**Request changes: two P2 findings. HEAD `c29cc49f` is not ready to merge.**

1. **P2 — Ignoring deep skipped entries can restore an obsolete ancestor file.** At [restore.go:226](/home/paulca/amadan.net/carlos/platform/.claude/worktrees/hostfiles-cap-live-entries/internal/hostfiles/restore.go:226), the new guard drops over-cap entries from overlap resolution entirely. Consider a valid live entry `"a"` at sequence 1 and a skipped entry `"a/"+strings.Repeat("d/", 2048)+"f"` at sequence 2. Previously, the newer descendant superseded `"a"`; now Restore writes the obsolete file. If `"a"` is an existing directory, `writeInside` removes its contents first. Present also starts requiring that obsolete file. Preserve skipped descendants’ precedence over in-cap ancestors without walking their entire depth.

2. **P2 — Scanning still walks an exempt skipped path’s ancestors without a bound.** At [sync.go:165](/home/paulca/amadan.net/carlos/platform/.claude/worktrees/hostfiles-cap-live-entries/internal/hostfiles/sync.go:165), inherited skipped paths reach `skipped()` before StageDelete’s cap guard. With a non-nil callback returning false, [sync.go:50](/home/paulca/amadan.net/carlos/platform/.claude/worktrees/hostfiles-cap-live-entries/internal/hostfiles/sync.go:50) repeatedly calls `path.Dir`, retaining the quadratic, uncancellable processing identified in round 4. This happens even on an empty restored tree; no deep directories need exist. Skip over-cap inherited entries before exclusion processing. Add a scan regression with a non-nil callback—the existing regression passes `nil`.

Round 4’s deleted-plus-skipped bypass is closed. Its `superseded()` slowdown is removed, but finding 1 prevents treating that fix as complete.

Other checks: validation and StageDelete still perform linear `CleanPath` processing; I found no additional ancestor walks in moves or relocation’s manifest-copy paths. The census envelope hash matches exactly; legacy units and seals remain unchanged.

Static review only. No tests or builds ran, including the full `internal/host` suite.

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**FIRST PROMPT:**
Review brief 5 at `c29cc49f`, read-only; avoid the full internal/host suite.

**WHAT:**
Check the round-4 fixes, remaining path processing, and merge readiness.

**STATUS:**
Review complete: two P2 findings; request changes.

**NEEDED:**
Nothing from you for this review.

**RECOMMENDED:**
Fix both findings and add focused regressions before merging.

**SESSION:**
Safe to close. HEAD and working tree are unchanged; no files or background processes were created.