# Release replay clarification

The first final replay stopped at C1424 because its link-report list is populated by iterating a Python set. A new process can serialize the same complete links in a different order. The 299-action preseal replay had matched the recorded order and passed all 774 checks.

The completed C1424 script, journal record and generated artifact remain unchanged. The original verifier also remains unchanged. `verify_release.py` adds one narrowly scoped presentation-order comparison for that artifact: it verifies the recorded artifact's exact hash and byte length, regenerates the report from the ZIP, and compares both JSON objects after sorting only `local_links`. All link values, multiplicities, other report fields and action checks must match. No numerical result, source identity, domain condition or other artifact comparison is relaxed.

Use `python3 evidence/verify_release.py --through 1431` for the final portable replay. The verification report discloses this normalization. The correction is a release reproducibility fix, not a new numbered research action. No C1432 research was performed.