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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ kind: feature
 priority: P1
 labels: [profiles, manifest, nix, config]
 created_at: 2026-05-29T18:33:18Z
-updated_at: 2026-05-29T18:33:18Z
+updated_at: 2026-05-29T19:37:45Z
 assignee: null
 legacy_ticket: null
 ---
diff --git a/work-items/open/20260529-183318-builtin-profile-remove-manifest-cascade/thread.md b/work-items/open/20260529-183318-builtin-profile-remove-manifest-cascade/thread.md
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@@ -4,4 +4,37 @@
 
 Created by tickets.sh create.
 
+---
+
+<!-- event: review author: insomnia at: 2026-05-29T19:37:45Z status: approve -->
+
+## Review: approve
+
+Reviewed merged implementation from branch `work/builtin-profile-remove-manifest-cascade` (`625730c`, follow-up `20ac0c9`, merged as `merge: builtin profile default startup`).
+
+Approved after blocking fixes:
+
+- `insomnia-pod --overlay` is no longer accepted as a user-facing generic TOML layer; SpawnPod now uses hidden typed `--spawn-config-json` and TUI restore uses typed `--session-pod-name` / `--resume-scope-json`.
+- `insomnia-pod --pod <name>` fresh-create compatibility is explicit: absent Pod metadata resolves the default profile and applies the requested pod name as a typed override, with test coverage.
+- TUI fresh spawn no longer has `cascade_has_scope`, `CwdDefault`, or cwd write-scope injection. Scope comes from the selected profile; session restore passes only the persisted scope snapshot.
+- `resources/nix/profiles/default.nix` matches the current dogfooding manifest values and builtin profile resolution resolves `target = "."` against the launch workspace/current directory rather than the bundled profile directory.
+- Profile and one-file manifest paths share `PodManifestConfig::builtin_defaults()` plus `PodManifest::try_from(...)` validation, and docs now describe prompt-loader limitations without reviving ambient manifest discovery.
+
+Validation run in the implementation worktree:
+
+- `cargo fmt --check`
+- `cargo test -p manifest profile -- --nocapture`
+- `cargo test -p pod profile -- --nocapture`
+- `cargo test -p client spawn -- --nocapture`
+- `cargo test -p tui spawn -- --nocapture`
+- `nix eval --json --file resources/nix/profiles/default.nix >/dev/null`
+- `cargo test -p pod --bin insomnia-pod -- --nocapture`
+- `cargo test -p pod spawn_config -- --nocapture`
+- `cargo test -p manifest -p pod -p tui --lib --bins`
+- `./tickets.sh doctor`
+- `git diff --check`
+
+Known unrelated full integration failures in `cargo test -p manifest -p pod -p tui` remain in existing pod rollback integration tests and were not introduced by this ticket.
+
+
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