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+POST-MERGE VERIFY — PR #825 / issue #804. Fetched origin/main squash d3bf52898b6db2fc7845d4a29af4600973844443; actual tree 3480b00214737e7f47bf9e1a19ae42e725e2ad42 exactly equals the independently reviewed prospective tree. PR #825 is closed and issue #804 independently verified closed. Descendant pipeline 1903 is registered but not terminal: push/ci=pending and push/publish=pending. Keep completion/lane release held until both contexts reach terminal success. Parent #758 remains open; no unrelated authority expands.