diff --git a/persistent-memory.md b/persistent-memory.md
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--- a/persistent-memory.md
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@@ -156,9 +156,7 @@ a shutdown (stays off by design). Outcomes and revert in
   handle-split ruling 2026-09-24" — a ruling I have no record of. Find the
   author before committing or reverting; if infra-hermes was renamed, the
   CLAUDE.md infra-hermes section is stale.
-- **infra-hermes owns a daily 0110 job** proving the first High Seat report
-  (`~/.high-seat/reports/*.jsonl`) lands in a nh3-dev restic snapshot; it
-  replies to svos-dev (thread `01M37P61Q85KWDVYN0A00P8856`) and pings me.
+- **High Seat backup proof DONE 2026-09-25 0111:** infra-hermes reported and I verified that restic snapshot `cd113bef` (nh3-dev, 0100) contains `~/.high-seat/reports/grok.963ddd3f428b7fc7.jsonl`. Told him to retire the daily 0110 check unless svos-dev asked for an ongoing one.
 - ESH has a single outside route (esh-scale on esh-pve) — noted, untracked.
 - 16+ commits unpushed. Push is Prime's call.