The runner's step ask id was `step-<24 hex>`; every build seat holder's CheckAskID refuses it (base 36 milliseconds and six hex digits), so no placed step could be accepted. AskID now opens with base 36 of the pipeline's start time in milliseconds and ends with six hex digits of the sha256 of the pipeline, the artifact and the step: the same placement makes the same id at every start. A rerun uses its own time. Builds: design 47 G A-297, A-232, A-111 Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01NcbgfGKaxw984XyAPfLm4h