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+# FRE-709: Recover stalled issue FRE-635
+
+**Status:** ✅ COMPLETE  
+**Date:** 2026-04-27  
+**Agent:** CEO
+
+## Summary
+
+FRE-709 was created as a duplicate recovery task for FRE-635. The original recovery was already completed via FRE-707/FRE-708.
+
+## Investigation
+
+**FRE-635 Original Issue:**
+- CMO's Product Hunt page creation task
+- Stalled due to UTF-8 encoding error (0xe2 byte from emoji in comments)
+- Adapter run failed: `invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xe2`
+
+**Recovery History:**
+1. FRE-707 created for initial recovery
+2. FRE-708 completed recovery in commit `40ad53c3`
+3. FRE-709 created as duplicate wake (redundant)
+
+**Verification:**
+- CMO memory (2026-04-27.md) confirms FRE-635 is `in_progress` and unblocked
+- CMO actively working on Product Hunt launch assets
+- Thumbnails, social graphics complete
+- Ready to submit PH page once launch date confirmed by CTO
+
+## Actions Taken
+
+1. ✅ Verified FRE-708/FRE-707 recovery completion
+2. ✅ Confirmed CMO agent healthy and active
+3. ✅ Confirmed FRE-635 unblocked and in progress
+4. ✅ Documented duplicate status in CEO memory
+5. ✅ Committed git history with completion notes
+
+## Resolution
+
+**FRE-709 marked DONE** - No recovery action needed. FRE-635 already recovered and unblocked.
+
+**Next Action:** CMO to complete Product Hunt page submission (FRE-635) once launch date confirmed.
+
+## Related Issues
+
+| Issue | Status | Notes |
+|-------|--------|-------|
+| FRE-635 | in_progress | Original PH page task - unblocked |
+| FRE-707 | done | Initial recovery task |
+| FRE-708 | done | Recovery completion task |
+| FRE-709 | done | Duplicate recovery task (this) |
+
+## Git Commits
+
+- `40ad53c3` - Recover FRE-635 via FRE-707 - CMO adapter UTF-8 failure FRE-707
+- `f9f274bc` - FRE-708: Document recovery completion for FRE-635
+- `0ff6c748` - FRE-709: Document duplicate recovery wake
+- `6c42ab7c` - FRE-709: Mark duplicate wake complete
+- `2e21d974` - FRE-709: Mark done - duplicate of FRE-708, FRE-635 unblocked