diff --git a/evidence/picker-template-pin/capture.json b/evidence/picker-template-pin/capture.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00334a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evidence/picker-template-pin/capture.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "step": "picker-template-pin",
+  "recorded": "2026-10-07T00:50:35Z",
+  "console_run": "base PS5 13.40, run-PPSA99169-204853",
+  "revision": "working tree on e06c1b8 (this commit)",
+  "command": "PS5_FRONTENDS='es-de picker' PS5_REUSE_STAGED_CORES=mame tools/build-title.sh; tools/run-title.sh --no-build --picker-test=300:retroarch --retroarch-frames=600 --watch 60",
+  "raw_capture": "klog/picker-template-pin/run-204853.txt",
+  "raw_lines": 9,
+  "raw_bytes": 751,
+  "lines": [
+    "==> [picker] generating its title from PS5_VulkanTemplate b577e950",
+    "==> [picker] picker/picker.bin 29570317 bytes, assets 44M, previews 2 (1280x720)",
+    "    frontend: mode '', test run 1, picker test 1, picker 1, es-de 1, remembered ask, L1 0 -> picker",
+    "    frontend: mode 'retroarch', test run 1, picker test 0, picker 1, es-de 1, remembered ask, L1 0 -> retroarch",
+    "    frontend: RetroArch quit; back to the picker or closed",
+    "    frontend: mode 'quit', test run 0, picker test 0, picker 1, es-de 1, remembered ask, L1 0 -> picker",
+    "    picker: 300 frames, chose retroarch, next '/app0/eboot.bin'",
+    "    picker test PASS: 300 frames, a picture of the last (klog/picker-204853/picker.png), then retroarch",
+    "==> [run] VERDICT: it ran for 60s and this script closed it"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/evidence/picker-template-pin/expectation.json b/evidence/picker-template-pin/expectation.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9f81dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evidence/picker-template-pin/expectation.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "step": "picker-template-pin",
+  "note": "The picker is built from PS5_VulkanTemplate b577e950, its current main, in place of a6c32497. Between them: commit ids rewritten (its SDK and UI kit pins name the same trees: PS5_PayloadSDK 611893f = adc8dd7, PS5_VKHomebrewUI 2188642 = 4451c26), docs, and new-title.py's 1 GiB flexible-memory param.json default.",
+  "must_contain": [
+    "generating its title from PS5_VulkanTemplate b577e950",
+    "picker test PASS: 300 frames",
+    "frontend: RetroArch quit"
+  ],
+  "must_not_contain": [],
+  "human_check": "Agent inspected klog/picker-204853/picker.png: both cards, previews and the button bar drawn."
+}
diff --git a/tools/build-picker.sh b/tools/build-picker.sh
index e715142..a69a269 100644
--- a/tools/build-picker.sh
+++ b/tools/build-picker.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ root=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)
 cd "$root"
 template=$(cd -- "${PS5_VULKAN_TEMPLATE:-$root/../PS5_VulkanTemplate}" && pwd)
 vulkan=$(cd -- "${PS5_VULKAN_DIR:-$root/../PS5_Vulkan}" && pwd)
-template_commit=a6c32497a339df4e0c890f96d8ee57287e11a0f0
+template_commit=b577e950684e8bb835746ad0e38495ebcb154fd0
 program=frontendpicker
 title_id=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))["titleId"])' "$root/sce_sys/param.json")
 app="$root/dist/$title_id"