diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/spec/fixtures/status-authority-phase5.json b/packages/paperclip-runner/spec/fixtures/status-authority-phase5.json
index 9ff3193308d..aa1eaeb7c6a 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/spec/fixtures/status-authority-phase5.json
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/spec/fixtures/status-authority-phase5.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schema": "paperclip.status-authority-conformance.v1",
-  "corpusRevision": 1,
+  "corpusRevision": 2,
   "policyVersion": "status-authority-v1",
   "fixtures": [
     {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       "mode": "native",
       "covers": { "decisionRows": ["SD-11"], "terminalRows": [], "attentionRows": [], "livenessRows": [], "reconciliationRows": [], "compatibilityRows": [], "migrationRows": [] },
       "tags": ["required_review"],
-      "given": { "priorIssueStatus": "in_progress", "turnTerminalState": "completed", "runTerminalState": "succeeded", "reportedWorkDisposition": "needs_review", "nativeFinalization": "present", "completionState": "intentional_human_judgment", "trigger": "attention_candidate" },
+      "given": { "priorIssueStatus": "in_progress", "turnTerminalState": "completed", "runTerminalState": "succeeded", "reportedWorkDisposition": "needs_review", "nativeFinalization": "present", "completionState": "intentional_human_judgment", "reviewGate": "completion", "trigger": "attention_candidate" },
       "expected": { "runStatus": "succeeded", "statusAction": "in_review", "reasonCode": "attention_requires_human_authority", "requiredEffects": ["create_interaction", "notify_owner"], "forbiddenEffects": ["bind_blocker"], "livePathKind": "interaction", "preserveClaim": true, "nativeRecords": true, "decisionCount": 1, "maxWakeCount": 1, "maxNotificationCount": 1 },
       "replay": { "attempts": 2, "sameDecisionDigest": true, "maxSemanticDecisions": 1, "maxDomainEffectsPerKey": 1 }
     },
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@
       "covers": { "decisionRows": ["SD-12"], "terminalRows": [], "attentionRows": ["ATT-02", "ATT-03"], "livenessRows": [], "reconciliationRows": ["REC-02"], "compatibilityRows": [], "migrationRows": [] },
       "tags": ["repeated_question", "excessive_human_request", "deterministic_replay"],
       "given": { "priorIssueStatus": "in_progress", "turnTerminalState": "completed", "runTerminalState": "succeeded", "reportedWorkDisposition": "yielded", "nativeFinalization": "present", "completionState": "equivalent_attention_family", "trigger": "attention_candidate" },
-      "expected": { "runStatus": "succeeded", "statusAction": "preserve", "reasonCode": "attention_duplicate_suppressed", "requiredEffects": ["link_canonical_request"], "forbiddenEffects": ["create_interaction", "notify_owner", "enqueue_continuation"], "livePathKind": null, "preserveClaim": true, "nativeRecords": true, "decisionCount": 1, "maxWakeCount": 0, "maxNotificationCount": 0 },
-      "replay": { "attempts": 6, "sameDecisionDigest": true, "maxSemanticDecisions": 1, "maxDomainEffectsPerKey": 1 }
+      "expected": { "runStatus": "succeeded", "statusAction": "preserve", "reasonCode": "attention_duplicate_suppressed", "requiredEffects": ["link_canonical_request"], "forbiddenEffects": ["create_interaction", "notify_owner", "enqueue_continuation"], "livePathKind": null, "preserveClaim": true, "nativeRecords": true, "decisionCount": 0, "maxWakeCount": 0, "maxNotificationCount": 0 },
+      "replay": { "attempts": 6, "sameDecisionDigest": true, "maxSemanticDecisions": 0, "maxDomainEffectsPerKey": 1 }
     },
     {
       "id": "attention-budget-exhausted",
diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/spec/paperclip-native-runner-spike-spec.md b/packages/paperclip-runner/spec/paperclip-native-runner-spike-spec.md
index 6dd21d4c023..0c310f2ab52 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/spec/paperclip-native-runner-spike-spec.md
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/spec/paperclip-native-runner-spike-spec.md
@@ -4915,6 +4915,7 @@ interface StatusAuthorityConformanceFixtureV1 {
     reportedWorkDisposition: ReportedWorkDisposition | null;
     nativeFinalization: "present" | "missing" | "invalid" | "not_applicable";
     completionState: string;
+    reviewGate?: "completion" | "mid_work";
     trigger: string;
     fault?: string;
   };
@@ -4943,6 +4944,14 @@ interface StatusAuthorityConformanceFixtureV1 {
 }
 ```
 
+`reviewGate` disambiguates an intentional human-judgment interaction that gates
+completion from one raised while productive work remains. A completion gate may
+resolve to `in_review` under SD-11; a mid-work interaction still requires the
+response-wake or preserve branches from that row. `decisionCount` counts status
+decisions newly persisted for the fixture stimulus. Linking an equivalent
+request to a pre-existing canonical family does not count that family's earlier
+decision.
+
 Fixture assertions are database assertions, not only response assertions. Every
 case records the terminal turn/run facts, original result/evidence retention,
 issue `status` and `status_version`, contract/policy version, assessment and
diff --git a/scripts/check-runner-phase5-spec.mjs b/scripts/check-runner-phase5-spec.mjs
index 80f24e27abc..4c6bb08bf03 100644
--- a/scripts/check-runner-phase5-spec.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-runner-phase5-spec.mjs
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ check("fixture IDs and required fields are valid", () => {
     if (!fixture.given || requiredGiven.some((key) => !(key in fixture.given))) {
       throw new Error(`${fixture.id}: incomplete given facts`);
     }
+    if (fixture.given.reviewGate !== undefined && !["completion", "mid_work"].includes(fixture.given.reviewGate)) {
+      throw new Error(`${fixture.id}: invalid reviewGate`);
+    }
     if (!fixture.expected || requiredExpected.some((key) => !(key in fixture.expected))) {
       throw new Error(`${fixture.id}: incomplete expected facts`);
     }
@@ -208,16 +211,29 @@ check("non-terminal status fixtures carry an atomic liveness path", () => {
   return "in_review, blocked, and in_progress paths validated";
 });
 
-check("duplicate attention cannot create an unbounded loop", () => {
+check("duplicate attention creates no status decision or unbounded loop", () => {
   const duplicates = corpus.fixtures.filter((fixture) => fixture.expected.reasonCode === "attention_duplicate_suppressed");
   if (duplicates.length === 0) throw new Error("no duplicate-attention fixture");
   const unsafe = duplicates.filter((fixture) =>
+    fixture.expected.decisionCount !== 0 ||
     fixture.expected.maxWakeCount !== 0 ||
     fixture.expected.maxNotificationCount !== 0 ||
-    fixture.replay.maxSemanticDecisions > 1 ||
+    fixture.replay.maxSemanticDecisions !== 0 ||
     fixture.replay.maxDomainEffectsPerKey > 1);
-  if (unsafe.length) throw new Error(`unbounded duplicate fixture(s): ${unsafe.map((fixture) => fixture.id).join(", ")}`);
-  return `${duplicates.length} duplicate fixture(s) bounded at zero wakes/notifications`;
+  if (unsafe.length) throw new Error(`unsafe duplicate fixture(s): ${unsafe.map((fixture) => fixture.id).join(", ")}`);
+  return `${duplicates.length} duplicate fixture(s) bounded at zero decisions/wakes/notifications`;
+});
+
+check("completion-gating human judgment is explicit", () => {
+  const fixture = corpus.fixtures.find((candidate) => candidate.id === "human-authority-required");
+  if (!fixture) throw new Error("missing human-authority-required fixture");
+  if (!fixture.covers.decisionRows.includes("SD-11") ||
+      fixture.given.completionState !== "intentional_human_judgment" ||
+      fixture.given.reviewGate !== "completion" ||
+      fixture.expected.statusAction !== "in_review") {
+    throw new Error("human-authority-required does not pin the SD-11 completion-review branch");
+  }
+  return "human-authority-required pins reviewGate=completion";
 });
 
 check("replay effects are at-most-once per semantic key", () => {