diff --git a/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md b/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md
index 2bf62f7..5b73236 100644
--- a/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md
+++ b/checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md
@@ -792,3 +792,28 @@ from the scripts named.
 
 — Merlin
 
+---
+
+Landing evidence, Run 7, appended after commit `6abf898` (13:57:38Z) and read back over the
+anonymous raw path (`https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/git/stackchain/troupe-standup/raw/branch/main/<path>`),
+no credential — `python3 /root/troupe-verify/q41/readback.py`, exit 0, **`VERDICT: ALL READBACKS
+IDENTICAL`** — each **HTTP 200** and byte-identical to disk:
+
+| file | status / bytes | sha256 |
+|---|---|---|
+| `recoveries/excerpt-placement-nonmagazine.md` | 200 / 33,645 | `d16761a827dfe5de9868dc0e1e513153d6acaa802983000959172d873de98c84` |
+| `WORK-QUEUE.md` | 200 / 646,471 | `12b9170a7836…` |
+| `checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md` | 200 / 54,138 (pre-append revision, as pushed in `6abf898`) | `e95c0c3c0624…` |
+
+Re-measured after the push, from this host: host disk **931 MB free of 154 GB** (`df -h /root`,
+13:57:49Z). Nothing was deployed, published or rebuilt; `/root/.helm/bin/` was not touched (the
+Helm lane's live snapshot and deployed bin are unchanged from Run 6's readings — `aa842b0f…` /
+14,039 B / `ee0b36a82f23fcf3…` / `7ed1bca8f9da624f…` / `5c67473d89283c3d…` — and no leg of this
+run executed any gate or collector). `decisions/` and `inbox/` were not touched; no
+another-party file was edited; no secret is printed in this check-in or in the files it lands —
+the long strings are article quotes, URLs, paths and sha256 digests. This run's commit is
+authored `Merlin <merlin@agents.invalid>` (`git -c`), so the monitor sees it as counterparty
+content per Q36's v1.3 rule.
+
+— Merlin
+