@@ -4148,12 +4148,12 @@ jobs:
       # 81bba6c3f), then it enumerates the registry under plain Node (~8 s; ~6 s
       # for the whole run when nothing moved). It serialises through the
       # @objectstack/sdui-parser the step above built, so a parser edit moves
-      # this verdict too, which no committed digest does. On merge_group it runs
-      # on the queue's combined tree, the one run that sees two entries' effect
-      # on the manifest together. Only the artefact is compared: the records the
-      # generator rewrites beside it are held by `check-sdui-manifest` in
-      # lint.yml. The Console build below reads the registry through its src/
-      # aliases, so the dist this step builds does not reach it.
+      # this verdict too. On merge_group it runs on the queue's combined tree,
+      # the one run that sees two entries' effect on the manifest together.
+      # Only the artefact is compared: the record the generator rewrites beside
+      # it is held by `check-sdui-manifest` in lint.yml. The Console build below
+      # reads the registry through its src/ aliases, so the dist this step
+      # builds does not reach it.
       - name: The committed SDUI manifest is the one this tree generates
         run: |
           node scripts/gen-sdui-manifest-node.mjs
 
@@ -966,13 +966,11 @@ jobs:
       # repo-root `sdui.manifest.json` is absent or unreadable, so nothing in
       # the production path ever says "the gate lost its whitelist" — this step
       # is the thing that notices. Offline record checks only (existence, shape,
-      # sha256 vs the provenance record, and with no pin each registry
-      # package's source digest vs its record): the regenerate-and-compare half
-      # runs where the registry is built, as ci.yml's Build & E2E UI step "The
-      # committed SDUI manifest is the one this tree generates" (#26137), on
-      # pull_request and on the merge queue's combined tree. Unfiltered:
-      # filtering it to the artefact would go dormant on exactly the PR that
-      # moves the artefact's inputs and not the artefact.
+      # sha256 vs the provenance record): freshness is decided where the
+      # registry is built, by ci.yml's Build & E2E UI step "The committed SDUI
+      # manifest is the one this tree generates" (#26137), on pull_request and
+      # on the merge queue's combined tree. Unfiltered: it builds nothing and
+      # runs in seconds, and an absent artefact is the failure it exists for.
       # Direct invocation per the GATE INVOCATION IDIOM at the top of this file.
       - name: SDUI manifest is present, intact and fresh at the objectui pin
         id: sdui-manifest-is-present-intact-and-fresh
 
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ The Studio/Console UI lives in this workspace under `ui/` (`@object-ui/*`; the C
 and `ui/AGENTS.md` adds that tree's own rules to this file's. `pnpm console:build` builds the Console and copies its
 dist into `packages/console/` (`packages/console/build-dist.sh`). ⛔ Never hand-edit `packages/console/dist/`.
 
-**Moving the pin has a second half: regenerate the committed manifest** — `pnpm objectui:build`, then
-`node scripts/gen-sdui-manifest-node.mjs`, which reads objectui's BUILT tree at the pin (never an npm install, whose
-version string names an older commit) and takes no arguments; `scripts/check-sdui-manifest.mjs` reds until you do.
-`objectui:bump` and `objectui:refresh` print the step, and the console build ships that same tracked file in
-`packages/console/dist/`. Full procedure: `docs/releases-maintenance.md`.
+**A registry change has a second half: regenerate the committed manifest** with
+`node scripts/gen-sdui-manifest-node.mjs`, which builds the registry under `ui/`, enumerates it from `ui/apps/console`
+(never an npm install) and takes no arguments; commit what it writes. CI's `Build & E2E UI` runs it too and fails
+when the committed `sdui.manifest.json` differs, the merge queue's combined tree included, and the console build
+ships that same tracked file in `packages/console/dist/`. Full procedure: `docs/releases-maintenance.md`.
 
 **Fast iteration on `ui/` src (no rebuild loop):** run the Console dev server —
 `pnpm --filter @object-ui/console dev` (Vite on **:5180**, HMR). Its `/api` proxy targets
 
@@ -55,12 +55,11 @@ ships the Console from the same commit as the spec it builds against.
 > root `.changeset/` before the first joint Version PR is #25831. New frontend
 > changesets go in the root `.changeset/`.
 
-#### After a registry change: regenerate the committed manifest (#12924, #17735, #25712, #26051)
+#### After a registry change: regenerate the committed manifest (#12924, #17735, #25712, #26137)
 
 The repo-root `sdui.manifest.json` (ADR-0080, the Console's public-tier component
-manifest), its provenance record `scripts/sdui-manifest.record.json` and one record
-per registry package under `scripts/sdui-manifest.sources/` are generated, and one
-command writes them:
+manifest) and its provenance record `scripts/sdui-manifest.record.json` are
+generated, and one command writes them:
 
 ```bash
 node scripts/gen-sdui-manifest-node.mjs   # no arguments
@@ -69,31 +68,26 @@ node scripts/gen-sdui-manifest-node.mjs   # no arguments
 It builds the registry packages under `ui/packages/`, enumerates them from
 `ui/apps/console` under plain Node, and serializes them through
 `@objectstack/sdui-parser` (it needs `packages/sdui-parser/dist`:
-`pnpm --filter @objectstack/sdui-parser build`). Each package record is one line:
-a digest of that package's own `src/` and the `sha256` of the artefact it was
-verified against. A run rewrites only the records whose line changed, so a PR that
-edits one registry package re-records that package alone; the shared record moves
-only when the artefact does, and then every package record names the new `sha256`.
-
-A required lint step reads the tracked files on **every PR**:
-`node scripts/check-sdui-manifest.mjs` checks the shape, the `sha256` against the
-record, and recomputes each package's source digest from the index. A PR that edits
-a registry package's source without regenerating goes red there, naming the package,
-and the failure text prints the regeneration call. Two PRs that edit different
-registry packages touch different record files and do not conflict; two that edit
-the same package, or a PR that changes the artefact, still conflict once, and the
-later one merges `main` and re-runs the command. ⛔ There is no npm install route to the manifest; that was
-deleted by ruling 丙 on #17735.
-
-CI also regenerates the manifest and compares it with the committed bytes (#26137):
+`pnpm --filter @objectstack/sdui-parser build`). The record moves only when the
+artefact does, so a PR that does not change the manifest touches neither file.
+⛔ There is no npm install route to the manifest; that was deleted by ruling 丙 on
+#17735.
+
+CI regenerates the manifest and compares it with the committed bytes (#26137):
 the `Build & E2E UI` step "The committed SDUI manifest is the one this tree
 generates" runs the same command after the registry is built, on every PR that
 touches `ui/`, one of the seven packages objectui consumes (the parser among them)
 or the manifest's own files, and again on the merge queue's combined tree. A
-difference fails the step with the diff and the command to run. That covers what
-the source digests cannot see: an edit to `@objectstack/sdui-parser`, to a package
-the registry imports, and two queued PRs whose effect on the manifest only shows
-together.
+difference fails the step with the diff and the command to run. Two PRs conflict
+on the manifest only when both change it, and the later one merges `main` and
+re-runs the command; two queued PRs whose effect on the manifest only shows
+together fail in the queue.
+
+A required lint step, `node scripts/check-sdui-manifest.mjs`, reads the tracked
+files on **every PR**: the artefact is present and is a component manifest, and
+its `sha256` and component count are the record's. It builds nothing, so it does
+not judge freshness. (The per-package source records under
+`scripts/sdui-manifest.sources/` that it used to recompute, #26051, are retired.)
 
 **One producer, one artefact.** `packages/console/build-dist.sh` copies the tracked
 `sdui.manifest.json` into `packages/console/dist/`, so the published console carries the
@@ -234,9 +228,9 @@ What it does, in order:
    re-reads `main`, so **`main` may keep moving for the whole run**.
 2. Builds the workspace, both scopes, then the Console (`pnpm run build`, then
    `pnpm run console:build`) from that snapshot. The dist carries the tracked
-   `sdui.manifest.json`, whose freshness the required lint job already held on the
-   PR that changed it. A Console that cannot build stops the cut before anything is
-   written.
+   `sdui.manifest.json`, whose freshness the required `Build & E2E UI` job already
+   held on the PR that changed it and in the merge queue. A Console that cannot build
+   stops the cut before anything is written.
 3. Runs the gates that read `.changeset/*`, before versioning consumes it.
 4. Runs `pnpm run version` — the repo script, never a bare `changeset version` —
    and **fails unless the computed version equals the one you typed**.
 
@@ -1365,9 +1365,8 @@ export function publishedSourceOwners(path, manifestOf) {
 // packed output — one path — and never which files it copies: the day the
 // console build ships a second tracked file, this leg sees it with no edit
 // here, and the day it stops copying the manifest, the leg stops claiming it.
-// `scripts/sdui-manifest.record.json` and the per-package records under
-// `scripts/sdui-manifest.sources/` are measured OUT for that reason rather than
-// by choice: the build does not copy them, so they are not part of the shipped
+// `scripts/sdui-manifest.record.json` is measured OUT for that reason rather
+// than by choice: the build does not copy it, so it is not part of the shipped
 // artefact.
 //
 // ⚠️ Residual, stated rather than implied: the reader understands the plain
@@ -4876,8 +4875,8 @@ function selfTest() {
         `this repository's ${PACKED_COPY_BUILD_SCRIPTS[0]} copies the repo-root sdui.manifest.json into packages/console/dist/ as read by this leg — got ${JSON.stringify(realPairs)}`,
       );
       assert(
-        !realPairs.some((p) => p.source === 'scripts/sdui-manifest.record.json' || p.source.startsWith('scripts/sdui-manifest.sources/')),
-        `measured, not chosen: the real build ships neither the manifest record nor a package record — got ${JSON.stringify(realPairs)}`,
+        !realPairs.some((p) => p.source === 'scripts/sdui-manifest.record.json'),
+        `measured, not chosen: the real build does not ship the manifest record — got ${JSON.stringify(realPairs)}`,
       );
 
       // ── The owner of a destination ────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -4957,21 +4956,19 @@ function selfTest() {
       const no = levelOf(copyRepo({ head: { ...PR22812, '.changeset/console-bbbb.md': changeset([[CONSOLE, 'patch']]) } }), declaredNo);
       assert(no.result.verdict === 'none-clean' && no.exitCode === 0, `the manifest moved under \`Clause-②: no\` + \`none\` is unaffected — got ${no.result.verdict} / ${no.exitCode}`);
 
-      // The records move with regeneration but ship nothing: the shared one, and
-      // the one-line record of the registry package a ui PR re-recorded.
+      // The record moves with regeneration but ships nothing.
       const recordOnly = levelOf(
         copyRepo({
           head: {
             'scripts/sdui-manifest.record.json': '{"objectuiSha":"bbbb"}\n',
-            'scripts/sdui-manifest.sources/plugin-grid.json': '{"package":"ui/packages/plugin-grid"}\n',
             '.changeset/console-bbbb.md': changeset([[CONSOLE, 'patch']]),
           },
         }),
         yesWidening,
       );
       assert(
         recordOnly.touched.packages.length === 0 && recordOnly.touched.unreadable.length === 0 && recordOnly.result.verdict === 'clean',
-        `control: the records alone move no published file — got ${JSON.stringify(recordOnly.touched)} / ${recordOnly.result.verdict}`,
+        `control: the record alone moves no published file — got ${JSON.stringify(recordOnly.touched)} / ${recordOnly.result.verdict}`,
       );
 
       // #4690 on this leg: a build script that is THERE but yields no copy is