diff --git a/src/lib/analytics/correlations-fast-path.ts b/src/lib/analytics/correlations-fast-path.ts
index 9c4a1fd4d..c4f5dd767 100644
--- a/src/lib/analytics/correlations-fast-path.ts
+++ b/src/lib/analytics/correlations-fast-path.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ export interface CorrelationHypothesesResult {
    * Today this is always `false`: the 28-day window is the canonical
    * surface. Reserved for a future "best-effort under load shedding"
    * branch.
+   *
+   * TODO(v1.5): wire this through when the load-shedding branch
+   * lands (pool-pressure detector + shorter window fallback). Until
+   * then the field is pinned to `false` by both branches and the
+   * `meta.correlations.degraded` annotate carries the same value;
+   * downstream consumers can already key on the field shape without
+   * the load-shedding signal being live.
    */
   degraded: boolean;
   /** Window the runner actually scanned, in days. */