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+## SPIKE measurement — bentopdf pin moved and reverted the same hour (2026-09-01, R-438) — NOT A RELEASE
+
+**No template is different after this pair of commits.** `214d448` moved
+`templates/bentopdf/docker-compose.yml` from `v2.8.6` to `v2.8.5`; `30bd892` reverted it. Both are on
+`main` deliberately, because the measurement needed a REAL catalog change travelling the real
+15-minute sync — a hand-edit on the box would have proved nothing about the syncer.
+
+**What it measured, live on demo-hp:** the sync at 17:45:17Z rewrote the DEPLOYED app's
+`docker-compose.yml` to `v2.8.5` while its container went on running `v2.8.6`, and nothing told the
+customer. Then a boot reconciliation started the app on `v2.8.5` with nobody pressing anything.
+
+**Why bentopdf:** it is deployed on demo-hp only (demo-felhom runs opengist alone; Peti's box is down
+with no enrolled host), and it is file-based with no database and no volume, so no data anywhere could
+be touched. Evidence and the full findings:
+`felhom.eu/documentation/audits/SPIKE-app-update-2026-09-01.md`.
+
 ## the decoy sweep — can this gate be fooled by a label? (2026-09-01, R-421) — NOT A RELEASE
 
 **No product code, no version bump, no image, no golden.** A scripts change is not a release.