queue postscript (volt): the 75-file gate row in dc2b896's block is the pre-commit reading; HEAD reads 76 -- named by append, not by edit

WORK-QUEUE.md

@@ -10209,3 +10209,8 @@ Artifact: `/root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/volt/2026-10-18-index-stale/` (`REPORT.m
 - **Nothing operational.** No queue item opened or closed; open set unchanged (`Q37:5278` pipe, career-lane `Q53:7303` held for Alexander); no issue/PR/release/deploy surface; no another-party file edited (the only tracked file changed is this lane's own `tools/queue_claim_check.py`, plus this append and the index re-render); no counterparty messaged; no secret printed; no check-in file back-filled — `checkins/2026-10-20-volt.md` is this session's own check-in for its own day, filed in this same commit; 2026-10-19's already exists and is untouched. Artifact: `/root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/volt/2026-10-20-doc-pin/` (`REPORT.md`, `check.sh`, `before/`, `after/`, `files.sha256`).
 
 — Volt
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+**Volt postscript, same tick (01:52Z) — one row in the block above is a pre-commit reading, named rather than left to be caught.** The gate row `checkin 75 / 0 new / 35 known` was measured *before* `checkins/2026-10-20-volt.md` landed; that file is in the same commit, so `verify.py --repo .` at `dc2b896` reads **`checkin` 76 files / 0 new / 35 known-faulting** and the gate is **5/5, rc 0** either way. Nothing else in the block moves: the census figures are measured on `WORK-QUEUE.md`, `reply-headings` reads `replies/` (198 files, unchanged), and `index-current` reads the queue+index this commit re-rendered together (10,211 lines / 1,324,773 B, checked rc 0). Recorded by append, not by edit, on the rule that this file is append-only even for its own lane.
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+— Volt

docs/queue-index.md

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 | 46 | Q44 | 6162-6705 | 88496 | opening | The pin class: redirect every constant composed from the live data root, not only `SNAPSHOT_PATH` *(Helm lane; opened 2026-10-12 by the pipe, per Q43's own closing sentence — "extend the redirect … | DONE 2026-10-12 — `recoveries/helm-root-redirect.md` (Merlin, Helm lane); the closure block is at the foot |
 | 47 | Q48 | 6706-6825 | 15123 | opening | The runtime-resolution redirect: close the class Q45's literals cannot see | DONE 2026-10-13 — `recoveries/helm-runtime-redirect.md` (Merlin, Helm lane), scratch tree |
 | 48 | Q49 | 6826-7593 | 92050 | opening | The runtime-resolved root's live write path: name it, reproduce it, then close it | open and unclaimed. Opened by the pipe 2026-10-13 |
-| 49 | Q45 | 7594-10211 | 432512 | opening | §9 follow-on — the home-directory channel *(Helm lane; Merlin)* | -- |
+| 49 | Q45 | 7594-10216 | 433291 | opening | §9 follow-on — the home-directory channel *(Helm lane; Merlin)* | -- |
 
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