diff --git a/agent/BACKLOG.md b/agent/BACKLOG.md
index 1541184..901fd34 100644
--- a/agent/BACKLOG.md
+++ b/agent/BACKLOG.md
@@ -99,16 +99,7 @@ high-ROI, etc.) live in the journal + ROADMAP — not here.*
 
 ### Product / day-2
 
-- **Doctor: hibernate/sleep section** (`VISION § C`) — the doctor covers
-  units/disk/flake/network/audio/GPU/fingerprint/fwupd/charge but has **no**
-  hibernate check, even though #76 just made hibernation a default. Add a
-  read-only section: `resume=`+`resume_offset` present on `/proc/cmdline`
-  (or acknowledge the `swap=0` opt-out), a disk swap ≥ RAM present, zram
-  active at its priority, and no failed suspend/resume in the recent journal.
-  Self-gating (skip when swap=0). Why: "trust > new power UI." Cost: ~1
-  iteration, V2-guardable — the highest-ROI Day-2 gap found + a natural #76
-  follow-on. (Verified 2026-07-10: no resume/swap/hibernate lines in
-  `nomarchy-doctor.sh`.)
+_(Doctor hibernate/sleep section → promoted to **NEXT #77** 2026-07-10.)_
 
 _(Battery charge-limit instant → shipped 2026-07-10; V3 PASS Latitude
   5310: Custom charge type + live menu + unplug re-apply.)_
@@ -169,10 +160,10 @@ _(Identity taste retunes + hand `btop.theme` for white/vantablack/lumon/
 
 ### v1.0 pointer
 
-See **VISION**. Open PROPOSED: doctor hibernate section (`§C`, top Day-2
-pick); Omarchy migrant doc (`§F`); auto time-of-day theme pair (`§D`, big);
-NVIDIA wrappers deferred past v1; IR portal (b)/(c) hardware. Browser
-default = Chromium; power = PPD.
+See **VISION**. Doctor hibernate section promoted → NEXT #77. Open
+PROPOSED: Omarchy migrant doc (`§F`); auto time-of-day theme pair (`§D`,
+big); NVIDIA wrappers deferred past v1; IR portal (b)/(c) hardware.
+Browser default = Chromium; power = PPD.
 
 
 ## Decisions `[human]`
diff --git a/agent/JOURNAL.md b/agent/JOURNAL.md
index ebc95f3..4a2f7f0 100644
--- a/agent/JOURNAL.md
+++ b/agent/JOURNAL.md
@@ -17,6 +17,27 @@ Template:
 
 ---
 
+## 2026-07-10 — #77 doctor hibernate/sleep section (V2 PASS)
+- **Task:** BACKLOG #77 (promoted from PROPOSED by Bernardo) — read-only
+  hibernate section in nomarchy-doctor (`VISION § C`, #76 follow-on).
+- **Did:** Added a hibernate/sleep row group to `nomarchy-doctor.sh`: resume
+  device on cmdline (+ `resume_offset` for a swapfile), disk swap ≥ RAM,
+  zram active, previous-boot suspend/hibernate error. Self-gates (`skip` on
+  swap=0); only ok/warn/skip → never fails the sheet. Added `hibernate` to
+  the `checks.doctor` probe list.
+- **Verified:** **V2 PASS** — `checks.doctor` VM test green (fresh build,
+  exit 0; asserts the hibernate row renders + healthy run still 0). **V1** —
+  ran on this box's real LUKS+@swap layout: all three `ok` rows render
+  (resume set, swap 34G ≥ RAM, zram 16G) and the sheet reaches its verdict.
+  **V0** bash -n + flake check.
+- **Gotcha (fixed + MEMORY):** the doctor runs `set -euo pipefail`; my first
+  cut aborted before the verdict because a no-match `grep` inside `$(…)` and
+  a `cond && action` both trip set -e. Fixed with `|| true` / `|| echo 0` and
+  an `if`. First VM run caught it (exit 1, no verdict) — the test earned its keep.
+- **Pending:** none — fully agent-verifiable (read-only checks, no V3).
+- **Next suggestion:** NEXT head is #76 `[blocked:hw]`; remaining PROPOSED
+  (Omarchy doc §F, auto time-of-day theme §D) await triage.
+
 ## 2026-07-10 — QA sweep (clean) + VISION-gap pass → 3 PROPOSED
 - **Task:** Bernardo — QA/drift sweep, then a VISION-gap pass with proposals.
 - **Did (sweep):** Fanned out two subagents (Bernardo OK'd spawning for
diff --git a/agent/MEMORY.md b/agent/MEMORY.md
index a16de4a..8e3567a 100644
--- a/agent/MEMORY.md
+++ b/agent/MEMORY.md
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ iteration would otherwise rediscover.
 - In VM tests `pgrep -f PATTERN` can match the test backdoor's own
   `bash -c` wrapper (the pattern is in its cmdline) — use `pgrep -x`
   or a `[t]uigreet`-style bracket pattern.
+- **`writeShellScriptBin` scripts run `set -euo pipefail`** (nomarchy-doctor,
+  the menu, lifecycle CLIs). So a **no-match `grep` inside `$(…)`** (grep exits
+  1 → command-sub fails → abort) and a **standalone `cond && action`** (false
+  cond → abort) both kill the script mid-run — the tell is output that stops
+  before the final/verdict line with no error. Guard: `… | grep … || true`
+  inside `$()`, `cmd 2>/dev/null || echo 0` for captures, and `if` instead of
+  `&& action`. (#77 doctor hibernate section; caught by the checks.doctor VM
+  test on first run.)
 - A checks.* fixture CANNOT be a writeText/toFile state file read at
   eval time ("path … is not valid" — flake check's eval store won't
   realise it): extract the logic into a pure importable file and
diff --git a/docs/ROADMAP.md b/docs/ROADMAP.md
index e34f33d..3b7380e 100644
--- a/docs/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/docs/ROADMAP.md
@@ -332,6 +332,14 @@ Design/decision records and a running log of shipped work (items marked
   100 doesn't swallow it). The LUKS-initrd unlock + btrfs-swapfile
   `resume_offset` triple is a V3 laptop check (QEMU can't feed a boot-time
   offset for a file that only exists after first boot).
+  ✓ **Doctor hibernate/sleep section (#77, `VISION § C`):** `nomarchy-doctor`
+  gained a read-only hibernate row group — resume device on the cmdline
+  (+ `resume_offset` for a swapfile), disk swap ≥ RAM, zram active, and any
+  suspend/hibernate error in the previous boot's kernel log. Self-gates
+  (`skip` on `swap=0`); only `ok`/`warn`/`skip`, never fails the sheet. The
+  `checks.doctor` VM test asserts the `hibernate` row renders. (Gotcha
+  recorded: the script runs `set -euo pipefail`, so a no-match `grep` inside
+  `$(…)` or a `cond && action` aborts it — use `|| true` and `if`.)
 - ✓ **Hibernate double-unlock:** on resume from hibernate the LUKS
   passphrase already gates the machine, but locking hyprlock before sleep
   meant a second password. Fixed by *not locking* before an encrypted
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 32e56d0..ce53222 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
               # sheet must still exit 0 — i.e. the section runs without
               # erroring under `set -euo pipefail`.
               healthy = machine.succeed("nomarchy-doctor 2>&1")
-              for probe in ["NetworkManager", "fingerprint", "fwupd", "VA-API"]:
+              for probe in ["NetworkManager", "fingerprint", "fwupd", "VA-API", "hibernate"]:
                   assert probe in healthy, f"doctor hardware section missing a self-gated '{probe}' row:\n{healthy}"
             '';
           };
diff --git a/pkgs/nomarchy-doctor/nomarchy-doctor.sh b/pkgs/nomarchy-doctor/nomarchy-doctor.sh
index fd02e83..cbaf521 100644
--- a/pkgs/nomarchy-doctor/nomarchy-doctor.sh
+++ b/pkgs/nomarchy-doctor/nomarchy-doctor.sh
@@ -263,6 +263,62 @@ if [ "$bat_seen" -eq 1 ] && [ "$bat_limited" -eq 0 ]; then
   skip "battery charge limit (none set — charges to 100%)"
 fi
 
+# ── hibernate / sleep (BACKLOG #76) ──────────────────────────────────
+# Read-only: is there a working hibernate path? zram is RAM-only and can't
+# hold a resume image, so hibernation needs a disk swap (partition or file)
+# PLUS resume= wiring; a swapfile additionally needs resume_offset. A
+# swap=0 machine opts out cleanly and this section skips. Never fails the
+# sheet — an absent or under-sized swap is advisory, not a running fault.
+# (|| echo 0 keeps set -euo pipefail happy if a proc file is unreadable.)
+disk_swap_kb=$(awk 'NR>1 && $1 !~ /zram/ {s+=$3} END{print s+0}' /proc/swaps 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+zram_kb=$(awk 'NR>1 && $1 ~ /zram/ {s+=$3} END{print s+0}' /proc/swaps 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+ram_kb=$(awk '/^MemTotal:/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+
+if [ "${disk_swap_kb:-0}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  if grep -q 'resume=' /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null; then
+    ok "hibernate: resume device set on the kernel cmdline"
+    # A swapfile also needs resume_offset to locate the image within it.
+    if awk 'NR>1 && $1 !~ /zram/ && $2=="file"{f=1} END{exit !f}' /proc/swaps 2>/dev/null \
+       && ! grep -q 'resume_offset=' /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null; then
+      warn "swapfile in use but no resume_offset= on the cmdline — resume will fail" \
+           "add boot.kernelParams resume_offset (docs/MIGRATION.md → Enabling hibernation)"
+    fi
+  else
+    warn "disk swap present but no resume= on the kernel cmdline — hibernate won't resume" \
+         "set boot.resumeDevice (docs/MIGRATION.md → Enabling hibernation)"
+  fi
+  if [ "${ram_kb:-0}" -gt 0 ] && [ "$disk_swap_kb" -lt "$ram_kb" ]; then
+    warn "disk swap ($(numfmt --to=iec $((disk_swap_kb * 1024)))) is smaller than RAM ($(numfmt --to=iec $((ram_kb * 1024)))) — a full hibernate image may not fit" \
+         "size swap ≥ RAM (docs/MIGRATION.md → Enabling hibernation)"
+  else
+    ok "hibernate: disk swap ≥ RAM ($(numfmt --to=iec $((disk_swap_kb * 1024))))"
+  fi
+else
+  skip "hibernate (no disk swap — swap=0 opt-out; zram alone can't resume)"
+fi
+
+# zram compressed-RAM swap — the memory-pressure layer oom.nix ships on
+# by default (#76). Its absence on a Nomarchy box means something is off.
+if [ "${zram_kb:-0}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  ok "zram compressed-RAM swap active ($(numfmt --to=iec $((zram_kb * 1024))))"
+else
+  warn "zram swap not active (the default memory-pressure layer)" \
+       "expected on by default — check modules/nixos/oom.nix, then sys-rebuild"
+fi
+
+# Best-effort: a suspend/hibernate failure recorded in the previous boot's
+# kernel log. Needs journal read access; silently no-ops without it. The
+# `|| true` keeps a no-match grep / missing -1 boot from tripping set -e.
+if command -v journalctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  pmerr=$(journalctl -b -1 -k --no-pager 2>/dev/null \
+          | grep -iE 'PM: .*(hibernat|suspend).*(fail|error)|Failed to (hibernate|suspend)' \
+          | tail -n1 || true)
+  if [ -n "$pmerr" ]; then
+    warn "a suspend/hibernate error is in the previous boot's log" \
+         "review: journalctl -b -1 -k -g 'hibernat|suspend'"
+  fi
+fi
+
 # ── verdict ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 echo
 if [ "$fails" -eq 0 ]; then