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+staging_status: SUCCESS
+timestamp: 2026-06-08T21:55:49Z
+base_url: http://localhost:8501
+---
+
+# Staging Gate Log
+
+Staging test suite completed against the live staging environment (`orchestrator-staging`, port 8501),
+run inside the container per the canonical method (ORCH-048, ADR-001):
+
+```
+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 failed (waived per ORCH-061): C9a, C9b
+
+All REAL pipeline checks (Block A SMOKE, Block B ACCESS, C7/C8) passed. The only failures are the
+two infra-only sandbox checks (C9a branch-in-sandbox / C9b analyst-job-enqueued), which depend on
+SANDBOX bot accounts being members of the sandbox project — not on the pipeline. Tolerance is enabled
+(`staging_infra_tolerance_enabled=True`), so these are waived and the script exits 0 (fail-closed for
+any REAL failure remains intact).
+
+```
+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 …', 'C9b …'] are known sandbox-infra checks; all real checks green
+```
+
+### Block-by-block summary
+
+| Block | Check | Result |
+|-------|-------|--------|
+| A | A1 GET /health → 200 status=ok | ✓ PASS |
+| A | A2 GET /queue → 200 with counts/max_concurrency/resilience | ✓ PASS |
+| A | A3 ORCH_STAGING=true (not prod) | ✓ PASS |
+| B | B4 Plane: sandbox project accessible | ✓ PASS |
+| B | B5 Gitea: orchestrator-sandbox accessible, push=true | ✓ PASS |
+| B | B6 Registry: sandbox present, prod ET/ORCH absent | ✓ PASS |
+| C | C7 Create issue in Plane SANDBOX | ✓ PASS |
+| C | C8 Trigger pipeline via /webhook/plane | ✓ PASS |
+| C | C9a Branch appears in orchestrator-sandbox | ✗ FAIL (sandbox-infra, waived) |
+| C | C9b Analyst job enqueued in staging queue | ✗ FAIL (sandbox-infra, waived) |
+
+Cleanup completed: test Plane issue deleted (HTTP 204); no branch created to delete.