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 | CH1 colors | `172c6f9a` | 11,835 passed / 4 skipped / 0 failed | APPROVE-WITH-FIXES; fixed `34d8a3c0` | pending |
 | CH2 interface text | `77c8296e`, reworked `e0e78883` | 11,916 passed / 4 skipped / 0 failed | REJECT → reworked `e0e78883` → re-review APPROVE-WITH-FIXES → nits `233c30d1` | pending |
 | CH3 side channels | `614a1e05` | 11,964 passed / 4 skipped / 0 failed | APPROVE-WITH-FIXES; fixed `e07fba57` | pending (connected gate — see handoff below) |
-| CH4 commands | `090825e7` | 12,190 passed / 4 skipped / 0 failed | REJECT; fixed `724ef2d3`; re-review APPROVE-WITH-FIXES; closed `<sha>` | pending |
+| CH4 commands | `090825e7` | 12,190 passed / 4 skipped / 0 failed | REJECT; fixed `724ef2d3`; re-review APPROVE-WITH-FIXES; closed `5d247d55` | pending |
 | CH5 closeout | — | — | — | — |
 
 ### CH4 closeout (2026-08-09)
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+# Campaign CH — in-client user test script
+
+One connected session against local ACE, retail GUI (`ACDREAM_RETAIL_UI=1`).
+For the color checks, running the retail client side-by-side is ideal but
+optional — the hex values are byte-verified; what needs eyes is "does it
+FEEL right".
+
+## 1. On-screen interface text (CH2 — the SpewBox)
+
+- Jump, and press jump again while airborne → **"You can't jump while in
+  the air"** appears as transient text near the top of the viewport, NOT
+  in the chat window. Chat gets no line at all.
+- Spam it 5+ times fast: the line refreshes in place (no stacking of
+  identical text); distinct refusals stack newest-on-top, max 4 lines.
+- Try `@version` → its output goes to CHAT (green), not the SpewBox.
+- **Report presentation impressions**: position, color, and how long lines
+  linger are placeholders pending measurement (register AP-177/AP-178) —
+  say what looks wrong vs your retail memory.
+
+## 2. Chat colors (CH1)
+
+Side-by-side vs retail if possible:
+
+- Say something → white. Emote (`:waves` works now) → grey.
+- Tell someone → your "You tell ..." line is DARK yellow (210,210,100);
+  an incoming tell is BRIGHT yellow.
+- Magic self-cast lines → light blue. Combat: damage you take → salmon,
+  damage you deal → dark red.
+- `@version` / `@loc` output → green (retail types command output 0x00).
+- Fellowship chat (if you form one) → bright yellow.
+
+## 3. Side channels (CH3)
+
+- `/general hi` → round-trips (ACE echoes it back; blue-grey color).
+  Same for `/trade`, `/lfg`.
+- Roleplay: with "Hear Roleplay Chat" OFF (the ACE default), sending to
+  Roleplay → **"You are not listening to the Roleplay channel!"** and
+  nothing is sent. Enable it in Settings → Chat → ACE reports entering
+  the channel; sending now works. (`@join roleplay` / `@leave roleplay`
+  also flip it, effective immediately.)
+- Legacy family single-print: `/f hi` (in a fellowship) shows ONE line,
+  not two. Same for /v /p /m /cv if you have the allegiance structure.
+- `/a hi` without an allegiance → refusal, not a silent drop.
+
+## 4. Commands (CH4)
+
+- `:waves` and `;waves` → emote. `@f, hi` (trailing comma) works.
+- `@t Two Word Name, hello` → comma splits the name (needs an alt with a
+  multi-word name to fully verify).
+- `@g hi` → goes to FELLOWSHIP (not the global General room!). Without a
+  fellowship expect a server-side error — the important thing is it does
+  NOT broadcast globally.
+- `@allegiance boot Bob` → "Please see @help Allegiance for more
+  information..." locally; nothing broadcast, nothing sent.
+- `@house abandon` → TWO confirmation dialogs. **Decline** (unless you
+  really want to abandon a house). Declining either stage sends nothing.
+- `@mr` → help text only. `@clist general` → channel list from ACE.
+- An unknown verb like `@somenonsense` → passes through to ACE (server
+  answers, client does not swallow it).
+
+## Known-open, do not report as new
+
+- Ctrl+M mute chord (#358) — still broken, separate from this campaign.
+- SpewBox lifetime/position/color are registered placeholders
+  (AP-177/AP-178) pending a retail measurement session.
+- Allegiance management subcommands print the help refusal instead of
+  executing (#360); `@day`/`@log`/`@render` deferred (#361); four request
+  commands send but responses aren't rendered yet (#362).