diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 40c19c2..d64f4c7 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -516,3 +516,11 @@ NetWare attribute store; Backup Date/Time is archive metadata in
 The Linux smoke suite covers `--backup-time-only --backup-time-epoch` and dumps
 `user.org.mars-nwe.netware.archive` so runtime reports show the underlying
 mars_nwe storage path.
+
+Runtime status: the Backup Date/Time smoke run is verified with `failures=0`.
+The suite confirmed `AFP Set File Information Backup Timestamp` using bitmap
+`0x2000` and reported `backup=0x576eb9aa` for epoch `1700000000`.  The same
+run confirmed the backing mars_nwe metadata xattr:
+`user.org.mars-nwe.netware.archive=0x01036e57aab900000000`.  That confirms the
+intended split: Archive as a file attribute stays on the NetWare attribute path,
+while Backup Date/Time is stored by `nwarchive.c`.
diff --git a/tests/linux/README.md b/tests/linux/README.md
index 3557b79..6cb682a 100644
--- a/tests/linux/README.md
+++ b/tests/linux/README.md
@@ -833,3 +833,8 @@ getfattr -n user.org.mars-nwe.netware.archive -e hex /var/mars_nwe/SYS/public/pm
 The expected AFP reply shows the same Backup Date/Time at offsets 28/30 of the
 120-byte file information record, while Archive/Hidden/System attributes remain
 mapped through the normal NetWare attribute store.
+
+Runtime status: the Backup Date/Time smoke run is verified with `failures=0`.
+The report showed `bitmap=0x2000`, `backup=0x576eb9aa`, and the backing xattr
+`user.org.mars-nwe.netware.archive=0x01036e57aab900000000` after setting epoch
+`1700000000`.