diff --git a/docs/verification.md b/docs/verification.md
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--- a/docs/verification.md
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@@ -1978,40 +1978,46 @@ separates repository-verifiable evidence from external provider, staffing, and
 jurisdiction-specific decisions; an unchecked or unknown item is not claimed
 complete.
 
-- Promote the tested release from `test.whoneedhelp.com` to the independent
-  production project only after explicit approval. Recheck the production
-  health endpoints, migrations, Google callback, and authentication-email flow
-  after that promotion; the current test origin still depends on its configured
-  workstation/VPN/gateway path.
+- Production is already an independent checkout, Compose project, database,
+  secrets set, and public origin; it is not promoted from or coupled to the
+  frozen `test.whoneedhelp.com` deployment. The production web workflows and
+  public/mobile pages were verified on 2026-08-03 as recorded above. The
+  remaining external checks are the real production Google callback,
+  authentication-email receipt, Web Push delivery, and Play-delivered Android
+  paths listed in the public launch checklist.
 - The final Android application ID is `org.whoneedhelp.mobile`. The application
   publishes environment-specific `/.well-known/assetlinks.json`. The online
   development response now agrees with
   `org.whoneedhelp.mobile.development` and its signed certificate, and the
   verified implicit same-origin App Link rendered in the API 37 smoke. Before
-  a Play release, register the application, add the Play App Signing
-  certificate fingerprint alongside any sideload/upload fingerprint, repeat
-  domain verification with that Play certificate, and complete store
-  policy/release work. A dedicated upload key and signed APK/AAB exist, but no
-  Play application has been registered.
-- Operate PostgreSQL/PostGIS with off-site backups, recovery testing, monitoring,
-  and the availability model selected for real usage.
-- The development Brevo SMTP transport and sender have completed both an
-  external release-container probe and an application-generated authentication
-  delivery observed in Gmail. Repeat the same post-deploy application flow for
-  production only after the final release scope is reviewed and explicitly
-  approved.
+  a Play release, publish the already accepted source-bound AAB from the
+  internal-testing draft, record the Play App Signing certificate fingerprint
+  alongside the existing upload fingerprint, repeat domain verification with
+  that Play certificate, and complete store policy/release work. The Play
+  application and internal draft exist, but a Play-delivered build has not yet
+  been tested.
+- The independent encrypted off-site backup, isolated restore, daily timer, and
+  external readiness monitor passed their mechanical checks on 2026-08-03.
+  Key custody, retention, recovery objectives, alert ownership, and the intended
+  PostgreSQL availability model remain operator decisions rather than inferred
+  properties of those checks.
+- The development Brevo SMTP transport and sender completed both an external
+  release-container probe and an application-generated authentication delivery
+  observed in Gmail. Production configuration readiness is not equivalent to
+  mailbox delivery; repeat the application-generated authentication flow on the
+  exact production origin and observe receipt before checking that launch gate.
 - Exercise registration, sign-in, and settings linking against the production
-  Google OAuth client on its exact HTTPS callback origin after the tested
-  release is explicitly promoted. The test client and callback have already
-  completed real registration and returning-user login.
+  Google OAuth client on its exact HTTPS callback origin. The production
+  configuration passes the repository readiness check, but that does not prove
+  the external browser callback flow.
 - Development VAPID and isolated Firebase/FCM are configured. Real development
   browser Web Push, emulator FCM, and physical-device FCM delivery all
   completed successfully. The physical development replay also covered
   foreground tracking while the native service was active and verified Stop
   cleanup. Before a public mobile release, repeat browser/Android delivery
-  against each explicitly promoted production origin. Unattended background
-  location was not requested or verified. APNs and iOS are outside the current
-  scope.
+  against the production origin and the Play-delivered Android build.
+  Unattended background location was not requested or verified. APNs and iOS
+  are outside the current scope.
 - Google Analytics for Firebase is intentionally deferred rather than silently
   enabled by the Firebase project wizard. Before enabling it, implement the
   consent, privacy-notice, event allow-list, sensitive-field exclusions, and