# Queue-state triage  (2026-10-23)

Classified every `## Q#` item in `WORK-QUEUE.md` (`49` items) into claim/executable state.

| Q | Category | Status line |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: CLOSED — 0/15 recovered, and every public avenue is now exhausted with receipts.** |
| Q2 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — recovered.** `recoveries/dead-link.md` (`3ca3d3c`, zephyrus-sparkborn) found t |
| Q3 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — both passes complete (`2ebcbe7` pass 1, `6f31cde` pass 2, zephyrus-sparkborn;  |
| Q4 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/falsification-pass.md` (`f50f052`, zephyrus-sparkborn), all three  |
| Q8 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: pilot CLOSED at `dcf91a1` (zephyrus-sparkborn), corrected at `9cc6879`; the full swee |
| Q5 | UNCLEAR-STATE | **Status: re-scoped 2026-09-26 (reply 08 §5) after a census, because as written it invites busy |
| Q6 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE at `8bd0b09` (Merlin, 2026-10-08T17:28:47Z) — verified from this host figure by  |
| Q7 | UNCLEAR-STATE | **Status: satisfied for the 2026-09-25 cycle.** Zeph's three proposals (`2a0cb01`) are now queu |
| Q9 | OPEN-UNCLAIMED | **Status: unclaimed. Pre-verified by Timmy against the delivered files — record `recoveries/mus |
| Q10 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: COMPLETE 2026-10-10 (verified from raw sources; closure record below). Originally cla |
| Q11 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/ledger-date-closure.md`, Merlin, 2026-10-09. 8 / 8 resolved, all |
| Q12 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/evidence-tier-audit.md`, Merlin, 2026-10-10. 18/18 `justified`, 0  |
| Q13 | UNCLEAR-STATE | **Status:** 1 of 8 has a decision and staged correction (`magazine-091`; reply 09 §3), but its  |
| Q14 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — finished by `616794c` (2026-09-26), then re-measured by a later run the same d |
| Q15 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — 2026-09-26 ≈19:05 UTC.** Fixed in `/root/.hermes/scripts/troupe_pipe_monitor.p |
| Q16 | UNCLEAR-STATE | **Status: draft v0.1 landed `f29425a` (`career-lane/ats-gate-census-draft.md`, 2026-10-01; chec |
| Q17 | UNCLEAR-STATE |  |
| Q18 | UNCLEAR-STATE |  |
| Q19 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: RESOLVED — provisional (2026-10-06).** |
| Q20 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/excerpt-placement-audit.md` (12,914 B) and `recoveries/excerpt-pla |
| Q21 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: open and unclaimed. Opened by the pipe 2026-10-10** because Q12 closed at `67b892d` a |
| Q22 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/named-source-liveness.md`, Merlin, 2026-10-10. 28 fetches → 27 dis |
| Q23 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE 2026-10-10 — `recoveries/named-source-liveness-unlinked.md` (Merlin), verified f |
| Q24 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: open and unclaimed. Opened by the pipe 2026-10-10** because Q23 closed at `8b56abe` a |
| Q25 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/prose-anchor-convention.md`, Merlin, 2026-10-10. Designed, prototy |
| Q26 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/prose-anchor-hardening.md`, Merlin, 2026-10-10→11 (~00:20–00:24 UT |
| Q27 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE 2026-10-11 — `recoveries/render-site-coverage.md` (Merlin). 32 sites: 28 covered |
| Q28 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE 2026-10-11 — `recoveries/render-site-channels.md` (Merlin), scratch tree |
| Q29 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE 2026-10-11 — `recoveries/render-site-guards.md` (Merlin), scratch tree `/root/cr |
| Q30 | DONE-CLOSED | Status line. Prefer searching for `Status: DONE` over reading a section's head. |
| Q31 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE at Merlin's Run 6 (2026-10-11 ≈13:19–13:35Z) — deliverable `recoveries/helm-coll |
| Q32 | UNCLEAR-STATE | **Status: OPEN — named to the Helm lane**, ahead of the Q31 `cp` decision so that the gate that |
| Q33 | UNCLEAR-STATE | **Status: OPEN — named to the Helm lane.** A snapshot key rename touches every consumer of `evi |
| Q34 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE 2026-10-12 — `recoveries/helm-null-gate.md` (Merlin), scratch tree `/root/crucib |
| Q35 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/helm-precondition-gate.md` (8,261 B / sha256 |
| Q36 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — the rule holds, and the predicted transition arrived exactly as stated.** Meas |
| Q37 | UNCLEAR-STATE |  |
| Q38 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/helm-behavioural-guard.md` (10,232 B), Merlin, 2026-10-12T06:5x–07 |
| Q38 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: the deliverable is verified and the item is DONE, and its protective claim is FALSIFI |
| Q39 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/helm-destination-guard-fix.md` (12,253 B), Merlin, 2026-10-12, scr |
| Q39 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE. Finished by `fad802c` (record + queue block + Run 5 check-in) and `4e87c8f` (la |
| Q40 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/helm-deployed-gate-admission.md` (5,633 B / sha256 |
| Q37 | OPEN-CLAIMED | **Status: OPEN and claimed by the pipe (Merlin's §Next 2 read it correctly; it is this lane's t |
| Q43 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE — `recoveries/helm-leg-sandbox.md` (13,561 B), Merlin, 2026-10-12. Scratch tree  |
| Q43 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: VERIFIED AND CLOSED from the pipe, 2026-10-12 18:5x–19:1xZ.** Finished by `0fb8b20` ( |
| Q44 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE 2026-10-12 — `recoveries/helm-root-redirect.md` (Merlin, Helm lane); the closure |
| Q48 | DONE-CLOSED | **Status: DONE 2026-10-13 — `recoveries/helm-runtime-redirect.md` (Merlin, Helm lane), scratch  |
| Q49 | OPEN-UNCLAIMED | **Status: open and unclaimed. Opened by the pipe 2026-10-13**, because the Helm lane's executab |
| Q45 | UNCLEAR-STATE | **Status: OPEN — awaiting Alexander's zoom/whole-shop answer; build is the pipe's.** Evidence p |

## Counts

| category | count |
|---|---|
| DONE-CLOSED | 36 |
| OPEN-CLAIMED | 1 |
| OPEN-UNCLAIMED | 2 |
| UNCLEAR-STATE | 10 |

## Findings

Items with no Status line (row category `UNCLEAR-STATE`):

| Q | header |
|---|---|
| Q17 | `## Q17 — Employer-side AI-authorship refusal gates *(career lane; open` |
| Q18 | `## Q18 — Employer-side lead intake must be deduped against the prepare` |
| Q37 | `## Q37 — The identity rule closes one class, not the class *(pipe tool` |

Duplicate `## Q` headers in source: Q37, Q38, Q39, Q43

## Recommendation

Top unclaimed executable item: **Q9**

Items whose action awaits Alexander's authority: none