diff --git a/cmd/e2ebench/diff.go b/cmd/e2ebench/diff.go
index d49bc88a9f..c8f0650902 100644
--- a/cmd/e2ebench/diff.go
+++ b/cmd/e2ebench/diff.go
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@ func renderDiff(r diffReport) string {
 	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| Tokens (prompt / completion) | %s / %s |\n", comma(r.m.PromptTokens), comma(r.m.CompletionTokens))
 	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| Model calls | %d |\n", r.m.Steps)
 	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| Cost | %s%.4f |\n", currencySym(r.m.Currency), r.m.Cost)
-	if r.m.CapabilityRoutes > 0 || r.m.CapabilitySkillInvocations > 0 || r.m.CapabilityMCPCall > 0 || r.m.ReadinessChecks > 0 {
+	if r.m.CapabilityRoutes > 0 || r.m.CapabilitySkillInvocations > 0 || r.m.CapabilityMCPCall > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| Capability routes (semantic) | %d (%d) |\n", r.m.CapabilityRoutes, r.m.CapabilitySemanticRoutes)
 		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| Routed candidates (require / prefer / suggest / declined) | %d (%d / %d / %d / %d) |\n", r.m.CapabilityRoutedCandidates, r.m.CapabilityRoutedRequire, r.m.CapabilityRoutedPrefer, r.m.CapabilityRoutedSuggest, r.m.CapabilityDeclines)
 		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| Skill invocations / MCP proxy calls | %d / %d |\n", r.m.CapabilitySkillInvocations, r.m.CapabilityMCPCall)
-		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| Review blocks / readiness recoveries | %d / %d |\n", r.m.CapabilityReviewBlocks, r.m.ReadinessRecoveries)
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| Review blocks | %d |\n", r.m.CapabilityReviewBlocks)
 		if r.m.CapabilityRouterCost > 0 || r.m.CapabilityRouterLatencyMs > 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| Capability-router cost / latency | %s%.4f / %dms |\n", currencySym(r.m.Currency), r.m.CapabilityRouterCost, r.m.CapabilityRouterLatencyMs)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/e2ebench/main.go b/cmd/e2ebench/main.go
index e117abcd0d..eb5558513a 100644
--- a/cmd/e2ebench/main.go
+++ b/cmd/e2ebench/main.go
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ type runMetrics struct {
 	// graph, which is where a scheduling wait is recorded and nowhere else.
 	Fanout *fanoutMetrics `json:"fanout,omitempty"`
 	// Optional Delivery capability counters (omitempty for baseline/old metrics).
-	ReadinessChecks            int     `json:"readiness_checks,omitempty"`
-	ReadinessRecoveries        int     `json:"readiness_recoveries,omitempty"`
 	CapabilityRoutes           int     `json:"capability_routes,omitempty"`
 	CapabilityRoutedCandidates int     `json:"capability_routed_candidates,omitempty"`
 	CapabilityRoutedRequire    int     `json:"capability_routed_require,omitempty"`
diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/port/wire.ts b/desktop/frontend-next/src/port/wire.ts
index 35b5d09343..c40ba799d4 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend-next/src/port/wire.ts
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/port/wire.ts
@@ -763,8 +763,8 @@ export interface WireEvent {
   attachments?: StoredAttachment[];
   // steer: the host wrote this guidance, so it is never drawn as the person's.
   hostAuthored?: boolean;
-  // recovery_paused is no longer emitted; sessions recorded before the retry
-  // budgets were removed still carry it, so a reader has to render it.
+  // final_readiness and recovery_paused are no longer emitted; sessions recorded
+  // before they were removed still carry them, so a reader has to render them.
   outcome?: "final_readiness" | "recovery_paused" | "no_progress";
   phase?: string;
   retryAttempt?: number;
diff --git a/internal/assembly/boot/audit_forwarding_test.go b/internal/assembly/boot/audit_forwarding_test.go
index 7cce77bf3b..30430928c7 100644
--- a/internal/assembly/boot/audit_forwarding_test.go
+++ b/internal/assembly/boot/audit_forwarding_test.go
@@ -18,17 +18,12 @@ import (
 // silently, with the tests still green. Pure forwarders should embed
 // event.AuditForwarder instead of repeating the nine methods.
 func TestAuditCapabilitiesAreForwardedByEveryWrapper(t *testing.T) {
-	reference := reflect.TypeFor[event.CompletionReportAuditSink]()
+	reference := reflect.TypeFor[event.DelegationAuditSink]()
 	required := map[string]reflect.Type{
-		"DelegationAuditSink":       reflect.TypeFor[event.DelegationAuditSink](),
-		"ReadinessAuditSink":        reflect.TypeFor[event.ReadinessAuditSink](),
-		"ContractShadowAuditSink":   reflect.TypeFor[event.ContractShadowAuditSink](),
-		"EvidenceBundleAuditSink":   reflect.TypeFor[event.EvidenceBundleAuditSink](),
-		"MemoryRecallSink":          reflect.TypeFor[event.MemoryRecallSink](),
-		"OutcomeProgressSink":       reflect.TypeFor[event.OutcomeProgressSink](),
-		"ProtocolRecoveryAuditSink": reflect.TypeFor[event.ProtocolRecoveryAuditSink](),
-		"TurnCompletionSink":        reflect.TypeFor[event.TurnCompletionSink](),
-		"SubagentHandoffSink":       reflect.TypeFor[event.SubagentHandoffSink](),
+		"DelegationAuditSink": reflect.TypeFor[event.DelegationAuditSink](),
+		"MemoryRecallSink":    reflect.TypeFor[event.MemoryRecallSink](),
+		"TurnCompletionSink":  reflect.TypeFor[event.TurnCompletionSink](),
+		"SubagentHandoffSink": reflect.TypeFor[event.SubagentHandoffSink](),
 	}
 	wrappers := []event.Sink{
 		event.Sync(event.Discard),
diff --git a/internal/assembly/boot/bestof.go b/internal/assembly/boot/bestof.go
index 96ab85c65c..8b086dae1f 100644
--- a/internal/assembly/boot/bestof.go
+++ b/internal/assembly/boot/bestof.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package boot
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -110,11 +109,7 @@ func runUnattended(ctx context.Context, parent Options, sink event.Sink, mode, r
 	}
 	defer ctrl.Close()
 	if err := ctrl.Run(agent.WithoutRunTimeSink(ctx), prompt); err != nil {
-		var unready *agent.FinalReadinessError
-		if !errors.As(err, &unready) {
-			return "", "", err
-		}
-		unverified = unready.Reason
+		return "", "", err
 	}
 	return finalAnswer(ctrl), unverified, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/assembly/boot/effect_default_mode_test.go b/internal/assembly/boot/effect_default_mode_test.go
index 4ee0b78b88..0c6607241d 100644
--- a/internal/assembly/boot/effect_default_mode_test.go
+++ b/internal/assembly/boot/effect_default_mode_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package boot
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/provider"
-	"reasonix/internal/runtime/agent"
 )
 
 // writingProvider asks to write one file, then ends once it has seen the result.
@@ -86,10 +84,7 @@ model = "x"
 		t.Fatalf("Build: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer ctrl.Close()
-	// A write nobody verified ends the turn with a readiness pause, which is
-	// the turn doing its job here, not a failure of the build.
-	var paused *agent.FinalReadinessError
-	if err := ctrl.Run(context.Background(), "write the file"); err != nil && !errors.As(err, &paused) {
+	if err := ctrl.Run(context.Background(), "write the file"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Run: %v", err)
 	}
 	_, statErr := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, "out.txt"))
diff --git a/internal/assembly/boot/effect_refused_calls_test.go b/internal/assembly/boot/effect_refused_calls_test.go
index f346207d2d..0e09fe4aff 100644
--- a/internal/assembly/boot/effect_refused_calls_test.go
+++ b/internal/assembly/boot/effect_refused_calls_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestEffectRefusedCallReachesTheNextRequestOnce(t *testing.T) {
 		testutil.Turn{Text: "third"},
 	)
 	setBootTokenProfileTestProvider(t, prov)
-	ctrl, err := Build(context.Background(), Options{Home: home, WorkspaceRoot: dir, AgentPreset: AgentPresetBalanced, Sink: &bundleAuditSink{}, HeadlessApprovalMode: control.ToolApprovalDontAsk})
+	ctrl, err := Build(context.Background(), Options{Home: home, WorkspaceRoot: dir, AgentPreset: AgentPresetBalanced, HeadlessApprovalMode: control.ToolApprovalDontAsk})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/assembly/boot/evidence_seal_effect_test.go b/internal/assembly/boot/evidence_seal_effect_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dc6d8047d0..0000000000
--- a/internal/assembly/boot/evidence_seal_effect_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package boot
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
-)
-
-type bundleAuditSink struct {
-	mu  sync.Mutex
-	got []event.EvidenceBundleAudit
-}
-
-func (s *bundleAuditSink) Emit(event.Event) {}
-
-func (s *bundleAuditSink) RecordEvidenceBundle(a event.EvidenceBundleAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.got = append(s.got, a)
-}
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/audit_forwarder.go b/internal/contract/event/audit_forwarder.go
index c2ca26cfd8..e471323081 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/audit_forwarder.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/audit_forwarder.go
@@ -13,36 +13,12 @@ type AuditForwarder struct{ Inner Sink }
 
 func (f AuditForwarder) CaptureUsageScope() any { return CaptureUsageScope(f.Inner) }
 
-func (f AuditForwarder) RecordReadinessAudit(a hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	RecordReadinessAudit(f.Inner, a)
-}
-
 func (f AuditForwarder) RecordTurnCompletion() { RecordTurnCompletion(f.Inner) }
 
-func (f AuditForwarder) RecordContractShadow(a ContractShadowAudit) {
-	RecordContractShadow(f.Inner, a)
-}
-
-func (f AuditForwarder) RecordEvidenceBundle(a EvidenceBundleAudit) {
-	RecordEvidenceBundle(f.Inner, a)
-}
-
-func (f AuditForwarder) RecordCompletionReport(a CompletionReportAudit) {
-	RecordCompletionReport(f.Inner, a)
-}
-
 func (f AuditForwarder) RecordMemoryRecall(a MemoryRecallAudit) {
 	RecordMemoryRecall(f.Inner, a)
 }
 
-func (f AuditForwarder) RecordOutcomeProgress(s hostaudit.OutcomeSample) {
-	RecordOutcomeProgress(f.Inner, s)
-}
-
-func (f AuditForwarder) RecordProtocolRecovery(a ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	RecordProtocolRecovery(f.Inner, a)
-}
-
 func (f AuditForwarder) RecordDelegationAudit(a hostaudit.DelegationAudit) {
 	RecordDelegationAudit(f.Inner, a)
 }
@@ -55,18 +31,10 @@ func (f AuditForwarder) RecordRunBudget(s RunBudgetSample) {
 	RecordRunBudget(f.Inner, s)
 }
 
-func (f AuditForwarder) RecordProjectCheckProbe(p ProjectCheckProbe) {
-	RecordProjectCheckProbe(f.Inner, p)
-}
-
 func (f AuditForwarder) RecordSubagentHandoff(a SubagentHandoffAudit) {
 	RecordSubagentHandoff(f.Inner, a)
 }
 
-func (f AuditForwarder) RecordVerificationContractDrift(d VerificationContractDrift) {
-	RecordVerificationContractDrift(f.Inner, d)
-}
-
 // DelegationAuditSink receives one receipt per completed sub-agent run.
 type DelegationAuditSink interface {
 	RecordDelegationAudit(a hostaudit.DelegationAudit)
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/coalesce.go b/internal/contract/event/coalesce.go
index 2d2bb67ad2..471fe77356 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/coalesce.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/coalesce.go
@@ -185,20 +185,6 @@ func (c *coalescer) RecordDelegationAudit(a hostaudit.DelegationAudit) {
 	RecordDelegationAudit(c.inner, a)
 }
 
-func (c *coalescer) RecordReadinessAudit(a hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
-	c.drainAndUnlock()
-	RecordReadinessAudit(c.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (c *coalescer) RecordProjectCheckProbe(p ProjectCheckProbe) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
-	c.drainAndUnlock()
-	RecordProjectCheckProbe(c.inner, p)
-}
-
 func (c *coalescer) RecordSubagentHandoff(a SubagentHandoffAudit) {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
@@ -206,13 +192,6 @@ func (c *coalescer) RecordSubagentHandoff(a SubagentHandoffAudit) {
 	RecordSubagentHandoff(c.inner, a)
 }
 
-func (c *coalescer) RecordVerificationContractDrift(d VerificationContractDrift) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
-	c.drainAndUnlock()
-	RecordVerificationContractDrift(c.inner, d)
-}
-
 func (c *coalescer) RecordTurnCompletion() {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
@@ -220,41 +199,6 @@ func (c *coalescer) RecordTurnCompletion() {
 	RecordTurnCompletion(c.inner)
 }
 
-func (c *coalescer) RecordProtocolRecovery(a ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
-	c.drainAndUnlock()
-	RecordProtocolRecovery(c.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (c *coalescer) RecordContractShadow(a ContractShadowAudit) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
-	c.drainAndUnlock()
-	RecordContractShadow(c.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (c *coalescer) RecordCompletionReport(a CompletionReportAudit) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
-	c.drainAndUnlock()
-	RecordCompletionReport(c.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (c *coalescer) RecordEvidenceBundle(a EvidenceBundleAudit) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
-	c.drainAndUnlock()
-	RecordEvidenceBundle(c.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (c *coalescer) RecordOutcomeProgress(sample hostaudit.OutcomeSample) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
-	c.drainAndUnlock()
-	RecordOutcomeProgress(c.inner, sample)
-}
-
 func (c *coalescer) RecordMemoryRecall(a MemoryRecallAudit) {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	c.enqueueFlushLocked()
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/coalesce_test.go b/internal/contract/event/coalesce_test.go
index cff2eaf47a..35cf624571 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/coalesce_test.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/coalesce_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package event
 
 import (
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/hostaudit"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -11,9 +10,7 @@ import (
 type coalesceRecordSink struct {
 	mu        sync.Mutex
 	events    []Event
-	readiness int
 	turns     int
-	recovery  int
 	workspace int
 }
 
@@ -23,24 +20,12 @@ func (s *coalesceRecordSink) Emit(e Event) {
 	s.events = append(s.events, e)
 }
 
-func (s *coalesceRecordSink) RecordReadinessAudit(hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.readiness++
-}
-
 func (s *coalesceRecordSink) RecordTurnCompletion() {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 	s.turns++
 }
 
-func (s *coalesceRecordSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.recovery++
-}
-
 func (s *coalesceRecordSink) RecordWorkspaceMutation(WorkspaceMutation) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
@@ -141,17 +126,15 @@ func TestCoalesceCapabilitiesFlushFirstAndForward(t *testing.T) {
 	c := Coalesce(inner, time.Hour)
 	c.Emit(Event{Kind: Text, Text: "lead"})
 	c.Emit(Event{Kind: Text, Text: "tail"})
-	c.(ReadinessAuditSink).RecordReadinessAudit(hostaudit.ReadinessAudit{})
 	c.(TurnCompletionSink).RecordTurnCompletion()
-	c.(ProtocolRecoveryAuditSink).RecordProtocolRecovery(ProtocolRecoveryAudit{})
 	c.(WorkspaceMutationSink).RecordWorkspaceMutation(WorkspaceMutation{Content: true})
 
 	got := inner.snapshot()
 	if len(got) != 2 || got[1].Text != "tail" {
 		t.Fatalf("capability call must flush the buffered delta first: %+v", got)
 	}
-	if inner.readiness != 1 || inner.turns != 1 || inner.recovery != 1 || inner.workspace != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("capabilities not forwarded: %d/%d/%d/%d", inner.readiness, inner.turns, inner.recovery, inner.workspace)
+	if inner.turns != 1 || inner.workspace != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("capabilities not forwarded: %d/%d", inner.turns, inner.workspace)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/event.go b/internal/contract/event/event.go
index a34ec67626..ac54bace9b 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/event.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/event.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ package event
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/delivery"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/hostaudit"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/pricing"
 
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/agentgraph"
@@ -209,8 +208,6 @@ type StreamAttemptInfo struct {
 	FirstTokenMs int64
 }
 
-const TurnOutcomeFinalReadiness = "final_readiness"
-
 // TurnOutcomeNoProgress marks a run the user's progress-watch setting paused.
 const TurnOutcomeNoProgress = "no_progress"
 
@@ -542,14 +539,6 @@ type AskAnswer struct {
 	Value      json.RawMessage `json:",omitempty"`
 }
 
-// FinalReadiness carries machine-readable recovery requirements on TurnDone.
-// Missing values are stable category ids; user-facing detail stays localized in
-// the frontend instead of scraping the diagnostic error string.
-type FinalReadiness struct {
-	Attempts int
-	Missing  []string
-}
-
 const (
 	UsageSourceExecutor         = "executor"
 	UsageSourcePlanner          = "planner"
@@ -610,7 +599,6 @@ type Event struct {
 	Err            error                    // TurnDone: non-nil on failure
 	Cancelled      bool                     // TurnDone: Cancel was requested while the turn was active
 	Outcome        string                   // TurnDone: optional machine-readable recoverable outcome
-	Readiness      *FinalReadiness          // TurnDone: structured final-readiness recovery state
 	Receipt        *CompletionReceipt       // TurnDone: what the host verified, and what it could not
 	CheckpointTurn *int                     // TurnDone: authoritative checkpoint for this turn's visible user message
 	// TurnDone: wall-clock ms the turn's runs took up to their final answers,
@@ -690,12 +678,6 @@ type WorkspaceChangedPayload struct {
 	WatchState WorkspaceWatchState
 }
 
-// ReadinessAuditSink is an optional sink capability. Sinks that do not care
-// about readiness audit receipts can implement only Sink and will ignore them.
-type ReadinessAuditSink interface {
-	RecordReadinessAudit(hostaudit.ReadinessAudit)
-}
-
 // TurnCompletionSink is an optional sink capability for synchronous controller
 // entry points that do not publish a TurnDone UI event. It keeps accounting
 // independent from frontend event lifecycles without synthesizing an event that
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/event_test.go b/internal/contract/event/event_test.go
index a01c0d114a..deb82ac257 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/event_test.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/event_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package event
 
 import (
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/hostaudit"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -79,22 +78,12 @@ func TestSyncTreatsTypedNilSinkAsDiscard(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 type readinessAuditRecorder struct {
-	events    []hostaudit.ReadinessAudit
-	recovery  []ProtocolRecoveryAudit
 	workspace []WorkspaceMutation
 	turns     int
 }
 
 func (r *readinessAuditRecorder) Emit(Event) {}
 
-func (r *readinessAuditRecorder) RecordReadinessAudit(a hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	r.events = append(r.events, a)
-}
-
-func (r *readinessAuditRecorder) RecordProtocolRecovery(a ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	r.recovery = append(r.recovery, a)
-}
-
 func (r *readinessAuditRecorder) RecordTurnCompletion() { r.turns++ }
 
 func (r *readinessAuditRecorder) RecordWorkspaceMutation(m WorkspaceMutation) {
@@ -118,34 +107,6 @@ func TestSyncForwardsWorkspaceMutationWithoutUIEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSyncForwardsReadinessAuditReceipts(t *testing.T) {
-	rec := &readinessAuditRecorder{}
-	sink := Sync(rec)
-
-	RecordReadinessAudit(sink, hostaudit.ReadinessAudit{
-		Result:               hostaudit.ReadinessBlocked,
-		MissingProjectChecks: 1,
-	})
-
-	if len(rec.events) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("readiness audit events = %d, want 1", len(rec.events))
-	}
-	if rec.events[0].Result != hostaudit.ReadinessBlocked || rec.events[0].MissingProjectChecks != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("readiness audit not forwarded through Sync: %+v", rec.events[0])
-	}
-}
-
-func TestSyncForwardsProtocolRecoveryWithoutEmittingUIEvent(t *testing.T) {
-	rec := &readinessAuditRecorder{}
-	sink := Sync(rec)
-
-	RecordProtocolRecovery(sink, ProtocolRecoveryAudit{Kind: ProtocolRecoveryKind("test")})
-
-	if len(rec.recovery) != 1 || rec.recovery[0].Kind != ProtocolRecoveryKind("test") {
-		t.Fatalf("protocol recovery not forwarded through Sync: %+v", rec.recovery)
-	}
-}
-
 // Discard
 
 func TestDiscardSink(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/notice_codes.go b/internal/contract/event/notice_codes.go
index 741b6c5bbf..45142ceb23 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/notice_codes.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/notice_codes.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const (
 	NoticeCodeCheckpointRecordingFailed                         = "checkpoint_recording_failed"
 	NoticeCodeTurnIdentityMismatch                              = "turn_identity_mismatch"
 	NoticeCodePlanAutoApproved                                  = "plan_auto_approved"
-	NoticeCodeFinalReadiness                                    = "final_readiness"
 	NoticeCodeEmptyFinal                                        = "empty_final"
 	NoticeCodeExecutorHandoff                                   = "executor_handoff"
 	NoticeCodeToolBudget                                        = "tool_budget"
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/project_check_probe.go b/internal/contract/event/project_check_probe.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 77e391773b..0000000000
--- a/internal/contract/event/project_check_probe.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-// project_check_probe.go — the two project-check derivations, compared.
-package event
-
-import "reasonix/internal/base/nilutil"
-
-// Divergence classes. Each names the one explanation that accounts for a
-// disagreement, in the order they are tried: an earlier class rules out the
-// ones below it, so a diff never carries a weaker reason than the true one.
-const (
-	// ProjectCheckBaselinePreservation is a criterion the task began requiring
-	// that the current declaration no longer names. The gate cannot see it at
-	// all, so this class is the protection working, never a regression.
-	ProjectCheckBaselinePreservation = "baseline_preservation"
-	// ProjectCheckMutationIndex is a disagreement the two sides' baselines
-	// explain: they measure "since the change" from different receipts.
-	ProjectCheckMutationIndex = "mutation_index"
-	// ProjectCheckIdentityNormalization is a disagreement canonicalisation
-	// explains: the raw command and its identity match different receipts.
-	ProjectCheckIdentityNormalization = "identity_normalization"
-	// ProjectCheckCandidateOnly and ProjectCheckLegacyOnly are the unexplained
-	// remainders — the only two classes that are candidate defects.
-	ProjectCheckCandidateOnly = "candidate_only"
-	ProjectCheckLegacyOnly    = "legacy_only"
-)
-
-// ProjectCheckDiff is one criterion the two derivations disagree about, and the
-// reason they do. Identity is the project's own declared command, canonicalised
-// — the same text the readiness reason already hands the model verbatim.
-type ProjectCheckDiff struct {
-	Identity string `json:"identity"`
-	Class    string `json:"class"`
-}
-
-// ProjectCheckProbe is one comparison between the readiness gate's project-check
-// derivation and the ledger's obligations. It observes and decides nothing, so a
-// class here is a question to answer, never a block that happened. One probe per
-// readiness evaluation, not per turn: a goal turn evaluates readiness more than
-// once, and the denominator has to be what was actually compared.
-type ProjectCheckProbe struct {
-	// Declared and Baseline are how many criteria each declaration names, so a
-	// run with nothing declared is not counted as agreement.
-	Declared int
-	Baseline int
-	// LegacyBlocked and CandidateBlocked are the two stop decisions. Parity
-	// between them is the headline; Diffs is why it was or was not reached.
-	LegacyBlocked    bool
-	CandidateBlocked bool
-	// AgreedMissing counts criteria both derivations call unmet.
-	AgreedMissing int
-	Diffs         []ProjectCheckDiff
-	// LegacyAfter and CandidateAfter are the receipt indices each side measured
-	// after. They differ by construction, so a divergence they explain is not a
-	// defect in either derivation.
-	LegacyAfter    int
-	CandidateAfter int
-}
-
-// ProjectCheckProbeSink is an optional sink capability for the shadow
-// comparison; implementations must not let it reach a user-facing channel.
-type ProjectCheckProbeSink interface {
-	RecordProjectCheckProbe(ProjectCheckProbe)
-}
-
-// RecordProjectCheckProbe forwards one comparison to sinks that opt in.
-func RecordProjectCheckProbe(s Sink, p ProjectCheckProbe) {
-	if nilutil.IsNil(s) {
-		return
-	}
-	if ps, ok := s.(ProjectCheckProbeSink); ok {
-		ps.RecordProjectCheckProbe(p)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/record.go b/internal/contract/event/record.go
index 3a0460c967..9ad5fa04af 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/record.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/record.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package event
 
 import (
 	"reasonix/internal/base/nilutil"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/hostaudit"
 )
 
 // Forwarding a turn's audit signals to sinks that opt into them. Each is a
@@ -20,151 +19,6 @@ func RecordTurnCompletion(s Sink) {
 	}
 }
 
-// RecordReadinessAudit forwards a readiness audit receipt to sinks that opt in.
-func RecordReadinessAudit(s Sink, a hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	if nilutil.IsNil(s) {
-		return
-	}
-	if rs, ok := s.(ReadinessAuditSink); ok {
-		rs.RecordReadinessAudit(a)
-	}
-}
-
-// ProtocolRecoveryKind is a content-free internal observation about a provider
-// protocol repair. It is deliberately separate from Event/Notice so recovery
-// stays invisible in chat transcripts and frontends do not need to understand
-// provider implementation details.
-type ProtocolRecoveryKind string
-
-type ProtocolRecoveryAudit struct {
-	Kind ProtocolRecoveryKind
-	// ChildID names the delegated run this repair happened inside, stamped by
-	// the nesting sink that already knows it; empty is the parent's own loop.
-	ChildID string
-}
-
-// ContractShadowAudit is the shadow task-contract's end-of-turn summary:
-// counts and enums only, never requirement text. Shadow means observed, not
-// enforced — the old control logic still decides behavior.
-type ContractShadowAudit struct {
-	Intent                string
-	Requirements          int
-	RequirementsSatisfied int
-	Checks                int
-	ChecksSatisfied       int
-	Epoch                 uint64
-	Verdict               string
-	Complete              bool
-	ReadyToFinalize       bool
-}
-
-// ContractShadowAuditSink is an optional sink capability; implementations
-// must keep it content-free, like every other audit channel.
-type ContractShadowAuditSink interface {
-	RecordContractShadow(ContractShadowAudit)
-}
-
-// RecordContractShadow forwards the shadow contract summary only to sinks
-// that explicitly opt in. Ordinary UI sinks receive nothing.
-func RecordContractShadow(s Sink, a ContractShadowAudit) {
-	if nilutil.IsNil(s) {
-		return
-	}
-	if cs, ok := s.(ContractShadowAuditSink); ok {
-		cs.RecordContractShadow(a)
-	}
-}
-
-// CompletionReportAudit is the host-authored completion report's end-of-turn
-// summary: counts, enums, and gap kinds only, never paths or command text.
-// The gap counters carry the point — what the turn left unproven.
-type CompletionReportAudit struct {
-	Verdict             string
-	Risk                string
-	Criteria            int
-	CriteriaSatisfied   int
-	Changes             int
-	ChangesUnreviewed   int
-	Verifications       int
-	VerificationsFailed int
-	VerificationsStale  int
-	// VerificationsInconclusive counts checks that ran behind a shell stage
-	// that decided the exit status, so neither outcome was readable.
-	VerificationsInconclusive int
-	Gaps                      int
-	GapKinds                  []string
-	// ClaimsVerified counts the turn's own asserted verifications;
-	// ClaimsUnbacked is how many of them the ledger did not support.
-	ClaimsVerified int
-	ClaimsUnbacked int
-	// OriginRecorded counts the external results the host kept the text of this
-	// turn, and OriginMatched the calls (not read-only) whose arguments carried
-	// that text verbatim. Counts only: they measure a signal, nothing acts on it.
-	OriginRecorded int
-	OriginMatched  int
-}
-
-// CompletionReportAuditSink is an optional sink capability; implementations
-// must keep it content-free, like every other audit channel.
-type CompletionReportAuditSink interface {
-	RecordCompletionReport(CompletionReportAudit)
-}
-
-// RecordCompletionReport forwards the completion summary only to sinks that
-// explicitly opt in. Ordinary UI sinks receive nothing.
-func RecordCompletionReport(s Sink, a CompletionReportAudit) {
-	if nilutil.IsNil(s) {
-		return
-	}
-	if cs, ok := s.(CompletionReportAuditSink); ok {
-		cs.RecordCompletionReport(a)
-	}
-}
-
-// EvidenceBundleAudit is the end-of-turn shadow bundle's seal: its record
-// identity in Trusted Host State, never the bundle's content. FailureCode is
-// the store's typed cause when nothing was sealed.
-type EvidenceBundleAudit struct {
-	Sealed      bool
-	Record      string
-	Generation  uint64
-	Integrity   string
-	Receipts    int
-	FailureCode string
-	// SnapshotComplete says the turn-end workspace snapshot saw the whole tree.
-	SnapshotComplete bool
-	// UnobservedChanges counts paths that changed between the previous sealed
-	// turn and this one, when UnobservedCompared says that was established.
-	UnobservedCompared bool
-	UnobservedChanges  int
-	// Outcome is the host-evidence outcome; DivergenceClass and its reason
-	// codes say how it differs from the completion report's verdict.
-	Outcome           string
-	DivergenceClass   string
-	DivergenceReasons []string
-	// ContractRevision is the accepted contract revision in force, and
-	// ContractDecision what host policy did with this turn's derivation.
-	ContractRevision int
-	ContractDecision string
-	ContractFailure  string
-}
-
-// EvidenceBundleAuditSink is an optional sink capability; implementations must
-// keep it content-free, like every other audit channel.
-type EvidenceBundleAuditSink interface {
-	RecordEvidenceBundle(EvidenceBundleAudit)
-}
-
-// RecordEvidenceBundle forwards the seal only to sinks that opt in.
-func RecordEvidenceBundle(s Sink, a EvidenceBundleAudit) {
-	if nilutil.IsNil(s) {
-		return
-	}
-	if es, ok := s.(EvidenceBundleAuditSink); ok {
-		es.RecordEvidenceBundle(a)
-	}
-}
-
 // MemoryRecallAudit summarizes one automatic-recall decision: identifiers,
 // scores, and budget numbers only — never the query or fact text.
 type MemoryRecallAudit struct {
@@ -206,39 +60,3 @@ func RecordMemoryRecall(s Sink, a MemoryRecallAudit) {
 		mr.RecordMemoryRecall(a)
 	}
 }
-
-// OutcomeProgressSink is an optional sink capability for the shadow outcome
-// scorer's per-round samples: counts only, never paths or commands. Shadow
-// means observed, not enforced — the novelty guard still decides behavior.
-type OutcomeProgressSink interface {
-	RecordOutcomeProgress(hostaudit.OutcomeSample)
-}
-
-// RecordOutcomeProgress forwards a shadow outcome sample only to sinks that
-// explicitly opt in. Ordinary UI sinks receive nothing.
-func RecordOutcomeProgress(s Sink, sample hostaudit.OutcomeSample) {
-	if nilutil.IsNil(s) {
-		return
-	}
-	if op, ok := s.(OutcomeProgressSink); ok {
-		op.RecordOutcomeProgress(sample)
-	}
-}
-
-// ProtocolRecoveryAuditSink is an optional sink capability. Implementations
-// must keep it content-free; prompts, responses, endpoints, model names, and
-// tool arguments do not belong in this audit channel.
-type ProtocolRecoveryAuditSink interface {
-	RecordProtocolRecovery(ProtocolRecoveryAudit)
-}
-
-// RecordProtocolRecovery forwards a content-free recovery observation only to
-// sinks that explicitly opt in. Ordinary UI sinks receive nothing.
-func RecordProtocolRecovery(s Sink, a ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	if nilutil.IsNil(s) {
-		return
-	}
-	if rs, ok := s.(ProtocolRecoveryAuditSink); ok {
-		rs.RecordProtocolRecovery(a)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/sink_capabilities.go b/internal/contract/event/sink_capabilities.go
index de701e28ec..9ae70654c8 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/sink_capabilities.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/sink_capabilities.go
@@ -1,52 +1,19 @@
 package event
 
 import (
-	"maps"
 	"reflect"
-	"slices"
 )
 
 // capabilityContracts is the single authority on the optional capabilities a
 // wrapper must forward. Delivery is by type assertion, so a wrapper missing one
 // silently drops that channel for every sink behind it. Register new ones here.
 var capabilityContracts = map[string]reflect.Type{
-	"CompletionReport":  reflect.TypeFor[CompletionReportAuditSink](),
-	"ContractShadow":    reflect.TypeFor[ContractShadowAuditSink](),
 	"DelegationAudit":   reflect.TypeFor[DelegationAuditSink](),
-	"EvidenceBundle":    reflect.TypeFor[EvidenceBundleAuditSink](),
 	"MemoryRecall":      reflect.TypeFor[MemoryRecallSink](),
-	"OutcomeProgress":   reflect.TypeFor[OutcomeProgressSink](),
-	"ProjectCheckProbe": reflect.TypeFor[ProjectCheckProbeSink](),
-	"ProtocolRecovery":  reflect.TypeFor[ProtocolRecoveryAuditSink](),
-	"ReadinessAudit":    reflect.TypeFor[ReadinessAuditSink](),
 	"RunBudget":         reflect.TypeFor[RunBudgetSink](),
 	"SubagentHandoff":   reflect.TypeFor[SubagentHandoffSink](),
 	"TurnCompletion":    reflect.TypeFor[TurnCompletionSink](),
 	"UsageQuote":        reflect.TypeFor[UsageQuoter](),
-	"VerificationDrift": reflect.TypeFor[VerificationContractDriftSink](),
 	"WorkspaceMutation": reflect.TypeFor[WorkspaceMutationSink](),
 	"UsageScope":        reflect.TypeFor[UsageScopeSource](),
 }
-
-// CapabilityNames lists every optional capability in stable order.
-func CapabilityNames() []string {
-	out := slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(capabilityContracts))
-	return out
-}
-
-// MissingCapabilities names the optional capabilities s does not implement.
-// A pass-through wrapper must report none: anything it omits is an audit
-// channel that dies at that link.
-func MissingCapabilities(s Sink) []string {
-	if s == nil {
-		return CapabilityNames()
-	}
-	t := reflect.TypeOf(s)
-	var out []string
-	for _, name := range CapabilityNames() {
-		if !t.Implements(capabilityContracts[name]) {
-			out = append(out, name)
-		}
-	}
-	return out
-}
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/sink_capabilities_test.go b/internal/contract/event/sink_capabilities_test.go
index 9acf540209..fd0165d022 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/sink_capabilities_test.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/sink_capabilities_test.go
@@ -25,65 +25,21 @@ func (s *capturingSink) QuoteUsage(e Event) *pricing.CostQuote {
 func (s *capturingSink) RecordDelegationAudit(hostaudit.DelegationAudit) {
 	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "DelegationAudit")
 }
-func (s *capturingSink) RecordReadinessAudit(hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "ReadinessAudit")
-}
 func (s *capturingSink) RecordTurnCompletion() {
 	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "TurnCompletion")
 }
-func (s *capturingSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "ProtocolRecovery")
-}
-func (s *capturingSink) RecordContractShadow(ContractShadowAudit) {
-	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "ContractShadow")
-}
-func (s *capturingSink) RecordCompletionReport(CompletionReportAudit) {
-	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "CompletionReport")
-}
-func (s *capturingSink) RecordEvidenceBundle(EvidenceBundleAudit) {
-	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "EvidenceBundle")
-}
 func (s *capturingSink) RecordMemoryRecall(MemoryRecallAudit) {
 	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "MemoryRecall")
 }
-func (s *capturingSink) RecordOutcomeProgress(hostaudit.OutcomeSample) {
-	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "OutcomeProgress")
-}
 func (s *capturingSink) RecordWorkspaceMutation(WorkspaceMutation) {
 	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "WorkspaceMutation")
 }
 func (s *capturingSink) RecordRunBudget(RunBudgetSample) {
 	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "RunBudget")
 }
-func (s *capturingSink) RecordProjectCheckProbe(ProjectCheckProbe) {
-	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "ProjectCheckProbe")
-}
 func (s *capturingSink) RecordSubagentHandoff(SubagentHandoffAudit) {
 	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "SubagentHandoff")
 }
-func (s *capturingSink) RecordVerificationContractDrift(VerificationContractDrift) {
-	s.recorded = append(s.recorded, "VerificationDrift")
-}
-
-// recordAll drives every optional capability once through s.
-func recordAll(s Sink) {
-	QuoteUsage(s, Event{})
-	RecordDelegationAudit(s, hostaudit.DelegationAudit{})
-	RecordReadinessAudit(s, hostaudit.ReadinessAudit{})
-	RecordTurnCompletion(s)
-	RecordProtocolRecovery(s, ProtocolRecoveryAudit{})
-	RecordContractShadow(s, ContractShadowAudit{})
-	RecordCompletionReport(s, CompletionReportAudit{})
-	RecordEvidenceBundle(s, EvidenceBundleAudit{})
-	RecordMemoryRecall(s, MemoryRecallAudit{})
-	RecordOutcomeProgress(s, hostaudit.OutcomeSample{})
-	RecordWorkspaceMutation(s, WorkspaceMutation{})
-	RecordRunBudget(s, RunBudgetSample{})
-	RecordProjectCheckProbe(s, ProjectCheckProbe{})
-	RecordSubagentHandoff(s, SubagentHandoffAudit{})
-	RecordVerificationContractDrift(s, VerificationContractDrift{})
-	CaptureUsageScope(s)
-}
 
 // AuditForwarder is why a new capability does not have to be repeated at every
 // layer, so it must itself be complete. It reads the registry rather than a
@@ -99,51 +55,16 @@ func TestAuditForwarderCoversEveryCapability(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestCapturingSinkCoversEveryCapability(t *testing.T) {
-	if missing := MissingCapabilities(&capturingSink{}); len(missing) > 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("test fixture is stale — implement %v so chain tests stay honest", missing)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestWrappersForwardEveryCapability is the guard the real chain lacked:
-// CostQuoteSink forwarded Emit only, so every audit channel died one link
-// before the trajectory recorder with nothing failing.
-func TestWrappersForwardEveryCapability(t *testing.T) {
-	inner := &capturingSink{}
-	wrappers := map[string]Sink{
-		"Sync":          Sync(inner),
-		"Coalesce":      Coalesce(inner, DefaultStreamDeltaWindow),
-		"CostQuoteSink": NewCostQuoteSink(inner, nil),
-		"NoticeWindow":  NewNoticeLedger().Begin(inner),
-	}
-	for name, w := range wrappers {
-		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if missing := MissingCapabilities(w); len(missing) > 0 {
-				t.Fatalf("%s drops %v — embed AuditForwarder or forward them by hand", name, missing)
-			}
-			inner.recorded = nil
-			recordAll(w)
-			want := len(CapabilityNames())
-			if _, quotes := w.(*CostQuoteSink); quotes {
-				want--
-			}
-			if got := len(inner.recorded); got != want {
-				t.Fatalf("%s delivered %d of %d capabilities: %v", name, got, want, inner.recorded)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 // TestSessionChainDeliversAudits mirrors boot's assembly order
 // (Coalesce → Sync → CostQuote → recorder) end to end.
 func TestSessionChainDeliversAudits(t *testing.T) {
 	recorder := &capturingSink{}
 	chain := Coalesce(Sync(NewCostQuoteSink(recorder, nil)), 5*time.Millisecond)
 
-	RecordProtocolRecovery(chain, ProtocolRecoveryAudit{Kind: ProtocolRecoveryKind("test")})
+	RecordMemoryRecall(chain, MemoryRecallAudit{})
 
-	if len(recorder.recorded) != 1 || recorder.recorded[0] != "ProtocolRecovery" {
-		t.Fatalf("protocol recovery never reached the recorder: %v", recorder.recorded)
+	if len(recorder.recorded) != 1 || recorder.recorded[0] != "MemoryRecall" {
+		t.Fatalf("memory recall never reached the recorder: %v", recorder.recorded)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/sync.go b/internal/contract/event/sync.go
index 6438d2c3bf..602c959326 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/sync.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/sync.go
@@ -44,22 +44,6 @@ func (s *syncSink) RecordDelegationAudit(a hostaudit.DelegationAudit) {
 	RecordDelegationAudit(s.inner, a)
 }
 
-func (s *syncSink) RecordReadinessAudit(a hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if rs, ok := s.inner.(ReadinessAuditSink); ok {
-		rs.RecordReadinessAudit(a)
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *syncSink) RecordProjectCheckProbe(p ProjectCheckProbe) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if ps, ok := s.inner.(ProjectCheckProbeSink); ok {
-		ps.RecordProjectCheckProbe(p)
-	}
-}
-
 func (s *syncSink) RecordSubagentHandoff(a SubagentHandoffAudit) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
@@ -68,14 +52,6 @@ func (s *syncSink) RecordSubagentHandoff(a SubagentHandoffAudit) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *syncSink) RecordVerificationContractDrift(d VerificationContractDrift) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if ds, ok := s.inner.(VerificationContractDriftSink); ok {
-		ds.RecordVerificationContractDrift(d)
-	}
-}
-
 func (s *syncSink) RecordTurnCompletion() {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
@@ -84,46 +60,6 @@ func (s *syncSink) RecordTurnCompletion() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *syncSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if rs, ok := s.inner.(ProtocolRecoveryAuditSink); ok {
-		rs.RecordProtocolRecovery(a)
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *syncSink) RecordContractShadow(a ContractShadowAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if rs, ok := s.inner.(ContractShadowAuditSink); ok {
-		rs.RecordContractShadow(a)
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *syncSink) RecordCompletionReport(a CompletionReportAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if rs, ok := s.inner.(CompletionReportAuditSink); ok {
-		rs.RecordCompletionReport(a)
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *syncSink) RecordEvidenceBundle(a EvidenceBundleAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if es, ok := s.inner.(EvidenceBundleAuditSink); ok {
-		es.RecordEvidenceBundle(a)
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *syncSink) RecordOutcomeProgress(sample hostaudit.OutcomeSample) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if op, ok := s.inner.(OutcomeProgressSink); ok {
-		op.RecordOutcomeProgress(sample)
-	}
-}
-
 func (s *syncSink) RecordMemoryRecall(a MemoryRecallAudit) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/usage_scope_test.go b/internal/contract/event/usage_scope_test.go
index d0d3cf1c08..e4c88c7d50 100644
--- a/internal/contract/event/usage_scope_test.go
+++ b/internal/contract/event/usage_scope_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 package event
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/provider"
 )
 
 type usageScopeTestSink struct {
@@ -17,60 +13,6 @@ type usageScopeTestSink struct {
 func (s *usageScopeTestSink) CaptureUsageScope() any { return s.current }
 func (s *usageScopeTestSink) Emit(e Event)           { s.events = append(s.events, e) }
 
-func TestUsageScopePreservesCapturedOwnerAndWire(t *testing.T) {
-	old, next := make(chan struct{}), make(chan struct{})
-	sink := &usageScopeTestSink{current: old}
-	var quotes int
-	owner := NewCostQuoteSink(sink, &QuoteContext{
-		Now: func() time.Time {
-			quotes++
-			return time.Date(2026, 8, 19, 2, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-		},
-		CatalogProviderForModel: func(string) string { return "deepseek" },
-	})
-	chain := Coalesce(Sync(owner), DefaultStreamDeltaWindow)
-	bound := BindUsageScope(chain)
-	if missing := MissingCapabilities(bound); len(missing) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("bound wrapper drops %v", missing)
-	}
-	sink.current = next
-	nested := BindUsageScope(bound)
-	u := Event{Kind: Usage, UsageSource: UsageSourceSubagent, ModelRef: "deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro",
-		Pricing: &provider.Pricing{CacheHit: .15, Input: 4.5, Output: 13.5, Currency: "CNY"},
-		Usage:   &provider.Usage{PromptTokens: 1_000_000, CompletionTokens: 1_000_000, RequestCount: 1}}
-	u.CostQuote = QuoteUsage(nested, u)
-	if u.CostQuote == nil || u.CostQuote.Original.Amount != "36" || quotes != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("bound usage lost the quote owner: quote=%+v calls=%d", u.CostQuote, quotes)
-	}
-	nested.Emit(u)
-	if len(sink.events) != 1 || UsageScope(sink.events[0]) != old {
-		t.Fatal("nested capture adopted a later owner")
-	}
-	chain.Emit(u)
-	if quotes != 1 || sink.events[0].CostQuote != u.CostQuote || sink.events[1].CostQuote != u.CostQuote {
-		t.Fatal("scope binding changed or repeated the occurrence quote")
-	}
-	want, err := json.Marshal(sink.events[1])
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	got, err := json.Marshal(sink.events[0])
-	if err != nil || string(got) != string(want) {
-		t.Fatalf("scope changed JSON: %s %v", got, err)
-	}
-	if UsageScope(u) != nil {
-		t.Fatal("capture mutated the producer event")
-	}
-	var replay Event
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(got, &replay); err != nil || UsageScope(replay) != nil {
-		t.Fatal("replay acquired process-local ownership")
-	}
-	bound.Emit(Event{Kind: Notice, Text: "unchanged"})
-	if len(sink.events) != 3 || UsageScope(sink.events[2]) != nil {
-		t.Fatal("non-usage event acquired attribution")
-	}
-}
-
 func TestUsageScopeKeepsEarlierEventOwner(t *testing.T) {
 	sink := &usageScopeTestSink{current: "new"}
 	BindUsageScope(sink).Emit(Event{Kind: Usage, usageScope: "old"})
diff --git a/internal/contract/event/verification_drift.go b/internal/contract/event/verification_drift.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dbc2ff961..0000000000
--- a/internal/contract/event/verification_drift.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-// verification_drift.go — the declaration a Goal was accepted under, beside the
-// one this process loaded.
-package event
-
-import "reasonix/internal/base/nilutil"
-
-// VerificationContractDrift is one comparison between the contract a resumed
-// Goal was frozen under and the declaration the current process read. It
-// observes and decides nothing. It does not say the frozen contract should be
-// kept, that the current declaration supersedes it, or that the Goal owes
-// anything: which of the two governs is a decision no observation may make.
-type VerificationContractDrift struct {
-	ScopeID string
-	Epoch   uint64
-	// Frozen and Current are canonical criterion identities — the project's own
-	// declared commands, the same text a readiness reason already shows.
-	Frozen  []string
-	Current []string
-	Drift   bool
-}
-
-// VerificationContractDriftSink is an optional sink capability.
-type VerificationContractDriftSink interface {
-	RecordVerificationContractDrift(VerificationContractDrift)
-}
-
-// RecordVerificationContractDrift forwards one comparison to sinks that opt in.
-func RecordVerificationContractDrift(s Sink, d VerificationContractDrift) {
-	if nilutil.IsNil(s) {
-		return
-	}
-	if ds, ok := s.(VerificationContractDriftSink); ok {
-		ds.RecordVerificationContractDrift(d)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/contract/eventwire/wire.go b/internal/contract/eventwire/wire.go
index 520b11a2ac..7581b13c08 100644
--- a/internal/contract/eventwire/wire.go
+++ b/internal/contract/eventwire/wire.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ type Event struct {
 	Err             string              `json:"err,omitempty" externalizable:"true"`
 	Cancelled       bool                `json:"cancelled,omitempty"` // TurnDone: the user asked to stop
 	Outcome         string              `json:"outcome,omitempty"`
-	Readiness       *FinalReadiness     `json:"readiness,omitempty"`
 	Receipt         *CompletionReceipt  `json:"receipt,omitempty"`
 	CheckpointTurn  *int                `json:"checkpointTurn,omitempty"`
 	WorkDurationMs  int64               `json:"workDurationMs,omitempty"` // TurnDone: run time up to the final answer
@@ -202,9 +201,6 @@ func ToWire(e event.Event) Event {
 		w.Cancelled, w.Outcome = e.Cancelled, e.Outcome
 		w.CheckpointTurn, w.WorkDurationMs, w.WorkStartedAt = e.CheckpointTurn, e.WorkDurationMs, e.WorkStartedAt
 		w.Receipt = completionReceiptWire(e.Receipt)
-		if e.Readiness != nil {
-			w.Readiness = &FinalReadiness{Attempts: e.Readiness.Attempts, Missing: append([]string(nil), e.Readiness.Missing...)}
-		}
 		if e.Err != nil {
 			w.Err = e.Err.Error()
 		}
@@ -316,11 +312,6 @@ func ToWireVia(in *provider.Via) *Via {
 	return &Via{Device: in.Device, Ordinal: in.Ordinal}
 }
 
-type FinalReadiness struct {
-	Attempts int      `json:"attempts,omitempty"`
-	Missing  []string `json:"missing,omitempty"`
-}
-
 // MemoryCitation is the JSON form of provider.MemoryCitation.
 type MemoryCitation struct {
 	ID        string `json:"id,omitempty"`
diff --git a/internal/contract/eventwire/wire_test.go b/internal/contract/eventwire/wire_test.go
index eb62f99bfb..6ef98f240e 100644
--- a/internal/contract/eventwire/wire_test.go
+++ b/internal/contract/eventwire/wire_test.go
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ func TestToWireContextMaintenanceJSON(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestToWireNoticeCarriesCode(t *testing.T) {
-	w := ToWire(event.Event{Kind: event.Notice, Level: event.LevelInfo, Code: event.NoticeCodeFinalReadiness, Text: "readiness copy"})
+	w := ToWire(event.Event{Kind: event.Notice, Level: event.LevelInfo, Code: event.NoticeCodeEmptyFinal, Text: "empty copy"})
 	b, err := json.Marshal(w)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("marshal: %v", err)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(string(b), `"code":"final_readiness"`) {
+	if !strings.Contains(string(b), `"code":"empty_final"`) {
 		t.Fatalf("notice JSON = %s, want a stable code field", b)
 	}
 
@@ -265,23 +265,6 @@ func TestToWireToolOmitsHostOnlyWorkspaceMutationMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestToWireTurnOutcomeIsOptionalAndMachineReadable(t *testing.T) {
-	readiness := ToWire(event.Event{
-		Kind:      event.TurnDone,
-		Err:       errors.New("final-answer readiness failed 3 times: missing verification"),
-		Outcome:   event.TurnOutcomeFinalReadiness,
-		Readiness: &event.FinalReadiness{Attempts: 3, Missing: []string{"verification", "review"}},
-	})
-	if readiness.Outcome != event.TurnOutcomeFinalReadiness || readiness.Err == "" || readiness.Readiness == nil || readiness.Readiness.Attempts != 3 {
-		t.Fatalf("readiness wire event = %+v", readiness)
-	}
-	b, err := json.Marshal(readiness)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("marshal readiness: %v", err)
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(string(b), `"outcome":"final_readiness"`) || !strings.Contains(string(b), `"missing":["verification","review"]`) {
-		t.Fatalf("readiness JSON = %s, want structured outcome", b)
-	}
-
 	ordinary, err := json.Marshal(ToWire(event.Event{Kind: event.TurnDone, Err: errors.New("provider failed")}))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("marshal ordinary error: %v", err)
diff --git a/internal/contract/hostaudit/readiness_audit.go b/internal/contract/hostaudit/readiness_audit.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0557ae4683..0000000000
--- a/internal/contract/hostaudit/readiness_audit.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package hostaudit
-
-// ReadinessAuditResult classifies one host final-answer readiness audit receipt.
-type ReadinessAuditResult string
-
-const (
-	ReadinessAllowed ReadinessAuditResult = "allowed"
-	ReadinessBlocked ReadinessAuditResult = "blocked"
-	ReadinessErrored ReadinessAuditResult = "errored"
-)
-
-// ReadinessAudit is a structured, non-rendered receipt for the final-answer
-// readiness gate. It lets metrics sinks count why the host blocked a final
-// answer without scraping Notice text or adding model-visible state.
-type ReadinessAudit struct {
-	Result                    ReadinessAuditResult
-	Recovered                 bool
-	MissingProjectChecks      int
-	IncompleteTodos           int
-	MissingAcceptanceCriteria int
-	MissingVerification       int
-	// Structured review and changed-path inspection are different debts read
-	// from different indices, and one counter could not say which was owed.
-	MissingStructuredReview int
-	MissingPathInspection   int
-	MissingSignoff          int
-	MissingMutation         int
-	MissingCapabilities     int
-	MissingRender           int
-}
diff --git a/internal/frontend/acp/server_test.go b/internal/frontend/acp/server_test.go
index f80c2d07fb..76a48627a5 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/acp/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/acp/server_test.go
@@ -2213,61 +2213,6 @@ func TestServePromptFailureIsAJSONRPCErrorWithTypedCode(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestServeReadinessPauseEndsTheTurnWithAReceiptAndTypedOutcome(t *testing.T) {
-	factory := &fakeFactory{behavior: func(_ context.Context, sink event.Sink, _ string) error {
-		sink.Emit(event.Event{Kind: event.Text, Text: "all done"})
-		return &agent.FinalReadinessError{Attempts: 1, Reason: "run a relevant verification command", Missing: []string{"verification"}}
-	}}
-	client, stop := startServer(t, factory)
-	defer stop()
-
-	client.call(t, "initialize", InitializeParams{ProtocolVersion: 1})
-	newResp := client.call(t, "session/new", SessionNewParams{})
-	var nr SessionNewResult
-	json.Unmarshal(newResp.Result, &nr)
-
-	promptCh := client.callAsync("session/prompt", SessionPromptParams{
-		SessionID: nr.SessionID,
-		Prompt:    []ContentBlock{{Type: "text", Text: "write something"}},
-	})
-	notifs, resp := drainPrompt(t, client, promptCh)
-	if resp.Error != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("a readiness pause is not a failure: %+v", resp.Error)
-	}
-	var raw map[string]json.RawMessage
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, &raw); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("prompt result: %v", err)
-	}
-	if string(raw["stopReason"]) != `"end_turn"` {
-		t.Errorf("stopReason = %s, want end_turn", raw["stopReason"])
-	}
-	var meta struct {
-		Reasonix struct {
-			TurnOutcome ReasonixTurnOutcome `json:"turnOutcome"`
-		} `json:"reasonix.io"`
-	}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw["_meta"], &meta); err != nil || meta.Reasonix.TurnOutcome.Kind != "paused" {
-		t.Errorf("_meta = %s (%v), want turnOutcome kind paused", raw["_meta"], err)
-	}
-	var text strings.Builder
-	for _, n := range notifs {
-		var p struct {
-			Update struct {
-				SessionUpdate string `json:"sessionUpdate"`
-				Content       struct {
-					Text string `json:"text"`
-				} `json:"content"`
-			} `json:"update"`
-		}
-		if json.Unmarshal(n.Params, &p) == nil && p.Update.SessionUpdate == "agent_message_chunk" {
-			text.WriteString(p.Update.Content.Text)
-		}
-	}
-	if got := text.String(); !strings.Contains(got, "all done") || !strings.Contains(got, "[paused]") || !strings.Contains(got, "verification") {
-		t.Errorf("streamed text = %q, want the answer followed by a [paused] receipt naming the missing verification", got)
-	}
-}
-
 // statusUpdatesCaps is the initialize declaration that opts a test client in to
 // the unsolicited vendor status notifications.
 var statusUpdatesCaps = ClientCapabilities{Meta: map[string]any{"reasonix.io": map[string]any{
diff --git a/internal/frontend/acp/session.go b/internal/frontend/acp/session.go
index bb2d695a28..3732464169 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/acp/session.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/acp/session.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/provider"
-	"reasonix/internal/runtime/agent"
 	"reasonix/internal/session/control"
 	"reasonix/internal/state/sessioninbox"
 )
@@ -367,14 +366,9 @@ func (s *service) sessionPrompt(ctx context.Context, raw json.RawMessage) (any,
 	stop := StopEndTurn
 	vendor := map[string]any{}
 	if runErr != nil {
-		var readinessErr *agent.FinalReadinessError
 		switch {
 		case runCtx.Err() != nil:
 			stop = StopCancelled
-		case errors.As(runErr, &readinessErr):
-			outcome := ReasonixTurnOutcome{Kind: "paused", Reason: clipStatusText(readinessErr.Error(), 2_048)}
-			sess.sink.send(readinessReceipt(outcome.Reason, readinessErr.Missing))
-			vendor["turnOutcome"] = outcome
 		default:
 			return nil, &RPCError{
 				Code:    ErrInternal,
@@ -735,13 +729,3 @@ func sessionInfoMatchesCwd(info SessionInfo, filter string) bool {
 	}
 	return filepath.Clean(info.Cwd) == filepath.Clean(filter)
 }
-
-// readinessReceipt is the host-written line a text-only client sees when the
-// turn stopped before delivery was verified; the typed outcome rides _meta.
-func readinessReceipt(reason string, missing []string) messageChunk {
-	text := "\n\n[paused] Not verified, the work may be incomplete: " + reason
-	if len(missing) > 0 {
-		text += " (missing: " + strings.Join(redactStatusTexts(missing, 256), ", ") + ")"
-	}
-	return messageChunk{SessionUpdate: "agent_message_chunk", Content: textBlock(text)}
-}
diff --git a/internal/frontend/acp/status.go b/internal/frontend/acp/status.go
index a28c1e36a8..0588be4f7d 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/acp/status.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/acp/status.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package acp
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"math"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/pricing"
 	"runtime"
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"reasonix/internal/base/secrets"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/provider"
-	"reasonix/internal/runtime/agent"
 	"reasonix/internal/session/control"
 )
 
@@ -351,11 +349,6 @@ func (t *statusTelemetry) onEvent(e event.Event) (string, bool) {
 		return "phase", true
 	case event.ToolDispatch:
 		t.mutate(func(t *statusTelemetry) { t.phase = "implementing" })
-	case event.Notice:
-		if e.Code == event.NoticeCodeFinalReadiness {
-			t.mutate(func(t *statusTelemetry) { t.phase = "checking_readiness" })
-			return "phase", true
-		}
 	}
 	return "", false
 }
@@ -386,13 +379,7 @@ func (t *statusTelemetry) finishTurn(runErr error, cancelled bool, goalStatus, s
 			t.turnOutcome = ReasonixTurnOutcome{Kind: "paused", Reason: "goal blocked"}
 			eventName = "pause"
 		default:
-			var readinessErr *agent.FinalReadinessError
 			switch {
-			case errors.As(runErr, &readinessErr):
-				t.phase = "readiness_paused"
-				t.turnOutcome = ReasonixTurnOutcome{Kind: "paused", Reason: clipStatusText(readinessErr.Error(), 2_048)}
-				t.finalReadiness.Risks = redactStatusTexts(readinessErr.Missing, 2_048)
-				eventName = "pause"
 			case runErr != nil:
 				t.phase = "error"
 				t.turnOutcome = ReasonixTurnOutcome{Kind: "error", Reason: clipStatusText(runErr.Error(), 2_048)}
diff --git a/internal/frontend/acp/status_test.go b/internal/frontend/acp/status_test.go
index bbdd484450..eeb104be1e 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/acp/status_test.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/acp/status_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"reasonix/internal/base/testenv"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/provider"
-	"reasonix/internal/runtime/agent"
 )
 
 type statusFactory struct {
@@ -207,19 +206,8 @@ func TestStatusNormalizesPhaseAndRedactsPublicText(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := telemetry.snapshot().phase; got != "working" {
 		t.Fatalf("unknown phase = %q, want working", got)
 	}
-	telemetry.finishTurn(&agent.FinalReadinessError{
-		Attempts: 1,
-		Reason:   "token=secret-reason",
-		Missing:  []string{"api_key=secret-risk"},
-	}, false, "running", "authorization: bearer secret-summary")
+	telemetry.finishTurn(errors.New("token=secret-reason"), false, "running", "authorization: bearer secret-summary")
 	snapshot := telemetry.snapshot()
-	encoded, err := json.Marshal(snapshot.finalReadiness)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(string(encoded), "secret-") || !strings.Contains(string(encoded), "[redacted]") {
-		t.Fatalf("status text was not redacted: %s", encoded)
-	}
 	if strings.Contains(snapshot.turnOutcome.Reason, "secret-") {
 		t.Fatalf("turn outcome was not redacted: %q", snapshot.turnOutcome.Reason)
 	}
@@ -308,13 +296,6 @@ func TestStatusRecomputesPlannerModeAfterWorkModeSwitch(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestStatusClassifiesPauseAndError(t *testing.T) {
 	telemetry := newStatusTelemetry()
-	telemetry.beginTurn()
-	pauseEvent := telemetry.finishTurn(&agent.FinalReadinessError{Attempts: 3, Reason: "missing verification", Missing: []string{"verify"}}, false, "running", "partial")
-	paused := telemetry.snapshot()
-	if pauseEvent != "pause" || paused.turnOutcome.Kind != "paused" || len(paused.finalReadiness.Risks) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("pause classification = event %q snapshot %+v", pauseEvent, paused)
-	}
-
 	telemetry.beginTurn()
 	errorEvent := telemetry.finishTurn(errors.New("provider failed"), false, "running", "")
 	failed := telemetry.snapshot()
diff --git a/internal/frontend/cli/run_completion.go b/internal/frontend/cli/run_completion.go
index 38ec2dbfdf..446c3d3e69 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/cli/run_completion.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/cli/run_completion.go
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ type runCompletion struct {
 	class    string
 	isError  bool
 	exitCode int
-	// unverified: the model finished and the host's final-readiness judgement
-	// stayed unmet. That is a verdict on the answer, not a failed run.
+	// unverified: the model finished but the host refused the work it was asked
+	// for. That is a verdict on the answer, not a failed run.
 	unverified bool
 }
 
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ func classifyRunCompletion(err error) runCompletion {
 	if err == nil {
 		return runCompletion{subtype: "success", class: "success"}
 	}
-	if runReadiness(err) != nil {
-		return runCompletion{subtype: "success", class: runFailureClass(err), unverified: true}
-	}
 	return runCompletion{
 		subtype:  "error_during_execution",
 		class:    runFailureClass(err),
diff --git a/internal/frontend/cli/run_completion_test.go b/internal/frontend/cli/run_completion_test.go
index 24b8970011..fecb63448d 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/cli/run_completion_test.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/cli/run_completion_test.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
-
-	"reasonix/internal/runtime/agent"
 )
 
 func TestClassifyRunCompletionNamesTheFailureClass(t *testing.T) {
@@ -15,7 +13,6 @@ func TestClassifyRunCompletionNamesTheFailureClass(t *testing.T) {
 		want string
 	}{
 		{nil, "success"},
-		{&agent.FinalReadinessError{Attempts: 3, Reason: "incomplete todos"}, "final_readiness"},
 		{fmt.Errorf("run: %w", context.DeadlineExceeded), "timeout"},
 		{context.Canceled, "cancelled"},
 		{errors.New("provider 500"), "error_during_execution"},
@@ -25,12 +22,3 @@ func TestClassifyRunCompletionNamesTheFailureClass(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-// An unmet final-readiness judgement is a verdict on a finished run: it keeps
-// its benchmark class and exits 0.
-func TestFinalReadinessIsAVerdictNotAFailure(t *testing.T) {
-	readiness := classifyRunCompletion(&agent.FinalReadinessError{Attempts: 3})
-	if readiness.isError || readiness.exitCode != 0 || !readiness.unverified || readiness.subtype != "success" {
-		t.Fatalf("final-readiness completion = %+v, want a successful, unverified run", readiness)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/frontend/cli/run_metrics.go b/internal/frontend/cli/run_metrics.go
index a2c63d21f5..48e1641519 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/cli/run_metrics.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/cli/run_metrics.go
@@ -59,23 +59,10 @@ type RunMetrics struct {
 	// CompletionVerdict and CompletionGapKinds are the turn's own verdict on
 	// itself. Outcome answers only whether the run errored, so without these a
 	// reader is told "success" by a file the same run warned a human about.
-	CompletionVerdict                string   `json:"completion_verdict,omitempty"`
-	CompletionGapKinds               []string `json:"completion_gap_kinds,omitempty"`
-	Estimated                        bool     `json:"estimated,omitempty"`
-	Compactions                      int      `json:"compactions"`
-	ReadinessChecks                  int      `json:"readiness_checks"`
-	ReadinessAllowed                 int      `json:"readiness_allowed"`
-	ReadinessBlocks                  int      `json:"readiness_blocks"`
-	ReadinessRecoveries              int      `json:"readiness_recoveries"`
-	ReadinessErrors                  int      `json:"readiness_errors"`
-	ReadinessMissingProjectChecks    int      `json:"readiness_missing_project_checks"`
-	ReadinessIncompleteTodos         int      `json:"readiness_incomplete_todos"`
-	ReadinessMissingAcceptance       int      `json:"readiness_missing_acceptance_criteria"`
-	ReadinessMissingVerification     int      `json:"readiness_missing_verification"`
-	ReadinessMissingStructuredReview int      `json:"readiness_missing_structured_review"`
-	ReadinessMissingPathInspection   int      `json:"readiness_missing_path_inspection"`
-	ReadinessMissingSignoff          int      `json:"readiness_missing_signoff"`
-	ReadinessMissingMutation         int      `json:"readiness_missing_mutation"`
+	CompletionVerdict  string   `json:"completion_verdict,omitempty"`
+	CompletionGapKinds []string `json:"completion_gap_kinds,omitempty"`
+	Estimated          bool     `json:"estimated,omitempty"`
+	Compactions        int      `json:"compactions"`
 	// Project-check shadow: the two derivations compared, by what explains a
 	// disagreement. Only the last two classes are candidate defects.
 	ProjectCheckProbes            int `json:"project_check_probes"`
@@ -498,48 +485,6 @@ func (s *metricsSink) RecordDelegationAudit(a hostaudit.DelegationAudit) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *metricsSink) RecordReadinessAudit(a hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	if s == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	defer event.RecordReadinessAudit(s.inner, a)
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.m.ReadinessChecks++
-	switch a.Result {
-	case hostaudit.ReadinessAllowed:
-		s.m.ReadinessAllowed++
-	case hostaudit.ReadinessBlocked:
-		s.m.ReadinessBlocks++
-	case hostaudit.ReadinessErrored:
-		s.m.ReadinessErrors++
-	}
-	if a.Recovered {
-		s.m.ReadinessRecoveries++
-	}
-	s.m.ReadinessMissingProjectChecks += a.MissingProjectChecks
-	s.m.ReadinessIncompleteTodos += a.IncompleteTodos
-	s.m.ReadinessMissingAcceptance += a.MissingAcceptanceCriteria
-	s.m.ReadinessMissingVerification += a.MissingVerification
-	s.m.ReadinessMissingStructuredReview += a.MissingStructuredReview
-	s.m.ReadinessMissingPathInspection += a.MissingPathInspection
-	s.m.ReadinessMissingSignoff += a.MissingSignoff
-	s.m.ReadinessMissingMutation += a.MissingMutation
-}
-
-func (s *metricsSink) RecordVerificationContractDrift(d event.VerificationContractDrift) {
-	if s == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	defer event.RecordVerificationContractDrift(s.inner, d)
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.m.GoalResumesWithContract++
-	if d.Drift {
-		s.m.GoalVerificationDrifts++
-	}
-}
-
 func (s *metricsSink) RecordSubagentHandoff(a event.SubagentHandoffAudit) {
 	if s == nil {
 		return
@@ -586,40 +531,6 @@ func (s *metricsSink) RecordSubagentHandoff(a event.SubagentHandoffAudit) {
 	s.m.SubagentHandoffLowered += a.LoweredClaims
 }
 
-func (s *metricsSink) RecordProjectCheckProbe(p event.ProjectCheckProbe) {
-	if s == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	defer event.RecordProjectCheckProbe(s.inner, p)
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.m.ProjectCheckProbes++
-	if p.LegacyBlocked == p.CandidateBlocked {
-		s.m.ProjectCheckStopParity++
-	}
-	for _, d := range p.Diffs {
-		switch d.Class {
-		case event.ProjectCheckBaselinePreservation:
-			s.m.ProjectCheckBaselinePreserved++
-		case event.ProjectCheckMutationIndex:
-			s.m.ProjectCheckMutationIndex++
-		case event.ProjectCheckIdentityNormalization:
-			s.m.ProjectCheckIdentityNorm++
-		case event.ProjectCheckCandidateOnly:
-			s.m.ProjectCheckCandidateOnly++
-		case event.ProjectCheckLegacyOnly:
-			s.m.ProjectCheckLegacyOnly++
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *metricsSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	if a.ChildID != "" {
-		s.m.SubagentRecoveries++
-	}
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(s.inner, a)
-}
-
 // MergeCapabilityAuditCounters copies capability counters into RunMetrics.
 func (m *RunMetrics) MergeCapabilityAuditCounters(
 	routes, routedCandidates, routedRequire, routedPrefer, routedSuggest, declines int,
diff --git a/internal/frontend/cli/run_metrics_test.go b/internal/frontend/cli/run_metrics_test.go
index 612ca30189..372cb63981 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/cli/run_metrics_test.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/cli/run_metrics_test.go
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/hostaudit"
 	"testing"
 
-	"reasonix/internal/base/testenv"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/provider"
 )
@@ -37,60 +32,6 @@ func TestMetricsSinkUsesProviderCacheWriteCost(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMetricsSinkAccumulatesReadinessAudit(t *testing.T) {
-	s := &metricsSink{inner: event.Discard}
-
-	s.RecordReadinessAudit(hostaudit.ReadinessAudit{
-		Result:                    hostaudit.ReadinessBlocked,
-		MissingProjectChecks:      2,
-		IncompleteTodos:           3,
-		MissingAcceptanceCriteria: 1,
-		MissingVerification:       1,
-		MissingStructuredReview:   1,
-		MissingPathInspection:     1,
-		MissingSignoff:            1,
-		MissingMutation:           1,
-	})
-	s.RecordReadinessAudit(hostaudit.ReadinessAudit{
-		Result:    hostaudit.ReadinessAllowed,
-		Recovered: true,
-	})
-	s.RecordReadinessAudit(hostaudit.ReadinessAudit{
-		Result: hostaudit.ReadinessErrored,
-	})
-
-	if s.m.ReadinessChecks != 3 {
-		t.Fatalf("readiness checks = %d, want 3", s.m.ReadinessChecks)
-	}
-	if s.m.ReadinessAllowed != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("readiness allowed = %d, want 1", s.m.ReadinessAllowed)
-	}
-	if s.m.ReadinessBlocks != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("readiness blocks = %d, want 1", s.m.ReadinessBlocks)
-	}
-	if s.m.ReadinessRecoveries != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("readiness recoveries = %d, want 1", s.m.ReadinessRecoveries)
-	}
-	if s.m.ReadinessErrors != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("readiness errors = %d, want 1", s.m.ReadinessErrors)
-	}
-	if s.m.ReadinessMissingProjectChecks != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("missing project checks = %d, want 2", s.m.ReadinessMissingProjectChecks)
-	}
-	if s.m.ReadinessIncompleteTodos != 3 {
-		t.Fatalf("incomplete todos = %d, want 3", s.m.ReadinessIncompleteTodos)
-	}
-	if s.m.ReadinessMissingAcceptance != 1 || s.m.ReadinessMissingVerification != 1 ||
-		s.m.ReadinessMissingStructuredReview != 1 || s.m.ReadinessMissingPathInspection != 1 || s.m.ReadinessMissingSignoff != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("delivery readiness misses = acceptance %d verification %d structured-review %d path-inspection %d signoff %d, want 1/1/1/1/1",
-			s.m.ReadinessMissingAcceptance, s.m.ReadinessMissingVerification,
-			s.m.ReadinessMissingStructuredReview, s.m.ReadinessMissingPathInspection, s.m.ReadinessMissingSignoff)
-	}
-	if s.m.ReadinessMissingMutation != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("delivery work misses = mutation %d, want 1", s.m.ReadinessMissingMutation)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestMetricsSinkAccountsToolCallsAndRetries(t *testing.T) {
 	s := &metricsSink{inner: event.Discard}
 
@@ -127,60 +68,6 @@ func TestMetricsSinkAccountsToolCallsAndRetries(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestWriteMetricsIncludesReadinessFields(t *testing.T) {
-	path := filepath.Join(testenv.TempDir(t), "metrics.json")
-	if err := writeMetrics(path, RunMetrics{
-		PromptTokens:                     10,
-		CompletionTokens:                 3,
-		CacheHitTokens:                   7,
-		CacheMissTokens:                  3,
-		Steps:                            2,
-		ReadinessChecks:                  1,
-		ReadinessAllowed:                 1,
-		ReadinessBlocks:                  0,
-		ReadinessRecoveries:              1,
-		ReadinessErrors:                  0,
-		ReadinessMissingProjectChecks:    0,
-		ReadinessIncompleteTodos:         0,
-		ReadinessMissingAcceptance:       0,
-		ReadinessMissingVerification:     0,
-		ReadinessMissingStructuredReview: 0,
-		ReadinessMissingPathInspection:   0,
-		ReadinessMissingSignoff:          0,
-		ReadinessMissingMutation:         0,
-	}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("writeMetrics: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	b, err := os.ReadFile(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("ReadFile: %v", err)
-	}
-	var got map[string]any
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &got); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Unmarshal: %v", err)
-	}
-	for _, key := range []string{
-		"readiness_checks",
-		"readiness_allowed",
-		"readiness_blocks",
-		"readiness_recoveries",
-		"readiness_errors",
-		"readiness_missing_project_checks",
-		"readiness_incomplete_todos",
-		"readiness_missing_acceptance_criteria",
-		"readiness_missing_verification",
-		"readiness_missing_structured_review",
-		"readiness_missing_path_inspection",
-		"readiness_missing_signoff",
-		"readiness_missing_mutation",
-	} {
-		if _, ok := got[key]; !ok {
-			t.Fatalf("metrics JSON missing %q: %s", key, string(b))
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // Outcome answers only whether the run errored. A reader that stops there is
 // told "success" by the same run that warned its human about open gaps, so the
 // turn's own verdict has to reach the file too.
diff --git a/internal/frontend/cli/run_output.go b/internal/frontend/cli/run_output.go
index d0baebad02..3905635e37 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/cli/run_output.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/cli/run_output.go
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ type runResult struct {
 	PermissionDenials []runPermissionDenial `json:"permission_denials"`
 	// PermissionMode is the posture the run settled on, named or defaulted.
 	PermissionMode string                       `json:"permission_mode,omitempty"`
-	Readiness      *eventwire.FinalReadiness    `json:"readiness,omitempty"`
 	UnverifiedBy   string                       `json:"unverified_by,omitempty"`
 	Completion     *eventwire.CompletionSummary `json:"completion,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -156,8 +155,7 @@ type machineRunDone struct {
 	NumTurns      int               `json:"num_turns"`
 	Usage         machineEventUsage `json:"usage"`
 	// PermissionDenials counts refused calls; the list itself carries content.
-	PermissionDenials int                       `json:"permission_denials,omitempty"`
-	Readiness         *eventwire.FinalReadiness `json:"readiness,omitempty"`
+	PermissionDenials int `json:"permission_denials,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type runOutputSink struct {
@@ -339,7 +337,6 @@ func (s *runOutputSink) Finalize(sessionID string, started time.Time, runErr err
 			Usage:         machineEventUsage{InputTokens: s.usage.InputTokens, OutputTokens: s.usage.OutputTokens, CacheHitTokens: s.usage.CacheReadInputTokens, CacheMissTokens: s.usage.CacheCreationInputTokens},
 
 			PermissionDenials: len(s.permissions.denials),
-			Readiness:         runReadiness(runErr),
 		})
 	}
 	resultText := s.final
@@ -393,7 +390,6 @@ func (s *runOutputSink) Finalize(sessionID string, started time.Time, runErr err
 		Usage:             s.usage,
 		PermissionDenials: append([]runPermissionDenial{}, s.permissions.denials...),
 		PermissionMode:    s.permissions.mode,
-		Readiness:         runReadiness(runErr),
 		UnverifiedBy:      unverifiedBy(s.permissions.denials),
 		Completion:        s.verdict.completion,
 	})
diff --git a/internal/frontend/cli/run_verdict.go b/internal/frontend/cli/run_verdict.go
index 738ee22f5e..660f3bd0d1 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/cli/run_verdict.go
+++ b/internal/frontend/cli/run_verdict.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/config"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/eventwire"
-	"reasonix/internal/runtime/agent"
 	"reasonix/internal/safety/permission"
 	"reasonix/internal/session/control"
 )
@@ -122,15 +120,6 @@ func (t *runDenialTally) snapshot() []runPermissionDenial {
 	return append([]runPermissionDenial(nil), t.denials...)
 }
 
-// runReadiness is the unmet final-readiness judgement a run ended with, or nil.
-func runReadiness(runErr error) *eventwire.FinalReadiness {
-	var readiness *agent.FinalReadinessError
-	if !errors.As(runErr, &readiness) || readiness == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return &eventwire.FinalReadiness{Attempts: readiness.Attempts, Missing: append([]string(nil), readiness.Missing...)}
-}
-
 // withFolderRefusal marks a run whose edits and commands were refused because
 // the folder is untrusted as unverified: whatever the model then said, the work
 // it was asked for did not happen.
diff --git a/internal/platform/notify/sink_test.go b/internal/platform/notify/sink_test.go
index 253c61aec5..f0b05393ff 100644
--- a/internal/platform/notify/sink_test.go
+++ b/internal/platform/notify/sink_test.go
@@ -12,37 +12,17 @@ import (
 var errTestFailure = errors.New("failed")
 
 type recordSink struct {
-	events   []event.Kind
-	recovery []event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit
+	events []event.Kind
 }
 
 func (s *recordSink) Emit(e event.Event) {
 	s.events = append(s.events, e.Kind)
 }
 
-func (s *recordSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.recovery = append(s.recovery, a)
-}
-
 type recordSender struct {
 	messages []Message
 }
 
-func TestSinkForwardsProtocolRecoveryWithoutNotification(t *testing.T) {
-	inner := &recordSink{}
-	sender := &recordSender{}
-	sink := NewSink(inner, sender, i18n.English, NewSettings(config.NotificationsConfig{Enabled: true, TurnDone: true}))
-
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(sink, event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit{Kind: event.ProtocolRecoveryKind("test")})
-
-	if len(inner.recovery) != 1 || inner.recovery[0].Kind != event.ProtocolRecoveryKind("test") {
-		t.Fatalf("forwarded protocol recovery = %+v", inner.recovery)
-	}
-	if len(sender.messages) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("protocol recovery sent user notification: %+v", sender.messages)
-	}
-}
-
 func (s *recordSender) Send(m Message) error {
 	s.messages = append(s.messages, m)
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/platform/telemetry/client.go b/internal/platform/telemetry/client.go
index a153ad9e02..d0bc13687d 100644
--- a/internal/platform/telemetry/client.go
+++ b/internal/platform/telemetry/client.go
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ var uploadSignals = map[string]bool{
 	// hold was contended or not, how long it waited, and how much of it was
 	// spent holding and not writing.
 	"lease_hold": true, "lease_wait": true, "lease_idle": true,
-	// Recorded by RecordProtocolRecovery since it shipped and dropped here ever
-	// since: the bucket is a ProtocolRecoveryKind, a closed enum, never content.
-	"tool_call_reasoning_recovery": true,
 }
 
 // queuedSurface reads a payload's surface. A queue predating the field can only
diff --git a/internal/platform/telemetry/client_test.go b/internal/platform/telemetry/client_test.go
index e30fd6f2c7..be85b27153 100644
--- a/internal/platform/telemetry/client_test.go
+++ b/internal/platform/telemetry/client_test.go
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ func TestEverySignalTheSinkRecordsSurvivesTheUploadAllowList(t *testing.T) {
 	sink.Emit(event.Event{Kind: event.ToolResult, Tool: event.Tool{Err: "permission denied"}})
 	sink.Emit(event.Event{Kind: event.Notice, Code: event.NoticeCodeEmptyFinal})
 	sink.Emit(event.Event{Kind: event.CompactionStarted, Compaction: event.Compaction{Trigger: "auto"}})
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(sink, event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit{Kind: event.ProtocolRecoveryKind("test")})
 	sink.Emit(event.Event{Kind: event.TurnDone})
 	reporter.RecordRecovery(hostaudit.RecoveryMetrics{FailureEvents: 1, ReviewLatencyMsSum: 400, ReviewLatencyCount: 1})
 
diff --git a/internal/platform/telemetry/sink.go b/internal/platform/telemetry/sink.go
index 8613f25507..0cc7e5f6b6 100644
--- a/internal/platform/telemetry/sink.go
+++ b/internal/platform/telemetry/sink.go
@@ -157,11 +157,6 @@ func (s *sink) Emit(e event.Event) {
 	s.inner.Emit(e)
 }
 
-func (s *sink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	add(s.counts, "tool_call_reasoning_recovery", string(a.Kind), 1)
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(s.inner, a)
-}
-
 func (s *sink) observe(e event.Event) {
 	switch e.Kind {
 	case event.TurnStarted:
diff --git a/internal/platform/telemetry/sink_test.go b/internal/platform/telemetry/sink_test.go
index 066db0d957..078fd08ee0 100644
--- a/internal/platform/telemetry/sink_test.go
+++ b/internal/platform/telemetry/sink_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/hostaudit"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -16,19 +15,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type readinessSink struct {
-	events   int
-	audits   int
-	recovery int
+	events int
 }
 
 func (s *readinessSink) Emit(event.Event) { s.events++ }
-func (s *readinessSink) RecordReadinessAudit(hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	s.audits++
-}
-func (s *readinessSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.recovery++
-}
-
 func TestSinkWritesOnlyWhitelistedContentFreeCounters(t *testing.T) {
 	home := testenv.TempDir(t)
 	reporter := &Reporter{
@@ -51,11 +41,9 @@ func TestSinkWritesOnlyWhitelistedContentFreeCounters(t *testing.T) {
 	sink.Emit(event.Event{Kind: event.ToolResult, Tool: event.Tool{
 		Name: secret, Args: secret, Output: secret, Err: "permission denied: " + secret,
 	}})
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(sink, event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit{Kind: event.ProtocolRecoveryKind("test")})
 	sink.Emit(event.Event{Kind: event.TurnDone, Err: &provider.APIError{
 		Provider: secret, Status: 429, Body: secret, TraceID: secret,
 	}})
-	event.RecordReadinessAudit(sink, hostaudit.ReadinessAudit{})
 
 	entries, err := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(home, pendingDirName))
 	if err != nil || len(entries) != 1 {
@@ -77,22 +65,21 @@ func TestSinkWritesOnlyWhitelistedContentFreeCounters(t *testing.T) {
 		got[counter.Signal] = counter.Bucket
 	}
 	for signal, bucket := range map[string]string{
-		"client_surface":               "cli",
-		"cli_mode":                     "run",
-		"turns":                        "count",
-		"finish_reason":                "stop",
-		"cache_hit":                    "90_100",
-		"tool_error":                   "permission",
-		"provider_error":               "rate_limit",
-		"cli_exit":                     "error",
-		"tool_call_reasoning_recovery": "test",
+		"client_surface": "cli",
+		"cli_mode":       "run",
+		"turns":          "count",
+		"finish_reason":  "stop",
+		"cache_hit":      "90_100",
+		"tool_error":     "permission",
+		"provider_error": "rate_limit",
+		"cli_exit":       "error",
 	} {
 		if got[signal] != bucket {
 			t.Errorf("%s bucket = %q, want %q", signal, got[signal], bucket)
 		}
 	}
-	if inner.events != 6 || inner.audits != 1 || inner.recovery != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("forwarding events=%d audits=%d recovery=%d", inner.events, inner.audits, inner.recovery)
+	if inner.events != 6 {
+		t.Fatalf("forwarding events=%d", inner.events)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/runtime/agent/complete_step_e2e_test.go b/internal/runtime/agent/complete_step_e2e_test.go
index f06dc3a1b1..6969ace75f 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/agent/complete_step_e2e_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/agent/complete_step_e2e_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package agent
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reasonix/internal/state/sessionstore"
@@ -66,11 +65,6 @@ func hostAdvances(sink *recordSink) int {
 	return n
 }
 
-func readinessBlocked(err error) bool {
-	var readinessErr *FinalReadinessError
-	return errors.As(err, &readinessErr)
-}
-
 // sessionContains reports whether any message body holds sub — used to assert a
 // tool's own result text (a complete_step "signed off" or its rejection reason),
 // since Run returns nil whether or not a tool call was rejected mid-turn.
@@ -116,9 +110,6 @@ func TestE2ESerialPlanHostAdvancesAndAllowsFinalAnswer(t *testing.T) {
 	if n := hostAdvances(sink); n < 2 {
 		t.Fatalf("host advanced %d times, want >=2 (one per complete_step)", n)
 	}
-	if readinessBlocked(runErr) {
-		t.Fatal("a correctly signed-off plan should not trip the readiness gate")
-	}
 }
 
 // A command cited with a different string than it ran under (#2917: the model
diff --git a/internal/runtime/agent/errors.go b/internal/runtime/agent/errors.go
index 0c43ccc26a..23275da438 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/agent/errors.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/agent/errors.go
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ func PauseClass(err error) string {
 	if errors.As(err, &repeated) {
 		return PauseKindPerseveration
 	}
-	var readiness *FinalReadinessError
-	if errors.As(err, &readiness) {
-		return "final_readiness"
-	}
 	return ""
 }
 
@@ -64,24 +60,6 @@ func InspectRunPause(err error) (RunPauseInfo, bool) {
 	return RunPauseInfo{}, false
 }
 
-// FinalReadinessError reports that the model exhausted its recovery attempts
-// before satisfying the host-observed delivery checks.
-type FinalReadinessError struct {
-	Attempts int
-	Reason   string
-	Missing  []string
-	// Signature is the full unmet-requirement state. Missing names only the
-	// categories, which stay put while the counts inside them move.
-	Signature string
-}
-
-func (e *FinalReadinessError) Error() string {
-	if e == nil {
-		return "final-answer readiness failed"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("final-answer readiness failed %d times: %s", e.Attempts, e.Reason)
-}
-
 // EmptyFinalError reports that the model ended its response with no visible
 // answer text on every one of the host's retries. FinishReason is the last
 // terminal the provider reported, so a caller can tell a response cut off at
diff --git a/internal/runtime/agent/errors_test.go b/internal/runtime/agent/errors_test.go
index 57d49a6a33..eba9ba9542 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/agent/errors_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/agent/errors_test.go
@@ -6,21 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func TestFinalReadinessErrorPreservesDiagnosticText(t *testing.T) {
-	err := (&FinalReadinessError{Attempts: 3, Reason: "missing verification"}).Error()
-	want := "final-answer readiness failed 3 times: missing verification"
-	if err != want {
-		t.Fatalf("Error() = %q, want %q", err, want)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestPauseClassNamesEachGuard(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		err  error
 		want string
 	}{
 		{&maxStepsPause{steps: 40, key: "max_steps"}, "max_steps"},
-		{&FinalReadinessError{Attempts: 3}, "final_readiness"},
 		{fmt.Errorf("wrapped: %w", &maxStepsPause{steps: 5}), "max_steps"},
 		{errors.New("provider 500"), ""},
 		{nil, ""},
diff --git a/internal/runtime/agent/evidence_flow_test.go b/internal/runtime/agent/evidence_flow_test.go
index a58624912c..6e372018ff 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/agent/evidence_flow_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/agent/evidence_flow_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package agent
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/hostaudit"
 	"reasonix/internal/state/sessionstore"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
@@ -99,16 +98,6 @@ func sessionHasUserMessageContaining(s *sessionstore.Session, needle string) boo
 	return false
 }
 
-type readinessAuditSink struct {
-	events []hostaudit.ReadinessAudit
-}
-
-func (s *readinessAuditSink) Emit(event.Event) {}
-
-func (s *readinessAuditSink) RecordReadinessAudit(a hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	s.events = append(s.events, a)
-}
-
 // TestEvidenceFlowEndToEnd drives a full Run(): turn 1 runs bash then signs the
 // step off citing that exact command; complete_step must see the host receipt
 // recorded earlier in the same batch and report it host-verified.
@@ -395,46 +384,6 @@ func TestFinalReadinessAllowsWriterWithoutChecksOrTodos(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestFinalReadinessAuditSkipsWhenGateDoesNotApply(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("no writer", func(t *testing.T) {
-		prov := &scriptedProvider{name: "p", turns: [][]provider.Chunk{
-			{{Type: provider.ChunkText, Text: "done"}, {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-		}}
-		sink := &readinessAuditSink{}
-		a := New(prov, tool.NewRegistry(), sessionstore.NewSession(""), Options{
-			ProjectChecks: []instruction.VerifyCheck{{Command: "go test ./...", SourcePath: "AGENTS.md", Line: 3}},
-		}, sink)
-
-		if err := a.Run(context.Background(), "inspect only"); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Run: %v", err)
-		}
-		if len(sink.events) != 0 {
-			t.Fatalf("readiness audit events = %d, want 0: %+v", len(sink.events), sink.events)
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("writer without checks or todo", func(t *testing.T) {
-		reg := tool.NewRegistry()
-		reg.Add(fakeTool{name: "write_file", readOnly: false, writesPaths: true})
-		prov := &scriptedProvider{name: "p", turns: [][]provider.Chunk{
-			{
-				toolCallChunk("c1", "write_file", `{"path":"changed.go","content":"package main"}`),
-				{Type: provider.ChunkDone},
-			},
-			{{Type: provider.ChunkText, Text: "done"}, {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-		}}
-		sink := &readinessAuditSink{}
-		a := New(prov, reg, sessionstore.NewSession(""), Options{}, sink)
-
-		if err := a.Run(context.Background(), "simple edit"); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Run: %v", err)
-		}
-		if len(sink.events) != 0 {
-			t.Fatalf("readiness audit events = %d, want 0: %+v", len(sink.events), sink.events)
-		}
-	})
-}
-
 func TestTodoWriteOnlyTurnMayEndWithIncompleteTodos(t *testing.T) {
 	todoWrite, ok := tool.LookupBuiltin("todo_write")
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/internal/runtime/agent/project_check_probe_test.go b/internal/runtime/agent/project_check_probe_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 206f088461..0000000000
--- a/internal/runtime/agent/project_check_probe_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-package agent
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-
-	"reasonix/internal/state/sessionstore"
-
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/provider"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/tool"
-	"reasonix/internal/safety/evidence"
-	"reasonix/internal/state/instruction"
-)
-
-type projectCheckProbeSink struct {
-	probes []event.ProjectCheckProbe
-}
-
-func (s *projectCheckProbeSink) Emit(event.Event) {}
-
-func (s *projectCheckProbeSink) RecordProjectCheckProbe(p event.ProjectCheckProbe) {
-	s.probes = append(s.probes, p)
-}
-
-// Outside a delivery scope the checkpoint is left over from whatever restored
-// it, so its baseline is not this turn's to owe.
-func TestProjectCheckBaselineIgnoredOutsideItsScope(t *testing.T) {
-	const began, replacement = "go test ./...", "go test ./internal/foo"
-	reg := tool.NewRegistry()
-	reg.Add(fakeTool{name: "write_file", readOnly: false, writesPaths: true})
-	reg.Add(fakeTool{name: "bash", readOnly: false})
-	prov := &scriptedProvider{name: "p", turns: [][]provider.Chunk{
-		{
-			toolCallChunk("c1", "write_file", `{"path":"changed.go","content":"package main"}`),
-			{Type: provider.ChunkDone},
-		},
-		{
-			toolCallChunk("c2", "bash", `{"command":"`+replacement+`"}`),
-			{Type: provider.ChunkDone},
-		},
-		{{Type: provider.ChunkText, Text: "done"}, {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-	}}
-	a := New(prov, reg, sessionstore.NewSession(""), Options{
-		ProjectChecks: []instruction.VerifyCheck{{Command: replacement, SourcePath: "AGENTS.md", Line: 3}},
-	}, &projectCheckProbeSink{})
-	a.RestoreDeliveryCheckpoint(evidence.DeliveryCheckpoint{ScopeID: "goal-elsewhere", BaselineChecks: []string{began}})
-	if err := a.Run(context.Background(), "edit"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unscoped turn err = %v, want a restored goal's baseline not to bind it", err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/runtime/agent/restart_equivalence_test.go b/internal/runtime/agent/restart_equivalence_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cdb9ddd4be..0000000000
--- a/internal/runtime/agent/restart_equivalence_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,213 +0,0 @@
-package agent
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"slices"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/provider"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/tool"
-	"reasonix/internal/safety/evidence"
-	"reasonix/internal/state/sessionstore"
-)
-
-// Restart equivalence: resuming at a turn boundary must leave the host deciding
-// what it would have decided uninterrupted. The restarted arm keeps only what a
-// resume keeps: the transcript and the goal sidecar's DeliveryCheckpoint.
-
-// restartStep is one user turn and the model's replies to it, in order. A step
-// that runs out of replies answers "done", so a divergence shows up as a
-// verdict rather than as a hang.
-type restartStep struct {
-	input   string
-	replies [][]provider.Chunk
-}
-
-type restartScenario struct {
-	scope    string
-	task     string
-	options  Options
-	registry func() *tool.Registry
-	steps    []restartStep
-}
-
-// stepVerdict is what the host decided when a step ended.
-type stepVerdict struct {
-	Ready   bool
-	Missing []string
-}
-
-func (v stepVerdict) String() string {
-	if v.Ready {
-		return "ready"
-	}
-	return "owes " + strings.Join(v.Missing, ",")
-}
-
-// stepProvider replays the current step's replies and then says "done".
-type stepProvider struct {
-	replies [][]provider.Chunk
-}
-
-func (p *stepProvider) Name() string { return "restart-equivalence" }
-
-func (p *stepProvider) Stream(context.Context, provider.Request) (<-chan provider.Chunk, error) {
-	reply := []provider.Chunk{{Type: provider.ChunkText, Text: "done"}, {Type: provider.ChunkDone}}
-	if len(p.replies) > 0 {
-		reply, p.replies = p.replies[0], p.replies[1:]
-	}
-	ch := make(chan provider.Chunk, len(reply))
-	for _, c := range reply {
-		ch <- c
-	}
-	close(ch)
-	return ch, nil
-}
-
-// run plays the scenario, restarting after step restartAfter (1-based); zero
-// never restarts.
-func (s restartScenario) run(t *testing.T, restartAfter int) []stepVerdict {
-	t.Helper()
-	prov := &stepProvider{}
-	boot := func(session *sessionstore.Session) *Agent {
-		return New(prov, s.registry(), session, s.options, event.Discard)
-	}
-	a := boot(sessionstore.NewSession(""))
-	ctx := deliveryGoalContext(s.scope, s.task)
-	verdicts := make([]stepVerdict, 0, len(s.steps))
-	for i, step := range s.steps {
-		if i > 0 && i == restartAfter {
-			a = restart(t, a, boot)
-		}
-		prov.replies = step.replies
-		verdicts = append(verdicts, verdictOf(t, a.Run(ctx, step.input)))
-	}
-	return verdicts
-}
-
-// restart is what survives a process boundary: the transcript and the
-// delivery checkpoint, serialized as the sidecar serializes it. Nothing else
-// the running agent held is carried.
-func restart(t *testing.T, running *Agent, boot func(*sessionstore.Session) *Agent) *Agent {
-	t.Helper()
-	raw, err := json.Marshal(running.DeliveryCheckpoint())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	var persisted evidence.DeliveryCheckpoint
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &persisted); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	session := sessionstore.NewSession("")
-	session.Messages = slices.Clone(running.Session().Messages)
-	resumed := boot(session)
-	resumed.RestoreDeliveryCheckpoint(persisted)
-	return resumed
-}
-
-func verdictOf(t *testing.T, err error) stepVerdict {
-	t.Helper()
-	if err == nil {
-		return stepVerdict{Ready: true}
-	}
-	var unready *FinalReadinessError
-	if !errors.As(err, &unready) {
-		t.Fatalf("step failed outside readiness: %v", err)
-	}
-	missing := slices.Clone(unready.Missing)
-	slices.Sort(missing)
-	return stepVerdict{Missing: missing}
-}
-
-func deliveryRegistry() *tool.Registry {
-	reg := evidenceRegistry()
-	reg.Add(fakeTool{name: "read_file", readOnly: true})
-	reg.Add(fakeTool{name: "review", readOnly: true})
-	return reg
-}
-
-// shipStep writes path, inspects and verifies it, and signs off.
-func shipStep(path string) restartStep {
-	return restartStep{input: "implement it", replies: [][]provider.Chunk{
-		{toolCallChunk("criteria", "todo_write", `{"todos":[{"content":"Ship it","status":"in_progress"}]}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-		{toolCallChunk("write", "write_file", `{"path":"`+path+`"}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-		{toolCallChunk("inspect", "read_file", `{"path":"`+path+`"}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-		{toolCallChunk("verify", "bash", `{"command":"go test ./..."}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-		{toolCallChunk("signoff", "complete_step", `{"step":"Ship it","result":"implemented","evidence":[{"kind":"verification","summary":"tests pass","command":"go test ./..."}]}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-	}}
-}
-
-var finishStep = restartStep{input: "finish the goal"}
-
-// reverifyStep redoes everything a change owes except a review.
-func reverifyStep(path string) restartStep {
-	return restartStep{input: "verify again and finish", replies: [][]provider.Chunk{
-		{toolCallChunk("inspect-2", "read_file", `{"path":"`+path+`"}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-		{toolCallChunk("verify-2", "bash", `{"command":"go test ./..."}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-		{toolCallChunk("signoff-2", "complete_step", `{"step":"Ship it","result":"implemented","evidence":[{"kind":"verification","summary":"tests pass","command":"go test ./..."}]}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-	}}
-}
-
-func TestRestartEquivalence(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		name         string
-		scenario     restartScenario
-		restartAfter int
-		// settles is the step the uninterrupted arm must end ready on, so an
-		// agreement cannot be two arms stuck the same way.
-		settles int
-		// knownStricter pins what a restart is known to re-demand at a step:
-		// proof whose receipts did not cross the boundary. The day it stops,
-		// or grows, this case fails.
-		knownStricter map[int][]string
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "signed-off ordinary change",
-			scenario: restartScenario{scope: "goal-plain", task: "ship main", registry: deliveryRegistry,
-				options: Options{DeliveryProfile: true},
-				steps:   []restartStep{shipStep("main.go"), finishStep}},
-			restartAfter: 1,
-			settles:      2,
-		},
-		{
-			// The review is owed through the checkpoint, and the proof already
-			// given rides it too, so a restart asks for exactly the review.
-			name: "high-risk change still owes review",
-			scenario: restartScenario{scope: "goal-auth", task: "change auth", registry: deliveryRegistry,
-				options: Options{DeliveryProfile: true, ProjectSensitivePaths: []string{"auth/**"}},
-				steps:   []restartStep{shipStep("auth/login.go"), finishStep, reverifyStep("auth/login.go")}},
-			restartAfter: 1,
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			uninterrupted := tc.scenario.run(t, 0)
-			restarted := tc.scenario.run(t, tc.restartAfter)
-			t.Logf("uninterrupted %v; restarted after step %d %v", uninterrupted, tc.restartAfter, restarted)
-			if tc.settles > 0 && !uninterrupted[tc.settles-1].Ready {
-				t.Fatalf("the scenario never settles: step %d %s", tc.settles, uninterrupted[tc.settles-1])
-			}
-			for i := range uninterrupted {
-				step := i + 1
-				for _, owed := range uninterrupted[i].Missing {
-					if !slices.Contains(restarted[i].Missing, owed) {
-						t.Fatalf("step %d: the restart dropped %s, which the uninterrupted run still owes", step, owed)
-					}
-				}
-				var extra []string
-				for _, owed := range restarted[i].Missing {
-					if !slices.Contains(uninterrupted[i].Missing, owed) {
-						extra = append(extra, owed)
-					}
-				}
-				if want := tc.knownStricter[step]; !slices.Equal(extra, want) {
-					t.Fatalf("step %d: the restart re-demands %v, known %v", step, extra, want)
-				}
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/runtime/agent/retry_e2e_test.go b/internal/runtime/agent/retry_e2e_test.go
index e6137e54fe..998e450ae6 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/agent/retry_e2e_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/agent/retry_e2e_test.go
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type recordSink struct {
-	mu       sync.Mutex
-	evs      []event.Event
-	recovery []event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit
+	mu  sync.Mutex
+	evs []event.Event
 }
 
 func (s *recordSink) Emit(e event.Event) {
@@ -40,12 +39,6 @@ func (s *recordSink) kinds(k event.Kind) []event.Event {
 	return out
 }
 
-func (s *recordSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.recovery = append(s.recovery, a)
-}
-
 // TestAgentEmitsRetryingThenStreams drives the whole chain end-to-end: a real
 // OpenAI-compatible provider hits an httptest server that returns 503 twice then
 // a valid SSE stream. The agent must emit a Retrying event per backoff (so the
diff --git a/internal/runtime/coordinator/fixtures_test.go b/internal/runtime/coordinator/fixtures_test.go
index 8e3bf43b29..061d893d82 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/coordinator/fixtures_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/coordinator/fixtures_test.go
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ func lastToolResult(s *sessionstore.Session, name string) string {
 }
 
 type recordSink struct {
-	mu       sync.Mutex
-	evs      []event.Event
-	recovery []event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit
+	mu  sync.Mutex
+	evs []event.Event
 }
 
 func (s *recordSink) Emit(e event.Event) {
@@ -63,12 +62,6 @@ func (s *recordSink) kinds(k event.Kind) []event.Event {
 	return out
 }
 
-func (s *recordSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.recovery = append(s.recovery, a)
-}
-
 type recordingAsker struct {
 	questions []event.AskQuestion
 }
diff --git a/internal/runtime/coordinator/planner_sink_test.go b/internal/runtime/coordinator/planner_sink_test.go
index bcaec18ed5..788f9f3664 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/coordinator/planner_sink_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/coordinator/planner_sink_test.go
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
 package coordinator
 
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
-)
-
-// A sink that implements only Emit answers no audit type assertion, so the
-// planner's audits would die there.
-func TestPlannerSinkForwardsEveryAuditCapability(t *testing.T) {
-	if missing := event.MissingCapabilities(plannerSink(event.Discard)); len(missing) > 0 {
-		t.Errorf("plannerSink drops %v; every audit the planner produces dies there", missing)
-	}
-}
+import ()
diff --git a/internal/runtime/delegation/child_sink_capabilities_test.go b/internal/runtime/delegation/child_sink_capabilities_test.go
index 27cf0df166..5958a9a4d2 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/delegation/child_sink_capabilities_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/delegation/child_sink_capabilities_test.go
@@ -1,26 +1,3 @@
 package delegation
 
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
-)
-
-// Every sink this package hands to a child agent has to forward audits: a
-// wrapper implementing only Emit answers no type assertion, so the child's
-// records die there and the run reads as one that never produced them. This
-// package has dug that hole twice, which is why the check is a list.
-func TestChildAgentSinksForwardEveryAuditCapability(t *testing.T) {
-	tracker := newSubagentProgressTracker(context.Background(), event.Discard)
-	defer tracker.finish(nil, nil)
-
-	for name, sink := range map[string]event.Sink{
-		"subSinkFor":                   subSinkFor("parent", event.Discard),
-		"subagentProgressTracker.wrap": tracker.wrap(),
-	} {
-		if missing := event.MissingCapabilities(sink); len(missing) > 0 {
-			t.Errorf("%s drops %v; every audit a child produces dies there", name, missing)
-		}
-	}
-}
+import ()
diff --git a/internal/runtime/delegation/fixtures_test.go b/internal/runtime/delegation/fixtures_test.go
index 5ffd37ea40..9ab42d782c 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/delegation/fixtures_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/delegation/fixtures_test.go
@@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ func (p readOnlyBoundaryProxy) ResolveCall(context.Context, json.RawMessage) (to
 }
 
 type recordSink struct {
-	mu       sync.Mutex
-	evs      []event.Event
-	recovery []event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit
+	mu  sync.Mutex
+	evs []event.Event
 }
 
 func (s *recordSink) Emit(e event.Event) {
@@ -135,12 +134,6 @@ func (s *recordSink) kinds(k event.Kind) []event.Event {
 	return out
 }
 
-func (s *recordSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.recovery = append(s.recovery, a)
-}
-
 type recordingWriter struct {
 	name        string
 	readOnly    bool
@@ -326,16 +319,6 @@ func (r *recordingAsker) Ask(_ context.Context, questions []event.AskQuestion) (
 	return []event.AskAnswer{{QuestionID: "q1", Selected: []string{"Keep going"}}}, nil
 }
 
-type recoverySink struct {
-	audits []event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit
-}
-
-func (s *recoverySink) Emit(event.Event) {}
-
-func (s *recoverySink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.audits = append(s.audits, a)
-}
-
 type workspaceSignalSink struct {
 	mu        sync.Mutex
 	events    []event.Event
diff --git a/internal/runtime/delegation/nested_sink.go b/internal/runtime/delegation/nested_sink.go
index 8faaabb2e1..aa1e82dfb9 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/delegation/nested_sink.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/delegation/nested_sink.go
@@ -21,16 +21,6 @@ type nestedSink struct {
 	parent   event.Sink
 }
 
-// RecordProtocolRecovery attributes a repair to the child it happened in. The
-// producers run inside the child's own loop and hold no id; this sink is the
-// layer that knows which run it is wrapping, as it already does for tools.
-func (s nestedSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	if a.ChildID == "" {
-		a.ChildID = s.parentID
-	}
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(s.parent, a)
-}
-
 func (s nestedSink) Emit(e event.Event) {
 	switch e.Kind {
 	case event.ToolDispatch, event.ToolResult, event.ToolProgress:
diff --git a/internal/runtime/delegation/recovery_attribution_test.go b/internal/runtime/delegation/recovery_attribution_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c9b2467de..0000000000
--- a/internal/runtime/delegation/recovery_attribution_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package delegation
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
-)
-
-// A repair inside a delegated run has to be told apart from one in the parent's
-// own loop: "the child kept working" and "the host pulled the child back" are
-// different answers, and the producers run where neither id is in hand. The
-// attribution is asserted through the stack a child actually emits into, since
-// that stack is where audits were being dropped entirely.
-func TestProtocolRecoveryCarriesTheChildItHappenedIn(t *testing.T) {
-	parent := &recoverySink{}
-	tracker := newSubagentProgressTracker(context.Background(), subSinkFor("fleet-2", parent))
-	defer tracker.finish(nil, nil)
-
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(tracker.wrap(), event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit{
-		Kind: event.ProtocolRecoveryKind("test"),
-	})
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(parent, event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit{
-		Kind: event.ProtocolRecoveryKind("test"),
-	})
-
-	if len(parent.audits) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("recovery audits = %d, want the child's and the parent's", len(parent.audits))
-	}
-	if got := parent.audits[0].ChildID; got != "fleet-2" {
-		t.Errorf("child recovery ChildID = %q, want the delegated run's id", got)
-	}
-	if got := parent.audits[1].ChildID; got != "" {
-		t.Errorf("parent recovery ChildID = %q, want empty for the parent's own loop", got)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/session/control/controller_test.go b/internal/session/control/controller_test.go
index 13b022f219..b3ef001f9c 100644
--- a/internal/session/control/controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/session/control/controller_test.go
@@ -402,16 +402,6 @@ func TestReconcileCleanupPendingRemovesOrphanedArtifacts(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestTurnOutcomeClassifiesFinalReadiness(t *testing.T) {
-	err := &agent.FinalReadinessError{Attempts: 3, Reason: "missing verification"}
-	if got := turnOutcome(err); got != event.TurnOutcomeFinalReadiness {
-		t.Fatalf("turnOutcome() = %q, want %q", got, event.TurnOutcomeFinalReadiness)
-	}
-	if got := turnOutcome(errors.New("provider failed")); got != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("ordinary turn outcome = %q, want empty", got)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestRunTurnSnapshotsActivityWhenTranscriptChanges(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := testenv.TempDir(t)
 	sess := sessionstore.NewSession("sys")
diff --git a/internal/session/control/extensions.go b/internal/session/control/extensions.go
index 113cadc925..e364fc9bec 100644
--- a/internal/session/control/extensions.go
+++ b/internal/session/control/extensions.go
@@ -209,38 +209,14 @@ func extensionFailurePlugin(err error) string {
 // user-facing events, never to the content-free telemetry channels — without
 // these, enabling extensions severed every audit from the recorder.
 
-func (s *frontendEventSink) RecordReadinessAudit(a hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	event.RecordReadinessAudit(s.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (s *frontendEventSink) RecordContractShadow(a event.ContractShadowAudit) {
-	event.RecordContractShadow(s.inner, a)
-}
-
 func (s *frontendEventSink) RecordDelegationAudit(a hostaudit.DelegationAudit) {
 	event.RecordDelegationAudit(s.inner, a)
 }
 
-func (s *frontendEventSink) RecordCompletionReport(a event.CompletionReportAudit) {
-	event.RecordCompletionReport(s.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (s *frontendEventSink) RecordEvidenceBundle(a event.EvidenceBundleAudit) {
-	event.RecordEvidenceBundle(s.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (s *frontendEventSink) RecordOutcomeProgress(sample hostaudit.OutcomeSample) {
-	event.RecordOutcomeProgress(s.inner, sample)
-}
-
 func (s *frontendEventSink) RecordMemoryRecall(a event.MemoryRecallAudit) {
 	event.RecordMemoryRecall(s.inner, a)
 }
 
-func (s *frontendEventSink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(s.inner, a)
-}
-
 func (s *frontendEventSink) RecordTurnCompletion() {
 	event.RecordTurnCompletion(s.inner)
 }
diff --git a/internal/session/control/frontend_sink_capability_test.go b/internal/session/control/frontend_sink_capability_test.go
index 54696d5ef3..42af04e70c 100644
--- a/internal/session/control/frontend_sink_capability_test.go
+++ b/internal/session/control/frontend_sink_capability_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package control
 
 import (
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/hostaudit"
 	"testing"
 
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
@@ -12,23 +11,15 @@ import (
 func TestFrontendEventSinkForwardsAuditCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
 	inner := &capabilityProbeSink{Sink: event.Discard}
 	s := newFrontendEventSink(inner, nil)
-	event.RecordOutcomeProgress(s, hostaudit.OutcomeSample{Round: 1})
 	event.RecordMemoryRecall(s, event.MemoryRecallAudit{Suppressed: "probe"})
-	event.RecordContractShadow(s, event.ContractShadowAudit{Verdict: "probe"})
-	event.RecordCompletionReport(s, event.CompletionReportAudit{Verdict: "probe"})
-	if inner.outcome != 1 || inner.recall != 1 || inner.contract != 1 || inner.completion != 1 {
+	if inner.recall != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("audits dropped by frontendEventSink: %+v", inner)
 	}
 }
 
 type capabilityProbeSink struct {
 	event.Sink
-	outcome, recall, contract, completion int
+	recall int
 }
 
-func (p *capabilityProbeSink) RecordOutcomeProgress(hostaudit.OutcomeSample)  { p.outcome++ }
-func (p *capabilityProbeSink) RecordMemoryRecall(event.MemoryRecallAudit)     { p.recall++ }
-func (p *capabilityProbeSink) RecordContractShadow(event.ContractShadowAudit) { p.contract++ }
-func (p *capabilityProbeSink) RecordCompletionReport(event.CompletionReportAudit) {
-	p.completion++
-}
+func (p *capabilityProbeSink) RecordMemoryRecall(event.MemoryRecallAudit) { p.recall++ }
diff --git a/internal/session/control/goal_runtime_test.go b/internal/session/control/goal_runtime_test.go
index 42f9ac70f1..c131e237a0 100644
--- a/internal/session/control/goal_runtime_test.go
+++ b/internal/session/control/goal_runtime_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"reasonix/internal/base/testenv"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/event"
 	"reasonix/internal/contract/provider"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/tool"
 	"reasonix/internal/runtime/agent"
 	"reasonix/internal/runtime/goaleval"
 	"reasonix/internal/safety/evidence"
@@ -470,55 +469,3 @@ func (f minimalFakeTool) ReadOnly() bool          { return f.readOnly }
 func (f minimalFakeTool) Execute(context.Context, json.RawMessage) (string, error) {
 	return f.name + " done", nil
 }
-
-// TestGoalDeliveryWorkflowCompletesAfterVerifiedSignoff covers the
-// Goal + Delivery combination: the model works (edit → verify → review →
-// complete_step), reports complete via update_goal, and the goal completes —
-// no user-facing recovery card.
-func TestGoalDeliveryWorkflowCompletesAfterVerifiedSignoff(t *testing.T) {
-	todoWrite, _ := tool.LookupBuiltin("todo_write")
-	completeStep, _ := tool.LookupBuiltin("complete_step")
-	reg := goalRegistry()
-	reg.Add(todoWrite)
-	reg.Add(completeStep)
-	reg.Add(minimalFakeTool{name: "write_file"})
-	reg.Add(minimalFakeTool{name: "read_file", readOnly: true})
-	reg.Add(minimalFakeTool{name: "bash"})
-
-	prov := &scriptedTurns{turns: flattenTurns(
-		[][]provider.Chunk{
-			{toolCallChunk("t0", "todo_write", `{"todos":[{"content":"Ship main","status":"in_progress"}]}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-			{toolCallChunk("w1", "write_file", `{"path":"main.go"}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-			{toolCallChunk("rv", "read_file", `{"path":"main.go"}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-			{toolCallChunk("vf", "bash", `{"command":"go test ./..."}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-			{toolCallChunk("sg", "complete_step", `{"step":"Ship main","result":"implemented","evidence":[{"kind":"verification","summary":"tests pass","command":"go test ./..."}]}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-			{toolCallChunk("ug", "update_goal", `{"status":"complete","reason":""}`), {Type: provider.ChunkDone}},
-			textTurn("Ship main delivered."),
-		},
-	)}
-	ag := agent.New(prov, reg, sessionstore.NewSession(""), agent.Options{DeliveryProfile: true}, event.Discard)
-	done := make(chan event.Event, 1)
-	var doneReadiness *event.FinalReadiness
-	c := New(Options{
-		Runner:   ag,
-		Executor: ag,
-		Sink: event.FuncSink(func(e event.Event) {
-			if e.Kind == event.TurnDone {
-				doneReadiness = e.Readiness
-				done <- e
-			}
-		}),
-	})
-	c.Submit("/goal implement main")
-	<-done
-
-	if got := c.GoalStatus(); got != GoalStatusComplete {
-		t.Fatalf("GoalStatus() = %q, want complete after verified sign-off", got)
-	}
-	if doneReadiness != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("TurnDone.Readiness = %+v, want nil (Goal absorbs readiness; no recovery card)", doneReadiness)
-	}
-	if got := c.Goal(); got != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("completed goal should be cleared, got %q", got)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/session/control/port.go b/internal/session/control/port.go
index 424521a22f..d47aefaa81 100644
--- a/internal/session/control/port.go
+++ b/internal/session/control/port.go
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ type TurnControl interface {
 	// *Controller for tests. All of them now take display before input — they
 	// are pairs of strings, and the odd one out was a swap no compiler catches.
 	SubmitDisplay(display, input string)
-	SubmitDeliveryRecovery(display, input string)
 	SubmitInvocationDisplay(display, input string, invocations []InvocationRequest)
 	SubmitHTTPFormat(input, format string) Admission
 	Send(input string)
diff --git a/internal/session/control/turn_cancel.go b/internal/session/control/turn_cancel.go
index aab0fe82b5..db8661f8f5 100644
--- a/internal/session/control/turn_cancel.go
+++ b/internal/session/control/turn_cancel.go
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ func (c *Controller) finishGuardedTurn(err error, completion *guardedTurnComplet
 		WorkStartedAt:  turnWorkStartedAt(err, cancelRequested, completion),
 		ItemID:         activeInboxID,
 	}
-	var readinessErr *agent.FinalReadinessError
-	if errors.As(err, &readinessErr) {
-		done.Readiness = &event.FinalReadiness{Attempts: readinessErr.Attempts, Missing: append([]string(nil), readinessErr.Missing...)}
-	}
 	// Ack active durable items before exposing TurnDone. Frontends commonly
 	// refresh the inbox from that event and must not observe already-consumed
 	// steers in the completed turn. Dispatch still waits for finishing to clear.
diff --git a/internal/session/control/turn_entry.go b/internal/session/control/turn_entry.go
index 7237534a67..e8df1a30b7 100644
--- a/internal/session/control/turn_entry.go
+++ b/internal/session/control/turn_entry.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package control
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reasonix/internal/state/sessionstore"
 	"slices"
@@ -23,10 +22,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func turnOutcome(err error) string {
-	var readinessErr *agent.FinalReadinessError
-	if errors.As(err, &readinessErr) {
-		return event.TurnOutcomeFinalReadiness
-	}
 	if info, ok := agent.InspectRunPause(err); ok &&
 		(info.Kind == agent.PauseKindNoProgress || info.Kind == agent.PauseKindPerseveration) {
 		return event.TurnOutcomeNoProgress
diff --git a/internal/session/control/turn_submit.go b/internal/session/control/turn_submit.go
index 4d2f6bcffe..6d2febde81 100644
--- a/internal/session/control/turn_submit.go
+++ b/internal/session/control/turn_submit.go
@@ -84,16 +84,6 @@ func (c *Controller) SubmitDisplay(display, input string) {
 	c.submit(input, display, "")
 }
 
-// SubmitDeliveryRecovery runs the same visible prompt path as SubmitDisplay but
-// first authorizes the executor to retain the immediately preceding exhausted
-// delivery ledger. The agent consumes that authorization once; if the card came
-// from an older/reloaded session this safely degrades to an ordinary turn.
-func (c *Controller) SubmitDeliveryRecovery(display, input string) {
-	c.runGuarded(func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		return c.runTurnLoop(ctx, orchestratedTurn{input: input, raw: input, display: display})
-	})
-}
-
 // SubmitInvocationDisplay executes composer-selected invocation entities
 // independently of slash-command parsing. Plain string submit entry points keep
 // their existing behavior for CLI, HTTP, and backward-compatible clients.
diff --git a/internal/state/stats/stats_test.go b/internal/state/stats/stats_test.go
index 30d5d3c1ed..2353bf46f0 100644
--- a/internal/state/stats/stats_test.go
+++ b/internal/state/stats/stats_test.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestRecorderCountsMergedProviderRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestRecorderCapturesGuardianUsageAndPreservesProtocolAudit(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRecorderCapturesGuardianUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := testenv.TempDir(t)
 	inner := &auditSpySink{}
 	r := NewRecorder(inner, dir, "desktop")
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ func TestRecorderCapturesGuardianUsageAndPreservesProtocolAudit(t *testing.T) {
 		ModelRef: "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash",
 		Guardian: event.GuardianResult{Usage: &provider.Usage{PromptTokens: 10, CompletionTokens: 5, TotalTokens: 15}},
 	})
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(r, event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit{Kind: event.ProtocolRecoveryKind("test")})
 	flushRecorder(t, r)
 
 	day := dayStart(time.Now())
@@ -98,9 +97,6 @@ func TestRecorderCapturesGuardianUsageAndPreservesProtocolAudit(t *testing.T) {
 	if got.Tokens != 15 || got.TopModel != "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash" {
 		t.Fatalf("guardian usage = %+v", got)
 	}
-	if len(inner.protocol) != 1 || inner.protocol[0].Kind != event.ProtocolRecoveryKind("test") {
-		t.Fatalf("protocol audit was not forwarded: %+v", inner.protocol)
-	}
 }
 
 func TestRecorderSkipsZeroUsage(t *testing.T) {
@@ -470,15 +466,10 @@ type spySink struct{ events []event.Event }
 func (s *spySink) Emit(e event.Event) { s.events = append(s.events, e) }
 
 type auditSpySink struct {
-	events   []event.Event
-	protocol []event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit
+	events []event.Event
 }
 
 func (s *auditSpySink) Emit(e event.Event) { s.events = append(s.events, e) }
-func (s *auditSpySink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.protocol = append(s.protocol, a)
-}
-
 func usageEvent(model string, prompt, completion, reasoning, hit, miss, total int) event.Event {
 	return event.Event{
 		Kind:     event.Usage,
diff --git a/internal/state/trajectory/coalesce_test.go b/internal/state/trajectory/coalesce_test.go
index 8f176f7565..47f5f0cd7f 100644
--- a/internal/state/trajectory/coalesce_test.go
+++ b/internal/state/trajectory/coalesce_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func TestNonDeltaEventFlushesTheRunInOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	rec, path := recorderAt(t, "order.jsonl", &capabilitySink{})
 	rec.Emit(event.Event{Kind: event.Reasoning, Text: "a"})
 	rec.Emit(event.Event{Kind: event.Reasoning, Text: "b"})
-	rec.RecordProtocolRecovery(event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit{Kind: "some_kind"})
+	rec.RecordTurnCompletion()
 	rec.Emit(event.Event{Kind: event.Reasoning, Text: "c"})
 	if err := rec.Close(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Close: %v", err)
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ func TestNonDeltaEventFlushesTheRunInOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	if got[0].Event == nil || got[0].Event.Text != "ab" {
 		t.Errorf("first record = %+v, want the merged \"ab\"", got[0].Event)
 	}
-	if got[1].ProtocolRecovery != "some_kind" {
-		t.Errorf("second record = %+v, want the recovery", got[1])
+	if !got[1].TurnCompletion {
+		t.Errorf("second record = %+v, want the turn completion", got[1])
 	}
 	if got[2].Event == nil || got[2].Event.Text != "c" {
 		t.Errorf("third record = %+v, want \"c\"", got[2].Event)
diff --git a/internal/state/trajectory/recorder.go b/internal/state/trajectory/recorder.go
index a697cb601e..9d17c4add1 100644
--- a/internal/state/trajectory/recorder.go
+++ b/internal/state/trajectory/recorder.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ type Record struct {
 	TS               int64                `json:"ts"`
 	RunHeader        *RunHeader           `json:"run_header,omitempty"`
 	Event            *eventwire.Event     `json:"event,omitempty"`
-	ReadinessAudit   *ReadinessAudit      `json:"readiness_audit,omitempty"`
 	ProtocolRecovery string               `json:"protocol_recovery,omitempty"`
 	RecoveryChild    string               `json:"protocol_recovery_child,omitempty"`
 	TurnCompletion   bool                 `json:"turn_completion,omitempty"`
@@ -216,22 +215,6 @@ type EvidenceBundle struct {
 	ContractFailure  string `json:"contract_failure,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// ReadinessAudit mirrors hostaudit.ReadinessAudit with stable snake_case keys.
-type ReadinessAudit struct {
-	Result                    string `json:"result"`
-	Recovered                 bool   `json:"recovered,omitempty"`
-	MissingProjectChecks      int    `json:"missing_project_checks,omitempty"`
-	IncompleteTodos           int    `json:"incomplete_todos,omitempty"`
-	MissingAcceptanceCriteria int    `json:"missing_acceptance_criteria,omitempty"`
-	MissingVerification       int    `json:"missing_verification,omitempty"`
-	MissingStructuredReview   int    `json:"missing_structured_review,omitempty"`
-	MissingPathInspection     int    `json:"missing_path_inspection,omitempty"`
-	MissingSignoff            int    `json:"missing_signoff,omitempty"`
-	MissingMutation           int    `json:"missing_mutation,omitempty"`
-	MissingCapabilities       int    `json:"missing_capabilities,omitempty"`
-	MissingRender             int    `json:"missing_render,omitempty"`
-}
-
 // Recorder is an event.Sink decorator: every event (and optional-capability
 // audit) is appended as one JSONL record, then forwarded to the inner sink.
 // Recording failures never block forwarding — the first error is kept and
@@ -374,24 +357,6 @@ func (r *Recorder) RecordDelegationAudit(a hostaudit.DelegationAudit) {
 	event.RecordDelegationAudit(r.inner, a)
 }
 
-func (r *Recorder) RecordReadinessAudit(a hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	r.append(Record{ReadinessAudit: &ReadinessAudit{
-		Result:                    string(a.Result),
-		Recovered:                 a.Recovered,
-		MissingProjectChecks:      a.MissingProjectChecks,
-		IncompleteTodos:           a.IncompleteTodos,
-		MissingAcceptanceCriteria: a.MissingAcceptanceCriteria,
-		MissingVerification:       a.MissingVerification,
-		MissingStructuredReview:   a.MissingStructuredReview,
-		MissingPathInspection:     a.MissingPathInspection,
-		MissingSignoff:            a.MissingSignoff,
-		MissingMutation:           a.MissingMutation,
-		MissingCapabilities:       a.MissingCapabilities,
-		MissingRender:             a.MissingRender,
-	}})
-	event.RecordReadinessAudit(r.inner, a)
-}
-
 func (r *Recorder) RecordSubagentHandoff(a event.SubagentHandoffAudit) {
 	r.append(Record{SubagentHandoff: &SubagentHandoff{
 		Entrance:             a.Entrance,
@@ -417,103 +382,6 @@ func (r *Recorder) RecordSubagentHandoff(a event.SubagentHandoffAudit) {
 	event.RecordSubagentHandoff(r.inner, a)
 }
 
-func (r *Recorder) RecordProjectCheckProbe(p event.ProjectCheckProbe) {
-	rec := &ProjectCheckProbe{
-		Declared:         p.Declared,
-		Baseline:         p.Baseline,
-		LegacyBlocked:    p.LegacyBlocked,
-		CandidateBlocked: p.CandidateBlocked,
-		AgreedMissing:    p.AgreedMissing,
-		LegacyAfter:      p.LegacyAfter,
-		CandidateAfter:   p.CandidateAfter,
-	}
-	for _, d := range p.Diffs {
-		rec.Diffs = append(rec.Diffs, ProjectCheckDiff{Identity: d.Identity, Class: d.Class})
-	}
-	r.append(Record{ProjectCheck: rec})
-	event.RecordProjectCheckProbe(r.inner, p)
-}
-
-func (r *Recorder) RecordContractShadow(a event.ContractShadowAudit) {
-	r.append(Record{ContractShadow: &ContractShadowAudit{
-		Intent:                a.Intent,
-		Requirements:          a.Requirements,
-		RequirementsSatisfied: a.RequirementsSatisfied,
-		Checks:                a.Checks,
-		ChecksSatisfied:       a.ChecksSatisfied,
-		Epoch:                 a.Epoch,
-		Verdict:               a.Verdict,
-		Complete:              a.Complete,
-		ReadyToFinalize:       a.ReadyToFinalize,
-	}})
-	event.RecordContractShadow(r.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (r *Recorder) RecordEvidenceBundle(a event.EvidenceBundleAudit) {
-	r.append(Record{EvidenceBundle: &EvidenceBundle{
-		Sealed:      a.Sealed,
-		Record:      a.Record,
-		Generation:  a.Generation,
-		Integrity:   a.Integrity,
-		Receipts:    a.Receipts,
-		FailureCode: a.FailureCode,
-
-		SnapshotComplete:   a.SnapshotComplete,
-		UnobservedCompared: a.UnobservedCompared,
-		UnobservedChanges:  a.UnobservedChanges,
-
-		Outcome:           a.Outcome,
-		DivergenceClass:   a.DivergenceClass,
-		DivergenceReasons: a.DivergenceReasons,
-
-		ContractRevision: a.ContractRevision,
-		ContractDecision: a.ContractDecision,
-		ContractFailure:  a.ContractFailure,
-	}})
-	event.RecordEvidenceBundle(r.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (r *Recorder) RecordCompletionReport(a event.CompletionReportAudit) {
-	r.append(Record{CompletionReport: &CompletionReport{
-		Verdict:                   a.Verdict,
-		Risk:                      a.Risk,
-		Criteria:                  a.Criteria,
-		CriteriaSatisfied:         a.CriteriaSatisfied,
-		Changes:                   a.Changes,
-		ChangesUnreviewed:         a.ChangesUnreviewed,
-		Verifications:             a.Verifications,
-		VerificationsFailed:       a.VerificationsFailed,
-		VerificationsStale:        a.VerificationsStale,
-		VerificationsInconclusive: a.VerificationsInconclusive,
-		Gaps:                      a.Gaps,
-		GapKinds:                  a.GapKinds,
-		ClaimsVerified:            a.ClaimsVerified,
-		ClaimsUnbacked:            a.ClaimsUnbacked,
-		OriginRecorded:            a.OriginRecorded,
-		OriginMatched:             a.OriginMatched,
-	}})
-	event.RecordCompletionReport(r.inner, a)
-}
-
-func (r *Recorder) RecordOutcomeProgress(sample hostaudit.OutcomeSample) {
-	r.append(Record{OutcomeProgress: &OutcomeProgress{
-		Round:          sample.Round,
-		Exploration:    sample.Exploration,
-		Verification:   sample.Verification,
-		Objective:      sample.Objective,
-		Regression:     sample.Regression,
-		Churn:          sample.Churn,
-		LegacyGain:     sample.LegacyGain,
-		Discriminating: sample.Discriminating,
-		DebtAge:        sample.DebtAge,
-		BlindMutations: sample.BlindMutations,
-		Stall:          sample.Stall,
-		StallAge:       sample.StallAge,
-		StallMutations: sample.StallMutations,
-	}})
-	event.RecordOutcomeProgress(r.inner, sample)
-}
-
 func (r *Recorder) RecordMemoryRecall(a event.MemoryRecallAudit) {
 	rec := &MemoryRecall{
 		CharBudget: a.CharBudget, UsedChars: a.UsedChars, Omitted: a.Omitted,
@@ -541,11 +409,6 @@ func (r *Recorder) RecordRunHeader(h RunHeader) {
 	r.append(Record{RunHeader: &h})
 }
 
-func (r *Recorder) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	r.append(Record{ProtocolRecovery: string(a.Kind), RecoveryChild: a.ChildID})
-	event.RecordProtocolRecovery(r.inner, a)
-}
-
 func (r *Recorder) RecordTurnCompletion() {
 	r.append(Record{TurnCompletion: true})
 	event.RecordTurnCompletion(r.inner)
diff --git a/internal/state/trajectory/recorder_test.go b/internal/state/trajectory/recorder_test.go
index cc666d2dba..d826792078 100644
--- a/internal/state/trajectory/recorder_test.go
+++ b/internal/state/trajectory/recorder_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"reasonix/internal/contract/hostaudit"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -14,29 +13,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type capabilitySink struct {
-	events     []event.Event
-	readiness  []hostaudit.ReadinessAudit
-	recoveries []event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit
-	outcomes   []hostaudit.OutcomeSample
-	reports    []event.CompletionReportAudit
-	turns      int
+	events []event.Event
+	turns  int
 }
 
-func (s *capabilitySink) Emit(e event.Event) { s.events = append(s.events, e) }
-func (s *capabilitySink) RecordReadinessAudit(a hostaudit.ReadinessAudit) {
-	s.readiness = append(s.readiness, a)
-}
-func (s *capabilitySink) RecordProtocolRecovery(a event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit) {
-	s.recoveries = append(s.recoveries, a)
-}
+func (s *capabilitySink) Emit(e event.Event)    { s.events = append(s.events, e) }
 func (s *capabilitySink) RecordTurnCompletion() { s.turns++ }
-func (s *capabilitySink) RecordOutcomeProgress(sample hostaudit.OutcomeSample) {
-	s.outcomes = append(s.outcomes, sample)
-}
-func (s *capabilitySink) RecordCompletionReport(a event.CompletionReportAudit) {
-	s.reports = append(s.reports, a)
-}
-
 func readRecords(t *testing.T, path string) []Record {
 	t.Helper()
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
@@ -117,38 +99,14 @@ func TestRecorderRecordsAndForwardsOptionalCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("New: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	r.RecordReadinessAudit(hostaudit.ReadinessAudit{Result: hostaudit.ReadinessBlocked, MissingVerification: 2})
-	r.RecordProtocolRecovery(event.ProtocolRecoveryAudit{Kind: event.ProtocolRecoveryKind("test")})
 	r.RecordTurnCompletion()
-	r.RecordOutcomeProgress(hostaudit.OutcomeSample{Round: 3, Exploration: 2, Objective: 1, LegacyGain: 4})
-	r.RecordCompletionReport(event.CompletionReportAudit{
-		Verdict: "partial", Changes: 2, ChangesUnreviewed: 1, Gaps: 1, GapKinds: []string{"unreviewed_change"},
-	})
 	if err := r.Close(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Close: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	recs := readRecords(t, path)
-	if len(recs) != 5 {
-		t.Fatalf("got %d records, want 5", len(recs))
-	}
-	if recs[0].ReadinessAudit == nil || recs[0].ReadinessAudit.Result != "blocked" || recs[0].ReadinessAudit.MissingVerification != 2 {
-		t.Errorf("readiness record = %+v", recs[0].ReadinessAudit)
-	}
-	if recs[1].ProtocolRecovery != string(event.ProtocolRecoveryKind("test")) {
-		t.Errorf("protocol recovery record = %q", recs[1].ProtocolRecovery)
-	}
-	if !recs[2].TurnCompletion {
-		t.Errorf("turn completion record = %+v", recs[2])
-	}
-	if recs[3].OutcomeProgress == nil || recs[3].OutcomeProgress.Round != 3 || recs[3].OutcomeProgress.Objective != 1 || recs[3].OutcomeProgress.LegacyGain != 4 {
-		t.Errorf("outcome progress record = %+v", recs[3].OutcomeProgress)
-	}
-	if rec := recs[4].CompletionReport; rec == nil || rec.Verdict != "partial" || rec.ChangesUnreviewed != 1 || len(rec.GapKinds) != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("completion report record = %+v", recs[4].CompletionReport)
-	}
-	if len(inner.readiness) != 1 || len(inner.recoveries) != 1 || inner.turns != 1 || len(inner.outcomes) != 1 || len(inner.reports) != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("inner capabilities = %d/%d/%d/%d/%d, want 1/1/1/1/1", len(inner.readiness), len(inner.recoveries), inner.turns, len(inner.outcomes), len(inner.reports))
+	if len(recs) != 1 || !recs[0].TurnCompletion {
+		t.Fatalf("turn completion records = %+v", recs)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/repolint/baseline.json b/tools/repolint/baseline.json
index 71ec1398bf..f5b67f35b4 100644
--- a/tools/repolint/baseline.json
+++ b/tools/repolint/baseline.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "doc-prose": 2128,
     "error-text": 9,
     "essay": 2579,
-    "file-size": 18427,
+    "file-size": 18416,
     "flat-view": 0,
     "frontend-parity": 13,
     "function-size": 2485,
@@ -671,9 +671,6 @@
     "internal/frontend/acp/session_config.go": {
       "essay": 6
     },
-    "internal/frontend/acp/status.go": {
-      "file-size": 11
-    },
     "internal/frontend/acp/switch_recovery_test.go": {
       "essay": 7
     },