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   `output/production-full-e2e/codex-support-legal-20260821-r3/`. The frozen
   hackathon test deployment, Caddy, public Git remote and production release
   were not changed by this browser run.
+
+# 2026-08-21 Google Play Closed testing read-only recheck
+
+- The authenticated Play Console reported `Social` as the saved app category.
+  Store-listing contact details remained empty. The contact editor marked only
+  the email address as required; phone and website were optional. The editor
+  was closed without saving.
+- The existing `Closed testing - Alpha` track was inactive with zero of four
+  setup tasks complete: countries were not selected, testers were not selected,
+  and no release existed. Preview, review submission, Android join and web join
+  links were therefore unavailable.
+- The tester page contained one email list named `Who Need Help Internal` with
+  one member, but the list was not selected for the Alpha track. The tester
+  feedback address was empty. No tester, country, release or public contact was
+  changed during this inspection.
+- Completing Store settings requires an operator decision: either configure and
+  externally verify an inbound project address, or deliberately publish another
+  monitored email address. Current outbound Brevo delivery does not prove that
+  `contact@whoneedhelp.com` can receive mail.