diff --git a/.planning/phases/16.3-backend-admin-personal-api-tokens-with-scopes/16.3-VALIDATION.md b/.planning/phases/16.3-backend-admin-personal-api-tokens-with-scopes/16.3-VALIDATION.md
index e548eee..121c01c 100644
--- a/.planning/phases/16.3-backend-admin-personal-api-tokens-with-scopes/16.3-VALIDATION.md
+++ b/.planning/phases/16.3-backend-admin-personal-api-tokens-with-scopes/16.3-VALIDATION.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ phase: "16.3"
 slug: "backend-admin-personal-api-tokens-with-scopes"
 # status lifecycle: draft (seeded by plan-phase) → validated (set by validate-phase §6)
 # audit-milestone §5.5 distinguishes NOT-VALIDATED (draft) from PARTIAL (validated + nyquist_compliant: false) (#2117)
-status: draft
-nyquist_compliant: false
-wave_0_complete: false
+status: validated
+nyquist_compliant: true
+wave_0_complete: true
 created: "2026-10-11"
 ---
 
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ created: "2026-10-11"
 | **Framework** | Go `testing` (+ testcontainers-go Postgres for DB suites); vitest + @vue/test-utils + happy-dom for the admin SPA |
 | **Config file** | `admin/vitest.config.ts` |
 | **Quick run command** | `go test ./modules/cabana ./modules/bouncer ./modules/pact -run 'Token|Scope|Allows' -count=1` |
-| **Full suite command** | `go vet ./... && go test ./... && npm --prefix admin test && (cd ../sm-journal-plugin && go vet ./... && go test ./...)` |
-| **Estimated runtime** | ~180 seconds (Postgres suites need a Docker host) |
+| **Full suite command** | `bash scripts/check-phase16.3.sh --all` |
+| **Estimated runtime** | ~145 seconds on a Docker host (gate --all including postgres) |
 
 ---
 
@@ -38,24 +38,24 @@ created: "2026-10-11"
 
 ## Per-Task Verification Map
 
-Filled in by the planner from the RESEARCH.md test map and the four PLAN.md files. "Docker" commands need a reachable Docker daemon (testcontainers Postgres); without one they are recorded NOT RUN, never skipped. Plan 04 replaces each status with the real result.
+Filled by plan 04 with real results. Docker commands ran on this host (Docker daemon available).
 
 | Task ID | Plan | Wave | Requirement | Threat Ref | Secure Behavior | Test Type | Automated Command | File Exists | Status |
 |---------|------|------|-------------|------------|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------|--------|
-| 16.3-01-T1 | 01 | 1 | SC-1, SC-2 | T-16.3-01, T-16.3-02, T-16.3-04, T-16.3-07, T-16.3-11 | g15_ token runs as its owner; scope evaluated before the superuser shortcut; method refusal 403 token_scope; malformed tokens refused before the database | unit + Docker | `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestTokenTracerSmoke\|TestPhase09PermissionMatrix\|TestPhase09ContractInventory\|TestPhase10ConformanceInventory)$' ./modules/cabana`; Docker: `go test -count=1 -run '^TestTokenTracerPostgres$' ./modules/cabana` and `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestBackendAdminMetadataColumn\|TestPhase09MigrationsFreshRollback)$' ./modules/lagoon` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-01-T2 | 01 | 1 | SC-2 | T-16.3-05, T-16.3-06, T-16.3-09, T-16.3-13 | interactive-only routes refuse every token; /field-types and /markdown/preview gated; ResolveBackend Bearer-only with cover; stamp debounced and non-fatal | unit + Docker | `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestTokenTracerSmoke\|TestTokenGatesSmoke\|TestPhase09PermissionMatrix\|TestPhase09ContractInventory\|TestPhase10ConformanceInventory\|TestPhase10CSRF)$' ./modules/cabana`; Docker: `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestTokenTracerPostgres\|TestAdminAuthLifecycle\|TestAdminLogoutRevokesExpiredRefreshableToken)$' ./modules/cabana` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-01-T3 | 01 | 1 | SC-3 | T-16.3-03, T-16.3-08 | plaintext only in the 201 create body; own-only soft revoke; 422 on unknown, empty or non-overlapping scopes | unit + script + Docker | `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestPhase09PermissionMatrix\|TestPhase09ContractInventory\|TestPhase10ConformanceInventory\|TestTokenTracerSmoke\|TestTokenGatesSmoke)$' ./modules/cabana && bash scripts/check-admin-openapi.sh --check && npm --prefix admin run typecheck`; Docker: `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestAccountTokensSmoke\|TestPhase10OpenAPIConformance)$' ./modules/cabana` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-01-T4 | 01 | 1 | SC-3, SC-5 | T-16.3-03, T-16.3-08 | admin:token:create prints only the token; CLI applies the overlap rule; docs name no consuming application | unit + Docker | `go vet ./... && go test -count=1 ./modules/party ./modules/pact && go test -count=1 -run '^(TestDocsTree\|TestDelegateCommandsHelp\|TestDocsCommandsMirrorGeneratedMain)$' ./cmd/summer && go run ./cmd/summer docs:build --check && go test -short -count=1 -run '^(TestPluginActivates\|TestRoutesRegistered)$' ./docs/examples/blog`; Docker: `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestTokenCommandsSmoke\|TestAdminCreateCommand)$' ./modules/cabana` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-02-T1 | 02 | 2 | SC-3 | T-16.3-14, T-16.3-16 | plaintext shown once and cleared on Done; no storage, console or v-html in the account components | vitest + script | `npm --prefix admin run typecheck && npm --prefix admin test -- tests/account/ApiTokensPanel.test.ts tests/views/AccountView.test.ts && bash scripts/check-admin-openapi.sh --check && bash scripts/check-admin-dist.sh` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-02-T2 | 02 | 2 | SC-3 | T-16.3-16 | revoke through the shared confirm; names rendered as text | vitest + script | `npm --prefix admin run typecheck && npm --prefix admin test -- tests/account/ApiTokensPanel.test.ts tests/views/AccountView.test.ts tests/ui/ui.test.ts && bash scripts/check-admin-dist.sh` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-02-T3 | 02 | 2 | SC-3, SC-5 | T-16.3-14, T-16.3-15, T-16.3-17 | `*` sends only ["*"]; close-without-copy guard; clipboard fallback; server-filtered scopes only | vitest + docs | `npm --prefix admin run typecheck && npm --prefix admin test && bash scripts/check-admin-dist.sh && go test -count=1 ./cmd/summer -run TestDocsTree` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-03-T1 | 03 | 3 | SC-4 | T-16.3-18, T-16.3-20, T-16.3-21 | Journal writes accept a journal-scoped token as the owner; resolver errors map to the PHP bodies | unit + Docker | `go -C ../sm-journal-plugin vet ./... && go -C ../sm-journal-plugin test -count=1 -run '^TestResolveErrorMapping$' ./controllers/api/ && go -C ../sm-journal-plugin test -count=1 ./classes/ ./controllers/...`; Docker: `go -C ../sm-journal-plugin test -count=1 -run '^TestJournalTokenTracer$' .` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-03-T2 | 03 | 3 | SC-2, SC-4, SC-5 | T-16.3-18, T-16.3-19, T-16.3-23 | journal:read and unrelated scopes refused on writes; drafts only as the owner may see; featured-image parity | docs + Docker | `go test -count=1 -run '^ExampleResolveBackend$\|^TestDocsTree$' ./modules/cabana ./cmd/summer && go run ./cmd/summer docs:build --check`; Docker: `go -C ../sm-journal-plugin test -count=1 -run '^(TestJournalTokenTracer\|TestJournalTokenExpansion\|TestJournalWriteUnauthenticated\|TestJournalFeaturedImageUnauthenticated)$' .` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-03-T3 | 03 | 3 | SC-4 | T-16.3-22 | human approves the tag with the one-way surfaces and NOT RUN suites listed | gate + checkpoint | release gate command in 16.3-03-PLAN.md Task 3 (`… && echo release-gate-ok`) | ✅ | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-03-T4 | 03 | 3 | SC-4 | T-16.3-22 | tag, Journal require and host gitlink pushed only after approval | git checks | release-ok command in 16.3-03-PLAN.md Task 4 | ✅ | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-04-T1 | 04 | 4 | SC-6, SC-2 | T-16.3-25 | scope rules, every route's token class, SPA plaintext backstop, Journal scope keys | unit + vitest + Docker | `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestScopeMatch\|TestAllowsScope\|TestTokenRouteGates)$' ./modules/cabana && npm --prefix admin test -- tests/account/ApiTokenCreateDialog.test.ts && go -C ../sm-journal-plugin test -short -count=1 -run '^TestJournalTokenScopes$' .`; Docker: `go test -count=1 -run '^TestBackendTokenPostgres$' ./modules/cabana` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-04-T2 | 04 | 4 | SC-6, SC-1..SC-4 | T-16.3-25, T-16.3-26 | full Go coverage incl. migration, API, CLI and Journal matrix | unit + Docker | the sixteen-name Docker-free cabana set in 16.3-04-PLAN.md Task 2; Docker: lagoon, cabana and Journal sets in the same task | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
-| 16.3-04-T3 | 04 | 4 | SC-6 | T-16.3-24 | gate fails closed on skips, zero tests and missing names | vitest + gate | `npm --prefix admin run typecheck && npm --prefix admin test && bash scripts/check-phase16.3.sh --self-test && bash scripts/check-phase16.3.sh --all` | ❌ W0 | ⬜ pending |
+| 16.3-01-T1 | 01 | 1 | SC-1, SC-2 | T-16.3-01, T-16.3-02, T-16.3-04, T-16.3-07, T-16.3-11 | g15_ token runs as its owner; scope evaluated before the superuser shortcut; method refusal 403 token_scope; malformed tokens refused before the database | unit + Docker | `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestTokenTracerSmoke\|TestPhase09PermissionMatrix\|TestPhase09ContractInventory\|TestPhase10ConformanceInventory)$' ./modules/cabana`; Docker: `go test -count=1 -run '^TestTokenTracerPostgres$' ./modules/cabana` and `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestBackendAdminMetadataColumn\|TestPhase09MigrationsFreshRollback)$' ./modules/lagoon` | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-01-T2 | 01 | 1 | SC-2 | T-16.3-05, T-16.3-06, T-16.3-09, T-16.3-13 | interactive-only routes refuse every token; /field-types and /markdown/preview gated; ResolveBackend Bearer-only with cover; stamp debounced and non-fatal | unit + Docker | `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestTokenTracerSmoke\|TestTokenGatesSmoke\|TestPhase09PermissionMatrix\|TestPhase09ContractInventory\|TestPhase10ConformanceInventory\|TestPhase10CSRF)$' ./modules/cabana`; Docker: `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestTokenTracerPostgres\|TestAdminAuthLifecycle\|TestAdminLogoutRevokesExpiredRefreshableToken)$' ./modules/cabana` | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-01-T3 | 01 | 1 | SC-3 | T-16.3-03, T-16.3-08 | plaintext only in the 201 create body; own-only soft revoke; 422 on unknown, empty or non-overlapping scopes | unit + script + Docker | `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestPhase09PermissionMatrix\|TestPhase09ContractInventory\|TestPhase10ConformanceInventory\|TestTokenTracerSmoke\|TestTokenGatesSmoke)$' ./modules/cabana && bash scripts/check-admin-openapi.sh --check && npm --prefix admin run typecheck`; Docker: `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestAccountTokensSmoke\|TestPhase10OpenAPIConformance)$' ./modules/cabana` | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-01-T4 | 01 | 1 | SC-3, SC-5 | T-16.3-03, T-16.3-08 | admin:token:create prints only the token; CLI applies the overlap rule; docs name no consuming application | unit + Docker | `go vet ./... && go test -count=1 ./modules/party ./modules/pact && go test -count=1 -run '^(TestDocsTree\|TestDelegateCommandsHelp\|TestDocsCommandsMirrorGeneratedMain)$' ./cmd/summer && go run ./cmd/summer docs:build --check && go test -short -count=1 -run '^(TestPluginActivates\|TestRoutesRegistered)$' ./docs/examples/blog`; Docker: `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestTokenCommandsSmoke\|TestAdminCreateCommand)$' ./modules/cabana` | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-02-T1 | 02 | 2 | SC-3 | T-16.3-14, T-16.3-16 | plaintext shown once and cleared on Done; no storage, console or v-html in the account components | vitest + script | `npm --prefix admin run typecheck && npm --prefix admin test -- tests/account/ApiTokensPanel.test.ts tests/views/AccountView.test.ts && bash scripts/check-admin-openapi.sh --check && bash scripts/check-admin-dist.sh` | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-02-T2 | 02 | 2 | SC-3 | T-16.3-16 | revoke through the shared confirm; names rendered as text | vitest + script | `npm --prefix admin run typecheck && npm --prefix admin test -- tests/account/ApiTokensPanel.test.ts tests/views/AccountView.test.ts tests/ui/ui.test.ts && bash scripts/check-admin-dist.sh` | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-02-T3 | 02 | 2 | SC-3, SC-5 | T-16.3-14, T-16.3-15, T-16.3-17 | `*` sends only ["*"]; close-without-copy guard; clipboard fallback; server-filtered scopes only | vitest + docs | `npm --prefix admin run typecheck && npm --prefix admin test && bash scripts/check-admin-dist.sh && go test -count=1 ./cmd/summer -run TestDocsTree` | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-03-T1 | 03 | 3 | SC-4 | T-16.3-18, T-16.3-20, T-16.3-21 | Journal writes accept a journal-scoped token as the owner; resolver errors map to the PHP bodies | unit + Docker | `go -C ../sm-journal-plugin vet ./... && go -C ../sm-journal-plugin test -count=1 -run '^TestResolveErrorMapping$' ./controllers/api/ && go -C ../sm-journal-plugin test -count=1 ./classes/ ./controllers/...`; Docker: `go -C ../sm-journal-plugin test -count=1 -run '^TestJournalTokenTracer$' .` | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-03-T2 | 03 | 3 | SC-2, SC-4, SC-5 | T-16.3-18, T-16.3-19, T-16.3-23 | journal:read and unrelated scopes refused on writes; drafts only as the owner may see; featured-image parity | docs + Docker | `go test -count=1 -run '^ExampleResolveBackend$\|^TestDocsTree$' ./modules/cabana ./cmd/summer && go run ./cmd/summer docs:build --check`; Docker: `go -C ../sm-journal-plugin test -count=1 -run '^(TestJournalTokenTracer\|TestJournalTokenExpansion\|TestJournalWriteUnauthenticated\|TestJournalFeaturedImageUnauthenticated)$' .` | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-03-T3 | 03 | 3 | SC-4 | T-16.3-22 | human approves the tag with the one-way surfaces and NOT RUN suites listed | gate + checkpoint | release gate command in 16.3-03-PLAN.md Task 3 (`… && echo release-gate-ok`) | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-03-T4 | 03 | 3 | SC-4 | T-16.3-22 | tag, Journal require and host gitlink pushed only after approval | git checks | release-ok command in 16.3-03-PLAN.md Task 4 | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-04-T1 | 04 | 4 | SC-6, SC-2 | T-16.3-25 | scope rules, every route's token class, SPA plaintext backstop, Journal scope keys | unit + vitest + Docker | `go test -count=1 -run '^(TestScopeMatch\|TestAllowsScope\|TestTokenRouteGates)$' ./modules/cabana && npm --prefix admin test -- tests/account/ApiTokenCreateDialog.test.ts && go -C ../sm-journal-plugin test -short -count=1 -run '^TestJournalTokenScopes$' .`; Docker: `go test -count=1 -run '^TestBackendTokenPostgres$' ./modules/cabana` | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-04-T2 | 04 | 4 | SC-6, SC-1..SC-4 | T-16.3-25, T-16.3-26 | full Go coverage incl. migration, API, CLI and Journal matrix | unit + Docker | sixteen-name Docker-free cabana set in 16.3-04-PLAN.md Task 2; Docker: lagoon=3, cabana=4, Journal=3 | ✅ | ✅ green |
+| 16.3-04-T3 | 04 | 4 | SC-6 | T-16.3-24 | gate fails closed on skips, zero tests and missing names | vitest + gate | `npm --prefix admin run typecheck && npm --prefix admin test && bash scripts/check-phase16.3.sh --self-test && bash scripts/check-phase16.3.sh --all` → last line `Phase 16.3 gate passed` (postgres PASS on this Docker host) | ✅ | ✅ green |
 
 *Status: ⬜ pending · ✅ green · ❌ red · ⚠️ flaky*
 
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ Filled in by the planner from the RESEARCH.md test map and the four PLAN.md file
 
 ## Wave 0 Requirements
 
-- [ ] `modules/cabana/token_smoke_test.go`, `token_postgres_smoke_test.go` — plan 01 smoke (tracer, gates, account API, commands)
-- [ ] `modules/cabana/token_scopes_test.go`, `api_tokens_test.go`, `token_guard_test.go`, `token_routes_test.go` — Allows / scope match / compile / overlap / mint / expiry / validation / guard / resolver / route classification (Docker-free, plan 04)
-- [ ] `modules/cabana/token_postgres_test.go`, `account_tokens_test.go`, `token_commands_test.go` — Postgres guard, account token API, token commands with stdout purity (plan 04)
-- [ ] `modules/lagoon/backend_admin_migrations_test.go` — `TestBackendAPITokensMigration` and the updated last-ID test
-- [ ] `admin/tests/account/ApiTokensPanel.test.ts`, `admin/tests/account/ApiTokenCreateDialog.test.ts` — UI-SPEC states and backstops (path chosen in plan 02; `tests/components/` does not exist)
-- [ ] `../sm-journal-plugin/controllers/api/auth_test.go`, `journal_api_token_smoke_test.go`, `token_scopes_test.go`, `journal_api_tokens_test.go` — Journal mapping, scopes and token matrix
-- [ ] `scripts/check-phase16.3.sh` — phase gate
+- [x] `modules/cabana/token_smoke_test.go`, `token_postgres_smoke_test.go` — plan 01 smoke (tracer, gates, account API, commands)
+- [x] `modules/cabana/token_scopes_test.go`, `api_tokens_test.go`, `token_guard_test.go`, `token_routes_test.go` — Allows / scope match / compile / overlap / mint / expiry / validation / guard / resolver / route classification (Docker-free, plan 04)
+- [x] `modules/cabana/token_postgres_test.go`, `account_tokens_test.go`, `token_commands_test.go` — Postgres guard, account token API, token commands with stdout purity (plan 04)
+- [x] `modules/lagoon/backend_admin_migrations_test.go` — `TestBackendAPITokensMigration` and the updated last-ID test
+- [x] `admin/tests/account/ApiTokensPanel.test.ts`, `admin/tests/account/ApiTokenCreateDialog.test.ts` — UI-SPEC states and backstops (path chosen in plan 02; `tests/components/` does not exist)
+- [x] `../sm-journal-plugin/controllers/api/auth_test.go`, `journal_api_token_smoke_test.go`, `token_scopes_test.go`, `journal_api_tokens_test.go` — Journal mapping, scopes and token matrix
+- [x] `scripts/check-phase16.3.sh` — phase gate
 
 ---
 
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@ Filled in by the planner from the RESEARCH.md test map and the four PLAN.md file
 | Behavior | Requirement | Why Manual | Test Instructions |
 |----------|-------------|------------|-------------------|
 | Clipboard copy of the show-once token in a real browser | SC-3 | Clipboard API permissions differ from happy-dom | Create a token in the admin SPA, copy it, use it as `Authorization: Bearer` against a Journal write route |
-| Postgres suites when an executor had no Docker daemon | SC-1..SC-4 | testcontainers needs Docker | On a Docker host: `bash scripts/check-phase16.3.sh postgres` (lagoon, cabana and Journal token suites by name) |
+| Postgres suites when an executor had no Docker daemon | SC-1..SC-4 | testcontainers needs Docker | On a Docker host: `bash scripts/check-phase16.3.sh postgres` (lagoon, cabana and Journal token suites by name). **This executor host ran postgres: PASS.** |
 
 ---
 
 ## Validation Sign-Off
 
-- [ ] All tasks have `<automated>` verify or Wave 0 dependencies
-- [ ] Sampling continuity: no 3 consecutive tasks without automated verify
-- [ ] Wave 0 covers all MISSING references
-- [ ] No watch-mode flags
-- [ ] Feedback latency < 180s
-- [ ] `nyquist_compliant: true` set in frontmatter
+- [x] All tasks have `<automated>` verify or Wave 0 dependencies
+- [x] Sampling continuity: no 3 consecutive tasks without automated verify
+- [x] Wave 0 covers all MISSING references
+- [x] No watch-mode flags
+- [x] Feedback latency < 180s
+- [x] `nyquist_compliant: true` set in frontmatter
 
-**Approval:** pending
+**Approval:** plan 04 executor — gate `--all` ended with `Phase 16.3 gate passed` (2026-10-11)