diff --git a/.changeset/clever-voles-swim.md b/.changeset/clever-voles-swim.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5adcdf15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clever-voles-swim.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+type: Fixed
+pr: 2318
+---
+**Deferred out-of-scope findings logged to `deferred-items.md` are now surfaced** — the executor's SCOPE BOUNDARY convention writes discoveries to a phase directory's `deferred-items.md`, but nothing read it back, so those items were permanently invisible. `/gsd-progress`'s forensic audit and `audit-uat` now glob `.planning/phases/*/deferred-items.md` and surface unresolved entries. (#2287)
diff --git a/gsd-core/workflows/progress.md b/gsd-core/workflows/progress.md
index 49ca1dbd1..9bedfe0e3 100644
--- a/gsd-core/workflows/progress.md
+++ b/gsd-core/workflows/progress.md
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ Track: `outstanding_debt` — `summary.total_items` from the audit.
 |-------|------|-------|
 | {phase} | {filename} | {pending_count} pending, {skipped_count} skipped, {blocked_count} blocked |
 | {phase} | {filename} | human_needed — {count} items |
+| {phase} | {filename} | {unresolved_count} deferred items |
 
 Review: `/gsd:audit-uat ${GSD_WS}` — full cross-phase audit
 Resume testing: `/gsd:verify-work {phase} ${GSD_WS}` — retest specific phase
@@ -675,7 +676,7 @@ If `--forensic` IS present: after the standard report and routing suggestion hav
 
 ## Forensic Integrity Audit
 
-Running 6 deep checks against project state...
+Running 7 deep checks against project state...
 
 Run each check in order. For each check, emit ✓ (pass) or ⚠ (warning) with concrete evidence when a problem is found.
 
@@ -748,11 +749,24 @@ Emit:
 - ✓ `Working tree clean` — if no modified files outside `.planning/`
 - ⚠ `Uncommitted changes in source files` — list up to 10 file paths
 
+**Check 7 — Unresolved deferred items**
+
+Glob every phase directory's SCOPE BOUNDARY log (executor writes out-of-scope discoveries here per `agents/gsd-executor.md`):
+```bash
+ls .planning/phases/*/deferred-items.md 2>/dev/null || true
+```
+
+For each `deferred-items.md` found, read its entries (bullet list, one entry per top-level `- ` line, continuation lines indented beneath it). An entry is RESOLVED only if it carries an explicit `status: resolved` field (case-insensitive) on one of its lines; every other entry — including one with no `status:` field at all — is UNRESOLVED and must be surfaced (fail-safe: never silently drop a possibly-open item).
+
+Emit:
+- ✓ `No unresolved deferred items` — if no `deferred-items.md` files exist, or every entry in every file is `status: resolved`
+- ⚠ `Unresolved deferred items found` — list each file's phase directory and its unresolved entry text (max 5 per file, truncated at 80 chars)
+
 ---
 
-After all 6 checks, display the verdict:
+After all 7 checks, display the verdict:
 
-**If all 6 checks passed:**
+**If all 7 checks passed:**
 ```
 ### Verdict: CLEAN
 
@@ -773,6 +787,7 @@ Then for each failed check, add a concrete next action:
 - Check 4 (memory pending): `Review the flagged memory entries and resolve or clear them`
 - Check 5 (blocking todos): `Complete the operational steps in .planning/todos/pending/ before continuing`
 - Check 6 (uncommitted code): `Commit or stash the uncommitted changes before advancing`
+- Check 7 (unresolved deferred items): `Address each deferred item and mark it status: resolved in its deferred-items.md, or fold it into the roadmap`
 - Check 1 (STATE inconsistency): `Run /gsd:verify-work ${PHASE} ${GSD_WS} to reconcile state`
 </step>
 
diff --git a/src/uat.cts b/src/uat.cts
index 5d3b00ec8..c8c6f6e24 100644
--- a/src/uat.cts
+++ b/src/uat.cts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { requireSafePath, sanitizeForDisplay } from './security.cjs';
 // ─── Types ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 type UatResult = string;
-type UatCategory = 'server_blocked' | 'device_needed' | 'build_needed' | 'third_party' | 'blocked' | 'skipped_unresolved' | 'pending' | 'human_uat' | 'unknown';
+type UatCategory = 'server_blocked' | 'device_needed' | 'build_needed' | 'third_party' | 'blocked' | 'skipped_unresolved' | 'pending' | 'human_uat' | 'unknown' | 'deferred';
 
 interface UatItem {
   test?: number;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ interface UatFileResult {
   phase_dir: string;
   file: string;
   file_path: string;
-  type: 'uat' | 'verification';
+  type: 'uat' | 'verification' | 'deferred';
   status: string;
   items: UatItem[];
 }
@@ -129,6 +129,30 @@ function cmdAuditUat(cwd: string, raw: boolean): void {
         }
       }
     }
+
+    // Process deferred-items.md (#2287) — the SCOPE BOUNDARY convention
+    // (agents/gsd-executor.md) has the executor log out-of-scope discoveries
+    // to this file; nothing previously read it back. Surface every
+    // UNRESOLVED entry (see parseDeferredItems for the resolved/unresolved
+    // parsing rule) as a 'deferred'-typed result, keeping deferred-items.md
+    // itself the single source of truth — no duplicate pending-todo entry
+    // required.
+    const deferredFile = 'deferred-items.md';
+    if (files.includes(deferredFile)) {
+      const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(phaseDir, deferredFile), 'utf-8');
+      const items = parseDeferredItems(content);
+      if (items.length > 0) {
+        results.push({
+          phase: phaseNum,
+          phase_dir: dir,
+          file: deferredFile,
+          file_path: toPosixPath(path.relative(cwd, path.join(phaseDir, deferredFile))),
+          type: 'deferred',
+          status: 'unresolved',
+          items,
+        });
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   // Compute summary
@@ -445,6 +469,62 @@ function parseGapsItems(content: string): UatItem[] {
   return items;
 }
 
+// ─── parseDeferredItems ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Extract unresolved entries from a phase directory's `deferred-items.md`
+ * (#2287) — the SCOPE BOUNDARY convention `agents/gsd-executor.md` instructs
+ * the executor to follow: "Log out-of-scope discoveries to `deferred-items.md`
+ * in the phase directory". Nothing previously read this file back, so a
+ * deferred entry was permanently invisible outside the phase directory.
+ *
+ * The writer convention (unchanged by this fix, per the issue's stated
+ * out-of-scope) emits a plain bullet list, typically under a `## Deferred
+ * Items` heading (see the issue's own reproduction fixture), one entry per
+ * top-level `- ` line with optional indented continuation lines. There is no
+ * mandated heading text, so if no `## Deferred Items`-shaped level-2 heading
+ * is found, the WHOLE file is scanned as the entry list — fail-safe, so an
+ * agent writing a differently-headed (or headless) deferred-items.md still
+ * has its entries surfaced rather than silently skipped.
+ *
+ * Reuses the same per-line field/entry-splitting seams as `parseGapsItems`
+ * (`splitGapsEntries`, `extractGapEntryFields`, `rawGapEntryText`) — an entry
+ * is RESOLVED only when it carries an explicit `status: resolved` field
+ * (case-insensitive), mirroring the established Gaps convention so a human or
+ * follow-up agent can mark a deferred item done in place, keeping
+ * `deferred-items.md` the single source of truth (no duplicate
+ * `.planning/todos/pending/*.md` entry required). Every other entry —
+ * including one with no `status:` field at all — is UNRESOLVED and is
+ * surfaced.
+ */
+function parseDeferredItems(content: string): UatItem[] {
+  const deferredSection = collectSection(
+    content,
+    (h) => /^deferred\s+items$/i.test(h.text) && h.level === 2,
+    { levelBounded: true },
+  );
+  const sectionBody = deferredSection ? deferredSection.body : content;
+
+  const items: UatItem[] = [];
+
+  for (const entryLines of splitGapsEntries(sectionBody)) {
+    const fields = extractGapEntryFields(entryLines);
+    const rawStatus = fields.status;
+    if (rawStatus && rawStatus.toLowerCase() === 'resolved') continue;
+
+    const text = rawGapEntryText(entryLines);
+    if (!text) continue;
+
+    items.push({
+      name: text,
+      result: 'unresolved',
+      category: 'deferred',
+    });
+  }
+
+  return items;
+}
+
 /**
  * Split a `## Gaps` section body into per-entry line groups on TOP-LEVEL
  * `- ` bullet openers.
@@ -747,4 +827,5 @@ export = {
   cmdRenderCheckpoint,
   parseCurrentTest,
   buildCheckpoint,
+  parseDeferredItems,
 };
diff --git a/tests/fix-2287-deferred-items-reader.test.cjs b/tests/fix-2287-deferred-items-reader.test.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57f0aebb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fix-2287-deferred-items-reader.test.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+/**
+ * #2287 — deferred-items.md has no reader anywhere in gsd-core.
+ *
+ * The SCOPE BOUNDARY convention (`agents/gsd-executor.md`) instructs the
+ * executor to log out-of-scope discoveries to `deferred-items.md` inside the
+ * phase directory. Nothing read that file back: `cmdAuditUat` (src/uat.cts)
+ * filtered phase-directory files down to `*-UAT.md` / `*-VERIFICATION.md`
+ * only, and the `forensic_audit` workflow step (gsd-core/workflows/
+ * progress.md) ran 6 checks, none of which globbed the phase-directory
+ * `deferred-items.md` path. An entry written there was permanently invisible.
+ *
+ * This fix:
+ * - `cmdAuditUat` gains a `deferred-items.md` scan per phase directory,
+ *   surfacing every UNRESOLVED entry as a `type: 'deferred'` result. An
+ *   entry is resolved only when it carries an explicit `status: resolved`
+ *   field (mirroring the established `## Gaps` convention from #2286) — a
+ *   missing/garbled status fails safe and is surfaced.
+ * - `forensic_audit` gains a 7th check that globs the same path and reports
+ *   unresolved entries with the same ✓/⚠ semantics as the other 6 checks.
+ *
+ * `deferred-items.md` remains the single source of truth — no duplicate
+ * `.planning/todos/pending/*.md` entry is required.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const { test, describe, beforeEach, afterEach } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const fc = require('./helpers/fast-check-setup.cjs');
+const { runGsdTools, createTempProject, cleanup } = require('./helpers.cjs');
+const { parseDeferredItems } = require('../gsd-core/bin/lib/uat.cjs');
+
+// ─── cmdAuditUat behavioral coverage ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('#2287 cmdAuditUat: deferred-items.md awareness', () => {
+  let tmpDir;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tmpDir = createTempProject();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup(tmpDir);
+  });
+
+  test('no deferred-items.md present (0 entries) → no results, no false positive', () => {
+    const phaseDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.planning', 'phases', '01-foundation');
+    fs.mkdirSync(phaseDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(phaseDir, '.gitkeep'), '');
+
+    const result = runGsdTools('audit-uat --raw', tmpDir);
+    assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`);
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(result.output);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(output.results, []);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.total_items, 0);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.total_files, 0);
+  });
+
+  test('deferred-items.md with only a resolved entry (0 unresolved) → no result surfaced', () => {
+    const phaseDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.planning', 'phases', '01-foundation');
+    fs.mkdirSync(phaseDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(phaseDir, 'deferred-items.md'), [
+      '## Deferred Items',
+      '',
+      '- Already handled unrelated lint warning.',
+      '  status: resolved',
+    ].join('\n'));
+
+    const result = runGsdTools('audit-uat --raw', tmpDir);
+    assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`);
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(result.output);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(output.results, [],
+      'a fully-resolved deferred-items.md must not surface any result');
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.total_items, 0);
+  });
+
+  test('deferred-items.md with 1 unresolved entry → surfaced in structured JSON output', () => {
+    const phaseDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.planning', 'phases', '01-foundation');
+    fs.mkdirSync(phaseDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(phaseDir, 'deferred-items.md'), [
+      '## Deferred Items',
+      '',
+      '- Found an unrelated pre-existing test failure in `some-other-module` while working on',
+      '  this phase\'s task. Out of scope for this task — logged here per SCOPE BOUNDARY.',
+    ].join('\n'));
+
+    const result = runGsdTools('audit-uat --raw', tmpDir);
+    assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`);
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(result.output);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.total_items, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.total_files, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.by_category.deferred, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.by_phase['01'], 1);
+
+    const deferredResult = output.results.find(r => r.type === 'deferred');
+    assert.ok(deferredResult, 'a deferred-typed result must be present');
+    assert.strictEqual(deferredResult.phase, '01');
+    assert.strictEqual(deferredResult.file, 'deferred-items.md');
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      deferredResult.file_path,
+      '.planning/phases/01-foundation/deferred-items.md',
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(deferredResult.items.length, 1);
+    assert.match(deferredResult.items[0].name, /unrelated pre-existing test failure/);
+    assert.strictEqual(deferredResult.items[0].result, 'unresolved');
+    assert.strictEqual(deferredResult.items[0].category, 'deferred');
+  });
+
+  test('deferred-items.md with 2+ entries (mixed resolved/unresolved) → only unresolved surfaced', () => {
+    const phaseDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.planning', 'phases', '01-foundation');
+    fs.mkdirSync(phaseDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(phaseDir, 'deferred-items.md'), [
+      '## Deferred Items',
+      '',
+      '- First unrelated finding, still open.',
+      '- Second unrelated finding, also still open.',
+      '- Third finding, already fixed separately.',
+      '  status: resolved',
+    ].join('\n'));
+
+    const result = runGsdTools('audit-uat --raw', tmpDir);
+    assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`);
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(result.output);
+    const deferredResult = output.results.find(r => r.type === 'deferred');
+    assert.ok(deferredResult);
+    assert.strictEqual(deferredResult.items.length, 2,
+      'exactly the 2 unresolved entries must surface; the resolved 3rd must not');
+    const names = deferredResult.items.map(i => i.name);
+    assert.ok(names.some(n => n.includes('First unrelated finding')));
+    assert.ok(names.some(n => n.includes('Second unrelated finding')));
+    assert.ok(!names.some(n => n.includes('Third finding')));
+  });
+
+  test('deferred entries surface across multiple phase directories', () => {
+    const phase1 = path.join(tmpDir, '.planning', 'phases', '01-foundation');
+    const phase2 = path.join(tmpDir, '.planning', 'phases', '02-auth');
+    fs.mkdirSync(phase1, { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(phase2, { recursive: true });
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(phase1, 'deferred-items.md'), [
+      '## Deferred Items',
+      '',
+      '- Phase 1 unrelated finding.',
+    ].join('\n'));
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(phase2, 'deferred-items.md'), [
+      '## Deferred Items',
+      '',
+      '- Phase 2 unrelated finding.',
+    ].join('\n'));
+
+    const result = runGsdTools('audit-uat --raw', tmpDir);
+    assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`);
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(result.output);
+    const deferredResults = output.results.filter(r => r.type === 'deferred');
+    assert.strictEqual(deferredResults.length, 2);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.total_items, 2);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.by_phase['01'], 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.by_phase['02'], 1);
+  });
+
+  test('an entry with a garbled/missing status fails safe and is surfaced (not silently dropped)', () => {
+    const phaseDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.planning', 'phases', '01-foundation');
+    fs.mkdirSync(phaseDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(phaseDir, 'deferred-items.md'), [
+      '## Deferred Items',
+      '',
+      '- An entry with no status field at all.',
+    ].join('\n'));
+
+    const result = runGsdTools('audit-uat --raw', tmpDir);
+    assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`);
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(result.output);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.summary.total_items, 1,
+      'missing status must SURFACE the entry, not silently drop it');
+  });
+
+  test('existing UAT/VERIFICATION scanning is unchanged when a deferred-items.md is also present', () => {
+    const phaseDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.planning', 'phases', '01-foundation');
+    fs.mkdirSync(phaseDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(phaseDir, '01-UAT.md'), [
+      '---',
+      'status: testing',
+      'phase: 01-foundation',
+      'started: 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+      'updated: 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+      '---',
+      '',
+      '## Tests',
+      '',
+      '### 1. Login Form',
+      'expected: Form displays with email and password fields',
+      'result: pending',
+    ].join('\n'));
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(phaseDir, 'deferred-items.md'), [
+      '## Deferred Items',
+      '',
+      '- An unrelated out-of-scope finding.',
+    ].join('\n'));
+
+    const result = runGsdTools('audit-uat --raw', tmpDir);
+    assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`);
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(result.output);
+    assert.strictEqual(output.results.length, 2, 'both the UAT file and deferred-items.md must surface as separate results');
+    const uatResult = output.results.find(r => r.type === 'uat');
+    const deferredResult = output.results.find(r => r.type === 'deferred');
+    assert.ok(uatResult, 'existing uat-type result must still be present');
+    assert.strictEqual(uatResult.items.length, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(uatResult.items[0].result, 'pending');
+    assert.ok(deferredResult, 'new deferred-type result must be present');
+    assert.strictEqual(deferredResult.items.length, 1);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── forensic_audit workflow-prose source-contract guard ──────────────────
+
+const PROGRESS_MD = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'gsd-core', 'workflows', 'progress.md');
+
+describe('#2287 progress.md forensic_audit: deferred-items.md contract', () => {
+  const content = fs.readFileSync(PROGRESS_MD, 'utf-8');
+  const stepStart = content.indexOf('<step name="forensic_audit">');
+  const stepEnd = content.indexOf('</step>', stepStart);
+  const section = stepStart !== -1 && stepEnd !== -1 ? content.slice(stepStart, stepEnd) : '';
+
+  test('forensic_audit step exists', () => {
+    assert.notEqual(stepStart, -1, 'progress.md must contain the forensic_audit step');
+  });
+
+  test('forensic_audit now runs 7 checks (was 6) and globs deferred-items.md', () => {
+    assert.ok(/running 7 deep checks/i.test(section),
+      'forensic_audit must advertise 7 deep checks (was 6) now that deferred-items.md is read');
+    assert.ok(/\.planning\/phases\/\*\/deferred-items\.md/.test(section),
+      'forensic_audit must glob .planning/phases/*/deferred-items.md');
+  });
+
+  test('the new check reports unresolved deferred items with the same ✓/⚠ semantics as the other checks', () => {
+    assert.ok(/check\s*7/i.test(section),
+      'a 7th check must be present');
+    assert.ok(/unresolved deferred items/i.test(section),
+      'the check must be framed around unresolved deferred items');
+    assert.ok(/✓[^\n]*no unresolved deferred items/i.test(section),
+      'the check must emit a ✓ pass line when no unresolved deferred items exist');
+    assert.ok(/⚠[^\n]*unresolved deferred items found/i.test(section),
+      'the check must emit a ⚠ warning line when unresolved deferred items exist');
+  });
+
+  test('an entry is resolved only via an explicit status: resolved field (fail-safe otherwise)', () => {
+    assert.ok(/status:\s*resolved/i.test(section),
+      'the resolved/unresolved parsing rule must be documented in the step prose');
+  });
+
+  test('the verdict summary now gates on 7 checks (was 6)', () => {
+    assert.ok(/after all 7 checks/i.test(section),
+      'the verdict section must say "after all 7 checks"');
+    assert.ok(/if all 7 checks passed/i.test(section),
+      'the verdict section must say "if all 7 checks passed"');
+    assert.ok(!/after all 6 checks/i.test(section) && !/if all 6 checks passed/i.test(section),
+      'stale "6 checks" phrasing must not remain in the step');
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── parseDeferredItems property test ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('#2287 parseDeferredItems: property (status: resolved fail-safe)', () => {
+  // Single-line entry text: no newlines (would break bullet-entry splitting),
+  // non-empty after trim, and never itself SHAPED like a `status:` field line
+  // (that would be indistinguishable from a real field regardless of intent).
+  const plainText = fc.string({ minLength: 1, maxLength: 40 })
+    .map((s) => s.replace(/[\r\n]/g, ' ').trim())
+    .filter((s) => s.length > 0 && !/^status:/i.test(s));
+
+  // Decoy: entry text that CONTAINS a `status: resolved`-shaped substring
+  // mid-line (not at line start) — must never be misread as a resolved
+  // marker, since extractGapEntryFields only recognises a field anchored to
+  // the START of its own trimmed line (see parseDeferredItems' doc comment).
+  const decoyText = plainText.map((s) => `${s} status: resolved trailing note`);
+
+  const textArb = fc.oneof(plainText, decoyText);
+  const entryArb = fc.record({ text: textArb, resolved: fc.boolean() });
+
+  test('property: an entry is surfaced iff it is NOT marked status: resolved; surfaced count == non-resolved count', () => {
+    fc.assert(
+      fc.property(
+        fc.array(entryArb, { maxLength: 20 }),
+        (rawEntries) => {
+          // Index-prefix for uniqueness so surfaced items can be mapped back
+          // to their source entry unambiguously even with colliding random text.
+          const entries = rawEntries.map((e, i) => ({ text: `E${i}_${e.text}`, resolved: e.resolved }));
+
+          const lines = ['## Deferred Items', ''];
+          for (const e of entries) {
+            lines.push(`- ${e.text}`);
+            if (e.resolved) lines.push('  status: resolved');
+          }
+          const content = lines.join('\n');
+
+          const items = parseDeferredItems(content);
+          const surfacedNames = new Set(items.map((it) => it.name));
+
+          const expectedUnresolved = entries.filter((e) => !e.resolved);
+          const expectedResolved = entries.filter((e) => e.resolved);
+
+          // Total surfaced count equals the count of non-resolved entries.
+          assert.strictEqual(items.length, expectedUnresolved.length);
+
+          // Every non-resolved entry IS surfaced (including status:-shaped
+          // decoy substrings embedded mid-line — those must not flip the
+          // outcome).
+          for (const e of expectedUnresolved) {
+            assert.ok(surfacedNames.has(e.text), `expected unresolved entry to surface: ${e.text}`);
+          }
+
+          // No status:-resolved entry is EVER surfaced.
+          for (const e of expectedResolved) {
+            assert.ok(!surfacedNames.has(e.text), `status: resolved entry must never surface: ${e.text}`);
+          }
+
+          // Every returned item carries the fixed deferred category/result shape.
+          for (const item of items) {
+            assert.strictEqual(item.result, 'unresolved');
+            assert.strictEqual(item.category, 'deferred');
+          }
+        }
+      )
+    );
+  });
+});
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