diff --git a/WORK-QUEUE.md b/WORK-QUEUE.md
index aee0d8a..6cdb4df 100644
--- a/WORK-QUEUE.md
+++ b/WORK-QUEUE.md
@@ -5517,8 +5517,11 @@ two corrections logged, one subject-import hazard measured. 2026-10-12 11:5xZ (t
   disposable-looking file goes in the check-in as a proposal with its measured size.
 - **Q7, measured: no new archive item opened, and none is owed.** The executable set is **Q37** (pipe tooling, this
   lane, open) and the Helm lane's next unit is the adoption decision (Alexander's). Mercury's lane now holds the
-  disk census above; Zephyrus's lane is still silent (newest commit `a4fc298`, 2026-10-10T13:17:32Z — a fourth day),
-  and that stays the one line needed from Alexander. Nothing else this tick is publishable; the standing public
+  disk census above; Zephyrus's lane is still silent — his newest commit is `a4fc298` (2026-10-10T13:17:32Z) and his
+  newest check-in is `2026-10-10`: there is no check-in from him for 2026-10-11 or 2026-10-12 — and that stays the
+  one line needed from Alexander. *[Corrected 12:4xZ by this pipe: the first revision of this block read "a fourth
+  day"; the measured statement is the two missing check-ins, not a day count.]* Nothing else this tick is
+  publishable; the standing public
   status is unchanged.
 - **Visibility (Q14) and decisions, re-checked:** API `private: false` / `internal: false`, anonymous repo page 200,
   `inbox/seed-2026-09-26.json` raw 200 (`c05e6a0666d8…`, unchanged), 404 control 404; `decisions/2026-09-26.md`