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+---
+staging_status: SUCCESS
+timestamp: 2026-06-09T08:23:42Z
+base_url: http://localhost:8501
+---
+
+# Staging Gate Log
+
+Staging test suite completed against the live staging environment
+(`orchestrator-staging`, 8501), run canonically inside the container
+(`scripts/staging_check.py --base-url http://localhost:8501 --mode stub`).
+
+**Verdict: SUCCESS** (exit code 0).
+
+Result: 8/10 checks PASS. All REAL (pipeline) checks are green:
+- Block A SMOKE: A1, A2, A3 — PASS
+- Block B ACCESS: B4, B5, B6 (registry isolation: sandbox present, prod ET/ORCH absent) — PASS
+- Block C E2E: C7 (create issue in SANDBOX), C8 (trigger pipeline) — PASS
+
+The two failed checks are known sandbox-infra checks (depend on SANDBOX bot
+accounts being project members, not on the pipeline) and were waived per
+ORCH-061 (`staging_infra_tolerance_enabled=True`); the script still exited 0
+fail-closed 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
+```