diff --git a/docs/research/alk-stack.md b/docs/research/alk-stack.md
index 74125d4..95accd0 100644
--- a/docs/research/alk-stack.md
+++ b/docs/research/alk-stack.md
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ door produced the stream.
 2. **HTTP smart protocol shape**: confirm alkhttp's streaming response body
    can carry a pack (chunked) and that request bodies stream in without
    buffering the whole POST in memory (receive-pack can be gigabytes).
+   **Verified (POC-3, 2026-09-21)**: real git 2.43 clones/fetches
+   fsck-clean over `Connection → HttpAdapter → axum custom routes`;
+   request bodies stream (`BodyDataStream`, one hyper-read chunk per
+   `poll_next` — measured with a dribble probe and git's forced-chunked
+   POST path); pack responses stream under back pressure (bounded mpsc →
+   `Body::from_stream`, O(counts) RSS on a 60k-object clone). See
+   `poc3-findings.md`.
 3. **alkcall backpressure/limits vs git sessions**: large clones are
    long-lived, high-throughput, single-direction streams; confirm channels
    buffer limits (ADR-040) don't fight pack streaming, or route git sessions
diff --git a/docs/research/pocs.md b/docs/research/pocs.md
index 52e66fe..ebd9a6d 100644
--- a/docs/research/pocs.md
+++ b/docs/research/pocs.md
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ whole pack in memory for large repos — record memory behavior for a
 
 ## POC-3: smart-http shape through alkhttp
 
+**Status**: complete (2026-09-21) — **proceed**. See `poc3-findings.md`.
+Real git 2.43 clones/fetches/tag-checkouts over `http://` through the full
+alkcall → alkhttp path (`Connection::from_bidi(http/1.1)` → `HttpAdapter`
+→ axum custom routes); request bodies stream (measured via dribble probe +
+git's forced-chunked path), pack responses stream under back pressure with
+O(counts) memory on a 60k-object clone. Key protocol correction: http V2
+responses end at the flush — the `0002` response-end pkt is synthesized by
+the client's transport helper, never sent on the wire.
+
 **Hypothesis**: alkhttp can serve `GET /info/refs` and stream a POST body
 (ingest without full buffering) for `git-receive-pack`.
 
@@ -99,8 +108,8 @@ POC-1 first (the BiStream/packetline fit is the load-bearing assumption).
 POC-2 next (the crux of fetch). POC-3 last (http shape). Each POC updates
 the corresponding research doc with results and a proceed/pivot/block note.
 
-**Status**: POC-1 and POC-2 complete and proceed; POC-3 is the remaining
-gate for phase 0 completion.
+**Status**: POC-1, POC-2, and POC-3 complete and proceed — phase 0 gates
+all pass.
 
 ## Modes applied to these POCs