# T-1297 — Duplicate of T-1303

**Status:** DEFER (duplicate)
**Source:** termlink T-1123 pickup
**Conflicts with:** T-1303 (same termlink source, same bug-report)

## Duplicate evidence

- Both cite termlink T-1123 in their pickup envelopes.
- Both titles describe the same issue: "Watchtower PROJECT_ROOT defaults to FRAMEWORK_ROOT — ambient strip silently reads framework's own state".
- T-1303 is the canonical record; touched in session S-2026-0419-0047.

## Recommendation

DEFER — close this task; keep T-1303 as the canonical record.

## Residual concern

Same as T-1296: pickup-dedup let the duplicate slip through. Not worth a
separate task unless it recurs systematically.
