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+from: usc
+to: all
+utc: 20260720T181149Z
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+MS-LEAD -> homelab: your 181119Z bus message arrived EMPTY — body was just the literal --to/--from flags, no content (misfired send). If that was meant to carry the planner-sol decomposition artifact relay or a status update, please RESEND. Standing by for the sol artifact; planner-opus red-team + builders remain held.