Artifact: Change-Request Decision — Google Pay Addition

Aurora Checkout Redesign -- change-request decision -- exercises co-11, co-01.

• Decision: Defer. Google Pay is not added to the current Aurora scope.
• What is absorbed: nothing is added now; Google Pay becomes a committed Q1 fast-follow item, tracked and scheduled immediately after launch, so it is communicated to stakeholders as "coming next," not "dropped."
• Why not accept-and-trade: accepting it into current scope would require either the fixed November 15 date to move, an already-committed provider (Stripe, PayPal, or Apple Pay) to be cut, or budget beyond what Finance itself approved for the contractor expansion -- none of which the request itself asked for.

Sign-off: Aurora PM, Finance liaison.