diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/security/request_scope/builder.rs b/nodedb/src/control/security/request_scope/builder.rs
index a82681484..12df074ac 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/security/request_scope/builder.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/security/request_scope/builder.rs
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let inside = RequestAuthScope::builder(&identity, stores)
             .build_for_client("10.0.0.1:5432")
-            .into_scope();
+            .into_resolved_scope();
         assert_eq!(
             inside.auth().metadata.get("scope_status.pro:all"),
             Some(&nodedb_types::Value::String("active".into()))
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let outside = RequestAuthScope::builder(&identity, stores)
             .build_for_client("203.0.113.9:5432")
-            .into_scope();
+            .into_resolved_scope();
         assert!(
             !outside.auth().metadata.contains_key("scope_status.pro:all"),
             "a request from outside the permitted network must not get the scope"
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let scope = RequestAuthScope::builder(&identity, stores)
             .build_for_client("10.0.0.1:5432")
-            .into_scope();
+            .into_resolved_scope();
 
         assert_eq!(scope.auth().risk_score, None);
     }
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let scope = RequestAuthScope::builder(&identity, stores)
             .build_for_client("10.0.0.1:5432")
-            .into_scope();
+            .into_resolved_scope();
 
         let score = scope
             .auth()
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let scope = RequestAuthScope::builder(&identity, stores)
             .build_for_client("10.0.0.1:5432")
-            .into_scope();
+            .into_resolved_scope();
 
         let refusal = scorer
             .refusal_for(scope.auth())
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let scope = RequestAuthScope::builder(&identity, stores)
             .build_for_client("http")
-            .into_scope();
+            .into_resolved_scope();
 
         assert_eq!(scope.auth().risk_score, None);
         assert!(scorer.refusal_for(scope.auth()).is_some());
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let scope = RequestAuthScope::builder(&identity, stores)
             .build_for_client("10.0.0.1:5432")
-            .into_scope();
+            .into_resolved_scope();
 
         assert_eq!(scope.auth().risk_score, None);
     }
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/security/request_scope/client_scope.rs b/nodedb/src/control/security/request_scope/client_scope.rs
index 9d5a445c0..e4ac2ff00 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/security/request_scope/client_scope.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/security/request_scope/client_scope.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ impl<'a, 'p> ClientRequestScope<'a, 'p> {
     }
 
     /// Consume the binding once admission has run, keeping the scope.
-    pub fn into_scope(self) -> RequestAuthScope<'a> {
+    ///
+    /// Named apart from `AuthorizedCapability::into_scope`: that one consumes a
+    /// granted capability, while this only unwraps the address it was resolved
+    /// against. The authorized-dispatch gate forbids the capability API by
+    /// name in external transports, so a second `into_scope` here would read as
+    /// every transport bypassing authorization.
+    pub fn into_resolved_scope(self) -> RequestAuthScope<'a> {
         self.scope
     }
 }
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn into_scope_keeps_the_resolved_scope() {
+    fn into_resolved_scope_keeps_the_resolved_scope() {
         let identity = identity();
         let grants = ScopeGrantStore::new();
         let quotas = QuotaManager::new();
@@ -186,7 +192,7 @@ mod tests {
             DatabaseId::new(9),
             "10.0.0.1:5432",
         )
-        .into_scope();
+        .into_resolved_scope();
 
         assert_eq!(scope.database_id(), DatabaseId::new(9));
     }
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/query/materialized.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/query/materialized.rs
index 92f48a4f3..bb1cfe5d2 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/query/materialized.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/query/materialized.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pub async fn query(
         &request,
         "sql",
     )?;
-    let scope = request.into_scope();
+    let scope = request.into_resolved_scope();
     let rate_limit_headers =
         super::super::super::rate_limit_headers::rate_limit_headers(&rate_limit_result);
 
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/query/ndjson.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/query/ndjson.rs
index f3d8c2304..244ac4812 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/query/ndjson.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/query/ndjson.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ pub async fn query_ndjson(
         Ok(result) => result,
         Err(error) => return ApiError::from(error).into_response(),
     };
-    let scope = request.into_scope();
+    let scope = request.into_resolved_scope();
     let rate_limit_headers =
         super::super::super::rate_limit_headers::rate_limit_headers(&rate_limit_result);
 
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/ws_rpc/execute_sql.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/ws_rpc/execute_sql.rs
index ee3982192..1ee5c0aa4 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/ws_rpc/execute_sql.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/http/routes/ws_rpc/execute_sql.rs
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ pub async fn execute_sql(
     // success; a denial still fails the request closed via `?`.
     crate::control::server::session_auth::check_request_admission(shared, &request, "sql")?;
 
-    let (clean_sql, scope) =
-        crate::control::server::session_auth::apply_per_query_on_deny(sql, request.into_scope());
+    let (clean_sql, scope) = crate::control::server::session_auth::apply_per_query_on_deny(
+        sql,
+        request.into_resolved_scope(),
+    );
     // Planning and lease admission run as one retried unit so a descriptor
     // drain starting between them is absorbed rather than surfaced. The scope
     // is retained through every orchestrated or Data-Plane execution and
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/ilp_batch/dispatch.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/ilp_batch/dispatch.rs
index b52cd4517..cecb2dacd 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/ilp_batch/dispatch.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/ilp_batch/dispatch.rs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ async fn flush_ilp_batch_inner(
     // read differently on this transport than it does on a planned `INSERT`.
     let scope =
         ClientRequestScope::for_database(identity, state.auth_stores(), database_id, peer_addr)
-            .into_scope();
+            .into_resolved_scope();
     crate::control::planner::rls_injection::inject_rls(&mut tasks, &state.rls, scope.auth())?;
 
     // A spent hard quota refuses the batch before any of it is staged. The
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/native/session/request.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/native/session/request.rs
index 994f16cac..f75c8c120 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/native/session/request.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/native/session/request.rs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ impl NativeSession {
         let ctx = DispatchCtx {
             state: &self.state,
             identity,
-            scope: request_scope.into_scope(),
+            scope: request_scope.into_resolved_scope(),
             query_ctx: &self.query_ctx,
             sessions: &self.sessions,
             peer_addr: &self.peer_addr,
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/pgwire/handler/routing/planning.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/pgwire/handler/routing/planning.rs
index ec8b364fa..08a41ff5d 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/pgwire/handler/routing/planning.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/pgwire/handler/routing/planning.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ impl NodeDbPgHandler {
         // immediately.
         let scope = scope_builder
             .build_for_client(&peer_addr.to_string())
-            .into_scope();
+            .into_resolved_scope();
 
         // Request-admission already ran once for this statement in
         // `execute_single_sql`, before it branched to `shared::ddl::dispatch`
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/resp/gateway_dispatch.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/resp/gateway_dispatch.rs
index 30845baa9..1c790cab2 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/resp/gateway_dispatch.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/resp/gateway_dispatch.rs
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ fn authorize_resp_task(
     // call covers the whole protocol, including the IP-blacklist half via
     // `session.peer_addr` (set at connection accept).
     crate::control::server::session_auth::check_request_admission(state, &request, operation)?;
-    let scope = request.into_scope();
+    let scope = request.into_resolved_scope();
 
     // Row-level security is injected here, before the capability is minted, for
     // the same reason the native path injects before dispatch: the plan the
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/shared/ddl/user_dispatch.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/shared/ddl/user_dispatch.rs
index 3dde7b2de..b78509864 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/shared/ddl/user_dispatch.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/shared/ddl/user_dispatch.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ fn authorize_for_identity(
                 &request,
                 operation_for_plan(&plan),
             )?;
-            request.into_scope()
+            request.into_resolved_scope()
         }
     };
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ fn resolve_dispatch_scope<'a>(
     match admission {
         RequestAdmission::AlreadyAdmitted => builder.build(),
         RequestAdmission::NotYetAdmitted { peer_addr } => {
-            builder.build_for_client(peer_addr).into_scope()
+            builder.build_for_client(peer_addr).into_resolved_scope()
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/ci/check_authorized_dispatch.py b/scripts/ci/check_authorized_dispatch.py
index bbbb62e0c..edc8dd857 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/check_authorized_dispatch.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/check_authorized_dispatch.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     ("control/array_sync/inbound.rs", "into_scope"),
     ("control/array_sync/inbound_propose.rs", "into_scope"),
     ("control/array_sync/snapshot_assembly.rs", "into_scope"),
-    ("control/server/native/dispatch/sql_loop.rs", "into_physical_task"),
+    ("control/server/native/dispatch/sql_dispatch_task.rs", "into_physical_task"),
     ("control/server/sync/raft_dispatch/response.rs", "propose_sync_write"),
     ("control/server/sync/raft_dispatch/write.rs", "propose_sync_write"),
     (
@@ -265,6 +265,35 @@ def public_raw_api_violations(rel: str, source: str) -> list[tuple[int, str]]:
     return found
 
 
+def stale_exemptions() -> list[str]:
+    """Report exemptions that no longer name a live occurrence.
+
+    An exemption is keyed on (path, symbol). Move the file or rename the
+    symbol and the entry stops matching anything — it does not fail, it
+    silently stops being an exemption, and the next occurrence added to
+    that path is waved through instead of being caught. Both halves of
+    this gate have already been disarmed that way by an ordinary file
+    move, so a dead entry is treated as a gate failure, not as tidiness.
+
+    The symbol is looked for in masked source, so an entry kept alive only
+    by a comment or a string literal still reports as dead.
+    """
+    stale: list[str] = []
+    for label, exemptions in (
+        ("ALLOWED_DEFINITIONS", ALLOWED_DEFINITIONS),
+        ("ALLOWED_REFERENCES", ALLOWED_REFERENCES),
+    ):
+        for rel, name in sorted(exemptions):
+            path = SRC / rel
+            if not path.is_file():
+                stale.append(f"{label}: ({rel!r}, {name!r}) names a file that does not exist")
+                continue
+            masked = mask_rust(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+            if not re.search(rf"\b{re.escape(name)}\b", masked):
+                stale.append(f"{label}: ({rel!r}, {name!r}) matches no occurrence in that file")
+    return stale
+
+
 def main() -> int:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
@@ -273,6 +302,17 @@ def main() -> int:
         self_test()
         return 0
 
+    stale = stale_exemptions()
+    if stale:
+        print("ERROR: stale exemptions — the gate is disarmed where they point:", file=sys.stderr)
+        for entry in stale:
+            print(f"  {entry}", file=sys.stderr)
+        print(
+            "Repoint each entry at the code's current location, or drop it if the seam is gone.",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        return 1
+
     errors: list[str] = []
     for path in SRC.rglob("*.rs"):
         rel = path.relative_to(SRC).as_posix()
diff --git a/scripts/ci/check_reconstructed_sql.py b/scripts/ci/check_reconstructed_sql.py
index 9cc148d70..7b5481304 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/check_reconstructed_sql.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/check_reconstructed_sql.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         "json_value_to_sql_literal",
     },
     "control/event_trigger.rs": {"canonical_trigger_template_sql"},
-    "control/scatter_gather.rs": {
+    "control/scatter_gather/remote_sql.rs": {
         "canonical_direction_sql",
         "canonical_label_sql",
     },
@@ -871,12 +871,43 @@ def self_test() -> int:
     return 1 if failed else 0
 
 
+def stale_canonical_helpers() -> list[str]:
+    """Report PATH_CANONICAL_HELPERS entries that no longer name live code.
+
+    Each entry widens the gate for one file: the named helpers are read as
+    canonical there, so a bare call to one stops counting as unquoted
+    interpolation. The key is a path. Move the file and the entry keeps
+    widening nothing, while the helpers at their new home silently lose
+    their canonical status and the file starts reporting false violations —
+    which is how this gate came to fail on every pull request. A dead entry
+    is therefore a gate failure, not tidiness.
+    """
+    stale: list[str] = []
+    for rel, helpers in sorted(PATH_CANONICAL_HELPERS.items()):
+        path = RUST_ROOT / rel
+        if not path.is_file():
+            stale.append(f"{rel!r} names a file that does not exist")
+            continue
+        source = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        for helper in sorted(helpers):
+            if not re.search(rf"\b{re.escape(helper)}\b", source):
+                stale.append(f"{rel!r} exempts {helper!r}, which does not appear in that file")
+    return stale
+
+
 def main() -> int:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if args.self_test:
         return self_test()
+    stale = stale_canonical_helpers()
+    if stale:
+        print("FAIL: stale canonical-helper exemptions — the gate is misaimed where they point:")
+        for entry in stale:
+            print(f"  {entry}")
+        print("\nRepoint each entry at the code's current location, or drop it if the helper is gone.")
+        return 1
     findings = scan_paths(path for root in SCAN_ROOTS for path in root.rglob("*.rs"))
     if findings:
         print(f"FAIL: {len(findings)} reconstructed-SQL gate violation(s):")