diff --git a/.torch/backlog/TASK-a65500ed-a505-4664-badc-a1483d6f6f11.json b/.torch/backlog/TASK-a65500ed-a505-4664-badc-a1483d6f6f11.json
index 03fa58a..75a2ead 100644
--- a/.torch/backlog/TASK-a65500ed-a505-4664-badc-a1483d6f6f11.json
+++ b/.torch/backlog/TASK-a65500ed-a505-4664-badc-a1483d6f6f11.json
@@ -25,20 +25,21 @@
   "observedAt": "1a2b5b0fec32c2dddbfec76e2f0479de9cfc31c4",
   "feature": null,
   "milestone": null,
-  "state": "assigned",
+  "state": "in_progress",
   "owner": "work-integration",
   "evidence": [
     "message:d9705044-5bce-4806-b72a-b225bc617f50:explicit-preparation-authorization",
     "approval:61de48f4-bf5f-49d8-8aee-8df4f49f3025:approved:revision2:read-only-evidence-only",
     "TASK-pilot-executor-outcomes:completed:revision14",
-    "TASK-bounded-routine-coordination:completed:revision18"
+    "TASK-bounded-routine-coordination:completed:revision18",
+    "owner:d9705044-5bce-4806-b72a-b225bc617f50:preparation-only"
   ],
   "commit": null,
   "integrationRequest": null,
   "blockedReason": null,
   "createdAt": "2026-10-01T07:36:25.425Z",
-  "updatedAt": "2026-10-01T08:03:43.108Z",
-  "revision": 3,
+  "updatedAt": "2026-10-01T08:08:14.259Z",
+  "revision": 4,
   "history": [
     {
       "from": null,
@@ -60,6 +61,13 @@
       "actorId": "session-manager",
       "at": "2026-10-01T08:03:43.108Z",
       "note": "Assign ONLY read-only preparation phase under ownerd970 and QA61de approved2 after exactnextready/noactivework and both dependency completions. Native Work Integration may inventory historical note IDs/hashes and propose lossless immutable record/index/strict validation design; outputs only durable TORCH task evidence/attachments. NO repository paths/report creation, source/tests/integrity-note edits, migration, enforcement or implementation assignment; exact owned path consent and reviewed next implementation phase required later. QA retains scenarios/spec/notes ownership. This phase does not satisfy full task completion; retain all historical evidence/current protocols/criteria. Arbiter alone starts native session; no provider/wake/installation actions."
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "assigned",
+      "to": "in_progress",
+      "actorId": "work-integration",
+      "at": "2026-10-01T08:08:14.259Z",
+      "note": "Beginning the assigned read-only preparation phase: inventory existing integrity-note provenance and propose a lossless record/index and fail-closed discovery contract in durable TORCH evidence only."
     }
   ]
 }
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 b028e61..639d5ba 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 +1,37 @@
 # Current pilot remaining-work handoff
 
+## Console preservation failure reconciled at 08:12 UTC
+
+Owner `daf0c497` conveys native Console `c3d87385` admission: the four generated
+PNG outputs of INCOMPLETE75afe were **restored before archiving**. Their generated
+bytes are lost. Earlier archive requests below are superseded, not fulfilled;
+do not invent archives or present committed baseline originals as lost-run
+evidence. Preserve actual public restore/provenance, strict expectations and
+historical75afe as permanently unqualified. Manager requested actual native
+restore actor/tool record; no Manager restore or cleanup occurred.
+
+Manager independently rechecked current clean exact
+`b600fc8beee2d15e68779b1a5939fcebc6047d33`: all four working PNGs match current
+committed originals, with byte-identical committed baseline continuity from
+366e3. This proves current baseline continuity, **not recoverability of lost
+generated outputs** or run qualification. QA is asked independently whether a
+guarded merge of actual canonical07a2bc and fresh correctly isolated engine run
+is safe despite this failure. That named disposition precedes merge/check; no
+old-engine rerun, golden update, manufactured visual PASS or external guard bypass.
+The Console task remains incomplete with actual browser acceptance separately
+blocked. Earlier current-clean/pending-archive statements do not close this wait.
+
+Capture under the existing generated-artifact/alpha.3 engine-provenance followup:
+**mechanical executing-engine/source capability preflight and mandatory artifact
+isolation**, not another prompt reminder. Actual installed alpha.2 and old UI
+candidateCLI both lacked isolation. Future Work Integration checks enforcement
+needs explicit owned phase/QA consent and fail-closed boundary scenarios; it is
+not implemented by metadata alpha.3 preparation, immutable-integrity design or
+this Manager coordination. Work Integration native task is now **in_progress
+revision4**, same read-only evidence-only preparation; no second active item.
+Release's fresh review requestdde78eb0 supersedes older0fca review without deleting
+history; exact28c941 acceptance/landing/build still pending.
+
 ## Closing qualification gates at 08:09 UTC
 
 Manager's actual latest guarded merge is clean