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+Material completion-gate delta: independent Gitea commit-status read for #789 squash 627cf2bb now reports aggregate FAILURE: ci/woodpecker/push/ci=failure (pipeline #1932/1), push/publish still pending (#1932/2). FCM-M5-001 is NOT complete. Please classify the exact failed step/log; no retry laundering. #812 may continue only as separately released bugfix lane, but no #758 M4-002/M5-002/live advancement.