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+  "bytes": 4551692,
+  "sha256": "589a5537069cb7f10c6e349648aae2900b0af996b0dc1ac147a138581cb913e3",
+  "baseline": "ed9d8c937d446b854d6963bd92d718bb4fb98b96",
+  "candidate": "1aa8110ec8caf04350638d2e07361ce72ba5d22e",
+  "production": "a135252ae78b47b57d7e77d19001700b3bedac8b",
+  "driver_sha256": "3dbaa6547cb0a4cb1541054f3b64ad8b6e18cc70527ac6166e56b944e9bd464a",
+  "route": "Authorized evidence-only fallback to existing Gitea branch after confirmed Drive blob transport failure",
+  "drive_failure": {
+    "action": "Drive upload of exact complete archive",
+    "folder_id": "1nMnnyD2UvwhdfNDHY_L1Bbn9LiDjr_WS",
+    "status": "confirmed_transport_failure",
+    "drive_file_id_returned": false,
+    "approval_denial": false,
+    "endpoint": "sdmntprcentralus.oaiusercontent.com",
+    "elapsed_ms": 216022,
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+    "reason": "OpenAI file blob upload failed: error sending request",
+    "retry_attempted": false
+  },
+  "scope": "Complete original ZIP, no fragments; no source integration"
+}
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+PASS: exact ed9d8c9 baseline versus exact 1aa8110 test-only candidate / a135252 production source.
+Six host guards and both sequential GPU processes passed; 136.855 seconds total.
+Six default bit-equivalence groups, six projected groups and two changed-remap groups passed.
+112 actual compiler sidecars retained and source/config/PTX verified.
+No production promotion/default change, main/dev update, LES re-pin or new conservation claim.
+Complete original evidence in one ZIP; all 57 manifest payloads verified.
+Drive blob ingress failed after 216022 ms before any Drive file ID; approved existing-branch fallback.
+Archive SHA256: 589a5537069cb7f10c6e349648aae2900b0af996b0dc1ac147a138581cb913e3