diff --git a/docs/active-work.md b/docs/active-work.md
index 731dfb1..5a5e58c 100644
--- a/docs/active-work.md
+++ b/docs/active-work.md
@@ -520,12 +520,14 @@ the authoritative tip** — the ref, not a SHA. Recover with
     other two, and the `_push_dispatch_name` comment states the
     converse. A string literal corrected while its doc comment still
     argues the other way is one refactor from reverting itself.
-  - **Gate: 12 of 13 steps green; step `12-sweep` red on a wall-clock
-    render-budget test, twice, on a DIFFERENT test each run** (logs
-    `20260809T195332Z-2113672` and `20260809T200120Z-2427128`, load
-    average 12.9/23.9 with sibling lanes building). All three pass in
-    isolated reruns; the diff is two string literals, their doc comments
-    and one test, and touches no render path. Recorded as **U5** in
+  - **Gate: all 13 steps green at `cb7730d`** (log
+    `20260809T200907Z-2672209`). **The two preceding runs of the same
+    command were red on step `12-sweep`, on a DIFFERENT wall-clock
+    render-budget test each time** (`20260809T195332Z-2113672`,
+    `20260809T200120Z-2427128`; load average 12.9/23.9 with sibling
+    lanes building). All three pass in isolated reruns, none reds twice,
+    and the diff is two string literals, their doc comments and one
+    test — no render path is touched. Recorded as **U5** in
     `docs/ci-red-signatures.md` rather than re-run away silently.
     `journey_acceptance` **47/47 UNTOUCHED** and the three
     `#pmacs.process.list()` leak detectors unedited — the stop signals
diff --git a/docs/ci-red-signatures.md b/docs/ci-red-signatures.md
index e95fd2b..94b315b 100644
--- a/docs/ci-red-signatures.md
+++ b/docs/ci-red-signatures.md
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ is the signature, and it is a stronger one than any single selector.
 | **job / flavor** | local (Linux), `scripts/gate` step `12-sweep` (`cargo test --workspace --no-fail-fast`), **load average 12.9 / 23.9** with sibling worktrees building concurrently |
 | **required fragments** | `must render within 200ms; took ` / `open() (parse + render) took ` + `spec budget is 100ms` |
 | **status** | **new incident, three selectors, none reproduced** |
-| **what IS established** | all three are **wall-clock render-budget assertions** (224ms and 258ms against a 200ms budget; 114ms against a 100ms budget), so all three are load-sensitive by construction. Each was green in an isolated rerun of its own selector, and no selector reds twice. The observing diff is **two string literals, their doc comments and one test** — it touches no render path at all, and cannot |
+| **what IS established** | all three are **wall-clock render-budget assertions** (224ms and 258ms against a 200ms budget; 114ms against a 100ms budget), so all three are load-sensitive by construction. Each was green in an isolated rerun of its own selector, no selector reds twice, and **the third run of the same command on the same tree was green on all 13 steps** (log `20260809T200907Z-2672209`). The observing diff is **two string literals, their doc comments and one test** — it touches no render path at all, and cannot |
 | **what is NOT** | that load caused it. The one-shared-`CARGO_TARGET_DIR` confound is real and again **unmeasured**, so it stays a rival explanation rather than a finding |
 | **relation to U4** | same shape, different step and different tests: U4 is two budget tests in `04-lib-crdt` failing **together**; this is three render-budget tests in `12-sweep` failing **one per run**. Kept separate rather than merged, because merging would assert a shared mechanism nothing here shows |