diff --git a/qa-tempfiles-enxmr3/late.txt b/qa-tempfiles-enxmr3/late.txt
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+Created after approval: orange-bridge.
diff --git a/qa-tempfiles-enxmr3/staged.txt b/qa-tempfiles-enxmr3/staged.txt
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+Synthetic new file with a staged first line: amber-star.
+Synthetic unstaged second line: silver-wave.
diff --git a/qa-tempfiles-enxmr3/tracked.txt b/qa-tempfiles-enxmr3/tracked.txt
index b9cbd1aff9..825b1731b4 100644
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 Synthetic tracked fixture for cloud snapshot verification.
 Baseline marker: original-copper.
+Approved unstaged marker: green-comet.
+Post-confirmation marker: purple-pine.
diff --git a/qa-tempfiles-enxmr3/untracked.txt b/qa-tempfiles-enxmr3/untracked.txt
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+Synthetic untracked file: blue-river.