diff --git a/changelog.d/garrytan-gsta216-l4-mismatch-evidence.md b/changelog.d/garrytan-gsta216-l4-mismatch-evidence.md
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+++ b/changelog.d/garrytan-gsta216-l4-mismatch-evidence.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+**/plan-tune no longer reports a mismatch between your stated and observed preferences when it has no observed answers behind it (#3436).** `--check-mismatch` compared a declared value against an inferred value that had never moved from its 0.5 starting point, so a strong declaration with no matching answers printed `scope_appetite: declared 0.9 vs inferred 0.5 (gap 0.4)` even though no logged answer touched that dimension.
+
+### Fixed
+- **`bin/gstack-developer-profile`**: `--check-mismatch`, `--gap` and the gap that `--derive` stores compare a dimension only when at least 3 logged answers moved it. For a profile with per-dimension counts, this floor replaces the old 10-answer overall minimum. Below it, `--check-mismatch` prints `no observed evidence` or `too little evidence (n of 3 events)` instead of a gap, and `--gap` lists the dimension under a new `low_evidence` field. A profile derived before `contributing_events` existed keeps the old behavior until its next derive.
+- **/plan-tune "Show gap"**: says "not enough observed answers yet" for those dimensions instead of calling them drift.
+
+### Tests
+- `test/gstack-developer-profile.test.ts`: a declared dimension with no evidence is not flagged by `--check-mismatch` or `--gap` (both failed on main), 1 or 2 events report too little evidence, 3 events are compared, and `--derive` stores no gap without evidence.
diff --git a/test/gstack-developer-profile.test.ts b/test/gstack-developer-profile.test.ts
index ebdf1587c..b95e98553 100644
--- a/test/gstack-developer-profile.test.ts
+++ b/test/gstack-developer-profile.test.ts
@@ -679,6 +679,20 @@ describe('gstack-developer-profile --check-mismatch', () => {
     expect(JSON.parse(runDev('--gap').stdout).gap.scope_appetite).toBeCloseTo(0.45, 2);
   });
 
+  test('derive stores the gap for a dimension with 3 contributing events', () => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      logQuestion({ skill: 'plan-eng-review', question_id: 'plan-eng-review-arch-finding', question_summary: 'arch?', user_choice: 'fix-now', session_id: `s${i}`, ts: `2026-10-2${i}T12:00:00Z` });
+    }
+    expect(runDev('--derive').status).toBe(0);
+    const file = path.join(tmpHome, 'developer-profile.json');
+    const p = readProfile() as any;
+    expect(p.inferred.contributing_events.architecture_care).toBe(3);
+    p.declared = { architecture_care: 0.1 };
+    fs.writeFileSync(file, JSON.stringify(p));
+    expect(runDev('--derive').status).toBe(0);
+    expect((readProfile() as any).gap.architecture_care).toBeGreaterThan(0.3);
+  });
+
   test('derive stores no gap for a dimension without evidence', () => {
     deriveWithOneSignal();
     expect(runDev('--derive').status).toBe(0);