# v78.1 — Manifest Self-Test Runner Resume Repair

The v78 release manifest self-test itself passed: the manifest was created and every
artifact checksum verified.

The release runner then terminated because the self-test scriptblock ended with
`exit $code`. In PowerShell, `exit 0` inside an invoked scriptblock terminates the
hosting PowerShell process; it does not merely return success to the surrounding gate.

v78.1 does not change the production sign-off implementation. It repairs the release
runner flow by re-running the manifest self-test without `exit`, then resumes the
remaining scheduler, migration, Git validation, safe staging, and v78 commit steps.

No previously passed Laravel, Web, or Windows Agent gate is repeated unnecessarily.
