CODE-045: silent unnamed 16-parent cap on CPAR rows

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gritzko
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///bee#184fddf

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Context

index/index.js:1070:Mw seals a commit's parents with i < 16, silently dropping the 17th+ parent of an octopus merge. The real constraint CPAR's ord lives in a 4-bit vnib (INDEXES.mkd) is stated nowhere at the site: no named constant, no ticket, and INDEXES.mkd's CPAR entry says "one row per parent" with no cap. A dropped parent falsifies the DAG lite log walks. Found in the 2026-08-21 review.

Goals

Name the constant, document the cap where CPAR is specified, and either warn at seal time or extend past 16 the way REV-PARS rides a second row.

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