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@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Each item is also a GitHub issue (linked inline), labelled `needs:human` plus a
 - [ ] ([#16](https://github.com/jcreek/CosmicClash/issues/16)) **Supply custom GodotSteam client/server build templates** and pin them in `steam-dependencies.lock.json` (`COSMIC_CLASH_STEAM_CLIENT_GODOT` / `COSMIC_CLASH_STEAM_SERVER_GODOT`) — `make verify-steam-templates` refuses a stock Godot binary until these exist. `STEAM.md`.
 - [ ] ([#21](https://github.com/jcreek/CosmicClash/issues/21)) **Reference-hardware profiling (task 0.15b)** in the live editor on real low/mid-tier hardware — blocks 0.16, 0.17/0.17b/0.17c/0.17d, 0.26 (arena GI bake), and 0.28 (physics separate-thread prototype). Covered above; listed again here because it also gates Phase 5.5's graphics QA gate for multiplayer sign-off.
 - [ ] ([#17](https://github.com/jcreek/CosmicClash/issues/17)) **Stand up the live Kubernetes cluster and Agones deployment** for Phase 8 — provider-portable manifests exist, but nothing has run against a real cluster; needs the provider-specific deployment overlay (network, DNS, secrets) per `docs/MATCHMAKING.md`.
+- [ ] ([#31](https://github.com/jcreek/CosmicClash/issues/31)) **Build, push and pin the container images the Kubernetes manifests reference.** Every image target builds, but no workflow publishes any of them and all manifest digests are still all-zero placeholders, so `deploy/k8s/base` cannot pull running images. Needs a registry namespace, publish credentials, and a signing/provenance decision; once digests are real, turn on `--require-concrete` in `make verify-supply-chain` so a placeholder can no longer pass. Blocks [#17](https://github.com/jcreek/CosmicClash/issues/17).
 - [ ] (no issue — agent-actionable, tracked in `multiplayer-next.md` §0) **Give Phase 8.48 its own Compose smoke fixture** so the allocated-mode flow stops depending on `compose.phase6-smoke.yml`'s hardcoded port, first-come slots, and `--max-matches=2`. `multiplayer-next.md` §0 task table.
 - [ ] ([#22](https://github.com/jcreek/CosmicClash/issues/22)) **Release-evidence and human sign-off gates for Phase 8 production launch** — once the above are done, someone needs to actually run and sign off the production-shaped checks `multiplayer-next.md` §7 lists as infrastructure/production-dependent.