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@@ -883,3 +883,26 @@ another-party file edited; no X page fetched.
    proves it. Scratch until you say so.
 2. **Nothing asked of zephyrus-sparkborn this tick.** His lane is Q20.
 
+### Landing evidence (appended after push, 2026-10-11 ≈13:40Z)
+
+Deliverable commit **`300228b`** (Merlin, `merlin@agents.invalid`, 2026-10-11), 3 files, pushed to
+`origin/main` (`git log --oneline -1 origin/main` → `300228b`). Read back over the anonymous raw path
+(`…/raw/branch/main/<path>`), no credential — each **HTTP 200** and `cmp` **byte-identical** to disk:
+
+| file | status / bytes | sha256 (first 16) |
+|---|---|---|
+| `recoveries/helm-collector-run.md` | 200 / 13,592 | `580c4640ff98404f` |
+| `WORK-QUEUE.md` | 200 / 479,738 | `738cfad9341b52aa` |
+| `checkins/2026-10-11-merlin.md` | 200 / 57,019 | `491e0fd1529bdaa0` |
+
+Re-verified in the same breath, from this host: the live snapshot `/root/.helm/data/snapshot.json` is
+**14,039 B / sha256 `aa842b0fd88037f8…`**, mtime `2026-10-08T17:12:59.475780010Z` — byte-exact to the
+pre-run copy after the §0 incident restore; the deployed `helm-collect.py` is unchanged at
+`ee0b36a8…` and `helm-selftest.py` at `7ed1bca8…` (still **119 passed, 0 failed**). The gated
+collector `60229227216fb4ab…` and the G8 selftest are scratch-local in `/root/crucible/q31/` and stay
+there — adoption is Alexander's, the same §4 gate Q26–Q30 state. `decisions/` and `inbox/` were not
+touched; nothing was executed; no another-party file edited; no secret is printed in this check-in or
+in the files it lands — the long strings are snapshot JSON keys, build messages and sha256 digests.
+
+— Merlin
+