kyle-sexton · Nov 11, 2026 · Nov 11, 2026 · Nov 11, 2026 · Nov 12, 2026 · Nov 12, 2026
diff --git a/.changes/actionlint/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-59d1ab35.md b/.changes/actionlint/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-59d1ab35.md
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+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/ai-briefing/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-c1310608.md b/.changes/ai-briefing/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-c1310608.md
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+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/bash-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-cf8464c6.md b/.changes/bash-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-cf8464c6.md
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+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/biome-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-02d3d415.md b/.changes/biome-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-02d3d415.md
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+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/bugs/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-e20c0f12.md b/.changes/bugs/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-e20c0f12.md
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+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/code-tidying/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-93815c39.md b/.changes/code-tidying/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-93815c39.md
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+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/context-budget/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-4ec33207.md b/.changes/context-budget/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-4ec33207.md
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+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/desktop-notification/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-2795f7d3.md b/.changes/desktop-notification/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-2795f7d3.md
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+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/discipline/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-f0dd0f3d.md b/.changes/discipline/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-f0dd0f3d.md
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+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/disk-hygiene/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-e989f5ca.md b/.changes/disk-hygiene/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-e989f5ca.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/docs-hygiene/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-311291f3.md b/.changes/docs-hygiene/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-311291f3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/education/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-790e9362.md b/.changes/education/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-790e9362.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/eol-normalizer/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-02204fb4.md b/.changes/eol-normalizer/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-02204fb4.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/go-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-88dd9c85.md b/.changes/go-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-88dd9c85.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/guardrails/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-7c556591.md b/.changes/guardrails/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-7c556591.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/harness-ops/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-1d4fb08d.md b/.changes/harness-ops/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-1d4fb08d.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/improvement/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-283c25ce.md b/.changes/improvement/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-283c25ce.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/knowledge/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-34f4830b.md b/.changes/knowledge/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-34f4830b.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/machine-health/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-8cdd38f4.md b/.changes/machine-health/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-8cdd38f4.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/markdown-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-95a54540.md b/.changes/markdown-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-95a54540.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/miro/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-17e595f4.md b/.changes/miro/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-17e595f4.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/mutation-testing/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-2c85da29.md b/.changes/mutation-testing/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-2c85da29.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/planning/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-58a74f42.md b/.changes/planning/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-58a74f42.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/powershell-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-f3ff0e32.md b/.changes/powershell-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-f3ff0e32.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/rate-limit-guard/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-b1f88cc4.md b/.changes/rate-limit-guard/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-b1f88cc4.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/repo-hygiene/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-779e7ab2.md b/.changes/repo-hygiene/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-779e7ab2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/review/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-faffce07.md b/.changes/review/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-faffce07.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/ruff-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-c8a62040.md b/.changes/ruff-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-c8a62040.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/session-flow/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-f94267d4.md b/.changes/session-flow/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-f94267d4.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/skill-quality/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-5533c9fe.md b/.changes/skill-quality/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-5533c9fe.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/source-control/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-cc5fdd1f.md b/.changes/source-control/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-cc5fdd1f.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/typos-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-887a2ea0.md b/.changes/typos-format/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-887a2ea0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/.changes/user-interface/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-f7f06966.md b/.changes/user-interface/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-docs-f7f06966.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.
diff --git a/docs/cloud-sessions.md b/docs/cloud-sessions.md
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ from the two together (see
   Code process starts, before SessionStart hook effects land, and is not re-read afterwards; the
   hooks reference's only same-session pickup is
   [`reloadSkills`](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks#reload-skills-that-a-hook-installs), whose
-  section names skill directories and not a plugin install, and whether it reaches one is unprobed
-  (as of 2026-11-04; recheck when that section names plugins). Neither `/plugin`
+  section names skill directories and not a plugin install, and whether it reaches one is unprobed.
+  Neither `/plugin`
   ([terminal-only commands](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/claude-code-on-the-web#manage-context))
   nor `--plugin-dir` exists in cloud sessions to force one. On an
   ephemeral VM this is a chicken-and-egg problem, because every fresh session re-installs after its registry is

diff --git a/docs/contracts/authoring-formats/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/contracts/authoring-formats/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ value is minor; clarification is a patch. A recheck of the Mermaid-C4 record lan
 it produces a drift outcome; refreshing the record's as-of date with no verdict change is no entry
 and no version bump, per the upstream-drift contract's "When a trigger fires".
 
+## [1.0.7] - 2026-11-11
+
+Clarification. No key, allowed value, or default changes.
+
+- The Mermaid-C4 record drops its as-of date and keeps its named trigger, per upstream-drift
+  owner decision D26: it records no upstream number or string.
+
 ## [1.0.6] - 2026-11-11
 
 Clarification. No key, allowed value, or default changes.

diff --git a/docs/contracts/authoring-formats/README.md b/docs/contracts/authoring-formats/README.md
@@ -78,17 +78,16 @@ output.
 
 Mermaid is not one of the system key's values. This convention offers a C4 dialect only once its
 maintainers document the C4 syntax as stable and a reader of the key can emit it. Mermaid meets
-neither condition as of the date below. No reader of the key can emit it: the architecture
+neither condition. No reader of the key can emit it: the architecture
 plugin's resolver fixes the system set to `likec4` and `c4-plantuml`, and neither
 `/planning:design` nor the four C4 map views' render scripts have a mermaid C4 path. Adding the
 value would mean a resolver change and five emitters, which no consumer has asked for. The
 landscape keeps its mermaid default and its `C4Context` output without a focal system, since
-mermaid offers no dedicated landscape type as of the same date. The decision depends on mermaid's
+mermaid offers no dedicated landscape type. The decision depends on mermaid's
 C4 docs, so it carries a record per [`upstream-drift`](../upstream-drift/README.md):
 
 - **Pointer**: when deciding whether mermaid can be a system-key value or whether the landscape's
   mermaid output shape should change, fetch <https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/c4.html> live.
-- **As of**: 2026-11-04
 - **Recheck trigger**: Any of these observable events: the pointer page, or a sibling mermaid C4
   syntax page linked from it, documents the C4 syntax as stable; mermaid documents a dedicated
   landscape diagram type; or an issue in this repository asks for mermaid C4 output from a reader

diff --git a/docs/contracts/config-cascade/README.md b/docs/contracts/config-cascade/README.md
@@ -454,7 +454,6 @@ decision.
     is a declared exception, not drift.
   - **Basis:** [ADR 0042](../../adr/0042-ratify-consumer-config-location-outliers-in-place.md) on the owner decision on #3577; the existing `.claude/standards.yaml` pointer
     already roots the directory, so no new mechanism is needed.
-  - **As of:** 2026-09-29.
   - **Recheck:** a web-session measurement shows plugin-owned `.claude/<name>` writes are fine
     everywhere and a consumer reports confusion, or Claude Code changes protected-path handling.
 - **`songwriting` reads template overrides from `songwriting/templates/`.** The consumer's prompt
@@ -469,7 +468,6 @@ decision.
   - **Basis:** [ADR 0042](../../adr/0042-ratify-consumer-config-location-outliers-in-place.md); `plugins/songwriting/skills/setup/SKILL.md` "The two surfaces"; the path the
     `rhyme`, `song-form`, `meter-prosody`, `co-write`, `metaphor`, `diagnose`, `object-writing`,
     `practice` and `workflow` skills check.
-  - **As of:** 2026-09-29.
   - **Recheck:** a template override becomes a settings-shaped file (keyed values rather than
     prose), or the setup skill starts writing under `.claude/`.
 - **`work-items` reads its recurring schedule from `.github/recurring-schedule.json`.** The file
@@ -483,7 +481,6 @@ decision.
     exception.
   - **Basis:** [ADR 0042](../../adr/0042-ratify-consumer-config-location-outliers-in-place.md); `plugins/work-items/reference/tracker-seam.md` "Recurring schedule";
     `plugins/work-items/skills/setup/SKILL.md`.
-  - **As of:** 2026-09-29.
   - **Recheck:** the schedule gains a personal override or user-global layer, or the reconciling
     automation moves out of `.github/`.
 - **`autonomy` exempts its security axes.** Layers refine additively as the contract requires, except
@@ -516,7 +513,6 @@ decision.
   - **Claim:** the three gitignore postures stay; recommend is default; two consumer-root
     appends are declared exceptions; own-ignore-file is a different file.
   - **Basis:** the owner decision on #3573 (keep the three postures), ADR 0040, and ADR 0015.
-  - **As of:** 2026-09-29.
   - **Recheck:** a setup skill grows a third consumer-root append, or a maintainer
     converges the fleet onto one posture.
 - **`source-control` stops `branch_issue_pattern` resolution on an unusable layer (#4673).**
@@ -646,7 +642,6 @@ conformance.
 
 - **Claim:** the glance table is generated from the Implementers rows; engines are not unified.
 - **Basis:** #3575 and `scripts/sync-config-cascade-semantics.py`.
-- **As of:** 2026-09-29.
 - **Recheck:** operators still miss the row, then add the per-setup check line.
 
 ## Implementers

diff --git a/docs/contracts/ecosystem-commands/README.md b/docs/contracts/ecosystem-commands/README.md
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ no other ecosystem-commands key. It diverges from the tolerant-reader paragraph
 file outside the supported YAML subset stops the run with exit 2
 (`plugins/code-metrics/scripts/resolve-config.py:450-455`) instead of failing soft. Parseable but
 schema-invalid content is not validated. **Basis:** `plugins/code-metrics/reference/config.md` "Layers and
-merge form", the paragraph on consumer ecosystems files. **As of:** 2026-09-29. **Recheck:** when
-that paragraph names another key, or an audit skill starts running a verb from the ecosystem file.
+merge form", the paragraph on consumer ecosystems files. **Recheck:** when that paragraph names another key, or an audit skill starts running a verb from the ecosystem file.
 
 ## Task-runner deferral (recorded decision)
 

diff --git a/docs/contracts/execution-target/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/contracts/execution-target/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog for the execution-target convention
 
+## 2.0.1 - 2026-11-11
+
+The vendor-fact pointers no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger, per the upstream-drift
+convention 5.0.0; the routine-triggers record, which stores no upstream number or string, drops
+its stamps too. The cloud launch pointer links the renamed "Start a cloud session from your
+terminal" section, and the cloud environments pointer links its two sections by anchor.
+
 ## 2.0.0 - 2026-10-21
 
 Removed the `<!-- execution-target:fallback v1 -->` item marker comment and the "Item fallback"

diff --git a/docs/contracts/execution-target/README.md b/docs/contracts/execution-target/README.md
@@ -233,17 +233,14 @@ The lanes launcher carries a copy of the plugin column (`stage_required_plugins`
 - **Routine triggers.** Pointer: the "Supported events" table on
   [Routines](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/routines#supported-events) (pull request and release
   events), and its "Connectors" section (every connected connector is included by default and its
-  tools run without approval). As of: 2026-10-04. Recheck trigger: the table gains an issues event, or
-  the connector default changes. The open conflict is anthropics/claude-code#72290 (an issue-opened
+  tools run without approval). The open conflict is anthropics/claude-code#72290 (an issue-opened
   routine trigger that did not fire, closed as stale); nothing here relies on an issue trigger.
 - **Cloud launch and upload.** Pointer:
-  [From terminal to cloud](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/claude-code-on-the-web#from-terminal-to-cloud)
+  [Start a cloud session from your terminal](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/claude-code-on-the-web#start-a-cloud-session-from-your-terminal)
   and [Send local repositories without GitHub](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/claude-code-on-the-web#send-local-repositories-without-github).
-  As of: 2026-10-04. Recheck trigger: `--cloud` stops uploading a bundle when the App is missing, or
-  gains a branch or worktree option.
-- **Cloud environments.** Pointer: "What carries over from your setup" and "Network access" on
-  [Cloud environments](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cloud-environments). As of: 2026-10-04.
-  Recheck trigger: either table changes.
+- **Cloud environments.** Pointer:
+  [What carries over from your setup](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cloud-environments#what-carries-over-from-your-setup)
+  and [Network access](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cloud-environments#network-access).
 
 ## Versioning