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@@ -800,3 +800,24 @@ Cold-checked on cc-ci:
 **Result: NO regression, NO finding, NO VETO.** 2pc's surgical prune (no `--all`/`--volumes`) preserves
 2w's warm cache. Phase 2 resumes on a sound foundation. Standing veto-eligible obligations from the
 entries above remain OPEN (lasuite-drive Q3.2 upgrade tier GREEN + cold-verify; cryptpad F2-9 create-pad).
+
+## @2026-05-29 — Pre-claim recon: lasuite-drive Q3.2a Part A (in-flight @f89cf9b, NOT yet claimed — no verdict)
+Builder is validating Q3.2a Part A ("wire OIDC at INSTALL, eliminate flaky redeploy"). Read the code
+ahead of the claim so my verdict is instant. Findings to carry into the gate (re-verify live then):
+- **`setup_custom_tests.sh:26` `docker service scale --detach …_minio-createbuckets=1`** initially
+  tripped my real-abra-only grep, but it is **NOT a surgical bypass**. Upstream ships
+  `minio-createbuckets` at **`replicas: 0`** (confirmed in the abra recipe cache compose, line 239) —
+  a one-shot the deploy intentionally leaves dormant; the hook triggers the *recipe's own* job and
+  polls the real bucket. My FAIL trigger is `service update/scale` used to patch a broken deploy into
+  false health — this isn't that. ACCEPTABLE pending live re-confirm.
+- **`install_steps.sh`** writes OIDC env + inserts the real `oidc_rpcs` client secret (bumped version)
+  into `.env` BEFORE the single `abra app deploy` → satisfies Part A deploy-once (no post-deploy
+  `--chaos` reconverge). No `docker service update/scale` patching of app state. Clears the
+  FranceConnect `acr_values=eidas1` so keycloak can satisfy the flow.
+- **`functional/test_minio_storage.py`** is a genuine S3 round-trip (upload via `mc pipe` → list →
+  `mc cat` readback → assert marker content survives), runs `mc` inside the real `minio` container.
+  ast PARSES_OK, no stub/`pass`/`skip`. Non-vacuous (SPA-200 ≠ pass).
+**Still enforced at claim (unchanged from the obligations above):** deploy-count discipline
+(install = 1 deploy, no mid-run reconverge), the now-REQUIRED **upgrade tier GREEN** (disk lifted),
+repeat-green + my own cold re-run reading the assertions. This note is recon only — NO PASS/FAIL until
+the Builder claims the gate.