diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d76db945..4391b8965 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 > **Docs/publishing commands moved to [`folio`](https://github.com/Data-Wise/folio)** — see
 > [MIGRATION-v4.md](docs/MIGRATION-v4.md) for the old-command → new-location table.
 >
-> **v4.5.0 — repo-triage skill + ecosystem-tool tutorials** 🚀
+> **v4.6.0 — prose-staleness checks, hardened same day** 🚀
 > **48 commands** | **41 skills** | **2 agents**
-> New `repo-triage` skill batch-grounds open GitHub issues and stale worktrees/branches against current repo state, offering confirmed (never automatic) deletion/closure with itemized evidence and sorting the remainder into grill-ready / plan-ready / defer buckets. Plus 8 ecosystem-tool cheat-sheet tutorials (Codex, Remember, ADHD Mode, Token Optimizer, Security Guidance, Claude HUD, Dropbox, Agent Skills). See [NEWS.md](docs/NEWS.md).
+> New release-date consistency and count-prose checks in `docs-staleness-check.sh` Phase 7, closing a blind spot where stale counts read GREEN for multiple releases — then hardened the same day after a high-effort review found 9 defects (2 HIGH) in the initial ship. Also: Teaching Mode feature removed. See [NEWS.md](docs/NEWS.md).
 
 A comprehensive production-ready toolkit for Claude Code featuring smart orchestration, ADHD-friendly workflows, multi-agent coordination, and complete documentation coverage.
 
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 0377f19af..be258b488 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -221,12 +221,13 @@ Reference documentation for all 48 Craft commands:
 | **Site**           | 1      | Deploy to GitHub Pages (site build/status/check moved to `folio` in v4.0.0)                                     |
 | **Total**          | **48** | **Complete development workflow coverage**                                                                      |
 
-!!! info "Latest: v4.6.0 — repo-triage skill + ecosystem-tool tutorials"
-    New `repo-triage` skill batch-grounds open GitHub issues and stale worktrees/branches against
-    current repo state, offering confirmed (never automatic) deletion/closure. 8 new cheat-sheet
-    tutorials cover installed ecosystem tools (Codex, Remember, ADHD Mode, Token Optimizer,
-    Security Guidance, Claude HUD, Dropbox, Agent Skills). Plus 9 fixes, notably `branch-guard`
-    refspec parsing and squash-merge force-delete confirm-gating.
+!!! info "Latest: v4.6.0 — prose-staleness checks, hardened same day"
+    New release-date consistency and count-prose checks in `docs-staleness-check.sh` Phase 7,
+    closing a blind spot where stale counts read GREEN for multiple releases — then hardened the
+    same day after a high-effort review found 9 defects (2 HIGH) in the initial ship. The
+    release-date check was redesigned from a single git-tag authority to cross-file consistency
+    and promoted to `error` once a clean live-repo run confirmed it. Also: Teaching Mode feature
+    removed (dead since the v4 command-prune split craft's teaching surface to `scholar`).
     See the [full changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for all releases, or visit the [News](NEWS.md) page for release highlights.
 
 ## Links
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 5e198bf0d..e2c58256f 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 site_name: Craft Plugin
-site_description: "Full-stack developer toolkit - 48 commands, 2 agents, 41 skills for code, git, site, docs, testing, architecture, CI, distribution, and planning with ADHD-friendly interfaces. v4.6.0 adds /craft:finish (renamed from /craft:done, ADR-006). See NEWS.md for release-by-release highlights."
+site_description: "Full-stack developer toolkit - 48 commands, 2 agents, 41 skills for code, git, site, docs, testing, architecture, CI, distribution, and planning with ADHD-friendly interfaces. v4.6.0 hardens the docs-staleness prose checks (release-date + count-prose, promoted to error). See NEWS.md for release-by-release highlights."
 site_url: https://data-wise.github.io/craft/
 
 repo_name: Data-Wise/craft
diff --git a/scripts/verify-surfaces.sh b/scripts/verify-surfaces.sh
index fa4a89385..6462ade82 100755
--- a/scripts/verify-surfaces.sh
+++ b/scripts/verify-surfaces.sh
@@ -220,11 +220,17 @@ resolve_tap_formula() {
 }
 
 resolve_brew() {
+    # `brew list --versions` reports the Cellar directory name, which carries
+    # a trailing `_N` revision suffix whenever the formula was rebuilt without
+    # a version bump (e.g. a dependency-only change) -- "4.6.0_1" is still
+    # v4.6.0, not a drifted surface. Strip it so the SOT_VERSION comparison in
+    # add_leg() compares plugin.json's bare X.Y.Z against the same shape,
+    # regardless of how many times this exact version was rebuilt locally.
     if [[ -n "${SURFACES_BREW_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
-        echo "$SURFACES_BREW_VERSION"; return 0
+        echo "${SURFACES_BREW_VERSION%_*}"; return 0
     fi
     command -v brew >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
-    brew list --versions "$PLUGIN_NAME" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}' | head -1
+    brew list --versions "$PLUGIN_NAME" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}' | head -1 | sed -E 's/_[0-9]+$//'
 }
 
 resolve_code_registered() {
diff --git a/tests/test_verify_surfaces.sh b/tests/test_verify_surfaces.sh
index 52843430e..47c961021 100755
--- a/tests/test_verify_surfaces.sh
+++ b/tests/test_verify_surfaces.sh
@@ -154,6 +154,23 @@ test_mismatch_blocks() {
     destroy_sandbox
 }
 
+test_brew_leg_strips_cellar_revision_suffix() {
+    echo -e "${T_BLUE}[TEST]${T_NC} BREW: a Cellar revision suffix (_N) is not a real mismatch"
+    make_sandbox "2.37.0"; SBX_VERSION="2.37.0"
+
+    # `brew list --versions` reports the Cellar dir name, which carries a
+    # trailing _N revision suffix on a rebuild-without-bump. "2.37.0_1" is
+    # still v2.37.0 -- must align, not block.
+    local exit_code=0 output
+    output=$(SURFACES_BREW_VERSION="2.37.0_1" run_verify) || exit_code=$?
+    local stripped; stripped=$(strip_ansi "$output")
+
+    assert_equals "0" "$exit_code" "Cellar-revision-suffixed brew version does not block"
+    assert_contains "$stripped" "ALIGNED" "Report summarizes as ALIGNED"
+
+    destroy_sandbox
+}
+
 test_absent_leg_warns_not_block() {
     echo -e "${T_BLUE}[TEST]${T_NC} WARN: an absent craft leg warns but does NOT block"
     make_sandbox "2.37.0"; SBX_VERSION="2.37.0"
@@ -740,6 +757,7 @@ main() {
     echo -e "${T_BLUE}verify-surfaces.sh Test Suite${T_NC}"
     test_all_aligned_passes
     test_mismatch_blocks
+    test_brew_leg_strips_cellar_revision_suffix
     test_absent_leg_warns_not_block
     test_desktop_is_warn_only
     test_aggregator_leg_aligned