SpaceX very clearly stated just prior to launch that their goal was for the rocket to get through hot-staging because the hot-staging process they had large unk

SpaceX very clearly stated just prior to launch that their goal was for the rocket to get through hot-staging because the hot-staging process they had large unknowns. Sure their flight plan went well beyond that, but I don't see how having an aspirational plan that goes beyond "we'll blow it up after hot-staging", also likely required for the FAA, defeats the "successful" qualification of the test.