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Temporal evolution of the accretion rate across the inner edge \(\dot{M}_{R_{\min}}(t)\). The horizontal dashed line marks the detection threshold \(\dot{M}_{\mathrm{thr}} = 10^{-11}\,M_\odot\,\mathrm{yr}^{-1}\). The vertical lines mark the determined free-fall times of the boundary cases. \(t_{\mathrm{ff}}(r_i \rightarrow R_{\min})\) as the time of the first significant peak and \(t_{\mathrm{ff}}(r_i \rightarrow R_{\max})\) as the last time immediately before the abrupt drop in the accretion rate.