diff --git a/docs/now/2026-09-23-published-implement-the-4-empty-function-bodies-in-specs-tri-utils-con.md b/docs/now/2026-09-23-published-implement-the-4-empty-function-bodies-in-specs-tri-utils-con.md
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+++ b/docs/now/2026-09-23-published-implement-the-4-empty-function-bodies-in-specs-tri-utils-con.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# NOW -- Implement the 4 empty function bodies in specs/tri/utils/config.t27 (published 2026-09-23)
+
+## A bee's work on #4618, published from `queen-4618` (Closes #4618)
+
+- The branch changes 1 file(s): `specs/tri/utils/config.t27`.
+- `git diff --stat origin/master...queen-4618` reads: 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+- This entry is written by the publisher, not by the bee. A pull request must
+  add exactly one `docs/now/` entry and a bee has no way to know that: its brief
+  names a boundary file and acceptance criteria, and `docs/now/` is neither.
+- What this entry does NOT establish: that the work is correct. The gates on the
+  pull request judge that, and they are the same gates every other change meets.
diff --git a/specs/tri/utils/config.t27 b/specs/tri/utils/config.t27
index cdc0713b8b..8ec05c9b0e 100644
--- a/specs/tri/utils/config.t27
+++ b/specs/tri/utils/config.t27
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module TriConfig;
         
         var lines = std.mem.tokenizeScalar(u8, content, '\n');
         
-        while (lines.next()) |line| {
+        for (lines) |line| {
             var trimmed = std.mem.trim(u8, line, " \t\r");
             if (trimmed.len == 0 or trimmed[0] == '#') {
                 continue;
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ module TriConfig;
                 
                 try entries.append(ConfigEntry{ .key = key, .value = value });
             } else {
-                return Config{ .entries = entries.toOwnedSlice(), .@"error" = "Malformed config line: no = found" };
+                return Config{ .entries = entries.toOwnedSlice(), .error = "Malformed config line: no = found" };
             }
         }
         
-        return Config{ .entries = entries.toOwnedSlice(), .@"error" = null };
+        return Config{ .entries = entries.toOwnedSlice(), .error = null };
     }
 
     // get_string(config: Config, key: []const u8, default: []const u8) → []const u8
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ module TriConfig;
         and result.entries[3].value.is_null == true
 
     test get_string_returns_default_for_missing_key
-        given config = Config{ .entries = &[_]ConfigEntry{.key="test", .value=ConfigValue{.string="found"}}, .@"error" = null }
+        given config = Config{ .entries = &[_]ConfigEntry{.key="test", .value=ConfigValue{.string="found"}}, .error = null }
         when result = get_string(config, "missing", "default")
         then result == "default"
 
     test get_number_returns_default_for_wrong_type
-        given config = Config{ .entries = &[_]ConfigEntry{.key="test", .value=ConfigValue{.string="not a number"}}, .@"error" = null }
+        given config = Config{ .entries = &[_]ConfigEntry{.key="test", .value=ConfigValue{.string="not a number"}}, .error = null }
         when result = get_number(config, "test", 99.0)
         then result == 99.0