The always-on desk that had carried Ava for years stopped mid-rebuild. Holding pages stayed up. Live solar and voice from that box did not.
- The old host died while a full rebuild was still unfinished.
- Public doors kept a holding story instead of fake live watts.
- Ava’s public voice stayed honest: if it was not measured, it was not claimed.
This note marks the dark window. The return story is a separate post when the new Root Server came online.