TL;DR

All three write lanes were dead simultaneously, so this run degraded to REPORT MODE per the task file's Phase 6 rule. Read paths still worked, so the full inventory of pages/posts missing a hero (featured_media=0) was completed without touching the live site. 12 entities flagged for hero generation + deploy on the next viable run.

What was done

Write lane used

None. All three lanes failed in Phase 1 preflight.

Image-gen lane used

None. Phase 4 deploy step was unreachable, so generation would have been wasted spend.

Inventory — entities needing a hero

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