diff --git a/PROGRESS.md b/PROGRESS.md
index b2808f7..59171d2 100644
--- a/PROGRESS.md
+++ b/PROGRESS.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 - Active objective: project guidance refresh
 - Active owner: root agent
-- Current status: implementation and static verification complete
+- Current status: implementation and static verification complete; push blocked by remote authentication
 - Design: `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-18-project-guidance-refresh-design.md`
 - Implementation plan: `docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-18-project-guidance-refresh.md`
 
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 
 ## In Progress
 
-- None.
+- Push `dev` after the user restores credentials for `origin`.
 
 ## Blocked
 
-- None.
+- `git push origin dev` failed with `remote: Failed to authenticate user`. The local commits are preserved and no force operation was attempted.
 
 ## Last Verification
 
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@
 - Skill frontmatter and required source-routing markers: valid.
 - Manual inventory: `INDEX_MAP.md`, `INDEX.md`, and 69 source chunks present; all 115 map entries resolve to the expected `INDEX.md` heading line.
 - Active `AGENTS.md` chain: root file only, 9,624 bytes, below the 32 KiB instruction limit.
+- Commit `e76c1b9` created with `--no-verify`; `git push origin dev` was attempted and failed only at remote authentication.
 
 ## Next Agent Checklist
 
 - Read `AGENTS.md`, `PLAN.md`, `PROGRESS.md`, and `WORKNOTE.md`.
-- When the user supplies externally generated CSV/provenance, validate it against the approved schema and tolerances without running Abaqus locally.
+- Restore authentication for `origin`, then run `git push origin dev`.
+- After delivery, validate user-supplied external CSV/provenance against the approved schema and tolerances without running Abaqus locally.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-18-project-guidance-refresh.md b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-18-project-guidance-refresh.md
index c7c42b3..3c2c351 100644
--- a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-18-project-guidance-refresh.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-18-project-guidance-refresh.md
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Confirm `AGENTS.md`, core docs, agent TOML, and skill Markdown agree on the evid
 
 Record completed work, exact static checks, skipped tests, and the next action in `PROGRESS.md`. Add to `WORKNOTE.md` only if a reusable repository-specific pitfall arose.
 
-- [ ] **Step 4: Commit without invoking test hooks**
+- [x] **Step 4: Commit without invoking test hooks**
 
 Stage only task-owned changes plus the user's already-requested retired-feature cleanup that belongs to this objective. Commit with a conventional `docs:` message and `--no-verify` because the user explicitly prohibited test execution. Do not include unrelated `.codex/config.toml` or `vault-path.txt` changes unless they were already independently requested and are intentionally part of the user's working tree.