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   precede it; stages 5-7 are authored, not executed (workflow
   doc:873).
 - **Stage 4 / Phase 3 -- "MAAS enlist / commission / deploy (per DC)"
-  (`runbooks/dc-dc-phase3-maas-enlist-deploy.md`): OPEN 2026-07-23** on
-  branch `dc-dc-stage4-phase3-maas-deploy` (off post-merge `main`).
+  (`runbooks/dc-dc-phase3-maas-enlist-deploy.md`): CLOSED 2026-07-27**
+  (operator-gated "Merge it and retire the branch"). MERGED to `main` as merge
+  commit **`6f5701d`** (2 parents, NOT squashed; 77 commits from branch
+  `dc-dc-stage4-phase3-maas-deploy`, opened 2026-07-23 off post-merge `main`),
+  branch RETIRED local + remote after confirming containment via
+  `git branch --merged main`. Post-merge verification ON `main`: gauntlet
+  **ALL GREEN (81)**, repo-lint 0-fail. Stage record:
+  `docs/archive/stage-records/vr1-stage4-record.md`. Delivered: 18 nodes READY
+  (NOT Deployed -- MAAS-deploy SKIPPED per DOCFIX-200), carved across 10 named
+  plane fabrics with pinned MACs, tags 9+9 verified live, jammy images synced,
+  and two deliberately different per-DC artifact strategies proven (dc0 full
+  mirror / dc1 caching proxy). DoD bullets 1-5 met; bullet 6 STRUCK
+  (DOCFIX-204, unsatisfiable under D-129(iv)); node-side half split to gate
+  **G17**. TRAVELLING FORWARD by design: G17, 21 open SEC rows, and 7 residual
+  credential-register findings incl. the dc0 edge-API re-mint. **The NEXT stage
+  branches off post-merge `main`.** History of the stage while it was open
+  follows.
   Precondition PASS + discovery CAPTURED read-only
   (`docs/audit/stage4-discovery-20260723.txt`): both DC racks enrolled
   (vvr1-dc0 `7chphy`, vvr1-dc1 `nmpcq4`); 9 nodes per DC ALL Ready,