diff --git a/docs/CLUSTER_STABILIZATION.md b/docs/CLUSTER_STABILIZATION.md
index 18e63370..c47f6b4e 100644
--- a/docs/CLUSTER_STABILIZATION.md
+++ b/docs/CLUSTER_STABILIZATION.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Use [Cluster operations](CLUSTER_OPERATIONS.md) for the ordinary operator path.
 
 ## Six-priority progress tracker
 
-Started against the user's approved list on 2026-10-03. Updated: 2026-10-04 06:20 UTC.
+Started against the user's approved list on 2026-10-03. Updated: 2026-10-04 07:43 UTC.
 "Verified" means the stated check passed; it does not imply a completed soak or
 failure drill. Physical repairs and disruptive recovery drills remain separate
 from routine software work.
@@ -78,10 +78,12 @@ replacement. No node was reflashed or rebooted during this work.
   per-injection pending marker, serialized setup, propagated password failures,
   removal of default passwordless grants, cleanup of applied bootstrap passwords,
   and correct file permissions/native systemd links in both image-writing paths.
-- [ ] Complete the normal Metis image publication and Flux rollout. Build 400 was
-  still active at the latest check; do not claim the running 0.1.0-399 contains
-  these source changes. The next replacement image still needs a physical boot
-  check before these changes are considered proven on hardware.
+- [ ] Complete the normal Metis image publication and Flux rollout. Build 400
+  ended ABORTED after 7272.9 seconds; the exact abort cause is not established
+  from the inspected metadata. Build 401 is running its quality gate. The live
+  image is still 0.1.0-399 and does not contain these source changes. The next
+  replacement image still needs a physical boot check before these changes are
+  considered proven on hardware.
 - [x] Enable Ananke's existing password-backed host-action path. Atlas 886dbeee
   adds 13 atlas-password mappings to the existing Vault CSI synchronizer; all
   matched Vault, with native two-minute rotation enabled. No root passwords are
@@ -101,6 +103,16 @@ replacement. No node was reflashed or rebooted during this work.
   checks, not just successful key installation.
 - [ ] Resolve the remaining network/physical findings below.
 
+At the 07:43 UTC check, 57/57 active Flux configurations and 19/21 Kubernetes
+nodes remained Ready. Ananke on both hosts had zero automatic restarts;
+Ariadne, Jenkins and the Grafana application container were Ready with zero
+restarts. The Grafana Vault sidecar had two earlier restarts. Storage acceptance
+remains open: Titan-15's engine-image installer was in CrashLoopBackOff with
+previous exit 137 (not established as an OOM), Titan-18's manager was unready,
+and the existing Titan-14 share manager was unready. Longhorn reported 74
+attached healthy volumes and 61 detached volumes with unknown robustness;
+detached/unknown by itself is not a new volume failure.
+
 ### Current node distinctions
 
 | Nodes | Established evidence | Remaining action |