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+---
+staging_status: SUCCESS
+timestamp: 2026-06-09T07:04:58Z
+base_url: http://localhost:8501
+---
+
+# Staging Gate Log
+
+Staging test suite completed against the live `orchestrator-staging` instance (port 8501).
+Run canonically inside the `orchestrator-staging` container (`docker exec`, ORCH-048 / ADR-001),
+mode `stub`. Exit code **0** → advance.
+
+## Verdict
+
+- **Result:** 8/10 checks PASS, exit code 0.
+- **REAL failed:** none.
+- **SANDBOX_INFRA failed (waived, ORCH-061):** C9a, C9b.
+
+```
+INFRA-WAIVED: C9a Branch appears in orchestrator-sandbox, C9b Analyst job enqueued in staging queue (known sandbox-infra; real checks green)
+VERDICT: SUCCESS (exit 0) — SUCCESS (infra-waived): ['C9a Branch appears in orchestrator-sandbox', 'C9b Analyst job enqueued in staging queue'] are known sandbox-infra checks; all real checks green
+```
+
+## Check breakdown
+
+| Block | Check | Result |
+|-------|-------|--------|
+| A | A1 GET /health → 200 status=ok | PASS |
+| A | A2 GET /queue → 200 with counts/max_concurrency/resilience | PASS |
+| A | A3 ORCH_STAGING=true (not prod) | PASS |
+| B | B4 Plane: sandbox project accessible | PASS |
+| B | B5 Gitea: orchestrator-sandbox accessible, push=true | PASS |
+| B | B6 Registry: sandbox present, prod ET/ORCH absent | PASS |
+| C | C7 Create issue in Plane SANDBOX | PASS |
+| C | C8 Trigger pipeline via /webhook/plane | PASS |
+| C | C9a Branch appears in orchestrator-sandbox | FAIL (waived: SANDBOX_INFRA) |
+| C | C9b Analyst job enqueued in staging queue | FAIL (waived: SANDBOX_INFRA) |
+
+The two waived failures are the known sandbox-infra checks (C9a/C9b) that depend on SANDBOX
+bot accounts being members of the sandbox project — not on the pipeline. All REAL checks are
+green, so the suite exits 0 (fail-closed for REAL checks is preserved). Cleanup ran: Plane
+test issue deleted (HTTP 204), no orphan branch.