diff --git a/docs/api/openapi.yaml b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
index bce702fa5..224d4d910 100644
--- a/docs/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -12774,6 +12774,7 @@ paths:
               - ai_full
               - ai_insights_only
               - ai_coach
+              - ai_extraction
           description: Narrow to one consent kind. Omit for the full keyspace.
       responses:
         "200":
@@ -12785,8 +12786,9 @@ paths:
                   - $ref: "#/components/schemas/ConsentLatestForKindEnvelope"
                   - $ref: "#/components/schemas/ConsentLatestByKindEnvelope"
         "400": &a22
-          description: "`kind` was present but is not one of `ai_full`, `ai_insights_only`, `ai_coach`. Multi-issue envelope;
-            nothing was read or revoked. The consent family answers 400 here where the rest of the API answers 422."
+          description: "`kind` was present but is not one of `ai_full`, `ai_insights_only`, `ai_coach`, `ai_extraction`.
+            Multi-issue envelope; nothing was read or revoked. The consent family answers 400 here where the rest of the
+            API answers 422."
           content:
             application/json:
               schema:
@@ -12809,9 +12811,18 @@ paths:
         each revocation is audit-logged.
 
 
-        Revoking `ai_full` does NOT switch off `documentsAutoAiRead`; that flag is written through PATCH
-        /api/auth/me/documents-auto-ai-read and turning it on mints a fresh receipt. A client offering both controls
-        should show them as the two separate things they are.
+        Revoking `ai_full` or `ai_extraction` does NOT switch off `documentsAutoAiRead`, but it does stop document
+        reading: the document gate reads the receipt, not the switch, so a revocation wins over a switch left on.
+        Turning the switch on again mints a fresh `ai_extraction` receipt through PATCH
+        /api/auth/me/documents-auto-ai-read. A client offering both controls should show them as the two separate things
+        they are.
+
+
+        When a revocation leaves no receipt covering the analysis (`ai_insights_only` or `ai_full`), the same
+        transaction deletes the text a model wrote under it that can be written again: per-metric status notes, the
+        cached briefing, model-written period narratives, reaction lines and workout paragraphs. Coach conversations,
+        facts and plans and document summaries are the person's records and stay. A deletion is audit-logged with counts
+        only (`consent.ai.purge`).
       parameters:
         - in: query
           name: kind
@@ -12822,6 +12833,7 @@ paths:
               - ai_full
               - ai_insights_only
               - ai_coach
+              - ai_extraction
           description: Revoke one kind. Omit to revoke the latest active receipt across every kind.
       responses:
         "200":
@@ -23992,8 +24004,8 @@ components:
           type: boolean
       required:
         - documentsAutoAiRead
-      description: Turn automatic AI reading of newly uploaded documents on or off. Turning it on also mints an `ai_full`
-        consent receipt and schedules a catch-up over the existing vault.
+      description: Turn automatic AI reading of newly uploaded documents on or off. Turning it on also mints an
+        `ai_extraction` consent receipt and schedules a catch-up over the existing vault.
     InjectionSitePrefsPatchRequest:
       type: object
       properties:
@@ -26151,6 +26163,7 @@ components:
             - ai_full
             - ai_insights_only
             - ai_coach
+            - ai_extraction
         artefact:
           type: string
           minLength: 1
@@ -58183,6 +58196,7 @@ components:
                 - ai_full
                 - ai_insights_only
                 - ai_coach
+                - ai_extraction
             signedAt:
               type: string
             revokedAt:
@@ -58279,6 +58293,7 @@ components:
             - ai_full
             - ai_insights_only
             - ai_coach
+            - ai_extraction
         receipt:
           anyOf:
             - $ref: "#/components/schemas/SerialisedConsentReceipt"
@@ -58301,6 +58316,7 @@ components:
             - ai_full
             - ai_insights_only
             - ai_coach
+            - ai_extraction
         signedAt:
           type: string
           format: date-time
@@ -58357,13 +58373,18 @@ components:
           anyOf:
             - $ref: "#/components/schemas/SerialisedConsentReceipt"
             - type: "null"
+        ai_extraction:
+          anyOf:
+            - $ref: "#/components/schemas/SerialisedConsentReceipt"
+            - type: "null"
       required:
         - ai_full
         - ai_insights_only
         - ai_coach
+        - ai_extraction
       additionalProperties: false
-      description: "The latest active receipt for every kind. All three keys are always present: a null value means the kind
-        is not granted, so a client never has to read absence as ambiguity."
+      description: "The latest active receipt for every kind. Every key is always present: a null value means the kind is not
+        granted, so a client never has to read absence as ambiguity."
     ConsentRevokeForKindEnvelope:
       type: object
       properties:
@@ -58412,6 +58433,7 @@ components:
                   - ai_full
                   - ai_insights_only
                   - ai_coach
+                  - ai_extraction
               receipt:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/SerialisedConsentReceipt"
             required:
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/0344_insight_status_cache/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/0344_insight_status_cache/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9571572c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/0344_insight_status_cache/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+-- Status notes move out of the audit log.
+--
+-- The per-metric status notes used to be appended to `audit_logs` as plaintext
+-- JSON, one row per metric per day, next to the security trail. They now live
+-- in their own table, encrypted at rest, one row per (user, metric, locale),
+-- upserted in place.
+--
+-- 1. The new table.
+-- CreateTable
+CREATE TABLE "insight_status_caches" (
+    "id" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "user_id" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "metric" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "locale" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "text_encrypted" BYTEA,
+    "items_encrypted" BYTEA,
+    "input_hash" TEXT,
+    "snapshot_hash" TEXT,
+    "date_key" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "generated_at" TIMESTAMP(3),
+    "retry_at" TIMESTAMP(3),
+    "negative_reason" TEXT,
+    "created_at" TIMESTAMP(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    "updated_at" TIMESTAMP(3) NOT NULL,
+
+    CONSTRAINT "insight_status_caches_pkey" PRIMARY KEY ("id")
+);
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "insight_status_caches_user_id_metric_locale_key" ON "insight_status_caches"("user_id", "metric", "locale");
+
+-- AddForeignKey
+ALTER TABLE "insight_status_caches" ADD CONSTRAINT "insight_status_caches_user_id_fkey" FOREIGN KEY ("user_id") REFERENCES "users"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE;
+
+-- 2. The old rows go. DESTRUCTIVE by design: the notes are a regenerable
+--    cache, nothing reads them from `audit_logs` any more, and leaving them
+--    would keep plaintext health text in a table documented as holding none.
+--    Nothing is copied across, because the old rows are plaintext and a
+--    migration cannot encrypt; the first nightly run after the upgrade writes
+--    every note again. Take a database backup before applying, as for 0339.
+--    Matches exactly the cache keys `insights.<scope>-status.<locale>` (the
+--    seven specialised scopes and the `metric:` / `derived-score:` /
+--    `biomarker:` generic ones); no security-trail action has this shape.
+DELETE FROM "audit_logs" WHERE "action" LIKE 'insights.%-status.%';
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 1745fce4b..66075b211 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -860,6 +860,9 @@ model User {
   // v1.11.0 W3 — one durable period-narrative row per (period, locale).
   // Delete/regenerate-clean; the generated prose is AES-256-GCM at rest.
   insightNarratives                         InsightNarrative[]
+  // v1.39.0 — the per-metric status notes, one encrypted row per
+  // (metric, locale). A regenerable cache; it used to live in `audit_logs`.
+  insightStatusCaches                       InsightStatusCache[]
   // v1.31.0 — the data-arrival spine's durable per-day reaction marker. One
   // row per (kind, local day); the unique index IS the once-per-kind-per-day
   // claim every reaction surface reads. Retained 14 days.
@@ -6722,6 +6725,55 @@ model InsightNarrative {
   @@map("insight_narratives")
 }
 
+// v1.39.0 — the per-metric status notes ("Status notes"): what a model wrote
+// about one metric for one person in one language, and the fingerprints that
+// let the next run skip the model when nothing changed.
+//
+// One row per (user, metric, locale), upserted in place. Until v1.39.0 these
+// notes were appended to `audit_logs` as plaintext JSON, one row per metric per
+// day, mixed with the security trail; migration 0344 dropped those rows, so the
+// first night after the upgrade regenerates every note once.
+//
+// A regenerable cache, not a record: excluded from backups, deleted by "Delete
+// All Data", purged when the person withdraws AI consent, and never served
+// while the `statusText` capability is unavailable.
+model InsightStatusCache {
+  id             String    @id @default(cuid())
+  userId         String    @map("user_id")
+  /// The status scope: `weight`, `blood-pressure`, `general`, …, or a prefixed
+  /// generic scope (`metric:<ID>`, `derived-score:<ID>`, `biomarker:<id>`).
+  metric         String
+  /// The UI locale the note was written in.
+  locale         String
+  /// AES-256-GCM ciphertext of the note. Null while the row only carries a
+  /// negative-cache window (a generation that stalled before any note existed).
+  textEncrypted  Bytes?    @map("text_encrypted")
+  /// AES-256-GCM ciphertext of per-item notes as JSON, for a card that carries
+  /// them (medication compliance: one line per medication). Null otherwise.
+  itemsEncrypted Bytes?    @map("items_encrypted")
+  /// Cheap fingerprint of the salient inputs (count + newest reading).
+  inputHash      String?   @map("input_hash")
+  /// Fingerprint of the full data snapshot the note was written from.
+  snapshotHash   String?   @map("snapshot_hash")
+  /// The person's local YYYY-MM-DD the note counts as current for.
+  dateKey        String    @map("date_key")
+  /// When the note was written, or last re-dated by an unchanged-data run.
+  generatedAt    DateTime? @map("generated_at")
+  /// Negative cache: while in the future, a read does not enqueue another
+  /// generation. Cleared when a note is written.
+  retryAt        DateTime? @map("retry_at")
+  /// Why the last generation served the deterministic line instead of a note:
+  /// `timeout` | `error` | `screened`. Set together with `retryAt`.
+  negativeReason String?   @map("negative_reason")
+  createdAt      DateTime  @default(now()) @map("created_at")
+  updatedAt      DateTime  @updatedAt @map("updated_at")
+
+  user User @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+
+  @@unique([userId, metric, locale])
+  @@map("insight_status_caches")
+}
+
 // ─── Data-arrival spine (v1.31.0) ─────────────────────────────
 //
 // One row per (user, arrival kind, local day). The row is written by the
diff --git a/scripts/rotate-encryption-key.ts b/scripts/rotate-encryption-key.ts
index ff2367ff7..1546d0e90 100644
--- a/scripts/rotate-encryption-key.ts
+++ b/scripts/rotate-encryption-key.ts
@@ -454,6 +454,25 @@ async function main() {
     ),
   );
 
+  // ───── v1.39.0 InsightStatusCache."textEncrypted" / "itemsEncrypted" ─────
+  // The per-metric status notes. Both nullable (a row may carry only a
+  // negative-cache window; only one card stores per-item lines), and
+  // `rotateBytesColumn` skips a NULL payload.
+  results.push(
+    await rotateBytesColumn(
+      "InsightStatusCache",
+      "textEncrypted",
+      prisma.insightStatusCache,
+    ),
+  );
+  results.push(
+    await rotateBytesColumn(
+      "InsightStatusCache",
+      "itemsEncrypted",
+      prisma.insightStatusCache,
+    ),
+  );
+
   // ───── v1.31.0 ArrivalReaction."lineEncrypted" (Bytes, nullable) ─────
   // The data-arrival spine's generated reaction line. Nullable by design — a
   // provider-less install writes markers with no line at all — and
diff --git a/scripts/seed-demo.ts b/scripts/seed-demo.ts
index ed24d0515..33167d40a 100644
--- a/scripts/seed-demo.ts
+++ b/scripts/seed-demo.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ async function seed() {
     await client.query("DELETE FROM coach_conversations");
     await client.query("DELETE FROM consent_receipts");
     await client.query("DELETE FROM insight_narratives");
+    await client.query("DELETE FROM insight_status_caches");
     await client.query("DELETE FROM illness_symptom_links");
     await client.query("DELETE FROM illness_day_logs");
     await client.query("DELETE FROM illness_episodes");
@@ -1826,11 +1827,10 @@ async function seed() {
     console.log("Creating baked AI insight texts...");
 
     const todayKey = berlinDayKey();
-    // A real-looking provider/model pair so the read path treats the row as a
-    // genuine assessment (NOT a `model: "timeout-stub"`, which the cache-read
-    // rejects). The text is what renders; provider/model are provenance only.
+    // A real-looking provider tag for the rows that record one (the cached
+    // briefing, the narratives). The text is what renders; the tag is
+    // provenance only.
     const bakedProvider = "anthropic";
-    const bakedModel = "claude-3-5-sonnet";
 
     // ── Comprehensive insight + daily briefing ──
     // Stored on users.insights_cached_text (JSON). The GET read parses it and
@@ -2037,13 +2037,12 @@ async function seed() {
     );
 
     // ── Per-metric status cards ──
-    // Each card is an audit_logs row keyed `insights.<scope>-status.<locale>`
-    // whose details JSON is { dateKey, locale, text, providerType, model,
-    // tokensUsed, snapshotHash }. The read serves a row only when its dateKey
-    // equals today's Berlin key and the model is not the timeout-stub
-    // sentinel. We stamp today's key + a real model name so every card reads
-    // as a current assessment. `text` is the rendered field. 2-4 sentences
-    // each, grounded in the seeded data, in the base-system advisor voice.
+    // Each card is an insight_status_caches row keyed (user, metric, locale),
+    // the note encrypted with the app's codec. The read serves a note only
+    // when its date_key equals today's key, so every card is stamped with
+    // today's key and reads as a current assessment. The medication card also
+    // carries its (empty) per-medication list. 2-4 sentences each, grounded in
+    // the seeded data, in the base-system advisor voice.
     const statusCards: Array<{ scope: string; text: string }> = [
       {
         scope: "blood-pressure",
@@ -2108,23 +2107,30 @@ async function seed() {
     ];
 
     for (const card of statusCards) {
-      const action = `insights.${card.scope}-status.en`;
       await client.query(
-        `INSERT INTO audit_logs (id, user_id, action, details, created_at)
-         VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, NOW())`,
+        `INSERT INTO insight_status_caches
+           (id, user_id, metric, locale, text_encrypted, items_encrypted,
+            snapshot_hash, date_key, generated_at, created_at, updated_at)
+         VALUES ($1, $2, $3, 'en', $4, $5, $6, $7, NOW(), NOW(), NOW())
+         ON CONFLICT (user_id, metric, locale) DO UPDATE SET
+           text_encrypted = EXCLUDED.text_encrypted,
+           items_encrypted = EXCLUDED.items_encrypted,
+           snapshot_hash = EXCLUDED.snapshot_hash,
+           date_key = EXCLUDED.date_key,
+           generated_at = EXCLUDED.generated_at,
+           retry_at = NULL,
+           negative_reason = NULL,
+           updated_at = NOW()`,
         [
           cuid(),
           userId,
-          action,
-          JSON.stringify({
-            dateKey: todayKey,
-            locale: "en",
-            text: card.text,
-            providerType: bakedProvider,
-            model: bakedModel,
-            tokensUsed: null,
-            snapshotHash: `demo-baked-${card.scope}`,
-          }),
+          card.scope,
+          Buffer.from(encryptToBytes(card.text)),
+          card.scope === "medication-compliance"
+            ? Buffer.from(encryptToBytes("[]"))
+            : null,
+          `demo-baked-${card.scope}`,
+          todayKey,
         ],
       );
     }
diff --git a/src/__tests__/ai-consent-enforcement-guard.test.ts b/src/__tests__/ai-consent-enforcement-guard.test.ts
index 874012310..a18d03239 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/ai-consent-enforcement-guard.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/ai-consent-enforcement-guard.test.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ const CONSENT_HELPERS = [
   "assertConsentForChain",
   "chainRequiresServerManagedConsent",
   "hasActiveConsentForSurface",
-  // Document-class, pick-shaped.
-  "assertDocumentEgressConsent",
+  // Document-class, pick-shaped (the receipt itself is read by the capability
+  // egress re-check below).
   "isExternalDocumentEgress",
 ] as const;
 
diff --git a/src/__tests__/ai-egress-capability-guard.test.ts b/src/__tests__/ai-egress-capability-guard.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..123c56808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/ai-egress-capability-guard.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+/**
+ * Structural guard on the places a model is actually called.
+ *
+ * A capability is only as good as the last check before the wire. A job
+ * enqueued before an operator flipped a switch, or before the person withdrew
+ * consent or turned AI analysis off, must still stop there. So every file that
+ * hands a prompt to a provider (`.generateCompletion(`, the chain runners) is
+ * named here with the reason its call is admitted, and the ones that ARE a
+ * chokepoint must re-check a capability in the same file.
+ *
+ * Mirrors `ai-consent-enforcement-guard.test.ts` in shape and in its limits: it
+ * proves a reference exists, not that it sits on every branch or before the
+ * call. The integration suite with a provider spy
+ * (`tests/integration/ai-optional-jobs.test.ts`) is what proves behaviour.
+ * A future egress helper under a new name would slip the matcher; a reviewer
+ * adding one should add it here.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+import type { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
+
+import { walkSourceFiles } from "./helpers/source-files";
+
+const SRC = join(process.cwd(), "src");
+
+/** A provider call: a client's completion (plain or streamed), or a chain runner. */
+const EGRESS_CALL =
+  /\.generateCompletion(?:Stream)?\s*\(|\brunRawCompletionWithFallback\s*\(|\brunWithFallback\s*\(/;
+
+/**
+ * A capability read in the same file: one of the gates, or the wire re-check
+ * (`aiEgressRefusal` / `assertAiEgress`), which also answers the consent a
+ * picked provider needs.
+ */
+const CAPABILITY_CHECK =
+  /\b(?:aiCapabilityForJob|aiCapabilityForRecord|requireAiCapability|getAiCapability|aiEgressRefusal|assertAiEgress)\s*\(/;
+
+/** Comments name the helpers too; only code counts. */
+function stripComments(source: string): string {
+  return source
+    .replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, "")
+    .replace(/(^|[^:])\/\/.*$/gm, "$1");
+}
+
+function sourceFiles(): string[] {
+  return walkSourceFiles(SRC, { floor: 3000 })
+    .filter((p) => !p.startsWith("generated/"))
+    .filter((p) => !p.includes("__tests__"))
+    .filter((p) => !p.endsWith(".test.ts") && !p.endsWith(".test.tsx"))
+    .sort();
+}
+
+function code(rel: string): string {
+  return stripComments(readFileSync(join(SRC, rel), "utf8"));
+}
+
+interface EgressSite {
+  /** True when this file is a chokepoint and must re-check a capability. */
+  recheck: boolean;
+  reason: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Every file that calls a provider, and why the call is admitted.
+ */
+const EGRESS_SITES: Record<string, EgressSite> = {
+  // ── Chokepoints: re-check at the wire ──────────────────────────────────
+  "lib/insights/status-provider.ts": {
+    recheck: true,
+    reason:
+      "runStatusCompletion: status notes, narratives, workout paragraphs, derived and biomarker assessments, Coach memory. Takes the capability as a required argument and re-checks it before the chain is resolved.",
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/reaction-line.ts": {
+    recheck: true,
+    reason:
+      "Reaction lines call the first chain entry directly; the worker resolves `reactionLines` before the digest and re-checks the chain at the wire (`aiEgressRefusal`).",
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/coach-nudge-ai.ts": {
+    recheck: true,
+    reason:
+      "AI-composed nudges call the first chain entry directly; the composer re-checks `coach` before the chain.",
+  },
+
+  // ── Admitted by the one caller that reaches them ───────────────────────
+  "lib/insights/briefing-provider.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason:
+      "Reached only through generateComprehensiveInsight, which re-checks `briefing` before the chain is resolved.",
+  },
+  "lib/ai/coach/tools/loop.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason:
+      "The Coach tool loop runs inside the chat stream, which the chat route gates on `coach`.",
+  },
+  "lib/ai/coach/self-context-questions.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason:
+      "About-me follow-up questions; reached from the about-me route, which gates `aboutMeQuestions`.",
+  },
+  "lib/documents/assist.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason:
+      "Document suggest/chat helpers; reached from the document routes and jobs, which resolve `documentAi` before a provider is picked.",
+  },
+  "lib/documents/describe.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason:
+      "Document summary; reached from the summary route and the summary job, which resolve `documentAi` first.",
+  },
+  "lib/documents/extract.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason:
+      "Document extraction/indexing; reached from the document routes and the index jobs, which resolve `documentAi` first.",
+  },
+  "lib/labs/ocr-extract.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason:
+      "Lab report scan; reached from the labs OCR route, which gates `labsOcr`.",
+  },
+  "app/api/medications/extract/route.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason:
+      "Medication text extraction; the route is the chokepoint for `medicationExtract`.",
+  },
+  "app/api/ai/test/route.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason:
+      "The connection test a person runs on a provider they are configuring; it sends a fixed probe prompt, no health data.",
+  },
+
+  // ── The machinery itself ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  "lib/ai/provider-runner.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason: "The chain runners; every caller above is what admits a run.",
+  },
+  "lib/ai/openai-client.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason: "A wire client delegating to its own completion method.",
+  },
+  "lib/ai/local-client.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason: "A wire client delegating to its own completion method.",
+  },
+  "lib/ai/coach/eval/judge.ts": {
+    recheck: false,
+    reason: "The offline evaluation harness; never on a request or job path.",
+  },
+};
+
+describe("AI egress call sites", () => {
+  const found = sourceFiles().filter((rel) => EGRESS_CALL.test(code(rel)));
+
+  it("finds provider calls at all (an empty matcher is a failure, not a pass)", () => {
+    expect(found.length).toBeGreaterThan(5);
+  });
+
+  it("every provider call site is named, with a reason", () => {
+    const unlisted = found.filter((rel) => !(rel in EGRESS_SITES));
+    expect(
+      unlisted,
+      "A new file calls a provider. Add it to EGRESS_SITES with the reason its call is admitted, and re-check a capability in it if it is a chokepoint.",
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("the list carries no file that no longer calls a provider", () => {
+    const stale = Object.keys(EGRESS_SITES).filter(
+      (rel) => !found.includes(rel),
+    );
+    expect(stale).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("every chokepoint re-checks a capability in the same file", () => {
+    const missing = Object.entries(EGRESS_SITES)
+      .filter(([, site]) => site.recheck)
+      .filter(([rel]) => !CAPABILITY_CHECK.test(code(rel)))
+      .map(([rel]) => rel);
+    expect(missing).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the status chokepoint's capability argument", () => {
+  it("is required by the type (the @ts-expect-error below fails typecheck if it is not)", () => {
+    type Args = Parameters<typeof runStatusCompletion>[0];
+    // @ts-expect-error — `capability` is required: a caller that omits it does not compile.
+    const withoutCapability: Args = {
+      userId: "u",
+      cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
+      systemPrompt: "s",
+      userPrompt: "p",
+    };
+    const withCapability: Args = {
+      ...withoutCapability,
+      capability: "statusText",
+    };
+    expect(withCapability.capability).toBe("statusText");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/__tests__/i18n-reverse-coverage.test.ts b/src/__tests__/i18n-reverse-coverage.test.ts
index cb5a0d316..759d4b43c 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/i18n-reverse-coverage.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/i18n-reverse-coverage.test.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const DYNAMIC_ALLOWLIST_PREFIXES = [
  */
 const EXEMPT_TEMPLATES: Record<string, string> = {
   "insights.${scope}-status.${locale}":
-    "auditLog action name for the per-metric status cache (statusCacheAction), not an i18n key",
+    "the per-metric status note name (statusCacheAction), not an i18n key",
   "insights.${scope}.${locale}":
     "auditLog action name for the previous-insight memory read (getPreviousInsightContext), not an i18n key",
   "apiErrors.${errorCode}":
diff --git a/src/app/api/auth/me/documents-auto-ai-read/route.ts b/src/app/api/auth/me/documents-auto-ai-read/route.ts
index c5e175fea..ee1161184 100644
--- a/src/app/api/auth/me/documents-auto-ai-read/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/auth/me/documents-auto-ai-read/route.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import { auditLog } from "@/lib/auth/audit";
 import { getAiCapability } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import { AI_CAPABILITIES } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/types";
+import { AI_EXTRACTION_CONSENT_KIND } from "@/lib/consent/receipts";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { isP2002 } from "@/lib/prisma-errors";
 import { enqueueSummaryCatchUp } from "@/lib/jobs/document-summary-catchup";
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ type DocumentsAutoAiReadResponse = {
  * master `ai_full`. The capability table lists it (with `ai_full`) as what
  * satisfies the document consent rule.
  */
-const AUTO_READ_CONSENT_KIND = "ai_extraction";
+const AUTO_READ_CONSENT_KIND = AI_EXTRACTION_CONSENT_KIND;
 
 /**
  * Mint the extraction receipt unless one that satisfies document reads is
diff --git a/src/app/api/consent/ai/latest/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/consent/ai/latest/__tests__/route.test.ts
index b486eb6b7..356be50e0 100644
--- a/src/app/api/consent/ai/latest/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/consent/ai/latest/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
 
-// v1.16.16 — `createReceipt` + `revokeLatest` run inside a transaction; the
-// mock runs the callback against the same proxy.
+// v1.16.16 — `createReceipt` and the withdrawal run inside a transaction;
+// the mock runs the callback against the same proxy. The withdrawal also
+// purges the regenerable AI text, so the proxy carries those delegates too.
 type TxFn = (tx: unknown) => unknown;
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => {
-  const consentReceipt = {
-    create: vi.fn(),
-    findFirst: vi.fn(),
-    findMany: vi.fn(),
-    update: vi.fn(),
-    updateMany: vi.fn(),
-  };
-  return {
-    prisma: {
-      consentReceipt,
-      $transaction: vi.fn((fn: TxFn) => fn({ consentReceipt })),
+  const prisma = {
+    consentReceipt: {
+      create: vi.fn(),
+      findFirst: vi.fn(),
+      findMany: vi.fn(),
+      update: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+      count: vi.fn(),
     },
+    insightStatusCache: { deleteMany: vi.fn() },
+    user: { updateMany: vi.fn() },
+    insightNarrative: { deleteMany: vi.fn() },
+    arrivalReaction: { updateMany: vi.fn() },
+    workoutInsight: { deleteMany: vi.fn() },
+    $transaction: vi.fn(),
   };
+  prisma.$transaction.mockImplementation((fn: TxFn) => fn(prisma));
+  return { prisma };
 });
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/rate-limit", () => ({
@@ -78,9 +84,21 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   vi.mocked(auditLog).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
   // Re-arm rate-limit + transaction pass-throughs cleared by reset.
   vi.mocked(checkConsentRateLimit).mockResolvedValue(RL_OK);
-  $transaction.mockImplementation((fn: TxFn) =>
-    fn({ consentReceipt: prisma.consentReceipt }),
-  );
+  $transaction.mockImplementation((fn: TxFn) => fn(prisma));
+  // Default: another receipt still covers the analysis, so no purge runs.
+  // The purge cases below set this to 0.
+  vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.count).mockResolvedValue(1 as never);
+  for (const deleteMany of [
+    prisma.insightStatusCache.deleteMany,
+    prisma.insightNarrative.deleteMany,
+    prisma.workoutInsight.deleteMany,
+  ]) {
+    vi.mocked(deleteMany).mockResolvedValue({ count: 0 } as never);
+  }
+  vi.mocked(prisma.user.updateMany).mockResolvedValue({ count: 0 } as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.arrivalReaction.updateMany).mockResolvedValue({
+    count: 0,
+  } as never);
 });
 
 describe("GET /api/consent/ai/latest", () => {
@@ -278,14 +296,15 @@ describe("DELETE /api/consent/ai/latest", () => {
     const createdAt = new Date("2026-05-18T10:00:01.000Z");
     const revokedAt = new Date("2026-05-18T11:00:00.000Z");
 
-    // v1.16.16 — `revokeLatest` runs per kind in `consentKindEnum.options`
-    // order: ai_full → ai_insights_only → ai_coach. The `updateMany` count
-    // gates the follow-up re-read. ai_full + ai_coach revoke a row;
-    // ai_insights_only has none (count 0, no re-read).
+    // The withdrawal runs per kind in `consentKindEnum.options` order:
+    // ai_full → ai_insights_only → ai_coach → ai_extraction. The
+    // `updateMany` count gates the follow-up re-read. ai_full + ai_coach
+    // revoke a row; the others have none (count 0, no re-read).
     vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.updateMany)
       .mockResolvedValueOnce({ count: 1 } as never) // ai_full
       .mockResolvedValueOnce({ count: 0 } as never) // ai_insights_only
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ count: 1 } as never); // ai_coach
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ count: 1 } as never) // ai_coach
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ count: 0 } as never); // ai_extraction
     vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.findFirst)
       .mockResolvedValueOnce({
         id: "rcpt-full",
@@ -323,6 +342,80 @@ describe("DELETE /api/consent/ai/latest", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("DELETE /api/consent/ai/latest — purge of regenerable AI text", () => {
+  const revokedRow = {
+    id: "rcpt-1",
+    userId: "user-1",
+    kind: "ai_insights_only",
+    artefact: "PDF",
+    signedAt: new Date("2026-05-18T10:00:00.000Z"),
+    revokedAt: new Date("2026-05-18T11:00:00.000Z"),
+    createdAt: new Date("2026-05-18T10:00:01.000Z"),
+  };
+
+  it("deletes the regenerable text and writes a counts-only purge audit row when nothing covers the analysis any more", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.updateMany).mockResolvedValue({
+      count: 1,
+    } as never);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
+      revokedRow as never,
+    );
+    vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.count).mockResolvedValue(0 as never);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.deleteMany).mockResolvedValue({
+      count: 4,
+    } as never);
+
+    const res = await DELETE(
+      new NextRequest(
+        "http://localhost/api/consent/ai/latest?kind=ai_insights_only",
+        { method: "DELETE" },
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.deleteMany).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      where: { userId: "user-1" },
+    });
+    expect(prisma.workoutInsight.deleteMany).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      where: { userId: "user-1" },
+    });
+    expect(auditLog).toHaveBeenCalledWith("consent.ai.purge", {
+      userId: "user-1",
+      details: {
+        statusNotes: 4,
+        briefing: 0,
+        narratives: 0,
+        reactionLines: 0,
+        workoutParagraphs: 0,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the text while another receipt still covers the analysis", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.updateMany).mockResolvedValue({
+      count: 1,
+    } as never);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
+      revokedRow as never,
+    );
+    vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.count).mockResolvedValue(1 as never);
+
+    const res = await DELETE(
+      new NextRequest(
+        "http://localhost/api/consent/ai/latest?kind=ai_insights_only",
+        { method: "DELETE" },
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.deleteMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(auditLog).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "consent.ai.purge",
+      expect.anything(),
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 describe("append-only invariant", () => {
   /**
    * v1.4.40 SB-10 — the receipts table is the legal audit trail.
diff --git a/src/app/api/consent/ai/latest/route.ts b/src/app/api/consent/ai/latest/route.ts
index a316f5adb..babdba8ac 100644
--- a/src/app/api/consent/ai/latest/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/consent/ai/latest/route.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
  *   DELETE /api/consent/ai/latest
  *     Master toggle — revokes the latest active receipt across every
  *     consent kind. Returns the list of revoked rows.
+ *
+ * Either DELETE also deletes the regenerable model-written text (status
+ * notes, the cached briefing, model-written narratives, reaction lines,
+ * workout paragraphs) when it leaves no receipt covering the analysis, in the
+ * same transaction as the revoke. Coach memory and document summaries stay.
  */
 import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
 import { apiHandler, requireAuth } from "@/lib/api-handler";
@@ -28,8 +33,8 @@ import {
 import {
   latestActiveReceipt,
   latestActiveReceiptsByKind,
-  revokeLatest,
 } from "@/lib/consent/receipts";
+import { withdrawConsent } from "@/lib/consent/withdrawal";
 import { serialiseReceipt } from "../route";
 
 export const GET = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
@@ -81,6 +86,9 @@ export const GET = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
       ? serialiseReceipt(byKind.ai_insights_only)
       : null,
     ai_coach: byKind.ai_coach ? serialiseReceipt(byKind.ai_coach) : null,
+    ai_extraction: byKind.ai_extraction
+      ? serialiseReceipt(byKind.ai_extraction)
+      : null,
   };
 
   annotate({
@@ -119,53 +127,50 @@ export const DELETE = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
 
   const { kind } = parsed.data;
 
-  if (kind) {
-    const revoked = await revokeLatest(user.id, kind);
-    if (!revoked) {
-      // Idempotent: "no active receipt to revoke" is success-shaped.
-      // The iOS toggle hammers this on every flip; returning 404
-      // would surface as a spurious error in the client.
-      annotate({
-        action: { name: "consent.ai.revoke" },
-        meta: { kind, revoked: false },
-      });
-      return apiSuccess({ kind, receipt: null });
-    }
+  // One kind, or every kind for the master "turn AI off" toggle. The revoke
+  // and the purge of the regenerable text the consent covered commit
+  // together (`withdrawConsent`).
+  const kinds = kind ? [kind] : consentKindEnum.options;
+  const { revoked, purged } = await withdrawConsent(user.id, kinds);
+
+  for (const { kind: k, receipt } of revoked) {
     auditLog("consent.ai.revoke", {
       userId: user.id,
-      details: { kind, receiptId: revoked.id },
+      details: { kind: k, receiptId: receipt.id },
     }).catch(() => {});
-    annotate({
-      action: { name: "consent.ai.revoke" },
-      meta: { kind, receiptId: revoked.id },
-    });
-    return apiSuccess({ kind, receipt: serialiseReceipt(revoked) });
   }
-
-  // No kind specified — master "AI deaktivieren" toggle. Revoke the
-  // latest active row for every kind that currently has one.
-  const revokedRows: Array<{
-    kind: ConsentKind;
-    receipt: ReturnType<typeof serialiseReceipt>;
-  }> = [];
-  for (const k of consentKindEnum.options) {
-    const r = await revokeLatest(user.id, k);
-    if (r) {
-      revokedRows.push({ kind: k, receipt: serialiseReceipt(r) });
-      auditLog("consent.ai.revoke", {
-        userId: user.id,
-        details: { kind: k, receiptId: r.id },
-      }).catch(() => {});
-    }
+  if (purged) {
+    // Counts only, never content.
+    auditLog("consent.ai.purge", {
+      userId: user.id,
+      details: { ...purged },
+    }).catch(() => {});
   }
 
   annotate({
     action: { name: "consent.ai.revoke" },
     meta: {
-      kinds_revoked: revokedRows.map((r) => r.kind),
-      count: revokedRows.length,
+      kinds_revoked: revoked.map((r) => r.kind),
+      count: revoked.length,
+      purged: purged !== null,
     },
   });
 
-  return apiSuccess({ revoked: revokedRows });
+  if (kind) {
+    // Idempotent: "no active receipt to revoke" is success-shaped. The iOS
+    // toggle hammers this on every flip; returning 404 would surface as a
+    // spurious error in the client.
+    const receipt = revoked[0]?.receipt ?? null;
+    return apiSuccess({
+      kind,
+      receipt: receipt ? serialiseReceipt(receipt) : null,
+    });
+  }
+
+  return apiSuccess({
+    revoked: revoked.map((r) => ({
+      kind: r.kind,
+      receipt: serialiseReceipt(r.receipt),
+    })),
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/__tests__/consent-guard.test.ts b/src/lib/ai/__tests__/consent-guard.test.ts
index a7e5a2e0f..57fcf0495 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/__tests__/consent-guard.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/__tests__/consent-guard.test.ts
@@ -3,25 +3,19 @@ import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 vi.mock("@/lib/consent/receipts", () => ({
   latestActiveReceipt: vi.fn(),
 }));
-vi.mock("@/lib/documents/document-settings", () => ({
-  documentAutoReadEnabled: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(false),
-}));
 
 import {
   ConsentRequiredError,
   assertConsentForChain,
-  assertDocumentEgressConsent,
   chainRequiresServerManagedConsent,
   hasActiveConsentForSurface,
   isExternalDocumentEgress,
 } from "../consent-guard";
 import { latestActiveReceipt } from "@/lib/consent/receipts";
-import { documentAutoReadEnabled } from "@/lib/documents/document-settings";
 import type { ProviderChainResolved } from "../provider-runner";
 import type { ConsentKind } from "@/lib/validations/consent";
 
 const mockedLatest = vi.mocked(latestActiveReceipt);
-const mockedAutoRead = vi.mocked(documentAutoReadEnabled);
 
 /** Minimal chain entry — the gate only inspects `providerType`. */
 function entry(providerType: string): ProviderChainResolved {
@@ -203,103 +197,20 @@ describe("isExternalDocumentEgress", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("assertDocumentEgressConsent", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    mockedLatest.mockReset();
-    mockedAutoRead.mockReset();
-    // Default: the auto-read toggle is OFF (the shipped privacy posture).
-    mockedAutoRead.mockResolvedValue(false);
-  });
-
-  it("never reads consent and never throws for a LOCAL document pick", async () => {
-    grant([]);
-    await expect(
-      assertDocumentEgressConsent({
-        userId: "u1",
-        providerType: "local",
-        surface: "insights",
-      }),
-    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(mockedLatest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    // A local pick short-circuits before the toggle is even consulted.
-    expect(mockedAutoRead).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-
-  // The live gap the governance fix closes: codex was ungated for documents.
-  it("REQUIRES a receipt to send a document to codex (the closed gap)", async () => {
-    grant([]);
-    await expect(
-      assertDocumentEgressConsent({
-        userId: "u1",
-        providerType: "codex",
-        surface: "insights",
-      }),
-    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ConsentRequiredError);
-  });
-
-  it("requires a receipt for BYOK document egress too (openai / anthropic)", async () => {
-    grant([]);
-    for (const p of ["openai", "anthropic", "admin-openai"]) {
-      await expect(
-        assertDocumentEgressConsent({
-          userId: "u1",
-          providerType: p,
-          surface: "insights",
-        }),
-      ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ConsentRequiredError);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it("proceeds for codex WITH an active document-class receipt", async () => {
-    grant(["ai_insights_only"]);
-    await expect(
-      assertDocumentEgressConsent({
-        userId: "u1",
-        providerType: "codex",
-        surface: "insights",
-      }),
-    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  // Gate A: the documentsAutoAiRead opt-in short-circuits an external pick.
-  it("proceeds for an external pick when documentsAutoAiRead is ON, without a receipt", async () => {
-    grant([]);
-    mockedAutoRead.mockResolvedValue(true);
-    for (const p of ["codex", "openai", "anthropic", "admin-openai"]) {
-      await expect(
-        assertDocumentEgressConsent({
-          userId: "u1",
-          providerType: p,
-          surface: "insights",
-        }),
-      ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
-    }
-    // The toggle short-circuits BEFORE the receipt read.
-    expect(mockedLatest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-
-  it("STILL requires a receipt for an external pick when documentsAutoAiRead is OFF", async () => {
-    grant([]);
-    mockedAutoRead.mockResolvedValue(false);
-    await expect(
-      assertDocumentEgressConsent({
-        userId: "u1",
-        providerType: "codex",
-        surface: "insights",
-      }),
-    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(ConsentRequiredError);
-  });
-
-  it("does NOT consult the toggle for a LOCAL pick even when it would be ON", async () => {
-    grant([]);
-    mockedAutoRead.mockResolvedValue(true);
-    await expect(
-      assertDocumentEgressConsent({
-        userId: "u1",
-        providerType: "local",
-        surface: "insights",
-      }),
-    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(mockedAutoRead).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+// The document-class receipt (`ai_extraction` or `ai_full`) is read by the
+// capability egress re-check, not here: see
+// `src/lib/ai/capabilities/__tests__/egress.test.ts` and
+// `tests/integration/consent-withdrawal-purge.test.ts`. What this module still
+// owes the document surfaces is the local/external split above, and that the
+// extraction kind satisfies neither chain surface.
+describe("an extraction receipt does not satisfy the chain surfaces", () => {
+  it("satisfies neither the Coach nor the analysis", async () => {
+    grant(["ai_extraction"]);
+    await expect(hasActiveConsentForSurface("u1", "coach")).resolves.toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+    await expect(hasActiveConsentForSurface("u1", "insights")).resolves.toBe(
+      false,
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/capabilities/gate.ts b/src/lib/ai/capabilities/gate.ts
index 76fc70463..6a70b43f4 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/capabilities/gate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/capabilities/gate.ts
@@ -166,3 +166,22 @@ export async function aiCapabilityForJob(
     return resolveAiCapability(key, null);
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * One capability for one record, from wherever the caller runs. Inside an
+ * authenticated request it is the request's view (masked to the active grant,
+ * memoised with every other capability read of the request); outside one it
+ * is the worker's view under the worker's own authority.
+ *
+ * For code that serves stored model text on both paths: a status note read on
+ * a page visit and the same read inside the nightly batch must answer the same
+ * question without the caller knowing which path it is on.
+ */
+export async function aiCapabilityForRecord(
+  recordId: string,
+  key: AiCapabilityKey,
+): Promise<AiCapabilityState> {
+  return getEvent()?.getAuth()?.user_id
+    ? getAiCapability(key, { recordId })
+    : aiCapabilityForJob(recordId, key);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/__tests__/coach-memory-refresh-worker.test.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/__tests__/coach-memory-refresh-worker.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..322afb932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/__tests__/coach-memory-refresh-worker.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", () => ({ annotate: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock("../conversation-summary", () => ({
+  refreshConversationSummary: vi.fn(async () => ({ status: "refreshed" })),
+}));
+vi.mock("../facts", () => ({
+  extractAndStoreFacts: vi.fn(async () => ({ status: "stored", count: 1 })),
+}));
+vi.mock("../plans", () => ({
+  extractAndStorePlanProposals: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    status: "stored",
+    count: 0,
+  })),
+}));
+
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { runCoachMemoryRefresh } from "../coach-memory-refresh-worker";
+import { refreshConversationSummary } from "../conversation-summary";
+import { extractAndStoreFacts } from "../facts";
+import { extractAndStorePlanProposals } from "../plans";
+
+const payload = { conversationId: "c1", userId: "u1", locale: "en" as const };
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe("runCoachMemoryRefresh", () => {
+  it("runs all three steps when the Coach is available", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+      available: true,
+      reason: null,
+      onDeviceAllowed: true,
+    });
+    await runCoachMemoryRefresh(payload);
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "coach");
+    expect(refreshConversationSummary).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(extractAndStoreFacts).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(extractAndStorePlanProposals).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each(["operator_disabled", "user_disabled", "consent_required"] as const)(
+    "reads no transcript and runs no step when the Coach is unavailable (%s)",
+    async (reason) => {
+      vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
+      await runCoachMemoryRefresh(payload);
+      expect(refreshConversationSummary).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(extractAndStoreFacts).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(extractAndStorePlanProposals).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(annotate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        action: { name: "coach.memory.refresh.skipped" },
+        meta: { reason },
+      });
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/coach-memory-refresh-worker.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/coach-memory-refresh-worker.ts
index c303e49f0..295a9212d 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/coach-memory-refresh-worker.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/coach-memory-refresh-worker.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * chokepoint did no budget work at all, so every generator behind it, not just
  * these two, spent unmetered.
  */
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 
 import type { CoachMemoryRefreshPayload } from "./coach-memory-shared";
@@ -31,6 +32,19 @@ export async function runCoachMemoryRefresh(
   // fallback body for every locale that has no reviewed one.
   const locale = payload.locale ?? "en";
 
+  // The `coach` capability before any transcript is read. The chat route that
+  // enqueued this admitted the Coach, but the operator, the person's Coach
+  // switch or a consent can change while the job waits. Stored memory stays
+  // as it is; only new model work stops. The chokepoint re-checks per step.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForJob(userId, "coach");
+  if (!capability.available) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "coach.memory.refresh.skipped" },
+      meta: { reason: capability.reason },
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
   let summaryStatus = "error";
   try {
     const result = await refreshConversationSummary(conversationId, userId, {
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/conversation-summary.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/conversation-summary.ts
index 41d7306b5..9bdc03b4a 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/conversation-summary.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/conversation-summary.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export async function refreshConversationSummary(
   const completion: StatusProviderResult = await runCompletion({
     userId,
     cacheAction: "coach.summary",
-    consentSurface: "coach",
+    capability: "coach",
     systemPrompt: locale === "de" ? SYSTEM_PROMPT_DE : SYSTEM_PROMPT_EN,
     userPrompt: buildSummaryUserPrompt(priorSummary, foldedTurns, locale),
     temperature: 0.3,
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/facts.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/facts.ts
index 8d3921c19..c3fb74daa 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/facts.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/facts.ts
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export async function extractAndStoreFacts(
   const result = await runCompletion({
     userId,
     cacheAction: "coach.facts",
-    consentSurface: "coach",
+    capability: "coach",
     systemPrompt: extractionSystemPrompt(opts?.locale),
     userPrompt: buildUserPrompt(turns, activeTexts),
     temperature: 0.2,
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/coach/plans.ts b/src/lib/ai/coach/plans.ts
index cade32d18..d418a587f 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/coach/plans.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/coach/plans.ts
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ export async function extractAndStorePlanProposals(
   const result = await runCompletion({
     userId,
     cacheAction: "coach.plans",
-    consentSurface: "coach",
+    capability: "coach",
     systemPrompt: extractionSystemPrompt(opts?.locale),
     userPrompt: buildUserPrompt(turns, existingSignatures),
     temperature: 0.2,
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/consent-guard.ts b/src/lib/ai/consent-guard.ts
index 213c5a37c..7774e836d 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/consent-guard.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/consent-guard.ts
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@
  * mapped kind OR the superset `ai_full` grant satisfies the gate.
  */
 import { latestActiveReceipt } from "@/lib/consent/receipts";
-import { documentAutoReadEnabled } from "@/lib/documents/document-settings";
 import type { ConsentKind } from "@/lib/validations/consent";
 import type { ProviderChainResolved } from "@/lib/ai/provider-runner";
 
 /**
- * The two AI surfaces that egress PHI. Each maps to the consent kind the iOS
- * client collects for it; `ai_full` (the master grant) satisfies either.
+ * The two AI surfaces that egress PHI through a chain. Each maps to the consent
+ * kind the iOS client collects for it; `ai_full` (the master grant) satisfies
+ * either. Reading documents has its own kind (`ai_extraction`), checked by the
+ * capability egress re-check rather than here.
  */
 export type ConsentSurface = "coach" | "insights";
 
@@ -141,7 +142,11 @@ export async function assertConsentForChain(args: {
  * AI routes call the single resolved provider directly (no runner cascade), so
  * the exact egress is the picked provider. A `local` pick never leaves the
  * machine and stays ungated; EVERY external pick (codex, BYOK openai/anthropic,
- * the operator's admin key) requires an active document-class consent receipt.
+ * the operator's admin key) requires an active extraction receipt
+ * (`ai_extraction` or `ai_full`). The check itself runs through the capability
+ * egress re-check (`aiEgressRefusal` in `@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress`), which
+ * reads the receipt kinds from the capability table; the auto-read toggle is a
+ * trigger, never the consent, so a revoked receipt wins over a toggle left on.
  */
 const LOCAL_ONLY_PROVIDER_TYPES: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(["local"]);
 
@@ -153,33 +158,3 @@ const LOCAL_ONLY_PROVIDER_TYPES: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(["local"]);
 export function isExternalDocumentEgress(providerType: string): boolean {
   return !LOCAL_ONLY_PROVIDER_TYPES.has(providerType);
 }
-
-/**
- * Enforce the document-class consent precondition for the provider that will
- * actually receive the document. No-op for a `local` pick (nothing leaves the
- * machine); for any external pick, throw `ConsentRequiredError` unless an active
- * receipt of the surface's mapped kind (or `ai_full`) is on file.
- *
- * ONE relaxation: the per-user `documentsAutoAiRead` opt-in. Flipping it ON is
- * itself the standing consent act (the toggle write also mints an `ai_full`
- * receipt for the audit trail), so the gate short-circuits an external pick when
- * it is ON — that is what removes the per-document friction ("upload and the AI
- * just reads it, no 80 switches"). When it is OFF the branch is inert and the
- * gate behaves exactly as shipped: no external egress without an explicit
- * receipt. The short-circuit is checked BEFORE the receipt read and ONLY for an
- * external pick — a `local` pick is already ungated above, so the toggle can
- * never widen egress that was not already external.
- *
- * Call this AFTER the document provider is picked and BEFORE the first
- * `generateCompletion` on it.
- */
-export async function assertDocumentEgressConsent(args: {
-  userId: string;
-  providerType: string;
-  surface: ConsentSurface;
-}): Promise<void> {
-  if (!isExternalDocumentEgress(args.providerType)) return;
-  if (await documentAutoReadEnabled(args.userId)) return;
-  if (await hasActiveConsentForSurface(args.userId, args.surface)) return;
-  throw new ConsentRequiredError(args.surface);
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/consent/__tests__/receipts.test.ts b/src/lib/consent/__tests__/receipts.test.ts
index b48c0e239..873b551ee 100644
--- a/src/lib/consent/__tests__/receipts.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/consent/__tests__/receipts.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 
-// `createReceipt` + `revokeLatest` run their supersede/revoke logic inside
-// a transaction. Run the callback against the same mock proxy. The Prisma
+// `createReceipt` runs its supersede logic inside a transaction. Run the callback against the same mock proxy. The Prisma
 // `$transaction` signature is generic; the mock takes a loose callback.
 type TxFn = (tx: unknown) => unknown;
 
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ import {
   createReceipt,
   latestActiveReceipt,
   latestActiveReceiptsByKind,
-  revokeLatest,
 } from "../receipts";
 
 const $transaction = vi.mocked(prisma.$transaction) as unknown as {
@@ -196,39 +194,3 @@ describe("latestActiveReceiptsByKind", () => {
     expect(result.ai_insights_only).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
-
-describe("revokeLatest", () => {
-  it("atomically revokes the active row via updateMany and returns it", async () => {
-    const now = new Date("2026-05-18T11:00:00.000Z");
-    vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.updateMany).mockResolvedValue({
-      count: 1,
-    } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      row({ revokedAt: now }) as never,
-    );
-
-    const result = await revokeLatest("user-1", "ai_full", now);
-
-    expect(prisma.consentReceipt.updateMany).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      where: { userId: "user-1", kind: "ai_full", revokedAt: null },
-      data: { revokedAt: now },
-    });
-    // Re-reads the just-revoked row so the audit log keeps the receipt id.
-    expect(prisma.consentReceipt.findFirst).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      where: { userId: "user-1", kind: "ai_full", revokedAt: now },
-      orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    });
-    expect(result?.revokedAt).toEqual(now);
-  });
-
-  it("returns null without re-reading when no active receipt exists", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.updateMany).mockResolvedValue({
-      count: 0,
-    } as never);
-
-    const result = await revokeLatest("user-1", "ai_full");
-
-    expect(result).toBeNull();
-    expect(prisma.consentReceipt.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/lib/consent/__tests__/withdrawal.test.ts b/src/lib/consent/__tests__/withdrawal.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d19ba9dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/consent/__tests__/withdrawal.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+// The revoke and the purge run inside one transaction; the mock runs the
+// callback against the same proxy. Atomicity against a real database is
+// pinned by `tests/integration/consent-withdrawal-purge.test.ts`.
+type TxFn = (tx: unknown) => unknown;
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => {
+  const consentReceipt = {
+    updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    findFirst: vi.fn(),
+    count: vi.fn(),
+  };
+  return {
+    prisma: {
+      consentReceipt,
+      $transaction: vi.fn((fn: TxFn) => fn({ consentReceipt })),
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
+import { withdrawConsent, type AiTextPurgeCounts } from "../withdrawal";
+
+const COUNTS: AiTextPurgeCounts = {
+  statusNotes: 3,
+  briefing: 1,
+  narratives: 2,
+  reactionLines: 1,
+  workoutParagraphs: 1,
+};
+
+const now = new Date("2026-09-20T08:00:00.000Z");
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.$transaction).mockImplementation(((fn: TxFn) =>
+    fn({ consentReceipt: prisma.consentReceipt })) as never);
+});
+
+/** Receipts active before the call, by kind. */
+function active(kinds: string[]) {
+  const live = new Set(kinds);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.updateMany).mockImplementation((async (args: {
+    where: { kind: string };
+  }) => {
+    const had = live.delete(args.where.kind);
+    return { count: had ? 1 : 0 };
+  }) as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.findFirst).mockImplementation((async (args: {
+    where: { kind: string };
+  }) => ({ id: `r-${args.where.kind}`, kind: args.where.kind })) as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.consentReceipt.count).mockImplementation(
+    (async (args: { where: { kind: { in: string[] } } }) =>
+      args.where.kind.in.filter((k) => live.has(k)).length) as never,
+  );
+}
+
+describe("withdrawConsent", () => {
+  it("revokes each active kind conditionally and re-reads it for the audit trail", async () => {
+    active(["ai_coach"]);
+    const purge = vi.fn();
+    const result = await withdrawConsent("u1", ["ai_coach"], now, purge);
+    expect(prisma.consentReceipt.updateMany).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      where: { userId: "u1", kind: "ai_coach", revokedAt: null },
+      data: { revokedAt: now },
+    });
+    expect(result.revoked.map((r) => r.kind)).toEqual(["ai_coach"]);
+  });
+
+  it("purges when the revoke leaves no receipt covering the analysis", async () => {
+    active(["ai_full"]);
+    const purge = vi.fn(async () => COUNTS);
+    const result = await withdrawConsent("u1", ["ai_full"], now, purge);
+    expect(purge).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(result.purged).toEqual(COUNTS);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the text while another receipt still covers the analysis", async () => {
+    active(["ai_full", "ai_insights_only"]);
+    const purge = vi.fn(async () => COUNTS);
+    const result = await withdrawConsent("u1", ["ai_full"], now, purge);
+    expect(purge).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result.purged).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("never purges for a revoke that did not touch the analysis (Coach or extraction only)", async () => {
+    active(["ai_coach", "ai_extraction"]);
+    const purge = vi.fn(async () => COUNTS);
+    const result = await withdrawConsent(
+      "u1",
+      ["ai_coach", "ai_extraction"],
+      now,
+      purge,
+    );
+    expect(purge).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result.purged).toBeNull();
+    expect(result.revoked).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it("does nothing, and purges nothing, when no receipt was active", async () => {
+    active([]);
+    const purge = vi.fn(async () => COUNTS);
+    const result = await withdrawConsent("u1", ["ai_full"], now, purge);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ revoked: [], purged: null });
+    expect(prisma.consentReceipt.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(purge).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("propagates a purge failure out of the transaction (the revoke rolls back with it)", async () => {
+    active(["ai_insights_only"]);
+    const purge = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error("purge failed");
+    });
+    await expect(
+      withdrawConsent("u1", ["ai_insights_only"], now, purge),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("purge failed");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/consent/receipts.ts b/src/lib/consent/receipts.ts
index 95c93abde..e9c6827a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/consent/receipts.ts
+++ b/src/lib/consent/receipts.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
  * v1.4.40 SB-10 — AI consent receipts CRUD helper.
  *
  * Append-only audit trail. Every grant + revoke mints a fresh row;
- * no updates, no deletes outside of cascade-on-user-delete. The
- * `revokeLatest` helper writes the current row's `revokedAt` and
- * returns it — that single field flip is the only mutation the
- * helper performs. A subsequent re-grant inserts a new row, so the
+ * no updates, no deletes outside of cascade-on-user-delete. A
+ * revocation (`withdrawConsent` in `./withdrawal`) writes the current
+ * row's `revokedAt` — that single field flip is the only mutation a
+ * receipt ever sees. A subsequent re-grant inserts a new row, so the
  * historical chain stays intact for legal review.
  *
  * Source of truth for "is AI active right now?" is
@@ -19,6 +19,25 @@ import { isP2002 } from "@/lib/prisma-errors";
 
 export type ConsentReceipt = ConsentReceiptModel;
 
+/**
+ * The consent kind for reading documents, lab report scans and typed
+ * medication text with an external model. Minted by switching the document
+ * auto-read on; required (or the master `ai_full`) by every extraction path.
+ * It does not satisfy the Coach or the analysis.
+ */
+export const AI_EXTRACTION_CONSENT_KIND = "ai_extraction" satisfies ConsentKind;
+
+/**
+ * The kinds whose active receipt authorises model-written analysis over the
+ * person's own readings (briefing, status notes, narratives, workout
+ * paragraphs, reaction lines). When none of these is left active, the
+ * regenerable text those surfaces stored is purged.
+ */
+export const INSIGHTS_CONSENT_KINDS: readonly ConsentKind[] = [
+  "ai_insights_only",
+  "ai_full",
+];
+
 /**
  * Insert a fresh consent receipt for (userId, kind). The caller has
  * already Zod-validated `artefact` (≤ 64 KB) and `signedAt` (ISO-8601).
@@ -119,36 +138,3 @@ export async function latestActiveReceiptsByKind(
   }
   return out;
 }
-
-/**
- * Mark the active receipt for (userId, kind) as revoked. Returns the
- * updated row, or `null` if no active receipt exists.
- *
- * v1.16.16 — the partial unique index guarantees at most one active row
- * per (user, kind), so a single atomic `updateMany` over the active
- * predicate revokes "the" active receipt without a separate read. Two
- * concurrent revokes converge: the first flips `revoked_at`, the second's
- * predicate no longer matches and writes nothing. The follow-up read
- * returns the row the caller (audit log) needs; it is `null` only when no
- * active receipt existed at all.
- */
-export async function revokeLatest(
-  userId: string,
-  kind: ConsentKind,
-  now: Date = new Date(),
-): Promise<ConsentReceipt | null> {
-  return prisma.$transaction(async (tx) => {
-    const updated = await tx.consentReceipt.updateMany({
-      where: { userId, kind, revokedAt: null },
-      data: { revokedAt: now },
-    });
-    if (updated.count === 0) return null;
-    // Re-read the just-revoked row (revoked at exactly `now`) so the audit
-    // trail keeps the receipt id. The active predicate guaranteed a single
-    // row, so this resolves it unambiguously.
-    return tx.consentReceipt.findFirst({
-      where: { userId, kind, revokedAt: now },
-      orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    });
-  });
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/consent/withdrawal.ts b/src/lib/consent/withdrawal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaf220da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/consent/withdrawal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/**
+ * Consent withdrawal: revoking receipts, and deleting the model-written text
+ * that the withdrawn consent covered.
+ *
+ * A revocation stops new AI work at once (every capability reads the active
+ * receipts). What it also owes the person is the text already written under
+ * that consent. Two kinds of stored text are treated differently:
+ *
+ *   - Regenerable caches are DELETED, in the same transaction as the revoke,
+ *     when the revoke leaves no active receipt covering the analysis
+ *     (`ai_insights_only` or `ai_full`): the per-metric status notes, the
+ *     cached briefing, model-written period narratives (the deterministic ones
+ *     are data and stay), arrival reaction lines (the markers stay), and the
+ *     workout paragraphs. Nothing of value is lost; granting consent again
+ *     regenerates them.
+ *   - The person's own records stay: Coach conversations, facts and plans,
+ *     document summaries and extracted text. They are hidden from AI surfaces
+ *     while a capability is unavailable, but they remain the person's to read
+ *     and delete.
+ *
+ * Revoke and purge commit together or not at all: a purge that fails leaves
+ * the receipt active, so the person sees the withdrawal fail and can retry,
+ * rather than a revoked consent with its text still stored.
+ */
+import type { Prisma } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
+import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
+import { DETERMINISTIC_PROVIDER_TYPE } from "@/lib/insights/narrative/period-narrative-deterministic";
+import type { ConsentKind } from "@/lib/validations/consent";
+
+import { INSIGHTS_CONSENT_KINDS, type ConsentReceipt } from "./receipts";
+
+/** How many stored items one withdrawal deleted, per surface. */
+export interface AiTextPurgeCounts {
+  statusNotes: number;
+  /** 1 when a cached briefing was cleared, else 0. */
+  briefing: number;
+  narratives: number;
+  reactionLines: number;
+  workoutParagraphs: number;
+}
+
+export interface ConsentWithdrawal {
+  /** The receipts this call revoked, in the order of `kinds`. */
+  revoked: Array<{ kind: ConsentKind; receipt: ConsentReceipt }>;
+  /** What was deleted, or `null` when the withdrawal left the analysis covered. */
+  purged: AiTextPurgeCounts | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Delete the regenerable model-written text for one account, inside `tx`.
+ * Exported for the transaction below and its tests; call it through
+ * `withdrawConsent`, never on its own.
+ */
+export async function purgeRegenerableAiText(
+  tx: Prisma.TransactionClient,
+  userId: string,
+): Promise<AiTextPurgeCounts> {
+  const [statusNotes, briefing, narratives, reactionLines, workoutParagraphs] =
+    await Promise.all([
+      tx.insightStatusCache.deleteMany({ where: { userId } }),
+      tx.user.updateMany({
+        where: {
+          id: userId,
+          OR: [
+            { insightsCachedText: { not: null } },
+            { insightsCachedAt: { not: null } },
+            { insightsSnapshotHash: { not: null } },
+          ],
+        },
+        data: {
+          insightsCachedText: null,
+          insightsCachedAt: null,
+          insightsSnapshotHash: null,
+        },
+      }),
+      tx.insightNarrative.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+          userId,
+          OR: [
+            { providerType: null },
+            { providerType: { not: DETERMINISTIC_PROVIDER_TYPE } },
+          ],
+        },
+      }),
+      // The marker is data (it drives the "just in" chip); only the sentence
+      // goes. `generatedAt` stays, so the worker does not write it again.
+      tx.arrivalReaction.updateMany({
+        where: { userId, lineEncrypted: { not: null } },
+        data: { lineEncrypted: null },
+      }),
+      tx.workoutInsight.deleteMany({ where: { userId } }),
+    ]);
+  return {
+    statusNotes: statusNotes.count,
+    briefing: briefing.count,
+    narratives: narratives.count,
+    reactionLines: reactionLines.count,
+    workoutParagraphs: workoutParagraphs.count,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Revoke the active receipt of each of `kinds`, and purge the regenerable
+ * text when that leaves the analysis without a covering receipt. One
+ * transaction. The purge runs only when this call revoked a receipt that
+ * covered the analysis; revoking the Coach consent alone never deletes a
+ * status note.
+ */
+export async function withdrawConsent(
+  userId: string,
+  kinds: readonly ConsentKind[],
+  now: Date = new Date(),
+  purge: typeof purgeRegenerableAiText = purgeRegenerableAiText,
+): Promise<ConsentWithdrawal> {
+  return prisma.$transaction(async (tx) => {
+    const revoked: ConsentWithdrawal["revoked"] = [];
+    for (const kind of kinds) {
+      // The partial unique index keeps at most one active row per (user,
+      // kind), so one conditional update revokes "the" active receipt; a
+      // concurrent revoke finds nothing left to match and writes nothing.
+      const updated = await tx.consentReceipt.updateMany({
+        where: { userId, kind, revokedAt: null },
+        data: { revokedAt: now },
+      });
+      if (updated.count === 0) continue;
+      const receipt = await tx.consentReceipt.findFirst({
+        where: { userId, kind, revokedAt: now },
+        orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
+      });
+      if (receipt) revoked.push({ kind, receipt });
+    }
+
+    const touchedAnalysis = revoked.some(({ kind }) =>
+      INSIGHTS_CONSENT_KINDS.includes(kind),
+    );
+    if (!touchedAnalysis) return { revoked, purged: null };
+
+    const stillCovered = await tx.consentReceipt.count({
+      where: {
+        userId,
+        revokedAt: null,
+        kind: { in: [...INSIGHTS_CONSENT_KINDS] },
+      },
+    });
+    if (stillCovered > 0) return { revoked, purged: null };
+
+    return { revoked, purged: await purge(tx, userId) };
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/crypto/encrypted-columns.ts b/src/lib/crypto/encrypted-columns.ts
index 1133fcf8b..c9ce41df9 100644
--- a/src/lib/crypto/encrypted-columns.ts
+++ b/src/lib/crypto/encrypted-columns.ts
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ export const ENCRYPTED_COLUMNS: readonly EncryptedColumn[] = [
   // ───── Insight narratives (Bytes column) ─────
   { model: "InsightNarrative", field: "encryptedContent", kind: "bytes" },
 
+  // ───── v1.39.0 status notes (Bytes columns) ─────
+  // Both nullable: a row can carry only a negative-cache window, and only the
+  // medication-compliance card stores per-item lines.
+  { model: "InsightStatusCache", field: "textEncrypted", kind: "bytes" },
+  { model: "InsightStatusCache", field: "itemsEncrypted", kind: "bytes" },
+
   // ───── v1.31.0 data-arrival spine (Bytes column) ─────
   // Nullable: the reaction marker is written on every salient arrival, but the
   // generated line only exists where a provider was reachable and in budget.
diff --git a/src/lib/daily/load-digest.ts b/src/lib/daily/load-digest.ts
index a7e14b030..79d68db23 100644
--- a/src/lib/daily/load-digest.ts
+++ b/src/lib/daily/load-digest.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { readDashboardSnapshotCached } from "@/lib/dashboard/snapshot-read";
 import { getServerTranslator } from "@/lib/i18n/server-translator";
 import type { Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
 import { decryptFromBytes } from "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec";
+import { aiCapabilityForRecord } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import { userDayKey } from "@/lib/tz/format";
 import { getUserTodayBounds } from "@/lib/tz/local-day";
 import { cachedSwr, caches, type ServerCache } from "@/lib/cache/server-cache";
@@ -305,13 +306,16 @@ function toCoachPlanCandidate(row: CoachPlanRow): DailyDigestCoachPlan {
  * marker itself — which is what actually drives the "just in" chip — survives
  * a lost sentence intact. Same discipline as `toCoachPlanCandidate` above.
  */
-function toDigestArrival(row: {
-  kind: string;
-  occurredAt: Date;
-  arrivedAt: Date;
-  lineEncrypted: Uint8Array | null;
-  generatedAt: Date | null;
-}): DailyDigestArrival | null {
+function toDigestArrival(
+  row: {
+    kind: string;
+    occurredAt: Date;
+    arrivedAt: Date;
+    lineEncrypted: Uint8Array | null;
+    generatedAt: Date | null;
+  },
+  linesServable: boolean,
+): DailyDigestArrival | null {
   // A kind this build does not know about (a row written by a newer version)
   // is dropped rather than widened — the DTO's kind union is closed.
   if (!isArrivalKind(row.kind)) return null;
@@ -319,7 +323,9 @@ function toDigestArrival(row: {
   let line: string | null = null;
   // The ciphertext rides only once the generation actually COMMITTED. A row
   // mid-generation carries no `generatedAt`, and its line must not surface.
-  if (row.generatedAt !== null && row.lineEncrypted !== null) {
+  // A model-written line is never served while `reactionLines` is
+  // unavailable for the record, whatever the reason; the marker still is.
+  if (linesServable && row.generatedAt !== null && row.lineEncrypted !== null) {
     try {
       line = decryptFromBytes(row.lineEncrypted);
     } catch {
@@ -366,6 +372,7 @@ export async function loadDailyDigest(
   );
 
   const [
+    linesServable,
     { body: snapshot, locale },
     modules,
     syncRows,
@@ -375,6 +382,9 @@ export async function loadDailyDigest(
     arrivalRows,
     nextVisitRow,
   ] = await Promise.all([
+    aiCapabilityForRecord(user.id, "reactionLines").then(
+      (capability) => capability.available,
+    ),
     readDashboardSnapshotCached(user, undefined, { locale: options.locale }),
     resolveModuleMap(user.id),
     prisma.integrationStatus.findMany({
@@ -637,7 +647,7 @@ export async function loadDailyDigest(
       todayLocalDate,
       dismissedItemKeys,
       arrivals: arrivalRows
-        .map(toDigestArrival)
+        .map((row) => toDigestArrival(row, linesServable))
         .filter((a): a is DailyDigestArrival => a !== null),
     },
     t,
diff --git a/src/lib/data-wipe/wipe-plan.ts b/src/lib/data-wipe/wipe-plan.ts
index 015bdb295..27209034d 100644
--- a/src/lib/data-wipe/wipe-plan.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data-wipe/wipe-plan.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ export const WIPE_MODELS = [
   "CoachReminder",
   "CoachUsage",
   "InsightNarrative",
+  "InsightStatusCache",
   "ProviderHealth",
 
   // ── Sharing ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/src/lib/documents/document-settings.ts b/src/lib/documents/document-settings.ts
index 348bd504f..e07aeafd5 100644
--- a/src/lib/documents/document-settings.ts
+++ b/src/lib/documents/document-settings.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
  * uploaded documents. OFF by default: the vault stays local-first and every
  * external egress needs an explicit per-document action + consent receipt.
  *
- * Two gates read this flag:
- *   - the document consent gate (`assertDocumentEgressConsent`) short-circuits an
- *     external pick when it is ON (the toggle IS the standing consent);
+ * It is a trigger, not a consent. Switching it on mints an `ai_extraction`
+ * receipt, and that receipt is what the document egress re-check reads, so a
+ * revoked receipt stops external reading even with the flag still on. Readers:
+ *   - the summary job and its catch-up pass run only while it is ON;
  *   - the auto-index-on-upload job stays strictly local when it is OFF and uses
  *     the document-order external pick when it is ON.
  */
diff --git a/src/lib/export/backup-plan.ts b/src/lib/export/backup-plan.ts
index e650fb705..a9c0c5daa 100644
--- a/src/lib/export/backup-plan.ts
+++ b/src/lib/export/backup-plan.ts
@@ -582,6 +582,8 @@ export const DERIVED_MODELS: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
     "A concurrency claim guarding the generator above. Meaningless outside the run that took it.",
   InsightNarrative:
     "Generated prose over measurements. Same reasoning as WorkoutInsight — the record restores, the essay about it does not.",
+  InsightStatusCache:
+    "Regenerable cache: the per-metric status notes a model wrote over measurements, rewritten by the nightly run. Same reasoning as InsightNarrative.",
   DocumentContentIndex:
     "A search index over `InboundDocument` text; rebuilt by the indexer.",
   DocumentThumbnail:
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/biomarker-status.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/biomarker-status.test.ts
index da9f3c7f7..70c8acdef 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/biomarker-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/biomarker-status.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
     biomarker: { findFirst: vi.fn() },
     labResult: { findMany: vi.fn(), count: vi.fn() },
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     // v1.30.3 (QA F5) — `resolveUserTimezone` reads this directly.
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
   },
@@ -12,8 +16,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
@@ -26,6 +43,7 @@ import {
   biomarkerStatusScope,
 } from "../biomarker-status";
 import { sanitizeForPrompt } from "@/lib/insights/sanitize";
+import { noteRow, writtenNotes } from "./status-note-fixtures";
 
 const MARKER = {
   id: "bm-1",
@@ -74,10 +92,12 @@ function inputHashFor(reading: {
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
   vi.mocked(prisma.biomarker.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(MARKER as never);
-  vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-    createdAt: new Date("2026-06-20T09:00:00.000Z"),
-  } as never);
   // Default: no stored timezone → resolveUserTimezone falls to the
   // Europe/Berlin server default, matching every other fixture's assumption.
   vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
@@ -85,7 +105,6 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 
 describe("generateBiomarkerStatus — empty-data guard", () => {
   it("returns insufficient WITHOUT calling the provider for a marker with no numeric readings", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.labResult.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
 
     const result = await generateBiomarkerStatus({
@@ -119,15 +138,13 @@ describe("generateBiomarkerStatus — empty-data guard", () => {
 describe("generateBiomarkerStatus — cache read", () => {
   it("serves today's cached text without calling the provider", async () => {
     const todayKey = toBerlinDayKey(new Date());
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: todayKey,
-        locale: "en",
         text: "Your LDL is steady.",
-        model: "x",
-      }),
-    } as never);
+        generatedAt: new Date(),
+      }) as never,
+    );
 
     const result = await generateBiomarkerStatus({
       biomarkerId: MARKER.id,
@@ -146,7 +163,6 @@ describe("generateBiomarkerStatus — cache read", () => {
 describe("generateBiomarkerStatus — generation path", () => {
   it("builds a snapshot, runs the completion, and persists with an inputHash", async () => {
     const reading = { id: "r1", value: 95, takenAt: TAKEN_AT };
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.labResult.findMany).mockResolvedValue([reading] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.labResult.count).mockResolvedValue(1 as never);
 
@@ -175,13 +191,9 @@ describe("generateBiomarkerStatus — generation path", () => {
     expect(snapshot.latest.value).toBe(95);
 
     // Persisted under the biomarker scope cache action, carrying the inputHash.
-    const createCall = vi
-      .mocked(prisma.auditLog.create)
-      .mock.calls.at(-1)![0] as {
-      data: { action: string; details: string };
-    };
-    expect(createCall.data.action).toBe("insights.biomarker:bm-1-status.en");
-    const persisted = JSON.parse(createCall.data.details);
+    const persisted = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).at(-1)!;
+    expect(persisted.metric).toBe("biomarker:bm-1");
+    expect(persisted.locale).toBe("en");
     expect(persisted.inputHash).toBe(inputHashFor(reading));
   });
 });
@@ -200,7 +212,6 @@ describe("generateBiomarkerStatus — prompt-injection fence", () => {
       unit: hostileUnit,
     } as never);
     const reading = { id: "r1", value: 95, takenAt: TAKEN_AT };
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.labResult.findMany).mockResolvedValue([reading] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.labResult.count).mockResolvedValue(1 as never);
 
@@ -253,7 +264,6 @@ describe("generateBiomarkerStatus — per-user tz (QA F5)", () => {
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       timezone: "America/New_York",
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.labResult.findMany).mockResolvedValue([reading] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.labResult.count).mockResolvedValue(1 as never);
 
@@ -279,16 +289,14 @@ describe("generateBiomarkerStatus — input gate (regenerate only on a new readi
     // A prior assessment from an earlier day whose inputHash matches the
     // current latest reading — readFreshStatusText misses on the day key, but
     // the input gate matches the fingerprint.
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: "2000-01-01",
-        locale: "en",
         text: "Stable LDL from a previous reading.",
-        model: "x",
+        generatedAt: new Date(),
         inputHash: inputHashFor(reading),
-      }),
-    } as never);
+      }) as never,
+    );
     vi.mocked(prisma.labResult.findMany).mockResolvedValue([reading] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.labResult.count).mockResolvedValue(1 as never);
 
@@ -312,16 +320,14 @@ describe("generateBiomarkerStatus — input gate (regenerate only on a new readi
     };
     // The cached row's inputHash is for the OLD reading; the live latest is the
     // new reading, so the fingerprint differs and the gate misses.
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: "2000-01-01",
-        locale: "en",
         text: "Stale assessment.",
-        model: "x",
+        generatedAt: new Date(),
         inputHash: inputHashFor(oldReading),
-      }),
-    } as never);
+      }) as never,
+    );
     vi.mocked(prisma.labResult.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       newReading,
     ] as never);
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/blood-pressure-status.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/blood-pressure-status.test.ts
index ce3d9f7a0..7e9ef8e87 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/blood-pressure-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/blood-pressure-status.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/measurements/day-aggregates", async () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     measurementRollup: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     medication: { findMany: vi.fn() },
@@ -22,8 +26,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
@@ -39,6 +56,7 @@ import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
 import { getMedicationCategories } from "@/lib/medication-category";
 import { generateBloodPressureStatusForUser } from "../blood-pressure-status";
+import { noteRow, upsertedNotes, writtenNotes } from "./status-note-fixtures";
 
 const dayMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -62,6 +80,11 @@ function stubCompletion(
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
   vi.mocked(getMedicationCategories).mockResolvedValue({});
   // Cold rollup tier: the BP channels fold monthly/yearly from the
   // full-history `measurement.findMany` fallback on a tier miss.
@@ -93,16 +116,12 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue(records as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medication.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).mockResolvedValue(
       [] as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK"}', captured);
@@ -146,7 +165,6 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists",
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "BLOOD_PRESSURE_SYS", value: 132, measuredAt: new Date() },
       { type: "BLOOD_PRESSURE_DIA", value: 84, measuredAt: new Date() },
@@ -156,9 +174,6 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists",
       [] as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockResolvedValue({
       kind: "timeout",
@@ -172,23 +187,20 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists",
     expect(result.cached).toBe(true);
     expect(result.updatedAt).toBeNull();
     // v1.8.3 — no real assessment persisted (updatedAt stays null above),
-    // but a short-TTL negative stub IS written so the read-only route does
+    // but a short-TTL negative window IS opened so the read-only route does
     // not re-enqueue on every navigation while the provider is degraded.
-    // The stub is a timeout marker that `readFreshStatusText` rejects.
+    // The window carries no note, so it can never be served as one.
     await Promise.resolve();
-    for (const call of vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls) {
-      const details = JSON.parse(
-        (call[0] as { data: { details: string } }).data.details,
-      );
-      expect(details.timeout === true || details.model === "timeout-stub").toBe(
-        true,
-      );
-    }
+    expect(writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert)).toEqual([]);
+    const windows = upsertedNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(windows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(windows[0].retryAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
-describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
-  it("regenerates when the only cached row is a timeout stub", async () => {
+describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — a negative window is not a note", () => {
+  it("regenerates when today's row carries only a negative-cache window", async () => {
     const now = new Date();
     const todayKey = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-CA", {
       timeZone: "Europe/Berlin",
@@ -196,16 +208,15 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () =>
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: todayKey,
-        locale: "en",
-        text: "Blood pressure assessment fallback…",
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        timeout: true,
-      }),
-    } as never);
+        text: null,
+        generatedAt: null,
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
+      }) as never,
+    );
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "BLOOD_PRESSURE_SYS", value: 132, measuredAt: now },
       { type: "BLOOD_PRESSURE_DIA", value: 84, measuredAt: now },
@@ -215,9 +226,6 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () =>
       [] as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"Fresh BP assessment."}');
 
@@ -236,7 +244,6 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "BLOOD_PRESSURE_SYS", value: 132, measuredAt: new Date() },
       { type: "BLOOD_PRESSURE_DIA", value: 84, measuredAt: new Date() },
@@ -246,9 +253,6 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F
       [] as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion(
       '{"summary":"Systolic averaged 132. metric:BLOOD_PRESSURE_SYS Diastolic stable. metric:BLOOD_PRESSURE_DIA"}',
@@ -260,12 +264,9 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F
 
     expect(result.text).toBeTruthy();
     expect(result.text).not.toContain("metric:");
-    const createCalls = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls;
-    expect(createCalls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    const details = (createCalls[0][0] as { data: { details: string } }).data
-      .details;
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(details) as { text: string };
-    expect(parsed.text).not.toContain("metric:");
+    const notes = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(notes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(notes[0].text).not.toContain("metric:");
   });
 });
 
@@ -309,7 +310,6 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — no rate without an expectation"
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "BLOOD_PRESSURE_SYS", value: 132, measuredAt: now },
       { type: "BLOOD_PRESSURE_DIA", value: 84, measuredAt: now },
@@ -322,9 +322,6 @@ describe("generateBloodPressureStatusForUser — no rate without an expectation"
       [] as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
     vi.mocked(getMedicationCategories).mockResolvedValue({
       "med-empty": "BLOOD_PRESSURE",
       "med-real": "BLOOD_PRESSURE",
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/bmi-status.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/bmi-status.test.ts
index 9db3e07a5..b133c8df9 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/bmi-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/bmi-status.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/measurements/day-aggregates", async () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     // v1.18.11 (P6) — the input gate probes salient inputs via groupBy.
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn(), groupBy: vi.fn() },
     measurementRollup: { findMany: vi.fn() },
@@ -20,8 +24,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
@@ -32,6 +49,7 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
 import { generateBmiStatusForUser } from "../bmi-status";
+import { noteRow, upsertedNotes, writtenNotes } from "./status-note-fixtures";
 
 const dayMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -56,6 +74,11 @@ function stubCompletion(
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
   // Cold rollup tier: the BMI graded series scales the WEIGHT tier, which
   // folds from the full-history `measurement.findMany` fallback on a miss.
   vi.mocked(prisma.measurementRollup.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
@@ -79,11 +102,7 @@ describe("generateBmiStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       heightCm: 175,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue(records as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK"}', captured);
@@ -127,15 +146,13 @@ describe("generateBmiStatusForUser — per-user tz (QA F5)", () => {
       } as never);
       // A cached row keyed to the LA calendar day should be served as a
       // fresh hit even though it is already "tomorrow" in Berlin.
-      vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-        createdAt: new Date(),
-        details: JSON.stringify({
+      vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+        noteRow({
           dateKey: laToday,
-          locale: "en",
           text: "LA-anchored cached BMI text.",
-          model: "x",
-        }),
-      } as never);
+          generatedAt: new Date(),
+        }) as never,
+      );
 
       const result = await generateBmiStatusForUser("user-la", {
         locale: "en",
@@ -159,13 +176,9 @@ describe("generateBmiStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () => {
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       heightCm: 175,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { value: 80, measuredAt: new Date() },
     ] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockResolvedValue({
       kind: "timeout",
@@ -180,25 +193,21 @@ describe("generateBmiStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () => {
     expect(result.cached).toBe(true);
     expect(result.updatedAt).toBeNull();
     // v1.8.3 — no real assessment persisted (updatedAt stays null above),
-    // but a short-TTL negative stub IS written so the read-only route does
+    // but a short-TTL negative window IS opened so the read-only route does
     // not re-enqueue on every navigation while the provider is degraded.
-    // The stub is a timeout marker that `readFreshStatusText` rejects.
+    // The window carries no note, so it can never be served as one.
     await Promise.resolve();
-    for (const call of vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls) {
-      const details = JSON.parse(
-        (call[0] as { data: { details: string } }).data.details,
-      );
-      expect(details.timeout === true || details.model === "timeout-stub").toBe(
-        true,
-      );
-    }
+    expect(writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert)).toEqual([]);
+    const windows = upsertedNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(windows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(windows[0].retryAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("serves the fallback without writing a cache row on provider error", async () => {
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       heightCm: 175,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { value: 80, measuredAt: new Date() },
     ] as never);
@@ -211,23 +220,20 @@ describe("generateBmiStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () => {
     expect(result.text).toBeTruthy();
     expect(result.updatedAt).toBeNull();
     // v1.8.3 — no real assessment persisted (updatedAt stays null above),
-    // but a short-TTL negative stub IS written so the read-only route does
+    // but a short-TTL negative window IS opened so the read-only route does
     // not re-enqueue on every navigation while the provider is degraded.
-    // The stub is a timeout marker that `readFreshStatusText` rejects.
+    // The window carries no note, so it can never be served as one.
     await Promise.resolve();
-    for (const call of vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls) {
-      const details = JSON.parse(
-        (call[0] as { data: { details: string } }).data.details,
-      );
-      expect(details.timeout === true || details.model === "timeout-stub").toBe(
-        true,
-      );
-    }
+    expect(writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert)).toEqual([]);
+    const windows = upsertedNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(windows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(windows[0].retryAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
-describe("generateBmiStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
-  it("regenerates when the only cached row is a timeout stub", async () => {
+describe("generateBmiStatusForUser — a negative window is not a note", () => {
+  it("regenerates when today's row carries only a negative-cache window", async () => {
     const now = new Date();
     const todayKey = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-CA", {
       timeZone: "Europe/Berlin",
@@ -236,22 +242,18 @@ describe("generateBmiStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
       heightCm: 175,
     } as never);
     // The most recent cached row is a stub keyed to today.
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: todayKey,
-        locale: "en",
-        text: "Generic stub fallback.",
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        timeout: true,
-      }),
-    } as never);
+        text: null,
+        generatedAt: null,
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
+      }) as never,
+    );
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { value: 80, measuredAt: now },
     ] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"Fresh real assessment."}');
 
@@ -269,13 +271,9 @@ describe("generateBmiStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)", () =
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       heightCm: 175,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { value: 80, measuredAt: new Date() },
     ] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion(
       '{"summary":"BMI sits in the green band. metric:WEIGHT and steady."}',
@@ -285,11 +283,8 @@ describe("generateBmiStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)", () =
 
     expect(result.text).toBeTruthy();
     expect(result.text).not.toContain("metric:");
-    const createCalls = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls;
-    expect(createCalls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    const details = (createCalls[0][0] as { data: { details: string } }).data
-      .details;
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(details) as { text: string };
-    expect(parsed.text).not.toContain("metric:");
+    const notes = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(notes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(notes[0].text).not.toContain("metric:");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-grounding-disposal.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-grounding-disposal.test.ts
index 53a38a769..ba835d180 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-grounding-disposal.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-grounding-disposal.test.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
     auditLog: { deleteMany: vi.fn() },
   },
 }));
+// The `briefing` capability is available in these fixtures; the refusal
+// path has its own test in comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts.
+// The wire re-check (`aiEgressRefusal`) passes in these fixtures; its refusal
+// arm has its own test in comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress", () => ({
+  aiEgressRefusal: vi.fn(async () => null),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  })),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
   resolveProviderChain: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProviderChain(...a),
   resolveProvider: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProvider(...a),
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-reroll.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-reroll.test.ts
index 7517e6f66..4bcad810e 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-reroll.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-reroll.test.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
     auditLog: { deleteMany: vi.fn() },
   },
 }));
+// The `briefing` capability is available in these fixtures; the refusal
+// path has its own test in comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts.
+// The wire re-check (`aiEgressRefusal`) passes in these fixtures; its refusal
+// arm has its own test in comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress", () => ({
+  aiEgressRefusal: vi.fn(async () => null),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  })),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
   resolveProviderChain: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProviderChain(...a),
   resolveProvider: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProvider(...a),
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts
index b000afac4..9ca1ab0b9 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ const resolveProvider = vi.fn();
 const runRawCompletionWithFallback = vi.fn();
 const extractFeatures = vi.fn();
 const recordBriefingFailure = vi.fn();
-const hasActiveConsentForSurface = vi.fn();
+const hasReceipt = vi.fn();
+const aiEgressRefusal = vi.fn();
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
@@ -69,6 +70,15 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
     auditLog: { deleteMany: vi.fn() },
   },
 }));
+// The `briefing` capability is available in these fixtures; the refusal
+// path has its own test in comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  })),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
   resolveProviderChain: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProviderChain(...a),
   resolveProvider: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProvider(...a),
@@ -104,18 +114,16 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/about-me", () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/cache/invalidate", () => ({
   invalidateUserInsights: vi.fn(),
 }));
-// Modelled truthfully rather than stubbed open: only an operator-credential
-// chain needs a receipt, which is what lets the consent-ordering test below
-// assert the real gate rather than a bypass.
-vi.mock("@/lib/ai/consent-guard", () => ({
-  chainRequiresServerManagedConsent: (chain: { providerType: string }[] = []) =>
-    chain.some((c) => c.providerType.startsWith("admin-")),
-  hasActiveConsentForSurface: (...a: unknown[]) =>
-    hasActiveConsentForSurface(...a),
+// The wire re-check, modelled truthfully rather than stubbed open: only an
+// operator-credential entry needs a receipt, which is what lets the
+// consent-ordering test below assert the real gate rather than a bypass.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress", () => ({
+  aiEgressRefusal: (...a: unknown[]) => aiEgressRefusal(...a),
 }));
 
 import { generateComprehensiveInsight } from "../comprehensive-generate";
 import { OPERATOR_COST_CAP, USER_PLAN_CAP } from "@/lib/ai/coach/budget";
+import { AiUnavailableError } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/refusal";
 
 const VALID = JSON.stringify({ dailyBriefing: { paragraph: "ok" } });
 
@@ -139,7 +147,13 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     insightsSnapshotHash: null,
     insightsBriefingRerollDate: null,
   });
-  hasActiveConsentForSurface.mockResolvedValue(true);
+  hasReceipt.mockResolvedValue(true);
+  aiEgressRefusal.mockImplementation(
+    async (key: never, _userId: string, providerTypes: string[]) =>
+      providerTypes.some((t) => t.startsWith("admin-")) && !(await hasReceipt())
+        ? new AiUnavailableError(key, "consent_required")
+        : null,
+  );
   runRawCompletionWithFallback.mockResolvedValue({
     result: { content: VALID, tokensUsed: 900, model: "m" },
     workingProvider: { providerType: "admin-openai" },
@@ -215,11 +229,28 @@ describe("generateComprehensiveInsight — daily token ceiling", () => {
     // Reserving first would bill an operator-key user for a snapshot that is
     // never sent anywhere, and could lock them out of a tier they are not
     // even permitted to use.
-    hasActiveConsentForSurface.mockResolvedValue(false);
+    hasReceipt.mockResolvedValue(false);
 
     const outcome = await generateComprehensiveInsight("u1", { locale: "de" });
 
     expect(outcome).toEqual({ status: "skipped", reason: "no-consent" });
+    expect(aiEgressRefusal).toHaveBeenCalledWith("briefing", "u1", [
+      "admin-openai",
+    ]);
+    expect(runRawCompletionWithFallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(ledgerTotal).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("reports any other wire refusal as `skipped: unavailable`, before any spend", async () => {
+    // A switch the operator turned off after the run was scheduled: not a
+    // consent question, so not reported as one.
+    aiEgressRefusal.mockResolvedValue(
+      new AiUnavailableError("briefing", "operator_disabled"),
+    );
+
+    const outcome = await generateComprehensiveInsight("u1", { locale: "de" });
+
+    expect(outcome).toEqual({ status: "skipped", reason: "unavailable" });
     expect(runRawCompletionWithFallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(ledgerTotal).toBe(0);
   });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts
index 8ab32fb81..eb101bd99 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const resolveProviderChain = vi.fn();
 const resolveProvider = vi.fn();
 const runRawCompletionWithFallback = vi.fn();
 const extractFeatures = vi.fn();
+const aiCapabilityForRecord = vi.fn();
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
@@ -49,6 +50,14 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
     },
   },
 }));
+// The wire re-check (`aiEgressRefusal`) passes in these fixtures; its refusal
+// arm has its own test in comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress", () => ({
+  aiEgressRefusal: vi.fn(async () => null),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: (...a: unknown[]) => aiCapabilityForRecord(...a),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
   resolveProviderChain: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProviderChain(...a),
   resolveProvider: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProvider(...a),
@@ -108,6 +117,68 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   resolveProvider.mockResolvedValue({ type: "none" });
   extractFeatures.mockResolvedValue(FEATURES);
   userUpdate.mockResolvedValue({});
+  aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
+});
+
+describe("generateComprehensiveInsight — the briefing capability at the wire", () => {
+  const STALE_USER = {
+    insightsPrivacyMode: "aggregated",
+    insightsCachedAt: null,
+    insightsCachedText: null,
+    insightsExcludeMetrics: [],
+    insightsSnapshotHash: null,
+  };
+
+  it.each([
+    ["no_provider", "no-provider"],
+    ["consent_required", "no-consent"],
+    ["user_disabled", "unavailable"],
+    ["operator_disabled", "unavailable"],
+  ] as const)(
+    "skips with %s → %s and never resolves the chain",
+    async (reason, skipped) => {
+      findUnique.mockResolvedValue(STALE_USER);
+      aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
+
+      const outcome = await generateComprehensiveInsight("u1", {
+        locale: "de",
+        force: true,
+      });
+
+      expect(outcome).toEqual({ status: "skipped", reason: skipped });
+      expect(aiCapabilityForRecord).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "briefing");
+      expect(resolveProviderChain).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(resolveProvider).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(runRawCompletionWithFallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(extractFeatures).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("still serves a fresh cache without asking the capability (cache short-circuit comes first)", async () => {
+    findUnique.mockResolvedValue({
+      ...STALE_USER,
+      insightsCachedAt: new Date(Date.now() - 60 * 60 * 1000),
+      insightsCachedText: "{}",
+    });
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "user_disabled",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    });
+
+    const outcome = await generateComprehensiveInsight("u1", { locale: "de" });
+
+    expect(outcome).toEqual({ status: "cached" });
+    expect(aiCapabilityForRecord).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("generateComprehensiveInsight — cache short-circuit", () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-json-retry.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-json-retry.test.ts
index f64cfdc86..791557886 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-json-retry.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-json-retry.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
     auditLog: { deleteMany: vi.fn() },
   },
 }));
+// The `briefing` capability is available in these fixtures; the refusal
+// path has its own test in comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts.
+// The wire re-check (`aiEgressRefusal`) passes in these fixtures; its refusal
+// arm has its own test in comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress", () => ({
+  aiEgressRefusal: vi.fn(async () => null),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  })),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
   resolveProviderChain: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProviderChain(...a),
   resolveProvider: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProvider(...a),
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-privacy-flip.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-privacy-flip.test.ts
index 4ee3bc274..92607581e 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-privacy-flip.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-privacy-flip.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
     auditLog: { deleteMany: vi.fn() },
   },
 }));
+// The `briefing` capability is available in these fixtures; the refusal
+// path has its own test in comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts.
+// The wire re-check (`aiEgressRefusal`) passes in these fixtures; its refusal
+// arm has its own test in comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress", () => ({
+  aiEgressRefusal: vi.fn(async () => null),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  })),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
   resolveProviderChain: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProviderChain(...a),
   resolveProvider: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProvider(...a),
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-timeout-honored.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-timeout-honored.test.ts
index 73bc1fc6c..7cc7486a0 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-timeout-honored.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-timeout-honored.test.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
     auditLog: { deleteMany: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
   },
 }));
+// The `briefing` capability is available in these fixtures; the refusal
+// path has its own test in comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts.
+// The wire re-check (`aiEgressRefusal`) passes in these fixtures; its refusal
+// arm has its own test in comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress", () => ({
+  aiEgressRefusal: vi.fn(async () => null),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  })),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
   resolveProviderChain: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProviderChain(...a),
   resolveProvider: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProvider(...a),
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-warm-timeout.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-warm-timeout.test.ts
index 24ee58f6d..e6f58c204 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-warm-timeout.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-warm-timeout.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
     auditLog: { deleteMany: vi.fn() },
   },
 }));
+// The `briefing` capability is available in these fixtures; the refusal
+// path has its own test in comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts.
+// The wire re-check (`aiEgressRefusal`) passes in these fixtures; its refusal
+// arm has its own test in comprehensive-budget-refusal.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress", () => ({
+  aiEgressRefusal: vi.fn(async () => null),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  })),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
   resolveProviderChain: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProviderChain(...a),
   resolveProvider: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProvider(...a),
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/general-status.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/general-status.test.ts
index 6d004dfbe..e5fd0f0c8 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/general-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/general-status.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     medicationIntakeEvent: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     moodEntry: { findMany: vi.fn() },
@@ -12,8 +16,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
@@ -24,6 +41,7 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
 import { generateGeneralStatusForUser } from "../general-status";
+import { noteRow, upsertedNotes, writtenNotes } from "./status-note-fixtures";
 
 const dayMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -47,6 +65,11 @@ function stubCompletion(
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
 });
 
 describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
@@ -69,7 +92,6 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue(
       weightRecords as never,
     );
@@ -77,9 +99,6 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
       [] as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK"}', captured);
@@ -113,7 +132,6 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "WEIGHT", value: 80, measuredAt: now },
     ] as never);
@@ -121,9 +139,6 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
       [] as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK"}', captured);
@@ -141,7 +156,6 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () =>
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "WEIGHT", value: 82, measuredAt: new Date() },
     ] as never);
@@ -149,9 +163,6 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () =>
       [] as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockResolvedValue({
       kind: "timeout",
@@ -165,23 +176,20 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () =>
     expect(result.cached).toBe(true);
     expect(result.updatedAt).toBeNull();
     // v1.8.3 — no real assessment persisted (updatedAt stays null above),
-    // but a short-TTL negative stub IS written so the read-only route does
+    // but a short-TTL negative window IS opened so the read-only route does
     // not re-enqueue on every navigation while the provider is degraded.
-    // The stub is a timeout marker that `readFreshStatusText` rejects.
+    // The window carries no note, so it can never be served as one.
     await Promise.resolve();
-    for (const call of vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls) {
-      const details = JSON.parse(
-        (call[0] as { data: { details: string } }).data.details,
-      );
-      expect(details.timeout === true || details.model === "timeout-stub").toBe(
-        true,
-      );
-    }
+    expect(writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert)).toEqual([]);
+    const windows = upsertedNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(windows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(windows[0].retryAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
-describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
-  it("regenerates when the only cached row is a timeout stub", async () => {
+describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — a negative window is not a note", () => {
+  it("regenerates when today's row carries only a negative-cache window", async () => {
     const now = new Date();
     const todayKey = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-CA", {
       timeZone: "Europe/Berlin",
@@ -189,16 +197,15 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: todayKey,
-        locale: "en",
-        text: "General status fallback…",
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        timeout: true,
-      }),
-    } as never);
+        text: null,
+        generatedAt: null,
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
+      }) as never,
+    );
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "WEIGHT", value: 82, measuredAt: now },
     ] as never);
@@ -206,9 +213,6 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
       [] as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"Fresh general assessment."}');
 
@@ -227,7 +231,6 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)",
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "WEIGHT", value: 82, measuredAt: new Date() },
     ] as never);
@@ -235,9 +238,6 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)",
       [] as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion(
       '{"summary":"Weight trended down. metric:WEIGHT BP stable. metric:BLOOD_PRESSURE_SYS"}',
@@ -249,11 +249,8 @@ describe("generateGeneralStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)",
 
     expect(result.text).toBeTruthy();
     expect(result.text).not.toContain("metric:");
-    const createCalls = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls;
-    expect(createCalls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    const details = (createCalls[0][0] as { data: { details: string } }).data
-      .details;
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(details) as { text: string };
-    expect(parsed.text).not.toContain("metric:");
+    const notes = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(notes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(notes[0].text).not.toContain("metric:");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/invalidate-status-insights.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/invalidate-status-insights.test.ts
index fed621785..8ed1626a3 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/invalidate-status-insights.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/invalidate-status-insights.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 
 const deleteMany = vi.fn();
-const auditFindMany = vi.fn();
+const noteFindMany = vi.fn();
+const aiCapabilityForRecord = vi.fn();
 const enqueueStatusGeneration = vi.fn();
 const userFindUnique = vi.fn();
 const measurementFindMany = vi.fn();
@@ -23,9 +24,9 @@ const measurementGroupBy = vi.fn();
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
-    auditLog: {
+    insightStatusCache: {
       deleteMany: (...a: unknown[]) => deleteMany(...a),
-      findMany: (...a: unknown[]) => auditFindMany(...a),
+      findMany: (...a: unknown[]) => noteFindMany(...a),
     },
     user: { findUnique: (...a: unknown[]) => userFindUnique(...a) },
     measurement: {
@@ -41,6 +42,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate-shared", () => ({
   enqueueStatusGeneration: (...a: unknown[]) => enqueueStatusGeneration(...a),
 }));
 
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: (...a: unknown[]) => aiCapabilityForRecord(...a),
+  aiCapabilityForJob: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  })),
+}));
+
+const UNAVAILABLE = {
+  available: false,
+  reason: "user_disabled",
+  onDeviceAllowed: false,
+};
+
 import {
   enqueueStatusRefillForUser,
   invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes,
@@ -51,7 +67,12 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   deleteMany.mockResolvedValue({ count: 0 });
   // Default: no recently-warmed cache rows, so every dirtied scope is stale
   // and refreshes — the pre-debounce contract the bulk of these tests pin.
-  auditFindMany.mockResolvedValue([]);
+  noteFindMany.mockResolvedValue([]);
+  aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
   enqueueStatusGeneration.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
   userFindUnique.mockResolvedValue({ locale: "de" });
   measurementFindMany.mockResolvedValue([]);
@@ -138,7 +159,15 @@ describe("invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes", () => {
 
   it("is a no-op for an empty type set (no DB call)", async () => {
     await invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes("u1", []);
-    expect(auditFindMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(noteFindMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(enqueueStatusGeneration).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("enqueues nothing while statusText is unavailable for the record", async () => {
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue(UNAVAILABLE);
+    await invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes("u1", ["WEIGHT", "PULSE"]);
+    expect(aiCapabilityForRecord).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "statusText");
+    expect(noteFindMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(enqueueStatusGeneration).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
@@ -201,18 +230,15 @@ describe("invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes", () => {
   });
 
   describe("ingest-invalidation debounce (v1.9.0; a 1 h minimum gap since v1.16.8)", () => {
-    /** Build a recent (within-window) real assessment cache row. */
+    /** A recent (within-window) stored note, as the probe selects it. */
     function freshRow(scope: string, locale = "de") {
-      return {
-        action: `insights.${scope}-status.${locale}`,
-        details: JSON.stringify({ text: "fresh assessment", model: "gpt" }),
-      };
+      return { metric: scope, locale };
     }
 
     it("skips a scope whose assessment was warmed within the gap", async () => {
       // `general` was regenerated within the gap; a fresh WEIGHT sample
       // must not re-enqueue it. weight + bmi are still stale, so they refresh.
-      auditFindMany.mockResolvedValue([freshRow("general")]);
+      noteFindMany.mockResolvedValue([freshRow("general")]);
       await invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes("u1", ["WEIGHT"]);
       expect(enqueuedScopes()).toEqual(["bmi", "weight"]);
     });
@@ -224,13 +250,13 @@ describe("invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes", () => {
       // hash gate, which makes a no-change run a free timestamp refresh —
       // this is what lets same-day data be narrated same-day without
       // reopening the per-batch regeneration storm.
-      auditFindMany.mockResolvedValue([]);
+      noteFindMany.mockResolvedValue([]);
       await invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes("u1", ["WEIGHT"]);
       expect(enqueuedScopes()).toEqual(["bmi", "general", "weight"]);
     });
 
     it("is a complete no-op (no enqueue) when every scope is fresh", async () => {
-      auditFindMany.mockResolvedValue([
+      noteFindMany.mockResolvedValue([
         freshRow("weight"),
         freshRow("bmi"),
         freshRow("general"),
@@ -239,16 +265,14 @@ describe("invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes", () => {
       expect(enqueueStatusGeneration).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
-    it("treats a recent timeout stub as not-fresh and still refreshes the scope", async () => {
-      // A stub carries no real assessment, so a scope that recently stalled
-      // must retry rather than be debounced into staying cold.
-      auditFindMany.mockResolvedValue([
-        {
-          action: "insights.general-status.de",
-          details: JSON.stringify({ model: "timeout-stub", text: "stub" }),
-        },
-      ]);
+    it("counts only a stored note as fresh, so a recently stalled scope still refreshes", async () => {
+      // A row that carries only a negative-cache window has no note, so a
+      // scope that recently stalled must retry rather than be debounced into
+      // staying cold. The probe asks the database for noted rows only; with
+      // none returned, every dirtied scope refreshes.
       await invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes("u1", ["WEIGHT"]);
+      const where = noteFindMany.mock.calls[0][0].where;
+      expect(where.textEncrypted).toEqual({ not: null });
       expect(enqueuedScopes()).toEqual(["bmi", "general", "weight"]);
     });
 
@@ -256,23 +280,23 @@ describe("invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes", () => {
       userFindUnique.mockResolvedValue({ locale: "en" });
       const before = Date.now();
       await invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes("u1", ["WEIGHT"]);
-      const where = auditFindMany.mock.calls[0][0].where;
+      const where = noteFindMany.mock.calls[0][0].where;
       expect(where.userId).toBe("u1");
-      // Only the en cache actions for the dirtied scopes are probed.
-      expect(new Set(where.action.in)).toEqual(
-        new Set([
-          "insights.weight-status.en",
-          "insights.bmi-status.en",
-          "insights.general-status.en",
-        ]),
-      );
+      // Only the en notes for the dirtied scopes are probed.
+      expect(
+        new Set(
+          (where.OR as { metric: string; locale: string }[]).map(
+            (k) => `${k.metric}.${k.locale}`,
+          ),
+        ),
+      ).toEqual(new Set(["weight.en", "bmi.en", "general.en"]));
       // The recency floor is ONE hour in the past. The 6 h wall this
       // started as kept same-day data from being narrated same-day (the
       // nightly warm restarted the window, so a morning reading stayed
       // un-narrated until tomorrow); the 1 h gap only bounds worker-run
       // frequency, while the worker's content-hash gate keeps an
       // unchanged re-run at zero LLM calls.
-      const cutoff = (where.createdAt.gte as Date).getTime();
+      const cutoff = (where.generatedAt.gte as Date).getTime();
       const oneHour = 60 * 60 * 1000;
       expect(before - cutoff).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(oneHour - 5_000);
       expect(before - cutoff).toBeLessThanOrEqual(oneHour + 60_000);
@@ -323,17 +347,21 @@ describe("enqueueStatusRefillForUser", () => {
   it("bypasses the ingest debounce — an explicit regenerate refills even freshly-warmed scopes", async () => {
     // Every scope reads as freshly warmed; the refill must NOT consult the
     // freshness probe at all (the user is explicitly asking).
-    auditFindMany.mockResolvedValue([
-      {
-        action: "insights.general-status.en",
-        details: JSON.stringify({ text: "fresh assessment", model: "gpt" }),
-      },
-    ]);
+    noteFindMany.mockResolvedValue([{ metric: "general", locale: "en" }]);
     await enqueueStatusRefillForUser("u1", "en");
-    expect(auditFindMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(noteFindMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(enqueuedScopes()).toContain("general");
   });
 
+  it("refills nothing and returns 0 while statusText is unavailable", async () => {
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue(UNAVAILABLE);
+    measurementGroupBy.mockResolvedValue([{ type: "BLOOD_GLUCOSE" }]);
+    const count = await enqueueStatusRefillForUser("u1", "de");
+    expect(count).toBe(0);
+    expect(enqueueStatusGeneration).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(measurementGroupBy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("still refills the specialised scopes when the generic-scope discovery read fails", async () => {
     measurementGroupBy.mockRejectedValue(new Error("pool exhausted"));
     const count = await enqueueStatusRefillForUser("u1", "de");
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/locale-pipeline.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/locale-pipeline.test.ts
index 356539dc0..cb8452d11 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/locale-pipeline.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/locale-pipeline.test.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ describe("status cache keys", () => {
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     medicationIntakeEvent: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     moodEntry: { findMany: vi.fn() },
@@ -79,7 +83,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
@@ -104,6 +122,7 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/ai/prompts/general-status", () => ({
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
 import { generateGeneralStatusForUser } from "@/lib/insights/general-status";
+import { writtenNotes } from "./status-note-fixtures";
 
 const dayMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -117,10 +136,6 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     heightCm: null,
     insightsExcludeMetrics: [],
   } as never);
-  vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
-  vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-    createdAt: new Date(),
-  } as never);
   vi.mocked(prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).mockResolvedValue(
     [] as never,
   );
@@ -166,12 +181,10 @@ describe("a fr locale survives from the generator entry point to the prompt", ()
   it("writes the fr assessment to the fr cache row, leaving the en row untouched", async () => {
     await generateGeneralStatusForUser("u-fr", { locale: "fr", force: true });
 
-    const actions = vi
-      .mocked(prisma.auditLog.create)
-      .mock.calls.map(
-        (call) => (call[0] as { data: { action: string } }).data.action,
-      );
-    expect(actions).toContain("insights.general-status.fr");
-    expect(actions).not.toContain("insights.general-status.en");
+    const keys = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).map(
+      (note) => `${note.metric}.${note.locale}`,
+    );
+    expect(keys).toContain("general.fr");
+    expect(keys).not.toContain("general.en");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/medication-compliance-status.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/medication-compliance-status.test.ts
index e480a3f65..7252318f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/medication-compliance-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/medication-compliance-status.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     medication: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     medicationIntakeEvent: { findMany: vi.fn() },
   },
@@ -10,8 +14,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
@@ -28,6 +45,7 @@ import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
 import { getMedicationCategories } from "@/lib/medication-category";
 import { getNoKeyMedicationComplianceStatusText } from "@/lib/insights/no-key-fallbacks";
 import { generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser } from "../medication-compliance-status";
+import { noteRow, upsertedNotes, writtenNotes } from "./status-note-fixtures";
 
 const dayMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -64,6 +82,11 @@ function medFixture(now: Date) {
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
   vi.mocked(getMedicationCategories).mockResolvedValue({});
 });
 
@@ -102,16 +125,12 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
       });
     }
 
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medication.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       medication,
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).mockResolvedValue(
       events as never,
     );
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK","medications":[]}', captured);
@@ -140,16 +159,12 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
 describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — timeout never persists", () => {
   it("serves the fallback summary without writing a cache row on timeout", async () => {
     const now = new Date();
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medication.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       medFixture(now),
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).mockResolvedValue(
       [] as never,
     );
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockResolvedValue({
       kind: "timeout",
@@ -164,46 +179,39 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — timeout never persists",
     expect(result.cached).toBe(true);
     expect(result.updatedAt).toBeNull();
     // v1.8.3 — no real assessment persisted (updatedAt stays null above),
-    // but a short-TTL negative stub IS written so the read-only route does
+    // but a short-TTL negative window IS opened so the read-only route does
     // not re-enqueue on every navigation while the provider is degraded.
-    // The stub is a timeout marker that `readFreshStatusText` rejects.
+    // The window carries no note, so it can never be served as one.
     await Promise.resolve();
-    for (const call of vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls) {
-      const details = JSON.parse(
-        (call[0] as { data: { details: string } }).data.details,
-      );
-      expect(details.timeout === true || details.model === "timeout-stub").toBe(
-        true,
-      );
-    }
+    expect(writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert)).toEqual([]);
+    const windows = upsertedNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(windows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(windows[0].retryAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
-describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
-  it("regenerates when the only cached row is a timeout stub", async () => {
+describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — a negative window is not a note", () => {
+  it("regenerates when today's row carries only a negative-cache window", async () => {
     const now = new Date();
     const todayKey = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-CA", {
       timeZone: "Europe/Berlin",
     }).format(now);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: todayKey,
-        locale: "en",
-        text: "Medication compliance fallback…",
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        timeout: true,
-      }),
-    } as never);
+        text: null,
+        generatedAt: null,
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
+      }) as never,
+    );
     vi.mocked(prisma.medication.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       medFixture(now),
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).mockResolvedValue(
       [] as never,
     );
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion(
       '{"summary":"Fresh compliance assessment.","medications":[]}',
@@ -230,16 +238,12 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — outbound screen (v1.32.2
    * stays null; the per-medication placeholder rows still render.
    */
   function setupCard(now: Date) {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medication.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       medFixture(now),
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).mockResolvedValue(
       [] as never,
     );
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
   }
 
   it("withholds a dose-change imperative instead of rendering the raw prose", async () => {
@@ -257,13 +261,11 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — outbound screen (v1.32.2
     expect(result.updatedAt).toBeNull();
     // The per-medication placeholder rows still surface for the active med.
     expect(result.medications).toHaveLength(1);
-    // No cache row ever persisted the screened model text.
-    for (const call of vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls) {
-      const details = JSON.parse(
-        (call[0] as { data: { details: string } }).data.details,
-      ) as { summary?: string };
-      expect(details.summary ?? "").not.toContain("10 mg");
+    // No note ever stored the screened model text.
+    for (const note of upsertedNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert)) {
+      expect(note.text ?? "").not.toContain("10 mg");
     }
+    expect(writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert)).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it("withholds a fabricated risk figure instead of rendering the raw prose", async () => {
@@ -299,17 +301,12 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — outbound screen (v1.32.2
     );
     expect(result.updatedAt).not.toBeNull();
     expect(result.cached).toBe(false);
-    // The clean assessment was persisted (not the negative stub).
-    const persisted = vi
-      .mocked(prisma.auditLog.create)
-      .mock.calls.map(
-        (call) =>
-          JSON.parse(
-            (call[0] as { data: { details: string } }).data.details,
-          ) as { summary?: string },
-      )
-      .find((details) => (details.summary ?? "").includes("96%"));
+    // The clean assessment was stored as a note (not a negative window).
+    const persisted = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).find(
+      (note) => (note.text ?? "").includes("96%"),
+    );
     expect(persisted).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(persisted!.negativeReason).toBeNull();
   });
 });
 
@@ -317,16 +314,12 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1
   it("strips metric: tokens out of the cached summary", async () => {
     const now = new Date();
 
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medication.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       medFixture(now),
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).mockResolvedValue(
       [] as never,
     );
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     // The compliance prompt returns only a `{ summary }` envelope; the
     // per-medication cards are placeholder text built server-side, never
@@ -348,16 +341,11 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1
     expect(result.medications).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(result.medications[0].medicationId).toBe("med-1");
     expect(result.medications[0].text).not.toContain("metric:");
-    const createCalls = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls;
-    expect(createCalls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    const details = (createCalls[0][0] as { data: { details: string } }).data
-      .details;
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(details) as {
-      summary: string;
-      medications: Array<{ text: string }>;
-    };
-    expect(parsed.summary).not.toContain("metric:");
-    expect(parsed.medications[0].text).not.toContain("metric:");
+    const notes = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(notes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(notes[0].text).not.toContain("metric:");
+    const items = notes[0].items as Array<{ text: string }>;
+    expect(items[0].text).not.toContain("metric:");
   });
 });
 
@@ -396,7 +384,6 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — no rate without an expec
       };
     });
 
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medication.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       scheduled,
       scheduleless(now),
@@ -404,9 +391,6 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — no rate without an expec
     vi.mocked(prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).mockResolvedValue(
       events as never,
     );
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK","medications":[]}', captured);
@@ -424,7 +408,6 @@ describe("generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser — no rate without an expec
 
   it("reports no active medications when the only one has no schedule", async () => {
     const now = new Date();
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.medication.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       scheduleless(now),
     ] as never);
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/memory.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/memory.test.ts
index 1b1317078..bca6fcea9 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/memory.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/memory.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,18 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
+  },
+}));
+
+// A reversible stand-in for the at-rest codec; what this file pins is which
+// stored note becomes prompt context, not AES-GCM.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec", () => ({
+  encryptToBytes: (plain: string) => new TextEncoder().encode(`enc:${plain}`),
+  decryptFromBytes: (buf: Uint8Array) => {
+    const text = new TextDecoder().decode(buf);
+    if (!text.startsWith("enc:")) throw new Error("unknown key id");
+    return text.slice(4);
   },
 }));
 
@@ -12,75 +23,90 @@ import {
   getPreviousInsightContext,
 } from "../memory";
 
+function noteRow(text: string | null, generatedAt: Date | null) {
+  return {
+    textEncrypted:
+      text === null ? null : new TextEncoder().encode(`enc:${text}`),
+    itemsEncrypted: null,
+    inputHash: null,
+    snapshotHash: null,
+    dateKey: "2026-05-01",
+    generatedAt,
+    retryAt: null,
+    negativeReason: null,
+  };
+}
+
 beforeEach(() => {
-  vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockReset();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockReset();
 });
 
 describe("getPreviousInsightContext", () => {
-  it("returns null when no audit row exists", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
+  it("returns null when no stored note exists", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
     const ctx = await getPreviousInsightContext("u-1", "general-status", "en");
     expect(ctx).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it("returns null when the audit row's details cannot be parsed", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValueOnce({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-      details: "",
-    } as never);
+  it("returns null when the row carries no note (only a negative window)", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      noteRow(null, null) as never,
+    );
     const ctx = await getPreviousInsightContext("u-1", "general-status", "en");
     expect(ctx).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it("extracts text from the JSON-shaped cache payload", async () => {
+  it("returns the stored note with its age", async () => {
     const sevenDaysAgo = new Date(Date.now() - 7 * 86_400_000);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValueOnce({
-      createdAt: sevenDaysAgo,
-      details: JSON.stringify({
-        dateKey: "2026-05-01",
-        text: "Your BP averaged 130/80 — high-normal.",
-      }),
-    } as never);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      noteRow("Your BP averaged 130/80 — high-normal.", sevenDaysAgo) as never,
+    );
     const ctx = await getPreviousInsightContext("u-1", "general-status", "en");
     expect(ctx).not.toBeNull();
     expect(ctx!.ageDays).toBe(7);
     expect(ctx!.text).toContain("130/80");
-  });
-
-  it("falls back to raw audit details when not JSON", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValueOnce({
-      createdAt: new Date(Date.now() - 86_400_000),
-      details: "Plain text from a legacy cache row.",
-    } as never);
-    const ctx = await getPreviousInsightContext("u-1", "general-status", "en");
-    expect(ctx?.text).toBe("Plain text from a legacy cache row.");
+    expect(ctx!.generatedAt).toBe(sevenDaysAgo.toISOString());
   });
 
   it("caps the text length so a verbose snapshot cannot bloat the prompt", async () => {
     const big = "x".repeat(5000);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValueOnce({
-      createdAt: new Date(Date.now() - 86_400_000),
-      details: JSON.stringify({ text: big }),
-    } as never);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      noteRow(big, new Date(Date.now() - 86_400_000)) as never,
+    );
     const ctx = await getPreviousInsightContext("u-1", "general-status", "en");
     expect(ctx!.text.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1502); // 1500 + "…"
     expect(ctx!.text.endsWith("…")).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("filters by minAgeHours so today's earlier run isn't treated as 'previous'", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
-    await getPreviousInsightContext("u-1", "general-status", "en", 24);
-    const call = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mock.calls[0]?.[0];
-    expect(call?.where?.action).toBe("insights.general-status.en");
-    // The lt filter exists with a date in the past. It can't be more
-    // than 24h ago because we just constructed it; allow a 30s slack.
-    const lt = (call?.where?.createdAt as { lt: Date }).lt;
-    expect(Date.now() - lt.getTime()).toBeGreaterThan(
-      24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 - 30_000,
+    // Written 23 h ago: inside a 24 h floor, so not "previous".
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      noteRow("Earlier today.", new Date(Date.now() - 23 * 3_600_000)) as never,
     );
-    expect(Date.now() - lt.getTime()).toBeLessThan(
-      24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 + 30_000,
+    expect(
+      await getPreviousInsightContext("u-1", "general-status", "en", 24),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    const call = vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mock
+      .calls[0]?.[0] as {
+      where: { userId_metric_locale: Record<string, string> };
+    };
+    expect(call.where.userId_metric_locale).toEqual({
+      userId: "u-1",
+      metric: "general",
+      locale: "en",
+    });
+
+    // Written 25 h ago: past the floor, so it is the previous analysis.
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      noteRow("Yesterday.", new Date(Date.now() - 25 * 3_600_000)) as never,
     );
+    const ctx = await getPreviousInsightContext(
+      "u-1",
+      "general-status",
+      "en",
+      24,
+    );
+    expect(ctx?.text).toBe("Yesterday.");
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/metric-status.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/metric-status.test.ts
index 89f68e479..acec22802 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/metric-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/metric-status.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/measurements/day-aggregates", async () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn(), count: vi.fn() },
     measurementRollup: { findMany: vi.fn() },
   },
@@ -19,8 +23,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
@@ -60,6 +77,7 @@ import {
   metricStatusScope,
   METRIC_STATUS_IDS,
 } from "../metric-status-registry";
+import { writtenNotes } from "./status-note-fixtures";
 
 const dayMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -86,6 +104,11 @@ function stubCompletion(
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
   vi.mocked(prisma.measurementRollup.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
   // resetAllMocks clears the module-mock default impls too — restore the
   // benign defaults so the relations fetch and the previous-context format
@@ -98,14 +121,10 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 
 describe("generateMetricStatus — SLEEP_DURATION night reconstruction (iOS E2)", () => {
   it("feeds the snapshot the per-night time-asleep total, not a single stage", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date("2026-06-04T07:00:00.000Z"),
-    } as never);
 
     // One overnight session of granular stages, each row ONE stage (minutes).
     // Total time asleep = CORE + DEEP + REM = 300 + 90 + 75 = 465 min (7.75 h).
@@ -169,14 +188,10 @@ describe("generateMetricStatus — SLEEP_DURATION night reconstruction (iOS E2)"
     // granular stage + IN_BED + AWAKE into one day bucket (~1490 min ≈ 24.8 h).
     // Post-fix the graded series is built from the deduped per-night points, so
     // every recent bucket mean is the night total (480 min = 8 h).
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     // A recent night (last 24 h) so it lands in `graded.recent`.
     const wake = new Date(Date.now() - 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
@@ -337,7 +352,6 @@ describe("archetype prompt templates", () => {
 
 describe("generateMetricStatus — empty-data guard", () => {
   it("returns insufficient WITHOUT calling the provider when the metric has no data", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.count).mockResolvedValue(0 as never);
 
     const result = await generateMetricStatus({
@@ -366,16 +380,12 @@ describe("generateMetricStatus — generation path", () => {
       });
     }
 
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.count).mockResolvedValue(400 as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue(records as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     const captured = { systemPrompt: null, userPrompt: null } as {
       systemPrompt: string | null;
@@ -404,12 +414,9 @@ describe("generateMetricStatus — generation path", () => {
     expect(snapshot.metric.unit).toBe("bpm");
 
     // Persisted under the generic scope cache action.
-    const createCall = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls[0][0] as {
-      data: { action: string; details: string };
-    };
-    expect(createCall.data.action).toBe(
-      "insights.metric:RESTING_HEART_RATE-status.en",
-    );
+    const [note] = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(note.metric).toBe("metric:RESTING_HEART_RATE");
+    expect(note.locale).toBe("en");
 
     // v1.12.1 — the diversity context (variety lead + explicit data strength)
     // reaches the user prompt, and the relations fetch is keyed by this
@@ -432,16 +439,12 @@ describe("generateMetricStatus — generation path", () => {
         measuredAt: new Date(now.getTime() - day * dayMs),
       });
     }
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.count).mockResolvedValue(60 as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue(records as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
     vi.mocked(getRelevantCorrelationsForMetric).mockResolvedValueOnce([
       {
         interpretation:
@@ -472,7 +475,6 @@ describe("generateMetricStatus — generation path", () => {
   });
 
   it("strips chart tokens from the persisted text", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.count).mockResolvedValue(3 as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { value: 58, measuredAt: new Date() },
@@ -481,9 +483,6 @@ describe("generateMetricStatus — generation path", () => {
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion(
       '{"summary":"Steady. metric:RESTING_HEART_RATE Good baseline."}',
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/mood-status.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/mood-status.test.ts
index 91dc4e8b0..f0dce0b46 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/mood-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/mood-status.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     moodEntry: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
@@ -11,8 +15,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
@@ -23,6 +40,7 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
 import { generateMoodStatusForUser } from "../mood-status";
+import { noteRow, upsertedNotes, writtenNotes } from "./status-note-fixtures";
 
 const dayMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -46,6 +64,11 @@ function stubCompletion(
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
   // The snapshot threads the user's source priority into the factor crosstab;
   // default to "no custom priority" so every test resolves it without stubbing.
   vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
@@ -72,12 +95,8 @@ describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
       });
     }
 
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue(entries as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK"}', captured);
@@ -108,7 +127,6 @@ describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
 describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () => {
   it("serves the fallback without writing a cache row on timeout", async () => {
     const t = new Date();
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       {
         date: t.toISOString().slice(0, 10),
@@ -118,9 +136,6 @@ describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () => {
       },
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockResolvedValue({
       kind: "timeout",
@@ -132,37 +147,33 @@ describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () => {
     expect(result.cached).toBe(true);
     expect(result.updatedAt).toBeNull();
     // v1.8.3 — no real assessment persisted (updatedAt stays null above),
-    // but a short-TTL negative stub IS written so the read-only route does
+    // but a short-TTL negative window IS opened so the read-only route does
     // not re-enqueue on every navigation while the provider is degraded.
-    // The stub is a timeout marker that `readFreshStatusText` rejects.
+    // The window carries no note, so it can never be served as one.
     await Promise.resolve();
-    for (const call of vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls) {
-      const details = JSON.parse(
-        (call[0] as { data: { details: string } }).data.details,
-      );
-      expect(details.timeout === true || details.model === "timeout-stub").toBe(
-        true,
-      );
-    }
+    expect(writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert)).toEqual([]);
+    const windows = upsertedNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(windows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(windows[0].retryAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
-describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
-  it("regenerates when the only cached row is a timeout stub", async () => {
+describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — a negative window is not a note", () => {
+  it("regenerates when today's row carries only a negative-cache window", async () => {
     const now = new Date();
     const todayKey = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-CA", {
       timeZone: "Europe/Berlin",
     }).format(now);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: todayKey,
-        locale: "en",
-        text: "Mood fallback text…",
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        timeout: true,
-      }),
-    } as never);
+        text: null,
+        generatedAt: null,
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
+      }) as never,
+    );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       {
         date: now.toISOString().slice(0, 10),
@@ -172,9 +183,6 @@ describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
       },
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"Fresh mood assessment."}');
 
@@ -189,7 +197,6 @@ describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
 describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)", () => {
   it("strips metric: tokens out of the cached text before persisting", async () => {
     const t = new Date();
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       {
         date: t.toISOString().slice(0, 10),
@@ -199,9 +206,6 @@ describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)", ()
       },
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"Mood stayed positive. metric:MOOD"}');
 
@@ -209,11 +213,8 @@ describe("generateMoodStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)", ()
 
     expect(result.text).toBeTruthy();
     expect(result.text).not.toContain("metric:");
-    const createCalls = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls;
-    expect(createCalls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    const details = (createCalls[0][0] as { data: { details: string } }).data
-      .details;
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(details) as { text: string };
-    expect(parsed.text).not.toContain("metric:");
+    const notes = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(notes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(notes[0].text).not.toContain("metric:");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/payload-budget.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/payload-budget.test.ts
index 36c84eb29..a20504dbd 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/payload-budget.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/payload-budget.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/measurements/day-aggregates", async () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     // v1.18.11 (P6) — the slow-mover input gate probes salient inputs.
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn(), groupBy: vi.fn() },
     measurementRollup: { findMany: vi.fn() },
@@ -35,8 +39,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
@@ -76,11 +93,12 @@ function snapshotChars(): number {
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
   capturedPrompt = null;
-  vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
-  vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-    createdAt: new Date(),
-  } as never);
   vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
   vi.mocked(prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).mockResolvedValue(
     [] as never,
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/pulse-status-timeout.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/pulse-status-timeout.test.ts
index 7ecb3c025..874b78cec 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/pulse-status-timeout.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/pulse-status-timeout.test.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
  * (it is a deterministic, signal-grounded line, not a fresh AI assessment),
  * and the served text names the user's own value rather than a generic tip.
  *
- * v1.8.3 — the timeout path now writes a *short-TTL negative stub*
- * (`{ timeout:true, model:"timeout-stub", retryAt }`). It is explicitly
- * rejected by `readFreshStatusText`, so it can never hide the real
- * assessment; its sole purpose is to stop the read-only route re-enqueuing
- * generation on every navigation while a provider is degraded.
+ * v1.8.3 — the timeout path opens a *short-TTL negative window* on the note
+ * row (`retryAt`, `negativeReason`). Writing it never touches the stored
+ * note, so it can never hide the real assessment; its sole purpose is to
+ * stop the read-only route re-enqueuing generation on every navigation while
+ * a provider is degraded.
  */
 
 // The graded series folds per-day aggregates in SQL; the fake folds the
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/measurements/day-aggregates", async () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     measurementRollup: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     // v1.28.25 — the graded-series cold-tier fallback day-buckets dense
@@ -42,8 +46,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
@@ -57,6 +74,11 @@ import { generatePulseStatusForUser } from "../pulse-status";
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
   vi.mocked(prisma.$queryRaw).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
   vi.mocked(prisma.measurementRollup.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
 });
@@ -67,7 +89,6 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — provider timeout fallback", () => {
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { value: 72, measuredAt: new Date() },
     ] as never);
@@ -94,19 +115,34 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — provider timeout fallback", () => {
     // never mislabels the fallback as a fresh assessment.
     expect(result.updatedAt).toBeNull();
 
-    // v1.8.3 — a short-TTL negative stub IS persisted (fire-and-forget) so
+    // v1.8.3 — a short-TTL negative window IS opened (fire-and-forget) so
     // the read-only route doesn't re-enqueue on every navigation while the
-    // provider is degraded. It is marked as a timeout stub, which
-    // `readFreshStatusText` rejects, so it never hides the real assessment.
+    // provider is degraded. It carries no note text, so it never hides or
+    // replaces the real assessment.
     // The write is fire-and-forget (`void`), so flush the microtask queue.
     await Promise.resolve();
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const persisted = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls[0][0] as {
-      data: { details: string };
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const persisted = vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mock
+      .calls[0][0] as {
+      where: { userId_metric_locale: Record<string, string> };
+      create: Record<string, unknown>;
+      update: Record<string, unknown>;
     };
-    const stub = JSON.parse(persisted.data.details);
-    expect(stub.timeout).toBe(true);
-    expect(stub.model).toBe("timeout-stub");
-    expect(typeof stub.retryAt).toBe("string");
+    expect(persisted.where.userId_metric_locale).toEqual({
+      userId: "user-1",
+      metric: "pulse",
+      locale: "en",
+    });
+    expect(persisted.create.textEncrypted).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(persisted.create.negativeReason).toBe("timeout");
+    // The update arm moves only the window, never an existing note.
+    expect(Object.keys(persisted.update).sort()).toEqual([
+      "negativeReason",
+      "retryAt",
+    ]);
+    expect(persisted.update.retryAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+    expect((persisted.update.retryAt as Date).getTime()).toBeGreaterThan(
+      Date.now(),
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/pulse-status.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/pulse-status.test.ts
index ddf2632b2..54825a867 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/pulse-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/pulse-status.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/measurements/day-aggregates", async () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     measurementRollup: { findMany: vi.fn() },
     // v1.28.25 — the graded-series cold-tier fallback day-buckets dense
@@ -23,8 +27,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
+}));
+
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available in these fixtures — the capability read has its
+// own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: async () => ({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
@@ -35,6 +52,7 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
 import { generatePulseStatusForUser } from "../pulse-status";
+import { noteRow, writtenNotes } from "./status-note-fixtures";
 
 const dayMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -58,6 +76,11 @@ function stubCompletion(
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
   vi.mocked(prisma.$queryRaw).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
   // Cold rollup tier: the pulse graded series folds monthly/yearly from
   // the full-history `measurement.findMany` fallback on a tier miss.
@@ -79,7 +102,6 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue(records as never);
     // v1.28.25 — PULSE is a dense type, so the cold-tier fallback reads
     // a SQL day-bucket aggregate instead of the raw findMany walk. Feed
@@ -90,9 +112,6 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
         .reverse() as never,
     );
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK"}', captured);
@@ -154,16 +173,12 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — A2 resting-target in-target %", () => {
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     // pulse-status reads PULSE first, then RESTING_HEART_RATE.
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany)
       .mockResolvedValueOnce(pulseRecords as never)
       .mockResolvedValueOnce(restingRecords as never)
       .mockResolvedValue([] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK"}', captured);
@@ -202,15 +217,11 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — A2 resting-target in-target %", () => {
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany)
       .mockResolvedValueOnce(pulseRecords as never)
       .mockResolvedValueOnce([] as never); // no RESTING_HEART_RATE
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK"}', captured);
@@ -242,15 +253,13 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — per-user tz (QA F5)", () => {
         gender: null,
         timezone: "America/New_York",
       } as never);
-      vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-        createdAt: new Date(),
-        details: JSON.stringify({
+      vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+        noteRow({
           dateKey: nyToday,
-          locale: "en",
           text: "NY-anchored cached pulse text.",
-          model: "x",
-        }),
-      } as never);
+          generatedAt: new Date(),
+        }) as never,
+      );
 
       const result = await generatePulseStatusForUser("user-ny", {
         locale: "en",
@@ -267,8 +276,8 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — per-user tz (QA F5)", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
-  it("regenerates when the only cached row is a timeout stub", async () => {
+describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — a negative window is not a note", () => {
+  it("regenerates when today's row carries only a negative-cache window", async () => {
     const now = new Date();
     const todayKey = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-CA", {
       timeZone: "Europe/Berlin",
@@ -277,23 +286,19 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: todayKey,
-        locale: "en",
-        text: "Pulse fallback text…",
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        timeout: true,
-      }),
-    } as never);
+        text: null,
+        generatedAt: null,
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
+      }) as never,
+    );
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { value: 72, measuredAt: now },
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"Fresh pulse assessment."}');
 
@@ -311,14 +316,10 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)", ()
       dateOfBirth: null,
       gender: null,
     } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { value: 72, measuredAt: new Date() },
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion(
       '{"summary":"Your pulse is stable. metric:PULSE The 7-day average sits inside the band."}',
@@ -328,12 +329,9 @@ describe("generatePulseStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)", ()
 
     expect(result.text).toBeTruthy();
     expect(result.text).not.toContain("metric:");
-    const createCalls = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls;
-    expect(createCalls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    const details = (createCalls[0][0] as { data: { details: string } }).data
-      .details;
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(details) as { text: string };
-    expect(parsed.text).not.toContain("metric:");
-    expect(parsed.text).toContain("Your pulse is stable.");
+    const notes = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(notes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(notes[0].text).not.toContain("metric:");
+    expect(notes[0].text).toContain("Your pulse is stable.");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-batch.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-batch.test.ts
index dfcc82827..6aaf2dff5 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-batch.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-batch.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
 // The single-card fallback path — assert it is invoked for omitted / failed
 // metrics, but don't re-drive a real completion.
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-card-generation", async (importOriginal) => {
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ import { prepareMedicationComplianceStatusForUser } from "@/lib/insights/medicat
 import { prepareGeneralStatusForUser } from "@/lib/insights/general-status";
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
 import { runPreparedStatusCard } from "@/lib/insights/status-card-generation";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import { generateStatusBatchForUser } from "../status-batch";
 
 function servedCard() {
@@ -101,6 +106,37 @@ const ALL_PREPARES = [
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  } as never);
+});
+
+describe("generateStatusBatchForUser — the statusText capability comes first", () => {
+  it("builds no snapshot and makes no call while statusText is unavailable", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "consent_required",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    } as never);
+    ALL_PREPARES.forEach((prepare, i) => {
+      vi.mocked(prepare).mockResolvedValue(pendingCard(`m${i}`) as never);
+    });
+
+    const result = await generateStatusBatchForUser("u1", { locale: "en" });
+
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "statusText");
+    for (const prepare of ALL_PREPARES) expect(prepare).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(runStatusCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(runPreparedStatusCard).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      served: 0,
+      batched: 0,
+      fellBack: 0,
+      batchCallMade: false,
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("generateStatusBatchForUser — one call covers all present metrics", () => {
@@ -166,6 +202,10 @@ describe("generateStatusBatchForUser — one call covers all present metrics", (
 
     // ONE provider round-trip for all seven metrics.
     expect(runStatusCompletion).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    // The chokepoint re-checks the same capability at the wire.
+    expect(runStatusCompletion).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ capability: "statusText" }),
+    );
     expect(result.batched).toBe(7);
     expect(result.fellBack).toBe(0);
     // Each metric's finalize got its own summary, wrapped in the { summary }
@@ -360,7 +400,10 @@ describe("generateStatusBatchForUser — graceful partial degradation", () => {
         pendingCard(`m${i}`, finalizers[i]) as never,
       );
     });
-    vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockResolvedValue({ kind: "none" } as never);
+    vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockResolvedValue({
+      kind: "none",
+      reason: "no_provider",
+    } as never);
 
     const result = await generateStatusBatchForUser("u1", { locale: "en" });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-cache-delegated.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-cache-delegated.test.ts
index 45afb40fe..049fca9b4 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-cache-delegated.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-cache-delegated.test.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 const enqueueStatusGeneration = vi.fn(async () => {});
-const hasUsableStatusProvider = vi.fn(async () => true);
-const statusConsentBlocksGeneration = vi.fn(async () => false);
+const probeProviderPresence = vi.fn(async () => true);
+const aiCapabilityForRecord = vi.fn(async () => ({
+  available: true,
+  reason: null,
+  onDeviceAllowed: true,
+}));
 const suppressed = vi.fn(() => false);
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate-shared", () => ({
@@ -26,11 +30,14 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate-shared", () => ({
   STATUS_GENERATE_QUEUE: "insight-status-generate",
 }));
 
-vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
-  hasUsableStatusProvider: (...args: unknown[]) =>
-    hasUsableStatusProvider(...(args as [])),
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: (...args: unknown[]) =>
-    statusConsentBlocksGeneration(...(args as [])),
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
+  probeProviderPresence: (...args: unknown[]) =>
+    probeProviderPresence(...(args as [])),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: (...args: unknown[]) =>
+    aiCapabilityForRecord(...(args as [])),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/sharing/delegated-generation", () => ({
@@ -41,11 +48,10 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", () => ({ annotate: vi.fn() }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
-    // The last-good text and the negative-cache probe both read the audit
-    // ledger; an empty ledger is the cold-cache case this function is for.
-    auditLog: {
-      findMany: vi.fn(async () => []),
-      findFirst: vi.fn(async () => null),
+    // The last-good text and the negative-cache probe both read the one
+    // status-note row; no row is the cold-cache case this function is for.
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(async () => null),
     },
   },
 }));
@@ -57,11 +63,9 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   // the provider probe's call count, and a counter carried over from the
   // previous test would make it fail for the wrong reason (or pass for one).
   enqueueStatusGeneration.mockClear();
-  hasUsableStatusProvider.mockClear();
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration.mockClear();
+  probeProviderPresence.mockClear();
+  aiCapabilityForRecord.mockClear();
   suppressed.mockReturnValue(false);
-  hasUsableStatusProvider.mockResolvedValue(true);
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration.mockResolvedValue(false);
 });
 
 const ARGS = {
@@ -103,7 +107,9 @@ describe("resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss — the delegated path", () => {
 
     await resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss(ARGS);
 
-    expect(hasUsableStatusProvider).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(statusConsentBlocksGeneration).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // The capability is the one read allowed ahead of the decision; the
+    // provider-presence probe belongs to the unavailable branch only.
+    expect(aiCapabilityForRecord).toHaveBeenCalledWith("owner-1", "statusText");
+    expect(probeProviderPresence).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-cache.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-cache.test.ts
index 0a4334b86..210abb34e 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-cache.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-cache.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), findMany: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      findMany: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     // v1.18.11 (P6) — the input gate / fingerprint probe salient inputs.
     measurement: { groupBy: vi.fn() },
     moodEntry: { aggregate: vi.fn() },
@@ -10,12 +15,26 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   },
 }));
 
-const hasUsableStatusProvider = vi.fn();
-const statusConsentBlocksGeneration = vi.fn();
-vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
-  hasUsableStatusProvider: (...a: unknown[]) => hasUsableStatusProvider(...a),
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: (...a: unknown[]) =>
-    statusConsentBlocksGeneration(...a),
+// A reversible stand-in for the at-rest codec: the store's own logic (what it
+// serves, what it re-dates, what it leaves alone) is what these tests pin, not
+// AES-GCM.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec", () => ({
+  encryptToBytes: (plain: string) => new TextEncoder().encode(`enc:${plain}`),
+  decryptFromBytes: (buf: Uint8Array) => {
+    const text = new TextDecoder().decode(buf);
+    if (!text.startsWith("enc:")) throw new Error("unknown key id");
+    return text.slice(4);
+  },
+}));
+
+const aiCapabilityForRecord = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: (...a: unknown[]) => aiCapabilityForRecord(...a),
+}));
+
+const probeProviderPresence = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
+  probeProviderPresence: (...a: unknown[]) => probeProviderPresence(...a),
 }));
 
 const enqueueStatusGeneration = vi.fn();
@@ -27,46 +46,108 @@ import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import {
   computeStatusInputFingerprint,
   gateUnchangedStatusInput,
-  isTimeoutStub,
   readFreshStatusText,
+  readLastGoodStatusText,
+  readStatusNegativeCache,
   refreshUnchangedStatusInsight,
   resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss,
+  writeStatusNegativeWindow,
+  writeStatusNote,
 } from "../status-cache";
 
 const TODAY = "2026-05-31";
+const AVAILABLE = { available: true, reason: null, onDeviceAllowed: true };
 
-function cacheRow(details: Record<string, unknown>, createdAt = new Date()) {
-  return { createdAt, details: JSON.stringify(details) };
+function enc(text: string): Uint8Array {
+  return new TextEncoder().encode(`enc:${text}`);
+}
+
+/** One `InsightStatusCache` row as `findUnique` would return it. */
+function noteRow(fields: {
+  text?: string | null;
+  dateKey?: string;
+  generatedAt?: Date | null;
+  snapshotHash?: string | null;
+  inputHash?: string | null;
+  retryAt?: Date | null;
+  negativeReason?: string | null;
+  textEncrypted?: Uint8Array | null;
+}) {
+  return {
+    textEncrypted:
+      fields.textEncrypted !== undefined
+        ? fields.textEncrypted
+        : fields.text == null
+          ? null
+          : enc(fields.text),
+    itemsEncrypted: null,
+    inputHash: fields.inputHash ?? null,
+    snapshotHash: fields.snapshotHash ?? null,
+    dateKey: fields.dateKey ?? TODAY,
+    generatedAt:
+      fields.generatedAt !== undefined ? fields.generatedAt : new Date(),
+    retryAt: fields.retryAt ?? null,
+    negativeReason: fields.negativeReason ?? null,
+  };
 }
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
   vi.mocked(prisma.customMetric.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
+  aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue(AVAILABLE);
+  probeProviderPresence.mockResolvedValue(true);
 });
 
-describe("isTimeoutStub", () => {
-  it("flags the timeout-stub model marker", () => {
-    expect(isTimeoutStub({ model: "timeout-stub" })).toBe(true);
+describe("writeStatusNote / writeStatusNegativeWindow", () => {
+  it("upserts one encrypted row per (user, metric, locale) and clears the negative window", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+    await writeStatusNote({
+      userId: "u1",
+      cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
+      todayKey: TODAY,
+      text: "Stable.",
+      snapshotHash: "s".repeat(64),
+    });
+    const arg = vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mock
+      .calls[0][0] as {
+      where: { userId_metric_locale: Record<string, string> };
+      create: Record<string, unknown>;
+      update: Record<string, unknown>;
+    };
+    expect(arg.where.userId_metric_locale).toEqual({
+      userId: "u1",
+      metric: "weight",
+      locale: "en",
+    });
+    expect(
+      new TextDecoder().decode(arg.update.textEncrypted as Uint8Array),
+    ).toBe("enc:Stable.");
+    expect(arg.update.dateKey).toBe(TODAY);
+    expect(arg.update.snapshotHash).toBe("s".repeat(64));
+    expect(arg.update.retryAt).toBeNull();
+    expect(arg.update.negativeReason).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it("flags the timeout:true marker", () => {
-    expect(isTimeoutStub({ timeout: true })).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("does not flag a real assessment", () => {
-    expect(isTimeoutStub({ model: "gpt-4o-mini", timeout: false })).toBe(false);
-    expect(isTimeoutStub({})).toBe(false);
+  it("opens a negative window without touching the stored note", async () => {
+    const retryAt = new Date(Date.now() + 60_000);
+    await writeStatusNegativeWindow({
+      userId: "u1",
+      cacheAction: "insights.pulse-status.de",
+      todayKey: TODAY,
+      reason: "timeout",
+      retryAt,
+    });
+    const arg = vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mock
+      .calls[0][0] as { update: Record<string, unknown> };
+    // Only the window moves: a stall must not hide yesterday's text.
+    expect(arg.update).toEqual({ retryAt, negativeReason: "timeout" });
   });
 });
 
 describe("readFreshStatusText", () => {
   it("returns today's real assessment text", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({
-        dateKey: TODAY,
-        text: "Your weight trend is stable.",
-        model: "gpt-4o-mini",
-      }) as never,
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({ text: "Your weight trend is stable." }) as never,
     );
     const hit = await readFreshStatusText({
       userId: "u1",
@@ -75,15 +156,44 @@ describe("readFreshStatusText", () => {
       force: false,
     });
     expect(hit?.text).toBe("Your weight trend is stable.");
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        where: {
+          userId_metric_locale: {
+            userId: "u1",
+            metric: "weight",
+            locale: "en",
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    );
   });
 
-  it("skips a timeout-stub row keyed to today", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({
-        dateKey: TODAY,
-        text: "Generic fallback advice.",
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        timeout: true,
+  it("serves today's note even while a negative window is open on it", async () => {
+    // A stall writes the window next to the note; it never shadows the text.
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
+        text: "Real assessment.",
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
+      }) as never,
+    );
+    const hit = await readFreshStatusText({
+      userId: "u1",
+      cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
+      todayKey: TODAY,
+      force: false,
+    });
+    expect(hit?.text).toBe("Real assessment.");
+  });
+
+  it("misses on a row that carries only a negative window", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
+        text: null,
+        generatedAt: null,
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
       }) as never,
     );
     const hit = await readFreshStatusText({
@@ -96,8 +206,8 @@ describe("readFreshStatusText", () => {
   });
 
   it("skips a stale-day row", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({ dateKey: "2026-05-30", text: "Yesterday." }) as never,
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({ dateKey: "2026-05-30", text: "Yesterday." }) as never,
     );
     const hit = await readFreshStatusText({
       userId: "u1",
@@ -109,8 +219,8 @@ describe("readFreshStatusText", () => {
   });
 
   it("skips an empty-text row", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({ dateKey: TODAY, text: "   " }) as never,
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({ text: "   " }) as never,
     );
     const hit = await readFreshStatusText({
       userId: "u1",
@@ -129,14 +239,15 @@ describe("readFreshStatusText", () => {
       force: true,
     });
     expect(hit).toBeNull();
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("treats a malformed payload as a miss", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-      details: "{not json",
-    } as never);
+  it("treats a note it cannot decrypt as a miss", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
+        textEncrypted: new TextEncoder().encode("{not ciphertext"),
+      }) as never,
+    );
     const hit = await readFreshStatusText({
       userId: "u1",
       cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
@@ -145,35 +256,153 @@ describe("readFreshStatusText", () => {
     });
     expect(hit).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it("returns null when statusText is unavailable, without reading the row", async () => {
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "user_disabled",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    });
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({ text: "Would have been served." }) as never,
+    );
+    const hit = await readFreshStatusText({
+      userId: "u1",
+      cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
+      todayKey: TODAY,
+      force: false,
+    });
+    expect(hit).toBeNull();
+    expect(aiCapabilityForRecord).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "statusText");
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("readLastGoodStatusText", () => {
+  it("serves a note from an earlier day", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
+        dateKey: "2026-05-29",
+        text: "Two days old.",
+        generatedAt: new Date("2026-05-29T04:30:00.000Z"),
+      }) as never,
+    );
+    expect(
+      await readLastGoodStatusText({
+        userId: "u1",
+        cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      text: "Two days old.",
+      updatedAt: "2026-05-29T04:30:00.000Z",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("serves nothing when statusText is unavailable", async () => {
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "consent_required",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    });
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({ text: "Old text." }) as never,
+    );
+    expect(
+      await readLastGoodStatusText({
+        userId: "u1",
+        cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
+      }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("readStatusNegativeCache", () => {
+  it("reports an open window and flips retryable once retryAt passes", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      noteRow({
+        text: "Kept.",
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "screened",
+      }) as never,
+    );
+    const open = await readStatusNegativeCache({
+      userId: "u1",
+      cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
+    });
+    expect(open).toMatchObject({ reason: "screened", retryable: false });
+
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      noteRow({
+        text: "Kept.",
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() - 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
+      }) as never,
+    );
+    const closed = await readStatusNegativeCache({
+      userId: "u1",
+      cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
+    });
+    expect(closed).toMatchObject({ reason: "timeout", retryable: true });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    // Default: no prior assessment to serve stale (readLastGoodStatusText).
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
+    // Default: no row at all — no last-good text, no negative window.
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      null as never,
+    );
   });
 
-  it("returns no-provider without enqueuing when the user has no provider", async () => {
-    hasUsableStatusProvider.mockResolvedValue(false);
+  it("returns unavailable with hasProvider from the probe and enqueues nothing", async () => {
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "consent_required",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    });
+    probeProviderPresence.mockResolvedValue(true);
     const outcome = await resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss({
       userId: "u1",
       metric: "weight",
       locale: "en",
     });
-    expect(outcome.kind).toBe("no-provider");
+    // A withdrawn consent is not "no provider": the probe says one exists.
+    expect(outcome).toEqual({
+      kind: "unavailable",
+      reason: "consent_required",
+      hasProvider: true,
+    });
+    expect(probeProviderPresence).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "text");
+    expect(enqueueStatusGeneration).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("returns unavailable/no_provider without enqueuing when the user has no provider", async () => {
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "no_provider",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    });
+    probeProviderPresence.mockResolvedValue(false);
+    const outcome = await resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss({
+      userId: "u1",
+      metric: "weight",
+      locale: "en",
+    });
+    expect(outcome).toEqual({
+      kind: "unavailable",
+      reason: "no_provider",
+      hasProvider: false,
+    });
     expect(enqueueStatusGeneration).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("enqueues generation and returns preparing on a clean miss", async () => {
-    hasUsableStatusProvider.mockResolvedValue(true);
-    // No negative stub present.
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
     const outcome = await resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss({
       userId: "u1",
       metric: "pulse",
       locale: "de",
     });
-    expect(outcome.kind).toBe("preparing");
     // No last-good text to show, so nothing to revalidate against — the card
     // polls on `preparing` alone.
     expect(outcome).toEqual({
@@ -189,19 +418,14 @@ describe("resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss", () => {
   });
 
   it("serves the last good assessment stale-while-revalidate on a clean miss", async () => {
-    hasUsableStatusProvider.mockResolvedValue(true);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
     // A prior (e.g. yesterday's) real assessment is on record.
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
-      cacheRow(
-        {
-          dateKey: "2026-05-30",
-          text: "Steady upward trend.",
-          model: "gpt-4o-mini",
-        },
-        new Date("2026-05-30T04:30:00.000Z"),
-      ),
-    ] as never);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
+        dateKey: "2026-05-30",
+        text: "Steady upward trend.",
+        generatedAt: new Date("2026-05-30T04:30:00.000Z"),
+      }) as never,
+    );
     const outcome = await resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss({
       userId: "u1",
       metric: "weight",
@@ -217,14 +441,13 @@ describe("resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss", () => {
     expect(enqueueStatusGeneration).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
-  it("suppresses re-enqueue while a fresh timeout stub exists", async () => {
-    hasUsableStatusProvider.mockResolvedValue(true);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({
-        dateKey: TODAY,
-        timeout: true,
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000).toISOString(),
+  it("suppresses re-enqueue while a negative window is open, still serving the last note", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
+        dateKey: "2026-05-30",
+        text: "Yesterday's note.",
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
       }) as never,
     );
     const outcome = await resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss({
@@ -234,19 +457,20 @@ describe("resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss", () => {
     });
     expect(outcome.kind).toBe("preparing");
     if (outcome.kind !== "preparing") throw new Error("expected preparing");
+    // The window does not hide the stored note.
+    expect(outcome.lastGood?.text).toBe("Yesterday's note.");
     // No enqueue on the suppressed branch → nothing in flight to revalidate.
     expect(outcome.revalidating).toBe(false);
     expect(enqueueStatusGeneration).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("re-enqueues once the negative stub's retryAt has passed", async () => {
-    hasUsableStatusProvider.mockResolvedValue(true);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({
-        dateKey: TODAY,
-        timeout: true,
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() - 60_000).toISOString(),
+  it("re-enqueues once the negative window's retryAt has passed", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
+        text: null,
+        generatedAt: null,
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() - 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
       }) as never,
     );
     const outcome = await resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss({
@@ -262,13 +486,12 @@ describe("resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss", () => {
 describe("refreshUnchangedStatusInsight (v1.16.8)", () => {
   const HASH = "a".repeat(64);
 
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    // Default: consent does not block (BYOK / consented chains).
-    statusConsentBlocksGeneration.mockResolvedValue(false);
-  });
-
-  it("misses (and writes nothing) when the server-managed consent is revoked, even on a hash match", async () => {
-    statusConsentBlocksGeneration.mockResolvedValue(true);
+  it("misses (and writes nothing) when statusText is unavailable, even on a hash match", async () => {
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "consent_required",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    });
     const hit = await refreshUnchangedStatusInsight({
       userId: "u1",
       cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
@@ -276,31 +499,24 @@ describe("refreshUnchangedStatusInsight (v1.16.8)", () => {
       snapshotHash: HASH,
     });
     expect(hit).toBeNull();
-    // The gate must not even read the cache row — a revoked consent can
-    // never re-stamp old AI text as today's assessment.
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(statusConsentBlocksGeneration).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      "u1",
-      "insights",
-    );
+    // The gate must not even read the row — an unavailable capability can
+    // never re-date old AI text as today's assessment.
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(aiCapabilityForRecord).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "statusText");
   });
 
-  it("re-persists the row under today's dateKey and returns the text on a hash match", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({
+  it("re-dates the row under today's dateKey and returns the text on a hash match", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: "2026-05-30",
-        locale: "en",
         text: "Stable weight, no concerns.",
-        providerType: "openai",
-        model: "gpt-4o-mini",
-        tokensUsed: 321,
         snapshotHash: HASH,
       }) as never,
     );
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date("2026-05-31T04:30:00.000Z"),
-    } as never);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+      {} as never,
+    );
 
     const hit = await refreshUnchangedStatusInsight({
       userId: "u1",
@@ -310,27 +526,33 @@ describe("refreshUnchangedStatusInsight (v1.16.8)", () => {
     });
 
     expect(hit?.text).toBe("Stable weight, no concerns.");
-    expect(hit?.updatedAt).toBe("2026-05-31T04:30:00.000Z");
-    // The refresh row carries the same payload re-keyed to today, so the
-    // read path and the ingest debounce both see a current assessment.
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const arg = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls[0][0] as {
-      data: { userId: string; action: string; details: string };
+    expect(hit?.expiresAfterDateKey).toBe(TODAY);
+    // The re-date moves only the day key and timestamp: the note and its
+    // fingerprints stay, so the read path and the ingest debounce both see a
+    // current assessment and tomorrow's gate still matches.
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const arg = vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mock
+      .calls[0][0] as {
+      where: Record<string, string>;
+      data: Record<string, unknown>;
     };
-    expect(arg.data.userId).toBe("u1");
-    expect(arg.data.action).toBe("insights.weight-status.en");
-    const details = JSON.parse(arg.data.details) as Record<string, unknown>;
-    expect(details.dateKey).toBe(TODAY);
-    expect(details.text).toBe("Stable weight, no concerns.");
-    expect(details.snapshotHash).toBe(HASH);
+    expect(arg.where).toEqual({
+      userId: "u1",
+      metric: "weight",
+      locale: "en",
+    });
+    expect(arg.data.dateKey).toBe(TODAY);
+    expect(arg.data).not.toHaveProperty("textEncrypted");
+    expect(arg.data).not.toHaveProperty("snapshotHash");
+    expect(hit?.updatedAt).toBe((arg.data.generatedAt as Date).toISOString());
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("misses (and writes nothing) when the stored hash differs", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: "2026-05-30",
         text: "Older text.",
-        model: "gpt-4o-mini",
         snapshotHash: "b".repeat(64),
       }) as never,
     );
@@ -341,15 +563,31 @@ describe("refreshUnchangedStatusInsight (v1.16.8)", () => {
       snapshotHash: HASH,
     });
     expect(hit).toBeNull();
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("misses when the latest row carries no hash (pre-gate rows)", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({
-        dateKey: "2026-05-30",
-        text: "Older text.",
-        model: "gpt-4o-mini",
+  it("misses when the row carries no hash", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({ dateKey: "2026-05-30", text: "Older text." }) as never,
+    );
+    const hit = await refreshUnchangedStatusInsight({
+      userId: "u1",
+      cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
+      todayKey: TODAY,
+      snapshotHash: HASH,
+    });
+    expect(hit).toBeNull();
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("never refreshes off a row that carries only a negative window", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
+        text: null,
+        generatedAt: null,
+        snapshotHash: HASH,
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
       }) as never,
     );
     const hit = await refreshUnchangedStatusInsight({
@@ -359,31 +597,28 @@ describe("refreshUnchangedStatusInsight (v1.16.8)", () => {
       snapshotHash: HASH,
     });
     expect(hit).toBeNull();
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("never refreshes off a timeout stub, even with a matching hash", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({
-        dateKey: "2026-05-30",
-        text: "Generic fallback advice.",
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        timeout: true,
+  it("misses on no prior row and on an undecryptable note", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      null as never,
+    );
+    expect(
+      await refreshUnchangedStatusInsight({
+        userId: "u1",
+        cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
+        todayKey: TODAY,
+        snapshotHash: HASH,
+      }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      noteRow({
+        textEncrypted: new TextEncoder().encode("{not ciphertext"),
         snapshotHash: HASH,
       }) as never,
     );
-    const hit = await refreshUnchangedStatusInsight({
-      userId: "u1",
-      cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
-      todayKey: TODAY,
-      snapshotHash: HASH,
-    });
-    expect(hit).toBeNull();
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-
-  it("misses on no prior row and on malformed payloads", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValueOnce(null as never);
     expect(
       await refreshUnchangedStatusInsight({
         userId: "u1",
@@ -392,27 +627,11 @@ describe("refreshUnchangedStatusInsight (v1.16.8)", () => {
         snapshotHash: HASH,
       }),
     ).toBeNull();
-
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValueOnce({
-      details: "{not json",
-    } as never);
-    expect(
-      await refreshUnchangedStatusInsight({
-        userId: "u1",
-        cacheAction: "insights.weight-status.en",
-        todayKey: TODAY,
-        snapshotHash: HASH,
-      }),
-    ).toBeNull();
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
 describe("computeStatusInputFingerprint (v1.18.11 P6)", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    statusConsentBlocksGeneration.mockResolvedValue(false);
-  });
-
   it("is stable across group order and flips when a count or newest moves", async () => {
     const t0 = new Date("2026-05-30T08:00:00.000Z");
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.groupBy).mockResolvedValue([
@@ -598,24 +817,18 @@ describe("computeStatusInputFingerprint (v1.18.11 P6)", () => {
 describe("gateUnchangedStatusInput (v1.18.11 P6)", () => {
   const INPUT = "b".repeat(64);
 
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    statusConsentBlocksGeneration.mockResolvedValue(false);
-  });
-
-  it("re-stamps the cached text and skips the build on a matching input hash", async () => {
-    const created = new Date("2026-05-31T02:00:00.000Z");
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({
+  it("re-dates the cached text and skips the build on a matching input hash", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: "2026-05-30",
         text: "Stable weight.",
-        model: "gpt-4o-mini",
         inputHash: INPUT,
         snapshotHash: "c".repeat(64),
       }) as never,
     );
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: created,
-    } as never);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+      {} as never,
+    );
 
     const hit = await gateUnchangedStatusInput({
       userId: "u1",
@@ -625,25 +838,23 @@ describe("gateUnchangedStatusInput (v1.18.11 P6)", () => {
       force: false,
     });
     expect(hit?.text).toBe("Stable weight.");
-    const persisted = JSON.parse(
-      (
-        vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls[0][0] as {
-          data: { details: string };
-        }
-      ).data.details,
-    ) as { dateKey: string; inputHash: string; snapshotHash: string };
-    expect(persisted.dateKey).toBe(TODAY);
-    // The prior fingerprints are preserved so the next day's gates match.
-    expect(persisted.inputHash).toBe(INPUT);
-    expect(persisted.snapshotHash).toBe("c".repeat(64));
+    const data = (
+      vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mock.calls[0][0] as {
+        data: Record<string, unknown>;
+      }
+    ).data;
+    expect(data.dateKey).toBe(TODAY);
+    // The prior fingerprints are preserved (not rewritten) so the next day's
+    // gates match.
+    expect(data).not.toHaveProperty("inputHash");
+    expect(data).not.toHaveProperty("snapshotHash");
   });
 
   it("misses on a differing or missing input hash (caller builds)", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(
-      cacheRow({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: "2026-05-30",
         text: "Stable weight.",
-        model: "gpt-4o-mini",
         // no inputHash on the row
       }) as never,
     );
@@ -656,7 +867,7 @@ describe("gateUnchangedStatusInput (v1.18.11 P6)", () => {
         force: false,
       }),
     ).toBeNull();
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("misses on a forced run without touching the cache", async () => {
@@ -669,11 +880,18 @@ describe("gateUnchangedStatusInput (v1.18.11 P6)", () => {
         force: true,
       }),
     ).toBeNull();
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("misses when the server-managed consent gate would block (no stale re-date)", async () => {
-    statusConsentBlocksGeneration.mockResolvedValue(true);
+  it("misses when statusText is unavailable (no stale re-date)", async () => {
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "operator_disabled",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    });
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({ text: "Stable weight.", inputHash: INPUT }) as never,
+    );
     expect(
       await gateUnchangedStatusInput({
         userId: "u1",
@@ -683,6 +901,6 @@ describe("gateUnchangedStatusInput (v1.18.11 P6)", () => {
         force: false,
       }),
     ).toBeNull();
-    expect(prisma.auditLog.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-note-fixtures.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-note-fixtures.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8d93f504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-note-fixtures.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/**
+ * Shared fixtures for the status-generator tests that run against the real
+ * status-note store (`status-cache.ts`) over a mocked `prisma`.
+ *
+ * `fakeBytesCodec` stands in for the at-rest codec so a fixture can build a
+ * stored note from plain text and read back what a generator wrote. Wire it
+ * with
+ *
+ *   vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec", async () =>
+ *     (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+ *   );
+ *
+ * It is not AES-GCM and does not try to be: these tests pin what the store
+ * serves, re-dates and writes, not the cipher.
+ */
+import type { Mock } from "vitest";
+
+const PREFIX = "enc:";
+
+export const fakeBytesCodec = {
+  encryptToBytes: (plain: string): Uint8Array =>
+    new TextEncoder().encode(`${PREFIX}${plain}`),
+  decryptFromBytes: (buf: Uint8Array): string => {
+    const text = new TextDecoder().decode(buf);
+    if (!text.startsWith(PREFIX)) throw new Error("unknown key id");
+    return text.slice(PREFIX.length);
+  },
+};
+
+/** The capability state every generator fixture runs under by default. */
+export const CAPABILITY_AVAILABLE = {
+  available: true,
+  reason: null,
+  onDeviceAllowed: true,
+} as const;
+
+/** One `InsightStatusCache` row as `findUnique` returns it. */
+export function noteRow(fields: {
+  text?: string | null;
+  items?: unknown;
+  dateKey: string;
+  generatedAt?: Date | null;
+  snapshotHash?: string | null;
+  inputHash?: string | null;
+  retryAt?: Date | null;
+  negativeReason?: string | null;
+}) {
+  return {
+    textEncrypted:
+      fields.text == null ? null : fakeBytesCodec.encryptToBytes(fields.text),
+    itemsEncrypted:
+      fields.items === undefined
+        ? null
+        : fakeBytesCodec.encryptToBytes(JSON.stringify(fields.items)),
+    inputHash: fields.inputHash ?? null,
+    snapshotHash: fields.snapshotHash ?? null,
+    dateKey: fields.dateKey,
+    generatedAt:
+      fields.generatedAt !== undefined ? fields.generatedAt : new Date(),
+    retryAt: fields.retryAt ?? null,
+    negativeReason: fields.negativeReason ?? null,
+  };
+}
+
+/** A note a generator wrote through `insightStatusCache.upsert`, decoded. */
+export interface WrittenNote {
+  metric: string;
+  locale: string;
+  text: string | null;
+  items: unknown;
+  dateKey: string | undefined;
+  snapshotHash: string | null | undefined;
+  inputHash: string | null | undefined;
+  retryAt: Date | null | undefined;
+  negativeReason: string | null | undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Every `upsert` call on the mocked `insightStatusCache`, decoded from its
+ * `create` arm (which carries the full row either way).
+ */
+export function upsertedNotes(upsert: Mock | unknown): WrittenNote[] {
+  return (upsert as Mock).mock.calls.map((call) => {
+    const create = (call[0] as { create: Record<string, unknown> }).create;
+    const decode = (v: unknown) =>
+      v instanceof Uint8Array ? fakeBytesCodec.decryptFromBytes(v) : null;
+    const itemsJson = decode(create.itemsEncrypted);
+    return {
+      metric: create.metric as string,
+      locale: create.locale as string,
+      text: decode(create.textEncrypted),
+      items: itemsJson === null ? null : JSON.parse(itemsJson),
+      dateKey: create.dateKey as string | undefined,
+      snapshotHash: create.snapshotHash as string | null | undefined,
+      inputHash: create.inputHash as string | null | undefined,
+      retryAt: create.retryAt as Date | null | undefined,
+      negativeReason: create.negativeReason as string | null | undefined,
+    };
+  });
+}
+
+/** Only the upserts that wrote a note (not a bare negative-cache window). */
+export function writtenNotes(upsert: Mock | unknown): WrittenNote[] {
+  return upsertedNotes(upsert).filter((n) => n.text !== null);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-provider-budget.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-provider-budget.test.ts
index 1ef502f0e..b1bbad4f5 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-provider-budget.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/status-provider-budget.test.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,18 @@ const { resolveProviderChain, resolveProvider } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   resolveProviderChain: vi.fn(),
   resolveProvider: vi.fn(),
 }));
-vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({ resolveProviderChain, resolveProvider }));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
+  resolveProviderChain,
+  resolveProvider,
+  probeProviderPresence: vi.fn(async () => true),
+}));
+
+// The capability re-check at the wire. Available by default so the budget is
+// what these tests isolate; one test below flips it.
+const { aiCapabilityForRecord } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({ aiCapabilityForRecord }));
 
 const { runRawCompletionWithFallback } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   runRawCompletionWithFallback: vi.fn(),
@@ -74,15 +85,16 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider-runner", () => ({
   runRawCompletionWithFallback,
 }));
 
-// Consent gate is exercised by its own suite; keep it open here so the budget
-// behaviour is what these tests isolate.
-vi.mock("@/lib/ai/consent-guard", () => ({
-  chainRequiresServerManagedConsent: vi.fn(() => false),
-  hasActiveConsentForSurface: vi.fn(async () => true),
-}));
+// The wire re-check for the resolved chain (`aiEgressRefusal`). Its own rule
+// (capability + receipt for an operator-held entry) is pinned in egress.test.ts;
+// here it passes by default so the budget is what these tests isolate, and
+// the refusal test below flips it.
+const { aiEgressRefusal } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ aiEgressRefusal: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress", () => ({ aiEgressRefusal }));
 
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "../status-provider";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { AiUnavailableError } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/refusal";
 import { OPERATOR_COST_CAP, USER_PLAN_CAP } from "@/lib/ai/coach/budget";
 
 const OPERATOR_CHAIN = [{ providerType: "admin-openai", instance: {} }];
@@ -94,7 +106,7 @@ function completionArgs(overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
     cacheAction: "status:test",
     systemPrompt: "system",
     userPrompt: "user",
-    consentSurface: "insights" as const,
+    capability: "statusText" as const,
     ...overrides,
   };
 }
@@ -113,6 +125,72 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   ledgerOperator = 0;
   resolveProviderChain.mockResolvedValue(OPERATOR_CHAIN);
   resolveProvider.mockResolvedValue({ type: "none" });
+  aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
+  aiEgressRefusal.mockResolvedValue(null);
+});
+
+describe("runStatusCompletion — capability at the wire", () => {
+  it("returns none with the capability's reason and never resolves the chain when the capability is unavailable", async () => {
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "user_disabled",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    });
+
+    const outcome = await runStatusCompletion(
+      completionArgs({ capability: "periodNarrative" }) as never,
+    );
+
+    expect(outcome).toEqual({ kind: "none", reason: "user_disabled" });
+    expect(aiCapabilityForRecord).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "periodNarrative");
+    expect(resolveProviderChain).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(resolveProvider).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(runRawCompletionWithFallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // Nothing reserved against the day's ledger either.
+    expect(ledgerTotal).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("re-checks exactly the resolved chain and refuses before any budget or provider work", async () => {
+    resolveProviderChain.mockResolvedValue([
+      { providerType: "anthropic", instance: {} },
+      { providerType: "admin-openai", instance: {} },
+    ]);
+    aiEgressRefusal.mockResolvedValue(
+      new AiUnavailableError("coach", "consent_required"),
+    );
+
+    const outcome = await runStatusCompletion(
+      completionArgs({ capability: "coach" }) as never,
+    );
+
+    expect(outcome).toEqual({ kind: "none", reason: "consent_required" });
+    expect(aiEgressRefusal).toHaveBeenCalledWith("coach", "u1", [
+      "anthropic",
+      "admin-openai",
+    ]);
+    expect(runRawCompletionWithFallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(ledgerTotal).toBe(0);
+    expect(annotate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        action: { name: "insights.status.capability_unavailable" },
+        meta: expect.objectContaining({
+          reason: "consent_required",
+          at: "wire",
+        }),
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("returns none with reason no_provider when the chain is empty", async () => {
+    resolveProviderChain.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    const outcome = await runStatusCompletion(completionArgs() as never);
+    expect(outcome).toEqual({ kind: "none", reason: "no_provider" });
+    expect(runRawCompletionWithFallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("runStatusCompletion — ledger accounting", () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/weight-status.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/weight-status.test.ts
index 5f715f219..805944536 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/weight-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/weight-status.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/measurements/day-aggregates", async () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   prisma: {
-    auditLog: { findFirst: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    insightStatusCache: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      upsert: vi.fn(),
+      updateMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
     // v1.18.11 (P6) — the input gate probes salient inputs via groupBy +
     // moodEntry.aggregate before the heavy findMany build.
     measurement: { findMany: vi.fn(), groupBy: vi.fn() },
@@ -26,10 +30,39 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/status-provider", () => ({
   runStatusCompletion: vi.fn(),
-  // Consent never blocks in these fixtures — the gate has its own tests.
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration: vi.fn(async () => false),
 }));
 
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec",
+  async () => (await import("./status-note-fixtures")).fakeBytesCodec,
+);
+
+// statusText is available unless a test says otherwise — the capability
+// read itself has its own tests in status-cache.test.ts.
+const {
+  aiCapabilityForRecord,
+  probeProviderPresence,
+  enqueueStatusGeneration,
+} = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+  probeProviderPresence: vi.fn(),
+  enqueueStatusGeneration: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({ aiCapabilityForRecord }));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", async (importOriginal) => ({
+  ...(await importOriginal<typeof import("@/lib/ai/provider")>()),
+  probeProviderPresence,
+}));
+vi.mock(
+  "@/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate-shared",
+  async (importOriginal) => ({
+    ...(await importOriginal<
+      typeof import("@/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate-shared")
+    >()),
+    enqueueStatusGeneration,
+  }),
+);
+
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
   getPreviousInsightContext: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
   formatPreviousContextForPrompt: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(""),
@@ -38,6 +71,8 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/insights/memory", () => ({
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
 import { generateWeightStatusForUser } from "../weight-status";
+import { getNoKeyWeightStatusText } from "@/lib/insights/no-key-fallbacks";
+import { noteRow, upsertedNotes, writtenNotes } from "./status-note-fixtures";
 
 const dayMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -76,6 +111,49 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     _max: { moodLoggedAt: null },
   } as never);
   vi.mocked(prisma.customMetric.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mockResolvedValue(
+    {} as never,
+  );
+  aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
+  probeProviderPresence.mockResolvedValue(true);
+  enqueueStatusGeneration.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+});
+
+describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — read-only miss while statusText is unavailable", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["consent_required", true],
+    ["no_provider", false],
+  ] as const)(
+    "serves the deterministic line with hasProvider from the probe (%s) and enqueues nothing",
+    async (reason, present) => {
+      aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
+      probeProviderPresence.mockResolvedValue(present);
+
+      const result = await generateWeightStatusForUser("user-1", {
+        locale: "en",
+        readOnly: true,
+      });
+
+      // `hasProvider` is provider presence only: a withdrawn consent is not
+      // "no provider configured".
+      expect(result.hasProvider).toBe(present);
+      expect(result.text).toBe(getNoKeyWeightStatusText("en"));
+      expect(result.updatedAt).toBeNull();
+      expect(enqueueStatusGeneration).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(runStatusCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    },
+  );
 });
 
 describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
@@ -94,12 +172,8 @@ describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
       });
     }
 
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue(records as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     const captured: { userPrompt: string | null } = { userPrompt: null };
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"OK"}', captured);
@@ -135,14 +209,10 @@ describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — graded payload", () => {
 
 describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () => {
   it("serves the fallback without writing a cache row on timeout", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "WEIGHT", value: 82, measuredAt: new Date() },
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockResolvedValue({
       kind: "timeout",
@@ -156,44 +226,38 @@ describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — timeout/error never persists", () => {
     expect(result.cached).toBe(true);
     expect(result.updatedAt).toBeNull();
     // v1.8.3 — no real assessment persisted (updatedAt stays null above),
-    // but a short-TTL negative stub IS written so the read-only route does
+    // but a short-TTL negative window IS opened so the read-only route does
     // not re-enqueue on every navigation while the provider is degraded.
-    // The stub is a timeout marker that `readFreshStatusText` rejects.
+    // The window carries no note, so it can never be served as one.
     await Promise.resolve();
-    for (const call of vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls) {
-      const details = JSON.parse(
-        (call[0] as { data: { details: string } }).data.details,
-      );
-      expect(details.timeout === true || details.model === "timeout-stub").toBe(
-        true,
-      );
-    }
+    expect(writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert)).toEqual([]);
+    const windows = upsertedNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(windows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(windows[0].negativeReason).toBe("timeout");
+    expect(windows[0].retryAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+    expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
-describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — cache-read skips a stub", () => {
-  it("regenerates when the only cached row is a timeout stub", async () => {
+describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — a negative window is not a note", () => {
+  it("regenerates when today's row carries only a negative-cache window", async () => {
     const now = new Date();
     const todayKey = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-CA", {
       timeZone: "Europe/Berlin",
     }).format(now);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: todayKey,
-        locale: "en",
-        text: "Generic stub fallback.",
-        model: "timeout-stub",
-        timeout: true,
-      }),
-    } as never);
+        text: null,
+        generatedAt: null,
+        retryAt: new Date(now.getTime() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
+      }) as never,
+    );
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "WEIGHT", value: 82, measuredAt: now },
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"Fresh real assessment."}');
 
@@ -231,10 +295,6 @@ describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — content-hash gate (v1.16.8)", () => {
       vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockImplementation((async () =>
         records.map((r) => ({ ...r }))) as never);
       vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-      vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
-      vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-        createdAt: now,
-      } as never);
       stubCompletion('{"summary":"First real assessment."}');
 
       // First run: a real generation persists the snapshot fingerprint.
@@ -243,33 +303,24 @@ describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — content-hash gate (v1.16.8)", () => {
         force: true,
       });
       expect(runStatusCompletion).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      const persisted = JSON.parse(
-        (
-          vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls[0][0] as {
-            data: { details: string };
-          }
-        ).data.details,
-      ) as { text: string; snapshotHash: string };
+      const [persisted] = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+      expect(persisted.text).toBe("First real assessment.");
       expect(persisted.snapshotHash).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/);
 
       // Second run, same data: the gate finds the matching fingerprint,
       // re-persists the same text under today's dateKey, and never calls
       // the provider — even though the run is forced.
       vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockClear();
-      vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockClear();
-      vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-        createdAt: now,
-        details: JSON.stringify({
-          // Yesterday's row — outside the same-day cache read.
+      vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).mockClear();
+      vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+        noteRow({
+          // Yesterday's note — outside the same-day cache read.
           dateKey: "2026-06-09",
-          locale: "en",
           text: persisted.text,
-          providerType: "anthropic",
-          model: "x",
-          tokensUsed: 1,
+          generatedAt: now,
           snapshotHash: persisted.snapshotHash,
-        }),
-      } as never);
+        }) as never,
+      );
 
       const result = await generateWeightStatusForUser("user-1", {
         locale: "en",
@@ -279,15 +330,17 @@ describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — content-hash gate (v1.16.8)", () => {
       expect(runStatusCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(result.cached).toBe(true);
       expect(result.text).toBe(persisted.text);
-      // The refresh row re-keys the payload to today.
-      const refreshed = JSON.parse(
-        (
-          vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls[0][0] as {
-            data: { details: string };
-          }
-        ).data.details,
-      ) as { dateKey: string; snapshotHash: string };
-      expect(refreshed.snapshotHash).toBe(persisted.snapshotHash);
+      // The refresh re-dates the stored note to today and leaves the note
+      // and its fingerprint alone.
+      expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      const refreshed = (
+        vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany).mock.calls[0][0] as {
+          data: Record<string, unknown>;
+        }
+      ).data;
+      expect(refreshed).not.toHaveProperty("snapshotHash");
+      expect(refreshed).not.toHaveProperty("textEncrypted");
       expect(refreshed.dateKey).not.toBe("2026-06-09");
     } finally {
       vi.useRealTimers();
@@ -300,21 +353,14 @@ describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — content-hash gate (v1.16.8)", () => {
       { type: "WEIGHT", value: 82, measuredAt: now },
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-      details: JSON.stringify({
+    vi.mocked(prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique).mockResolvedValue(
+      noteRow({
         dateKey: "2026-06-09",
-        locale: "en",
         text: "Older assessment.",
-        providerType: "anthropic",
-        model: "x",
-        tokensUsed: 1,
+        generatedAt: now,
         snapshotHash: "f".repeat(64),
-      }),
-    } as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: now,
-    } as never);
+      }) as never,
+    );
     stubCompletion('{"summary":"Fresh assessment for changed data."}');
 
     const result = await generateWeightStatusForUser("user-1", {
@@ -330,14 +376,10 @@ describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — content-hash gate (v1.16.8)", () => {
 
 describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)", () => {
   it("strips metric: tokens out of the cached text before persisting", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
       { type: "WEIGHT", value: 82, measuredAt: new Date() },
     ] as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
-    vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({
-      createdAt: new Date(),
-    } as never);
 
     stubCompletion(
       '{"summary":"Weight trended down 0.4 kg last week. metric:WEIGHT"}',
@@ -349,11 +391,8 @@ describe("generateWeightStatusForUser — token-leak hardening (v1.4.27 F16)", (
 
     expect(result.text).toBeTruthy();
     expect(result.text).not.toContain("metric:");
-    const createCalls = vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mock.calls;
-    expect(createCalls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    const details = (createCalls[0][0] as { data: { details: string } }).data
-      .details;
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(details) as { text: string };
-    expect(parsed.text).not.toContain("metric:");
+    const notes = writtenNotes(prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert);
+    expect(notes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(notes[0].text).not.toContain("metric:");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/biomarker-status.ts b/src/lib/insights/biomarker-status.ts
index 9238b0920..58ba09cf4 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/biomarker-status.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/biomarker-status.ts
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ export async function generateBiomarkerStatus(args: {
       metric: scope,
       locale,
     });
-    if (outcome.kind === "no-provider" || outcome.kind === "consent-missing") {
+    if (outcome.kind === "unavailable") {
       return {
-        hasProvider: false,
+        hasProvider: outcome.hasProvider,
         text: getNoKeyBiomarkerStatusText(locale, marker.name),
         cached: true,
         updatedAt: null,
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ export async function generateBiomarkerStatus(args: {
   const outcome = await runStatusCompletion({
     userId: args.userId,
     cacheAction,
-    consentSurface: "insights",
+    capability: "statusText",
     systemPrompt: getBiomarkerSystemPrompt(safeMarkerName, locale as Locale),
     userPrompt: getBiomarkerUserPrompt(
       snapshotJson,
@@ -383,11 +383,7 @@ export async function generateBiomarkerStatus(args: {
     userId: args.userId,
     cacheAction,
     todayKey,
-    locale,
     text,
-    providerType: outcome.providerType,
-    model: outcome.model,
-    tokensUsed: outcome.tokensUsed,
     inputHash,
   });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/blood-pressure-status.ts b/src/lib/insights/blood-pressure-status.ts
index 378988eea..c1ad7db91 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/blood-pressure-status.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/blood-pressure-status.ts
@@ -191,13 +191,13 @@ export async function prepareBloodPressureStatusForUser(
       metric: "blood-pressure",
       locale,
     });
-    // v1.16.13 — `consent-missing` serves the same no-key fallback (see
-    // bmi-status); no enqueue happens for it.
-    if (outcome.kind === "no-provider" || outcome.kind === "consent-missing") {
+    // Unavailable for any reason serves the deterministic line and enqueues
+    // nothing. `hasProvider` is provider presence only.
+    if (outcome.kind === "unavailable") {
       return {
         phase: "served",
         result: {
-          hasProvider: false,
+          hasProvider: outcome.hasProvider,
           text: getNoKeyBloodPressureStatusText(locale),
           cached: true,
           updatedAt: null,
@@ -769,11 +769,7 @@ export async function prepareBloodPressureStatusForUser(
         userId,
         cacheAction,
         todayKey,
-        locale,
         text: summary,
-        providerType: outcome.providerType,
-        model: outcome.model,
-        tokensUsed: outcome.tokensUsed,
         snapshotHash,
       });
       return {
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/bmi-status.ts b/src/lib/insights/bmi-status.ts
index 1f88f8b96..0ad6d4a93 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/bmi-status.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/bmi-status.ts
@@ -132,14 +132,13 @@ export async function prepareBmiStatusForUser(
       metric: "bmi",
       locale,
     });
-    // v1.16.13 — `consent-missing` (provider configured but the
-    // server-managed consent gate blocks egress) serves the same no-key
-    // fallback; no enqueue happens for it (the resolver short-circuits).
-    if (outcome.kind === "no-provider" || outcome.kind === "consent-missing") {
+    // Unavailable for any reason serves the deterministic line and enqueues
+    // nothing. `hasProvider` is provider presence only.
+    if (outcome.kind === "unavailable") {
       return {
         phase: "served",
         result: {
-          hasProvider: false,
+          hasProvider: outcome.hasProvider,
           text: getNoKeyBmiStatusText(locale),
           cached: true,
           updatedAt: null,
@@ -460,11 +459,7 @@ export async function prepareBmiStatusForUser(
         userId,
         cacheAction,
         todayKey,
-        locale,
         text: summary,
-        providerType: outcome.providerType,
-        model: outcome.model,
-        tokensUsed: outcome.tokensUsed,
         snapshotHash,
         // v1.18.11 (P6) — persist the input fingerprint for tomorrow's gate.
         inputHash,
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/comprehensive-generate.ts b/src/lib/insights/comprehensive-generate.ts
index 2891697ab..cc29fcfa8 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/comprehensive-generate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/comprehensive-generate.ts
@@ -78,10 +78,8 @@ import {
   BriefingBudgetExceededError,
   runBriefingCompletion,
 } from "@/lib/insights/briefing-provider";
-import {
-  chainRequiresServerManagedConsent,
-  hasActiveConsentForSurface,
-} from "@/lib/ai/consent-guard";
+import { aiCapabilityForRecord } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import { aiEgressRefusal } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress";
 import { invalidateUserInsights } from "@/lib/cache/invalidate";
 import {
   stripJsonFences,
@@ -142,6 +140,8 @@ export type GenerateOutcome =
   | {
       status: "skipped";
       reason:
+        /** The `briefing` capability is unavailable for another reason. */
+        | "unavailable"
         | "no-provider"
         | "no-consent"
         | "budget"
@@ -657,6 +657,27 @@ export async function generateComprehensiveInsight(
     return { status: "cached" };
   }
 
+  // The `briefing` capability at the wire, before the chain is resolved (a
+  // Codex chain may refresh a token on resolve). Callers resolve it too (the
+  // route before it enqueues, the nightly pass before this call); switches,
+  // the AI analysis opt-out and consent can change in between.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForRecord(userId, "briefing");
+  if (!capability.available) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "insights.comprehensive.unavailable" },
+      meta: { reason: capability.reason },
+    });
+    return {
+      status: "skipped",
+      reason:
+        capability.reason === "no_provider"
+          ? "no-provider"
+          : capability.reason === "consent_required"
+            ? "no-consent"
+            : "unavailable",
+    };
+  }
+
   const chain = await resolveProviderChain(userId);
   if (chain.length === 0) {
     const legacy = await resolveProvider(userId);
@@ -666,16 +687,23 @@ export async function generateComprehensiveInsight(
     chain.push({ providerType: "admin-openai", instance: legacy });
   }
 
-  // v1.12.1 — consent gate before any server-managed external egress. This
+  // The wire re-check for exactly this chain (`aiEgressRefusal`): the
+  // capability again, and the consent an operator-held entry needs. This
   // pipeline runs off-request (nightly cron + on-demand force-warm), so a
-  // missing receipt is a typed `skipped` outcome rather than a throw — the
-  // cron batch continues to the next user. BYOK / local / ChatGPT-OAuth
-  // chains never trip the check.
-  if (
-    chainRequiresServerManagedConsent(chain) &&
-    !(await hasActiveConsentForSurface(userId, "insights"))
-  ) {
-    return { status: "skipped", reason: "no-consent" };
+  // refusal is a typed `skipped` outcome rather than a throw — the cron batch
+  // continues to the next user. A person's own key, their ChatGPT account or
+  // a local model need no receipt.
+  const refusal = await aiEgressRefusal(
+    "briefing",
+    userId,
+    chain.map((entry) => entry.providerType),
+  );
+  if (refusal) {
+    return {
+      status: "skipped",
+      reason:
+        refusal.reason === "consent_required" ? "no-consent" : "unavailable",
+    };
   }
 
   const includeRaw = dbUser?.insightsPrivacyMode === "raw";
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/derived/derived-assessment-ai.ts b/src/lib/insights/derived/derived-assessment-ai.ts
index 82bb9c24b..89c895df1 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/derived/derived-assessment-ai.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/derived/derived-assessment-ai.ts
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ export async function generateDerivedScoreAssessment(args: {
   const outcome = await runStatusCompletion({
     userId: args.userId,
     cacheAction,
-    consentSurface: "insights",
+    capability: "statusText",
     systemPrompt: scoreSystemPrompt(locale),
     userPrompt: scoreUserPrompt(
       signal,
@@ -399,11 +399,7 @@ export async function generateDerivedScoreAssessment(args: {
     userId: args.userId,
     cacheAction,
     todayKey,
-    locale,
     text,
-    providerType: outcome.providerType,
-    model: outcome.model,
-    tokensUsed: outcome.tokensUsed,
     // v1.22 (W6) — store the input fingerprint so the next day's gate can skip
     // the warm when no contributor source changed.
     inputHash,
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/general-status.ts b/src/lib/insights/general-status.ts
index e294ed998..ed398a136 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/general-status.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/general-status.ts
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ export async function prepareGeneralStatusForUser(
       metric: "general",
       locale,
     });
-    // v1.16.13 — `consent-missing` serves the same no-key fallback (see
-    // bmi-status); no enqueue happens for it.
-    if (outcome.kind === "no-provider" || outcome.kind === "consent-missing") {
+    // Unavailable for any reason serves the deterministic line and enqueues
+    // nothing. `hasProvider` is provider presence only.
+    if (outcome.kind === "unavailable") {
       return {
         phase: "served",
         result: {
-          hasProvider: false,
+          hasProvider: outcome.hasProvider,
           text: getNoKeyGeneralStatusText(locale),
           cached: true,
           updatedAt: null,
@@ -538,11 +538,7 @@ export async function prepareGeneralStatusForUser(
         userId,
         cacheAction,
         todayKey,
-        locale,
         text: summary,
-        providerType: outcome.providerType,
-        model: outcome.model,
-        tokensUsed: outcome.tokensUsed,
         snapshotHash,
       });
       return {
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/medication-compliance-status.ts b/src/lib/insights/medication-compliance-status.ts
index 17236dd2d..a93a3c2af 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/medication-compliance-status.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/medication-compliance-status.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ import {
   round,
 } from "@/lib/insights/status-shared";
 import {
-  isTimeoutStub,
+  readFreshStatusItems,
+  refreshUnchangedStatusItems,
   resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss,
   statusCacheAction,
+  writeStatusNote,
 } from "@/lib/insights/status-cache";
 import { hashInsightSnapshot } from "@/lib/insights/snapshot-hash";
 import { returnTimeoutFallback } from "@/lib/insights/timeout-fallback";
@@ -58,6 +60,17 @@ interface MedicationSummaryItem {
   text: string;
 }
 
+/** The stored per-medication lines, keeping only well-formed entries. */
+function parseMedicationItems(items: unknown[]): MedicationSummaryItem[] {
+  return items.filter(
+    (entry): entry is MedicationSummaryItem =>
+      typeof (entry as MedicationSummaryItem | null)?.medicationId ===
+        "string" &&
+      typeof (entry as MedicationSummaryItem | null)?.text === "string" &&
+      (entry as MedicationSummaryItem).text.trim().length > 0,
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * The richer compliance result envelope (`summary` + per-medication
  * `medications`) the cards read — distinct from the standard `text`-only
@@ -120,53 +133,25 @@ export async function prepareMedicationComplianceStatusForUser(
   const userTz = await resolveUserTimezone(userId);
   const todayKey = userDayKey(new Date(), userTz);
 
-  // This route carries a richer cached envelope (`summary` +
-  // `medications`) than the standard `text`-only generators, so it
-  // keeps its own cache-read — but it shares the stub-rejection
-  // predicate so a timeout stub never sticks for the day.
+  // This card stores per-medication lines next to its summary, so it reads
+  // its note through the items variant of the shared reader.
   if (!force) {
-    const latestCache = await prisma.auditLog.findFirst({
-      where: { userId, action: cacheAction },
-      orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-      select: { createdAt: true, details: true },
+    const cached = await readFreshStatusItems({
+      userId,
+      cacheAction,
+      todayKey,
     });
-    if (latestCache?.details) {
-      try {
-        const parsed = JSON.parse(latestCache.details) as {
-          dateKey?: string;
-          summary?: string;
-          text?: string;
-          model?: string;
-          timeout?: boolean;
-          medications?: MedicationSummaryItem[];
-        };
-
-        if (
-          parsed.dateKey === todayKey &&
-          !isTimeoutStub(parsed) &&
-          typeof parsed.summary === "string" &&
-          parsed.summary.trim().length > 0 &&
-          Array.isArray(parsed.medications)
-        ) {
-          return {
-            phase: "served",
-            result: {
-              hasProvider: true,
-              summary: parsed.summary,
-              medications: parsed.medications.filter(
-                (entry): entry is MedicationSummaryItem =>
-                  typeof entry?.medicationId === "string" &&
-                  typeof entry?.text === "string" &&
-                  entry.text.trim().length > 0,
-              ),
-              cached: true,
-              updatedAt: latestCache.createdAt.toISOString(),
-            },
-          };
-        }
-      } catch {
-        // ignore invalid cache payload
-      }
+    if (cached && Array.isArray(cached.items)) {
+      return {
+        phase: "served",
+        result: {
+          hasProvider: true,
+          summary: cached.text,
+          medications: parseMedicationItems(cached.items),
+          cached: true,
+          updatedAt: cached.updatedAt,
+        },
+      };
     }
   }
 
@@ -178,13 +163,13 @@ export async function prepareMedicationComplianceStatusForUser(
       metric: "medication-compliance",
       locale,
     });
-    // v1.16.13 — `consent-missing` serves the same no-key fallback (see
-    // bmi-status); no enqueue happens for it.
-    if (outcome.kind === "no-provider" || outcome.kind === "consent-missing") {
+    // Unavailable for any reason: the deterministic line, no enqueue.
+    // `hasProvider` is provider presence only.
+    if (outcome.kind === "unavailable") {
       return {
         phase: "served",
         result: {
-          hasProvider: false,
+          hasProvider: outcome.hasProvider,
           summary: getNoKeyMedicationComplianceStatusText(locale),
           medications: [],
           cached: true,
@@ -429,56 +414,26 @@ export async function prepareMedicationComplianceStatusForUser(
 
   // Content-hash gate (v1.16.8): when the snapshot is unchanged since the
   // last real assessment, refresh the cache timestamp and skip the LLM.
-  // This generator caches the richer `{ summary, medications }` envelope,
-  // so it carries its own gate rather than the shared text-only one.
+  // This card stores per-medication lines next to the summary, so it uses
+  // the items variant of the shared gate.
   const snapshotHash = hashInsightSnapshot(snapshot);
-  const latestRow = await prisma.auditLog.findFirst({
-    where: { userId, action: cacheAction },
-    orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    select: { details: true },
+  const unchanged = await refreshUnchangedStatusItems({
+    userId,
+    cacheAction,
+    todayKey,
+    snapshotHash,
   });
-  if (latestRow?.details) {
-    try {
-      const parsed = JSON.parse(latestRow.details) as {
-        summary?: string;
-        medications?: MedicationSummaryItem[];
-        model?: string;
-        timeout?: boolean;
-        snapshotHash?: string;
-      };
-      if (
-        !isTimeoutStub(parsed) &&
-        typeof parsed.summary === "string" &&
-        parsed.summary.trim().length > 0 &&
-        Array.isArray(parsed.medications) &&
-        parsed.snapshotHash === snapshotHash
-      ) {
-        const refreshed = await prisma.auditLog.create({
-          data: {
-            userId,
-            action: cacheAction,
-            details: JSON.stringify({ ...parsed, dateKey: todayKey }),
-          },
-          select: { createdAt: true },
-        });
-        annotate({
-          action: { name: "insights.status.skipped_unchanged" },
-          meta: { cache_action: cacheAction },
-        });
-        return {
-          phase: "served",
-          result: {
-            hasProvider: true,
-            summary: parsed.summary,
-            medications: parsed.medications,
-            cached: true,
-            updatedAt: refreshed.createdAt.toISOString(),
-          },
-        };
-      }
-    } catch {
-      // Malformed cache payload — fall through to a real generation.
-    }
+  if (unchanged && Array.isArray(unchanged.items)) {
+    return {
+      phase: "served",
+      result: {
+        hasProvider: true,
+        summary: unchanged.text,
+        medications: parseMedicationItems(unchanged.items),
+        cached: true,
+        updatedAt: unchanged.updatedAt,
+      },
+    };
   }
 
   const previousContext = await getPreviousInsightContext(
@@ -622,29 +577,20 @@ export async function prepareMedicationComplianceStatusForUser(
           "Medication-compliance-status summary was empty after normalization",
         );
       }
-      const created = await prisma.auditLog.create({
-        data: {
-          userId,
-          action: cacheAction,
-          details: JSON.stringify({
-            dateKey: todayKey,
-            locale,
-            summary,
-            medications: medicationSummaries,
-            providerType: outcome.providerType,
-            model: outcome.model,
-            tokensUsed: outcome.tokensUsed,
-            snapshotHash,
-          }),
-        },
-        select: { createdAt: true },
+      const generatedAt = await writeStatusNote({
+        userId,
+        cacheAction,
+        todayKey,
+        text: summary,
+        items: medicationSummaries,
+        snapshotHash,
       });
       return {
         hasProvider: true,
         summary,
         medications: medicationSummaries,
         cached: false,
-        updatedAt: created.createdAt.toISOString(),
+        updatedAt: generatedAt.toISOString(),
       };
     },
   };
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/memory.ts b/src/lib/insights/memory.ts
index f58e1e15c..645018a33 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/memory.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/memory.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
  * Insight memory — what the AI told this user last time.
  *
  * Every status generator (general / blood-pressure / weight / pulse /
- * bmi / medication-compliance / mood) caches its rendered text in an
- * `audit_logs` row keyed by `action = "insights.{scope}.{locale}"`.
- * v1.4 turns that history into prompt context: the next generation
+ * bmi / medication-compliance / mood, and the generic metric cards) stores
+ * its note in `InsightStatusCache`, named `insights.{scope}.{locale}`.
+ * v1.4 turns that note into prompt context: the next generation
  * sees the previous classification + a short summary, so the model
  * can call out improvements and regressions instead of restating
  * status from scratch every day.
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
  *   `compareSnapshots()` and renders ↑/↓/→ glyphs next to findings.
  */
 
-import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
+import { readPreviousStatusNote } from "@/lib/insights/status-cache";
 import { instructionLocale } from "@/lib/ai/prompts/output-language";
 import type { SupportedLocale } from "@/lib/insights/status-shared";
 
 /**
  * Stable identifiers for the seven insight scopes. The string MUST
- * match the suffix in the existing audit-log `action` field so we
- * read the same rows the cache already writes.
+ * match the note name the generators store under (`statusCacheAction`).
  */
 export type InsightScope =
   | "general-status"
@@ -59,10 +58,9 @@ export interface PreviousInsightContext {
 }
 
 /**
- * Read the most recent cached insight for `userId` + `scope` + `locale`
- * that is at least `minAgeHours` old. Returns null when no eligible
- * snapshot exists (first-run users) or when the cache row's payload
- * is malformed.
+ * Read the stored note for `userId` + `scope` + `locale` when it is at
+ * least `minAgeHours` old. Returns null when there is none (first-run
+ * users) or it was written more recently than that.
  *
  * The default 12-hour floor keeps the model from comparing today's
  * 09:00 reading to today's 06:00 reading and treating sub-day noise as
@@ -78,47 +76,19 @@ export async function getPreviousInsightContext(
   const action = `insights.${scope}.${locale}`;
   const olderThan = new Date(Date.now() - minAgeHours * 60 * 60 * 1000);
 
-  const row = await prisma.auditLog.findFirst({
-    where: {
-      userId,
-      action,
-      createdAt: { lt: olderThan },
-    },
-    orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    select: { createdAt: true, details: true },
+  const row = await readPreviousStatusNote({
+    userId,
+    cacheAction: action,
+    olderThan,
   });
+  if (!row) return null;
+  const text = row.text;
 
-  if (!row?.details) return null;
-
-  let text: string | null = null;
-  try {
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(row.details) as {
-      text?: unknown;
-      summary?: unknown;
-    };
-    if (typeof parsed.text === "string" && parsed.text.trim().length > 0) {
-      text = parsed.text;
-    } else if (
-      typeof parsed.summary === "string" &&
-      parsed.summary.trim().length > 0
-    ) {
-      text = parsed.summary;
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // Older cache rows stored raw text instead of JSON. Surface them
-    // verbatim so the prompt still benefits from the comparison.
-    if (row.details.trim().length > 0) {
-      text = row.details;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!text) return null;
-
-  const ageMs = Date.now() - row.createdAt.getTime();
+  const ageMs = Date.now() - row.generatedAt.getTime();
   const ageDays = Math.max(0, Math.floor(ageMs / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)));
 
   return {
-    generatedAt: row.createdAt.toISOString(),
+    generatedAt: row.generatedAt.toISOString(),
     ageDays,
     // Cap text so a verbose previous analysis cannot bloat the prompt.
     text: text.length > 1500 ? text.slice(0, 1500) + "…" : text,
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/metric-status.ts b/src/lib/insights/metric-status.ts
index d9defd0d2..c165d9828 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/metric-status.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/metric-status.ts
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ export async function generateMetricStatus(args: {
       metric: scope,
       locale,
     });
-    // v1.16.13 — `consent-missing` serves the same no-key fallback (see
-    // bmi-status); no enqueue happens for it.
-    if (outcome.kind === "no-provider" || outcome.kind === "consent-missing") {
+    // Unavailable for any reason serves the deterministic line and enqueues
+    // nothing. `hasProvider` is provider presence only.
+    if (outcome.kind === "unavailable") {
       return {
-        hasProvider: false,
+        hasProvider: outcome.hasProvider,
         text: getNoKeyGeneralStatusText(locale),
         cached: true,
         updatedAt: null,
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ export async function generateMetricStatus(args: {
   const outcome = await runStatusCompletion({
     userId: args.userId,
     cacheAction,
-    consentSurface: "insights",
+    capability: "statusText",
     systemPrompt: getMetricArchetypeSystemPrompt(meta, locale),
     userPrompt: getMetricArchetypeUserPrompt(
       meta,
@@ -564,11 +564,7 @@ export async function generateMetricStatus(args: {
     userId: args.userId,
     cacheAction,
     todayKey,
-    locale,
     text,
-    providerType: outcome.providerType,
-    model: outcome.model,
-    tokensUsed: outcome.tokensUsed,
     snapshotHash,
   });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/mood-status.ts b/src/lib/insights/mood-status.ts
index ec2dd6889..13d11a647 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/mood-status.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/mood-status.ts
@@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ export async function prepareMoodStatusForUser(
       metric: "mood",
       locale,
     });
-    // v1.16.13 — `consent-missing` serves the same no-key fallback (see
-    // bmi-status); no enqueue happens for it.
-    if (outcome.kind === "no-provider" || outcome.kind === "consent-missing") {
+    // Unavailable for any reason serves the deterministic line and enqueues
+    // nothing. `hasProvider` is provider presence only.
+    if (outcome.kind === "unavailable") {
       return {
         phase: "served",
         result: {
-          hasProvider: false,
+          hasProvider: outcome.hasProvider,
           text: getNoKeyMoodStatusText(locale),
           cached: true,
           updatedAt: null,
@@ -768,11 +768,7 @@ export async function prepareMoodStatusForUser(
         userId,
         cacheAction,
         todayKey,
-        locale,
         text: summary,
-        providerType: outcome.providerType,
-        model: outcome.model,
-        tokensUsed: outcome.tokensUsed,
         snapshotHash,
       });
       return {
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/narrative/__tests__/period-narrative-generate.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/narrative/__tests__/period-narrative-generate.test.ts
index 12fec86c8..21286fb9b 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/narrative/__tests__/period-narrative-generate.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/narrative/__tests__/period-narrative-generate.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", () => ({ annotate: vi.fn() }));
 // prisma double, so this is only a guard against accidental real-DB use.
 vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({ prisma: {} }));
 
+// The `periodNarrative` capability decides whether model-written prose may be
+// served. Available unless a test says otherwise.
+const { aiCapabilityForRecord } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({ aiCapabilityForRecord }));
+
+const UNAVAILABLE = {
+  available: false,
+  reason: "user_disabled",
+  onDeviceAllowed: false,
+} as const;
+
 import {
   generatePeriodNarrative,
   readPeriodNarrative,
@@ -107,7 +120,29 @@ function makePrisma(seedRow?: FakeRow) {
   };
 }
 
-beforeEach(() => vi.clearAllMocks());
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
+});
+
+function seededRow(over: Partial<FakeRow> = {}): FakeRow {
+  return {
+    userId: "u1",
+    period: "week",
+    locale: "en",
+    dateKey: "2026-05-15",
+    encryptedContent: new Uint8Array(Buffer.from("enc:old", "utf8")),
+    provenanceJson: null,
+    providerType: "openai",
+    promptVersion: NARRATIVE_PROMPT_VERSION,
+    updatedAt: new Date(),
+    ...over,
+  };
+}
 
 describe("buildNarrativeUserPrompt", () => {
   it("renders metrics, drivers, and the FDR footer with the prompt version", () => {
@@ -150,16 +185,20 @@ describe("generatePeriodNarrative — descriptive generation", () => {
   it("passes a descriptive-never-causal system prompt to the provider", async () => {
     const prisma = makePrisma();
     let systemPrompt = "";
-    const runCompletion = vi.fn(async (args: { systemPrompt: string }) => {
-      systemPrompt = args.systemPrompt;
-      return {
-        kind: "ok" as const,
-        content: "ok",
-        providerType: "openai",
-        model: "m",
-        tokensUsed: 1,
-      };
-    });
+    let capability = "";
+    const runCompletion = vi.fn(
+      async (args: { systemPrompt: string; capability: string }) => {
+        systemPrompt = args.systemPrompt;
+        capability = args.capability;
+        return {
+          kind: "ok" as const,
+          content: "ok",
+          providerType: "openai",
+          model: "m",
+          tokensUsed: 1,
+        };
+      },
+    );
     await generatePeriodNarrative("u1", {
       period: "week",
       locale: "en",
@@ -174,6 +213,8 @@ describe("generatePeriodNarrative — descriptive generation", () => {
     // v1.21.0 (coach C1 MEDIUM-1) — the retrospective now carries the shared
     // warm tone contract verbatim, matching the briefing's house voice.
     expect(systemPrompt).toContain(toneContract.en);
+    // The chokepoint re-checks this narrative's own capability at the wire.
+    expect(capability).toBe("periodNarrative");
   });
 });
 
@@ -208,7 +249,10 @@ describe("generatePeriodNarrative — honesty floor", () => {
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       prisma: prisma as any,
       buildContext: async () => readyContext() as PeriodNarrativeResult,
-      runCompletion: async () => ({ kind: "none" as const }),
+      runCompletion: async () => ({
+        kind: "none" as const,
+        reason: "no_provider" as const,
+      }),
     });
     expect(outcome).toEqual({
       status: "generated",
@@ -292,3 +336,81 @@ describe("generatePeriodNarrative — cache + regenerate", () => {
     expect(read?.providerType).toBe("anthropic");
   });
 });
+
+describe("period narrative — the periodNarrative capability", () => {
+  it("readPeriodNarrative hides a model-written row while the capability is unavailable", async () => {
+    const prisma = makePrisma(seededRow({ providerType: "openai" }));
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue(UNAVAILABLE);
+    const read = await readPeriodNarrative(
+      "u1",
+      "week",
+      "en",
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      prisma as any,
+    );
+    expect(read).toBeNull();
+    expect(aiCapabilityForRecord).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "periodNarrative");
+  });
+
+  it("readPeriodNarrative still serves the deterministic narrative, which is data", async () => {
+    const prisma = makePrisma(
+      seededRow({
+        providerType: "deterministic",
+        encryptedContent: new Uint8Array(
+          Buffer.from("enc:Your weight eased down.", "utf8"),
+        ),
+      }),
+    );
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue(UNAVAILABLE);
+    const read = await readPeriodNarrative(
+      "u1",
+      "week",
+      "en",
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      prisma as any,
+    );
+    expect(read?.text).toBe("Your weight eased down.");
+    expect(aiCapabilityForRecord).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does not short-circuit on a fresh model-written row it may not serve", async () => {
+    const prisma = makePrisma(seededRow({ providerType: "openai" }));
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue(UNAVAILABLE);
+    // The chokepoint refuses on the same capability, so the deterministic
+    // narrative replaces the hidden prose in place.
+    const runCompletion = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      kind: "none" as const,
+      reason: "user_disabled" as const,
+    }));
+    const outcome = await generatePeriodNarrative("u1", {
+      period: "week",
+      locale: "en",
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      prisma: prisma as any,
+      buildContext: async () => readyContext() as PeriodNarrativeResult,
+      runCompletion,
+    });
+    expect(outcome).toEqual({
+      status: "generated",
+      providerType: "deterministic",
+    });
+    expect(runCompletion).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(prisma._get()?.providerType).toBe("deterministic");
+  });
+
+  it("still short-circuits on a fresh deterministic row whatever the capability says", async () => {
+    const prisma = makePrisma(seededRow({ providerType: "deterministic" }));
+    aiCapabilityForRecord.mockResolvedValue(UNAVAILABLE);
+    const runCompletion = vi.fn();
+    const outcome = await generatePeriodNarrative("u1", {
+      period: "week",
+      locale: "en",
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      prisma: prisma as any,
+      buildContext: async () => readyContext() as PeriodNarrativeResult,
+      runCompletion,
+    });
+    expect(outcome).toEqual({ status: "cached" });
+    expect(runCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/narrative/period-narrative-generate.ts b/src/lib/insights/narrative/period-narrative-generate.ts
index adacbf36f..89d4209df 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/narrative/period-narrative-generate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/narrative/period-narrative-generate.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import { AI_BUDGETS, REFERENCE_AI_SEED } from "@/lib/ai/ai-budgets";
 import { dayRotatedSeed } from "@/lib/ai/prompts/opener-archetype";
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
+import { aiCapabilityForRecord } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import {
   buildPeriodNarrativeContext,
   type NarrativePeriod,
@@ -315,15 +316,19 @@ export async function generatePeriodNarrative(
   const runCompletion = options.runCompletion ?? runStatusCompletion;
   const period = options.period;
 
-  // Freshness short-circuit — a recently-generated row is served as-is.
+  // Freshness short-circuit — a recently-generated row is served as-is, as
+  // long as a reader may serve it. A model-written row whose capability has
+  // since become unavailable is hidden on read, so it counts as missing here
+  // and the deterministic narrative below takes its place.
   if (!force) {
     const existing = await prisma.insightNarrative.findUnique({
       where: { userId_period_locale: { userId, period, locale } },
-      select: { updatedAt: true },
+      select: { updatedAt: true, providerType: true },
     });
     if (
       existing &&
-      now.getTime() - existing.updatedAt.getTime() < NARRATIVE_FRESH_MS
+      now.getTime() - existing.updatedAt.getTime() < NARRATIVE_FRESH_MS &&
+      (await narrativeServable(userId, existing.providerType))
     ) {
       return { status: "cached" };
     }
@@ -347,7 +352,7 @@ export async function generatePeriodNarrative(
   const completion = await runCompletion({
     userId,
     cacheAction: `insights.narrative.${period}.${locale}`,
-    consentSurface: "insights",
+    capability: "periodNarrative",
     systemPrompt: buildNarrativeSystemPrompt(locale),
     userPrompt: buildNarrativeUserPrompt(context, bodyLocale),
     temperature: AI_BUDGETS.narrative.temperature,
@@ -418,9 +423,10 @@ export async function generatePeriodNarrative(
     });
   };
 
-  // No usable provider → compose the deterministic, non-causal fallback from
-  // the same structured context, so the retrospective card is never empty for
-  // an active account (iOS H2). A later AI warm overwrites this row in place.
+  // No usable provider, or the `periodNarrative` capability is unavailable for
+  // any other reason → compose the deterministic, non-causal fallback from the
+  // same structured context, so the retrospective card is never empty for an
+  // active account (iOS H2). A later AI warm overwrites this row in place.
   if (completion.kind === "none") {
     const text = buildDeterministicNarrative(context, bodyLocale);
     await persist(text, DETERMINISTIC_PROVIDER_TYPE);
@@ -453,7 +459,7 @@ export async function generatePeriodNarrative(
     const retry = await runCompletion({
       userId,
       cacheAction: `insights.narrative.${period}.${locale}`,
-      consentSurface: "insights",
+      capability: "periodNarrative",
       systemPrompt: buildNarrativeSystemPrompt(locale),
       userPrompt:
         buildNarrativeUserPrompt(context, bodyLocale) +
@@ -500,7 +506,8 @@ export interface NarrativeRead {
 
 /**
  * Read the latest narrative for `(userId, period, locale)`, decrypting the
- * prose. Null when none was ever generated. This is the stale-while-revalidate
+ * prose. Null when none was ever generated, or when it is model-written and
+ * `periodNarrative` is unavailable for the record. This is the stale-while-revalidate
  * source: it returns whatever was last produced, regardless of age, so the
  * surface renders prior prose immediately while a refresh warms out of band.
  */
@@ -514,6 +521,15 @@ export async function readPeriodNarrative(
     where: { userId_period_locale: { userId, period, locale } },
   });
   if (!row) return null;
+  // Model-written prose is never served while the capability is unavailable,
+  // whatever the reason. The deterministic narrative is data and always is.
+  if (!(await narrativeServable(userId, row.providerType))) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "insights.narrative.hidden" },
+      meta: { period, locale },
+    });
+    return null;
+  }
 
   let text: string;
   try {
@@ -546,6 +562,19 @@ export async function readPeriodNarrative(
 
 // ── helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+/**
+ * Whether a stored narrative may be served: always for the deterministic
+ * narrative, and for model-written prose only while `periodNarrative` is
+ * available for the record.
+ */
+async function narrativeServable(
+  userId: string,
+  providerType: string | null,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (providerType === DETERMINISTIC_PROVIDER_TYPE) return true;
+  return (await aiCapabilityForRecord(userId, "periodNarrative")).available;
+}
+
 /** Prisma `Bytes` ↔ ciphertext, mirroring the CoachMessage helper. */
 function encryptToBytes(plaintext: string): Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer> {
   const ciphertext = encrypt(plaintext);
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/pulse-status.ts b/src/lib/insights/pulse-status.ts
index 8fe30a89c..a2efb912f 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/pulse-status.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/pulse-status.ts
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ export async function preparePulseStatusForUser(
       metric: "pulse",
       locale,
     });
-    // v1.16.13 — `consent-missing` serves the same no-key fallback (see
-    // bmi-status); no enqueue happens for it.
-    if (outcome.kind === "no-provider" || outcome.kind === "consent-missing") {
+    // Unavailable for any reason serves the deterministic line and enqueues
+    // nothing. `hasProvider` is provider presence only.
+    if (outcome.kind === "unavailable") {
       return {
         phase: "served",
         result: {
-          hasProvider: false,
+          hasProvider: outcome.hasProvider,
           text: getNoKeyPulseStatusText(locale),
           cached: true,
           updatedAt: null,
@@ -509,11 +509,7 @@ export async function preparePulseStatusForUser(
         userId,
         cacheAction,
         todayKey,
-        locale,
         text: summary,
-        providerType: outcome.providerType,
-        model: outcome.model,
-        tokensUsed: outcome.tokensUsed,
         snapshotHash,
       });
       return {
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/status-batch.ts b/src/lib/insights/status-batch.ts
index 2afd0c5bf..a494ac3e7 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/status-batch.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/status-batch.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *      are omitted, never fabricated), and run ONE completion with one
  *      JSON-correction retry.
  *   3. Fan each returned summary back into that metric's `finalize`, which
- *      persists the SAME per-metric `auditLog` cache row the standalone
+ *      stores the SAME per-metric status note the standalone
  *      generator wrote — so the card read path is unchanged.
  *
  * Graceful degradation (audit requirement): any metric the batch omits, or
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import {
 } from "@/lib/ai/prompts/status-batch";
 import type { Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 
 /** The seven specialised prepares, in the warm order the cron used. */
 const PREPARES: ReadonlyArray<
@@ -121,6 +122,19 @@ export async function generateStatusBatchForUser(
     batchCallMade: false,
   };
 
+  // The capability before any snapshot is built: someone whose status notes
+  // are unavailable (switch, AI analysis off, no provider, consent withdrawn)
+  // costs one capability read, not seven snapshot builds. The chokepoint
+  // re-checks it at the wire.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForJob(userId, "statusText");
+  if (!capability.available) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "insights.status.batch.skipped" },
+      meta: { reason: capability.reason },
+    });
+    return result;
+  }
+
   // Build every card's snapshot once. A prepare that throws must not abort
   // the whole batch — that one metric is simply skipped this cycle.
   const prepared = await Promise.all(
@@ -183,7 +197,7 @@ export async function generateStatusBatchForUser(
   let outcome = await runStatusCompletion({
     userId,
     cacheAction: "insights.status-batch",
-    consentSurface: "insights",
+    capability: "statusText",
     systemPrompt,
     userPrompt,
     temperature: AI_BUDGETS.statusBatch.temperature,
@@ -220,7 +234,7 @@ export async function generateStatusBatchForUser(
       const retry = await runStatusCompletion({
         userId,
         cacheAction: "insights.status-batch",
-        consentSurface: "insights",
+        capability: "statusText",
         systemPrompt,
         userPrompt: `${userPrompt}\n\nYour previous response was not valid JSON matching { "perMetric": { ... } }. Reply with that JSON object ONLY — no prose, no markdown fences.`,
         temperature: AI_BUDGETS.statusBatch.temperature,
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/status-cache.ts b/src/lib/insights/status-cache.ts
index 645b46724..126460113 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/status-cache.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/status-cache.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import type { MeasurementType } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
-import {
-  hasUsableStatusProvider,
-  statusConsentBlocksGeneration,
-} from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
+import { decryptFromBytes, encryptToBytes } from "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec";
+import { aiCapabilityForRecord } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import type { AiUnavailableReason } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/types";
+import { probeProviderPresence } from "@/lib/ai/provider";
 import {
   enqueueStatusGeneration,
   type InsightStatusScope,
@@ -44,75 +44,220 @@ const CORRELATION_CHANNEL_TYPES: readonly MeasurementType[] =
   ]) as MeasurementType[];
 
 /**
- * Shared cache-read for the seven `*-status.ts` insight generators.
+ * The status-note store: what a model wrote about one metric, for one person,
+ * in one language.
  *
- * Every generator persists its assessment as an `auditLog` row keyed
- * `insights.<metric>-status.<locale>` whose `details` JSON carries
- * `{ dateKey, locale, text, providerType, model, tokensUsed }`. On the
- * next mount the generator reads the most recent such row and, if it is
- * still for today, serves it without re-hitting the provider.
+ * Every per-metric generator (the seven specialised cards, the generic
+ * `metric:<ID>` cards, the derived-score and biomarker assessments) keeps its
+ * note in `InsightStatusCache`, one row per `(user, metric, locale)`, the note
+ * itself encrypted at rest. Until v1.39.0 the notes were appended to
+ * `audit_logs` as plaintext JSON; the callers still name a note by the old
+ * cache-action string (`insights.<scope>-status.<locale>`, built only by
+ * `statusCacheAction`), and this module maps it onto the row.
  *
- * The timeout fallback used to poison this read. When a provider call
- * exceeded the status budget the route persisted a `model:"timeout-stub"`
- * / `timeout:true` row carrying the generic no-key text under the SAME
- * `text` field a real assessment uses. The cache-read only checked
- * `dateKey === today && text` — so the stub looked like a valid
- * assessment and stuck until midnight, hiding the real data-driven text
- * for the rest of the day.
+ * A row carries two things that are updated independently:
  *
- * `readFreshStatusText` is the one cache-read every standard generator
- * shares. It rejects stubs explicitly so a single stall no longer pins
- * the fallback for the day, and a fresh generation is attempted instead.
+ *   - the note (`textEncrypted`, its `dateKey`, `generatedAt` and the two
+ *     fingerprints), written when a generation succeeds or an unchanged-data
+ *     run re-dates it;
+ *   - a short negative-cache window (`retryAt`, `negativeReason`), written
+ *     when a generation stalls, errs or is screened, so a stalled provider
+ *     does not turn every page visit into another enqueue. Writing it never
+ *     touches the note, so one stall cannot hide yesterday's text, and writing
+ *     a note clears it.
+ *
+ * Nothing here serves a note while the `statusText` capability is unavailable
+ * for the record, whatever the reason: an operator switch, the person's AI
+ * opt-out, a missing provider, a withdrawn consent. The note stays stored (a
+ * switch flipped back costs nothing) unless consent withdrawal purges it.
  */
 
 /**
- * The single source of truth for the per-status cache-action shape.
- *
- * Every per-metric assessment is persisted as an `auditLog` row whose
- * `action` is `insights.<scope>-status.<locale>`. The shape IS the cache
- * key, so building it by hand in multiple places risks the same silent
- * drift the queryKey factory guards against on the client. `statusCacheAction`
- * is the one builder.
+ * The single builder of a status note's name. The shape is part of the
+ * contract between the generators, the queue and this store, so it is built
+ * in one place only.
  */
 export function statusCacheAction(scope: string, locale: string): string {
   return `insights.${scope}-status.${locale}`;
 }
 
-interface ParsedStatusCache {
-  dateKey?: string;
-  locale?: string;
-  text?: string;
-  summary?: string;
-  providerType?: string;
-  model?: string;
-  tokensUsed?: number | null;
-  timeout?: boolean;
-  /** v1.8.3 — ISO timestamp before which a timeout stub suppresses re-enqueue. */
-  retryAt?: string;
-  /** Explicit generated/negative cache classification for new rows. */
-  statusKind?: "generated" | "negative";
-  /** Whether the producer may be retried at the time this row is read. */
-  retryable?: boolean;
-  /** Generated rows expire once the caller's current day differs. */
-  expiresAfterDateKey?: string;
-  /** Stable non-sensitive negative-cache reason code. */
-  reason?: "timeout" | "error" | "screened";
-  /** v1.16.8 — fingerprint of the data snapshot the text was generated from. */
-  snapshotHash?: string;
-  /** v1.18.11 (P6) — cheap fingerprint of the salient inputs (count + newest). */
-  inputHash?: string;
+const CACHE_ACTION_SHAPE = /^insights\.(.+)-status\.([^.]+)$/;
+
+/** The row key behind a note's name, or `null` for a name of another shape. */
+function statusCacheKey(
+  cacheAction: string,
+): { metric: string; locale: string } | null {
+  const match = CACHE_ACTION_SHAPE.exec(cacheAction);
+  if (!match) return null;
+  return { metric: match[1], locale: match[2] };
+}
+
+/** One stored row, decrypted. */
+interface StoredStatusNote {
+  /** The note, `null` when the row carries only a negative-cache window. */
+  text: string | null;
+  /** Per-item notes (JSON), for a card that carries them. */
+  items: unknown;
+  inputHash: string | null;
+  snapshotHash: string | null;
+  dateKey: string;
+  generatedAt: Date | null;
+  retryAt: Date | null;
+  negativeReason: string | null;
+}
+
+function decryptOrNull(payload: Uint8Array | null): string | null {
+  if (!payload || payload.byteLength === 0) return null;
+  try {
+    return decryptFromBytes(payload);
+  } catch {
+    // A note encrypted under a key the host no longer holds is a cache miss;
+    // the next run writes it again.
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+async function readStatusNote(
+  userId: string,
+  cacheAction: string,
+): Promise<StoredStatusNote | null> {
+  const key = statusCacheKey(cacheAction);
+  if (!key) return null;
+  const row = await prisma.insightStatusCache.findUnique({
+    where: { userId_metric_locale: { userId, ...key } },
+    select: {
+      textEncrypted: true,
+      itemsEncrypted: true,
+      inputHash: true,
+      snapshotHash: true,
+      dateKey: true,
+      generatedAt: true,
+      retryAt: true,
+      negativeReason: true,
+    },
+  });
+  if (!row) return null;
+  const text = decryptOrNull(row.textEncrypted);
+  const itemsJson = decryptOrNull(row.itemsEncrypted);
+  let items: unknown = null;
+  if (itemsJson !== null) {
+    try {
+      items = JSON.parse(itemsJson);
+    } catch {
+      items = null;
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    text: text !== null && text.trim().length > 0 ? text : null,
+    items,
+    inputHash: row.inputHash,
+    snapshotHash: row.snapshotHash,
+    dateKey: row.dateKey,
+    generatedAt: row.generatedAt,
+    retryAt: row.retryAt,
+    negativeReason: row.negativeReason,
+  };
 }
 
 /**
- * A cached row is a timeout stub when it carries the sentinel marker the
- * timeout path writes. Either flag is sufficient — older stub rows may
- * predate one of the two markers, so both are honoured.
+ * Whether stored status notes may be served, or re-dated, for this record.
+ * Every reader and both unchanged-data gates ask this first.
  */
-export function isTimeoutStub(parsed: {
-  model?: string;
-  timeout?: boolean;
-}): boolean {
-  return parsed.model === "timeout-stub" || parsed.timeout === true;
+async function statusTextServable(userId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  return (await aiCapabilityForRecord(userId, "statusText")).available;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Write a note: a successful generation. Upserts the one row, clears any
+ * negative-cache window, and returns when the note was written.
+ */
+export async function writeStatusNote(args: {
+  userId: string;
+  cacheAction: string;
+  todayKey: string;
+  text: string;
+  /** Per-item notes for a card that carries them; serialised as JSON. */
+  items?: unknown;
+  snapshotHash?: string;
+  inputHash?: string;
+}): Promise<Date> {
+  const key = statusCacheKey(args.cacheAction);
+  if (!key) {
+    throw new Error(`Not a status note name: ${args.cacheAction}`);
+  }
+  const generatedAt = new Date();
+  const note = {
+    textEncrypted: encryptToBytes(args.text),
+    itemsEncrypted:
+      args.items === undefined
+        ? null
+        : encryptToBytes(JSON.stringify(args.items)),
+    inputHash: args.inputHash ?? null,
+    snapshotHash: args.snapshotHash ?? null,
+    dateKey: args.todayKey,
+    generatedAt,
+    retryAt: null,
+    negativeReason: null,
+  };
+  await prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert({
+    where: { userId_metric_locale: { userId: args.userId, ...key } },
+    create: { userId: args.userId, ...key, ...note },
+    update: note,
+  });
+  return generatedAt;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Re-date the stored note under today's day key without touching the note or
+ * its fingerprints: an unchanged-data run. Returns the new timestamp.
+ */
+async function redateStatusNote(
+  userId: string,
+  cacheAction: string,
+  todayKey: string,
+): Promise<Date> {
+  const key = statusCacheKey(cacheAction);
+  const generatedAt = new Date();
+  if (key) {
+    // `updateMany`, not `update`: a note purged between the read and here (a
+    // consent withdrawal) is a no-op, not a thrown "record not found".
+    await prisma.insightStatusCache.updateMany({
+      where: { userId, ...key },
+      data: {
+        dateKey: todayKey,
+        generatedAt,
+        retryAt: null,
+        negativeReason: null,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+  return generatedAt;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Open a negative-cache window for a note: the generation stalled, erred, or
+ * was screened. Leaves any stored note exactly as it was.
+ */
+export async function writeStatusNegativeWindow(args: {
+  userId: string;
+  cacheAction: string;
+  todayKey: string;
+  reason: "timeout" | "error" | "screened";
+  retryAt: Date;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const key = statusCacheKey(args.cacheAction);
+  if (!key) return;
+  await prisma.insightStatusCache.upsert({
+    where: { userId_metric_locale: { userId: args.userId, ...key } },
+    create: {
+      userId: args.userId,
+      ...key,
+      dateKey: args.todayKey,
+      retryAt: args.retryAt,
+      negativeReason: args.reason,
+    },
+    update: { retryAt: args.retryAt, negativeReason: args.reason },
+  });
 }
 
 export interface FreshStatusCacheHit {
@@ -124,14 +269,12 @@ export interface FreshStatusCacheHit {
 }
 
 /**
- * Read the latest cached assessment for `(userId, cacheAction)` and
- * return its text only when it is (a) for today and (b) NOT a timeout
- * stub. Returns `null` on a miss, a stale day, a stub, or a malformed
- * payload — every one of those means the caller should regenerate.
+ * Today's note for `(userId, cacheAction)`, or `null` on a miss, a note from
+ * an earlier day, no note at all, or a capability that is unavailable. Every
+ * one of those means the caller should not serve stored text as current.
  *
- * `force` short-circuits to `null` so a forced regeneration never reads
- * the cache. The DB read is still skipped entirely under `force` to
- * keep the forced path cheap.
+ * `force` short-circuits to `null` without a read, so a forced regeneration
+ * never reads the cache.
  */
 export async function readFreshStatusText(args: {
   userId: string;
@@ -141,61 +284,57 @@ export async function readFreshStatusText(args: {
 }): Promise<FreshStatusCacheHit | null> {
   const { userId, cacheAction, todayKey, force } = args;
   if (force) return null;
+  if (!(await statusTextServable(userId))) return null;
 
-  const latestCache = await prisma.auditLog.findFirst({
-    where: { userId, action: cacheAction },
-    orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    select: { createdAt: true, details: true },
-  });
-  if (!latestCache?.details) return null;
-
-  try {
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(latestCache.details) as ParsedStatusCache;
-    if (parsed.dateKey !== todayKey) return null;
-    if (isTimeoutStub(parsed)) return null;
-    if (typeof parsed.text !== "string" || parsed.text.trim().length === 0) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    return {
-      kind: "generated",
-      text: parsed.text,
-      updatedAt: latestCache.createdAt.toISOString(),
-      retryable: false,
-      expiresAfterDateKey: parsed.expiresAfterDateKey ?? parsed.dateKey,
-    };
-  } catch {
-    // Malformed cache payload — treat as a miss and regenerate.
+  const note = await readStatusNote(userId, cacheAction);
+  if (!note?.text || note.dateKey !== todayKey || !note.generatedAt) {
     return null;
   }
+  return {
+    kind: "generated",
+    text: note.text,
+    updatedAt: note.generatedAt.toISOString(),
+    retryable: false,
+    expiresAfterDateKey: note.dateKey,
+  };
 }
 
 /**
- * v1.16.8 — the content-hash regeneration gate for the per-status and
- * generic metric cards.
+ * Today's per-item note for a card that carries one (medication compliance):
+ * the summary plus the parsed items, under the same rules as
+ * `readFreshStatusText`.
+ */
+export async function readFreshStatusItems(args: {
+  userId: string;
+  cacheAction: string;
+  todayKey: string;
+}): Promise<{ text: string; items: unknown; updatedAt: string } | null> {
+  if (!(await statusTextServable(args.userId))) return null;
+  const note = await readStatusNote(args.userId, args.cacheAction);
+  if (!note?.text || note.dateKey !== args.todayKey || !note.generatedAt) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return {
+    text: note.text,
+    items: note.items,
+    updatedAt: note.generatedAt.toISOString(),
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * The content-hash regeneration gate for the per-status and generic metric
+ * cards.
  *
- * A generator that has already gathered its data snapshot calls this
- * BEFORE the provider round-trip. When the latest cached assessment for
- * `(userId, cacheAction)` is a real (non-stub) text whose stored
- * `snapshotHash` equals the fresh snapshot's hash, nothing the prompt
- * sees has changed — so the gate re-persists the same text under
- * today's `dateKey` (a pure timestamp refresh that keeps the read path
- * and the ingest debounce satisfied) and returns it, and the caller
- * skips the LLM call entirely. Returns `null` on any miss (no prior
- * row, stub, empty text, missing or differing hash) — every one of
- * those means the caller should generate for real.
+ * A generator that has already gathered its data snapshot calls this BEFORE
+ * the provider round-trip. When the stored note's `snapshotHash` equals the
+ * fresh snapshot's, nothing the prompt sees has changed: the note is re-dated
+ * under today's key and returned, and the caller skips the model entirely.
+ * `null` on any miss (no note, a missing or differing hash).
  *
- * This single gate is what turns the nightly warm, the forced warm, and
- * the ingest-driven regeneration into no-ops on unchanged data: each of
- * those paths forces past the same-day cache read, gathers the
- * snapshot, and lands here.
- *
- * Consent comes BEFORE the hash compare (mirroring the comprehensive
- * pipeline's consent-before-gate order): re-stamping a cached text
- * under today's `dateKey` presents it as a current AI assessment, so a
- * user who revoked the server-managed AI consent must not have old
- * text re-dated by an unchanged-data refresh. On a blocked consent the
- * gate misses, the generator proceeds to `runStatusCompletion`, and
- * that gate returns the no-key fallback without persisting anything.
+ * The capability comes first. Re-dating a note presents it as current, so a
+ * record whose `statusText` capability is unavailable (consent withdrawn,
+ * AI analysis switched off, …) never has old text re-dated; the gate misses,
+ * and the generator's own chokepoint then refuses the generation.
  */
 export async function refreshUnchangedStatusInsight(args: {
   userId: string;
@@ -203,57 +342,64 @@ export async function refreshUnchangedStatusInsight(args: {
   todayKey: string;
   snapshotHash: string;
 }): Promise<FreshStatusCacheHit | null> {
-  if (await statusConsentBlocksGeneration(args.userId, "insights")) {
+  if (!(await statusTextServable(args.userId))) {
     annotate({
-      action: { name: "insights.status.consent_required" },
+      action: { name: "insights.status.unavailable" },
       meta: { cache_action: args.cacheAction, gate: "unchanged-refresh" },
     });
     return null;
   }
 
-  const latest = await prisma.auditLog.findFirst({
-    where: { userId: args.userId, action: args.cacheAction },
-    orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    select: { details: true },
-  });
-  if (!latest?.details) return null;
+  const note = await readStatusNote(args.userId, args.cacheAction);
+  if (!note?.text || note.snapshotHash !== args.snapshotHash) return null;
 
-  let parsed: ParsedStatusCache;
-  try {
-    parsed = JSON.parse(latest.details) as ParsedStatusCache;
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
-  if (isTimeoutStub(parsed)) return null;
-  if (typeof parsed.text !== "string" || parsed.text.trim().length === 0) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  if (parsed.snapshotHash !== args.snapshotHash) return null;
-
-  // Same data, valid text — refresh the cache row's day key so the
-  // read path serves it as today's assessment and the ingest debounce
-  // window restarts, without touching the provider.
-  const created = await prisma.auditLog.create({
-    data: {
-      userId: args.userId,
-      action: args.cacheAction,
-      details: JSON.stringify({ ...parsed, dateKey: args.todayKey }),
-    },
-    select: { createdAt: true },
-  });
+  const generatedAt = await redateStatusNote(
+    args.userId,
+    args.cacheAction,
+    args.todayKey,
+  );
   annotate({
     action: { name: "insights.status.skipped_unchanged" },
     meta: { cache_action: args.cacheAction },
   });
   return {
     kind: "generated",
-    text: parsed.text,
-    updatedAt: created.createdAt.toISOString(),
+    text: note.text,
+    updatedAt: generatedAt.toISOString(),
     retryable: false,
     expiresAfterDateKey: args.todayKey,
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * The same gate for a card that carries per-item notes: re-dates the stored
+ * note when its `snapshotHash` matches and hands back the items too.
+ */
+export async function refreshUnchangedStatusItems(args: {
+  userId: string;
+  cacheAction: string;
+  todayKey: string;
+  snapshotHash: string;
+}): Promise<{ text: string; items: unknown; updatedAt: string } | null> {
+  if (!(await statusTextServable(args.userId))) return null;
+  const note = await readStatusNote(args.userId, args.cacheAction);
+  if (!note?.text || note.snapshotHash !== args.snapshotHash) return null;
+  const generatedAt = await redateStatusNote(
+    args.userId,
+    args.cacheAction,
+    args.todayKey,
+  );
+  annotate({
+    action: { name: "insights.status.skipped_unchanged" },
+    meta: { cache_action: args.cacheAction },
+  });
+  return {
+    text: note.text,
+    items: note.items,
+    updatedAt: generatedAt.toISOString(),
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * v1.18.11 (P6) — cheap input fingerprint for the slow-moving status
  * metrics (weight / BMI).
@@ -393,21 +539,17 @@ export async function computeStatusInputFingerprint(args: {
 }
 
 /**
- * v1.18.11 (P6) — the INPUT gate for slow-moving status metrics.
+ * The INPUT gate for slow-moving status metrics.
  *
- * Runs BEFORE the snapshot build. When the latest cached assessment is a
- * real (non-stub) text whose stored `inputHash` equals the freshly probed
- * one, nothing the prompt could see has changed, so the gate re-stamps that
- * text under today's `dateKey` and returns it — the caller then skips the
- * whole gather AND the provider call. Returns `null` on any miss (no prior
- * row, stub, empty text, missing or differing `inputHash`, or a forced
- * regeneration), in which case the caller proceeds to the normal build +
- * the finer post-build content-hash gate.
+ * Runs BEFORE the snapshot build. When the stored note's `inputHash` equals
+ * the freshly probed one, nothing the prompt could see has changed, so the
+ * note is re-dated under today's key and returned; the caller then skips the
+ * whole gather AND the provider call. `null` on any miss (no note, a missing
+ * or differing `inputHash`, a forced regeneration), in which case the caller
+ * proceeds to the normal build and the finer post-build content-hash gate.
  *
- * Consent is checked first, mirroring `refreshUnchangedStatusInsight`:
- * re-dating a cached text presents it as current, so a user who revoked the
- * server-managed AI consent must never have stale text re-stamped by an
- * unchanged-input refresh.
+ * The capability is checked first, for the reason `refreshUnchangedStatusInsight`
+ * gives.
  */
 export async function gateUnchangedStatusInput(args: {
   userId: string;
@@ -418,52 +560,34 @@ export async function gateUnchangedStatusInput(args: {
 }): Promise<FreshStatusCacheHit | null> {
   if (args.force) return null;
 
-  if (await statusConsentBlocksGeneration(args.userId, "insights")) {
+  if (!(await statusTextServable(args.userId))) {
     annotate({
-      action: { name: "insights.status.consent_required" },
+      action: { name: "insights.status.unavailable" },
       meta: { cache_action: args.cacheAction, gate: "unchanged-input" },
     });
     return null;
   }
 
-  const latest = await prisma.auditLog.findFirst({
-    where: { userId: args.userId, action: args.cacheAction },
-    orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    select: { details: true },
-  });
-  if (!latest?.details) return null;
-
-  let parsed: ParsedStatusCache;
-  try {
-    parsed = JSON.parse(latest.details) as ParsedStatusCache;
-  } catch {
+  const note = await readStatusNote(args.userId, args.cacheAction);
+  if (!note?.text || !note.inputHash || note.inputHash !== args.inputHash) {
     return null;
   }
-  if (isTimeoutStub(parsed)) return null;
-  if (typeof parsed.text !== "string" || parsed.text.trim().length === 0) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  if (!parsed.inputHash || parsed.inputHash !== args.inputHash) return null;
 
-  // Same inputs, valid text — re-stamp the day key WITHOUT rebuilding the
-  // snapshot or calling the provider. Preserve every field (incl. the prior
-  // `snapshotHash` + `inputHash`) so the next day's gates still match.
-  const created = await prisma.auditLog.create({
-    data: {
-      userId: args.userId,
-      action: args.cacheAction,
-      details: JSON.stringify({ ...parsed, dateKey: args.todayKey }),
-    },
-    select: { createdAt: true },
-  });
+  // Same inputs, a stored note: re-date it WITHOUT rebuilding the snapshot or
+  // calling the provider. Both fingerprints stay, so tomorrow's gates match.
+  const generatedAt = await redateStatusNote(
+    args.userId,
+    args.cacheAction,
+    args.todayKey,
+  );
   annotate({
     action: { name: "insights.status.skipped_unchanged" },
     meta: { cache_action: args.cacheAction, gate: "input" },
   });
   return {
     kind: "generated",
-    text: parsed.text,
-    updatedAt: created.createdAt.toISOString(),
+    text: note.text,
+    updatedAt: generatedAt.toISOString(),
     retryable: false,
     expiresAfterDateKey: args.todayKey,
   };
@@ -475,70 +599,94 @@ export interface LastGoodStatusHit {
 }
 
 /**
- * v1.8.7 — read the most recent NON-stub assessment for `(userId,
- * cacheAction)` regardless of which day it was generated. This is the
- * stale-while-revalidate source: when today's cache is a miss the
- * read-only path can still serve yesterday's (or older) good text
- * instantly while a fresh generation is warmed out of band, so opening a
- * category never drops to the "preparing" skeleton if an assessment was
- * ever produced. Returns `null` only when there is genuinely no prior
- * assessment (or every prior row is a timeout stub / malformed).
+ * The stored note for `(userId, cacheAction)` whatever day it was written:
+ * the stale-while-revalidate source. When today's note is a miss the read path
+ * can still show the last one instantly while a fresh generation is warmed,
+ * so opening a category never drops to the "preparing" skeleton if a note
+ * was ever written. `null` when there is none, or when the capability is
+ * unavailable.
  */
 export async function readLastGoodStatusText(args: {
   userId: string;
   cacheAction: string;
 }): Promise<LastGoodStatusHit | null> {
-  const { userId, cacheAction } = args;
-  const rows = await prisma.auditLog.findMany({
-    where: { userId, action: cacheAction },
-    orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    take: 5,
-    select: { createdAt: true, details: true },
-  });
-  for (const row of rows) {
-    if (!row.details) continue;
-    try {
-      const parsed = JSON.parse(row.details) as ParsedStatusCache;
-      if (isTimeoutStub(parsed)) continue;
-      if (typeof parsed.text !== "string" || parsed.text.trim().length === 0) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      return { text: parsed.text, updatedAt: row.createdAt.toISOString() };
-    } catch {
-      // Malformed payload — skip and look further back.
-      continue;
-    }
+  if (!(await statusTextServable(args.userId))) return null;
+  const note = await readStatusNote(args.userId, args.cacheAction);
+  if (!note?.text || !note.generatedAt) return null;
+  return { text: note.text, updatedAt: note.generatedAt.toISOString() };
+}
+
+/**
+ * The stored note written at least `minAgeHours` ago, for the next
+ * generation's "what did I say last time" prompt block. Not a serving read:
+ * it feeds a generation that the chokepoint has already admitted.
+ */
+export async function readPreviousStatusNote(args: {
+  userId: string;
+  cacheAction: string;
+  olderThan: Date;
+}): Promise<{ text: string; generatedAt: Date } | null> {
+  const note = await readStatusNote(args.userId, args.cacheAction);
+  if (!note?.text || !note.generatedAt) return null;
+  if (note.generatedAt.getTime() >= args.olderThan.getTime()) return null;
+  return { text: note.text, generatedAt: note.generatedAt };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Which of `cacheActions` carry a note written at or after `since`. The
+ * ingest invalidator skips those, so a fresh note survives a sync drip.
+ */
+export async function statusNotesWrittenSince(args: {
+  userId: string;
+  cacheActions: readonly string[];
+  since: Date;
+}): Promise<Set<string>> {
+  const byKey = new Map<string, string>();
+  for (const action of args.cacheActions) {
+    const key = statusCacheKey(action);
+    if (key) byKey.set(`${key.metric}\u0000${key.locale}`, action);
   }
-  return null;
+  if (byKey.size === 0) return new Set();
+  const keys = [...byKey.keys()].map((k) => {
+    const [metric, locale] = k.split("\u0000");
+    return { metric, locale };
+  });
+  const rows = await prisma.insightStatusCache.findMany({
+    where: {
+      userId: args.userId,
+      OR: keys,
+      generatedAt: { gte: args.since },
+      textEncrypted: { not: null },
+    },
+    select: { metric: true, locale: true },
+  });
+  const fresh = new Set<string>();
+  for (const row of rows) {
+    const action = byKey.get(`${row.metric}\u0000${row.locale}`);
+    if (action) fresh.add(action);
+  }
+  return fresh;
 }
 
 /**
  * Outcome of the read-only cache-miss resolution. The generators map this
  * onto their public return shape:
- *   - `no-provider` → `{ hasProvider: false, text: <no-key fallback> }`
- *   - `preparing`   → `{ hasProvider: true, text: <last-good|null>, preparing: true }`
  *
- * v1.8.7 — `preparing` now carries the last good assessment (if any) so
- * the card renders the previous text immediately (stale-while-revalidate)
- * instead of a skeleton while the worker re-warms the cache.
- *
- * v1.9.0 — `revalidating` is true only when last-good text is served AND a
- * fresh generation was actually enqueued (the open-card refresh case). When
- * the served text is terminal the card otherwise stops polling and never
- * sees the freshly-warmed assessment until a remount; the flag keeps the
- * bounded poll alive until the new row lands. It is false on the
- * suppressed-stub branch (no enqueue, so nothing is in flight) and whenever
- * there is no last-good text (that path already polls via `preparing`).
+ *   - `unavailable` → the deterministic line, no enqueue. `hasProvider` is
+ *     provider presence and nothing else, so a withdrawn consent or a switch
+ *     turned off no longer reads as "no provider configured"; `reason` says
+ *     which layer said no.
+ *   - `preparing`   → a generation is (or recently was) in flight; the last
+ *     note, if any, is served meanwhile. `revalidating` is true only when a
+ *     last note is served AND a fresh generation was actually enqueued, so
+ *     an open card keeps polling until the new note lands.
  */
 export type ReadOnlyMissOutcome =
-  | { kind: "no-provider" }
-  // v1.16.13 — a provider IS configured, but it resolves via the operator's
-  // server-managed key and the user has no active consent receipt, so the
-  // generation gate (`assertConsentForChain` / `runStatusCompletion`) would
-  // serve the no-key fallback. Distinct from `no-provider` so the status DTO
-  // can render an honest "consent required" signal instead of conflating it
-  // with "no AI configured at all".
-  | { kind: "consent-missing" }
+  | {
+      kind: "unavailable";
+      reason: AiUnavailableReason;
+      hasProvider: boolean;
+    }
   | {
       kind: "preparing";
       lastGood: LastGoodStatusHit | null;
@@ -546,34 +694,39 @@ export type ReadOnlyMissOutcome =
     };
 
 /**
- * v1.8.3 — resolve what a read-only status generation should return on a
- * cache miss WITHOUT running the heavy SQL gather or the blocking LLM
- * round-trip. This is the core of the holistic freeze fix: a navigation
- * request must never await an uncapped provider call.
+ * Resolve what a read-only status read returns on a cache miss WITHOUT the
+ * heavy SQL gather or a blocking model round-trip: a navigation request never
+ * awaits a provider.
  *
- * On a miss the route either:
- *   - finds no usable provider → returns `no-provider` (the card shows the
- *     no-key fallback; nothing to generate), or
- *   - finds a provider → fire-and-forget enqueues a generation job and
- *     returns `preparing` (the card shows a preparing state and the client
- *     polls until the worker warms the cache).
- *
- * The provider probe is a cheap chain-resolve (no completion), so the GET
- * stays sub-second even on a cold cache.
+ * The `statusText` capability decides first. Unavailable, for any reason,
+ * means no enqueue and no stored text. Available means: serve the last note
+ * (if any) and enqueue a generation out of band, unless a recent stall opened
+ * a negative-cache window.
  */
 export async function resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss(args: {
   userId: string;
   metric: InsightStatusScope;
   locale: SupportedLocale;
 }): Promise<ReadOnlyMissOutcome> {
-  // v1.37.0 — the one gate on the delegated path, and it sits here rather
-  // than in the ten generators that reach this function precisely because it
-  // is one gate: a generator added next year inherits it without knowing it
-  // exists. A manager holding a MANAGE grant may READ the record's generated
-  // assessments; the miss behind that read must not ship the owner's data to
-  // the owner's provider on the owner's budget. Served the same way the
-  // negative-cache branch below serves it: last-good text if there is any,
-  // `preparing` if there is not, and nothing enqueued either way.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForRecord(args.userId, "statusText");
+  if (!capability.available) {
+    const reason = capability.reason ?? "check_failed";
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "insights.status.unavailable" },
+      meta: { metric: args.metric, reason, read_only_miss: true },
+    });
+    return {
+      kind: "unavailable",
+      reason,
+      hasProvider: await probeProviderPresence(args.userId, "text"),
+    };
+  }
+
+  // v1.37.0 — a manager holding a MANAGE grant may READ the record's notes;
+  // the miss behind that read must not ship the owner's data to the owner's
+  // provider on the owner's budget. The last note if there is one,
+  // `preparing` if not, and nothing enqueued either way. One gate here rather
+  // than in every generator, so a generator added later inherits it.
   if (delegatedGenerationSuppressed()) {
     const lastGood = await readLastGoodStatusText({
       userId: args.userId,
@@ -590,39 +743,14 @@ export async function resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss(args: {
     return { kind: "preparing", lastGood, revalidating: false };
   }
 
-  const hasProvider = await hasUsableStatusProvider(args.userId);
-  if (!hasProvider) return { kind: "no-provider" };
-
-  // v1.16.13 — a provider is configured but the server-managed consent gate
-  // would block egress (no active receipt for the surface). Surface this as
-  // a distinct outcome so the card renders an honest "consent required"
-  // signal rather than the generic no-key fallback. Enqueuing here would be
-  // wasted work — the generator's own gate would short-circuit to `none`.
-  if (await statusConsentBlocksGeneration(args.userId, "insights")) {
-    annotate({
-      action: { name: "insights.status.consent_required" },
-      meta: { metric: args.metric, read_only_miss: true },
-    });
-    return { kind: "consent-missing" };
-  }
-
   const cacheAction = statusCacheAction(args.metric, args.locale);
-
-  // v1.8.7 — stale-while-revalidate. Surface the last good (non-stub)
-  // assessment for this scope so the card renders the previous text
-  // immediately instead of a skeleton while a refresh is warmed. Null when
-  // no assessment was ever produced — only then does the card show
-  // "preparing"/"no analysis yet".
   const lastGood = await readLastGoodStatusText({
     userId: args.userId,
     cacheAction,
   });
 
-  // v1.8.3 — honour the short-TTL negative cache. If the worker recently
-  // hit a provider stall it wrote a `retryAt` stub; re-enqueuing on every
-  // navigation while the provider is still degraded would be a storm. While
-  // the stub is fresh, stay in `preparing` without enqueuing; once it goes
-  // stale (or never existed) enqueue a fresh generation.
+  // Honour the short negative-cache window: re-enqueuing on every navigation
+  // while the provider is still degraded would be a storm.
   const negativeCache = await readStatusNegativeCache({
     userId: args.userId,
     cacheAction,
@@ -632,14 +760,11 @@ export async function resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss(args: {
       action: { name: "insights.status.preparing" },
       meta: { metric: args.metric, suppressed_enqueue: true },
     });
-    // No enqueue on this branch — nothing is in flight, so the open card has
-    // nothing to revalidate against. It still polls via `preparing` when
-    // there is no last-good text to show.
     return { kind: "preparing", lastGood, revalidating: false };
   }
 
-  // Enqueue out of band — do NOT await an LLM here. The enqueue itself is
-  // best-effort and de-duped per (user, metric, locale).
+  // Enqueue out of band, never await a model here. Best-effort and de-duped
+  // per (user, metric).
   await enqueueStatusGeneration({
     userId: args.userId,
     metric: args.metric,
@@ -649,20 +774,10 @@ export async function resolveReadOnlyStatusMiss(args: {
     action: { name: "insights.status.preparing" },
     meta: { metric: args.metric, stale_served: lastGood !== null },
   });
-  // A fresh generation is now in flight. When last-good text is served the
-  // payload is otherwise terminal (`preparing` is false), so the open card
-  // would stop polling and never pick up the warmed assessment. Signal
-  // `revalidating` so the bounded poll stays alive until the new row lands.
   return { kind: "preparing", lastGood, revalidating: lastGood !== null };
 }
 
-/**
- * True when the most recent cache row for `(userId, cacheAction)` is a
- * timeout stub whose `retryAt` is still in the future. Used by the
- * read-only resolver to suppress a re-enqueue storm while a provider is
- * degraded. A stub without `retryAt` (legacy) is treated as stale so the
- * resolver retries, matching the pre-v1.8.3 "transient miss" behaviour.
- */
+/** An open negative-cache window on a note. */
 export interface StatusNegativeCache {
   kind: "negative";
   reason: "timeout" | "error" | "screened";
@@ -671,38 +786,23 @@ export interface StatusNegativeCache {
 }
 
 /**
- * Read the latest negative-cache policy without exposing provider errors or
- * assessment content. `retryable` flips only when the explicit `retryAt`
- * boundary has passed; legacy/malformed stubs are treated as absent so the
- * next request may recover.
+ * The note's negative-cache window, without exposing provider errors or note
+ * content. `retryable` flips once `retryAt` has passed.
  */
 export async function readStatusNegativeCache(args: {
   userId: string;
   cacheAction: string;
 }): Promise<StatusNegativeCache | null> {
-  const latest = await prisma.auditLog.findFirst({
-    where: { userId: args.userId, action: args.cacheAction },
-    orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    select: { details: true },
-  });
-  if (!latest?.details) return null;
-  try {
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(latest.details) as ParsedStatusCache;
-    if (!isTimeoutStub(parsed)) return null;
-    if (typeof parsed.retryAt !== "string") return null;
-    const retryAtMs = new Date(parsed.retryAt).getTime();
-    if (!Number.isFinite(retryAtMs)) return null;
-    const reason =
-      parsed.reason === "error" || parsed.reason === "screened"
-        ? parsed.reason
-        : "timeout";
-    return {
-      kind: "negative",
-      reason,
-      retryAt: parsed.retryAt,
-      retryable: retryAtMs <= Date.now(),
-    };
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
+  const note = await readStatusNote(args.userId, args.cacheAction);
+  if (!note?.retryAt) return null;
+  const reason =
+    note.negativeReason === "error" || note.negativeReason === "screened"
+      ? note.negativeReason
+      : "timeout";
+  return {
+    kind: "negative",
+    reason,
+    retryAt: note.retryAt.toISOString(),
+    retryable: note.retryAt.getTime() <= Date.now(),
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/status-card-generation.ts b/src/lib/insights/status-card-generation.ts
index e2e6e3d93..4439c7552 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/status-card-generation.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/status-card-generation.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  *     for falls back to its own single-card path, never crashing the cycle.
  *
  * The cache + read contract is untouched: `finalize` persists the SAME
- * `auditLog` row (`persistStatusInsight`, or the richer medication-compliance
+ * status note (`persistStatusInsight`, or the per-medication items
  * shape via a custom closure) the standalone generator wrote, so every card
  * keeps reading per-metric results with the same keys.
  */
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export async function runPreparedStatusCard(
   const outcome: StatusProviderResult = await runStatusCompletion({
     userId: prepared.userId,
     cacheAction: prepared.cacheAction,
-    consentSurface: "insights",
+    capability: "statusText",
     systemPrompt: prepared.systemPrompt,
     userPrompt: prepared.userPrompt,
     temperature: prepared.temperature,
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/status-invalidation.ts b/src/lib/insights/status-invalidation.ts
index 977dea890..373e50df7 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/status-invalidation.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/status-invalidation.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ import {
   normalizeLocale,
   type SupportedLocale,
 } from "@/lib/insights/status-shared";
-import { isTimeoutStub, statusCacheAction } from "@/lib/insights/status-cache";
+import {
+  statusCacheAction,
+  statusNotesWrittenSince,
+} from "@/lib/insights/status-cache";
 import {
   metricIdForMeasurementType,
   metricStatusScope,
 } from "@/lib/insights/metric-status-registry";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { aiCapabilityForRecord } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import type { MeasurementType } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
 
 /**
@@ -146,6 +150,17 @@ export async function invalidateStatusInsightsForTypes(
   }
   if (scopes.size === 0) return;
 
+  // No enqueue while status notes are unavailable for this record: the worker
+  // would refuse anyway, and the queue should not carry work nobody may do.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForRecord(userId, "statusText");
+  if (!capability.available) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "insights.status.invalidate.skipped" },
+      meta: { reason: capability.reason },
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
   // v1.8.7 — regenerate only the user's resolved locale, matching the
   // read-path (every `*-status` GET serves `normalizeLocale(user.locale)`).
   // Warming both locales doubled provider spend on every sync, half of it
@@ -223,6 +238,14 @@ export async function enqueueStatusRefillForUser(
   userId: string,
   locale: SupportedLocale,
 ): Promise<number> {
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForRecord(userId, "statusText");
+  if (!capability.available) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "insights.status.refill.skipped" },
+      meta: { reason: capability.reason },
+    });
+    return 0;
+  }
   const scopes = new Set<InsightStatusScope>(PER_STATUS_SCOPES);
   try {
     // `groupBy` compiles to a server-side `GROUP BY` — Prisma's
@@ -252,11 +275,10 @@ export async function enqueueStatusRefillForUser(
  * real (non-stub) assessment. Those scopes are skipped by the ingest
  * invalidator so a fresh assessment survives the sync drip.
  *
- * One indexed read per user (a single `findMany` over this user's recent
- * status-cache rows, newest-first) answers it for every candidate scope at
- * once — cheaper than a per-scope probe and bounded by `take`. A timeout
- * stub never counts as fresh (it carries no real assessment), so a scope
- * that recently stalled still gets a retry enqueued.
+ * One indexed read per user answers it for every candidate scope at once.
+ * Only a stored note counts: a row that carries nothing but a negative-cache
+ * window is not fresh, so a scope that recently stalled still gets a retry
+ * enqueued.
  */
 async function findRecentlyWarmedScopes(
   userId: string,
@@ -273,37 +295,15 @@ async function findRecentlyWarmedScopes(
     actionToScope.set(statusCacheAction(scope, locale), scope);
   }
 
-  const rows = await prisma.auditLog.findMany({
-    where: {
-      userId,
-      action: { in: candidateActions },
-      createdAt: { gte: cutoff },
-    },
-    orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-    select: { action: true, details: true },
+  const written = await statusNotesWrittenSince({
+    userId,
+    cacheActions: candidateActions,
+    since: cutoff,
   });
-
   const fresh = new Set<InsightStatusScope>();
-  for (const row of rows) {
-    const scope = actionToScope.get(row.action);
-    if (!scope || fresh.has(scope)) continue;
-    if (!row.details) continue;
-    try {
-      const parsed = JSON.parse(row.details) as {
-        model?: string;
-        timeout?: boolean;
-        text?: string;
-      };
-      // A stub is not a real assessment — let a stalled scope retry.
-      if (isTimeoutStub(parsed)) continue;
-      if (typeof parsed.text !== "string" || parsed.text.trim().length === 0) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      fresh.add(scope);
-    } catch {
-      // Malformed payload — treat as not-fresh so the scope refreshes.
-      continue;
-    }
+  for (const action of written) {
+    const scope = actionToScope.get(action);
+    if (scope) fresh.add(scope);
   }
   return fresh;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/status-provider.ts b/src/lib/insights/status-provider.ts
index bb187ab5d..bb0342bca 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/status-provider.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/status-provider.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-import { resolveProvider, resolveProviderChain } from "@/lib/ai/provider";
+import {
+  probeProviderPresence,
+  resolveProvider,
+  resolveProviderChain,
+} from "@/lib/ai/provider";
+import { aiCapabilityForRecord } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import type {
+  AiCapabilityKey,
+  AiUnavailableReason,
+} from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/types";
 import {
   runRawCompletionWithFallback,
   type ProviderChainResolved,
 } from "@/lib/ai/provider-runner";
-import {
-  chainRequiresServerManagedConsent,
-  hasActiveConsentForSurface,
-  type ConsentSurface,
-} from "@/lib/ai/consent-guard";
+import { aiEgressRefusal } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import {
   buildDateKey,
@@ -42,7 +47,12 @@ import { resolveEffectiveTimeoutMs } from "@/lib/ai/effective-timeout";
  */
 
 export type StatusProviderResult =
-  | { kind: "none" }
+  /**
+   * Nothing was sent: no provider, or the capability is unavailable for this
+   * record (operator switch, opt-out, module, consent, …). Callers serve the
+   * deterministic line and persist nothing; `reason` says which layer said no.
+   */
+  | { kind: "none"; reason: AiUnavailableReason }
   | { kind: "timeout" }
   | { kind: "error" }
   | {
@@ -74,15 +84,14 @@ interface RunStatusCompletionArgs {
    */
   responseFormat?: "json" | "text";
   /**
-   * v1.12.1 — which AI surface this generation serves, for the consent gate.
-   * `insights` for the per-metric status cards + period narrative; `coach`
-   * for the off-budget Coach memory workers (rolling summary + fact
-   * extraction). When the resolved chain would egress via the operator's
-   * server-managed key and no active receipt of the matching kind exists,
-   * the run short-circuits to `{ kind: "none" }` (the no-key fallback) so no
-   * PHI leaves the server. BYOK / local / ChatGPT-OAuth chains are ungated.
+   * The AI capability this generation serves (`statusText`, `periodNarrative`,
+   * `workoutInsights`, `coach`, …). Required: the chokepoint re-checks it
+   * immediately before anything leaves the machine, so a job enqueued before
+   * an operator flipped a switch, or before the person withdrew consent or
+   * turned AI analysis off, still stops here. The capability also names the
+   * consent kinds an operator-held chain entry needs.
    */
-  consentSurface: ConsentSurface;
+  capability: AiCapabilityKey;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -103,42 +112,14 @@ async function resolveStatusChain(
 }
 
 /**
- * Cheap provider-availability probe for the read-only status path.
- *
- * v1.8.3 — when a status route runs in read-only mode (serve cache, never
- * block on the LLM) it still has to tell the difference between "no
- * provider — show the no-key fallback" and "provider configured but the
- * assessment isn't warm yet — show preparing + enqueue a generation". This
- * resolves the same chain `runStatusCompletion` would, but does NOT run a
- * completion, so the navigation request never awaits an LLM round-trip.
+ * Whether any configured provider could serve text for `userId`: the one
+ * presence probe (`probeProviderPresence`). No client construction, no token
+ * refresh, no network.
  */
 export async function hasUsableStatusProvider(
   userId: string,
 ): Promise<boolean> {
-  return (await resolveStatusChain(userId)) !== null;
-}
-
-/**
- * v1.16.8 — true when a status generation for `userId` would be blocked
- * by the server-managed consent gate (the same check `runStatusCompletion`
- * applies before egress). The content-hash gate
- * (`refreshUnchangedStatusInsight`) consults this BEFORE re-stamping a
- * cached assessment as current: after a consent revocation the unchanged-
- * data refresh must fall through to the generator, whose own gate then
- * serves the no-key fallback instead of presenting old AI text as fresh.
- * `false` when no provider is configured at all — that path already
- * resolves to the fallback via `{ kind: "none" }`.
- */
-export async function statusConsentBlocksGeneration(
-  userId: string,
-  surface: ConsentSurface,
-): Promise<boolean> {
-  const chain = await resolveStatusChain(userId);
-  if (chain === null) return false;
-  return (
-    chainRequiresServerManagedConsent(chain) &&
-    !(await hasActiveConsentForSurface(userId, surface))
-  );
+  return probeProviderPresence(userId, "text");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -154,27 +135,46 @@ export async function runStatusCompletion(
 ): Promise<StatusProviderResult> {
   const { userId, cacheAction, systemPrompt, userPrompt } = args;
 
-  const chain = await resolveStatusChain(userId);
-  if (chain === null) {
-    return { kind: "none" };
+  // The capability, re-checked at the wire. Every caller resolved it earlier
+  // (a worker before building its snapshot, a route before enqueueing), but
+  // switches, opt-outs and consent can change between the enqueue and here.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForRecord(userId, args.capability);
+  if (!capability.available) {
+    const reason = capability.reason ?? "check_failed";
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "insights.status.capability_unavailable" },
+      meta: { cacheAction, capability: args.capability, reason },
+    });
+    return { kind: "none", reason };
   }
 
-  // v1.12.1 — consent gate before server-managed external egress. A chain
-  // that could egress via the operator's global key requires an active
-  // receipt of the surface's mapped kind (or master `ai_full`). Without one,
-  // surface the no-key fallback (`none`) rather than egress the snapshot —
-  // identical to a missing provider from the caller's perspective, so no
-  // generator branch needs to change. BYOK / local / ChatGPT-OAuth chains
-  // never trip this.
-  if (
-    chainRequiresServerManagedConsent(chain) &&
-    !(await hasActiveConsentForSurface(userId, args.consentSurface))
-  ) {
+  const chain = await resolveStatusChain(userId);
+  if (chain === null) {
+    return { kind: "none", reason: "no_provider" };
+  }
+
+  // The wire re-check for exactly this chain (`aiEgressRefusal`, the one
+  // helper every chokepoint uses): the capability again, and whether sending
+  // to these providers needs a consent receipt under the capability's rule
+  // (the operator's key or the shared central Codex does; a person's own key
+  // or a local model does not). Fails closed like the rest: a chain that
+  // COULD cascade to an operator-held entry needs the receipt.
+  const refusal = await aiEgressRefusal(
+    args.capability,
+    userId,
+    chain.map((entry) => entry.providerType),
+  );
+  if (refusal) {
     annotate({
-      action: { name: "insights.status.consent_required" },
-      meta: { cacheAction, surface: args.consentSurface },
+      action: { name: "insights.status.capability_unavailable" },
+      meta: {
+        cacheAction,
+        capability: args.capability,
+        reason: refusal.reason,
+        at: "wire",
+      },
     });
-    return { kind: "none" };
+    return { kind: "none", reason: refusal.reason };
   }
 
   // Honour the per-user response-timeout setting the operator dials in for a
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/status-shared.ts b/src/lib/insights/status-shared.ts
index 0dc0316ff..8e8b8fc90 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/status-shared.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/status-shared.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
  * Every `src/lib/insights/*-status.ts` generator carried byte-identical
  * copies of `round`, `normalizeSummaryText`, `normalizeLocale`, and (in
  * six of seven) `summarizeSeries`, plus an identical "parse the model's
- * `{summary}` envelope" block and an identical `prisma.auditLog.create`
- * persist block. This module is the single source of truth so a change
+ * `{summary}` envelope" block and an identical persist block. This module is the single source of truth so a change
  * to the rounding precision, the chart-token scrub, or the cache-row
  * shape lands once rather than seven times.
  *
@@ -14,12 +13,12 @@
  * reader's own language in an explicit output directive, so the reader's
  * locale must survive the whole pipeline rather than being collapsed to a
  * binary on the way in. The
- * medication-compliance generator writes a richer cache `details` shape
- * (it carries a per-medication array), so it shares `round`,
- * `normalizeSummaryText`, `normalizeLocale`, and `parseSummaryFromContent`
- * but keeps its own `auditLog.create`.
+ * medication-compliance generator stores per-medication lines next to its
+ * summary, so it shares `round`, `normalizeSummaryText`, `normalizeLocale`,
+ * and `parseSummaryFromContent` but writes its note through `writeStatusNote`
+ * directly.
  */
-import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
+import { writeStatusNote } from "@/lib/insights/status-cache";
 import { locales, type Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
 import { extractJsonObject } from "@/lib/ai/json-extract";
 import { stripChartTokens } from "@/lib/insights/chart-tokens";
@@ -306,62 +305,37 @@ export function parseSummaryFromContent(content: string): string {
 }
 
 /**
- * Persist one status assessment cache row in the standard text-only
- * shape (`{ dateKey, locale, text, providerType, model, tokensUsed }`).
- * Returns the row's `createdAt` ISO string. The medication-compliance
- * generator writes a richer `details` shape (per-medication array) and
- * keeps its own `auditLog.create` call.
+ * Store one status note (`InsightStatusCache`, encrypted) for today and return
+ * when it was written. The medication-compliance generator also stores its
+ * per-medication lines and goes through `writeStatusNote` directly.
  */
 export async function persistStatusInsight(args: {
   userId: string;
   cacheAction: string;
   todayKey: string;
-  locale: SupportedLocale;
   text: string;
-  providerType: string;
-  model: string;
-  tokensUsed: number | null;
   /**
-   * v1.16.8 — fingerprint of the data snapshot this assessment was
-   * generated from (see `snapshot-hash.ts`). The regeneration gate
-   * compares the fresh snapshot's hash against this and skips the
-   * provider call when nothing changed.
+   * Fingerprint of the data snapshot this note was written from (see
+   * `snapshot-hash.ts`). The regeneration gate compares the next snapshot's
+   * hash against it and skips the provider call when nothing changed.
    */
   snapshotHash?: string;
   /**
-   * v1.18.11 (P6) — cheap fingerprint of the SALIENT INPUTS (per-type
-   * count + newest measuredAt) for slow-moving metrics. The input gate
-   * compares a freshly probed fingerprint against this BEFORE the heavy
-   * snapshot build, so a no-change day for weight/BMI skips the whole
-   * gather (not just the provider call). Absent on metrics that don't
-   * opt into the input gate.
+   * Cheap fingerprint of the SALIENT INPUTS (per-type count + newest
+   * measuredAt) for slow-moving metrics. The input gate compares a freshly
+   * probed fingerprint against it BEFORE the heavy snapshot build.
    */
   inputHash?: string;
 }): Promise<string> {
-  const created = await prisma.auditLog.create({
-    data: {
-      userId: args.userId,
-      action: args.cacheAction,
-      details: JSON.stringify({
-        dateKey: args.todayKey,
-        locale: args.locale,
-        text: args.text,
-        providerType: args.providerType,
-        model: args.model,
-        tokensUsed: args.tokensUsed,
-        statusKind: "generated",
-        retryable: false,
-        // Freshness is defined by the user's calendar day. Keeping the
-        // boundary in the payload makes expiry explicit without inventing a
-        // UTC timestamp for a day key that belongs to another timezone.
-        expiresAfterDateKey: args.todayKey,
-        ...(args.snapshotHash ? { snapshotHash: args.snapshotHash } : {}),
-        ...(args.inputHash ? { inputHash: args.inputHash } : {}),
-      }),
-    },
-    select: { createdAt: true },
+  const generatedAt = await writeStatusNote({
+    userId: args.userId,
+    cacheAction: args.cacheAction,
+    todayKey: args.todayKey,
+    text: args.text,
+    snapshotHash: args.snapshotHash,
+    inputHash: args.inputHash,
   });
-  return created.createdAt.toISOString();
+  return generatedAt.toISOString();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/timeout-fallback.ts b/src/lib/insights/timeout-fallback.ts
index 72c3956e4..7b7010e01 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/timeout-fallback.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/timeout-fallback.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
+import { writeStatusNegativeWindow } from "@/lib/insights/status-cache";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 
 /**
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
  * status route is now read-only: a cache miss enqueues an out-of-band
  * generation. If the provider stalls inside the worker, nothing stops the
  * next navigation from enqueuing again, and again — a stalled provider
- * turns into a re-enqueue storm. So the timeout path writes a short-TTL
- * negative stub (`{ timeout:true, model:"timeout-stub", retryAt }`). The
- * read-only resolver honours it: while the stub is fresh it returns
- * `preparing` WITHOUT re-enqueuing; once `retryAt` passes the stub is stale
- * and the next visit re-attempts. The stub is NEVER served as assessment
- * text — `readFreshStatusText` still rejects every timeout stub by marker,
- * so a transient stall can't hide the real assessment for the day.
+ * turns into a re-enqueue storm. So the timeout path opens a short
+ * negative-cache window on the note (`retryAt`, `negativeReason`). The
+ * read-only resolver honours it: while the window is open it returns
+ * `preparing` WITHOUT re-enqueuing; once `retryAt` passes the next visit
+ * re-attempts. The window never replaces or hides a stored note, so a
+ * transient stall can't hide the real assessment for the day.
  */
 
 /**
@@ -53,20 +52,12 @@ export async function persistTimeoutNegativeStub(args: {
   reason: StatusFallbackReason;
 }): Promise<void> {
   try {
-    await prisma.auditLog.create({
-      data: {
-        userId: args.userId,
-        action: args.cacheAction,
-        details: JSON.stringify({
-          dateKey: args.todayKey,
-          timeout: true,
-          model: "timeout-stub",
-          reason: args.reason,
-          retryAt: new Date(
-            Date.now() + TIMEOUT_NEGATIVE_CACHE_MS,
-          ).toISOString(),
-        }),
-      },
+    await writeStatusNegativeWindow({
+      userId: args.userId,
+      cacheAction: args.cacheAction,
+      todayKey: args.todayKey,
+      reason: args.reason,
+      retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + TIMEOUT_NEGATIVE_CACHE_MS),
     });
   } catch {
     // Negative cache is best-effort — never throw out of the timeout path.
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/weight-status.ts b/src/lib/insights/weight-status.ts
index 607e334bb..9b818a3f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/weight-status.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/weight-status.ts
@@ -193,13 +193,13 @@ export async function prepareWeightStatusForUser(
       metric: "weight",
       locale,
     });
-    // v1.16.13 — `consent-missing` serves the same no-key fallback (see
-    // bmi-status); no enqueue happens for it.
-    if (outcome.kind === "no-provider" || outcome.kind === "consent-missing") {
+    // Unavailable for any reason serves the deterministic line and enqueues
+    // nothing. `hasProvider` is provider presence only.
+    if (outcome.kind === "unavailable") {
       return {
         phase: "served",
         result: {
-          hasProvider: false,
+          hasProvider: outcome.hasProvider,
           text: getNoKeyWeightStatusText(locale),
           cached: true,
           updatedAt: null,
@@ -668,11 +668,7 @@ export async function prepareWeightStatusForUser(
         userId,
         cacheAction,
         todayKey,
-        locale,
         text: summary,
-        providerType: outcome.providerType,
-        model: outcome.model,
-        tokensUsed: outcome.tokensUsed,
         snapshotHash,
         // v1.18.11 (P6) — persist the input fingerprint so tomorrow's input
         // gate can skip the rebuild when nothing salient changed.
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/ai-job-capability-inventory.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/ai-job-capability-inventory.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00f6886bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/ai-job-capability-inventory.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/**
+ * Every background job that writes model text resolves its AI capability.
+ *
+ * The rule for jobs (design: "AI optional"): a worker resolves its capability
+ * for the user before it builds a snapshot and skips with a `.skipped`
+ * annotation when the answer is no; the provider chokepoint re-checks at the
+ * wire. This freezes the first half as a reference: each file below must call
+ * the named gate with the named capability key.
+ *
+ * It proves a reference exists, not that it sits before the snapshot or on
+ * every branch. The integration suite (`tests/integration/ai-optional-jobs.test.ts`)
+ * runs each worker under the refusing states with a provider spy and is what
+ * proves behaviour.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+import {
+  AI_CAPABILITY_KEYS,
+  type AiCapabilityKey,
+} from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/types";
+
+const ROOT = join(process.cwd(), "src");
+
+type Gate =
+  "aiCapabilityForJob" | "aiCapabilityForRecord" | "aiWorkNotRuledOut";
+
+interface JobGate {
+  gate: Gate;
+  keys: readonly AiCapabilityKey[];
+}
+
+/** Every AI job (and the enqueue sides that decide whether one is queued). */
+const AI_JOBS: Record<string, JobGate> = {
+  "lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["briefing", "statusText"],
+  },
+  "lib/insights/status-batch.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["statusText"],
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/reminder/insights-handlers.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["statusText"],
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/insight-status-generate.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["statusText"],
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/period-narrative-warm.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["periodNarrative"],
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/coach-nudge.ts": { gate: "aiCapabilityForJob", keys: ["coach"] },
+  "lib/jobs/coach-nudge-ai.ts": { gate: "aiCapabilityForJob", keys: ["coach"] },
+  "lib/ai/coach/coach-memory-refresh-worker.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["coach"],
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/reaction-line.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["reactionLines"],
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/workout-insight-generate.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["workoutInsights"],
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/document-summary.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["documentAi"],
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/document-summary-catchup.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["documentAi"],
+  },
+  "lib/jobs/document-content-index-backfill.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForJob",
+    keys: ["documentAi"],
+  },
+  // The arrival spine may not import the provider machinery, so it asks the
+  // provider-free half before it enqueues; the jobs resolve the rest.
+  "lib/jobs/data-arrival.ts": {
+    gate: "aiWorkNotRuledOut",
+    keys: ["workoutInsights", "reactionLines"],
+  },
+  // Enqueue sides reached from requests and jobs alike.
+  "lib/insights/status-invalidation.ts": {
+    gate: "aiCapabilityForRecord",
+    keys: ["statusText"],
+  },
+};
+
+function code(rel: string): string {
+  return readFileSync(join(ROOT, rel), "utf8")
+    .replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, "")
+    .replace(/(^|[^:])\/\/.*$/gm, "$1");
+}
+
+describe("AI job capability inventory", () => {
+  const entries = Object.entries(AI_JOBS);
+
+  it("is not empty", () => {
+    expect(entries.length).toBeGreaterThan(10);
+  });
+
+  it("names only capabilities that exist", () => {
+    for (const [, { keys }] of entries) {
+      for (const key of keys) expect(AI_CAPABILITY_KEYS).toContain(key);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it.each(entries)("%s resolves its capability", (rel, { gate, keys }) => {
+    const source = code(rel);
+    for (const key of keys) {
+      const call = new RegExp(`\\b${gate}\\s*\\([^)]*?["']${key}["']`);
+      expect(
+        call.test(source),
+        `${rel} must call ${gate}(…, "${key}") before it does model work`,
+      ).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/async-state-contract.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/async-state-contract.test.ts
index 5f70f8a95..76f7a55f0 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/async-state-contract.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/async-state-contract.test.ts
@@ -62,15 +62,9 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/documents/auto-stage-labs", () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/labs/ocr-upload", () => ({
   detectOcrMimeType: vi.fn(() => "application/pdf"),
 }));
-vi.mock("@/lib/ai/consent-guard", () => {
-  class ConsentRequiredError extends Error {}
-  return {
-    ConsentRequiredError,
-    assertDocumentEgressConsent: vi.fn(),
-    isExternalDocumentEgress: (providerType: string) =>
-      providerType !== "local",
-  };
-});
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/consent-guard", () => ({
+  isExternalDocumentEgress: (providerType: string) => providerType !== "local",
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/budget", () => ({
   buildDateKey: vi.fn(() => "2026-08-13"),
   reserveBudget: vi.fn(),
@@ -79,6 +73,10 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/budget", () => ({
   resolveDailyCapFor: vi.fn(() => 1000),
   resolveCostOwner: vi.fn(() => "operator" as const),
 }));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: vi.fn(),
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/ai-budgets", () => ({
   AI_BUDGETS: {
     documentSummary: { temperature: 0.3, maxTokens: 600 },
@@ -104,11 +102,12 @@ import {
   transcribeDocument,
 } from "@/lib/documents/describe";
 import { localExtractText } from "@/lib/documents/local-extract";
-import {
-  assertDocumentEgressConsent,
-  ConsentRequiredError,
-} from "@/lib/ai/consent-guard";
+import { AiUnavailableError } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/refusal";
 import { reserveBudget } from "@/lib/ai/coach/budget";
+import {
+  aiCapabilityForJob,
+  aiCapabilityForRecord,
+} from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 
 const DOC = {
   id: "doc-1",
@@ -121,6 +120,7 @@ const DOC = {
 
 const PICK = {
   chain: [{ providerType: "anthropic", instance: {} }],
+  withheld: null,
   pick: {
     entry: { providerType: "anthropic", instance: {} },
     providerType: "anthropic",
@@ -163,8 +163,14 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     locale: "en",
   } as never);
   vi.mocked(documentAutoReadEnabled).mockResolvedValue(true);
+  for (const resolve of [aiCapabilityForJob, aiCapabilityForRecord]) {
+    vi.mocked(resolve).mockResolvedValue({
+      available: true,
+      reason: null,
+      onDeviceAllowed: true,
+    });
+  }
   vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue(PICK as never);
-  vi.mocked(assertDocumentEgressConsent).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
   vi.mocked(loadOwnedDocument).mockResolvedValue(DOC as never);
   vi.mocked(prepareVisionInput).mockResolvedValue({
     ok: true,
@@ -205,21 +211,66 @@ describe("contract (a): every runDocumentSummaryJob branch writes a terminal sta
       state: "NONE",
     },
     {
-      name: "no provider configured",
+      // Presence says no provider, but that is the pick's to decide; with no
+      // pick either, the attempt is recorded as one that could not run.
+      name: "documentAi unavailable for want of a provider, no pick",
       setup: () => {
+        vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+          available: false,
+          reason: "no_provider",
+          onDeviceAllowed: true,
+        });
         vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
           chain: [],
           pick: null,
+          withheld: null,
         } as never);
       },
       state: "UNAVAILABLE",
     },
     {
-      name: "consent refused",
+      // Presence says a receipt is missing, but the document order lands on a
+      // pick that needs none: the pick decides, and the summary is written.
+      name: "documentAi presence wants a receipt the pick does not need",
       setup: () => {
-        vi.mocked(assertDocumentEgressConsent).mockRejectedValue(
-          new ConsentRequiredError("insights"),
-        );
+        vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+          available: false,
+          reason: "consent_required",
+          onDeviceAllowed: true,
+        });
+      },
+      state: "READY",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "documentAi switched off by the operator",
+      setup: () => {
+        vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+          available: false,
+          reason: "operator_disabled",
+          onDeviceAllowed: false,
+        });
+      },
+      state: "NONE",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "no provider configured",
+      setup: () => {
+        vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
+          chain: [],
+          pick: null,
+          withheld: null,
+        } as never);
+      },
+      state: "UNAVAILABLE",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "consent refused at the pick's wire re-check",
+      setup: () => {
+        vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
+          chain: PICK.chain,
+          pick: null,
+          withheld: new AiUnavailableError("documentAi", "consent_required"),
+        } as never);
       },
       state: "UNAVAILABLE",
     },
@@ -309,6 +360,7 @@ describe("contract (a): every runDocumentIndex branch records the attempt", () =
         vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
           chain: [],
           pick: null,
+          withheld: null,
         } as never);
       },
       outcome: null,
@@ -319,6 +371,7 @@ describe("contract (a): every runDocumentIndex branch records the attempt", () =
         vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
           chain: [],
           pick: null,
+          withheld: null,
         } as never);
         vi.mocked(localExtractText).mockResolvedValue({
           ok: false,
@@ -404,6 +457,39 @@ describe("contract (b): enqueue never claims a pending state its job cannot reso
     expect(summaryStateWrites()).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it("enqueueDocumentSummary with documentAi switched off claims nothing and mints no job", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForRecord).mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "operator_disabled",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    });
+    const send = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("job-1");
+    vi.mocked(getGlobalBoss).mockReturnValue({ send } as never);
+
+    const result = await enqueueDocumentSummary("user-1", "doc-1");
+    expect(result).toEqual({ enqueued: false });
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(summaryStateWrites()).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("enqueueDocumentSummary leaves a missing receipt to the job's pick, whose every branch is terminal", async () => {
+    // Presence cannot say whether the document-order pick needs a receipt, so
+    // the enqueue does not refuse on it; contract (a) pins that the job then
+    // writes a terminal state for both a withheld pick and a served one.
+    vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForRecord).mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "consent_required",
+      onDeviceAllowed: true,
+    });
+    const send = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("job-1");
+    vi.mocked(getGlobalBoss).mockReturnValue({ send } as never);
+
+    const result = await enqueueDocumentSummary("user-1", "doc-1");
+    expect(result).toEqual({ enqueued: true });
+    expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(summaryStateWrites()).toContain("PENDING");
+  });
+
   it("enqueueDocumentSummary claims PENDING only once a job id exists", async () => {
     const send = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(getGlobalBoss).mockReturnValue({ send } as never);
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/coach-nudge-ai-consent.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/coach-nudge-ai-consent.test.ts
index 8923120a3..ab941a0cc 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/coach-nudge-ai-consent.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/coach-nudge-ai-consent.test.ts
@@ -10,15 +10,25 @@
  * The gate is skip-shaped: no receipt → `null` → the caller ships the
  * deterministic template, so the nudge itself is never lost.
  *
- * `@/lib/consent/receipts` is mocked rather than the consent guard, so the real
- * `chainRequiresServerManagedConsent` + `hasActiveConsentForSurface` logic runs.
+ * Only the receipt table (`prisma.consentReceipt`) is mocked, not the wire
+ * re-check, so the real `aiEgressRefusal` rule runs: the capability again (a
+ * job, so `aiCapabilityForJob`), then whether exactly this chain needs a
+ * receipt under the `coach` capability's rule, then whether one is active.
  */
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
-vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({ prisma: {} }));
-
-const latestActiveReceipt = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
-vi.mock("@/lib/consent/receipts", () => ({ latestActiveReceipt }));
+/** The active receipt kinds the record holds; `findFirst` answers from them. */
+const activeKinds = vi.hoisted(() => ({ current: [] as string[] }));
+const consentReceiptFindFirst = vi.hoisted(() =>
+  vi.fn(async (args: { where: { kind: { in: string[] } } }) =>
+    args.where.kind.in.some((kind) => activeKinds.current.includes(kind))
+      ? { id: "receipt-1" }
+      : null,
+  ),
+);
+vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
+  prisma: { consentReceipt: { findFirst: consentReceiptFindFirst } },
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/documents/document-settings", () => ({
   documentAutoReadEnabled: vi.fn(async () => false),
 }));
@@ -40,13 +50,27 @@ const budgetMocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
 }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/budget", () => budgetMocks);
 
-vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", () => ({ annotate: vi.fn() }));
+// No request event: the nudge runs off-request, which is the arm of
+// `aiEgressRefusal` that resolves the capability for the job's record.
+vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", () => ({
+  annotate: vi.fn(),
+  getEvent: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+}));
+
+// The composer resolves the `coach` capability before the chain. Available
+// by default so the consent logic below is what each case exercises.
+const aiCapabilityForJob = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob,
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+}));
 
 import {
   composeNudgeWithAI,
   createNudgeAiTickBudget,
   type ComposeNudgeParams,
 } from "../coach-nudge-ai";
+import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 
 function makeProvider() {
   return {
@@ -77,7 +101,12 @@ function params(): ComposeNudgeParams {
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.clearAllMocks();
   provider = makeProvider();
-  latestActiveReceipt.mockResolvedValue(null);
+  activeKinds.current = [];
+  aiCapabilityForJob.mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
   budgetMocks.reserveBudget.mockResolvedValue({
     allowed: true,
     reserved: 160,
@@ -125,9 +154,7 @@ describe("composeNudgeWithAI — server-managed consent gate", () => {
     resolveProviderChain.mockResolvedValue([
       { providerType: "admin-openai", instance: provider },
     ]);
-    latestActiveReceipt.mockImplementation(async (_userId, kind) =>
-      kind === "ai_coach" ? { id: "receipt-1" } : null,
-    );
+    activeKinds.current = ["ai_coach"];
 
     const out = await composeNudgeWithAI(params());
 
@@ -142,14 +169,26 @@ describe("composeNudgeWithAI — server-managed consent gate", () => {
     resolveProviderChain.mockResolvedValue([
       { providerType: "admin-openai", instance: provider },
     ]);
-    latestActiveReceipt.mockImplementation(async (_userId, kind) =>
-      kind === "ai_full" ? { id: "receipt-2" } : null,
-    );
+    activeKinds.current = ["ai_full"];
 
     expect(await composeNudgeWithAI(params())).not.toBeNull();
     expect(provider.generateCompletion).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
+  it("does not count a receipt of an unrelated kind", async () => {
+    resolveProviderChain.mockResolvedValue([
+      { providerType: "admin-openai", instance: provider },
+    ]);
+    activeKinds.current = ["ai_extraction"];
+
+    expect(await composeNudgeWithAI(params())).toBeNull();
+    expect(provider.generateCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(annotate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      action: { name: "coach.nudge.ai.refused" },
+      meta: { reason: "consent_required" },
+    });
+  });
+
   it("leaves a BYOK chain ungated — the user's own egress needs no receipt", async () => {
     resolveProviderChain.mockResolvedValue([
       { providerType: "openai", instance: provider },
@@ -157,7 +196,7 @@ describe("composeNudgeWithAI — server-managed consent gate", () => {
 
     expect(await composeNudgeWithAI(params())).not.toBeNull();
     expect(provider.generateCompletion).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(latestActiveReceipt).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(consentReceiptFindFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("fails closed when a server-managed entry sits BEHIND a BYOK primary", async () => {
@@ -169,4 +208,25 @@ describe("composeNudgeWithAI — server-managed consent gate", () => {
     expect(await composeNudgeWithAI(params())).toBeNull();
     expect(provider.generateCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it("returns the template before resolving any chain when the coach capability is unavailable", async () => {
+    aiCapabilityForJob.mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "user_disabled",
+      onDeviceAllowed: false,
+    });
+    resolveProviderChain.mockResolvedValue([
+      { providerType: "openai", instance: provider },
+    ]);
+    const p = params();
+
+    expect(await composeNudgeWithAI(p)).toBeNull();
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1", "coach");
+    expect(resolveProviderChain).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(budgetMocks.reserveBudget).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(provider.generateCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(p.tickBudget.remainingCount).toBe(
+      createNudgeAiTickBudget().remainingCount,
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/coach-nudge.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/coach-nudge.test.ts
index f34c6e920..bb702bb17 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/coach-nudge.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/coach-nudge.test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
   runCoachNudgeTick,
 } from "../coach-nudge";
 import { getAssistantFlags } from "@/lib/feature-flags";
-import { userRowHasProviderCredential } from "@/lib/ai/provider";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import {
   DEFAULT_HEALTH_PROFILE_AI_SECTIONS,
   type HealthProfileAiSection,
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ import {
 vi.mock("@/lib/feature-flags", () => ({
   getAssistantFlags: vi.fn(async () => ({ coach: true })),
 }));
-vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
-  userRowHasProviderCredential: vi.fn(() => true),
+// Gate 3 resolves the `coach` capability per user; never the real resolver.
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: vi.fn(),
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
 }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec", () => ({
   decryptFromBytes: vi.fn(() => "morning blood pressure"),
@@ -602,9 +604,6 @@ describe("runCoachNudgeTick — gates and prefs", () => {
       user: {
         findMany: vi.fn(async () => overrides.users ?? []),
       },
-      appSettings: {
-        findUnique: vi.fn(async () => ({ adminAiKeyEncrypted: "k" })),
-      },
       pushAttempt: {
         findFirst: vi.fn(async (args?: unknown) => {
           void args;
@@ -661,7 +660,12 @@ describe("runCoachNudgeTick — gates and prefs", () => {
     vi.mocked(getAssistantFlags).mockResolvedValue({
       coach: true,
     } as Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getAssistantFlags>>);
-    vi.mocked(userRowHasProviderCredential).mockReturnValue(true);
+    vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockReset();
+    vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+      available: true,
+      reason: null,
+      onDeviceAllowed: true,
+    });
     restModeMock.resolveRestMode.mockResolvedValue({
       active: false,
       since: null,
@@ -713,7 +717,7 @@ describe("runCoachNudgeTick — gates and prefs", () => {
       { dispatch: vi.fn() },
     );
     expect(summary.skippedOptedOut).toBe(1);
-    expect(userRowHasProviderCredential).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(prisma.pushAttempt.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
@@ -741,15 +745,75 @@ describe("runCoachNudgeTick — gates and prefs", () => {
   });
 
   it("checks the provider gate before the frequency cap", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(userRowHasProviderCredential).mockReturnValue(false);
+    vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "no_provider",
+      onDeviceAllowed: true,
+    });
     const prisma = prismaMock({ users: [userRow(null)] });
+    const dispatch = vi.fn();
     const summary = await runCoachNudgeTick(
       prisma as unknown as PrismaClient,
       now,
-      { dispatch: vi.fn() },
+      { dispatch },
     );
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1", "coach");
     expect(summary.skippedNoProvider).toBe(1);
+    expect(summary.skippedUnavailable).toBe(0);
     expect(prisma.pushAttempt.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "operator_disabled",
+    "user_disabled",
+    "not_permitted_for_record",
+    "check_failed",
+  ] as const)(
+    "counts an unavailable coach capability (%s) as skippedUnavailable before the cap",
+    async (reason) => {
+      vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
+      const prisma = prismaMock({
+        users: [userRow(null)],
+        intakeRows: failingIntakes,
+      });
+      const dispatch = vi.fn();
+      const summary = await runCoachNudgeTick(
+        prisma as unknown as PrismaClient,
+        now,
+        { dispatch },
+      );
+      expect(summary.skippedUnavailable).toBe(1);
+      expect(summary.skippedNoProvider).toBe(0);
+      expect(prisma.pushAttempt.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("still sends the template nudge when only a consent receipt is missing", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+      available: false,
+      reason: "consent_required",
+      onDeviceAllowed: true,
+    });
+    const prisma = prismaMock({
+      users: [userRow(null)],
+      intakeRows: failingIntakes,
+    });
+    const dispatch = vi.fn(async () => ({ dispatched: true }));
+    const summary = await runCoachNudgeTick(
+      prisma as unknown as PrismaClient,
+      now,
+      { dispatch: dispatch as never },
+    );
+    expect(summary.skippedNoProvider).toBe(0);
+    expect(summary.skippedUnavailable).toBe(0);
+    expect(summary.dispatched).toBe(1);
   });
 
   it("widens the cap cutoff to 14 days for a biweekly user", async () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/data-arrival-worker.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/data-arrival-worker.test.ts
index 86f9d4ca9..5e5b3656e 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/data-arrival-worker.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/data-arrival-worker.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/jobs/workout-insight-generate-shared", () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/arrivals/reaction-line-shared", () => ({
   enqueueReactionLine: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
 }));
+// The provider-free prefilter the spine asks before enqueueing model work.
+// Not ruled out by default; the job itself resolves the full capability.
+vi.mock("@/lib/jobs/ai-job-candidates", () => ({
+  aiWorkNotRuledOut: vi.fn(async () => true),
+}));
 
 type ExistingReaction = {
   id: string;
@@ -83,6 +88,7 @@ const { enqueueWorkoutInsight } =
   await import("@/lib/jobs/workout-insight-generate-shared");
 const { enqueueReactionLine } =
   await import("@/lib/arrivals/reaction-line-shared");
+const { aiWorkNotRuledOut } = await import("@/lib/jobs/ai-job-candidates");
 
 type Runnable = Parameters<typeof runDataArrival>[1];
 
@@ -115,6 +121,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   transaction.mockClear();
   vi.mocked(enqueueReactionLine).mockClear();
   vi.mocked(enqueueWorkoutInsight).mockClear();
+  vi.mocked(aiWorkNotRuledOut).mockReset().mockResolvedValue(true);
 });
 
 describe("data-arrival worker", () => {
@@ -286,4 +293,42 @@ describe("data-arrival worker", () => {
       runDataArrival(fakePrisma as never, arrival()),
     ).rejects.toThrow("connection terminated");
   });
+
+  it("stores the marker but enqueues no workout paragraph when the work is ruled out", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(aiWorkNotRuledOut).mockImplementation(
+      async (_userId, key) => key !== "workoutInsights",
+    );
+    const result = await runDataArrival(
+      fakePrisma as never,
+      arrival({ kind: "workout", refId: "w-1" }),
+    );
+    if (result.status !== "processed") throw new Error("unreachable");
+    expect(aiWorkNotRuledOut).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1", "workoutInsights");
+    expect(createMany).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(result.actions).toContain("workout_insight_unavailable");
+    expect(result.actions).not.toContain("workout_insight_enqueued");
+    expect(enqueueWorkoutInsight).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // The reaction line is its own capability and still goes out.
+    expect(result.actions).toContain("line_pending");
+    expect(enqueueReactionLine).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("claims the marker but enqueues no reaction line when the line is ruled out", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(aiWorkNotRuledOut).mockImplementation(
+      async (_userId, key) => key !== "reactionLines",
+    );
+    const result = await runDataArrival(fakePrisma as never, arrival());
+    if (result.status !== "processed") throw new Error("unreachable");
+    expect(aiWorkNotRuledOut).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1", "reactionLines");
+    expect(createMany).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(result.actions).toContain("line_unavailable");
+    expect(result.actions).not.toContain("line_pending");
+    expect(enqueueReactionLine).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does not ask the prefilter for a line when the claim was a no-op", async () => {
+    createMany.mockResolvedValue({ count: 0 });
+    await runDataArrival(fakePrisma as never, arrival());
+    expect(aiWorkNotRuledOut).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-content-index-backfill.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-content-index-backfill.test.ts
index e048cd61f..ca33cee73 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-content-index-backfill.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-content-index-backfill.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 /**
- * Content-index backfill (Document vault P2). Pins: no provider / no consent →
- * clean no-op; indexes not-yet-indexed docs; stops when the budget is reached
+ * Content-index backfill (Document vault P2). Pins: an operator / module /
+ * personal switch off → refused before the pick; no provider or a pick the
+ * wire re-check withholds (no consent, a switch) → clean no-op; indexes not-yet-indexed docs; stops when the budget is reached
  * (resumable); skips are bounded by the MIME-filtered candidate set; rows on a
  * stale `tokenizerVersion` are re-tokenised locally (the column's consumer)
  * while current-version rows are left alone.
@@ -40,9 +41,9 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/documents/content-index", () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/documents/provider-order", () => ({
   resolveDocumentVisionProvider: vi.fn(),
 }));
-vi.mock("@/lib/ai/consent-guard", () => ({
-  assertDocumentEgressConsent: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
-  ConsentRequiredError: class ConsentRequiredError extends Error {},
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: vi.fn(),
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
 }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/budget", () => ({
   buildDateKey: vi.fn(() => "2026-07-07"),
@@ -60,11 +61,9 @@ import { detectOcrMimeType } from "@/lib/labs/ocr-upload";
 import { rasterizePdf } from "@/lib/documents/rasterize-pdf";
 import { transcribeDocument } from "@/lib/documents/describe";
 import { resolveDocumentVisionProvider } from "@/lib/documents/provider-order";
-import {
-  assertDocumentEgressConsent,
-  ConsentRequiredError,
-} from "@/lib/ai/consent-guard";
+import { AiUnavailableError } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/refusal";
 import { reserveBudget } from "@/lib/ai/coach/budget";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import {
   decryptIndexText,
   upsertContentIndex,
@@ -72,6 +71,7 @@ import {
 
 const PICK = {
   chain: [{ providerType: "anthropic", instance: {} }],
+  withheld: null,
   pick: {
     entry: { providerType: "anthropic", instance: {} },
     providerType: "anthropic",
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ const doc = (id: string) => ({
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.clearAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
   vi.mocked(reserveBudget).mockResolvedValue({
     allowed: true,
     reserved: 1,
@@ -136,6 +141,7 @@ describe("runContentIndexBackfillForUser", () => {
   it("no-ops with no provider", async () => {
     vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
       chain: [],
+      withheld: null,
       pick: null,
     } as never);
     const result = await runContentIndexBackfillForUser("user-1");
@@ -149,21 +155,102 @@ describe("runContentIndexBackfillForUser", () => {
     expect(upsertContentIndex).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("no-ops when consent is missing", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue(PICK as never);
-    vi.mocked(assertDocumentEgressConsent).mockRejectedValueOnce(
-      new ConsentRequiredError("insights" as never),
-    );
-    const result = await runContentIndexBackfillForUser("user-1");
-    expect(result).toEqual({
-      indexed: 0,
-      retokenised: 0,
-      skipped: 0,
-      failed: 0,
-      reason: "no-consent",
-    });
-    expect(upsertContentIndex).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
+  it.each([
+    ["consent_required", "no-consent"],
+    ["operator_disabled", "unavailable"],
+    ["module_disabled", "unavailable"],
+  ] as const)(
+    "no-ops when the wire re-check withholds the pick (%s → %s)",
+    async (reason, summaryReason) => {
+      // The pick's own re-check answers for exactly the provider picked: an
+      // external pick without an extraction receipt, or a switch turned off
+      // between the pass-level check and the pick.
+      vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
+        chain: PICK.chain,
+        pick: null,
+        withheld: new AiUnavailableError("documentAi", reason),
+      } as never);
+      vi.mocked(prisma.inboundDocument.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
+        { id: "d1" },
+      ] as never);
+
+      const result = await runContentIndexBackfillForUser("user-1");
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        indexed: 0,
+        retokenised: 0,
+        skipped: 0,
+        failed: 0,
+        reason: summaryReason,
+      });
+      expect(prisma.inboundDocument.findMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(reserveBudget).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(upsertContentIndex).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each(["operator_disabled", "module_disabled", "user_disabled"] as const)(
+    "refuses before the pick and before any document is read when documentAi is switched off (%s)",
+    async (reason) => {
+      vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue(PICK as never);
+      vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
+      vi.mocked(prisma.inboundDocument.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
+        { id: "d1" },
+      ] as never);
+
+      const result = await runContentIndexBackfillForUser("user-1");
+
+      expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1", "documentAi");
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        indexed: 0,
+        retokenised: 0,
+        skipped: 0,
+        failed: 0,
+        reason: "unavailable",
+      });
+      expect(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(prisma.inboundDocument.findMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(reserveBudget).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(transcribeDocument).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(upsertContentIndex).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each(["no_provider", "consent_required"] as const)(
+    "leaves %s to the pick: a local pick the presence answer would refuse still indexes",
+    async (reason) => {
+      // Presence may see an external entry without a receipt, or no server
+      // provider at all; the document order can still land on the local
+      // model, which needs neither. The pick decides, not the presence answer.
+      vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
+        chain: [{ providerType: "local", instance: {} }],
+        withheld: null,
+        pick: {
+          entry: { providerType: "local", instance: {} },
+          providerType: "local",
+          pdfSupported: false,
+        },
+      } as never);
+      vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: true,
+      });
+      vi.mocked(prisma.inboundDocument.findMany).mockResolvedValue([
+        { id: "d1" },
+      ] as never);
+
+      const result = await runContentIndexBackfillForUser("user-1");
+
+      expect(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1");
+      expect(result.reason).toBe("ok");
+      expect(result.indexed).toBe(1);
+    },
+  );
 
   it("indexes the not-yet-indexed documents", async () => {
     vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue(PICK as never);
@@ -192,6 +279,7 @@ describe("runContentIndexBackfillForUser", () => {
     // silently leaves every PDF out for exactly those providers.
     vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
       chain: [{ providerType: "codex", instance: {} }],
+      withheld: null,
       pick: {
         entry: { providerType: "codex", instance: {} },
         providerType: "codex",
@@ -234,6 +322,7 @@ describe("runContentIndexBackfillForUser", () => {
   it("counts a PDF the rasteriser cannot render as skipped, not failed", async () => {
     vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
       chain: [{ providerType: "codex", instance: {} }],
+      withheld: null,
       pick: {
         entry: { providerType: "codex", instance: {} },
         providerType: "codex",
@@ -289,6 +378,7 @@ describe("runContentIndexBackfillForUser", () => {
     // No provider at all: the sweep is local work and must run anyway.
     vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
       chain: [],
+      withheld: null,
       pick: null,
     } as never);
     seedIndexRows([
@@ -333,6 +423,7 @@ describe("runContentIndexBackfillForUser", () => {
   it("touches nothing when every row already carries the current tokenizerVersion", async () => {
     vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
       chain: [],
+      withheld: null,
       pick: null,
     } as never);
     seedIndexRows([
@@ -358,6 +449,7 @@ describe("runContentIndexBackfillForUser", () => {
   it("counts an undecryptable stale row as failed and keeps walking", async () => {
     vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
       chain: [],
+      withheld: null,
       pick: null,
     } as never);
     seedIndexRows([
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-summary-catchup.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-summary-catchup.test.ts
index c546feea9..9a803b316 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-summary-catchup.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-summary-catchup.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/documents/document-settings", () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/jobs/document-summary", () => ({
   enqueueDocumentSummary: vi.fn(),
 }));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: vi.fn(),
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+}));
 
 import {
   enqueueSummaryCatchUp,
@@ -35,10 +39,12 @@ import { getGlobalBoss } from "@/lib/jobs/boss-instance";
 import { documentAutoReadEnabled } from "@/lib/documents/document-settings";
 import { enqueueDocumentSummary } from "@/lib/jobs/document-summary";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 
 const findMany = vi.mocked(prisma.inboundDocument.findMany);
 const mockEnqueueSummary = vi.mocked(enqueueDocumentSummary);
 const mockAutoRead = vi.mocked(documentAutoReadEnabled);
+const mockCapability = vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob);
 
 /** Serve `total` document ids across the job's id-cursor paged walk. */
 function serveDocuments(total: number) {
@@ -59,6 +65,11 @@ function serveDocuments(total: number) {
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.clearAllMocks();
   mockAutoRead.mockResolvedValue(true);
+  mockCapability.mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
   mockEnqueueSummary.mockResolvedValue({ enqueued: true });
 });
 
@@ -111,6 +122,55 @@ describe("runSummaryCatchUpForUser", () => {
     expect(findMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it.each(["operator_disabled", "module_disabled", "user_disabled"] as const)(
+    "does nothing when the documentAi capability is unavailable (%s)",
+    async (reason) => {
+      serveDocuments(5);
+      mockCapability.mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
+
+      const result = await runSummaryCatchUpForUser("user-1");
+
+      expect(mockCapability).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1", "documentAi");
+      expect(result).toEqual({ enqueued: 0, capped: false });
+      // Refused before a single document is listed.
+      expect(findMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(mockEnqueueSummary).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(annotate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        action: { name: "documents.autoRead.catchUpSkipped" },
+        meta: { reason },
+      });
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each(["no_provider", "consent_required"] as const)(
+    "leaves %s to each job's pick: still walks and enqueues",
+    async (reason) => {
+      // Whether there is a provider and whether sending to it needs a receipt
+      // depends on the document-order pick, which the per-document job
+      // re-checks at the wire. The pass-level presence answer does not decide.
+      serveDocuments(2);
+      mockCapability.mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: true,
+      });
+
+      const result = await runSummaryCatchUpForUser("user-1");
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({ enqueued: 2, capped: false });
+      expect(mockEnqueueSummary).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(annotate).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          action: { name: "documents.autoRead.catchUpSkipped" },
+        }),
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
   it("routes work through the ordinary summary job, granting nothing itself", async () => {
     // The per-document job is what re-asserts egress consent and reserves the
     // daily budget. The catch-up must not have its own provider or budget path.
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-summary.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-summary.test.ts
index 9a4c84a3f..61f27dcd2 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-summary.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/document-summary.test.ts
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/documents/describe", () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/documents/store", () => ({
   encryptDocumentSummary: vi.fn(() => new Uint8Array([9, 9, 9])),
 }));
-vi.mock("@/lib/ai/consent-guard", () => {
-  class ConsentRequiredError extends Error {}
-  return {
-    ConsentRequiredError,
-    assertDocumentEgressConsent: vi.fn(),
-  };
-});
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/budget", () => ({
   buildDateKey: vi.fn(() => "2026-07-17"),
   reserveBudget: vi.fn(),
@@ -53,6 +46,10 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/budget", () => ({
   resolveDailyCapFor: vi.fn(() => 1000),
   resolveCostOwner: vi.fn(() => "operator" as const),
 }));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: vi.fn(),
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/ai-budgets", () => ({
   AI_BUDGETS: { documentSummary: { temperature: 0.3, maxTokens: 600 } },
 }));
@@ -71,8 +68,18 @@ import {
 } from "@/lib/documents/ai-route-support";
 import { runDocumentSummary } from "@/lib/documents/describe";
 import { encryptDocumentSummary } from "@/lib/documents/store";
-import { assertDocumentEgressConsent } from "@/lib/ai/consent-guard";
 import { reserveBudget, reconcileSpend } from "@/lib/ai/coach/budget";
+import {
+  aiCapabilityForJob,
+  aiCapabilityForRecord,
+} from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+
+const AVAILABLE = {
+  available: true,
+  reason: null,
+  onDeviceAllowed: true,
+} as const;
 
 const DOC = {
   id: "doc-1",
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ const PICK = {
     providerType: "anthropic",
     pdfSupported: true,
   },
+  withheld: null,
 };
 
 function visionOk() {
@@ -115,8 +123,9 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     locale: "en",
   } as never);
   vi.mocked(documentAutoReadEnabled).mockResolvedValue(true);
+  vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue(AVAILABLE);
+  vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForRecord).mockResolvedValue(AVAILABLE);
   vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue(PICK as never);
-  vi.mocked(assertDocumentEgressConsent).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
   vi.mocked(loadOwnedDocument).mockResolvedValue(DOC as never);
   visionOk();
   vi.mocked(runDocumentSummary).mockResolvedValue({
@@ -150,6 +159,9 @@ describe("runDocumentSummaryJob — gating", () => {
     await runDocumentSummaryJob({ userId: "user-1", documentId: "doc-1" });
 
     expect(runDocumentSummary).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1", "documentAi");
+    // The pick is re-checked at the wire inside the provider order.
+    expect(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1");
     expect(encryptDocumentSummary).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       "A lab report from a clinic listing routine blood values.",
     );
@@ -203,10 +215,96 @@ describe("runDocumentSummaryJob — gating", () => {
     expect(prisma.inboundDocument.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it.each(["operator_disabled", "module_disabled", "check_failed"] as const)(
+    "refuses before any provider is picked when documentAi is closed (%s → only PENDING heals to NONE)",
+    async (reason) => {
+      vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
+
+      await runDocumentSummaryJob({ userId: "user-1", documentId: "doc-1" });
+
+      expect(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(loadOwnedDocument).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(reserveBudget).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(runDocumentSummary).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      // A switch turned off only heals the PENDING this job was meant to
+      // resolve, so an earlier UNAVAILABLE / WITHHELD is never overwritten.
+      expect(prisma.inboundDocument.updateMany).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        where: {
+          id: "doc-1",
+          userId: "user-1",
+          deletedAt: null,
+          summaryState: "PENDING",
+        },
+        data: { summaryState: "NONE" },
+      });
+      expect(annotate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        action: { name: "documents.summary.autoSkipped" },
+        meta: {
+          documentId: "doc-1",
+          reason: "unavailable",
+          capability_reason: reason,
+        },
+      });
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each(["no_provider", "consent_required"] as const)(
+    "leaves %s to the pick: the provider order decides",
+    async (reason) => {
+      vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: true,
+      });
+
+      await runDocumentSummaryJob({ userId: "user-1", documentId: "doc-1" });
+
+      expect(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1");
+      expect(runDocumentSummary).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("records UNAVAILABLE with the reason when the pick is withheld at the wire", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
+      chain: PICK.chain,
+      pick: null,
+      withheld: { reason: "consent_required" },
+    } as never);
+
+    await runDocumentSummaryJob({ userId: "user-1", documentId: "doc-1" });
+
+    expect(loadOwnedDocument).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(runDocumentSummary).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(prisma.inboundDocument.updateMany).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ data: { summaryState: "UNAVAILABLE" } }),
+    );
+    expect(annotate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      action: { name: "documents.summary.autoSkipped" },
+      meta: {
+        documentId: "doc-1",
+        reason: "consent",
+        capability_reason: "consent_required",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("does not consult the capability when the opt-in is OFF", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(documentAutoReadEnabled).mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+    await runDocumentSummaryJob({ userId: "user-1", documentId: "doc-1" });
+
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("is a graceful no-op when NO provider is configured", async () => {
     vi.mocked(resolveDocumentVisionProvider).mockResolvedValue({
       chain: [],
       pick: null,
+      withheld: null,
     } as never);
 
     await runDocumentSummaryJob({ userId: "user-1", documentId: "doc-1" });
@@ -325,6 +423,46 @@ describe("enqueueDocumentSummary — the pending contract", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it.each(["operator_disabled", "module_disabled", "check_failed"] as const)(
+    "does not enqueue and does not claim PENDING when documentAi is closed (%s)",
+    async (reason) => {
+      vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForRecord).mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
+      const send = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("job-1");
+      vi.mocked(getGlobalBoss).mockReturnValue({ send } as never);
+
+      const result = await enqueueDocumentSummary("user-1", "doc-1");
+
+      expect(aiCapabilityForRecord).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "user-1",
+        "documentAi",
+      );
+      expect(result).toEqual({ enqueued: false });
+      expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(prisma.inboundDocument.updateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each(["no_provider", "consent_required"] as const)(
+    "still enqueues on %s: the job's own pick decides",
+    async (reason) => {
+      vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForRecord).mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: true,
+      });
+      const send = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("job-1");
+      vi.mocked(getGlobalBoss).mockReturnValue({ send } as never);
+
+      const result = await enqueueDocumentSummary("user-1", "doc-1");
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({ enqueued: true });
+    },
+  );
+
   it("claims nothing when the boss dropped the send (no job id)", async () => {
     const send = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);
     vi.mocked(getGlobalBoss).mockReturnValue({ send } as never);
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-pregenerate.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-pregenerate.test.ts
index 38c92003e..abfb2aac3 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-pregenerate.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-pregenerate.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
  * v1.7.0 W6 — unit tests for the nightly insight pre-generation cron.
  *
  * Covers:
- *   - the discovery query selects only coach-enabled, stale-cache users;
+ *   - the discovery query selects stale-cache users who kept AI analysis
+ *     (the `insights` module) on;
+ *   - each half of the pass runs on its own capability (`briefing` for the
+ *     comprehensive, `statusText` for the warm), resolved before any budget
+ *     write or generation;
  *   - the per-user budget gate blocks a user already generated today;
  *   - the master assistant kill-switch short-circuits the whole run;
  *   - the generator outcomes tally correctly (generated / cached /
@@ -39,6 +43,29 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", async () => {
 vi.mock("@/lib/feature-flags", () => ({
   getAssistantFlags: (...a: unknown[]) => getAssistantFlags(...a),
 }));
+// Per-user capabilities, keyed by capability; every test starts with both
+// halves available and overrides one or both.
+type CapabilityState = {
+  available: boolean;
+  reason: string | null;
+  onDeviceAllowed: boolean;
+};
+const AVAILABLE: CapabilityState = {
+  available: true,
+  reason: null,
+  onDeviceAllowed: true,
+};
+function unavailable(reason: string): CapabilityState {
+  return { available: false, reason, onDeviceAllowed: false };
+}
+let capabilities: Record<string, CapabilityState> = {};
+const aiCapabilityForJob = vi.fn(
+  async (_userId: string, key: string) => capabilities[key] ?? AVAILABLE,
+);
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: (...a: [string, string]) => aiCapabilityForJob(...a),
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+}));
 // Never reach the real generator (which would import the provider chain).
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/comprehensive-generate", () => ({
   generateComprehensiveInsight: vi.fn(),
@@ -109,8 +136,10 @@ function makePrisma(
     locale: string | null;
     aiResponseTimeoutSeconds?: number | null;
   }>,
+  optedOut: string[] = [],
 ) {
   const findMany = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(users);
+  const queryRaw = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(optedOut.map((id) => ({ id })));
   // forceWarmUser reads `insightsCachedAt` / `insightsWarmFailedAt` at job
   // start and maintains the failure marker; default: never warmed, never
   // failed.
@@ -120,10 +149,11 @@ function makePrisma(
   });
   const update = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({});
   return {
-    prisma: { user: { findMany, findUnique, update } },
+    prisma: { user: { findMany, findUnique, update }, $queryRaw: queryRaw },
     findMany,
     findUnique,
     update,
+    queryRaw,
   };
 }
 
@@ -135,18 +165,26 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     insightStatus: true,
   });
   checkRateLimit.mockResolvedValue({ allowed: true });
+  capabilities = {};
 });
 
 describe("findPregenerateCandidates", () => {
-  it("filters on disableCoach=false + stale-or-null cache, oldest-first, capped", async () => {
-    const { prisma, findMany } = makePrisma([{ id: "u1", locale: "de" }]);
+  it("filters on the insights opt-out + stale-or-null cache, oldest-first, capped", async () => {
+    const { prisma, findMany, queryRaw } = makePrisma(
+      [{ id: "u1", locale: "de" }],
+      ["opted-out"],
+    );
     const now = new Date("2026-05-31T04:30:00.000Z");
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     await findPregenerateCandidates(prisma as any, now, 50);
 
+    expect(queryRaw).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(queryRaw.mock.calls[0].slice(1)).toContain("insights");
     expect(findMany).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     const arg = findMany.mock.calls[0][0];
-    expect(arg.where.disableCoach).toBe(false);
+    // Hiding the Coach is not an AI opt-out any more.
+    expect(arg.where.disableCoach).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(arg.where.id).toEqual({ notIn: ["opted-out"] });
     expect(arg.where.OR).toEqual([
       { insightsCachedAt: null },
       {
@@ -158,6 +196,98 @@ describe("findPregenerateCandidates", () => {
     expect(arg.orderBy).toEqual({ insightsCachedAt: "asc" });
     expect(arg.take).toBe(50);
   });
+
+  it("adds no id filter when nobody opted out", async () => {
+    const { prisma, findMany } = makePrisma([{ id: "u1", locale: "de" }]);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    await findPregenerateCandidates(prisma as any, new Date(), 50);
+    expect(findMany.mock.calls[0][0].where.id).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("runInsightPregenerate — per-user capabilities", () => {
+  it("skips a user with neither capability before any budget write or generation", async () => {
+    capabilities = {
+      briefing: unavailable("user_disabled"),
+      statusText: unavailable("user_disabled"),
+    };
+    const { prisma } = makePrisma([{ id: "u1", locale: "de" }]);
+    const generate = vi.fn();
+    const statusGenerators = Array.from({ length: 7 }, () =>
+      vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ hasProvider: true, cached: false }),
+    );
+    const warmGenericMetrics = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(0);
+
+    const result = await runInsightPregenerate(prisma as never, {
+      generate,
+      statusGenerators,
+      warmGenericMetrics,
+    });
+
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "briefing");
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "statusText");
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ total: 1, skipped: 1, budgetBlocked: 0 });
+    expect(checkRateLimit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(generate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    for (const g of statusGenerators) expect(g).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(warmGenericMetrics).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(annotateSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      action: { name: "insights.pregenerate.skipped" },
+      meta: { briefing: "user_disabled", status_text: "user_disabled" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("skips the comprehensive without a budget write when only briefing is unavailable, and still warms", async () => {
+    capabilities = { briefing: unavailable("operator_disabled") };
+    const { prisma } = makePrisma([{ id: "u1", locale: "de" }]);
+    const generate = vi.fn();
+    const statusGenerators = Array.from({ length: 7 }, () =>
+      vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ hasProvider: true, cached: false }),
+    );
+    const warmGenericMetrics = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(4);
+
+    const result = await runInsightPregenerate(prisma as never, {
+      generate,
+      statusGenerators,
+      warmGenericMetrics,
+    });
+
+    expect(checkRateLimit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(generate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
+    expect(result.budgetBlocked).toBe(0);
+    for (const g of statusGenerators) {
+      expect(g).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", { locale: "de", force: false });
+    }
+    expect(warmGenericMetrics).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", ["de"]);
+    expect(result.assessmentsWarmed).toBe(7);
+    expect(result.metricAssessmentsWarmed).toBe(4);
+  });
+
+  it("generates the comprehensive but warms nothing when only statusText is unavailable", async () => {
+    capabilities = { statusText: unavailable("consent_required") };
+    const { prisma } = makePrisma([{ id: "u1", locale: "de" }]);
+    const generate = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValue({ status: "generated", providerType: "x" });
+    const statusGenerators = Array.from({ length: 7 }, () =>
+      vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ hasProvider: true, cached: false }),
+    );
+    const warmGenericMetrics = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(4);
+
+    const result = await runInsightPregenerate(prisma as never, {
+      generate,
+      statusGenerators,
+      warmGenericMetrics,
+    });
+
+    expect(generate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(result.generated).toBe(1);
+    for (const g of statusGenerators) expect(g).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(warmGenericMetrics).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result.assessmentsWarmed).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.metricAssessmentsWarmed).toBe(0);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("runInsightPregenerate — kill switch", () => {
@@ -591,7 +721,10 @@ describe("runInsightPregenerate — per-metric warm pass", () => {
     expect(result.assessmentsWarmed).toBe(7);
   });
 
-  it("does NOT warm when the comprehensive pass skipped (no provider)", async () => {
+  it("does NOT warm when the statusText capability has no provider", async () => {
+    // The warm is gated on its own capability now, not on the comprehensive
+    // outcome: no provider for the status notes → nothing to warm.
+    capabilities = { statusText: unavailable("no_provider") };
     const { prisma } = makePrisma([{ id: "u1", locale: "en" }]);
     const generate = vi
       .fn()
@@ -714,7 +847,8 @@ describe("runInsightPregenerate — generic metric warm pass (v1.8.7.1)", () =>
     expect(result.metricAssessmentsWarmed).toBe(9);
   });
 
-  it("does NOT warm the generic metric caches when the comprehensive pass skipped (no provider)", async () => {
+  it("does NOT warm the generic metric caches when the statusText capability has no provider", async () => {
+    capabilities = { statusText: unavailable("no_provider") };
     const { prisma } = makePrisma([{ id: "u1", locale: "en" }]);
     const generate = vi
       .fn()
@@ -1047,13 +1181,12 @@ describe("forceWarmUser — on-demand single-user warm (v1.8.7.1)", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("short-circuits to a no-op when the whole assistant is disabled globally", async () => {
-    getAssistantFlags.mockResolvedValue({
-      enabled: false,
-      briefing: false,
-      insightStatus: false,
-    });
-    const { prisma } = makePrisma([]);
+  it("short-circuits to a no-op when neither capability is available", async () => {
+    capabilities = {
+      briefing: unavailable("operator_disabled"),
+      statusText: unavailable("operator_disabled"),
+    };
+    const { prisma, findUnique } = makePrisma([]);
     const generate = vi.fn();
     const statusGenerators = Array.from({ length: 7 }, () =>
       vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ hasProvider: true, cached: false }),
@@ -1070,18 +1203,16 @@ describe("forceWarmUser — on-demand single-user warm (v1.8.7.1)", () => {
     }
     expect(result.comprehensive).toBe("skipped");
     expect(result.assessmentsWarmed).toBe(0);
+    // Nothing read, nothing counted against the forced-warm bucket.
+    expect(checkRateLimit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(findUnique).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("warms the per-status + generic caches when `briefing` is off but `insightStatus` is on (L1)", async () => {
-    // v1.9.0 — the route admits the job on the per-user `insightStatus`
-    // surface. A global `briefing` kill-switch must not suppress the
-    // assessment cards the user has enabled; only the comprehensive briefing
-    // belongs to the `briefing` surface.
-    getAssistantFlags.mockResolvedValue({
-      enabled: true,
-      briefing: false,
-      insightStatus: true,
-    });
+  it("warms the per-status + generic caches when `briefing` is unavailable but `statusText` is available (L1)", async () => {
+    // v1.9.0 — the route admits the job on the per-user status surface. An
+    // unavailable briefing must not suppress the assessment cards; only the
+    // comprehensive briefing belongs to the `briefing` capability.
+    capabilities = { briefing: unavailable("operator_disabled") };
     const { prisma } = makePrisma([]);
     const generate = vi.fn();
     const statusGenerators = Array.from({ length: 7 }, () =>
@@ -1109,6 +1240,33 @@ describe("forceWarmUser — on-demand single-user warm (v1.8.7.1)", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("forces the comprehensive but warms no card when `statusText` is unavailable", async () => {
+    capabilities = { statusText: unavailable("user_disabled") };
+    const { prisma } = makePrisma([]);
+    const generate = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValue({ status: "generated", providerType: "x" });
+    const statusGenerators = Array.from({ length: 7 }, () =>
+      vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ hasProvider: true, cached: false }),
+    );
+    const warmGenericMetrics = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(2);
+
+    const result = await forceWarmUser(prisma as never, "u1", "de", {
+      generate,
+      statusGenerators,
+      warmGenericMetrics,
+    });
+
+    expect(generate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    for (const g of statusGenerators) expect(g).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(warmGenericMetrics).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      comprehensive: "generated",
+      assessmentsWarmed: 0,
+      metricAssessmentsWarmed: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
   it("aborts the comprehensive on timeout so its late resolve cannot write a stale cache row (M-1)", async () => {
     // v1.9.0 race fix: `withTimeout` cannot cancel the detached generation,
     // so a comprehensive that resolves AFTER the timeout would still write
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-status-generate.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-status-generate.test.ts
index 6a494fbf1..b46fb90bd 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-status-generate.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/insight-status-generate.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/insights/mood-status", () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/medication-compliance-status", () => ({
   generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser: vi.fn(),
 }));
+// The job resolves the `statusText` capability before any generator runs.
+const aiCapabilityForJob = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: (...a: unknown[]) => aiCapabilityForJob(...a),
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+}));
+const annotate = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", async (importOriginal) => ({
+  ...(await importOriginal<typeof import("@/lib/logging/context")>()),
+  annotate: (...a: unknown[]) => annotate(...a),
+}));
 
 import {
   runInsightStatusGenerate,
@@ -51,8 +62,32 @@ import {
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.clearAllMocks();
+  aiCapabilityForJob.mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
 });
 
+const OWNER_AUTHORITY = {
+  origin: "owner" as const,
+  recordUserId: "u1",
+  actorUserId: "u1",
+  grantId: null,
+};
+
+function allGenerators() {
+  return {
+    general: vi.fn(),
+    "blood-pressure": vi.fn(),
+    weight: vi.fn(),
+    pulse: vi.fn(),
+    bmi: vi.fn(),
+    mood: vi.fn(),
+    "medication-compliance": vi.fn(),
+  };
+}
+
 describe("runInsightStatusGenerate", () => {
   it("forces the matching generator with the payload locale", async () => {
     const weight = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
@@ -82,8 +117,37 @@ describe("runInsightStatusGenerate", () => {
     expect(weight).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", { locale: "en", force: true });
     // No other generator ran.
     expect(generators.pulse).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "statusText");
   });
 
+  it.each(["user_disabled", "no_provider", "consent_required"] as const)(
+    "skips before any generator runs when statusText is unavailable (%s)",
+    async (reason) => {
+      aiCapabilityForJob.mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
+      const generators = allGenerators();
+      await runInsightStatusGenerate(
+        {
+          userId: "u1",
+          metric: "weight",
+          locale: "en",
+          authority: OWNER_AUTHORITY,
+        },
+        generators,
+      );
+      for (const generator of Object.values(generators)) {
+        expect(generator).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      }
+      expect(annotate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        action: { name: "insights.status.generate.skipped" },
+        meta: { metric: "weight", reason },
+      });
+    },
+  );
+
   it("skips (does not throw) an unknown metric", async () => {
     await expect(
       runInsightStatusGenerate(
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/period-narrative-warm.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/period-narrative-warm.test.ts
index 5c9e6ea83..6f11e6f0d 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/period-narrative-warm.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/period-narrative-warm.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,15 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/feature-flags", () => ({
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/narrative/period-narrative-generate", () => ({
   generatePeriodNarrative: vi.fn(),
 }));
-vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", () => ({ annotate: vi.fn() }));
+const annotate = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", () => ({
+  annotate: (...a: unknown[]) => annotate(...a),
+}));
+const aiCapabilityForJob = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: (...a: unknown[]) => aiCapabilityForJob(...a),
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+}));
 
 import {
   runPeriodNarrativeWarm,
@@ -28,8 +36,10 @@ import {
 function makePrisma(
   users: Array<{ id: string; locale: string | null }>,
   narrativeWrites: Array<{ userId: string; updatedAt: Date }> = [],
+  optedOut: string[] = [],
 ) {
   const findMany = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(users);
+  const queryRaw = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(optedOut.map((id) => ({ id })));
   const groupBy = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(
     narrativeWrites.map((row) => ({
       userId: row.userId,
@@ -37,9 +47,14 @@ function makePrisma(
     })),
   );
   return {
-    prisma: { user: { findMany }, insightNarrative: { groupBy } },
+    prisma: {
+      user: { findMany },
+      insightNarrative: { groupBy },
+      $queryRaw: queryRaw,
+    },
     findMany,
     groupBy,
+    queryRaw,
   };
 }
 
@@ -58,6 +73,11 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     insightStatus: true,
   });
   checkRateLimit.mockResolvedValue({ allowed: true });
+  aiCapabilityForJob.mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
 });
 
 describe("periodsForDay — boundary gate", () => {
@@ -74,14 +94,18 @@ describe("periodsForDay — boundary gate", () => {
 });
 
 describe("findNarrativeCandidates", () => {
-  it("filters coach-enabled users", async () => {
-    const { prisma, findMany, groupBy } = makePrisma([
-      { id: "u1", locale: "de" },
-    ]);
+  it("drops the users who switched AI analysis off, not the Coach-hidden ones", async () => {
+    const { prisma, findMany, groupBy, queryRaw } = makePrisma(
+      [{ id: "u1", locale: "de" }],
+      [],
+      ["opted-out"],
+    );
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     const result = await findNarrativeCandidates(prisma as any, 50);
+    expect(queryRaw.mock.calls[0].slice(1)).toContain("insights");
     const arg = findMany.mock.calls[0][0];
-    expect(arg.where.disableCoach).toBe(false);
+    expect(arg.where).toEqual({ id: { notIn: ["opted-out"] } });
+    expect(arg.where.disableCoach).toBeUndefined();
     expect(result).toEqual([{ id: "u1", locale: "de" }]);
     // Below the cap the ordering aggregate never runs.
     expect(groupBy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -156,6 +180,38 @@ describe("runPeriodNarrativeWarm", () => {
     expect(generate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("skips a user whose periodNarrative capability is unavailable before the budget write", async () => {
+    const { prisma } = makePrisma([
+      { id: "off", locale: "de" },
+      { id: "on", locale: "de" },
+    ]);
+    aiCapabilityForJob.mockImplementation(async (userId: string) =>
+      userId === "off"
+        ? { available: false, reason: "no_provider", onDeviceAllowed: true }
+        : { available: true, reason: null, onDeviceAllowed: true },
+    );
+    const generate = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValue({ status: "generated", providerType: "openai" });
+    const result = await runPeriodNarrativeWarm(
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      prisma as any,
+      { now: MON_MID, generate },
+    );
+    expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("off", "periodNarrative");
+    expect(result.skipped).toBe(1);
+    expect(result.budgetBlocked).toBe(0);
+    // Only the available user reaches the budget bucket and the generator.
+    expect(checkRateLimit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(checkRateLimit.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe("period-narrative:on");
+    expect(generate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(generate.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe("on");
+    expect(annotate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      action: { name: "insights.narrative.warm.skipped" },
+      meta: { reason: "no_provider" },
+    });
+  });
+
   it("short-circuits when the briefing surface is disabled", async () => {
     getAssistantFlags.mockResolvedValueOnce({
       enabled: false,
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/reaction-line-degradation.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/reaction-line-degradation.test.ts
index ac9403751..051f2b0a2 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/reaction-line-degradation.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/reaction-line-degradation.test.ts
@@ -63,22 +63,21 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
   },
 }));
 
-const isModuleEnabled = vi.fn();
-vi.mock("@/lib/modules/gate", () => ({
-  isModuleEnabled: (...a: unknown[]) => isModuleEnabled(...a),
+const aiCapabilityForJob = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: (...a: unknown[]) => aiCapabilityForJob(...a),
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
 }));
 const resolveProviderChain = vi.fn();
 vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
   resolveProviderChain: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveProviderChain(...a),
 }));
 
-const chainRequiresServerManagedConsent = vi.fn();
-const hasActiveConsentForSurface = vi.fn();
-vi.mock("@/lib/ai/consent-guard", () => ({
-  chainRequiresServerManagedConsent: (...a: unknown[]) =>
-    chainRequiresServerManagedConsent(...a),
-  hasActiveConsentForSurface: (...a: unknown[]) =>
-    hasActiveConsentForSurface(...a),
+// The wire re-check for the resolved chain. Its rule is pinned in
+// egress.test.ts; here it passes unless a case refuses.
+const aiEgressRefusal = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress", () => ({
+  aiEgressRefusal: (...a: unknown[]) => aiEgressRefusal(...a),
 }));
 
 const reserveBudget = vi.fn();
@@ -105,6 +104,7 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec", () => ({
 }));
 
 import { runReactionLine } from "@/lib/jobs/reaction-line";
+import { AiUnavailableError } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/refusal";
 
 const JOB = {
   userId: "u1",
@@ -196,9 +196,12 @@ beforeEach(async () => {
   labResultFindMany.mockResolvedValue([]);
   queryRaw.mockResolvedValue([{ total_tokens: 1_400, operator_tokens: 1_400 }]);
   executeRaw.mockResolvedValue(1);
-  isModuleEnabled.mockResolvedValue(true);
-  chainRequiresServerManagedConsent.mockReturnValue(false);
-  hasActiveConsentForSurface.mockResolvedValue(true);
+  aiCapabilityForJob.mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
+  aiEgressRefusal.mockResolvedValue(null);
   // v1.38.19 — the claim reservation is no longer a
   // second copy of the upsert; it calls the shared `reserveBudget` with the
   // transaction client. The spy therefore runs the REAL gate against the
@@ -219,18 +222,32 @@ beforeEach(async () => {
 });
 
 describe("reaction line — degradation", () => {
-  it("insights opt-out refuses before provider resolution or spend", async () => {
-    isModuleEnabled.mockResolvedValue(false);
+  it.each([
+    "user_disabled",
+    "module_disabled",
+    "operator_disabled",
+    "no_provider",
+    "consent_required",
+  ] as const)(
+    "an unavailable reactionLines capability (%s) refuses before the digest, provider resolution or spend",
+    async (reason) => {
+      aiCapabilityForJob.mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
 
-    const outcome = await runReactionLine(JOB);
+      const outcome = await runReactionLine(JOB);
 
-    expect(outcome).toEqual({
-      status: "skipped",
-      reason: "module_disabled",
-    });
-    expect(resolveProviderChain).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(reserveBudget).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
+      expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith("u1", "reactionLines");
+      expect(outcome).toEqual({ status: "skipped", reason });
+      expect(userFindUnique).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(loadDailyDigest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(resolveProviderChain).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(reserveBudget).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    },
+  );
 
   it("grounds the prompt in the exact reading that triggered the arrival", async () => {
     measurementFindMany.mockResolvedValue([
@@ -493,14 +510,21 @@ describe("reaction line — degradation", () => {
 
   it("no consent on a server-managed chain: refuses before reserving", async () => {
     resolveProviderChain.mockResolvedValue([
+      { providerType: "openai", instance: {} },
       { providerType: "admin-openai", instance: {} },
     ]);
-    chainRequiresServerManagedConsent.mockReturnValue(true);
-    hasActiveConsentForSurface.mockResolvedValue(false);
+    aiEgressRefusal.mockResolvedValue(
+      new AiUnavailableError("reactionLines", "consent_required"),
+    );
 
     const outcome = await runReactionLine(JOB);
 
     expect(outcome).toEqual({ status: "skipped", reason: "consent_required" });
+    // Asked about exactly the chain it would cascade through.
+    expect(aiEgressRefusal).toHaveBeenCalledWith("reactionLines", "u1", [
+      "openai",
+      "admin-openai",
+    ]);
     // A user without a receipt must not spend a token OR a ledger slot.
     expect(reserveBudget).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/status-cron-candidates.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/status-cron-candidates.test.ts
index 4f2690a1f..8ede8ce2d 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/status-cron-candidates.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/status-cron-candidates.test.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
  *
  * Pins the three gates the discovery applies:
  *   1. the operator assistant kill-switch (`insightStatus` flag),
- *   2. the per-user `disableCoach: false` filter,
- *   3. the pregenerate-candidate skip (configured provider + stale
- *      comprehensive cache → the 04:30 pass owns the user; the 02:xx
- *      crons keep fresh-cache and provider-less accounts),
+ *   2. the per-user AI-analysis opt-out (the `insights` module switched off
+ *      drops the account from the candidate query; `disableCoach` plays no
+ *      part any more),
+ *   3. the pregenerate-candidate skip (a stale or missing comprehensive
+ *      cache → the 04:30 pass owns the user; the 02:xx crons keep the
+ *      fresh-cache accounts), applied only while `briefing` is on,
  * plus the mood-status queue registration in the worker source (the
  * v1.4.37 dead-queue class guard).
  */
@@ -30,15 +32,6 @@ interface FakeUserRow {
   id: string;
   locale: string | null;
   insightsCachedAt: Date | null;
-  aiProvider: string | null;
-  aiProviderChain: unknown;
-  aiAnthropicKeyEncrypted: string | null;
-  aiLocalKeyEncrypted: string | null;
-  aiOpenaiKeyEncrypted: string | null;
-  aiBaseUrl: string | null;
-  codexConnectionStatus: string | null;
-  codexAccessTokenEncrypted: string | null;
-  codexRefreshTokenEncrypted: string | null;
 }
 
 function userRow(overrides: Partial<FakeUserRow> = {}): FakeUserRow {
@@ -46,32 +39,23 @@ function userRow(overrides: Partial<FakeUserRow> = {}): FakeUserRow {
     id: "u1",
     locale: "de",
     insightsCachedAt: null,
-    aiProvider: null,
-    aiProviderChain: null,
-    aiAnthropicKeyEncrypted: null,
-    aiLocalKeyEncrypted: null,
-    aiOpenaiKeyEncrypted: null,
-    aiBaseUrl: null,
-    codexConnectionStatus: null,
-    codexAccessTokenEncrypted: null,
-    codexRefreshTokenEncrypted: null,
     ...overrides,
   };
 }
 
-function makePrisma(
-  users: FakeUserRow[],
-  adminAiKeyEncrypted: string | null = null,
-) {
+function makePrisma(users: FakeUserRow[], optedOut: string[] = []) {
   const findMany = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(users);
-  const findUnique = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ adminAiKeyEncrypted });
+  const queryRaw = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(optedOut.map((id) => ({ id })));
+  const findUnique = vi.fn();
   return {
     prisma: {
       user: { findMany },
       appSettings: { findUnique },
+      $queryRaw: queryRaw,
     },
     findMany,
     findUnique,
+    queryRaw,
   };
 }
 
@@ -93,65 +77,82 @@ describe("findStatusCronCandidates — gates", () => {
       briefing: false,
       insightStatus: false,
     });
-    const { prisma, findMany } = makePrisma([userRow()]);
+    const { prisma, findMany, queryRaw } = makePrisma([userRow()]);
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     const result = await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
     expect(result).toEqual([]);
     expect(findMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(queryRaw).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("filters discovery to disableCoach: false", async () => {
+  it("does not filter on disableCoach: hiding the Coach is not an AI opt-out", async () => {
     const { prisma, findMany } = makePrisma([userRow()]);
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
-    expect(findMany.mock.calls[0][0].where).toEqual({ disableCoach: false });
+    expect(findMany.mock.calls[0][0].where).toEqual({});
+    expect(JSON.stringify(findMany.mock.calls[0][0])).not.toContain(
+      "disableCoach",
+    );
   });
 
-  it("skips a pregenerate candidate (configured provider + stale cache)", async () => {
-    const { prisma } = makePrisma([
-      userRow({
-        id: "stale-with-provider",
-        insightsCachedAt: STALE_AT,
-        aiAnthropicKeyEncrypted: "enc",
-      }),
-    ]);
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    const result = await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
-    expect(result).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
-  it("keeps a provider user whose comprehensive cache is still fresh", async () => {
-    const { prisma } = makePrisma([
-      userRow({
-        id: "fresh-with-provider",
-        insightsCachedAt: FRESH_AT,
-        aiAnthropicKeyEncrypted: "enc",
-      }),
-    ]);
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    const result = await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
-    expect(result).toEqual([{ id: "fresh-with-provider", locale: "de" }]);
-  });
-
-  it("keeps a provider-less user even with a stale cache (no pregenerate claim)", async () => {
-    const { prisma } = makePrisma([
-      userRow({ id: "no-provider", insightsCachedAt: STALE_AT }),
-    ]);
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    const result = await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
-    expect(result).toEqual([{ id: "no-provider", locale: "de" }]);
-  });
-
-  it("counts the operator's shared admin key as a configured provider", async () => {
-    const { prisma } = makePrisma(
-      [userRow({ id: "admin-covered", insightsCachedAt: STALE_AT })],
-      "admin-enc",
+  it("drops the accounts that switched the insights module off", async () => {
+    const { prisma, findMany, queryRaw } = makePrisma(
+      [userRow({ id: "kept", insightsCachedAt: FRESH_AT })],
+      ["opted-out-a", "opted-out-b"],
     );
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     const result = await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
+    expect(queryRaw).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    // The module key rides as a bound parameter, never spliced.
+    expect(queryRaw.mock.calls[0].slice(1)).toContain("insights");
+    expect(findMany.mock.calls[0][0].where).toEqual({
+      id: { notIn: ["opted-out-a", "opted-out-b"] },
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual([{ id: "kept", locale: "de" }]);
+  });
+
+  it("skips a pregenerate candidate (stale cache)", async () => {
+    const { prisma } = makePrisma([
+      userRow({ id: "stale", insightsCachedAt: STALE_AT }),
+    ]);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    const result = await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
     expect(result).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it("skips a never-warmed user (null cache belongs to pregenerate)", async () => {
+    const { prisma } = makePrisma([
+      userRow({ id: "never", insightsCachedAt: null }),
+    ]);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    const result = await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a user whose comprehensive cache is still fresh", async () => {
+    const { prisma } = makePrisma([
+      userRow({ id: "fresh", insightsCachedAt: FRESH_AT }),
+      userRow({ id: "stale", insightsCachedAt: STALE_AT }),
+    ]);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    const result = await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
+    expect(result).toEqual([{ id: "fresh", locale: "de" }]);
+  });
+
+  it("reads no provider credentials and no operator admin key", async () => {
+    const { prisma, findMany, findUnique } = makePrisma([
+      userRow({ id: "fresh", insightsCachedAt: FRESH_AT }),
+    ]);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
+    expect(findMany.mock.calls[0][0].select).toEqual({
+      id: true,
+      locale: true,
+      insightsCachedAt: true,
+    });
+    expect(findUnique).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("keeps every user when the briefing surface is off (the 04:30 pass no-ops)", async () => {
     getAssistantFlags.mockResolvedValue({
       enabled: true,
@@ -159,18 +160,16 @@ describe("findStatusCronCandidates — gates", () => {
       briefing: false,
       insightStatus: true,
     });
-    const { prisma, findUnique } = makePrisma([
-      userRow({
-        id: "stale-with-provider",
-        insightsCachedAt: STALE_AT,
-        aiAnthropicKeyEncrypted: "enc",
-      }),
+    const { prisma } = makePrisma([
+      userRow({ id: "stale", insightsCachedAt: STALE_AT }),
+      userRow({ id: "never", insightsCachedAt: null }),
     ]);
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     const result = await findStatusCronCandidates(prisma as any, NOW);
-    expect(result).toEqual([{ id: "stale-with-provider", locale: "de" }]);
-    // No admin-key read needed when the skip never applies.
-    expect(findUnique).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      { id: "stale", locale: "de" },
+      { id: "never", locale: "de" },
+    ]);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/workout-insight-generate.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/workout-insight-generate.test.ts
index fd7c721ee..bd3798933 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/workout-insight-generate.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/workout-insight-generate.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn() },
   },
 }));
-vi.mock("@/lib/modules/gate", () => ({ resolveModuleMap: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate", () => ({
+  aiCapabilityForJob: vi.fn(),
+  aiCapabilityForRecord: vi.fn(),
+}));
 vi.mock("@/lib/tz/resolver", () => ({ resolveUserTimezone: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/workouts/hr-series", () => ({
   buildWorkoutHrSeries: vi.fn(),
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/measurements/pick-canonical-workout-rows", () => ({
 
 import { runWorkoutInsightGenerate } from "../workout-insight-generate";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
-import { resolveModuleMap } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import { resolveUserTimezone } from "@/lib/tz/resolver";
 import { buildWorkoutHrSeries } from "@/lib/workouts/hr-series";
 import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
@@ -85,10 +88,11 @@ function workoutRow(over: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
 }
 
 function arrangeHappyPath() {
-  vi.mocked(resolveModuleMap).mockResolvedValue({
-    workouts: true,
-    insights: true,
-  } as never);
+  vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+    available: true,
+    reason: null,
+    onDeviceAllowed: true,
+  });
   vi.mocked(resolveUserTimezone).mockResolvedValue("Europe/Berlin");
   vi.mocked(prisma.workout.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(workoutRow() as never);
   vi.mocked(prisma.workout.findMany).mockResolvedValue([] as never);
@@ -155,35 +159,42 @@ describe("Activity Insight — the gate stack", () => {
     expect(write.create.paragraphEncrypted).toBeInstanceOf(Uint8Array);
   });
 
-  it("gate 1 — refuses when the workouts module is off", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(resolveModuleMap).mockResolvedValue({
-      workouts: false,
-      insights: true,
-    } as never);
+  it.each([
+    "module_disabled",
+    "user_disabled",
+    "operator_disabled",
+    "no_provider",
+    "consent_required",
+  ] as const)(
+    "gate 1 — refuses when the workoutInsights capability is unavailable (%s), before any evidence is built",
+    async (reason) => {
+      vi.mocked(aiCapabilityForJob).mockResolvedValue({
+        available: false,
+        reason,
+        onDeviceAllowed: false,
+      });
 
-    const outcome = await runWorkoutInsightGenerate(
-      { userId: USER, workoutId: WORKOUT },
-      NOW,
-    );
+      const outcome = await runWorkoutInsightGenerate(
+        { userId: USER, workoutId: WORKOUT },
+        NOW,
+      );
 
-    expect(outcome).toEqual({ status: "skipped", reason: "module_off" });
-    expect(runStatusCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(prisma.workoutInsight.upsert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
+      expect(aiCapabilityForJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith(USER, "workoutInsights");
+      expect(outcome).toEqual({ status: "skipped", reason });
+      expect(prisma.workout.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(buildWorkoutHrSeries).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(runStatusCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(prisma.workoutInsight.upsert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    },
+  );
 
-  it("gate 1 — refuses when the insights module is off", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(resolveModuleMap).mockResolvedValue({
-      workouts: true,
-      insights: false,
-    } as never);
+  it("routes the provider call through the workoutInsights capability", async () => {
+    await runWorkoutInsightGenerate({ userId: USER, workoutId: WORKOUT }, NOW);
 
-    const outcome = await runWorkoutInsightGenerate(
-      { userId: USER, workoutId: WORKOUT },
-      NOW,
-    );
-
-    expect(outcome).toEqual({ status: "skipped", reason: "module_off" });
-    expect(runStatusCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+      userId: USER,
+      capability: "workoutInsights",
+    });
   });
 
   it("gate 2 — refuses a session under the ten-minute floor", async () => {
@@ -335,7 +346,10 @@ describe("Activity Insight — the gate stack", () => {
   });
 
   it("gate 5 — a provider-less install writes no row", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockResolvedValue({ kind: "none" });
+    vi.mocked(runStatusCompletion).mockResolvedValue({
+      kind: "none",
+      reason: "no_provider",
+    });
 
     const outcome = await runWorkoutInsightGenerate(
       { userId: USER, workoutId: WORKOUT },
@@ -499,7 +513,7 @@ describe("Activity Insight — durable generation ownership", () => {
   });
 
   it.each([
-    { kind: "none" as const },
+    { kind: "none" as const, reason: "no_provider" as const },
     { kind: "timeout" as const },
     { kind: "error" as const },
   ])(
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/workout-insight-no-backfill-spend.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/workout-insight-no-backfill-spend.test.ts
index 3d29e50d3..cf48bc32d 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/workout-insight-no-backfill-spend.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/workout-insight-no-backfill-spend.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", () => ({ annotate: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/jobs/boss-instance", () => ({ getGlobalBoss: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/modules/gate", () => ({ resolveModuleMap: vi.fn() }));
+// The spine's provider-free prefilter (`aiWorkNotRuledOut`) runs for real; only
+// its operator-switch read is an edge.
+vi.mock("@/lib/feature-flags", () => ({ loadAssistantSwitches: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/tz/resolver", () => ({ resolveUserTimezone: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/cache/invalidate", () => ({
   invalidateUserDashboardSnapshot: vi.fn(),
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ import { runDataArrival } from "../data-arrival";
 import { enqueueWorkoutInsight } from "@/lib/jobs/workout-insight-generate-shared";
 import { getGlobalBoss } from "@/lib/jobs/boss-instance";
 import { resolveModuleMap } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
+import { loadAssistantSwitches } from "@/lib/feature-flags";
 import { resolveUserTimezone } from "@/lib/tz/resolver";
 import type { DataArrival } from "@/lib/arrivals/types";
 
@@ -80,6 +84,13 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     workouts: true,
     insights: true,
   } as never);
+  vi.mocked(loadAssistantSwitches).mockResolvedValue({
+    enabled: true,
+    coach: true,
+    briefing: true,
+    insightStatus: true,
+    documentAi: true,
+  });
   vi.mocked(resolveUserTimezone).mockResolvedValue(TZ);
 });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/ai-job-candidates.ts b/src/lib/jobs/ai-job-candidates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b11a21756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/ai-job-candidates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/**
+ * Cheap SQL prefilters for the AI crons.
+ *
+ * Every AI job resolves its capability per user (`aiCapabilityForJob`) before
+ * it builds a snapshot, and the provider chokepoint re-checks it at the wire.
+ * Those are the answers that count. What this file adds is the cheap part in
+ * front of them: people who switched a module off are dropped from the
+ * candidate query itself, so a nightly pass over the instance does not load
+ * their capability inputs one by one only to be told no.
+ *
+ * `modulePreferencesJson` is a DISABLED allowlist: a module is off only when
+ * its key holds JSON `false`. Selecting the "off" set is NULL-safe by
+ * construction (an absent key, a NULL column or a non-object value never
+ * compares equal to `false`), which a negated JSON-path filter would not be.
+ */
+import type { PrismaClient } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
+import {
+  AI_CAPABILITIES,
+  type AiCapabilityKey,
+} from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/types";
+import { loadAssistantSwitches } from "@/lib/feature-flags";
+import { resolveModuleMap } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
+import type { ModuleKey } from "@/lib/modules/registry";
+
+/** Ids of the accounts that switched `module` off for themselves. */
+export async function userIdsWithModuleOff(
+  prisma: Pick<PrismaClient, "$queryRaw">,
+  module: ModuleKey,
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const rows = await prisma.$queryRaw<Array<{ id: string }>>`
+    SELECT "id" FROM "users"
+     WHERE "module_preferences_json" -> ${module}::text = 'false'::jsonb`;
+  return rows.map((row) => row.id);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The provider-free half of a capability: the operator's switches and the
+ * owning modules, and nothing that needs the provider machinery.
+ *
+ * For the one place that must not import that machinery at all, the
+ * data-arrival spine, whose cost claim is that its module graph reaches no
+ * provider (`data-arrival-provider-isolation.test.ts`). It decides whether a
+ * follow-up job is worth enqueueing; the job itself then resolves the full
+ * capability (`aiCapabilityForJob`) before it does anything, so this can only
+ * ever say "no" early, never "yes" for good.
+ */
+export async function aiWorkNotRuledOut(
+  userId: string,
+  key: AiCapabilityKey,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const definition = AI_CAPABILITIES[key];
+  const [switches, modules] = await Promise.all([
+    loadAssistantSwitches(),
+    resolveModuleMap(userId),
+  ]);
+  if (switches === null || !switches[definition.operatorSwitch]) return false;
+  const owners = definition.modules.keys;
+  if (owners.length === 0) return true;
+  return definition.modules.mode === "all"
+    ? owners.every((module) => modules[module])
+    : owners.some((module) => modules[module]);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/coach-nudge-ai.ts b/src/lib/jobs/coach-nudge-ai.ts
index a2916d907..ed3c3a374 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/coach-nudge-ai.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/coach-nudge-ai.ts
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@
 import type { CoachNudgeTrigger } from "@/lib/jobs/coach-nudge";
 import type { Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
 import { resolveProviderChain } from "@/lib/ai/provider";
-import {
-  chainRequiresServerManagedConsent,
-  hasActiveConsentForSurface,
-} from "@/lib/ai/consent-guard";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import { aiEgressRefusal } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress";
 import {
   buildDateKey,
   reconcileSpend,
@@ -173,19 +171,38 @@ export const composeNudgeWithAI: ComposeNudgeWithAI = async (params) => {
   }
 
   try {
+    // The capability at the wire, before the chain is resolved (a Codex
+    // chain may refresh a token on resolve). The cron checked it for the
+    // candidate already; a switch can flip within the tick.
+    const coach = await aiCapabilityForJob(params.userId, "coach");
+    if (!coach.available) {
+      annotate({
+        action: { name: "coach.nudge.ai.unavailable" },
+        meta: { reason: coach.reason },
+      });
+      return null;
+    }
+
     const chain = await resolveProviderChain(params.userId);
     if (chain.length === 0) return null;
 
-    // Consent gate — before the budget reservation, so a user without a
-    // receipt never spends a slot or a token. Skip-shaped like every other
-    // guard here: no receipt → return null and the caller ships the
-    // deterministic template, so the nudge itself is never lost. BYOK / local
-    // / ChatGPT-OAuth chains are the user's own egress and stay ungated.
-    if (
-      chainRequiresServerManagedConsent(chain) &&
-      !(await hasActiveConsentForSurface(params.userId, "coach"))
-    ) {
-      annotate({ action: { name: "coach.nudge.ai.consent_required" } });
+    // The wire re-check for exactly this chain, before the budget
+    // reservation so a user without a receipt never spends a slot or a token:
+    // the capability again, and the consent an operator-held entry needs.
+    // Skip-shaped like every other guard here: a refusal returns null and the
+    // caller ships the deterministic template, so the nudge itself is never
+    // lost. A person's own key, their ChatGPT account or a local model need no
+    // receipt.
+    const refusal = await aiEgressRefusal(
+      "coach",
+      params.userId,
+      chain.map((entry) => entry.providerType),
+    );
+    if (refusal) {
+      annotate({
+        action: { name: "coach.nudge.ai.refused" },
+        meta: { reason: refusal.reason },
+      });
       return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/coach-nudge.ts b/src/lib/jobs/coach-nudge.ts
index d8de29c13..52c8b698e 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/coach-nudge.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/coach-nudge.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@
  *   1. Operator kill-switch via `getAssistantFlags().coach` — the
  *      master assistant switch forces this off too.
  *   2. Per-user `disableCoach: false` — no Coach surface, no nudge.
- *   3. A working provider (`userRowHasProviderCredential`, including
- *      the operator's shared key) — a nudge into a Coach that cannot
- *      answer is worse than silence.
+ *   3. The `coach` capability for the user (`aiCapabilityForJob`): the
+ *      operator's switches, the person's Coach switch, provider-work
+ *      authority and one provider-presence definition (the operator's
+ *      shared key and the central Codex included). A nudge into a Coach
+ *      that cannot answer is worse than silence. The one reason that does
+ *      not stop the nudge is a missing consent receipt: the deterministic
+ *      template needs no model, and the Coach it invites the user into asks
+ *      for consent itself.
  *   4. Per-user opt-out: `notificationPrefs.coach.nudgesEnabled`
  *      (default ON; Settings → Notifications). v1.16.5 adds per-group
  *      toggles underneath (medication / vitals / routine) — a disabled
@@ -78,7 +83,8 @@
  */
 import type { PrismaClient } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
 import { getAssistantFlags } from "@/lib/feature-flags";
-import { userRowHasProviderCredential } from "@/lib/ai/provider";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import {
   getEffectiveRange,
   type ThresholdOverridesJson,
@@ -201,6 +207,12 @@ export interface CoachNudgeSummary {
   persisted: number;
   skippedOptedOut: number;
   skippedNoProvider: number;
+  /**
+   * The `coach` capability is unavailable for a reason other than a missing
+   * provider or consent (operator switch, Coach switch, authority, a failed
+   * check).
+   */
+  skippedUnavailable: number;
   skippedRecentNudge: number;
   /**
    * v1.25.0 — anti-nag: the user talked to the Coach within the last ~24 h,
@@ -806,6 +818,7 @@ export async function runCoachNudgeTick(
     persisted: 0,
     skippedOptedOut: 0,
     skippedNoProvider: 0,
+    skippedUnavailable: 0,
     skippedRecentNudge: 0,
     skippedRecentEngagement: 0,
     skippedNoTrigger: 0,
@@ -818,8 +831,7 @@ export async function runCoachNudgeTick(
   const flags = await getAssistantFlags();
   if (!flags.coach) return summary;
 
-  // Gate 2 — per-user Coach opt-out, plus the credential-presence
-  // columns gate 3 needs (evaluated locally, never decrypted).
+  // Gate 2 — per-user Coach opt-out.
   const users = await prisma.user.findMany({
     where: { disableCoach: false },
     select: {
@@ -834,28 +846,10 @@ export async function runCoachNudgeTick(
       gender: true,
       thresholdsJson: true,
       timezone: true,
-      aiProvider: true,
-      aiProviderChain: true,
-      aiAnthropicKeyEncrypted: true,
-      aiLocalKeyEncrypted: true,
-      aiOpenaiKeyEncrypted: true,
-      aiBaseUrl: true,
-      aiModel: true,
-      aiCompatBaseUrl: true,
-      aiCompatModel: true,
-      codexConnectionStatus: true,
-      codexAccessTokenEncrypted: true,
-      codexRefreshTokenEncrypted: true,
     },
   });
   if (users.length === 0) return summary;
 
-  const settings = await prisma.appSettings.findUnique({
-    where: { id: "singleton" },
-    select: { adminAiKeyEncrypted: true },
-  });
-  const adminKeyConfigured = !!settings?.adminAiKeyEncrypted;
-
   for (const user of users) {
     summary.candidatesScanned += 1;
     try {
@@ -873,9 +867,16 @@ export async function runCoachNudgeTick(
         continue;
       }
 
-      // Gate 3 — a Coach without a provider cannot answer the nudge.
-      if (!userRowHasProviderCredential(user, adminKeyConfigured)) {
-        summary.skippedNoProvider += 1;
+      // Gate 3 — the `coach` capability. A Coach that cannot answer gets no
+      // nudge; a missing consent receipt alone still gets the template.
+      const coach = await aiCapabilityForJob(user.id, "coach");
+      if (!coach.available && coach.reason !== "consent_required") {
+        if (coach.reason === "no_provider") summary.skippedNoProvider += 1;
+        else summary.skippedUnavailable += 1;
+        annotate({
+          action: { name: "coach.nudge.skipped" },
+          meta: { reason: coach.reason },
+        });
         continue;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/data-arrival.ts b/src/lib/jobs/data-arrival.ts
index 1fa671331..a99c6da95 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/data-arrival.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/data-arrival.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import type { Job } from "pg-boss";
 import { invalidateUserDashboardSnapshot } from "@/lib/cache/invalidate";
 import { jobDone, type JobOutcome } from "@/lib/jobs/job-outcome";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { aiWorkNotRuledOut } from "@/lib/jobs/ai-job-candidates";
 import { withBackgroundEvent } from "@/lib/logging/background";
 
 import { DATA_ARRIVAL_QUEUE } from "@/lib/arrivals/emit-shared";
@@ -212,7 +213,19 @@ export async function runDataArrival(
       // once-per-workout key, duration floor, hard daily cap, input hash and
       // token-ledger reservation bound the spend — none of which belong in the
       // spine, which is why only the generator-free enqueue is imported here.
-      if (arrival.refId) {
+      if (!arrival.refId) {
+        // A workout arrival with no referent cannot address a paragraph. The
+        // seams always carry one; annotating rather than guessing keeps a
+        // future seam that forgets it visible.
+        actions.push("workout_no_ref");
+      } else if (
+        !(await aiWorkNotRuledOut(arrival.userId, "workoutInsights"))
+      ) {
+        // Nothing is enqueued that a switch or a module already rules out.
+        // The workout itself is data and already stored; only the paragraph
+        // about it is withheld. The job resolves the full capability itself.
+        actions.push("workout_insight_unavailable");
+      } else {
         const insight = await enqueueWorkoutInsight({
           userId: arrival.userId,
           workoutId: arrival.refId,
@@ -221,11 +234,6 @@ export async function runDataArrival(
           throw new Error("Workout insight enqueue failed");
         }
         actions.push("workout_insight_enqueued");
-      } else {
-        // A workout arrival with no referent cannot address a paragraph. The
-        // seams always carry one; annotating rather than guessing keeps a
-        // future seam that forgets it visible.
-        actions.push("workout_no_ref");
       }
       break;
 
@@ -237,7 +245,15 @@ export async function runDataArrival(
       break;
   }
 
-  if (reactionClaim !== "unchanged") {
+  if (
+    reactionClaim !== "unchanged" &&
+    !(await aiWorkNotRuledOut(arrival.userId, "reactionLines"))
+  ) {
+    // The marker is the feature and is written above; the line is garnish a
+    // model writes, and a switch or a module already rules it out. The job
+    // resolves the full capability itself.
+    actions.push("line_unavailable");
+  } else if (reactionClaim !== "unchanged") {
     // A fresh marker and a strictly newer replacement both need a line. The
     // replacement transaction cleared the old generation owner first, and the
     // enqueue key includes this arrival revision so an older in-flight job
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/document-content-index-backfill.ts b/src/lib/jobs/document-content-index-backfill.ts
index 53dec0f23..17b616348 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/document-content-index-backfill.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/document-content-index-backfill.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
  * indexing egresses to a provider under the user's key + budget, so it must be
  * a deliberate, consented act, exactly like the per-document index route.
  *
- * Consent: gated on the document-egress consent (`assertDocumentEgressConsent`),
- * the same gate the extract / index routes use — any external provider needs an
- * active receipt; a local pick stays ungated. There is no separate per-user
+ * Consent: gated on the `documentAi` capability and the wire re-check of the
+ * document pick (`resolveDocumentVisionProvider` → `aiEgressRefusal`), the same
+ * gate the extract / index routes use — any external provider needs an active
+ * extraction receipt; a local pick needs none. There is no separate per-user
  * toggle (maintainer decision, 2026-07-07).
  *
  * Bounded + resumable: an id-cursor forward walk over the not-yet-indexed set,
@@ -30,10 +31,8 @@
  * (`src/lib/jobs/reminder/register-maintenance.ts`) so pg-boss provisions it.
  */
 import { AI_BUDGETS } from "@/lib/ai/ai-budgets";
-import {
-  assertDocumentEgressConsent,
-  ConsentRequiredError,
-} from "@/lib/ai/consent-guard";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import { PICK_DECIDED_REASONS } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/types";
 import {
   buildDateKey,
   reconcileSpend,
@@ -96,7 +95,8 @@ export interface ContentIndexBackfillSummary {
    * reservation existed; a later run retries.
    */
   failed: number;
-  reason: "ok" | "no-provider" | "no-consent" | "budget-reached";
+  reason:
+    "ok" | "no-provider" | "no-consent" | "budget-reached" | "unavailable";
 }
 
 /**
@@ -164,32 +164,45 @@ export async function runContentIndexBackfillForUser(
   // provider still gets their existing index moved to the current rules.
   const stale = await retokeniseStaleRows(userId);
 
-  const { pick } = await resolveDocumentVisionProvider(userId);
-  if (!pick)
+  // The `documentAi` capability before any document is listed: the
+  // operator's switches (the master and "Reading documents") and the vault
+  // module. Whether there is a provider and whether sending to it needs a
+  // receipt is the pick's to answer, just below.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForJob(userId, "documentAi");
+  if (
+    capability.reason !== null &&
+    !PICK_DECIDED_REASONS.has(capability.reason)
+  ) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "documents.contentIndex.backfillSkipped" },
+      meta: { reason: capability.reason },
+    });
     return {
       indexed: 0,
       retokenised: stale.retokenised,
       skipped: 0,
       failed: stale.failed,
-      reason: "no-provider",
+      reason: "unavailable",
+    };
+  }
+
+  // The document-order pick, re-checked at the wire for exactly that
+  // provider: the capability again, and the extraction receipt an external
+  // pick needs (`ai_extraction` or `ai_full`). A local pick needs none.
+  const { pick, withheld } = await resolveDocumentVisionProvider(userId);
+  if (!pick) {
+    return {
+      indexed: 0,
+      retokenised: stale.retokenised,
+      skipped: 0,
+      failed: stale.failed,
+      reason:
+        withheld === null
+          ? "no-provider"
+          : withheld.reason === "consent_required"
+            ? "no-consent"
+            : "unavailable",
     };
-  try {
-    await assertDocumentEgressConsent({
-      userId,
-      providerType: pick.providerType,
-      surface: "insights",
-    });
-  } catch (err) {
-    if (err instanceof ConsentRequiredError) {
-      return {
-        indexed: 0,
-        retokenised: stale.retokenised,
-        skipped: 0,
-        failed: stale.failed,
-        reason: "no-consent",
-      };
-    }
-    throw err;
   }
 
   // PDFs are always candidates: `prepareVisionInput` passes them natively
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/document-summary-catchup.ts b/src/lib/jobs/document-summary-catchup.ts
index 9acb154fe..65ca18df6 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/document-summary-catchup.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/document-summary-catchup.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
  * (`src/lib/jobs/reminder/register-maintenance.ts`) so pg-boss provisions it.
  */
 import { documentAutoReadEnabled } from "@/lib/documents/document-settings";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import { PICK_DECIDED_REASONS } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/types";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { getGlobalBoss } from "@/lib/jobs/boss-instance";
 import { enqueueDocumentSummary } from "@/lib/jobs/document-summary";
@@ -92,6 +94,22 @@ export async function runSummaryCatchUpForUser(
     return { enqueued: 0, capped: false };
   }
 
+  // The `documentAi` capability, once for the whole pass, before any document
+  // is listed: a switch or the vault module off means there is nothing the
+  // per-document jobs could do. A missing provider or receipt is each job's
+  // pick to decide.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForJob(userId, "documentAi");
+  if (
+    capability.reason !== null &&
+    !PICK_DECIDED_REASONS.has(capability.reason)
+  ) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "documents.autoRead.catchUpSkipped" },
+      meta: { reason: capability.reason },
+    });
+    return { enqueued: 0, capped: false };
+  }
+
   let enqueued = 0;
   let capped = false;
   let cursor: string | null = null;
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/document-summary.ts b/src/lib/jobs/document-summary.ts
index 257586a01..feec890ba 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/document-summary.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/document-summary.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
  */
 import { AI_BUDGETS } from "@/lib/ai/ai-budgets";
 import {
-  assertDocumentEgressConsent,
-  ConsentRequiredError,
-} from "@/lib/ai/consent-guard";
+  aiCapabilityForJob,
+  aiCapabilityForRecord,
+} from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import { PICK_DECIDED_REASONS } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/types";
 import {
   buildDateKey,
   reconcileSpend,
@@ -135,37 +136,59 @@ export async function runDocumentSummaryJob(
     return;
   }
 
-  // Resolve the DOCUMENT-order vision provider (local-first, codex last). No
-  // vision-capable provider configured → graceful no-op (unlike the index job,
-  // there is no local text-layer fallback for a descriptive summary).
-  const { pick } = await resolveDocumentVisionProvider(userId);
-  if (!pick) {
-    await markSummaryState(userId, documentId, "UNAVAILABLE");
+  // The `documentAi` capability before a provider is picked or the document is
+  // decrypted: the operator's switches (the master and "Reading documents")
+  // and the vault module. A switch turned off means this job was never to run
+  // at all, so only the PENDING it was meant to resolve goes back to NONE; a
+  // recorded UNAVAILABLE or WITHHELD is an earlier real attempt and stays.
+  // Whether there is a provider and whether sending to it needs a receipt is
+  // the pick's to answer (the document order differs from the chain order the
+  // presence probe reads), so those two reasons wait for the pick below.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForJob(userId, "documentAi");
+  if (
+    capability.reason !== null &&
+    !PICK_DECIDED_REASONS.has(capability.reason)
+  ) {
+    await prisma.inboundDocument.updateMany({
+      where: {
+        id: documentId,
+        userId,
+        deletedAt: null,
+        summaryState: "PENDING",
+      },
+      data: { summaryState: "NONE" },
+    });
     annotate({
       action: { name: "documents.summary.autoSkipped" },
-      meta: { documentId, reason: "no-provider" },
+      meta: {
+        documentId,
+        reason: "unavailable",
+        capability_reason: capability.reason,
+      },
     });
     return;
   }
 
-  // Re-assert egress consent for the picked provider. A local pick is ungated;
-  // an external pick is authorised by the `documentsAutoAiRead` opt-in checked
-  // above (the toggle short-circuits the gate). Belt-and-braces: a consent race
-  // (opt-out flipped mid-flight) resolves to a no-op, never an egress.
-  try {
-    await assertDocumentEgressConsent({
-      userId,
-      providerType: pick.providerType,
-      surface: "insights",
-    });
-  } catch (err) {
+  // Resolve the DOCUMENT-order vision provider (local-first, codex last) and
+  // re-check the wire for exactly that pick: the capability again and the
+  // extraction receipt an external pick needs (`ai_extraction` or `ai_full`;
+  // the auto-read toggle mints one but is not one, so a revoke mid-flight wins).
+  // No pick → an attempt that could not run, recorded as UNAVAILABLE (unlike
+  // the index job, there is no local text-layer fallback for a summary).
+  const { pick, withheld } = await resolveDocumentVisionProvider(userId);
+  if (!pick) {
     await markSummaryState(userId, documentId, "UNAVAILABLE");
     annotate({
       action: { name: "documents.summary.autoSkipped" },
       meta: {
         documentId,
         reason:
-          err instanceof ConsentRequiredError ? "consent" : "consent-error",
+          withheld === null
+            ? "no-provider"
+            : withheld.reason === "consent_required"
+              ? "consent"
+              : "unavailable",
+        capability_reason: withheld?.reason ?? null,
       },
     });
     return;
@@ -319,6 +342,21 @@ export async function enqueueDocumentSummary(
       });
       return { enqueued: false };
     }
+    // Nothing is queued that the capability already refuses (a switch or the
+    // vault module off): the document stays NONE and the view offers the
+    // manual action, exactly as with the opt-in off. A missing provider or
+    // receipt is the job's pick to decide.
+    const capability = await aiCapabilityForRecord(userId, "documentAi");
+    if (
+      capability.reason !== null &&
+      !PICK_DECIDED_REASONS.has(capability.reason)
+    ) {
+      annotate({
+        action: { name: "documents.summary.autoSkipped" },
+        meta: { documentId, reason: capability.reason },
+      });
+      return { enqueued: false };
+    }
     const boss = getGlobalBoss();
     if (!boss) return { enqueued: false };
     const payload: DocumentSummaryPayload = {
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate.ts b/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate.ts
index 34c95e503..37cac27f8 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ import type { PrismaClient } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
 import { checkRateLimit } from "@/lib/rate-limit";
 import { getAssistantFlags } from "@/lib/feature-flags";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import { userIdsWithModuleOff } from "@/lib/jobs/ai-job-candidates";
 import type { SupportedLocale } from "@/lib/insights/status-shared";
 import { resolveJobLocale } from "@/lib/i18n/job-locale";
 import {
@@ -504,10 +506,11 @@ interface PregenerateCandidate {
 }
 
 /**
- * Discovery query — coach-enabled users with a stale or missing
- * comprehensive-insight cache, oldest-cache-first so the staleest users
- * are served before the per-run cap bites. Exported so the cron test
- * can pin the WHERE shape without a live LLM.
+ * Discovery query — users with AI analysis on (the `insights` module) and a
+ * stale or missing comprehensive-insight cache, oldest-cache-first so the
+ * staleest users are served before the per-run cap bites. Hiding the Coach
+ * no longer excludes anyone: it hides the Coach and nothing else. Exported
+ * so the cron test can pin the WHERE shape without a live LLM.
  */
 export async function findPregenerateCandidates(
   prisma: PrismaClient,
@@ -515,9 +518,10 @@ export async function findPregenerateCandidates(
   cap: number,
 ): Promise<PregenerateCandidate[]> {
   const staleBefore = new Date(now.getTime() - PREGENERATE_STALE_MS);
+  const optedOut = await userIdsWithModuleOff(prisma, "insights");
   return prisma.user.findMany({
     where: {
-      disableCoach: false,
+      ...(optedOut.length > 0 ? { id: { notIn: optedOut } } : {}),
       OR: [
         { insightsCachedAt: null },
         { insightsCachedAt: { lt: staleBefore } },
@@ -620,6 +624,26 @@ export async function runInsightPregenerate(
     // sibling consumer in this candidate's warm reuses it. Scoped per user so
     // no cross-user object can leak.
     await withFeatureCacheScope(async () => {
+      // The two capabilities this pass serves, resolved before any snapshot
+      // or rate-limit write: the briefing for the comprehensive insight, the
+      // status notes for the per-metric warm. Each half runs only when its
+      // own capability is available; the chokepoints re-check at the wire.
+      const [briefing, statusText] = await Promise.all([
+        aiCapabilityForJob(candidate.id, "briefing"),
+        aiCapabilityForJob(candidate.id, "statusText"),
+      ]);
+      if (!briefing.available && !statusText.available) {
+        result.skipped++;
+        annotate({
+          action: { name: "insights.pregenerate.skipped" },
+          meta: {
+            briefing: briefing.reason,
+            status_text: statusText.reason,
+          },
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
       // Budget gate — one COMPREHENSIVE pre-generation per user per 20 h.
       // The route's on-demand path uses a different bucket
       // (`insights:${userId}`), so this never starves a user's manual
@@ -628,18 +652,25 @@ export async function runInsightPregenerate(
       // the 02:xx status crons already skipped every pregenerate candidate
       // on the assumption that THIS pass warms their cards — exiting early
       // here left those cards cold until the first on-visit generation.
-      const budget = await checkRateLimit(
-        `insight-pregenerate:${candidate.id}`,
-        1,
-        PREGENERATE_BUDGET_WINDOW_MS,
-      );
+      const budget = briefing.available
+        ? await checkRateLimit(
+            `insight-pregenerate:${candidate.id}`,
+            1,
+            PREGENERATE_BUDGET_WINDOW_MS,
+          )
+        : null;
 
       // The stored locale, then the operator default: a NULL column used to
       // resolve to English here, so a German-language instance warmed its
       // briefings in English every night.
       const locale = await resolveJobLocale(candidate.locale);
-      let outcome: GenerateOutcome | null = null;
-      if (!budget.allowed) {
+      if (budget === null) {
+        result.skipped++;
+        annotate({
+          action: { name: "insights.pregenerate.skipped" },
+          meta: { briefing: briefing.reason },
+        });
+      } else if (!budget.allowed) {
         result.budgetBlocked++;
       } else {
         // Force a fresh generation: the discovery window (20 h) is shorter
@@ -709,7 +740,7 @@ export async function runInsightPregenerate(
           // before the morning visit instead of waiting for the next night.
           await enqueueRetry({ userId: candidate.id, locale });
         } else {
-          outcome = bounded.value;
+          const outcome = bounded.value;
           switch (outcome.status) {
             case "generated":
               result.generated++;
@@ -758,11 +789,12 @@ export async function runInsightPregenerate(
       // consent-skipped included) because the 02:xx status crons skip every
       // pregenerate candidate on the assumption that THIS pass covers them.
       //
-      // The only outcome with nothing to warm is a missing provider
-      // (`skipped`/`no-provider`): the per-card generators would no-op to
-      // their fallbacks anyway, so the pass is skipped to save the
-      // chain-resolves.
-      if (outcome?.status === "skipped" && outcome.reason === "no-provider") {
+      // Nothing to warm when the status notes themselves are unavailable.
+      if (!statusText.available) {
+        annotate({
+          action: { name: "insights.pregenerate.status_skipped" },
+          meta: { reason: statusText.reason },
+        });
         return;
       }
       result.assessmentsWarmed += await warmStatus(candidate.id, [locale]);
@@ -881,17 +913,22 @@ export async function forceWarmUser(
       metricAssessmentsWarmed: 0,
     };
 
-    // v1.9.0 — gate each section on the flag for the surface it actually
-    // warms, matching the route. The HTTP route admits this job on the per-user
-    // `insightStatus` surface, so warming the per-status + generic-metric cards
-    // must run whenever `insightStatus` is enabled. Only the comprehensive
-    // briefing belongs to the `briefing` surface — gating the whole warm on
-    // `briefing` (the previous behaviour) let an operator's global `briefing`
-    // kill-switch silently suppress the assessment cards the user has enabled.
-    // When the master assistant switch is off both flags resolve false, so the
-    // whole thing still no-ops.
-    const flags = await getAssistantFlags();
-    if (!flags.briefing && !flags.insightStatus) return result;
+    // Each section runs on its own capability, resolved for this user under
+    // the job's authority: the comprehensive briefing on `briefing`, the
+    // per-status and generic-metric notes on `statusText`. One unavailable
+    // half never suppresses the other; both unavailable makes the job a
+    // no-op before any snapshot is built.
+    const [briefing, statusText] = await Promise.all([
+      aiCapabilityForJob(userId, "briefing"),
+      aiCapabilityForJob(userId, "statusText"),
+    ]);
+    if (!briefing.available && !statusText.available) {
+      annotate({
+        action: { name: "insights.pregenerate.force.skipped" },
+        meta: { briefing: briefing.reason, status_text: statusText.reason },
+      });
+      return result;
+    }
 
     // v1.16.8 — warm only the caller's resolved locale. The old dual-locale
     // warm compensated for the comprehensive write's cross-locale per-status
@@ -926,7 +963,7 @@ export async function forceWarmUser(
     //   3. daily cap — at most FORCE_WARM_DAILY_LIMIT forced attempts per
     //      rolling 24 h, so even a client bug that defeats 1+2 cannot turn
     //      the forced path into an unmetered generation loop.
-    if (flags.briefing) {
+    if (briefing.available) {
       let freshness: {
         insightsCachedAt: Date | null;
         insightsWarmFailedAt: Date | null;
@@ -1066,15 +1103,15 @@ export async function forceWarmUser(
       }
     }
 
-    // Run the per-status + generic-metric warm passes whenever the
-    // `insightStatus` surface is enabled, regardless of the comprehensive
+    // Run the per-status + generic-metric warm passes whenever `statusText`
+    // is available, regardless of the comprehensive
     // outcome. Each generator independently no-ops to its no-key fallback when
     // no provider is configured (no LLM call) and serves its fallback without
     // persisting on a per-card timeout, so running them after a failed
     // comprehensive is safe and bounded by their own per-card budgets. The only
     // outcome that has nothing to warm is a missing provider, and the
     // generators detect that themselves at near-zero cost.
-    if (flags.insightStatus) {
+    if (statusText.available) {
       // Refill-only (v1.16.8): a card already generated today is a cheap
       // cache read; a cold card runs its generator, whose content-hash gate
       // skips the LLM when the underlying data did not change. There is no
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate.ts b/src/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate.ts
index 9356f8300..80118c473 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import {
   type InsightStatusMetric,
   type InsightStatusGeneratePayload,
 } from "@/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate-shared";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import {
   mayDispatchProviderWork,
   withProviderWorkAuthority,
@@ -115,6 +116,19 @@ async function dispatchInsightStatusGenerate(
   payload: InsightStatusGeneratePayload,
   generators: Record<InsightStatusMetric, StatusGenerator> = GENERATORS,
 ): Promise<void> {
+  // The capability, under the job's own authority, before any generator
+  // builds a snapshot. The route that enqueued this checked it too, but a
+  // switch, the AI analysis opt-out or a consent can change while the job
+  // waits in the queue.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForJob(payload.userId, "statusText");
+  if (!capability.available) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "insights.status.generate.skipped" },
+      meta: { metric: payload.metric, reason: capability.reason },
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
   // v1.8.7.1 — a `metric:<METRIC_ID>` scope routes to the generic
   // HealthKit-metric generator rather than one of the seven specialised
   // ones. The generic generator applies its own empty-data guard, so a
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/period-narrative-warm.ts b/src/lib/jobs/period-narrative-warm.ts
index 3c5c97600..5272f619e 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/period-narrative-warm.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/period-narrative-warm.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import {
   mayDispatchProviderWork,
   withProviderWorkAuthority,
 } from "@/lib/sharing/provider-work-authority";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
+import { userIdsWithModuleOff } from "@/lib/jobs/ai-job-candidates";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import {
   generatePeriodNarrative,
@@ -96,7 +98,8 @@ interface NarrativeCandidate {
 }
 
 /**
- * Discovery query — coach-enabled users, oldest-narrative-first so the
+ * Discovery query — users with AI analysis on (the `insights` module),
+ * oldest-narrative-first so the
  * staleest users are served before the per-run cap bites. Whether a user has
  * a provider / enough history is confirmed inside the generator (skipped /
  * insufficient), so a provider-less or sparse account costs at most one cheap
@@ -113,8 +116,9 @@ export async function findNarrativeCandidates(
   prisma: PrismaClient,
   cap: number,
 ): Promise<NarrativeCandidate[]> {
+  const optedOut = await userIdsWithModuleOff(prisma, "insights");
   const users: NarrativeCandidate[] = await prisma.user.findMany({
-    where: { disableCoach: false },
+    where: optedOut.length > 0 ? { id: { notIn: optedOut } } : {},
     select: { id: true, locale: true },
   });
   if (users.length <= cap) return users;
@@ -175,6 +179,23 @@ export async function runPeriodNarrativeWarm(
   result.total = candidates.length;
 
   for (const candidate of candidates) {
+    // The nightly pass exists for the model-written narrative. Unavailable,
+    // it skips the user before the context build and the budget write; the
+    // deterministic narrative is written on the next read instead (the
+    // single-user warm below runs whatever the capability says).
+    const capability = await aiCapabilityForJob(
+      candidate.id,
+      "periodNarrative",
+    );
+    if (!capability.available) {
+      result.skipped++;
+      annotate({
+        action: { name: "insights.narrative.warm.skipped" },
+        meta: { reason: capability.reason },
+      });
+      continue;
+    }
+
     const budget = await checkRateLimit(
       `period-narrative:${candidate.id}`,
       1,
@@ -254,8 +275,10 @@ export async function warmOneNarrative(
   if (!payload.userId || !payload.period) return null;
   const authority = payload.authority;
   if (!authority || !(await mayDispatchProviderWork(authority))) return null;
-  const flags = await getAssistantFlags();
-  if (!flags.briefing && !flags.insightStatus) return null;
+  // No switch check here: this warm also writes the deterministic narrative,
+  // which is data. The model half is refused by the provider chokepoint when
+  // `periodNarrative` is unavailable, and the generator then writes the
+  // deterministic text instead.
   return withProviderWorkAuthority(authority, () =>
     generate(payload.userId!, {
       period: payload.period!,
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/reaction-line.ts b/src/lib/jobs/reaction-line.ts
index 35e994009..a036f0025 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/reaction-line.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/reaction-line.ts
@@ -33,11 +33,8 @@ import { jobDone, type JobOutcome } from "@/lib/jobs/job-outcome";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import { withBackgroundEvent } from "@/lib/logging/background";
 import { resolveProviderChain } from "@/lib/ai/provider";
-import {
-  chainRequiresServerManagedConsent,
-  hasActiveConsentForSurface,
-} from "@/lib/ai/consent-guard";
-import { isModuleEnabled } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
+import { aiEgressRefusal } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import {
   buildDateKey,
   reconcileSpend,
@@ -467,8 +464,20 @@ export async function runReactionLine(
     return { status: "skipped", reason: "already_attempted" };
   }
 
-  if (!(await isModuleEnabled(job.userId, "insights"))) {
-    return { status: "skipped", reason: "module_disabled" };
+  // The `reactionLines` capability before the digest is built or a chain is
+  // resolved: the operator's switches (the master included, which this job
+  // never read before), the person's AI analysis switch, provider presence and
+  // consent in one answer. The marker itself is data and stays.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForJob(job.userId, "reactionLines");
+  if (!capability.available) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "arrival.reaction.skipped" },
+      meta: { kind: job.kind, reason: capability.reason },
+    });
+    return {
+      status: "skipped",
+      reason: capability.reason ?? "check_failed",
+    };
   }
 
   const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({ where: { id: job.userId } });
@@ -478,12 +487,14 @@ export async function runReactionLine(
   const chain = await resolveProviderChain(job.userId);
   if (chain.length === 0) return { status: "skipped", reason: "no_provider" };
 
-  if (
-    chainRequiresServerManagedConsent(chain) &&
-    !(await hasActiveConsentForSurface(job.userId, "insights"))
-  ) {
-    return { status: "skipped", reason: "consent_required" };
-  }
+  // The wire re-check for exactly this chain: the capability again, and the
+  // consent an operator-held entry needs (`aiEgressRefusal`).
+  const refusal = await aiEgressRefusal(
+    "reactionLines",
+    job.userId,
+    chain.map((entry) => entry.providerType),
+  );
+  if (refusal) return { status: "skipped", reason: refusal.reason };
 
   const generationClaimId = randomUUID();
   const claimedAt = new Date();
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/reminder/insights-handlers.ts b/src/lib/jobs/reminder/insights-handlers.ts
index 32a0da584..4fd293222 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/reminder/insights-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/reminder/insights-handlers.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { generateMedicationComplianceStatusForUser } from "@/lib/insights/medica
 import { generateStatusBatchForUser } from "@/lib/insights/status-batch";
 import { findStatusCronCandidates } from "@/lib/jobs/status-cron-candidates";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import { getWorkerPrisma } from "./shared";
 
 export interface GeneralStatusPayload {
@@ -64,11 +65,12 @@ export interface MedicationComplianceStatusPayload {
 /**
  * Shared driver for the nightly 02:xx per-metric status crons. User
  * discovery is centralised in `findStatusCronCandidates`, which applies
- * the operator assistant kill-switch, the per-user `disableCoach` gate,
- * and the pregenerate-candidate skip (users with a configured provider
- * and a stale comprehensive cache belong to the 04:30 pre-generate pass,
- * which re-warms every per-status cache anyway — see
- * `status-cron-candidates.ts` for the full division of nightly labour).
+ * the operator's `insightStatus` switch, the person's AI analysis switch,
+ * and the pregenerate-candidate skip (users with a stale comprehensive
+ * cache belong to the 04:30 pre-generate pass, which re-warms every
+ * per-status note anyway — see `status-cron-candidates.ts` for the full
+ * division of nightly labour). Each user's `statusText` capability is then
+ * resolved before a generator runs.
  * The generators normalise `locale` themselves (de stays de, everything
  * else gets English prose).
  *
@@ -96,6 +98,16 @@ export async function runStatusCronGenerate(
       let failed = 0;
 
       for (const user of users) {
+        // The capability before the generator builds a snapshot. The batch
+        // entry below checks for itself.
+        const capability = await aiCapabilityForJob(user.id, "statusText");
+        if (!capability.available) {
+          annotate({
+            action: { name: "insights.status.cron.skipped" },
+            meta: { task: taskName, reason: capability.reason },
+          });
+          continue;
+        }
         try {
           await generate(user.id, {
             locale: await resolveJobLocale(user.locale),
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/reminder/register-status.ts b/src/lib/jobs/reminder/register-status.ts
index 8ea3a7a6f..166dc7c14 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/reminder/register-status.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/reminder/register-status.ts
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ export async function registerStatusQueues(
               persisted: summary.persisted,
               skipped_opted_out: summary.skippedOptedOut,
               skipped_no_provider: summary.skippedNoProvider,
+              skipped_unavailable: summary.skippedUnavailable,
               skipped_recent_nudge: summary.skippedRecentNudge,
               skipped_recent_engagement: summary.skippedRecentEngagement,
               skipped_no_trigger: summary.skippedNoTrigger,
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/status-cron-candidates.ts b/src/lib/jobs/status-cron-candidates.ts
index a32c41843..9b62b23a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/status-cron-candidates.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/status-cron-candidates.ts
@@ -12,34 +12,32 @@
  * Division of nightly labour (documented here once, referenced by the
  * handlers):
  *
- *   - 02:xx status crons → users WITHOUT a comprehensive-pregenerate
- *     claim: no configured provider, or a comprehensive cache fresher
- *     than `PREGENERATE_STALE_MS` so the 04:30 pass will skip them —
- *     their per-status caches still age out daily and only these crons
- *     re-fill them. With the one-hour threshold this cohort is, in
- *     practice, the provider-less accounts.
- *   - 04:30 insight-pregenerate → the rest: coach-enabled users with a
- *     configured provider and a comprehensive cache older than
- *     `PREGENERATE_STALE_MS`. That pass regenerates the comprehensive
- *     insight AND force-warms every per-status cache, so a 02:xx
- *     generation for those users would be evicted and redone two hours
- *     later.
+ *   - 02:xx status crons → users the 04:30 `insight-pregenerate` pass will
+ *     not reach: a comprehensive cache fresher than `PREGENERATE_STALE_MS`,
+ *     so that pass skips them, while their per-status notes still age out
+ *     daily and only these crons re-fill them.
+ *   - 04:30 insight-pregenerate → the rest: users with a comprehensive cache
+ *     older than `PREGENERATE_STALE_MS`. That pass warms every per-status
+ *     note whenever `statusText` is available for the user, whatever became
+ *     of the briefing, so a 02:xx generation for them would be redone two
+ *     hours later.
  *
- * Gates, in order:
- *   1. Operator kill-switch via `getAssistantFlags()` — the same source
- *      `insight-pregenerate` uses. The status cards belong to the
- *      `insightStatus` surface, so that flag (which the master assistant
- *      switch also forces off) gates the whole pass.
- *   2. Per-user `disableCoach: false` — a user who disabled the AI
- *      surface gets no nightly generation.
- *   3. The pregenerate-candidate skip described above (only when the
- *      `briefing` surface is enabled — when it is off the 04:30 pass
- *      no-ops, so the 02:xx crons must keep covering everyone).
+ * Cheap gates, in SQL and in order (the per-user `statusText` capability in
+ * each handler, and the chokepoint behind it, are what decide):
+ *   1. The operator's `insightStatus` switch (master applied). Off, the whole
+ *      pass is empty.
+ *   2. The person's AI analysis switch (the `insights` module). Someone who
+ *      turned it off gets no nightly generation. Hiding the Coach
+ *      (`disableCoach`) no longer plays a part: it hides the Coach and nothing
+ *      else.
+ *   3. The pregenerate-candidate skip described above, only while the
+ *      `briefing` switch is on; when it is off the 04:30 pass no-ops, so the
+ *      02:xx crons keep covering everyone.
  */
 import type { PrismaClient } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
 import { getAssistantFlags } from "@/lib/feature-flags";
-import { userRowHasProviderCredential } from "@/lib/ai/provider";
 import { PREGENERATE_STALE_MS } from "@/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate";
+import { userIdsWithModuleOff } from "@/lib/jobs/ai-job-candidates";
 
 export interface StatusCronCandidate {
   id: string;
@@ -53,51 +51,23 @@ export async function findStatusCronCandidates(
   const flags = await getAssistantFlags();
   if (!flags.insightStatus) return [];
 
+  const optedOut = await userIdsWithModuleOff(prisma, "insights");
   const users = await prisma.user.findMany({
-    where: { disableCoach: false },
-    select: {
-      id: true,
-      locale: true,
-      insightsCachedAt: true,
-      // Credential-presence columns for the pregenerate-candidate skip —
-      // evaluated locally, never decrypted.
-      aiProvider: true,
-      aiProviderChain: true,
-      aiAnthropicKeyEncrypted: true,
-      aiLocalKeyEncrypted: true,
-      aiOpenaiKeyEncrypted: true,
-      aiBaseUrl: true,
-      aiModel: true,
-      aiCompatBaseUrl: true,
-      aiCompatModel: true,
-      codexConnectionStatus: true,
-      codexAccessTokenEncrypted: true,
-      codexRefreshTokenEncrypted: true,
-    },
+    where: optedOut.length > 0 ? { id: { notIn: optedOut } } : {},
+    select: { id: true, locale: true, insightsCachedAt: true },
   });
   if (users.length === 0) return [];
 
-  // When the briefing surface is off the 04:30 pregenerate pass no-ops,
-  // so no user has a comprehensive claim and the 02:xx crons keep all.
+  // When the briefing switch is off the 04:30 pregenerate pass no-ops, so no
+  // user has a comprehensive claim and the 02:xx crons keep all.
   if (!flags.briefing) {
     return users.map((u) => ({ id: u.id, locale: u.locale }));
   }
 
-  // One presence read for the operator's shared key covers the cohort.
-  const settings = await prisma.appSettings.findUnique({
-    where: { id: "singleton" },
-    select: { adminAiKeyEncrypted: true },
-  });
-  const adminKeyConfigured = !!settings?.adminAiKeyEncrypted;
-
   const staleBefore = now.getTime() - PREGENERATE_STALE_MS;
   return users
-    .filter((u) => {
-      const cacheStale =
-        !u.insightsCachedAt || u.insightsCachedAt.getTime() < staleBefore;
-      const isPregenerateCandidate =
-        cacheStale && userRowHasProviderCredential(u, adminKeyConfigured);
-      return !isPregenerateCandidate;
-    })
+    .filter(
+      (u) => u.insightsCachedAt && u.insightsCachedAt.getTime() >= staleBefore,
+    )
     .map((u) => ({ id: u.id, locale: u.locale }));
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/workout-insight-generate.ts b/src/lib/jobs/workout-insight-generate.ts
index 67966b14b..cc1b29168 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/workout-insight-generate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/workout-insight-generate.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import { runStatusCompletion } from "@/lib/insights/status-provider";
 import { jobDone, type JobOutcome } from "@/lib/jobs/job-outcome";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import { withBackgroundEvent } from "@/lib/logging/background";
-import { resolveModuleMap } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
+import { aiCapabilityForJob } from "@/lib/ai/capabilities/gate";
 import { userDayKey } from "@/lib/tz/format";
 import { resolveUserTimezone } from "@/lib/tz/resolver";
 import { startOfLocalDayInTz } from "@/lib/tz/local-day";
@@ -215,13 +215,19 @@ export async function runWorkoutInsightGenerate(
   if (!userId || !workoutId)
     return { status: "skipped", reason: "bad_payload" };
 
-  // ── Gate 1: modules ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  // Both, not either. `workouts` is the domain the surface lives in and
-  // `insights` is the AI surface family it belongs to; a user who turned either
-  // off has said no to this card.
-  const modules = await resolveModuleMap(userId);
-  if (modules.workouts === false || modules.insights === false) {
-    return { status: "skipped", reason: "module_off" };
+  // ── Gate 1: the `workoutInsights` capability ─────────────────────────────
+  // The operator's switches (the master included, which this job never read
+  // before), both owning modules (`workouts` is the domain, `insights` the
+  // person's AI analysis switch), provider presence and consent, in one
+  // answer, before any evidence is built. The chokepoint re-checks at the wire.
+  const capability = await aiCapabilityForJob(userId, "workoutInsights");
+  if (!capability.available) {
+    const reason = capability.reason ?? "check_failed";
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "workouts.insight.skipped" },
+      meta: { workoutId, reason },
+    });
+    return { status: "skipped", reason };
   }
 
   const row = await prisma.workout.findFirst({
@@ -429,7 +435,7 @@ export async function runWorkoutInsightGenerate(
     outcome = await runStatusCompletion({
       userId,
       cacheAction: "insights.workout-insight",
-      consentSurface: "insights",
+      capability: "workoutInsights",
       systemPrompt: getWorkoutInsightSystemPrompt(prepared.locale),
       userPrompt: getWorkoutInsightUserPrompt(
         JSON.stringify(prepared.evidence),
diff --git a/src/lib/openapi/routes/consent.ts b/src/lib/openapi/routes/consent.ts
index e98167411..e042f14ce 100644
--- a/src/lib/openapi/routes/consent.ts
+++ b/src/lib/openapi/routes/consent.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
  * clients have a stable reference.
  *
  * Receipt kinds: `ai_full` (master — satisfies every surface),
- * `ai_insights_only` (Insights only), `ai_coach` (Coach only).
+ * `ai_insights_only` (Insights only), `ai_coach` (Coach only),
+ * `ai_extraction` (reading documents, lab report scans and typed medication
+ * text; minted by the document auto-read switch).
  *
  * - POST /api/consent/ai      — explicit grant with a signed artefact (iOS).
  * - POST /api/consent/ai/web  — idempotent `ai_full` grant for the web
@@ -110,11 +112,12 @@ const consentLatestAllKinds = z
     ai_full: serialisedReceipt.nullable(),
     ai_insights_only: serialisedReceipt.nullable(),
     ai_coach: serialisedReceipt.nullable(),
+    ai_extraction: serialisedReceipt.nullable(),
   })
   .meta({
     id: "ConsentLatestByKind",
     description:
-      "The latest active receipt for every kind. All three keys are always present: a null value means the kind is not granted, so a client never has to read absence as ambiguity.",
+      "The latest active receipt for every kind. Every key is always present: a null value means the kind is not granted, so a client never has to read absence as ambiguity.",
   });
 
 const consentRevokeAllKinds = z
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ const consentRevokeAllKinds = z
 const consentQueryValidation400 = {
   "400": {
     description:
-      "`kind` was present but is not one of `ai_full`, `ai_insights_only`, `ai_coach`. Multi-issue envelope; nothing was read or revoked. The consent family answers 400 here where the rest of the API answers 422.",
+      "`kind` was present but is not one of `ai_full`, `ai_insights_only`, `ai_coach`, `ai_extraction`. Multi-issue envelope; nothing was read or revoked. The consent family answers 400 here where the rest of the API answers 422.",
     content: { "application/json": { schema: errorEnvelope } },
   },
 };
@@ -257,7 +260,9 @@ export const consentPaths: NonNullable<ZodOpenApiObject["paths"]> = {
         "\n" +
         "Idempotent on purpose, and it is worth knowing why: revoking a kind that has nothing active answers 200 with `receipt: null` rather than 404, because the client toggle fires this on every flip and a 404 would render as a failure the user cannot act on. Revocation is append-only in effect — the row is stamped, never deleted — and each revocation is audit-logged.\n" +
         "\n" +
-        "Revoking `ai_full` does NOT switch off `documentsAutoAiRead`; that flag is written through PATCH /api/auth/me/documents-auto-ai-read and turning it on mints a fresh receipt. A client offering both controls should show them as the two separate things they are.",
+        "Revoking `ai_full` or `ai_extraction` does NOT switch off `documentsAutoAiRead`, but it does stop document reading: the document gate reads the receipt, not the switch, so a revocation wins over a switch left on. Turning the switch on again mints a fresh `ai_extraction` receipt through PATCH /api/auth/me/documents-auto-ai-read. A client offering both controls should show them as the two separate things they are.\n" +
+        "\n" +
+        "When a revocation leaves no receipt covering the analysis (`ai_insights_only` or `ai_full`), the same transaction deletes the text a model wrote under it that can be written again: per-metric status notes, the cached briefing, model-written period narratives, reaction lines and workout paragraphs. Coach conversations, facts and plans and document summaries are the person's records and stay. A deletion is audit-logged with counts only (`consent.ai.purge`).",
       requestParams: {
         query: z.object({
           kind: consentKindEnum
diff --git a/src/lib/openapi/routes/profile.ts b/src/lib/openapi/routes/profile.ts
index ccf50488f..f34275a95 100644
--- a/src/lib/openapi/routes/profile.ts
+++ b/src/lib/openapi/routes/profile.ts
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ const glucoseUnitResponse = z
 const documentsAutoAiReadPatchRequest = documentsAutoAiReadPatchSchema.meta({
   id: "DocumentsAutoAiReadPatchRequest",
   description:
-    "Turn automatic AI reading of newly uploaded documents on or off. Turning it on also mints an `ai_full` consent receipt and schedules a catch-up over the existing vault.",
+    "Turn automatic AI reading of newly uploaded documents on or off. Turning it on also mints an `ai_extraction` consent receipt and schedules a catch-up over the existing vault.",
 });
 
 const documentsAutoAiReadResponse = z
diff --git a/src/lib/validations/consent.ts b/src/lib/validations/consent.ts
index d0d4f1fb6..ffd154cb4 100644
--- a/src/lib/validations/consent.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validations/consent.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ import { z } from "zod/v4";
  * v1.4.40 SB-10 — AI consent receipts (App-Store Guideline 5.1.2(i) +
  * GDPR Art. 7 audit trail).
  *
- * The discriminator covers the three consent surfaces the iOS client
- * collects independently:
+ * The discriminator covers the consent surfaces collected independently:
  *   - `ai_full`           full assistant + on-device personalisation
  *   - `ai_insights_only`  read-only Insights generation (no Coach)
  *   - `ai_coach`          chat-style Coach access
+ *   - `ai_extraction`     reading documents, lab report scans and typed
+ *                         medication text with an external model (minted by
+ *                         the document auto-read toggle; it satisfies neither
+ *                         the Coach nor the analysis)
  *
  * Keeping each surface as its own row means the legal team can prove
  * which exact scope the user agreed to without parsing the signed
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ export const consentKindEnum = z.enum([
   "ai_full",
   "ai_insights_only",
   "ai_coach",
+  "ai_extraction",
 ]);
 
 export type ConsentKind = z.infer<typeof consentKindEnum>;
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ export type WebConsentGrantBodyInput = z.input<typeof webConsentGrantBody>;
  *
  * Omitting `kind` on GET returns the latest active receipt per kind
  * (a `Record<ConsentKind, …>` shape). Omitting it on DELETE revokes
- * the latest receipt across all three kinds — handy for the iOS
+ * the latest receipt across every kind — handy for the iOS
  * "deaktivieren alle KI-Funktionen" master toggle.
  */
 export const consentLatestQuery = z.object({
diff --git a/src/lib/workouts/insight-gates.ts b/src/lib/workouts/insight-gates.ts
index f02beee75..a0246f3c1 100644
--- a/src/lib/workouts/insight-gates.ts
+++ b/src/lib/workouts/insight-gates.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  * in this order for a reason — each one is cheaper than the one after it, so
  * the common refusals cost nothing:
  *
- *   1. modules  — `workouts` AND `insights` both on (one cached map lookup)
+ *   1. capability — `workoutInsights` (both owning modules, the operator
+ *      switches, provider presence and consent in one answer)
  *   2. duration — at least `MIN_DURATION_SEC` (a field already in hand)
  *   3. daily cap — at most `MAX_INSIGHTS_PER_DAY` generated today (one COUNT)
  *   4. input hash — the evidence is unchanged since the last paragraph (one
diff --git a/tests/integration/ai-optional-jobs.test.ts b/tests/integration/ai-optional-jobs.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0c216f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/ai-optional-jobs.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+/**
+ * The AI background jobs, run directly against real Postgres under the states
+ * that must stop them, with a spy in place of the provider.
+ *
+ * For every worker and every refusing state: the spy is never called, the
+ * worker writes no model text, and a skip annotation is recorded. Under the
+ * all-on baseline the spy IS called, which is what proves the test can see a
+ * call at all (a spy that no path reaches would pass every refusing case).
+ *
+ * States (design "AI optional", 6.2):
+ *   S0 all on: the person's own key, every switch on.
+ *   S1 the operator's master switch off.
+ *   S3 no provider configured anywhere.
+ *   S4 only the operator's key, and no consent receipt.
+ *   S5 the Coach hidden (`disableCoach`), which stops only the Coach.
+ *   S6 AI analysis switched off (the `insights` module), which stops
+ *      everything but the Coach.
+ *
+ * Only the provider chain is replaced; the capability resolution, the
+ * presence probe, the budget ledger and the writes all run for real.
+ */
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { getPrismaClient, truncateAllTables } from "./setup";
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/db-compat", () => ({
+  ensureDbCompatibility: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+}));
+
+const providerSpy = vi.fn(async () => ({
+  content: JSON.stringify({ summary: "A calm and steady stretch." }),
+  model: "spy-model",
+  tokensUsed: 12,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("@/lib/ai/provider")>();
+  const chain = () => [
+    {
+      providerType: "anthropic",
+      instance: { type: "anthropic", generateCompletion: providerSpy },
+    },
+  ];
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    resolveProviderChain: vi.fn(async () => chain()),
+    resolveProvider: vi.fn(async () => ({ type: "none" })),
+  };
+});
+
+const annotations: string[] = [];
+vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("@/lib/logging/context")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    annotate: vi.fn((event: { action?: { name?: string } }) => {
+      if (event?.action?.name) annotations.push(event.action.name);
+      return actual.annotate(event as never);
+    }),
+  };
+});
+
+import { encryptToBytes } from "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec";
+import { runCoachMemoryRefresh } from "@/lib/ai/coach/coach-memory-refresh-worker";
+import { generateStatusBatchForUser } from "@/lib/insights/status-batch";
+import { runInsightStatusGenerate } from "@/lib/jobs/insight-status-generate";
+import { runReactionLine } from "@/lib/jobs/reaction-line";
+import { runWorkoutInsightGenerate } from "@/lib/jobs/workout-insight-generate";
+import { userDayKey } from "@/lib/tz/resolver";
+
+type State = "S0" | "S1" | "S3" | "S4" | "S5" | "S6";
+
+let counter = 0;
+
+/** One account in the given state, with the data every worker below reads. */
+async function seedState(state: State) {
+  const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+  await prisma.appSettings.upsert({
+    where: { id: "singleton" },
+    create: {
+      id: "singleton",
+      assistantEnabled: state !== "S1",
+      adminAiKeyEncrypted: state === "S4" ? "operator-key-present" : null,
+    },
+    update: {
+      assistantEnabled: state !== "S1",
+      adminAiKeyEncrypted: state === "S4" ? "operator-key-present" : null,
+    },
+  });
+  const ownKey = state !== "S3" && state !== "S4";
+  const suffix = `${state.toLowerCase()}-${counter++}`;
+  const user = await prisma.user.create({
+    data: {
+      username: `jobs-${suffix}`,
+      email: `jobs-${suffix}@example.test`,
+      timezone: "UTC",
+      locale: "en",
+      heightCm: 180,
+      disableCoach: state === "S5",
+      modulePreferencesJson: state === "S6" ? { insights: false } : undefined,
+      aiProviderChain: ownKey
+        ? [{ providerType: "anthropic", enabled: true }]
+        : undefined,
+      aiAnthropicKeyEncrypted: ownKey ? "key-present" : null,
+    },
+  });
+
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const DAY = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+  await prisma.measurement.createMany({
+    data: Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => ({
+      userId: user.id,
+      type: "WEIGHT" as const,
+      value: 82 - i * 0.05,
+      unit: "kg",
+      source: "MANUAL" as const,
+      measuredAt: new Date(now - i * DAY),
+    })),
+  });
+
+  const workout = await prisma.workout.create({
+    data: {
+      userId: user.id,
+      sportType: "cycling",
+      startedAt: new Date(now - 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000),
+      endedAt: new Date(now - 60 * 60 * 1000),
+      durationSec: 3600,
+      source: "APPLE_HEALTH",
+      externalId: `workout-${suffix}`,
+    },
+  });
+
+  const occurredAt = new Date(now - 5 * 60 * 1000);
+  const localDate = userDayKey(new Date(now), "UTC");
+  await prisma.arrivalReaction.create({
+    data: { userId: user.id, kind: "weight", localDate, occurredAt },
+  });
+
+  // Long enough that the rolling summary has turns to fold.
+  const conversation = await prisma.coachConversation.create({
+    data: { userId: user.id, title: "long conversation" },
+  });
+  await prisma.coachMessage.createMany({
+    data: Array.from({ length: 40 }, (_, i) => ({
+      conversationId: conversation.id,
+      role: i % 2 === 0 ? "user" : "assistant",
+      encryptedContent: encryptToBytes(`turn ${i}: about sleep and walks`),
+      createdAt: new Date(now - (40 - i) * 60_000),
+    })),
+  });
+
+  return {
+    userId: user.id,
+    workoutId: workout.id,
+    reaction: {
+      userId: user.id,
+      kind: "weight" as const,
+      localDate,
+      revision: occurredAt.toISOString(),
+    },
+    conversationId: conversation.id,
+  };
+}
+
+type Seeded = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof seedState>>;
+
+interface Worker {
+  name: string;
+  /** Which states must stop it. */
+  refusedIn: readonly State[];
+  run: (s: Seeded) => Promise<unknown>;
+  /** Whether the worker wrote model text for this account. */
+  wroteText: (s: Seeded) => Promise<boolean>;
+  /** The skip annotation it records when refused. */
+  skipAnnotation: string;
+}
+
+const ANALYSIS_REFUSED: readonly State[] = ["S1", "S3", "S4", "S6"];
+const COACH_REFUSED: readonly State[] = ["S1", "S3", "S4", "S5"];
+
+const WORKERS: Worker[] = [
+  {
+    name: "insight-status-generate (statusText)",
+    refusedIn: ANALYSIS_REFUSED,
+    run: (s) =>
+      runInsightStatusGenerate({
+        userId: s.userId,
+        metric: "weight",
+        locale: "en",
+        authority: {
+          origin: "owner",
+          recordUserId: s.userId,
+          actorUserId: s.userId,
+          grantId: null,
+        },
+      }),
+    wroteText: async (s) =>
+      (await getPrismaClient().insightStatusCache.count({
+        where: { userId: s.userId, textEncrypted: { not: null } },
+      })) > 0,
+    skipAnnotation: "insights.status.generate.skipped",
+  },
+  {
+    name: "nightly status batch (statusText)",
+    refusedIn: ANALYSIS_REFUSED,
+    run: (s) => generateStatusBatchForUser(s.userId, { locale: "en" }),
+    wroteText: async (s) =>
+      (await getPrismaClient().insightStatusCache.count({
+        where: { userId: s.userId, textEncrypted: { not: null } },
+      })) > 0,
+    skipAnnotation: "insights.status.batch.skipped",
+  },
+  {
+    name: "workout-insight-generate (workoutInsights)",
+    refusedIn: ANALYSIS_REFUSED,
+    run: (s) =>
+      runWorkoutInsightGenerate({ userId: s.userId, workoutId: s.workoutId }),
+    wroteText: async (s) =>
+      (await getPrismaClient().workoutInsight.count({
+        where: { userId: s.userId },
+      })) > 0,
+    skipAnnotation: "workouts.insight.skipped",
+  },
+  {
+    name: "reaction-line (reactionLines)",
+    refusedIn: ANALYSIS_REFUSED,
+    run: (s) => runReactionLine(s.reaction),
+    wroteText: async (s) =>
+      (await getPrismaClient().arrivalReaction.count({
+        where: { userId: s.userId, lineEncrypted: { not: null } },
+      })) > 0,
+    skipAnnotation: "arrival.reaction.skipped",
+  },
+  {
+    name: "coach-memory-refresh (coach)",
+    refusedIn: COACH_REFUSED,
+    run: (s) =>
+      runCoachMemoryRefresh({
+        conversationId: s.conversationId,
+        userId: s.userId,
+        locale: "en",
+      }),
+    wroteText: async (s) =>
+      (await getPrismaClient().coachConversation.count({
+        where: { id: s.conversationId, summaryEncrypted: { not: null } },
+      })) > 0,
+    skipAnnotation: "coach.memory.refresh.skipped",
+  },
+];
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  await truncateAllTables(getPrismaClient());
+  providerSpy.mockClear();
+  annotations.length = 0;
+});
+
+describe.each(WORKERS)("$name", (worker) => {
+  it("calls the provider under S0 (the spy can see a call)", async () => {
+    const seeded = await seedState("S0");
+    await worker.run(seeded);
+    expect(providerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(annotations).not.toContain(worker.skipAnnotation);
+  });
+
+  it.each(worker.refusedIn)(
+    "never reaches the provider and writes nothing under %s",
+    async (state) => {
+      const seeded = await seedState(state);
+      await worker.run(seeded);
+      expect(providerSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(await worker.wroteText(seeded)).toBe(false);
+      expect(annotations).toContain(worker.skipAnnotation);
+    },
+  );
+});
+
+describe("the Coach and the analysis are separate opt-outs", () => {
+  it("hiding the Coach does not stop the status notes", async () => {
+    const seeded = await seedState("S5");
+    await WORKERS[0].run(seeded);
+    expect(providerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("switching AI analysis off does not stop the Coach memory", async () => {
+    const seeded = await seedState("S6");
+    await WORKERS[4].run(seeded);
+    expect(providerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/integration/consent-withdrawal-purge.test.ts b/tests/integration/consent-withdrawal-purge.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e80e75790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/consent-withdrawal-purge.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,321 @@
+/**
+ * Consent withdrawal deletes the regenerable model-written text, against real
+ * Postgres, and keeps the person's own records.
+ *
+ * What is pinned here and nowhere else:
+ *
+ *   - the purge reaches every surface the analysis consent covered: status
+ *     notes, the cached briefing, model-written narratives (the deterministic
+ *     one stays), reaction lines (the marker stays), workout paragraphs;
+ *   - Coach conversations and facts, and a document's stored summary, stay;
+ *   - revoke and purge are one transaction: a purge that fails leaves the
+ *     receipt active and every row in place;
+ *   - a withdrawal that leaves the analysis covered, or that never touched
+ *     it, deletes nothing.
+ */
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { getPrismaClient, truncateAllTables } from "./setup";
+import {
+  purgeRegenerableAiText,
+  withdrawConsent,
+} from "@/lib/consent/withdrawal";
+
+const BYTES = Buffer.from("ciphertext-stand-in", "utf8");
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  await truncateAllTables(getPrismaClient());
+});
+
+async function seed(username: string, kinds: string[]) {
+  const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+  const user = await prisma.user.create({
+    data: {
+      username,
+      email: `${username}@example.test`,
+      insightsCachedText: JSON.stringify({ briefing: "model prose" }),
+      insightsCachedAt: new Date(),
+      insightsSnapshotHash: "hash",
+    },
+  });
+  for (const kind of kinds) {
+    await prisma.consentReceipt.create({
+      data: { userId: user.id, kind, artefact: "{}", signedAt: new Date() },
+    });
+  }
+  await prisma.insightStatusCache.createMany({
+    data: [
+      {
+        userId: user.id,
+        metric: "weight",
+        locale: "en",
+        dateKey: "2026-09-20",
+        textEncrypted: BYTES,
+      },
+      {
+        userId: user.id,
+        metric: "metric:RESTING_HEART_RATE",
+        locale: "en",
+        dateKey: "2026-09-20",
+        textEncrypted: BYTES,
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+  await prisma.insightNarrative.createMany({
+    data: [
+      {
+        userId: user.id,
+        period: "week",
+        locale: "en",
+        dateKey: "2026-09-20",
+        encryptedContent: BYTES,
+        providerType: "anthropic",
+      },
+      {
+        userId: user.id,
+        period: "month",
+        locale: "en",
+        dateKey: "2026-09-20",
+        encryptedContent: BYTES,
+        providerType: "deterministic",
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+  await prisma.arrivalReaction.create({
+    data: {
+      userId: user.id,
+      kind: "weight",
+      localDate: "2026-09-20",
+      occurredAt: new Date(),
+      lineEncrypted: BYTES,
+      generatedAt: new Date(),
+    },
+  });
+  const workout = await prisma.workout.create({
+    data: {
+      userId: user.id,
+      sportType: "cycling",
+      startedAt: new Date("2026-09-20T06:00:00Z"),
+      endedAt: new Date("2026-09-20T06:45:00Z"),
+      durationSec: 2700,
+      source: "APPLE_HEALTH",
+      externalId: `ext-${username}`,
+    },
+  });
+  await prisma.workoutInsight.create({
+    data: {
+      userId: user.id,
+      workoutId: workout.id,
+      paragraphEncrypted: BYTES,
+      inputHash: "h",
+      promptVersion: "1",
+      providerType: "anthropic",
+      locale: "en",
+      generatedAt: new Date(),
+    },
+  });
+  const conversation = await prisma.coachConversation.create({
+    data: { userId: user.id, title: "t", summaryEncrypted: BYTES },
+  });
+  await prisma.coachFact.create({
+    data: {
+      userId: user.id,
+      factEncrypted: BYTES,
+      category: "goal",
+      sourceConversationId: conversation.id,
+    },
+  });
+  await prisma.inboundDocument.create({
+    data: {
+      userId: user.id,
+      mimeType: "image/png",
+      byteSize: BYTES.byteLength,
+      contentEncrypted: BYTES,
+      summaryEncrypted: BYTES,
+      summaryState: "READY",
+    },
+  });
+  return user;
+}
+
+async function snapshot(userId: string) {
+  const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+  const [
+    user,
+    notes,
+    narratives,
+    reaction,
+    workouts,
+    conversations,
+    facts,
+    docs,
+  ] = await Promise.all([
+    prisma.user.findUniqueOrThrow({
+      where: { id: userId },
+      select: {
+        insightsCachedText: true,
+        insightsCachedAt: true,
+        insightsSnapshotHash: true,
+      },
+    }),
+    prisma.insightStatusCache.count({ where: { userId } }),
+    prisma.insightNarrative.findMany({
+      where: { userId },
+      select: { providerType: true },
+    }),
+    prisma.arrivalReaction.findFirstOrThrow({
+      where: { userId },
+      select: { lineEncrypted: true, generatedAt: true },
+    }),
+    prisma.workoutInsight.count({ where: { userId } }),
+    prisma.coachConversation.findMany({
+      where: { userId },
+      select: { summaryEncrypted: true },
+    }),
+    prisma.coachFact.count({ where: { userId } }),
+    prisma.inboundDocument.findMany({
+      where: { userId },
+      select: { summaryEncrypted: true },
+    }),
+  ]);
+  return {
+    user,
+    notes,
+    narratives,
+    reaction,
+    workouts,
+    conversations,
+    facts,
+    docs,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("withdrawing the analysis consent", () => {
+  it("deletes every regenerable text and keeps the person's own records", async () => {
+    const user = await seed("purge-all", ["ai_full"]);
+
+    const result = await withdrawConsent(user.id, ["ai_full"]);
+
+    expect(result.revoked.map((r) => r.kind)).toEqual(["ai_full"]);
+    expect(result.purged).toEqual({
+      statusNotes: 2,
+      briefing: 1,
+      narratives: 1,
+      reactionLines: 1,
+      workoutParagraphs: 1,
+    });
+
+    const after = await snapshot(user.id);
+    expect(after.user).toEqual({
+      insightsCachedText: null,
+      insightsCachedAt: null,
+      insightsSnapshotHash: null,
+    });
+    expect(after.notes).toBe(0);
+    expect(after.narratives).toEqual([{ providerType: "deterministic" }]);
+    // The marker stays and stays "generated", so nothing writes it again.
+    expect(after.reaction.lineEncrypted).toBeNull();
+    expect(after.reaction.generatedAt).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(after.workouts).toBe(0);
+    // The person's own records.
+    expect(after.conversations).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(after.conversations[0].summaryEncrypted).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(after.facts).toBe(1);
+    expect(after.docs[0].summaryEncrypted).not.toBeNull();
+
+    const receipts = await getPrismaClient().consentReceipt.findMany({
+      where: { userId: user.id },
+    });
+    expect(receipts).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(receipts[0].revokedAt).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("is atomic: a failing purge leaves the receipt active and every row in place", async () => {
+    const user = await seed("purge-atomic", ["ai_insights_only"]);
+    const before = await snapshot(user.id);
+
+    await expect(
+      withdrawConsent(
+        user.id,
+        ["ai_insights_only"],
+        new Date(),
+        async (tx, id) => {
+          // Do part of the work, then fail: the part must roll back too.
+          await purgeRegenerableAiText(tx, id);
+          throw new Error("purge failed");
+        },
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("purge failed");
+
+    const receipt = await getPrismaClient().consentReceipt.findFirstOrThrow({
+      where: { userId: user.id },
+    });
+    expect(receipt.revokedAt).toBeNull();
+    expect(await snapshot(user.id)).toEqual(before);
+  });
+
+  it("deletes nothing while another receipt still covers the analysis", async () => {
+    const user = await seed("purge-covered", ["ai_full", "ai_insights_only"]);
+    const before = await snapshot(user.id);
+
+    const result = await withdrawConsent(user.id, ["ai_full"]);
+
+    expect(result.purged).toBeNull();
+    expect(await snapshot(user.id)).toEqual(before);
+  });
+
+  it("deletes nothing for a withdrawal of the Coach or extraction consent alone", async () => {
+    const user = await seed("purge-other", ["ai_coach", "ai_extraction"]);
+    const before = await snapshot(user.id);
+
+    const result = await withdrawConsent(user.id, [
+      "ai_coach",
+      "ai_extraction",
+    ]);
+
+    expect(result.revoked).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(result.purged).toBeNull();
+    expect(await snapshot(user.id)).toEqual(before);
+  });
+
+  it("touches no other account", async () => {
+    const user = await seed("purge-me", ["ai_full"]);
+    const other = await seed("purge-other-account", ["ai_full"]);
+    const otherBefore = await snapshot(other.id);
+
+    await withdrawConsent(user.id, ["ai_full"]);
+
+    expect(await snapshot(other.id)).toEqual(otherBefore);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("a revoked extraction receipt wins over the auto-read toggle", () => {
+  it("refuses external document egress once the receipt is revoked, toggle still on", async () => {
+    const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+    const user = await prisma.user.create({
+      data: {
+        username: "k1-toggle",
+        email: "k1-toggle@example.test",
+        documentsAutoAiRead: true,
+      },
+    });
+    await prisma.consentReceipt.create({
+      data: {
+        userId: user.id,
+        kind: "ai_extraction",
+        artefact: "{}",
+        signedAt: new Date(),
+      },
+    });
+    const { aiEgressRefusal } = await import("@/lib/ai/capabilities/egress");
+
+    expect(await aiEgressRefusal("documentAi", user.id, ["codex"])).toBeNull();
+
+    await withdrawConsent(user.id, ["ai_extraction"]);
+
+    const refusal = await aiEgressRefusal("documentAi", user.id, ["codex"]);
+    expect(refusal?.reason).toBe("consent_required");
+    // A local pick never leaves the machine and stays admitted.
+    expect(await aiEgressRefusal("documentAi", user.id, ["local"])).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/integration/insight-status-cache-migration.test.ts b/tests/integration/insight-status-cache-migration.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bb2e46fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/insight-status-cache-migration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/**
+ * Migration 0344: status notes move out of the audit log.
+ *
+ * The container this suite runs on has every migration applied already, so
+ * the new table is asserted as it landed (columns, the one-row-per-note
+ * unique key, the cascade from the user), and the destructive data step is
+ * pulled out of the `.sql` file and run again against rows seeded the way an
+ * upgrading instance holds them: the old status rows go, and every other
+ * audit row stays, including the ones whose action merely starts with
+ * `insights.`.
+ *
+ * The step runs twice; the second run must change nothing.
+ */
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { getPrismaClient, truncateAllTables } from "./setup";
+
+const MIGRATION = readFileSync(
+  path.join(
+    process.cwd(),
+    "prisma",
+    "migrations",
+    "0344_insight_status_cache",
+    "migration.sql",
+  ),
+  "utf8",
+);
+
+/** Every `DELETE … ;` statement in the migration, comments stripped. */
+function dataSteps(): string[] {
+  const sql = MIGRATION.split("\n")
+    .filter((line) => !line.trimStart().startsWith("--"))
+    .join("\n");
+  const steps = [...sql.matchAll(/DELETE\s+FROM\s+"[a-z_]+"[\s\S]*?;/gi)].map(
+    (m) => m[0],
+  );
+  // The data step is the point; an empty match is a failure, not a pass.
+  expect(steps.length).toBe(1);
+  return steps;
+}
+
+async function runDataSteps() {
+  const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+  for (const step of dataSteps()) await prisma.$executeRawUnsafe(step);
+}
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  await truncateAllTables(getPrismaClient());
+});
+
+describe("the new table", () => {
+  it("keys one note per (user, metric, locale) and cascades from the user", async () => {
+    const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+    const user = await prisma.user.create({
+      data: { username: "mig-0344", email: "mig-0344@example.test" },
+    });
+    await prisma.insightStatusCache.create({
+      data: {
+        userId: user.id,
+        metric: "weight",
+        locale: "en",
+        dateKey: "2026-09-20",
+        textEncrypted: Buffer.from("ciphertext-stand-in", "utf8"),
+      },
+    });
+    await expect(
+      prisma.insightStatusCache.create({
+        data: {
+          userId: user.id,
+          metric: "weight",
+          locale: "en",
+          dateKey: "2026-09-21",
+        },
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow();
+
+    await prisma.user.delete({ where: { id: user.id } });
+    expect(await prisma.insightStatusCache.count()).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the audit-log purge", () => {
+  it("deletes every status note row and nothing else", async () => {
+    const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+    const user = await prisma.user.create({
+      data: { username: "mig-0344-audit", email: "mig-0344-a@example.test" },
+    });
+    const statusActions = [
+      "insights.weight-status.en",
+      "insights.blood-pressure-status.de",
+      "insights.metric:RESTING_HEART_RATE-status.fr",
+      "insights.derived-score:READINESS-status.en",
+      "insights.biomarker:ldl-status.it",
+      "insights.medication-compliance-status.pl",
+    ];
+    const kept = [
+      "insights.generate",
+      "insights.coach.fence_drift",
+      "insights.recommendation.feedback",
+      "auth.login",
+      "consent.ai.revoke",
+    ];
+    for (const action of [...statusActions, ...kept]) {
+      await prisma.auditLog.create({
+        data: {
+          userId: user.id,
+          action,
+          details: JSON.stringify({ text: "plaintext" }),
+        },
+      });
+    }
+
+    await runDataSteps();
+    await runDataSteps();
+
+    const remaining = await prisma.auditLog.findMany({
+      select: { action: true },
+      orderBy: { action: "asc" },
+    });
+    expect(remaining.map((r) => r.action)).toEqual([...kept].sort());
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/integration/insights-status-real-text.test.ts b/tests/integration/insights-status-real-text.test.ts
index 3c21ab49e..248965294 100644
--- a/tests/integration/insights-status-real-text.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/insights-status-real-text.test.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
  *      the generic no-key fallback). This is the regression the
  *      sticky-stub bug used to break.
  *
- *   2. A timeout-stub cache row keyed to today is NOT served — the
- *      generator skips it and re-generates, proving the stub no longer
- *      pins the fallback for the day.
+ *   2. A negative-cache window opened by an earlier stall never stands in
+ *      for a note: with no note stored for today, the generator regenerates
+ *      and stores the real text, and writing it closes the window.
  */
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db-compat", () => ({
 // provider to walk. `runRawCompletionWithFallback` runs for real on top
 // of this — exercising the same plumbing the live status path uses.
 const KNOWN_TEXT = "Your weight has trended down steadily over the past month.";
-vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", async (importOriginal) => ({
+  // The presence probe the capability reads stays real; only the chain the
+  // generation walks is replaced.
+  ...(await importOriginal<typeof import("@/lib/ai/provider")>()),
   resolveProviderChain: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([
     {
       providerType: "anthropic",
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/ai/provider", () => ({
   resolveProvider: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ type: "none" }),
 }));
 
-import { toBerlinDayKey } from "@/lib/tz/resolver";
+import { decryptFromBytes } from "@/lib/ai/coach/bytes-codec";
 
 beforeEach(async () => {
   await truncateAllTables(getPrismaClient());
@@ -60,6 +63,9 @@ async function seedRichWeightUser(username: string) {
       role: "USER",
       heightCm: 180,
       dateOfBirth: new Date("1985-01-01"),
+      // Presence of a provider for the capability; never decrypted here.
+      aiProviderChain: [{ providerType: "anthropic", enabled: true }],
+      aiAnthropicKeyEncrypted: "key-present",
     },
   });
   const now = Date.now();
@@ -90,39 +96,40 @@ describe("status path delivers real provider text", () => {
     expect(result.cached).toBe(false);
     expect(result.text).toBe(KNOWN_TEXT);
 
-    // The real assessment was persisted (not a stub).
+    // The real assessment was stored, encrypted, as the weight note.
     const prisma = getPrismaClient();
-    const cached = await prisma.auditLog.findFirst({
-      where: { userId: user.id, action: "insights.weight-status.en" },
-      orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
-      select: { details: true },
+    const stored = await prisma.insightStatusCache.findUniqueOrThrow({
+      where: {
+        userId_metric_locale: {
+          userId: user.id,
+          metric: "weight",
+          locale: "en",
+        },
+      },
     });
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(cached?.details ?? "{}") as {
-      text: string;
-      model: string;
-      timeout?: boolean;
-    };
-    expect(parsed.text).toBe(KNOWN_TEXT);
-    expect(parsed.model).toBe("test-model");
-    expect(parsed.timeout).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(decryptFromBytes(stored.textEncrypted!)).toBe(KNOWN_TEXT);
+    expect(stored.retryAt).toBeNull();
+    // Nothing about the note lands in the audit log any more.
+    expect(
+      await prisma.auditLog.count({
+        where: { userId: user.id, action: { contains: "-status." } },
+      }),
+    ).toBe(0);
   });
 
-  it("skips a timeout-stub cache row and regenerates the real text", async () => {
+  it("regenerates past a negative-cache window and closes it", async () => {
     const user = await seedRichWeightUser("status-stub-skip-user");
     const prisma = getPrismaClient();
 
-    // Pre-seed a stub row keyed to today — the bug used to serve this.
-    await prisma.auditLog.create({
+    // An earlier stall opened a window, with no note stored.
+    await prisma.insightStatusCache.create({
       data: {
         userId: user.id,
-        action: "insights.weight-status.en",
-        details: JSON.stringify({
-          dateKey: toBerlinDayKey(new Date()),
-          locale: "en",
-          text: "Generic fallback advice that must not be served.",
-          model: "timeout-stub",
-          timeout: true,
-        }),
+        metric: "weight",
+        locale: "en",
+        dateKey: "2026-01-01",
+        retryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+        negativeReason: "timeout",
       },
     });
 
@@ -133,8 +140,18 @@ describe("status path delivers real provider text", () => {
       locale: "en",
     });
 
-    // The stub is skipped; the real provider text is returned + cached.
     expect(result.text).toBe(KNOWN_TEXT);
     expect(result.cached).toBe(false);
+    const stored = await prisma.insightStatusCache.findUniqueOrThrow({
+      where: {
+        userId_metric_locale: {
+          userId: user.id,
+          metric: "weight",
+          locale: "en",
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    expect(stored.retryAt).toBeNull();
+    expect(stored.negativeReason).toBeNull();
   });
 });