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+{
+  "evidence_id": "gen2-027-core-acceptance-amendment-2026-08-30",
+  "task_id": "GEN2-027",
+  "acceptance_amendment": {
+    "approved_by_project_owner": true,
+    "ui_browser_acceptance": "DEFERRED",
+    "counts_as_pass": false,
+    "counts_as_blocker": false,
+    "note": "UI/browser acceptance is consciously excluded from the current core-only M5 stage."
+  },
+  "core_status": "BLOCKED_BY_MISSING_CAPABILITY",
+  "findings": {
+    "core_health": "200",
+    "core_ready": "503",
+    "cognitive_health": "200",
+    "cognitive_fleet": {
+      "local_medium": "UNAVAILABLE: authenticated /v1/models probe timed out",
+      "cpu_fast": "UNAVAILABLE",
+      "gpu": "UNAVAILABLE",
+      "lifeboat": "AVAILABLE"
+    },
+    "configured_secret_files": "present and readable; values not read",
+    "interpretation": "The configured Local MEDIUM path cannot currently be proven ACTIVE/VALIDATED/AVAILABLE; Lifeboat remains fallback and is not counted as primary MEDIUM acceptance."
+  },
+  "full_m5_gate": "NOT_RUN",
+  "production_promotion": "NOT_RUN",
+  "gen2_028": "NOT_STARTED"
+}