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+staging_status: SUCCESS
+work_item: ORCH-098
+stage: deploy-staging
+author_agent: deployer
+status: success
+created_at: 2026-06-10
+model_used: claude-opus-4-8
+timestamp: 2026-06-10T07:32:51Z
+base_url: http://localhost:8501
+---
+
+# Staging Gate Log
+
+Staging test suite completed against the live staging stand (`orchestrator-staging`, port 8501),
+run canonically inside the container via `docker exec` (ORCH-048). **All REAL pipeline checks
+passed** → `staging_status: SUCCESS` (exit code 0).
+
+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 `status=ok`; A2 `/queue` 200 (counts/max_concurrency/resilience present); A3 `ORCH_STAGING=true`.
+- **Block B (ACCESS)**: PASS — B4 Plane sandbox project accessible (sandbox=YES); B5 Gitea `orchestrator-sandbox` accessible, push=true; B6 Registry isolated (sandbox=YES, prod-ET=NO, prod-ORCH=NO).
+- **Block C (E2E)**: C7 Create issue in Plane SANDBOX PASS; C8 Trigger pipeline via `/webhook/plane` PASS; C9a/C9b FAIL but **waived** (sandbox-infra: SANDBOX bot accounts not members of the sandbox Plane project — not a pipeline regression, ORCH-061).
+
+RESULT: 8/10 checks PASS. REAL failed: **none**. SANDBOX_INFRA failed (waived): C9a, C9b.
+
+Cleanup: test Plane issue deleted (HTTP 204); no branch created (nothing to delete).