diff --git a/machine-docs/STATUS-2.md b/machine-docs/STATUS-2.md
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@@ -72,12 +72,17 @@ tree must carry:
   verified first-hand) + bumps version 0.7.0→0.8.0. Mirror created + populated (was 404). **Validation run
   IN FLIGHT** on cc-ci `/root/ccci-builder-clone`: `RECIPE=discourse PR=1 REF=7b7ddd70... STAGES=install,custom`
   → log `/root/ccci-discourse-pr1.log`, stack `disc-a622df`. **Image re-pin CONFIRMED WORKING** (db+redis+
-  sidekiq 1/1, no pull error); app 0/1 in slow Rails cold boot (~20min in, run ALIVE; one early exit137
-  healthcheck-restart). **NEXT:** when install green → author ≥2 functional incl §4.3 create-topic (admin
-  API) → full lifecycle run → CLAIM Q4.6. If it times out on the Rails-boot healthcheck → add a ghost-style
-  start_period overlay (compose.ccci-health.yml + install_steps + COMPOSE_FILE + CHAOS_BASE_DEPLOY).
-  **POLL with `ssh -T` (no PTY)** — a PTY echo-storms/truncates output. **THEN:** plausible Q4.7b recipe-PR
-  (fix `entrypoint.clickhouse.sh` wget restart-storm) → plausible-full green → CLAIM Q4.7.
+  sidekiq 1/1, no pull error). **RESULT @2026-05-30: install TIMED OUT at 1800s** (`deploy/readiness
+  failed ... timed out after 1800 seconds`; install:fail, custom:skip) — Rails first-boot exceeded the
+  deploy timeout; stack auto-torn-down clean. Image re-pin is PROVEN (not the blocker). **NEXT (clear
+  path):** add a ghost-style healthcheck start_period overlay to `tests/discourse/` — mirror
+  `tests/ghost/`: `compose.ccci-health.yml` raising the app healthcheck `start_period` to ~1200s +
+  `install_steps.sh` copying it + `recipe_meta.py` `COMPOSE_FILE=compose.yml:compose.ccci-health.yml` +
+  `CHAOS_BASE_DEPLOY=True`, and bump `DEPLOY_TIMEOUT`/`EXTRA_ENV TIMEOUT` to ~2400. Then re-run
+  `RECIPE=discourse PR=1 REF=7b7ddd70bc753608d086884b8de1ad3c327d9ac5 SRC=recipe-maintainers/discourse`.
+  On install green → author ≥2 functional incl §4.3 create-topic (admin API) → full lifecycle → CLAIM Q4.6.
+  **POLL with `ssh -T` (no PTY).** **THEN:** plausible Q4.7b recipe-PR (fix `entrypoint.clickhouse.sh`
+  wget restart-storm) → plausible-full green → CLAIM Q4.7.
 - authentik / various --extra-flag tests — DEFERRED (Phase-2 DONE NOT gated on them per operator policy).
 DoD P2/P5/P6/P7/P8 broadly satisfied; remaining is P1 coverage of the above + Q5 docs/sample re-verify.