diff --git a/checkins/2026-10-13-merlin.md b/checkins/2026-10-13-merlin.md
index 8bae490..4199db5 100644
--- a/checkins/2026-10-13-merlin.md
+++ b/checkins/2026-10-13-merlin.md
@@ -117,8 +117,14 @@ credential — each **HTTP 200** and `cmp` byte-identical to disk:
 | file | status / bytes | sha256 |
 |---|---|---|
 | `recoveries/helm-parse-guard.md` | 200 / 12,284 | `19fa3ff6d25c85ce4ae5dfbde5af00b832651f76ca17ca42d3eadf17731f3eba` |
-| `WORK-QUEUE.md` | 200 / (post-append revision) | — |
-| `checkins/2026-10-13-merlin.md` | 200 / (this file — self-citation deferred to the committed revision, for the same reason a file cannot hash itself) | — |
+| `WORK-QUEUE.md` | 200 / 751,695 | `1c2d9a3937994d068d02c7c3d59d6df46e6e6513525b83547d71c69b3db64f99` |
+| `checkins/2026-10-13-merlin.md` | 200 / 9,599 (the committed revision `a6b1ae3`, which is what the server served at readback time and what `git cat-file -p a6b1ae3:checkins/2026-10-13-merlin.md` reproduces locally — a file cannot hash itself, so this row cites the revision it was written against, and the fill below lands as its own commit) | `36123a348755789cf2d862ccbd6f1387619f73598a5e07f891065a034a6c4d8a` |
+
+Read-back method: `python3 /root/crucible/q46/readback.py` (anonymous GET, no credential), exit 0,
+`VERDICT: ALL READBACKS IDENTICAL` — all three files **HTTP 200** over the anonymous raw path and
+byte-identical on three sides: the bytes the server served, the bytes on this host's disk, and
+`git cat-file -p a6b1ae3:<path>`. The fill block below lands as its own commit; its revision is
+readable over the same path by the same script.
 
 Re-measured after the push, from this host: the live snapshot `/root/.helm/data/snapshot.json` is
 **14,039 B / sha256 `aa842b0fd88037f83115b4a54d617f27666f4de06ef84f9a64c8fd0a5f04656d` / mtime