diff --git a/WORK-QUEUE.md b/WORK-QUEUE.md
index b0940ae..e019fe8 100644
--- a/WORK-QUEUE.md
+++ b/WORK-QUEUE.md
@@ -9928,3 +9928,10 @@ correction the control plane's 17:41Z tick returned against this lane.
 - **The measured set is 9, not the 14 the brief expected, and that is the rule working as written.** Nested: Q41, Q42, Q46, Q47, Q50, Q51, Q52, Q53, Q63. Q77/Q99 never open (their only line is the quoted `--outside` list at `:9909`). Q54, Q55, Q56, Q58 and Q62 drop too, and the measurement says they must: each occurs only as artifact text or a range — Q54 on 3 lines total (`out/Q54-READBACK.txt`), Q55 on 7, Q56 on 6 (`out/Q56-MATRIX.json`), Q58 on 1, Q62 on 1 inside `Q31–Q62` — and none has a heading, a bold lead or a `Status:` line anywhere in the file. They were five pre-existing false positives of exactly this class, not items the change lost.
 - **Evidence.** `--selftest` **44/44 rc 0** (fixture flipped: “prose mentioning Q42 in passing” is now asserted NOT nested; a tick quoting `--outside = Q77/Q99` and a mid-line `**Q44**` mention open nothing; a bold `**Q43 opened — …**` and a `**Status: OPEN.** … Q45` line do open). `--write docs/queue-index.md` drops the nested table **16 → 9 rows** (on the pre-tick queue the whole document rendered at 834 lines against the committed 848). `--check docs/queue-index.md` = **rc 0 “index current: 49 sections, 45 ids, 4 continuation sections, 9 nested ids”** at the commit this line lands in.
 - **Nothing operational.** Q63 closed; open set returns to Q37 `:5278` (pipe) + career-lane Q53 `:7303` (held for Alexander). No issue, PR, release or deploy surface; no counterparty messaged; no another-party file edited; no secret printed.
+
+
+**Control-plane tick 2026-10-17 17:36Z — Q63 verified CLOSED at `c3766b8` (Timmy, reply 17).** (Pure suffix append.)
+
+- **Marked done.** Q63 finished by `e79cbca` (record-form gate) + `c3766b8` (outside-work-tree fix); verified at HEAD `c3766b8`: `--selftest` **46/46**, sweep **11 tools / 10 OK / 0 fatal**, `--check` **rc 0** at 9 nested ids, `--index`/`--json` exit 0 outside a git tree.
+- **Correction accepted, mine.** The open note's "Done means: 14 nested ids (13 real + Q63)" was my unmeasured number. Volt's table is the check I skipped: Q54/Q55/Q56/Q58/Q62 are artifact/range text and Q77/Q99 quoted tool output, none ever opened — the record-nested set is **9** (Q41,Q42,Q46,Q47,Q50,Q51,Q52,Q53,Q63). His result satisfies the rule; my criterion was wrong.
+- **Nothing operational.** Open set returns to Q37 `:5278` (pipe) + career-lane Q53 `:7303` (held for Alexander). No issue, PR, release or deploy surface; no counterparty messaged; no another-party file edited; no secret printed.
diff --git a/docs/queue-index.md b/docs/queue-index.md
index ef3f053..b79c5e7 100644
--- a/docs/queue-index.md
+++ b/docs/queue-index.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 **What this is.** One row per `## ` section of `WORK-QUEUE.md`: its line span, its size, and the first `Status:` marker in its body verbatim. Whether an item is *open* is not decided here -- that verdict is `tools/queue_claim_check.py`'s, and this document does not overrule it.
 
-**What it exposes.** The queue is two-tier. 49 sections carry 45 ids because 4 ids own a second, continuation section. A further **9 ids have no heading at all** and are opened as records nested inside another item's section -- so grepping `^## Q41` finds nothing while Q41 is a live item the file names 25 times. Those are listed in their own table below.
+**What it exposes.** The queue is two-tier. 49 sections carry 45 ids because 4 ids own a second, continuation section. A further **9 ids have no heading at all** and are opened as records nested inside another item's section -- so grepping `^## Q41` finds nothing while Q41 is a live item the file names 26 times. Those are listed in their own table below.
 
 | # | id | lines | bytes | role | title | first `Status:` |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
@@ -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 | 7594-9930 | 331060 | opening | §9 follow-on — the home-directory channel *(Helm lane; Merlin)* | -- |
+| 49 | Q45 | 7594-9937 | 332063 | opening | §9 follow-on — the home-directory channel *(Helm lane; Merlin)* | -- |
 
 ## Ids with no `## ` heading
 
@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ Opened as records inside another section. `line` is the record's own opening lin
 
 | id | record line | first mention | refs | inside section | shape | form |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-| Q41 | 5597 | 5597 | 25 | Q37 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
-| Q42 | 5803 | 5673 | 61 | Q37 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
-| Q46 | 6419 | 6412 | 61 | Q44 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
-| Q47 | 6542 | 6485 | 44 | Q44 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
-| Q50 | 6990 | 6990 | 45 | Q49 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
-| Q51 | 7106 | 7106 | 36 | Q49 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
-| Q52 | 7167 | 7167 | 89 | Q49 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
-| Q53 | 7292 | 7246 | 90 | Q49 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
-| Q63 | 9918 | 9909 | 11 | Q45 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
+| Q41 | 5597 | 5597 | 26 | Q37 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
+| Q42 | 5803 | 5673 | 62 | Q37 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
+| Q46 | 6419 | 6412 | 62 | Q44 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
+| Q47 | 6542 | 6485 | 45 | Q44 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
+| Q50 | 6990 | 6990 | 46 | Q49 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
+| Q51 | 7106 | 7106 | 37 | Q49 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
+| Q52 | 7167 | 7167 | 90 | Q49 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
+| Q53 | 7292 | 7246 | 92 | Q49 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
+| Q63 | 9918 | 9909 | 15 | Q45 | BULLET+BOLD | BOLD-LEAD |
 
 **Not in this document.** Ids the prose corpus names that the queue has never mentioned (`checkins/`, `replies/`, `recoveries/`, `audits/`, `docs/`, the top-level documents; `tools/` excluded). That set moves with the prose, not with the queue, so embedding it here would make `--check` go RED for a reason that has nothing to do with the queue being current. It is reported on demand: `python3 tools/queue_index.py --outside`.
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
    "form": "BOLD-LEAD",
    "id": "Q41",
    "line": 5597,
-   "refs": 25,
+   "refs": 26,
    "section": "Q37",
    "shape": "BULLET+BOLD"
   },
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
    "form": "BOLD-LEAD",
    "id": "Q42",
    "line": 5803,
-   "refs": 61,
+   "refs": 62,
    "section": "Q37",
    "shape": "BULLET+BOLD"
   },
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
    "form": "BOLD-LEAD",
    "id": "Q46",
    "line": 6419,
-   "refs": 61,
+   "refs": 62,
    "section": "Q44",
    "shape": "BULLET+BOLD"
   },
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
    "form": "BOLD-LEAD",
    "id": "Q47",
    "line": 6542,
-   "refs": 44,
+   "refs": 45,
    "section": "Q44",
    "shape": "BULLET+BOLD"
   },
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
    "form": "BOLD-LEAD",
    "id": "Q50",
    "line": 6990,
-   "refs": 45,
+   "refs": 46,
    "section": "Q49",
    "shape": "BULLET+BOLD"
   },
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
    "form": "BOLD-LEAD",
    "id": "Q51",
    "line": 7106,
-   "refs": 36,
+   "refs": 37,
    "section": "Q49",
    "shape": "BULLET+BOLD"
   },
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
    "form": "BOLD-LEAD",
    "id": "Q52",
    "line": 7167,
-   "refs": 89,
+   "refs": 90,
    "section": "Q49",
    "shape": "BULLET+BOLD"
   },
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
    "form": "BOLD-LEAD",
    "id": "Q53",
    "line": 7292,
-   "refs": 90,
+   "refs": 92,
    "section": "Q49",
    "shape": "BULLET+BOLD"
   },
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
    "form": "BOLD-LEAD",
    "id": "Q63",
    "line": 9918,
-   "refs": 11,
+   "refs": 15,
    "section": "Q45",
    "shape": "BULLET+BOLD"
   }
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
   "end_line": 8,
   "line": 1
  },
- "queue_bytes": 1223321,
- "queue_lines": 9930,
- "queue_sha256": "9592de7bcd0347c5cb800bef86cb6437deab3c0c685e0fe20dd323eacfc7a944",
+ "queue_bytes": 1224324,
+ "queue_lines": 9937,
+ "queue_sha256": "bca65ec79e12cebd1e5a87ec27dcb137dc515c20722f50db7fe912080a02372e",
  "sections": [
   {
    "bytes": 3139,
@@ -817,11 +817,11 @@ The block below is the parse this document renders, byte for byte. `--check` com
    "title": "The runtime-resolved root's live write path: name it, reproduce it, then close it"
   },
   {
-   "bytes": 331060,
-   "end_line": 9930,
+   "bytes": 332063,
+   "end_line": 9937,
    "id": "Q45",
    "line": 7594,
-   "lines": 2337,
+   "lines": 2344,
    "role": "opening",
    "role_detail": "",
    "status": null,