diff --git a/docs/research/vedastro_live_replay_conflict_2026_07_17.md b/docs/research/vedastro_live_replay_conflict_2026_07_17.md
index 3ce11d1c..10e00f93 100644
--- a/docs/research/vedastro_live_replay_conflict_2026_07_17.md
+++ b/docs/research/vedastro_live_replay_conflict_2026_07_17.md
@@ -51,3 +51,22 @@ or tune local calculations to match either response.
 3. Publish a redacted, versioned public packet only after the response is stable.
 4. Require a fresh normalized 15-row comparison before changing
    `three_engine_parity_replay_manifest.json` from its current blocked boundary.
+
+## Contract Probe Resolution Attempt
+
+Research commit `c91eea2` executed three complete versioned contract probes.
+Each probe compared the negative-offset birth time with its UTC equivalent and
+a positive-offset control, then cross-checked `AllPlanetLongitude`,
+`AllPlanetData.PlanetRasiD1Sign`, and `PlanetNirayanaLongitude`.
+
+- Negative offset and UTC-equivalent inputs agreed.
+- Positive-offset behavior was not reliably distinct.
+- Cross-method results changed between runs; one run temporarily agreed while
+  the other two exposed different planet-level discrepancies.
+- The third probe also showed instability within its three baseline repeats.
+- The service returned `Server: Kestrel` but no explicit API version header.
+
+Therefore the requested contract evidence was attempted and did not resolve
+the conflict. `VedAstro.D1.longitude` remains field-level `blocked`. Separately
+validated VedAstro BAV, SAV, and Shadbala raw evidence is not invalidated by
+this longitude-method boundary.
diff --git a/references/evidence_manifests/commercial_external_validation_release.v1.json b/references/evidence_manifests/commercial_external_validation_release.v1.json
index 256ff111..57c6d740 100644
--- a/references/evidence_manifests/commercial_external_validation_release.v1.json
+++ b/references/evidence_manifests/commercial_external_validation_release.v1.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     {
       "id": "vedastro_live_replay_conflict_2026_07_17",
       "path": "docs/research/vedastro_live_replay_conflict_2026_07_17.md",
-      "sha256": "8697727742ebe19331b8de3ed3f6202af228c11944902c90e83f950fa8d4c652",
+      "sha256": "a41ecd84f60386213b0d7774d2181c1d8a1eea2bf720ee60791d6f6d0f59cd5c",
       "scope": "fresh official VedAstro same-chart replay conflict boundary"
     }
   ]