Independent update verification must match the replacement's reported state and reject unhealthy running observations, not just match container identity. Preserve intentionally stopped replacements and keep missing agent readback inconclusive. Reproduced stopped, restarting and unhealthy false confirmations before the fix; 19 focused API tests and three lifecycle replay tests pass. This does not establish the root cause of issue #1891.
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