diff --git a/.github/scripts/next-version.sh b/.github/scripts/next-version.sh
index 27fce0e..710abf7 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/next-version.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/next-version.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # next-version.sh — compute THIS repo's next release tag for release-on-upstream.yml.
 #
 # Single source of truth for the version math, exercised in CI by release-selftest.yml so the
-# release automation can't silently rot (guard #135.8). Prints "v<MAJOR>.<MINOR>.<PATCH>" to stdout.
+# release automation cannot silently rot. Prints "v<MAJOR>.<MINOR>.<PATCH>" to stdout.
 #
 # Inputs (env, all optional):
 #   INPUT_VERSION    explicit version to cut (leading "v" tolerated) -> used verbatim.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-selftest.yml b/.github/workflows/release-selftest.yml
index a6aafb6..9cfa502 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-selftest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-selftest.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# CI self-test for the release-on-upstream version-compute logic (guard #135.8).
+# CI self-test for the release-on-upstream version-compute logic.
 # Runs the REAL .github/scripts/next-version.sh against synthetic repos and asserts it produces a
 # valid next version for BOTH the has-prior-tag and no-prior-tag cases — WITHOUT publishing anything.
 # This is what keeps the release automation from silently rotting before the fleet fan-out is armed.
diff --git a/store-sqlite-plugin/tests/e2e.rs b/store-sqlite-plugin/tests/e2e.rs
index f5dff34..e372b89 100644
--- a/store-sqlite-plugin/tests/e2e.rs
+++ b/store-sqlite-plugin/tests/e2e.rs
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ fn wait_for_admin_ready(
     }
 }
 
-/// THE REAL "PROD READY" PROOF (Matthew's bar): the sqlite plugin installed the way a real operator
+/// THE REAL "PROD READY" PROOF: the sqlite plugin installed the way a real operator
 /// actually installs it — a `POST /api/v1/admin/plugins` call against a REAL running busbar admin
 /// listener, never file-drop, never a direct `load_store()`/loader call — then EXERCISED through
 /// that same live instance's own admin API (mint a virtual key + an attached AWS SigV4 credential
diff --git a/store-sqlite/src/tests.rs b/store-sqlite/src/tests.rs
index ba0906c..061fdb7 100644
--- a/store-sqlite/src/tests.rs
+++ b/store-sqlite/src/tests.rs
@@ -751,7 +751,8 @@ fn foreign_keys_cascade_is_real_not_just_the_app_level_delete() {
     );
 }
 
-// ── Mutation-testing regressions (cargo-mutants round 1, store-sqlite/src/lib.rs) ──────────────
+// ── Operator- and boundary-level regression guards for store-sqlite/src/lib.rs: each test ────
+// pins a specific comparison, guard or early-return that the broader suite does not distinguish.
 
 #[test]
 fn is_memory_path_rejects_a_plain_file_path() {