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 ## Current Step
 flow: greenfield
-step: 7
-name: Implement
-status: in_progress
+step: 12
+name: Test-Spec Sync
+status: not_started
 sub_step:
-  phase: 17
-  name: completeness-gate-rerun
-  detail: "todo/ empty; re-running gate to add AZ-687 (BLOCKED-on-Tier-2 evidence, AZ-624 AC-5 precedent)"
+  phase: 0
+  name: awaiting-invocation
+  detail: "Step 7-11 complete (Step 8/9/10/11 artifacts predate current session); Step 12 must fold AZ-591 + AZ-618 umbrella + AZ-687 ACs into test specs (last touched May 9)"
 retry_count: 0
 cycle: 1
 tracker: jira