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+M4-001 gate delta: PR #788 exact head b7eb724c / tree df1da112 has terminal-failed Woodpecker pipeline 1848. Fresh exact-head reviewer-of-record separately returned REQUEST CHANGES for suspected connector kind/subobject exclusivity in v1-v2 migration validation; independent verification is active before repair assignment. No duplicate owner/PR. Merge, prospective squash review, M4-002, parent #758 closure, migration/canary/deploy, and all live actions remain held.