diff --git a/cmd/access-engine/runtime_rename_test.go b/cmd/access-engine/runtime_rename_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b6722e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/access-engine/runtime_rename_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/netkingdom/access-engine/internal/callerauth"
+	"github.com/netkingdom/access-engine/internal/policy"
+	"github.com/netkingdom/access-engine/pkg/api"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+// The packages name their protected consumer, not the PDP. Authenticate both
+// PDP audiences against exactly the installed mapping, then compare real engine
+// outcomes and canonical request bindings with the unchanged package baseline.
+func TestRuntimeRenamePinPackagesPreserveDecisionMaterial(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, pin := range []string{"ops-warden", "ops-warden-fetch", "secrets-engine", "user-engine", "tenant-engine", "informed-decision-lifecycle", "informed-decision-sitting", "informed-decision-t03"} {
+		t.Run(pin, func(t *testing.T) {
+			raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("..", "..", "values", pin+".yaml"))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			var values struct {
+				Args       []string `yaml:"args"`
+				CallerAuth struct {
+					Binding string   `yaml:"binding"`
+					Extra   []string `yaml:"extraBindings"`
+				} `yaml:"callerAuth"`
+			}
+			if err := yaml.Unmarshal(raw, &values); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			bindings := map[string]string{}
+			for _, entry := range append([]string{values.CallerAuth.Binding}, values.CallerAuth.Extra...) {
+				system, principal, ok := strings.Cut(entry, "=")
+				if !ok {
+					t.Fatalf("bad mapping: %s", entry)
+				}
+				bindings[system] = principal
+			}
+			paths := map[string]string{}
+			for i := 0; i+1 < len(values.Args); i++ {
+				if values.Args[i] == "--registry" || values.Args[i] == "--policy" {
+					paths[values.Args[i]] = filepath.Join("..", "..", strings.TrimPrefix(values.Args[i+1], "/opt/flex-auth/"))
+				}
+			}
+			pkg, err := policy.LoadFile(paths["--policy"])
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			engine, err := buildEngine(context.Background(), paths["--registry"], paths["--policy"], "")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if len(pkg.Fixtures) == 0 {
+				t.Fatal("package has no decision fixtures")
+			}
+			exercised := 0
+			for _, fixture := range pkg.Fixtures {
+				principal, installed := bindings[fixture.Request.Resource.System]
+				if !installed {
+					continue
+				}
+				baseline, err := engine.Check(context.Background(), fixture.Request)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("baseline %s: %v", fixture.ID, err)
+				}
+				original := api.CanonicalDigest(fixture.Request)
+				for _, audience := range []string{"flex-auth", "access-engine"} {
+					a, err := callerauth.New(callerauth.ModeEnforce, fixedTokenReviewer{identity: callerauth.Identity{Username: principal, Audiences: []string{audience}}}, "flex-auth", bindings, nil)
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatal(err)
+					}
+					identity, err := a.Authorize(context.Background(), "Bearer test-token", []string{fixture.Request.Resource.System})
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatal(err)
+					}
+					got, err := engine.Check(callerauth.WithRecord(context.Background(), a.Record(identity)), fixture.Request)
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("%s/%s: %v", fixture.ID, audience, err)
+					}
+					if got.Effect != baseline.Effect || got.Reason != baseline.Reason || got.Binding.RequestDigest != baseline.Binding.RequestDigest {
+						t.Fatalf("%s/%s decision material changed", fixture.ID, audience)
+					}
+					if got.Provenance.Caller.Audience != audience {
+						t.Fatal("requested audience spelling lost")
+					}
+					if got.Resource.System != fixture.Request.Resource.System || got.Binding.Resource.System != fixture.Request.Resource.System {
+						t.Fatal("resource.system spelling changed")
+					}
+					if api.CanonicalDigest(fixture.Request) != original {
+						t.Fatal("original request silently rewritten")
+					}
+				}
+				exercised++
+			}
+			if exercised == 0 {
+				t.Fatal("no installed-system fixtures exercised")
+			}
+			t.Logf("%d owner-installed package fixtures preserved with both audiences", exercised)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRuntimeRenameReadbackRoutesPreserveCallerBoundary(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, audience := range []string{"flex-auth", "access-engine"} {
+		for _, principal := range []string{readbackPrincipal, "system:serviceaccount:other:caller"} {
+			a, err := callerauth.New(callerauth.ModeEnforce, fixedTokenReviewer{identity: callerauth.Identity{Username: principal, Audiences: []string{audience}}}, "flex-auth", map[string]string{readbackBinding: readbackPrincipal}, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			server := httptest.NewServer(newReadbackMux(newTestReadback(t), a))
+			valid, _ := json.Marshal(subjectRequest("user:alice", true, "demo-app"))
+			got := postReadback(t, server.URL, string(valid)).StatusCode
+			server.Close()
+			want := http.StatusForbidden
+			if principal == readbackPrincipal {
+				want = http.StatusOK
+			}
+			if got != want {
+				t.Fatalf("%s/%s: status %d want %d", audience, principal, got, want)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/callerauth/auth.go b/internal/callerauth/auth.go
index dbd1b8f..f021008 100644
--- a/internal/callerauth/auth.go
+++ b/internal/callerauth/auth.go
@@ -130,7 +130,14 @@ func (a *Authenticator) Record(identity Identity) Record {
 		return record
 	}
 	record.Principal = identity.Username
-	record.Audience = audience
+	// Stamp an audience actually returned by TokenReview, never merely the
+	// configured audience. Prefer the configured spelling when both matched.
+	for _, accepted := range runtimeAudiences(audience) {
+		if contains(identity.Audiences, accepted) {
+			record.Audience = accepted
+			break
+		}
+	}
 	record.NotAfter = identity.NotAfter
 	return record
 }
@@ -153,7 +160,7 @@ func (a *Authenticator) authorize(ctx context.Context, authorization string, sys
 			identity.NotAfter = exp
 		}
 	}
-	if strings.TrimSpace(identity.Username) == "" || !contains(identity.Audiences, a.audience) {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(identity.Username) == "" || !matchesRuntimeAudience(identity.Audiences, a.audience) {
 		return Identity{}, ErrUnauthenticated
 	}
 	if len(systems) == 0 {
@@ -176,3 +183,26 @@ func contains(values []string, wanted string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+// runtimeAudiences is the bounded FLEX-WP-0036 compatibility window. It
+// changes only the PDP audience, never protected-system names or principals.
+// A custom configured audience retains its exact original meaning.
+func runtimeAudiences(configured string) []string {
+	switch configured {
+	case "flex-auth":
+		return []string{"flex-auth", "access-engine"}
+	case "access-engine":
+		return []string{"access-engine", "flex-auth"}
+	default:
+		return []string{configured}
+	}
+}
+
+func matchesRuntimeAudience(reviewed []string, configured string) bool {
+	for _, accepted := range runtimeAudiences(configured) {
+		if contains(reviewed, accepted) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/internal/callerauth/runtime_rename_test.go b/internal/callerauth/runtime_rename_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75ad64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/callerauth/runtime_rename_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package callerauth
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+func TestRuntimeRenameEveryInstalledPinBinding(t *testing.T) {
+	pins := []string{"ops-warden", "ops-warden-fetch", "secrets-engine", "user-engine", "tenant-engine", "informed-decision-lifecycle", "informed-decision-sitting", "informed-decision-t03", "application-readback"}
+	for _, pin := range pins {
+		t.Run(pin, func(t *testing.T) {
+			data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("..", "..", "values", pin+".yaml"))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			var value struct {
+				CallerAuth struct {
+					Binding string   `yaml:"binding"`
+					Extra   []string `yaml:"extraBindings"`
+				} `yaml:"callerAuth"`
+				Readback struct {
+					Caller string `yaml:"caller"`
+				} `yaml:"readback"`
+			}
+			if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &value); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			bindings := map[string]string{}
+			for _, entry := range append([]string{value.CallerAuth.Binding}, value.CallerAuth.Extra...) {
+				if entry == "" {
+					continue
+				}
+				system, principal, ok := strings.Cut(entry, "=")
+				if !ok {
+					t.Fatalf("bad binding: %s", entry)
+				}
+				bindings[system] = principal
+			}
+			// Readback's bounded authenticated caller is installed by serve-readback,
+			// rather than a callerAuth binding flag.
+			if value.Readback.Caller != "" {
+				bindings["application-readback"] = value.Readback.Caller
+			}
+			if len(bindings) == 0 {
+				t.Fatal("pin has no installed caller mapping")
+			}
+			for system, principal := range bindings {
+				for _, configured := range []string{"flex-auth", "access-engine"} {
+					for _, reviewed := range []string{"flex-auth", "access-engine"} {
+						a, err := New(ModeEnforce, fakeReviewer{identity: Identity{Username: principal, Audiences: []string{reviewed}}}, configured, bindings, nil)
+						if err != nil {
+							t.Fatal(err)
+						}
+						id, err := a.Authorize(context.Background(), "Bearer test-token", []string{system})
+						if err != nil {
+							t.Fatal(err)
+						}
+						if got := a.Record(id).Audience; got != reviewed {
+							t.Fatalf("provenance %q != reviewed %q", got, reviewed)
+						}
+						for _, forbidden := range []string{"foreign-consumer", "flex-auth", "access-engine"} {
+							if _, err := a.Authorize(context.Background(), "Bearer test-token", []string{forbidden}); !errors.Is(err, ErrForbidden) {
+								t.Fatalf("%s accepted as %s: %v", system, forbidden, err)
+							}
+						}
+						wrong, _ := New(ModeEnforce, fakeReviewer{identity: Identity{Username: "other-principal", Audiences: []string{reviewed}}}, configured, bindings, nil)
+						if _, err := wrong.Authorize(context.Background(), "Bearer test-token", []string{system}); !errors.Is(err, ErrForbidden) {
+							t.Fatalf("wrong principal: %v", err)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRuntimeRenameUsesActualTokenReviewAudience(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, configured := range []string{"flex-auth", "access-engine", "custom-pdp"} {
+		for _, returned := range []string{"flex-auth", "access-engine", "foreign", "custom-pdp", ""} {
+			t.Run(configured+"/"+returned, func(t *testing.T) {
+				srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+					var request tokenReview
+					if err := json.NewDecoder(req.Body).Decode(&request); err != nil {
+						t.Error(err)
+						return
+					}
+					if !reflect.DeepEqual(request.Spec.Audiences, runtimeAudiences(configured)) {
+						t.Errorf("requested audiences: %v", request.Spec.Audiences)
+					}
+					response := tokenReview{}
+					response.Status.Authenticated = true
+					response.Status.User.Username = "principal"
+					if returned != "" {
+						response.Status.Audiences = []string{returned}
+					}
+					_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response)
+				}))
+				defer srv.Close()
+				file := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "reviewer")
+				if err := os.WriteFile(file, []byte("test-only-reviewer"), 0600); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				reviewer := &KubernetesTokenReviewer{endpoint: srv.URL, audience: configured, reviewerTokenFile: file, client: srv.Client()}
+				a, _ := New(ModeEnforce, reviewer, configured, map[string]string{"consumer": "principal"}, nil)
+				// The untrusted token claims the opposite: only authenticated TokenReview
+				// response audiences decide admission and provenance.
+				token := unsignedJWT(map[string]any{"aud": "foreign", "sub": "forged"})
+				id, err := a.Authorize(context.Background(), "Bearer "+token, []string{"consumer"})
+				want := contains(runtimeAudiences(configured), returned)
+				if want {
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatal(err)
+					}
+					if a.Record(id).Audience != returned {
+						t.Fatal("configured/untrusted audience leaked into provenance")
+					}
+				} else if !errors.Is(err, ErrUnauthenticated) {
+					t.Fatalf("foreign/missing audience accepted: %v", err)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRuntimeRenameCustomAudienceAndInputBindingsStayExact(t *testing.T) {
+	bindings := map[string]string{"flex-auth": "principal"}
+	a, err := New(ModeEnforce, fakeReviewer{identity: Identity{Username: "principal", Audiences: []string{"custom-pdp"}}}, "custom-pdp", bindings, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := a.Authorize(context.Background(), "Bearer test", []string{"access-engine"}); !errors.Is(err, ErrForbidden) {
+		t.Fatalf("uninstalled alias binding accepted: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(bindings) != 1 {
+		t.Fatal("input bindings mutated")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/callerauth/tokenreview.go b/internal/callerauth/tokenreview.go
index 4fad271..88efdcb 100644
--- a/internal/callerauth/tokenreview.go
+++ b/internal/callerauth/tokenreview.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (r *KubernetesTokenReviewer) Review(ctx context.Context, callerToken string
 		Kind:       "TokenReview",
 		Spec: tokenReviewSpec{
 			Token:     callerToken,
-			Audiences: []string{r.audience},
+			Audiences: runtimeAudiences(r.audience),
 		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/workplans/FLEX-WP-0036-runtime-rename-access-engine.md b/workplans/FLEX-WP-0036-runtime-rename-access-engine.md
index ab962da..ee6942c 100644
--- a/workplans/FLEX-WP-0036-runtime-rename-access-engine.md
+++ b/workplans/FLEX-WP-0036-runtime-rename-access-engine.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ current source must now come from `./cmd/access-engine`.
 
 ```task
 id: FLEX-WP-0036-T03
-status: todo
+status: progress
 priority: high
 depends_on: [FLEX-WP-0036-T01]
 state_hub_task_id: "487525e5-c89e-586e-8e9b-54ac6da0804e"
@@ -126,8 +126,23 @@ and caller bindings accept both `resource.system` values. Decision records
 must still state which value the request carried, so nothing is rewritten
 silently. Add tests for both values on every pin's package.
 
-Gate: tests; a new image rolled to the existing `flex-auth-*` pins with the
-founder's go.
+Gate: tests; a new image rolled to the existing `flex-auth-*` pins through
+reviewed reversible blue execution under
+`the-custodian/canon/standards/build-mode-change-authorization_v0.1.md`.
+The ordered live prerequisite must be verified before rollout.
+
+2026-10-11 source preparation: bounded compatibility accepts both exact PDP
+audiences in Kubernetes TokenReview and records an actually reviewed spelling.
+Custom audiences, installed service principals and protected-consumer system
+bindings retain their existing meanings. All nine current pins authenticate both
+audiences; eight enforcement packages retain their fixture outcomes, canonical
+request bindings and original `resource.system` spelling. The ninth pin is the
+separate application-readback route, whose installed binding is
+`application-readback`, not a protected-system grant. There is no current
+PDP-self resource lane in these pin packages; the old inventory's
+`flex-auth-policy-check` example is a policy-routing lane outside this secret
+fetch package. No new self-lane or caller grant is created to fill that absence.
+T03 remains progress until the new image and ordered live checks are proven.
 
 ## Rename the source