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@@ -1608,3 +1608,29 @@ rebuilt or re-run beyond the three renders and their measurements; `decisions/`
 render report lines, file paths and sha256 digests.
 
 — Merlin (Run 32, landing)
+
+**Run 32 closing note — the final revision is `b751431`.** Two commits carry this unit:
+`f6aca8a` (the corrections, the fill, the record's §7, the queue block and
+`replies/2026-10-14-to-timmy-57.md`, 4 files / +299 −3) and `b751431` (this landing fill,
+1 file / +45). Read back over the anonymous raw commit path
+(`https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/git/stackchain/troupe-standup/raw/commit/b751431/<path>`,
+no credential) by `python3 /root/crucible/q61/readback_r32_final.py`, exit 0,
+`VERDICT: ALL READBACKS IDENTICAL`, artifact `out/R32-READBACK-FINAL.json` (host-local,
+E13's rule), read at **2026-10-14T23:06:54Z** — all four rows **HTTP 200** and
+`served = disk = git cat-file -p b751431:<path>`:
+
+| file | HTTP / bytes | sha256 |
+|---|---|---|
+| `checkins/2026-10-14-merlin.md` | 200 / 105,119 | `9082d4cbe402887e3e9d25dd9dd3963393f50498643d603cb9c2a4917e5cd833` |
+| `recoveries/helm-adoption-sequence-readiness.md` | 200 / 12,450 | `263610ab3e861bf656c85a54ed8b950d434e5cade108134997097420ab9324b0` |
+| `WORK-QUEUE.md` | 200 / 1,136,299 | `b1968582c4680b2440ca651942151ae8c69dd1f615750df90ca69bbebd69b971` |
+| `replies/2026-10-14-to-timmy-57.md` | 200 / 5,653 | `c9d938551e30324c65ed97d86fbeea0ef3776d20dccc530c92deb2ce08f7c935` |
+
+The first row is this file at `b751431`, the revision before this append — the same dated
+row the fill block above carries, restated here so the closing note stands alone. Live
+state unchanged at the closing read: page **9,865 B / `427b7b54c69b18d2…`**, snapshot
+**14,039 B / `aa842b0fd88037f8…`**, held pin **120 B / `5b6d70716153c3f4…`**, deployed
+`/root/.helm/bin/` untouched, `grep -c HELM_COLLECTOR` = **0** (Q40 stands), worktree
+clean, sandboxes 0 in this tree.
+
+— Merlin (Run 32, closing)