diff --git a/.gitbot-fleet/report-backs/README.md b/.gitbot-fleet/report-backs/README.md
index 32b48064..4647d911 100644
--- a/.gitbot-fleet/report-backs/README.md
+++ b/.gitbot-fleet/report-backs/README.md
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ should match the key in `.gitbot-fleet/enrolment.json` (`rhodibot`, `seambot`, .
 
 The Hypatia verdict grid reads this directory
 (`.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml` passes it to
-`scripts/verdict-grid.sh --report-backs`), so a report-back written here is the
-only way a member's row stops being orange. The envelope is the one in
+`scripts/verdict-grid.sh --report-backs`), so a report-back here is the only
+way a member's row stops being orange. The envelope is the one in
 `docs/VERDICT-GRID-SPEC.adoc` of
-[hyperpolymath/standards](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards):
+[metadatastician/standards](https://github.com/metadatastician/standards):
 
 ```json
 { "reporter": "rhodibot",
@@ -29,12 +29,17 @@ required unless the member ran, and `not_applicable` renders grey. `severity`
 uses the fleet's own words (`error`, `warning`, `info`, `suggestion`) or the
 scanner words (`critical`, `high`, `medium`, `low`); both normalise.
 
-The directory exists because this repository's deed declares it
-(`MetaManifold-WebUI_chora.deed`, `:report-backs ".gitbot-fleet/report-backs/"`)
-and a declared path that does not exist is a dangling reference. It is empty
-on purpose: no member has reported back yet, and the grid says so - an
-enrolled member with no report-back renders **orange** ("enrolled, but no
-report-back was received"), never green. Do not add a placeholder envelope to
-turn a row green; only a real run may.
+**How the files get here.** The `fleet` job of `.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml`
+(gitbot-fleet's `fleet-report-back-reusable.yml`) runs the enrolled adapters on
+the PR head and uploads the envelopes as the `fleet-report-backs` artifact;
+the fork-local Hypatia reusable downloads that artifact into this directory
+just before it renders the grid (fork delta 4). Nothing is ever committed here:
+an envelope is evidence about one commit, and a committed one would read as
+current when it is stale. The directory exists because this repository's deed
+declares it (`MetaManifold-WebUI_chora.deed`,
+`:report-backs ".gitbot-fleet/report-backs/"`), and it is empty in git on
+purpose. An enrolled member with no report-back renders **orange** ("enrolled,
+but no report-back was received"), never green; do not add a placeholder
+envelope to turn a row green. Only a real run may.
 
 Only files matching `*.json` are read, so this README is inert.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml
index d89e0d5b..bef64c99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Fork-local copy of metadatastician/standards/.github/workflows/
 # hypatia-scan-reusable.yml at 01c9b0c9f2646ebea0b30a9588462642ac94aee9.
-# Keep that source pin when updating this file and reapply the three fork deltas:
+# Keep that source pin when updating this file and reapply the four fork deltas:
 #   1. Do not upload SARIF for pull_request events. This lane is advisory on
 #      PRs; uploading error-level results creates a separate, blocking
 #      "Code scanning results / Hypatia" check even when the scan job passes.
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 #   3. Filter only upstream-inherited TypeScript paths from the effective
 #      findings, validate the raw/effective JSON with pinned ijson-jcs, and keep
 #      raw scanner outputs plus fork-only paths/rules.
+#   4. Download the gitbot-fleet report-backs (artifact `fleet-report-backs`,
+#      produced by the `fleet` job of hypatia-scan.yml) into
+#      .gitbot-fleet/report-backs/ before the verdict grid renders, so each
+#      enrolled member's row carries evidence instead of "enrolled, but no
+#      report-back was received". Upstream standards added the same step and
+#      input after 01c9b0c9; this copy carries them ahead of its source pin.
 # scripts/check-governance-contract.sh guards these deltas.
 #
 # Hypatia Neurosymbolic CI/CD Security Scan — Reusable Workflow
@@ -28,6 +34,16 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         required: false
         default: false
+      report-backs-artifact:
+        description: >-
+          Name of an artifact, uploaded earlier in the same run, holding the
+          gitbot-fleet report-back envelopes (one <member>.json each). Downloaded
+          into .gitbot-fleet/report-backs/ before the verdict grid renders; a
+          missing artifact is tolerated and leaves the enrolled rows orange. Set
+          to an empty string to skip the download.
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: "fleet-report-backs"
       hypatia-ref:
         description: >-
           Hypatia commit to build the scanner from. Defaults to a vetted SHA so a
@@ -728,6 +744,26 @@ jobs:
                      | last | .body // ""' \
             > "$RUNNER_TEMP/grid-previous.md" || : > "$RUNNER_TEMP/grid-previous.md"
 
+      # Fork delta 4: fleet report-backs. Produced per run by the `fleet` job of
+      # hypatia-scan.yml and reaching this job only as an artifact; never
+      # committed. continue-on-error: no artifact leaves the enrolled rows orange.
+      # Nothing committed may pose as evidence: only files the artifact supplies
+      # are read. The committed README.md is not *.json and is left alone.
+      - name: Clear any checked-out fleet report-backs
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          mkdir -p .gitbot-fleet/report-backs
+          find .gitbot-fleet/report-backs -maxdepth 1 -name '*.json' -type f -print -delete
+
+      - name: Download the fleet report-backs
+        if: ${{ always() && inputs.report-backs-artifact != '' }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@9000827ccba6bdab643e8b6fd33ac0654aef8333 # v8.0.2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.report-backs-artifact }}
+          path: .gitbot-fleet/report-backs
+
       - name: Render the verdict grid
         id: grid
         if: ${{ always() }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml
index 83f21656..1d700e18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml
@@ -76,9 +76,24 @@ jobs:
       require-files: true
       fail-on-indeterminate: true
 
+  # Fleet report-backs, produced before the Hypatia lane renders so each enrolled
+  # gitbot-fleet member's row (.gitbot-fleet/enrolment.json) carries evidence
+  # instead of "enrolled, but no report-back was received". Same owner
+  # (hyperpolymath), so the reusable is allowed by this repository's Actions
+  # policy; scripts/check-governance-contract.sh guards the pin and the wiring.
+  fleet:
+    name: Fleet report-backs
+    needs: [workflow-contract]
+    uses: hyperpolymath/gitbot-fleet/.github/workflows/fleet-report-back-reusable.yml@e85b71bf139a61f956c7e0717a2912cd6e347cc5
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+
   hypatia:
     name: Hypatia verdict grid
-    needs: [workflow-contract]
+    # After the fleet job whatever its result (a dead fleet job renders as orange
+    # fleet rows, never as a missing lane), but never after a failed contract.
+    needs: [workflow-contract, fleet]
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && needs.workflow-contract.result == 'success' }}
     # Fork-local so advisory PR scans do not upload error-level SARIF and
     # create a second blocking check. The source pin and deltas are documented
     # in the called file and checked by scripts/check-governance-contract.sh.
diff --git a/scripts/check-governance-contract.sh b/scripts/check-governance-contract.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index f0064529..990cb3ee
--- a/scripts/check-governance-contract.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-governance-contract.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,50 @@ not_contains "$caller" 'uses: metadatastician/standards/.github/workflows/hypati
 not_contains "$caller" 'uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml@' \
   'the governance lane cannot bypass the fork guard through the pre-transfer name'
 contains "$caller" 'needs: [workflow-contract]' \
-  'this contract runs before the Hypatia scan'
+  'this contract runs before the fleet job'
+contains "$caller" 'needs: [workflow-contract, fleet]' \
+  'the Hypatia scan runs after both the contract and the fleet report-backs'
+contains "$caller" "if: \${{ !cancelled() && needs.workflow-contract.result == 'success' }}" \
+  'a dead fleet job still lets the Hypatia lane render; a failed contract or a cancelled run does not'
+# Fork delta 4: the fleet report-backs. The producer is pinned to a gitbot-fleet
+# commit (same owner, so the Actions policy allows the reusable); the consumer
+# step must sit before the grid renders, or the rows stay orange with the
+# artifact sitting unread in the run.
+if grep -Eq '^    uses: hyperpolymath/gitbot-fleet/\.github/workflows/fleet-report-back-reusable\.yml@[0-9a-f]{40}$' <<<"$caller"; then
+  pass 'the fleet report-backs come from gitbot-fleet at an immutable commit'
+else
+  fail 'the fleet report-backs must come from hyperpolymath/gitbot-fleet pinned to a 40-hex commit'
+fi
+if fleet_clear="$(step_block "$REUSABLE" 'Clear any checked-out fleet report-backs')"; then
+  contains "$fleet_clear" "find .gitbot-fleet/report-backs -maxdepth 1 -name '*.json' -type f -print -delete" \
+    'a committed envelope can never pose as report-back evidence'
+  clear_line=$(grep -nF -- '- name: Clear any checked-out fleet report-backs' "$REUSABLE" | cut -d: -f1 | head -n1)
+  dl_line0=$(grep -nF -- '- name: Download the fleet report-backs' "$REUSABLE" | cut -d: -f1 | head -n1)
+  if [ -n "$clear_line" ] && [ -n "$dl_line0" ] && [ "$clear_line" -lt "$dl_line0" ]; then
+    pass 'the checked-out report-backs are cleared before the artifact is downloaded'
+  else
+    fail 'the report-backs clear step must precede the download'
+  fi
+else
+  fail 'the fleet report-backs clear step exists'
+fi
+if fleet_dl="$(step_block "$REUSABLE" 'Download the fleet report-backs')"; then
+  contains "$fleet_dl" 'path: .gitbot-fleet/report-backs' \
+    'the report-backs land where the renderer reads them'
+  contains "$fleet_dl" 'continue-on-error: true' \
+    'a missing report-backs artifact leaves rows orange instead of killing the lane'
+  contains "$fleet_dl" 'name: ${{ inputs.report-backs-artifact }}' \
+    'the artifact name is the caller-visible input, not a literal'
+  dl_line=$(grep -nF -- '- name: Download the fleet report-backs' "$REUSABLE" | cut -d: -f1 | head -n1)
+  render_line=$(grep -nF -- '- name: Render the verdict grid' "$REUSABLE" | cut -d: -f1 | head -n1)
+  if [ -n "$dl_line" ] && [ -n "$render_line" ] && [ "$dl_line" -lt "$render_line" ]; then
+    pass 'the report-backs are downloaded before the verdict grid renders'
+  else
+    fail 'the report-backs download must precede the verdict grid render step'
+  fi
+else
+  fail 'the fleet report-backs download step exists'
+fi
 if grep -Eq '^  pull_request:$' <<<"$caller"; then
   pass 'governance still runs for pull requests'
 else
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test-governance-contract.sh b/scripts/tests/test-governance-contract.sh
index 5ce57161..052548aa 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test-governance-contract.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests/test-governance-contract.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ reset_fixture() {
 }
 reset_fixture
 bash "$fixture/scripts/check-governance-contract.sh" > "$fixture/log" 2>&1
-for mutation in allowlist-addition baseline-zero-gate baseline-operator-gate baseline-grouping-gate sarif upstream-exception effective-grid jcs-manifest jcs-canonicalizer raw-ijson k9-pin k9-require k9-indeterminate k9-verdict scanner-advisory scanner-secrets scanner-trigger scorecard-trigger stale-standards-owner scorecard-owner deed-remote scorecard-remote deed-source-sha scorecard-source-sha scorecard-no-upload scorecard-quiet-reconcile cross-owner-reusable; do
+for mutation in allowlist-addition baseline-zero-gate baseline-operator-gate baseline-grouping-gate sarif upstream-exception effective-grid jcs-manifest jcs-canonicalizer raw-ijson k9-pin k9-require k9-indeterminate k9-verdict scanner-advisory scanner-secrets scanner-trigger scorecard-trigger stale-standards-owner scorecard-owner deed-remote scorecard-remote deed-source-sha scorecard-source-sha scorecard-no-upload scorecard-quiet-reconcile cross-owner-reusable fleet-unpinned fleet-before-contract fleet-dropped-download fleet-download-after-render fleet-download-fatal fleet-committed-evidence fleet-ignores-cancel; do
   reset_fixture
   case "$mutation" in
     allowlist-addition) echo 'frontend/src/fork-only.ts' >> "$fixture/config/hypatia/upstream-typescript-allowlist.txt" ;;
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ for mutation in allowlist-addition baseline-zero-gate baseline-operator-gate bas
     deed-remote) sed -i 's|uses: ./.github/workflows/deed-conformance-reusable.yml|uses: metadatastician/standards/.github/workflows/deed-conformance.yml@75bd5994470661a099df562d6d5ad2fe744dbd66|' "$fixture/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml" ;;
     scorecard-remote) sed -i 's|uses: ./.github/workflows/scorecard-reusable.yml|uses: metadatastician/standards/.github/workflows/scorecard-reusable.yml@c6d78606f3928c22c3b0bdc6f5f5b47b96e05a5d|' "$fixture/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml" ;;
     cross-owner-reusable) sed -i 's|uses: ./.github/workflows/k9-conformance-reusable.yml|uses: someone/else/.github/workflows/k9.yml@main|' "$fixture/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml" ;;
+    # Fork delta 4: the fleet report-backs must come from an immutable gitbot-fleet
+    # commit, be downloaded before the grid renders, and never kill the lane.
+    fleet-unpinned) sed -i -E 's|(fleet-report-back-reusable\.yml)@[0-9a-f]{40}|\1@main|' "$fixture/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml" ;;
+    fleet-before-contract) sed -i 's|needs: \[workflow-contract, fleet\]|needs: [fleet]|' "$fixture/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml" ;;
+    fleet-dropped-download) sed -i '/^      - name: Download the fleet report-backs$/,/^          path: .gitbot-fleet\/report-backs$/d' "$fixture/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml" ;;
+    fleet-download-after-render) awk '/^      - name: Download the fleet report-backs$/{hold=1} hold && /^      - name: Render the verdict grid$/{hold=0; print; printf "%s", buf; buf=""; next} hold{buf=buf $0 "\n"; next} {print}' "$fixture/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml" > "$fixture/reordered.yml" && mv "$fixture/reordered.yml" "$fixture/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml" ;;
+    fleet-download-fatal) sed -i '/^      - name: Download the fleet report-backs$/,/^          path: .gitbot-fleet\/report-backs$/{/continue-on-error: true/d}' "$fixture/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml" ;;
+    fleet-committed-evidence) sed -i '/^      - name: Clear any checked-out fleet report-backs$/,/-print -delete$/d' "$fixture/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml" ;;
+    fleet-ignores-cancel) sed -i "s|if: \${{ !cancelled() \&\& needs.workflow-contract.result == 'success' }}|if: \${{ always() \&\& needs.workflow-contract.result == 'success' }}|" "$fixture/.github/workflows/hypatia-scan.yml" ;;
     # A copy is only a copy while it still comes from the audited commit and
     # keeps the guards whose absence froze code scanning upstream.
     deed-source-sha) sed -i 's@75bd5994470661a099df562d6d5ad2fe744dbd66@main@' "$fixture/.github/workflows/deed-conformance-reusable.yml" ;;