diff --git a/docs/plans/counter-asic-2-rollout.md b/docs/plans/counter-asic-2-rollout.md
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@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ AMD RDNA 4 (the RX 9070 XT) sits at about a seventh of an RTX 5090 on this hash
 | G3 | the generator soundness suite green, the new scratch tests included | `cargo test` in igneum-pow, `tests/packs.rs`, the Metal fuzz, edge, stats, determinism runs on the v3 class | open |
 | G4 | the fast-time 3-node network mining across a v3 activation | 0 rejected blocks, 0 forks, every node's first lines show the switch, blocks on both sides of the boundary. Run 1 PASS (21:33 to 21:38 UTC, fork 79bd8e10 + igneum-pow 66eeba3, the mixer-x4 class without era): 3 of 3 nodes print the switch line (active from epoch 3, DAA 150 rounded up to 180 at 60-DAA epochs); templates class 2 for epochs 0 to 2 and class 3 for 3 to 5; 181 blocks before and 124 after DAA 180 (305 total, 3 CPU miners); program ids agree on all 3 miners (e3 v3 5d0dedd9fd9e29a1, e4 e81808dcdb02ce05, e5 06aff9c1d33e7a13); rejected 0/0/0 on miners and nodes; one sink 082fd39ba65df2ff on all three at 304/304/304 blocks; a new (day, class) cache 177 to 235 ms on one core, in-day swap 2 ms. `docs/plans/counter-asic-2-node.md` section 5; summary `docs/plans/counter-asic-2-gate/class-v3-20261005-2133Z-mx4.json`. Run 2 PASS (21:46:36 to 21:51:31 UTC, igneumd and igneum-miner rebuilt on b105a55 = the era and mixer composed class, hot None): every check true; 181 blocks before and 124 after DAA 180; v3 program ids e3 2d278041ba482dba, e4 2ae786d294a8a59d, e5 bc36813df2f41b5f on all three miners (the v2 id for epoch 0 8f8806638d59850f unchanged from run 1: v2 byte-identical on the chain too); rejected 0/0/0; one sink 712c1b212091dcdc at 303/303/303; 3 of 3 switch lines; cache ready v2 178 ms, first v3 181 ms, in-day swap 2 ms Run 3 PASS on the FINAL class (22:15:04 to 22:19:44Z, binaries from ca2-v3 d233fa1 = x8 + era + the verifier fix, fork 89dfcb95): 182 / 122 blocks around DAA 180, 304 in all; v3 ids e3 a6523b90cff501e3, e4 bc811b3c4b8b1ced, e5 e784541f19cdebe5 on all three miners; epoch 0's v2 id 8f8806638d59850f the same in all three runs; rejected 0/0/0; one sink a9ce45df8beeaf13 at 303/303/303; 3 of 3 switch lines; cache ready v2 179 ms, first v3 191 ms. Summary `docs/plans/counter-asic-2-gate/class-v3-20261005-2215Z-era-mx8.json` | GREEN (runs 1, 2 and 3; run 3 on the final class) |
 | G5 | the PC-built Windows workers and the Mac workers from the same commit | sha256 of each worker and the commit in the bench log | open |
+| G4b | the Mac mines v3: a real Metal miner across a v3 boundary through the miner's `--prepare-packs` flow, and the app passes that flag to the Metal worker | Found 22:21 UTC: `app/igneum-app/src/engine.rs` `miner_args` pushes `--prepare-packs` only when `card.worker != "Metal"` (line 1468 on a223ca9), so the Mac app never hands its Metal worker a prepare pack, and under class v3 the Metal worker compiles v3 only from a prepared pack (servePackProgram): at the first v3 epoch every Mac would answer `need` lines and stop, the 18:23Z outage class. Two closes before the ship, both in hand: (a) the app fix on 0.3.11's app branch (push the flag for every worker with the platform's path separator, a unit test on `miner_args` for a Metal card; assigned to the proving agent on top of a223ca9); (b) gate run 4: the fast-time network with one real Metal miner on the Mac across the activation (the prepare lines on both sides, the worker's `prepared` line for the v3 pack, found or accepted blocks on v3, no `need` or mismatch line; assigned to the node agent). If (a) is not in the app tree at the cut, the ship does not go: a Mac that cannot mine v3 at activation is a fleet outage, and the activation height (tip + 14,400) is not far enough to carry the fix in 0.3.12 safely | open: (a) and (b) in progress |
 | G6 | the node change on a fork branch from the 0.3.10 tip 21d4c73c with suites green on PC 2 | the build job id and its SUMMARY line. State 21:27 UTC: fork ca2-v3-node 79bd8e10 (2e464e81 the class switch + ba43cf0f the proving-v1 merge + 79bd8e10 the digest re-pin); Mac: cargo check of the seven crates clean, kaspa-consensus-core 108 + 7, kaspa-pow with igneum-pow 14 (the v3 engine test included); the PC 2 job publishes at 21:45 from the ca2-v3 worktree (the PC's test stage runs kaspa-pow and kaspa-consensus without the igneum-pow feature, so the v3 engine test's evidence is the Mac run). Expected consensus digest for a scratch devnet node with no override file after the flip: c562d70e1428c9789823cc40067623b4767f7c555ce7ff4ea11c1498f013ef6c (0.3.11; 0.3.10's is 9409deda...) | Mac green. PC 2 job build-20261005-215219 (21:53:01 to 21:55:48Z, 167 s): the Linux build ok, igneum-app tests 78 + 26 + 8 passed, but kaspa-consensus 96 passed and 1 FAILED: processes::finality::tests::ban_is_decided_by_the_carrying_block_so_nodes_agree_on_every_voter_list, UnexpectedDifficulty(487112384, 487129578) in mine_on_all: the SAME flake the 0.3.10 cut hit on 21d4c73c under the six-package parallel run (release-0.3.10.md section 11: it passes alone, twice). Treated as that cut did: job 2 of 3 build-20261005-215712 (21:57:12 to 21:59:45Z, 122 s): kaspa-consensus alone 97 passed, 0 failed, 3 ignored in 2.10 s, ban_is_decided ... ok; job 3 of 3 build-20261005-220351 (22:04 to 22:06:55Z, 159 s): igneum-exec 17, igneum-miner 18, consensus-core and p2p-flows green, the app 78 + 26 + 8, but kaspa-pow 13 passed and 1 FAILED: igneum::tests::program_class_v3_seeds_hash_their_own_program_over_their_own_cache (consensus/pow/src/igneum.rs:910) compares a v3 program's class to V3_CLASS with era: None, while the merged crate puts the drawn era inside the class (a stale fork test, not a behaviour fault; the PC's stage does run the v3 engine test, so the PC job is the evidence). The fork test is being fixed; job 4 build-20261005-221237 (published 22:12:37Z: main d233fa1 = era + cache + the mixer fix with V3_CLASS = MX8, fork 89dfcb95) ran the five crates and the app on the final tree: every stage ok (22:12:37 to 22:15:44Z): kaspa-consensus-core 108 (2 ignored), igneum-exec 17, kaspa-pow 33 + 14 (the v3 engine test with the igneum-pow feature), igneum-miner 18, kaspa-p2p-flows 7, igneum-app 78 + 26 + 8, 0 failed. With job 2 (kaspa-consensus alone 97) G6 is GREEN on the final tree | GREEN |
 
 If any gate fails: stop at that gate, write why in `docs/plans/counter-asic-2-status.md`, do not publish.
diff --git a/docs/plans/counter-asic-2-status.md b/docs/plans/counter-asic-2-status.md
index ce0f1571b..76dac616d 100644
--- a/docs/plans/counter-asic-2-status.md
+++ b/docs/plans/counter-asic-2-status.md
@@ -529,3 +529,7 @@ docs/spec/01-lottery-hash.md on ca2-coord: 1.8.5 (the mixer x8 form with the mea
 ## 22:20 gate G4 run 3 PASS on the final class; the node side is final
 
 Fast-time 3-node network on ca2-v3 d233fa1 (x8 + era + the verifier fix) and fork 89dfcb95, 22:15:04 to 22:19:44Z: every check true; 182 / 122 blocks around the boundary; the v3 ids agree on all three miners; 0 rejected; one sink at 303/303/303; the switch line on 3 of 3; cache ready 179 / 191 ms. Final tips: ca2-v3 5eb2331 (docs only since d233fa1), ca2-v3-node 89dfcb95, both clean; the gate network stopped. Gates: G3 green, G4 green, G6 green; G1 and G2 on the final-class PC 1 job (running since 22:16); G5 at the ship's build step.
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+## 22:21 gate G4b added: the Mac must mine v3 (the app's --prepare-packs gap)
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+The node agent's owed item is an app gap, confirmed in the 0.3.11 app branch: engine.rs miner_args pushes --prepare-packs only for non-Metal workers (line 1468 on a223ca9), so the Mac app's Metal worker would get no prepare pack and under class v3 would answer `need` at the first v3 epoch (every Mac stops: the 18:23Z class). Closes in hand: (a) the proving agent adds the flag for every worker (packs/prepare on macOS) with a unit test on miner_args for a Metal card, on the app branch above a223ca9; (b) the node agent runs gate 4: a real Metal miner on this Mac across a v3 boundary on the fast-time network through the miner's --prepare-packs flow. The ship does not go without (a) in the app tree and (b) green; recorded as G4b in the rollout plan's gate list.