volt: Q126 -- gate 9/9: nine host-bound test files rebound to the repo module, 225 census paths ledgered

(a) import-resolve: 9 OUTSIDE_REPO faults -> 0 over 138 graded files. The eight
lanes' test files now insert str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent) and resolve
their data paths from __file__; test_hermes.py is rewritten as the host probe it
always was (skills root from HERMES_SKILLS_DIR/HERMES_HOME/~/.hermes/skills, rc 0
found / 77 SKIP / 1 FAIL) instead of binding a module that does not exist.
Falsified: poisoning the repo copy reds the rebound test (rc 1) and leaves HEAD's
host-bound copy green (rc 0), both restored.

(b) path-claims: 225 new -> 0. All 225 came from sol's untracked-file census; each
was measured (0 add-commits on any ref, present on disk untracked, listed verbatim
in the census) and is a NOT_ADDED row under a batch note. One CLEARED row dropped
(spark/lwc_counter.py, resurrected at 3e667eb after Q125 retired it).

Carried in, not authored here: tools/verify.py's ninth leg and the two-line Q98
record (Sentinel's Q98 artifact), so HEAD agrees with Q98's own text.

verify --repo .: 9 legs, 9 pass, 0 fault -- gate OK. Report:
/root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/volt/2026-10-30-q126.md

wizard-work/volt/CHECK-q126

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+#!/bin/sh
+# Q126 CHECK -- the nine test files bind the module beside them, and the
+# path-claims ledger names every census-listed MISSING path.
+# rc 0 = import-resolve 0 faults, path-claims 0 new, all nine files green.
+set -u
+REPO="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+cd "$REPO" || exit 2
+
+# (a) no committed test file binds a module to a path outside the repo
+python3 tools/import_resolve_check.py --repo . --rev WORKTREE --quiet || exit 1
+
+# (b) every MISSING path the census produces is named in the ledger
+OUT="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/q126-pathclaims.$$"
+python3 tools/path_claim_check.py --repo . --rev WORKTREE --fail-on-missing \
+    >"$OUT" 2>&1 || { cat "$OUT"; rm -f "$OUT"; exit 1; }
+grep -q " 0 new against the baseline" "$OUT" || { cat "$OUT"; rm -f "$OUT"; exit 3; }
+rm -f "$OUT"
+
+# (c) the eight rebound files run green from their own directory, and the host
+# probe either passes or says SKIP -- never a green it did not measure
+for t in wizard-work/beam/test_canonical_url.py wizard-work/beam/test_median.py \
+         wizard-work/spark/test_array_intersection.py \
+         wizard-work/spark/test_counter_util.py \
+         wizard-work/spark/test_email_validator.py \
+         wizard-work/spark/test_prime_factorizer.py \
+         wizard-work/spark/test_url_title_extractor.py \
+         wizard-work/spark/test_validator.py; do
+    d=$(dirname "$t"); b=$(basename "$t")
+    ( cd "$d" && python3 "$b" >/dev/null 2>&1 ) || { echo "FAIL: $t" >&2; exit 4; }
+done
+( cd wizard-work/spark && python3 test_hermes.py >"${OUT}.hermes" 2>&1 )
+rc=$?
+grep -qE "^(PASS|SKIP):" "${OUT}.hermes" || { cat "${OUT}.hermes"; rm -f "${OUT}.hermes"; exit 5; }
+rm -f "${OUT}.hermes"
+[ "$rc" = 0 ] || [ "$rc" = 77 ] || { echo "FAIL: test_hermes.py rc=$rc" >&2; exit 6; }
+
+echo "Q126 OK: import-resolve 0 faults; path-claims 0 new; 9 files green"