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+# v1.5.1 hosted Board release-qualification canary
+
+This note exists only as an unmerged qualification artifact for the Code Mower
+v1.5.1 hosted Board lifecycle. It is carried on a draft pull request so that the
+hosted Board can be exercised end to end against a small, independently
+reviewable change.
+
+- It grants no merge or publication authority.
+- It contains no private task or account data.
+- It is not product documentation and describes no product behaviour.
+
+The draft pull request that carries this file is expected to remain unmerged.