diff --git a/packages/core/src/tasks/workspace-lease-types.ts b/packages/core/src/tasks/workspace-lease-types.ts
index 69539cc3fe..610de1611b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tasks/workspace-lease-types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tasks/workspace-lease-types.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ export interface WorkspaceLandIntent { taskId: string; repoRelPath: string; remo
  * FNXC:Workspace 2026-08-15-08:23:
  * Store reclaim and workspace self-healing share this deliberately narrow
  * terminal rule so either cannot reclaim a task the other considers live.
+ *
+ * DELIBERATE-LITERAL — narrow terminal-owner rule (FN-9059). A lease-owner row is
+ * read without its workflow context, so resolving the complete lane per-workflow
+ * here would let a resolver failure make a live owner read as terminal and allow a
+ * competing reclaim. The legacy `done` literal is the intentionally conservative
+ * shared floor for both reclaim paths.
  */
 export function isTerminalWorkspaceLeaseOwner(row: Pick<Task, "column" | "status"> | null | undefined): boolean {
   return row != null && (row.column === "done" || row.status === "failed");
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxModal.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxModal.tsx
index bdf53191fe..736482e2c6 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxModal.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ import { getRelativeTimeBucket } from "../utils/relativeTimeAgo";
 
 type MailboxTab = "inbox" | "outbox" | "archived" | "agents";
 
+/*
+FNXC:LifecycleColumnCensus 2026-08-13-21:58:
+DELIBERATE-LITERAL — mailbox folder tab, not a board column.
+
+FN-9014 named a folder `archived`. The tab comparison is that folder switch. Converting it to
+resolveLifecycleColumns would ask a workflow which lane a mailbox folder is in. Keep the
+comparison inside this helper so a real board guard that happens to use the name `activeTab`
+still counts in the census.
+*/
+function isMailboxArchivedTab(tab: MailboxTab): boolean {
+  return tab === "archived";
+}
+
 const ALL_AGENTS_MAILBOX_ID = "__all_agents__";
 
 interface MailboxModalProps {
@@ -488,7 +501,7 @@ export function MailboxModal({
     if (!isOpen) return;
     if (activeTab === "inbox") loadInbox();
     else if (activeTab === "outbox") loadOutbox();
-    else if (activeTab === "archived") loadArchivedInbox();
+    else if (isMailboxArchivedTab(activeTab)) loadArchivedInbox();
   }, [isOpen, activeTab, loadInbox, loadOutbox, loadArchivedInbox]);
 
   // Load agent mailbox when selected
@@ -701,7 +714,7 @@ export function MailboxModal({
       handleCloseMessage();
       if (activeTab === "inbox") loadInbox();
       else if (activeTab === "outbox") loadOutbox();
-      else if (activeTab === "archived") loadArchivedInbox();
+      else if (isMailboxArchivedTab(activeTab)) loadArchivedInbox();
       else if (selectedAgentId === ALL_AGENTS_MAILBOX_ID) loadAllAgentsMailbox();
       else if (selectedAgentId) loadAgentMailbox(selectedAgentId);
       void refreshUnreadCount();
@@ -905,7 +918,7 @@ export function MailboxModal({
             <Send size={14} />
             <span>{t("mailbox.outboxTab", "Outbox")}</span>
           </button>
-          <button className={`btn btn-sm btn-secondary mailbox-tab ${activeTab === "archived" ? "active" : ""}`} onClick={() => { consumeCurrentDeepLink(); setActiveTab("archived"); setSelectedMessage(null); }} data-testid="mailbox-tab-archived"><Archive size={14} /><span>Archived</span></button>
+          <button className={`btn btn-sm btn-secondary mailbox-tab ${isMailboxArchivedTab(activeTab) ? "active" : ""}`} onClick={() => { consumeCurrentDeepLink(); setActiveTab("archived"); setSelectedMessage(null); }} data-testid="mailbox-tab-archived"><Archive size={14} /><span>Archived</span></button>
           <button
             className={`btn btn-sm btn-secondary mailbox-tab ${activeTab === "agents" ? "active" : ""}`}
             onClick={() => { consumeCurrentDeepLink(); setActiveTab("agents"); setSelectedMessage(null); }}
@@ -1092,7 +1105,7 @@ export function MailboxModal({
           {!selectedMessage && !showComposer && (
             <>
               {/* Inbox Tab */}
-              {activeTab === "archived" && (
+              {isMailboxArchivedTab(activeTab) && (
                 <div className="mailbox-list" data-testid="mailbox-archived-list">
                   {archivedInbox?.messages.length === 0 && <div className="mailbox-empty" data-testid="mailbox-archived-empty">No archived messages</div>}
                   {archivedInbox?.messages.map((message) => <button type="button" className="mailbox-item" key={message.id} onClick={() => void handleOpenMessage(message)} data-testid={`mailbox-item-${message.id}`}>{message.content}</button>)}
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxView.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxView.tsx
index 57e2d3bedf..6abb501b22 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxView.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxView.tsx
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ import { getRelativeTimeBucket } from "../utils/relativeTimeAgo";
 
 type MailboxTab = "inbox" | "outbox" | "archived" | "agents" | "approvals";
 
+/*
+FNXC:LifecycleColumnCensus 2026-08-13-21:58:
+DELIBERATE-LITERAL — mailbox folder tab, not a board column.
+
+FN-9014 named a folder `archived`. The tab comparison is that folder switch. Converting it to
+resolveLifecycleColumns would ask a workflow which lane a mailbox folder is in. Keep the
+comparison inside this helper so a real board guard that happens to use the name `activeTab`
+still counts in the census.
+*/
+function isMailboxArchivedTab(tab: MailboxTab): boolean {
+  return tab === "archived";
+}
+
 interface MailboxViewProps {
   projectId?: string;
   addToast?: (msg: string, type?: "success" | "error") => void;
@@ -573,7 +586,7 @@ export function MailboxView({
   useEffect(() => {
     if (activeTab === "inbox") loadInbox();
     else if (activeTab === "outbox") loadOutbox();
-    else if (activeTab === "archived") loadArchivedInbox();
+    else if (isMailboxArchivedTab(activeTab)) loadArchivedInbox();
     else if (activeTab === "agents") loadAgents();
     else if (activeTab === "approvals") {
       void loadApprovals(approvalSubTab);
@@ -783,7 +796,7 @@ export function MailboxView({
     try {
       await archiveMessage(id, projectId);
       dismissMessage();
-      if (activeTab === "archived") loadArchivedInbox();
+      if (isMailboxArchivedTab(activeTab)) loadArchivedInbox();
       else if (activeTab === "outbox") loadOutbox();
       else if (activeTab === "inbox") loadInbox();
       else if (selectedAgentId === ALL_AGENTS_MAILBOX_ID) loadAllAgentsMailbox();
@@ -812,7 +825,7 @@ export function MailboxView({
       // Refresh current tab
       if (activeTab === "inbox") loadInbox();
       else if (activeTab === "outbox") loadOutbox();
-    else if (activeTab === "archived") loadArchivedInbox();
+    else if (isMailboxArchivedTab(activeTab)) loadArchivedInbox();
       else if (selectedAgentId === ALL_AGENTS_MAILBOX_ID) loadAllAgentsMailbox();
       else if (selectedAgentId) loadAgentMailbox(selectedAgentId);
       addToast?.("Message deleted", "success");
@@ -1134,7 +1147,7 @@ export function MailboxView({
 
   const renderListPane = () => (
     <>
-      {activeTab === "archived" && (
+      {isMailboxArchivedTab(activeTab) && (
         <div className="mailbox-list" data-testid="mailbox-archived-list">
           {isLoading && !archivedInbox && <MailboxSkeleton />}
           {archivedInbox?.messages.length === 0 && <div className="mailbox-empty" data-testid="mailbox-archived-empty">No archived messages</div>}
@@ -1576,7 +1589,7 @@ export function MailboxView({
               onClick={() => {
                 if (activeTab === "inbox") loadInbox();
                 else if (activeTab === "outbox") loadOutbox();
-    else if (activeTab === "archived") loadArchivedInbox();
+    else if (isMailboxArchivedTab(activeTab)) loadArchivedInbox();
                 else if (activeTab === "approvals") loadApprovals(approvalSubTab);
                 else if (selectedAgentId === ALL_AGENTS_MAILBOX_ID) loadAllAgentsMailbox();
                 else if (selectedAgentId) loadAgentMailbox(selectedAgentId);
@@ -1610,7 +1623,7 @@ export function MailboxView({
           <Send size={14} />
           <span>{t("mailbox.outbox", "Outbox")}</span>
         </button>
-        <button className={`btn btn-sm btn-secondary mailbox-tab ${activeTab === "archived" ? "active" : ""}`} onClick={() => handleSelectTab("archived")} data-testid="mailbox-tab-archived">Archived</button>
+        <button className={`btn btn-sm btn-secondary mailbox-tab ${isMailboxArchivedTab(activeTab) ? "active" : ""}`} onClick={() => handleSelectTab("archived")} data-testid="mailbox-tab-archived">Archived</button>
         <button
           className={`btn btn-sm btn-secondary mailbox-tab ${activeTab === "agents" ? "active" : ""}`}
           onClick={() => handleSelectTab("agents")}
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-approval-prompt-carveout.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-approval-prompt-carveout.test.ts
index b4f30c6e87..67b4a503c0 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-approval-prompt-carveout.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-approval-prompt-carveout.test.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ the engine copy is asserted by reading the source file directly.
 */
 const CARVEOUT_MARKER = "Exception — pending approval.";
 
+// FNXC:ExecutorPrompt 2026-08-15-19:10: package code organization waves moved
+// EXECUTOR_SYSTEM_PROMPT out of the thin executor.ts shell into
+// executor/system-prompt.ts, and core's agent-prompts.ts into agents/.
 function readExecutorSourcePrompt(): string {
-  const executorTsPath = fileURLToPath(new URL("../executor.ts", import.meta.url));
+  const executorTsPath = fileURLToPath(new URL("../executor/system-prompt.ts", import.meta.url));
   return readFileSync(executorTsPath, "utf8");
 }
 
 function readAgentPromptsSource(): string {
-  const agentPromptsTsPath = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../../core/src/agent-prompts.ts", import.meta.url));
+  const agentPromptsTsPath = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../../core/src/agents/agent-prompts.ts", import.meta.url));
   return readFileSync(agentPromptsTsPath, "utf8");
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-graph-failure-lanes-resolved.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-graph-failure-lanes-resolved.test.ts
index 04bc57f008..5621d16399 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-graph-failure-lanes-resolved.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-graph-failure-lanes-resolved.test.ts
@@ -453,19 +453,33 @@ describe("one lane snapshot per recovery, across every classifier", () => {
      (PR #2703 review) — its eligibility check and its review branch each resolved independently. */
   const SELF_CONTAINED = ["handleNonContinuableSessionError"];
 
+  /*
+  FNXC:CodeOrganization 2026-08-15-19:10 (executor peels):
+  Every classifier moved out of the TaskExecutor class body into its own executor/ free-function
+  module (`export async function <name>(`). The scan follows the peel: find the one module that
+  declares the function and bound its body by the next top-level `export` declaration — the same
+  wrong-window hazard the `private ` bound guarded against, now at module granularity.
+  */
+  const CLASSIFIER_MODULES: Record<string, string> = {
+    isRetryableBenignMergePauseAbort: "is-retryable-benign-merge-pause-abort.ts",
+    isBenignManualMergeHoldPauseAbort: "is-benign-manual-merge-hold-pause-abort.ts",
+    handleStaleInReviewPlanPauseAbortReplay: "handle-stale-in-review-plan-pause-abort-replay.ts",
+    handleStaleInReviewParsePauseAbortReplay: "handle-stale-in-review-parse-pause-abort-replay.ts",
+    isReentrantPausedAbortedInFlightNode: "is-reentrant-paused-aborted-in-flight-node.ts",
+    routeUnusableWorktreeGraphFailureToRecovery: "route-unusable-worktree-graph-failure-to-recovery.ts",
+    routeGraphFailureToExecutionResume: "route-graph-failure-to-execution-resume.ts",
+    handleNonContinuableSessionError: "non-continuable-session.ts",
+  };
+
   async function methodBody(name: string): Promise<string> {
     const { readFile } = await import("node:fs/promises");
-    const source = await readFile(new URL("../executor.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+    const module = CLASSIFIER_MODULES[name];
+    expect(module, `${name} has no mapped executor/ module — update this test, do not delete it`).toBeDefined();
+    const source = await readFile(new URL(`../executor/${module}`, import.meta.url), "utf8");
     const code = source.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, "").replace(/\/\/.*$/gm, "");
-    const start = code.indexOf(`private async ${name}(`);
+    const start = code.indexOf(`export async function ${name}(`);
     expect(start, `${name} not found — update this test, do not delete it`).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
-    /*
-    Bounded by the next `private ` declaration of ANY kind. My first version bounded on the next member of
-    the same list, so the last entry's window ran to EOF and it accused a method of a call living 1200 lines
-    away. A ratchet with the wrong window accuses the wrong function — worse than no ratchet, because the
-    "fix" lands on code that was already correct.
-    */
-    const next = code.indexOf("\n  private ", start + 1);
+    const next = code.indexOf("\nexport ", start + 1);
     return code.slice(start, next === -1 ? code.length : next);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-skip-bypass-taint.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-skip-bypass-taint.test.ts
index 9ee4b07de5..72389a8567 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-skip-bypass-taint.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/executor-skip-bypass-taint.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import "./executor-test-helpers.js";
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { TaskExecutor, evaluateTaskDoneRefusal } from "../executor.js";
+import { TaskExecutor, evaluateTaskDoneRefusal, evaluateImplicitCompletionRefusal } from "../executor.js";
+/*
+FNXC:CodeOrganization 2026-08-15-19:10:
+evaluateImplicitCompletionRefusal was peeled off the TaskExecutor class into the pure
+executor/completion-predicates.ts module (re-exported from executor.js). Same behavior,
+same (task, codeReviewVerdicts) signature — these tests call the free function directly.
+*/
 import { resetExecutorMocks } from "./executor-test-helpers.js";
 import { evaluateSkipBypassTaint } from "@fusion/core";
 
@@ -48,26 +54,23 @@ describe("TaskExecutor skip-bypass taint (FN-8141)", () => {
   });
 
   it("implicit completion is REFUSED when steps were skipped after a bulk-step-completion refusal", () => {
-    const executor = new TaskExecutor(createStore(), "/tmp/test");
     // The FN-8141 sequence: 3 done + 2 skipped, refusal marker active, no accepted done.
     const task = taskWith(["done", "done", "done", "skipped", "skipped"], "2026-07-16T21:40:00.000Z");
-    const result = (executor as any).evaluateImplicitCompletionRefusal(task, new Map());
+    const result = evaluateImplicitCompletionRefusal(task, new Map()) as any;
     expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
     expect(result.refusalClass).toBe("bulk-step-completion-without-review");
     expect(result.reason).toContain("skipped after a bulk-step-completion refusal");
   });
 
   it("implicit completion is ALLOWED for a clean all-done/skipped task with no refusal marker", () => {
-    const executor = new TaskExecutor(createStore(), "/tmp/test");
     const task = taskWith(["done", "skipped"], undefined);
-    const result = (executor as any).evaluateImplicitCompletionRefusal(task, new Map());
+    const result = evaluateImplicitCompletionRefusal(task, new Map());
     expect(result).toEqual({ ok: true });
   });
 
   it("implicit completion is ALLOWED for a tainted task once every step is genuinely done (no skips left)", () => {
-    const executor = new TaskExecutor(createStore(), "/tmp/test");
     const task = taskWith(["done", "done", "done"], "2026-07-16T21:40:00.000Z");
-    const result = (executor as any).evaluateImplicitCompletionRefusal(task, new Map());
+    const result = evaluateImplicitCompletionRefusal(task, new Map());
     expect(result).toEqual({ ok: true });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/log-severity-manifest.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/log-severity-manifest.ts
index ac6e5619fd..4a777a9167 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/log-severity-manifest.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/log-severity-manifest.ts
@@ -12,34 +12,34 @@ export type SeverityManifestEntry = {
 };
 
 export const logSeverityManifest: SeverityManifestEntry[] = [
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "condition evaluated false", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Executor runtime environment event: ${event}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Tool execution event: ${event}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Runtime instantiation event: ${event}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "debug: (...args: unknown[]) => this.log.debug(prefix, ...args)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Tools cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Routes cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "UI slots cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "UI contributions cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Runtimes cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "CLI provider contributions cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Skills cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "MCP servers cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Workflow steps cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Workflow extensions cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Workflow step templates cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Plugin traits cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Prompt contributions cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Setup cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "condition evaluated false", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Executor runtime environment event: ${event}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Tool execution event: ${event}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Runtime instantiation event: ${event}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "debug: (...args: unknown[]) => this.log.debug(prefix, ...args)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Tools cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Routes cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "UI slots cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "UI contributions cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Runtimes cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "CLI provider contributions cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Skills cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "MCP servers cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Workflow steps cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Workflow extensions cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Workflow step templates cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Plugin traits cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Prompt contributions cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "plugins/plugin-runner.ts", anchor: "Setup cache invalidated", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "self-healing.ts", anchor: "Cleaned ${cleaned} stale AI merge temp worktree(s)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "self-healing.ts", anchor: "cleanup-old-chats\" removed stale data", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "self-healing.ts", anchor: "cleanup-old-mail\" removed stale data", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "self-healing.ts", anchor: "Auto-archiving ${stale.length}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "self-healing.ts", anchor: "auto-archive: archived", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "self-healing.ts", anchor: "Auto-archived ${archived} stale done task(s)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "pty-native.ts", anchor: "Pre-loaded native module via dlopen", priorSeverity: "console", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "pty-native.ts", anchor: "dlopen pre-load failed (continuing)", priorSeverity: "console", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "goal-anchoring-audit.ts", anchor: "goal retrieval audit emission skipped", priorSeverity: "console", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "cli-runtime/pty-native.ts", anchor: "Pre-loaded native module via dlopen", priorSeverity: "console", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "cli-runtime/pty-native.ts", anchor: "dlopen pre-load failed (continuing)", priorSeverity: "console", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "goals/goal-anchoring-audit.ts", anchor: "goal retrieval audit emission skipped", priorSeverity: "console", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "runtimes/child-process-worker.ts", anchor: "Child process worker starting", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   /*
   FNXC:EngineDiagnostics 2026-07-30-04:00:
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ export const logSeverityManifest: SeverityManifestEntry[] = [
   triple sites, and zero-recovery gates are pinned in the spam-contract suite instead.
   */
   { pkg: "engine", file: "triage.ts", anchor: "planLog.debug(`${task.id}: planning in ${leanPlanning ? \"fast\" : \"standard\"} mode`)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "session-token-usage.ts", anchor: "cacheMetricsLog.debug(JSON.stringify({", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor.ts", anchor: "tokenCacheMetricsLog.debug(JSON.stringify({", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "execution/session-token-usage.ts", anchor: "cacheMetricsLog.debug(JSON.stringify({", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor/persist-token-usage.ts", anchor: "tokenCacheMetricsLog.debug(JSON.stringify({", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "runtimes/in-process-runtime.ts", anchor: "runtimeLog.debug(`Specifying ${t.id}...`)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "triage.ts", anchor: "planLog.debug(`${taskId}: failed to read PROMPT.md during ${context} (${promptPath}): ${msg}`)", priorSeverity: "warn", severity: "debug" },
   /*
@@ -106,19 +106,19 @@ export const logSeverityManifest: SeverityManifestEntry[] = [
   { pkg: "engine", file: "scheduler.ts", anchor: "No linked feature found for task ${taskId}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "scheduler.ts", anchor: "Task created — triggering scheduling", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "scheduler.ts", anchor: "Task moved to ${to} — triggering scheduling", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "auto-claim-snapshot.ts", anchor: "invalidate reason=${reason}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "scheduling/auto-claim-snapshot.ts", anchor: "invalidate reason=${reason}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "agent-heartbeat.ts", anchor: "Assignment trigger skipped for ${agent.id} (ephemeral/internal)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "agent-heartbeat.ts", anchor: "Assignment trigger skipped for ${agent.id} (disabled)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "agent-heartbeat.ts", anchor: "Assignment trigger skipped for ${agent.id} (active run)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "runtimes/in-process-runtime.ts", anchor: "Scheduled task ${task.id}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "engine", file: "runtimes/in-process-runtime.ts", anchor: "Started executing task ${task.id} in ${worktreePath}", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`${task.id}: executor runtime env injected", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`${live.id}: graph node '${node.id}' runtime env injected", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`${task.id}: workflow node '${nodeId}' acquired worktree", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`${task.id}: captured baseCommitSha ${baseCommitSha.slice(0, 7)}`)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`${taskId}: reconcile step source governed by parse-steps", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "run-verification-tool.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`[fn_run_verification] command failed (exit=", priorSeverity: "warn", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "worktree-acquisition.ts", anchor: "logger.debug(`Reusing existing worktree: ${path}`)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
-  { pkg: "engine", file: "worktree-acquisition.ts", anchor: "logger.debug(`Reusing existing worktree: ${worktreePath}`)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor/run-implementation.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`${task.id}: executor runtime env injected", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor/run-graph-custom-node.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`${live.id}: graph node '${node.id}' runtime env injected", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor/ensure-graph-custom-node-worktree.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`${task.id}: workflow node '${nodeId}' acquired worktree", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor/worktree-git-refs.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`${task.id}: captured baseCommitSha ${baseCommitSha.slice(0, 7)}`)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "executor/reconcile-steps-from-git-history.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`${taskId}: reconcile step source governed by parse-steps", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "execution/run-verification-tool.ts", anchor: "executorLog.debug(`[fn_run_verification] command failed (exit=", priorSeverity: "warn", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "worktree/worktree-acquisition.ts", anchor: "logger.debug(`Reusing existing worktree: ${path}`)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
+  { pkg: "engine", file: "worktree/worktree-acquisition.ts", anchor: "logger.debug(`Reusing existing worktree: ${worktreePath}`)", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
   { pkg: "core", file: "postgres/embedded-lifecycle.ts", anchor: "log.debug(`embedded postgres: already running on port", priorSeverity: "log", severity: "debug" },
 ];
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/log-severity-spam-contract.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/log-severity-spam-contract.test.ts
index ea963acef1..4357a92913 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/log-severity-spam-contract.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/log-severity-spam-contract.test.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
 
   it("all type=info skill diagnostics (Requested skill listings and not-found) route to debug", () => {
     const pi = readSrc("pi.ts");
-    const resolver = readSrc("skill-resolver.ts");
+    const resolver = readSrc("cli-runtime/skill-resolver.ts");
     expect(pi).toMatch(/else if \(diag\.type === "info"\) piLog\.debug\(msg\)/);
     expect(resolver).toMatch(/isSkillInfoDiagnostic/);
     expect(resolver).toMatch(/else if \(isSkillInfoDiagnostic\(diag\)\) piLog\.debug\(msg\)/);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
   });
 
   it("activity-recorded heartbeats and periodic stuck poll use debug", () => {
-    const src = readSrc("stuck-task-detector.ts");
+    const src = readSrc("healing/stuck-task-detector.ts");
     expect(src).toMatch(/stuckLog\.debug\(\s*`Activity recorded for/);
     expect(src).toMatch(/stuckLog\.debug\("Running periodic stuck task check \(polling\)"\)/);
     expect(src).not.toMatch(/stuckLog\.log\(\s*`Activity recorded for/);
@@ -86,26 +86,26 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
   });
 
   it("cron multi-scope skip chatter uses debug; execute stays on log", () => {
-    const src = readSrc("cron-runner.ts");
+    const src = readSrc("scheduling/cron-runner.ts");
     expect(src).toMatch(/log\.debug\(`Skipping \$\{schedule\.name\}[\s\S]*already executed from another scope/);
     expect(src).toMatch(/log\.debug\(`Skipping \$\{schedule\.name\}[\s\S]*claim lost to another poller/);
     expect(src).toMatch(/log\.log\(`Executing \$\{schedule\.name\}/);
   });
 
   it("plugin skill contribution/merge chatter uses debug", () => {
-    const src = readSrc("session-skill-context.ts");
+    const src = readSrc("cli-runtime/session-skill-context.ts");
     expect(src).toMatch(/piLog\.debug\(`\[skills\] Plugin \$\{pluginId\} contributes skill:/);
     expect(src).toMatch(/piLog\.debug\(\s*`\[skills\] Merged \$\{appendedPluginNames\.length\}/);
   });
 
   it("hold-release capacity race uses debug like deferred-no-slot", () => {
-    const src = readSrc("hold-release.ts");
+    const src = readSrc("execution/hold-release.ts");
     expect(src).toMatch(/schedulerLog\.debug\(`Hold release for \$\{task\.id\} rejected on capacity/);
     expect(src).toMatch(/schedulerLog\.debug\(`Hold release for \$\{task\.id\} deferred — no reservable slot/);
   });
 
   it("routine-scheduler re-entrance and pause no-ops use debug", () => {
-    const src = readSrc("routine-scheduler.ts");
+    const src = readSrc("scheduling/routine-scheduler.ts");
     expect(src).toMatch(/logger\.debug\("Tick already in progress, skipping"\)/);
     expect(src).toMatch(/logger\.debug\(\s*`Paused: globalPause=/);
     expect(src).not.toMatch(/logger\.log\("Tick already in progress, skipping"\)/);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
   });
 
   it("peer-exchange zero-work sync cycle uses debug; non-zero/error stay on log", () => {
-    const src = readSrc("peer-exchange-service.ts");
+    const src = readSrc("project/peer-exchange-service.ts");
     expect(src).toMatch(/peerExchangeLog\.debug\(`Starting sync with \$\{onlineRemoteNodes\.length\} peers`\)/);
     expect(src).toMatch(/peerExchangeLog\.debug\(\s*`Sync complete: \$\{onlineRemoteNodes\.length\} peers synced\./);
     // Non-zero discovery path and error summary remain log
@@ -135,15 +135,15 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
   exclusions, zero-recovery no-ops, and metrics JSON must stay off default info/warn.
   */
   it("session setup, track bookkeeping, skill exclusion, and zero-recovery stay debug-gated", () => {
-    const session = readSrc("agent-session-helpers.ts");
-    const stuck = readSrc("stuck-task-detector.ts");
+    const session = readSrc("agents/agent-session-helpers.ts");
+    const stuck = readSrc("healing/stuck-task-detector.ts");
     const triage = readSrc("triage.ts");
-    const resolver = readSrc("skill-resolver.ts");
+    const resolver = readSrc("cli-runtime/skill-resolver.ts");
     const selfHealing = readSrc("self-healing.ts");
-    const mission = readSrc("mission-execution-loop.ts");
+    const mission = readSrc("missions/mission-execution-loop.ts");
     const runtime = readSrc("runtimes/in-process-runtime.ts");
-    const tokenUsage = readSrc("session-token-usage.ts");
-    const executor = readSrc("executor.ts");
+    const tokenUsage = readSrc("execution/session-token-usage.ts");
+    const executor = readSrc("executor/persist-token-usage.ts");
 
     expect(session).toMatch(/sessionLog\.debug\(\s*`\[\$\{sessionPurpose\}\] grok-cli fallback/);
     expect(session).toMatch(/sessionLog\.debug\(\s*`\[\$\{sessionPurpose\}\] Using runtime/);
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
 
   it("self-healing no-action/skip, worktree-pool probes, and ntfy bookkeeping use debug", () => {
     const sh = readSrc("self-healing.ts");
-    const wt = readSrc("worktree-pool.ts");
+    const wt = readSrc("worktree/worktree-pool.ts");
     const ntfy = readSrc("notification/ntfy-provider.ts");
     const notify = readSrc("notification/notification-service.ts");
     expect(sh).toMatch(/log\.debug\(`\[\$\{stage\}\] \$\{task\.id\}: triple-proof not satisfied — no action/);
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
   });
 
   it("pi session-purpose runtime routing and skip bookkeeping uses debug", () => {
-    const runtime = readSrc("runtime-resolution.ts");
+    const runtime = readSrc("execution/runtime-resolution.ts");
     const pi = readSrc("pi.ts");
     expect(runtime).toMatch(/runtimeLog\.debug\(`\[\$\{sessionPurpose\}\] No runtime hint configured/);
     expect(runtime).toMatch(/runtimeLog\.debug\(`\[\$\{sessionPurpose\}\] Runtime hint is "pi\/default"/);
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
   });
 
   it("checkpoint bookkeeping (self-improve + RETHINK rewind) uses debug", () => {
-    const improve = readSrc("agent-self-improve.ts");
-    const step = readSrc("step-runner.ts");
+    const improve = readSrc("agents/agent-self-improve.ts");
+    const step = readSrc("execution/step-runner.ts");
     expect(improve).toMatch(/selfImproveLog\.debug\(`Recorded self-improve checkpoint for/);
     expect(step).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{taskId\}: RETHINK — session rewound to checkpoint/);
     expect(step).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{taskId\}: RETHINK — no session checkpoint for step/);
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
 
   it("merger intermediate plumbing uses debug; outcomes stay at log", () => {
     const merger = readSrc("merger.ts");
-    const conflict = readSrc("merger-conflict-resolution.ts");
+    const conflict = readSrc("merge/merger-conflict-resolution.ts");
     expect(conflict).toMatch(/mergerLog\.debug\(`Auto-resolved \$\{filePath\} using --ours`\)/);
     expect(merger).toMatch(/mergerLog\.debug\(`\$\{taskId\}: merge details stored/);
     expect(merger).toMatch(/mergerLog\.debug\(`\$\{taskId\}: git pull --rebase succeeded/);
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
   });
 
   it("foreach step skip/rework and per-step success use debug", () => {
-    const foreach = readSrc("workflow-graph-foreach.ts");
-    const exec = readSrc("executor.ts");
+    const foreach = readSrc("workflows/workflow-graph-foreach.ts");
+    const exec = readSrc("executor/run-implementation.ts");
     expect(foreach).toMatch(/schedulerLog\.debug\(\s*`foreach \$\{foreachNode\.id\} for task \$\{env\.task\.id\}: skipping step/);
     expect(foreach).toMatch(/schedulerLog\.debug\(\s*`foreach \$\{foreachNode\.id\} step \$\{inst\.stepIndex\}: integration-conflict/);
     expect(foreach).not.toMatch(/schedulerLog\.log\(\s*`foreach \$\{foreachNode\.id\} for task/);
@@ -235,21 +235,25 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
   });
 
   it("executor high-frequency dispatch/session bookkeeping uses debug", () => {
-    const src = readSrc("executor.ts");
-    expect(src).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`TaskExecutor constructed/);
-    expect(src).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`execute\(\) called for \$\{task\.id\} \(claimed=/);
-    expect(src).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: worktree ready at/);
-    expect(src).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: session registered/);
-    expect(src).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: calling promptWithFallback/);
-    expect(src).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\[workflow-graph\] \$\{event\.type\}/);
-    expect(src).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\[workflow-column-boundary\]/);
+    // FNXC:EngineDiagnostics 2026-08-15-19:10: executor.ts peels (package code organization waves) moved these call sites into executor/ modules; anchors verified moved, not duplicated.
+    const impl = readSrc("executor/run-implementation.ts");
+    const lifecycle = readSrc("executor/wire-executor-lifecycle.ts");
+    const graph = readSrc("executor/execute-workflow-graph.ts");
+    const boundary = readSrc("executor/build-column-boundary-hooks.ts");
+    expect(lifecycle).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`TaskExecutor constructed/);
+    expect(impl).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`execute\(\) called for \$\{task\.id\} \(claimed=/);
+    expect(impl).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: worktree ready at/);
+    expect(impl).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: session registered/);
+    expect(impl).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: calling promptWithFallback/);
+    expect(graph).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\[workflow-graph\] \$\{event\.type\}/);
+    expect(boundary).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\[workflow-column-boundary\]/);
     // Lifecycle outcomes stay at log
-    expect(src).toMatch(/executorLog\.log\(`Starting \$\{task\.id\}:/);
-    expect(src).not.toMatch(/executorLog\.log\(`execute\(\) called for \$\{task\.id\} \(claimed=/);
+    expect(impl).toMatch(/executorLog\.log\(`Starting \$\{task\.id\}:/);
+    expect(impl).not.toMatch(/executorLog\.log\(`execute\(\) called for \$\{task\.id\} \(claimed=/);
   });
 
   it("MCP server connected success chatter uses logger.debug", () => {
-    const src = readSrc("mcp-session-tools.ts");
+    const src = readSrc("mcp/mcp-session-tools.ts");
     expect(src).toMatch(/opts\.logger\.debug\(connectMsg\)/);
     expect(src).toMatch(/MCP server connected for pi session/);
     // Must not route the success line only through log without preferring debug.
@@ -257,10 +261,10 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
   });
 
   it("fn_run_verification and green verification result paths use debug", () => {
-    const tool = readSrc("run-verification-tool.ts");
-    const utils = readSrc("verification-utils.ts");
-    const stuck = readSrc("stuck-task-detector.ts");
-    const exec = readSrc("executor.ts");
+    const tool = readSrc("execution/run-verification-tool.ts");
+    const utils = readSrc("execution/verification-utils.ts");
+    const stuck = readSrc("healing/stuck-task-detector.ts");
+    const exec = readSrc("executor/deterministic-verification.ts");
     expect(tool).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(\s*`\[fn_run_verification\] command quiet for/);
     expect(tool).toMatch(/\(log\.debug \?\? log\.info\)\(/);
     expect(tool).toMatch(/if \(result\.success\) \{\s*\(log\.debug \?\? log\.info\)\(/);
@@ -285,10 +289,14 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
   it("busy-board lifecycle noise stays debug-gated; starts and creates stay log", () => {
     const scheduler = readSrc("scheduler.ts");
     const runtime = readSrc("runtimes/in-process-runtime.ts");
-    const exec = readSrc("executor.ts");
+    // FNXC:EngineDiagnostics 2026-08-15-19:10: executor.ts peels split these anchors across executor/ modules.
+    const execImpl = readSrc("executor/run-implementation.ts");
+    const execWorktreeCreate = readSrc("executor/worktree-create-conflict.ts");
+    const execGitRefs = readSrc("executor/worktree-git-refs.ts");
+    const execNodeWorktree = readSrc("executor/ensure-graph-custom-node-worktree.ts");
     const heartbeat = readSrc("agent-heartbeat.ts");
-    const autoClaim = readSrc("auto-claim-snapshot.ts");
-    const worktree = readSrc("worktree-acquisition.ts");
+    const autoClaim = readSrc("scheduling/auto-claim-snapshot.ts");
+    const worktree = readSrc("worktree/worktree-acquisition.ts");
 
     expect(scheduler).toMatch(/schedulerLog\.debug\(`No linked feature found for task/);
     expect(scheduler).toMatch(/schedulerLog\.debug\("Task created — triggering scheduling"\)/);
@@ -300,12 +308,12 @@ describe("log severity spam contract (source)", () => {
     expect(runtime).toMatch(/runtimeLog\.debug\(`Started executing task \$\{task\.id\} in \$\{worktreePath\}`\)/);
     expect(runtime).not.toMatch(/runtimeLog\.log\(`Scheduled task \$\{task\.id\}`\)/);
 
-    expect(exec).toMatch(/executorLog\.log\(`Starting \$\{task\.id\}:/);
-    expect(exec).toMatch(/executorLog\.log\(`Worktree created:/);
-    expect(exec).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: executor runtime env injected/);
-    expect(exec).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: captured baseCommitSha/);
-    expect(exec).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: workflow node '\$\{nodeId\}' acquired worktree/);
-    expect(exec).not.toMatch(/executorLog\.log\(`\$\{task\.id\}: executor runtime env injected/);
+    expect(execImpl).toMatch(/executorLog\.log\(`Starting \$\{task\.id\}:/);
+    expect(execWorktreeCreate).toMatch(/executorLog\.log\(`Worktree created:/);
+    expect(execImpl).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: executor runtime env injected/);
+    expect(execGitRefs).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: captured baseCommitSha/);
+    expect(execNodeWorktree).toMatch(/executorLog\.debug\(`\$\{task\.id\}: workflow node '\$\{nodeId\}' acquired worktree/);
+    expect(execImpl).not.toMatch(/executorLog\.log\(`\$\{task\.id\}: executor runtime env injected/);
 
     expect(heartbeat).toMatch(/heartbeatLog\.debug\(`Assignment trigger skipped for \$\{agent\.id\} \(ephemeral\/internal\)`\)/);
     expect(heartbeat).not.toMatch(/heartbeatLog\.log\(`Assignment trigger skipped for \$\{agent\.id\} \(ephemeral\/internal\)`\)/);
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/planning-claim-single-writer.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/planning-claim-single-writer.test.ts
index 5bc3b73153..51cb92136b 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/planning-claim-single-writer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/planning-claim-single-writer.test.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,19 @@ function sourceRoots(base: string = REPO_ROOT): string[] {
  * means a second owner now writes the claim, which is the FN-8504 shape. If that
  * is genuinely intended, the justification belongs beside the new entry.
  */
-const PLANNING_CLAIM_WRITERS = ["packages/engine/src/triage.ts"];
+/*
+FNXC:PlanningClaimSingleWriter 2026-08-15-19:10 (FN-8998, d9a0ed7837):
+`self-healing.ts` is a SECOND intended writer, added by FN-8998's planning-lock
+reentry fix: `recordPlanningHandoffTransportFailure` RE-asserts `status: "planning"`
+(plus retry bookkeeping) on a card whose canonical planning handoff hit a transport
+failure, so the retry sweep can pick it up instead of stalling the lock. It is not a
+fresh claim by a second planner: the write goes through `updateTaskAtomic` with an
+`isTaskStillInPlanningStage(live)` re-check, the same guarded CAS shape the
+"planning-stage-guarded helper" assertion below demands of triage, so it cannot
+stamp `planning` onto a card the scheduler already advanced (the FN-7977/FN-8361 bug
+this ratchet exists to prevent).
+*/
+const PLANNING_CLAIM_WRITERS = ["packages/engine/src/self-healing.ts", "packages/engine/src/triage.ts"];
 
 /**
  * Modules permitted to BIND the planning literal to a constant.
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/task-updated-lanes-engine-emit-surfaces.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/task-updated-lanes-engine-emit-surfaces.test.ts
index a1a945e8c8..be6b887f35 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/task-updated-lanes-engine-emit-surfaces.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/task-updated-lanes-engine-emit-surfaces.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ const REPO_ROOT = resolve(__dirname, "../../../..");
 const ENGINE_ROOT = join(REPO_ROOT, "packages/engine/src");
 
 const DROP_BRIDGES = {
-  "packages/engine/src/hybrid-executor.ts": "HybridExecutor",
-  "packages/engine/src/project-manager.ts": "ProjectManager",
+  "packages/engine/src/concurrency/hybrid-executor.ts": "HybridExecutor",
+  "packages/engine/src/project/project-manager.ts": "ProjectManager",
   "packages/engine/src/runtimes/child-process-runtime.ts": "ChildProcessRuntime",
   "packages/engine/src/runtimes/in-process-runtime.ts": "InProcessRuntime",
   "packages/engine/src/runtimes/remote-node-runtime.ts": "RemoteNodeRuntime",
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ describe("engine task:updated emit surface", () => {
       taskStore: inProcessUpstream,
       recordActivity: () => undefined,
       config: { projectId: "project" },
+      // FNXC:WorkflowEvents 2026-08-15-19:10: the real task:updated registration now runs FN-7608-style approval-hold bookkeeping before re-emitting; the fixture supplies the sets so the actual forwarding body executes unchanged.
+      approvalHeldTaskIds: new Set<string>(),
+      approvalReleasedTaskIds: new Set<string>(),
     });
     (InProcessRuntime.prototype as any).setupEventForwarding.call(inProcess);
 
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/worktree-primary-checkout-invariant.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/worktree-primary-checkout-invariant.test.ts
index 730149291c..cb6da8d162 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/worktree-primary-checkout-invariant.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/worktree-primary-checkout-invariant.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ FNXC:CodeOrganization 2026-08-03-15:20:
 U4 Slice B peels createWorktree into worktree-create-outer.ts / worktree-create-conflict.ts;
 worktree-acquisition lives under worktree/. Source-scan surfaces must follow the peels.
 */
-const executorSource = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL("../executor.ts", import.meta.url)), "utf8");
+/*
+FNXC:CodeOrganization 2026-08-15-19:10:
+Later executor peel waves moved the createWorktree facade off the thin executor.ts shell into
+executor/task-executor-worktree-pure-facades.ts (one-line delegation to createWorktreeImpl).
+*/
+const executorSource = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL("../executor/task-executor-worktree-pure-facades.ts", import.meta.url)), "utf8");
 const createOuterSource = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL("../executor/worktree-create-outer.ts", import.meta.url)), "utf8");
 const createConflictSource = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL("../executor/worktree-create-conflict.ts", import.meta.url)), "utf8");
 const acquisitionSource = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL("../worktree/worktree-acquisition.ts", import.meta.url)), "utf8");
@@ -131,13 +136,20 @@ describe("TaskExecutor primary-checkout worktree invariant", () => {
     */
     const executorFacade = sourceRegion(
       executorSource,
-      "private async createWorktree(",
-      "private async removeOwnWorktreeWithReconcile(",
+      "protected async createWorktree(",
+      "disposeStoreLifecycleDisposers(",
     );
     // Full peeled modules: createWorktree is not first in worktree-create-outer.ts.
     const outerImpl = createOuterSource;
     const conflictImpl = createConflictSource;
-    const acquisition = sourceRegion(acquisitionSource, "const createWorktreeImpl = createWorktree", "const logConfiguredCopyFileResults");
+    /*
+    FNXC:CodeOrganization 2026-08-15-19:10:
+    Acquisition's creation slice was reshaped: `createWorktreeImpl` is no longer a bare alias of the
+    injected createWorktree — it now wraps `createWorktreeWithoutReservation` (which owns the
+    `backend.create(` call) with path-reservation handling. Scan from the reservation-free creator
+    so both creation surfaces stay inside the guarded region.
+    */
+    const acquisition = sourceRegion(acquisitionSource, "const createWorktreeWithoutReservation = async (", "const logConfiguredCopyFileResults");
     const mergerReacquire = sourceRegion(mergerSource, "const reacquireReuseIntegrationWorktree = async", "// 3b. Ensure rootDir is based on the resolved integration target before merging.");
 
     expect(executorFacade).toContain("createWorktreeImpl");
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/self-healing.ts b/packages/engine/src/self-healing.ts
index 99fa4e379f..b3a9e2542a 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/self-healing.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/self-healing.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,16 @@ guards (86 -> 89 on #2883).
 function isDependencySatisfiedWithoutWorkflowMetadata(column: string): boolean {
   return column === "done" || column === "archived" || column === "in-review";
 }
+/*
+DELIBERATE-LITERAL — legacy complete-lane fallback for the FN-9056 orphaned-workspace-worktree
+sweep (FNXC:Workspace 2026-08-15-19:10). The sweep unions the workflow-resolved complete columns
+with the legacy `done` id so a row parked under the default lifecycle before its workflow could be
+read still qualifies for the complete lane. Hoisted so the marker sits in the declaration's leading
+comments, which is where the census looks.
+*/
+function isLegacyCompleteColumnForWorkspaceTeardown(column: string): boolean {
+  return column === "done";
+}
 const worktreeMetadataReconcileLog = createLogger("worktree-metadata-reconcile");
 /*
 FNXC:EngineDiagnostics 2026-07-26-10:25:
@@ -10703,7 +10713,7 @@ const movedTask = await this.store.moveTask(task.id, completeLane);
           || this.isWorkspaceTaskLive(task).live
           || await this.options.isMergePending?.(task.id) === true
           || this.options.getActiveMergeTaskId?.() === task.id) continue;
-        if (completeColumns.has(task.column) || task.column === "done") { candidates.push({ task, lane: "complete" }); continue; }
+        if (completeColumns.has(task.column) || isLegacyCompleteColumnForWorkspaceTeardown(task.column)) { candidates.push({ task, lane: "complete" }); continue; }
         const lane: Lane | null = task.deletedAt ? "soft-deleted" : task.status === "failed" ? "failed" : null;
         if (!lane) continue;
         const touched = Math.max(Date.parse(task.columnMovedAt ?? "") || 0, Date.parse(task.updatedAt ?? "") || 0, Date.parse(task.deletedAt ?? "") || 0);
diff --git a/scripts/__tests__/lifecycle-census-mailbox-tab.test.mjs b/scripts/__tests__/lifecycle-census-mailbox-tab.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a4a58e59e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/__tests__/lifecycle-census-mailbox-tab.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+FNXC:LifecycleColumnCensus 2026-08-13-21:58:
+Mailbox folder tabs reuse the word `archived`. A bare `activeTab === "archived"` must stay a
+column-guard hit so a genuine lifecycle comparison that happens to use that variable name still
+fails `--strict`. The mailbox sites mark a helper with DELIBERATE-LITERAL instead of a global
+receiver exemption.
+*/
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+
+import { findComparisons } from "../lib/lifecycle-column-census-ast.mjs";
+
+test("a bare activeTab archived comparison stays in the column backlog", () => {
+  const findings = findComparisons(
+    "t.ts",
+    'if (activeTab === "archived") loadArchivedInbox();',
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    findings.map(({ columnId, receiver, kind }) => ({ columnId, receiver, kind })),
+    [{ columnId: "archived", receiver: "activeTab", kind: "column" }],
+  );
+});
+
+test("a mailbox archived-tab helper with DELIBERATE-LITERAL is not backlog", () => {
+  const findings = findComparisons(
+    "MailboxView.tsx",
+    `/*
+DELIBERATE-LITERAL — mailbox folder tab, not a board column.
+*/
+function isMailboxArchivedTab(tab) {
+  return tab === "archived";
+}
+`,
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    findings.map(({ columnId, receiver, kind }) => ({ columnId, receiver, kind })),
+    [{ columnId: "archived", receiver: "tab", kind: "deliberate" }],
+  );
+});
diff --git a/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census-baseline.json b/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census-baseline.json
index 0dc3e17009..b93f927cea 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census-baseline.json
+++ b/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census-baseline.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskContextMenu.tsx\u0000in-review": 3,
     "packages/engine/src/scheduler.ts\u0000in-progress": 3,
     "packages/engine/src/scheduler.ts\u0000in-review": 3,
+    "packages/engine/src/self-healing.ts\u0000done": 3,
     "packages/engine/src/self-healing.ts\u0000in-review": 3,
     "packages/core/src/agents/live-agent-count.ts\u0000in-progress": 2,
     "packages/core/src/agents/live-agent-count.ts\u0000in-review": 2,
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@
     "packages/engine/src/merge/auto-merge-finalization.ts\u0000done": 2,
     "packages/engine/src/scheduler.ts\u0000archived": 2,
     "packages/engine/src/scheduler.ts\u0000done": 2,
-    "packages/engine/src/self-healing.ts\u0000done": 2,
     "packages/engine/src/triage.ts\u0000triage": 2,
     "plugins/fusion-plugin-reports/src/store/report-store.ts\u0000archived": 2,
     "packages/cli/src/commands/task.ts\u0000archived": 1,
@@ -67,12 +67,15 @@
     "packages/core/src/tasks/task-intake-owner-resolver.ts\u0000todo": 1,
     "packages/core/src/tasks/task-move-disposer.ts\u0000in-progress": 1,
     "packages/core/src/tasks/task-move-disposer.ts\u0000todo": 1,
+    "packages/core/src/tasks/workspace-lease-types.ts\u0000done": 1,
     "packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/liveSnapshotMetrics.ts\u0000in-progress": 1,
     "packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/MissionControlPanel.tsx\u0000done": 1,
     "packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/MissionControlPanel.tsx\u0000in-review": 1,
     "packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/MissionControlPanel.tsx\u0000todo": 1,
     "packages/dashboard/app/components/DocumentsView.tsx\u0000archived": 1,
     "packages/dashboard/app/components/DocumentsView.tsx\u0000done": 1,
+    "packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxModal.tsx\u0000archived": 1,
+    "packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxView.tsx\u0000archived": 1,
     "packages/dashboard/app/components/MissionManager.tsx\u0000archived": 1,
     "packages/dashboard/app/components/RoutineEditor.tsx\u0000triage": 1,
     "packages/dashboard/app/components/ScheduleForm.tsx\u0000triage": 1,