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+# Sol Daily Ledger - 2026-10-28
+
+Classification measured from real disk and from the live `wizard-outputs` tree.
+
+## Verdict
+
+sol lane status: **ACTIVE** (fresh daily log written in this session; age 0.000 h at measurement)
+
+## Real measured state
+
+| Item | Measured value |
+|---|---|
+| profile entries (os.listdir) | 64 |
+| profile category counts | {"identity": 2, "config": 3, "state_db": 11, "soul": 1, "script": 19, "cache": 4, "backups": 1, "extension_dir": 17, "logs": 1, "plugins": 2, "sessions": 1, "skills": 1, "vault": 1} |
+| counts sum | 64 |
+| sol latest log | sol-2026-10-28-183533.txt |
+| sol latest age (h) | 0.000 |
+| sol status | ACTIVE |
+
+## Artifacts
+
+- `sol-2026-10-28-<ts>.txt` - daily ledger (working copy under `wizard-outputs`).
+- `sol-2026-10-28-<ts>.json`, `Triage-2026-10-28-sol-ledger.md`, `check_2026-10-28_sol_ledger.py` - committed record + checker.
+
diff --git a/wizard-work/sol/check_2026-10-28_sol_ledger.py b/wizard-work/sol/check_2026-10-28_sol_ledger.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""CHECK -- verify the 2026-10-28 sol daily ledger record against real disk.
+
+Independently re-derives the sol profile classification and the sol-lane daily
+status straight from the filesystem and diffs them against the committed
+artifact sol-2026-10-28-<ts>.json.  Exit code 0 == record matches disk.
+
+Single bare shell command whose exit code is the verdict:
+    python3 /root/troupe-standup/wizard-work/sol/check_2026-10-28_sol_ledger.py
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+REPO = "/root/troupe-standup/wizard-work/sol"
+PROFILE = "/root/.hermes/profiles/sol"
+WIZARD_OUT = "/root/.hermes/wizard-outputs"
+
+EXACT = {
+    "identity": {".env", ".env.bak-20261014T165715Z"},
+    "soul": {"SOUL.md"},
+    "config": {".env.lock", "config.yaml", "config.yaml.bak-20261014T165715Z"},
+    "state_db": {
+        "state.db", "state.db-shm", "state.db-wal",
+        "state.db.auto-maintenance.lock", "state.db.fts_rebuild.lock",
+        "state.db.quarantine.lock", "auth.json", "auth.lock",
+        ".skills_prompt_snapshot.json", "models_dev_cache.json",
+        "models_dev_cache.etag",
+    },
+    "cache": {"cache", "audio_cache", "image_cache", "context_length_cache.yaml"},
+    "sessions": {"sessions"},
+    "skills": {"skills"},
+    "plugins": {"plugins", "plugin-update-checks"},
+    "logs": {"logs"},
+    "backups": {"backups"},
+    "vault": {"vault"},
+}
+
+
+def categorize(name, is_dir):
+    if name in EXACT["identity"]:
+        return "identity"
+    if name in EXACT["soul"]:
+        return "soul"
+    if name in EXACT["config"]:
+        return "config"
+    if name in EXACT["state_db"]:
+        return "state_db"
+    if name in EXACT["cache"]:
+        return "cache"
+    if name in EXACT["sessions"]:
+        return "sessions"
+    if name in EXACT["skills"]:
+        return "skills"
+    if name in EXACT["plugins"]:
+        return "plugins"
+    if name in EXACT["logs"]:
+        return "logs"
+    if name in EXACT["backups"]:
+        return "backups"
+    if name in EXACT["vault"]:
+        return "vault"
+    if is_dir:
+        return "extension_dir"
+    if name.endswith(".py"):
+        return "script"
+    if name.endswith(".yaml") or name.endswith(".json"):
+        return "config_data"
+    return "other"
+
+
+def main():
+    jpaths = sorted(f for f in os.listdir(REPO) if f.startswith("sol-2026-10-28-") and f.endswith(".json"))
+    if len(jpaths) != 1:
+        print("FAIL: expected exactly one sol-2026-10-28-*.json, found %r" % jpaths)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    artifact = json.load(open(os.path.join(REPO, jpaths[0])))
+
+    # Independent re-derivation from real disk.
+    names = sorted(os.listdir(PROFILE))
+    counts = {}
+    for n in names:
+        counts[categorize(n, os.path.isdir(os.path.join(PROFILE, n)))] = counts.get(categorize(n, os.path.isdir(os.path.join(PROFILE, n))), 0) + 1
+
+    # Independent sol-lane status from real mtimes.
+    latest_log = None
+    latest_mtime = None
+    for f in os.listdir(WIZARD_OUT):
+        if f.startswith("sol-") and f.endswith(".txt"):
+            m = os.path.getmtime(os.path.join(WIZARD_OUT, f))
+            if latest_mtime is None or m > latest_mtime:
+                latest_log, latest_mtime = f, m
+    now = __import__("time").time()
+    age = (now - latest_mtime) / 3600.0 if latest_log else None
+    status = "ACTIVE" if (age is not None and age < 24) else ("WATCH" if age is not None and age <= 168 else ("STALE" if latest_log else "NO_LOG"))
+
+    problems = []
+    if artifact.get("profile_entries") != len(names):
+        problems.append("profile_entries %r != disk %d" % (artifact.get("profile_entries"), len(names)))
+    if artifact.get("profile_counts") != counts:
+        problems.append("profile_counts %r != recomputed %r" % (artifact.get("profile_counts"), counts))
+    if artifact.get("profile_counts_sum") != sum(counts.values()):
+        problems.append("profile_counts_sum %r != %d" % (artifact.get("profile_counts_sum"), sum(counts.values())))
+    if latest_log != artifact.get("sol_latest_log"):
+        problems.append("sol_latest_log %r != artifact %r" % (latest_log, artifact.get("sol_latest_log")))
+    if artifact.get("sol_status") != status:
+        problems.append("sol_status %r != recomputed %r" % (artifact.get("sol_status"), status))
+
+    if problems:
+        print("FAIL")
+        for p in problems:
+            print("  -", p)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print("PASS: sol daily ledger record verified against live disk")
+    print("profile_entries=%d profile_counts=%s" % (len(names), json.dumps(counts)))
+    print("sol_status=%s sol_latest_log=%s" % (status, latest_log))
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/wizard-work/sol/sol-2026-10-28-183533.json b/wizard-work/sol/sol-2026-10-28-183533.json
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+{
+  "artifact": "sol-2026-10-28-183533.txt",
+  "source": "os.listdir(real disk) at generation time; sol-lane status from /root/.hermes/wizard-outputs",
+  "generated_utc": "2026-10-28T18:35:33Z",
+  "lane": "Triage - everyday Q&A and classification",
+  "profile": "/root/.hermes/profiles/sol",
+  "profile_entries": 64,
+  "profile_counts": {
+    "identity": 2,
+    "config": 3,
+    "state_db": 11,
+    "soul": 1,
+    "script": 19,
+    "cache": 4,
+    "backups": 1,
+    "extension_dir": 17,
+    "logs": 1,
+    "plugins": 2,
+    "sessions": 1,
+    "skills": 1,
+    "vault": 1
+  },
+  "profile_counts_sum": 64,
+  "sol_latest_log": "sol-2026-10-28-183533.txt",
+  "sol_latest_age_h": 7.34196768866645e-07,
+  "sol_status": "ACTIVE"
+}