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 | 5 | [fd passing](runtime-v2/05-fd-passing.md) | ✅ **DONE 2026-09-02** — `net.send_fd`/`recv_fd`/`connect_unix`; a tty crossed the socket, was raw'd through the received copy and restored at destroy — the wmux handover in miniature |
 | 6 | [term.size + term.width](runtime-v2/06-term-size-width.md) | ✅ **DONE 2026-09-02** — TIOCGWINSZ read twin (nil = not a tty) and libc wcwidth under C.UTF-8; the only runtime work the whole wmux parity ladder needs |
 | 7 | [observability](runtime-v2/07-observability.md) | ⬜ `refine` — **moved here 2026-09-06** from language iteration 30 (`was_language_iteration: 30`). Runtime metrics/gauges, a `pprof`-equivalent profile, stack-trace-on-trap; consumers named (porch [8](porch/08-static-and-lifecycle.md)/[39](language-runtime-database/39-web-framework-parity.md), databasev2 [5](databasev2/05-bounded-tables-eviction.md), the limiter's lazy expiry). Forks: counters-only vs profiling, exposition format, pull vs push, trace-on-trap as a separable first slice. Stretches the track's charter (instrumentation, not processes/terminals/signals) — noted in the story |
-| 8 | [symmetric cipher (AEAD)](runtime-v2/08-symmetric-cipher.md) | 🔄 **in-progress** — the **first rung of the TLS ladder** (gates rv2 9). **Phase A (ChaCha20-Poly1305) LANDED 2026-09-08**: `chacha20poly1305_seal`/`open` (ids 111/112), hand-rolled, matches RFC 8439 §2.8.2 byte-for-byte, KAT-gated in test_crypto (24/0), ASan/UBSan clean. Remaining: B hardware AES-GCM → C software AES → D cookie wrapper → E gate. Also locked: both ciphers, AES-NI+bitslice fallback, caller-supplied nonce, raw key. Consumers: rv2 9 TLS + porch encrypted cookies |
+| 8 | [symmetric cipher (AEAD)](runtime-v2/08-symmetric-cipher.md) | 🔄 **in-progress** — the **first rung of the TLS ladder** (gates rv2 9). **Phases A + B LANDED 2026-09-08**: A ChaCha20-Poly1305 (ids 111/112, RFC 8439 §2.8.2 byte-exact); B AES-128/256-GCM (ids 113/114) via **AES-NI + PCLMULQDQ**, CPUID-gated + target-attributed (portable binary), NIST SP 800-38D cases 4 & 16 byte-exact. All hand-rolled, constant-time, KAT-gated in test_crypto (**36/0**), ASan/UBSan clean. Remaining: C software AES + ARMv8 path → D cookie wrapper → E gate. Consumers: rv2 9 TLS + porch encrypted cookies |
 | 9 | [in-process TLS](runtime-v2/09-in-process-tls.md) | ✅ **`ready` 2026-09-07** — TLS **both directions**, **retiring the "TLS is the proxy's job" doctrine** (34/38/porch). Locked: **hand-roll TLS 1.3** (no vendored lib — keeps the zero-dep binary, raises the risk), **1.3-only**, **RSA+ECDSA+full X.509** cert verification (to reach real APIs). Decomposed into a bottom-up **phase ladder**: A AEAD (=rv2 8, forces AES-GCM there) → B HKDF → C X25519 → D signatures/RSA → E ASN.1/X.509 → F record+FSM client → G server. The project's **highest-risk** work; mandatory reference-tested/constant-time/negative-test gates. `net.connect` (110) landed; C/D/E may each split into own iterations |
 
 ### ▸ wmux — the terminal multiplexer track
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 | Phase | Delivers |
 | --- | --- |
 | A — ChaCha20-Poly1305 | ✅ **LANDED 2026-09-08** — `chacha20poly1305_seal`/`open` (ids 111/112, bare-name crypto family). Hand-rolled ChaCha20 + poly1305-donna-32 + the RFC 8439 §2.8 AEAD, caller-supplied 12-byte nonce, 32-byte key, constant-time tag compare, `open` returns nil on auth failure. Matches the RFC 8439 §2.8.2 vector byte-for-byte; gated in `test/test_crypto.c` (§2.5.2 Poly1305 + §2.8.2 seal/open/tamper), ASan/UBSan clean |
-| B — AES-GCM via hardware | `aes_gcm_seal`/`open` on AES-NI + CLMUL (x86-64) / ARMv8 crypto ext — constant-time by hardware; TLS's mandatory suite |
-| C — AES-GCM software fallback | bitsliced constant-time AES + constant-time GHASH for CPUs without the extension; same builtins, dispatched at runtime |
+| B — AES-GCM via hardware | ✅ **LANDED 2026-09-08** (x86-64) — `aes_gcm_seal`/`open` (ids 113/114), AES-128/256 (by key length) on AES-NI + PCLMULQDQ, constant-time by hardware, CPUID-gated with target-attributed functions so the binary stays portable (no-AES-NI traps until phase C). Matches NIST SP 800-38D cases 4 & 16 byte-for-byte; KAT-gated in `test_crypto.c`, ASan/UBSan clean. **ARMv8 crypto-ext path deferred** (untestable on the x86-64 dev host) — folds into phase C |
+| C — AES-GCM portability | bitsliced constant-time AES + constant-time GHASH for CPUs without AES-NI, **and** the ARMv8 crypto-extension hardware path; same builtins, dispatched at runtime by CPUID/HWCAP |
 | D — the cookie wrapper | an `encryptcookie`-equivalent on porch [2](../porch/02-randomness-and-cookies.md)'s cookie machinery: random nonce (from `random_bytes`) prepended to the ciphertext, default ChaCha |
 | E — the gate | RFC 8439 + NIST GCM known-answer vectors, ASan/UBSan on both paths, and a reference cross-check (`openssl enc`/a scripted peer) |