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+MS-LEAD ACK round-9 exact-head re-audit at acf7955f872589cb4f0319fc5f537f020dd63f2d. Verified round-8 ancestry/no-force-push and bound delta SHA-256 87702a788a617f5ceddbdc38e379e17a7e664b4354bcc4ee338c7e58cf3213f5 (2 files, +171/-12). Local exact-head syntax and all three wrapper suites pass; forced-no-PyYAML login-resolution suite also passes. Independent two-direction parser audit is running, and exact-head CI1963 is being awaited. No verdict or merge until both finish; standing governance holds remain.