diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 0c0123e..ea26535 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ export default tseslint.config(
       "node_modules/**",
       "coverage/**",
       "experiments/**",
-      "scripts/serve-demo.mjs",
       "public/sw.js",
       "share/**",
     ],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 121d71a..bceab54 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
     "preview": "vite preview",
     "package:staging": "vite-node pipeline/run.ts",
     "package:smoke": "vite-node pipeline/run.ts --smoke-only",
-    "demo:certs": "bash scripts/gen-certs.sh",
-    "demo:serve": "node scripts/serve-demo.mjs",
     "ci": "npm run typecheck && npm run lint && npm run format && npm run test && npm run build"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/pipeline/run.ts b/pipeline/run.ts
index d7c5cd3..4b3e3f9 100644
--- a/pipeline/run.ts
+++ b/pipeline/run.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * Trace: IMPLEMENTATION-CONTRACT.md Stage 6, SPIKE-04 §3 gate 5, ARCH 18.7.
  */
 import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync, readFileSync, existsSync } from "node:fs";
-import { join, dirname } from "node:path";
+import { join } from "node:path";
 import { buildPackage } from "./package.js";
 import { generateTestKeyPair, fingerprintFromPublicPem } from "./sign.js";
 import { sha256Hex } from "./hash.js";
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const input: PipelineInput = {
   schemaVersion: 1,
   generatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
   festival: { name: "SolarPunk Summit 2026", timezone: FEST_TZ, startUtc, endUtc },
-  appCompatibility: { minAppVersion: arg("min-app-version", "1.0.0"), maxAppVersion: null },
+  appCompatibility: { minAppVersion: "1.0.0", maxAppVersion: null },
   content: {
     emergency,
     schedule: { ...schedule, events } as unknown as PipelineInput["content"]["schedule"],
@@ -216,10 +216,6 @@ log("sign", `signed with test key ${kp.fingerprint.slice(0, 18)}…`);
 
 // ——— 5: upload immutable files + flip latest.json (local dir = origin layout §37) ———
 const pkgDir = join(outDir, "editions", edition, "packages", String(version));
-function originEditionDir(packageDirectory: string): string {
-  // <out>/editions/<edition>/packages/<v> → <out>/editions/<edition>
-  return dirname(dirname(packageDirectory));
-}
 mkdirSync(join(pkgDir, "assets"), { recursive: true });
 for (const [, f] of pkg.files) {
   writeFileSync(join(pkgDir, f.file), f.canonicalBytes);
@@ -235,10 +231,7 @@ writeFileSync(join(pkgDir, "signature.json"), JSON.stringify(pkg.signature, null
 writeFileSync(join(pkgDir, "publicKey.pem"), kp.publicKeyPem);
 writeFileSync(join(pkgDir, "emergency-floor.json"), JSON.stringify(pkg.emergencyFloor, null, 2));
 // Mutable pointer — last write, so immutable files always exist before flip.
-// Root pointer per contract §37 + per-edition pointer consumed by the
-// page-side HttpTransport (/editions/<ed>/latest.json).
 writeFileSync(join(outDir, "latest.json"), JSON.stringify(pkg.latest, null, 2));
-writeFileSync(join(originEditionDir(pkgDir), "latest.json"), JSON.stringify(pkg.latest, null, 2));
 log("upload", `wrote immutable tree under ${pkgDir}/ + latest.json flip`);
 
 // ——— 6: smoke — verify what we just uploaded (key known from this run) ———
diff --git a/scripts/gen-certs.sh b/scripts/gen-certs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a1c7433..0000000
--- a/scripts/gen-certs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Sovereign demo certs — private CA + server cert, generated locally.
-# Phones install rootCA.pem once; the browser then trusts the server.
-# Usage: scripts/gen-certs.sh [host-or-ip ...]
-#   (extra SAN entries; localhost/127.0.0.1/10.42.0.1 always included)
-set -euo pipefail
-DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)/instance/certs"
-mkdir -p "$DIR"
-
-SANS=("localhost" "127.0.0.1" "10.42.0.1")
-# auto-include current non-loopback IPv4 addresses
-while read -r ip; do [[ -n "$ip" ]] && SANS+=("$ip"); done < <(
-  ip -4 -o addr show scope global 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d/ -f1
-)
-for extra in "$@"; do SANS+=("$extra"); done
-
-for s in "${SANS[@]}"; do
-  if [[ "$s" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-    SAN_STR+="IP:$s,"
-  else
-    SAN_STR+="DNS:$s,"
-  fi
-done
-SAN_STR="DNS:localhost,${SAN_STR%,}"
-
-if [[ ! -f "$DIR/rootCA-key.pem" ]]; then
-  openssl req -x509 -newkey ec -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:prime256v1 -nodes \
-    -keyout "$DIR/rootCA-key.pem" -out "$DIR/rootCA.pem" -days 825 \
-    -subj "/CN=Lumen Demo CA/O=Lumen" \
-    -addext "basicConstraints=critical,CA:TRUE" \
-    -addext "keyUsage=critical,keyCertSign,cRLSign"
-  echo "created CA: $DIR/rootCA.pem  (install this on phones)"
-fi
-
-openssl req -newkey ec -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:prime256v1 -nodes \
-  -keyout "$DIR/server-key.pem" -out "$DIR/server.csr" \
-  -subj "/CN=Lumen Demo Server/O=Lumen"
-openssl x509 -req -in "$DIR/server.csr" \
-  -CA "$DIR/rootCA.pem" -CAkey "$DIR/rootCA-key.pem" -CAcreateserial \
-  -out "$DIR/server.pem" -days 397 \
-  -extfile <(printf "subjectAltName=%s\nextendedKeyUsage=serverAuth\n" "$SAN_STR")
-rm -f "$DIR/server.csr"
-echo "created server cert: $DIR/server.pem  SAN: $SAN_STR"
diff --git a/scripts/serve-demo.mjs b/scripts/serve-demo.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f6e6a1..0000000
--- a/scripts/serve-demo.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-/* eslint-disable no-console -- this is the demo server CLI; stdout is its interface */
-/**
- * Sovereign demo server — HTTPS file server for the phone showcase.
- * Serves the built app shell (dist/) and the signed origin tree
- * (instance/origin/) on one HTTPS port, no third parties involved.
- *
- * Routes:
- *   /editions/**            → origin tree (immutable packages)
- *   /latest.json            → origin pointer (mutable)
- *   /sync-config.json       → pinned trust config for the app
- *   /rootCA.pem             → the CA cert phones must install to trust us
- *   everything else         → dist/ (app shell, SPA fallback to index.html)
- *
- * Usage: node scripts/serve-demo.mjs [--port 8443] [--host 0.0.0.0]
- *        [--app dist] [--origin instance/origin] [--certs instance/certs]
- *        [--edition lumen-2026]
- */
-import { createServer } from "node:https";
-import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
-import { readFileSync, existsSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
-import { join, normalize, extname } from "node:path";
-
-const argv = process.argv.slice(2);
-function arg(name, dflt) {
-  const i = argv.indexOf(`--${name}`);
-  return i >= 0 && argv[i + 1] ? argv[i + 1] : dflt;
-}
-const port = Number(arg("port", "8443"));
-const host = arg("host", "0.0.0.0");
-const appDir = arg("app", "dist");
-const originDir = arg("origin", "instance/origin");
-const certsDir = arg("certs", "instance/certs");
-const edition = arg("edition", "lumen-2026");
-
-const keyPath = join(certsDir, "server-key.pem");
-const certPath = join(certsDir, "server.pem");
-const caPath = join(certsDir, "rootCA.pem");
-for (const p of [keyPath, certPath, caPath]) {
-  if (!existsSync(p)) {
-    console.error(`missing ${p} — run scripts/gen-certs.sh first`);
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-}
-if (!existsSync(join(appDir, "index.html"))) {
-  console.error(`missing ${appDir}/index.html — run npm run build first`);
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-const MIME = {
-  ".html": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
-  ".js": "text/javascript; charset=utf-8",
-  ".css": "text/css; charset=utf-8",
-  ".json": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
-  ".pem": "application/x-pem-file",
-  ".png": "image/png",
-  ".svg": "image/svg+xml",
-  ".ico": "image/x-icon",
-  ".webmanifest": "application/manifest+json",
-};
-
-function send(res, code, body, type) {
-  res.writeHead(code, {
-    "content-type": type,
-    "cache-control": "no-store",
-    "access-control-allow-origin": "*",
-  });
-  res.end(body);
-}
-
-function sendFile(res, path) {
-  const data = readFileSync(path);
-  const type = MIME[extname(path)] ?? "application/octet-stream";
-  // Immutable by contract: content-addressed package files under /editions/.
-  const immutable = path.includes("/packages/");
-  res.writeHead(200, {
-    "content-type": type,
-    "cache-control": immutable ? "public, max-age=31536000, immutable" : "no-store",
-  });
-  res.end(data);
-}
-
-function syncConfig() {
-  // Pinned trust for the app: fingerprint -> SPKI DER base64.
-  // Test key published by the pipeline next to the package (demo mode only).
-  const latest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(originDir, "latest.json"), "utf8"));
-  const pkgDir = join(
-    originDir,
-    "editions",
-    latest.edition,
-    "packages",
-    String(latest.packageVersion),
-  );
-  const pem = readFileSync(join(pkgDir, "publicKey.pem"), "utf8");
-  const derB64 = pem
-    .replace(/-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----/g, "")
-    .replace(/-----END PUBLIC KEY-----/g, "")
-    .replace(/\s/g, "");
-  const digest = createHash("sha256").update(Buffer.from(derB64, "base64")).digest("hex");
-  return JSON.stringify({
-    edition: latest.edition,
-    origin: "https://REPLACE_HOST",
-    trustedKeys: { [`sha256:${digest}`]: derB64 },
-  });
-}
-
-const server = createServer(
-  { key: readFileSync(keyPath), cert: readFileSync(certPath) },
-  (req, res) => {
-    const url = new URL(req.url ?? "/", `https://${req.headers.host ?? "localhost"}`);
-    const path = normalize(decodeURIComponent(url.pathname));
-    console.log(`${req.method} ${path}`);
-
-    if (path === "/sync-config.json") {
-      try {
-        const hostHeader = req.headers.host ?? `localhost:${port}`;
-        const conf = syncConfig().replace("https://REPLACE_HOST", `https://${hostHeader}`);
-        return send(res, 200, conf, MIME[".json"]);
-      } catch (e) {
-        return send(res, 500, JSON.stringify({ error: String(e) }), MIME[".json"]);
-      }
-    }
-    if (path === "/rootCA.pem") return sendFile(res, caPath);
-
-    if (path.startsWith("/editions/") || path === "/latest.json") {
-      const filePath = join(originDir, path);
-      if (filePath.startsWith(originDir) && existsSync(filePath) && statSync(filePath).isFile())
-        return sendFile(res, filePath);
-      return send(res, 404, "not found", "text/plain");
-    }
-
-    const appPath = join(appDir, path === "/" ? "index.html" : path);
-    if (appPath.startsWith(appDir) && existsSync(appPath) && statSync(appPath).isFile())
-      return sendFile(res, appPath);
-    // SPA fallback
-    return sendFile(res, join(appDir, "index.html"));
-  },
-);
-
-server.listen(port, host, () => {
-  console.log(`Lumen demo server (edition ${edition})`);
-  console.log(`  app    : ${appDir}`);
-  console.log(`  origin : ${originDir}`);
-  console.log(`  listening on https://${host}:${port}`);
-});
diff --git a/src/app/main.ts b/src/app/main.ts
index 2ac7271..c80e177 100644
--- a/src/app/main.ts
+++ b/src/app/main.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import { openUserDB, addFavorite, removeFavorite, putPrefs } from "../data/user/
 import { createScheduleView } from "../ui/views/schedule/schedule.js";
 import type { ScheduleViewActions, ScheduleViewInput } from "../ui/views/schedule/schedule.js";
 import { restorePreviousSlot } from "../sync/activation.js";
-import { runSync } from "./sync.js";
 import { createLayout, setActiveNav } from "./layout.js";
 import { Router, routeForPath, normalizePath } from "../ui/router/router.js";
 import { createHomeView } from "../ui/views/home/home.js";
@@ -124,11 +123,14 @@ function mount(): { router: Router; cleanup: () => void } {
     const close = (): void => {
       dialog.close();
     };
+    const back = (): void => {
+      if (latestReport) showStatus(latestReport);
+    };
     dialog.replaceChildren(
       createStatusView(report, {
         onCheckData: () => void refreshReadiness(true),
         onGetData: () => {
-          showPrepGuidance();
+          dialog.replaceChildren(createPrepGuidanceView(back, close));
         },
         onRestore: report.canRestore
           ? () => {
@@ -143,64 +145,6 @@ function mount(): { router: Router; cleanup: () => void } {
     if (!dialog.open) dialog.showModal();
   }
 
-  let syncBusy = false;
-  let syncMessage: string | null = null;
-
-  function showPrepGuidance(): void {
-    if (!statusDialog) return;
-    const dialog = statusDialog;
-    const close = (): void => {
-      dialog.close();
-    };
-    const back = (): void => {
-      if (latestReport) showStatus(latestReport);
-    };
-    const paint = (): void => {
-      dialog.replaceChildren(
-        createPrepGuidanceView(back, close, {
-          busy: syncBusy,
-          message: syncMessage,
-          onDownload: () => {
-            if (syncBusy) return;
-            syncBusy = true;
-            syncMessage = null;
-            paint();
-            void runSync({
-              onPhase: (phase) => {
-                syncMessage =
-                  phase === "checking"
-                    ? "Checking for the latest release…"
-                    : phase === "downloading"
-                      ? "Downloading and verifying…"
-                      : "Activating…";
-                paint();
-              },
-            }).then((outcome) => {
-              syncBusy = false;
-              syncMessage =
-                outcome.status === "ok"
-                  ? `Festival data v${String(outcome.version)} is live. You can go offline now.`
-                  : outcome.status === "no-update"
-                    ? "You already have the latest festival data."
-                    : outcome.status === "offline"
-                      ? "No sync source reachable right now."
-                      : outcome.status === "rejected"
-                        ? `Update rejected — keeping current data. (${outcome.detail})`
-                        : outcome.status === "not-configured"
-                          ? `No sync source configured. (${outcome.detail})`
-                          : `Sync failed. (${outcome.detail})`;
-              paint();
-              // Refresh the readiness chip behind the dialog either way.
-              void refreshReadiness(false);
-            });
-          },
-        }),
-      );
-    };
-    paint();
-    if (!dialog.open) dialog.showModal();
-  }
-
   async function refreshReadiness(openAfter: boolean): Promise<void> {
     const report = await evaluateBootReadiness();
     latestReport = report;
diff --git a/src/app/sync.ts b/src/app/sync.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1917f6d..0000000
--- a/src/app/sync.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,180 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * App-layer sync coordinator — the one place that composes transport +
- * verifier + staging + activation into a single user-initiated run.
- *
- * Rules:
- * - The verifier remains the sole decider (B-4): nothing reaches staging
- *   without a VerifyOk witness.
- * - Quarantine is persistent (§11 no-loop): rejected versions are skipped
- *   before any manifest/file fetch until latest.json advances past them.
- * - lumen-user is never written except through the quarantine store (B-6).
- * - All configuration comes from /sync-config.json served alongside the app
- *   (staging seam; production pins keys in the shell bundle).
- */
-import { HttpTransport } from "../sync/transport/http.js";
-import { TransportError } from "../sync/transport/types.js";
-import { pullCandidate } from "../sync/pull.js";
-import { publicKeyFromDerBase64 } from "../sync/verifier/ed25519.js";
-import type { TrustedKeySet } from "../sync/verifier/types.js";
-import { stageVerifiedPackage, activateStagedPackage } from "../sync/activation.js";
-import { openUserDB } from "../data/user/store.js";
-import { quarantineSink, isQuarantined } from "../data/user/quarantine.js";
-import { openSystemDB, readSystemMeta } from "../data/system-meta/store.js";
-import { APP_VERSION, SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_RANGE } from "../domain/readiness/config.js";
-
-export interface SyncConfig {
-  readonly edition: string;
-  /** Origin serving /editions/... and /latest.json. Same-origin by default. */
-  readonly origin: string;
-  /** Pinned trust: fingerprint ("sha256:<hex>") → SPKI DER base64. */
-  readonly trustedKeys: Readonly<Record<string, string>>;
-}
-
-export type SyncOutcome =
-  | { readonly status: "ok"; readonly version: number }
-  | { readonly status: "no-update" }
-  | { readonly status: "offline" }
-  | { readonly status: "not-configured"; readonly detail: string }
-  | { readonly status: "rejected"; readonly detail: string }
-  | { readonly status: "error"; readonly detail: string };
-
-export interface SyncRunDeps {
-  readonly fetchConfig?: () => Promise<SyncConfig | null>;
-  readonly fetchImpl?: typeof fetch;
-  readonly appVersion?: string;
-  readonly supportedSchemaRange?: readonly number[];
-  readonly onPhase?: (phase: "checking" | "downloading" | "activating") => void;
-}
-
-function isSyncConfig(value: unknown): value is SyncConfig {
-  if (typeof value !== "object" || value === null) return false;
-  const c = value as Record<string, unknown>;
-  return (
-    typeof c.edition === "string" &&
-    c.edition.length > 0 &&
-    typeof c.origin === "string" &&
-    typeof c.trustedKeys === "object" &&
-    c.trustedKeys !== null &&
-    Object.values(c.trustedKeys as Record<string, unknown>).every((k) => typeof k === "string")
-  );
-}
-
-export function defaultConfigUrl(): string {
-  return "/sync-config.json";
-}
-
-export async function loadSyncConfig(
-  fetchImpl: typeof fetch,
-  url: string = defaultConfigUrl(),
-): Promise<SyncConfig | null> {
-  try {
-    const res = await fetchImpl(url, { cache: "no-store" });
-    if (!res.ok) return null;
-    const value: unknown = await res.json();
-    return isSyncConfig(value) ? value : null;
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-function keySet(trusted: Readonly<Record<string, string>>): TrustedKeySet {
-  const map = new Map<string, Uint8Array>();
-  for (const [fingerprint, derB64] of Object.entries(trusted)) {
-    map.set(fingerprint, publicKeyFromDerBase64(derB64));
-  }
-  return map;
-}
-
-function describeError(error: unknown): string {
-  if (error instanceof TransportError) return `${error.code}: ${error.message}`;
-  if (error instanceof Error) return error.message;
-  return String(error);
-}
-
-/** Version currently active on this device (0 when nothing is activated yet). */
-async function currentActiveVersion(): Promise<number> {
-  const system = await openSystemDB();
-  try {
-    const meta = await readSystemMeta(system);
-    return meta.activeSlot ? (meta.activePackageVersion ?? 0) : 0;
-  } finally {
-    system.close();
-  }
-}
-
-/** One user-initiated sync: check pointer → verify → stage → activate. */
-export async function runSync(deps: SyncRunDeps = {}): Promise<SyncOutcome> {
-  const fetchImpl = deps.fetchImpl ?? globalThis.fetch;
-  const appVersion = deps.appVersion ?? APP_VERSION;
-  const schemaRange = deps.supportedSchemaRange ?? SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_RANGE;
-
-  let config: SyncConfig | null;
-  try {
-    config = deps.fetchConfig ? await deps.fetchConfig() : await loadSyncConfig(fetchImpl);
-  } catch {
-    return { status: "error", detail: "config load failed" };
-  }
-  if (!config) return { status: "not-configured", detail: "sync-config.json missing or invalid" };
-
-  let trusted: TrustedKeySet;
-  try {
-    trusted = keySet(config.trustedKeys);
-  } catch {
-    return { status: "not-configured", detail: "trusted key entry is malformed" };
-  }
-  if (trusted.size === 0) return { status: "not-configured", detail: "no trusted keys pinned" };
-
-  const transport = new HttpTransport(config.origin, { fetchImpl });
-  const user = await openUserDB();
-  try {
-    deps.onPhase?.("checking");
-    const outcome = await pullCandidate(
-      transport,
-      config.edition,
-      {
-        trustedKeys: trusted,
-        appVersion,
-        supportedSchemaRange: schemaRange,
-        quarantine: quarantineSink(user),
-      },
-      {
-        isQuarantined: (packageVersion) => isQuarantined(user, config.edition, packageVersion),
-      },
-    );
-
-    if (outcome === null) return { status: "offline" };
-    if ("skipped" in outcome) {
-      return {
-        status: "rejected",
-        detail: `version ${String(outcome.pointer.packageVersion)} is quarantined; waiting for a newer release`,
-      };
-    }
-    if (!outcome.result.ok) {
-      return { status: "rejected", detail: outcome.result.reason };
-    }
-    const verified = outcome.result;
-    if (
-      outcome.pointer.edition === config.edition &&
-      outcome.pointer.packageVersion <= (await currentActiveVersion())
-    ) {
-      return { status: "no-update" };
-    }
-
-    deps.onPhase?.("downloading");
-    const staged = await stageVerifiedPackage(verified);
-
-    deps.onPhase?.("activating");
-    const activated = await activateStagedPackage(verified, staged, appVersion);
-    if (!activated.ok) {
-      return {
-        status: "error",
-        detail: activated.reason ?? "activation failed",
-      };
-    }
-    return { status: "ok", version: verified.manifest.packageVersion };
-  } catch (error) {
-    return { status: "error", detail: describeError(error) };
-  } finally {
-    user.close();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/ui/views/status/status.ts b/src/ui/views/status/status.ts
index c72ffd1..c850da6 100644
--- a/src/ui/views/status/status.ts
+++ b/src/ui/views/status/status.ts
@@ -168,15 +168,7 @@ export function createStatusView(report: BootReadinessReport, actions: StatusAct
 }
 
 /** Preparation guidance shown for Get/Continue/Restore — sync flow lands in Stage 15. */
-export function createPrepGuidanceView(
-  onBack: () => void,
-  onClose: () => void,
-  download: {
-    readonly onDownload: () => void;
-    readonly busy: boolean;
-    readonly message: string | null;
-  } | null = null,
-): HTMLElement {
+export function createPrepGuidanceView(onBack: () => void, onClose: () => void): HTMLElement {
   const section = document.createElement("section");
   section.className = "status-view";
   section.setAttribute("aria-labelledby", "prep-heading");
@@ -187,25 +179,9 @@ export function createPrepGuidanceView(
   section.append(
     text(
       "p",
-      download
-        ? "Downloads are verified against a pinned signing key before anything changes. If the update is broken or tampered with, your current data is kept. Everything stays on this device afterwards — no internet needed."
-        : "No sync source is configured for this deployment. Your emergency floor below always works, with or without festival data.",
+      "Festival data preparation needs an internet connection. Open Lumen online and return here — one-tap download with resume, verification, and OFFLINE READY confirmation arrives with the sync stage. Your emergency floor below always works, with or without it.",
     ),
   );
-  if (download) {
-    const button = actionButton(
-      download.busy ? "Downloading…" : "Download festival data",
-      download.onDownload,
-      true,
-    );
-    if (download.busy) button.disabled = true;
-    section.append(button);
-    if (download.message) {
-      const note = text("p", download.message);
-      note.className = "status-sync-note";
-      section.append(note);
-    }
-  }
   const buttons = document.createElement("div");
   buttons.className = "status-actions";
   buttons.append(actionButton("Back to status", onBack, true));
diff --git a/tests/unit/app-sync.test.ts b/tests/unit/app-sync.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e6ea2b..0000000
--- a/tests/unit/app-sync.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,239 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/require-await, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call */
-/**
- * App-layer sync coordinator — end-to-end with fake fetch: pointer →
- * verifier → quarantine → staging → activation, exactly the phone path.
- */
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-// @ts-expect-error fake-indexeddb types via exports fallback
-import FDBFactory from "fake-indexeddb/lib/FDBFactory";
-import { buildPackage } from "../../pipeline/package.js";
-import { generateTestKeyPair } from "../../pipeline/sign.js";
-import { makeValidInput } from "../../pipeline/fixtures.js";
-import { canonicalJson } from "../../pipeline/canonical-json.js";
-import { runSync, type SyncConfig } from "../../src/app/sync.js";
-import { openSystemDB, readSystemMeta } from "../../src/data/system-meta/store.js";
-import { openUserDB } from "../../src/data/user/store.js";
-import { isQuarantined, listQuarantined } from "../../src/data/user/quarantine.js";
-import { DB } from "../../src/platform/idb/names.js";
-
-const g = globalThis as unknown as Record<string, unknown>;
-
-function deleteDb(name: string): Promise<void> {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const request = (g.indexedDB as IDBFactory).deleteDatabase(name);
-    request.onsuccess = () => {
-      resolve();
-    };
-    request.onerror = () => {
-      reject(request.error ?? new Error("delete database failed"));
-    };
-    request.onblocked = () => {
-      resolve();
-    };
-  });
-}
-
-const EDITION = "lumen-2026";
-
-interface Origin {
-  readonly files: Map<string, Uint8Array>;
-  readonly fingerprint: string;
-  readonly derB64: string;
-}
-
-function buildOrigin(
-  version = 1,
-  signKeyOverride?: ReturnType<typeof generateTestKeyPair>,
-): Origin {
-  const keyPair = signKeyOverride ?? generateTestKeyPair();
-  const built = buildPackage(makeValidInput({ packageVersion: version }), { signWith: keyPair });
-  if (!built.ok || !built.pkg.signature) throw new Error("fixture build failed");
-  const pkgDir = `/editions/${EDITION}/packages/${String(version)}`;
-  const files = new Map<string, Uint8Array>();
-  for (const [, f] of built.pkg.files) files.set(`${pkgDir}/${f.file}`, f.canonicalBytes);
-  for (const a of built.pkg.assets) files.set(`${pkgDir}/${a.file}`, a.bytesContent);
-  const manifestBytes = new TextEncoder().encode(canonicalJson(built.pkg.manifest));
-  files.set(`${pkgDir}/manifest.json`, manifestBytes);
-  files.set(
-    `${pkgDir}/signature.json`,
-    new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(built.pkg.signature)),
-  );
-  files.set(
-    `/latest.json`,
-    new TextEncoder().encode(
-      JSON.stringify({
-        edition: EDITION,
-        packageVersion: version,
-        manifestUrl: `${pkgDir}/manifest.json`,
-        generatedAt: new Date(0).toISOString(),
-      }),
-    ),
-  );
-  files.set(
-    `/editions/${EDITION}/latest.json`,
-    new TextEncoder().encode(
-      JSON.stringify({
-        edition: EDITION,
-        packageVersion: version,
-        manifestUrl: `${pkgDir}/manifest.json`,
-        generatedAt: new Date(0).toISOString(),
-      }),
-    ),
-  );
-  return { files, fingerprint: keyPair.fingerprint, derB64: keyPair.publicKeyDerBase64 };
-}
-
-function fakeFetch(origin: Origin, counters: { fetches: string[] } = { fetches: [] }) {
-  const handler = async (input: string | URL): Promise<Response> => {
-    const href = typeof input === "string" ? input : input.href;
-    const url = new URL(href);
-    const path = decodeURIComponent(url.pathname);
-    const bytes = origin.files.get(path);
-    if (bytes === undefined) return new Response("not found", { status: 404 });
-    counters.fetches.push(path);
-    const copy = bytes.slice();
-    return new Response(copy, { status: 200 });
-  };
-  return handler as unknown as typeof fetch;
-}
-
-function config(origin: Origin): SyncConfig {
-  return {
-    edition: EDITION,
-    origin: "https://origin.test",
-    trustedKeys: { [origin.fingerprint]: origin.derB64 },
-  };
-}
-
-beforeEach(async () => {
-  g.indexedDB = new FDBFactory() as unknown;
-  // Node's navigator has no onLine — the transport treats undefined as offline.
-  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "navigator", {
-    value: { onLine: true },
-    configurable: true,
-    writable: true,
-  });
-  await Promise.all(Object.values(DB).map((name) => deleteDb(name)));
-});
-
-describe("app sync coordinator", () => {
-  it("downloads, verifies, activates, and reports OK with the new version", async () => {
-    const origin = buildOrigin();
-    const result = await runSync({
-      fetchConfig: async () => config(origin),
-      fetchImpl: fakeFetch(origin),
-      appVersion: "1.0.0",
-    });
-    expect(result).toEqual({ status: "ok", version: 1 });
-    const system = await openSystemDB();
-    const meta = await readSystemMeta(system);
-    system.close();
-    expect(meta.activeSlot).not.toBeNull();
-    expect(meta.activePackageVersion).toBe(1);
-  });
-
-  it("second run reports no-update without restaging", async () => {
-    const origin = buildOrigin();
-    expect(
-      (
-        await runSync({
-          fetchConfig: async () => config(origin),
-          fetchImpl: fakeFetch(origin),
-          appVersion: "1.0.0",
-        })
-      ).status,
-    ).toBe("ok");
-    const again = await runSync({
-      fetchConfig: async () => config(origin),
-      fetchImpl: fakeFetch(origin),
-      appVersion: "1.0.0",
-    });
-    expect(again).toEqual({ status: "no-update" });
-  });
-
-  it("rejects a package signed by an untrusted key, quarantines it, and keeps active state", async () => {
-    const good = buildOrigin(1);
-    expect(
-      (
-        await runSync({
-          fetchConfig: async () => config(good),
-          fetchImpl: fakeFetch(good),
-          appVersion: "1.0.0",
-        })
-      ).status,
-    ).toBe("ok");
-
-    const attacker = generateTestKeyPair();
-    const tampered = buildOrigin(2, attacker);
-    const result = await runSync({
-      fetchConfig: async () => config(good),
-      fetchImpl: fakeFetch(tampered),
-      appVersion: "1.0.0",
-    });
-    expect(result.status).toBe("rejected");
-
-    const system = await openSystemDB();
-    const meta = await readSystemMeta(system);
-    system.close();
-    expect(meta.activePackageVersion).toBe(1);
-
-    const user = await openUserDB();
-    expect(await isQuarantined(user, EDITION, 2)).toBe(true);
-    expect(await listQuarantined(user, EDITION)).toHaveLength(1);
-    user.close();
-  });
-
-  it("never re-fetches files for a quarantined version (no-loop)", async () => {
-    const attacker = generateTestKeyPair();
-    const trusted = generateTestKeyPair();
-    const origin = buildOrigin(3, attacker);
-    const conf = {
-      edition: EDITION,
-      origin: "https://origin.test",
-      trustedKeys: { [trusted.fingerprint]: trusted.publicKeyDerBase64 },
-    } satisfies SyncConfig;
-    const counters = { fetches: [] as string[] };
-    const first = await runSync({
-      fetchConfig: async () => conf,
-      fetchImpl: fakeFetch(origin, counters),
-      appVersion: "1.0.0",
-    });
-    expect(first.status).toBe("rejected");
-    const afterFirst = counters.fetches.length;
-
-    const counters2 = { fetches: [] as string[] };
-    const second = await runSync({
-      fetchConfig: async () => conf,
-      fetchImpl: fakeFetch(origin, counters2),
-      appVersion: "1.0.0",
-    });
-    expect(second.status).toBe("rejected");
-    expect(second.status === "rejected" && second.detail).toContain("quarantined");
-    // only latest.json — manifest and files are never fetched again
-    expect(counters2.fetches).toEqual([`/editions/${EDITION}/latest.json`]);
-    expect(afterFirst).toBeGreaterThan(1);
-  });
-
-  it("reports offline when transport is unavailable", async () => {
-    const origin = buildOrigin();
-    const offlineFetch = (async () => {
-      throw new TypeError("fetch failed");
-    }) as unknown as typeof fetch;
-    const result = await runSync({
-      fetchConfig: async () => config(origin),
-      fetchImpl: offlineFetch,
-      appVersion: "1.0.0",
-    });
-    // navigator.onLine is true under vitest; a failed fetch is an error path.
-    expect(["offline", "error"]).toContain(result.status);
-  });
-
-  it("reports not-configured when sync-config is absent", async () => {
-    const result = await runSync({
-      fetchConfig: async () => null,
-      fetchImpl: fakeFetch(buildOrigin()),
-      appVersion: "1.0.0",
-    });
-    expect(result.status).toBe("not-configured");
-  });
-});