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-# Second-pass review work on #9467
-
-Working log for the adversarial review at
-`rollout/fable-continuation-20260911/out/review-9467.md`. Removed before the
-branch is handed back.
-
-## State
-
-All six findings committed, one commit each. Local verification green.
-
-## Done
-
-- F1 full-population housing-allocation probe over the certified default build
-  and over `enhanced_cps_2024`, count in the failure message. No guard added.
-- F2 `spm-housing-allocation` and `care-housing-income` retyped `changed` and
-  rewritten around consequence; `spm-supplied-policy-caches.fixed.md` restored.
-- F3 digest and URI recorded in `docs/spm.md` with the date read, pinned by
-  `test_documented_default_build_matches_the_shipped_constants`.
-- F4 `docs/spm.md` and `.github/release-lock.md` describe the shipped
-  calculator range and the published 1.0.0 resolution.
-- F5 #9448's two tracer tests fail against #9463's mechanism and are not
-  carried; the reason is recorded, and the policy-family docstring corrected.
-- F6 the pre-2014 CPUC inclusion names the modelled quantity it counts.
-
-Verification: `ruff format --check .` exit 0, `ruff check .` exit 0,
-`pytest tests/core tests/unit tests/code_health` 535 passed,
-CPUC + Tlaib YAML 58 passed exit 0, `release_lock.py --committed` exit 0.
-
-## Next
-
-- Push, update the PR body with a second-pass section, poll CI.
-- Drop this log before handing the branch back.
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+Remove a stray working log (PROGRESS.md) that was committed to the repository root by mistake.