diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts b/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
index 130fbb451..d5aeab50c 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Without a total time limit, do not create DEADLINE_FILE; announce finite command
 Stop when scoped contracts are tested or blocked.
 Clocks/checkpoints use REPORT_DIR; mixed standalone runs use REPORT_DIR/browser and REPORT_DIR/functional, with one final report at REPORT_DIR. Caller paths win.
 Names used below (quote every path):
-- PROBE_DIR: this surface's probe directory per the line above. DEADLINE_FILE: \`PROBE_DIR/deadline.json\`, which exists only for a bounded run.
+- PROBE_DIR: this surface's owned probe directory per the line above. DEADLINE_FILE: \`PROBE_DIR/deadline.json\`, which exists only for a bounded run.
 - SECONDS: the total probe budget set above. NNN: a fresh three-digit ID (001, 002, ...) for each capture or checkpoint; never reuse one.
 - DEADLINE_TOOL = \`${quoteSafePath(ctx.paths.binDir)}/gstack-qa-deadline\`, the deadline guard: \`start\` creates DEADLINE_FILE, \`status\` prints \`remainingMs\` and \`expired\`, and \`run\` executes one command, stopping it at the deadline.
 - EVIDENCE_TOOL = \`${quoteSafePath(ctx.paths.binDir)}/gstack-qa-evidence\`, the functional evidence recorder: \`capture\` runs one command, stores its exit code, stdout and stderr under \`PROBE_DIR/.qa-evidence/NNN/\`, and prints status \`complete\`, \`incomplete\` or \`sensitive\`.
diff --git a/test/helpers/carve-guards.ts b/test/helpers/carve-guards.ts
index 7ff46a36c..14495c412 100644
--- a/test/helpers/carve-guards.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/carve-guards.ts
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ do not launch the downstream skill or open a browser.`,
     },
     behavioral: 'prompt',
     maxSkeletonBytes: 63_500, // + v2.0 {{ASIDE_SETUP}}/{{BROWSE_FALLBACK}} (replaces the browse setup block); measured 61_253
-    maxSizeRatio: 1.1102, // + v1.81 Aside contract + gstack-browser fallback block (1.080 on v1.91.7.0) + the shared test value bar at 8a.5 ({{TEST_VALUE_BAR:qa}}); measured 1.094 + W1 guarded state-root resolution (`eval gstack-paths; : "${GSTACK_STATE_ROOT:?…}"`) in the Context Recovery preamble, the eureka log and each state-writing bash block; measured 1.101 (2026-09-30) + v1.91.12.0 merge of #2999 (await scope/method Reads, capture --after checkpoints, browser-only empty evidence list) with #3002; measured 1.1028 (2026-10-01). + both untrusted-content marker formats in the browser fallback (W7f); measured 1.1035 (2026-10-02). Re-measured 1.1038 after the W8 probe-loop renames (2026-10-03); the cap already matches. + the annotate-every-capture and superseded rule before materialize (a ship-exploratory-late-input run published evidence that omitted older-snapshot captures); measured 1.1064 (2026-10-03). + v1.91.18.0 (#3023) merged into the v1.91.19.0 wave; measured 93,282 / 84,049 = 1.1099 (2026-10-04). + reliability follow-ups C2 (judge-named gaps after trimming the added wording: feasible 180 s Browser Quick, PROBE_DIR's source line, stop goes to the §4 report, written JSON keeps full card values; lane S's {user}/timing fields); measured 93,305 / 84,049 = 1.11013 (2026-10-04).
+    maxSizeRatio: 1.1102, // + v1.81 Aside contract + gstack-browser fallback block (1.080 on v1.91.7.0) + the shared test value bar at 8a.5 ({{TEST_VALUE_BAR:qa}}); measured 1.094 + W1 guarded state-root resolution (`eval gstack-paths; : "${GSTACK_STATE_ROOT:?…}"`) in the Context Recovery preamble, the eureka log and each state-writing bash block; measured 1.101 (2026-09-30) + v1.91.12.0 merge of #2999 (await scope/method Reads, capture --after checkpoints, browser-only empty evidence list) with #3002; measured 1.1028 (2026-10-01). + both untrusted-content marker formats in the browser fallback (W7f); measured 1.1035 (2026-10-02). Re-measured 1.1038 after the W8 probe-loop renames (2026-10-03); the cap already matches. + the annotate-every-capture and superseded rule before materialize (a ship-exploratory-late-input run published evidence that omitted older-snapshot captures); measured 1.1064 (2026-10-03). + v1.91.18.0 (#3023) merged into the v1.91.19.0 wave; measured 93,282 / 84,049 = 1.1099 (2026-10-04). + reliability follow-ups C2 (judge-named gaps after trimming the added wording: feasible 180 s Browser Quick, PROBE_DIR's source line, stop goes to the §4 report, written JSON keeps full card values; lane S's {user}/timing fields); measured 93,311 / 84,049 = 1.11020 (2026-10-04).
     minUnionBytes: 69_500, // measured union 70,385
     // 'aside repl' pins the Aside contract; '$B goto' pins the fallback block in the always-loaded skeleton.
     mustContain: ['bug', 'aside repl', '$B goto', 'fix', 'Health Score Rubric', 'regression'],
diff --git a/test/qa-probe-gates.test.ts b/test/qa-probe-gates.test.ts
index 134cdb4b0..12f94fb82 100644
--- a/test/qa-probe-gates.test.ts
+++ b/test/qa-probe-gates.test.ts
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ describe('judge-named QA workflow gaps (C2)', () => {
     for (const skillName of ['qa', 'qa-only']) {
       const text = generateQAExploratory(ctx(skillName));
       const layout = text.indexOf('mixed standalone runs use REPORT_DIR/browser and REPORT_DIR/functional');
-      const probeDir = text.indexOf("PROBE_DIR: this surface's probe directory per the line above.");
+      const probeDir = text.indexOf("PROBE_DIR: this surface's owned probe directory per the line above.");
       expect(layout).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
       expect(probeDir).toBeGreaterThan(layout);
       expect(text.slice(layout, probeDir).split('\n')).toHaveLength(3);