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@@ -145,3 +145,21 @@ to the dead FIFO. Each now carries a comment saying so and pointing here. They
 are not repaired because none of them has been re-run since, and quietly changing
 the input plumbing under a tool whose results are unverified would only
 manufacture new unverified results.
+
+
+## Which earlier results this puts at risk — dated, so it can be checked rather than worried about
+
+The uinput pad was replaced on **2026-08-13** (canary `cbfad1ab3`), which is the
+day `flight_probe.Pad` stopped reaching the game. So:
+
+* ✅ **Safe:** anything measured before that. `flight-controls-runtime.md` was
+  last touched **2026-07-30**, comfortably on the working side.
+* ⚠️ **Ambiguous, and worth re-checking:** `flight-speed-law.md` was last touched
+  **2026-08-13** — the same day — so whether its numbers were taken before or
+  after the FIFO went dead cannot be told from the dates alone.
+* 🔴 **Anything that used `flight_probe.Pad` on or after 2026-08-13 measured a
+  craft that was not being flown.**
+
+Stated as a rule for whoever picks this up: a flight result is only as good as a
+demonstration that the stick moved the ship in the same session. `aim_probe.py`
+is that demonstration, and it now brackets itself with a liveness check.