diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 591a5de..6b4fad0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,9 +39,17 @@ carried, and it found one real codec bug (below).
   walk double-counts every binary — 127,035 paths are 63,535 distinct files. The
   ASCII exports are *not* mirrored, so the 14,340 pair count is already distinct.)
 
-  ⚠ Prod stores hold `.h5` files generated before this fix. Those 4 events stay
-  empty until `backfill_sidecars.py` is re-run — not worth a two-hour prod backfill
-  on its own; fold it into the next one.
+  **No prod backfill is required for this.** Verified after the fact: all four
+  recovered files are archive-only — none exists in the production store or the
+  events DB — and re-running stride detection over the production store's
+  **10,215** histogram binaries shows **0 files whose decode changes**. The fix
+  matters for future ingests of sub-minute histograms with a partial final block,
+  not for anything already stored.
+
+  (`TOOL_VERSION` moves with the release, so whenever a backfill *is* next run for
+  some other reason it will regenerate the whole store rather than skipping. That
+  is harmless — the output is byte-identical for every currently-stored file — but
+  it means the run takes its full ~2 hours on the NAS.)
 
 - **Histogram/waveform twin matching is now interval-based** (`find_twins`). A real
   trigger is recorded twice — as a triggered waveform (stamped at the trigger instant)
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 2e3ae32..71616d9 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Ground-up Python replacement for **Blastware**, Instantel's Windows-only softwar
 managing MiniMate Plus seismographs. Connects over direct RS-232 or cellular modem
 (Sierra Wireless RV50 / RV55). Current version: **v0.27.0**.
 
+Stack-level context — which repo owns what, and how the three project versions
+pair — lives in `../terra-view/docs/tmi-stack.md`, which is also loaded as
+`~/CLAUDE.md`.
+
 ---
 
 ## Where things stand (updated 2026-08-28)
@@ -33,8 +37,9 @@ Read this first when picking the project back up.
   (it gates regeneration). ⚠ On the office NAS this takes **~2 hours**
   (~1.5 files/sec vs 85/sec on the dev box — gzip-4 in `sfm/event_hdf5.py`
   against a Synology CPU). Budget it up front.
-  **v0.27.0 owes prod a backfill:** the partial-final-block fix recovers 4
-  histograms that are still empty in the store.
+  **v0.27.0 does NOT owe prod a backfill** — verified: the partial-final-block
+  fix changes 0 of the 10,215 histograms in the prod store (the 4 recovered
+  files are archive-only and were never ingested).
 - **The "offset" hardware fault has its own journal** --
   `docs/offset_investigation.md`. **5 of 45 units (11%)**, and the fault is
   **persistent** — it stays until the geophone is serviced. Detect it with