diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/CATALOG-PRESERVATION.md b/tests/runner-e2e/CATALOG-PRESERVATION.md
index dfc5a83ed30..a1533e14066 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/CATALOG-PRESERVATION.md
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/CATALOG-PRESERVATION.md
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ Readiness is separate from importability. Declared unsupported fresh contexts,
 public capability/profile gaps and external resource/authorization requirements
 remain explicit. The preserved plugin configure/disable fixture still has a known
 secret-ref schema mismatch: it sends an object where its public string schema
-requires a secret UUID. Its spent failures are not repaired, erased or rerun by
-this consolidation. Other measured failures retain their actual interpretation.
+requires a secret UUID. Disable's returned final reached that setup request and
+received HTTP 400. Configure's returned final stopped earlier while waiting for
+the initial chat response; its later UI/configuration leg was not exercised, so
+the schema mismatch there is a source finding. Both spent raw failures remain
+unchanged and are not rerun by this consolidation. Other measured failures retain
+their actual interpretation.
 
 Every historical result remains attached to its original source revision, full
 fingerprint, provider/model/build/database evidence, ordinal, usage, cost, privacy
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-preservation.json b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-preservation.json
index 73d27c9f052..8af3c7f6df6 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-preservation.json
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-preservation.json
@@ -82,10 +82,15 @@
   "knownUnqualifiedFixtureFindings": [
     {
       "scenarioIds": [
-        "plugins.configure-plugin",
         "plugins.disable-plugin"
       ],
-      "finding": "The preserved fixture sends a secret_ref object to an apiKey schema declared string with secret-ref format. The public validator requires the secure secret UUID string. These spent failures are retained; this preservation change does not repair or rerun them."
+      "finding": "The preserved fixture sends a secret_ref object to an apiKey schema declared string with secret-ref format. The returned final reached this setup request and received HTTP400; the public validator requires the secure secret UUID string. This spent failure is retained without repair or rerun."
+    },
+    {
+      "scenarioIds": [
+        "plugins.configure-plugin"
+      ],
+      "finding": "The returned final stopped earlier at the initial-identity wait. Its later UI/configuration leg was not exercised. The preserved object-vs-string secret-ref expectation is therefore a source-only finding for that later leg, not attribution of the observed failure. The spent raw failure remains unchanged without rerun."
     }
   ],
   "readinessLimits": {