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+staging_status: SUCCESS
+work_item: ORCH-101
+stage: deploy-staging
+author_agent: deployer
+status: success
+created_at: 2026-06-10
+model_used: claude-opus-4-8
+timestamp: 2026-06-10T18:02:26Z
+base_url: http://localhost:8501
+---
+
+# Staging Gate Log
+
+Staging test suite completed against the live `orchestrator-staging` instance (8501),
+run inside the `orchestrator-staging` container via the canonical
+`scripts/staging_check.py --base-url http://localhost:8501 --mode stub`.
+
+**Result: 8/10 checks PASS — exit code 0 → SUCCESS.**
+
+- REAL failed: none — all real checks green.
+- SANDBOX_INFRA failed (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
+
+## Block detail
+
+- Block A (SMOKE): A1 /health 200, A2 /queue 200, A3 ORCH_STAGING=true — all PASS.
+- Block B (ACCESS): B4 Plane sandbox accessible, B5 Gitea push=true, B6 registry isolation
+  (sandbox present, prod ET/ORCH absent) — all PASS.
+- Block C (E2E, stub): C7 create issue PASS, C8 trigger pipeline PASS,
+  C9a/C9b waived sandbox-infra (depend on SANDBOX bot accounts being project members, not the pipeline).
+- Cleanup: Plane issue deleted (HTTP 204).
+
+Exit code 0 with infra-tolerance enabled (`staging_infra_tolerance_enabled=True`).
+Verdict mapping unchanged: trust the exit code → SUCCESS.