diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 57fa426..a92d5bb 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@
   `publish-only`, and `pull-request` modes.
 - [x] Review [ticket-005](project/ticket-005/README.md): enable the governed
   delivery policy in Goal configuration and install the local pre-push guard.
-- [ ] Review [ticket-007](project/ticket-007/README.md): repair the existing
-  OpenRouter environment-validation NameError. State: `IN_PROGRESS /
-  VALIDATION`; classification: `SERVICE / health`.
+- [x] Review and deliver [ticket-007](project/ticket-007/README.md): repair the
+  existing OpenRouter environment-validation NameError. State: `DONE`;
+  classification: `SERVICE / health`.
 - [ ] After governance bootstrap, execute the sequential phases defined in
   [the refactoring plan](docs/GOAL_KORU_SUBACTOR_REFACTORING_PLAN.md), with one
   narrowly scoped ticket active at a time.
 
 > Current workflow state: `ticket-001 DONE`; `ticket-002 DONE`;
 > `ticket-003 DONE`; `ticket-004 DONE`; `ticket-005 DONE`.
-> `ticket-007 IN_PROGRESS / VALIDATION`.
+> `ticket-007 DONE`.
 
 > **Recently shipped (manual note):** `goal all [PATHS...]` monorepo sweep —
 > runs `goal -a` in every git repo with uncommitted changes under the given
diff --git a/project/ticket-007/README.md b/project/ticket-007/README.md
index 6136ae0..64f3665 100644
--- a/project/ticket-007/README.md
+++ b/project/ticket-007/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 - **ID**: ticket-007
 - **Owner**: unresolved:human
-- **Status**: IN_PROGRESS
-- **Workflow state**: VALIDATION
+- **Status**: DONE
+- **Workflow state**: DONE
 - **Created**: 2026-08-05
 - **Work classification**: `SERVICE / health`
 
@@ -42,4 +42,11 @@ already open governance adoption PR #16 to obtain a green baseline.
 ## Session authorization
 
 The user approved ticket-007 and autonomous continuation on 2026-08-05. Merge
-still requires exact-head publication evidence.
+completed only after the Validator App approved the exact PR head.
+
+## Delivery evidence
+
+- PR: `semcod/goal#17`.
+- Approved head: `b48ac9a784daaea42a80a84e8da1143abd822d29`.
+- Validator identity: `ifuri-validator-agent[bot]`.
+- Merge commit: `eb54f4e5391389fbb1125f5621517da88230a643`.
diff --git a/project/ticket-007/ai-codex-logs.txt b/project/ticket-007/ai-codex-logs.txt
index 90f4af6..aa61f02 100644
--- a/project/ticket-007/ai-codex-logs.txt
+++ b/project/ticket-007/ai-codex-logs.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ transition: PLAN / WAIT_FOR_APPROVAL -> IN_PROGRESS / EDIT
 2026-08-05 full pytest: PASS (477 passed, 2 skipped, 0 failed)
 2026-08-05 git diff --check: PASS
 transition: EDIT -> VALIDATION
+2026-08-05 hosted CI: PASS (Python 3.12 and 3.13)
+2026-08-05 exact-head Validator approval: b48ac9a784daaea42a80a84e8da1143abd822d29
+2026-08-05 merged PR #17: eb54f4e5391389fbb1125f5621517da88230a643
+transition: VALIDATION -> DONE
diff --git a/project/ticket-007/changelog.md b/project/ticket-007/changelog.md
index 176c841..8b6574a 100644
--- a/project/ticket-007/changelog.md
+++ b/project/ticket-007/changelog.md
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
   environment-validation NameError.
 - Repaired the undefined-name reference without changing credential discovery.
 - Passed 71 focused and 477 full-suite tests.
+- Received exact-head approval from the Validator App and merged PR #17 as
+  `eb54f4e5391389fbb1125f5621517da88230a643`.