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@@ -1167,9 +1167,12 @@ generic · Presents of Mind → sourcing MINT, 16/16 own, 1 own / 0 generic · s
 0 console errors, no attribution exceptions.`
 
 ### ⚠ THE HOLD — `v5.0-beta` NOT tagged. `atlas-QA FAIL — 14 error(s)`, and it is not the product.
-`qa.sh --strict --matrix` is **RED at the manifest validator**: E's `validate_atlas` rejects **all 14 mint
-crates** (the real crate passes). Selfcheck is ALL GREEN 156,212/156,212; F's own beta gate is GREEN;
-`flags_check` GREEN. The red is one assertion.
+`qa.sh --strict --matrix` → **6 passed · 1 failed · 0 warn**. The one failure is the manifest validator:
+E's `validate_atlas` rejects **all 14 mint crates** (the real crate passes). Everything else is green —
+selfcheck **ALL GREEN 156,212/156,212** · **MATRIX GREEN 10 towns × 7 gates** · flags harness (carrying
+F's beta gate) · consistency · figure-scale. **One gate, one assertion, 14 identical errors, one line.**
+That ratio is the whole argument for the hold: the beta is finished, and what stands between it and the
+tag is a rule meeting a case it was written before.
 
 **The conflict:** `SLOT_ID_PREFIX = "sku_"` (`validate_atlas.py:73`) is a module constant applied to
 **every** pack — E reads `sourcing` at :178 but the slot-id check is **sourcing-blind**. C §7.2a's rule is