Issue 24249 / existing PR 24246 evidence capture, 2026-10-24 UTC
Base: d53873b6a4799e87afd63c8d288ef0089f5a3748
PR head: 0716eac3666daa5643213088315b57b981b89c81
Only the existing PR's two-file diff was applied, uncommitted.
Visual matrix: [] (server-only change; no UI rendering changes).

Isolated actual T3 runtime: web localhost:7423, server 127.0.0.1:15463.
Worktree .t3 runtime state, no writes to live userdata.
Grok instance executable: /tmp/r24249/prefix/bin/grok
Per-instance environment: GROK_HOME=/tmp/r24249/grokhome,
npm_config_prefix=/tmp/r24249/prefix, npm_config_cache=/tmp/r24249/cache,
PATH starts /tmp/r24249/prefix/bin:/tmp/r24249/npm12/bin.
npm --version: 12.2.0
Before clicking Update now: binary grok 1.0.56 (66d435e189ab); npm package 1.0.56.
Clicked only the selected Grok instance's Update now. Never Update all.
During update: T3 showed 'Updating · Verifying the installed version'.
After: binary grok 1.0.70 (f50904eaee6c) [stable]; npm package 1.0.70.
Final T3 provider row and detail header: v1.0.70; update indicator gone.
Real ~/.grok/bin/grok symlink remained grok-1.0.67; target SHA256 unchanged.
Codex and Claude were not updated.

Focused command: vp test run packages/provider-grok/src/server/driver.test.ts
Fix applied: 4 passed.
Implementation reverted with PR assertion retained: 1 failed, 3 passed.
Failure is the npm-global maintenance capability missing npm_config_allow_scripts.
Implementation restored; both changed files exactly match the PR head versions.

FRICTION
- Existing main seed migration conflicts on IDs 68/69 (reported by prior step);
  this flow used the existing fresh isolated runtime and requires no threads.
- Browser pairing needed renewal around node-watch restarts; no credentials uploaded.
- Browser role locator rejected exact=true syntax; another role lookup timed out.
  CSS button:has-text("Update now") succeeded for the confirmed isolated target.
- A long browser wait disconnected and evaluate timed out; status/snapshot recovered.
  Final screenshot and visible text confirmed v1.0.70.
- Red test printed inherited environment. Entire environment dump removed from
  public proof, leaving the expected missing allowlist assertion visible.