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Exact scope

• Static candidate freshness screening of eight previously unreviewed canonical Microsoft Azure operations packages at upstream 1a63e5f771987a9a13e9f0571823dc1e80741583.
• Macro-first audit found six repeated canonical IDs across eight earlier merged review documents. Published 64/76 counted review slots, not unique packages: 58/76 distinct before, 66/76 after, ten genuine changed-existing gaps remain.
• Eight individual exact manifest and package-tree identities, selected supporting blob evidence, controlled tags, ten-dimension rubric, dependencies, authority/privacy findings, rationale, decisive candidate disposition, explicit security/behavioral not-run.
• 6 REJECT unchanged/EXTRACT; 2 REFERENCE ONLY pending deep review (Azure Prepare, Azure Upgrade).
• Reconciled README.md, docs/SYSTEM_STATE.md, CURATION_QUEUE.md, INDEX.md, index.json atomically at tranche level. Historical review records preserved.

Accounting and architecture

• Microsoft registered July pin remains 186/186 complete; 106 carry-forward / 76 changed / 4 removed frozen crosswalk; 22/22 raw additions classified.
• Source-family denominator delta 0; source pins unchanged; first-party 44; registered sources 22; persisted third-party verification companions 721.
• Latest candidate physical manifests 212, governed eligible denominator unresolved; four removed-path successor decisions unresolved.
• No security scanner, cloud action, behavioral execution, admission, repository-owned scripts, CI, runtime, schedulers, monitors or installers.
• PRs feat: add passive trust-boundary and data-lifecycle review skills (#406) #412/feat: add passive behavioral evaluation and release-evidence protocols (#406) #413/fix: consolidate 16 passive pulse repairs and 5 security hardenings #416 remain draft for external qualification, separate from this evidence-only tranche.

Independent static acceptance

• Verified branch 2 commits ahead, 0 behind the read main SHA; seven changed paths only, including the five accounting surfaces.
• Recomputed eight latest Git tree identities and exact blob counts; no duplicate among this tranche and the earlier 58 distinct candidates.
• Merge only if current main still matches and no new review findings arise. Issue Freshness: reconcile Microsoft Skills from registered July pin #400 stays open for remaining ten packages, latest eligible denominator, security and pin decision.

See docs/reviews/2026-10-27-microsoft-azure-ops-eight-and-frontier-dedup.md and registry/freshness/microsoft-skills-azure-ops-eight-deduplicated-2026-10-27.json.