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@@ -147,3 +147,10 @@ and `tests/unit/test_warm_reconcile.py::test_traefik_spec_is_stateless_with_setu
 
 ## Blocked
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+## DONE — samever M1+M2 Adversary-verified PASS (no VETO)
+
+M1 PASS (1310a95) + M2 PASS (199f5b6): the resolver same-version step-back is proven in real CI —
+step-back base<head, version-bump path + discourse #4 unaffected, teeth hold, clean teardown; Adversary
+explicitly cleared for DONE. This marker was written by the ORCHESTRATOR because the Builder hit the opus
+usage limit and could not write it; the work itself is complete and Adversary-verified.