diff --git a/packages/helpers/ts-templates/package.json b/packages/helpers/ts-templates/package.json
index 5d885f60c..34fb88e42 100644
--- a/packages/helpers/ts-templates/package.json
+++ b/packages/helpers/ts-templates/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bsv/templates",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.8.1",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "BSV Blockchain Script Templates",
   "main": "dist/cjs/mod.js",
diff --git a/packages/helpers/ts-templates/src/MandalaAdmin.ts b/packages/helpers/ts-templates/src/MandalaAdmin.ts
index 1344a92d6..6da9c67bf 100644
--- a/packages/helpers/ts-templates/src/MandalaAdmin.ts
+++ b/packages/helpers/ts-templates/src/MandalaAdmin.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { createMinimallyEncodedScriptChunk } from './mandala-encoding.js'
 export interface AssetMetadata { label: string, ticker?: string, decimals?: number, [k: string]: unknown }
 
 export type MandalaActionKind =
-  | 'register' | 'issue' | 'redeem' | 'recover'
+  | 'register' | 'issue' | 'redeem'
   | 'pause' | 'unpause'
   | 'blockIdentity' | 'unblockIdentity'
   | 'allowIdentity' | 'unallowIdentity'
diff --git a/packages/overlays/topics/package.json b/packages/overlays/topics/package.json
index cc5cec233..d2d4e96a1 100644
--- a/packages/overlays/topics/package.json
+++ b/packages/overlays/topics/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bsv/overlay-topics",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
   "description": "Canonical BSV overlay topic managers and lookup services",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/overlays/topics/src/__tests__/mandala.test.ts b/packages/overlays/topics/src/__tests__/mandala.test.ts
index 1086f3090..52c680440 100644
--- a/packages/overlays/topics/src/__tests__/mandala.test.ts
+++ b/packages/overlays/topics/src/__tests__/mandala.test.ts
@@ -328,14 +328,14 @@ describe('MandalaTopicManager control gate', () => {
     const forgedOffChain = encodeLinkagePayload({
       inputs: [],
       outputs: [{ index: 0, linkage: (decodeLinkagePayload(transfer.offChainValues).outputs[0].linkage) as any }],
-      admin: [{ index: 0, actionDetails: { kind: 'recover', assetId } }]
+      admin: [{ index: 0, actionDetails: { kind: 'reissue', assetId } }]
     } as any)
     const tm = new MandalaTopicManager({ verifierWallet: overlay as any, screeningProvider: new InMemoryScreeningProvider([]), adminWallet: overlay as any, adminProtocolID: adminProto, stateStore: stubStore(deny) })
     const result = await tm.identifyAdmissibleOutputs(transfer.beef, [0], forgedOffChain)
     expect(result.outputsToAdmit).toEqual([])
   })
 
-  it('rejects any tx that spends a frozen outpoint (incl. would-be recover/redeem)', async () => {
+  it('rejects any tx that spends a frozen outpoint (incl. would-be redeem)', async () => {
     const overlay = new ProtoWallet(PrivateKey.fromRandom())
     const assetId = `${'a'.repeat(64)}.0`
     const transfer = await buildPeerTransfer(assetId, 100, overlay)
diff --git a/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/AssetStateReducer.ts b/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/AssetStateReducer.ts
index bf3680092..6ba4af470 100644
--- a/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/AssetStateReducer.ts
+++ b/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/AssetStateReducer.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const remove = (xs: string[], x: string): string[] => xs.filter(v => v !== x)
 type Handler = (s: AssetAdminState, d: MandalaActionDetails, ctx: FoldContext) => void
 
 // Per-kind handlers mutate the COPY `s` and reassign array fields to NEW arrays,
-// never mutating the input state or its arrays. issue/redeem/recover and unknown
+// never mutating the input state or its arrays. issue/redeem and unknown
 // kinds have no handler: no control-state change.
 const HANDLERS: Partial<Record<MandalaActionKind, Handler>> = {
   register: (s, _d, ctx) => { if (typeof ctx.issuer === 'string') s.issuerIdentityKey = ctx.issuer },
diff --git a/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/MandalaTopicManager.ts b/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/MandalaTopicManager.ts
index 98c220551..0ecaef797 100644
--- a/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/MandalaTopicManager.ts
+++ b/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/MandalaTopicManager.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class MandalaTopicManager implements TopicManager {
     if (!pkhMatches || !priorOutpointSpent(tx, details)) {
       return { admitted: false }
     }
-    if ((details.kind === 'issue' || details.kind === 'recover' || details.kind === 'reissue') && typeof details.assetId === 'string') {
+    if ((details.kind === 'issue' || details.kind === 'reissue') && typeof details.assetId === 'string') {
       return { admitted: true, issuance: { assetId: details.assetId, amount: details.amount ?? 0 } }
     }
     // A redeem authorizes destruction of `amount` units, i.e. a negative supply
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export class MandalaTopicManager implements TopicManager {
     const frozen = new Set<string>([...state.frozenOutpoints.map(f => f.outpoint), ...state.evictedOutpoints])
 
     // Gate 1: frozen/evicted input spend — applies to ALL txs (blocks
-    // recover/redeem of a frozen coin too; only unfreeze/reissue resolve it).
+    // redeem of a frozen coin too; only unfreeze/reissue resolve it).
     if (inputOutpoints.some(op => frozen.has(op))) return false
 
     const adminAction = adminAssetKinds.get(assetId)
diff --git a/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/__tests/AssetStateReducer.test.ts b/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/__tests/AssetStateReducer.test.ts
index ffe5038ac..a73438703 100644
--- a/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/__tests/AssetStateReducer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/overlays/topics/src/mandala/__tests/AssetStateReducer.test.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ describe('foldAction', () => {
     expect(s.frozenOutpoints).toEqual([])
     expect(s.evictedOutpoints).toEqual(['tt.2'])
   })
-  it('issue/redeem/recover do not change control state', () => {
+  it('issue/redeem do not change control state', () => {
     const base = S({ isPaused: true })
-    for (const kind of ['issue', 'redeem', 'recover'] as const) {
+    for (const kind of ['issue', 'redeem'] as const) {
       expect(foldAction(base, d({ kind, amount: 1 }))).toEqual(base)
     }
   })