diff --git a/src/app/api/__tests__/module-route-gate-inventory.test.ts b/src/app/api/__tests__/module-route-gate-inventory.test.ts
index 4a4bbf87f..fa26c5129 100644
--- a/src/app/api/__tests__/module-route-gate-inventory.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/__tests__/module-route-gate-inventory.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ const MODULE_ROUTE_TREES: ReadonlyArray<string> = [
   "src/app/api/gamification",
   "src/app/api/doctor-report",
   "src/app/api/fhir",
+  // v1.18.0 (B2) — the AI-narrative insights tree. Every status / cards /
+  // correlations / derived / narrative / pregenerate / rhythm-events route
+  // gates on the `insights` module; the Coach sub-tree delegates to the
+  // coach assistant surface; the AI-settings / tile-layout / therapy-timeline
+  // infra-and-config routes are EXEMPT below. Walking the tree means a NEW
+  // ungated insights AI route fails this test BY NAME rather than leaking the
+  // surface over a Bearer token when the account turned insights off.
+  "src/app/api/insights",
 ];
 
 /**
@@ -122,6 +130,37 @@ const EXEMPT_ROUTES: ReadonlyArray<string> = [
   "src/app/api/doctor-report/availability/route.ts",
   // Static FHIR CapabilityStatement — server metadata, no user data.
   "src/app/api/fhir/metadata/route.ts",
+  // ── INFRA / CONFIG (insights) ─────────────────────────────────────
+  // v1.18.0 (B2) — the insights tree's non-narrative routes. The
+  // `insights` module gates the AI-narrative SURFACES (status cards,
+  // correlations, derived scores, period narrative, the rhythm-event
+  // timeline); these six carry no narrative payload, so gating them would
+  // only break configuration / settings reads while the module is off.
+  //
+  // AI provider + privacy settings and the read-only chain summary — pure
+  // configuration of the assistant, surfaced under Settings → AI, not an
+  // insights surface. Editing the AI config while insights is off must work
+  // (e.g. to set up a provider before re-enabling the module).
+  "src/app/api/insights/settings/route.ts",
+  "src/app/api/insights/provider-chain/route.ts",
+  // Insights tile-order + visibility layout (GET/PUT/DELETE) — the user's
+  // own persisted preference blob, the insights peer of
+  // `/api/dashboard/widgets`. Pure UI configuration, no module data; the
+  // /insights page itself is nav-gated on the module.
+  "src/app/api/insights/layout/route.ts",
+  // Insight feedback write (👍/👎 on a generated card) — a feedback row,
+  // not an insights READ. Harmless while the module is off and never
+  // surfaces module data.
+  "src/app/api/insights/feedback/route.ts",
+  // Target-range reference values (BMI / BP / sleep / steps classifiers +
+  // compliance context) — deterministic threshold config consumed across
+  // surfaces, not an AI-narrative insights read.
+  "src/app/api/insights/targets/route.ts",
+  // GLP-1 therapy-timeline aggregator backing the /insights/medications
+  // component — a MEDICATIONS-domain data merge (dose / injection /
+  // inventory / side-effect events), and medications is a core, always-on
+  // domain with no module gate. It is not an insights-module surface.
+  "src/app/api/insights/glp1-timeline/route.ts",
 ];
 
 const MODULE_GATE_NEEDLE = "requireModuleEnabled(";
diff --git a/src/app/api/insights/blood-pressure-status/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/insights/blood-pressure-status/__tests__/route.test.ts
index 864d274b8..178b312e0 100644
--- a/src/app/api/insights/blood-pressure-status/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/insights/blood-pressure-status/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import { GET } from "../route";
 import { getSession } from "@/lib/auth/session";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { requireModuleEnabled } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
+import { apiError } from "@/lib/api-response";
 
 const SESSION_OK = {
   session: { id: "sess-1", expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 3_600_000) },
@@ -101,3 +102,33 @@ describe("GET /api/insights/blood-pressure-status — assistant-flag gate", () =
     expect(res.status).toBe(401);
   });
 });
+
+// v1.18.0 (B2) — the route now also requires the `insights` module.
+// Representative coverage that a disabled module short-circuits with the
+// 403 module.disabled envelope before any provider / cache work; the
+// inventory test guards that EVERY insights AI route carries this gate.
+describe("GET /api/insights/blood-pressure-status — insights module gate", () => {
+  it("returns 200 when insights is enabled (default)", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
+    const res = await callGet(makeReq());
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+
+  it("returns 403 + module.disabled when insights is off", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
+    vi.mocked(requireModuleEnabled).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      enabled: false,
+      response: apiError('Module "insights" is not enabled', 403, {
+        errorCode: "module.disabled",
+        module: "insights",
+      }),
+    });
+    const res = await callGet(makeReq());
+    expect(res.status).toBe(403);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as {
+      meta?: { errorCode?: string; module?: string };
+    };
+    expect(body.meta?.errorCode).toBe("module.disabled");
+    expect(body.meta?.module).toBe("insights");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/api/insights/correlations/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/insights/correlations/__tests__/route.test.ts
index 736fc6925..04677474c 100644
--- a/src/app/api/insights/correlations/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/insights/correlations/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import { GET } from "../route";
 import { getSession } from "@/lib/auth/session";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { requireModuleEnabled } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
+import { apiError } from "@/lib/api-response";
 import { checkAnalyticsReadRateLimit } from "@/lib/rate-limit";
 
 const SESSION_OK = {
@@ -159,4 +160,25 @@ describe("GET /api/insights/correlations", () => {
     // The limited request never reaches the series reads.
     expect(prisma.measurement.findMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  // v1.18.0 (B2) — the route now also requires the `insights` module.
+  it("returns 403 + module.disabled when the insights module is off", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
+    vi.mocked(requireModuleEnabled).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      enabled: false,
+      response: apiError('Module "insights" is not enabled', 403, {
+        errorCode: "module.disabled",
+        module: "insights",
+      }),
+    });
+    const res = await callGet(makeReq());
+    expect(res.status).toBe(403);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as {
+      meta?: { errorCode?: string; module?: string };
+    };
+    expect(body.meta?.errorCode).toBe("module.disabled");
+    expect(body.meta?.module).toBe("insights");
+    // The disabled-module request never reaches the series reads.
+    expect(prisma.measurement.findMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });