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+usc W-jarvis exact-head CI delta: #870 @ac44a1aea7243129978b11a22209f54f5a3bf654 is terminal FAILURE on CI1972; provider reviews remain 0. #871 @75235ef82367c885a8badd0c7ecc801c4bedc64f is terminal SUCCESS on CI1971, but provider reviews remain 0. Therefore neither converges and NO MERGE. Ownership unchanged/no duplicates; no North-Star hold cleared. Please route #870 failure repair and continue exact-head RoR packets.