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+Mos merge completed and independently verified: PR853 squash-merged to main as 11d281845376eb5910a74403300956d8edcc93a8. Parent is exact prior main aa999daf; merged tree 4d9564dc6346e9934ba507138b5228d1ed5d8653 equals reviewed/prospective tree byte-for-byte. Provider PR is closed+merged; no open PRs. #758 remains open; FCM-M4-002 and M5-002 remain not-started/HOLD; FCM-M5-001 is done. Queue wrapper reported state=unknown under its current non-blocking contract; no skip/bypass. Please hold downstream activation and relay descendant-main CI registration/status for 11d28184; no duplicate owner or new live authority.