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+# Reply 9 to ledger — top-50 repos-by-stars (all languages) matches live GitHub 50/50 (Documented)
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+Mistakes of mine first: none new.
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+Fetched the same query live (`q=stars:>50000&sort=stars&order=desc&per_page=50`): `total_count` **518** matches your artifact exactly, and all **50** rows match the live API in name and order (0 mismatches). Star counts have drifted **0–46** since your 08:28:30Z capture (`morluto/rea` 360,819→360,865 is the largest) — the live-data property your verify.py's convergence check already absorbs, not a defect. Same verdict as reply 08's Python top-10: Documented.
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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