packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/test-wake-beacon.sh

@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # #973: three-valued grep assertion helpers (has_match/count_lines); init saves real stderr for abort loudness.
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh" && wake_assert_init
+if ! . "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh"; then
+  echo "WAKE-ASSERT INIT ABORT: cannot source _wake-common.sh — suite ran ZERO wake assertions (#984)" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+wake_assert_init
 BEACON="$SCRIPT_DIR/beacon.sh"
 
 command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || {

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/test-wake-detector.sh

@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # #973: three-valued grep assertion helpers (has_match/count_lines); init saves real stderr for abort loudness.
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh" && wake_assert_init
+if ! . "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh"; then
+  echo "WAKE-ASSERT INIT ABORT: cannot source _wake-common.sh — suite ran ZERO wake assertions (#984)" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+wake_assert_init
 DET="$SCRIPT_DIR/detector.sh"
 STORE="$SCRIPT_DIR/store.sh"
 

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/test-wake-digest-hmac.sh

@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # #973: three-valued grep assertion helpers (has_match/count_lines); init saves real stderr for abort loudness.
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh" && wake_assert_init
+if ! . "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh"; then
+  echo "WAKE-ASSERT INIT ABORT: cannot source _wake-common.sh — suite ran ZERO wake assertions (#984)" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+wake_assert_init
 STORE="$SCRIPT_DIR/store.sh"
 DIGEST="$SCRIPT_DIR/digest.sh"
 SIGN="$SCRIPT_DIR/sign.sh"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/test-wake-digest-quarantine.sh

@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # #973: three-valued grep assertion helpers (has_match/count_lines); init saves real stderr for abort loudness.
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh" && wake_assert_init
+if ! . "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh"; then
+  echo "WAKE-ASSERT INIT ABORT: cannot source _wake-common.sh — suite ran ZERO wake assertions (#984)" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+wake_assert_init
 DIGEST="$SCRIPT_DIR/digest.sh"
 
 command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || {

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/test-wake-fn-oracle.sh

@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # #973: three-valued grep assertion helpers (has_match/count_lines); init saves real stderr for abort loudness.
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh" && wake_assert_init
+if ! . "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh"; then
+  echo "WAKE-ASSERT INIT ABORT: cannot source _wake-common.sh — suite ran ZERO wake assertions (#984)" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+wake_assert_init
 ORACLE="$SCRIPT_DIR/fn-oracle.sh"
 DET="$SCRIPT_DIR/detector.sh"
 

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/test-wake-install.sh

@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # #973: three-valued grep assertion helpers (has_match/count_lines); init saves real stderr for abort loudness.
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh" && wake_assert_init
+if ! . "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh"; then
+  echo "WAKE-ASSERT INIT ABORT: cannot source _wake-common.sh — suite ran ZERO wake assertions (#984)" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+wake_assert_init
 WI="$SCRIPT_DIR/wake-install.sh"
 BEACON="$SCRIPT_DIR/beacon.sh"
 FRAMEWORK_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/test-wake-preimage.sh

@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # #973: three-valued grep assertion helpers (has_match/count_lines); init saves real stderr for abort loudness.
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh" && wake_assert_init
+if ! . "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh"; then
+  echo "WAKE-ASSERT INIT ABORT: cannot source _wake-common.sh — suite ran ZERO wake assertions (#984)" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+wake_assert_init
 PRE="$SCRIPT_DIR/preimage.sh"
 STORE="$SCRIPT_DIR/store.sh"
 DET="$SCRIPT_DIR/detector.sh"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/test-wake-reconcile.sh

@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # #973: three-valued grep assertion helpers (has_match/count_lines); init saves real stderr for abort loudness.
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh" && wake_assert_init
+if ! . "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh"; then
+  echo "WAKE-ASSERT INIT ABORT: cannot source _wake-common.sh — suite ran ZERO wake assertions (#984)" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+wake_assert_init
 RECON="$SCRIPT_DIR/reconcile.sh"
 STORE="$SCRIPT_DIR/store.sh"
 DET="$SCRIPT_DIR/detector.sh"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/test-wake-store-ack.sh

@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # #973: three-valued grep assertion helpers (has_match/count_lines); init saves real stderr for abort loudness.
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh" && wake_assert_init
+if ! . "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh"; then
+  echo "WAKE-ASSERT INIT ABORT: cannot source _wake-common.sh — suite ran ZERO wake assertions (#984)" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+wake_assert_init
 STORE="$SCRIPT_DIR/store.sh"
 ACK="$SCRIPT_DIR/ack.sh"
 

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/test-wake-store-enqueue-race.sh

@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ set -uo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # #973: three-valued grep assertion helpers (has_match/count_lines); init saves real stderr for abort loudness.
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh" && wake_assert_init
+if ! . "$SCRIPT_DIR/_wake-common.sh"; then
+  echo "WAKE-ASSERT INIT ABORT: cannot source _wake-common.sh — suite ran ZERO wake assertions (#984)" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+wake_assert_init
 STORE="$SCRIPT_DIR/store.sh"
 
 command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || {

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/validate-973/check-973.py

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ comparison come from independent code paths.
 Subcommands (all print sorted, stable output; non-zero exit on any failure):
 
   expected   The expected coordinate set from the ARTIFACT: one
-             "<helper> <file>:<line+3>" row per denominator row (+3 = the
+             "<helper> <file>:<line+7>" row per denominator row (+7 = 3
-             uniform header shift the converter applied; converter-verified).
+             converter header lines + 4 lines from the #984 source guard,
+             uniform across all ten suites).
              Multi-grep lines stay ONE coordinate.
 
   static     The converted-site inventory from the SOURCE TEXT at the current
@@ -23,9 +24,9 @@ Subcommands (all print sorted, stable output; non-zero exit on any failure):
              from the text.)
 
   arms       The forced-error arm list: the 19 denominator canaries plus one
-             E-form arm (store-ack:733→736, a $(count_lines) capture compared
+             E-form arm (store-ack:733→740, a $(count_lines) capture compared
-             afterward — the A6 shape) plus one F-form arm (quarantine:560→563,
+             afterward — the A6 shape) plus one F-form arm (quarantine:560→567,
-             the multi-grep pipeline capture), as "<helper> <file>:<line+3>
+             the multi-grep pipeline capture), as "<helper> <file>:<line+7>
              <form>". Both extras are asserted to exist in the artifact with
              the expected form — a renumber that moved them fails here, not
              silently downstream.
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ Subcommands (all print sorted, stable output; non-zero exit on any failure):
   sweep      Residual sweep: the denominator's own classifier (ported from the
              frozen derivation) over the ten suites at the current tree must
              find ZERO unconverted verdict-form grep sites; and, IN THE SAME
-             RUN, six per-form specimens planted into a temp copy of a real
+             RUN, eight specimens (six per-form + two absorb-branch probes, #985)
+             planted into a temp copy of a real
              suite must ALL be found with their correct forms — an instrument
              that reports zero must first be seen finding what it claims to
              find (A5).
@@ -50,7 +52,9 @@ HERE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 WAKE = HERE.parent
 ART = HERE / "denominator-089615f.json"
 
-HEADER_SHIFT = 3  # converter inserted 3 header lines after SCRIPT_DIR in every suite
+HEADER_SHIFT = 7  # 3 converter header lines after SCRIPT_DIR + 4 lines from the
+# #984 source guard (1-line `. _wake-common.sh && wake_assert_init` became a 5-line
+# guarded block) — both uniform across all ten suites, both above every site.
 
 # The two hand-picked extra arms (base coordinates; forms asserted at load).
 EXTRA_ARMS = [
@@ -68,10 +72,14 @@ RX_ASSIGN_SUB = re.compile(r'=\s*"?\$\(.*grep')
 RX_IF = re.compile(r"^\s*(el)?if\s+.*grep")
 RX_GREP = re.compile(r"(^|[^A-Za-z0-9_.-])grep([^A-Za-z0-9_.-]|$)")
 
-
+# grep in COMMAND position: at line start or after a command separator / subshell
-def polarity(line):
+# opener / shell keyword / `!`. Quote-unaware by design — a quoted "grep" after a
-    m = RX_FAIL_SAME.search(line)
+# separator reads as a command and lands the line in residual, which fails LOUD;
-    return "OR" if m.group(1) == "||" else "AND"
+# the absorb direction (note) is the one that must never fire on a real verdict.
+RX_GREP_CMD = re.compile(
+    r"(?:^|[;|&(`]|\$\(|\bif\b|\belif\b|\bthen\b|\belse\b|\bdo\b|\bwhile\b|\buntil\b|!)"
+    r"\s*grep(?:\s|$)"
+)
 
 
 def classify(lines):
@@ -137,6 +145,28 @@ def classify(lines):
     return sites, dispo
 
 
+def residual_sites(lines):
+    """classify() plus the absorb decision — the ONE path both sweep legs share.
+
+    A classified site is absorbed as a note only when its line carries a wake
+    helper token AND the line shows no grep in command position: a converted
+    line whose PATTERN argument merely contains the word grep. A helper line
+    that also runs a real grep verdict (has_match ... && grep -q SECRET ... &&
+    fail) stays residual (#985). Multi-line forms anchor the site at the line
+    containing grep, so a command-position grep on a continuation line never
+    shares its line with the helper token and stays residual by construction.
+    """
+    sites, dispo = classify(lines)
+    residual, notes = [], []
+    for ln, form, text in sites:
+        line = lines[ln - 1]
+        if RX_HELPER.search(line) and not RX_GREP_CMD.search(line):
+            notes.append((ln, form, text))
+        else:
+            residual.append((ln, form, text))
+    return residual, notes, dispo
+
+
 def load_art():
     art = json.loads(ART.read_text())
     assert art["total"] == 261 == len(art["rows"]), "artifact self-consistency"
@@ -199,13 +229,20 @@ def cmd_arms():
     return 0
 
 
+# (expected classify form, expected disposition through residual_sites, snippet)
 PLANTS = [
-    ("A-same-line", ['grep -q needle haystack || fail "plant-A"']),
+    ("A-same-line", "residual", ['grep -q needle haystack || fail "plant-A"']),
-    ("B-cont-operator", ["grep -q needle haystack ||", '  fail "plant-B"']),
+    ("B-cont-operator", "residual", ["grep -q needle haystack ||", '  fail "plant-B"']),
-    ("C-cont-backslash", ["grep -q needle \\", '  haystack || fail "plant-C"']),
+    ("C-cont-backslash", "residual", ["grep -q needle \\", '  haystack || fail "plant-C"']),
-    ("D-if-form", ["if ! grep -q needle haystack; then", '  fail "plant-D"', "fi"]),
+    ("D-if-form", "residual", ["if ! grep -q needle haystack; then", '  fail "plant-D"', "fi"]),
-    ("E-count-capture", ['[ "$(grep -c needle haystack)" = "1" ] || fail "plant-E"']),
+    ("E-count-capture", "residual", ['[ "$(grep -c needle haystack)" = "1" ] || fail "plant-E"']),
-    ("F-extract-capture", ['val="$(grep needle haystack)"']),
+    ("F-extract-capture", "residual", ['val="$(grep needle haystack)"']),
+    # G: a converted line that ALSO runs a raw grep verdict — the helper token
+    # must not absorb it (#985)
+    ("A-same-line", "residual", ['has_match -q needle "$F" && grep -q SECRET "$F" && fail "plant-G"']),
+    # H: negative control — helper whose PATTERN argument is the word grep;
+    # must be absorbed as a note, never residual
+    ("A-same-line", "note", ['has_match -q "grep" haystack || fail "plant-H"']),
 ]
 
 
@@ -215,22 +252,20 @@ def cmd_sweep():
 
     # leg 1: real suites at the current tree must be residual-free
     for f in suite_files(art):
-        lines = (WAKE / f).read_text().split("\n")
+        residual, notes, _dispo = residual_sites((WAKE / f).read_text().split("\n"))
-        sites, _dispo = classify(lines)
+        for ln, form, text in notes:
-        residual = []
+            # converted line whose PATTERN argument contains the word grep:
-        for ln, form, text in sites:
+            # not an unconverted site, but never silently absorbed either
-            if RX_HELPER.search(lines[ln - 1]):
+            print(f"SWEEP-NOTE {f}:{ln} converted line matches grep-token ({form}): {text[:80]}")
-                # converted line whose PATTERN argument contains the word grep:
-                # not an unconverted site, but never silently absorbed either
-                print(f"SWEEP-NOTE {f}:{ln} converted line matches grep-token ({form}): {text[:80]}")
-                continue
-            residual.append((ln, form, text))
         for ln, form, text in residual:
             print(f"SWEEP-RESIDUAL {f}:{ln} {form}: {text[:100]}")
             bad += 1
         print(f"SWEEP {f}: {len(residual)} residual verdict site(s)")
 
-    # leg 2, SAME RUN: the instrument must find six per-form plants
+    # leg 2, SAME RUN, SAME PATH as leg 1: the instrument must find every plant
+    # with the right form AND the right absorb disposition — plants G/H exercise
+    # the absorb branch itself, so this leg must go through residual_sites(),
+    # not raw classify()
     donor = suite_files(art)[0]
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
         planted = Path(td) / donor
@@ -238,25 +273,28 @@ def cmd_sweep():
         base_lines = planted.read_text().split("\n")
         offset = len(base_lines)
         expect = {}
-        for form, snippet in PLANTS:
+        for form, dispo, snippet in PLANTS:
-            expect[offset + 1] = form  # first physical line of each plant
+            expect[offset + 1] = (form, dispo)  # first physical line of each plant
             base_lines.extend(snippet)
             offset = len(base_lines)
         planted.write_text("\n".join(base_lines))
-        sites, _ = classify(planted.read_text().split("\n"))
+        residual, notes, _ = residual_sites(planted.read_text().split("\n"))
-        found = {ln: form for ln, form, _t in sites if ln in expect}
+        found = {ln: (form, "residual") for ln, form, _t in residual}
-        unexpected = [(ln, form) for ln, form, _t in sites if ln not in expect]
+        found.update({ln: (form, "note") for ln, form, _t in notes})
-        hits = sum(1 for ln, form in expect.items() if found.get(ln) == form)
+        unexpected = [(ln, form) for ln, form, _t in residual if ln not in expect]
-        print(f"SWEEP-PLANTS found={hits}/6 in planted copy of {donor}")
+        hits = sum(1 for ln, want in expect.items() if found.get(ln) == want)
-        if hits != 6:
+        n_plants = len(PLANTS)
-            for ln, form in sorted(expect.items()):
+        print(f"SWEEP-PLANTS found={hits}/{n_plants} in planted copy of {donor}")
-                got = found.get(ln, "<missed>")
+        if hits != n_plants:
-                if got != form:
+            for ln, want in sorted(expect.items()):
-                    print(f"SWEEP-PLANT-MISS line {ln}: expected {form}, got {got}")
+                got = found.get(ln, ("<missed>", "<missed>"))
+                if got != want:
+                    print(f"SWEEP-PLANT-MISS line {ln}: expected {want}, got {got}")
             bad += 1
         if unexpected:
-            # the donor is a converted suite: any non-plant site the sweep finds
+            # the donor is a converted suite: any non-plant RESIDUAL site in the
-            # in the copy contradicts the zero it just reported on the original
+            # copy contradicts the zero leg 1 just reported on the original
+            # (non-plant notes mirror leg 1's treatment: printed there, not bad)
             for ln, form in unexpected:
                 print(f"SWEEP-PLANT-UNEXPECTED {donor}(copy):{ln} {form}")
             bad += 1

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/validate-973/unexecuted-sites-dispositions.txt

@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 #
 # Verified guard per site (line numbers at branch tip, +3 header shift):
 
-count_lines test-wake-beacon.sh:350 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 349; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
+count_lines test-wake-beacon.sh:354 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 353; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
-count_lines test-wake-detector.sh:702 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 701; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
+count_lines test-wake-detector.sh:706 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 705; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
-count_lines test-wake-digest-hmac.sh:434 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 433; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
+count_lines test-wake-digest-hmac.sh:438 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 437; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
-count_lines test-wake-digest-quarantine.sh:584 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 583; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
+count_lines test-wake-digest-quarantine.sh:588 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 587; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
-count_lines test-wake-fn-oracle.sh:132 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 131; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
+count_lines test-wake-fn-oracle.sh:136 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 135; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
-count_lines test-wake-install.sh:434 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 433; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
+count_lines test-wake-install.sh:438 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 437; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
-count_lines test-wake-reconcile.sh:389 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 388; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
+count_lines test-wake-reconcile.sh:393 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 392; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
-count_lines test-wake-store-ack.sh:741 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 740; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
+count_lines test-wake-store-ack.sh:745 — red-path summary; guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 744; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
-count_lines test-wake-store-enqueue-race.sh:208 — red-path summary (with "#927 TOCTOU reproduced (RED)" tail); guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 207; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory
+count_lines test-wake-store-enqueue-race.sh:212 — red-path summary (with "#927 TOCTOU reproduced (RED)" tail); guard `[ -s "$FAILFILE" ]` at line 211; template execution measured by microtest C11; text verified by static inventory

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/wake/validate-973/validate-973.sh

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 #   0. instrument self-test (microtest) — no validate evidence is trusted
 #      before the instrument itself has been proven, including its abort arms.
-#   1. expected set: 261 coordinates from the FROZEN artifact (+3 header
+#   1. expected set: 261 coordinates from the FROZEN artifact (+7 header
-#      shift), count asserted against the number declared below BEFORE any
+#      shift: 3 converter lines + 4 #984 guard lines), count asserted against the number declared below BEFORE any
 #      suite runs.
 #   2. static inventory: converted call sites re-derived from SOURCE TEXT,
 #      must equal the expected set exactly (amendment ONE, leg 1 — the
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 #      site's ledger row must already be present (the append lands before the
 #      grep).
 #   6. residual sweep: the denominator's own classifier finds zero unconverted
-#      verdict greps in the suites — and six per-form plants in the same run.
+#      verdict greps in the suites — and eight plants (six per-form + two
+#      absorb-branch probes, #985) in the same run.
 #
 # Output discipline (A10): every line that reports on a suite names the file
 # under test; exit codes are reported before failure counts.
@@ -180,8 +181,15 @@ while read -r helper site form; do
     bad="$bad no-ARMED-line"
   printf '%s\n' "$out" | grep -q "WAKE-ASSERT ABORT: ${helper} at ${site}: grep exit" ||
     bad="$bad no-ABORT-line"
-  printf '%s\n' "$out" | grep -Eq "$(sentinel_for "$f")" &&
+  # AND-polarity check (a match is the defect): a grep error (rc>=2) must be
-    bad="$bad sentinel-emitted"
+  # its own loud arm — it cannot fall through as "no sentinel = pass".
+  rc_sent=0
+  printf '%s\n' "$out" | grep -Eq "$(sentinel_for "$f")" || rc_sent=$?
+  case "$rc_sent" in
+  0) bad="$bad sentinel-emitted" ;;
+  1) : ;;
+  *) bad="$bad sentinel-grep-error-rc=$rc_sent" ;;
+  esac
   grep -q "^${helper} ${site}\$" "$aled" ||
     bad="$bad no-ledger-row"
   if [ -z "$bad" ]; then