diff --git a/docs/evidence/v0444-candidate-2026-10-26.md b/docs/evidence/v0444-candidate-2026-10-26.md
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--- a/docs/evidence/v0444-candidate-2026-10-26.md
+++ b/docs/evidence/v0444-candidate-2026-10-26.md
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ scrolling, optical readability or an official-plugin panel in VR.
 
 ## Publication boundary
 
+The version-bumped release branch also ran `scripts/frame-smoke.sh` after its
+normal merge of PR #314's documentation. At 08:59 UTC, its locked preflight
+found activity 3, proximity 6.3125 and battery 97%. The result was again
+**12 passed / 1 skipped / 0 failed** on the same Frame OS build; ARM64 and
+Proton launches passed, while the optional x86 launch was skipped for the
+missing Steam Linux Runtime 4. Owned test title/process cleanup passed, the
+command exited 0, and its lock was released. The private result is
+`tests/smoke/results/2026-10-26T085951Z-20261022.6153909.json` on the test
+host. This evidence-only paragraph is the sole change after that smoke.
+
 PR #313's own actual ARM64 backend/library test is documented in
 [installed-context evidence](framey-installed-context-2026-10-26.md). Its
 dependency installation, login, game operations, RSS and optional websocket