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-## 5c. Future: Synthetic Workload Generation & Telemetry Validation (Phase 10)
+## 5c. Synthetic Workload Generation & Telemetry Validation (Phase 10)
 
 > **Plan details**: [06-implementation-phases.md §6.8.3](./06-implementation-phases.md) — motivation, architecture
 > **Task breakdown**: [Phase10_taskList.md](./Phase10_taskList.md) — per-task implementation details