Customer-specific asks go through Work Ingestion and RAT build/validation - no side channels, even under deal pressure

Situation

On 10/23 two escalations from Justin hit the same rule. Toss (Viva Republica) AWS private offers, tied to a $2.4M TCV deal with a frustrated customer: Peter joined the channel to ensure the ask goes through regular Work Ingestion - in Jira, with Product visibility, balanced against other work - and aligned with Bjorn that it goes on the product priority list. OCI HPC base image being built outside the normal path: if CIQ will stand behind it, it must come through the main RAT org, which runs the consistent build and validation process; same message in #team-asia-pacific.

Reasoning

Intake only means something if it holds when a large deal and an angry customer are behind the ask; Peter held it visibly in the channel. An image CIQ stands behind carries a support and security commitment that only RAT validation backs. Peter backed Justin, whose lane both threads were in, turning his position into the org position. The Toss ticket lacked business impact; with the deal context added, normal prioritization ranks it correctly.

Additional Context

Peter confirmed the hypothesis as presented.

Observed Evidence

Peter messages in three channels within two minutes on 10/23; Bjorn: it needs to go on product priority list; Peter: Then we are aligned; Justin had pushed back on the OCI image on 10/20.

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