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+staging_status: SUCCESS
+timestamp: 2026-06-08T08:44:30Z
+base_url: http://localhost:8501
+---
+
+# Staging Gate Log
+
+Staging test suite completed against the live `orchestrator-staging` instance (port 8501),
+run canonically inside the container via `docker exec` (ORCH-048, ADR-001), `--mode stub`.
+
+**Result: 8/10 checks PASS — exit code 0 → SUCCESS.**
+
+All REAL (pipeline) checks green: A1–A3 (smoke), B4–B6 (access/registry isolation),
+C7–C8 (E2E issue create + pipeline trigger). The two failing checks are known
+sandbox-infra-only checks, tolerated per ORCH-061 (real checks all 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
+```
+
+Tolerance flag: `staging_infra_tolerance_enabled=True`. Exit code 0 → `staging_status: SUCCESS`.