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@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ Pilot exit criteria (must all pass before Phase D):
 - [x] **C2.** Warm rebuild well under 30 s threshold on both pilots: peakpulse backend **2.6 s**, clock backend **3.3 s**.
 - [x] **C3.** `docker-prep.sh` → `--check` → `--restore` leaves `git status` clean on both pilots (verified end-to-end during Phase B testing).
 - [x] **C4.** Pre-commit hook blocks staged tarballs + `.bak` files (verified by simulating staged artifacts on clock).
-- [ ] **C5.** Gitea Actions CI green — docker-lint job added to both pilot `ci.yml` (`clock@4f8086bfa`, `peakpulse@c3195c8`); needs next CI run to confirm.
+- [~] **C5.** Gitea Actions CI green — **partially validated**. Workflow YAML is well-formed in both pilots (`clock@4f8086bfa`, `peakpulse@c3195c8`); local simulation of the `docker-lint` job (`bash scripts/gitea/doctor.sh --quiet && bash scripts/docker-doctor.sh --quiet`) exits 0 on both pilots. **Gap:** the pilot repos are not currently hosted on Gitea (`http://localhost:3300/learning_ai_user/` has only `learning_ai_uxui_web`), so the workflow file ships but the runner never fires. A dummy `git push gitea` returns 404. C5 will fully close when the pilot repos are mirrored to Gitea (see `learning_ai_common_plat/docs/runbooks/GITEA_VM_SETUP.md` for the hosting setup).
 - [x] **C6.** Build-time metrics already populated in § 3.A7 from earlier Phase A work.
 - [x] **C7.** ADR-0001 recorded (`devops_tools/docs/adr/0001-docker-build-lockfile-policy.md`).
 - [x] **C8.** `docker-doctor.sh` PASS on both pilots (only the 1 expected `pnpm-lock.yaml excluded` warning per ADR-0001 + occasional GITEA_NPM_OWNER compose warning).