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 The themed dossier is being prepared on a review branch before any Pages
 deployment.
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+## Status
+
+See [docs/STATUS.md](docs/STATUS.md) for the sanitized public scoreboard.
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+# Public status snapshot
+
+**Updated:** 2026-07-24  
+**Authority:** machine-checked private harness counts; this page is a sanitized mirror.
+
+| Track | State |
+| --- | --- |
+| Renderer first-frame checklist | **4/13** — **0** accepted draws / flips / captures / frames |
+| Adjudicated decompiled source | Live private scoreboard (see project wiki / live dashboards) |
+| ArcEndian Fast (frozen eval) | **18/75 (24.0%)** |
+| ArcEndian Thinker | **No score yet** |
+| Native gameplay / E2E save-load | **Not reached** |
+
+## Recent program notes (sanitized)
+
+- Deep-research packs **P1–P3** completed for the decompiler **data path**: PowerPC64 BE ABI/RAG bibliography, public neural-decomp dataset matrix (C fuel / methods only), synthetic compile→disasm mint blueprint.
+- Research packs **P4–P12** remain queued offline.
+- **Relentless-Endian** cascade repairs run in parallel (reviewed ABI boundary, Thinker preflight). Models never self-bank.
+- Live decompilation banking and renderer work continue independently. **No fake frames.**
+
+## Where to look
+
+- Live themed dashboards: <https://decomps.deucebucket.com/infamous/>
+- Org landing: <https://bucketcomps.github.io/>
+- Reusable system contracts: private `bucketcomps/relentless-endian`
+- Implementation evidence: private game repository (not this public projection)
+
+No game assets, ROMs, keys, model weights, or private traces are published here.