diff --git a/apps/machine/src/services/operator-config.ts b/apps/machine/src/services/operator-config.ts
index e9f38b9..549719f 100644
--- a/apps/machine/src/services/operator-config.ts
+++ b/apps/machine/src/services/operator-config.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,21 @@ type CassetteOp = {
  * machine" gesture and already clears counts-uncertain.
  */
 type ResumeCashOutOp = { id: string; at: number; type: 'resume_cash_out' }
-type OperatorOp = CassetteOp | ResumeCashOutOp
+/**
+ * ADR-005 §6: the operator paid the customer by hand, off-machine, for a
+ * cash-out this machine recorded as dispense_error / partial. Flips that row
+ * to `remediated` with the note as provenance so both ledgers close on one
+ * act. Idempotent by nature — remediateTransaction only touches rows still
+ * in an error state — so re-delivery is harmless.
+ */
+type SettleTransactionOp = {
+  id: string
+  at: number
+  type: 'settle_transaction'
+  txid: string
+  note?: string
+}
+type OperatorOp = CassetteOp | ResumeCashOutOp | SettleTransactionOp
 
 /** Accept operator events stamped up to this many seconds in the future. */
 const MAX_FUTURE_SKEW_S = 60
@@ -249,7 +263,22 @@ async function handleOperatorConfigEvent(
   const resumeOps = allOps.filter(
     (o): o is ResumeCashOutOp => !!o && o.type === 'resume_cash_out'
   )
-  const ops = allOps.filter((o): o is CassetteOp => !!o && o.type !== 'resume_cash_out')
+  const settleOps = allOps.filter(
+    (o): o is SettleTransactionOp =>
+      !!o && o.type === 'settle_transaction' && typeof (o as SettleTransactionOp).txid === 'string'
+  )
+  for (const op of settleOps) {
+    const provenance = `settled-off-machine:${op.id}${op.note ? `:${op.note}` : ''}`
+    const changed = await api.remediateTransaction(op.txid, provenance)
+    console.log(
+      `[OperatorConfig] settle_transaction ${op.id} for ${op.txid}: ` +
+        (changed ? 'row marked remediated' : 'no row in an error state (already closed, or unknown)')
+    )
+  }
+  const ops = allOps.filter(
+    (o): o is CassetteOp =>
+      !!o && o.type !== 'resume_cash_out' && o.type !== 'settle_transaction'
+  )
   if (holdBefore && resumeOps.some((o) => typeof o.at === 'number' && o.at > holdBefore.since)) {
     await api.clearCashOutHold()
     console.log(