diff --git a/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-20-u1-jc-batch.md b/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-20-u1-jc-batch.md
index bc4770185..cb4760d32 100644
--- a/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-20-u1-jc-batch.md
+++ b/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-20-u1-jc-batch.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   - A reversed pair swaps the sides.
 - Statistics: mean, variance, one-way ANOVA, covariance, Pearson, R², and the simple regression line in both directions.
 - Both paths refuse a request built for another version (`BatchError::VersionMismatch`).
+- Both paths refuse a selection that names a resident mask plane (`BatchError::ResidentPlane`). Resident planes are U2.
 - `Cost` is counted from the programs that actually run: programs, selection passes, sum passes, rows traversed, values read, mask bytes.
 - `examples/bench.rs` (`BENCH_N`, `BENCH_REPS`).
 
@@ -38,13 +39,16 @@ The time ratio is below the values-read ratio because a cross pass folds five su
 - At `i32::MIN`/`i32::MAX` values, `Σx²` passes `u64` and `Σxy` passes `i64`; the test asserts both. Mean and variance still equal the exact `i128` values.
 - At an offset of 10⁹, the naive one-pass f64 Pearson is off by more than 10⁻³. The exact path is within 10⁻¹² of the two-pass value.
 
-**Tests and disables.** 8 tests pass. Six disable runs each turned red, with every disable patch's anchor asserted:
+**Tests and disables.** 10 tests pass. Nine disable runs each turned red, with every disable patch's anchor asserted:
 - swap the reversed pair;
 - read the `y` side as `x`;
 - drop the pair dedup;
 - skip `normalize`;
 - merge only the first group;
 - drop the version check.
+- drop the resident-plane refusal (`Rel::Plane` selections are refused, Codex on #1643);
+- stop that check at `Not`.
+- check planes before versions in one pass (a version mismatch must win wherever a plane appears, Codex on #1645).
 
 ## OPEN
 
diff --git a/crates/jc-batch-probe/src/lib.rs b/crates/jc-batch-probe/src/lib.rs
index e08f5541d..be12a3cfb 100644
--- a/crates/jc-batch-probe/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/jc-batch-probe/src/lib.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ pub enum BatchError {
     /// The selection was decided from its description alone (all rows or
     /// none). The probe runs only selections that need a pass.
     SymbolicSelection { request: usize },
+    /// The selection names a resident mask plane (`Rel::Plane`). A batch
+    /// reads only the table's lanes: resident planes are U2's let-planes, and
+    /// [`Cost`] does not count plane reads.
+    ResidentPlane { request: usize },
     /// relalg refused the selection.
     Relalg(RelError),
     /// mask-risc refused a pass.
@@ -211,7 +215,21 @@ fn selection_lanes(rel: &Rel, out: &mut Vec<u16>) {
     }
 }
 
-fn check_versions(t: &Table<'_>, reqs: &[Request]) -> Result<(), BatchError> {
+/// Whether a selection names a resident mask plane anywhere.
+fn names_plane(rel: &Rel) -> bool {
+    match rel {
+        Rel::Plane(_) => true,
+        Rel::All | Rel::Empty | Rel::Atom(_) => false,
+        Rel::And(xs) | Rel::Or(xs) => xs.iter().any(names_plane),
+        Rel::Not(x) => names_plane(x),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Refuses a request for another version, or one whose selection names a
+/// resident plane, before anything runs.
+fn check_requests(t: &Table<'_>, reqs: &[Request]) -> Result<(), BatchError> {
+    // Versions first, over the whole batch: a batch with a stale request is
+    // refused as `VersionMismatch` wherever a resident plane appears.
     for (i, r) in reqs.iter().enumerate() {
         if r.version != t.version {
             return Err(BatchError::VersionMismatch {
@@ -221,7 +239,10 @@ fn check_versions(t: &Table<'_>, reqs: &[Request]) -> Result<(), BatchError> {
             });
         }
     }
-    Ok(())
+    match reqs.iter().position(|r| names_plane(&r.select)) {
+        Some(i) => Err(BatchError::ResidentPlane { request: i }),
+        None => Ok(()),
+    }
 }
 
 /// Evaluates `select` into a mask (one relalg program).
@@ -412,7 +433,7 @@ pub fn answer_separately(
     t: &Table<'_>,
     reqs: &[Request],
 ) -> Result<(Vec<Answer>, Cost), BatchError> {
-    check_versions(t, reqs)?;
+    check_requests(t, reqs)?;
     let mut cost = Cost::default();
     let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(reqs.len());
     for (i, r) in reqs.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -455,7 +476,7 @@ pub fn answer_batched(
     t: &Table<'_>,
     reqs: &[Request],
 ) -> Result<(Vec<Answer>, Cost, Reduction), BatchError> {
-    check_versions(t, reqs)?;
+    check_requests(t, reqs)?;
     let mut cost = Cost::default();
     let mut red = Reduction::default();
 
diff --git a/crates/jc-batch-probe/tests/batch.rs b/crates/jc-batch-probe/tests/batch.rs
index fc4129a0e..7fc8571b3 100644
--- a/crates/jc-batch-probe/tests/batch.rs
+++ b/crates/jc-batch-probe/tests/batch.rs
@@ -430,3 +430,46 @@ fn a_lane_only_univariate_requests_need_gets_one_pass() {
     assert_eq!((red.cross_passes, red.power_passes), (1, 1));
     assert_eq!(cost.sum_passes, 2);
 }
+
+/// FAILS IF: a selection that names a resident mask plane, alone or inside a
+/// conjunction, is run instead of refused. Neither path has resident planes,
+/// so running it could only fail later inside the fold.
+#[test]
+fn a_selection_naming_a_resident_plane_is_refused() {
+    let fx = Fixture::new(500, 0x91A7);
+    let lanes = fx.lanes();
+    let t = fx.table(&lanes);
+    for (k, select) in [
+        Rel::Plane(0),
+        Rel::And(vec![low(), Rel::Not(Box::new(Rel::Plane(1)))]),
+    ]
+    .into_iter()
+    .enumerate()
+    {
+        let mut reqs = requests();
+        reqs[5 + k].select = select;
+        let want = Err(BatchError::ResidentPlane { request: 5 + k });
+        assert_eq!(answer_batched(&t, &reqs).map(|_| ()), want);
+        assert_eq!(answer_separately(&t, &reqs).map(|_| ()), want);
+    }
+}
+
+/// FAILS IF: a resident-plane refusal takes precedence over a version
+/// mismatch. The plane comes first (request 2) and the stale request later
+/// (request 7), so a single in-order pass would report the plane.
+#[test]
+fn a_version_mismatch_wins_over_a_resident_plane_anywhere_in_the_batch() {
+    let fx = Fixture::new(500, 0x0DE7);
+    let lanes = fx.lanes();
+    let t = fx.table(&lanes);
+    let mut reqs = requests();
+    reqs[2].select = Rel::Plane(0);
+    reqs[7].version = VERSION + 1;
+    let want = Err(BatchError::VersionMismatch {
+        request: 7,
+        request_version: VERSION + 1,
+        table_version: VERSION,
+    });
+    assert_eq!(answer_batched(&t, &reqs).map(|_| ()), want);
+    assert_eq!(answer_separately(&t, &reqs).map(|_| ()), want);
+}