diff --git a/scratchpad/SESSION_HANDOFF_20260803.md b/scratchpad/SESSION_HANDOFF_20260803.md
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--- a/scratchpad/SESSION_HANDOFF_20260803.md
+++ b/scratchpad/SESSION_HANDOFF_20260803.md
@@ -337,3 +337,11 @@ that becomes a sourced investigation (Draco's memory, #131 comment).
   46s later on Steam -- benign, no mixed transport.
 - #135/#137: field logs lack lamp/heat instrumentation -- RECOMMEND
   adding BT_LAMP_LOG=1 to players/*.bat next cut; both need local repro.
+
+### #52 SKATE detector: negative-verified, awaiting field or gimp bench
+[skate]/SKATE forensic on master (channel-agnostic -- first build keyed
+legCycleSpeed alone and false-fired; peers pose from the BODY channel).
+2-node bench: 7 respawn-while-moving cycles, zero hits, zero false
+fires.  Field logs already ruled out starvation.  NEXT provocations:
+leg-gimped walker (#82 family), 6-player load.  The detector rides the
+next cut regardless -- one field SKATE record names the failing case.