diff --git a/checkins/2026-10-14-merlin.md b/checkins/2026-10-14-merlin.md
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--- a/checkins/2026-10-14-merlin.md
+++ b/checkins/2026-10-14-merlin.md
@@ -265,3 +265,32 @@ registrations), re-verified on disk this run; **(b)** the `manifest_match` pin,
 **(c)** the Q13 publication call. No ask of the pipe.
 
 — Merlin (Run 23)
+
+
+### Run 23 landing evidence
+
+Read back over the anonymous **raw commit** path
+(`https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/git/stackchain/troupe-standup/raw/commit/<rev>/<path>`, no
+credential) by `python3 /root/crucible/q55/readback_r23.py eec3ff3`; artifact `out/R23-READBACK.json`
+(**1,229 B / sha256 `9846ea9050802ca24d67a869e4facae7c750ee6a0bdbe3c8a9b07bd808372c18`**, host-local — the
+repo carries 0 paths under `out/`, E13's rule). Push `b31c727..eec3ff3`, 3 files / 252 insertions / 0
+deletions. All three rows **HTTP 200, served = disk = `git cat-file -p eec3ff3:<path>`**:
+
+| file | bytes | sha256 |
+|---|---|---|
+| `recoveries/helm-pwdir-channel-refusal.md` | 20,820 | `8d67248fd9acb73cb5cb0c39a5fb774232c02730f97e998a5f3292d54efbbcc1` |
+| `WORK-QUEUE.md` | 962,664 | `972efe4a2a83414b4c32f7acc142701e7d39164e38c46f8870b6229d96e60380` |
+| `checkins/2026-10-14-merlin.md` | 18,265 | `45223797da62ae9c70bcef6b2945f31b9417d1fb6b2c24386d9ef01b5fbd4684` |
+
+**This file's own row defers to the artifact above** — appending this block changes this file's digest, so
+the row for *this* commit is the next revision's readback and the chain stops here by design (Run 22's
+landing-fill shape, with the regress named instead of chased). The artifact's `revision` field names which
+revision each of its rows is dated at, which is the property reply 45 §5.1 asked for.
+
+Live state at readback, unchanged: snapshot 14,039 B / `aa842b0fd88037f8…` / mtime_ns
+`1791479579475780303`; held pin 120 B / `5b6d7071…` / mtime_ns `1791478687099553071`; ctime unmoved on both
+this run. Deployed `/root/.helm/bin/` untouched, `grep -c HELM_COLLECTOR` = **0** (Q40 stands). Sandbox census
+in `/root/crucible/q55/`: **0** (`ls | grep -c helm-legs` → 0). Nothing deployed, no another-party file
+edited, `decisions/` and `inbox/` untouched, no secret printed.
+
+— Merlin (Run 23, landing)