diff --git a/CURRENT_CHECKPOINT.md b/CURRENT_CHECKPOINT.md
index c2d43973..a358dcc4 100644
--- a/CURRENT_CHECKPOINT.md
+++ b/CURRENT_CHECKPOINT.md
@@ -4,9 +4,24 @@ Active Goal: `docs/goals/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_ATLAS_GOAL.md`
 Active contract: `docs/presentation/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_CONTRACT.md`
 Active ledger: `docs/reviews/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_LEDGER.md`
 Baseline: `9a734e913cabc9846edca754c1666399ff501e71`
-Stage: `UI_PRODUCTION_ATLAS_ACTIVE`
+Candidate source: `7bfd7b5c248a7f02a7eefcfeecfe42f534a7c673`
+Stage: `UI_PRODUCTION_ATLAS_CANDIDATE_READY`
 
 The Phase 6 battle, VFX and equipment direction is Owner-accepted. Phase 7
 turns the existing 50-screen design inventory into an individually viewable,
 Chinese-first, production-oriented landscape HTML atlas. Runtime, engine,
 audio, bulk asset production, device, package and release work remain frozen.
+
+Strongest evidence: static design validation, exact asset-provenance checks,
+fixed-source browser interaction and responsive-layout verification, offline
+self-contained bundle verification, and agent visual review. The authoritative
+browser evidence is ignored local evidence at
+`prototype/gallery/evidence/r7-candidate-7bfd7b5-attempt02/`; its 20-row
+inventory SHA-256 is
+`0acb79ef3b59de1623d7fd7b4b2cc5ffb022d732652a536918d5d95734543d61`.
+The bundle SHA-256 is
+`e54f910df77502d2ea8521829d38062501ba9fe861cb36017ceb22ec2d6990ee`.
+
+Owner comprehension, visual acceptance and authorization for a Godot vertical
+slice remain open. The shortest next action is Owner review of the published
+Phase 7 Gallery atlas.
diff --git a/docs/goals/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_ATLAS_GOAL.md b/docs/goals/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_ATLAS_GOAL.md
index 6314c33c..c297a625 100644
--- a/docs/goals/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_ATLAS_GOAL.md
+++ b/docs/goals/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_ATLAS_GOAL.md
@@ -57,3 +57,26 @@ The primary review chain is:
 or
 
 `Aetherbound Guild Phase 7 redesign required: <earliest failed boundary>`
+
+## Candidate Result
+
+Source `7bfd7b5c248a7f02a7eefcfeecfe42f534a7c673` satisfies the automated Phase 7
+acceptance boundary:
+
+- exactly 50 individually selectable, page-specific compositions;
+- 23 clickable first-play states with Simplified Chinese as the default;
+- four traceable base-Profession identity anchors and 34 total source-mapped
+  character, equipment and VFX presentation assets;
+- desktop, tablet, portrait-phone and landscape-phone checks;
+- self-contained offline bundle and zero captured browser console errors.
+
+Authoritative browser evidence is
+`prototype/gallery/evidence/r7-candidate-7bfd7b5-attempt02/`. Its browser log
+SHA-256 is
+`5ed7499b0eb2def928ff46973f33cac7d8e90738d97050b8771bc3e21f7b2694`
+and its 20-row inventory SHA-256 is
+`0acb79ef3b59de1623d7fd7b4b2cc5ffb022d732652a536918d5d95734543d61`.
+
+This closes only the automated design-atlas candidate. Owner comprehension,
+visual acceptance, fun, audio/listening, runtime, device, package, store and
+release gates remain open.
diff --git a/docs/reviews/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_LEDGER.md b/docs/reviews/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_LEDGER.md
index 920028e0..671ba3f8 100644
--- a/docs/reviews/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_LEDGER.md
+++ b/docs/reviews/PHASE7_UI_PRODUCTION_LEDGER.md
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ Append-only record. Evidence levels remain separate.
 | 2026-08-12 | `phase7_profession_identity_01` | `SOURCE_AND_PROCESSED_VERIFIED` | Three API Mart GPT-Image-2 calls completed without retry for USD `0.0255`; accepted Hearthguard reused. Four `512x512` anchors pass transparent-corner, shared-baseline and zero-green-spill verification. Agent visual review passes for UI-atlas use; motion, runtime and Owner acceptance remain open. |
 | 2026-08-12 | `r7-attempt01` | `INVALID_HARNESS` | The first browser harness treated four actor images as one strict locator and terminated before a valid product judgment. No attempt output is reused. |
 | 2026-08-12 | `r7-attempt02` | `DEVELOPMENT_PREFLIGHT_PASS` | Current development tree passed 50 dedicated pages, 23 first-play states, zero generic fallbacks, 34 source-mapped visual candidates, desktop/tablet/portrait-phone/landscape-phone layout, offline bundle loading and browser console inspection. This is not immutable candidate evidence; a new fixed-source attempt is required after commit/push. |
+| 2026-08-12 | source `7bfd7b5`, `r7-candidate-7bfd7b5` | `INVALID_EVIDENCE_RETENTION` | Fixed clean/upstream source passed the R7 browser checks, but the terminal output was not retained inside its evidence root. Screenshots remain append-only and are not used for the candidate claim. |
+| 2026-08-12 | source `7bfd7b5`, `r7-candidate-7bfd7b5-attempt02` | `PASS` | Fixed clean/upstream source passes identity anchors `4`, mapped UI assets `6+12+16=34`, pre-development validator errors `0`, exactly `50` dedicated pages with generic `0`, `23` first-play states, desktop/tablet/portrait-phone/landscape-phone layouts, offline bundle and browser console inspection. Browser log SHA-256 `5ed7499b0eb2def928ff46973f33cac7d8e90738d97050b8771bc3e21f7b2694`; 20-row evidence inventory SHA-256 `0acb79ef3b59de1623d7fd7b4b2cc5ffb022d732652a536918d5d95734543d61`; bundle SHA-256 `e54f910df77502d2ea8521829d38062501ba9fe861cb36017ceb22ec2d6990ee`. Owner visual/comprehension, runtime, audio, device and release gates remain open. |