diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/03-ara-diac-small-21.md b/TODO.publish-client/03-ara-diac-small-21.md
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 Export/publish G2a best (4.5701) as ara-diac-small-2.1: parity, release, models.yaml, index-v3, Modal serving. [models+project]
 
 Status: pending (2026-09-02).
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+Progress log (2026-09-03): zips exported (fp32/fp16/int8 on
+imf/ara-diac-small-21/). Parity: first pass hit the 18,000s task
+timeout mid reference-decode; relaunched under the retry watchdog
+(resumable reference). Next: parity pass -> publish_model.py -> GH
+release + models.yaml -> index-v3 -> Modal redeploy + API regen.