diff --git a/docs/TODO.md b/docs/TODO.md
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@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
 ## client-reliability
 
 - 2026-10-19: client-reliability-1 assigned: reproduce/classify and fix profile-modal suite hang without weakening assertions. Initial evidence: three isolated 60s timeouts (one clean environment), full baseline stopped at file 220/425; read docs/agents/prompts/client-reliability.md and claim the item. Scope excludes app.js and unrelated subsystems.
+
+- 2026-10-19: client-reliability-1 fix committed at dbdac18d (test-only fixture, original assertions preserved; native focus contract and both mutants fail when broken). Isolated27/27 natural exit2.44s, lint11/11. Full60s/file run passed226/425 files including profile-modal; file227 tests/race/nostr-client-init-race.test.mjs timed out;198 later files untested. Await dispatch routing for this unowned blocker before normal landing/close. No product/browser/build qualification or landing claimed. See test_logs/TEST_LOG_2026-10-19_20-13-00_client-reliability-final.md.
diff --git a/docs/agents/backlog/client-reliability-1.json b/docs/agents/backlog/client-reliability-1.json
index 607c321e..012f2bd6 100644
--- a/docs/agents/backlog/client-reliability-1.json
+++ b/docs/agents/backlog/client-reliability-1.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
  "id": "client-reliability-1",
  "area": "client-reliability",
- "status": "in-progress",
+ "status": "blocked",
  "title": "Diagnose and fix profile-modal suite hang without weakening assertions",
- "blockedOn": null,
+ "blockedOn": "dispatch: unowned tests/race/nostr-client-init-race.test.mjs retains background relay work; full gate fails after 226/425 passed; fix dbdac18d passes isolated27/27 and lint11/11",
  "addedOn": "2026-10-19",
  "filedAt": "8b204687d2c0020c0fe97cedb3e9f8661a8d709a"
 }
diff --git a/test_logs/TEST_LOG_2026-10-19_20-13-00_client-reliability-final.md b/test_logs/TEST_LOG_2026-10-19_20-13-00_client-reliability-final.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# client-reliability-1 final-tree validation: dbdac18df1a4957cf15f47afdb205e28d7cb1724
+
+- Branch contains unstable e106a15e, merged at d0224078; final `git merge unstable` reported already up to date.
+- `env -u NODE_TEST_CONTEXT NODE_ENV=test node --import ./tests/test-helpers/setup-localstorage.mjs --test-reporter=spec tests/profile-modal-controller.test.mjs`: exit 0 naturally; 27 tests passed, 0 failed/cancelled/skipped/todo; 2442.95ms.
+- `npm run lint` (unrestricted because sandbox git subprocess EPERM): exit 0, all 11 lint stages passed.
+- `env -u NODE_TEST_CONTEXT UNIT_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS=60000 npm test`: exit 1. 227/425 files started; first 226 exited 0 including tests/profile-modal-controller.test.mjs; file 227 tests/race/nostr-client-init-race.test.mjs aborted after 60000ms. 198 files not run. Full suite is NOT green. Runner reports file outcomes, not an aggregate scenario count.
+- Product filtering mutant: exit 1, 1 failed/0 passed. Fixture hidden-attribute mutant: exit 1, 1 failed/0 passed. Both restored. No product source changes remain.
+- Not verified: later 198 unit files, browser behavior, full application CSS/layout, signer/wallet/network behavior, build, release/deployment. Test-only change; no browser/build qualification claimed.
+- No queue submission while full gate is blocked. Dispatch notified via mailbox 20261019T201304-client-reliability-a7c828.md of the newly exposed unowned race-suite timeout; waiting for routing/scope decision.
+- Read-only isolated race diagnostic: `env -u NODE_TEST_CONTEXT NODE_ENV=test timeout 10s node --import ./tests/test-helpers/setup-localstorage.mjs --test-reporter=spec tests/race/nostr-client-init-race.test.mjs`: exit124; its single test reports PASS in60.91ms, then process retains background relay retries. This is a retained-resource/harness-cleanup boundary, distinct from the profile suite's synchronous style cost. No race or Nostr source changed.
diff --git a/todo/TODO_2026-10-19_20-13-00_client-reliability.md b/todo/TODO_2026-10-19_20-13-00_client-reliability.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- [x] Claim/revalidate client-reliability-1 at startup HEAD9e6c310d.
+- [x] Classify timeout as expensive JSDOM computed styles; baseline26/26 natural completion57.04s.
+- [x] Implement test-only fixture; preserve all assertions; native-JSDOM contract and two failing mutants.
+- [x] Commit, merge unstable and verify isolated27/27 and lint11/11 on dbdac18d.
+- [ ] Full unit gate:226 files passed; file227 Nostr-client race timed out60s;198 untested.
+- [ ] Dispatch routing of unowned race-suite blocker, then normal full gate, queue submission, durable landing and close.