Status (XVI-M, this draft).

(XVI-M, this draft).{ M.0–M.3: Constructed as stated (M.1 unconditional; M.2/M.3 use Input (S-bv), now certified; Lemma lem:bv(c) by same-sign BV product). Gate S-bv: certified (Theorem thm:wpA-Sbv: $c=1/(4{\pi }^2)$, boundary side $Q-i0$, including across the nonzero null cone); a written check of XVI-J, eq:rational; the Euclidean motivation (Remark rem:Sbv-motivation) is not the certification; the predecessor $S$ is globally defined (XVI-J), and its position-space identification at the origin is not established here; not discharged by matching. M.4: Constructed (Gate V) in the formal, $\chi$-plateau, preparation-plateau, double-plateau and time-only readings (the formal, preparation-plateau and time-only readings are universal formal-jet readings). Stage 2: fixed-data criteria, universal region comparisons and the time-only classification constructed; actual-data transfer on $(0,\epsilon )\times {\mathbb{R}}^3$ only as a proposition with explicit hypotheses; non-constant-${\chi }_{\mathrm{I}}$ regions and transitions Unresolved. M.5: Functional ledger with named theorem PlateauCurvatureSquareMatching; ledgers (1)–(2) filled; (3)–(4) Unresolved (EOM/redefs undefined). M.6: dilation identity and $A_{\mu }={\mathcal{A}}_{\mu }$ for all $N\le 4$ Constructed; $S^2$ residue $r=-i/(8{\pi }^2)$ Constructed; top-order residues exact and $\varpi$-independent; lower-order values Unresolved ($\varpi$ not fixed by XVI-L). In the double plateau, the cutoff-independent $D=4$ component is variational and Lorentz covariant, but not linearized-gauge invariant. The full scale tensor has cutoff-dependent lower-degree components and need not be variational (Section sec:wpB). M.7: Constructed after audit (Gate V for the SA items; (S-bv) certified) for the exactly verified items: Lorentz action on $B_N$ and on ${\partial }_{\gamma }\delta$ with explicit $\eta$ intertwiner and boost check; equivariant dims $1,1,3,3,6$; exact $\mathrm{Equiv}\cap \mathrm{SA}$ ($1/1/12$) with projections and intersections; linear divergence identities. Obs${}_L(R_L)$ Unresolved. See the audit log, Remark rem:M7-audit. M.8–M.9: light stubs (Target II / BV Unresolved; M.8 should wait for XVI-N). Release ladder: M-A Constructed (presentation unconditional on the punctured space); M-B Constructed in the formal reading (Gate V convention); {M-C${}_{\mathrm{curv}}$} (curvature-ledger scaling criterion, Definition def:MCcurv) Proved obstructed, graph-specific (Corollary cor:wpB-MC); broad M-C not achieved (Unresolved: $\varpi$ unspecified by XVI-L, thm:L6); {M-C${}_{\mathrm{data}}$} Satisfied; M-D/M-E not claimed. XVI-L is a frozen dependency. No $\epsilon \to 0$, no loop-as-result, no UV claim, no interacting BRST/Ward identity as proved. }