R08 starts from the first incomplete operation after the latest proven R07 STOP report.
It does not repeat snapshot, target core, target installer, Machine Git, source/model/methods/plan/post publication, router-machine-close or history repair.
After step-report publication, any failure is written into the same current report directory. No second STOP report is published, preventing the verified report from being displaced into old/.
No direct canonical extension is used as an HTTPS PASS criterion; directory index and HTML aliases are verified instead.