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   verified NOT persisted to repo. NEXT SESSION: render vr1-dc1 role-separated HA bundle +
   wire overlays + de-stale phase-4, THEN bootstrap. Full detail: CURRENT-STATE Stage-4 bullet.
 - Status ONLY in CURRENT-STATE.md. Changelog: docs/changelog-20260724-caveman-disable.md.
+
+## SESSION CLOSE 2026-07-25 -- handoff-pack execution + recon + Chat D-136 coupling (bounded, GA-R4)
+- **IMMEDIATE NEXT (do FIRST):** MAAS WEB-GUI login does NOT exist -- SEC-018/019 are API/Juju-only
+  keys; the juju-vr1-dc0/dc1 superusers have RANDOM UNSTORED passwords, so the operator is locked
+  out of the MAAS webpage (never minted; no prior task did it). Fix, operator-run on voffice1:
+  `sudo maas createadmin --username=<you> --email=<you>` (or `maas changepassword <user>`); +SEC row.
+- RECORD PHASE DONE + pushed (thru 87cec53): Rulings 1/2/3 (GA-R5 verbatim), D-136 PROPOSED (NetBox
+  render pipeline, opt C, non-gating), DOCFIX-201 (D-020 not D-036, 7 sites)/-202/-203; pack-review
+  committee + Chat open-Q5 (Jenkins IS the runner) folded in. DC0 mirror COMPLETE (949G+342M). lint 0.
+- GATED EXECUTION pending (each gated): verify MAAS role tags LIVE (deploy-blocking) -> 10th
+  controller VM -> dc0 VIP extract (2 commits) -> vault-VIP repair (BLOCKER-1/2 + VIP_OCTET_MAX) ->
+  DC-aware gates -> bootstrap. KEEP _handoff-not-committed/ (item 60 vault values not yet consumed).
+- Open sub-rulings: octavia family, reserved-range registry, vault-vip-derivation file. Deferred:
+  CURRENT-STATE s4 stale-HIGH, G14 SEC 12->15, phase-4 designate. Chat skill pkg:
+  .claude/skills/openstack-cloud-ops-consolidated-20260725.md. Detail: changelog items 1-17.