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+# Log the Fri->Sat/Sun/Mon carry in the budget resolver line
+
+Carried over from the 2026-10-10 tutor-cutover handoff (item 4b, optional).
+
+## what
+Saturday's budget showed 15144 s = 14400 + 744 s carried over from Friday
+(`_gaming_days.py` `pass_on`, commit 9586128). That is intended, but the
+"Gaming budget ..." log line (`_budget_resolve.py` ~:176) does not show the
+carry, so the number looks wrong. Include the carry seconds in that line.
+
+## where
+`steam_backlog_enforcer/_budget_resolve.py`, carry from
+`_playtime_budget.py` (`PlaytimeState.carry`).
+
+## must
+- must not: change the budget arithmetic — log only.
+
+## done
+On a carry day the journal line reads like
+`Gaming budget ... (+744 s carried from Fri)`; a unit test asserts it.
+
+REMOVE ME AFTER FINISH