{
  "date": "2026-07-16",
  "operator": "Paul Campbell",
  "window": "06:10–07:40 UTC (approx)",
  "why": "Stood up, iterated on, verified, and tore down a throwaway canary for the Vault membership-model feature (pinned branch build, then removed).",
  "refs": ["https://github.com/elevenmessenger/messenger/pull/1046"]
}