From 5c4d090537c8dc33ecd06a18a14dcf4702da4d9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drew T <50529377+Druthulu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:31:01 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] docs(phase-31): DeepSeek push paused by the key's $60
 lifetime cap at $60.21 (account credit remains); resume script staged;
 theories corrected (R40)

---
 phase-ends/CURRENT_PHASE.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/phase-ends/CURRENT_PHASE.md b/phase-ends/CURRENT_PHASE.md
index 8bd29dd72..e72e329a0 100644
--- a/phase-ends/CURRENT_PHASE.md
+++ b/phase-ends/CURRENT_PHASE.md
@@ -2196,3 +2196,11 @@ and byte-checked; the tree is at stable HEAD red). It stays on the red list, ski
 nothing — a fresh-eyes day-session surgery. The general lesson repeats §61c with a new edge:
 INCREMENTALLY-GREEN HIDES EXTRACT ROT — a periodic `make extract` sweep per binary (not just
 check-all builds) would have dated defect (a) precisely.
+
+**DeepSeek push paused by a KEY CAP, not the budget (10:4x, R40-corrected):** the OpenRouter key
+carries a $60 LIFETIME limit; usage hit $60.21 mid-ds2 and every request 403s ("Key limit
+exceeded (total limit)") while the ACCOUNT still holds ~$10.6 credit. ds1: 1 banked / 29 gated /
+59 drafts (~$1.8; the hardest population). ds2: 28/106 drafted before the cap — parked and gating
+free through the main lane regardless. Resume = raise the key's limit (or a new key in .env), then
+`.run/resolver/probe/ds2_resume.sh` (pre-flight-probed, R43). Two wrong theories were burned en
+route and are corrected in-line: resumed-turn budgets (real but minor) and a generic harness fault.