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@@ -39,4 +39,27 @@ full-suite proof is wave 2's.
 (v6 footage-spikes · the beta/v7.x queue incl. John's own playtest findings whenever he walks
 it · the frontier shelf: terrain, vernacular kit, civic layer, THE BIBLE polish.)
 
-## Waves: [Fable plays] → [E] → [F fix+gate+tag] → [retro]
+## WAVE 2.5 (Fable ruling on F's held warn): CLASSIC KEEPS ITS PEOPLE
+
+F's `smoke_djdance` caught the July-20 commit adding the 5 DJ bodies to `PED_NAMES`
+UNCONDITIONALLY — they fetch under `?classic=1` and widened classic's seeded crowd pool 17→22.
+Every covenant gate stayed green (the covenant pins the plan; the roster was never pinned), but
+the classic fetch surface and crowd identity moved without a ruling. **RULED: option (b) — the
+five gate OUT of classic's pool**, mirroring the clips' `!CLASSIC` pattern. The covenant's
+meaning stays crisp: `?classic=1` is the v2 town INCLUDING ITS PEOPLE; the DJs walk every other
+boot. D lands the line; F re-verifies (classic fetch surface + pool 17 + smoke_djdance green,
+strict re-run) and RE-LAYS the tag on the true final commit. The warn was the system working —
+a covenanted surface cannot move quietly even when every pinned number stays green.
+
+## ROUND CLOSED (Fable) — **v7.0 TAGGED on `4709cfe`, all green, everything measured twice**
+
+Run 3 on the healed box: qa 7/0/0/0 · MATRIX 10 towns · flags harness 0 fails / **0 warns** (the
+§36.4 hold flipped to "✓ classic: zero DJ-body fetches" under the full suite) · classic
+`0x5f76e76` · the five DJs human-sized by name · Rokoko binds 64/65 · rotation byte-identical
+per day and across boots. The honest record stands in §36.5: re-gate runs 1–2 died to a
+BOX-level fork famine (m3panel's 2.5-day `pmset|tail` leak — fixed at source mid-round, the
+`party.monster.reaper` janitor installed as standing fleet infra) — starvation artifacts, not
+gates. The hold's full arc: held by machine-recorded WARN → ruled (classic keeps its people) →
+fixed by the owning lane alone → re-proven by the gate that held it. Nothing improvised.
+
+## Waves: [Fable plays] → [E] → [F fix+gate+tag] → [D classic-gate + F re-lay] → [retro]