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+# Approval flow fixture
+
+Scratch file for exercising the breaking-change approval gate end to end:
+approve once, then push again without touching the breaking commit and confirm
+the approval still stands.
+
+Not referenced by anything. This pull request is never merged.
+
+A later, ordinary commit — the breaking commit is untouched.