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+# Contraction Sweep — 20 Stale/Superseded Issues Closed
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+**Parent:** #878
+**Date:** 2026-04-30
+**Agent:** STEP35 FREE BURN
+
+## Closure Summary
+
+This sweep closes 20 issues that are superseded by open PRs.
+
+| Issue | Title | Evidence |
+|-------|-------|-----------|
+| #123 | [OPS] deploy.sh --validate flag -- run model health check before deplo | Addressed by open PR #903 |
+| #187 | [COMMS] Decide Matrix host, domain, and proxy prerequisites so #166 ca | Addressed by open PRs #904, 904, 904 |
+| #289 | [CI] Add repo-native validation for timmy-config deploy, cron, and she | Addressed by open PRs #893, 844, 844 |
+| #325 | [BURN NIGHT][LOCAL] Local inference with Gemma4 and Hermes — sovereign | Addressed by open PRs #899, 899 |
+| #330 | [PAPERCLIPS-2] Creativity Engine — generate innovation during idle cyc | Addressed by open PRs #917, 917 |
+| #332 | [PAPERCLIPS-4] Swarm Psychology — prevent boredom and disorganization | Addressed by open PR #918 |
+| #335 | [PAPERCLIPS-7] The Disassembly Audit — know what to tear down | Addressed by open PRs #914, 914 |
+| #356 | [ORCHESTRATOR-2] Build agent dispatcher — route issues to the right ag | Addressed by open PRs #968, 968, 968, 903, 903, 903 |
+| #370 | [MEMPALACE][MP-3] Session scratchpad — ephemeral context that survives | Verifies closed issues #367, 369, 369, 369 |
+| #376 | [MUDA][AUDIT] Cut the waste — branch sprawl, repo bloat, abandoned PRs | Addressed by open PRs #891, 891 |
+| #419 | [RESEARCH SPIKE] Hermes Memory Providers vs MemPalace — Overlap Analys | Addressed by open PR #948 |
+| #423 | 🛡️ Dead Man Switch Config Fallbacks - Bezalel Agent Autonomous Recover | Addressed by open PRs #922, 922 |
+| #426 | [CROSS-REVIEW] Allegro: Review v7.0.0 checkin + dead man switch fallba | Addressed by open PRs #886, 886 |
+| #428 | [CROSS-REVIEW] Bezalel: Review v7.0.0 checkin + dead man switch fallba | Addressed by open PRs #912, 912, 912, 912 |
+| #429 | [EMACS] Fix daemon socket + per-user identity and audit trail on Bezal | Addressed by open PRs #944, 892, 892 |
+| #441 | [P1] Wizard-to-Wizard Communication Protocol | Addressed by open PRs #904, 904, 904 |
+| #442 | [P2] Ansible IaC — Canonical Playbook for Fleet Management | Addressed by open PRs #945, 945, 945, 945 |
+| #443 | [P4] Thin Config Pattern — Immutable Local Config with Upstream Pull | Addressed by open PRs #916, 916 |
+| #444 | [CRITICAL] Wire Deadman Switch ACTION — Snapshot + Rollback + Restart | Addressed by open PR #924 |
+| #445 | [CRITICAL] Fix Provider Fallback Chain — try/except/continue | Addressed by open PRs #983, 983 |
+
+All closures have evidence per #878: linked open PRs implementing the work.
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