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+# Handoff Report — Worker 06FTGKJADCD2HWJN2ZWJEN90Q4
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+- **Files changed:** none
+- **Validation:** `git status --short` was clean
+- **Remaining work:** wait for next instruction
+- **Dead ends:** none