diff --git a/packages/core/src/task-store/lifecycle-ops.ts b/packages/core/src/task-store/lifecycle-ops.ts
index 696021f4ae..2311a8931a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/task-store/lifecycle-ops.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/task-store/lifecycle-ops.ts
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ export async function reconcileOrphanedTaskDirsImpl(store: TaskStore, opts: { ig
           if (ageMs > RECONCILE_ORPHAN_TASK_DIR_MAX_AGE_MS) {
             result.skipped.push({ id, reason: "stale-orphan-dir-beyond-recency-window" });
             /*
-            FNXC:Diagnostics 2026-08-01-00:50 (operator report — warn spam):
+            FNXC:Diagnostics 2026-07-31-00:50 (operator report — warn spam):
             This skip is STEADY-STATE: a months-old orphan dir (e.g. a pre-tombstone hard-delete
             leftover) trips it on EVERY maintenance sweep, forever, until someone deletes the dir.
             Per the self-healing logging policy (self-healing.ts header), per-sweep