docs(fifa17): record no-sentinel client resolver proof

Land the client-side empty-My-Packs resolver evidence and the session-stability
invariant established by the F3/R1 experiments.

- PART III (F3, CONFOUNDED CRASH): a mid-process sentinel -> no-sentinel flip
  left a stale POSITIVE My-Packs ordinal that still took the resolve branch and
  crashed at 0x180014882. Preserved verbatim (not a guard failure).
- PART IV (R1, SUCCESS): backend set no-sentinel first, then a FRESH FIFA
  process; genuine purchasegroup response ids [1,5,6,7] is byte-identical to the
  F3 capture, so client process lifetime is the only changed variable. Store
  opens on Browse Packs, no crash, no dialog. Guard PROVEN on the tested build.
- New INVARIANT: empty-My-Packs capability MUST be session-stable -- the server
  must not switch a running client between sentinel-present and sentinel-absent
  for the My Packs group within one FIFA process, because the client caches the
  group ordinal and a stale positive ordinal still crashes the resolver.
- Both no-sentinel captures kept: client_guard (F3) and freshretest (R1).

Backend P2 active-sentinel (65534) remains production default; no capability
handshake is implemented yet.
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@@ -411,3 +411,33 @@ Scaleform/movie-driven). Recommend: adopt the active placeholder as an optional
backend compatibility mode (safe, strictly better than baseline) AND pursue a
client-side fix (hide the fake tile / stop the forced My-Packs resolution) for the
fully clean result. **Not implemented.** Do NOT grant a real pack.
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## Client resolver-guard experiment (2026-08-13) — RESULT F3 (crash, confounded)
A client-side `autopatch.py` memory guard (CardsDLL `0x180014858` `JNZ``JG`, routing
category `<0` to list-all/Browse) was tested against the exact no-sentinel server condition
(sentinel 65534 suppressed; `GET /store/purchasegroup` ids `[1,5,6,7]`, no mypacks group).
The client **crashed at the identical resolver site `0x180014882`** (`[NULL+0x48]`), because
it presented a **positive** My-Packs ordinal (crash is in the `>0` resolve branch), not the
`-1` the guard diverts. **Confound:** FIFA was not relaunched after the backend flip, so it
reused stale (sentinel-present) tab state. So the negative-only guard is **insufficient for a
positive stale/invalid ordinal**, and the fresh-client case is **not yet decided** (needs a
clean re-test: fresh launch with backend already no-sentinel). Backend P2 sentinel was
restored immediately (mandatory rollback). Full record + candidate stronger guard:
`docs/plans/FIFA17_EMPTY_MYPACKS_CLIENT_FIX.md` PART III.
## Fresh-process no-sentinel retest (2026-08-13) — RESULT R1 (SUCCESS)
Re-ran the above cleanly: backend entered no-sentinel mode **while FIFA was closed**, then a
**fresh** FIFA (pid 553220, new autopatch 552999, guard `85 ff 7f 0f` enforced) launched and
opened the Store. The genuine no-sentinel `/store/purchasegroup` (ids `[1,5,6,7]`, no 65534/
mypacks) is **byte-identical** to the F3 capture, so the only changed variable is client
process lifetime. Outcome: **no crash, no dialog, Store opens on Browse Packs, packs
navigable** (cosmetics only: no tabs / no cover art / "0 items" — pre-existing). A fresh
client publishes category `-1` for the absent group, which `JNZ→JG` routes to Browse/list-all
with no NULL deref. **This confirms F3 was stale-positive-ordinal contamination, and proves
Strategy A (resolver guard) on the tested build.** Backend P2 sentinel restored immediately
(`f416e71e…`, `state=active`) and remains production default. Full record:
`docs/plans/FIFA17_EMPTY_MYPACKS_CLIENT_FIX.md` PART IV.