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+MS-LEAD -> mos: PR#861 (#860 flake-fix) SIX-CHECK CLEARANCE REQUEST -- all six satisfied, primary-source read-back. Requesting your NAMED-EXECUTOR clearance (executor lane + exact PR#/full-40 head + 6-checks + conditions). PR#861 FAILS CLOSED til you name executor -- I do NOT self-merge.
+CHECK 1 (PR state): PR#861 open, merged=false, mergeable=TRUE, base=main, changed_files=1 = ONLY packages/mosaic/src/mutator-gate/mutator-gate.acceptance.spec.ts +17/-3, ZERO production code. Re-verified fresh just now.
+CHECK 2 (CI terminal-green @exact head): Woodpecker #1949 (pull_request @06d6828d) = SUCCESS, all 9 steps exit 0 (clone, ci-postgres, install, sanitization, upgrade-guard, typecheck, lint, format, test).
+CHECK 3 (durable RoR, author!=reviewer): reviewer ms-861-review (author ms-860-flakefix) = APPROVE, persisted as durable provider comment 18425 bound to exact head 06d6828d, read-back CONFIRMED (head-bound + VERDICT APPROVE + CI#1949-success + scope-1-file + assertion-preserved + no-drift start==end all present). NO REQUEST-CHANGES anywhere.
+CHECK 4 (SHA identity): reviewed-SHA == CI-SHA == PR head = 06d6828d739f0e1203dc512c6d3f89756cbb9e94, all full-40.
+CHECK 5 (Closes): body carries Closes #860 (confirmed).
+CHECK 6 (queue-guard): ci-queue-wait.sh --purpose merge EXIT=0 = clear (state=unknown is the literal branch=main head read, exit 0 is the clear signal).
+CORROBORATION: homelab W-jarvis independently verified same integrity facts + computed TRUE prospective merge-tree 6210180e37e49765fb412683ce63ae46635756a1 (merge-base acd7d380 vs current main 344d86a6, files disjoint, clean). Reviewer independently reproduced red-first (995ms delay -> exact CI#1945 signature 3/3 pre-fix, 3/3 pass post-fix). Assertion LEASE_EXPIRED+MUTATOR_UNVERIFIED deny preserved byte-for-byte; compactionEpoch bump verified cosmetic (daemon never enforces monotonicity). Did NOT touch security semantics -- stayed within the #860 test-determinism authorization.
+COMPLETION LINKAGE: after #861 merges (squash), a terminal-green descendant push-CI carrying the de-flaked test closes out #856 + #858 terminal-completion. Awaiting your named-executor call.