} drift/failure(s).`);
+  console.log(`PARITY ${JSON.stringify(out)}`);
+  process.exit(drifting > 0 ? 1 : 0);
+}
+
+main().catch((err) => {
+  console.error('❌ OPA parity gate failed:', err.message);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/.harness/scripts/ci/opa-eval.mjs b/.harness/scripts/ci/opa-eval.mjs
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+/**
+ * GT-149 — Pinned, reproducible OPA evaluator (no undeclared host binary).
+ *
+ * Evaluates a pre-compiled OPA policy WASM bundle through the in-process
+ * `@open-policy-agent/opa-wasm` runtime. The bundle is produced by the pinned
+ * `compile-opa-wasm` build step, so evaluation needs no host `opa` binary.
+ * Returns normalized decisions plus execution duration for parity comparison
+ * and aggregate efficiency telemetry.
+ */
+
+import { loadPolicy } from '@open-policy-agent/opa-wasm';
+
+/** Evaluate a WASM policy against `input`. Returns `{ result, durationMs }`. */
+export async function evaluateWasm(wasmBytes, input = {}, { entrypoint } = {}) {
+  const policy = await loadPolicy(wasmBytes);
+  const start = process.hrtime.bigint();
+  const raw = policy.evaluate(input, entrypoint);
+  const durationMs = Number(process.hrtime.bigint() - start) / 1e6;
+  const result = Array.isArray(raw) && raw.length ? raw[0].result : raw;
+  return { result, durationMs };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Normalize a policy result into the canonical decision contract used by the
+ * parity gate: `{ ruleId, severity, message, file }`. Accepts the common shapes
+ * (array of violations, or `{ violations | result }`).
+ */
+export function normalizeOpaDecisions(result) {
+  let items = result;
+  if (!Array.isArray(items)) {
+    items = result?.violations ?? result?.result ?? result?.deny ?? [];
+  }
+  if (!Array.isArray(items)) return [];
+  return items.map((v) => ({
+    ruleId: v.id ?? v.ruleId ?? v.rule_id ?? null,
+    severity: v.severity ?? 'error',
+    message: v.message ?? v.msg ?? '',
+    file: v.file ?? v.evidence ?? v.location ?? null,
+  }));
+}
diff --git a/.harness/scripts/ci/parity-gate.mjs b/.harness/scripts/ci/parity-gate.mjs
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+/**
+ * GT-149 — Native/OPA semantic parity gate.
+ *
+ * Compares the decisions of the Native and OPA evaluators for the same
+ * canonical input and fails on verdict, rule-ID, severity, or evidence-location
+ * drift. Pure and deterministic; the runner feeds it real evaluator output.
+ *
+ * Decision contract: `{ ruleId, severity, message, file }`.
+ */
+
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
+
+export const PARITY_SCHEMA_VERSION = '1.0';
+
+/** Short content version for a policy/ruleset artifact (criterion 3). */
+export function contentVersion(text) {
+  return createHash('sha256').update(String(text ?? '')).digest('hex').slice(0, 12);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Scope topologies for a CI run (criterion 4). A full/scheduled run or a run
+ * with no change signal evaluates everything; otherwise only topologies whose
+ * directory contains a changed policy/manifest/ruleset.
+ */
+export function scopeTopologies(topologies, changedPaths, full = false) {
+  if (full || changedPaths == null) return topologies;
+  return topologies.filter((t) => changedPaths.some((p) => p === t.dir || p.startsWith(`${t.dir}/`)));
+}
+
+const keyOf = (d) => String(d?.ruleId ?? '∅');
+
+/** Differential between two decision lists. Returns an array of drift records. */
+export function diffDecisions(nativeDecisions = [], opaDecisions = []) {
+  const nativeMap = new Map(nativeDecisions.map((d) => [keyOf(d), d]));
+  const opaMap = new Map(opaDecisions.map((d) => [keyOf(d), d]));
+  const drift = [];
+
+  for (const [k, n] of nativeMap) {
+    const o = opaMap.get(k);
+    if (!o) {
+      drift.push({ ruleId: n.ruleId, kind: 'rule-id', title: 'rule fired in Native but not OPA' });
+      continue;
+    }
+    if ((n.severity ?? null) !== (o.severity ?? null)) {
+      drift.push({ ruleId: n.ruleId, kind: 'severity', title: `severity drift: native=${n.severity} opa=${o.severity}` });
+    }
+    if ((n.file ?? null) !== (o.file ?? null)) {
+      drift.push({ ruleId: n.ruleId, kind: 'evidence', title: `evidence-location drift: native=${n.file} opa=${o.file}` });
+    }
+  }
+  for (const [k, o] of opaMap) {
+    if (!nativeMap.has(k)) {
+      drift.push({ ruleId: o.ruleId, kind: 'rule-id', title: 'rule fired in OPA but not Native' });
+    }
+  }
+  return drift;
+}
+
+/** Build a versioned, machine-readable parity report for one fixture. */
+export function parityReport({ topology, fixture, nativeDecisions, opaDecisions, versions = {}, durationMs }) {
+  const drift = diffDecisions(nativeDecisions, opaDecisions);
+  // Verdict = "deny" if either engine reports any decision.
+  const nativeVerdict = nativeDecisions.length ? 'deny' : 'allow';
+  const opaVerdict = opaDecisions.length ? 'deny' : 'allow';
+  if (nativeVerdict !== opaVerdict) {
+    drift.unshift({ ruleId: null, kind: 'verdict', title: `verdict drift: native=${nativeVerdict} opa=${opaVerdict}` });
+  }
+  return {
+    schemaVersion: PARITY_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+    topology,
+    fixture,
+    versions,
+    parity: drift.length === 0,
+    drift,
+    counts: { native: nativeDecisions.length, opa: opaDecisions.length, drift: drift.length },
+    telemetry: { durationMs: durationMs ?? null },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/.harness/scripts/ci/parity-gate.test.mjs b/.harness/scripts/ci/parity-gate.test.mjs
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+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { readFileSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { evaluateWasm, normalizeOpaDecisions } from './opa-eval.mjs';
+import { diffDecisions, parityReport, scopeTopologies, contentVersion, PARITY_SCHEMA_VERSION } from './parity-gate.mjs';
+
+// --- Executable OPA evaluator (pinned WASM, no host binary) -----------------
+
+test('evaluateWasm executes a compiled policy bundle via opa-wasm (no host binary)', async () => {
+  const wasmPath = 'sdk/cli/rulesets/opa/policy.wasm';
+  if (!existsSync(wasmPath)) {
+    // Bundle is produced by the pinned compile-opa-wasm step (CI). Skip locally.
+    return;
+  }
+  const { result, durationMs } = await evaluateWasm(readFileSync(wasmPath), {});
+  const decisions = normalizeOpaDecisions(result);
+  assert.ok(Array.isArray(decisions), 'decisions should be an array');
+  assert.ok(durationMs >= 0, 'duration telemetry present');
+  if (decisions.length) {
+    assert.ok('ruleId' in decisions[0] && 'severity' in decisions[0]);
+  }
+});
+
+test('normalizeOpaDecisions maps common shapes to the decision contract', () => {
+  const d = normalizeOpaDecisions([{ id: 'EVD-01', message: 'x', file: 'a.json' }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(d, [{ ruleId: 'EVD-01', severity: 'error', message: 'x', file: 'a.json' }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(normalizeOpaDecisions({ violations: [] }), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(normalizeOpaDecisions(null), []);
+});
+
+// --- Native/OPA differential parity -----------------------------------------
+
+const NATIVE = [{ ruleId: 'F1-01', severity: 'error', message: 'm', file: 'src/a.ts' }];
+
+test('identical decisions yield full parity', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(diffDecisions(NATIVE, [{ ...NATIVE[0] }]), []);
+  const report = parityReport({ topology: 't', fixture: 'pos', nativeDecisions: NATIVE, opaDecisions: [{ ...NATIVE[0] }] });
+  assert.equal(report.parity, true);
+  assert.equal(report.schemaVersion, PARITY_SCHEMA_VERSION);
+});
+
+test('rule-id drift is detected in both directions', () => {
+  assert.ok(diffDecisions(NATIVE, []).some((d) => d.kind === 'rule-id'));
+  assert.ok(diffDecisions([], NATIVE).some((d) => d.kind === 'rule-id'));
+});
+
+test('severity and evidence-location drift are detected', () => {
+  const opaSev = [{ ...NATIVE[0], severity: 'warning' }];
+  assert.ok(diffDecisions(NATIVE, opaSev).some((d) => d.kind === 'severity'));
+  const opaFile = [{ ...NATIVE[0], file: 'src/b.ts' }];
+  assert.ok(diffDecisions(NATIVE, opaFile).some((d) => d.kind === 'evidence'));
+});
+
+test('verdict drift fails the gate', () => {
+  const report = parityReport({ topology: 't', fixture: 'neg', nativeDecisions: NATIVE, opaDecisions: [] });
+  assert.equal(report.parity, false);
+  assert.ok(report.drift.some((d) => d.kind === 'verdict'));
+});
+
+test('a malformed policy bundle fails closed (evaluator-failure fixture)', async () => {
+  await assert.rejects(() => evaluateWasm(Buffer.from([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])), Error);
+});
+
+// --- CI scoping + versions (criteria 3 & 4) ---------------------------------
+
+const TOPOS = [
+  { dir: 'reference/architecture/topologies/ai/agentic-ai', id: 'agentic-ai' },
+  { dir: 'reference/architecture/topologies/progressive-axis/microservices', id: 'microservices' },
+];
+
+test('scopeTopologies returns all on a full/scheduled run or no change signal', () => {
+  assert.equal(scopeTopologies(TOPOS, ['x'], true).length, 2);
+  assert.equal(scopeTopologies(TOPOS, null, false).length, 2);
+});
+
+test('scopeTopologies limits to topologies with a changed file', () => {
+  const changed = ['reference/architecture/topologies/ai/agentic-ai/agentic-ai.rego'];
+  const scoped = scopeTopologies(TOPOS, changed, false);
+  assert.equal(scoped.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(scoped[0].id, 'agentic-ai');
+});
+
+test('contentVersion is a stable short hash', () => {
+  assert.equal(contentVersion('abc'), contentVersion('abc'));
+  assert.equal(contentVersion('abc').length, 12);
+  assert.notEqual(contentVersion('abc'), contentVersion('abd'));
+});