diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-advanced-triage.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-advanced-triage.test.ts
index c29e79ec33..3a9b908cb2 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-advanced-triage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-advanced-triage.test.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,26 @@ import type { Settings, Task, TaskStore } from "@fusion/core";
 import { activeSessionRegistry } from "../active-session-registry.js";
 import { SelfHealingManager } from "../self-healing.js";
 
+/*
+FNXC:WorkflowResolvedColumns 2026-07-30-17:40:
+The INTAKE column of the default lineage, which post-U11 is `todo` — the merged Planning column
+carrying intake+hold+resetOnEntry. `triage` is not a declared column on any current workflow.
+
+Why this fixture went stale rather than merely renamed: `recoverAdvancedTriageTasks` was converted
+from `listTasks({ column: "triage" })` to a ROLE filter (`filterByPreWipRole(..., ["intake"])`).
+This store fake has no workflow-selection readers, so the sweep resolves the DEFAULT IR, in which
+`triage` does not appear — the seeded card therefore carried no intake role, the filter returned no
+candidates, and the sweep reported 0 recoveries. The test was asserting against a column id the
+product had stopped declaring.
+*/
+const INTAKE_COLUMN = "todo";
+
 function task(id: string, overrides: Partial<Task> = {}): Task {
   return {
     id,
     title: id,
     description: id,
-    column: "triage",
+    column: INTAKE_COLUMN,
     status: null,
     paused: false,
     worktree: `/tmp/${id}`,
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-agent-link-drift.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-agent-link-drift.test.ts
index bd4fe04cd0..0ad21fa492 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-agent-link-drift.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-agent-link-drift.test.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ describe("FN-4296: self-healing agent link drift", () => {
     const agents = [makeAgent("agent-backend", "FN-7001", "running")];
     const queuedTask = {
       id: "FN-7001",
-      column: "triage",
+      // FNXC:WorkflowResolvedColumns 2026-07-30-17:40: the intake column post-U11 is `todo`.
+      column: "todo",
       status: "queued",
       overlapBlockedBy: "FN-6827",
     } as Task;
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-starved-refinement.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-starved-refinement.test.ts
index ad3b793a92..7a76108d9b 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-starved-refinement.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/self-healing-starved-refinement.test.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,22 @@ describe("SelfHealingManager.recoverStarvedRefinementTriageTasks", () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     vi.setSystemTime(new Date("2026-05-15T11:00:00.000Z"));
 
+    /*
+    FNXC:WorkflowResolvedColumns 2026-07-30-17:55:
+    The starved refinement rests in the INTAKE column, which post-U11 is `todo` — the merged
+    Planning column carrying intake+hold. `recoverStarvedRefinementTriageTasks` filters by ROLE, and
+    this store fake has no workflow-selection readers, so it resolves the DEFAULT IR in which
+    `triage` is not a declared column: the old fixture therefore carried no intake role, the filter
+    returned no candidates, and the sweep reported 0 escalations.
+
+    Only THIS test's seed moved. The file's default stays `triage` on purpose: the case at the bottom
+    ("auto-approve-all overrides stored workflow approval") calls `recoverApprovedTask` directly, with
+    no role filter, and asserts a move INTO `todo` — seeding it in `todo` makes that move degenerate.
+    Whether asserting a triage -> todo move still encodes anything post-U11 is a question about that
+    test's subject, not this fix: FLAGGED, not guessed.
+    */
     const tasks: Task[] = [
-      task({ id: "FN-R1", sourceType: "task_refine", createdAt: "2026-05-15T10:00:00.000Z", updatedAt: "2026-05-15T10:00:00.000Z", priority: "low" }),
+      task({ id: "FN-R1", column: "todo", sourceType: "task_refine", createdAt: "2026-05-15T10:00:00.000Z", updatedAt: "2026-05-15T10:00:00.000Z", priority: "low" }),
       task({ id: "FN-P1", column: "todo", sourceType: "dashboard_ui", updatedAt: "2026-05-15T10:15:00.000Z" }),
       task({ id: "FN-P2", column: "todo", sourceType: "dashboard_ui", updatedAt: "2026-05-15T10:16:00.000Z" }),
       task({ id: "FN-P3", column: "todo", sourceType: "dashboard_ui", updatedAt: "2026-05-15T10:17:00.000Z" }),