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From: Brennan Benson <79079362+brennanb2025@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:30:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs(issue-12532): reduced candidate report with gate counts

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+# Reduced #12532 owner-identity candidate
+
+## Gate
+| Metric | Limit | Actual |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Total files | ≤45 | **28** |
+| Production | ≤28 | **15** |
+| Tests | — | **12** |
+| Docs | — | **1** retention table |
+
+## SHAs
+| Role | SHA |
+| --- | --- |
+| Base (#13611) | `d0271cb46f2871c201f39c51e35356efd4658eac` |
+| Archived broad 66-file tip | `7c64936ce7` / docs `39d2585a90` on `archive/issue-12532-broad-66file-7c64936-20260810-122250` |
+| Reduced candidate | `253f8c3f9e48dfec505d7ec96e104f099cf365a1` on `brennanb2025/issue-12532-owner-identity-narrow` (unpushed) |
+
+## Retention table
+`issue-12532-reduced-retention-table.md`
+
+## Validation
+- Focused + legacy identity/sticky suite: **1110 passed** (20 files)
+- typecheck web/node: pass
+- oxlint production files: 0 errors
+- max-lines ratchet / reliability gates: pass
+- #13611 virtual-rows / host-section-rows: **unchanged**
+
+## Remaining QA
+Independent review; multi-host UI smoke for same-id collapse/CRUD; full monorepo CI optional.