# Current-HEAD recapture — PARTIAL, completion gate not met

PR [#23479](https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/23479), mirrored as [#23479](https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/pull/23479). Actual new AFTER SHA [377dd251be](https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/commit/377dd251be942831904f75c29a63d85c6b22d0cd), full377dd251be942831904f75c29a63d85c6b22d0cd. Reused BASE [3b95e7831b](https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/commit/3b95e7831b11b17627dff16843bc087bfca397ec), full3b95e7831b11b17627dff16843bc087bfca397ec. No previous AFTER has been relabeled.

- [Full partial index, all47 paired stages](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/5693dfd55bd4ba73/index.md)
- [16-row appendix:13 embedded completed cells,3 explicitly incomplete/missing](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/d8f3418fe387009b/appendix.md)
- [Manifest: exact revisions, SHA256s, viewport/font/theme, pixel measurements, ffprobe, ordered actions](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/62a90e9192363db1/manifest.json)
- [UTC and WALLCLOCK narration; NOT media seek offsets](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/94c8aa415c418c9b/timings.md)
- [WHAT ELSE CHANGED, per fixture](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/a74b4ccd6ffe00a7/what-else-changed.md)
- [Preserved original R4 proof and URLs](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/89c0fa54012076db/23479-preserved-r4-links.md)

All artifacts live under /tmp/23479-current-head-evidence.256 media/comparison artifacts uploaded using ghdrop -m.13 complete main AFTER continuous clips: R1/R2/R3 all1440/390 ×light/dark, plus R4-1440-light. All4 separate R2 empty controls complete.17 new clips total. Existing BASE screenshots/recordings remain untouched; paired BASE endpoint copies are byte-identical. R4 before endpoints come from original package. Old R4 endpoint proof remains supporting historical proof, not current-SHA capture.

| Row |1440 light|1440 dark|390 light|390 dark|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|R1|complete|complete|complete|complete|
|R2|complete clip; final endpoint transition noise|complete|complete|complete|
|R2 empty|complete|complete|complete|complete|
|R3|complete|complete|complete|complete|
|R4|complete|INCOMPLETE: initial endpoint only|NOT CAPTURED|NOT CAPTURED|

Conditions: fresh own incognito tab; native T3 preview only, WEB only. CSS1440×900 or390×844, directly measured DPR2, font16px, zoom/scale1, explicit light/dark. Chat sidebar/details closed through UI, same server/New thread blank draft. Sol/Low initially and R2/R3 recovery; R1 reopened/result Astra/Medium. No provider turn, fake model, custom missing slug, masking, cropped comparison, fake clock or injected presentation. Real ready Codex8 models; real UI-starred OpenCode Big Pickle. R4 filter N/A at8 reported models. Settings scroll uses same Models scrollIntoView; actual clamping is recorded.

R1 result all4 pairs0 pixels; R2 initial all4 pairs0; R2 result3 pairs0, desktop-light28333 pixels/16>16 outgoing popup transition noise. Intended full repeat was blocked by checkout deletion. Empty-control all8 endpoint pairs0. R3 persisted result all4 pairs0, desktop recovery0, narrow recovery71>16 pixels each (caret plus shadow/raster differences, disclosed in index). R4 desktop-light persisted result0. All47 paired stages have full-frame absRGB×8 threshold0 and binary maxRGB>16 outputs and SHA256s. No overall all56-stage claim.

Inspected all47 paired-stage contact-sheet views and six evenly spaced frames from each of17 complete recordings. This is sampling, not every-frame manual playback certification. Tool action sequences are retained. Native recording compresses idle time: UTC/WALLCLOCK seconds are not media seek timestamps.

FRICTION / blocker: at10:11:03UTC during R4 desktop-dark the checkout disappeared externally. Dev log: `Error: ENOENT: process.cwd failed with error no such file or directory, the current working directory was likely removed without changing the working directory, uv_cwd`. Browser became chrome-error after connection refusal. Inspection confirmed /home/ubuntu/wt/pr-23479 and its .t3/current-head no longer contain Git metadata/source, and original recapture-base/head homes also disappeared. Only a newly recreated .t3/current-head/.t3/userdata/settings.json remained. The same isolated DB/model manifest source was therefore unavailable for a faithful recovery. No replacement source/state was invented. R4 dark initial screenshot is retained locally as incomplete and excluded from accepted comparisons/upload. Its aborted recording is not represented as a complete clip.

Own final dev-runner session18069 stopped by Ctrl-C, exit130; ss confirmed no listener on own8595/16635 ports. No source implementation edits, named branches, commits, push, PR comment/edit/watch. Only detached checkout creation and isolated fixture writes were performed. Source cleanup verification cannot be completed after external removal. Original auditor7958 was never targeted. PR association registered, no watch.

Completion verdict: INSUFFICIENT for full current-HEAD matrix. Remaining: R4-1440-dark complete interaction recapture, R4-390-light and R4-390-dark, plus R2-1440-light settled final endpoint/full-clip repeat. Parent owns any publication or audit. Work performed by GPT-6.1-Sol through Codex using test-t3-app and ghdrop skills.

All256 newly uploaded media/comparison URLs independently returned HTTP200; local audit /tmp/23479-current-head-evidence/url-audit.json.

![R1 desktop light: preserved exact BASE before left, freshly captured current HEAD after right](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/cd865a6b5e04fb5e/R1-1440-light-initial-pair.png)