diff --git a/.torch/backlog/TASK-3909cbf6-10c6-44ce-b82e-5bfb62cf34c8.json b/.torch/backlog/TASK-3909cbf6-10c6-44ce-b82e-5bfb62cf34c8.json
index e917c56..657a467 100644
--- a/.torch/backlog/TASK-3909cbf6-10c6-44ce-b82e-5bfb62cf34c8.json
+++ b/.torch/backlog/TASK-3909cbf6-10c6-44ce-b82e-5bfb62cf34c8.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "observedAt": "cb145e56cb7d530f9563b98d4f9920ff0372a67a",
   "feature": "Check artifact safety",
   "milestone": "Owner-reviewed reliability follow-up",
-  "state": "in_progress",
+  "state": "verification",
   "owner": "qa",
   "evidence": [
     "message:97e2a19a-080a-4865-9c33-2204e842626a:explicit-QA-owned-safe-default-followup",
@@ -28,14 +28,20 @@
     "message:79d19fd6-43e4-4113-9855-4f0a266e4e6c:directnpm-provenance-correction",
     "message:8a668aba-192e-4188-9cd0-3eb4b6241f10:fresh-QA-recovery-disposition-complete;Kernel-only-application",
     "message:4cec1df1-4712-443e-8727-97d8679d791b:actualsourcecommit/focused3PASS/check-only/not-fullgates",
-    "message:bd4b6aca-20b5-4f1a-a196-24b739071ff3:independenthermetic-unsafe-target-counterexamples"
+    "message:bd4b6aca-20b5-4f1a-a196-24b739071ff3:independenthermetic-unsafe-target-counterexamples",
+    "message:5f4eed01-1efa-4aa5-96a2-1456e9b306c9:corrected-candidate/clean/four-PASS",
+    "receipt:79965427-88d1-4a05-bebb-b0c244283a13:test:PASS:0fdfcb3",
+    "receipt:44ba4ca3-69fa-40b9-b231-7b54aebef3d7:check:PASS:0fdfcb3",
+    "receipt:f28e9756-3789-4857-967c-92a7229292f4:lint:PASS:0fdfcb3",
+    "receipt:aa5da076-f68f-444b-84f3-a5ec6315ded2:test-dashboard:PASS:0fdfcb3",
+    "message:ddbf82fa-a355-41f9-943b-acc51311fdfc:independent-Work-compatibility-PASS/not-final-acceptance"
   ],
-  "commit": "014bdb4f970cd0834b87b803218628f5830cad2a",
+  "commit": "0fdfcb3b68e4511f2993d03e1fff8f89124b731c",
   "integrationRequest": null,
   "blockedReason": null,
   "createdAt": "2026-10-01T09:21:25.674Z",
-  "updatedAt": "2026-10-01T09:36:33.572Z",
-  "revision": 4,
+  "updatedAt": "2026-10-01T09:54:30.020Z",
+  "revision": 5,
   "history": [
     {
       "from": null,
@@ -64,6 +70,13 @@
       "actorId": "session-manager",
       "at": "2026-10-01T09:36:33.572Z",
       "note": "ActualQA-ownedimplementation nowcommitted; reconcile sameassigneditem intoinprogress, not verification/acceptance. Independentcounterexamples require strictsame-task source/scenario correction; fullcandidatequalificationblockedmissingdeclareddeps/Playwright/projectlint. Preserveallgoldens/assertions and independent Work/Console finalreview; no DB/provider/install actions."
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "in_progress",
+      "to": "verification",
+      "actorId": "session-manager",
+      "at": "2026-10-01T09:54:30.020Z",
+      "note": "Same QA task moves to verification on independently read clean 0fdfcb3 and four immutable exact PASS receipts with null invalidReason. Original014bdb4 and unsafe-counterexample evidence remain unaccepted/preserved. Work compatibility verdict is limited; final independent Console/Work acceptance and native exact integration still required. No self-acceptance, completion, full visual qualification, activation or provider launch."
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/.torch/backlog/TASK-conversation-console-workflow.json b/.torch/backlog/TASK-conversation-console-workflow.json
index 6bddc30..531fe66 100644
--- a/.torch/backlog/TASK-conversation-console-workflow.json
+++ b/.torch/backlog/TASK-conversation-console-workflow.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   "observedAt": "ff0712534829",
   "feature": "Self-host development readiness",
   "milestone": "Owner-reviewed first development backlog",
-  "state": "blocked",
+  "state": "assigned",
   "owner": "owner-console",
   "evidence": [
     "message:89c92c3e-4f00-4213-877d-6c2afeb4b22c:focused-view-routing/mobile-navigation/title-provenance-design-observations",
@@ -26,14 +26,17 @@
     "message:fffedb05-8c64-4186-a8a1-8cda5c83da02:QA exact scenario and test-path consent request",
     "message:37f4db01-070e-4616-b320-c01ccb801b14:read-only route/view scope proposal for review",
     "ownership:site/console.html,site/console.js,site/styles.css=owner-console;test/fleet/**=qa",
-    "evidence:existing-console-ux-audit-and-live-console-arbiter-audit"
+    "evidence:existing-console-ux-audit-and-live-console-arbiter-audit",
+    "message:46d4a7a7-4c03-431a-a967-6136af2478f8:arbiter-accepts-design37f4/exact-three-source-paths;reports-QA6ce049-consent",
+    "message:6ce049e1-9021-4c9f-9b4b-8f8ff3f9768c:named-QA-additive-path/scenarios-consent-as-attested-by-arbiter",
+    "current-brief:d7e6d69:read-before-same-task-implementation-resume"
   ],
   "commit": null,
   "integrationRequest": null,
-  "blockedReason": "Read-only route/view proposal and exact QA scenario/path-consent request are recorded in durable Fleet messages fffedb05-8c64-4186-a8a1-8cda5c83da02 (QA) and 37f4db01-070e-4616-b320-c01ccb801b14 (Session Manager). Await QA consent for test/fleet/console-view-navigation.test.mjs and Manager/arbiter review before any implementation phase. No source/test/config/live mutations made.",
+  "blockedReason": null,
   "createdAt": "2026-09-30T19:30:23.720Z",
-  "updatedAt": "2026-10-01T09:36:28.873Z",
-  "revision": 5,
+  "updatedAt": "2026-10-01T09:52:53.161Z",
+  "revision": 6,
   "history": [
     {
       "from": null,
@@ -69,6 +72,13 @@
       "actorId": "owner-console",
       "at": "2026-10-01T09:36:28.873Z",
       "note": "Design/scoping deliverable is recorded. Pausing at the requested path-consent and implementation-phase review gate; no code or test changes are authorized in this assignment phase."
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "blocked",
+      "to": "assigned",
+      "actorId": "session-manager",
+      "at": "2026-10-01T09:52:53.161Z",
+      "note": "Resume SAME owner/task after actual design acceptance and arbiter-attested named QA consent. Exact Console next idle/no active item. Implement only site/console.html, site/console.js, site/styles.css plus QA-approved test/fleet/console-view-navigation.test.mjs; confirm actual addressed QA6ce049 constraints before test edits. Stable fragments/history/current accessible navigation, mobile all-area grid, selected view, human-readable task/status and accessible provenance; retain drafts, preview freshness/confirmation and all existing authority controls, unknown/live distinction, branding/dark mode. No live-refresh/backend/config scope expansion. Strict tests/Test Integrity Note through QA consent; fresh exact four gates and independent QA acceptance. Actual browser unavailability remains explicit final visual gate, not source implementation deadlock. Arbiter controls session start; Manager starts none."
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/.torch/backlog/TASK-conversation-persistent-operations.json b/.torch/backlog/TASK-conversation-persistent-operations.json
index fb74849..51349c6 100644
--- a/.torch/backlog/TASK-conversation-persistent-operations.json
+++ b/.torch/backlog/TASK-conversation-persistent-operations.json
@@ -20,20 +20,25 @@
   "observedAt": "ff0712534829",
   "feature": "Self-host development readiness",
   "milestone": "Owner-reviewed first development backlog",
-  "state": "assigned",
+  "state": "in_progress",
   "owner": "release-self-host",
   "evidence": [
     "message:94010b22-c6ce-4d34-9ed9-01b2330106db:sequence-real-next-Release-persistent-setup-owned-work",
     "message:2d4318ba-d6b7-4b17-aef3-2ba450776dbc:current-closure-and-next-owned-work",
     "TASK-4dc17235-e528-4582-ae49-ebde9006c753:completed:revision13",
-    "canonical-brief:d7e6d69:continued-existing-development"
+    "canonical-brief:d7e6d69:continued-existing-development",
+    "message:99ee5f01-e5ac-4537-8e46-b712e909c020:explicit-contract-and-portable-implementation-phase",
+    "message:703bb01b-6f7a-43f4-92c4-b86ca01b6153:Kernel-boundary-review",
+    "message:87c3b0a7-bd6f-46dd-a4cc-b72e27ee55c5:isolated-qualification/future-Release-fence",
+    "message:a10ce5dc-5f65-4ec6-8808-3a8ccbf6ec97:Runtime-design-review",
+    "message:c63ec499-fc6f-4246-9190-05d457d11de9:QA-strict-design-boundaries"
   ],
   "commit": null,
   "integrationRequest": null,
   "blockedReason": null,
   "createdAt": "2026-09-30T19:34:25.620Z",
-  "updatedAt": "2026-10-01T09:04:54.875Z",
-  "revision": 3,
+  "updatedAt": "2026-10-01T09:56:38.861Z",
+  "revision": 4,
   "history": [
     {
       "from": null,
@@ -55,6 +60,13 @@
       "actorId": "session-manager",
       "at": "2026-10-01T09:04:54.875Z",
       "note": "Assign ONLY read-only Release-owned setup/CLI/selfhost planning phase under explicit owner94010b22/2d4318ba next-work direction. Inspect current approved init/install/restore/upgrade/service preview paths and identify dormant/idempotent manifest-lifetime contracts, ownership boundaries and exact prospective peer requests. Outputs durable TORCH evidence/attachments only, no repository source/report/tests/config edits or host/provider/install actions. No credential inspection/live probe. Full multi-domaincriteria stayopen; later bounded implementation requires exactpath/QAconsent and reviewed scope; reservationreliability/wakepause retained. Arbiter alone starts native session; Managerlaunchesnone."
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "assigned",
+      "to": "in_progress",
+      "actorId": "session-manager",
+      "at": "2026-10-01T09:56:38.861Z",
+      "note": "Current canonical brief reread and exact Release next resume SAME task. Owner99ee5 directs precise implementation contract/path map and actual named QA additive scenario consent, then reviewed Release-owned portable source work: combined digest-bound init/install preview and dormant schedule provisioning/reconciliation. Kernel config/manifest APIs and Runtime launcher/lifecycle remain peer-owned; exact consent required before edits there. Source paths begin Release src/cli.mjs/src/self-host/service.mjs/bin as individually named in returned plan; no package/global/provider/config/host changes inferred. Qualify strict isolated fixture state, distinguish from unavailable real-project schema3 gates; don't wait on live recovery to design/develop pure portable code once consent is sufficient. Return concrete enforceable future writer-fence proposal, not process absence/token alone. No host unit enable/linger/destination choice, service stop, production state relocation/live mutation, engine installation/activation or provider wake. Keep full criteria and independent final exact checks/QA/guarded integration requirements."
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/reports/audit/pilot-remaining-work-handoff-report-2026-10-01.md b/reports/audit/pilot-remaining-work-handoff-report-2026-10-01.md
index 1f70861..211ad06 100644
--- a/reports/audit/pilot-remaining-work-handoff-report-2026-10-01.md
+++ b/reports/audit/pilot-remaining-work-handoff-report-2026-10-01.md
@@ -1,5 +1,95 @@
 # Current pilot remaining-work handoff
 
+## Reconciled dispatch and retained gates at 09:57 UTC
+
+Canonical startup and pre-item briefs match
+`d7e6d69f06a71971182f6c5944e5b1769324fb10b4c67a9b048b4633b8a6f7a8`.
+The sandbox's readonly-database brief error was retried only with approved access
+for that exact command. Canonical is clean at `cb145e56`; Manager's preceding
+local checkpoint is `72c8ca95`. Direct-report check-ins, own inbox, ownership,
+exact worktrees, health, approvals, Fleet evolution and hierarchy were refreshed.
+
+Console's SAME workflow task is **assigned revision 6** for implementation.
+Arbiter message `46d4a7a7` accepts design `37f4db01` and attests actual named QA
+consent `6ce049e1` for `test/fleet/console-view-navigation.test.mjs` and strict
+route/history/mobile/draft scenarios. Fresh Console next lookup was idle.
+The only production scope is `site/console.html`, `site/console.js` and
+`site/styles.css`; Console must read its actual addressed QA constraints before
+test edits. Manager handoff `b54cd965` preserves dark mode/branding, selected
+views, stable fragments/history, mobile navigation, drafts, stale-preview
+refusal, authority controls and unknown/live provenance. No live-refresh,
+backend or configuration expansion. Independent QA and actual browser
+qualification remain required; blocked audit/attention items are preserved.
+
+Standalone artifact task `TASK-3909cbf6-10c6-44ce-b82e-5bfb62cf34c8` is
+**verification revision 5**, exact clean
+`0fdfcb3b68e4511f2993d03e1fff8f89124b731c`. Manager read four immutable PASS
+receipts with null invalid reasons: test `79965427`, check `44ba4ca3`, lint
+`f28e9756`, dashboard `aa5da076`. QA `5f4eed01` reports segment-correct path
+containment, temporary-root validation and screenshot-target lstat preflight;
+Manager read the source and strict additive scenarios. Work `ddbf82fa`
+independently passed 3/3 focused scenarios and verified all 11 external PNGs and
+runner provenance. That verdict expressly stops short of final acceptance.
+Manager handoff `5b74907b` retains independent Console/Work acceptance and exact
+guarded integration waits. No integration request exists yet; old `014bdb4`
+counterexamples and prior unqualified evidence remain preserved.
+
+Release's SAME persistent-operations task is **in_progress revision 4**.
+Arbiter `99ee5f01` advances the previous design-only phase to precise technical
+contract/path mapping, actual QA scenario consent, then reviewed portable
+Release-owned combined init/install preview and dormant provisioning work.
+Fresh Release next lookup returned resume. Handoff `ca70a145` distinguishes
+isolated source fixtures from real-project qualification; Kernel manifest/API
+and Runtime launcher/lifecycle remain peer-owned. No host unit enablement,
+linger/destination choice, provider wake, service stop, production state
+relocation or runtime activation follows. A concrete future writer-fence
+proposal is requested within this same task, not a duplicate queue.
+
+Kernel task `TASK-125dd886` remains **blocked revision 5**, original reservation
+candidate `be1ae951` and failed schema gate preserved. Its later clean design
+checkpoint is `e8e33f1ef6d13b97374130087b6d2f2dc8f0e32f`, read independently.
+ADR-025 now states the circularity: isolated XDG fixture tests can qualify
+portable tooling but cannot produce real-project receipts. Readonly planning,
+consistent SQLite online backup and apply are separate phases. A future
+Release-verified lifetime fence must prevent old v2 writers restarting across
+backup/apply and afterwards; current alpha.2 has none. Owner `533c2662` questions
+and refinement `87c3b0a7` are routed in `4cd1ba40`, `50a5f4a8` and `1fe7e28e`.
+Next: exact Kernel portable planner/verifier scope, sufficient algorithm review
+and named QA strict scenario/path consent before same-task nonlive implementation.
+No production migration, backup, PRAGMA/row/index repair, old-checker retry or
+gate waiver is authorized. Runtime starting-presence waits on this actual gate.
+
+Work `70f8c184` confirms no supported Manager metadata publication route exists:
+native integration and delivery both reject the Manager as a feature source.
+The reviewed local Git checkpoint plus TORCH messages/backlog remain the durable
+handoff, without a feature landing, delivery or remote publication claim.
+Handoff `2a3d37b6` retains a possible authenticated metadata publication feature
+against existing delivery-qualification scope for later review, without bypass.
+
+Owner `d24458ef` requests faithful urgency rather than noisy warnings. Current
+health has 34 stale observed-commit findings, including completed diagnostics,
+and two resolved-dependency findings whose actual schema/ownership waits remain.
+Exact existing attention follow-ups `7e53f0e7`/`b5cb4afa` ask Console and Work
+for classification and strict scenarios; reviewed clean branch-ahead and old
+completed observations retain raw provenance. No bulk ACK, observation rewrite,
+automatic unblock, hidden real risk or competing implementation was performed.
+
+Fleet evolution finds eight recurring domain sets; hierarchy finds ten direct
+Manager coordination requests in the 30-day window. Existing domain ownership,
+precise consent contracts and artifact/writer guards address the measured
+friction more directly than another specialist or manager. Retain six specialists;
+no Fleet change is pending or activated. All 50 tasks remain: 37 proposed, five
+blocked, five completed, one assigned, one in progress and one in verification.
+Acknowledgements cover only individually read Manager-addressed messages; all
+unresolved handoffs remain tracked here or in their existing tasks.
+
+Owner approval `75a8ebae` remains pending with no new human activation answer.
+Automatic approval review previously refused the alpha.3 pointer/registry switch
+because it may affect live services and earlier consent covered candidate build.
+That refusal is preserved; no retry, owner impersonation or duplicate permission
+question. Automatic wakes stay paused. Manager started no provider and changed
+no installation, services, configuration, production database or remote branch.
+
 ## Closing coordination gates at 09:40 UTC
 
 Console returned its concrete read-only route/view proposal37f4 and is now