diff --git a/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/__tests__/route.test.ts
index dda5ae3e1..c671c6a92 100644
--- a/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
  * Until v1.4.41 this route returned `parsed.error.issues[0].message`,
  * which dropped every issue past the first. iOS contract debugging
  * needed one round-trip per wrong field. The route now returns every
- * issue under `details.issues` AND files a
- * `dashboard.widgets.validation-failed` breadcrumb through `auditLog()`,
- * which since v1.43.7 writes it only for a delegate's request (the
- * decision is tested in `src/lib/auth/__tests__/audit.test.ts`).
+ * issue under `details.issues` and keeps the refusal on the wide event.
+ * Since v1.43.7 it files no audit row: the write resolves the caller, and a
+ * caller's own refusal is telemetry, not an audit event.
  */
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
@@ -197,51 +196,14 @@ describe("PUT /api/dashboard/widgets — 422 multi-issue envelope (v1.4.42 W2)",
     expect(prisma.user.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("writes one audit-ledger row keyed dashboard.widgets.validation-failed", async () => {
+  it("files no audit row for the caller's own refusal", async () => {
     const res = await callPut(makeReq({ version: 2, widgets: [] }));
     expect(res.status).toBe(422);
-
-    // The audit row is fire-and-forget — let the microtask queue drain.
     await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5));
-
-    expect(auditLog).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const [action, opts] = vi.mocked(auditLog).mock.calls[0] as unknown as [
-      string,
-      {
-        userId: string;
-        details: { issues: Array<{ path: string; code: string }> };
-      },
-    ];
-    expect(opts.userId).toBe("user-1");
-    expect(action).toBe("dashboard.widgets.validation-failed");
-    const details = opts.details;
-    expect(details.issues.length).toBe(2);
-    for (const issue of details.issues) {
-      // v1.4.49 — audit row is the persisted surface. `message`
-      // strips here so a future Zod code that embeds the offending
-      // value cannot leak into the ledger.
-      expect(Object.keys(issue).sort()).toEqual(["code", "path"]);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it("dedups the audit-ledger write across two sequential 422s for the same user (v1.4.43 B2)", async () => {
-    // First 422 writes one row; the second 422 inside the 60 s window
-    // returns the same envelope but skips the audit insert.
-    const res1 = await callPut(makeReq({ version: 2, widgets: [] }));
-    expect(res1.status).toBe(422);
-    const res2 = await callPut(makeReq({ version: 2, widgets: [] }));
-    expect(res2.status).toBe(422);
-
-    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5));
-
-    expect(auditLog).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-
-    // The full multi-issue envelope still rides on every 422 — the
-    // dedup only suppresses the breadcrumb write, never the response.
-    const body2 = (await res2.json()) as {
-      details: { issues: Array<unknown> };
-    };
-    expect(body2.details.issues.length).toBe(2);
+    // The refusal is telemetry on the wide event; the write resolves the
+    // caller, so no delegate's attempt can reach this route.
+    expect(auditLog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("surfaces received_keys + received_shape_excerpt + zod_issues in the wide-event meta (v1.4.48 H-iOS-1)", async () => {
@@ -304,18 +266,6 @@ describe("PUT /api/dashboard/widgets — 422 multi-issue envelope (v1.4.42 W2)",
     expect((meta.received_shape_excerpt as string).length).toBe(256);
   });
 
-  it("does not block the 422 response when the audit-row write rejects", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(auditLog).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("db down"));
-
-    const res = await callPut(makeReq({ version: 2, widgets: [] }));
-    // The response is the contract — the audit row is best-effort.
-    expect(res.status).toBe(422);
-    const body = (await res.json()) as {
-      details: { issues: Array<unknown> };
-    };
-    expect(body.details.issues.length).toBe(2);
-  });
-
   it("redacts sensitive keys before writing the wide-event received_shape_excerpt (v1.4.49)", async () => {
     // Caller adds a credential-shaped field — must not land in the
     // wide-event excerpt verbatim. The denylist also covers nested
@@ -359,25 +309,6 @@ describe("PUT /api/dashboard/widgets — 422 multi-issue envelope (v1.4.42 W2)",
       ]),
     );
   });
-
-  it("strips `message` from the audit-ledger issues row (v1.4.49)", async () => {
-    // The wide-event meta keeps full message for operator debugging,
-    // but the persisted auditLog row must only carry `path` + `code`
-    // so a future Zod code that embeds the offending value cannot
-    // leak into the ledger.
-    await callPut(makeReq({ version: 2, widgets: [] }));
-
-    expect(auditLog).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const parsed = (
-      vi.mocked(auditLog).mock.calls[0] as unknown as [
-        string,
-        { details: { issues: Array<Record<string, unknown>> } },
-      ]
-    )[1].details;
-    for (const issue of parsed.issues) {
-      expect(Object.keys(issue).sort()).toEqual(["code", "path"]);
-    }
-  });
 });
 
 describe("PUT /api/dashboard/widgets — accept-and-ignore unknown ids (v1.7.0 #9)", () => {
diff --git a/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts b/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts
index b10800887..97d4b5861 100644
--- a/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ const widgetIdEnum = z.enum(DASHBOARD_WIDGET_CATALOGUE_IDS);
 // `/api/dashboard/widgets` and `/api/dashboard/chart-overlay-prefs` share
 // the same 60 s `(userId, action)` window.
 export { __resetAuditDedupMemoForTests } from "@/lib/audit-dedup";
-import { shouldEmitAuditRow } from "@/lib/audit-dedup";
-import { auditLog } from "@/lib/auth/audit";
 
 const layoutSchema = z.object({
   version: z.literal(1),
@@ -361,34 +359,10 @@ export const PUT = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
         zod_issues: issues,
       },
     });
-    // v1.4.43 B2 — gate the breadcrumb behind a 60 s (userId, action) dedup
-    // so a misbehaving iOS client retrying every second cannot pump
-    // thousands of identical rows into the audit ledger.
-    if (
-      shouldEmitAuditRow(
-        user.id,
-        "dashboard.widgets.validation-failed",
-        Date.now(),
-      )
-    ) {
-      // Best-effort breadcrumb — never block the 422 on a write miss.
-      // v1.4.49 — strip `message` from the audit-ledger row so Zod
-      // codes that embed the offending value in their default message
-      // (`invalid_enum_value` and similar) cannot leak user content
-      // through the audit surface. The wide-event excerpt above
-      // already carries the shape signal for operator debugging.
-      const auditIssues = sanitiseZodIssues(parsed.error.issues, {
-        stripValuesFromMessage: true,
-      });
-      // Through `auditLog()`, which files a refused attempt only when a
-      // delegate made it; the caller's own refusal stays on the wide event.
-      void auditLog("dashboard.widgets.validation-failed", {
-        userId: user.id,
-        details: { issues: auditIssues },
-      }).catch(() => {
-        /* swallow — validation response is the contract, audit row is best-effort */
-      });
-    }
+    // No audit row: this write resolves the caller (`requireAuth`), so the
+    // refusal can only ever be the caller's own, which is telemetry and
+    // lives on the wide event above. Only a delegate's refused attempt is
+    // filed (see `isRejectedAttemptAction` in `src/lib/auth/audit.ts`).
     return returnAllZodIssues(parsed.error, 422);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/api/measurements/series/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/measurements/series/__tests__/route.test.ts
index 1d8be88a7..aa1528941 100644
--- a/src/app/api/measurements/series/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/measurements/series/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
 
+// The breadcrumb's contract is the call; whether `auditLog` writes a row
+// (only for a delegate's request) is tested in its own suite.
+vi.mock("@/lib/auth/audit", () => ({
+  auditLog: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+}));
+
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn(), count: vi.fn() },
@@ -58,6 +64,7 @@ import { GET } from "../route";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { getSession } from "@/lib/auth/session";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { auditLog } from "@/lib/auth/audit";
 
 const SESSION_OK = {
   session: { id: "sess-1", expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 3_600_000) },
@@ -1014,17 +1021,18 @@ describe("GET /api/measurements/series — 422 multi-issue (v1.4.43 W6)", () =>
     expect(body.details.issues.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
   });
 
-  it("writes a measurements.series.validation-failed audit row", async () => {
+  it("files a measurements.series.validation-failed breadcrumb through auditLog", async () => {
     vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
     const res = await GET(req("kind=garbage&days=0"));
     expect(res.status).toBe(422);
     await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5));
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const call = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls[0]?.[0] as {
-      data: { userId: string; action: string };
-    };
-    expect(call.data.userId).toBe("user-1");
-    expect(call.data.action).toBe("measurements.series.validation-failed");
+    expect(auditLog).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const [action, opts] = vi.mocked(auditLog).mock.calls[0] as unknown as [
+      string,
+      { userId: string },
+    ];
+    expect(opts.userId).toBe("user-1");
+    expect(action).toBe("measurements.series.validation-failed");
   });
 
   it("surfaces received_keys + received_shape_excerpt + zod_issues in the wide-event meta (v1.4.48 H-iOS-2)", async () => {
@@ -1077,9 +1085,7 @@ describe("GET /api/measurements/series — 422 multi-issue (v1.4.43 W6)", () =>
 
   it("does not block the 422 when the audit-row write rejects", async () => {
     vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockRejectedValueOnce(
-      new Error("db down"),
-    );
+    vi.mocked(auditLog).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("db down"));
     const res = await GET(req("kind=garbage&days=0"));
     expect(res.status).toBe(422);
   });
@@ -1117,13 +1123,13 @@ describe("GET /api/measurements/series — 422 multi-issue (v1.4.43 W6)", () =>
     vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
     await GET(req("kind=garbage&days=0"));
 
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const call = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls[0]?.[0] as {
-      data: { details: string };
-    };
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(call.data.details) as {
-      issues: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
-    };
+    expect(auditLog).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const parsed = (
+      vi.mocked(auditLog).mock.calls[0] as unknown as [
+        string,
+        { details: { issues: Array<Record<string, unknown>> } },
+      ]
+    )[1].details;
     for (const issue of parsed.issues) {
       expect(Object.keys(issue).sort()).toEqual(["code", "path"]);
     }