Independent rebuild of the published reproduction bundle Downloaded reproduction.tgz, ran its prepare-evidence.py, and ran its run-evidence.sh on head 534cc7212595229466b0c310028284d0f86c264a with a fresh T3 home. Both rebuilt head captures are byte-for-byte identical to their published PNG files. The base and head recovered captures are also byte-for-byte identical. SHA-256: 511846cc39831fb0454cc8f63a575d5ef003c8a34e023ed90918a2c661a3583b reproduction.tgz a60f38370258a0e794c65796cf36e7a5f17e2a77ef4bdf713411f42ff90570bb missing-terminal-folder.e2e.ts e8536bbcf60e326ca4302c86497eb7f56cd0b14a88efc8c98aec6601e556c184 head-missing-folder.png 0e56b0e7b194b16c7d93511bb41d66ccdc50cf331663a6a0904908eb394da238 head-recovered.png 0e56b0e7b194b16c7d93511bb41d66ccdc50cf331663a6a0904908eb394da238 base-recovered.png Observed terminal text: { "missing": "[terminal] Terminal folder does not exist: /tmp/factory-pr-23251-evidence-3/demo/terminal-recovery. Restore the folder at this path before retrying.", "guidance": true, "recovered": "[main]:/tmp/factory-pr-23251-evidence-3/demo/terminal-recovery$ printf 'RECOVERED\\n'\nRECOVERED\n[main]:/tmp/factory-pr-23251-evidence-3/demo/terminal-recovery$" } The PR adds no serialization regression test; its only code change is the error message. AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.