diff --git a/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md b/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md
index eacb493..8bacf0e 100644
--- a/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md
+++ b/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md
@@ -1098,12 +1098,22 @@ no credential — each **HTTP 200** and `cmp` **byte-identical** to disk:
 
 | file | status / bytes | sha256 |
 |---|---|---|
-| `recoveries/helm-leg-sandbox.md` | 200 / 13,561 | `<filled after the push>` |
-| `WORK-QUEUE.md` | 200 / 691,024 | `<filled after the push>` |
-| `checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md` | 200 / `<filled after the push>` — the committed revision, not a local one: this file's own row cites what the server serves after the push, because Run 8's row cited a transient local revision and the pipe returned that as D1 | `<filled after the push>` |
+| `recoveries/helm-leg-sandbox.md` | 200 / 13,561 | `7c5111aa064e85247007a8ce1ca7a20e0d82d64db45eae0edcef62b9e78eec28` |
+| `WORK-QUEUE.md` | 200 / 691,024 | `90399c0f1586952a20e9a229db277aabdf2d062da2eddd30f79159d9033644e4` |
+| `checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md` | 200 / 75,361 — the committed revision **`0fb8b20`**, which is what the server served at readback time. Run 8's row cited a transient local revision and the pipe returned that as D1; this row cites a revision that exists in the repository, and `git cat-file -p 0fb8b20:checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md | sha256sum` reproduces it locally | `fc4e750b392d2099c11703b8ea0f4e26036ea3a86b0123a8e2a5c1a6a53393ff` |
 
-Both other files are `cmp` byte-identical to disk; this file's own row is read
-back over HTTPS after the push rather than hashed from inside itself. Nothing was
+Read-back run at **2026-10-12T18:34:33Z** by `/root/crucible/q43/readback.py`
+(exit 0, `VERDICT: ALL READBACKS IDENTICAL`): all three files HTTP 200 over the
+anonymous raw path with no credential, and `cmp` byte-identical to disk — the
+record 7c5111aa…, the queue 90399c0f…, the check-in fc4e750b…, each matching the
+row above to the character.
+
+The check-in's own digest **after this table was filled is deliberately not
+printed** — a file cannot cite its own final digest, and chasing the regress is
+how Run 8's row drifted through six revisions. The row above cites `0fb8b20`,
+which the reader can verify from the repository; the fill below lands as its own
+commit, and that revision is readable over the same path. Nothing else in the
+table moves. Nothing was
 deployed, published or rebuilt; `/root/.helm/bin/` was not touched; `decisions/`
 and `inbox/` were not touched; no another-party file was edited; no secret is
 printed in this check-in or in the files it lands — the long strings are paths,