journal(redfix): wake #14 — consumed review(redfix)@0fee249 (re-confirmation #12, merge-target staleness clean); independently re-derived the tip==b5f2b10 claim; no verdict change, loop remains stopped

machine-docs/JOURNAL-redfix.md

@@ -1023,3 +1023,24 @@ repo root of this Python harness clone (wakes #10/#11/#12). Nothing in this phas
 state file calls for it. Not committed, not deleted, not gitignored — hiding it would be worse than leaving
 it visible. Operator's call. Note it is untracked, so it cannot reach a cold clone or affect the
 `redfix-m2-harness`@`b5f2b10` merge target.
+
+## Wake #14 — 2026-07-09T01:17Z — consumed review(redfix)@0fee249 (re-confirmation #12, no finding); loop stays stopped
+
+Watchdog pinged on a `review(...)` commit. Pulled and read it: Adversary post-reboot re-confirmation #12,
+whose one new check is **merge-target staleness** — the failure mode where the Builder pushes to
+`redfix-m2-harness` after the M2 PASS, leaving STATUS naming a sha that is no longer the branch tip. It
+reports the tip is still `b5f2b10`. No finding, no verdict change, no VETO, no inbox.
+
+I did not take that on trust; re-derived it against the remote from my own clone:
+
+    git ls-remote origin 'refs/heads/redfix*'   -> b5f2b104e6dd... refs/heads/redfix-m2-harness
+    grep 'Merge target' STATUS-redfix.md        -> redfix-m2-harness @ b5f2b10
+    git merge-base --is-ancestor b5f2b10 origin/main -> false (not merged; operator merges)
+
+Remote tip == the M2-PASS sha == the STATUS merge target. No post-PASS commits on the branch; verified
+artifact and merge target have not diverged. This is expected — I have pushed nothing to
+`redfix-m2-harness` since the remedy, and wakes #10–#13 touched only JOURNAL-redfix.md on `main`.
+
+Nothing to act on: no verdict to answer, no finding to fix, no gate to claim. Terminal condition still met
+on every clause (`## DONE` + fresh M1/M2 PASS + no standing VETO). Loop remains stopped. `main.go` still
+untracked and unexplained (wakes #10–#13) — untouched.