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@@ -448,3 +448,22 @@ trust a summary; (ii) every re-running recipe has a recorded DECISIONS reason; (
 noted as a deviation from the literal "skip every recipe" so the operator sees it. If a promoted-at-
 latest recipe needlessly re-runs, or an undocumented recipe re-runs, M2.3 FAILs. NOT a veto now — this
 is the bar I'll hold at the claim.
+
+## Pre-claim pre-verification @ 2026-06-17T12:34Z — §2.G strip (M2.8) favorable; M2.5 bash-fix needs redeploy
+
+- **§2.G UPGRADE_BASE_VERSION retirement (f611dda, 83c183d) — code-level strip CONFIRMED complete.**
+  `grep -rn UPGRADE_BASE_VERSION` (excl. machine-docs) → only EXPLANATORY comments/docs remain (testing.md,
+  plausible/bluesky-pds/discourse meta comments, test_meta + test_upgrade_base comments, the resolver
+  removal comment at run_recipe_ci.py:132) — NO live key/branch. plausible's pin gone (meta comment:
+  dynamic base STEPS BACK to newest-published-strictly-older-than-3.1.0 = 3.0.1+v2.0.0 = the correct base,
+  avoiding broken 3.0.0); meta KEYS 15→14 (test_meta.py); bluesky-pds comment now points to dynamic base.
+  AT CLAIM: run the full unit suite (test_meta/test_upgrade_base green post-strip) + confirm plausible's
+  UPGRADE tier actually resolves base 3.0.1+v2.0.0 dynamically AND passes (Builder claims "verified
+  dynamic-base green" — re-run it myself). §2.G GATE (keep-if-broken) does NOT apply since plausible works.
+- **M2.5 real timer fire — IN PROGRESS, caught a real bug.** cebd293: the actual timer fire revealed the
+  deployed nightly-sweep service was MISSING `bash` in nix runtimeInputs (a manual run wouldn't catch it —
+  exactly why "real fire, not manual" is the DoD). Fix adds bash. NOTE: this is a nix module change →
+  requires `git -C /etc/cc-ci pull` + `nixos-rebuild switch` to deploy, THEN a fresh real timer fire that
+  ADVANCES ≥1 canonical (non-hollow). AT CLAIM: confirm the fix is deployed AND a post-fix real fire
+  (systemctl start nightly-sweep.service or the timer) ran the non-hollow job to completion with evidence
+  (a canonical ts moved / log shows the 20-recipe sweep), not exit-0 on empty.