diff --git a/conformance/fixtures/runtime_governance_consistency.json b/conformance/fixtures/runtime_governance_consistency.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1370cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conformance/fixtures/runtime_governance_consistency.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "runtime-governance-consistency",
+  "version": "0.1",
+  "assertions": [
+    "runtime lifecycle evaluation uses the governance engine attached to the relationship",
+    "a PAUSE lifecycle outcome records invocation status PAUSED",
+    "a BLOCK lifecycle outcome records invocation status BLOCKED",
+    "runtime governance decisions remain auditable relational events"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/conformance/manifest.json b/conformance/manifest.json
index 3836512..b634c51 100644
--- a/conformance/manifest.json
+++ b/conformance/manifest.json
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
     "explicit_authorization_conditions",
     "pure_governance_evaluation",
     "explicit_governance_audit_recording",
+    "runtime_uses_relationship_governance",
+    "runtime_pause_and_block_are_distinct",
     "cross_boundary_disclosure_admission_derivation_separation",
     "consent_permission_intersection",
     "raw_execution_metadata_minimized",
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@
     "fixtures/lifecycle_authority.json",
     "fixtures/purpose_bound_governance.json",
     "fixtures/time_conditions.json",
-    "fixtures/pure_governance_evaluation.json"
+    "fixtures/pure_governance_evaluation.json",
+    "fixtures/runtime_governance_consistency.json"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/docs/runtime-governance-consistency.md b/docs/runtime-governance-consistency.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..292c6da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/runtime-governance-consistency.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Runtime governance consistency
+
+TRIA Runtime must evaluate execution against the governance engine attached to the `Relationship` being executed.
+
+A relationship may be constructed with caller-supplied governance behavior. Runtime must not silently replace that behavior with a fresh default `GovernanceEngine`, because doing so would create two governance realities for the same relationship.
+
+Lifecycle outcomes also retain their meaning in the invocation audit trail:
+
+- `ALLOW` may proceed to the remaining authorization checks.
+- `PAUSE` records `InvocationResolved.status = "PAUSED"`.
+- other non-allow lifecycle outcomes record `InvocationResolved.status = "BLOCKED"`.
+
+`PAUSE` and `BLOCK` are intentionally distinct. A paused relationship is not equivalent to a prohibited or dissolved relationship; it represents an operational state in which execution should wait without erasing the possibility of continuation.
+
+This build changes no event schema, projection version, or bundle format. It aligns Runtime with governance semantics already present in Core.
diff --git a/src/tria/runtime.py b/src/tria/runtime.py
index 9f25dba..ffb4ea4 100644
--- a/src/tria/runtime.py
+++ b/src/tria/runtime.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 from .core import Relationship
-from .governance import GovernanceEngine
 from .types import Capability, GovernanceDecision, GovernanceOutcome
 
 
@@ -71,11 +70,19 @@ class InvocationResult:
 class Runtime:
     """Model-agnostic boundary between governed relationship state and execution."""
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resolution_status(outcome: GovernanceOutcome) -> str:
+        if outcome is GovernanceOutcome.PAUSE:
+            return "PAUSED"
+        return "BLOCKED"
+
     def prepare(self, relationship: Relationship, request: InvocationRequest) -> InvocationPlan:
         relationship.record_invocation_proposed(request)
         decisions: list[GovernanceDecision] = []
 
-        lifecycle_decision = GovernanceEngine().require_runtime_execution(relationship.state)
+        # Runtime must use the governance engine attached to the relationship.
+        # Creating a new engine here would bypass caller-supplied governance behavior.
+        lifecycle_decision = relationship._governance.require_runtime_execution(relationship.state)
         decisions.append(lifecycle_decision)
         relationship.record_governance_decision(
             lifecycle_decision,
@@ -85,7 +92,12 @@ def prepare(self, relationship: Relationship, request: InvocationRequest) -> Inv
             check="lifecycle",
         )
         if lifecycle_decision.outcome is not GovernanceOutcome.ALLOW:
-            relationship.record_invocation_resolution(request.requested_by, request.request_id, "BLOCKED", reason=lifecycle_decision.reason)
+            relationship.record_invocation_resolution(
+                request.requested_by,
+                request.request_id,
+                self._resolution_status(lifecycle_decision.outcome),
+                reason=lifecycle_decision.reason,
+            )
             return InvocationPlan(request=request, outcome=lifecycle_decision.outcome, decisions=tuple(decisions), reason=lifecycle_decision.reason)
 
         for requirement in request.consent_requirements:
diff --git a/tests/test_runtime_governance_consistency.py b/tests/test_runtime_governance_consistency.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..167b99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_runtime_governance_consistency.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from tria import (
+    GovernanceDecision,
+    GovernanceEngine,
+    GovernanceOutcome,
+    InMemoryEventStore,
+    InvocationRequest,
+    LifecycleState,
+    Relationship,
+    Runtime,
+    Tria,
+)
+
+
+class BlockingRuntimeGovernance(GovernanceEngine):
+    def require_runtime_execution(self, state):
+        return GovernanceDecision(
+            GovernanceOutcome.BLOCK,
+            "test.runtime.injected",
+            "1",
+            "Injected governance blocks runtime execution.",
+        )
+
+
+def test_runtime_uses_relationship_governance_engine():
+    rel = Relationship("relationship:custom", InMemoryEventStore(), governance=BlockingRuntimeGovernance())
+    rel._commit("RelationshipCreated", "tria:system", {"participants": ["human:a", "agent:b"]})
+
+    plan = Runtime().prepare(
+        rel,
+        InvocationRequest(requested_by="agent:b", action="continue", target="executor:any"),
+    )
+
+    assert plan.outcome is GovernanceOutcome.BLOCK
+    assert plan.decisions[0].policy_id == "test.runtime.injected"
+    resolutions = [event for event in rel.events if event.event_type == "InvocationResolved"]
+    assert resolutions[-1].payload["status"] == "BLOCKED"
+
+
+def test_resting_runtime_records_paused_not_blocked():
+    rel = Tria().create_relationship(["human:a", "agent:b"])
+    rel.grant_lifecycle_authority("tria:system", "human:a")
+    rel.transition("human:a", LifecycleState.ACTIVE)
+    rel.transition("human:a", LifecycleState.RESTING)
+
+    plan = Runtime().prepare(
+        rel,
+        InvocationRequest(requested_by="agent:b", action="continue", target="executor:any"),
+    )
+
+    assert plan.outcome is GovernanceOutcome.PAUSE
+    resolutions = [event for event in rel.events if event.event_type == "InvocationResolved"]
+    assert resolutions[-1].payload["status"] == "PAUSED"
+
+
+def test_dissolved_runtime_records_blocked():
+    rel = Tria().create_relationship(["human:a", "agent:b"])
+    rel.grant_lifecycle_authority("tria:system", "human:a")
+    rel.transition("human:a", LifecycleState.DISSOLVING)
+    rel.transition("human:a", LifecycleState.DISSOLVED)
+
+    plan = Runtime().prepare(
+        rel,
+        InvocationRequest(requested_by="agent:b", action="continue", target="executor:any"),
+    )
+
+    assert plan.outcome is GovernanceOutcome.BLOCK
+    resolutions = [event for event in rel.events if event.event_type == "InvocationResolved"]
+    assert resolutions[-1].payload["status"] == "BLOCKED"