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+# Operator Handoff — 2026-04-13 Cleanup And Platform Summary
+
+**Purpose:** Short release-note style handoff for the preservation, cleanup, and rollout work completed in the Proxmox workspace through `main` head `968d738`.
+
+## Scope
+
+This handoff captures the intentionally preserved work across:
+
+- MEV Control / `mev.defi-oracle.io`
+- Sankofa consolidated hub and Phoenix API edge
+- Besu validator operator helpers
+- Solace portal container scaffold
+- `smom-dbis-138` documentation and genesis-entrypoint cleanup
+
+## Current Repo State
+
+- Root workspace: clean
+- `origin/main`: up to date at the time of handoff
+- Tracked submodules now preserved at:
+  - `dbis_core` → `c80b2a5`
+  - `explorer-monorepo` → `02996c6`
+  - `smom-dbis-138` → `79750d9`
+
+## Key Preserved Parent Commits
+
+- `e86744e` `Track MEV multi-chain rollout validation and cutover`
+- `13c85f5` `Ignore generated infra status snapshots`
+- `04ca354` `Refresh tracked IT inventory snapshots`
+- `fe7292d` `Track cleaned submodule updates`
+- `49740f1` `Harden quote-push operator workflows`
+- `b7eebb8` `Add Sankofa consolidated hub operator tooling`
+- `ee1625a` `Add surgical Besu validator operator helpers`
+- `d8b0dd0` `Add Solace portal container scaffold and entity tracker`
+- `2cf2ef4` `Expand operator env examples and quote-push benchmarking`
+- `6405006` `Record latest public E2E verification evidence`
+- `968d738` `Track smom documentation and genesis cleanup`
+
+## MEV Control
+
+- Public GUI/API deployment, backend CT topology, readiness tooling, and rollout validation were preserved in the earlier MEV commit chain.
+- The dedicated backend remains documented as CT `2421` on `192.168.11.223`, with public edge CT `2410` serving the GUI and `/api` proxy.
+- Multi-chain and venue-foundation work, DODO PMM/D3MM scaffolding, lifecycle telemetry, and validation helpers are captured through the parent MEV commit and the `MEV_Bot/mev-platform` submodule pointer.
+
+Primary docs:
+
+- [MEV_CONTROL_DEFI_ORACLE_IO_DEPLOYMENT.md](../04-configuration/MEV_CONTROL_DEFI_ORACLE_IO_DEPLOYMENT.md)
+- [MEV_CONTROL_LAN_BRINGUP_CHECKLIST.md](../04-configuration/MEV_CONTROL_LAN_BRINGUP_CHECKLIST.md)
+- [MEV_CONTROL_COMPLETION_PUNCHLIST.md](../04-configuration/MEV_CONTROL_COMPLETION_PUNCHLIST.md)
+- [MEV_EXECUTION_VALUE_SOURCES_AND_READINESS.md](../04-configuration/MEV_EXECUTION_VALUE_SOURCES_AND_READINESS.md)
+
+## Sankofa / Phoenix
+
+- Consolidated hub tooling, nginx examples, NPM fleet support, and Phoenix websocket/API operator helpers were preserved in `b7eebb8`.
+- The active public Phoenix path assumes the hub nginx layer at `:8080` with Apollo bound to loopback `127.0.0.1:4000`.
+- `get_host_for_vmid` now explicitly maps Sankofa VMIDs `7800–7806` to `r630-01`.
+
+Primary docs:
+
+- [SANKOFA_PHOENIX_CONSOLIDATED_FRONTEND_AND_API.md](../02-architecture/SANKOFA_PHOENIX_CONSOLIDATED_FRONTEND_AND_API.md)
+- [SANKOFA_API_HUB_NPM_CUTOVER_AND_POST_CUTOVER_RUNBOOK.md](../03-deployment/SANKOFA_API_HUB_NPM_CUTOVER_AND_POST_CUTOVER_RUNBOOK.md)
+
+## Besu Operator Helpers
+
+- Validator restart, migration, cgroup rollback, and host CPU-load helpers were preserved in `ee1625a`.
+- The staggered-restart maintenance path now follows real live placement instead of stale assumptions.
+
+Primary scripts:
+
+- `scripts/operator/restart-besu-validator-single.sh`
+- `scripts/operator/migrate-besu-validator-r630-01-to-r630-04.sh`
+- `scripts/operator/revert-besu-cgroup-caps-r630-01.sh`
+- `scripts/verify/report-besu-host-cpu-load.sh`
+
+## Solace Portal
+
+- A minimal static nginx container scaffold for `solace-bank-group-portal/` was added and validated with a local Docker build.
+- The entity completion tracker was added so Aseret, TAJ, and Solace surfaces have a single active checklist.
+
+Primary docs:
+
+- [ENTITY_INSTITUTIONS_WEB_PORTAL_COMPLETION.md](../03-deployment/ENTITY_INSTITUTIONS_WEB_PORTAL_COMPLETION.md)
+- [solace-bank-group-portal/README.md](../../solace-bank-group-portal/README.md)
+
+## `smom-dbis-138`
+
+- The broad remaining dirty tree was intentionally preserved as a coherent archive-and-canonicalization pass in submodule commit `79750d9`.
+- Legacy status-report piles were moved under `docs/archive/status-reports/`.
+- Legacy trustless-bridge milestone docs were moved under `docs/archive/bridge-trustless-milestones/`.
+- Active entrypoints were repointed toward current docs.
+- Genesis generation entrypoints were simplified so transitional wrappers now forward to the canonical QBFT generator.
+
+Primary references:
+
+- [smom-dbis-138/README.md](../../smom-dbis-138/README.md)
+- [smom-dbis-138/docs/archive/status-reports/README.md](../../smom-dbis-138/docs/archive/status-reports/README.md)
+- [smom-dbis-138/docs/bridge/trustless/README.md](../../smom-dbis-138/docs/bridge/trustless/README.md)
+
+## Verification Record
+
+- The latest public routing/TLS verification snapshot is now committed at:
+  - [verification_report.md](../04-configuration/verification-evidence/e2e-verification-20260413_213757/verification_report.md)
+- Active index references were updated in:
+  - [ALL_VMIDS_ENDPOINTS.md](../04-configuration/ALL_VMIDS_ENDPOINTS.md)
+  - [E2E_ENDPOINTS_LIST.md](../04-configuration/E2E_ENDPOINTS_LIST.md)
+
+## Recommended Next Moves
+
+1. Use this handoff plus [docs/MASTER_INDEX.md](../MASTER_INDEX.md) as the primary orientation point for the next operator.
+2. If publishing externally, summarize the preserved commit chain rather than the pre-cleanup dirty history.
+3. For future cleanup passes, prefer the same method used here:
+   - isolate the smallest coherent bucket
+   - validate locally
+   - commit intentionally
+   - avoid sweeping mixed submodule trees blindly
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 | **Git submodule hygiene + explorer remotes** | [00-meta/SUBMODULE_HYGIENE.md](00-meta/SUBMODULE_HYGIENE.md) — detached HEAD, push order, Gitea/GitHub, `submodules-clean.sh` |
 | **MEV intel + public GUI (`mev.defi-oracle.io`)** | Framing: [../MEV_Bot/docs/framing/README.md](../MEV_Bot/docs/framing/README.md); deploy: [04-configuration/MEV_CONTROL_DEFI_ORACLE_IO_DEPLOYMENT.md](04-configuration/MEV_CONTROL_DEFI_ORACLE_IO_DEPLOYMENT.md); LAN bring-up: [04-configuration/MEV_CONTROL_LAN_BRINGUP_CHECKLIST.md](04-configuration/MEV_CONTROL_LAN_BRINGUP_CHECKLIST.md) (dedicated backend CT on `r630-04`); completion list: [04-configuration/MEV_CONTROL_COMPLETION_PUNCHLIST.md](04-configuration/MEV_CONTROL_COMPLETION_PUNCHLIST.md); execution values/readiness: [04-configuration/MEV_EXECUTION_VALUE_SOURCES_AND_READINESS.md](04-configuration/MEV_EXECUTION_VALUE_SOURCES_AND_READINESS.md); specs: [../MEV_Bot/specs/README.md](../MEV_Bot/specs/README.md) |
 | **What to do next** | [00-meta/NEXT_STEPS_INDEX.md](00-meta/NEXT_STEPS_INDEX.md) — ordered actions, by audience, execution plan |
+| **Recent cleanup / handoff summary** | [00-meta/OPERATOR_HANDOFF_2026-04-13_CLEANUP_AND_PLATFORM_SUMMARY.md](00-meta/OPERATOR_HANDOFF_2026-04-13_CLEANUP_AND_PLATFORM_SUMMARY.md) |
 | **Live verification evidence (dated)** | [00-meta/LIVE_VERIFICATION_LOG_2026-03-30.md](00-meta/LIVE_VERIFICATION_LOG_2026-03-30.md) |
 | **Your personal checklist** | [00-meta/NEXT_STEPS_FOR_YOU.md](00-meta/NEXT_STEPS_FOR_YOU.md) |
 | **Operator runbook (LAN/creds)** | [00-meta/NEXT_STEPS_OPERATOR.md](00-meta/NEXT_STEPS_OPERATOR.md) |