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@@ -2,25 +2,9 @@
 
 a zig implementation of [jetstream](https://github.com/bluesky-social/jetstream) — the full-network archive and streaming service for atproto. built on [zat](https://tangled.org/zat.dev/zat).
 
-## status
-
-No public Stream deployment is currently promoted. The former live-only
-`stream.waow.tech` canary and the July 2026 isolated experiments have been
-retired.
-
-The implementation is **not** at semantic parity with pinned Jetstream V2
-commit `f29815c`. [`docs/semantic-parity.md`](docs/semantic-parity.md) is the
-deployment gate and the only authority on what is proved: 23 verified rows,
-4 partial, none blocked. Four experiments' worth of history — including what
-each failure bought — is in
-[`docs/full-network-experiment-2026-07.md`](docs/full-network-experiment-2026-07.md),
-and [`docs/deployment-runbook.md`](docs/deployment-runbook.md) is what to
-actually do, in order.
-
-An artifact is admitted for the next whole-network experiment:
-`sha256:43001041…` (`receipts/eb95c14.json`, 20/20 suites, built natively on
-linux/amd64). An admitted artifact means those suites passed against *that
-digest* — it is not by itself a claim of parity.
+Stream targets semantic parity with pinned Jetstream V2 commit `f29815c`.
+[`docs/semantic-parity.md`](docs/semantic-parity.md) is the authority on what
+that currently rests on, row by row, and no claim here overrides it.
 
 ## what it does
 
@@ -50,11 +34,11 @@ digest* — it is not by itself a claim of parity.
   were unavailable or changed during bootstrap
 - **crash-resumable timestamp imports** with a durable RocksDB rule map,
   topology-preserving sealed-segment repair, and bearer-gated operator XRPC
-- **operations views** at `/status`, including durable PDS diagnostics at
-  `/status?tab=hosts` and per-repository reconstruction and authoritative root
-  verification at `/status?tab=accounts`, plus Prometheus metrics at `/metrics`
-  on the optional debug listener. Upstream's collections/segments status views
-  are absent
+- **operations views** at `/status` — a summary field report plus hosts,
+  accounts, collections, and segments tabs, with durable PDS diagnostics,
+  per-repository reconstruction, and authoritative root verification against
+  the PDS commit root. Prometheus metrics are on the optional debug listener at
+  `/metrics`
 
 ## develop
 
@@ -84,6 +68,7 @@ Start here depending on what you need:
 | [`cli.md`](docs/cli.md) | offline operator commands |
 | [`testing.md`](docs/testing.md) | suites, oracles, receipts |
 | [`benchmarks.md`](docs/benchmarks.md) | subsystem benchmarks |
+| [`full-network-experiment-2026-07.md`](docs/full-network-experiment-2026-07.md) | field log of whole-network runs and what each failure bought |
 
 The rest of `docs/` holds the port record: the jss format byte spec and seal
 spec, upstream bootstrap/compaction/subscribe condensations where every