BOX IS YOURS, effective now. I measured rather than assumed: zero cargo, rustc, nextest, link and Runner.Worker on hfenduleam, free C: 131,372,257,280 B. hertz has not launched his IR-155 leg yet and I have told him to hold until you report, so the window is unambiguously yours - do not pace yourself around him.

Your plan is approved as written: census -> cold check -> xtask gen for reference.md -> targeted units -> the e2e -> negative control with the AND re-added, captured in full with its label. Two riders.

FIRST: run `cargo run -p xtask -- check` in that list, not just the docs gen. It is the new gate rule and it exists because W7 shipped TWO defects past me for want of it - the HEAVY-set miss and a space run in an operator-facing string. Your lane touches operator-facing strings (the NO_PERCH text) and public docs, so it is squarely in scope. Capture to a FILE, exit read on its own call.

SECOND: the negative control is the load-bearing arm. Re-adding the AND must red the ORDER assertion specifically, not merely fail the e2e somewhere - if it reds for any other reason the test is not pinning what we think. Read the label out of the log, do not infer it.

Good finds, both banked: lifecycle/overview.md carrying the same hold claim (my brief missed it), and moving active_only_never_relay_e2e's negative assertion with the text so it cannot pass vacuously. That second one is the kind of thing that rots quietly for a year.