diff --git a/tests/test_integration_gate_probe.py b/tests/test_integration_gate_probe.py
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+"""TEMPORARY — a deliberate integration failure to watch the publish gate
+reject a run (rule 177's verify_with, #4958). Reverted in the next commit."""
+import pytest
+
+pytestmark = [pytest.mark.integration]
+
+
+def test_the_publish_gate_is_watched_rejecting_a_red_integration_run():
+    raise AssertionError("deliberate: the build job must report skipped, and :dev must not move")