mesh/merge-gate pass: builds betterbird → shanks; no bus step; every machine composes with the change as it did without (4 of 4 compose)
mesh/repo-check pass: its merge-check.sh passed, each part in its toolchain: merge-check.sh (go), merge-check-typescript.sh (typescript)
mesh/delivery superseded: a newer head of the same pull request
A fresh profile has never checked for updates, so Betterbird checked at the test's start, found a newer build published and opened its About window on the operator's screen instead of leaving the reminder to show. The test's own preferences now also come last in its user.js, so nothing declared or carried overrides them.