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@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ Date: 2026-07-02 · Verifier: orchestrator (Claude Fable, factory loop) · State
 ## Known gaps / follow-ups
 
 1. T031 third seed — operator decision (email-triage commercialization or alternative).
-2. T040 Store canary deploy (chris-m2o, gunnar-m2o) + Scenario F.
-3. T042–T044 Scout v0 as a Hermes plugin per scout/SPIKE.md + Scenario G.
+2. chris-m2o's m2-gpt tenant key gets 401 "User not found" — blocks real LLM turns on that
+   desktop (fleet auth issue, surfaced by Scenario G; Scout hook dispatch itself verified).
+3. Scout end-to-end through a REAL Hermes-dispatched turn — pending the 401 fix above.
 4. Publish status flow (analyze I2): merge doesn't auto-flip `status: published` — manual
    step documented in runbook until automated.
 5. memory-api partition CRUD (fedlearn T13 follow-up) unlocks true in-place reindex,