diff --git a/src/main/audio-bridge.ts b/src/main/audio-bridge.ts
index c37f230..65e3449 100644
--- a/src/main/audio-bridge.ts
+++ b/src/main/audio-bridge.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import { app } from 'electron';
 import { isDebugEnabled, getDebugLogPath } from './debug-log';
 import { initVstCrashGuard, armSentinel, disarmSentinel, armEditorSentinel, getSentinelPath } from './vst-crash-guard';
 import { createAudioEffectsExecutor } from './audio-effects-executor';
+import { initLeaseBridge, LeaseBridge } from './lease-bridge';
 
 type AudioModule = Record<string, (...args: any[]) => any>;
 
 let audio: AudioModule | null = null;
+let leaseBridge: LeaseBridge | null = null;
 
 type AudioDeviceSettings = {
     type: string;          // legacy alias = inputType when only type was stored
@@ -254,6 +256,23 @@ function loadNativeAddon(): AudioModule | null {
 export function initAudioBridge(): void {
     audio = loadNativeAddon();
     const audioEffects = createAudioEffectsExecutor(() => audio);
+    leaseBridge = initLeaseBridge(() => audio);
+
+    // ── Lease registry surface (ownership plan §2/§8; wiring in lease-bridge) ──
+
+    ipcMain.handle('audio:leases:acquire', (event, scope: unknown, tag: unknown) =>
+        leaseBridge!.acquire(event.sender, scope, tag));
+    ipcMain.handle('audio:leases:release', (event, scope: unknown, tag: unknown) =>
+        leaseBridge!.release(event.sender, scope, tag));
+    ipcMain.handle('audio:leases:takeover', (event, scope: unknown, tag: unknown) =>
+        leaseBridge!.takeover(event.sender, scope, tag));
+    ipcMain.handle('audio:leases:getHolder', (_event, scope: unknown) =>
+        leaseBridge!.getHolder(scope));
+    ipcMain.handle('audio:leases:acquireDemand', (event, scope: unknown, tag: unknown) =>
+        leaseBridge!.acquireDemand(event.sender, scope, tag));
+    ipcMain.handle('audio:leases:releaseDemand', (event, scope: unknown, tag: unknown) =>
+        leaseBridge!.releaseDemand(event.sender, scope, tag));
+    ipcMain.handle('audio:leases:snapshot', () => leaseBridge!.snapshot());
 
     if (audio) {
         // Redirect native stderr to the debug log before init() runs — that's
@@ -585,11 +604,21 @@ export function initAudioBridge(): void {
 
     // ── Audio Control ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-    ipcMain.handle('audio:startAudio', () => {
+    ipcMain.handle('audio:startAudio', (event) => {
+        // Raw start = user authority (device screen). Resumes any demands the
+        // last raw stop suspended (§8.3). Plugin callers should migrate to
+        // the `capture` demand (audio:leases:acquireDemand) — log-once
+        // telemetry tracks who still comes through here (§6.8).
+        leaseBridge?.noteLegacyCall(event.sender, 'audio:startAudio');
         audio?.startAudio();
+        leaseBridge?.onUserStartAudio();
     });
 
-    ipcMain.handle('audio:stopAudio', () => {
+    ipcMain.handle('audio:stopAudio', (event) => {
+        // Raw stop always wins: engine stops, demands suspend (not clear) so
+        // holders resume on the next user start (§8.3).
+        leaseBridge?.noteLegacyCall(event.sender, 'audio:stopAudio');
+        leaseBridge?.onUserStopAudio();
         audio?.stopAudio();
     });
 
@@ -746,8 +775,17 @@ export function initAudioBridge(): void {
     // verifier path and the always-on home tuner cost no ONNX inference.
     // typeof-guarded so a downlevel addon (no gate) simply ignores it — ML then
     // runs as before, i.e. fail-safe to current behaviour.
-    ipcMain.handle('audio:setNoteDetectionEnabled', (_event, enabled: boolean) => {
+    ipcMain.handle('audio:setNoteDetectionEnabled', (event, enabled: boolean) => {
         if (!audio || typeof audio.setNoteDetectionEnabled !== 'function') return;
+        leaseBridge?.noteLegacyCall(event.sender, 'audio:setNoteDetectionEnabled');
+        // Ownership plan 6.3: a raw disarm must not kill detection while a
+        // demand holder still needs it armed — the "whichever minigame
+        // disarms last kills a concurrent consumer" bug. Raw arms pass
+        // through (they agree with any active demand).
+        if (!enabled && leaseBridge?.shouldIgnoreRawDetectionDisarm()) {
+            console.info('[audio] raw detection disarm ignored — detection demand active (plan 6.3)');
+            return;
+        }
         try {
             audio.setNoteDetectionEnabled(Boolean(enabled));
         } catch (e) {
@@ -1394,6 +1432,10 @@ export function initAudioBridge(): void {
 }
 
 export function shutdownAudio(): void {
+    if (leaseBridge) {
+        try { leaseBridge.dispose(); } catch { /* silent fail during shutdown */ }
+        leaseBridge = null;
+    }
     if (audio) {
         try {
             audio.shutdown();
diff --git a/src/main/lease-bridge.ts b/src/main/lease-bridge.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a581fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/lease-bridge.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+// Lease bridge — wires the LeaseRegistry (docs/audio-ownership-plan.md §2/§8)
+// to Electron IPC. Owns the three things the registry deliberately does not:
+//
+//   1. holder-identity DERIVATION from the IPC sender (webContents id + an
+//      optional caller-attributed tag — the compound identity of §9: the
+//      webContents part is enforced, the tag part is soft attribution),
+//   2. webContents lifecycle → death invalidation / reload grace windows,
+//   3. the demand→engine glue: capture demand drives startAudio/stopAudio,
+//      detection demand drives setNoteDetectionEnabled.
+//
+// The ipcMain.handle registrations live in audio-bridge.ts (thin wrappers over
+// this module) so the contract snapshot keeps seeing every channel in one file.
+
+import type { WebContents } from 'electron';
+import { LeaseRegistry, HolderId } from './lease-registry';
+
+type AudioModule = Record<string, (...args: any[]) => any> | null;
+
+type BroadcastFn = (channel: string, data: unknown) => void;
+
+// Default broadcast: every open BrowserWindow. Lazily required so the module
+// stays loadable in the node:test harness (no electron runtime there).
+function electronBroadcast(channel: string, data: unknown): void {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+    const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron');
+    for (const win of BrowserWindow.getAllWindows()) {
+        if (!win.isDestroyed()) win.webContents.send(channel, data);
+    }
+}
+
+const TAG_RE = /^[\w.-]{1,128}$/;
+const DETECTION_SCOPE_DEFAULT = 'detection:desktop-main';
+
+export type LeaseBridge = {
+    registry: LeaseRegistry;
+    acquire(sender: WebContents, scope: unknown, tag: unknown): unknown;
+    release(sender: WebContents, scope: unknown, tag: unknown): boolean;
+    takeover(sender: WebContents, scope: unknown, tag: unknown): Promise<unknown>;
+    getHolder(scope: unknown): HolderId | null;
+    acquireDemand(sender: WebContents, scope: unknown, tag: unknown): boolean;
+    releaseDemand(sender: WebContents, scope: unknown, tag: unknown): boolean;
+    snapshot(): unknown;
+    // Hooks for the legacy raw channels (§6.8 migration semantics):
+    onUserStartAudio(): void;
+    onUserStopAudio(): void;
+    // true = swallow the raw disarm because a demand holder still needs
+    // detection armed (the 6.3 "last disarmer kills a concurrent consumer" fix).
+    shouldIgnoreRawDetectionDisarm(): boolean;
+    noteLegacyCall(sender: WebContents, surface: string): void;
+    dispose(): void;
+};
+
+export function initLeaseBridge(getAudio: () => AudioModule, options: { broadcast?: BroadcastFn } = {}): LeaseBridge {
+    const registry = new LeaseRegistry();
+    const broadcastFn = options.broadcast ?? electronBroadcast;
+
+    // Holder ids this bridge minted, per webContents id — the set we must
+    // invalidate when that webContents dies or reloads.
+    const mintedBySender = new Map<number, Set<HolderId>>();
+    const watchedSenders = new Set<number>();
+    // Log-once-per-session-per-caller telemetry for legacy surfaces (§6.8:
+    // "that telemetry IS the migration progress dashboard").
+    const legacyCallsLogged = new Set<string>();
+    // Whether the engine is running because capture demand started it (as
+    // opposed to a user raw start). Demand-started engines stop when the
+    // demand drains; user-started engines only stop on user raw stop (§8.3).
+    let engineStartedByDemand = false;
+
+    function sanitizeTag(tag: unknown): string | null {
+        if (typeof tag !== 'string' || !TAG_RE.test(tag)) return null;
+        return tag;
+    }
+
+    function deriveHolder(sender: WebContents, tag: unknown): HolderId {
+        const cleanTag = sanitizeTag(tag);
+        return cleanTag ? `wc:${sender.id}#${cleanTag}` : `wc:${sender.id}`;
+    }
+
+    // Grace identity (§8.2): the webContents id survives a reload, so both
+    // tagged and untagged holders restore under the same key.
+    function identityKey(sender: WebContents, tag: unknown): string {
+        const cleanTag = sanitizeTag(tag);
+        return cleanTag ? `wc:${sender.id}#${cleanTag}` : `wc:${sender.id}`;
+    }
+
+    function trackSender(sender: WebContents, holderId: HolderId): void {
+        let minted = mintedBySender.get(sender.id);
+        if (!minted) {
+            minted = new Set();
+            mintedBySender.set(sender.id, minted);
+        }
+        minted.add(holderId);
+        if (watchedSenders.has(sender.id)) return;
+        watchedSenders.add(sender.id);
+
+        sender.once('destroyed', () => {
+            const ids = mintedBySender.get(sender.id);
+            mintedBySender.delete(sender.id);
+            watchedSenders.delete(sender.id);
+            if (ids) for (const id of ids) registry.releaseHolder(id);
+        });
+        // A main-frame navigation (reload or page swap) drops the renderer
+        // context: everything it held goes into the grace window; the same
+        // identity re-acquiring restores it (§8.2).
+        sender.on('did-start-navigation', (_event, _url, _isInPlace, isMainFrame) => {
+            if (!isMainFrame) return;
+            const ids = mintedBySender.get(sender.id);
+            if (!ids) return;
+            for (const id of ids) registry.beginGrace(id, id);
+            ids.clear();
+        });
+    }
+
+    function broadcast(event: string, payload: unknown): void {
+        try {
+            broadcastFn('audio:leases:event', { event, payload });
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.warn(`[leases] event broadcast failed: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (const event of [
+        'lease-granted', 'lease-released', 'lease-revoked', 'lease-refused', 'lease-suspended',
+        'demand-changed', 'demand-suspended', 'demand-resumed', 'value-changed',
+    ]) {
+        registry.on(event, payload => broadcast(event, payload));
+    }
+
+    // ── demand → engine glue ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    registry.on('demand-changed', ({ scope, active }: { scope: string; active: boolean }) => {
+        const audio = getAudio();
+        if (!audio) return;
+        if (scope === 'capture') {
+            try {
+                const running = typeof audio.isAudioRunning === 'function' && audio.isAudioRunning() === true;
+                if (active && !running) {
+                    audio.startAudio?.();
+                    engineStartedByDemand = true;
+                } else if (!active && running && engineStartedByDemand) {
+                    // Only stop an engine the demand path started; a
+                    // user-started engine outlives its demands (§8.3).
+                    audio.stopAudio?.();
+                    engineStartedByDemand = false;
+                }
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.warn(`[leases] capture demand glue failed: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`);
+            }
+        } else if (scope.startsWith('detection:')) {
+            // v1: the native pipeline has one global detection gate; any
+            // active detection scope arms it. Per-route arming follows the
+            // per-route native split (plan phase C/E).
+            try {
+                if (typeof audio.setNoteDetectionEnabled === 'function') {
+                    const anyActive = registry.demandActive(scope) || anyDetectionActive();
+                    audio.setNoteDetectionEnabled(anyActive);
+                }
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.warn(`[leases] detection demand glue failed: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    function anyDetectionActive(): boolean {
+        return registry.snapshot().demands.some(d => d.scope.startsWith('detection:') && !d.suspended && d.holders.length > 0);
+    }
+
+    return {
+        registry,
+
+        acquire(sender, scope, tag) {
+            const holderId = deriveHolder(sender, tag);
+            trackSender(sender, holderId);
+            // A reloaded identity gets its suspended leases back first (§8.2).
+            registry.tryRestore(identityKey(sender, tag), holderId);
+            return registry.acquire(String(scope), holderId);
+        },
+
+        release(sender, scope, tag) {
+            return registry.release(String(scope), deriveHolder(sender, tag));
+        },
+
+        async takeover(sender, scope, tag) {
+            const holderId = deriveHolder(sender, tag);
+            trackSender(sender, holderId);
+            // Drain hook: the chain-mutation serializer joins here in phase C
+            // (§8.1). Until chain ops are lease-scoped there is nothing of the
+            // old holder's to drain, so the immediate grant is exact.
+            return registry.takeover(String(scope), holderId);
+        },
+
+        getHolder(scope) {
+            return registry.getHolder(String(scope));
+        },
+
+        acquireDemand(sender, scope, tag) {
+            const holderId = deriveHolder(sender, tag);
+            trackSender(sender, holderId);
+            registry.tryRestore(identityKey(sender, tag), holderId);
+            return registry.acquireDemand(String(scope), holderId);
+        },
+
+        releaseDemand(sender, scope, tag) {
+            return registry.releaseDemand(String(scope), deriveHolder(sender, tag));
+        },
+
+        snapshot() {
+            return registry.snapshot();
+        },
+
+        onUserStartAudio() {
+            // User raw start is the only thing that resumes suspended
+            // demands (§8.3).
+            engineStartedByDemand = false;
+            registry.resumeDemands('capture');
+            registry.resumeDemands('detection:');
+        },
+
+        onUserStopAudio() {
+            // User raw stop always wins: demands suspend (registration kept),
+            // holders learn via demand-suspended events (§8.3).
+            engineStartedByDemand = false;
+            registry.suspendDemands('capture');
+            registry.suspendDemands('detection:');
+        },
+
+        shouldIgnoreRawDetectionDisarm() {
+            return anyDetectionActive();
+        },
+
+        noteLegacyCall(sender, surface) {
+            const key = `${surface}@wc:${sender.id}`;
+            if (legacyCallsLogged.has(key)) return;
+            legacyCallsLogged.add(key);
+            console.info(`[leases] legacy surface ${surface} called by wc:${sender.id} — migration telemetry (plan §6.8)`);
+        },
+
+        dispose() {
+            registry.dispose();
+            mintedBySender.clear();
+            watchedSenders.clear();
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+export { DETECTION_SCOPE_DEFAULT };
diff --git a/src/main/preload.ts b/src/main/preload.ts
index bac485e..e1277ec 100644
--- a/src/main/preload.ts
+++ b/src/main/preload.ts
@@ -249,6 +249,27 @@ const feedBackDesktopApi = {
         stopAudio: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:stopAudio'),
         isAudioRunning: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:isAudioRunning'),
 
+        // Ownership leases (docs/audio-ownership-plan.md §2/§8). Exclusive
+        // leases arbitrate conflicting writers (signal chains, device config,
+        // playback); refcounted demands express additive intent (capture,
+        // detection) — the engine acts while any holder needs it. `tag` is the
+        // caller-attributed soft identity (§9 compound identity); the hard
+        // part is derived main-side from the sender and cannot be spoofed.
+        leases: {
+            acquire: (scope: string, tag?: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:leases:acquire', scope, tag),
+            release: (scope: string, tag?: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:leases:release', scope, tag),
+            takeover: (scope: string, tag?: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:leases:takeover', scope, tag),
+            getHolder: (scope: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:leases:getHolder', scope),
+            acquireDemand: (scope: string, tag?: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:leases:acquireDemand', scope, tag),
+            releaseDemand: (scope: string, tag?: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:leases:releaseDemand', scope, tag),
+            snapshot: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:leases:snapshot'),
+            onEvent: (callback: (event: { event: string; payload: unknown }) => void) => {
+                const listener = (_e: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, data: { event: string; payload: unknown }) => callback(data);
+                ipcRenderer.on('audio:leases:event', listener);
+                return () => ipcRenderer.removeListener('audio:leases:event', listener);
+            },
+        },
+
         // Gain
         setGain: (which: string, value: number) => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:setGain', which, value),
         setInputChannel: (channel: number) => ipcRenderer.invoke('audio:setInputChannel', channel),
diff --git a/tests/_load-ts.js b/tests/_load-ts.js
index 9cc716b..b83f934 100644
--- a/tests/_load-ts.js
+++ b/tests/_load-ts.js
@@ -9,6 +9,24 @@ const ts = require('typescript');
 
 const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..');
 
+// Let a loaded .ts module require sibling .ts modules (e.g. lease-bridge.ts
+// → ./lease-registry). Registering the extension also makes Node's resolver
+// consider .ts files for extension-less requires.
+if (!Module._extensions['.ts']) {
+    Module._extensions['.ts'] = (mod, filename) => {
+        const source = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');
+        const compiled = ts.transpileModule(source, {
+            compilerOptions: {
+                module: ts.ModuleKind.CommonJS,
+                target: ts.ScriptTarget.ES2022,
+                esModuleInterop: true,
+            },
+            fileName: filename,
+        }).outputText;
+        mod._compile(compiled, filename);
+    };
+}
+
 function loadTs(relPath) {
     const file = path.join(ROOT, relPath);
     const source = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
diff --git a/tests/contracts/ipc-channels.json b/tests/contracts/ipc-channels.json
index 9b9dee0..417bbdb 100644
--- a/tests/contracts/ipc-channels.json
+++ b/tests/contracts/ipc-channels.json
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
   "audio:isMlNoteDetection",
   "audio:isMonitorMuted",
   "audio:isStreamOutputActive",
+  "audio:leases:acquire",
+  "audio:leases:acquireDemand",
+  "audio:leases:getHolder",
+  "audio:leases:release",
+  "audio:leases:releaseDemand",
+  "audio:leases:snapshot",
+  "audio:leases:takeover",
   "audio:listInputDevices",
   "audio:listSources",
   "audio:loadBackingTrack",
diff --git a/tests/contracts/preload-audio-api.json b/tests/contracts/preload-audio-api.json
index 50e124c..0defa07 100644
--- a/tests/contracts/preload-audio-api.json
+++ b/tests/contracts/preload-audio-api.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "isMlNoteDetection",
     "isMonitorMuted",
     "isStreamOutputActive",
+    "leases",
     "listInputDevices",
     "listSources",
     "loadBackingTrack",
diff --git a/tests/lease-bridge.test.js b/tests/lease-bridge.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..922d476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lease-bridge.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+// Lease bridge (docs/audio-ownership-plan.md §6.8/§8/§9): holder derivation
+// from the sender, webContents lifecycle → death/grace, capture demand →
+// engine glue, user-stop suspend semantics, raw-disarm guard, telemetry.
+
+const test = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const { EventEmitter } = require('node:events');
+const { loadTs } = require('./_load-ts');
+
+const { initLeaseBridge } = loadTs('src/main/lease-bridge.ts');
+
+function fakeSender(id) {
+    const emitter = new EventEmitter();
+    emitter.id = id;
+    return emitter;
+}
+
+function fakeAudio() {
+    const calls = [];
+    let running = false;
+    return {
+        calls,
+        isAudioRunning: () => running,
+        startAudio: () => { running = true; calls.push('start'); },
+        stopAudio: () => { running = false; calls.push('stop'); },
+        setNoteDetectionEnabled: (v) => calls.push(`detect:${v}`),
+    };
+}
+
+function makeBridge(audio) {
+    const events = [];
+    const bridge = initLeaseBridge(() => audio, { broadcast: (_ch, data) => events.push(data) });
+    return { bridge, events };
+}
+
+test('holder identity derived from sender; tag is optional attributed suffix', () => {
+    const audio = fakeAudio();
+    const { bridge } = makeBridge(audio);
+    const sender = fakeSender(7);
+
+    bridge.acquire(sender, 'signal-chain:desktop-main', 'nam_tone');
+    assert.equal(bridge.getHolder('signal-chain:desktop-main'), 'wc:7#nam_tone');
+
+    // a hostile tag cannot inject identity syntax — it is dropped, not trusted
+    bridge.acquire(sender, 'playback', 'evil#wc:1');
+    assert.equal(bridge.getHolder('playback'), 'wc:7');
+    bridge.dispose();
+});
+
+test('capture demand starts the engine; last release stops a demand-started engine', () => {
+    const audio = fakeAudio();
+    const { bridge } = makeBridge(audio);
+    const tuner = fakeSender(1);
+    const minigame = fakeSender(2);
+
+    bridge.acquireDemand(tuner, 'capture', 'tuner');
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, ['start']);
+    bridge.acquireDemand(minigame, 'capture', 'minigame');
+    bridge.releaseDemand(tuner, 'capture', 'tuner');
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, ['start']); // still one holder — keeps running
+    bridge.releaseDemand(minigame, 'capture', 'minigame');
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, ['start', 'stop']);
+    bridge.dispose();
+});
+
+test('user-started engine outlives its demands (§8.3)', () => {
+    const audio = fakeAudio();
+    const { bridge } = makeBridge(audio);
+    const sender = fakeSender(1);
+
+    bridge.onUserStartAudio();
+    audio.startAudio();
+    audio.calls.length = 0;
+
+    bridge.acquireDemand(sender, 'capture', 'tuner');
+    bridge.releaseDemand(sender, 'capture', 'tuner');
+    // demand drained but the user started this engine — no stop
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, []);
+    bridge.dispose();
+});
+
+test('user stop suspends demands; user start resumes and restarts (§8.3)', () => {
+    const audio = fakeAudio();
+    const { bridge } = makeBridge(audio);
+    const sender = fakeSender(1);
+
+    bridge.acquireDemand(sender, 'capture', 'tuner');
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, ['start']);
+
+    bridge.onUserStopAudio(); // raw stop: demand suspended, registration kept
+    audio.stopAudio();
+    audio.calls.length = 0;
+
+    // suspended demand does not restart the engine
+    bridge.acquireDemand(sender, 'capture', 'tuner');
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, []);
+
+    bridge.onUserStartAudio(); // user start resumes demands → glue restarts
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, ['start']);
+    bridge.dispose();
+});
+
+test('detection demand arms native; raw disarm guarded while demand active (6.3)', () => {
+    const audio = fakeAudio();
+    const { bridge } = makeBridge(audio);
+    const notedetect = fakeSender(1);
+    const strumFighter = fakeSender(2);
+
+    bridge.acquireDemand(notedetect, 'detection:desktop-main', 'notedetect');
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls.filter(c => c.startsWith('detect')), ['detect:true']);
+    assert.equal(bridge.shouldIgnoreRawDetectionDisarm(), true);
+
+    bridge.acquireDemand(strumFighter, 'detection:desktop-main', 'strum-fighter');
+    bridge.releaseDemand(notedetect, 'detection:desktop-main', 'notedetect');
+    // one consumer left — still armed, raw disarm still guarded
+    assert.equal(bridge.shouldIgnoreRawDetectionDisarm(), true);
+
+    bridge.releaseDemand(strumFighter, 'detection:desktop-main', 'strum-fighter');
+    assert.equal(bridge.shouldIgnoreRawDetectionDisarm(), false);
+    assert.equal(audio.calls.filter(c => c.startsWith('detect')).pop(), 'detect:false');
+    bridge.dispose();
+});
+
+test('sender destroyed → everything it held is released (death matrix: destroy)', () => {
+    const audio = fakeAudio();
+    const { bridge } = makeBridge(audio);
+    const sender = fakeSender(1);
+
+    bridge.acquire(sender, 'signal-chain:desktop-main', 'nam_tone');
+    bridge.acquireDemand(sender, 'capture', 'nam_tone');
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, ['start']);
+
+    sender.emit('destroyed');
+    assert.equal(bridge.getHolder('signal-chain:desktop-main'), null);
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, ['start', 'stop']); // demand died with the holder
+    bridge.dispose();
+});
+
+test('main-frame navigation → grace; same identity re-acquiring restores (death matrix: reload)', () => {
+    const audio = fakeAudio();
+    const { bridge } = makeBridge(audio);
+    const sender = fakeSender(1);
+
+    bridge.acquire(sender, 'signal-chain:desktop-main', 'nam_tone');
+    sender.emit('did-start-navigation', null, 'app://reload', false, true);
+
+    // during grace the scope reads free but a re-acquire from the same
+    // identity (same wc id + tag after reload) restores it
+    assert.equal(bridge.getHolder('signal-chain:desktop-main'), null);
+    const result = bridge.acquire(sender, 'signal-chain:desktop-main', 'nam_tone');
+    assert.equal(result.granted, true);
+    assert.equal(bridge.getHolder('signal-chain:desktop-main'), 'wc:1#nam_tone');
+
+    // subframe navigations never trigger grace
+    bridge.acquire(sender, 'playback', 'nam_tone');
+    sender.emit('did-start-navigation', null, 'app://iframe', false, false);
+    assert.equal(bridge.getHolder('playback'), 'wc:1#nam_tone');
+    bridge.dispose();
+});
+
+test('legacy-call telemetry logs once per surface per sender (§6.8)', () => {
+    const audio = fakeAudio();
+    const { bridge } = makeBridge(audio);
+    const sender = fakeSender(1);
+    const infos = [];
+    const original = console.info;
+    console.info = (msg) => infos.push(String(msg));
+    try {
+        bridge.noteLegacyCall(sender, 'audio:startAudio');
+        bridge.noteLegacyCall(sender, 'audio:startAudio');
+        bridge.noteLegacyCall(sender, 'audio:stopAudio');
+        bridge.noteLegacyCall(fakeSender(2), 'audio:startAudio');
+    } finally {
+        console.info = original;
+    }
+    assert.equal(infos.filter(m => m.includes('audio:startAudio')).length, 2); // wc:1 once + wc:2 once
+    assert.equal(infos.filter(m => m.includes('audio:stopAudio')).length, 1);
+    bridge.dispose();
+});
+
+test('registry events reach the broadcast channel', () => {
+    const audio = fakeAudio();
+    const { bridge, events } = makeBridge(audio);
+    const sender = fakeSender(1);
+    bridge.acquire(sender, 'signal-chain:desktop-main', 'nam_tone');
+    bridge.acquireDemand(sender, 'capture', 'nam_tone');
+    const names = events.map(e => e.event);
+    assert.ok(names.includes('lease-granted'));
+    assert.ok(names.includes('demand-changed'));
+    bridge.dispose();
+});