diff --git a/harness/STATE.md b/harness/STATE.md
index 4f535d6b..3170c42f 100644
--- a/harness/STATE.md
+++ b/harness/STATE.md
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 This branch combines the released integrated foundation
 `715036e132677dd2bc2fb37ed316d93dc9987aec` with compact diagram controls and
-contextual Help production source `6e7c4ddaf0775198384a8c4882809ea8e14b2976`.
+contextual Help production source `6e7c4ddaf0775198384a8c4882809ea8e14b2976`,
+and the protected Save As destination diagnostic correction tested at
+`0e83157e09d52e6152df91208e41693b62da2d46`.
 [PROJECT_GOAL.md](../PROJECT_GOAL.md) remains authoritative; complete OA/SA
 acceptance is unfinished.
 
@@ -34,10 +36,17 @@ Dense diagrams, remaining Scenario group adapters, quantities/calculations/
 constraints, maintained libraries, broad accessibility/DPI and full OA/SA
 acceptance remain unfinished. The independent projection/navigation, outgoing-drag,
 icon, grid/performance and State-label contributions are outside this code.
-A protected Save As destination collision has misleading external-change wording;
-[issue 46](http://217.177.34.108:3000/sorokin.oleg.edu/ARCADIA-Studio/issues/46)
-records it. Files remain protected and normal/fresh-destination recovery is
-verified. Live ownership, integration and release coordination remain in Gitea.
+The published compact Help ZIP retains misleading external-change wording for a
+protected Save As destination collision. This branch's
+[diagnostic correction](save-as-diagnostics-20261001.md) distinguishes existing
+protected destination files from observed external edits and explains recovery.
+Its 29 targeted checks, strict Clippy, matching GUI build, native normal/minimum
+window workflows, eight complete byte checkpoints and parsed-model oracle pass;
+independent review finds no material blocker in the bounded contribution.
+The correction is not yet a packaged release or the separately owned follow-up
+union. [Issue 46](http://217.177.34.108:3000/sorokin.oleg.edu/ARCADIA-Studio/issues/46)
+holds integration and delivery status. Live ownership and release coordination
+remain in Gitea.
 
 ## Contribution-specific verification
 
diff --git a/harness/save-as-diagnostics-20261001.md b/harness/save-as-diagnostics-20261001.md
index 2e33d128..e332798f 100644
--- a/harness/save-as-diagnostics-20261001.md
+++ b/harness/save-as-diagnostics-20261001.md
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 # Protected source destination diagnostics (#46)
 
 Contribution for [issue 46](http://217.177.34.108:3000/sorokin.oleg.edu/ARCADIA-Studio/issues/46).
-Code commit `0e83157e09d52e6152df91208e41693b62da2d46` is **local only** at this
-checkpoint, based on published `ea23e229260d7d050b3c3b88e77c3a851e936abe`.
-The bounded contribution validation below is complete; integration and publication
-remain parent-owned and pending. Windows only; no Linux/WSL validation is claimed
+Code commit `0e83157e09d52e6152df91208e41693b62da2d46` and evidence checkpoint
+`046cdc1b463371c1868efcd800b3c333d7a50ac2` are published and ref-verified on
+`codex/save-as-diagnostics-01a0d717-20261001`. The tested source was based on
+`ea23e229260d7d050b3c3b88e77c3a851e936abe`. Merge checkpoint `8e59309cbc2fee08c4c3f9b6415c88b56c027a4a`
+adds published compact Help evidence from `6ea7518e` without changing any crate,
+Cargo, example, documentation or specification inputs relative to the tested code.
+The bounded contribution validation below is complete; broader integration and
+packaged delivery remain pending. Windows only; no Linux/WSL validation is claimed
 or requested. The earlier #39 release remains separate and retains its old wording.
 
 ## Problem and bounded change
@@ -130,6 +134,6 @@ explicit external-conflict footer. No exhaustive save-error, concurrency-race,
 new-platform, packaged #46 release or complete OA/SA acceptance is claimed.
 
 The independent final review found no material blocker within this bounded
-contribution. At this evidence checkpoint source `0e83157` and this documentation
-are local-only; integration, publication and issue acceptance remain pending.
+contribution. Source and its byte-preserved evidence are published; broader
+integration, packaged delivery and issue closure remain pending in Gitea.
 Earlier #39 release 8 remains unchanged and does not contain this diagnostic fix.