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+staging_status: FAILED
+timestamp: 2026-06-07T11:57:34Z
+base_url: http://localhost:8501
+mode: stub
+result: 8/10
+work_item: ORCH-060
+---
+
+# Staging Gate Log
+
+Staging test suite **FAILED** (exit code 1, 8/10 checks PASS).
+
+Canonical run (ORCH-048, ADR-001) — executed INSIDE the `orchestrator-staging`
+container against the live staging instance:
+
+```
+python3 /repos/orchestrator/scripts/staging_check.py --base-url http://localhost:8501 --mode stub
+```
+
+## Failing checks
+
+- **C9a — Branch appears in `orchestrator-sandbox`** → FAIL (`branch=not found`).
+  After triggering the pipeline via `POST /webhook/plane`, no feature branch was
+  created in the sandbox repo within the 60s poll window.
+- **C9b — Analyst job enqueued in staging queue** → FAIL. No analyst job appeared
+  in the staging job queue within the 30s window.
+
+Both failures are in the E2E block (Block C): the webhook was accepted
+(C8 → HTTP 200 `{'status': 'accepted'}`) and the Plane issue was created (C7 →
+HTTP 201), but the pipeline did not materialise a branch or enqueue the analyst
+job — the staging instance did not actually process the triggered task end-to-end.
+
+## Passing checks (8/10)
+
+- Block A (SMOKE): A1 /health 200, A2 /queue shape, A3 ORCH_STAGING=true.
+- Block B (ACCESS): B4 Plane sandbox reachable, B5 Gitea sandbox push=true,
+  B6 registry isolation (sandbox present, prod ET/ORCH absent — confirms the
+  canonical in-container run; B6 would false-FAIL from the host).
+
+## Verdict
+
+Machine verdict is authoritative: exit code 1 → `staging_status: FAILED`.
+Per the conditional staging gate (ORCH-35), a FAILED staging gate for the
+self-hosting repo rolls the task back to `development`.
+
+## Raw output
+
+```
+============================================================
+  ORCH-33 Staging Check Suite
+  base_url : http://localhost:8501
+  mode     : stub
+  utc_time : 2026-06-07T11:55:50.247315+00:00
+============================================================
+
+[Block A] SMOKE
+  ✓ PASS  A1 GET /health → 200 status=ok  [HTTP 200, body={'status': 'ok', 'service': 'orchestrator'}]
+  ✓ PASS  A2 GET /queue → 200 with counts/max_concurrency/resilience  [HTTP 200, keys=['counts', 'max_concurrency', 'poll_interval', 'resilience', 'reconcile', 'recent']]
+  ✓ PASS  A3 ORCH_STAGING=true (not prod)  [ORCH_STAGING=true]
+
+[Block B] ACCESS
+  ✓ PASS  B4 Plane: sandbox project accessible  [HTTP 200, found 5 project(s), sandbox=YES]
+  ✓ PASS  B5 Gitea: orchestrator-sandbox accessible, push=true  [HTTP 200, permissions={'admin': True, 'push': True, 'pull': True}]
+  ✓ PASS  B6 Registry: sandbox present, prod ET/ORCH absent  [sandbox=YES, prod-ET=NO(good), prod-ORCH=NO(good)]
+
+[Block C] E2E  (mode=stub)
+  C7 Create issue in Plane SANDBOX  [HTTP 201, issue_id=a05995d1-4e3c-44f7-af6f-8bd28fa6367d]
+  C8 Trigger pipeline via /webhook/plane  [HTTP 200, resp={'status': 'accepted'}]
+  ✗ FAIL  C9a Branch appears in orchestrator-sandbox  [branch=not found]
+  ✗ FAIL  C9b Analyst job enqueued in staging queue
+
+[CLEANUP]
+  ✓ PASS  CLEANUP: deleted Plane issue a05995d1-4e3c-44f7-af6f-8bd28fa6367d (HTTP 204)
+
+============================================================
+  RESULT: 8/10 checks PASS
+============================================================
+__EXIT_CODE__=1
+```