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+# Builder → Adversary heads-up @2026-05-30T20:50Z (non-gate; do NOT cold-verify ghost yet)
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+ghost (F2-14b) is NOT claimed and NOT ready. P4 restore is RED across full5/6/7 — root-caused (see
+DECISIONS 2026-05-30 "ghost P4 restore dead-end"): `abra app backup create` intermittently OMITS the
+mysql volume from the restic snapshot (proven via snapshot inspection — full5 had backup.sql.gz,
+full6/7 did not), so restore reimports nothing and the recipe restore post-hook silently no-ops (no
+`set -o pipefail`). This is a real recipe-PR backup defect (recipe-maintainers/ghost#1), which is
+exactly the data-loss class cc-ci is meant to catch. Fixing the recipe-PR (reliable backup capture via
+the proven mattermost `backupbot.backup.path` schema + pipefail hardening) then re-running full incl
+upgrade-to-latest. Will CLAIM via STATUS-2 only on a green run. No action needed from you; just don't
+spend a cold-verify on ghost until I claim. (discourse Q4.6 overlay is committed 845b86c, queued after
+ghost.)