diff --git a/documentation/audits/night-burndown-2026-10-05/golden-gate-test-utc-red-proof.txt b/documentation/audits/night-burndown-2026-10-05/golden-gate-test-utc-red-proof.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd4f43c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/audits/night-burndown-2026-10-05/golden-gate-test-utc-red-proof.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FAIL: CASE 7 (F: expired waiver, behind -> 1, names the date): rc=0 (wanted 1) ['GOLDEN CURRENCY GATE FAILED', 'EXPIRED on 2026-10-06']
diff --git a/documentation/runbooks/RUNBOOK-manual-build.md b/documentation/runbooks/RUNBOOK-manual-build.md
index a309a4b1..f78f13da 100644
--- a/documentation/runbooks/RUNBOOK-manual-build.md
+++ b/documentation/runbooks/RUNBOOK-manual-build.md
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu host -smp 4 -m 8192 \
    cat > /root/bake-run.sh <<'EOS'
    #!/bin/bash
    GT=$(cat /root/.gitea-token)
+   export GOLDEN_DOCKER_PKGS="<the approved Docker set: all six pkg=version pairs>"
    export GITEA_USER=admin GITEA_TOKEN="$GT" REGISTRY_USER=admin REGISTRY_TOKEN="$GT"
    exec /root/build-golden.sh 9100 local:vztmpl/<template> local-lvm local vmbr0 \
      gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller:<VER>
@@ -178,6 +179,11 @@ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu host -smp 4 -m 8192 \
    systemd-run --unit=golden-bake --collect bash -c "/root/bake-run.sh > /root/bake.log 2>&1"
    ```
 
+   **`GOLDEN_DOCKER_PKGS` is not optional.** Without it the script installs the NEWEST stable Docker, not the approved
+   one, and says so only as a `WARNING` line in `bake.log` (2026-10-06, the 0.298.0 bake: missed, re-baked). Copy the
+   six pairs from the previous bake's `Docker engine set PINNED to the approved release:` line, or from the hub's newest
+   approved Docker release (System page). Pass marker: that `PINNED` line, and no `GOLDEN_DOCKER_PKGS not set`.
+
    Confirm the value went nowhere: `systemctl show golden-bake -p Environment -p ExecStart |
    grep -c -F "$(cat /root/.gitea-token)"` must be `0`. Copy the token in **file → file** (`scp`), so
    it never crosses a shell on either side.
diff --git a/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/02-round-trip.txt b/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/02-round-trip.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..354b62ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/02-round-trip.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+== round trip 2026-10-05T22:46:41Z: downloaded golden.tar.zst 0.298.0 from the registry
+sha256 a2e730e91148d390b6dc76221db9d19aa221ba3a27e2ccbc64df17793ea4470e
+bake  a2e730e91148d390b6dc76221db9d19aa221ba3a27e2ccbc64df17793ea4470e
diff --git a/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/README.md b/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bf5f065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Golden 0.298.0 — bake + publish, 2026-10-06 (release window 1 of the burn-down night)
+
+Procedure: `documentation/runbooks/RUNBOOK-manual-build.md` §4.0 and §4.1 steps 1–4, in the drill VM on DooPlex.
+
+| | Previous (`../golden-0.297.0-2026-10-05/`) | This bake |
+|---|---|---|
+| `build-golden.sh` | sha256 `645b3b659cba…` (v3.2.0) | same file, unchanged |
+| Controller | `felhom-controller:0.297.0` | **`felhom-controller:0.298.0`** (MinAgent 0.131.0, unchanged) |
+| Docker engine | the approved set `os-docker-20261004-142842` | same pinned set (`PINNED` line in `bake.log`; the hub's approved Docker release read on the System page 2026-10-06 00:41 = `os-docker-20261004-142842`) |
+
+## Said plainly: the first bake was unpinned, and was replaced before any vouch
+
+The first run (00:33) was started WITHOUT `GOLDEN_DOCKER_PKGS` — the runbook's runner script did not name it — so it
+installed the newest stable Docker set and printed `GOLDEN_DOCKER_PKGS not set` (log kept: `bake-unpinned-not-vouched.log`,
+sha `b524a96f…`). It was NEVER vouched. The second run (00:40) pinned the set and re-published 0.298.0 over it (the
+script pre-deletes its own version). The runbook now carries the step (§4.1 step 3).
+
+## Pass markers (from `bake.log`, this folder)
+
+```
+[golden] Docker engine set PINNED to the approved release: containerd.io=2.3.6-1~debian.13~trixie … docker-ce=5:29.8.2-1~debian.13~trixie …
+  docker OK (overlay2; data-root /var/lib/docker)
+INFO: including mount point rootfs ('/') in backup
+INFO: including mount point mp0 ('/var/lib/felhom') in backup
+[golden]   upload OK (HTTP 201)
+GOLDEN_VERSION=0.298.0
+GOLDEN_SHA256=a2e730e91148d390b6dc76221db9d19aa221ba3a27e2ccbc64df17793ea4470e
+```
+
+Round trip: the registry's file downloaded and hashed = the bake's sha (`02-round-trip.txt`).
+Token: `systemctl show … | grep -c -F <token>` = 0 for both units; token grep on both saved logs = 0, with a working
+control (the same grep on a copy with the token appended = 1).
+
+## Teardown
+
+Build guest 9100 destroyed (`pct list` empty); token, runner script and logs shredded in the VM; VM powered off (no
+qemu process); disk reverted to `virgin`.
diff --git a/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/bake-unpinned-not-vouched.log b/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/bake-unpinned-not-vouched.log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e402fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/bake-unpinned-not-vouched.log
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+[golden] build-golden.sh v3.2.0 — baking controller gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller:0.298.0
+[golden] creating build LXC 9100 (nesting=1,keyctl=1, unprivileged; rootfs 32G + ONE data volume 24G @ /var/lib/felhom, backup=1) …
+  Logical volume "vm-9100-disk-0" created.
+  Logical volume pve/vm-9100-disk-0 changed.
+Creating filesystem with 8388608 4k blocks and 2097152 inodes
+Filesystem UUID: 9ca0fc0a-5f99-4b9a-9826-03d1623507e2
+Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
+	32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 
+	4096000, 7962624
+  Logical volume "vm-9100-disk-1" created.
+  Logical volume pve/vm-9100-disk-1 changed.
+Creating filesystem with 6291456 4k blocks and 1572864 inodes
+Filesystem UUID: 477b151b-1552-4c95-bb91-53c10e7f460a
+Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
+	32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 
+extracting archive '/var/lib/vz/template/cache/debian-13-standard_13.6-1_amd64.tar.zst'
+Total bytes read: 553512960 (528MiB, 95MiB/s)
+Detected container architecture: amd64
+Creating SSH host key 'ssh_host_rsa_key' - this may take some time ...
+done: SHA256:6qwjROwjGRq9MbJF0bfEPt68dgU9ZCWxdoQRSRXldY4 root@felhom-golden
+Creating SSH host key 'ssh_host_ecdsa_key' - this may take some time ...
+done: SHA256:WXpAZZ2iHPbK+eyJhHA+1zUzQtC5Uw8Lk5mdguVPNyg root@felhom-golden
+Creating SSH host key 'ssh_host_ed25519_key' - this may take some time ...
+done: SHA256:lAv/rR9GktAEBlBY4cxue1mp3Sq7Li7VyYlvwqrpCL8 root@felhom-golden
+[golden] starting + installing Docker (official repo, trixie channel) …
+[golden] WARNING: GOLDEN_DOCKER_PKGS not set — installing the newest stable Docker set, not an approved one
+apt-listchanges: Can't set locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct!
+perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
+perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
+	LANGUAGE = (unset),
+	LC_ALL = (unset),
+	LC_CTYPE = (unset),
+	LC_NUMERIC = (unset),
+	LC_COLLATE = (unset),
+	LC_TIME = (unset),
+	LC_MESSAGES = (unset),
+	LC_MONETARY = (unset),
+	LC_ADDRESS = (unset),
+	LC_IDENTIFICATION = (unset),
+	LC_MEASUREMENT = (unset),
+	LC_PAPER = (unset),
+	LC_TELEPHONE = (unset),
+	LC_NAME = (unset),
+	LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
+    are supported and installed on your system.
+perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
+locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
+locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
+locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
+apt-listchanges: Can't set locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct!
+perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
+perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
+	LANGUAGE = (unset),
+	LC_ALL = (unset),
+	LC_CTYPE = (unset),
+	LC_NUMERIC = (unset),
+	LC_COLLATE = (unset),
+	LC_TIME = (unset),
+	LC_MESSAGES = (unset),
+	LC_MONETARY = (unset),
+	LC_ADDRESS = (unset),
+	LC_IDENTIFICATION = (unset),
+	LC_MEASUREMENT = (unset),
+	LC_PAPER = (unset),
+	LC_TELEPHONE = (unset),
+	LC_NAME = (unset),
+	LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
+    are supported and installed on your system.
+perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
+locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
+locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
+locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
+  installed: containerd.io	2.3.6-1~debian.13~trixie
+  installed: docker-buildx-plugin	0.37.1-1~debian.13~trixie
+  installed: docker-ce	5:29.8.2-1~debian.13~trixie
+  installed: docker-ce-cli	5:29.8.2-1~debian.13~trixie
+  installed: docker-ce-rootless-extras	5:29.8.2-1~debian.13~trixie
+  installed: docker-compose-plugin	5.6.0-1~debian.13~trixie
+[golden] no approved guest release given - the template versions stay; first-night count vs an approved release: n/a
+[golden] pending Debian upgrades in the baked guest (what a FUTURE approval may bring): 49
+[golden] baking daemon.json: classic overlay2 driver (containerd-snapshotter OFF) + log rotation …
+[golden] wiring the single data volume (R-165 variant V-c): /var/lib/felhom/{docker,sys_drive} -> binds …
+[golden] verifying Docker works in the build guest (storage driver should be overlay2 on the ext4 data volume) …
+Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally
+latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
+4f55086f7dd0: Pulling fs layer
+4f55086f7dd0: Verifying Checksum
+4f55086f7dd0: Download complete
+4f55086f7dd0: Pull complete
+Digest: sha256:5e23090353324d887c48ad5e5c56d294eab81588df9605b07d1afe895f9cc8f8
+Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest
+  docker OK (overlay2; data-root /var/lib/docker)
+  live-restore: on
+  /var/lib/docker is a real mount: /dev/mapper/pve-vm--9100--disk--1[/docker] ext4
+  /mnt/sys_drive is a real mount: /dev/mapper/pve-vm--9100--disk--1[/sys_drive] ext4
+  both paths are ONE filesystem: /dev/mapper/pve-vm--9100--disk--1 23317576
+[golden] baking the in-guest controller image gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller:0.298.0 (no registry cred at deploy) …
+
+WARNING! Your credentials are stored unencrypted in '/root/.docker/config.json'.
+Configure a credential helper to remove this warning. See
+https://docs.docker.com/go/credential-store/
+
+0.298.0: Pulling from admin/felhom-controller
+774043ccc8cc: Pulling fs layer
+ab6b448d4be9: Pulling fs layer
+23a5bfa58353: Pulling fs layer
+862a57157567: Pulling fs layer
+1501262266b6: Pulling fs layer
+5faaf0694dc4: Pulling fs layer
+1501262266b6: Waiting
+5faaf0694dc4: Waiting
+862a57157567: Waiting
+23a5bfa58353: Verifying Checksum
+23a5bfa58353: Download complete
+862a57157567: Verifying Checksum
+862a57157567: Download complete
+774043ccc8cc: Verifying Checksum
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+774043ccc8cc: Pull complete
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+5faaf0694dc4: Pull complete
+Digest: sha256:063f4eb736cca95c711e313b8d2a1c2ffaa576a1c3f0d467c4efdea20301ae71
+Status: Downloaded newer image for gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller:0.298.0
+gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller:0.298.0
+[golden] asking the controller which infra images it manages …
+[golden] baking infra images (4): traefik:v3.7.13 cloudflare/cloudflared:2026.9.3 gtstef/filebrowser:1.5.6-stable gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-samba:1.1.0 …
+v3.7.13: Pulling from library/traefik
+e2de96513ba9: Pulling fs layer
+b686a4f73445: Pulling fs layer
+78cb21c375ca: Pulling fs layer
+acb2f33459b1: Pulling fs layer
+acb2f33459b1: Waiting
+e2de96513ba9: Download complete
+b686a4f73445: Verifying Checksum
+b686a4f73445: Download complete
+acb2f33459b1: Verifying Checksum
+acb2f33459b1: Download complete
+78cb21c375ca: Verifying Checksum
+78cb21c375ca: Download complete
+e2de96513ba9: Pull complete
+b686a4f73445: Pull complete
+78cb21c375ca: Pull complete
+acb2f33459b1: Pull complete
+Digest: sha256:24841fe2de7304c149343d877d2923b4c8800a38ba015dea9174c23b20e344a0
+Status: Downloaded newer image for traefik:v3.7.13
+docker.io/library/traefik:v3.7.13
+2026.9.3: Pulling from cloudflare/cloudflared
+2cc7ee286bf3: Pulling fs layer
+c172f21841df: Pulling fs layer
+218cf840d0d9: Pulling fs layer
+f6069939f718: Pulling fs layer
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+Digest: sha256:072c067d25ccbe61d46e18f0d0723255f2bb5304f7317caa95b27031520ff92c
+Status: Downloaded newer image for cloudflare/cloudflared:2026.9.3
+docker.io/cloudflare/cloudflared:2026.9.3
+1.5.6-stable: Pulling from gtstef/filebrowser
+55afa1ecc21d: Pulling fs layer
+8ed8f35f8d4f: Pulling fs layer
+989b226a579c: Pulling fs layer
+660aeead31d5: Pulling fs layer
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+4ed1ca4f3fce: Pulling fs layer
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+d47782d1182a: Pulling fs layer
+660aeead31d5: Waiting
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+Digest: sha256:7c5d7ac8ffda31294d278063cf9d2e04303b39e6dce1f4c691342240ca7703b8
+Status: Downloaded newer image for gtstef/filebrowser:1.5.6-stable
+docker.io/gtstef/filebrowser:1.5.6-stable
+1.1.0: Pulling from admin/felhom-samba
+897d797d2723: Pulling fs layer
+3051591aa250: Pulling fs layer
+ce57a3f93416: Pulling fs layer
+fb94eeec2fe1: Pulling fs layer
+fb94eeec2fe1: Waiting
+ce57a3f93416: Verifying Checksum
+ce57a3f93416: Download complete
+fb94eeec2fe1: Verifying Checksum
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+897d797d2723: Pull complete
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+3051591aa250: Download complete
+3051591aa250: Pull complete
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+fb94eeec2fe1: Pull complete
+Digest: sha256:1c17c09422bec0366d7cf0e0fcfc1486ba6c90334a0a5d5c851073a9342f8f10
+Status: Downloaded newer image for gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-samba:1.1.0
+gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-samba:1.1.0
+[golden] baking the controller-bootstrap unit (deploys the BAKED controller from the config mount) …
+Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/felhom-controller-bootstrap.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/felhom-controller-bootstrap.service'.
+[golden] baking the controller-bootstrap PATH unit (starts the service on bootstrap-mount hot-plug — B1) …
+Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/felhom-controller-bootstrap.path' → '/etc/systemd/system/felhom-controller-bootstrap.path'.
+[golden] baking the first-boot SSH host-key regeneration unit (F3) …
+Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/felhom-regen-hostkeys.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/felhom-regen-hostkeys.service'.
+[golden] identity-clean + minimize …
+[golden] stop + archive …
+INFO: including mount point rootfs ('/') in backup
+INFO: including mount point mp0 ('/var/lib/felhom') in backup
+INFO: archive file size: 617MB
+INFO: Finished Backup of VM 9100 (00:00:36)
+[golden] DONE. golden archive volid: local:backup/vzdump-lxc-9100-2026_10_06-00_37_32.tar.zst (rootfs 32G + ONE data volume 24G @ /var/lib/felhom, all in the archive)
+[golden] publishing golden (647984138 bytes, sha256 b524a96f4f828880…) → https://gitea.dooplex.hu/api/packages/admin/generic/felhom-golden/0.298.0/golden.tar.zst
+[golden]   pre-delete existing: HTTP 404 (404/204 expected)
+[golden]   upload OK (HTTP 201)
+GOLDEN_VERSION=0.298.0
+GOLDEN_SHA256=b524a96f4f82888039bf38eb0c718c107061ff98e8cddf74d7f9b0be4aa96515
+[golden] Record in the hub operator UI (Configs → Day-0 artifacts): golden 0.298.0 / b524a96f4f82888039bf38eb0c718c107061ff98e8cddf74d7f9b0be4aa96515
+[golden] (the build guest 9100 is stopped; destroy it with: pct destroy 9100 --purge)
diff --git a/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/bake.log b/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/bake.log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b941758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/tests/golden-0.298.0-2026-10-06/bake.log
@@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
+[golden] build-golden.sh v3.2.0 — baking controller gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller:0.298.0
+[golden] creating build LXC 9100 (nesting=1,keyctl=1, unprivileged; rootfs 32G + ONE data volume 24G @ /var/lib/felhom, backup=1) …
+  Logical volume "vm-9100-disk-0" created.
+  Logical volume pve/vm-9100-disk-0 changed.
+Creating filesystem with 8388608 4k blocks and 2097152 inodes
+Filesystem UUID: 58b4dcbe-1901-428c-a2e7-a42dc1095a8c
+Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
+	32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 
+	4096000, 7962624
+  Logical volume "vm-9100-disk-1" created.
+  Logical volume pve/vm-9100-disk-1 changed.
+Creating filesystem with 6291456 4k blocks and 1572864 inodes
+Filesystem UUID: 361f9c01-a072-4ca6-8cc7-eaa36c666d35
+Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
+	32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 
+extracting archive '/var/lib/vz/template/cache/debian-13-standard_13.6-1_amd64.tar.zst'
+Total bytes read: 553512960 (528MiB, 195MiB/s)
+Detected container architecture: amd64
+Creating SSH host key 'ssh_host_ed25519_key' - this may take some time ...
+done: SHA256:HtHHxYi6AAbcGQPBl0EKMRnj28w/cJWLnlq4AXjxTfE root@felhom-golden
+Creating SSH host key 'ssh_host_rsa_key' - this may take some time ...
+done: SHA256:d5OxHq1ciyzfkQkK4R6MRoqNjbRizeb3XWkc5M1xvDc root@felhom-golden
+Creating SSH host key 'ssh_host_ecdsa_key' - this may take some time ...
+done: SHA256:QPcBfvcHIozh34XoKt+mlgdCcWZcQanwLGywW0Gdctk root@felhom-golden
+[golden] starting + installing Docker (official repo, trixie channel) …
+[golden] Docker engine set PINNED to the approved release: containerd.io=2.3.6-1~debian.13~trixie docker-buildx-plugin=0.37.1-1~debian.13~trixie docker-ce=5:29.8.2-1~debian.13~trixie docker-ce-cli=5:29.8.2-1~debian.13~trixie docker-ce-rootless-extras=5:29.8.2-1~debian.13~trixie docker-compose-plugin=5.6.0-1~debian.13~trixie
+apt-listchanges: Can't set locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct!
+perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
+perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
+	LANGUAGE = (unset),
+	LC_ALL = (unset),
+	LC_CTYPE = (unset),
+	LC_NUMERIC = (unset),
+	LC_COLLATE = (unset),
+	LC_TIME = (unset),
+	LC_MESSAGES = (unset),
+	LC_MONETARY = (unset),
+	LC_ADDRESS = (unset),
+	LC_IDENTIFICATION = (unset),
+	LC_MEASUREMENT = (unset),
+	LC_PAPER = (unset),
+	LC_TELEPHONE = (unset),
+	LC_NAME = (unset),
+	LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
+    are supported and installed on your system.
+perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
+locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
+locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
+locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
+apt-listchanges: Can't set locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct!
+perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
+perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
+	LANGUAGE = (unset),
+	LC_ALL = (unset),
+	LC_CTYPE = (unset),
+	LC_NUMERIC = (unset),
+	LC_COLLATE = (unset),
+	LC_TIME = (unset),
+	LC_MESSAGES = (unset),
+	LC_MONETARY = (unset),
+	LC_ADDRESS = (unset),
+	LC_IDENTIFICATION = (unset),
+	LC_MEASUREMENT = (unset),
+	LC_PAPER = (unset),
+	LC_TELEPHONE = (unset),
+	LC_NAME = (unset),
+	LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
+    are supported and installed on your system.
+perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
+locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
+locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
+locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
+  installed: containerd.io	2.3.6-1~debian.13~trixie
+  installed: docker-buildx-plugin	0.37.1-1~debian.13~trixie
+  installed: docker-ce	5:29.8.2-1~debian.13~trixie
+  installed: docker-ce-cli	5:29.8.2-1~debian.13~trixie
+  installed: docker-ce-rootless-extras	5:29.8.2-1~debian.13~trixie
+  installed: docker-compose-plugin	5.6.0-1~debian.13~trixie
+[golden] no approved guest release given - the template versions stay; first-night count vs an approved release: n/a
+[golden] pending Debian upgrades in the baked guest (what a FUTURE approval may bring): 49
+[golden] baking daemon.json: classic overlay2 driver (containerd-snapshotter OFF) + log rotation …
+[golden] wiring the single data volume (R-165 variant V-c): /var/lib/felhom/{docker,sys_drive} -> binds …
+[golden] verifying Docker works in the build guest (storage driver should be overlay2 on the ext4 data volume) …
+Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally
+latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
+4f55086f7dd0: Pulling fs layer
+4f55086f7dd0: Verifying Checksum
+4f55086f7dd0: Download complete
+4f55086f7dd0: Pull complete
+Digest: sha256:5e23090353324d887c48ad5e5c56d294eab81588df9605b07d1afe895f9cc8f8
+Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest
+  docker OK (overlay2; data-root /var/lib/docker)
+  live-restore: on
+  /var/lib/docker is a real mount: /dev/mapper/pve-vm--9100--disk--1[/docker] ext4
+  /mnt/sys_drive is a real mount: /dev/mapper/pve-vm--9100--disk--1[/sys_drive] ext4
+  both paths are ONE filesystem: /dev/mapper/pve-vm--9100--disk--1 23317576
+[golden] baking the in-guest controller image gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller:0.298.0 (no registry cred at deploy) …
+
+WARNING! Your credentials are stored unencrypted in '/root/.docker/config.json'.
+Configure a credential helper to remove this warning. See
+https://docs.docker.com/go/credential-store/
+
+0.298.0: Pulling from admin/felhom-controller
+774043ccc8cc: Pulling fs layer
+ab6b448d4be9: Pulling fs layer
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+862a57157567: Pulling fs layer
+1501262266b6: Pulling fs layer
+5faaf0694dc4: Pulling fs layer
+862a57157567: Waiting
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+Digest: sha256:063f4eb736cca95c711e313b8d2a1c2ffaa576a1c3f0d467c4efdea20301ae71
+Status: Downloaded newer image for gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller:0.298.0
+gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller:0.298.0
+[golden] asking the controller which infra images it manages …
+[golden] baking infra images (4): traefik:v3.7.13 cloudflare/cloudflared:2026.9.3 gtstef/filebrowser:1.5.6-stable gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-samba:1.1.0 …
+v3.7.13: Pulling from library/traefik
+e2de96513ba9: Pulling fs layer
+b686a4f73445: Pulling fs layer
+78cb21c375ca: Pulling fs layer
+acb2f33459b1: Pulling fs layer
+acb2f33459b1: Waiting
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+Digest: sha256:24841fe2de7304c149343d877d2923b4c8800a38ba015dea9174c23b20e344a0
+Status: Downloaded newer image for traefik:v3.7.13
+docker.io/library/traefik:v3.7.13
+2026.9.3: Pulling from cloudflare/cloudflared
+2cc7ee286bf3: Pulling fs layer
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+Digest: sha256:072c067d25ccbe61d46e18f0d0723255f2bb5304f7317caa95b27031520ff92c
+Status: Downloaded newer image for cloudflare/cloudflared:2026.9.3
+docker.io/cloudflare/cloudflared:2026.9.3
+1.5.6-stable: Pulling from gtstef/filebrowser
+55afa1ecc21d: Pulling fs layer
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+Digest: sha256:7c5d7ac8ffda31294d278063cf9d2e04303b39e6dce1f4c691342240ca7703b8
+Status: Downloaded newer image for gtstef/filebrowser:1.5.6-stable
+docker.io/gtstef/filebrowser:1.5.6-stable
+1.1.0: Pulling from admin/felhom-samba
+897d797d2723: Pulling fs layer
+3051591aa250: Pulling fs layer
+ce57a3f93416: Pulling fs layer
+fb94eeec2fe1: Pulling fs layer
+fb94eeec2fe1: Waiting
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+Digest: sha256:1c17c09422bec0366d7cf0e0fcfc1486ba6c90334a0a5d5c851073a9342f8f10
+Status: Downloaded newer image for gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-samba:1.1.0
+gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-samba:1.1.0
+[golden] baking the controller-bootstrap unit (deploys the BAKED controller from the config mount) …
+Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/felhom-controller-bootstrap.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/felhom-controller-bootstrap.service'.
+[golden] baking the controller-bootstrap PATH unit (starts the service on bootstrap-mount hot-plug — B1) …
+Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/felhom-controller-bootstrap.path' → '/etc/systemd/system/felhom-controller-bootstrap.path'.
+[golden] baking the first-boot SSH host-key regeneration unit (F3) …
+Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/felhom-regen-hostkeys.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/felhom-regen-hostkeys.service'.
+[golden] identity-clean + minimize …
+[golden] stop + archive …
+INFO: including mount point rootfs ('/') in backup
+INFO: including mount point mp0 ('/var/lib/felhom') in backup
+INFO: archive file size: 618MB
+INFO: Finished Backup of VM 9100 (00:00:28)
+[golden] DONE. golden archive volid: local:backup/vzdump-lxc-9100-2026_10_06-00_44_14.tar.zst (rootfs 32G + ONE data volume 24G @ /var/lib/felhom, all in the archive)
+[golden] publishing golden (648255019 bytes, sha256 a2e730e91148d390…) → https://gitea.dooplex.hu/api/packages/admin/generic/felhom-golden/0.298.0/golden.tar.zst
+[golden]   pre-delete existing: HTTP 204 (404/204 expected)
+[golden]   upload OK (HTTP 201)
+GOLDEN_VERSION=0.298.0
+GOLDEN_SHA256=a2e730e91148d390b6dc76221db9d19aa221ba3a27e2ccbc64df17793ea4470e
+[golden] Record in the hub operator UI (Configs → Day-0 artifacts): golden 0.298.0 / a2e730e91148d390b6dc76221db9d19aa221ba3a27e2ccbc64df17793ea4470e
+[golden] (the build guest 9100 is stopped; destroy it with: pct destroy 9100 --purge)
diff --git a/scripts/CHANGELOG.md b/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
index 051f94da..7059abda 100644
--- a/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## gates — the golden gate's test reads the gate's own clock (2026-10-06, fixed without a row)
+
+- `test_golden_currency_gate.py` took „today" from the LOCAL date while `golden_currency_gate.read_waiver` uses UTC; between
+  00:00 and 02:00 CEST CASE 7 (an expired waiver) read VALID and the suite went red — found at 00:45 by the pre-push hook.
+  The test now uses UTC; red-proved (back to the local date: CASE 7 fails, `EXPIRED on 2026-10-06` wanted, rc=0 got).
+- `RUNBOOK-manual-build.md` §4.1: the bake's runner script names `GOLDEN_DOCKER_PKGS` (the 0.298.0 bake missed it once).
+
 ## felhom-host-install.sh 1.32.0 — the uninstall leaves nothing that holds a secret or a tunnel; pre-flight tells the truth (burn-down night, 2026-10-05; NOT published — ships with the tag `installer-v1.32.0`)
 
 - **R-275:** the uninstall removes the agent's config directory with every copy of the config in it (the `.bak*` glob
diff --git a/scripts/test_golden_currency_gate.py b/scripts/test_golden_currency_gate.py
index e83fdd2c..6311d9ed 100644
--- a/scripts/test_golden_currency_gate.py
+++ b/scripts/test_golden_currency_gate.py
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ def waiver(issued, expires, reason="pre-customer development; weekly cadence", r
 
 def waiver_cases():
     fails = []
-    today = datetime.date.today()
+    # The gate's clock is UTC (golden_currency_gate.read_waiver). A LOCAL date here disagreed with it between
+    # 00:00 and 02:00 CEST and turned CASE 7 red (found 2026-10-06 00:45, the burn-down night).
+    today = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).date()
     d = lambda n: (today + datetime.timedelta(days=n)).isoformat()
     BEHIND = (["9.9.9", "9.9.8", "9.9.7"], "9.9.7")       # released 9.9.9, golden 9.9.7: two behind
     UNRECORDED = (["9.9.9", "9.9.7"], "9.9.8")             # golden 9.9.8 has no heading (R-385)