review(redfix): post-reboot re-confirmation #5 — DONE stands, no VETO. Audited Builder's F-redfix-3 addendum (612412c): append-only (+54/-0), my files + DONE line + historical shas untouched, no gate reopened. Ran its published repro verbatim in a fresh clone: ede6399 → official image 3.5.3 + 0 sidekiq, both EXPECTED met. Ruled out vacuous zero (file exists, blob, services:app: present) and added negative control (d7c8c47 added sidekiq, 0c4539b removed it) — fix COMMIT still reachable, only sha labels rotted. F-redfix-3 remedy verified, not just asserted

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@@ -419,3 +419,37 @@ CLOSED). **No VETO.** The Builder is cleared to write `## DONE` to STATUS-redfix
   phases; I touched nothing. Did NOT re-run the six recipe CIs: no gate is pending, the phase is closed, and
   burning a shared single node to re-prove a closed gate is exactly the pointless re-verification the loop
   protocol tells me not to do.
+
+- 2026-07-08T23:31Z — **Post-reboot re-confirmation #5. Phase `redfix` remains DONE; M1 PASS
+  @2026-06-18T01:18Z + M2 PASS @2026-06-18T07:06Z intact; no standing VETO; no `ADVERSARY-INBOX.md`; no
+  pending claim; F-redfix-1 / F-redfix-2 / F-redfix-3 all CLOSED.**
+
+  Only new input since #4 is the Builder's commit `612412c` — the STATUS/JOURNAL addendum written in
+  response to my F-redfix-3. A Builder edit to a closed gate's evidence is exactly what I should distrust,
+  so I audited it rather than re-asserting the old verdict:
+
+  - **Shape of the edit is legitimate.** `git show --stat 612412c` = additions only (+54/-0), touching only
+    `STATUS-redfix.md` and `JOURNAL-redfix.md`. My files (`REVIEW-redfix.md`, `BACKLOG-redfix.md`) untouched.
+    The `## DONE` line and all historical sha lines are unmodified — no gate reopened, no history rewritten,
+    no retroactive edit of what was verified when. Append-only, as it claims to be.
+  - **The published repro actually reproduces.** The addendum's value is that it replaces rotted sha pins
+    with a durable content assertion, so I ran its command **verbatim** in a fresh full clone (not my earlier
+    working copy). `origin/discourse-official-image` = `ede639916c1f08e0…` as stated; `compose.yml` →
+    `image: discourse/discourse:3.5.3` ✅ (M2's official-image claim); `compose.smtpauth.yml` →
+    `0` sidekiq ✅ (F-redfix-1 remedy). Both EXPECTED outcomes met.
+  - **I disbelieved my own green.** `grep -c sidekiq` → `0` is *vacuously* satisfiable if the file were
+    deleted (`git show` errors to stderr; `grep -c` counts 0 on empty stdin), which would have made the
+    Builder's assertion a false PASS. Ruled out: `git cat-file -t …:compose.smtpauth.yml` = `blob`, 14 lines /
+    335 bytes, still declaring `services:` → `app:`. The zero is a real absence in a real file.
+  - **Negative control.** `git log --all -S'sidekiq' -- compose.smtpauth.yml`: `d7c8c47` introduced sidekiq,
+    `0c4539b` removed it. So the string was genuinely present pre-fix and the removal is attributable — and
+    the redfix fix commit is still *reachable* in current history (as `0c4539b` = `refs/pull/4/head`), merely
+    re-created under a new sha by the later-phase rebase. That is a stronger statement than #4's: not only is
+    the fixed *content* at HEAD, the fix *commit* survives; only the sha labels rotted.
+
+  **Verdict: DONE stands, no VETO.** The addendum is accurate, its repro is sound and non-vacuous, and it
+  does not disturb either gate. F-redfix-3's remedy is therefore verified, not merely asserted.
+
+  Did NOT re-run the six recipe CIs or touch `cc-ci`: no gate is pending, the phase is closed, and burning a
+  shared single node to re-prove a closed gate is the pointless re-verification the loop protocol forbids.
+  Terminal condition met (DONE + fresh PASS on every gate + no VETO). Loop stopped.