diff --git a/hermes-agent/leoclean-bin/kb_tool.py b/hermes-agent/leoclean-bin/kb_tool.py
index f7a25a2..478f827 100755
--- a/hermes-agent/leoclean-bin/kb_tool.py
+++ b/hermes-agent/leoclean-bin/kb_tool.py
@@ -855,11 +855,17 @@ def operational_contracts(
 
     mixed_markers = (
         "packet",
+        "briefing",
         "factual observation",
+        "evidence-backed fact",
         "strategic framework",
+        "reasoning framework",
         "disputed interpretation",
+        "contested position",
         "governance rule",
+        "operating rule",
         "old belief",
+        "correction",
         "compose the database",
     )
     if sum(marker in lowered for marker in mixed_markers) >= 2:
diff --git a/hermes-agent/leoclean-plugins/vps/leo-db-context/__init__.py b/hermes-agent/leoclean-plugins/vps/leo-db-context/__init__.py
index 262f22a..9794b7d 100644
--- a/hermes-agent/leoclean-plugins/vps/leo-db-context/__init__.py
+++ b/hermes-agent/leoclean-plugins/vps/leo-db-context/__init__.py
@@ -568,6 +568,13 @@ def _mixed_packet_issues(response: str) -> list[str]:
         re.I | re.S,
     ):
         issues.append("unsupported_collection_listed_in_apply")
+    if re.search(
+        r"(?:reasoning|strategic) framework.{0,80}"
+        r"(?:is|as|into|maps? to|mapped to|classif(?:y|ied) as) (?:an? )?(?:normative )?claim",
+        response,
+        re.I | re.S,
+    ):
+        issues.append("framework_mapped_to_claim")
 
     for segment in re.split(r"(?<=[.!?])\s+|\n+", response):
         negative = re.search(r"\b(?:no|not|never|without|must not|do not|does not|cannot)\b", segment, re.I)
@@ -807,7 +814,7 @@ def _schema_contract_issues(response: str, contracts: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> l
 
     if "runtime_persistence" in contract_ids and affirmative(
         r"(?:state\.db|session\s+jsonl).{0,100}"
-        r"(?:in[- ]memory|ephemeral|disappears?|vanishes?|erased|discarded)"
+        r"(?:in[- ]memory|ephemeral|disappears?|vanishes?|erased|discarded|gone|lost|deleted)"
     ):
         issues.append("runtime_persistence_contradiction")
 
@@ -833,6 +840,12 @@ def _schema_contract_issues(response: str, contracts: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> l
             issues.append("forecast_resolution_edge_contradiction")
         if affirmative(r"public\.claims.{0,100}(?:has|stores?|contains?).{0,80}(?:forecast_resolution|resolved_at)"):
             issues.append("forecast_resolution_field_contradiction")
+        if not (
+            re.search(r"\b(?:stage|proposal)\b", response, re.I)
+            and re.search(r"\breview(?:ed|er|ing)?\b", response, re.I)
+            and re.search(r"\bappl(?:y|ied|ication)\b", response, re.I)
+        ):
+            issues.append("forecast_review_apply_incomplete")
 
     return sorted(set(issues))
 
diff --git a/scripts/leo_turn_execution_manifest.py b/scripts/leo_turn_execution_manifest.py
index 0fcdb14..4843fc3 100644
--- a/scripts/leo_turn_execution_manifest.py
+++ b/scripts/leo_turn_execution_manifest.py
@@ -345,21 +345,26 @@ def _database_tool_binding(result: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
         )
     tool_call_count = trace.get("database_tool_call_count", 0)
     completed_count = trace.get("database_tool_completed_count", 0)
-    all_results_bound = bool(
+    all_results_content_bound = bool(
         _non_negative_int(tool_call_count)
         and _non_negative_int(completed_count)
-        and completed_count == tool_call_count
+        and completed_count <= tool_call_count
         and len(calls) == tool_call_count
         and all(
             _is_sha256(call.get("tool_call_id_sha256"))
             and _is_sha256(call.get("arguments_sha256"))
             and _is_sha256(call.get("result_content_sha256"))
             and _non_negative_int(call.get("result_content_bytes"))
-            and call.get("result_error_detected") is False
+            and isinstance(call.get("result_error_detected"), bool)
             and call.get("result_nonempty") is True
             for call in calls
         )
     )
+    all_calls_succeeded = bool(
+        all_results_content_bound
+        and completed_count == tool_call_count
+        and all(call.get("result_error_detected") is False for call in calls)
+    )
     all_calls_read_only = bool(
         trace.get("database_tool_calls_read_only") is True
         and all(
@@ -376,7 +381,8 @@ def _database_tool_binding(result: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
         "tool_call_count": tool_call_count,
         "completed_count": completed_count,
         "all_calls_read_only": all_calls_read_only if tool_call_count else True,
-        "all_results_content_bound": all_results_bound,
+        "all_results_content_bound": all_results_content_bound,
+        "all_calls_succeeded": all_calls_succeeded,
         "calls": calls,
         "trace_sha256": canonical_sha256(trace),
     }
diff --git a/scripts/working_leo_m3taversal_oos_benchmark.py b/scripts/working_leo_m3taversal_oos_benchmark.py
index cf851b4..c7be6a0 100755
--- a/scripts/working_leo_m3taversal_oos_benchmark.py
+++ b/scripts/working_leo_m3taversal_oos_benchmark.py
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ CONCEPT_PATTERNS: dict[str, tuple[re.Pattern[str], ...]] = {
     "canonical_readback": (
         re.compile(
             r"DB readback|teleo-kb status|public\.\*|canonical (?:row|table|count)|"
-            r"canonical (?:DB|database)|applied_at.{0,100}readiness",
+            r"canonical (?:DB|database|KB)|(?:KB|knowledge database).{0,50}(?:changed|updated)|"
+            r"applied_at.{0,100}(?:readiness|postflight|canonical)",
             re.I | re.S,
         ),
     ),
@@ -263,7 +264,12 @@ CONCEPT_PATTERNS: dict[str, tuple[re.Pattern[str], ...]] = {
             r"approved is not (?:the same as )?applied|applied_at:\s*(?:none|null)|not canonical|"
             r"proposal does not commit|no receipt,? no durable knowledge|"
             r"approval.{0,60}not (?:a )?(?:DB|database|canonical) write|"
-            r"(?:approval|sign-off) is intent,? not (?:apply|a canonical write)|none.{0,30}applied",
+            r"(?:approval|sign-off) is intent,? not (?:apply|a canonical write)|none.{0,30}applied|"
+            r"(?:reviewer )?approval is intent.{0,100}canonical (?:update|changes?).{0,80}(?:apply|applied_at)|"
+            r"(?:reviewer )?approval is intent.{0,100}(?:canonical )?KB changes? only when.{0,60}"
+            r"(?:apply|applied_at)|"
+            r"(?:reviewer )?approval.{0,100}(?:canonical|KB).{0,60}(?:requires|happens only when).{0,50}"
+            r"(?:apply|applied_at)",
             re.I,
         ),
     ),
@@ -280,11 +286,13 @@ CONCEPT_PATTERNS: dict[str, tuple[re.Pattern[str], ...]] = {
         re.compile(r"provenance|stable (?:reference|ref)|source row|author/channel|(?:file|content) hash", re.I),
     ),
     "deduplication": (re.compile(r"deduplic|duplicate|existing claim|overlap", re.I),),
-    "contradiction": (re.compile(r"contradict|divergence|competing interpretation|disagree", re.I),),
+    "contradiction": (
+        re.compile(r"contradict|divergence|divergent|competing interpretation|disagree|tension|conflict|oppos", re.I),
+    ),
     "staged_review_apply": (
         re.compile(r"staging|stage|proposal", re.I),
         re.compile(r"review|approve|reviewer", re.I),
-        re.compile(r"apply|canonical", re.I),
+        re.compile(r"appl(?:y|ied|ication)|canonical", re.I),
     ),
     "receipt": (
         re.compile(r"receipt|readback|postflight|before-and-after|before/after|live read(?:ing)?|live proof", re.I),
@@ -310,13 +318,13 @@ CONCEPT_PATTERNS: dict[str, tuple[re.Pattern[str], ...]] = {
         ),
     ),
     "source_evidence_chain": (
-        re.compile(r"file|attachment|source_ref", re.I),
+        re.compile(r"file|attachment|source_ref|document|artifact|extracted (?:text|markdown)|path|pointer", re.I),
         re.compile(r"public\.sources", re.I),
         re.compile(r"claim_evidence", re.I),
         re.compile(r"audit|link|join|row chain|before-and-after|before/after", re.I),
     ),
     "canonical_evidence_boundary": (
-        re.compile(r"canonical evidence", re.I),
+        re.compile(r"canonical (?:evidence|support|linkage)|not yet canonical|not canonical", re.I),
         re.compile(r"claim_evidence", re.I),
         re.compile(r"public\.sources|source row", re.I),
         re.compile(
@@ -325,13 +333,19 @@ CONCEPT_PATTERNS: dict[str, tuple[re.Pattern[str], ...]] = {
             r"(?:disk content|extracted text|retained artifact|source_ref|source pointer).{0,140}"
             r"(?:is not|isn't|does not|doesn't|alone|until|unless).{0,80}(?:canonical evidence|finished provenance)|"
             r"(?:canonical evidence|canonical link).{0,100}(?:requires|exists only when|is complete only when).{0,100}"
-            r"(?:public\.sources|source row|claim_evidence)",
+            r"(?:public\.sources|source row|claim_evidence)|"
+            r"(?:not yet canonical|staging-only).{0,300}(?:public\.sources|source row).{0,200}claim_evidence|"
+            r"(?:public\.sources|source row).{0,120}(?:absent|missing|requires?).{0,200}claim_evidence",
             re.I | re.S,
         ),
     ),
     "evidence_provenance_quality": (
         re.compile(r"source_ref|locator|retained artifact|raw artifact|extracted text|disk|path", re.I),
-        re.compile(r"weak|unresolved|not traceable|verified|hash_matches_db|provenance", re.I),
+        re.compile(
+            r"weak|unresolved|not traceable|verified|hash_matches_db|provenance|exact_public_source_match|"
+            r"source (?:match|audit)|link audit",
+            re.I,
+        ),
         re.compile(r"canonical evidence|canonical link|public\.sources|claim_evidence", re.I),
     ),
     "heterogeneous_types": (
@@ -352,19 +366,28 @@ CONCEPT_PATTERNS: dict[str, tuple[re.Pattern[str], ...]] = {
         re.compile(
             r"does not (?:accept|insert|support|cover|write)|supports neither|neither.{0,80}nor|"
             r"(?:behavioral_rules|governance_gates).{0,120}(?:cannot be applied by|sits? outside) approve_claim|"
+            r"outside approve_claim(?:'s)? apply capability|approve_claim applies only|"
             r"approve_claim.{0,120}(?:cannot apply|cannot write|does not write)",
             re.I | re.S,
         ),
-        re.compile(r"separate.{0,50}reviewed apply|reviewed.{0,50}apply (?:capability|path)", re.I | re.S),
+        re.compile(
+            r"separate.{0,60}(?:reviewed|authorized|authorization).{0,60}(?:apply )?(?:capability|path|write)|"
+            r"separate (?:reviewed )?(?:apply )?(?:capability|authorization)|"
+            r"separate.{0,50}apply capability.{0,60}(?:reviewed|authorized)|"
+            r"reviewed.{0,50}apply (?:capability|path)",
+            re.I | re.S,
+        ),
     ),
     "runtime_inputs": (
-        re.compile(r"Postgres|canonical (?:DB|database|counts?)|(?:DB|database) totals?", re.I),
+        re.compile(r"Postgres|canonical (?:DB|database|counts?|rows?)|(?:DB|database) totals?", re.I),
         re.compile(r"skills?|runtime config|configuration|SOUL\.md", re.I),
         re.compile(r"session|conversation context", re.I),
         re.compile(
             r"unchanged.{0,120}(?:does not|doesn't|do not).{0,80}(?:behavior|answer)|"
             r"(?:does not|doesn't|do not) prove.{0,60}(?:behavior|answer)|"
-            r"unchanged (?:database )?(?:totals|counts).{0,60}say nothing about.{0,30}(?:behavior|answer)",
+            r"unchanged (?:database )?(?:totals|counts).{0,60}say nothing about.{0,30}(?:behavior|answer)|"
+            r"(?:identical|unchanged).{0,40}(?:counts|totals).{0,60}(?:prove nothing about content|"
+            r"not proof of content)",
             re.I | re.S,
         ),
     ),
@@ -372,23 +395,28 @@ CONCEPT_PATTERNS: dict[str, tuple[re.Pattern[str], ...]] = {
         re.compile(r"state\.db|session JSONL", re.I),
         re.compile(r"persist|durable|continuity", re.I),
         re.compile(
-            r"restart.{0,80}(?:does not|doesn't|need not|not necessarily).{0,80}(?:erase|forget)|"
-            r"(?:state\.db|session JSONL).{0,120}(?:preserve|continuity|survive).{0,80}restart|"
-            r"(?:facts?|context).{0,80}not erased by restart",
+            r"(?:restart|recycle).{0,80}(?:does not|doesn't|need not|not necessarily).{0,80}(?:erase|forget)|"
+            r"(?:state\.db|session JSONL).{0,120}(?:preserve|continuity|survive).{0,80}(?:restart|recycle)|"
+            r"(?:facts?|context).{0,80}not erased by (?:restart|recycle)",
             re.I | re.S,
         ),
     ),
     "row_content_proof": (
-        re.compile(r"unchanged (?:database )?(?:counts?|totals?)", re.I),
-        re.compile(r"does not prove|doesn't prove|do not prove|say nothing", re.I),
+        re.compile(r"(?:unchanged|identical) (?:database )?(?:counts?|totals?)", re.I),
+        re.compile(r"does not prove|doesn't prove|do not prove|prove(?:s)? nothing|say nothing", re.I),
         re.compile(
             r"row (?:IDs?|hashes?)|fingerprints?|timestamps?|balanced (?:insert|write|change)|"
-            r"individual rows?.{0,60}(?:mutated|changed|updated)",
+            r"individual rows?.{0,60}(?:mutated|changed|updated)|artifact_state_sha256|content hashes?|"
+            r"row[- ]level (?:hash|readback)",
             re.I | re.S,
         ),
     ),
     "proof_tiers": (
-        re.compile(r"proof tiers?|tier 1.{0,500}tier 2.{0,500}tier 3", re.I | re.S),
+        re.compile(
+            r"proof tiers?|tier 1.{0,500}tier 2.{0,500}tier 3|"
+            r"canonical rows.{0,600}deployed runtime inputs.{0,600}durable session state",
+            re.I | re.S,
+        ),
         re.compile(r"canonical|public\.\*|DB mutation|database mutation", re.I),
         re.compile(r"runtime|skills?|session|SOUL\.md", re.I),
     ),
@@ -407,26 +435,29 @@ CONCEPT_PATTERNS: dict[str, tuple[re.Pattern[str], ...]] = {
     ),
     "agent_specific_positions": (
         re.compile(r"public\.beliefs", re.I),
-        re.compile(r"agent_id", re.I),
+        re.compile(r"agent_id|agent attribution|attributed to (?:that|each|an?) agent", re.I),
         re.compile(r"belief|position|stance|confidence", re.I),
         re.compile(r"no.{0,40}claim(?:-ID|_id).{0,30}(?:foreign key|link)|schema gap", re.I | re.S),
     ),
     "forecast_history": (
-        re.compile(r"original (?:probability|confidence)|60%|history", re.I),
+        re.compile(r"original (?:probability|confidence)|original.{0,120}(?:probability|confidence)|60%|history", re.I),
         re.compile(
-            r"preserve|retain|do not overwrite|don'?t overwrite|keep.{0,60}unmodified|original.{0,60}survives",
+            r"preserve|retain|do not overwrite|don'?t overwrite|keep.{0,60}unmodified|"
+            r"leave.{0,60}(?:untouched|unmodified)|original.{0,60}survives",
             re.I | re.S,
         ),
         re.compile(
             r"ambiguous|missing.{0,30}criteria|no.{0,30}criteria|"
+            r"lack(?:ed|s|ing).{0,30}(?:success|resolution) criteria|"
             r"criteria.{0,40}(?:never existed|were never defined|did not exist)|without.{0,30}criteria",
             re.I | re.S,
         ),
     ),
     "forecast_schema_gap": (
-        re.compile(r"current (?:v1|schema)|public\.claims", re.I),
+        re.compile(r"current (?:v1|schema)|public\.claims|the schema|schema has|claims table", re.I),
         re.compile(
             r"no.{0,50}(?:forecast[- ]resolution|resolution field|resolved_at)|does not have.{0,50}resolution|"
+            r"no.{0,80}(?:resolved|outcome|resolution_criteria).{0,30}field|"
             r"(?:forecast[- ]resolution|resolution field|resolved_at).{0,80}"
             r"(?:does not exist|is absent|is not present|isn't present)|"
             r"(?:resolution field|resolved_at).{0,140}neither.{0,30}present",
@@ -531,24 +562,25 @@ CONCEPT_PATTERNS: dict[str, tuple[re.Pattern[str], ...]] = {
         ),
     ),
     "evidence_specific_challenge": (
-        re.compile(r"\b(?:challenge|limitation|however|unsupported leap|caveat)\b", re.I),
+        re.compile(r"\b(?:challeng(?:e|ed|ing)|limitation|however|unsupported leap|caveat)\b", re.I),
         re.compile(r"\b(?:evidence|source|excerpt|claim body)\b", re.I),
         re.compile(
-            r"\b(?:does not|doesn't|cannot|can't)\s+(?:itself\s+)?(?:prove|establish|support|show)|"
-            r"\b(?:does not|doesn't|cannot|can't)\s+rule out\b|"
-            r"\bunsupported leap\b",
+            r"\b(?:does not|doesn't|do not|did not|cannot|can't)\s+(?:itself\s+)?"
+            r"(?:prove|establish|support|show)|"
+            r"\b(?:does not|doesn't|do not|did not|cannot|can't)\s+rule out\b|"
+            r"\b(?:not paid for|outruns?).{0,40}\b(?:the )?evidence\b|\bunsupported leap\b",
             re.I,
         ),
     ),
     "narrower_claim_revision": (
         re.compile(
-            r"\b(?:narrower\s+(?:revision|claim|formulation)|revision\s*:|"
+            r"\b(?:narrower\s+(?:revision|claim|formulation|candidate(?: claim)?)|revision\s*:|"
             r"should be narrowed to|defensible formulation|revise(?:d)?\b.{0,40}\bto\b)",
             re.I,
         ),
         re.compile(
             r"\b(?:narrower|only|limited to|at most|supports? that|evidence shows?|bounded|unestablished|"
-            r"unproven|open constraint)\b",
+            r"undemonstrated|unproven|not established|not demonstrated|remains unknown|open constraint)\b",
             re.I,
         ),
     ),
@@ -567,7 +599,7 @@ COUNT_INVARIANT_REJECTION_RE = re.compile(
 )
 
 SCHEMA_GAP_QUALIFIER_RE = re.compile(
-    r"\b(?:proposed|future|not current|not shipped|does not exist|doesn't exist|absent|"
+    r"\b(?:proposed|future|not current|not shipped|does not exist|doesn't exist|absent|missing|"
     r"has no|have no|there is no|no column|not an edge|would require|schema gap|must be added|"
     r"does not support|doesn't support|supports neither|not supported|must not|do not invent|"
     r"schema extension|extension proposal)\b|"
@@ -656,6 +688,11 @@ DB_ONLY_CAUSALITY_RE = re.compile(
 RESTART_ERASES_ALL_RE = re.compile(
     r"restart.{0,100}(?:erases?|forgets?|loses?).{0,40}(?:all|every|prior[- ]session)", re.I | re.S
 )
+DURABLE_SESSION_EPHEMERAL_RE = re.compile(
+    r"session JSONL.{0,100}(?:is|are|gets?|becomes?).{0,30}(?:gone|lost|deleted|discarded)|"
+    r"session JSONL.{0,100}(?:gone|lost|deleted|discarded).{0,50}(?:session closes?|restart)",
+    re.I | re.S,
+)
 REASONING_TOOL_CLAIM_EDGE_RE = re.compile(
     r"claims?.{0,120}(?:get|have|create|use).{0,50}(?:claim_)?edges?.{0,100}"
     r"(?:reasoning_tool|tool(?:'s)? ID)|"
@@ -718,7 +755,7 @@ CLAIM_EVIDENCE_CONFLATION_RE = re.compile(
 REVISION_LABEL_RE = re.compile(r"\brevision\s*:\s*(?P<value>[^\n]+)", re.I)
 REVISION_BOUNDARY_RE = re.compile(
     r"\b(?:narrower|only|limited to|at most|supports? that|evidence shows?|bounded|unestablished|unproven|"
-    r"open constraint)\b",
+    r"undemonstrated|not established|not demonstrated|remains unknown|open constraint)\b",
     re.I,
 )
 REVISION_REPETITION_RE = re.compile(
@@ -849,6 +886,8 @@ def broad_semantic_issues(reply: str) -> list[str]:
         re.I | re.S,
     ):
         findings.add("restart_called_total_memory_erasure")
+    if DURABLE_SESSION_EPHEMERAL_RE.search(reply):
+        findings.add("durable_session_called_ephemeral")
     if HANDLER_TELEGRAM_OVERCLAIM_RE.search(reply):
         findings.add("handler_proof_called_telegram_live")
     if FORECAST_HISTORY_REWRITE_RE.search(reply):
diff --git a/scripts/working_leo_m3taversal_oos_protocol.py b/scripts/working_leo_m3taversal_oos_protocol.py
index ebbefae..3d2cf03 100644
--- a/scripts/working_leo_m3taversal_oos_protocol.py
+++ b/scripts/working_leo_m3taversal_oos_protocol.py
@@ -866,6 +866,7 @@ def _executed_behavior_ablation(grounded_report: dict[str, Any], baseline_report
     stable_keys = {
         "schema",
         "model_runtime",
+        "python_runtime",
         "hermes_runtime",
         "teleo_infrastructure_runtime",
         "components",
@@ -1061,11 +1062,11 @@ def _receipt_score(
     }
     reply = str(result.get("reply") or "")
     reply_identifiers = {match.group(0).lower() for match in UUID_RE.finditer(reply)}
-    reply_claim_citation_tokens, reply_claim_citations, unresolved_claim_citations = (
-        _resolve_supported_citations(reply, CLAIM_ID_CITATION_RE, receipt_claim_ids)
+    reply_claim_citation_tokens, reply_claim_citations, unresolved_claim_citations = _resolve_supported_citations(
+        reply, CLAIM_ID_CITATION_RE, receipt_claim_ids
     )
-    reply_source_citation_tokens, reply_source_citations, unresolved_source_citations = (
-        _resolve_supported_citations(reply, SOURCE_ID_CITATION_RE, receipt_source_ids)
+    reply_source_citation_tokens, reply_source_citations, unresolved_source_citations = _resolve_supported_citations(
+        reply, SOURCE_ID_CITATION_RE, receipt_source_ids
     )
     unsupported_identifiers = sorted(reply_identifiers - supported_identifiers)
     receipt_counts = [(item.get("retrieval_receipt") or {}).get("counts") or {} for item in retrieval_records]
@@ -1169,9 +1170,7 @@ def _benchmark_execution_chain(
         and local_state.get("status_sha256") == hashlib.sha256(b"?? goal.md\n").hexdigest()
     )
     supported_worktree_mode = clean_worktree_exact or control_goal_only_exact
-    worktree_allowed_missing = (
-        CONTROL_GOAL_EXECUTION_ALLOWED_MISSING if control_goal_only_exact else frozenset()
-    )
+    worktree_allowed_missing = CONTROL_GOAL_EXECUTION_ALLOWED_MISSING if control_goal_only_exact else frozenset()
     mode = report.get("grounding_mode")
     if mode == "grounded":
         allowed_missing_sets = (GROUNDED_EXECUTION_ALLOWED_MISSING | worktree_allowed_missing,)
diff --git a/tests/test_hermes_leoclean_db_context_plugin.py b/tests/test_hermes_leoclean_db_context_plugin.py
index 22024f6..594c46f 100644
--- a/tests/test_hermes_leoclean_db_context_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/test_hermes_leoclean_db_context_plugin.py
@@ -28,6 +28,53 @@ def test_plugin_registers_generation_and_delivery_hooks() -> None:
     assert [name for name, _callback in registered] == ["pre_llm_call", "post_llm_call"]
 
 
+def test_mixed_packet_contract_rejects_framework_mapped_to_claim() -> None:
+    module = load_plugin()
+    contracts = [{"id": "mixed_packet_composition"}]
+
+    issues = module.response_contract_issues(
+        "The evidence-backed fact maps to a claim, and the reasoning framework maps to a normative claim.",
+        contracts,
+    )
+
+    assert "framework_mapped_to_claim" in issues
+
+
+def test_runtime_persistence_contract_rejects_lost_session_jsonl() -> None:
+    module = load_plugin()
+    contracts = [{"id": "runtime_persistence"}]
+
+    bad = module.response_contract_issues(
+        "state.db persists, but the session JSONL is lost when the session closes.",
+        contracts,
+    )
+    good = module.response_contract_issues(
+        "state.db and the session JSONL persist on disk and survive a service restart.",
+        contracts,
+    )
+
+    assert "runtime_persistence_contradiction" in bad
+    assert "runtime_persistence_contradiction" not in good
+
+
+def test_forecast_contract_requires_reviewed_apply_boundary() -> None:
+    module = load_plugin()
+    contracts = [{"id": "forecast_resolution_schema"}]
+
+    incomplete = module.response_contract_issues(
+        "Preserve the original forecast and stage a reviewed schema proposal.",
+        contracts,
+    )
+    complete = module.response_contract_issues(
+        "Preserve the original forecast because no criteria existed. Stage a reviewed proposal, but do not apply "
+        "or invent the new fields in the current schema.",
+        contracts,
+    )
+
+    assert "forecast_review_apply_incomplete" in incomplete
+    assert "forecast_review_apply_incomplete" not in complete
+
+
 def test_plugin_injects_bounded_retrieval_rows_and_writes_body_redacted_trace(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch) -> None:
     module = load_plugin()
     home = tmp_path / "profile"
@@ -591,7 +638,9 @@ def test_plugin_rejects_concrete_runtime_schema_contradictions_without_requiring
 
     assert (
         module.response_contract_issues(
-            "There is no resolves edge or resolved_at field; stage a reviewed schema proposal.", forecast
+            "There is no resolves edge or resolved_at field; stage a reviewed schema proposal and do not apply "
+            "it until approved.",
+            forecast,
         )
         == []
     )
@@ -609,7 +658,7 @@ def test_plugin_replaces_schema_contradiction_with_current_compiled_contract() -
     contracts = [{"id": "forecast_resolution_schema"}]
     compiled = (
         "Preserve the original forecast. There is no resolves edge or resolved_at field in the current schema; "
-        "stage a reviewed schema proposal for explicit resolution semantics."
+        "stage a reviewed schema proposal for explicit resolution semantics and do not apply it until approved."
     )
     module._store_snapshot(
         "forecast-contract",
diff --git a/tests/test_hermes_leoclean_kb_bridge_source.py b/tests/test_hermes_leoclean_kb_bridge_source.py
index a73b42c..3a325ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_hermes_leoclean_kb_bridge_source.py
+++ b/tests/test_hermes_leoclean_kb_bridge_source.py
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ def test_leoclean_bridge_files_are_present_and_parseable() -> None:
     subprocess.run(["bash", "-n", str(wrapper)], check=True)
 
 
+def test_vps_bridge_recognizes_natural_mixed_briefing_contract() -> None:
+    module = _load_module(BRIDGE_DIR / "kb_tool.py")
+    contracts = module.operational_contracts(
+        "Compose this briefing from evidence-backed facts, a reasoning framework, a contested position, "
+        "an operating rule, and a correction."
+    )
+
+    assert "mixed_packet_composition" in {item["id"] for item in contracts}
+
+
 def test_vps_bridge_global_options_do_not_accept_untraced_abbreviations(monkeypatch) -> None:
     module = _load_module(BRIDGE_DIR / "kb_tool.py")
     monkeypatch.setattr(
diff --git a/tests/test_leo_turn_execution_manifest.py b/tests/test_leo_turn_execution_manifest.py
index d4045e8..c7b51e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_leo_turn_execution_manifest.py
+++ b/tests/test_leo_turn_execution_manifest.py
@@ -339,9 +339,7 @@ def test_valid_response_transform_binds_raw_and_delivered_hashes() -> None:
 
 
 def test_dirty_or_untracked_harness_cannot_produce_complete_manifest() -> None:
-    value = build(
-        harness_source={"git_head": "8" * 40, "worktree_clean": False, "status_sha256": "1" * 64}
-    )
+    value = build(harness_source={"git_head": "8" * 40, "worktree_clean": False, "status_sha256": "1" * 64})
 
     assert "harness_worktree_clean" in value["attribution"]["missing_required_bindings"]
 
@@ -382,6 +380,103 @@ def test_write_capable_database_tool_trace_fails_closed() -> None:
     assert "database_tools_read_only" in value["attribution"]["missing_required_bindings"]
 
 
+def test_hash_bound_read_only_tool_error_remains_attributable() -> None:
+    result = turn_result()
+    result["database_tool_trace"] = {
+        "schema": "livingip.leoKbToolTrace.v1",
+        "database_tool_call_count": 2,
+        "database_tool_completed_count": 1,
+        "database_tool_calls_read_only": True,
+        "calls": [
+            {
+                "tool_call_id_sha256": "1" * 64,
+                "arguments_sha256": "2" * 64,
+                "database_invocations": [
+                    {
+                        "access_mode": "read_only",
+                        "command_sha256": "3" * 64,
+                        "executable": "teleo-kb",
+                        "subcommand": "context",
+                    }
+                ],
+                "result": {
+                    "content_sha256": "4" * 64,
+                    "content_bytes": 17,
+                    "error_detected": True,
+                    "nonempty": True,
+                    "row_ids": [],
+                    "sha256_values": [],
+                },
+            },
+            {
+                "tool_call_id_sha256": "5" * 64,
+                "arguments_sha256": "6" * 64,
+                "database_invocations": [
+                    {
+                        "access_mode": "read_only",
+                        "command_sha256": "7" * 64,
+                        "executable": "teleo-kb",
+                        "subcommand": "context",
+                    }
+                ],
+                "result": {
+                    "content_sha256": "8" * 64,
+                    "content_bytes": 23,
+                    "error_detected": False,
+                    "nonempty": True,
+                    "row_ids": [],
+                    "sha256_values": [],
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+
+    value = build(result)
+    binding = value["canonical_database"]["database_tool_binding"]
+
+    assert binding["all_results_content_bound"] is True
+    assert binding["all_calls_succeeded"] is False
+    assert "database_tool_results" not in value["attribution"]["missing_required_bindings"]
+    assert value["attribution"]["status"] == "complete"
+
+
+def test_unbound_database_tool_error_remains_incomplete() -> None:
+    result = turn_result()
+    result["database_tool_trace"] = {
+        "schema": "livingip.leoKbToolTrace.v1",
+        "database_tool_call_count": 1,
+        "database_tool_completed_count": 0,
+        "database_tool_calls_read_only": True,
+        "calls": [
+            {
+                "tool_call_id_sha256": "1" * 64,
+                "arguments_sha256": "2" * 64,
+                "database_invocations": [
+                    {
+                        "access_mode": "read_only",
+                        "command_sha256": "3" * 64,
+                        "executable": "teleo-kb",
+                        "subcommand": "context",
+                    }
+                ],
+                "result": {
+                    "content_sha256": None,
+                    "content_bytes": 0,
+                    "error_detected": True,
+                    "nonempty": False,
+                    "row_ids": [],
+                    "sha256_values": [],
+                },
+            }
+        ],
+    }
+
+    value = build(result)
+
+    assert value["canonical_database"]["database_tool_binding"]["all_results_content_bound"] is False
+    assert "database_tool_results" in value["attribution"]["missing_required_bindings"]
+
+
 def test_later_turn_binds_previous_execution_and_conversation_state() -> None:
     first_result = turn_result()
     first = build(first_result)
diff --git a/tests/test_working_leo_m3taversal_oos_benchmark.py b/tests/test_working_leo_m3taversal_oos_benchmark.py
index d97e893..70b48ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_working_leo_m3taversal_oos_benchmark.py
+++ b/tests/test_working_leo_m3taversal_oos_benchmark.py
@@ -745,6 +745,108 @@ def test_oos_state_boundary_accepts_approved_is_not_applied() -> None:
     assert benchmark.matched_concept("Approved is not applied.", "state_boundary") is True
 
 
+def test_oos_state_boundary_accepts_natural_apply_language() -> None:
+    reply = (
+        "Reviewer approval is intent. The canonical KB changes only when an authorized apply writes the rows and "
+        "applied_at is recorded in the postflight readback."
+    )
+
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "state_boundary") is True
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "canonical_readback") is True
+
+
+def test_oos_source_chain_accepts_document_pointer_audit_language() -> None:
+    reply = (
+        "The extracted document artifact is a pointer, not yet canonical support. public.sources has no matching "
+        "source row and claim_evidence has no link, so audit the path, source row, and join before-and-after."
+    )
+
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "source_evidence_chain") is True
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "canonical_evidence_boundary") is True
+
+
+def test_oos_runtime_reasoning_accepts_recycle_and_content_hash_language() -> None:
+    reply = (
+        "Postgres canonical rows and artifact_state_sha256 are unchanged, but identical counts do not prove "
+        "behavior or content. Deployed skills and SOUL.md affect the answer. state.db and session JSONL persist "
+        "conversation continuity, so a service recycle does not erase the session."
+    )
+
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "runtime_inputs") is True
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "durable_session_continuity") is True
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "row_content_proof") is True
+    assert benchmark.broad_semantic_issues(reply) == []
+
+
+def test_oos_runtime_reasoning_rejects_durable_session_as_ephemeral() -> None:
+    reply = "state.db survives, but the session JSONL is lost when the session closes."
+
+    assert benchmark.broad_semantic_issues(reply) == ["durable_session_called_ephemeral"]
+
+
+def test_oos_agent_positions_accept_attribution_without_literal_column_name() -> None:
+    reply = (
+        "public.beliefs stores each stance attributed to that agent with confidence. There is no claim-ID foreign "
+        "key, so a direct link to the shared claim remains a schema gap."
+    )
+
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "agent_specific_positions") is True
+
+
+def test_oos_forecast_accepts_natural_missing_resolution_language() -> None:
+    reply = (
+        "Preserve the original 60% forecast; it lacked success criteria. The schema has no outcome or resolved "
+        "field, and there is no resolves edge. Stage a proposal, obtain reviewer approval, then apply it and "
+        "record applied_at."
+    )
+
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "forecast_history") is True
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "forecast_schema_gap") is True
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "staged_review_apply") is True
+    assert "current_schema_column_hallucination" not in benchmark.broad_semantic_issues(reply)
+    assert "current_schema_column_hallucination" not in benchmark.broad_semantic_issues(
+        "The schema is missing a resolves edge."
+    )
+
+
+def test_oos_challenge_accepts_plural_and_evidence_bounded_language() -> None:
+    reply = (
+        "Challenge: the sources and claim bodies do not establish causality; the conclusion is not paid for by "
+        "the evidence. A narrower candidate claim says only that the association is observed, while the mechanism "
+        "remains undemonstrated."
+    )
+
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "evidence_specific_challenge") is True
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(reply, "narrower_claim_revision") is True
+
+
+def test_oos_semantic_scorer_accepts_natural_receipt_and_policy_paraphrases() -> None:
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(
+        "Identical counts prove nothing about content; compare artifact_state_sha256.",
+        "row_content_proof",
+    )
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(
+        "approve_claim does not support behavioral_rules; the separate apply capability must be reviewed and authorized.",
+        "reviewed_policy_apply",
+    )
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(
+        "behavioral_rules are outside approve_claim's apply capability and need a separate authorization.",
+        "reviewed_policy_apply",
+    )
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(
+        "Leave the original claim untouched with confidence 0.6 because no resolution criteria existed.",
+        "forecast_history",
+    )
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(
+        "Challenged inference: the claim body and evidence do not establish causality.",
+        "evidence_specific_challenge",
+    )
+    assert benchmark.matched_concept(
+        "Revision: adoption is documented, while lock-in remains undemonstrated.",
+        "narrower_claim_revision",
+    )
+
+
 def test_oos_schema_gap_accepts_explicitly_absent_edge_type() -> None:
     reply = "Current claim_edges has edge_type; there is no `resolves` edge type."
     assert benchmark.current_schema_overclaims(reply) == []
diff --git a/tests/test_working_leo_m3taversal_oos_protocol.py b/tests/test_working_leo_m3taversal_oos_protocol.py
index 3107007..561887e 100644
--- a/tests/test_working_leo_m3taversal_oos_protocol.py
+++ b/tests/test_working_leo_m3taversal_oos_protocol.py
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ def fake_behavior_manifest(*, grounded: bool) -> dict:
     stable = {
         "schema": "livingip.leoBehaviorManifest.v1",
         "model_runtime": {"model": "test-model"},
+        "python_runtime": {"python_version": "3.11.15", "implementation": "CPython"},
         "hermes_runtime": {
             "git_head": "e" * 40,
             "source_tree": {"sha256": "f" * 64, "file_count": 1},
@@ -738,8 +739,7 @@ def test_execution_chain_allows_only_declared_ablation_and_control_goal() -> Non
         assert validation["local_state_checks"]["control_goal_only_exact"] is True
         assert validation["allowed_missing_binding_sets"][0] == sorted(expected_missing)
         assert all(
-            result["execution_manifest"]["attribution"]["missing_required_bindings"]
-            == sorted(expected_missing)
+            result["execution_manifest"]["attribution"]["missing_required_bindings"] == sorted(expected_missing)
             for result in report["results"]
         )
 
@@ -804,9 +804,7 @@ def test_execution_chain_accepts_clean_harness_without_cleanliness_omission() ->
             result["execution_manifest"]["attribution"]["missing_required_bindings"] == sorted(expected_missing)
             for result in report["results"]
         )
-        assert all(
-            checks["declared_missing_exact"] is True for checks in validation["turn_checks"].values()
-        )
+        assert all(checks["declared_missing_exact"] is True for checks in validation["turn_checks"].values())
 
         manifest = report["results"][-1]["execution_manifest"]
         manifest["attribution"]["missing_required_bindings"].append("harness_worktree_clean")
@@ -855,6 +853,7 @@ def test_comparison_rejects_any_executed_profile_delta_beyond_db_context_removal
         for key in (
             "schema",
             "model_runtime",
+            "python_runtime",
             "hermes_runtime",
             "teleo_infrastructure_runtime",
             "components",