diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1bd1cd..6116461 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## v0.173.0 (2026-11-10) — R-1368 part 2: the self-update folder keeps what it needs and no more — RELEASED 2026-11-10, NOT VOUCHED YET (release-agent.sh from a clean clone of `776025c`; agent sha256 752b2727fb6043417ae5f342acbda52330521b21bb799fda90760b960feef7ea, bundle sha256 51ebc1f4c66d87918c87c035b4297c0e40e10ed31e3250c3837dfeaa0002e1c1)
+## v0.173.0 (2026-11-10) — R-1368 part 2: the self-update folder keeps what it needs and no more — RELEASED and VOUCHED 2026-11-10 (release-agent.sh from a clean clone of `776025c`; agent sha256 752b2727fb6043417ae5f342acbda52330521b21bb799fda90760b960feef7ea, bundle sha256 51ebc1f4c66d87918c87c035b4297c0e40e10ed31e3250c3837dfeaa0002e1c1)
 
 - **The defect (measured 2026-11-10, space list place H12).** `Execute` downloads each new agent to
   `<state dir>/selfupdate/felhom-agent-<version>` and removed that file only when the download or its checksum failed.
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
   → the unit's `OnFailure` → the wrapper's `rollback` → 0.173.0 ran again 9 seconds after the install, `pending.json`
   gone, no failed unit. The failed version's staged file stays (by design, until the next good update): the folder
   holds 2 files, 32,040 KB. Evidence: felhom.eu `documentation/audits/release-space-fixes-2026-11-10/agent/`.
-- **Still to do:** the operator's vouch. Until then a new install gets the vouched version before this one.
+- **Vouched by the operator 2026-11-10 16:29:16 CET** (read from the hub log: `Artifact manifest set: agent=0.173.0`, the
+  bundle sha = the release). `pinned.day0_agent` = 0.173.0 (D50).
 
 ## v0.172.1 (2026-11-07) — proxmox-grub joins the boot-chain lane: the nightly pve step stops being refused R6 — RELEASED and VOUCHED 2026-11-07 (release-agent.sh from `39db030`; agent sha256 505a0594a2fb117f359e329a0b7ae2c7a6902b74c51f52c1883145f3c2ac72f8, bundle 3e7acaee4500893bfaf567b1d427790ef89bf41f08cb6a1419ee528aeb40ddc3)
 
diff --git a/CONTEXT.md b/CONTEXT.md
index 6be9afe..c064e92 100644
--- a/CONTEXT.md
+++ b/CONTEXT.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CONTEXT — felhom-agent working state
 
-> **2026-11-10 (afternoon, attended) — v0.173.0 RELEASED, NOT VOUCHED YET; on the three test boxes.** sha `752b2727…`, bundle `51ebc1f4…` (`configs/` unchanged since 0.172.1, so no bundle job). Measured: a box cleans its self-update folder at the commit of the update that BRINGS the code (49 → 1, 48 → 1, 33 → 1 entries; about 16 MB stays). The line below („at the first good update AFTER that release") was wrong. A rollback after the clean-up was proven on Tester 1 with a signed update to 0.172.1 and one crash in the dwell. Next: the operator's vouch, then `pinned.day0_agent` = 0.173.0. Open: the `.bak-*` files (R-1368 part 4).
+> **2026-11-10 (afternoon, attended) — v0.173.0 RELEASED and VOUCHED (16:29:16 CET); on the three test boxes.** sha `752b2727…`, bundle `51ebc1f4…` (`configs/` unchanged since 0.172.1, so no bundle job). Measured: a box cleans its self-update folder at the commit of the update that BRINGS the code (49 → 1, 48 → 1, 33 → 1 entries; about 16 MB stays). The line below („at the first good update AFTER that release") was wrong. A rollback after the clean-up was proven on Tester 1 with a signed update to 0.172.1 and one crash in the dwell. `pinned.day0_agent` = 0.173.0. Open: the `.bak-*` files (R-1368 part 4).
 
 > **2026-11-10 (day, operator brief) — COMMITTED, NOT RELEASED: the self-update folder cleans itself (R-1368 part 2).** After a healthy `commit` the agent removes every staged binary but the running version's (`internal/selfupdate/prune.go`; tests `TestPrune_*`, the wrapper's real `rollback` verb run in a sandbox). No version bump, no build, no vouch: it rides the next agent release. A box cleans its folder at the first good update AFTER that release. Not reached: `/usr/local/bin/felhom-agent.bak-*` (root-owned, R-1368 part 4). The old-kernel clean-up is a design only (felhom.eu `11-os-updates.md` §5.11.1, proven by hand on demo-hp); nothing of it is in this repo.
 
diff --git a/REPORT.md b/REPORT.md
index f26532a..0f090eb 100644
--- a/REPORT.md
+++ b/REPORT.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# REPORT — v0.173.0 released and delivered to the three test boxes; NOT vouched yet (2026-11-10, attended)
+# REPORT — v0.173.0 released, vouched and delivered to the three test boxes (2026-11-10, attended)
 
 **Plain words first.** Each agent update left its downloaded file on the box for ever. Version 0.173.0 removes the old
 files after an update that ended well. It is released and it runs on the three test boxes. The folders went from
-49, 48 and 33 files to 1 file each. A rollback still works after the clean-up. The operator's vouch is still open.
+49, 48 and 33 files to 1 file each. A rollback still works after the clean-up. The operator vouched it at 16:29 CET.
 
 The full report of the run is in `felhom.eu`: `REPORT-release-space-fixes-2026-11-10.md`.
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ that brings the code. Measured on three boxes; the CHANGELOG entry is corrected.
 | Bundle sha256 | `51ebc1f4c66d87918c87c035b4297c0e40e10ed31e3250c3837dfeaa0002e1c1` |
 | CI | `776025c8`: run 2608, `gates #311`, success (read by commit on the public Actions page) |
 | Delivery | one signed `agent_update` per box. No bundle job: `configs/` did not change since v0.172.1 |
-| Vouch | **not given yet.** `pinned.day0_agent` stays 0.172.1 until the vouch is read back from the hub |
+| Vouch | the operator, 2026-11-10 16:29:16 CET. Read from the hub log: `Artifact manifest set: agent=0.173.0`, bundle sha = the release. `pinned.day0_agent` = 0.173.0 (D50) |
 
 ## The folder `/var/lib/felhom-agent/selfupdate`, before and after
 
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ This is the path the repo already has. No second version was released for the pr
 
 ## What stays open
 
-- The operator's vouch.
 - `/usr/local/bin/felhom-agent.bak-*` (R-1368 part 4): demo-felhom holds 11 such files, demo-hp 1. The agent cannot
   reach them.
 - After a rollback, `/usr/local/bin/felhom-agent.prev` holds the same version as the running binary. That is how the
diff --git a/scripts/retention-policy.json b/scripts/retention-policy.json
index 7cbefde..9359ce1 100644
--- a/scripts/retention-policy.json
+++ b/scripts/retention-policy.json
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
   "readers": [
     "scripts/check-published-versions.py — asserts the newest N versions plus every pinned version"
   ],
-  "recorded": "2026-11-03",
-  "recorded_by": "CC 2026-11-07: day0_agent 0.172.1 (operator vouch 2026-11-07 ~23:00 CET, read from the hub DB with its WAL: artifact_agent_version=0.172.1, bundle 3e7acaee… = the release); earlier 0.172.0 (CC 2026-11-03) (operator vouch 2026-11-03 10:18:10 CET, read from the hub log and DB: agent=0.172.0, bundle cc34b0bc… = the release); earlier 0.171.0 (CC 2026-10-30) (operator vouch 2026-10-30 10:47:36 CET, read from the hub log: agent=0.171.0, bundle 95f977f6… = the release; the save took 132 ms with hub 0.178.0, R-1346); earlier 0.170.0 (operator vouch 2026-10-29 18:57:48 CET, read from the hub log: agent=0.170.0, bundle 03f2ff64… = the release; the save took 38.3 s, R-1346); earlier 0.169.0 (operator vouch 2026-10-29 14:06:09 CET, read from the hub log: agent=0.169.0, bundle 3ca33f9c… = the release; his browser got a 504 but the save went through); earlier 0.168.0 (vouch 10:21:56 CET); 0.167.0 (vouch 2026-10-27); 0.166.0 (vouch 2026-10-26 10:04:55 CET); D50 = A (operator 2026-10-25); earlier history: R-287 (2026-08-09), R-291 (2026-10-05)",
+  "recorded": "2026-11-10",
+  "recorded_by": "CC 2026-11-10: day0_agent 0.173.0 (operator vouch 2026-11-10 16:29:16 CET, read from the hub log: agent=0.173.0, bundle 51ebc1f4… = the release; the save took 232 ms); earlier 0.172.1 (CC 2026-11-07) (operator vouch 2026-11-07 ~23:00 CET, read from the hub DB with its WAL: artifact_agent_version=0.172.1, bundle 3e7acaee… = the release); earlier 0.172.0 (CC 2026-11-03) (operator vouch 2026-11-03 10:18:10 CET, read from the hub log and DB: agent=0.172.0, bundle cc34b0bc… = the release); earlier 0.171.0 (CC 2026-10-30) (operator vouch 2026-10-30 10:47:36 CET, read from the hub log: agent=0.171.0, bundle 95f977f6… = the release; the save took 132 ms with hub 0.178.0, R-1346); earlier 0.170.0 (operator vouch 2026-10-29 18:57:48 CET, read from the hub log: agent=0.170.0, bundle 03f2ff64… = the release; the save took 38.3 s, R-1346); earlier 0.169.0 (operator vouch 2026-10-29 14:06:09 CET, read from the hub log: agent=0.169.0, bundle 3ca33f9c… = the release; his browser got a 504 but the save went through); earlier 0.168.0 (vouch 10:21:56 CET); 0.167.0 (vouch 2026-10-27); 0.166.0 (vouch 2026-10-26 10:04:55 CET); D50 = A (operator 2026-10-25); earlier history: R-287 (2026-08-09), R-291 (2026-10-05)",
   "pinned": {
     "hub_min_agent": "0.158.1",
-    "day0_agent": "0.172.1"
+    "day0_agent": "0.173.0"
   }
 }