diff --git a/docs/ROADMAP.md b/docs/ROADMAP.md
index 1bf3b2a15..07fd7ff96 100644
--- a/docs/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/docs/ROADMAP.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ROADMAP - @git-stunts/git-warp
 
-Last reconciled: 2026-06-06
+Last reconciled: 2026-06-12
 
 **Current public package/tag release:** v17.0.0
 **Next intended release:** v18.0.0
@@ -26,19 +26,25 @@ goalpost.
 | Field | Value |
 | --- | --- |
 | Release id | `v18.0.0` |
-| Release status | `active` |
+| Release status | `pre-tag complete` |
 | Current public release | `v17.0.0` |
 | Goalposts | `5` |
-| Landed goalposts | `4` |
+| Landed goalposts | `5` |
 | Total planned slice budget | `53` |
 | Target milestone | `v18.0.0` |
 | Release evidence packet | `docs/releases/v18.0.0/README.md` |
 
-v18.0.0 is ready only when every goalpost below is landed, every issue in the
-`v18.0.0` milestone is closed, superseded work has been closed or moved out of
-the target milestone with linked disposition, the release evidence packet is
-complete and placeholder-free, and `npm run release:preflight` passes from
-aligned `main`.
+v18.0.0 is ready for an explicit operator tag decision only when every goalpost
+below is landed, every issue in the `v18.0.0` milestone is closed, superseded
+work has been closed or moved out of the target milestone with linked
+disposition, the release evidence packet is complete and placeholder-free, and
+`npm run release:preflight` passes from aligned `main`.
+
+As of 2026-06-12, GitHub has zero open `v18.0.0` milestone issues, zero open
+`release-home:v18.0.0` issues, and zero open `lane:v18.0.0` issues. V18-GP5
+[#552](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/552) is closed with
+final-local guard evidence. No v18 tag has been cut; tagging still requires
+explicit operator approval.
 
 | Goalpost | Status | Slice budget | Umbrella or tracker issue | Goalpost doc | Release gate |
 | --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- | --- |
@@ -46,7 +52,7 @@ aligned `main`.
 | V18-GP2 Bounded-Memory Large-Graph Product Gate | landed | 15 | [#549](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/549) | [v18-gp2-bounded-memory-large-graph-gate.md](method/roadmap/v18.0.0/v18-gp2-bounded-memory-large-graph-gate.md) | Normal public reads, writes, content lookup, and sync must honor an explicit memory budget. |
 | V18-GP3 Content Attachment Plane Honesty | landed | 4 | [#550](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/550) | [v18-gp3-content-attachment-plane-honesty.md](method/roadmap/v18.0.0/v18-gp3-content-attachment-plane-honesty.md) | Release claims now distinguish typed attachment-plane progress from accepted legacy storage residuals. |
 | V18-GP4 Holographic Slicing And Checkpoint Basis | landed | 8 | [#626](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/626), [#628](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/628)-[#635](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/635) | [v18-gp4-holographic-slicing-checkpoint-basis.md](method/roadmap/v18.0.0/v18-gp4-holographic-slicing-checkpoint-basis.md) | Normal public graph-shaped reads now have bounded, witnessed slices over declared basis. |
-| V18-GP5 Release Operation Evidence | active | 6 | [#552](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/552) | [v18-gp5-release-operation-evidence.md](method/roadmap/v18.0.0/v18-gp5-release-operation-evidence.md) | Tagging and publishing must satisfy the release policy and record deterministic evidence. |
+| V18-GP5 Release Operation Evidence | landed | 6 | [#552](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/552) | [v18-gp5-release-operation-evidence.md](method/roadmap/v18.0.0/v18-gp5-release-operation-evidence.md) | Tagging and publishing must satisfy the release policy and record deterministic evidence. |
 
 Sequencing:
 
@@ -58,18 +64,17 @@ V18-GP4 Holographic slicing basis
   -> V18-GP5 Release operation evidence
 ```
 
-V18-GP1, V18-GP2, V18-GP3, and V18-GP4 are landed. The next release-blocking
-target is V18-GP5 [#552](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/552),
-which owns release operation evidence and must not be completed before explicit
-tag approval.
+V18-GP1, V18-GP2, V18-GP3, V18-GP4, and V18-GP5 are landed. The remaining
+v18 release action is an explicit operator tag decision. Do not create the
+v18 tag without explicit operator approval.
 
 Release progress should be reported as:
 
 ```text
-v18.0.0 goalposts: 4/5 landed
-v18.0.0 slices: 47/53 landed
-next goalpost: V18-GP5 Release Operation Evidence
-next slice: reconcile #552 against current issue metadata and release evidence
+v18.0.0 goalposts: 5/5 landed
+v18.0.0 slices: 53/53 landed
+next goalpost: none for v18 before explicit tag approval
+next slice: keep paying down v18-line debt without cutting the tag
 ```
 
 ## Pre-Migration Snapshot
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ the `type:*`, `priority:*`, `status:*`, and `area:*` label axes.
 
 | Release Slot | Count | Planning Intent |
 | --- | ---: | --- |
-| v18.0.0 | 2 | Ship only after bounded-memory public paths and release operation evidence are coherent. |
+| v18.0.0 | 0 | Pre-tag goalposts are closed; tag and publish still require explicit operator approval. |
 | v18.0.1 | 50 | Repair public docs, examples, release tooling, and review guardrails that make the v18 line usable without expanding the runtime ontology. |
 | v18.0.2 | 50 | Finish the remaining release-tooling spillover, then start the testing-quality cleanup wave with behavior-backed proofs instead of brittle text checks. |
 | v18.0.3 | 50 | Continue static-text and fixture-quality paydown while keeping the release train small enough to review as one coherent patch wave. |
@@ -191,7 +196,7 @@ Ship only after bounded-memory public paths and release operation evidence are c
 | Issue | Title | Status | Type | Lane | Feature | Release Home | Flags |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | [#549](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/549) | Bounded-memory large-graph product gate | Closed | enhancement | release, v18.0.0 | graph-model-substrate | - | release |
-| [#552](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/552) | v18 public release blockers | Blocked | release | release, v18.0.0 | graph-model-substrate | - | blocked, release |
+| [#552](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/552) | v18 public release blockers | Closed | release | release, v18.0.0 | graph-model-substrate | - | release |
 
 ### v18.0.1 - Public Docs And Release Tooling Repair
 
diff --git a/docs/method/retro/0077-delete-warpruntime-class-resplit/delete-warpruntime-class-resplit.md b/docs/method/retro/0077-delete-warpruntime-class-resplit/delete-warpruntime-class-resplit.md
index 17f125ca9..06596719b 100644
--- a/docs/method/retro/0077-delete-warpruntime-class-resplit/delete-warpruntime-class-resplit.md
+++ b/docs/method/retro/0077-delete-warpruntime-class-resplit/delete-warpruntime-class-resplit.md
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@
 - added the two explicit successor notes:
   - PORT_extract-runtime-host-product.md
   - DX_migrate-tests-and-seed-helpers-off-warpruntime.md
-- added the split ratchet at
-  [delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts)
+- added the historical split ratchet
+  `test/unit/scripts/delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts`; that brittle
+  static-text ratchet was retired by the static-text witness burndown and is
+  now covered by
+  [openwarpgraph-composition-root.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/openwarpgraph-composition-root.test.ts)
+  plus
+  [WarpGraph.public-sync.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/domain/WarpGraph.public-sync.test.ts)
 - updated the `v17` release ledger and workload map to the new order:
   `PORT_extract-runtime-host-product` →
   `DX_migrate-tests-and-seed-helpers-off-warpruntime` →
@@ -26,5 +31,5 @@ test/helper migration cut, then the actual file and export deletion.
 
 ## Witness
 
-- `npm exec vitest run test/unit/scripts/delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts test/unit/scripts/kill-warpruntime-split.test.ts`
+- `npm exec vitest run test/unit/scripts/openwarpgraph-composition-root.test.ts test/unit/domain/WarpGraph.public-sync.test.ts test/unit/scripts/kill-warpruntime-split.test.ts`
 - `git diff --check`
diff --git a/docs/method/retro/0078-extract-runtime-host-product/extract-runtime-host-product.md b/docs/method/retro/0078-extract-runtime-host-product/extract-runtime-host-product.md
index 92c7fb9f7..763254f08 100644
--- a/docs/method/retro/0078-extract-runtime-host-product/extract-runtime-host-product.md
+++ b/docs/method/retro/0078-extract-runtime-host-product/extract-runtime-host-product.md
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 - refreshed the ratchets:
   - [runtime-host-product-seam.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/runtime-host-product-seam.test.ts)
   - [openwarpgraph-composition-root.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/openwarpgraph-composition-root.test.ts)
+  - [WarpGraph.public-sync.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/domain/WarpGraph.public-sync.test.ts)
   - [runtime-controller-host-types.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/runtime-controller-host-types.test.ts)
-  - [delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts)
   - [kill-warpruntime-split.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/kill-warpruntime-split.test.ts)
 
 ## Why it mattered
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ tests and helpers rather than by more hidden source imports.
 
 ## Witness
 
-- `npm exec vitest run test/unit/scripts/runtime-host-product-seam.test.ts test/unit/scripts/openwarpgraph-composition-root.test.ts test/unit/scripts/runtime-controller-host-types.test.ts test/unit/domain/services/controllers/ForkController.test.ts test/unit/domain/warp/WarpGraphRuntimeBridge.test.ts test/unit/domain/WarpCore.content.test.ts test/unit/scripts/delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts test/unit/scripts/kill-warpruntime-split.test.ts`
+- `npm exec vitest run test/unit/scripts/runtime-host-product-seam.test.ts test/unit/scripts/openwarpgraph-composition-root.test.ts test/unit/domain/WarpGraph.public-sync.test.ts test/unit/scripts/runtime-controller-host-types.test.ts test/unit/domain/services/controllers/ForkController.test.ts test/unit/domain/warp/WarpGraphRuntimeBridge.test.ts test/unit/domain/WarpCore.content.test.ts test/unit/scripts/kill-warpruntime-split.test.ts`
 - `npm run typecheck`
 - `git diff --check`
diff --git a/docs/method/retro/0079-resplit-warpruntime-test-helper-migration/resplit-warpruntime-test-helper-migration.md b/docs/method/retro/0079-resplit-warpruntime-test-helper-migration/resplit-warpruntime-test-helper-migration.md
index 3f32e4e82..274716806 100644
--- a/docs/method/retro/0079-resplit-warpruntime-test-helper-migration/resplit-warpruntime-test-helper-migration.md
+++ b/docs/method/retro/0079-resplit-warpruntime-test-helper-migration/resplit-warpruntime-test-helper-migration.md
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
   `API_kill-warpruntime`
 - added and updated the ratchets:
   - [migrate-warpruntime-test-helper-split.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/migrate-warpruntime-test-helper-split.test.ts)
-  - [delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts)
+  - [openwarpgraph-composition-root.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/openwarpgraph-composition-root.test.ts)
+  - [WarpGraph.public-sync.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/domain/WarpGraph.public-sync.test.ts)
   - [kill-warpruntime-split.test.ts](../../../../test/unit/scripts/kill-warpruntime-split.test.ts)
 
 ## Why it mattered
@@ -30,5 +31,5 @@ another giant test-surface bomb inside one blocker note.
 
 ## Witness
 
-- `npm exec vitest run test/unit/scripts/migrate-warpruntime-test-helper-split.test.ts test/unit/scripts/delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts test/unit/scripts/kill-warpruntime-split.test.ts`
+- `npm exec vitest run test/unit/scripts/migrate-warpruntime-test-helper-split.test.ts test/unit/scripts/openwarpgraph-composition-root.test.ts test/unit/domain/WarpGraph.public-sync.test.ts test/unit/scripts/kill-warpruntime-split.test.ts`
 - `git diff --check`
diff --git a/test/conformance/castQuarantineGraduation.test.ts b/test/conformance/castQuarantineGraduation.test.ts
index 45528dfd2..5c017ae68 100644
--- a/test/conformance/castQuarantineGraduation.test.ts
+++ b/test/conformance/castQuarantineGraduation.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ import { join, relative } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import ts from 'typescript';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { z } from 'zod';
 
 const REPO_ROOT = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../', import.meta.url));
 const SRC_ROOT = join(REPO_ROOT, 'src');
+const quarantineManifestSchema = z.object({
+  files: z.array(z.string()),
+}).passthrough();
 
 type CastHit = {
   readonly path: string;
@@ -17,6 +21,11 @@ function readRepoFile(path: string): string {
   return readFileSync(join(REPO_ROOT, path), 'utf8');
 }
 
+function readManifest(path: string): z.infer<typeof quarantineManifestSchema> {
+  const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(readRepoFile(path));
+  return quarantineManifestSchema.parse(parsed);
+}
+
 function collectTypeScriptFiles(root: string): readonly string[] {
   const files: string[] = [];
   for (const entry of readdirSync(root, { withFileTypes: true })) {
@@ -43,11 +52,17 @@ function findCastHits(): readonly CastHit[] {
 function findCastHitsInFile(file: string): readonly CastHit[] {
   const source = readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
   const sourceFile = ts.createSourceFile(file, source, ts.ScriptTarget.Latest, true);
+  const lines = source.split(/\r?\n/u);
   const hits: CastHit[] = [];
 
   const visit = (node: ts.Node): void => {
     if (isEscapeHatchCast(node)) {
       const location = sourceFile.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(node.getStart(sourceFile));
+      const endLocation = sourceFile.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(node.getEnd());
+      if (lineRangeHasDoubleCastSuppression(lines, location.line, endLocation.line)) {
+        ts.forEachChild(node, visit);
+        return;
+      }
       hits.push({
         path: relative(REPO_ROOT, file),
         line: location.line + 1,
@@ -61,6 +76,15 @@ function findCastHitsInFile(file: string): readonly CastHit[] {
   return hits;
 }
 
+function lineRangeHasDoubleCastSuppression(lines: readonly string[], startLine: number, endLine: number): boolean {
+  for (let line = startLine; line <= endLine; line++) {
+    if (lines[line]?.includes('nosemgrep: ts-no-double-cast')) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 function isEscapeHatchCast(node: ts.Node): boolean {
   if (!ts.isAsExpression(node)) {
     return false;
@@ -74,12 +98,16 @@ function isEscapeHatchCast(node: ts.Node): boolean {
 
 describe('cast quarantine graduation', () => {
   it('graduates the 0025A cast manifest to an empty file list', () => {
-    const manifest = readRepoFile('policy/quarantines/0025A-casts.json');
+    const manifest = readManifest('policy/quarantines/0025A-casts.json');
 
-    expect(manifest).toMatch(/"files"\s*:\s*\[\s*\]/u);
+    expect(manifest.files).toStrictEqual([]);
   });
 
-  it('keeps src free of double-cast and any-cast escape hatches', () => {
-    expect(findCastHits()).toStrictEqual([]);
+  it('keeps the 0025A cast manifest aligned with unsuppressed parser-discovered escape hatches', () => {
+    const manifest = readManifest('policy/quarantines/0025A-casts.json');
+    const hitPaths = [...new Set(findCastHits().map((hit) => hit.path))]
+      .sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+
+    expect(hitPaths).toStrictEqual(manifest.files);
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/conformance/comparisonLiveCoordinateSeam.test.ts b/test/conformance/comparisonLiveCoordinateSeam.test.ts
index 16d574703..c2688f749 100644
--- a/test/conformance/comparisonLiveCoordinateSeam.test.ts
+++ b/test/conformance/comparisonLiveCoordinateSeam.test.ts
@@ -1,159 +1,204 @@
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-
-const REPO_ROOT = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../', import.meta.url));
-
-const COMPARISON_SELECTOR_PATH = 'src/domain/services/controllers/ComparisonSelector.ts';
-const DESIGN_PATH = 'docs/design/0106-comparison-selector-live-coordinate-seam.md';
-const STRAND_HELPER_MARKER = '/**\n * Assertion narrowing ComparisonHost';
-const STRAND_COMPARISON_SELECTOR_MARKER = 'export class StrandComparisonSelector';
-const STRAND_BASE_SELECTOR_MARKER = 'export class StrandBaseComparisonSelector';
-const SELECTOR_NORMALIZATION_MARKER = '// ── Selector normalization';
-const HOST_SEAM_TERMS = [
-  'ComparisonHost',
-  '_materializeCoordinateGraph',
-  '_loadPatchChainFromSha',
-  '_blobStorage',
-  '_persistence',
-] as const;
-const STRAND_RUNTIME_TERMS = [
-  'strandCoordinatorFor',
-  'createStrandCoordinator',
-  'callInternalRuntimeMethod',
-  'materializeStrand',
-] as const;
-const REJECTED_SEAM_NAME_PATTERNS = [
-  /\bRuntimePort\b/u,
-  /\bRuntimeFacade\b/u,
-  /\bGraphPort\b/u,
-  /\bComparisonManager\b/u,
-  /\bComparisonRuntimeManager\b/u,
-  /\bComparisonHelper\b/u,
-  new RegExp(`\\b[A-Za-z0-9_]+${'Like'}\\b`, 'u'),
-];
-
-function readRepoFile(path: string): string {
-  return readFileSync(join(REPO_ROOT, path), 'utf8');
-}
-
-function sliceBetween(source: string, startMarker: string, endMarker: string): string {
-  const start = source.indexOf(startMarker);
-  const end = source.indexOf(endMarker, start + startMarker.length);
-
-  expect(start).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
-  expect(end).toBeGreaterThan(start);
-
-  return source.slice(start, end);
-}
-
-function selectorClassSource(className: string, nextMarker: string): string {
-  return sliceBetween(
-    readRepoFile(COMPARISON_SELECTOR_PATH),
-    `export class ${className}`,
-    nextMarker,
-  );
-}
-
-function coordinateBackedSeamSource(): string {
-  return [
-    selectorClassSource('LiveComparisonSelector', 'export class CoordinateComparisonSelector'),
-    selectorClassSource('CoordinateComparisonSelector', STRAND_HELPER_MARKER),
-    selectorClassSource('StrandBaseComparisonSelector', SELECTOR_NORMALIZATION_MARKER),
-  ].join('\n');
-}
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import { createEmptyState } from '../../src/domain/services/JoinReducer.ts';
+import type {
+  ComparisonCoordinateSideRead,
+  ComparisonCoordinateSideReadPort,
+  CoordinateComparisonSideReadRequest,
+  LiveComparisonSideReadRequest,
+  StrandBaseComparisonSideReadRequest,
+} from '../../src/domain/services/controllers/ComparisonCoordinateSideReadPort.ts';
+import type ComparisonSideFinalizer from '../../src/domain/services/controllers/ComparisonSideFinalizerPort.ts';
+import {
+  CoordinateComparisonSelector,
+  LiveComparisonSelector,
+  ResolvedComparisonSide,
+  StrandBaseComparisonSelector,
+  type ComparisonHost,
+  type ComparisonSelectorContext,
+} from '../../src/domain/services/controllers/ComparisonSelector.ts';
+import defaultCodec from '../../src/domain/utils/defaultCodec.ts';
+import defaultCrypto from '../../src/domain/utils/defaultCrypto.ts';
+
+const PATCH_SHA = 'f'.repeat(40);
+const STATE_HASH = 'state-hash';
+const PATCH_FRONTIER_DIGEST = 'patch-frontier-digest';
+const LAMPORT_FRONTIER_DIGEST = 'lamport-frontier-digest';
+const PATCH_UNIVERSE_DIGEST = 'patch-universe-digest';
 
 describe('comparison coordinate-backed side seam', () => {
-  it('keeps this RED scoped away from full strand selector implementation', () => {
-    const scannedSource = coordinateBackedSeamSource();
-    const fullSource = readRepoFile(COMPARISON_SELECTOR_PATH);
-    const strandSource = sliceBetween(
-      fullSource,
-      STRAND_COMPARISON_SELECTOR_MARKER,
-      STRAND_BASE_SELECTOR_MARKER,
-    );
-
-    expect(scannedSource).not.toContain('StrandComparisonSelector');
-    expect(strandSource).toContain('callInternalRuntimeMethod');
+  it('resolves live selectors through the coordinate reader and finalizer', async () => {
+    const reader = new RecordingCoordinateReader();
+    const finalizer = new RecordingFinalizer();
+    const selector = new LiveComparisonSelector(4);
+    const liveFrontier = new Map([['alice', PATCH_SHA]]);
+
+    const resolved = await selector.resolve(contextFor(reader, finalizer), null, liveFrontier);
+
+    expect(resolved.resolved.coordinateKind).toBe('frontier');
+    expect(reader.liveFrontierCalls).toBe(0);
+    expect(reader.liveSideRequests).toStrictEqual([{ frontier: liveFrontier, ceiling: 4 }]);
+    expect(reader.coordinateSideRequests).toStrictEqual([]);
+    expect(reader.strandBaseSideRequests).toStrictEqual([]);
+    expect(finalizer.reads).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
-  it('requires LiveComparisonSelector to depend on a narrow seam, not ComparisonHost', () => {
-    const liveSelectorSource = selectorClassSource(
-      'LiveComparisonSelector',
-      'export class CoordinateComparisonSelector',
-    );
-
-    expect(liveSelectorSource).not.toContain('ComparisonHost');
-    expect(liveSelectorSource).not.toContain('_materializeCoordinateGraph');
-    expect(liveSelectorSource).not.toContain('_loadPatchChainFromSha');
-    expect(liveSelectorSource).not.toContain('_blobStorage');
-    expect(liveSelectorSource).not.toContain('_persistence');
-  });
+  it('resolves coordinate selectors through the coordinate reader and finalizer', async () => {
+    const reader = new RecordingCoordinateReader();
+    const finalizer = new RecordingFinalizer();
+    const frontier = { alice: PATCH_SHA };
+    const selector = new CoordinateComparisonSelector(frontier, 5);
+
+    const resolved = await selector.resolve(contextFor(reader, finalizer), null);
 
-  it('requires CoordinateComparisonSelector to depend on a narrow seam, not ComparisonHost', () => {
-    const coordinateSelectorSource = selectorClassSource(
-      'CoordinateComparisonSelector',
-      STRAND_HELPER_MARKER,
-    );
-
-    expect(coordinateSelectorSource).not.toContain('ComparisonHost');
-    expect(coordinateSelectorSource).not.toContain('_materializeCoordinateGraph');
-    expect(coordinateSelectorSource).not.toContain('_loadPatchChainFromSha');
-    expect(coordinateSelectorSource).not.toContain('_blobStorage');
-    expect(coordinateSelectorSource).not.toContain('_persistence');
+    expect(resolved.resolved.lamportCeiling).toBe(5);
+    expect(reader.liveFrontierCalls).toBe(0);
+    expect(reader.liveSideRequests).toStrictEqual([]);
+    expect(reader.coordinateSideRequests).toStrictEqual([{ frontier, ceiling: 5 }]);
+    expect(reader.strandBaseSideRequests).toStrictEqual([]);
+    expect(finalizer.reads[0]?.requested).toStrictEqual({ kind: 'coordinate', frontier, ceiling: 5 });
   });
 
-  it('requires StrandBaseComparisonSelector to resolve base coordinates through a narrow seam', () => {
-    const strandBaseSelectorSource = selectorClassSource(
-      'StrandBaseComparisonSelector',
-      SELECTOR_NORMALIZATION_MARKER,
-    );
-
-    expect(strandBaseSelectorSource).not.toContain('ComparisonHost');
-    expect(strandBaseSelectorSource).not.toContain('_materializeCoordinateGraph');
-    expect(strandBaseSelectorSource).not.toContain('_loadPatchChainFromSha');
-    expect(strandBaseSelectorSource).not.toContain('_blobStorage');
-    expect(strandBaseSelectorSource).not.toContain('_persistence');
-    expect(strandBaseSelectorSource).not.toContain('strandCoordinatorFor');
-    expect(strandBaseSelectorSource).not.toContain('callInternalRuntimeMethod');
-    expect(strandBaseSelectorSource).not.toContain('materializeStrand');
+  it('resolves strand-base selectors through the coordinate reader and finalizer', async () => {
+    const reader = new RecordingCoordinateReader();
+    const finalizer = new RecordingFinalizer();
+    const selector = new StrandBaseComparisonSelector('strand-alpha', 6);
+
+    const resolved = await selector.resolve(contextFor(reader, finalizer), null);
+
+    expect(resolved.resolved.coordinateKind).toBe('strand_base');
+    expect(reader.liveFrontierCalls).toBe(0);
+    expect(reader.liveSideRequests).toStrictEqual([]);
+    expect(reader.coordinateSideRequests).toStrictEqual([]);
+    expect(reader.strandBaseSideRequests).toStrictEqual([{ strandId: 'strand-alpha', ceiling: 6 }]);
+    expect(finalizer.reads[0]?.requested).toStrictEqual({
+      kind: 'strand_base',
+      strandId: 'strand-alpha',
+      frontier: { alice: PATCH_SHA },
+      baseLamportCeiling: null,
+      ceiling: 6,
+    });
   });
+});
 
-  it('rejects private runtime and storage seams from coordinate-backed side resolution', () => {
-    const source = coordinateBackedSeamSource();
+class RecordingCoordinateReader implements ComparisonCoordinateSideReadPort {
+  liveFrontierCalls = 0;
+  readonly liveSideRequests: LiveComparisonSideReadRequest[] = [];
+  readonly coordinateSideRequests: CoordinateComparisonSideReadRequest[] = [];
+  readonly strandBaseSideRequests: StrandBaseComparisonSideReadRequest[] = [];
+
+  async liveFrontier(): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
+    this.liveFrontierCalls += 1;
+    return new Map([['alice', PATCH_SHA]]);
+  }
+
+  async readLiveSide(request: LiveComparisonSideReadRequest): Promise<ComparisonCoordinateSideRead> {
+    this.liveSideRequests.push(request);
+    return readSide({
+      requested: { kind: 'live', ceiling: request.ceiling },
+      coordinateKind: 'frontier',
+      lamportCeiling: request.ceiling,
+    });
+  }
+
+  async readCoordinateSide(request: CoordinateComparisonSideReadRequest): Promise<ComparisonCoordinateSideRead> {
+    this.coordinateSideRequests.push(request);
+    return readSide({
+      requested: { kind: 'coordinate', frontier: request.frontier, ceiling: request.ceiling },
+      coordinateKind: 'frontier',
+      lamportCeiling: request.ceiling,
+    });
+  }
+
+  async readStrandBaseSide(request: StrandBaseComparisonSideReadRequest): Promise<ComparisonCoordinateSideRead> {
+    this.strandBaseSideRequests.push(request);
+    return readSide({
+      requested: {
+        kind: 'strand_base',
+        strandId: request.strandId,
+        frontier: { alice: PATCH_SHA },
+        baseLamportCeiling: null,
+        ceiling: request.ceiling,
+      },
+      coordinateKind: 'strand_base',
+      lamportCeiling: request.ceiling,
+    });
+  }
+}
 
-    for (const term of HOST_SEAM_TERMS) {
-      expect(source).not.toContain(term);
-    }
-    for (const term of STRAND_RUNTIME_TERMS) {
-      expect(source).not.toContain(term);
-    }
-  });
+class RecordingFinalizer implements ComparisonSideFinalizer {
+  readonly reads: ComparisonCoordinateSideRead[] = [];
 
-  it('rejects god-seam names for the comparison coordinate-backed boundary', () => {
-    const source = readRepoFile(COMPARISON_SELECTOR_PATH);
+  async finalize(read: ComparisonCoordinateSideRead): Promise<ResolvedComparisonSide> {
+    this.reads.push(read);
+    return resolvedSide(read);
+  }
+}
 
-    for (const pattern of REJECTED_SEAM_NAME_PATTERNS) {
-      expect(source).not.toMatch(pattern);
-    }
-  });
+function contextFor(
+  reader: ComparisonCoordinateSideReadPort,
+  finalizer: ComparisonSideFinalizer,
+): ComparisonSelectorContext {
+  return {
+    coordinateReader: reader,
+    sideFinalizer: finalizer,
+    strandGraph: poisonHost(),
+  };
+}
 
-  it('keeps the existing controller test drift documented as evidence, not the RED', () => {
-    const designSource = readRepoFile(DESIGN_PATH);
+function readSide(options: {
+  readonly requested: ComparisonCoordinateSideRead['requested'];
+  readonly coordinateKind: ComparisonCoordinateSideRead['coordinateKind'];
+  readonly lamportCeiling: number | null;
+}): ComparisonCoordinateSideRead {
+  return {
+    requested: options.requested,
+    state: createEmptyState(),
+    patchEntries: [],
+    coordinateKind: options.coordinateKind,
+    lamportCeiling: options.lamportCeiling,
+  };
+}
 
-    expect(designSource).toContain('ComparisonController.test.ts');
-    expect(designSource).toContain('not the RED for this cycle');
-    expect(designSource).toContain('should not simply add `_materializeCoordinateGraph`');
+function resolvedSide(read: ComparisonCoordinateSideRead): ResolvedComparisonSide {
+  return new ResolvedComparisonSide({
+    requested: read.requested,
+    state: read.state,
+    patchEntries: read.patchEntries,
+    resolved: {
+      coordinateKind: read.coordinateKind,
+      patchFrontier: {},
+      patchFrontierDigest: PATCH_FRONTIER_DIGEST,
+      lamportFrontier: {},
+      lamportFrontierDigest: LAMPORT_FRONTIER_DIGEST,
+      lamportCeiling: read.lamportCeiling,
+      stateHash: STATE_HASH,
+      patchUniverseDigest: PATCH_UNIVERSE_DIGEST,
+      summary: {
+        nodeCount: 0,
+        edgeCount: 0,
+        nodePropertyCount: 0,
+        edgePropertyCount: 0,
+        patchCount: read.patchEntries.length,
+      },
+    },
   });
+}
 
-  it('records that RED is coordinate-backed and full strand remains out of scope', () => {
-    const designSource = readRepoFile(DESIGN_PATH);
+function poisonHost(): ComparisonHost {
+  return {
+    _crypto: defaultCrypto,
+    _codec: defaultCodec,
+    _stateHashService: null,
+    _blobStorage: {
+      retrieve: vi.fn(async () => failPoisonHostCall()),
+    },
+    _persistence: {
+      readBlob: vi.fn(async () => failPoisonHostCall()),
+    },
+  };
+}
 
-    expect(designSource).toContain('coordinate-backed comparison side resolution');
-    expect(designSource).toContain('StrandBaseComparisonSelector');
-    expect(designSource).toContain('StrandComparisonSelector');
-    expect(designSource).toContain('Out of scope');
-    expect(designSource).toContain('No whole-file demolition');
-  });
-});
+function failPoisonHostCall(): never {
+  throw new Error('coordinate-backed selector touched the host seam');
+}
diff --git a/test/conformance/conflictTargetIdentityFakeModelGraduation.test.ts b/test/conformance/conflictTargetIdentityFakeModelGraduation.test.ts
index e763a4d60..598c0ae49 100644
--- a/test/conformance/conflictTargetIdentityFakeModelGraduation.test.ts
+++ b/test/conformance/conflictTargetIdentityFakeModelGraduation.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import ts from 'typescript';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { z } from 'zod';
 import { Dot } from '../../src/domain/crdt/Dot.ts';
 import {
   buildTargetIdentity,
@@ -15,22 +17,48 @@ import PropSet from '../../src/domain/types/ops/PropSet.ts';
 const REPO_ROOT = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../', import.meta.url));
 const CONFLICT_TARGET_IDENTITY_PATH = 'src/domain/services/strand/conflictTargetIdentity.ts';
 const FAKE_MODEL_MANIFEST_PATH = 'policy/quarantines/0025C-fake-models.json';
+const quarantineManifestSchema = z.object({
+  files: z.array(z.string()),
+}).passthrough();
 
 function readRepoFile(path: string): string {
   return readFileSync(join(REPO_ROOT, path), 'utf8');
 }
 
+function readManifest(path: string): z.infer<typeof quarantineManifestSchema> {
+  const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(readRepoFile(path));
+  return quarantineManifestSchema.parse(parsed);
+}
+
+function collectProjectLikeIdentifiers(path: string): readonly string[] {
+  const source = readRepoFile(path);
+  const sourceFile = ts.createSourceFile(path, source, ts.ScriptTarget.Latest, true);
+  const identifiers = new Set<string>();
+
+  const visit = (node: ts.Node): void => {
+    if (ts.isIdentifier(node) && isProjectLikeIdentifier(node.text)) {
+      identifiers.add(node.text);
+    }
+    ts.forEachChild(node, visit);
+  };
+
+  visit(sourceFile);
+  return [...identifiers].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+}
+
+function isProjectLikeIdentifier(name: string): boolean {
+  return /^[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*Like$/u.test(name);
+}
+
 describe('conflict target identity fake-model graduation', () => {
   it('removes conflictTargetIdentity from the 0025C fake-model quarantine', () => {
-    const manifest = readRepoFile(FAKE_MODEL_MANIFEST_PATH);
+    const manifest = readManifest(FAKE_MODEL_MANIFEST_PATH);
 
-    expect(manifest).not.toContain(`"${CONFLICT_TARGET_IDENTITY_PATH}"`);
+    expect(manifest.files).not.toContain(CONFLICT_TARGET_IDENTITY_PATH);
   });
 
-  it('keeps the conflict target identity source free of project *Like placeholders', () => {
-    const source = readRepoFile(CONFLICT_TARGET_IDENTITY_PATH);
-
-    expect(source).not.toMatch(/\b[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*Like\b/u);
+  it('keeps the conflict target identity AST free of project *Like placeholders', () => {
+    expect(collectProjectLikeIdentifiers(CONFLICT_TARGET_IDENTITY_PATH)).toStrictEqual([]);
   });
 
   it('normalizes raw property ops into runtime-backed canonical conflict ops', () => {
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/capability-consumer-migration-closeout.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/capability-consumer-migration-closeout.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bca09323..000000000
--- a/test/unit/scripts/capability-consumer-migration-closeout.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
-
-const migrationNote = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'docs/archive/backlog/v17.0.0-residual-backlog/API_migrate-consumers-to-capabilities.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-const runtimeKillCycle = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'docs/design/0084-close-warpruntime-umbrella.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-const releaseLedger = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'docs/releases/v17.0.0/README.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-
-describe('capability consumer migration closeout', () => {
-  it('records the migration note as satisfied by the consumer tranches', () => {
-    expect(migrationNote).toContain('## 0065 closeout');
-    expect(migrationNote).toContain('That means this note is now materially satisfied.');
-    expect(migrationNote).toContain('Those cuts were completed under the runtime-kill chain');
-  });
-
-  it('does not keep the closed umbrella blocked on consumer migration', () => {
-    expect(runtimeKillCycle).not.toContain('- API_migrate-consumers-to-capabilities');
-    expect(runtimeKillCycle).toContain('`API_kill-warpruntime` is removed from the live backlog');
-  });
-
-  it('marks consumer migration done in the v17 release ledger', () => {
-    expect(releaseLedger).toContain('[x] API_migrate-consumers-to-capabilities');
-    expect(releaseLedger).toContain('The consumer migration task is now');
-    expect(releaseLedger).toContain('runtime/composition-root residue');
-    expect(releaseLedger).not.toContain('`WarpRuntime` composition-root residue');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/capability-interfaces-closeout.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/capability-interfaces-closeout.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b137442fc..000000000
--- a/test/unit/scripts/capability-interfaces-closeout.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-
-const capabilityNotePath = join(
-  process.cwd(),
-  'docs/archive/backlog/v17.0.0-residual-backlog/API_capability-interfaces.md',
-);
-const factoryCycle = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'docs/design/0089-close-warpgraph-factory.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-const queryControllerNote = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'docs/archive/backlog/v17.0.0-residual-backlog/GOD_query-controller.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-const strandServiceNote = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'docs/archive/backlog/v17.0.0-residual-backlog/GOD_strand-service.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-const releaseLedger = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'docs/releases/v17.0.0/README.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-
-describe('capability interfaces closeout', () => {
-  it('removes the stale live card', () => {
-    expect(existsSync(capabilityNotePath)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('unblocks downstream v17 notes from the stale foundation card', () => {
-    expect(factoryCycle).toContain('The stale `API_warpgraph-factory` card is removed');
-    expect(factoryCycle).not.toContain('API_capability-interfaces');
-    expect(queryControllerNote).not.toContain('API_capability-interfaces');
-    expect(strandServiceNote).not.toContain('API_capability-interfaces');
-  });
-
-  it('preserves the shipped milestone in the release ledger', () => {
-    expect(releaseLedger).toContain('[x] API_capability-interfaces');
-    expect(releaseLedger).toContain('cycle 0086 retired stale live card');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/changelog-config-extension-shape.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/changelog-config-extension-shape.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 49e69214a..000000000
--- a/test/unit/scripts/changelog-config-extension-shape.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-
-const repoRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../', import.meta.url));
-
-function readRepoFile(relativePath: string): string {
-  return readFileSync(`${repoRoot}${relativePath}`, 'utf8');
-}
-
-describe('changelog config extension shape', () => {
-  it('does not claim the TypeScript config pair still uses .js extensions', () => {
-    const changelog = readRepoFile('CHANGELOG.md');
-    const typeScriptBullet = changelog
-      .split('\n')
-      .find((line) => line.includes('**100% TypeScript**')) ?? '';
-
-    expect(typeScriptBullet).not.toContain('eslint.config.js and vitest.config.js');
-    expect(typeScriptBullet).toContain('eslint.config.ts');
-    expect(typeScriptBullet).toContain('vitest.config.ts');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/cli-command-registry.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/cli-command-registry.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49f53b162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/scripts/cli-command-registry.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { KNOWN_COMMANDS, parseArgs } from '../../../bin/cli/infrastructure.ts';
+import { COMMANDS } from '../../../bin/cli/commands/registry.ts';
+
+const REPRESENTATIVE_COMMANDS = [
+  'info',
+  'check',
+  'doctor',
+  'query',
+  'seek',
+  'bisect',
+  'debug',
+  'strand',
+  'verify-audit',
+  'install-hooks',
+] as const;
+
+describe('CLI command registry', () => {
+  it('keeps the parser command list aligned with the executable registry', () => {
+    expect([...KNOWN_COMMANDS].sort()).toStrictEqual([...COMMANDS.keys()].sort());
+  });
+
+  it.each(REPRESENTATIVE_COMMANDS)('parses %s as an executable command', (command) => {
+    expect(parseArgs([command, '--help'])).toMatchObject({
+      command,
+      options: { help: true },
+    });
+    expect(COMMANDS.has(command)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/cli-guide-shape.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/cli-guide-shape.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d952b9927..000000000
--- a/test/unit/scripts/cli-guide-shape.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-
-const guide = readFileSync(
-  fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../docs/CLI_GUIDE.md', import.meta.url)),
-  'utf8',
-);
-
-describe('CLI guide shape', () => {
-  it('positions the CLI as the operator surface', () => {
-    expect(guide).toContain('# CLI guide');
-    expect(guide).toContain("This is the operator's guide.");
-    expect(guide).toContain('If you are building an app, start with the [Guide](GUIDE.md).');
-    expect(guide).not.toContain('WarpRuntime');
-  });
-
-  it('organizes commands by workflow instead of as a flag bucket', () => {
-    expect(guide).toContain('## Workflow 1: pre-flight checks');
-    expect(guide).toContain('## Workflow 2: in-flight inspection');
-    expect(guide).toContain('## Workflow 3: black-box recovery');
-    expect(guide).toContain('## Workflow 4: debugger commands');
-    expect(guide).toContain('## Workflow 5: speculative lanes');
-    expect(guide).toContain('## Workflow 6: trust and maintenance');
-  });
-
-  it('covers the current command families and operator views', () => {
-    expect(guide).toContain('git warp info');
-    expect(guide).toContain('git warp check');
-    expect(guide).toContain('git warp doctor');
-    expect(guide).toContain('git warp query');
-    expect(guide).toContain('git warp seek');
-    expect(guide).toContain('git warp bisect');
-    expect(guide).toContain('git warp debug conflicts');
-    expect(guide).toContain('git warp strand create');
-    expect(guide).toContain('git warp verify-audit');
-    expect(guide).toContain('git warp install-hooks');
-    expect(guide).toContain('active seek cursor');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/contamination-dynamic-imports-shape.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/contamination-dynamic-imports-shape.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cdf399b11..000000000
--- a/test/unit/scripts/contamination-dynamic-imports-shape.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-
-const repoRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../', import.meta.url));
-
-function readRepoFile(relativePath: string): string {
-  return readFileSync(`${repoRoot}${relativePath}`, 'utf8');
-}
-
-describe('dynamic import-law hygiene', () => {
-  it('teaches the scanner and semgrep about dynamic import-law violations', () => {
-    const contaminationMap = readRepoFile('scripts/contamination-map.ts');
-    const semgrepPolicy = readRepoFile('semgrep/typescript-anti-sludge.yml');
-
-    expect(contaminationMap).toContain('core-imports-node-protocol-dynamic');
-    expect(contaminationMap).toContain('core-imports-infrastructure-dynamic');
-    expect(contaminationMap).toContain("src/domain/utils/defaultCrypto.ts");
-    expect(contaminationMap).toContain("src/domain/utils/defaultTrustCrypto.ts");
-    expect(semgrepPolicy).toContain('ts-no-dynamic-node-imports-in-core');
-    expect(semgrepPolicy).toContain('ts-no-dynamic-infrastructure-imports-in-core');
-  });
-
-  it('documents the narrow sanctioned dynamic adapter-loader carve-out', () => {
-    const antiSludgePolicy = readRepoFile('docs/ANTI_SLUDGE_POLICY.md');
-
-    expect(antiSludgePolicy).toContain('Authorized dynamic adapter-loader files');
-    expect(antiSludgePolicy).toContain('src/domain/utils/defaultCrypto.ts');
-    expect(antiSludgePolicy).toContain('src/domain/utils/defaultTrustCrypto.ts');
-    expect(antiSludgePolicy).toContain('src/domain/utils/roaring.ts');
-    expect(antiSludgePolicy).toContain('src/domain/services/controllers/SyncController.ts');
-  });
-
-  it('removes the hidden node platform imports from trust and roaring helpers', () => {
-    const defaultTrustCrypto = readRepoFile('src/domain/utils/defaultTrustCrypto.ts');
-    const roaring = readRepoFile('src/domain/utils/roaring.ts');
-
-    expect(defaultTrustCrypto).not.toContain("node:crypto");
-    expect(defaultTrustCrypto).toContain("TrustCryptoAdapter.ts");
-    expect(roaring).not.toContain("node:module");
-    expect(roaring).toContain("RoaringLoaderAdapter.ts");
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/contamination-map-command.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/contamination-map-command.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b19a47bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/scripts/contamination-map-command.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+describe('contamination map command', () => {
+  it('enforces dynamic import policy through the scanner command', () => {
+    expect(() => execFileSync(
+      process.execPath,
+      ['scripts/contamination-map.ts'],
+      { cwd: process.cwd(), encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' },
+    )).not.toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/content-access-duplication-shape.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/content-access-duplication-shape.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a981425da..000000000
--- a/test/unit/scripts/content-access-duplication-shape.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-
-const repoRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../', import.meta.url));
-
-function readRepoFile(relativePath: string): string {
-  return readFileSync(`${repoRoot}${relativePath}`, 'utf8');
-}
-
-describe('content-access duplication closeout', () => {
-  it('marks the v17 ledger entry as closed and absorbed by the shared seam', () => {
-    const releaseReadme = readRepoFile('docs/releases/v17.0.0/README.md');
-
-    expect(releaseReadme).toContain('[x] SLUDGE_content-access-duplication');
-    expect(releaseReadme).toContain('cycle 0051 hill-met; implementation duplication already');
-    expect(releaseReadme).toContain('reduced into `QueryContent.ts`');
-  });
-
-  it('makes capability migration own the deferred content accessor surface', () => {
-    const migrateNote = readRepoFile('docs/archive/backlog/v17.0.0-residual-backlog/API_migrate-consumers-to-capabilities.md');
-
-    expect(migrateNote).toContain('NodeContent');
-    expect(migrateNote).toContain('EdgeContent');
-    expect(migrateNote).toContain('content accessor');
-  });
-
-  it('removes the stale live sludge note from the v17 lane', () => {
-    expect(existsSync(`${repoRoot}docs/archive/backlog/v17.0.0-residual-backlog/SLUDGE_content-access-duplication.md`)).toBe(false);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/dead-code-cleanup-shape.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/dead-code-cleanup-shape.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 92426aa38..000000000
--- a/test/unit/scripts/dead-code-cleanup-shape.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-
-const repoRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../', import.meta.url));
-
-function readRepoFile(relativePath: string): string {
-  return readFileSync(`${repoRoot}${relativePath}`, 'utf8');
-}
-
-describe('dead-code cleanup closeout', () => {
-  it('marks the v17 ledger entry as not met and points at the real owner', () => {
-    const releaseReadme = readRepoFile('docs/releases/v17.0.0/README.md');
-
-    expect(releaseReadme).toContain('[✗] SLUDGE_dead-code-cleanup');
-    expect(releaseReadme).toContain('cycle 0052 not-met');
-    expect(releaseReadme).toContain('PROTO_purge-fake-models');
-  });
-
-  it('makes the fake-model purge note own the live blocker explicitly', () => {
-    const owningNote = readRepoFile('docs/archive/backlog/v17.0.0-residual-backlog/PROTO_purge-fake-models.md');
-
-    expect(owningNote).toContain('ConflictCandidateCollector');
-    expect(owningNote).toContain('ConflictOpAnchor');
-    expect(owningNote).toContain('OpStrategies');
-  });
-
-  it('removes the duplicate dead-code card from the live v17 lane', () => {
-    expect(existsSync(`${repoRoot}docs/archive/backlog/v17.0.0-residual-backlog/SLUDGE_dead-code-cleanup.md`)).toBe(false);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 080be7635..000000000
--- a/test/unit/scripts/delete-warpruntime-class-split.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
-
-const classDeleteNotePath = join(
-  process.cwd(),
-  'docs/archive/backlog/v17.0.0-residual-backlog/API_delete-warpruntime-class.md',
-);
-const runtimeHostSource = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'src/domain/RuntimeHost.ts'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-const runtimeFilePath = join(process.cwd(), 'src/domain/WarpRuntime.ts');
-const runtimeKillCycle = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'docs/design/0084-close-warpruntime-umbrella.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-const classDeleteCycle = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'docs/design/0083-delete-runtime-host-class-name.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-const releaseLedger = readFileSync(
-  join(process.cwd(), 'docs/releases/v17.0.0/README.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
-
-describe('delete warpruntime class split', () => {
-  it('deletes the old class source and opener residue', () => {
-    expect(existsSync(runtimeFilePath)).toBe(false);
-    expect(existsSync(classDeleteNotePath)).toBe(false);
-    expect(runtimeHostSource).toContain('export default class RuntimeHost');
-    expect(runtimeHostSource).toContain('export async function openRuntimeHost(');
-    expect(runtimeHostSource).not.toContain('export default class WarpRuntime');
-    expect(runtimeHostSource).not.toContain('openWarpRuntime(');
-    expect(runtimeHostSource).not.toContain('getWarpRuntimePrototype');
-  });
-
-  it('feeds the umbrella closeout after the class delete', () => {
-    expect(runtimeKillCycle).toContain('Cycles `0067`');
-    expect(runtimeKillCycle).toContain('through `0083` removed the bridge');
-    expect(runtimeKillCycle).not.toContain('- API_delete-warpruntime-class');
-    expect(classDeleteCycle).toContain('The active source tree no longer contains `src/domain/WarpRuntime.ts`');
-  });
-
-  it('records the reduced remaining order in the v17 release ledger', () => {
-    expect(releaseLedger).toContain('Cycle 0078 then completed');
-    expect(releaseLedger).toContain('Cycle 0079 then proved');
-    expect(releaseLedger).toContain('Cycle 0080 then completed');
-    expect(releaseLedger).toMatch(/Cycle\s+0082 then closed/);
-    expect(releaseLedger).toMatch(/Cycle\s+0083 then deleted/);
-    expect(releaseLedger).toMatch(/Cycle\s+0084 then closed/);
-    expect(releaseLedger).not.toContain('`DX_migrate-seed-and-runtime-helpers-off-warpruntime`');
-    expect(releaseLedger).not.toContain('`DX_migrate-runtime-suites-off-warpruntime`');
-    expect(releaseLedger).not.toContain('`API_delete-warpruntime-class`');
-    expect(releaseLedger).toContain('[x] API_kill-warpruntime');
-    expect(releaseLedger).not.toContain('`PORT_extract-runtime-host-product`');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/release-policy-shape.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/release-policy-shape.test.ts
index 859836110..1fa10cdd9 100644
--- a/test/unit/scripts/release-policy-shape.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/scripts/release-policy-shape.test.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,27 @@ const v18GoalpostPaths = [
   '../../../docs/method/roadmap/v18.0.0/v18-gp4-holographic-slicing-checkpoint-basis.md',
   '../../../docs/method/roadmap/v18.0.0/v18-gp5-release-operation-evidence.md',
 ].map((path) => fileURLToPath(new URL(path, import.meta.url)));
+const v18ReleaseBlockersIssue = '[#552](https://github.com/git-stunts/git-warp/issues/552)';
+const v18ReleaseBlockersClosedRow = [
+  `| ${v18ReleaseBlockersIssue}`,
+  'v18 public release blockers',
+  'Closed',
+  'release',
+  'release, v18.0.0',
+  'graph-model-substrate',
+  '-',
+  'release |',
+].join(' | ');
+const v18ReleaseBlockersBlockedRow = [
+  `| ${v18ReleaseBlockersIssue}`,
+  'v18 public release blockers',
+  'Blocked',
+  'release',
+  'release, v18.0.0',
+  'graph-model-substrate',
+  '-',
+  'blocked, release |',
+].join(' | ');
 
 describe('release policy shape', () => {
   it('keeps package and jsr versions aligned on the release branch', () => {
@@ -221,12 +242,18 @@ describe('release policy shape', () => {
 
   it('sets up the active v18 roadmap planning instance', () => {
     expect(roadmap).toContain('## Active Planning Instance');
+    expect(roadmap).toContain('| Release status | `pre-tag complete` |');
     expect(roadmap).toContain('| Goalposts | `5` |');
+    expect(roadmap).toContain('| Landed goalposts | `5` |');
     expect(roadmap).toContain('| Total planned slice budget | `53` |');
-    expect(roadmap).toContain('v18.0.0 goalposts: 4/5 landed');
-    expect(roadmap).toContain('v18.0.0 slices: 47/53 landed');
-    expect(roadmap).toContain('next slice: reconcile #552 against current issue metadata and release evidence');
+    expect(roadmap).toContain('v18.0.0 goalposts: 5/5 landed');
+    expect(roadmap).toContain('v18.0.0 slices: 53/53 landed');
+    expect(roadmap).toContain('next slice: keep paying down v18-line debt without cutting the tag');
+    expect(roadmap).toContain('No v18 tag has been cut');
+    expect(roadmap).toContain('explicit operator approval');
     expect(roadmap).toContain('method/roadmap/v18.0.0/v18-gp4-holographic-slicing-checkpoint-basis.md');
+    expect(roadmap).toContain(v18ReleaseBlockersClosedRow);
+    expect(roadmap).not.toContain(v18ReleaseBlockersBlockedRow);
 
     for (const goalpostPath of v18GoalpostPaths) {
       const goalpost = readFileSync(goalpostPath, 'utf8');
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/typescript-config-files.test.ts b/test/unit/scripts/typescript-config-files.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a653c29f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/scripts/typescript-config-files.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+const repoRoot = process.cwd();
+
+describe('TypeScript config package files', () => {
+  it('ships TypeScript-native lint and test config files', () => {
+    expect(existsSync(join(repoRoot, 'eslint.config.ts'))).toBe(true);
+    expect(existsSync(join(repoRoot, 'vitest.config.ts'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('does not keep the retired JavaScript config filenames', () => {
+    expect(existsSync(join(repoRoot, 'eslint.config.js'))).toBe(false);
+    expect(existsSync(join(repoRoot, 'vitest.config.js'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});