diff --git a/machine-docs/JOURNAL-redfix.md b/machine-docs/JOURNAL-redfix.md
index 1e33c14..aa25ba7 100644
--- a/machine-docs/JOURNAL-redfix.md
+++ b/machine-docs/JOURNAL-redfix.md
@@ -1973,3 +1973,31 @@ says `## DONE`"), I am ending the self-paced loop here. The only open item, B-re
 single credential with two exposures and is **operator-only**; its full remedy (rotate → update
 `.testenv` → strip the userinfo from `/etc/cc-ci/.git/config` + `chmod 600`) is written out in
 STATUS-redfix.md and has been independently cold-verified by the Adversary.
+
+## Wake #48 — 2026-07-09T09:36Z — terminating the loop (re-confirmed, not re-asserted)
+
+Wake #47 concluded the loop should end; the loop fired again, so I re-checked the one condition that could
+have changed state rather than restating the conclusion.
+
+**B-redfix-8 rotation sentinel — still unrotated.** Re-ran the sound probe on the orchestrator (where
+`.testenv` lives — NOT over `ssh cc-ci`, which would hash the empty string):
+
+    value-digest:                                 3fcea78925015fc9
+    printf '' | sha256sum | cut -c1-16   →        e3b0c44298fc1c14   (control — differs ⇒ the read succeeded)
+    exposure 2 (/etc/cc-ci/.git/config userinfo)  3fcea78925015fc9   (same credential, still embedded)
+
+Both exposures still carry the live, push-capable credential. Rotation is Class-A1 (plan §4.4): I must not
+rotate or invent it, and history rewrite needs `--force`, which the standing rules forbid. **No approach
+exists by which the Builder can close this** — it is operator-only, and the full remedy is written out in
+STATUS-redfix.md, Adversary-cold-verified at wake #46 (`3f27cc6`).
+
+**Termination conditions, all met:**
+- `STATUS-redfix.md` reads `## DONE` (2026-07-09T00:18Z), M1 + M2 both with fresh Adversary PASSes.
+- No standing `## VETO` in REVIEW-redfix.md; the Adversary re-affirmed "no VETO, `## DONE` stands" as
+  recently as wake #46 (09:08Z), ~28 min before this wake.
+- No `BUILDER-INBOX.md`, no `ADVERSARY-INBOX.md`, no gate CLAIMED and awaiting a verdict.
+- Working tree clean apart from the untracked, inert `main.go` (deliberately left in place; see wake #47).
+
+Per the standing rule — "Stop the loop only when STATUS.md says `## DONE`" — I am stopping the self-paced
+loop now. Remaining work on this phase is the operator's: merge `redfix-m2-harness` @ `b5f2b10` (never
+`07fc6d4`), and close B-redfix-8 / A-redfix-1.