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 # STATE — llm-security
 
-**Active focus:** Removing an internal codename from Forgejo (operator request) — a full
-git history-rewrite + force-push, in progress this session. v7.8.0 itself is RELEASED; the
-security-fix track (F-1/F-2/F-3) + the TRG/SIG/AST scanners are ALL DONE. Only loose end =
-**F-4 (optional, LOW)**, still open.
+**Active focus:** NONE active. v7.8.0 RELEASED; security-fix track (F-1/F-2/F-3) +
+TRG/SIG/AST scanners ALL DONE; **internal codename fully scrubbed from Forgejo + force-pushed
+(DONE this session).** Only loose end = **F-4 (optional, LOW)**. Clean, quiescent state.
 
-## Codename scrub (THIS session — operator: "must not appear anywhere on Forgejo")
-- Tip prose reworded by hand (CHANGELOG, CLAUDE.md, README, docs/version-history.md, STATE.md).
+## Codename scrub (THIS session — operator: "must not appear anywhere on Forgejo") — DONE
+- Full history-rewrite via `git filter-repo` + **force-push** (`d11de9a` → `a19e9eb`).
+  Verified: 0 occurrences in any blob across all refs, 0 in any commit message, 0 filenames.
+- Tip prose reworded by hand (CHANGELOG, CLAUDE.md, README, docs/version-history.md, STATE.md);
+  scanners now referred to as TRG/SIG/AST only.
 - Two `docs/plans/` docs (a gap-analysis + its trekplan, both named after the codename)
-  deleted from ALL history via `git filter-repo --invert-paths` (the matching `.html`
-  render was git-ignored — deleted locally only). Their whole subject was the external
-  reference tool, so they were removed rather than scrubbed in place.
-- Leftover historical blobs + 2 commit messages (the gap-analysis docs commit + the v7.8.0
-  release-commit body) scrubbed via filter-repo `--replace-text`/`--replace-message`
-  (`(?i)<codename> ==> TRG/SIG/AST`).
-- Backup before rewrite: `/tmp/llm-security-pre-scrub-backup.bundle` (all refs; pre-scrub
-  HEAD `d11de9a`). origin = Forgejo `open/llm-security`; force-push required after rewrite.
+  deleted from ALL history via `--invert-paths` (the `.html` render was git-ignored — deleted
+  locally only). Leftover historical blobs + 2 commit messages scrubbed via
+  `--replace-text`/`--replace-message` (`(?i)<codename> ==> TRG/SIG/AST`).
+- Backup of pre-scrub history: `/tmp/llm-security-pre-scrub-backup.bundle` (all refs; old HEAD
+  `d11de9a`) — LOCAL only, never on Forgejo; delete once satisfied.
+- RESIDUAL (server-side): old unreachable objects may linger on Forgejo until git GC. To
+  guarantee physical removal, run repo housekeeping/GC as Forgejo admin (`ktg`).
 
 ## What shipped (DONE — do NOT re-derive)
 - **v7.8.0 release — Session C. DONE** (pure version-sync; no production code). Bumped
@@ -36,10 +37,10 @@ security-fix track (F-1/F-2/F-3) + the TRG/SIG/AST scanners are ALL DONE. Only l
   symlink inside the tree pointing out. Known, accepted.
 
 ## COLD START (next session)
-1. `pwd` + `git status`. Confirm the force-pushed history is on `origin/main` and that
-   `git grep -i <codename> $(git rev-list --all)` is empty.
-2. No active task queued (assuming the scrub completed). Options: F-4 confirm-gate if wanted,
-   or a new direction. Do NOT invent scope — ask.
+1. `pwd` + `git status`. Tip should be `a19e9eb` (or later) on `origin/main`.
+2. No active task queued. Options: F-4 confirm-gate if wanted, or a new direction. Do NOT
+   invent scope — ask. (If the codename ever needs re-checking: `git grep -i <codename>
+   $(git rev-list --all)` must stay empty.)
 
 ## Continuity notes
 - origin = Forgejo `open/llm-security` (never GitHub). Push window: weekdays 20:00–23:00;