diff --git a/doc/plans/2026-10-26-native-status-reassessment-sleep-audit.md b/doc/plans/2026-10-26-native-status-reassessment-sleep-audit.md
index 5f8d871973e..356ff0b6603 100644
--- a/doc/plans/2026-10-26-native-status-reassessment-sleep-audit.md
+++ b/doc/plans/2026-10-26-native-status-reassessment-sleep-audit.md
@@ -412,3 +412,47 @@ cost/backlog behavior, lifecycle wiring and remote PR gates. Current scheduled
 commit guards fence coordinator/run ownership and source selection, but the
 retired-review business-fact checks still run before the commit transaction.
 The old periodic reassessment remains enabled until this full slice is ready.
+
+
+## Authoritative run-event producer checkpoint
+
+Event references may become accepted/rejected only when a persisted PRP event
+has `sourceKind: control_plane` and the corresponding evidence verdict. The
+classifier now exposes that existing pure verdict interpretation to the append
+boundary, including its existing whitespace normalization. The append boundary
+registers a run-scoped reassessment signal before the event write for native
+runs. It does not look up a task context or scan evidence consumers to append
+an event. Non-verdict events retain the ordinary atomic single-statement path;
+runner-authored claims do not activate reassessment.
+
+The writer audit found three insertion paths. The native coordinator store accepts
+only `sourceKind: runner` and rejects control-plane events, so its append path
+cannot produce an authoritative verdict and needs no added signal. Scheduled
+retry cancellation inserts ordinary lifecycle diagnostics without PRP evidence.
+The shared append path owns the supported control-plane verdict writes. Event
+rows are otherwise immutable in production; agent/company deletion owns removal
+of their run history rather than producing new evidence for surviving runs.
+
+Four real-append regressions failed before the fix: ordinary append, native-source
+append, outer transaction commit, and authoritative evidence after ordinary/runner
+logs. The repaired tests observe task completion, outer rollback/commit fencing,
+no reassessment signal for ordinary or runner-authored logs, replay idempotency,
+and driver-observed SQL quiet. All 28 lifecycle cases and six existing atomic
+append cases pass. The atomic tests still prove the one-statement ordinary-log
+path and preserve binding/concurrency behavior.
+
+The initial combined run failed three sequencing cases during embedded PostgreSQL
+bootstrap, before assertions. They now accept a validated dedicated external test
+database URL, clean only their own company fixture between cases, and close both
+clients. All three then pass, including concurrent retry receipt deduplication,
+concurrent event allocation, and conflicting replay without cursor drift. Final
+server typecheck passes. This is 37 distinct passing cases across the runs, not
+a successful initial combined run.
+
+Evidence: `/tmp/sleep50-events-before.log` and `.status` (four failures),
+`/tmp/sleep50-events-after.log` and `.status` (34 passes, three bootstrap failures),
+`/tmp/sleep50-events-sequence.log` and `.status` (three passes), and
+`/tmp/sleep50-events-final-types.log` and `.status` (pass). All test handles at
+this checkpoint are terminal. Case-handoff creation/cancellation, remaining
+contract/ownership/authority producers and the full acceptance tasks listed above
+remain outstanding; the old periodic reassessment path is still enabled.
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-run-event-sequencing.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-run-event-sequencing.test.ts
index 28c2dd00d24..d5ecb303484 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-run-event-sequencing.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-run-event-sequencing.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { resolveExternalTestDatabaseUrl } from "./helpers/external-test-database.js";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import {
@@ -14,11 +15,20 @@ import {
 } from "../services/heartbeat-run-events.js";
 import { startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
 
+const externalUrl = resolveExternalTestDatabaseUrl("PAPERCLIP_EVENT_SEQUENCING_TEST_DATABASE_URL");
+async function clearExternalFixture(db: ReturnType<typeof createDb>, companyId: string) {
+  if (!externalUrl) return;
+  await db.delete(heartbeatRunEvents).where(eq(heartbeatRunEvents.companyId, companyId));
+  await db.delete(heartbeatRuns).where(eq(heartbeatRuns.companyId, companyId));
+  await db.delete(agents).where(eq(agents.companyId, companyId));
+  await db.delete(companies).where(eq(companies.id, companyId));
+}
+
 describe("P6-11..13 / P6-17 canonical event allocator", () => {
   it.each([false, true])("deduplicates concurrent retry exhaustion (historical receipt: %s)", async (historical) => {
-    const temporary = await startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase("paperclip-exhaustion-events-");
-    const db = createDb(temporary.connectionString);
-    const otherDb = createDb(temporary.connectionString);
+    const temporary = externalUrl ? undefined : await startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase("paperclip-exhaustion-events-");
+    const db = createDb(externalUrl ?? temporary!.connectionString);
+    const otherDb = createDb(externalUrl ?? temporary!.connectionString);
     const companyId = "20000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001";
     const agentId = "20000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002";
     const runId = "20000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000003";
@@ -72,13 +82,16 @@ describe("P6-11..13 / P6-17 canonical event allocator", () => {
         ...event, companyId: "20000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000099", retryExhaustion: exhaustion,
       })).rejects.toThrow("heartbeat_run_event_binding_mismatch");
     } finally {
-      await temporary.cleanup();
+      await clearExternalFixture(db, companyId);
+      await otherDb.$client.end({ timeout: 1 });
+      await db.$client.end({ timeout: 1 });
+      await temporary?.cleanup();
     }
   }, 60_000);
 
   it("serializes concurrent writers and rejects conflicting replay without cursor drift", async () => {
-    const temporary = await startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase("paperclip-native-events-");
-    const db = createDb(temporary.connectionString);
+    const temporary = externalUrl ? undefined : await startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase("paperclip-native-events-");
+    const db = createDb(externalUrl ?? temporary!.connectionString);
     const companyId = "20000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001";
     const agentId = "20000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002";
     const runId = "20000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000003";
@@ -162,7 +175,9 @@ describe("P6-11..13 / P6-17 canonical event allocator", () => {
       })).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(HeartbeatRunEventConflictError);
       expect(await db.select().from(heartbeatRunEvents).where(eq(heartbeatRunEvents.runId, runId))).toHaveLength(48);
     } finally {
-      await temporary.cleanup();
+      await clearExternalFixture(db, companyId);
+      await db.$client.end({ timeout: 1 });
+      await temporary?.cleanup();
     }
   }, 60_000);
 });
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/native-status-reassessment-work.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/native-status-reassessment-work.test.ts
index 4ba8b7e1b47..e869ab3efb8 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/native-status-reassessment-work.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/native-status-reassessment-work.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import express from "express";
+import { appendHeartbeatRunEvent } from "../services/heartbeat-run-events.js";
+import { DELIVERY_QUEUES, subscribeDeliveryWork } from "../services/delivery-work-notifications.js";
 import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
@@ -122,6 +124,67 @@ describe("native reassessment worker lifecycle", () => {
     return { issueId, runId, workProductId, decisionId: committed.decision.id };
   }
 
+  it.each(["ordinary", "native source"] as const)("wakes from a committed control-plane evidence event through the %s append path", async path => {
+    const seeded = await seedReview("event:1");
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1000);
+    await db.update(issueWorkProducts).set({ updatedAt: new Date() }).where(eq(issueWorkProducts.id, seeded.workProductId));
+    await start(); await flush(); await quiet();
+    const prpEvent = { sourceKind: "control_plane", payload: { evidenceOutcome: " accepted " } };
+    const input = { companyId, agentId, runId: seeded.runId, eventType: "evidence.recorded", payload: { prpEvent },
+      ...(path === "native source" ? { nativeSource: { sourceInstanceId: randomUUID(), sourceEventId: randomUUID(),
+        sourceSeq: 1, protocolSchemaVersion: 1, canonicalPayload: prpEvent } } : {}) };
+    expect((await appendHeartbeatRunEvent(db, input)).disposition).toBe("committed");
+    await flush();
+    expect(await status(seeded.issueId)).toBe("done");
+    if (path === "native source") expect((await appendHeartbeatRunEvent(db, input)).disposition).toBe("duplicate");
+    expect(await db.select().from(statusDecisions).where(eq(statusDecisions.issueId, seeded.issueId))).toHaveLength(2);
+    await quiet();
+  });
+
+  it("preserves event evidence until outer commit and ignores rollback", async () => {
+    const seeded = await seedReview("event:1");
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1000);
+    await db.update(issueWorkProducts).set({ updatedAt: new Date() }).where(eq(issueWorkProducts.id, seeded.workProductId));
+    await start(); await flush(); await quiet();
+    const write = async (tx: typeof db) => {
+      await appendHeartbeatRunEvent(tx, { companyId, agentId, runId: seeded.runId, eventType: "evidence.recorded",
+        payload: { prpEvent: { sourceKind: "control_plane", payload: { evidenceOutcome: "accepted" } } } });
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1000);
+      expect(await status(seeded.issueId)).toBe("in_review");
+    };
+    await expect(db.transaction(async tx => {
+      await write(tx as unknown as typeof db); throw new Error("rollback event evidence");
+    })).rejects.toThrow("rollback event evidence");
+    await flush(); await quiet();
+    expect(await status(seeded.issueId)).toBe("in_review");
+    await db.transaction(tx => write(tx as unknown as typeof db));
+    await flush();
+    expect(await status(seeded.issueId)).toBe("done");
+    await quiet();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps ordinary and runner-authored logs from waking reassessment", async () => {
+    const seeded = await seedReview("event:3");
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1000);
+    await db.update(issueWorkProducts).set({ updatedAt: new Date() }).where(eq(issueWorkProducts.id, seeded.workProductId));
+    await start(); await flush(); await quiet();
+    const wakes = vi.fn();
+    const stop = subscribeDeliveryWork(db, DELIVERY_QUEUES.nativeStatusReassessment, wakes);
+    try {
+      await appendHeartbeatRunEvent(db, { companyId, agentId, runId: seeded.runId, eventType: "log", message: "Still working" });
+      await appendHeartbeatRunEvent(db, { companyId, agentId, runId: seeded.runId, eventType: "evidence.recorded",
+        payload: { prpEvent: { sourceKind: "runner", payload: { evidenceOutcome: "accepted" } } } });
+      expect(wakes).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      await quiet();
+      expect(await status(seeded.issueId)).toBe("in_review");
+      await appendHeartbeatRunEvent(db, { companyId, agentId, runId: seeded.runId, eventType: "evidence.recorded",
+        payload: { prpEvent: { sourceKind: "control_plane", payload: { evidenceOutcome: "accepted" } } } });
+      await flush();
+      expect(await status(seeded.issueId)).toBe("done");
+      await quiet();
+    } finally { stop(); }
+  });
+
   it("wakes when a real workspace finalization settles after a quiet failure", async () => {
     const seeded = await seedReview();
     await db.update(workspaceOperations).set({ status: "running" }).where(eq(workspaceOperations.heartbeatRunId, seeded.runId));
diff --git a/server/src/services/heartbeat-run-events.ts b/server/src/services/heartbeat-run-events.ts
index a00a195c39b..a89934dab72 100644
--- a/server/src/services/heartbeat-run-events.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/heartbeat-run-events.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { readNativeEventEvidenceOutcome } from "./native-runtime/evidence-classifier.js";
+import { notifyNativeStatusReassessment } from "./native-status-reassessment-notifications.js";
 import { isNativeResponseEvidence, notifyNativeResponsePresentation } from "./native-response-presentation-notifications.js";
 import { isSafeNativeChatProgressEventType } from "./safe-native-chat-progress.js";
 import { notifyChatNativeProgress } from "./chat-native-progress-notifications.js";
@@ -72,9 +74,10 @@ export async function appendHeartbeatRunEvent(
   db: Db,
   input: AppendHeartbeatRunEventInput,
 ): Promise<AppendHeartbeatRunEventResult> {
+  const projectsReassessment = readNativeEventEvidenceOutcome(input.payload?.prpEvent) !== null;
   const projectsProgress = isSafeNativeChatProgressEventType(input.eventType);
   const projectsResponse = isNativeResponseEvidence(input.eventType, input.payload?.prpEvent);
-  if (!input.nativeSource && !input.retryExhaustion && !projectsProgress && !projectsResponse) {
+  if (!input.nativeSource && !input.retryExhaustion && !projectsProgress && !projectsResponse && !projectsReassessment) {
     const allocated = db.$with("allocated_run_event", {}).as(sql`
       update ${heartbeatRuns}
       set next_event_seq = ${heartbeatRuns.nextEventSeq} + 1,
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ export async function appendHeartbeatRunEvent(
       .select({ companyId: heartbeatRuns.companyId, agentId: heartbeatRuns.agentId,
         // Only progress needs the task binding. Other native/recovery events
         // must not read a potentially large context snapshot to append a log.
-        ...(projectsProgress || projectsResponse ? { runtimeMode: heartbeatRuns.runtimeMode } : {}),
+        ...(projectsProgress || projectsResponse || projectsReassessment ? { runtimeMode: heartbeatRuns.runtimeMode } : {}),
         ...(projectsProgress ? { issueId: boundRunIssueIdSql() } : {}) })
       .from(heartbeatRuns)
       .where(eq(heartbeatRuns.id, input.runId))
@@ -175,6 +178,9 @@ export async function appendHeartbeatRunEvent(
       }
     }
 
+    if (projectsReassessment && run.runtimeMode === "native") {
+      await notifyNativeStatusReassessment(tx, { companyId: run.companyId, runId: input.runId });
+    }
     if (projectsProgress && run.runtimeMode === "native" && run.issueId) {
       await notifyChatNativeProgress(tx, { companyId: run.companyId, issueId: run.issueId });
     }
diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/evidence-classifier.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/evidence-classifier.ts
index 835dacf57dd..d9736695f45 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/evidence-classifier.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/evidence-classifier.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ function uuidRef(ref: string, prefixes: string[]): string | null {
   return null;
 }
 
+export function readNativeEventEvidenceOutcome(value: unknown): "accepted" | "rejected" | null {
+  const event = record(value);
+  if (event.sourceKind !== "control_plane") return null;
+  const outcome = text(record(event.payload).evidenceOutcome);
+  return outcome === "accepted" || outcome === "rejected" ? outcome : null;
+}
+
 async function classifyEvidenceRef(input: {
   db: Db;
   companyId: string;
@@ -135,12 +142,11 @@ async function classifyEvidenceRef(input: {
     if (!event) {
       return { ref: input.ref, kind: "event", outcome: "missing", reasonCode: "durable_run_event_missing", durableRecordId: null };
     }
-    const prpEvent = record(record(event.payload).prpEvent);
-    const evidenceOutcome = text(record(prpEvent.payload).evidenceOutcome);
-    if (prpEvent.sourceKind === "control_plane" && evidenceOutcome === "accepted") {
+    const evidenceOutcome = readNativeEventEvidenceOutcome(record(event.payload).prpEvent);
+    if (evidenceOutcome === "accepted") {
       return { ref: input.ref, kind: "event", outcome: "accepted", reasonCode: "control_plane_evidence_accepted", durableRecordId: String(event.id) };
     }
-    if (prpEvent.sourceKind === "control_plane" && evidenceOutcome === "rejected") {
+    if (evidenceOutcome === "rejected") {
       return { ref: input.ref, kind: "event", outcome: "rejected", reasonCode: "control_plane_evidence_rejected", durableRecordId: String(event.id) };
     }
     return {