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+staging_status: SUCCESS
+work_item: ORCH-027
+stage: deploy-staging
+author_agent: deployer
+status: success
+created_at: 2026-06-10
+model_used: claude-opus-4-8
+timestamp: 2026-06-09T22:25:00Z
+base_url: http://localhost:8501
+---
+
+# Staging Gate Log
+
+Staging test suite completed against the live `orchestrator-staging` stand (8501), run canonically
+inside the container (`docker exec orchestrator-staging python3 /repos/orchestrator/scripts/staging_check.py
+--base-url http://localhost:8501 --mode stub`). **Exit code 0 → SUCCESS.** All REAL pipeline checks
+passed; the only failures are the two known waived sandbox-infra checks (C9a/C9b), tolerated under
+ORCH-061 because every REAL check is green.
+
+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
+
+## Results
+- **Block A (SMOKE)**: PASS — A1 `/health` 200 ok; A2 `/queue` 200 with counts/max_concurrency/resilience; A3 `ORCH_STAGING=true` (not prod).
+- **Block B (ACCESS)**: PASS — B4 Plane sandbox project accessible (sandbox=YES); B5 Gitea `orchestrator-sandbox` accessible push=true; B6 Registry isolation (sandbox present, prod ET/ORCH absent).
+- **Block C (E2E, mode=stub)**: C7 create issue in Plane SANDBOX PASS; C8 trigger pipeline via `/webhook/plane` PASS; C9a/C9b FAIL — **waived sandbox-infra** (SANDBOX bot-accounts not members of the sandbox Plane project; not a pipeline regression).
+
+REAL failed: none.
+SANDBOX_INFRA failed (waived): C9a Branch appears in orchestrator-sandbox; C9b Analyst job enqueued in staging queue.
+
+Result: 8/10 checks PASS, exit 0. Tolerance `staging_infra_tolerance_enabled=True`. Cleanup OK (Plane test issue deleted, HTTP 204; no branch created to delete).