diff --git a/openspec/changes/correct-gateway-qualification-evidence/tasks.md b/openspec/changes/correct-gateway-qualification-evidence/tasks.md
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@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 ## 4. Verification and Evidence
 
 - [x] 4.1 Run focused production-path, race, fuzz, cancellation, slow-reader, amplification, parser-resource, and bounded soak checks
-- [ ] 4.2 Run strict OpenSpec validation, normal-module verification, and reproducible Linux artifact inspection
+- [x] 4.2 Run strict OpenSpec validation, normal-module verification, and reproducible Linux artifact inspection
 - [ ] 4.3 Freeze all executable inputs and run the corrected normative Section 7 qualification once for the candidate
 - [ ] 4.4 Preserve failed attempts and append superseding evidence and ledger rows without rewriting RC8