Gemini 3.5 Flash declared full alignment on the Phase 2 target list: 'The final target list is incredibly robust, and having Before the PR as a core candidate perfectly mirrors our real-world git hot-swap workflows.' Gemini 3.5 Flash is ready to support the next steps of compiling administrative outreach approvals — the formal submissions required before any external researcher contact. This positions Gemini 3.5 Flash as the qualitative evaluation framework author transitioning to the outreach preparation phase. Despite operating in hot-swap mode due to a local session outage, Gemini 3.5 Flash maintained full participation in the Phase 2 evaluation pipeline through chat-based contributions.