diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 8cca4160..9bebbad8 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -958,6 +958,12 @@ via `PlayerMovementController.ApplyServerRunRate`) or from
 - `ACDREAM_PROBE_FLAP=1` — capture probe for indoor visibility
   decisions at frame boundaries. Used to converge the U.4c flap fix
   (root indoor visibility at player's cell, not eye).
+- `ACDREAM_PROBE_STICKY=1` — per-guid sticky-melee timeline: `[sticky]`
+  lifecycle lines (STICK/UNSTICK/LEASE-EXPIRE/TARGET-status teardown),
+  per-armed-tick steer lines (signed gap dist, applied delta, heading
+  delta), `[sticky-snap-skip]` at the suppressed NPC UP-snap site.
+  Heavy while a pack is stuck (~60 Hz × stuck count). Converged the
+  #171 residuals (the deep-overlap sign pin AP-82).
 - `ACDREAM_CAPTURE_RESOLVE=<path>` — live capture of every player-side
   `PhysicsEngine.ResolveWithTransition` call. Each call appends one
   JSON Lines record with full inputs, PhysicsBody snapshot before AND
diff --git a/docs/ISSUES.md b/docs/ISSUES.md
index ea971260..eab206b1 100644
--- a/docs/ISSUES.md
+++ b/docs/ISSUES.md
@@ -48,7 +48,14 @@ Copy this block when adding a new issue:
 
 ## #171 — Group melee: monsters interpenetrate + facing drifts (sticky melee unbound, arrival radii = 0)
 
-**Status:** FIX LANDED (2026-07-04, R5-V3) — awaiting user visual gate. StickyManager/
+**Status:** DONE (2026-07-04) — **user visual gate PASSED** ("Looks good, ship it")
+after three slices: `5bd2b8bc` (R5-V3 sticky binding + real radii) + `7a823176`
+(NPC UP-snap suppression while stuck — TS-44) + `69966950` (sticky deep-overlap
+back-off sign pin — AP-82; ACE's literal decode steered INTO the target when the
+overlap exceeded one tick's step; 1661-tick probe capture refuted it against the
+retail oracle). `ACDREAM_PROBE_STICKY=1` stays as permanent gated diagnostics
+(PhysicsDiagnostics family). (Move to Recently closed on next ISSUES tidy.)
+History below. Original landing note: StickyManager/
 PositionManager (ported R5-V1) now BOUND: `StickTo`/`Unstick`/`UnstickFromObject`
 seams → the host's `PositionManager` (remote + player), `AdjustOffset` composed
 at the retail `UpdatePositionInternal` slot before the collision sweep,
diff --git a/docs/research/2026-07-03-r5-managers/r5-wiring-handoff.md b/docs/research/2026-07-03-r5-managers/r5-wiring-handoff.md
index 12941c9e..915d2782 100644
--- a/docs/research/2026-07-03-r5-managers/r5-wiring-handoff.md
+++ b/docs/research/2026-07-03-r5-managers/r5-wiring-handoff.md
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ but note it.
 
 ### V3 — wire PositionManager (sticky), retire TS-39, apply mt-0 flags
 
-> **STATUS 2026-07-04: SHIPPED (as the #171 fix), awaiting the visual gate**
+> **STATUS 2026-07-04: SHIPPED + visual gate PASSED** ("Looks good, ship it";
+> three slices: `5bd2b8bc` binding+radii, `7a823176` UP-snap suppression while
+> stuck TS-44, `69966950` deep-overlap sign pin AP-82)
 > — sticky seams bound (StickTo/Unstick/UnstickFromObject, remote + player),
 > AdjustOffset at the UpdatePositionInternal slot (combiner chained as the
 > interp stage in the remote-player branch; pre-sweep compose in the NPC