diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index a4d7777..97d7b9b 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Governed architecture roadmap
 
-- [ ] Deliver [ticket-060](project/ticket-060/README.md): align Goal's own
+- [x] Deliver [ticket-060](project/ticket-060/README.md): align Goal's own
   tracked Python strategy with the retry-safe Twine contract while preserving
-  Node and Rust publishers. State: `IN_PROGRESS / PUBLICATION`; 618 tests
-  (2 skips), structural checks and governance pass; classification:
+  Node and Rust publishers. State: `DONE / DONE`; 618 tests (2 skips),
+  structural checks, governance, protected CI and exact-head Validator
+  approval pass; PR #100 merged unchanged as `48b8e2c...`; classification:
   `BUG / P1 / regression`; depends on ticket-059.
 
 - [x] Deliver [ticket-059](project/ticket-059/README.md): align the default
diff --git a/project/ticket-060/README.md b/project/ticket-060/README.md
index 00c6555..039afc3 100644
--- a/project/ticket-060/README.md
+++ b/project/ticket-060/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 - **ID**: ticket-060
 - **Owner**: unresolved:human
-- **Status**: IN_PROGRESS
-- **Workflow state**: PUBLICATION
+- **Status**: DONE
+- **Workflow state**: DONE
 - **Created**: 2026-08-12
 
 ## Goal and scope
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ strategies must remain byte-for-byte unchanged.
   `cargo publish` respectively.
 - [x] AC-04: Structural parsing, full tests and governance pass before
   protected exact-head delivery.
+- [x] AC-05: Protected CI and Validator Agent approve the exact final head;
+  the unchanged tree is merged and post-merge CI passes.
 
 ## Non-goals
 
@@ -43,3 +45,10 @@ strategies must remain byte-for-byte unchanged.
   `goal.yaml`.
 - The full suite passes 618 tests with 2 existing skips; governance reports
   0 errors/0 warnings and whitespace validation passes.
+- PR #100 passed Python 3.12/3.13 and remote lifecycle on exact HEAD
+  `22eed9c006cafc1aadbdd7274073f29ad02b1e55`. Validator run
+  `31627588707` and review `4919864176` deterministically approved that SHA.
+- PR #100 merged as `48b8e2cee80c0c7a286f86b59eda896c4c00c060`;
+  its second parent and tree equal the approved candidate. Post-merge CI
+  `31627788882` passed both supported Python versions and the remote ticket
+  branch was deleted.
diff --git a/project/ticket-060/ai-codex-logs.txt b/project/ticket-060/ai-codex-logs.txt
index cff8eb7..d27c25d 100644
--- a/project/ticket-060/ai-codex-logs.txt
+++ b/project/ticket-060/ai-codex-logs.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 2026-08-12T18:22:00Z scope: one governance-owned goal.yaml scalar; current Python command is stale, while Node npm publish and Rust cargo publish are already correct and must remain unchanged.
 2026-08-12T18:23:00Z implementation: changed exactly strategies.python.publish to twine upload --skip-existing dist/goal-{version}*; git numstat is 1 insertion/1 deletion.
 2026-08-12T18:23:00Z validation: structural YAML assertions PASS for Python, Node and Rust publishers; 618 full PASS/2 SKIP; governance GOV-PASS 0 errors/0 warnings; git diff --check PASS.
+2026-08-12T18:27:26Z protected validation: hosted Python 3.12/3.13 and remote lifecycle PASS; Validator run 31627588707 review 4919864176 deterministically approved exact HEAD 22eed9c006cafc1aadbdd7274073f29ad02b1e55.
+2026-08-12T18:28:11Z merge: PR #100 merged as 48b8e2cee80c0c7a286f86b59eda896c4c00c060; merge second parent and tree equal the approved candidate; remote branch deleted.
+2026-08-12T18:29:20Z post-merge: CI run 31627788882 PASS on Python 3.12 and 3.13 at exact merge SHA; implementation lifecycle complete.
diff --git a/project/ticket-060/ai-codex.md b/project/ticket-060/ai-codex.md
index 2860ea2..d987742 100644
--- a/project/ticket-060/ai-codex.md
+++ b/project/ticket-060/ai-codex.md
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ code or the already-correct Node/Rust publishers.
   strategy values.
 - Passed 618 full tests (2 existing skips), governance and whitespace
   validation; moved to PUBLICATION for protected exact-head review.
+- Delivered exact candidate `22eed9c...` through hosted CI and deterministic
+  Validator approval, merged it unchanged as `48b8e2c...`, and confirmed green
+  post-merge CI before closing the lifecycle.
 
 ## Blockers
 
diff --git a/project/ticket-060/changelog.md b/project/ticket-060/changelog.md
index b952bfb..ff4716f 100644
--- a/project/ticket-060/changelog.md
+++ b/project/ticket-060/changelog.md
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
   declared sibling publisher preservation as acceptance evidence.
 - Made the Python publisher retry-safe, preserved Node/Rust values, and passed
   structural, full-suite and governance validation.
+- Recorded exact-head Validator approval, unchanged-tree merge and green
+  post-merge Python 3.12/3.13; closed the implementation lifecycle.