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 # x11-session-research
 
-> **Status: PHASE 0 — motivation locked 2026-05-03.**
-> See [`phase0_findings.md`](phase0_findings.md) §
-> "Research question (LOCKED 2026-05-03)". Phase 1 still
-> requires the four pre-question Phase 0 deliverables
-> (state snapshot, X11 path inventory, browser-overlay-path
-> inventory, **own** baseline anchor) before binding cells
-> lock.
+> **Status: CLOSED 2026-05-03 with negative result on both
+> campaign axes.** Closing remarks (research question,
+> outcome, methodological corrigendum, three legitimate
+> next moves a follow-up could pick up):
+> <https://dokuwiki.reauktion.de/doku.php?id=x11_session_research:start>.
+> The Phase 0 evidence under `phase0_evidence/` and the
+> Phase 0 findings doc are the source-of-truth substrate
+> behind that page; this README left as the on-the-day
+> framing of what the campaign expected to find.
 
 **Research question:** Does cutting out the KWin compositor
 enable faster video display of Brave, chromium-fourier, and