diff --git a/changelog.d/gst-450-qa-parent.md b/changelog.d/gst-450-qa-parent.md
index 9b1535f4f..eacdaeb1c 100644
--- a/changelog.d/gst-450-qa-parent.md
+++ b/changelog.d/gst-450-qa-parent.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-**/ship on Capy runs Exploratory QA again.** Since v1.91.345.0 (#3648) the driver sent Step 9.2.1 out as a QA reader subagent, but the section says only the parent runs report-only discovery, so the reader refused on every pass ("parent-only") and QA coverage was empty in the C4-36 and C5-36 replays.
+**/ship on Capy runs Exploratory QA again.** Since v1.91.345.0 (#3648) the driver sent Step 9.2.1 out as a QA reader subagent, but the section says only the parent runs report-only discovery, so the reader refused on every pass ("parent-only") and the parent ran the probes afterward anyway, an extra reader call each pass (the C4-36 and C5-36 replays).
 
 ### Fixed
 - **The parent runs Step 9.2.1's probes itself, as the section says.** Phase 3 does the section's method Reads and no probe; Phase 4's one program runs the smoke and plan checks after Step 8.1 collects the plan checks and before Scope Check, dedup and Fix-First, and the record's Checks heading carries the `Exploratory QA:` line. The call count is unchanged, and the section text is untouched.
-- **`gstack-review-dispatch pass` refuses a QA extra.** An extra named `qa`, or one whose prompt holds Step 9.2.1's "Only the parent runs report-only discovery.", stops the pass before any reader is created. The Capy skill lists only Steps 7 and 8 as extras.
+- **`gstack-review-dispatch pass` refuses a QA extra.** An extra named `qa`, or one whose prompt holds Step 9.2.1's "Only the parent runs report-only discovery.", stops the pass before any reader is created. A prompt file that cannot be read stops as an unreadable prompt, not a raw read error. The Capy skill lists only Steps 7 and 8 as extras.
diff --git a/test/review-pass.test.ts b/test/review-pass.test.ts
index efd14911f..dbcdadad5 100644
--- a/test/review-pass.test.ts
+++ b/test/review-pass.test.ts
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ describe('Capy pass program (fake host, real bins)', () => {
   }, 180_000);
 
   // Value: protects=Step 9.2.1's probes stay the parent's, as its section says, so QA coverage is never a subagent's refusal; fails_when=the
-  //   pass program dispatches a QA extra (C4-36, C5-36: the QA reader refused both passes, "parent-only", and QA coverage was empty);
+  //   pass program dispatches a QA extra (C4-36, C5-36: the QA reader refused both passes, "parent-only", and the parent ran the probes after it);
   //   why_new=extras took any prompt (GST-450); seam=the pass program; no_claim=the parent's probes themselves (DRIVER Phase 4)
   test('a QA extra, by name or by its section\'s parent-only brief, stops the pass before any reader is created', async () => {
     const section = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'ship/sections/review-army.md'), 'utf8');