diff --git a/decisions/2026-11-08-gate-toolbox-container.md b/decisions/2026-11-08-gate-toolbox-container.md
index 14645c7..b6e0beb 100644
--- a/decisions/2026-11-08-gate-toolbox-container.md
+++ b/decisions/2026-11-08-gate-toolbox-container.md
@@ -69,7 +69,12 @@ new recurring operator touch.
   yamllint/promtool pins are altered.
 - Renovate marker regex (copied from renovate.json5) matches gate.yml exactly once, capturing
   depName/tag/digest.
-- LOCAL GATE: see below (filled after the run).
+- LOCAL GATE, run **in the pinned CI image itself** (`IMAGE=<the digest above>` through
+  `dev.sh`, `DEV_KUBECONFIG=/dev/null`, ENGINE shim adding the main checkout's `.git` read-only),
+  on commit `9537ca2`: **rc 3**; spec-immutability, decisions-log (78 entries), lint, l0,
+  render-golden, l1, approval-policy (N/A locally — not a PR event) all pass; **gitea-settings
+  the only stage not run** (no `SETTINGS_API_TOKEN` locally); L2/L3 conformance skipped as
+  usual. rc 3 is not green.
 
 ## What I did NOT verify