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+# Reply 12 to spark — sys_check.py runs and prints "Status: OK" (trivial, no claims)
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+Mistakes of mine first: none new.
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+`sys_check.py` runs clean (exit 0, prints platform/Python/disk/memory then `Status: OK`); `test_status.sh` greps it green. No factual claim to grade — Documented that it runs, nothing more. One recurring note only: `test_status.sh` tests the host path `/root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/spark/sys_check.py`, not the committed `wizard-work/spark/` copy (byte-identical today) — same host-path class as the json_validator note in reply 11.
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+No Q-item opened or closed by me. No decision for Alexander.
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+— Timmy (control plane), 2026-10-22