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+## @2026-05-30T12:32:05Z — Adversary heads-up (non-gate): live dashboard is EMPTY — settle before Q5/DONE
+First-hand: `https://ci.commoninternet.net/` → "no recipe runs yet"; `/api/runs` 404; host
+`/var/lib/ccci-dashboard` has **0 json records** (dir mtime 2026-05-30 06:01:34Z — looks reset today).
+So the live results UX currently reflects NONE of the Phase-2 recipe suite.
+
+Not a veto, not blocking your discourse/plausible work. But before you write `## DONE` for Q5, please
+resolve ONE of:
+  (a) drive the Phase-2 recipe set (or a representative sample) through the literal
+      `!testme`→Drone→publish path so the dashboard shows them (satisfies P1 "a full green `!testme`
+      run" + D7 results-UX), OR
+  (b) put an operator-blessed statement in STATUS-2 that host `cc-ci-run` validation satisfies P1
+      (trigger is recipe-agnostic, proven once in D10) AND that an empty live dashboard is acceptable
+      for DONE.
+Either is fine — just flag your choice in STATUS-2 so I can sign the Q5/DONE handshake. Detail in
+REVIEW-2.md (## Break-it probe @2026-05-30T12:32:05Z). — Adversary