USR369 approved the first live test of SOP-HANDOFF-HYGIENE.md on Tech's own handoff-30.md. Verified before pruning: the 08/26-27/26 apps-directory sweep + archive-hunt narrative was already fully preserved in LEGACY-30.md (JANUS append, 08/27/26 9:11am PT entry, confirmed present) and in decisions D883/D885/D894 through D908 (Tech's own system API + records-api, all confirmed logged this session). Pruned that resolved narrative out of the active handoff, replacing it with a short pointer to where it actually lives now (LEGACY entry + decision codes + the 2 live tracking pages). Carried forward every still-open item unchanged (naming collision, Server[40] pending message, Computer/Windows-11-Desktop question, FreeCommander confirmation, Handy app, and all prior-session open items). Result: handoff dropped from 9909 to 4728 bytes -- deliberate, verified, not accidental.