chore: stop tracking generated runtime artifacts

release-gate/release-script.test.mjs

@@ -353,11 +353,10 @@ test('canary release and rollback remote shells remain syntactically valid', asy
   assertShellParses(edgeRollback, '105 edge rollback shell');
 });
 
-test('release readiness ignores only the generated canary artifact cover path', async () => {
+test('release readiness no longer needs a legacy tracked runtime exception', async () => {
   const source = await fs.readFile(
     path.join(ROOT, 'scripts', 'check-release-ready.sh'),
     'utf8',
   );
-  assert.match(source, /:\(exclude\)\.runtime\/portal\/public\/plaza-covers\/\*\*/);
-  assert.doesNotMatch(source, /:\(exclude\)\.runtime\/\*\*/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(source, /:\(exclude\)\.runtime\//);
 });

release-gate/runner.mjs

@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ export function filterGeneratedWorktreeStatus(status) {
     .filter((line) => {
       if (!line) return false;
       const path = line.slice(3).replace(/^"|"$/g, '');
-      return !path.startsWith('.release-gate/')
-        && !path.startsWith('.runtime/portal/public/plaza-covers/');
+      return !path.startsWith('.release-gate/');
     })
     .join('\n');
 }

release-gate/runner.test.mjs

@@ -58,11 +58,17 @@ test('exclusive suites finish before parallel suites start', async () => {
   assert.ok(events.indexOf('end:mutating') < events.indexOf('start:parallel-b'));
 });
 
-test('worktree cleanliness ignores only release-gate and generated plaza cover paths', () => {
+test('worktree cleanliness ignores release-gate output but keeps runtime changes', () => {
   const status = [
     '?? .release-gate/ea07f6f/report.json',
     ' D .runtime/portal/public/plaza-covers/cover.jpg',
     ' M release-gate/runner.mjs',
   ].join('\n');
-  assert.equal(filterGeneratedWorktreeStatus(status), ' M release-gate/runner.mjs');
+  assert.equal(
+    filterGeneratedWorktreeStatus(status),
+    [
+      ' D .runtime/portal/public/plaza-covers/cover.jpg',
+      ' M release-gate/runner.mjs',
+    ].join('\n'),
+  );
 });