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@@ -1627,6 +1627,13 @@ Mode on iguana is the unproven suspect).
     the wrong one (it was right 92% on a hand-picked set, ~97% for 31b).
   - Reading the page takes more words: the reconciliation summary is new surface to keep honest.
 
+**First live smoke (2026-10-01, synthetic audio, 3 disputes):** all 3 were changed to the
+alternative's reading; against the known script 2 were right and **1 was wrong** (a name replaced by a
+pronoun, a correct base reading lost). That is one run of three, not a measurement, but it is the failure
+this design must expect: the reconciler can overwrite a correct reading, which is why changed spots, not
+only uncertain ones, are listed on the page, and why the decision below is a blind check on a real
+recording.
+
 **Validation / resolution triggers.**
 - **The test that decides it:** re-upload the same real recording after merge; the speaker judges, blind,
   ~30 disputes where the reconciled text differs from pianissimo alone. Keep the feature only if the