diff --git a/phases/beam-reference-qualification/index.json b/phases/beam-reference-qualification/index.json
index 3ae682b..1a1f978 100644
--- a/phases/beam-reference-qualification/index.json
+++ b/phases/beam-reference-qualification/index.json
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@
     {
       "step": 3,
       "name": "qualification-report",
-      "status": "pending"
+      "status": "completed",
+      "summary": "Recorded docs/VALIDATION.md with Gate A PASS, Gate B EVALUABLE, 68/68 CTest and 20/20 Harness pytest evidence, all 18 correlation metrics, determinism coverage, and the remaining Abaqus stress qualification gap.",
+      "started_at": "2026-08-03T01:45:43+0900",
+      "completed_at": "2026-08-03T01:48:16+0900"
     }
   ],
   "created_at": "2026-08-02T02:42:01+0900"
diff --git a/phases/beam-reference-qualification/step3-output.json b/phases/beam-reference-qualification/step3-output.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea2a18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phases/beam-reference-qualification/step3-output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "step": 3,
+  "name": "qualification-report",
+  "exitCode": 0,
+  "stdout": "Created docs/VALIDATION.md from fresh evidence. CMake Debug build passed, CTest passed 68/68, Harness pytest passed 20/20, and the focused Beam3D2/ThreadCountDeterminism/Reference tests passed 4/4. The report records Gate A PASS, Gate B EVALUABLE, all 18 finite correlation metrics, and Abaqus stress as not yet qualified.",
+  "stderr": ""
+}
diff --git a/phases/index.json b/phases/index.json
index 43c389e..75239a9 100644
--- a/phases/index.json
+++ b/phases/index.json
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
     },
     {
       "dir": "beam-reference-qualification",
-      "status": "pending"
+      "status": "completed",
+      "completed_at": "2026-08-03T01:48:16+0900"
     },
     {
       "dir": "internal-release",