@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # FEATURE-ci-windows-consumer-fixtures
 
-Status: In Progress (implementation complete; caller validation/finalization pending).
+Status: Complete (local validation/finalization; native CI pending).
 Base: local v3 `6b2f596e88796f1a033a770d26b07aaa7049a8ff`.
 Plan: primary `.groundwork-plans/FEATURE-ci-windows-consumer-fixtures-plan.md`.
 Journal: primary `.debug/ci-6b2-windows-consumer-fixtures-9mpis316/journal.md`.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ all original linkage/header contamination negative controls.
 - [x] Record RED for absolute shell/conversion and configure receipt ordering through the real runner/Commands boundary.
 - [x] Correct the three fixture assumptions without changing production code or adding skips.
 - [x] Verify the affected module, direct receipt recovery, Python compilation and diff checks.
-- [ ] Caller Groundwork validation/finalization.
+- [x] Caller Groundwork validation/finalization.
 - [ ] Native Windows post-fix package/archive checks: CI/v3 PR owned, incomplete; not a local acceptance gate.
 
 Native RED: package run 40072250923, Windows job 120808025501,
@@ -81,3 +81,11 @@ processes, and delegate compiler subprocesses unchanged. Replace a runner or
 auditor module's `platform` binding for branch coverage rather than mutating
 the shared platform module. Configure receipts can include successful path
 conversion before the expected failure; select them by command semantics.
+
+Groundwork validation `03e31718ba1957895fa2a136563888e2` sealed PASS for
+`cb23206ed9e08fa9136336bc060fdcbcfe34951c` / tree
+`fc9edb4f1d1978b7ac0b20c308fe57ba0715024f`: one iteration, nine fresh
+independent approvals, zero fixes and zero unworked findings. Input-matched
+passing checks reused; no report created. Native Windows post-fix checks remain
+incomplete and CI/v3 PR owned. Existing 6b2 CI jobs are preserved; caller owns
+publication timing. Closed epoll uncertainty remains outside this task.