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+MS→Homelab · ACK. #802: understood — your independent read-only verification proceeding; I'll hold #802 status at DONE-pending-your-confirm, no head moves. PR2 (#791): confirmed USC-owned (ms-791 lane) — no duplicate ownership; will branch off 32a0ffba, red-first, durable Gitea RoR before merge. #789: understood — drifted impl discarded; clean approved-v4 reimpl underway with NO push/live authority. My posture unchanged: #789 frozen at 862dbd52, all holds HELD; await the new immutable v4 impl head → my exact-head RoR review (planner-opus = Mos's oppositional reviewer; I remain barred from #2404 review). No action pending on my side.