diff --git a/.squad/e2e/E1-merge-continuation-relay.md b/.squad/e2e/E1-merge-continuation-relay.md
index 11b483949..6887d66a7 100644
--- a/.squad/e2e/E1-merge-continuation-relay.md
+++ b/.squad/e2e/E1-merge-continuation-relay.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # E1 — Merge-Continuation Relay: Evidence Record
 
 **Date:** 2026-08-21  
-**Fixture repo:** `bradygaster/aspiregregator-squad-e2e`  
+**Fixture repo (this run):** `bradygaster/aspiregregator-squad-e2e` — ⚠️ **retired.** Deleted 2026-08-24 along with every other test repo. The name is preserved here deliberately: this is an *evidence record*, and it must keep stating which repo actually produced the readings below. Re-runs target a different repo — see `$FIXTURE` in *PASS observation* below.  
 **Recorded by:** FIDO (Quality Owner)  
 **Session:** 70370e36-33b0-4786-bd72-4cf15518daa6
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ rule_d:
 
 **Cross-checks (completeness is not veracity).** Each of these must hold; otherwise the NOT VERIFIED verdict itself is invalid and the run scores **FAIL**:
 
-- `blocked_by_job_url` MUST target the fixture repo. Concretely: the URL path MUST contain `/<fixture-repo>/actions/runs/` where `<fixture-repo>` matches E1's fixture (as of 2026-08-21: `aspiregregator-squad-e2e`). A cancelled run from an unrelated repo satisfies the field type but does not support the claim.
+- `blocked_by_job_url` MUST target the fixture repo. Concretely: the URL path MUST contain `/<fixture-owner>/<fixture-repo>/actions/runs/`, where `<fixture-owner>/<fixture-repo>` is the `$FIXTURE` declared in *PASS observation* below (currently `octodemo/aspiregregator-squad-e2e`). A cancelled run from an unrelated repo satisfies the field type but does not support the claim. **Match on owner *and* name, not the bare name.** The repo name `aspiregregator-squad-e2e` was deliberately reused when the fixture moved orgs on 2026-08-24, so a name-only match cannot distinguish the current fixture from the retired one and would accept evidence from a repo that no longer exists.
 - `cancelled_at_utc` MUST fall within `[window_started_utc, window_ended_utc]`. A cancellation *before* the window opened wasn't blocking Rule D observation; a cancellation *after* the window closed didn't cause the NOT VERIFIED — the window already ended.
 - `blocked_by_step` MUST name a step visible on the linked run and MUST still be `in_progress` (not `completed`) at cancellation time. A step that had already returned before the run was cancelled didn't hang.
 
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ These cross-checks are the difference between "documented absence of signal" (th
 ### PASS observation (the mandatory extractions)
 
 ```powershell
-$FIXTURE = "bradygaster/aspiregregator-squad-e2e"
+$FIXTURE = "octodemo/aspiregregator-squad-e2e"   # re-run target (2026-08-24 onward). NOT the
+                                                 # repo named in this record's header — that one
+                                                 # was deleted. See the header note.
 $EPIC = <epic issue number>
 
 # The relay run's success timestamp — the start of the observation window.
diff --git a/.squad/e2e/E4-agent-binding-verification.md b/.squad/e2e/E4-agent-binding-verification.md
index 15be8d38b..a84aa1a76 100644
--- a/.squad/e2e/E4-agent-binding-verification.md
+++ b/.squad/e2e/E4-agent-binding-verification.md
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@
 
 ## ✅ Executed — 2026-08-21 · verdict PASS (n=1)
 
-Run against fixture `bradygaster/aspiregregator-squad-e2e`, seed issue **#22**,
+Run against fixture `bradygaster/aspiregregator-squad-e2e` (⚠️ **retired** — deleted 2026-08-24;
+name kept because this block records what actually ran), seed issue **#22**,
 `$E4_START` = `2026-08-21T09:18:32Z`. **8 gates, 8 green, zero interventions, ~55 min.**
 
+> ⚠️ **Every issue number, run ID, and roster name in this block belongs to the retired fixture.**
+> They are historical readings, not re-run inputs. A re-run must re-derive all of them against the
+> current `$FIXTURE` (Phase 0). Reusing them would score a new run against a deleted repo's evidence.
+
 | # | Condition | Result |
 |---|---|---|
 | 0 | ≥1 issue created by `activate` (excl. seed #22) | ✅ 15 squad-authored (#23–#37) |
@@ -247,8 +252,8 @@ never been executed as a formal gate. Re-run required.
 
 ### The two leaked tokens are NOT equal evidence
 
-This is the most important thing in this document. Verified against the fixture roster
-(`.squad/team.md` in `bradygaster/aspiregregator-squad-e2e`):
+This is the most important thing in this document. Verified against the roster of the **retired**
+fixture (`.squad/team.md` in `bradygaster/aspiregregator-squad-e2e`, deleted 2026-08-24):
 
 | Roster | Name | Role |
 |---|---|---|
@@ -260,6 +265,24 @@ This is the most important thing in this document. Verified against the fixture
 
 String check on that file: `DevRel` → **False**. `devrel` → **False**.
 
+> 🛑 **RE-DERIVE this table before any re-run — do not inherit it.**
+> The current fixture (`octodemo/aspiregregator-squad-e2e`) is a *bare application repo*: it has no
+> `.squad/` directory at all, so it has no roster until Squad is activated on it (Phase 0). Casting
+> generates names, so the new roster will **not** be Keaton/McManus/Fenster/Hockney/Kint.
+>
+> The dispositive/ambiguous split below is **derived from roster contents, not fixed vocabulary**.
+> The rule that survives is the *reasoning*, not the *tokens*:
+>
+> - A leaked token is **dispositive** when it appears nowhere in the fixture's roster (no Name, no
+>   Role, no charter) — its only possible source is the prohibition text, so the model copied it.
+> - A leaked token is **ambiguous** when the roster's own Role column contains that word, because
+>   role-column derivation and prohibition-copying then produce the same string.
+>
+> So: re-read the new `.squad/team.md`, re-run the string checks, and re-classify each token. If the
+> new cast happens to include a role containing "Lead", `squad:lead` stays ambiguous; if it does not,
+> `squad:lead` *becomes* dispositive. Scoring a new run against the retired fixture's classification
+> would assert a fact about a repo that no longer exists.
+
 - **`squad:devrel` is dispositive.** "DevRel" appears **nowhere** in the fixture — not as a
   Name, not as a Role, not in any charter. Its **only** possible source is the prohibition text
   at `:913`. If it appears, the model copied it out of the prohibition. There is no other
@@ -345,12 +368,40 @@ labels on the fixture; that is expected fixture state change, not an interventio
 > from refresh mistakes, not from the code under test.
 
 ```powershell
-$FIXTURE = "bradygaster/aspiregregator-squad-e2e"
+$FIXTURE = "octodemo/aspiregregator-squad-e2e"
 $SOURCE  = "bradygaster/squad"
 $EVIDENCE = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop')) "squad-e4-$(Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd')"
 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $EVIDENCE | Out-Null
 ```
 
+> **Why octodemo.** Actions minutes for the `bradygaster` org were near exhaustion, so E-scenario
+> runs bill to `octodemo` instead (owner decision, 2026-08-24). The pristine, **read-only** origin
+> is `bradygaster/Aspiregregator` — copy it, never run against it, never modify it.
+
+### 0-pre. Provision the fixture — required when it has no `.squad/`
+
+> 🛑 **0a–0d below assume Squad is already installed in the fixture.** They *refresh* an activated
+> fixture; they cannot create one. On 2026-08-24 every prior test repo was deleted, so the current
+> fixture was recreated from `bradygaster/Aspiregregator` and is a **bare application repo**.
+
+Assert the starting state before choosing a path — do not assume:
+
+```powershell
+gh api "repos/$FIXTURE/contents/.squad" --jq '.[].name' 2>$null
+$squadExit = $LASTEXITCODE
+# 0   -> activated; skip to 0a and refresh normally.
+# !=0 -> 404 / absent; Squad has never been activated here. Run activation FIRST.
+#        Do NOT interpret a 404 as "clean" and proceed: 0b would then report UNREADABLE
+#        for all four files, which is the correct failure but wastes a cycle diagnosing it.
+```
+
+Until activation runs, the fixture has **no roster**, so E4's dispositive/ambiguous
+classification has nothing to bind to. Re-derive it after activation
+(see *The two leaked tokens are NOT equal evidence*).
+
+Activation also requires repo secrets to be present, which are **not** copied from the origin
+and cannot be recovered from the deleted fixture — they must be re-supplied by the operator.
+
 ### 0a. The four trap doors
 
 **① There are TWO files named `squad.md`. Assert the byte size before concluding anything.**
diff --git a/.squad/e2e/README.md b/.squad/e2e/README.md
index 7233c9790..c77c542c4 100644
--- a/.squad/e2e/README.md
+++ b/.squad/e2e/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,14 @@ The linter reads only fenced code blocks and skips comments, so a runbook may 
 
 ## Fixture
 
-All E-scenarios currently target `bradygaster/aspiregregator-squad-e2e`. Fixture-refresh procedure is embedded in E4's Phase 0. Do not point an E-scenario at a different fixture without first documenting why the existing fixture cannot express the scenario — a bent fixture proves less than an honest gap.
+All E-scenarios currently target `octodemo/aspiregregator-squad-e2e` (internal). Fixture-refresh procedure is embedded in E4's Phase 0. Do not point an E-scenario at a different fixture without first documenting why the existing fixture cannot express the scenario — a bent fixture proves less than an honest gap.
+
+**Fixture move, 2026-08-24 — the documented "why".** The previous fixture, `bradygaster/aspiregregator-squad-e2e`, was **deleted** along with every other test repo. The move was therefore forced, not preferential: the old fixture cannot express any scenario because it no longer exists. Two consequences that are easy to get wrong:
+
+- **The repo name was deliberately reused**, so a match on the bare name `aspiregregator-squad-e2e` no longer identifies the fixture uniquely. Evidence checks must match **owner and name** (E1's `blocked_by_job_url` cross-check was tightened for exactly this).
+- **The new fixture is a bare application repo.** It is a copy of `bradygaster/Aspiregregator` — the pristine, read-only origin, which must be copied and never run against or modified — and it has **no `.squad/` directory**, hence no roster, until Squad is activated on it. Every issue number, run ID, and roster name recorded in E1/E4 belongs to the retired fixture and must be **re-derived**, not find-and-replaced (see E4 Phase 0-pre).
+
+Runs bill to `octodemo` because the `bradygaster` org was near its Actions-minute limit.
 
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