diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index 6821bee..ffb64dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -186,9 +186,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install published package in clean venv
         run: |
           python -m venv /tmp/verify-venv
-          /tmp/verify-venv/bin/python -m pip install --no-cache-dir \
-            --index-url https://pypi.org/simple \
-            "platformforge==${{ inputs.version }}"
+          for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
+            if /tmp/verify-venv/bin/python -m pip install --no-cache-dir \
+              --index-url https://pypi.org/simple \
+              "platformforge==${{ inputs.version }}"; then break; fi
+
+                echo "install attempt $i failed (index propagation); retrying in 30s"
+
+                sleep 30
+
+              done
 
       - name: Smoke test console script
         run: /tmp/verify-venv/bin/platformforge --version
diff --git a/docs/economy-parity/VALIDATION-RECEIPT.json b/docs/economy-parity/VALIDATION-RECEIPT.json
index d4a3d74..88f504e 100644
--- a/docs/economy-parity/VALIDATION-RECEIPT.json
+++ b/docs/economy-parity/VALIDATION-RECEIPT.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   "remote_ci": "PR pending; local gates canonical",
   "schema": "platformforge/economy-validation-receipt/v1",
   "spec": "prompt_evo_economy.md",
-  "validated_sha": "11e2ace198d34d02cc0f6ca799317ce0ba78c4da",
+  "validated_sha": "f5268f8af181528de66c12c281bac17d7af47587",
   "validator": "scripts/validate.py",
   "validator_version": "economy-validation-receipt/v1",
   "verdict": "validated"