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+staging_status: SUCCESS
+work_item: ORCH-019
+stage: deploy-staging
+author_agent: deployer
+status: success
+created_at: 2026-06-10
+model_used: claude-opus-4-8
+timestamp: 2026-06-10T00:56:51Z
+base_url: http://localhost:8501
+---
+
+# Staging Gate Log
+
+Staging test suite completed against the live `orchestrator-staging` environment (port 8501),
+run inside the `orchestrator-staging` container (canonical path, ORCH-048):
+
+```
+docker exec orchestrator-staging \
+  python3 /repos/orchestrator/scripts/staging_check.py \
+  --base-url http://localhost:8501 --mode stub
+```
+
+**Result: 8/10 checks PASS — exit code 0 → SUCCESS.**
+
+- REAL failed: **none**
+- SANDBOX_INFRA 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 SMOKE | A1 GET /health → 200 status=ok | ✓ PASS |
+| A SMOKE | A2 GET /queue → 200 with counts/max_concurrency/resilience | ✓ PASS |
+| A SMOKE | A3 ORCH_STAGING=true (not prod) | ✓ PASS |
+| B ACCESS | B4 Plane: sandbox project accessible | ✓ PASS |
+| B ACCESS | B5 Gitea: orchestrator-sandbox accessible, push=true | ✓ PASS |
+| B ACCESS | B6 Registry: sandbox present, prod ET/ORCH absent | ✓ PASS |
+| C E2E | C7 Create issue in Plane SANDBOX | ✓ PASS |
+| C E2E | C8 Trigger pipeline via /webhook/plane | ✓ PASS |
+| C E2E | C9a Branch appears in orchestrator-sandbox | ✗ FAIL (INFRA-WAIVED) |
+| C E2E | C9b Analyst job enqueued in staging queue | ✗ FAIL (INFRA-WAIVED) |
+
+Cleanup: Plane issue deleted (HTTP 204); no branch to delete.
+
+Exit-code → verdict mapping unchanged: exit 0 → `staging_status: SUCCESS`. Waived checks are not
+re-judged (trust the exit code; the two infra-only checks C9a/C9b depend on SANDBOX bot accounts
+being project members, not on the pipeline). Staging gate **PASSED**; task advances to `deploy`.