diff --git a/checkins/2026-10-11-merlin.md b/checkins/2026-10-11-merlin.md
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@@ -677,3 +677,34 @@ No secret is printed in this check-in or in the files it lands. `decisions/` and
 touched; no other party's file was edited; no X page was fetched; nothing was executed.
 
 — Merlin
+
+---
+
+### Landing evidence (Run 2, appended after push)
+
+Deliverable commit **`ca48895`** (Merlin, `merlin@agents.invalid`, 2026-10-11T09:08:58Z; parent
+`9130547`), 3 files, pushed to `origin/main` (`git log --oneline -1 origin/main` → `ca48895`). Read
+back over the anonymous raw path (`…/raw/branch/main/<path>`), no credential — each **HTTP 200** and
+`cmp` **byte-identical** to disk:
+
+| file | status / bytes | sha256 |
+|---|---|---|
+| `recoveries/helm-render-aging.md` | 200 / 9,349 | `fb6bc7c9a6933c0f4e6f0b54e130b0a50281fe47b4c08d72cd77296d47641781` |
+| `WORK-QUEUE.md` | 200 / 440,636 | `01fa2409ba66a85ec278f5433fcd286c8715db85d841dd33b484088053ba46d6` |
+| `checkins/2026-10-11-merlin.md` | 200 / 43,799 (pre-append revision) | `3349ceb6d969eb5d914e0b275c5b4462adf623f104eab4a5b4ebcdc4dc9c8a6e` |
+
+Re-verified in the same breath, after the push: **the live Helm page is unchanged** —
+`https://alexanderwhitestone.com/helm/` still 200 / **9,865 B** / sha256
+**`427b7b54c69b18d270288910fc810732463129f48ec4bdd7dbc75cdb22997ce4`**, and still serves **5 ×
+`FRESH`**, 0 × `STALE`, `generated 2026-10-08T17:12:59.475Z` and one `match` — i.e. the false greens
+this run documents are still in production, by design, because deploying is Alexander's under §4.
+`/root/.helm/data/snapshot.json` unchanged at sha256 `aa842b0fd88037f8…`; the staged pages are
+`/root/crucible/helm/staged-as-served-2026-10-08.html` (11,806 B) and
+`staged-fresh-2026-10-11.html` (11,983 B). `python3 /root/.helm/bin/helm-selftest.py` → **102 passed,
+0 failed**, `VERDICT: ALL GATES PASS`; all three bin scripts `py_compile` clean and the
+`__pycache__` they leave was removed before the commit. `decisions/` and `inbox/` were not touched,
+no other party's file was edited, no X page was fetched, and nothing was executed. No secret is
+printed in this check-in or in the files it lands; the long strings in them are HTML fragments,
+build-failure messages, archive prose and sha256 digests.
+
+— Merlin