diff --git a/src/app/api/export/health-record/route.ts b/src/app/api/export/health-record/route.ts
index 543156eb4..073af830a 100644
--- a/src/app/api/export/health-record/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/export/health-record/route.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ import {
   sanitisePracticeName,
 } from "@/lib/doctor-report-data";
 import { renderDoctorReportPdfBytes } from "@/lib/doctor-report-pdf-core";
-import { buildFhirDocumentBundle } from "@/lib/fhir/build-bundle";
+import {
+  buildFhirDocumentBundle,
+  GERMAN_ATC_DEFAULT_LOCALES,
+} from "@/lib/fhir/build-bundle";
 import {
   exportSelectionSchema,
   toDoctorReportPrefs,
@@ -99,7 +102,9 @@ export const POST = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
 
   // BfArM ATC: an explicit selection flag wins; otherwise derive it from a
   // German-region locale. The WHO ATC coding is unaffected either way.
-  const germanAtc = selection.germanAtc ?? locale === "de";
+  const germanAtc =
+    selection.germanAtc ??
+    (GERMAN_ATC_DEFAULT_LOCALES as readonly string[]).includes(locale);
 
   const [data, userTz, userRow] = await Promise.all([
     collectDoctorReportData(user.id, range, { practiceName, sections }),
diff --git a/src/app/api/meta/capabilities/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/meta/capabilities/__tests__/route.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65aae485e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/meta/capabilities/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+/**
+ * GET /api/meta/capabilities route tests.
+ *
+ * This endpoint exists to retire the "doc says N, server ships M" enum-drift
+ * class for the native client — so the drift-guard assertions ARE the point:
+ *
+ *   1. 401 when unauthenticated.
+ *   2. `derivedMetricIds` is exactly the derived registry's id set (same
+ *      length AND members) — the endpoint can never silently diverge from
+ *      the registry it claims to mirror.
+ *   3. `ingest.writeAllowlist` deep-equals the `WRITABLE_MEASUREMENT_SOURCES`
+ *      constant — a client reads the live write allowlist, not a copy.
+ *   4. Every quantity-mapping row + the FHIR constants + the contract version
+ *      are sourced from the canonical server constants, not hand-typed here.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+
+// The route transitively imports `@/lib/insights/derived/wellness-scores`,
+// which imports the Prisma client; mock it so the module graph loads without
+// a real DB. The route itself only reads `WELLNESS_SCORE_TYPES` (a plain
+// object), never the client.
+vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({ prisma: {} }));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/auth/session", () => ({ getSession: vi.fn() }));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/auth/audit", () => ({
+  auditLog: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/logging/transports", () => ({ emitIfSampled: vi.fn() }));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/db-compat", () => ({
+  ensureDbCompatibility: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("next/headers", () => ({
+  headers: vi.fn(async () => ({ get: () => null })),
+  cookies: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    get: () => undefined,
+    set: () => {},
+    delete: () => {},
+  })),
+}));
+
+import { GET } from "../route";
+import { getSession } from "@/lib/auth/session";
+import { DERIVED_METRIC_IDS } from "@/lib/insights/derived/registry";
+import { WRITABLE_MEASUREMENT_SOURCES } from "@/lib/validations/measurement";
+import { APPLE_HEALTH_TYPE_MAP } from "@/lib/measurements/apple-health-mapping";
+import {
+  ATC_SYSTEM,
+  SNOMED_SYSTEM,
+  GERMAN_ATC_DEFAULT_LOCALES,
+} from "@/lib/fhir/build-bundle";
+
+const SESSION_OK = {
+  session: { id: "sess-1", expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 3_600_000) },
+  user: { id: "user-1", username: "tester", role: "USER" as const },
+};
+
+type CapabilitiesBody = {
+  data: {
+    apiContractVersion: string;
+    derivedMetricIds: string[];
+    vitalsBaselineTypes: string[];
+    layoutTileIds: string[];
+    metricStatusIds: string[];
+    ingest: {
+      quantityTypes: { type: string; hk: string; unit: string }[];
+      eventTypes: string[];
+      computedScores: string[];
+      writeAllowlist: string[];
+    };
+    fhir: {
+      atcSystem: string;
+      snomedRoute: string;
+      germanAtcDefaultLocales: string[];
+    };
+  };
+};
+
+async function call(): Promise<Response> {
+  return (GET as unknown as () => Promise<Response>)();
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.resetAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe("GET /api/meta/capabilities — auth", () => {
+  it("returns 401 when unauthenticated", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(null);
+    const res = await call();
+    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("GET /api/meta/capabilities — drift guards", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
+  });
+
+  it("derivedMetricIds is exactly the derived registry's id set", async () => {
+    const res = await call();
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as CapabilitiesBody;
+
+    // Length AND membership — the endpoint cannot silently drift from the
+    // registry (the whole reason it exists).
+    expect(body.data.derivedMetricIds.length).toBe(DERIVED_METRIC_IDS.length);
+    expect([...body.data.derivedMetricIds].sort()).toEqual(
+      [...DERIVED_METRIC_IDS].sort(),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("ingest.writeAllowlist deep-equals WRITABLE_MEASUREMENT_SOURCES", async () => {
+    const res = await call();
+    const body = (await res.json()) as CapabilitiesBody;
+    expect(body.data.ingest.writeAllowlist).toEqual([
+      ...WRITABLE_MEASUREMENT_SOURCES,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("computedScores are the three persisted wellness scores", async () => {
+    const res = await call();
+    const body = (await res.json()) as CapabilitiesBody;
+    expect([...body.data.ingest.computedScores].sort()).toEqual(
+      ["RECOVERY_SCORE", "STRAIN_SCORE", "STRESS_SCORE"],
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("fhir constants mirror the FHIR builder source", async () => {
+    const res = await call();
+    const body = (await res.json()) as CapabilitiesBody;
+    expect(body.data.fhir.atcSystem).toBe(ATC_SYSTEM);
+    expect(body.data.fhir.snomedRoute).toBe(SNOMED_SYSTEM);
+    expect(body.data.fhir.germanAtcDefaultLocales).toEqual([
+      ...GERMAN_ATC_DEFAULT_LOCALES,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("quantityTypes are sourced from the HealthKit ingest mapping", async () => {
+    const res = await call();
+    const body = (await res.json()) as CapabilitiesBody;
+
+    // Every emitted quantity row must trace back to a real mapping entry —
+    // never an entry the ingest path doesn't actually accept.
+    const byHk = new Map(
+      Object.values(APPLE_HEALTH_TYPE_MAP).map((m) => [m.hkIdentifier, m]),
+    );
+    expect(body.data.ingest.quantityTypes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    for (const q of body.data.ingest.quantityTypes) {
+      const mapping = byHk.get(q.hk);
+      expect(mapping).toBeDefined();
+      expect(q.type).toBe(mapping!.measurementType);
+      expect(q.unit).toBe(mapping!.dbUnit);
+      // Quantity rows are the non-event-class mappings.
+      expect(
+        Boolean(
+          mapping!.eventClassificationMap || mapping!.fallbackClassification,
+        ),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("apiContractVersion is a non-empty string", async () => {
+    const res = await call();
+    const body = (await res.json()) as CapabilitiesBody;
+    expect(typeof body.data.apiContractVersion).toBe("string");
+    expect(body.data.apiContractVersion.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/api/meta/capabilities/route.ts b/src/app/api/meta/capabilities/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaeeea996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/meta/capabilities/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/**
+ * GET /api/meta/capabilities
+ *
+ * Live capability / discovery surface for the native client. Returns the
+ * server's REAL id vocabularies — derived-metric ids, vitals-baseline
+ * types, insights layout tile-ids, metric-status ids, the HealthKit ingest
+ * mapping, and the FHIR coding constants — plus the running API contract
+ * version. The iOS app reads this once on launch (or on a version bump) and
+ * gates its UI / decoder against what the server actually ships, retiring
+ * the recurring "doc says N, server ships M" enum-drift class.
+ *
+ * Auth: cookie session OR Bearer token (`requireAuth`). NOT admin — every
+ * authenticated client may discover the contract.
+ *
+ * DESIGN RULE: every list is SOURCED from the existing canonical server
+ * constant / Zod enum / registry — never hand-duplicated here. Adding a
+ * derived metric, a tile, a writable source, or a HealthKit mapping
+ * auto-updates this endpoint, so it cannot drift from the real registries.
+ */
+import { apiHandler, requireAuth } from "@/lib/api-handler";
+import { apiSuccess } from "@/lib/api-response";
+import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+
+import packageJson from "../../../../../package.json";
+
+import {
+  DERIVED_METRIC_IDS,
+  VITALS_BASELINE_TYPES,
+} from "@/lib/insights/derived/registry";
+import { INSIGHTS_TILE_IDS } from "@/lib/insights-layout";
+import { METRIC_STATUS_IDS } from "@/lib/insights/metric-status-registry";
+import { WELLNESS_SCORE_TYPES } from "@/lib/insights/derived/wellness-scores";
+import { WRITABLE_MEASUREMENT_SOURCES } from "@/lib/validations/measurement";
+import {
+  APPLE_HEALTH_TYPE_MAP,
+  type AppleHealthMapping,
+} from "@/lib/measurements/apple-health-mapping";
+import {
+  ATC_SYSTEM,
+  SNOMED_SYSTEM,
+  GERMAN_ATC_DEFAULT_LOCALES,
+} from "@/lib/fhir/build-bundle";
+
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
+/**
+ * An EVENT-class HealthKit identifier carries a device-produced verdict, not
+ * a continuous reading — it is marked by an `eventClassificationMap` or a
+ * `fallbackClassification` in the ingest mapping. Everything else is a
+ * quantity sample. Splitting the single mapping by this predicate keeps the
+ * two ingest lists derived from one registry.
+ */
+function isEventMapping(m: AppleHealthMapping): boolean {
+  return Boolean(m.eventClassificationMap || m.fallbackClassification);
+}
+
+export const GET = apiHandler(async () => {
+  await requireAuth();
+  annotate({ action: { name: "meta.capabilities.read" } });
+
+  // Mirror the /api/version source so the contract version cannot drift from
+  // the running build's reported version (build-arg env wins over the
+  // package.json fallback for local dev).
+  const apiContractVersion =
+    process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_VERSION?.trim() || packageJson.version;
+
+  const mappings = Object.values(APPLE_HEALTH_TYPE_MAP);
+
+  const quantityTypes = mappings
+    .filter((m) => !isEventMapping(m))
+    .map((m) => ({
+      type: m.measurementType,
+      hk: m.hkIdentifier,
+      unit: m.dbUnit,
+    }));
+
+  // Distinct event-class MeasurementTypes (several HK event identifiers can
+  // share one MeasurementType, e.g. the audio-exposure pair).
+  const eventTypes = Array.from(
+    new Set(mappings.filter(isEventMapping).map((m) => m.measurementType)),
+  );
+
+  return apiSuccess({
+    apiContractVersion,
+    derivedMetricIds: DERIVED_METRIC_IDS,
+    vitalsBaselineTypes: VITALS_BASELINE_TYPES,
+    layoutTileIds: INSIGHTS_TILE_IDS,
+    metricStatusIds: METRIC_STATUS_IDS,
+    ingest: {
+      quantityTypes,
+      eventTypes,
+      computedScores: Object.values(WELLNESS_SCORE_TYPES),
+      writeAllowlist: WRITABLE_MEASUREMENT_SOURCES,
+    },
+    fhir: {
+      atcSystem: ATC_SYSTEM,
+      snomedRoute: SNOMED_SYSTEM,
+      germanAtcDefaultLocales: GERMAN_ATC_DEFAULT_LOCALES,
+    },
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/fhir/build-bundle.ts b/src/lib/fhir/build-bundle.ts
index bdafc2d66..bc650c642 100644
--- a/src/lib/fhir/build-bundle.ts
+++ b/src/lib/fhir/build-bundle.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const IKNR_SYSTEM = "http://fhir.de/sid/arge-ik/iknr";
  * coding. Both are additive `coding[]` entries on the same concept; the
  * free-text `.text` (the user's medication name) stays the anchor.
  */
-const ATC_SYSTEM = "http://www.whocc.no/atc";
+export const ATC_SYSTEM = "http://www.whocc.no/atc";
 /**
  * German national ATC URI maintained by the BfArM. Same ATC classification
  * as WHO under a national CodeSystem; emitted as an ADDITIONAL coding (never
@@ -78,7 +78,16 @@ const ATC_SYSTEM = "http://www.whocc.no/atc";
 const ATC_BFARM_SYSTEM = "http://fhir.de/CodeSystem/bfarm/atc";
 const RXNORM_SYSTEM = "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm";
 /** SNOMED CT URI. Concept ids are referenced (not redistributed) in FHIR instances. */
-const SNOMED_SYSTEM = "http://snomed.info/sct";
+export const SNOMED_SYSTEM = "http://snomed.info/sct";
+
+/**
+ * The app locales for which a health-record export defaults `germanAtc` on
+ * (the additive BfArM ATC coding). The export route derives the flag from
+ * the user's locale against this set; the capabilities endpoint surfaces it
+ * verbatim so a client can predict the coding without a round-trip. Keeping
+ * it here — beside the BfArM URI it gates — makes the two move together.
+ */
+export const GERMAN_ATC_DEFAULT_LOCALES = ["de"] as const;
 
 /** Options threaded from the export route into the builder. Additive, all defaulted. */
 export interface FhirBuildOptions {
diff --git a/src/lib/openapi/registry.ts b/src/lib/openapi/registry.ts
index 762dc90c8..3ce0fab6a 100644
--- a/src/lib/openapi/registry.ts
+++ b/src/lib/openapi/registry.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ const openApiBase: Pick<
     { name: "Export" },
     { name: "Sync" },
     { name: "Admin" },
+    { name: "Meta" },
   ],
 };
 
diff --git a/src/lib/openapi/routes.ts b/src/lib/openapi/routes.ts
index ed4a8b3de..a20996484 100644
--- a/src/lib/openapi/routes.ts
+++ b/src/lib/openapi/routes.ts
@@ -1854,6 +1854,71 @@ exportSelectionSchema.meta({
     "v1.7.0 — health-record / doctor-handover export selection. `format` picks PDF, FHIR R4 document Bundle, or a combined zip package. Grouped `sections` toggles drive which domains are read (mood is opt-in, off by default). No `userId` field — the user is always narrowed from the session/Bearer. The route is strict: unknown keys 422.",
 });
 
+// v1.10.2 — live capability / discovery response. Every list is sourced
+// server-side from the canonical registry it documents, so the wire shape
+// here is the contract; the runtime values are authoritative and never
+// hand-duplicated. Used by the native client to gate its UI / decoder
+// against what the server actually ships (retires the doc-vs-server
+// enum-drift class).
+const capabilitiesResponse = z
+  .object({
+    apiContractVersion: z
+      .string()
+      .describe("Running build version — mirrors GET /api/version `version`."),
+    derivedMetricIds: z
+      .array(z.string())
+      .describe("Closed derived-metric id set (GET /api/insights/derived)."),
+    vitalsBaselineTypes: z
+      .array(z.string())
+      .describe("MeasurementTypes the typical-range baseline engine supports."),
+    layoutTileIds: z
+      .array(z.string())
+      .describe("Canonical insights layout tile-id set (English ids)."),
+    metricStatusIds: z
+      .array(z.string())
+      .describe("Closed metric-status / assessment id set."),
+    ingest: z
+      .object({
+        quantityTypes: z
+          .array(
+            z.object({
+              type: z.string().describe("HealthLog MeasurementType."),
+              hk: z.string().describe("HealthKit identifier."),
+              unit: z.string().describe("Canonical DB unit."),
+            }),
+          )
+          .describe("Accepted HealthKit quantity-sample mappings."),
+        eventTypes: z
+          .array(z.string())
+          .describe(
+            "MeasurementTypes for device-flagged EVENT-class HealthKit samples.",
+          ),
+        computedScores: z
+          .array(z.string())
+          .describe("Server-owned nightly composite score types."),
+        writeAllowlist: z
+          .array(z.string())
+          .describe(
+            "MeasurementSources a client may attribute on a write (others are server-owned).",
+          ),
+      })
+      .describe("Ingest vocabularies the batch / single-write paths accept."),
+    fhir: z
+      .object({
+        atcSystem: z.string().describe("WHO ATC CodeSystem URI."),
+        snomedRoute: z.string().describe("SNOMED CT CodeSystem URI."),
+        germanAtcDefaultLocales: z
+          .array(z.string())
+          .describe("App locales that default the additive BfArM ATC coding on."),
+      })
+      .describe("FHIR coding constants the health-record export emits."),
+  })
+  .meta({
+    id: "CapabilitiesResponse",
+    description:
+      "Live id vocabularies + contract version. Every list is derived server-side from the canonical registry it documents, so it cannot drift from the values the routes actually accept/emit.",
+  });
+
 // ── Standard 401 / 422 / 429 responses ───────────────────────────────
 
 const stdResponses = {
@@ -1874,6 +1939,28 @@ const stdResponses = {
 // ── Path table ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 export const openApiPaths: NonNullable<ZodOpenApiObject["paths"]> = {
+  "/api/meta/capabilities": {
+    get: {
+      tags: ["Meta"],
+      summary: "Live server capability / id-vocabulary discovery",
+      description:
+        "Returns the server's REAL id vocabularies (derived-metric ids, vitals-baseline types, layout tile-ids, metric-status ids, the HealthKit ingest mapping, the FHIR coding constants) plus the running API contract version. Every list is derived server-side from the canonical registry it documents, so a client can gate its UI / decoder against what the server actually ships rather than a hand-maintained copy. Auth via cookie or Bearer (not admin).",
+      responses: {
+        "200": {
+          description: "Capability snapshot.",
+          content: {
+            "application/json": {
+              schema: dataEnvelope(
+                capabilitiesResponse,
+                "CapabilitiesEnvelope",
+              ),
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        ...stdResponses,
+      },
+    },
+  },
   "/api/export/health-record": {
     post: {
       tags: ["Export"],