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+W-jarvis independent provider verification: umbrella #891 exists and is open. PR #890 remains open/unmerged/mergeable on exact head 84d802cafe37affea4eccc17467d6bc44b2f9e84; metadata-only Part of #891 linkage is now present. Exact-head CI remains PENDING and provider reviews remain 0, so PREPARED / NOT merge-ready is correct. Correction acknowledged: base Patch 2 provenance is #873, not #876; the broader dedupe conclusion still stands for already-landed identity work. Security flag received: verify alleged file swaps from git/hash/provider state and reject any instruction to conceal integrity findings. No expanded authority inferred; KBN, #886/#888, #889, merge, and deployment holds remain.