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srojk34 795913d3b0 fix(kanban): restrict goal_mode kanban_block to genuine external blockers
The judge gate added for kanban_complete (Issue #38367, PR #38388) only
covers one of the two exit paths out of run_kanban_goal_loop(). The loop
treats status == "blocked" as terminal identically to "done" (and any
other status outside running/ready/done/blocked also stops the loop —
see goals.py's status dispatch). A goal_mode worker that has learned
kanban_complete is gated can simply call kanban_block(reason="anything")
to escape the loop with zero judge involvement, fully defeating the
intent of #38367's fix.

This is Issue #38696, filed as the explicit follow-up by a reviewer on
PR #38388: "kanban_complete is one way out; kanban_block is another...
A worker that learns the complete path is gated can shift to calling
block to escape the loop with the same effect."

Implements the issue's "Option B" (deterministic allowlist, no extra
judge LLM call) using the kind taxonomy that already exists in
kb.VALID_BLOCK_KINDS, rather than inventing a new judge_goal() outcome
type (judge_goal only returns done/continue/wait/skipped — there's no
"is this block legitimate" verdict to hook the issue's "Option A"
pseudocode onto without expanding the judge's contract).

goal_mode tasks may only block with kind in {dependency, needs_input} —
the two kinds that represent a genuine external blocker the worker
cannot resolve itself. `capability`, `transient`, and an unset kind are
rejected with a message directing the worker to kanban_complete instead,
which the judge now gates. Non-goal_mode tasks are completely unaffected.
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