diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdk-version-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/sdk-version-sync.yml
index 32964d542..a01e45771 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdk-version-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdk-version-sync.yml
@@ -84,11 +84,13 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-      - name: Verify @nself/sdk and @nself/cli-api versions (sdk/ts-sdk, sdk/ts-cli-api)
+      - name: Verify every sdk npm package version (sdk/*/package.json)
         run: |
           TARGET='${{ steps.target.outputs.target }}'
-          for dir in sdk/ts-sdk sdk/ts-cli-api; do
-            V=$(node -p "require('./${dir}/package.json').version")
+          # Globbed, not listed: a package missing from a hand-kept list was skipped by the bumper.
+          for pkg in sdk/*/package.json; do
+            dir="${pkg%/package.json}"
+            V=$(node -p "require('./${pkg}').version")
             echo "${dir} declared: ${V}"
             if [ "${V}" != "${TARGET}" ]; then
               echo "MISMATCH: ${dir} is ${V}, expected ${TARGET}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-lockstep.yml b/.github/workflows/version-lockstep.yml
index 6806280a7..25de1d87d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version-lockstep.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-lockstep.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ on:
       - '.github/VERSION'
       - 'internal/version/version.go'
       - 'sdk/go/doc.go'
-      - 'sdk/ts/package.json'
-      - 'sdk/ts-sdk/package.json'
+      - 'sdk/*/package.json'
       - 'sdk/py/pyproject.toml'
       - '.github/workflows/version-lockstep.yml'
       - 'scripts/check-version-lockstep.sh'
@@ -136,20 +135,22 @@ jobs:
                 | grep -oE '"[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"' | tr -d '"' | head -1)
           check "cli/sdk/go/doc.go" "${V}" 1
 
-          # 4. cli/sdk/ts/package.json  (@nself/plugin-sdk)
-          V=$(node -p "require('${NSELF_REPO_ROOT}/sdk/ts/package.json').version")
-          check "cli/sdk/ts/package.json" "${V}" 1
-
-          # 4b. cli/sdk/ts-sdk/package.json  (@nself/sdk)
+          # 4. cli/sdk/*/package.json  (@nself/plugin-sdk, @nself/sdk, @nself/cli-api, ...)
           #
-          # There are TWO TypeScript packages and only the first was listed
-          # here, so a release bumped one and left the other behind. Its publish
-          # workflow then saw its version already on npm, no-opped as
-          # "already published", and reported success — and the SDK Version
-          # Coherence check caught the drift a day later on its schedule,
-          # after the release had shipped.
-          V=$(node -p "require('${NSELF_REPO_ROOT}/sdk/ts-sdk/package.json').version")
-          check "cli/sdk/ts-sdk/package.json" "${V}" 1
+          # Discovered by glob, never listed by hand: a hand-kept list let a release
+          # bump one npm package and leave another behind (sdk/ts-sdk once, then
+          # sdk/ts-cli-api at v1.4.15). bump-version.sh uses the same glob.
+          n=0
+          for pkg in "${NSELF_REPO_ROOT}"/sdk/*/package.json; do
+            [ -f "${pkg}" ] || continue
+            n=$((n + 1))
+            V=$(node -p "require('${pkg}').version")
+            check "cli/${pkg#${NSELF_REPO_ROOT}/}" "${V}" 1
+          done
+          if [ "${n}" -eq 0 ]; then
+            printf '::error::no sdk/*/package.json found\n'
+            exit 1
+          fi
 
           # 5. cli/sdk/py/pyproject.toml
           V=$(grep -E '^version\s*=' "${NSELF_REPO_ROOT}/sdk/py/pyproject.toml" \
diff --git a/cmd/commands/canon_engine_test.go b/cmd/commands/canon_engine_test.go
index 4b8cc223c..b8577b1d5 100644
--- a/cmd/commands/canon_engine_test.go
+++ b/cmd/commands/canon_engine_test.go
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ func TestCanonEnginePrepare(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Helper()
 		compattest.Set(t, v15)
 		savedArgs, savedMount := os.Args, mountInstalledPlugins
-		defer func() { os.Args, mountInstalledPlugins = savedArgs, savedMount }()
+		t.Cleanup(func() { os.Args, mountInstalledPlugins = savedArgs, savedMount })
 		mountInstalledPlugins = func(*cobra.Command) {}
 		if mount {
 			mountInstalledPlugins = func(r *cobra.Command) {
diff --git a/internal/build/plugins_entitlement_mount_test.go b/internal/build/plugins_entitlement_mount_test.go
index b1581d833..41a6ce63e 100644
--- a/internal/build/plugins_entitlement_mount_test.go
+++ b/internal/build/plugins_entitlement_mount_test.go
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ func TestMountIgnoresOverride(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMountEmptyFileE125(t *testing.T) {
+	// Missing-token behavior must not renew a license configured on the test host.
+	t.Setenv("NSELF_PING_API_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:1")
+	t.Setenv("NSELF_PLUGIN_LICENSE_KEY", "synthetic-license-key")
+	for i := 1; i <= 10; i++ {
+		t.Setenv("NSELF_LICENSE_KEY_"+strconv.Itoa(i), "")
+	}
 	compattest.Set(t, true)
 	// No licence key from the host: a stored or env key would renew a real JWT online.
 	t.Setenv("HOME", t.TempDir())
diff --git a/internal/license/entitlement/write_test.go b/internal/license/entitlement/write_test.go
index be67a5f5e..292dfa9f4 100644
--- a/internal/license/entitlement/write_test.go
+++ b/internal/license/entitlement/write_test.go
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ func TestEntitlementRefreshWrites(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestBuildE125UnderV15(t *testing.T) {
+	// Missing-token behavior must not renew a license configured on the test host.
+	t.Setenv("NSELF_PING_API_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:1")
+	t.Setenv("NSELF_PLUGIN_LICENSE_KEY", "synthetic-license-key")
+	for i := 1; i <= 10; i++ {
+		t.Setenv("NSELF_LICENSE_KEY_"+strconv.Itoa(i), "")
+	}
 	compattest.Both(t, func(t *testing.T) {
 		// No licence key from the host: a stored or env key would renew a real JWT online.
 		t.Setenv("HOME", t.TempDir())
diff --git a/scripts/bump-version.sh b/scripts/bump-version.sh
index 3d5de79f8..b76b30810 100755
--- a/scripts/bump-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/bump-version.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 #   1.  cli/.github/VERSION
 #   2.  cli/internal/version/version.go       Version string = "x.y.z" (type-annotated)
 #   3.  cli/sdk/go/doc.go                     const Version = "x.y.z"
-#   4.  cli/sdk/ts/package.json               "version": "x.y.z"   (via jq)
-#   5.  cli/sdk/ts-sdk/package.json           "version": "x.y.z"   (via jq)
+#   4.  cli/sdk/*/package.json                "version": "x.y.z"   (via jq; every TS package
+#                                             found under sdk/: ts, ts-sdk, ts-cli-api, ...)
 #   6.  cli/sdk/py/pyproject.toml             version = "x.y.z" under [project]
 #   7.  admin/package.json                    "version": "x.y.z"   (via jq)
 #   8.  admin/src/lib/cli-version.ts          CLI_VERSION = 'x.y.z'
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ fi
 # ── Tool availability checks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  printf 'ERROR: jq is required for JSON file bumps (sdk/ts/package.json, sdk/ts-sdk/package.json, admin/package.json)\n' >&2
+  printf 'ERROR: jq is required for JSON file bumps (sdk/*/package.json, admin/package.json)\n' >&2
   printf '  Install: brew install jq  (macOS)  |  apt-get install jq  (Linux)\n' >&2
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -114,9 +114,7 @@ VERSION_FILE="${REPO_ROOT}/.github/VERSION"
 OLD_VERSION="$(tr -d '[:space:]' < "${VERSION_FILE}" 2>/dev/null || true)"
 VERSION_GO="${REPO_ROOT}/internal/version/version.go"
 SDK_GO="${REPO_ROOT}/sdk/go/doc.go"
-SDK_TS="${REPO_ROOT}/sdk/ts/package.json"
 SDK_PY="${REPO_ROOT}/sdk/py/pyproject.toml"
-SDK_TS_SDK="${REPO_ROOT}/sdk/ts-sdk/package.json"
 # SDK_FLUTTER removed 2026-06-30 (#159, ASI Policy 2)
 ADMIN_PKG="${NSELF_ROOT}/admin/package.json"
 ADMIN_CLIVER="${NSELF_ROOT}/admin/src/lib/cli-version.ts"
@@ -248,17 +246,24 @@ update_sdk_go_doc() {
   report "${f}" "${old}" "${NEW_VERSION}"
 }
 
-update_sdk_ts_pkg() {
-  update_json_version "${SDK_TS}"
-}
-
-# sdk/ts-sdk/package.json — the @nself/sdk consumer client (NselfClient),
-# distinct from sdk/ts (@nself/plugin-sdk). Publishes in lockstep with the
-# CLI per sdk-ts-sdk-publish.yml ("Triggers on: cli release tag (v*)").
-# Added 2026-07-06 after #179 (missing from this bumper caused @nself/sdk
-# to lag at 1.1.9 while VERSION moved to 1.2.4 — SDK Version Coherence fail).
-update_sdk_ts_sdk_pkg() {
-  update_json_version "${SDK_TS_SDK}"
+# Every sdk/*/package.json is one npm package that ships in lockstep with the CLI
+# (sdk/ts = @nself/plugin-sdk, sdk/ts-sdk = @nself/sdk, sdk/ts-cli-api = @nself/cli-api).
+# The packages are discovered, never listed by hand: a hand-kept list lost sdk/ts-sdk
+# once (#179, @nself/sdk lagged at 1.1.9) and sdk/ts-cli-api again at v1.4.15, where
+# SDK Version Sync went red on main. A new sdk/<name>/package.json is bumped from the
+# moment it exists. The same glob drives the lockstep checks in version-lockstep.yml
+# and check-version-lockstep.sh.
+update_sdk_ts_pkgs() {
+  local f n=0
+  for f in "${REPO_ROOT}"/sdk/*/package.json; do
+    [ -f "${f}" ] || continue
+    update_json_version "${f}"
+    n=$((n + 1))
+  done
+  if [ "${n}" -eq 0 ]; then
+    printf 'ERROR: no sdk/*/package.json found under %s\n' "${REPO_ROOT}" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
 }
 
 # pyproject.toml shape: `version = "2.0.0"` under [project]
@@ -558,13 +563,12 @@ if [ "${HOMEBREW}" = "true" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-printf 'Phase 1 — updating 11 lockstep files + 4 version-hash goldens (Homebrew deferred to phase 2)\n\n'
+printf 'Phase 1 — updating the lockstep files (every sdk/*/package.json included) + 4 version-hash goldens (Homebrew deferred to phase 2)\n\n'
 
 update_version_file
 update_version_go
 update_sdk_go_doc
-update_sdk_ts_pkg
-update_sdk_ts_sdk_pkg
+update_sdk_ts_pkgs
 update_sdk_py_pyproject
 update_admin_pkg
 update_admin_cliver
diff --git a/scripts/check-version-lockstep.sh b/scripts/check-version-lockstep.sh
index 6eff76b1a..3a193d72f 100755
--- a/scripts/check-version-lockstep.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-version-lockstep.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #   1.  cli/internal/version/version.go    (Go constant)
 #   2.  cli/.github/VERSION                (plain text)
 #   3.  cli/sdk/go/doc.go                  (Go const)
-#   4.  cli/sdk/ts/package.json            (JSON version field)
+#   4.  cli/sdk/*/package.json             (JSON version field; every sdk npm package)
 #   5.  cli/sdk/py/pyproject.toml          (TOML version field)
 #   6.  admin/package.json                 (JSON version field)
 #   7.  admin/src/lib/cli-version.ts       (TS constant)
@@ -170,18 +170,22 @@ else
   log_warn "cli/sdk/go/doc.go" "(missing)"
 fi
 
-# 4. cli/sdk/ts/package.json (warn-only)
-FILE4="${CLI_ROOT}/sdk/ts/package.json"
-if [ -f "${FILE4}" ]; then
+# 4. cli/sdk/*/package.json (warn-only): every npm package under sdk/ (ts, ts-sdk,
+#    ts-cli-api, ...) is discovered by glob, the same way bump-version.sh bumps them.
+SDK_PKG_N=0
+for FILE4 in "${CLI_ROOT}"/sdk/*/package.json; do
+  [ -f "${FILE4}" ] || continue
+  SDK_PKG_N=$((SDK_PKG_N + 1))
   if command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    V4=$(python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(open('${FILE4}')); print(d['version'])" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    V4=$(python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(open(sys.argv[1])); print(d['version'])" "${FILE4}" 2>/dev/null || true)
   else
     V4=$(grep -E '"version"\s*:' "${FILE4}" \
           | grep -oE '"[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"' | tr -d '"' | head -1)
   fi
-  check_version "cli/sdk/ts/package.json" "${V4}" 0
-else
-  log_warn "cli/sdk/ts/package.json" "(missing)"
+  check_version "cli/${FILE4#"${CLI_ROOT}/"}" "${V4}" 0
+done
+if [ "${SDK_PKG_N}" -eq 0 ]; then
+  log_warn "cli/sdk/*/package.json" "(none found)"
 fi
 
 # 5. cli/sdk/py/pyproject.toml (warn-only)
diff --git a/scripts/release/fixtures/cases4.sh b/scripts/release/fixtures/cases4.sh
index 27b57e66b..1bae19e5a 100644
--- a/scripts/release/fixtures/cases4.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/fixtures/cases4.sh
@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@ mk_bump_env() {
   B=$(mktemp -d "$BASE/bump.XXXXXX"); C=$B/nself/cli; A=$B/nself/admin
   # mk_env's TMPDIR was deleted with its env; bump-version.sh's `mktemp -d` needs a live one (GNU mktemp fails without).
   mkdir -p "$BASE/tmp"; export TMPDIR=$BASE/tmp
-  mkdir -p "$C/scripts" "$C/internal/version" "$C/sdk/go" "$C/sdk/ts" "$C/sdk/ts-sdk" "$C/sdk/py" "$C/.github" \
+  mkdir -p "$C/scripts" "$C/internal/version" "$C/sdk/go" "$C/sdk/py" "$C/.github" \
     "$C/internal/build" "$C/cmd/commands" "$A/src/lib" "$B/bin"
   cp "$ROOT/scripts/bump-version.sh" "$C/scripts/"
   echo 1.4.13 > "$C/.github/VERSION"
   printf 'package version\n\nvar (\n\tVersion string = "1.4.13"\n)\n' > "$C/internal/version/version.go"
   printf 'package sdk\n\nconst Version = "1.4.13"\n' > "$C/sdk/go/doc.go"
-  for f in sdk/ts sdk/ts-sdk; do echo '{"version":"1.4.13"}' > "$C/$f/package.json"; done
+  # One fixture package per sdk/*/package.json in the real tree, so a package added there
+  # is part of every bump test without touching this file.
+  for f in "$ROOT"/sdk/*/package.json; do
+    d=$(basename "$(dirname "$f")"); mkdir -p "$C/sdk/$d"; echo '{"version":"1.4.13"}' > "$C/sdk/$d/package.json"
+  done
   printf '[project]\nversion = "1.4.13"\n' > "$C/sdk/py/pyproject.toml"
   echo '{"version":"1.4.13"}' > "$A/package.json"
   echo "export const CLI_VERSION = '1.4.13'" > "$A/src/lib/cli-version.ts"
@@ -65,6 +69,17 @@ check "bump kept the other golden lines" gold_all 'other keep'
 check "bump ran the build golden with UPDATE_GOLDEN=1" grep -q '^UPDATE_GOLDEN=1 test .*./internal/build ' "$GO_LOG"
 check "bump ran the cmd golden with UPDATE_GOLDEN=1" grep -q '^UPDATE_GOLDEN=1 test .*./cmd/commands ' "$GO_LOG"
 check "bump re-ran both tests plain" test "$(grep -c '^UPDATE_GOLDEN= test' "$GO_LOG")" -eq 2
+sdk_pkgs_at() { local f; for f in "$C"/sdk/*/package.json; do grep -q "\"$1\"" "$f" || return 1; done; }
+check "bump found the real sdk npm packages (ts-sdk, ts-cli-api among them)" \
+  test -f "$C/sdk/ts-sdk/package.json" -a -f "$C/sdk/ts-cli-api/package.json"
+check "bump moved every sdk/*/package.json, none skipped" sdk_pkgs_at 9.9.9
+rm -rf "$B"
+
+# 13b. a package the bumper skips is caught: sdk_pkgs_at fails when one stays behind -------
+mk_bump_env
+run_bump 9.9.9
+echo '{"version":"1.4.14"}' > "$C/sdk/ts-cli-api/package.json"
+check "a lagging sdk package fails the lockstep assertion" test "$(sdk_pkgs_at 9.9.9 && echo ok || echo lag)" = lag
 rm -rf "$B"
 
 # 14. other drift is refused and the goldens come back -------------------------------------