diff --git a/0-canon/rsr/SCAFFOLD-LIFECYCLE.adoc b/0-canon/rsr/SCAFFOLD-LIFECYCLE.adoc
index 5211a5caf..19e3623e9 100644
--- a/0-canon/rsr/SCAFFOLD-LIFECYCLE.adoc
+++ b/0-canon/rsr/SCAFFOLD-LIFECYCLE.adoc
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>
 :toc:
 :sectnums:
 
-*Status: draft* (companion to `RSR-SPEC-v2.adoc`; the decision record is
-`hyperpolymath/rsr-template-repo` ADR-0003, _Forge and Sustain lifecycle_).
-MUST NOT be cited as ratified until the owner accepts ADR-0003.
+*Status: accepted* (ratified by owner ruling 2026-09-19; companion to
+`RSR-SPEC-v2.adoc`; the decision record is `hyperpolymath/rsr-template-repo`
+ADR-0003, _Forge and Sustain lifecycle_).
 
 == Purpose
 
diff --git a/canon.lock b/canon.lock
index e9e2a81fe..7b14c6e94 100644
--- a/canon.lock
+++ b/canon.lock
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
+# 2026-09-19 - PATCH 2.1.0 -> 2.1.1. ADR-0003 RATIFIED.
+#
+# SCAFFOLD-LIFECYCLE.adoc flips Status: draft -> accepted (owner ruling
+# 2026-09-19; the decision record is rsr-template-repo ADR-0003, flipped
+# to Accepted in the same release train). PATCH: editorial status change,
+# no criteria-set change. The lifecycle artefact hash is rewritten below
+# in this commit per the [canon.artifacts] protocol.
+#
 # 2026-09-19 - MINOR 2.0.4 -> 2.1.0. THE JULIA-GATED CRITERIA.
 #
 # Additive MINOR (rule-minor): four new criteria 5.2.3-5.2.6, all gated on
@@ -201,7 +209,7 @@
 # A released major is immutable. Bumping `version` to a new MAJOR means the
 # prior major's criteria file is copied to 0-canon/rsr/archive/ and pinned
 # there; a freeze guard fails any PR that mutates a frozen major.
-version      = "2.1.0"
+version      = "2.1.1"
 spec_family  = "rhodium-standard-repositories"
 status       = "draft"          # draft | stable
 released     = "2026-09-19"
@@ -210,7 +218,7 @@ authority    = "0-canon/constitution/ESTATE-CONSTITUTION.adoc"
 # The full git ref that realises this canon. A tag alone is not sufficient
 # (tags move); a commit alone is not sufficient (it has no version). Both.
 commit       = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"   # ← fill at release
-tag          = "canon-v2.1.0"
+tag          = "canon-v2.1.1"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # THE ARTEFACT SET — the files that ARE the canon.
@@ -235,7 +243,7 @@ applicability = { path = "0-canon/TEMPLATE-APPLICABILITY-POLICY.adoc",
                   slot = "applicability", normative = true }
 
 lifecycle = { path = "0-canon/rsr/SCAFFOLD-LIFECYCLE.adoc",
-              sha256 = "2ef660ee2acef29148b697097ca1f676ee791a4b83aebb7d7794f461bcf6d048",
+              sha256 = "2f405c9ed18e36c067b402cb303b45505f418cab06d90b9857f180950eee7aea",
               slot = "lifecycle", normative = true }
 
 constitution = { path = "0-canon/constitution/",