diff --git a/docs/approval-claim.md b/docs/approval-claim.md
index b9a1329..38787fa 100644
--- a/docs/approval-claim.md
+++ b/docs/approval-claim.md
@@ -79,6 +79,27 @@ change that JSON and therefore the digest. A decision rendered against
 approval A for request R cannot be replayed for request R' if the consumer
 compares digests.
 
+### Presentation exclusion — GH-DEC-2026-015 §4
+
+`binding.digest` MUST cover exactly the five act fields above and MUST NOT cover
+presentation material: `view_hash`, brief, packet, highlights, locale, UI release
+or a presentation wrapper. Those belong outside the act binding. Callers MUST
+NOT smuggle presentation into `target` or another act field; target remains the
+actual effect scope, including its nested scope fields. The engine does not
+classify arbitrary target values as presentation or silently discard scope.
+
+This is a compatibility constraint, not design intent. Widening the digest to
+presentation would change approval identity on a UI release and could introduce
+a mutual hash dependency. `tests/test_claim_contract.py::test_presentation_changes_cannot_change_the_approved_act`
+asserts through durable issue/claim that changing presentation leaves the digest
+and stored act unchanged, while changing any of the five act fields changes the
+digest. A mutation that hashes the whole supplied binding must fail that test.
+
+This supplies GH-DEC-2026-015's condition for `informed-decision` to carry the
+engine's digest in `view_hash`; consumer adoption and its own verification remain
+with that repository. GH-DEC-2026-016's declared human-control bind enforcement
+is a separate requirement and is not implemented by this contract assertion.
+
 ### What this digest is not — answering `INFD-IN-0001` R3
 
 `informed-decision` asked whether its `view_hash` and this digest are the same
diff --git a/docs/evidence/2026-09-10-presentation-exclusion.json b/docs/evidence/2026-09-10-presentation-exclusion.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b08b40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/evidence/2026-09-10-presentation-exclusion.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "ruling": "GH-DEC-2026-015",
+  "condition": "normative and tested exclusion of presentation from native binding.digest",
+  "status": "condition-implemented-source",
+  "test": "tests/test_claim_contract.py::test_presentation_changes_cannot_change_the_approved_act",
+  "focused_tests": 7,
+  "full_suite_output": "........................................................................ [ 57%]\n......................................................                   [100%]\n=============================== warnings summary ===============================\ntests/test_auth.py::test_jwt_authenticator_rejects_wrong_signature_and_hs256\n  /tmp/hfact-attempt-20260910/approval-engine/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/jwt/api_jwt.py:147: InsecureKeyLengthWarning: The HMAC key is 14 bytes long, which is below the minimum recommended length of 32 bytes for SHA256. See RFC 7518 Section 3.2.\n    return self._jws.encode(\n\n-- Docs: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/capture-warnings.html\n126 passed, 1 warning in 3.06s",
+  "mutation": {
+    "change": "canonical_binding returns the whole supplied input instead of only the act",
+    "result": "expected test failure",
+    "exit_code": 1,
+    "production_mutation_retained": false
+  },
+  "native_algorithm_changed": false,
+  "live_approval_issued": false,
+  "residuals": {
+    "consumer_adoption": "INFD-IN-0004 / INFD-WP-0001",
+    "human_control_enforcement": "APPROVAL-WP-0002-T01 / GH-DEC-2026-016",
+    "deployment_and_native_consumption": "APPROVAL-WP-0002-T03/T05"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_claim_contract.py b/tests/test_claim_contract.py
index e993cf7..18607c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_claim_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_claim_contract.py
@@ -56,3 +56,36 @@ def test_examples_are_claim_shaped():
         assert data["issuer"] == "approval-engine"
         for forbidden in ("effect", "decision", "allow", "deny"):
             assert forbidden not in data
+
+
+def test_presentation_changes_cannot_change_the_approved_act(engine):
+    """GH-DEC-2026-015: presentation cannot enter the native digest preimage."""
+    act = binding()
+    original = approve(engine, extra_binding=act)
+    original_claim = engine.claim(original.id)
+    presentation = {
+        "view_hash": "sha256:" + "12" * 32,
+        "brief": "First explanation",
+        "packet": {"sections": ["summary"]},
+        "highlights": ["target"],
+        "locale": "de-DE",
+        "ui_release": "surface-v1",
+        "presentation": {"binding_digest": original_claim["binding"]["digest"]},
+    }
+    first = approve(engine, extra_binding={**act, **presentation})
+    changed = {key: {"changed": value} for key, value in presentation.items()}
+    second = approve(engine, extra_binding={**act, **changed})
+    for obj in (first, second):
+        assert engine.claim(obj.id)["binding"]["digest"] == original_claim["binding"]["digest"]
+        assert obj.binding == original.binding
+
+    # The invariant is about presentation, not permission to ignore act changes.
+    for field, replacement in {
+        "action": "secrets.kv.read",
+        "actor": "different-agent",
+        "principal": "different-principal",
+        "purpose": "different-purpose",
+        "target": {"id": "different-lane", "stage": "prod"},
+    }.items():
+        other = approve(engine, extra_binding={**act, **presentation, field: replacement})
+        assert engine.claim(other.id)["binding"]["digest"] != original_claim["binding"]["digest"]
diff --git a/workplans/APPROVAL-WP-0002-production-readiness-and-consumer-adoption.md b/workplans/APPROVAL-WP-0002-production-readiness-and-consumer-adoption.md
index 61deffb..f8d88d9 100644
--- a/workplans/APPROVAL-WP-0002-production-readiness-and-consumer-adoption.md
+++ b/workplans/APPROVAL-WP-0002-production-readiness-and-consumer-adoption.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ status: active
 owner: codex
 topic_slug: netkingdom
 created: "2026-09-01"
-updated: "2026-09-06"
+updated: "2026-09-10"
 reviewed_at: "2026-09-01"
 reviewed_against_commit: "ebce5abb276c01ab29ce2526f3b8abb332dc9e90"
 reviewed_note: >-
@@ -237,6 +237,15 @@ here because this engine stores that object verbatim as the only downstream
 record that MFA happened. T01 stays `progress`; the human client cannot be
 registered until the tenant source is settled by its owner.
 
+2026-09-10: GH-DEC-2026-016 supplies the previously missing NC-03 doctrine.
+Approvals explicitly declared as discharging human-in-the-loop or dual-control
+requirements must refuse non-human binds at issue. T01 owns the declaration,
+engine/API enforcement, predecessor inheritance and negative legacy migration,
+verified human identity provenance, tests and subsequent deployed proof. This
+return changes neither existing rows nor production admission. The new rule is
+not satisfied merely by the already-recorded principal_type field. The separate
+R3 digest-exclusion condition is completed in T06 below.
+
 ## Harden durable storage and migrations
 
 ```task
@@ -600,3 +609,27 @@ not the evidence of publication; the successful push and remote index lookup are
 
 No StatefulSet rollout yet: live KeyCape registrations and audit sender/token
 admission remain outstanding. APPROVAL-WP-0002-T03 stays wait for those gates.
+
+## Make presentation exclusion a tested binding contract
+
+```task
+id: APPROVAL-WP-0002-T06
+status: done
+priority: high
+```
+
+GH-DEC-2026-015 §4 conditions informed-decision's nested binding.digest on an
+explicit normative presentation exclusion and a regression that exposes widening.
+The native digest MUST cover exactly the five act fields and MUST NOT acquire
+presentation fields. Callers keep presentation outside effect scope; arbitrary
+nested target scope is preserved, not silently filtered.
+
+Completed 2026-09-10: docs/approval-claim.md states the rule. The durable issue/claim
+regression varies view_hash, brief, packet, highlights, locale, UI release and a
+presentation wrapper while proving the stored act/digest remain unchanged. It
+also varies all five act fields independently and requires the digest to change.
+A deliberate whole-binding canonicalization mutation fails the regression; the
+production algorithm is unchanged. Evidence: docs/evidence/2026-09-10-presentation-exclusion.json.
+This supplies the engine condition for INFD-IN-0004; actual informed-decision
+adoption remains its existing work. T01 retains GH-DEC-2026-016 and native identity,
+T03/T05 deployment/real consumption remain open. No live approval was issued.