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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""CHECK (verdict) for the committed sol-profile-health artifact.
+
+Re-derives the profile classification straight from /root/.hermes/profiles and
+compares it against the copied artifact in this directory.  Exit 0 = artifact
+matches reality; nonzero = artifact is wrong or missing.
+
+Usage: python3 verify_troupe_sol_health.py
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+PROFILES = "/root/.hermes/profiles"
+ARTIFACT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+                        "sol-profile-health-2026-10-24.json")
+
+
+def recompute():
+    out = {}
+    for name in os.listdir(PROFILES):
+        p = os.path.join(PROFILES, name)
+        if not os.path.isdir(p):
+            continue
+        cfg = os.path.join(p, "config.yaml")
+        has_cfg = os.path.isfile(cfg)
+        model = ""
+        if has_cfg:
+            try:
+                t = open(cfg, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace").read()
+                m = re.search(r"model:\s*\n\s*default:\s*(.+)", t)
+                if not m:
+                    m = re.search(r"default:\s*(.+)", t)
+                model = m.group(1).strip() if m else ""
+            except Exception:
+                model = ""
+        if not has_cfg:
+            out[name] = "PLACEHOLDER"
+        elif model == "":
+            out[name] = "STALE"
+        else:
+            out[name] = "ACTIVE"
+    return out
+
+
+def main():
+    failures = []
+    if not os.path.exists(ARTIFACT):
+        print("FAIL: committed artifact missing: " + ARTIFACT)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    with open(ARTIFACT, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        art = json.load(fh)
+    recorded = {e["name"]: e.get("status") for e in art.get("entries", [])}
+    expected = recompute()
+
+    for name, st in expected.items():
+        if recorded.get(name) != st:
+            failures.append("name %r recorded=%r expected=%r" % (name, recorded.get(name), st))
+    for name in recorded:
+        if name not in expected:
+            failures.append("extra name in artifact: %r" % name)
+
+    counts = {}
+    for s in expected.values():
+        counts[s] = counts.get(s, 0) + 1
+    if art.get("total") != len(expected):
+        failures.append("total mismatch: %r != %d" % (art.get("total"), len(expected)))
+    if art.get("ACTIVE") != counts.get("ACTIVE", 0):
+        failures.append("ACTIVE mismatch: %r != %d" % (art.get("ACTIVE"), counts.get("ACTIVE", 0)))
+    if art.get("STALE") != counts.get("STALE", 0):
+        failures.append("STALE mismatch: %r != %d" % (art.get("STALE"), counts.get("STALE", 0)))
+    if art.get("PLACEHOLDER") != counts.get("PLACEHOLDER", 0):
+        failures.append("PLACEHOLDER mismatch: %r != %d" % (art.get("PLACEHOLDER"), counts.get("PLACEHOLDER", 0)))
+
+    if failures:
+        print("FAIL: committed artifact does not match filesystem reality")
+        for f in failures:
+            print("  - " + f)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print("PASS: committed sol-profile-health artifact verified against live profiles")
+    print("  total=%d ACTIVE=%d STALE=%d PLACEHOLDER=%d" % (
+        len(expected), counts.get("ACTIVE", 0), counts.get("STALE", 0), counts.get("PLACEHOLDER", 0)))
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()