diff --git a/docs/handoffs/HANDOFF-2026-08-04-zio-backend.md b/docs/handoffs/HANDOFF-2026-08-04-zio-backend.md
index aa7bc33..0170ab8 100644
--- a/docs/handoffs/HANDOFF-2026-08-04-zio-backend.md
+++ b/docs/handoffs/HANDOFF-2026-08-04-zio-backend.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # handoff 2026-08-04 — zlay on zio: seven fixes and a soak
 
-> **STATUS: DRAFT — soak in progress.** The final section gets real numbers
-> when the 90-minute window closes. Everything above it is finished work.
+> **STATUS: FINAL.** Soak v3 passed: 95 minutes, 19/19 samples green, on
+> the exact ship build. Details in the soak section.
 
 Continues [HANDOFF-2026-08-03-zio-backend.md](HANDOFF-2026-08-03-zio-backend.md).
 That handoff ended with: zlay runs on zio, holds ~47 connections, does not
@@ -148,12 +148,18 @@ two disk-100% episodes without dropping connections. The window ended at
 (clean exit_code=0 of the VM — see machine notes), not due to any relay
 behavior.
 
-**Soak v3** (same build, reprovisioned machine): the formal uninterrupted
-90-minute certification.
-
-- [ ] 90-minute verdict:
-- [ ] RSS start/end:
-- [ ] metrics latency range:
-- [ ] consumer frames delivered:
-- [ ] recommended next: overnight soak, then operator conversation about a
-      canary
+**Soak v3 — PASSED** (ship build `c383540` = zio `6790455` with the
+detector gated off; reprovisioned machine; consumer attached throughout;
+2026-08-04 07:40–09:15 UTC):
+
+- [x] **95 minutes, 19/19 samples green, zero crashes, zero assert trips**
+- [x] connections 1,307–1,872 (normal fleet churn around ~1,831 seeded hosts)
+- [x] RSS 900–1,057 MB oscillating, **no growth trend** — ~2.6x below
+      prod's flat 2.6 GB, and ~300 MB lighter than the detector builds
+- [x] `/metrics` 0.034–0.405 s across all samples (never over half a second)
+- [x] relay_seq 0 → 1,221,943 continuous; db queue depth 0 at every sample
+- [x] consumer: ~812k frames / ~4.2 GB across two sessions at ~215–270
+      frames/s, with a clean reconnect at the hourly session recycle
+- [x] disk stable at 37–39% under the cron janitor
+- [x] recommended next: operator canary (message drafted); the box keeps
+      running as unattended burn-in until its 24h lifecycle ends