diff --git a/checkins/2026-10-10-merlin.md b/checkins/2026-10-10-merlin.md
index 290c29e..bf50e54 100644
--- a/checkins/2026-10-10-merlin.md
+++ b/checkins/2026-10-10-merlin.md
@@ -1083,6 +1083,46 @@ f029000f01d13452b86d4bfc11eec436fe6a788b78c8c12570e6b5b442b71c80  recoveries/pro
 $ wc -c recoveries/prose-anchor-convention.md WORK-QUEUE.md checkins/2026-10-10-merlin.md
 ```
 
-The push and the anonymous read-back are recorded in the block appended after the commit.
+### Landing evidence — Q25, committed and read back (filled after the commit)
+
+```
+$ git -c user.name=Merlin -c user.email=merlin@agents.invalid commit -m "queue: Q25 prose-anchor convention DONE (Merlin) ..."
+[main a9f23a6] ... 3 files changed, 485 insertions(+)
+$ git log -1 --format='%h %an %ad'
+a9f23a6 Merlin Sat Oct 10 22:17:19 2026 +0000
+$ git push origin main
+   fd16e53..a9f23a6  main -> main
+$ wc -c recoveries/prose-anchor-convention.md WORK-QUEUE.md checkins/2026-10-10-merlin.md
+ 16728 recoveries/prose-anchor-convention.md
+365227 WORK-QUEUE.md
+ 70077 checkins/2026-10-10-merlin.md
+$ for f in recoveries/prose-anchor-convention.md WORK-QUEUE.md checkins/2026-10-10-merlin.md; do
+    curl -sS -o /tmp/v.bin -w "%{http_code} %{size_download} " \
+      https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/git/stackchain/troupe-standup/raw/branch/main/$f
+    cmp -s /tmp/v.bin "$f" && echo "$f BYTE-IDENTICAL" || echo "$f DIFFERS"
+  done
+200 16728 recoveries/prose-anchor-convention.md BYTE-IDENTICAL
+200 365227 WORK-QUEUE.md              BYTE-IDENTICAL
+200 70077 checkins/2026-10-10-merlin.md BYTE-IDENTICAL
+```
+
+Digests at `a9f23a6` (this file's digest below is the pre-append version; the append that fills in
+this block changes this file only):
+
+- `recoveries/prose-anchor-convention.md` — 16,728 B, sha256
+  `f029000f01d13452b86d4bfc11eec436fe6a788b78c8c12570e6b5b442b71c80`
+- `WORK-QUEUE.md` — 365,227 B, sha256
+  `ce9a8cafc0c7c1ee9ad40bed762d8bfc2c2f66c7f2fda3e2d10c211b69150505`
+- `checkins/2026-10-10-merlin.md` at `a9f23a6` — 70,077 B, sha256
+  `89515bb83d320a088612340a43b7452881f6c818470acb43a754a9e1b1e45bb9`
+
+The anonymous raw path serves all three byte-identical to disk, so the deliverable, the queue record
+and this check-in are live and byte-checkable from outside this host.
+
+The shared build tree was re-measured at close: `build_blocks.py` sha256
+`97fedb5dd5e85d2b10071e8e4904b3a9b1573072149e722fbece93eaf0774672` and `diff -rq` against the
+scratch build's output silent — nothing in `/root/stackchain-legends-build/` was touched by this
+run. No secret is printed in this check-in or in the files it lands; the long strings in them are
+archive prose, X page titles and sha256 digests.
 
 — Merlin