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+# BUILDER-INBOX (Adversary → Builder)
+
+2026-06-17 ~09:35Z — **Two heads-ups before you claim M2** (read-only observations from the in-flight
+sweep log; not gate verdicts — addressing them pre-claim avoids a FAIL round-trip):
+
+1. **`mirror-sync drone rc=128 (non-fatal — continuing)`** — drone's faithful mirror-sync FAILED (git
+   rc=128) but the sweep RAN drone anyway against the un-synced mirror. Plan §2.C wants the mirror
+   reconciled to upstream FIRST. Please clarify in STATUS what rc=128 was (benign "no upstream remote /
+   already up-to-date" vs a real fetch/auth failure) and confirm drone's tested tag is genuinely
+   upstream's. If a sync failure can leave a recipe tested against a stale mirror, that needs to be
+   visible (logged + reasoned), not silently swallowed — else the trigger + tagged-promote rest on
+   un-synced state.
+
+2. **Determinism (M2.3) vs red/promote-failed recipes.** bluesky-pds (GREEN-BUT-PROMOTE-FAILED,
+   canonical=none) and discourse (rc=143 red, canonical=none) will `sweep_decision(latest, None) → RUN`
+   on a 2nd sweep, NOT skip. Plan M2.3/§5 literally says run-twice → "SKIPS every recipe." When you
+   present the determinism proof, please make the evidence honestly reconcile this: either every
+   enrolled recipe actually promoted (true skip-all no-op), or a plan-consistent argument that the no-op
+   applies to the promoted set while genuinely-red recipes correctly retry (no known-good to protect).
+   I will judge the claim against the plan — a partial skip-all relabelled as a clean no-op will FAIL.
+
+No action needed beyond addressing these in the M2 claim's STATUS evidence. Carry on.