diff --git a/docs/plans/igneum-2.0-test-registry.json b/docs/plans/igneum-2.0-test-registry.json
index 126fd59fd..4573cf5a1 100644
--- a/docs/plans/igneum-2.0-test-registry.json
+++ b/docs/plans/igneum-2.0-test-registry.json
@@ -7526,7 +7526,7 @@
           "run_status": "PASS",
           "evidence_path": "sim/finality-attacks-results/native-2026-10-09/s1b2.md",
           "run_id": "fin-recovery-note-20261009-01",
-          "updated": "2026-10-09T00:13:52.356Z",
+          "updated": "2026-10-09T00:22:15.430Z",
           "evidence_record": {
             "requirement_id": "FIN-02",
             "decision": "PASS",
@@ -7547,7 +7547,8 @@
             },
             "claim_impact": "FIN-02 and FIN-08 keep their decisions; the recovery certificate's kind on non-forming nodes and the conflicting-certificate report are 2.0.3 items (known-failed tests ride it)",
             "reviewer": "",
-            "at": "2026-10-09T00:13:52.356Z"
+            "at": "2026-10-09T00:22:15.430Z",
+            "note": "Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note. | Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note. (Replayed once the recorder stores notes, 01:1x UK.)"
           },
           "approvals": {
             "scope_approved": null,
@@ -7576,7 +7577,8 @@
               },
               "claim_impact": "FIN-02 and FIN-08 keep their decisions; the recovery certificate's kind on non-forming nodes and the conflicting-certificate report are 2.0.3 items (known-failed tests ride it)",
               "reviewer": "",
-              "at": "2026-10-09T00:13:52.356Z"
+              "at": "2026-10-09T00:22:15.430Z",
+              "note": "Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note. | Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note. (Replayed once the recorder stores notes, 01:1x UK.)"
             }
           }
         },
@@ -8045,7 +8047,7 @@
           "run_status": "NOT RUN",
           "evidence_path": "sim/results_v2.md",
           "run_id": "fin-recovery-note-20261009-01",
-          "updated": "2026-10-09T00:13:52.356Z",
+          "updated": "2026-10-09T00:22:15.430Z",
           "evidence_record": {
             "requirement_id": "FIN-08",
             "decision": "NOT RUN",
@@ -8066,7 +8068,8 @@
             },
             "claim_impact": "FIN-02 and FIN-08 keep their decisions; the recovery certificate's kind on non-forming nodes and the conflicting-certificate report are 2.0.3 items (known-failed tests ride it)",
             "reviewer": "",
-            "at": "2026-10-09T00:13:52.356Z"
+            "at": "2026-10-09T00:22:15.430Z",
+            "note": "Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note. | Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note. (Replayed once the recorder stores notes, 01:1x UK.)"
           },
           "in_progress_since": "2026-10-08T19:43:19.697Z",
           "approvals": {
@@ -8096,7 +8099,8 @@
               },
               "claim_impact": "FIN-02 and FIN-08 keep their decisions; the recovery certificate's kind on non-forming nodes and the conflicting-certificate report are 2.0.3 items (known-failed tests ride it)",
               "reviewer": "",
-              "at": "2026-10-09T00:13:52.356Z"
+              "at": "2026-10-09T00:22:15.430Z",
+              "note": "Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note. | Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note. (Replayed once the recorder stores notes, 01:1x UK.)"
             }
           }
         }
@@ -8109,6 +8113,10 @@
         {
           "at": "2026-10-08T20:10:24.812Z",
           "text": "REC-01 (the master edition's one unresolved interpretation, finality pause-only healing: R1's I03 stale predicate against R2's F04 backfill caveat): closure evidence as the finality and node lanes recorded it on 8 October 2026: rule v4 at release-2.0.0-node 12424341's line, mode recovery by the founder's 19:57 ruling (the lock labelled recovery, never final), both real-node lines PASS tonight by the 6.7 pause criterion, FIN-02 PASS at 0218d6bf1 on the simulator half; status RUNNING until the beyond-window healing case with and without historical data is run natively (the node lane's case tomorrow)."
+        },
+        {
+          "at": "2026-10-09T00:22:15.485Z",
+          "text": "FIN-02 and FIN-08: Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note."
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -14905,6 +14913,12 @@
             "claim_authorised": null
           }
         }
+      ],
+      "notes": [
+        {
+          "at": "2026-10-09T00:22:15.538Z",
+          "text": "F04 closure rows (R2-F04-R01 to R04): Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note."
+        }
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/tools/ci/batches/fin-recovery-note-20261009-01.json b/tools/ci/batches/fin-recovery-note-20261009-01.json
index 52fbf2a4f..a6be15784 100644
--- a/tools/ci/batches/fin-recovery-note-20261009-01.json
+++ b/tools/ci/batches/fin-recovery-note-20261009-01.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "evidence_dir": "docs/analysis (the finality runs lane's rows 4566eb1e4)",
   "boxes": [],
   "claim_impact": "FIN-02 and FIN-08 keep their decisions; the recovery certificate's kind on non-forming nodes and the conflicting-certificate report are 2.0.3 items (known-failed tests ride it)",
-  "note": "Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note.",
+  "note": "Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note. (Replayed once the recorder stores notes, 01:1x UK.)",
   "cells": [
     {
       "cell": "node:finality-realnode",
diff --git a/tools/ci/notes/fin-recovery-fin-20261009.json b/tools/ci/notes/fin-recovery-fin-20261009.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f1515bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci/notes/fin-recovery-fin-20261009.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "suite": "FIN",
+  "text": "FIN-02 and FIN-08: Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note."
+}
diff --git a/tools/ci/notes/fin-recovery-rev-20261009.json b/tools/ci/notes/fin-recovery-rev-20261009.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1743cd33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci/notes/fin-recovery-rev-20261009.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "suite": "REV",
+  "text": "F04 closure rows (R2-F04-R01 to R04): Dated note, 9 October 2026 01:0x UK (the coordinator, from the finality runs lane's native rows 4566eb1e4): a received recovery certificate reads lockKind \"final\" on every node but the forming one (recovery_lock is stamped only in evaluate), and a node holding two certificates at one index reports \"active\" and keeps locking; both ride 2.0.3 with known-failed tests (the node lane's 06:00 line). Recovery kind correct on the forming node only until 2.0.3; conflicting-certificate reporting open. No decision changed by this note."
+}
diff --git a/tools/ci/test-record.mjs b/tools/ci/test-record.mjs
index 62d922f26..17996f796 100644
--- a/tools/ci/test-record.mjs
+++ b/tools/ci/test-record.mjs
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ function record(reg, map, batch) {
       c.evidence_record = { requirement_id: id, decision: status, method, cell: cell.cell, manifest_sha: batch.manifest_sha, run_id: batch.run_id, evidence: cell.evidence || batch.evidence_dir, in_progress: inProgress, coverage: (m.coverage || {})[id] || m.coverage || {},
         release_identity: { commit: ri.commit || batch.manifest_sha || '', lockfile: ri.lockfile || '', binary: ri.binary || '', network_object: ri.network_object || '', activation: ri.activation || '', profile_hashes: ri.profile_hashes || '' },
         claim_impact: cell.claim_impact || batch.claim_impact || '', reviewer: cell.reviewer || batch.reviewer || '', at: now,
+        ...(cell.note || batch.note ? { note: [cell.note, batch.note].filter(Boolean).join(' | ') } : {}),   // the cell's note and the batch's note are the record's note (9 October 2026, 01:1x UK: every note written tonight had lived in the batch file alone)
         ...(missing.length ? { blocked_on: missing, reason: `INT-17: missing ${missing.join(', ')}; never PASS without them` } : {}) };
       if (cell.network_label) c.evidence_record.network_label = cell.network_label;
       if (!c.evidence_record.network_label && (status === 'PASS' || status === 'FAIL') && method !== 'static' && ISLAND_RE.test(JSON.stringify([c.evidence_record.release_identity?.network_object, c.evidence_record.evidence, c.evidence_record.note]))) c.evidence_record.network_label = ISLAND_LABEL;
@@ -156,7 +157,8 @@ if (args.includes('--self-test')) {
   if (!(rv.bad === 1 && /vocabulary/.test(rv.lines[0]))) { console.log(`self-test failed: a RUNNING row passed --check: ${rv.lines}`); fails = 1; }
   const map2 = { cells: { pow: { ...map.cells.pow, cases: ['C1', 'C9'] } }, not_run: {} };
   r = check(reg, map2); if (!(r.bad >= 2 && r.lines.some((l) => l.includes('unknown case C9')) && r.lines.some((l) => l.includes('C2') && l.includes('no harness')))) { console.log(`self-test failed: an unknown id or an unmapped Automated case was not refused: ${r.lines.join('; ')}`); fails = 1; }
-  const before = acceptSnapshot(reg); const touched = record(reg, map, { run_id: 'r1', manifest_sha: 'abc', evidence_dir: '/e', method: 'native', cells: [{ cell: 'pow', status: 'PASS', evidence: '/e/pow.log' }] });
+  const before = acceptSnapshot(reg); const touched = record(reg, map, { run_id: 'r1', manifest_sha: 'abc', evidence_dir: '/e', method: 'native', note: 'the batch note', cells: [{ cell: 'pow', status: 'PASS', evidence: '/e/pow.log', note: 'the cell note' }] });
+  if (reg.cases[0].evidence_record.note !== 'the cell note | the batch note') { console.log(`self-test failed: the cell and batch notes did not land in the record: ${reg.cases[0].evidence_record.note}`); fails = 1; }
   if (!(reg.cases[0].evidence_record.method === 'native' && reg.cases[0].evidence_record.decision === 'PASS' && reg.cases[0].evidence_record.requirement_id === 'C1' && reg.cases[0].evidence_record.reviewer === '' && reg.cases[0].approvals.claim_authorised === null)) { console.log(`self-test failed: the p.139 record fields or the four approvals (never inferred) are wrong: ${JSON.stringify(reg.cases[0].evidence_record)} ${JSON.stringify(reg.cases[0].approvals)}`); fails = 1; }
   record(reg, map, { run_id: 'r1r', manifest_sha: 'abc', method: 'native', cells: [{ cell: 'pow', status: 'RUNNING', evidence: '/e/pow.log' }] });
   if (!(reg.cases[0].run_status === 'NOT RUN' && reg.cases[0].in_progress_since)) { console.log('self-test failed: RUNNING did not become NOT RUN with in_progress_since'); fails = 1; }