Issue dossier
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
The record preserves documented sponsor and speaker paths without treating them as proof of every attendee's final conference artifact.
Evidence
Primary source for the 2026 conference badge's MiniBadge sockets on the standard 2.54 mm grid, MiniBadge community context, and the linked open standard.
Official source for the October 27-30 dates and the planned exclusive Speaker MiniBadge.
Official current source for the October 27-30, 2026 Utah Valley Convention Center event, current production phase, and broader attendee context. The September 28, 2026 recheck found main registration sold out since its July 15 opening with a standby waitlist, and the site's phase tracker listing badges and swag in production under pre-launch operations alongside a badge-fabrication-bay teaser.
Official source distinguishing Electronic Badge and Non-Electronic sponsor tickets, plus sponsor MiniBadge options.
Official in-universe comms log reviewed on September 29, 2026. Four badge-fabrication-bay intercepts (June 13, July 10, July 27, and August 23, 2026) tease a close-up component photo, a badge proof showing wings and a rocket passing a ringed planet, and a twelve-image transmission; a September 8 entry rumours a MiniBadge bingo game, and a September 22 A-Maze-ing Phase 2 entry offers the Jupigotchi MiniBadge to the top 50 solvers. The October 15, 2026 recheck found an October 2 store-catalogue notice listing shirts, badges, lock tools, and more for in-person purchase only at the convention-center café, an October 2 Intercept 007 saying whatever they are building is made to connect to something (the first intercept with motion and audio), an October 11 Intercept 008 crane-assembly construction test, and an October 14 Octopus Game recruitment dispatch. The teasers publish no MCU, schematic, firmware, or image licence.
Official current source for the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, registration and badge pickup, and the planned MiniBadge trading area.
Source trail
Primary official teaser source for the badge-fabrication-bay intercepts through Intercept 008 (October 11, 2026), the October 2 in-person store notice that lists badges among purchasable items without saying which, including the July 27, 2026 badge proof described as wings and a rocket climbing past a ringed planet and stars, and for the Jupigotchi MiniBadge puzzle prize. It is narrative teaser evidence for artwork direction and a prize MiniBadge only, not a final hardware specification, production count, or image-reuse grant.
Primary source for the October 27-30 event date and the exclusive Speaker MiniBadge offer.
Primary source stating that the 2026 badge has MiniBadge sockets on the standard 2.54 mm grid, and for the public MiniBadge-standard context.
Primary source for sponsor-ticket rows labelled Electronic Badge and Non-Electronic, as well as sponsor MiniBadge options.
Primary source for the October 27-30, 2026 Utah Valley Convention Center event, current badge-production phase, and attendee context. The September 28, 2026 recheck found registration sold out since July 15 and the phase tracker placing badges and swag in production, with trainings and family-night registration still open.
Primary source for the Provo venue, registration and badge pickup, and dedicated MiniBadge trading-area context.