@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const WELL_FORMED = {
 
 const PRESCRIPTION = /`RestApiEndpoint\.handlerStatus`.*was removed.*17/s;
 
-describe('[#13823] RestApiEndpoint.handlerStatus retirement', () => {
+describe('RestApiEndpoint.handlerStatus retirement', () => {
   // All three former values, INCLUDING the documented default: the old
   // docblock's `@default 'implemented'` was prose only — the key never carried
   // a Zod `.default()`, so no built artifact materialised it and there is no
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ describe('[#13823] RestApiEndpoint.handlerStatus retirement', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('[#13823] api/HandlerStatus + api/RouteCoverage{Entry,Report} def retirement', () => {
+describe('api/HandlerStatus + api/RouteCoverage{Entry,Report} def retirement', () => {
   /** The 6 names the three retired defs exported (3 schema consts + 3 types). */
   const RETIRED_NAMES = [
     'HandlerStatusSchema',
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ describe('[#13823] api/HandlerStatus + api/RouteCoverage{Entry,Report} def retir
 
     // ── ABSENCE (every entry, not just ./api) ─────────────────────────────
     for (const name of RETIRED_NAMES) {
-      expect(holdersOf(name), `${name} must have zero holders after #13823`).toEqual([]);
+      expect(holdersOf(name), `${name} must have zero holders after its retirement`).toEqual([]);
     }
 
     // ── SURVIVAL ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ describe('[#13823] api/HandlerStatus + api/RouteCoverage{Entry,Report} def retir
   });
 });
 
-describe('[#13823] ADR-0087 registration', () => {
+describe('handlerStatus retirement — ADR-0087 registration', () => {
   it('declares the tombstoned key and the three removed defs under major 18, with the D3 entry', () => {
     expect(RETIRED_KEYS_BY_MAJOR[18]).toContain('api/RestApiEndpoint:handlerStatus');
     for (const def of ['api/HandlerStatus', 'api/RouteCoverageEntry', 'api/RouteCoverageReport']) {
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function resolvesToZodSchema(name: string): boolean {
   return !!candidate && typeof (candidate as { safeParse?: unknown }).safeParse === 'function';
 }
 
-describe('#3899 — catalog schema references resolve and sit on the right methods', () => {
+describe('catalog schema references resolve and sit on the right methods', () => {
   it('every requestSchema names a Zod schema exported from @objectstack/spec/api', () => {
     for (const ep of allEndpoints()) {
       if (!ep.requestSchema) continue;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('#3899 — catalog schema references resolve and sit on the right metho
     }
   });
 
-  it('at least the routes wired in #3899 still declare their request schemas', () => {
+  it('at least the routes wired to the request-schema gate still declare their request schemas', () => {
     // Anti-erosion floor: the gate above is vacuous if declarations are simply
     // deleted. These five are validated at their mounted routes.
     const declared = new Map(
 
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ describe('plugin-rest-api.zod', () => {
       expect(paths).not.toContain('/preferences');
     });
 
-    it('declares no AI routes — this table cannot vouch for a Cloud/EE surface (#3718)', () => {
+    it('declares no AI routes — this table cannot vouch for a Cloud/EE surface', () => {
       // DEFAULT_AI_ROUTES used to sit here declaring `/nlq`, `/suggest` and
       // `/insights`, and this test asserted its shape — three endpoints no repo
       // has ever mounted, checked for `toHaveLength(3)`. Shape is not
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ describe('plugin-rest-api.zod', () => {
 // than a bare unrecognized-key error, and the value survives at the same
 // magnitude. Asserting the message, not just `.toThrow()`: a bare throw stays
 // green when the schema throws for some unrelated reason.
-describe('RestApiEndpoint / RestApiPluginConfig durations carry their unit (#15677)', () => {
+describe('RestApiEndpoint / RestApiPluginConfig durations carry their unit in the key name', () => {
   const endpoint = {
     method: 'GET' as const, path: '/api/v1/discovery',
     handler: 'getDiscovery', category: 'discovery' as const,
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const RETIRED_NAMES = [
   'ApiDiscoveryResponseSchema',
 ] as const;
 
-describe('[#4939] ApiRegistry family retired from `@objectstack/spec/api`', () => {
+describe('ApiRegistry family retired from `@objectstack/spec/api`', () => {
   it('exports none of the retired names', async () => {
     const api = await import('./index');
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('[#4939] ApiRegistry family retired from `@objectstack/spec/api`', () =
     expect(
       'ConflictResolutionStrategy' in api,
       'two independent ratchets pin this as a ./api export: spec/src/automation/' +
-        'sync-retirement.test.ts (#4738, the fourth ConflictResolution relative) and, ' +
+        'sync-retirement.test.ts (the fourth ConflictResolution relative) and, ' +
         'cross-repo, objectui offline-nav-performance-spec-parity.test.ts',
     ).toBe(true);
 
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ describe('rest_api retirement — `api.documentation.enabled`, a tombstone insid
   });
 });
 
-describe('rest_api retirement — `api.documentation.version` (#20294), a second tombstone inside the live block', () => {
+describe('rest_api retirement — `api.documentation.version`, a second tombstone inside the live block', () => {
   // The old authored spellings: a release number, a semver-looking protocol
   // version, and an empty string.
   for (const version of ['2.3.0', '17.4.0', '']) {
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ describe('rest_api retirement — ADR-0087 registration', () => {
     expect(step.conversionIds.filter((id) => /response-format|documentation-enabled/.test(id))).toEqual([]);
   });
 
-  it('[#20294] declares `documentation.version` under major 18 with its own family D3 entry, and no D2 conversion', () => {
+  it('declares `documentation.version` under major 18 with its own family D3 entry, and no D2 conversion', () => {
     expect(RETIRED_KEYS_BY_MAJOR[18]).toContain('api/RestApiConfig:documentation.version');
     const step = MIGRATIONS_BY_MAJOR[18]!;
     const entry = step.semantic.find((e) => e.id === 'rest-api-documentation-version-retired');
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe('RestApiConfigSchema', () => {
     expect(config.enableDiscovery).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('[#11983] enableSearch defaults to true — search is ON unless opted out', () => {
+  it('enableSearch defaults to true — search is ON unless opted out', () => {
     // Pinning the MATERIALIZED default (not just the declaration) is what makes
     // a later `.optional()` — which would hand `undefined` to the REST layer —
     // fail here rather than silently change the mount decision.
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe('RestApiConfigSchema', () => {
     expect(config.enableSearch).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('[#11983] enableSearch: false is the declared deployment-wide opt-out, and it SURVIVES the parse', () => {
+  it('enableSearch: false is the declared deployment-wide opt-out, and it SURVIVES the parse', () => {
     // Before this key had a declared seat, this exact parse was the measured
     // trap: `RestApiConfigSchema` is not `.strict()`, so it STRIPPED the
     // undeclared key and any consumer of the parsed output silently got search
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('RestApiConfigSchema', () => {
     expect(RestApiConfigSchema.parse({ enableSearch: true }).enableSearch).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('[#11983] enableSearch is authorable without a cast, and is a boolean (compile-time)', () => {
+  it('enableSearch is authorable without a cast, and is a boolean (compile-time)', () => {
     // The declaration's REASON for existing: `objectstack.config.ts` authors
     // the key by name and `packages/rest`'s `normalizeConfig` reads it. Both go
     // through this input type, so this is the pin that says the key no longer
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ describe('CrudEndpointsConfigSchema', () => {
     expect(config.operations?.delete).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] REJECTS `patterns` with the retirement prescription — the key never customized a route', () => {
+  it('REJECTS `patterns` with the retirement prescription — the key never customized a route', () => {
     expect(() => CrudEndpointsConfigSchema.parse({
       patterns: {
         create: { method: 'POST', path: '/objects/{object}' },
@@ -221,14 +221,14 @@ describe('CrudEndpointsConfigSchema', () => {
     expect(config.dataPrefix).toBe('/objects');
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] REJECTS `objectParamStyle` — both former enum values, with the prescription', () => {
+  it('REJECTS `objectParamStyle` — both former enum values, with the prescription', () => {
     for (const objectParamStyle of ['path', 'query']) {
       expect(() => CrudEndpointsConfigSchema.parse({ objectParamStyle }), objectParamStyle)
         .toThrow(/`crud\.objectParamStyle` was removed.*path segment.*Delete the key/s);
     }
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] the tombstones reject one key each, not the config — every live key still parses', () => {
+  it('the tombstones reject one key each, not the config — every live key still parses', () => {
     const config = CrudEndpointsConfigSchema.parse({
       operations: { list: false },
       dataPrefix: '/records',
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ describe('MetadataEndpointsConfigSchema', () => {
     expect(config.enableCache).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] REJECTS `cacheTtl` — including the negative value the old contract accepted', () => {
+  it('REJECTS `cacheTtl` — including the negative value the old contract accepted', () => {
     for (const cacheTtl of [7200, 0, -1]) {
       expect(() => MetadataEndpointsConfigSchema.parse({ cacheTtl }), String(cacheTtl))
         .toThrow(/`metadata\.cacheTtl` was removed.*takes no TTL.*Delete the key/s);
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ describe('MetadataEndpointsConfigSchema', () => {
     expect(config.endpoints?.maintenance).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] REJECTS `endpoints.schema` — it gated a route that does not exist', () => {
+  it('REJECTS `endpoints.schema` — it gated a route that does not exist', () => {
     expect(() => MetadataEndpointsConfigSchema.parse({ endpoints: { schema: false } }))
       .toThrow(/`metadata\.endpoints\.schema` was removed.*does not exist.*Delete the key/s);
   });
@@ -386,12 +386,12 @@ describe('BatchEndpointsConfigSchema', () => {
     expect(config.operations).not.toHaveProperty('upsertMany');
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] REJECTS `operations.upsertMany` — it gated a route that was never built', () => {
+  it('REJECTS `operations.upsertMany` — it gated a route that was never built', () => {
     expect(() => BatchEndpointsConfigSchema.parse({ operations: { upsertMany: false } }))
       .toThrow(/`batch\.operations\.upsertMany` was removed.*never built.*Delete the key.*'upsert'/s);
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] REJECTS `defaultAtomic` — atomicity is the per-request `options.atomic`', () => {
+  it('REJECTS `defaultAtomic` — atomicity is the per-request `options.atomic`', () => {
     for (const defaultAtomic of [true, false]) {
       expect(() => BatchEndpointsConfigSchema.parse({ defaultAtomic }), String(defaultAtomic))
         .toThrow(/`batch\.defaultAtomic` was removed.*options\.atomic.*Delete the key/s);
@@ -400,27 +400,27 @@ describe('BatchEndpointsConfigSchema', () => {
 });
 
 describe('RouteGenerationConfigSchema', () => {
-  it('should accept the empty sub-object — and materialize nothing, every key being a tombstone (#14691)', () => {
+  it('should accept the empty sub-object — and materialize nothing, every key being a tombstone', () => {
     const config = RouteGenerationConfigSchema.parse({});
 
     expect(config).toEqual({});
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] REJECTS `includeObjects` / `excludeObjects` — the object declares its own exposure', () => {
+  it('REJECTS `includeObjects` / `excludeObjects` — the object declares its own exposure', () => {
     expect(() => RouteGenerationConfigSchema.parse({ includeObjects: ['account', 'contact'] }))
       .toThrow(/`routes\.includeObjects` was removed.*Delete the key.*enable\.apiEnabled.*enable\.apiMethods/s);
     expect(() => RouteGenerationConfigSchema.parse({ excludeObjects: ['system_log'] }))
       .toThrow(/`routes\.excludeObjects` was removed.*Delete the key.*enable\.apiEnabled.*enable\.apiMethods/s);
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] REJECTS `nameTransform` — every former enum value, `none` included', () => {
+  it('REJECTS `nameTransform` — every former enum value, `none` included', () => {
     for (const nameTransform of ['none', 'plural', 'kebab-case', 'camelCase']) {
       expect(() => RouteGenerationConfigSchema.parse({ nameTransform }), nameTransform)
         .toThrow(/`routes\.nameTransform` was removed.*Delete the key.*canonical id/s);
     }
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] REJECTS `overrides` — the per-object record turned nothing on or off', () => {
+  it('REJECTS `overrides` — the per-object record turned nothing on or off', () => {
     expect(() => RouteGenerationConfigSchema.parse({
       overrides: {
         account: { enabled: true, basePath: '/accounts' },
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ describe('RestServerConfigSchema', () => {
     expect(config.routes).toEqual({});
   });
 
-  it('[#14691] a retired sub-object key is refused THROUGH the whole config, with its own prescription', () => {
+  it('a retired sub-object key is refused THROUGH the whole config, with its own prescription', () => {
     // The tombstones live on the sub-schemas; this pins that composing them
     // under `RestServerConfigSchema` changes nothing — the same authored key is
     // refused at the whole-config parse with the same string.
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
 // tests were removed with the schemas (#4579, ADR-0049 enforce-or-remove).
 // The retirement itself is pinned below.
 
-describe('[#4579] `RestServerConfig.openApi31` retirement', () => {
+describe('`RestServerConfig.openApi31` retirement', () => {
   it('REJECTS an authored openApi31 block, with the fix in the message', () => {
     // Tombstoned, not deleted: RestServerConfigSchema is not `.strict()`, so a
     // plain deletion would silently strip the key — the author's webhook
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ describe('[#4579] `RestServerConfig.openApi31` retirement', () => {
 // so the load-bearing pin is the compiler-API test below, with anti-vacuity
 // guards (a resolution failure would otherwise make every assertion pass
 // vacuously); sabotage-verified in the PR (re-adding an export turns it red).
-describe('[#4579] the OpenApi31 block schemas are not exported from any entry point', () => {
+describe('the OpenApi31 block schemas are not exported from any entry point', () => {
   const REMOVED_NAMES = [
     'OpenApi31ExtensionsSchema',
     'OpenApi31Extensions',
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ describe('[#4579] the OpenApi31 block schemas are not exported from any entry po
     expect(apiNames).toContain('RestApiConfigSchema');
 
     for (const removed of REMOVED_NAMES) {
-      expect(holdersOf(removed), `no entry may export ${removed} (#4579)`).toEqual([]);
+      expect(holdersOf(removed), `no entry may export ${removed}`).toEqual([]);
     }
   });
 
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ describe('[#4579] the OpenApi31 block schemas are not exported from any entry po
   // and removed; WebhookEvent(Schema) was first renamed OpenApiWebhookEvent(Schema)
   // (#4572) and then removed outright with the openApi31 block (#4579).
   // Pin: this module declares neither the bare names nor the renamed ones.
-  it('does not re-expose the bare WebhookEvent/WebhookConfig names from ./api (#4572)', async () => {
+  it('does not re-expose the bare WebhookEvent/WebhookConfig names from ./api', async () => {
     const restServer = await import('./rest-server.zod');
     expect('WebhookEventSchema' in restServer).toBe(false);
     expect('WebhookConfigSchema' in restServer).toBe(false);
 
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests', () => {
 // than a bare unrecognized-key error, and the value survives at the same
 // magnitude. Asserting the message, not just `.toThrow()`: a bare throw stays
 // green when the schema throws for some unrelated reason.
-describe('RouteDefinition.timeout \u2192 timeoutMs (#15677)', () => {
+describe('RouteDefinition.timeout \u2192 timeoutMs', () => {
   const base = { method: 'GET' as const, path: '/api/test', handler: 'test_handler' };
 
   it('REFUSES the retired `timeout` spelling with the rename in the message', () => {
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const OPPORTUNITY_LIKE = {
   },
 };
 
-describe('#10235 resolveObjectSortability — the closed category set', () => {
+describe('resolveObjectSortability — the closed category set', () => {
   it('marks a formula column unsortable with the refusal-backed reason', () => {
     const { fields } = resolveObjectSortability(OPPORTUNITY_LIKE);
     expect(fields.expected_revenue).toEqual({
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('#10235 resolveObjectSortability — the closed category set', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('#10235 the #7865 anchor category — accepted, caveated, never refused', () => {
+describe('the unprovisioned injected-anchor category — accepted, caveated, never refused', () => {
   /** An ADR-0015 external object as the registry serves it: injected anchors present. */
   const EXTERNAL = {
     name: 'ext_customer',
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe('#10235 the #7865 anchor category — accepted, caveated, never refused
   });
 });
 
-describe('#10235 wire validity — the projection parses under its own schema', () => {
+describe('wire validity — the projection parses under its own schema', () => {
   it.each([
     ['oracle-shaped object', OPPORTUNITY_LIKE],
     ['external object', {
 
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ describe('FileDownloadUrlResponseSchema', () => {
     expect(resp.data.url).toBe('/api/v1/storage/_local/raw/eyJrIjoi.c2ln');
   });
 
-  it('should reject the bare pre-#3689 shape', () => {
+  it('should reject the bare shape from before the shared success envelope', () => {
     expect(() =>
       FileDownloadUrlResponseSchema.parse({ url: 'https://cdn.example.com/f1.png' })
     ).toThrow();
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ describe('RawUploadResponseSchema', () => {
     expect(resp.data.key).toBe('user/f1.png');
   });
 
-  it('should reject the pre-#3689 `{ ok, key }` shape', () => {
+  it('should reject the `{ ok, key }` shape from before the shared success envelope', () => {
     expect(() => RawUploadResponseSchema.parse({ ok: true, key: 'user/f1.png' })).toThrow();
   });