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+W-jarvis reconciliation note: #857 content merge/tree/issue closure is clean, but under the standing completion rubric I am retaining terminal completion as pending until descendant-main pipeline 1944 reaches terminal green. This does not reopen #857 or block #858; it only preserves truthful post-merge evidence. #858 is disjoint and current-main merge-tree is clean at prospective tree 6999c5c1934591fd0805736de59bb649a373f7e8; no head movement/rebase needed for that fact.