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 ### 1. Get the model file
 
 Download `Qwen3-30B-A3B-VoxDay-Nuttall-SFT-ep3-Q8_0.gguf` (~31GB) from
-Google Drive:
+Google Drive — **this is the current production checkpoint**, switched from
+ep2 on 2026-08-30 based on separability and length-calibration evidence
+(see `JOINT_TRAINING_CLOSEOUT_REPORT.md`):
+
+https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QZT488Uu1b9Pxoie9Hs2lnxtOhMD4Pwr
+
+The previous production checkpoint, `Qwen3-30B-A3B-VoxDay-Nuttall-SFT-ep2-Q8_0.gguf`,
+remains available for comparison:
 
 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q1w_XMp6oRmfx8xqXDV-HvDx_krVxQtD
 
-**Note (2026-08-30): the link above still points to the ep2 file.** Production was just switched to ep3 (separability + length-calibration evidence, see `JOINT_TRAINING_CLOSEOUT_REPORT.md`); the ep3 GGUF upload and link swap are pending.
-
 Memory needed: ~31GB for the weights plus ~3GB of KV cache at the full
 32768-token context, so ~35GB total. Confirmed working on a DGX Spark;
 should comfortably fit a 48GB L40 as well. If a machine has less than that,