diff --git a/loopx/semantics/project_registry_io_manifest_v1.json b/loopx/semantics/project_registry_io_manifest_v1.json
index 4a51d08c9b..af3eabf1d2 100644
--- a/loopx/semantics/project_registry_io_manifest_v1.json
+++ b/loopx/semantics/project_registry_io_manifest_v1.json
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@
     },
     {
       "site": "loopx/history.py::<module>.collect_history::codec_read:load_registry#1",
-      "line": 301,
+      "line": 327,
       "column": 20,
       "kind": "codec_read",
       "api": "load_registry",
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@
     },
     {
       "site": "loopx/history.py::<module>.inspect_index_duplicates::codec_read:load_registry#1",
-      "line": 542,
+      "line": 571,
       "column": 16,
       "kind": "codec_read",
       "api": "load_registry",
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@
     },
     {
       "site": "loopx/history.py::<module>.rebuild_index_artifact_collisions::codec_read:load_registry#1",
-      "line": 756,
+      "line": 785,
       "column": 16,
       "kind": "codec_read",
       "api": "load_registry",
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@
     },
     {
       "site": "loopx/history.py::<module>.repair_index_duplicates::codec_read:load_registry#1",
-      "line": 646,
+      "line": 675,
       "column": 16,
       "kind": "codec_read",
       "api": "load_registry",
diff --git a/tests/control_plane_ts/deferred_hard_lease_lifecycle.test.ts b/tests/control_plane_ts/deferred_hard_lease_lifecycle.test.ts
index 73e1f4c9e5..689dfe48ff 100644
--- a/tests/control_plane_ts/deferred_hard_lease_lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/tests/control_plane_ts/deferred_hard_lease_lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {JsonObject} from "../../loopx/control_plane/effect_program.ts";
 import {FileAuthorityStore} from "../../loopx/control_plane/coordination/file_authority_store.ts";
 import {SqliteAuthorityStore} from "../../loopx/control_plane/coordination/sqlite_authority_store.ts";
 import {canonicalAuthoritySha256} from "../../loopx/control_plane/coordination/authority_store_codec.ts";
+import {sqliteAuthorityRuntime} from "../../loopx/control_plane/coordination/sqlite_runtime.ts";
 import {TODO_DOMAIN_ITEM_SCHEMA, TODO_DOMAIN_READ_RECORD_SCHEMA, TODO_DOMAIN_RECORD_CONTRACT} from
   "../../loopx/control_plane/coordination/coordination_state_contract.ts";
 import {executeCoordinationTodoUpdate, type CoordinationTodoUpdateInput} from
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ const TODO = "todo_task";
 const OWNER = "agent-a";
 const AGENTS = [OWNER, "agent-b"];
 
+function sqliteSkipReason(): string | undefined {
+  try { sqliteAuthorityRuntime(); return undefined; }
+  catch { return "requires a WAL-fixed SQLite runtime with finalized statements"; }
+}
+const sqliteSkip = sqliteSkipReason();
+
 async function seeded(provider: "file" | "sqlite", overrides: JsonObject = {}, lease?: JsonObject) {
   const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), `loopx-deferred-${provider}-`));
   const path = join(root, "authority");
@@ -72,7 +79,9 @@ function oldLease(status: "active" | "released", expires_at: string): JsonObject
 }
 
 for (const provider of ["file", "sqlite"] as const) {
-  test(`${provider}: deferred resume is one CAS transition and never grants execution`, async () => {
+  const skip = provider === "sqlite" ? sqliteSkip : undefined;
+
+  test(`${provider}: deferred resume is one CAS transition and never grants execution`, {skip}, async () => {
     const store = await seeded(provider);
     const before = await read(store);
     assert.equal(leaseOwnerRejection({status: "deferred", claimed_by: OWNER, excluded_agents: []}, OWNER, AGENTS),
@@ -99,7 +108,8 @@ for (const provider of ["file", "sqlite"] as const) {
       "coordination_operation_identity_mismatch");
   });
 
-  test(`${provider}: expired lease is retired atomically, while live execution and foreign edits fail closed`, async () => {
+  test(`${provider}: expired lease is retired atomically, while live execution and foreign edits fail closed`,
+    {skip}, async () => {
     const expired = await seeded(provider, {}, oldLease("active", "2026-09-05T22:30:00Z"));
     const resumed = await executeCoordinationTodoUpdate(expired, resume("retire-expired"));
     assert.equal(resumed.status, "applied", JSON.stringify(resumed));
@@ -123,7 +133,8 @@ for (const provider of ["file", "sqlite"] as const) {
     }
   });
 
-  test(`${provider}: an unclaimed deferred Todo stays unclaimed; excluded actors cannot reopen it`, async () => {
+  test(`${provider}: an unclaimed deferred Todo stays unclaimed; excluded actors cannot reopen it`,
+    {skip}, async () => {
     const unclaimed = await seeded(provider, {claimed_by: null});
     const applied = await executeCoordinationTodoUpdate(unclaimed, resume("unclaimed-resume"));
     assert.equal(applied.status, "applied", JSON.stringify(applied));
@@ -138,7 +149,7 @@ for (const provider of ["file", "sqlite"] as const) {
     assert.deepEqual(await read(excluded), before);
   });
 
-  test(`${provider}: deferred supersede closes one Todo and retires expired lease lineage`, async () => {
+  test(`${provider}: deferred supersede closes one Todo and retires expired lease lineage`, {skip}, async () => {
     const store = await seeded(provider, {}, oldLease("active", "2026-09-05T22:30:00Z"));
     const input = supersede("supersede-once");
     const before = await read(store);