diff --git a/docs/oss/attribution.md b/docs/oss/attribution.md
index a1616e5..ddb92e4 100644
--- a/docs/oss/attribution.md
+++ b/docs/oss/attribution.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 Material: All documents under `docs/policy/`, root `AGENTS.md`, and the Policy
 Reading Guide in `docs/development.md`, adapted for this repository.
 `docs/policy/release.md` incorporates revision
-`e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348`; the remaining listed material
+`e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348`; `docs/policy/documentation.md`
+incorporates revision `beb5f191470a9daef2383981a6bfd02232490ab4`; the remaining listed material
 incorporates revision `d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843`.
 
 Copyright (C) 2026 Eric Rakestraw
@@ -16,12 +17,16 @@ License and notices: [CC BY-SA 4.0](licenses/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt) |
 [COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/COPYRIGHT) |
 [LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/LICENSE) |
 [COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348/COPYRIGHT) |
-[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348/LICENSE).
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348/LICENSE) |
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/beb5f191470a9daef2383981a6bfd02232490ab4/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/beb5f191470a9daef2383981a6bfd02232490ab4/LICENSE).
 
 [Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843).
 
 [Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348).
 
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/beb5f191470a9daef2383981a6bfd02232490ab4).
+
 ## ConfigKit
 
 Selected module: `gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit` at `v0.7.1`.
diff --git a/docs/policy/documentation.md b/docs/policy/documentation.md
index bafacb7..a4dcafd 100644
--- a/docs/policy/documentation.md
+++ b/docs/policy/documentation.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 **Base Policy Version:** 1.11
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
-**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies documentation](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/documentation.md)
+**Last Updated**: 2026-11-08
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies documentation](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/beb5f191470a9daef2383981a6bfd02232490ab4/docs/policy/documentation.md)
 
 ## Purpose
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ secret values.
 | Behavior and architecture of internal packages | Other files under `docs/internal/` | Implementation flow, collaborators, state transitions, package-local guarantees and failures, and relevant tests. | Global architecture invariants, configuration definitions and defaults, external schemas, operator procedures. |
 | Contributor change recipes | Relevant files under `docs/internal/`, including `docs/internal/cli-config.md`, `docs/internal/modules.md`, and `docs/internal/validators.md` | Concrete editing and validation steps for each component. | Contributor orientation, global policy, and definitions of external contracts. |
 | Architectural decision records | `docs/adr/` | Significant decisions, context, alternatives, rationale, consequences, and supersession history. | Current behavior reference, implementation status, task sequencing. |
-| Future work and implementation status | `docs/roadmap/` | Proposed, accepted, deferred, or rejected work; implementation status, sequencing, and task breakdowns. | Implemented behavior reference and architectural decision rationale. |
+| Future work and implementation status | `docs/roadmap/` | Proposed, accepted, or deferred work; implementation status, sequencing, and task breakdowns. | Implemented behavior reference and architectural decision rationale. |
 | Release-note history | `docs/releases/` | One checked-in summary per source release under the procedure; the note at its immutable tag is the release record. | Current commands, behavior, contracts, and compatibility definitions. |
 | Complete copyable artifacts | `examples/` | Maintained configuration, inputs, and other copyable or runnable files. | Field-by-field reference, command reference, prose explanation. |
 
@@ -154,8 +154,15 @@ Use sequentially numbered ADR filenames such as
 
 Treat the decision content of an accepted ADR as immutable. When a decision
 changes, create a new ADR and update the earlier ADR's status to superseded.
-Rejected architectural alternatives belong in the ADR; rejected product ideas
-belong in the roadmap.
+
+ADRs should be reserved for major architectural decisions, such as ownership
+boundaries, large-scale architectural features, or invariants that rise to
+the level of architectural significance. Routine choices, implementation
+decisions, and rejected suggestions do not warrant an ADR unless they
+otherwise represent a significant architectural decision.
+
+Roadmaps should preserve plausible future work, not rejected product
+ideas.
 
 ## Maintenance
 
diff --git a/docs/roadmap/glossary-stages.md b/docs/roadmap/glossary-stages.md
index 5d7f0cd..3c80e6b 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap/glossary-stages.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap/glossary-stages.md
@@ -119,12 +119,14 @@ semantics remain part of the open decision below.
 
 ### Durable Decision Record
 
-Completion requires recording the scope model and its rationale in an accepted
-[ADR](../adr/README.md) before retiring this roadmap. Put the enduring
-classification rule in the [architecture policy](../policy/architecture.md),
-linked to that ADR; keep the implemented per-field scope and fallback contracts
-in the [configuration reference](../config.md). The roadmap continues to own
-implementation status until the feature lands.
+Completion requires recording the scope model in durable documentation before
+retiring this roadmap. Put the enduring classification rule and its rationale
+in the [architecture policy](../policy/architecture.md); keep the implemented
+per-field scope and fallback contracts in the [configuration reference](../config.md).
+These configuration design decisions do not require an ADR. Reserve ADRs for
+major architectural decisions under the
+[documentation policy](../policy/documentation.md#architecture-decision-records).
+The roadmap continues to own implementation status until the feature lands.
 
 Update the [configuration change guide](../internal/cli-config.md) to require
 classifying each new setting by consumer lifecycle, specifying its inheritance
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ Exercise the selected request and validation overrides through stage consumers,
 including independent budgets without changing shared backend admission or the
 initial transcript sections. Cover all validation-profile fallback cases above
 and preserve the distinction between explicit and derived values in inspection.
-Confirm that the durable policy, ADR, configuration contracts, and contributor
+Confirm that the durable policy, configuration contracts, and contributor
 guidance are in place before declaring this feature complete.
 
 ## Open Decisions