diff --git a/.ciagent/CHECKPOINT.json b/.ciagent/CHECKPOINT.json
index 6ab1371..0e5ab9d 100644
--- a/.ciagent/CHECKPOINT.json
+++ b/.ciagent/CHECKPOINT.json
@@ -1,25 +1,21 @@
 {
-  "phase": 5,
-  "stage": "verify",
+  "phase": 6,
+  "stage": "complete",
   "milestone": "v1.0",
-  "phase_role": "execution",
+  "phase_role": "final",
   "attempts": 0,
-  "updated_at": "2026-08-20T20:45:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-08-20T21:00:00Z",
   "project": "nova-platform",
-  "milestone_branch": "milestone/v1.0-nova-platform",
-  "phase_branch": "phase/05-shell-reproducibility-tests-docs",
-  "phase_0_ship": {"tag": "v0.1.0", "local_only": true},
-  "phase_1_ship": {"tag": "v0.1.1", "local_only": true},
-  "phase_2_ship": {"tag": "v0.1.2", "local_only": true},
-  "phase_3_ship": {"tag": "v0.1.3", "local_only": true},
-  "phase_4_ship": {"tag": "v0.1.4", "local_only": true},
-  "phase_5_verify": {
-    "tests_pass": true,
-    "tests_count": 76,
-    "reqs_covered": ["REQ-20", "REQ-21", "REQ-22", "REQ-29", "REQ-30", "REQ-31", "REQ-32", "REQ-33", "REQ-34", "REQ-35", "REQ-36", "REQ-37", "REQ-38"],
-    "happy_path_a": "run_platform.sh --check-only → === PLATFORM CHECK OK ===",
-    "happy_path_b": "run_ci.sh → === CI PIPELINE OK ===",
-    "ac_8_grep": "clean"
-  },
-  "next_phase": "phase/06-final-review-ship"
+  "milestone_branch": null,
+  "phase_branch": null,
+  "milestone_complete": true,
+  "milestone_tag": "v0.1.6",
+  "merged_to_main": true,
+  "branches_deleted": true,
+  "local_only": true,
+  "release_pending": "NOVA_FORGE_TOKEN blank",
+  "tests_pass": true,
+  "tests_count": 76,
+  "reqs_covered": ["REQ-01","REQ-02","REQ-03","REQ-04","REQ-05","REQ-06","REQ-07","REQ-08","REQ-09","REQ-10","REQ-11","REQ-12","REQ-13","REQ-14","REQ-15","REQ-16","REQ-17","REQ-18","REQ-19","REQ-20","REQ-21","REQ-22","REQ-23","REQ-24","REQ-25","REQ-26","REQ-27","REQ-28","REQ-29","REQ-30","REQ-31","REQ-32","REQ-33","REQ-34","REQ-35","REQ-36","REQ-37","REQ-38"],
+  "next": "milestone complete — next /ci-run starts a new milestone"
 }
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