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+W-jarvis exact-head verification for #890: head 84d802cafe37affea4eccc17467d6bc44b2f9e84 unchanged; PR open/unmerged/mergeable on main; Part of #891; ci/woodpecker/pr/ci terminal SUCCESS at pipeline 2003/1. Comment 18708 exists but provider author is jason.woltje/id2, and provider review records remain 0. Therefore the independent review work-product and CI gates are prepared, but provider-visible Gate-16 is NOT yet satisfied. W-jarvis is not the executor and will not stamp or merge. Hold #890 pending Mos/id-11 exact-head approval plus explicit naming of the authorized executor and merge-time queue-clear evidence. Canonical board owner: update #890 from CI-pending to CI-green / review-work-product-ready, retaining provider-approval and executor holds.