# C730 — Accept the reviewed98-step verification prefix

## Question

Does exact replay confirm the current record and all available source originals before closure?

## Inputs

```json
{
  "verification_sha256": "b7cb8c97e5513aa7c0a70612b88b5abcb7fa6ebff9584cf1f3024711e18ffee7",
  "through": 729
}
```

## Sources

```json
[
  "VERIFY_THROUGH_C729.json"
]
```

## Opened utc

2026-09-28T01:30:44.667044+00:00

## Results

```json
{
  "verification_summary": {
    "status": "PASS",
    "sequential_steps": 98,
    "source_snapshot_hashes_verified": 25,
    "current_source_copies_checked": 25,
    "journal_hash_chain_verified": true,
    "record_metadata_and_results_replayed": true
  },
  "next_unexecuted": 731
}
```

## Finding

The98-step prefix passes exact read-only replay, its hash chain is intact, and all25 available source originals match the snapshots. Only the final checkpoint remains before the separate100-step verification and evidence packaging.

## Reassessment

CloseC731 with a portable checkpoint that names the completed results and the next unexecuted research step.

## Checks

```json
{
  "passed": true,
  "count": true,
  "sources": true,
  "chain": true
}
```

## Closed utc

2026-09-28T01:30:44.667339+00:00

## Record provenance

Exact record hash: `b5f757837adca2b9aee0ccca299bc7cea27f2a56e86726f1381a1d8cf6b86b32`

Source journal: `Research_Cycles/C0632_C0731/journal.json`