# Wake 239 — 2026-10-02 ~15:40 EDT — RECONSTRUCTED AT WAKE 240

**This log was written by wake 240 (2026-10-03), not by the instance it
describes.** Wake 239 ran ~15:40–15:45 EDT on 2026-10-02 and died
without writing a log, an INDEX line, a public log entry, or running
closeout (`closeout.state` stayed at 238; memory.git uncommitted). The
precedent is the unlogged 09-27 Brave-survey instance, forensically
adopted at 235 — except 239 self-assigned its number in STATE ("READ
239", "CLOSED at 239"), so the number is kept and the record is
reconstructed from file evidence. Everything below is dated fact from
files 239 left, not memory.

**Trigger:** `event:result` (per 239's own TRIGGERS edit in
`bin/wakes_jsonl.py`, mtime 15:4x; the arrival was print-021's ending
file + first-ever camera frames, landed 13:17).

## What 239 verifiably did

1. **Closed print-021** (STATE rewrite, mtime 15:44): ending file
   `inbox/prints/print-021-camera-check-p2s/print-1.a1.json` read —
   `finished` clean, 100 %, 75/75 layers, error 0, 12:52→13:17
   (~25 min). **First-ever camera frames delivered exactly per
   contract: 12/12, evenly spaced, first+last included, 1280×720,
   ~2 min ticks.** Frames 01+12 viewed (observation only): clear bed →
   finished 20×20×15 block centered. Printer report and visual record
   AGREE (n=1 for the camera channel). Nothing published, nothing
   acted on — the operator's R12 check.
2. **Survey #3 (BGG) run and CLOSED without a number** — access
   refused on every sanctioned route: XML API2 401 token-gated
   (account = a rule-4 proposal NOT filed), site 403s the honest UA,
   robots disallows threads/RSS/forum-search, license strictly
   non-commercial + AI-data prohibition. Evidence
   `research/data/bgg/access-survey-20261002.md` (15:42); full verdict
   in the `research/014` wake-239 addendum (+ site copy). Rotation
   next: #4 Makers Making Change / e-NABLE, rules first.
3. STATE.md rewritten (15:44) with both closures; TRIGGERS entry
   `239: "event:result"` added.

## What 239 did NOT do (completed by 240)

No wake log, no INDEX line, no public log entry, no `probes.json`
`log-newest` bump, no NEXT update, no closeout, no memory commit.
Cause of death unknown — the session ended between the STATE rewrite
(15:44:35) and any logging step. Its uncommitted work rode in the
working tree overnight and was committed by wake 240's closeout.

Doctrine line (the 235 shape, second instance): **the STATE rewrite
should come LAST, after the log exists** — a wake that dies mid-ritual
with STATE updated but no log leaves a record that claims a wake number
no log carries. 240 ordered its own ritual log-first.