diff --git a/core/templates/onboarding.md b/core/templates/onboarding.md
index 1d0cd77ac0..27d42d2543 100644
--- a/core/templates/onboarding.md
+++ b/core/templates/onboarding.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ AI-DLC is open-world. Plugins under `plugins/<name>/` contribute additional stag
 {{SLOT:structure_extra}}
 ## Conventions
 
-- All artifacts go under the active intent's record dir — `aidlc/spaces/<active-space>/intents/<slug>-<id8>/` (shorthand `<record>/`) — beneath the neutral `aidlc/` workspace roof; application code goes to the workspace root (or a sibling repo). Single-team users only ever see `spaces/default/`.
+- All artifacts go under the active intent's record dir — `aidlc/spaces/<active-space>/intents/<YYMMDD>-<label>/` (shorthand `<record>/`) — beneath the neutral `aidlc/` workspace roof; application code goes to the workspace root (or a sibling repo). Single-team users only ever see `spaces/default/`.
 - Each stage keeps an observation diary at `<record>/<phase>/<stage>/memory.md`, created by the engine from a template when it emits the run-stage directive and kept up to date automatically as the stage runs, never hand-edited
 - Use emojis as defined in skill/stage files — reproduce them exactly
 - Validate Mermaid diagram syntax before writing; include text fallback
diff --git a/harness/codex/manifest.ts b/harness/codex/manifest.ts
index fc5daf2d2f..b37cb6f8ac 100644
--- a/harness/codex/manifest.ts
+++ b/harness/codex/manifest.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ const manifest: HarnessManifest = {
           "sha256:cc3212fc7335018158882cbaa141ac6fd02cee53bbceb00bd185f416fa06ff8f",
           "sha256:412776ee4595c453511a911e06c7729285bb5338b30584f8570908b273e27296",
           "sha256:dd650e54fb2e645b6f30002f91f8f6f174fe34550295582f5b6a95356edaed77",
+          // The 2.9.0 shipped variant (#1131 changed the onboarding record-dir shape).
+          "sha256:87563548299dd2a0c1fcd3cde480b612bd1ec767a2550dbc05a6a041a3d7f522",
         ],
       },
     },
diff --git a/harness/copilot/manifest.ts b/harness/copilot/manifest.ts
index 27ac6fe320..a6540fd09e 100644
--- a/harness/copilot/manifest.ts
+++ b/harness/copilot/manifest.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ const manifest: HarnessManifest = {
           // Keep pre-engine-directory unmarked root files recognizable.
           "sha256:9550b31b8f3f32992c1ae1035bfa57a782f04821530214a2f2e1fd1690e209ab",
           "sha256:1b8b3b4b10de3307a927429a676f5dd7440099a6d18859f603328b5ed239e6c7",
+          // The 2.9.0 shipped variant (#1131 changed the onboarding record-dir shape).
+          "sha256:bf3077a6520e2735f618bad386858afc57edceaa791d98de7a6c269d71861e56",
         ],
       },
     },
diff --git a/harness/cursor/manifest.ts b/harness/cursor/manifest.ts
index d1e4e45bb3..22dea91740 100644
--- a/harness/cursor/manifest.ts
+++ b/harness/cursor/manifest.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ const manifest: HarnessManifest = {
           // Keep pre-engine-directory unmarked root files recognizable.
           "sha256:78c906200a55665f3a3ce410272c71d4bdcb5764174407da0f69d8ad6d143184",
           "sha256:2907b5293bfd8bd9d5f8b7a8025bfe23edd0ffcd31f925761916088517880936",
+          // The 2.9.0 shipped variant (#1131 changed the onboarding record-dir shape).
+          "sha256:2ef8a8cd1b72e59d017013b8d261721b1c5dedb82499b44dc9a97be01b6a73cb",
         ],
       },
     },
diff --git a/harness/kiro-ide/manifest.ts b/harness/kiro-ide/manifest.ts
index e266b4ac02..8e8d62a12c 100644
--- a/harness/kiro-ide/manifest.ts
+++ b/harness/kiro-ide/manifest.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ const manifest: HarnessManifest = {
           "sha256:025c596b2f44b688a329d419b5cd39fd2ee2a6d6cae4e6491dc6cd0f663c04ea",
           "sha256:68be79dc053e88931557484ef37b7f63248cddcf02cb44db89c5bd2522980967",
           "sha256:6735312a6ece44f0ba65b949ede2a241669fa422db584dadb2a9ed57e4e43be7",
+          // The 2.9.0 shipped variant (#1131 changed the onboarding record-dir shape).
+          "sha256:94f27a88ddba31149876da0609e0eb9a36ce153f52f27898579c846daec2ff59",
         ],
       },
     },
diff --git a/harness/kiro/manifest.ts b/harness/kiro/manifest.ts
index 54dc8d73bf..5a9375e3e1 100644
--- a/harness/kiro/manifest.ts
+++ b/harness/kiro/manifest.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ const manifest: HarnessManifest = {
           "sha256:3aea80a2afde8bb2a222b329bcfc2855b4207a53f7fbfbc3abbfb4aadbafc53b",
           "sha256:1abeb3cb19943bc1537c413dc45298c43a14ce7544444c88c13b53ea48a607a6",
           "sha256:ecb68f08789258e77c81488e98dd1632b607b567a2424311c4dcdc30ce3e768f",
+          // The 2.9.0 shipped variant (#1131 changed the onboarding record-dir shape).
+          "sha256:9ad7daa07cbafe9f149311b679281eecd991d2ec77787fc7751226ea0622522b",
         ],
       },
     },
diff --git a/harness/opencode/manifest.ts b/harness/opencode/manifest.ts
index b691005f6a..06e3f5012d 100644
--- a/harness/opencode/manifest.ts
+++ b/harness/opencode/manifest.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ const manifest: HarnessManifest = {
           // Keep pre-engine-directory unmarked root files recognizable.
           "sha256:d791057d6b667517197a450bc6ba633c36e148d62e09c90a8992d787c914a44f",
           "sha256:d86a61b7376772dcc7afdaefd63ce185f99d9c32d0e455668cf3b52f91a13d40",
+          // The 2.9.0 shipped variant (#1131 changed the onboarding record-dir shape).
+          "sha256:db6e65ed85d6b47ca47d72b5a323ddc4dca76d021cce92591c1a28b26d9f237a",
         ],
       },
     },
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/docs-legacy-refs.json b/tests/fixtures/docs-legacy-refs.json
index 189ea00374..0b80ae47b2 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/docs-legacy-refs.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/docs-legacy-refs.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "_comment": "Docs legacy-ref allowlist gate (t174). The gate scans docs/**/*.md + core/templates/*.md + each harness/<h>/skills/aidlc/SKILL.md (derived FROM DISK) and FAILS unless every surviving retired-token line is pinned here by exact file + line text, with the pinned count <= ceiling. FOUR retired-token lanes: (1) `aidlc-docs` \u2014 the flat record layout relocated to aidlc/spaces/<space>/intents/<slug>-<id8>/; (2) bare `--init` \u2014 the retired aidlc command; (3) dotted rules dirs `.claude/rules/` | `.kiro/steering/` | `.codex/aidlc-rules/` \u2014 the method/rules layer relocated to aidlc/spaces/<space>/memory/ (graph.ts MEMORY_SEGMENTS), so these survive ONLY in native-include prose (the `.claude/rules/aidlc.md` @-import stub, Kiro IDE's `.kiro/steering/aidlc-active-memory.md`, the packager rename narrative); (4) `*-learnings.md` filename \u2014 learnings collapsed into practices in memory/{team,project}.md (aidlc-learnings.ts), so there are ZERO legitimate survivors. EXCLUDES dist/** (generated; package.ts --check proves parity) and core/aidlc-common/** (the engine-parsed stage tree's aidlc-docs reroot is a separate deferred sweep). Adding an entry requires a visible diff here; blanket-allowlisting trips the ceiling. See docs/reference/07-sensor-system.md, docs/reference/14-claude-features.md, docs/harness-engineering/06-sensors.md.",
+  "_comment": "Docs legacy-ref allowlist gate (t174). The gate scans docs/**/*.md + core/templates/*.md + each harness/<h>/skills/aidlc/SKILL.md (derived FROM DISK) and FAILS unless every surviving retired-token line is pinned here by exact file + line text, with the pinned count <= ceiling. FIVE retired-token lanes: (1) `aidlc-docs` \u2014 the flat record layout relocated to aidlc/spaces/<space>/intents/<YYMMDD>-<label>/; (2) bare `--init` \u2014 the retired aidlc command; (3) dotted rules dirs `.claude/rules/` | `.kiro/steering/` | `.codex/aidlc-rules/` \u2014 the method/rules layer relocated to aidlc/spaces/<space>/memory/ (graph.ts MEMORY_SEGMENTS), so these survive ONLY in native-include prose (the `.claude/rules/aidlc.md` @-import stub, Kiro IDE's `.kiro/steering/aidlc-active-memory.md`, the packager rename narrative); (4) `*-learnings.md` filename \u2014 learnings collapsed into practices in memory/{team,project}.md (aidlc-learnings.ts), so there are ZERO legitimate survivors; (5) `<slug>-<id8>` \u2014 the pre-date-prefix record-dir shape, replaced by `<YYMMDD>-<label>` (aidlc-utility.ts intent-create), so there are ZERO legitimate survivors. EXCLUDES dist/** (generated; package.ts --check proves parity) and core/aidlc-common/** (the engine-parsed stage tree's aidlc-docs reroot is a separate deferred sweep). Adding an entry requires a visible diff here; blanket-allowlisting trips the ceiling. See docs/reference/07-sensor-system.md, docs/reference/14-claude-features.md, docs/harness-engineering/06-sensors.md.",
   "ceiling": 15,
   "allowed": [
     {
diff --git a/tests/unit/t174-docs-legacy-refs-gate.test.ts b/tests/unit/t174-docs-legacy-refs-gate.test.ts
index b9e4703906..34282fc692 100644
--- a/tests/unit/t174-docs-legacy-refs-gate.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/t174-docs-legacy-refs-gate.test.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,15 @@ function scanOccurrences(): Occurrence[] {
       // `*-learnings.md` surface. Filename-anchored so the live tool
       // `aidlc-learnings.ts` and the phrase "learnings ritual" never match.
       const hasLearningsLog = /(?:aidlc-)?(?:project|team)-learnings\.md/.test(line);
-      if (hasAidlcDocs || hasInit || hasRulesDir || hasLearningsLog) {
+      // Retired record-dir shape; intent-create mints `<YYMMDD>-<label>`.
+      const hasLegacyRecordDir = line.includes("<slug>-<id8>");
+      if (
+        hasAidlcDocs ||
+        hasInit ||
+        hasRulesDir ||
+        hasLearningsLog ||
+        hasLegacyRecordDir
+      ) {
         out.push({ file: rel, line: i + 1, text: line.trim() });
       }
     }
@@ -137,7 +145,7 @@ describe("t174 docs legacy-ref allowlist gate (P9 — closed predicate)", () =>
     allowedByFile.get(e.file)?.add(e.text.trim());
   }
 
-  test("every surviving aidlc-docs/--init/rules-dir/learnings-log docs occurrence is pinned in the allowlist", () => {
+  test("every surviving aidlc-docs/--init/rules-dir/learnings-log/legacy-record-dir docs occurrence is pinned in the allowlist", () => {
     const unpinned = occurrences.filter(
       (o) => !(allowedByFile.get(o.file)?.has(o.text) ?? false),
     );
diff --git a/tests/unit/t243-install-mechanism.test.ts b/tests/unit/t243-install-mechanism.test.ts
index 79751870eb..41516a72cf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/t243-install-mechanism.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/t243-install-mechanism.test.ts
@@ -3954,6 +3954,7 @@ describe("t243 projection channel", () => {
           "sha256:412776ee4595c453511a911e06c7729285bb5338b30584f8570908b273e27296",
           "sha256:dd650e54fb2e645b6f30002f91f8f6f174fe34550295582f5b6a95356edaed77",
           "sha256:87563548299dd2a0c1fcd3cde480b612bd1ec767a2550dbc05a6a041a3d7f522",
+          "sha256:c7843449d549d4226be39169a9c31bf89694cd0b0754cb1ee68bdf61759538ce",
         ],
       },
       kiro: {
@@ -3971,6 +3972,7 @@ describe("t243 projection channel", () => {
           "sha256:1abeb3cb19943bc1537c413dc45298c43a14ce7544444c88c13b53ea48a607a6",
           "sha256:ecb68f08789258e77c81488e98dd1632b607b567a2424311c4dcdc30ce3e768f",
           "sha256:9ad7daa07cbafe9f149311b679281eecd991d2ec77787fc7751226ea0622522b",
+          "sha256:c8777a03505f11dcbb4fb339fef1a8072d9d2500ce401b69a06073b523ea2c67",
         ],
       },
       "kiro-ide": {
@@ -3988,6 +3990,7 @@ describe("t243 projection channel", () => {
           "sha256:68be79dc053e88931557484ef37b7f63248cddcf02cb44db89c5bd2522980967",
           "sha256:6735312a6ece44f0ba65b949ede2a241669fa422db584dadb2a9ed57e4e43be7",
           "sha256:94f27a88ddba31149876da0609e0eb9a36ce153f52f27898579c846daec2ff59",
+          "sha256:5f6f076a5a9d8a11e1078f568c9dee091f399d9999fae89e9dffa62d8697b797",
         ],
       },
     };