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  "timing_caveat": "Background I/O was active. Elapsed request times include short answers; these are not isolated benchmarks.",
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    "source": "Operator-provided terminal transcript and a direct LAN HTTP check; separate from the archived qualification summaries.",
    "fresh_m5_restore": "Completed; all eight profiles then passed sequential startup, status, generation probe, and stop checks in the October 23 terminal transcript.",
    "fresh_restore_long_context_and_vision": "Not rerun during the post-reset smoke checks.",
    "m5_lan": "0731 model listing successfully retrieved from another host after manual firewall exceptions.",
    "phone_tailscale_route": "Not tested.",
    "latest_m3_reset": "New restoration underway in the conversation; no completion claim for that rerun."
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}