docs: register dynamic depth recovery gate

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diff --git a/PAPER_PLAN.md b/PAPER_PLAN.md
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@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ not imply that no-traffic scaling establishes the necessity of residualization.
    ResNet-20 versus BP's `91.62%`, but it is one seed.  Do not promote this to
    a robustness or depth-scaling claim until the already frozen paired
    five-seed D4 confirmation and a separate depth panel pass.
+   The separate dynamic-depth recovery in `ORAL_A_RECOVERY.md` is the only
+   permitted depth panel: after oral-B passes, it reuses D4's ResNet-20 cells
+   and adds BP/DFA/clean-KP/dynamic ResNet-32/56 comparisons under a frozen
+   positive-depth-benefit and cost gate.
 
 ## Figure order in the manuscript
 
@@ -187,6 +191,11 @@ can plausibly claim a rare local-learning method that retains performance and
 alignment with standard depth under an audited cost budget. Reviewer score
 should be reassessed from the frozen confirmation only.
 
+The original A3/A4 branch is permanently failed, so this paragraph can now
+apply only to the separately frozen dynamic-depth recovery. Its full 60-cell
+pass is required before a standard-depth abstract/title claim or a 9/10 score;
+D4 alone remains a single-architecture robustness result.
+
 ### If A3 or A4 fails
 
 Do not soften the threshold or replace the seed panel. Keep a mechanism paper: