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diff --git a/documentation/readme-images/cap5-plugin-studio.png b/documentation/readme-images/cap5-plugin-studio.png
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diff --git a/documentation/readme-images/deploy1-iframe.png b/documentation/readme-images/deploy1-iframe.png
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diff --git a/documentation/readme-images/shot-bundles.json b/documentation/readme-images/shot-bundles.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13f7d11eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/readme-images/shot-bundles.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+ "cap1-single-element": {
+  "bundle": "all-people-groups",
+  "sha256": "d48c17dc369294301d17a4d29fc517cc7c2c2b18561b6d416ae02a9fbfb60c33"
+ },
+ "cap2-adoption": {
+  "bundle": "doxa-simple-map",
+  "sha256": "a94db2c47d598dbc59daec6903afaac93862add9c0b7a532891b9c3c0608ce02"
+ },
+ "cap2-engagement": {
+  "bundle": "doxa-simple-map",
+  "sha256": "a94db2c47d598dbc59daec6903afaac93862add9c0b7a532891b9c3c0608ce02"
+ },
+ "cap2-prayer": {
+  "bundle": "doxa-simple-map",
+  "sha256": "a94db2c47d598dbc59daec6903afaac93862add9c0b7a532891b9c3c0608ce02"
+ },
+ "cap3-monolithic-research": {
+  "bundle": "doxa-research-map",
+  "sha256": "eb305958dffd4a067de6f00155c3f396452adfc6d20e842cc9ae4f921e54f44a"
+ },
+ "cap4-upg100-list": {
+  "bundle": "my-upg-100-list",
+  "sha256": "ff98986714934370a76742e3aa492a15ce67b959888f03092a453595103313d2"
+ },
+ "cap4-upg100-mfe": {
+  "bundle": "my-upg-100-list",
+  "sha256": "ff98986714934370a76742e3aa492a15ce67b959888f03092a453595103313d2"
+ },
+ "cap4-upg100-poster-wall": {
+  "bundle": "my-upg-100-list",
+  "sha256": "ff98986714934370a76742e3aa492a15ce67b959888f03092a453595103313d2"
+ },
+ "cap5-doxa-maps-spa": {
+  "bundle": "doxa-maps-spa",
+  "sha256": "c7b1aad1e3bd4bbe936858f2159c566c1ef2e24fc9636a3446b1e10723d86502"
+ },
+ "cap5-plugin-studio": {
+  "bundle": "plugin-studio",
+  "sha256": "c3d32d94d2df407fc35cea91faf0d46670abf52a63d37000486760361a588a5c"
+ }
+}
diff --git a/internal/check-shot-freshness.mjs b/internal/check-shot-freshness.mjs
index 9648bf6ae..3fb100eab 100644
--- a/internal/check-shot-freshness.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-shot-freshness.mjs
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
  * Shots whose path is not a /doxa-maps/ leaf (the synthetic iframe host) are REPORTED as skipped
  * rather than dropped — an unchecked shot must be visible, not invisible.
  *
+ * CONTENT FIRST, CLOCKS ONLY AS A FALLBACK. readme-shots writes shot-bundles.json: for each shot,
+ * the sha256 of the bundle it was taken from. A matching hash means the picture shows exactly the
+ * bundle built now; a different one means it is stale. No date is involved, so a clone, a rebase
+ * or a retake that came out byte-identical cannot fool it. Shots with no record yet fall back to:
+ *
  * WHICH CLOCK: GIT, NOT THE FILESYSTEM, for any file that is committed and unmodified.
  * This compared mtimes, and a clone (or a new worktree) writes files in whatever order git checks
  * them out — so every fresh checkout failed, pristine main included (11 shots "2s behind" their
@@ -33,11 +38,12 @@
  * tarball) falls back to its mtime, because then the working copy IS the newest version.
  *
  * NEGATIVE-TESTED: appending a byte to public/doxa-maps/doxa-simple-map/doxa-simple-map.js makes
- * this FAIL naming the three cap2-* shots (a dirty file is dated by mtime); reverting it returns it
- * to PASS. A bare `touch` no longer fails it — a touch changes no content, so nothing is stale.
+ * this FAIL naming exactly the three cap2-* shots (their recorded hash no longer matches);
+ * reverting it returns it to PASS. A bare `touch` does not fail it: it changes no content.
  */
 import { readFileSync, existsSync, statSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
 import { resolve, dirname, join } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
@@ -51,6 +57,9 @@ if (!existsSync(SHOTS_SRC) || !existsSync(OUT)) {
   process.exit(0)
 }
 
+const SHOT_BUNDLES = join(OUT, 'shot-bundles.json')
+const recorded = existsSync(SHOT_BUNDLES) ? JSON.parse(readFileSync(SHOT_BUNDLES, 'utf8')) : {}
+
 // Dirty = modified or untracked under the two trees compared. null = git unavailable -> mtimes only.
 const git = (...a) => execFileSync('git', ['-C', ROOT, ...a], { encoding: 'utf8', stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'] })
 let dirty = null
@@ -86,6 +95,18 @@ for (const { name, path } of shots) {
   if (!existsSync(bundle)) { skipped.push(`${name} (bundle ${m[1]} not built)`); continue }
 
   checked++
+  // FIRST CHOICE: content, not clocks. readme-shots records the sha256 of the bundle each picture
+  // was taken from. Same hash = the picture shows exactly this bundle, however old either file's
+  // date. A different hash = the bundle changed since, so the picture is stale. This also covers
+  // a retake that came out byte-identical, which no clock can see: git dates an unchanged PNG by
+  // its old commit, and the gate called a correct, just-taken picture stale.
+  const rec = recorded[name]
+  if (rec && rec.bundle === m[1]) {
+    const now = createHash('sha256').update(readFileSync(bundle)).digest('hex')
+    if (now !== rec.sha256) stale.push(`${name}.png was shot from a different ${m[1]} bundle than the one built now`)
+    continue
+  }
+  // FALLBACK, for a shot with no record yet: clocks.
   const b = stamp(bundle), p = stamp(png)
   if (b.ms > p.ms) {
     stale.push(`${name}.png is OLDER than the bundle it shows (${m[1]}) — ` +
@@ -109,4 +130,4 @@ if (missing.length || stale.length) {
   console.error('  A stale screenshot looks exactly like a current one — that is why this is a gate.')
   process.exit(1)
 }
-console.log('SHOT-FRESHNESS: PASS — every screenshot is newer than the bundle it shows.')
+console.log('SHOT-FRESHNESS: PASS — every screenshot shows the bundle that is built now.')
diff --git a/internal/readme-shots.mjs b/internal/readme-shots.mjs
index 968f50c56..d0e5af3c7 100644
--- a/internal/readme-shots.mjs
+++ b/internal/readme-shots.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
  */
 import { chromium } from 'playwright'
 import { createServer } from 'node:http'
-import { readFile, stat, mkdir } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { readFile, stat, mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { join, extname, resolve, dirname } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
@@ -86,6 +88,10 @@ const browser = await chromium.launch({ args: [
 
 // ★ A SHOT THAT FAILS MUST NOT SILENTLY PRODUCE A README IMAGE. Collected and asserted at the end.
 const failures = []
+// documentation/readme-images/shot-bundles.json: shot name -> the sha256 of the bundle it was shot
+// from. Merged, so an ONLY= run updates just the shots it took.
+const SHOT_BUNDLES = resolve(HERE, '..', 'documentation', 'readme-images', 'shot-bundles.json')
+const shotBundles = existsSync(SHOT_BUNDLES) ? JSON.parse(readFileSync(SHOT_BUNDLES, 'utf8')) : {}
 const ONLY = process.env.ONLY ? process.env.ONLY.split(',') : null
 
 // mapbox canvas selector to wait on (leaf pages mount a custom element with a canvas)
@@ -183,6 +189,13 @@ async function shot(name, path, {
     if (clip) opts.clip = clip
     await page.screenshot(opts)
     console.log('  OK', name + '.png', `<- ${path}  (${ready} elements)`)
+    // Record WHICH BUNDLE this picture is of, by content hash, so check:shots can tell a current
+    // picture from a stale one without trusting any clock (see SHOT_BUNDLES below).
+    const lm = path.match(/^\/doxa-maps\/([^/]+)\//)
+    const bundleJs = lm && join(ROOT, 'doxa-maps', lm[1], `${lm[1]}.js`)
+    if (bundleJs && existsSync(bundleJs)) {
+      shotBundles[name] = { bundle: lm[1], sha256: createHash('sha256').update(readFileSync(bundleJs)).digest('hex') }
+    }
   } catch (e) {
     console.log('  ERR', name, e.message.split('\n')[0])
     failures.push(name + ': ' + e.message.split('\n')[0])
@@ -361,6 +374,7 @@ if (process.env.DXLIFE_URL) {
 
 await browser.close()
 server.close()
+await writeFile(SHOT_BUNDLES, JSON.stringify(Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(shotBundles).sort()), null, 1) + '\n')
 
 // ★ EXIT NON-ZERO ON ANY FAILED SHOT. Previously this printed DONE unconditionally, so a run
 // where every map came back blank still reported success and the stale PNGs stayed in documentation/.