diff --git a/packages/core/src/store.ts b/packages/core/src/store.ts
index a64061d3b9..2695889e9c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/store.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/store.ts
@@ -2286,13 +2286,16 @@ export class TaskStore extends EventEmitter<TaskStoreEvents> {
   cached answer only. Explicit metadata wins; runtime and process bridge EventEmitters do not call this
   method and deliberately DROP lanes because absent metadata safely preserves their listener fallback.
   */
-  override emit<E extends string | symbol>(event: E, ...args: any[]): boolean {
+  override emit(event: unknown, ...args: any[]): boolean {
+    // event: unknown keeps the decorator assignable to EventEmitter<TaskStoreEvents>'s
+    // generic `emit<E extends string|symbol>(name: K|E, ...)` signature while still
+    // forwarding arbitrary non-typed keys (agent:log, settings:updated, …).
     if (event === "task:updated" && args.length === 1) {
       const task = args[0] as Task;
       const lanes = this.laneCache.get(task.id);
-      if (lanes !== undefined) return EventEmitter.prototype.emit.call(this, event, task, { lanes });
+      if (lanes !== undefined) return EventEmitter.prototype.emit.call(this, event as string, task, { lanes });
     }
-    return EventEmitter.prototype.emit.call(this, event, ...args);
+    return EventEmitter.prototype.emit.call(this, event as string, ...args);
   }
 
   async updateStep( id: string, stepIndex: number, status: import("./types.js").StepStatus, options?: { source?: "graph" }, ): Promise<Task> {
diff --git a/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census-ast.mjs b/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census-ast.mjs
index 0dd397f794..b704b80841 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census-ast.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census-ast.mjs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const LEGACY_COLUMN_IDS = ["triage", "todo", "in-progress", "in-review",
 
 /** Receiver names that denote an agent role / lane rather than a task column. */
 export const ROLE_RECEIVER_TOKENS = [
-  "role", "agentType", "agent", "lane", "capability", "sessionPurpose", "surface", "purpose", "agentRole",
+  "role", "agentType", "agent", "lane", "capability", "sessionPurpose", "surface", "purpose", "agentRole", "workflowRole",
   /*
   FNXC:LifecycleColumnCensus 2026-07-30-22:00 (fleet phase — the work order was sending workers at
   non-columns):
diff --git a/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census.mjs b/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census.mjs
index 27a9e63900..cd34fa1637 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/lifecycle-column-census.mjs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const LEGACY_COLUMN_IDS = ["triage", "todo", "in-progress", "in-review",
  * the two classes separately instead of silently netting them.
  */
 export const ROLE_RECEIVER_TOKENS = [
-  "role", "agentType", "agent", "lane", "capability", "sessionPurpose", "surface", "purpose", "agentRole",
+  "role", "agentType", "agent", "lane", "capability", "sessionPurpose", "surface", "purpose", "agentRole", "workflowRole",
 ];
 
 /*
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export function findComparisons(filePath, source) {
       const deliberate = hasDeliberateMarker(originalLines, index);
       const isRole = ROLE_RECEIVER_TOKENS.includes(receiver)
         || comparedAgainstSiblingValues(strippedLines, index, receiver, ROLE_ONLY_SIBLING_VALUES);
-      const isStatus = /status/i.test(receiver)
+      const isStatus = /status|outcome/i.test(receiver)
         || comparedAgainstSiblingValues(strippedLines, index, receiver, STATUS_ONLY_SIBLING_VALUES);
       findings.push({
         file: filePath,