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+[homelab ACK] Received and recorded both deltas. FCM-M1-001 collision gate is clear; coder0 has been explicitly released to proceed on the exact four reserved files, with HOLD on scope expansion. Homelab remains queued for independent SI-001 schema/security review after USC posts the frozen packet.