@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void [
   parsedArtifactScalarConfig,
 ];
 
-describe('[#19920] a ViewItem config is typed by its arm, not unknown', () => {
+describe('a ViewItem config is typed by its arm, not unknown', () => {
   it('each body typed through the published names parses at its door', () => {
     expect(ViewItemSchema.safeParse(listItem).success).toBe(true);
     expect(ViewItemSchema.safeParse(formItem).success).toBe(true);
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { ListViewSchema, ViewItemSchema, ViewMetadataSchema } from './view.zod';
 
 const PLACEHOLDER_DATA = { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_lead' } as const;
 
-describe('ViewMetadataSchema — genuine validation across the three runtime shapes (#3095)', () => {
+describe('ViewMetadataSchema — genuine validation across the three runtime shapes', () => {
   // ── shape 2: standalone ViewItem record ───────────────────────────────────
   describe('ViewItem record form', () => {
     it('accepts a well-formed list ViewItem', () => {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe('ViewMetadataSchema — genuine validation across the three runtime sha
       expect(ViewMetadataSchema.safeParse({ listViews: {} }).success).toBe(false);
     });
 
-    it('REJECTS a bare `{}` — the pin this line used to make, reversed by #5599', () => {
+    it('REJECTS a bare `{}` — the pin this line used to make, reversed by the identity precondition', () => {
       // This assertion previously read `.toBe(true)`, justified as "legacy-
       // compatible … a truly empty body carries no viewKind/object, so every
       // consumer that filters on identity drops it". #5599 measured what that
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('ViewMetadataSchema — genuine validation across the three runtime sha
       expect(r.success).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it('REJECTS a raw list config with NO object binding — the #7741 dead row, with located guidance', () => {
+    it('REJECTS a raw list config with NO object binding — a row no read path could serve, with located guidance', () => {
       // ⚠️ Deliberate inversion (#7741, ruled 2026-08-12, direction B). This
       // test used to PIN acceptance of exactly this body ("adhoc PUT, no
       // registry entry to inherit from") — and QA run #7695 measured what that
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ describe('ViewMetadataSchema — genuine validation across the three runtime sha
   });
 
   // ── #5599: the identity precondition, ahead of all four arms ──────────────
-  describe('identity precondition (#5599)', () => {
+  describe('identity precondition — a body must read as a view before any member judges it', () => {
     // The reproduction from the issue, verbatim. On `origin/main` every input
     // in this block was ACCEPTED and reduced to `{ type: 'simple' }` — member 4
     // (`FormViewSchema.extend(…).strip()`) both strips unknown keys and requires
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ describe('ViewMetadataSchema — genuine validation across the three runtime sha
       expect(ViewMetadataSchema.safeParse({ groupByField: 'stage' }).success).toBe(false);
     });
 
-    it('does NOT close the arms — `.strip()` round-tripping is untouched (#5074)', () => {
+    it('does NOT close the arms — `.strip()` round-tripping is untouched', () => {
       // The ruling on #5599 kept every arm's `.strip()`: a body that speaks the
       // vocabulary still carries undeclared aux keys through without a 422.
       // This is the deliberate residue of the minimal fix, pinned so a later
@@ -403,14 +403,14 @@ describe('ViewMetadataSchema — genuine validation across the three runtime sha
   // authorable (objectui's `gridNonAuthorKeys` disposition). The two halves
   // below are the card's executable acceptance criterion; a change that flips
   // either one is reversing a ruling, not tidying a schema.
-  describe('columnState — runtime-only overlay key (#9933)', () => {
+  describe('columnState — runtime-only overlay key', () => {
     // The REAL payload, measured: objectui's `persistViewPatch` sends
     // `{ columnState: { order?, widths? }, _isOverride: true }` and
     // `normalizeViewMetadata` inherits `name`/`object`/`viewKind` from the
     // shadowed entry (#2555). Before commit d5552ca13 this body carried no declared key,
     // so the identity precondition 422'd it — the ruled patch-only write for
     // a column drag could not persist.
-    it('HALF 1 — the overlay face accepts a `columnState`-only patch (the objectui#5233 payload)', () => {
+    it('HALF 1 — the overlay face accepts a `columnState`-only patch (the patch-only write the console persists)', () => {
       const r = ViewMetadataSchema.safeParse({
         name: 'showcase_task.default',
         object: 'showcase_task',
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ describe('ViewMetadataSchema — genuine validation across the three runtime sha
       expect(r.success).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it('HALF 1 — a baseline-less columnState patch is refused at the MEMBERS (binding pair, #7741), not the precondition', () => {
+    it('HALF 1 — a baseline-less columnState patch is refused at the MEMBERS (the object + viewKind binding pair), not the precondition', () => {
       // `columnState` is vocabulary now, so the precondition stays inert; what
       // refuses the unbound body is the members' object+viewKind requirement.
       const r = ViewMetadataSchema.safeParse({ columnState: { order: ['name'] } });
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const parsedUndeclaredKey: ViewMetadataParsed = { type: 'grid', columns: ['name'
 const parsedScalar: ViewMetadataParsed = 42;
 void [parsedFromUnknown, parsedUndeclaredKey, parsedScalar];
 
-describe('[#19871] ViewMetadata is a view body, not unknown', () => {
+describe('ViewMetadata is a view body, not unknown', () => {
   it('has a typed body for every member of the union', () => {
     expect(Object.keys(BODY_OF_EACH_MEMBER).sort()).toEqual([...VIEW_METADATA_BRANCHES].sort());
   });
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe('[#19871] ViewMetadata is a view body, not unknown', () => {
   }
 });
 
-describe('[#19920] ViewMetadataParsed is a parsed view body, not unknown', () => {
+describe('ViewMetadataParsed is a parsed view body, not unknown', () => {
   for (const branch of VIEW_METADATA_BRANCHES) {
     it(`the ${branch} member's parse output and diagnoseViewMetadata's data are both ViewMetadataParsed`, () => {
       const memberOutput: ViewMetadataParsed = VIEW_METADATA_MEMBERS[branch].parse(BODY_OF_EACH_MEMBER[branch]);
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function under(issues: Issue[], prefix: PropertyKey[]): Array<Omit<Issue, 'path'
     .sort((a, b) => `${a.path}|${a.code}`.localeCompare(`${b.path}|${b.code}`));
 }
 
-describe('[#20051] the bag declares exactly the list kinds, derived from the shape', () => {
+describe('the bag declares exactly the list kinds, derived from the shape', () => {
   it('declares one block per list-view kind that has a block — `grid` has none', () => {
     // A pin on the DERIVATION (`listViewKindBlocks`): the list is not
     // hand-maintained in the schema, so it is stated once here, where a new
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe('[#20051] the bag declares exactly the list kinds, derived from the sha
   });
 });
 
-describe('[#20051] a direct and an `options`-wrapped out-of-contract key get the same refusal', () => {
+describe('a direct and an `options`-wrapped out-of-contract key get the same refusal', () => {
   it('the card\'s headline: `options.timeline.metaFields` is refused by name, as `timeline.metaFields` is', () => {
     const timeline = { startDateField: 'created_at', titleField: 'name', metaFields: ['region'] };
     const direct = listOverlayIssues(overlay({ type: 'timeline', timeline }));
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe('[#20051] a direct and an `options`-wrapped out-of-contract key get the
   });
 });
 
-describe('[#20051] the bag itself is closed', () => {
+describe('the bag itself is closed', () => {
   it('`options.foo` is refused by name at `options`, not dropped', () => {
     const issues = listOverlayIssues(overlay({ options: { foo: 1 } }));
     const hit = issues.find((i) => i.code === 'unrecognized_keys');
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe('[#20051] the bag itself is closed', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('[#20051] a legal `options.KIND` still parses and round-trips', () => {
+describe('a legal `options.KIND` still parses and round-trips', () => {
   it('CONTROL: the legacy `options.map` bag objectui pins is accepted and kept in the parse output', () => {
     // objectui `packages/app-shell/src/views/InterfaceListPage.mapConfig.test.tsx`
     // — "CONTROL: the legacy `options.map` bag is still forwarded on its own
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ describe('[#20051] a legal `options.KIND` still parses and round-trips', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('[#20051] the form overlay cannot take the bag the list overlay refused', () => {
+describe('the form overlay cannot take the bag the list overlay refused', () => {
   it('a column-less, type-less body with a bad `options` bag is refused, not accepted as a form', () => {
     // Without the form overlay's `options` pin this body is ACCEPTED: the list
     // member refuses it (no `columns`, and the bag), the form member — which
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ describe('[#20051] the form overlay cannot take the bag the list overlay refused
  * `.strip()` used to drop it unread; with the save storing the parsed body it
  * would have vanished on a `200` instead.
  */
-describe('[#20051] a ViewItem record carries no top-level `options` bag', () => {
+describe('a ViewItem record carries no top-level `options` bag', () => {
   const record = (extra: Record<string, unknown> = {}) => ({
     name: 'crm_lead.board',
     object: 'crm_lead',
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const numericBagArtifact: AssembledViewArtifact = { object: 'crm_lead', viewKind
 const numericBagParsedArtifact: AssembledViewArtifactParsed = { object: 'crm_lead', viewKind: 'list', options: { kanban: 42 } };
 void [typedBag, numericBagMetadata, numericBagParsedMetadata, numericBagArtifact, numericBagParsedArtifact];
 
-describe('[#19920] the list overlay options bag carries each kind block', () => {
+describe('the list overlay options bag carries each kind block', () => {
   it('the runtime key set is the kind set the type names', () => {
     const bag = VIEW_METADATA_MEMBERS.listOverlay.shape.options.unwrap();
     expect(Object.keys(bag.shape).sort()).toEqual([...KIND_BLOCKS]);
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ describe('overlay owner/hidden retirement — ADR-0087 registration', () => {
     expect(MIGRATIONS_BY_MAJOR[18]!.conversionIds).toContain('view-overlay-owner-hidden-removed');
   });
 
-  it('the family carries ONE D3 semantic entry, and it names the family\'s D2 conversion (ruling B on #17152)', () => {
+  it('the family carries ONE D3 semantic entry, and it names the family\'s D2 conversion (ruled: a D3 entry per family, even beside a lossless D2)', () => {
     const semantic = MIGRATIONS_BY_MAJOR[18]!.semantic;
     const family = semantic.filter((s) => s.id === 'view-overlay-owner-hidden-retired');
     expect(family).toHaveLength(1);
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function acceptance(body: unknown) {
   return { data: parsed.data as Record<string, unknown>, branch: diagnosis.branch };
 }
 
-describe('#20186 a column-less list PATCH is judged by the list member', () => {
+describe('a column-less list PATCH is judged by the list member', () => {
   it('the headline `{ name, object, viewKind: list, sort }` is ACCEPTED on listOverlay and parses to a LIST', () => {
     const { data, branch } = acceptance({ ...LIST, sort: [{ field: 'name', order: 'asc' }] });
     expect(branch).toBe('listOverlay');
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ describe('#20186 a column-less list PATCH is judged by the list member', () => {
     ['inlineEdit', { inlineEdit: true }],
     ['columnState', { columnState: { widths: { name: 120 } } }],
     ['rowHeight', { rowHeight: 'compact' }],
-  ])('the console %s toggle (patch only, ruled on #7494) is ACCEPTED on listOverlay', (_label, patch) => {
+  ])('the console %s toggle (a patch-only write, as ruled) is ACCEPTED on listOverlay', (_label, patch) => {
     const { branch, data } = acceptance({ ...patch, viewKind: 'list', ...ID, _isOverride: true });
     expect(branch).toBe('listOverlay');
     expect(data.type).toBe('grid');
   });
 });
 
-describe('#20186 …and its list keys are JUDGED, not stripped', () => {
+describe('…and its list keys are JUDGED, not stripped', () => {
   it('a retired bare-string `sort` is REFUSED at `sort`, with the 17.5.0 retirement prescription', () => {
     const r = refusal({ ...LIST, sort: 'name desc' });
     expect(r.topCodes).toEqual(['invalid_union']);
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ describe('#20186 …and its list keys are JUDGED, not stripped', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('#20186 a column-less list overlay that NAMES a `type` stays refused — at `columns`', () => {
+describe('a column-less list overlay that NAMES a `type` stays refused — at `columns`', () => {
   // `overlay.list.identity` in `view-union-diagnostics.test.ts`: refused before,
   // refused now, and still wrapped as `invalid_union` (the refusal is an
   // ABORTING issue, so the list member is not the union's lone survivor).
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ describe('#20186 a column-less list overlay that NAMES a `type` stays refused
   });
 });
 
-describe('#20186 the mirror: a `viewKind: form` body is judged by the form member', () => {
+describe('the mirror: a `viewKind: form` body is judged by the form member', () => {
   it('list `columns` on a form overlay is REFUSED under formOverlay, at `columns`, with the count prescription', () => {
     const r = refusal({ ...FORM, columns: ['name'] });
     expect(r.topCodes).toEqual(['invalid_union']);
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ describe('#20186 the mirror: a `viewKind: form` body is judged by the form membe
   });
 });
 
-describe('#20186 W2 — a list-legal value under a key both arms declare differently is ACCEPTED', () => {
+describe('W2 — a list-legal value under a key both arms declare differently is ACCEPTED', () => {
   // Refused before: the form member judged these keys by FORM rules (a retired
   // `aria` tombstone, a string-only `description`, a public-link `sharing`).
   // Declared as a widening: `Clause-②: yes (narrowing)`.
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ describe('#20186 W2 — a list-legal value under a key both arms declare differe
   });
 });
 
-describe('#20186 controls — byte-identical parse output (measured on origin/main ce70876e)', () => {
+describe('controls — byte-identical parse output (measured on origin/main ce70876e)', () => {
   it('a real form overlay', () => {
     const { data, branch } = acceptance({
       name: 'acct.f', object: 'account', viewKind: 'form', type: 'simple', sections: [{ label: 'Main', fields: ['name'] }],
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ describe('#20186 controls — byte-identical parse output (measured on origin/ma
   });
 });
 
-describe('#20186 each member judges ONE viewKind — read off the members themselves', () => {
+describe('each member judges ONE viewKind — read off the members themselves', () => {
   it('a direct parse of the form member names where a list body is judged', () => {
     const r = VIEW_METADATA_MEMBERS.formOverlay.safeParse({ ...LIST, sort: [{ field: 'name', order: 'asc' }] });
     expect(r.success).toBe(false);
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ describe('#20186 each member judges ONE viewKind — read off the members themse
     expect(issue?.message).toMatch(/^This is the flattened LIST overlay member, which judges `viewKind: "list"` only\./);
   });
 
-  it('an ABSENT viewKind keeps the binding prescription (#7741), on both members', () => {
+  it('an ABSENT viewKind keeps the binding prescription, on both members', () => {
     for (const member of [VIEW_METADATA_MEMBERS.listOverlay, VIEW_METADATA_MEMBERS.formOverlay]) {
       const r = member.safeParse({ object: 'crm_lead', hidden: true });
       const issue = r.error!.issues.find((i) => i.path[0] === 'viewKind');
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ describe('#20186 each member judges ONE viewKind — read off the members themse
   });
 });
 
-describe('#20186 the premise: no pipe, and the served JSON Schema moves only by the contract', () => {
+describe('the premise: no pipe, and the served JSON Schema moves only by the contract', () => {
   it('both overlay members are still plain object schemas', () => {
     // A pipe serves its INPUT side to `/api/v1/meta/types/view`, and for a
     // transform that is `{}` (the `assertViewIdentity` docblock). The input-side
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ type IsOptionalKey<T, K extends keyof T> = {} extends Pick<T, K> ? true : false;
 const typeIsOptionalOnListOverlayOutput: IsOptionalKey<ListOverlayOut, 'type'> = true;
 void [typeIsOptionalOnListOverlayOutput];
 
-describe('[#19920] the flattened overlay members keep their own viewKind literal', () => {
+describe('the flattened overlay members keep their own viewKind literal', () => {
   it('the list-shaped `viewKind: "form"` body is refused by every door that judges it', () => {
     const body = { type: 'grid', columns: ['name'], object: 'crm_lead', viewKind: 'form' };
     expect(VIEW_METADATA_MEMBERS.listOverlay.safeParse(body).success).toBe(false);