diff --git a/docs/story-timeline.md b/docs/story-timeline.md
index 43ac6925c6..4feb14f77a 100644
--- a/docs/story-timeline.md
+++ b/docs/story-timeline.md
@@ -101,6 +101,6 @@
 | 2026-09-11 | 371 | P36 (v2.2.0) | 218 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | — | 4,010 | 503,016 | 7,261 |
 | 2026-09-12 | 111 |  | 218 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | 789 / 2091 | 3,730 | 502,985 | 7,255 |
 | 2026-09-29 | 40 | P37 (v2.3.0) | 218 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | 789 / 2091 | 3,730 | — | — |
-| 2026-09-30 | 86 |  | 218 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | — | — | 502,983 | 1,650 |
+| 2026-09-30 | 93 |  | 218 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | — | — | 502,983 | 1,650 |
 
 80 dated rows · phase ticks from the 38 PhaseEnds · the chart: `docs/story-timeline.svg`.
diff --git a/phase-ends/current/discussions/INDEX.md b/phase-ends/current/discussions/INDEX.md
index 30845492f5..548356d6eb 100644
--- a/phase-ends/current/discussions/INDEX.md
+++ b/phase-ends/current/discussions/INDEX.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Discussions -- one line per record
 # id | topic | date | status | path
+I1 | Phase 3.39 first task: regenerate the timeline and README after the 3.38 close (tools/timeline.py; tools/progress.py --r | 2026-10-01 | now | phase-ends/current/discussions/inbox-20261001-101339.md
diff --git a/phase-ends/current/discussions/inbox-20261001-101339.md b/phase-ends/current/discussions/inbox-20261001-101339.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87946eaf0a
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+++ b/phase-ends/current/discussions/inbox-20261001-101339.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# INBOX
+
+<!-- The developer writes here whenever they want; nobody asks them to. Freeform bullets.
+     The router consumes it at the top of every loop (`tools/status.py inbox-consume`),
+     which prints the contents, archives them to discussions/inbox-<ts>.md and empties
+     this file. Items that change the plan become plan_edit.py edits with a Changes line;
+     items that change a standing fact go to HOW_WE_WORK.md.
+     Routing: each bullet becomes an I<n> row in discussions/INDEX.md, deferred:<P> or now.
+     First match wins: `-> 3.12` / `-> Gen 4`; `Gen N` beyond this generation; a later
+     plan phase id (`3.11 ...`); the word `later` (next open phase); else now. The current
+     or an earlier phase, or an id not in GENERATION_PLAN.md, routes now. -->
+
+- <note, correction, priority change, or question>
+- Phase 3.39 first task: regenerate the timeline and README after the 3.38 close (tools/timeline.py; tools/progress.py --readme). timeline.py --check currently reports story-timeline.md STALE; README Levers should read 3,729. Commit via tools/commit_task.sh. Carried from the 3.38 close (R121).