Remark: Scoped O.1 is closed, and XVI-O is unchanged

O.1 is closed only for the one-loop, order ${\kappa }^2$ two-point sector of the bulk invariant action $S_{\mathrm{inv}}$. That scope assumes zero mass, the gauge fermion held fixed, QdS external legs, and XVI-P's prescription, including the p22 evanescent counterterms. Within that scope, all 23 rows of the bulk identity are cancelled by local counterterms, and the cancellation is fully consistent under ${\sigma }_0$ on the bulk 11 directions. An independent rebuild confirmed that closure in Q02. The review decision is CONFIRM CLOSED (scoped). Q03 records O1_closure_confirmed as true and does not change the science of Q02. The counterterm domain is enlarged beyond XVI-O's, and the write-up has to name it: the 11 four-dimensional p14r directions over $\mathbb{Q}(i)$, plus the 10 p22 evanescent operators, 21 directions in all. XVI-O's prescription is not the one used. XVI-O's closure reason 8 is not answered in XVI-O's terms. That is why this record does not update XVI-O, where O.1 stays NOT_CLOSED. Both reviews ran on the same computer as the author. The graphs D01 and D03 were never rederived from fully independent Feynman rules; they were cross-checked through the $c\cdot h$ defect. Q05's own rules later match XVI-P's two-point poles for D01 and D03. This scoped closure is the base for P.6. Treat it as one secured foothold for a quantum-gravity theory, not proof of one. It does not restore bulk symmetry. It does not discharge Route B or XVI-N. It says nothing about three-point functions, higher loops, or ultraviolet completeness. Outside that scope, O.1 stays NOT_CLOSED. The series standing stop is not updated.