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@@ -2188,7 +2188,8 @@ The five that run — =macros=, =macro-params=, =macro-unless=, =pkg-macro=,
 out with the other negative cases. The list stays explicit rather than a glob.
 Not yet run under the sweep: that waits for the batched =@sanitize=.
 
-** TODO The mutation pass has not been re-run
+** NEXT The mutation pass has not been re-run
+Decided 2026-09-25: re-run it once after the second batch of 2026-09-25 merges, with the heavy sweeps, after asking the author.
 Sixty mutations, nineteen of which left the whole suite green; all nineteen are
 closed, each re-planted and watched fail against the new test. What is open is
 that the pass has not been run again, so nineteen is the old number.