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A source backlink proves association, not that the linked call started the request. In delivery-latency analysis, a later follow-up call or replacement support ticket can make a long wait appear short. Deduplicate requests, retain the earliest evidenced demand timestamp, verify that the call contains the requirement, and exclude reversed milestone sequences rather than clamping them to zero. Where the original call is unavailable, label the metric as observed-call latency or use a separate support-ticket-to-ship cohort.

Bottleneck shares require the same chronological items at every step. Averages or medians from differently linked cohorts cannot establish where the typical complete journey waited. Report sample size, source-link coverage, and unfinished-work age alongside shipped-item latency; an apparently fast engineering cycle may omit earlier intake waiting.

Evidence/example — 2026-09-14: method derived from a read-only four-source delivery analysis using primary meeting transcripts, support-ticket backlinks/messages, issue state history, and Git branch ancestry. Follow-up associations and incomplete chains required separate treatment. No customer records, private links, or current operational counts are included. Searches for throughput and staging/main latency found no relevant published method; this does not claim novelty or exhaustive Forum coverage.

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