diff --git a/android/play-store/release-checklist.md b/android/play-store/release-checklist.md
index 2300cf2..4ff1d13 100644
--- a/android/play-store/release-checklist.md
+++ b/android/play-store/release-checklist.md
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@
 - [x] Accept Play App Signing.
 - [x] Record the upload-certificate SHA-1 and SHA-256 with the source-bound
       candidate.
-- [ ] Record every Play App Signing SHA-1 and SHA-256 displayed by Play after
+- [x] Record every Play App Signing SHA-1 and SHA-256 displayed by Play after
       the first AAB upload makes Play generate its signing identities and
       before any tester rollout. Do not assume that a new app has only one
       Play certificate: current Play quantum-ready hybrid signing can expose
       multiple classical/post-quantum identities for different Android
-      generations.
-- [ ] Add every applicable Play App Signing SHA-256 to production
-      Google/Firebase Android configuration.
-- [ ] Publish and verify
+      generations. The protected identity document records all three Play
+      identities shown for version `0.1.0 (1)` plus the independent upload
+      identity; no certificate values are stored in this public checklist.
+- [x] Add every applicable Play App Signing SHA-1/SHA-256 identity to the
+      production Google/Firebase Android configuration. A freshly downloaded
+      production client configuration was validated after the import.
+- [x] Publish and verify
       `https://whoneedhelp.com/.well-known/assetlinks.json` for the Play
       certificate identities used to sign delivered APKs.
       Use `scripts/import-play-android-config.sh` in plan mode first, then
@@ -42,9 +45,11 @@
       lint, package name, version code/name, target SDK, and production origin.
 - [x] Install the release APK generated from the same source-bound build on the authorized
       physical phone and run the release smoke test.
-- [ ] Save and publish the source-bound AAB currently uploaded to the internal
+- [x] Save and publish the source-bound AAB currently uploaded to the internal
       testing draft. Do not mark this complete until Play Console shows one
-      accepted artifact and the internal release is available to testers.
+      accepted artifact and the internal release is available to testers. The
+      exact `0.1.0 (1)` release is active only on the Internal testing track;
+      no Closed or Production rollout was started.
 
 ## Production capability gate
 
@@ -53,10 +58,10 @@
       checks reported `READY`, with zero blocking items and zero local-only
       warnings. The validator did not print secret values and did not modify
       production.
-- [ ] Pass the stricter `--require-release` gate. Its only remaining blocking
-      item on 2026-08-08 is the not-yet-generated set of Play App Signing
-      SHA-256 fingerprints;
-      every other capability reported `READY`.
+- [x] Pass the stricter `--require-release` gate. On 2026-08-09 the live
+      production `.env` reported all twelve capabilities `READY`, with zero
+      blocking items and zero local-only warnings after the Play identities
+      were imported.
 
 ## Store presence
 
@@ -100,12 +105,21 @@
 
 ## Testing
 
-- [ ] Internal track smoke test passed.
+- [x] Internal track smoke test passed.
       Before exercising product flows, run
       `scripts/verify-play-installed-android.sh` with the protected Play
       identity document, physical-device serial, and exact expected version.
       It must confirm the Google Play installer, Play signing identity,
       verified production App Link, and `MainActivity` resolution.
+      The 2026-08-09 physical-device replay passed that verifier, Google
+      sign-in, production App Link routing, Android notification permission,
+      production FCM receipt and notification-tap routing. The same
+      Play-delivered build then passed the separate consent-driven foreground
+      location flow: explicit disclosure, Android permission, persistent
+      notification, minimized-app sampling, notification Stop cleanup,
+      offline/reconnect, and stopped-process recreation without sticky
+      tracking. This verifies observed app behavior; it does not complete the
+      separate Play Console policy declarations above.
 - [ ] Closed track created and opt-in link tested.
 - [ ] At least 12 testers continuously opted in for 14 days.
 - [ ] Tester feedback and fixes documented.
diff --git a/docs/verification.md b/docs/verification.md
index 6d1a37e..468224c 100644
--- a/docs/verification.md
+++ b/docs/verification.md
@@ -2113,3 +2113,82 @@ promoted.
   changed and no release was saved, submitted, or published. The Play App
   Signing certificate set and Play-delivered device flow remain unverified
   gates.
+
+# 2026-08-09 Google Play internal-track and production-provider verification
+
+- Google Play accepted the source-bound AAB with SHA-256
+  `03d39a9a08e9ca7569caccf1c7bd75e9349f7655935e7bbf23d1998cd37b3837`
+  as version `0.1.0 (1)`. The release named `0.1.0 internal verification` is
+  active only on the Internal testing track. No Closed or Production rollout
+  was created or started.
+- Every Play App Signing identity displayed for the accepted artifact was
+  recorded in a mode-`0600`, ignored provider document. The production
+  Firebase Android app and Google OAuth clients were reconciled with all Play
+  SHA-1 identities while preserving the independent upload identity. A fresh
+  production Android client configuration contained four Android OAuth
+  clients and one Web OAuth client and passed the repository validator. Secret
+  provider material is intentionally not reproduced in this document.
+- The production application was recreated with the reconciled provider
+  configuration while retaining its exact application image
+  `who-need-help:production-0ad9a5430e1a`. A subsequent read-only observation
+  reported zero container restarts, healthy Docker state, and the expected
+  `{"status":"ready"}` response both locally on the server and through the
+  public HTTPS endpoint. The frozen hackathon test containers remained healthy
+  and were not changed.
+- The public Android association response contained one statement and four
+  unique SHA-256 signing identities. On the connected physical phone,
+  `scripts/verify-play-installed-android.sh` confirmed package
+  `org.whoneedhelp.mobile`, version `0.1.0 (1)`, installer Google Play, a member
+  of the recorded Play App Signing set, verified `whoneedhelp.com` domain
+  state, and production App Link resolution to `MainActivity`.
+- The Play-delivered build completed production Google sign-in without a
+  secondary ownership email, opened `/requests` through the verified App Link,
+  registered its Android FCM device after the system notification permission
+  was granted, received one scoped production FCM notification, and routed a
+  tap to the in-app notifications inbox. The notification displayed the
+  privacy-safe localized title and body rather than the internal event copy.
+- The exact scoped notification and its two related Oban jobs were deleted
+  after the delivery proof. A follow-up query found zero remaining
+  notifications for its unique idempotency key. This cleanup did not delete
+  any other notification or background job.
+- The strict live production readiness replay reported all twelve capability
+  groups `READY`, zero blocking items, and zero local-only warnings. The
+  structural production environment validator also passed without printing
+  secrets. These checks verify configuration and the observed flows above;
+  they do not establish closed-test completion, public Production-track
+  approval, or capacity limits.
+
+## Play-delivered physical foreground-location replay
+
+- A run-scoped production fixture linked one synthetic requester and one
+  synthetic medicine-pickup request to the already authenticated physical
+  tester. Before starting, the phone reported both fine and coarse location
+  permissions denied and production reported no active tracking session for
+  that tester.
+- The Play-delivered `0.1.0 (1)` build opened the exact request through the
+  verified production App Link. Starting sharing displayed the native
+  prominent disclosure first, then Android's foreground-location permission.
+  After consent, Android reported the `TrackingService` foreground service and
+  an ongoing `Sharing live location` notification with a `Stop sharing`
+  action.
+- Production observed three samples and one retained current position while
+  the app was visible. After Home minimized the app, the same session remained
+  active, its ongoing notification remained present, and the observed sample
+  count increased to eleven. No raw coordinate was printed into verification
+  output or retained in this document.
+- Invoking `Stop sharing` from the system notification removed both the
+  foreground service and ongoing notification. Production then observed one
+  inactive ended session with forty summary samples and zero retained raw
+  positions.
+- With airplane mode enabled, a cold application start showed the native
+  offline screen and explicitly stated that private pages are not stored on
+  the device. Airplane mode was restored to its original disabled state; the
+  exact authenticated request returned without a new login. A subsequent
+  application force-stop and verified App Link restart also restored the
+  authenticated stopped state while leaving both the tracking service and
+  tracking notification absent.
+- Cleanup removed exactly one fixture request, assignment, tracking session,
+  and synthetic requester. A follow-up production query found zero fixture
+  users and zero fixture requests while the pre-existing tester and its one
+  push device remained present. The frozen hackathon test deployment and the
+  public Git remote were not changed.
diff --git a/scripts/production-play-physical-fixture.exs b/scripts/production-play-physical-fixture.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e73413a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/production-play-physical-fixture.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+defmodule WhoNeedHelp.ProductionPlayPhysicalFixture do
+  import Ecto.Query
+
+  alias Oban.Job
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Accounts.{Scope, User, UserToken}
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Catalog.Category
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Help.{Assignment, HelpRequest}
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Messaging.Message
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Notifications.Notification
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Repo
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Tracking
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Tracking.{Position, TrackingSession}
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Trust.{AuditEvent, RateLimitBucket, Report, Review}
+
+  @allowed_actions ~w(prepare verify-active verify-stopped cleanup)
+
+  def run(action, options) when is_binary(action) and is_map(options) do
+    unless action in @allowed_actions, do: raise("unsupported fixture action")
+    context = verified_context(action, options)
+
+    case action do
+      "prepare" -> prepare(context)
+      "verify-active" -> verify_active(context)
+      "verify-stopped" -> verify_stopped(context)
+      "cleanup" -> cleanup(context)
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp verified_context(action, options) do
+    run_id = required_option!(options, :run_id)
+    expected_database = required_option!(options, :expected_database)
+    helper_email = required_option!(options, :helper_email) |> String.downcase()
+    manifest_path = required_option!(options, :manifest_path)
+
+    unless Regex.match?(~r/^[a-z0-9-]+$/, run_id), do: raise("invalid run id")
+
+    unless String.starts_with?(manifest_path, "/tmp/wnh-play-physical-") do
+      raise "invalid manifest path"
+    end
+
+    %Postgrex.Result{rows: [[actual_database]]} =
+      Repo.query!("SELECT current_database()", [], log: false)
+
+    unless actual_database == expected_database, do: raise("database identity mismatch")
+
+    %{
+      action: action,
+      run_id: run_id,
+      database: actual_database,
+      helper_email: helper_email,
+      requester_email: "wnh-play-physical-#{run_id}-requester@example.invalid",
+      manifest_path: manifest_path
+    }
+  end
+
+  defp prepare(context) do
+    if File.exists?(context.manifest_path), do: raise("manifest already exists")
+    assert_requester_absent!(context)
+
+    helper = Repo.get_by(User, email: context.helper_email)
+
+    unless match?(%User{moderation_status: :active, confirmed_at: %DateTime{}}, helper) do
+      raise "helper is missing, unconfirmed, or inactive"
+    end
+
+    if Repo.exists?(from(s in TrackingSession, where: s.user_id == ^helper.id and s.active)) do
+      raise "helper already has an active tracking session"
+    end
+
+    now = DateTime.utc_now(:second)
+    category = Repo.get_by!(Category, slug: "medicine-pickup", active: true)
+
+    {:ok, fixture} =
+      Repo.transaction(fn ->
+        requester =
+          %User{}
+          |> User.registration_changeset(%{
+            "email" => context.requester_email,
+            "display_name" => "Play physical smoke requester",
+            "locale" => "en",
+            "terms_accepted" => true
+          })
+          |> Ecto.Changeset.put_change(:confirmed_at, now)
+          |> Repo.insert!()
+
+        request =
+          %HelpRequest{requester_id: requester.id}
+          |> HelpRequest.create_changeset(%{
+            "title" => "Play physical location smoke #{context.run_id}",
+            "description" => "Run-scoped synthetic request for foreground location verification.",
+            "structured_data" => %{"pickup_status" => "reserved"},
+            "location_label" => "Synthetic Play verification area",
+            "latitude" => "50.4501",
+            "longitude" => "30.5234",
+            "location_radius_meters" => 500,
+            "urgency" => "now",
+            "location_visibility" => "exact_for_active_match",
+            "expires_at" => DateTime.add(now, 2 * 60 * 60, :second),
+            "category_id" => category.id,
+            "safety_confirmed" => true
+          })
+          |> Ecto.Changeset.put_change(:status, :matched)
+          |> Repo.insert!()
+
+        assignment =
+          %Assignment{}
+          |> Assignment.changeset(%{
+            request_id: request.id,
+            helper_id: helper.id,
+            status: :accepted,
+            accepted_at: now,
+            handover_code_hash: :crypto.hash(:sha256, context.run_id)
+          })
+          |> Repo.insert!()
+
+        %{requester: requester, helper: helper, request: request, assignment: assignment}
+      end)
+
+    manifest = %{
+      "schema_version" => 1,
+      "run_id" => context.run_id,
+      "database" => context.database,
+      "requester" => %{"id" => fixture.requester.id, "email" => fixture.requester.email},
+      "helper" => %{"id" => fixture.helper.id, "email" => fixture.helper.email},
+      "request" => %{
+        "id" => fixture.request.id,
+        "path" => "/requests/#{fixture.request.id}"
+      },
+      "assignment" => %{"id" => fixture.assignment.id}
+    }
+
+    File.write!(context.manifest_path, Jason.encode_to_iodata!(manifest, pretty: true))
+    File.chmod!(context.manifest_path, 0o600)
+    IO.puts("fixture_prepared=true")
+    IO.puts("request_path=#{manifest["request"]["path"]}")
+  end
+
+  defp verify_active(context) do
+    fixture = context |> load_and_validate_manifest!() |> validate_fixture_links!()
+    sessions = fixture_sessions(fixture.assignment.id, fixture.helper.id)
+    positions = fixture_position_count(sessions)
+
+    unless match?([%TrackingSession{active: true, sample_count: n}] when n >= 1, sessions) and
+             positions == 1 do
+      raise "expected one active sampled session and one current raw position"
+    end
+
+    IO.puts("active_tracking_verified=true")
+    IO.puts("sample_count=#{hd(sessions).sample_count}")
+    IO.puts("retained_position_count=#{positions}")
+  end
+
+  defp verify_stopped(context) do
+    fixture = context |> load_and_validate_manifest!() |> validate_fixture_links!()
+    sessions = fixture_sessions(fixture.assignment.id, fixture.helper.id)
+    positions = fixture_position_count(sessions)
+
+    unless match?(
+             [%TrackingSession{active: false, ended_at: %DateTime{}, sample_count: n}]
+             when n >= 1,
+             sessions
+           ) and positions == 0 do
+      raise "expected one stopped sampled session and zero retained raw positions"
+    end
+
+    IO.puts("stopped_tracking_verified=true")
+    IO.puts("sample_count=#{hd(sessions).sample_count}")
+    IO.puts("retained_position_count=#{positions}")
+  end
+
+  defp cleanup(context) do
+    fixture = context |> load_and_validate_manifest!() |> validate_fixture_links!()
+
+    if Repo.exists?(
+         from(s in TrackingSession,
+           where:
+             s.assignment_id == ^fixture.assignment.id and s.user_id == ^fixture.helper.id and
+               s.active
+         )
+       ) do
+      case Tracking.stop_session(Scope.for_user(fixture.helper), fixture.assignment) do
+        {:ok, _} -> :ok
+        {:error, reason} -> raise "could not stop fixture tracking: #{inspect(reason)}"
+      end
+    end
+
+    sessions = fixture_sessions(fixture.assignment.id, fixture.helper.id)
+    session_ids = Enum.map(sessions, & &1.id)
+    message_ids = exact_ids(Message, :assignment_id, fixture.assignment.id)
+
+    notification_ids =
+      Notification
+      |> where(
+        [n],
+        fragment("?->>'assignment_id' = ?", n.data, ^fixture.assignment.id) or
+          fragment("?->>'request_id' = ?", n.data, ^fixture.request.id)
+      )
+      |> select([n], n.id)
+      |> Repo.all()
+
+    job_ids = fixture_job_ids(fixture, notification_ids)
+    target_ids = [fixture.requester.id, fixture.request.id, fixture.assignment.id] ++ message_ids
+    requester_scope_hash = :crypto.hash(:sha256, fixture.requester.id)
+
+    {:ok, deleted} =
+      Repo.transaction(fn ->
+        %{
+          jobs: delete_ids(Job, job_ids),
+          notifications: delete_ids(Notification, notification_ids),
+          audit_events: AuditEvent |> where([e], e.target_id in ^target_ids) |> delete_count(),
+          reports:
+            Report
+            |> where(
+              [r],
+              r.request_id == ^fixture.request.id or r.assignment_id == ^fixture.assignment.id or
+                r.message_id in ^message_ids
+            )
+            |> delete_count(),
+          reviews:
+            Review
+            |> where([r], r.assignment_id == ^fixture.assignment.id)
+            |> delete_count(),
+          positions:
+            Position
+            |> where([p], p.tracking_session_id in ^session_ids)
+            |> delete_count(),
+          sessions: delete_ids(TrackingSession, session_ids),
+          messages: delete_ids(Message, message_ids),
+          assignment: delete_ids(Assignment, [fixture.assignment.id]),
+          request: delete_ids(HelpRequest, [fixture.request.id]),
+          requester_tokens:
+            UserToken
+            |> where([t], t.user_id == ^fixture.requester.id)
+            |> delete_count(),
+          requester_rate_limits:
+            RateLimitBucket
+            |> where([b], b.scope_hash == ^requester_scope_hash)
+            |> delete_count(),
+          requester: delete_ids(User, [fixture.requester.id])
+        }
+      end)
+
+    unless deleted.assignment == 1 and deleted.request == 1 and deleted.requester == 1 do
+      raise "cleanup did not remove the exact fixture"
+    end
+
+    assert_requester_absent!(context)
+    File.rm!(context.manifest_path)
+    IO.puts("fixture_cleanup_verified=true")
+    IO.puts("deleted=#{inspect(deleted, limit: :infinity)}")
+  end
+
+  defp load_and_validate_manifest!(context) do
+    manifest = context.manifest_path |> File.read!() |> Jason.decode!()
+
+    valid? =
+      manifest["schema_version"] == 1 and manifest["run_id"] == context.run_id and
+        manifest["database"] == context.database and
+        manifest["requester"]["email"] == context.requester_email and
+        manifest["helper"]["email"] == context.helper_email and
+        uuid?(manifest["requester"]["id"]) and uuid?(manifest["helper"]["id"]) and
+        uuid?(manifest["request"]["id"]) and uuid?(manifest["assignment"]["id"]) and
+        manifest["request"]["path"] == "/requests/#{manifest["request"]["id"]}"
+
+    unless valid?, do: raise("manifest does not match this exact run")
+    manifest
+  end
+
+  defp validate_fixture_links!(manifest) do
+    requester = Repo.get(User, manifest["requester"]["id"])
+    helper = Repo.get(User, manifest["helper"]["id"])
+    request = Repo.get(HelpRequest, manifest["request"]["id"])
+    assignment = Repo.get(Assignment, manifest["assignment"]["id"])
+
+    valid? =
+      match?(%User{}, requester) and match?(%User{}, helper) and
+        match?(%HelpRequest{}, request) and match?(%Assignment{}, assignment) and
+        requester.email == manifest["requester"]["email"] and
+        helper.email == manifest["helper"]["email"] and request.requester_id == requester.id and
+        assignment.request_id == request.id and assignment.helper_id == helper.id and
+        assignment.status in [:accepted, :in_progress] and assignment.active
+
+    unless valid?, do: raise("fixture links no longer match the manifest")
+
+    if Repo.exists?(
+         from(r in HelpRequest,
+           where: r.requester_id == ^requester.id and r.id != ^request.id
+         )
+       ) do
+      raise "synthetic requester owns unexpected requests"
+    end
+
+    %{requester: requester, helper: helper, request: request, assignment: assignment}
+  end
+
+  defp fixture_sessions(assignment_id, helper_id) do
+    TrackingSession
+    |> where([s], s.assignment_id == ^assignment_id and s.user_id == ^helper_id)
+    |> order_by([s], asc: s.inserted_at)
+    |> Repo.all()
+  end
+
+  defp fixture_position_count([]), do: 0
+
+  defp fixture_position_count(sessions) do
+    ids = Enum.map(sessions, & &1.id)
+    Position |> where([p], p.tracking_session_id in ^ids) |> Repo.aggregate(:count)
+  end
+
+  defp fixture_job_ids(fixture, notification_ids) do
+    notification_ids = MapSet.new(notification_ids)
+
+    Job
+    |> where(
+      [job],
+      job.worker in [
+        "WhoNeedHelp.Push.DeliveryWorker",
+        "WhoNeedHelp.Push.NotificationDispatchWorker",
+        "WhoNeedHelp.Push.DeviceDeliveryWorker",
+        "WhoNeedHelp.Push.NotificationEmailWorker"
+      ]
+    )
+    |> select([job], {job.id, job.args})
+    |> Repo.all()
+    |> Enum.filter(fn {_id, args} ->
+      args["assignment_id"] == fixture.assignment.id or
+        args["request_id"] == fixture.request.id or
+        MapSet.member?(notification_ids, args["notification_id"])
+    end)
+    |> Enum.map(&elem(&1, 0))
+  end
+
+  defp exact_ids(schema, name, value) do
+    schema |> where([row], field(row, ^name) == ^value) |> select([row], row.id) |> Repo.all()
+  end
+
+  defp delete_ids(_schema, []), do: 0
+  defp delete_ids(schema, ids), do: schema |> where([row], row.id in ^ids) |> delete_count()
+  defp delete_count(query), do: query |> Repo.delete_all() |> elem(0)
+
+  defp assert_requester_absent!(context) do
+    if Repo.exists?(from(u in User, where: u.email == ^context.requester_email)) do
+      raise "run-scoped requester already exists"
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp required_option!(options, name) do
+    case Map.get(options, name) do
+      value when is_binary(value) and value != "" -> value
+      _ -> raise "#{name} is required"
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp uuid?(value) when is_binary(value), do: match?({:ok, _}, Ecto.UUID.cast(value))
+  defp uuid?(_), do: false
+end
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