diff --git a/docs/evidence/2026-10-15-cadence-adoption/receiver-readback-20261023.json b/docs/evidence/2026-10-15-cadence-adoption/receiver-readback-20261023.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e958b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/evidence/2026-10-15-cadence-adoption/receiver-readback-20261023.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "captured_counts": {
+    "audit.deny": 1,
+    "audit.heartbeat": 2
+  },
+  "event_presence": {
+    "28dad6de11fb25fe6e0e145351f047360d6898afb53afd4cd677e560ec69132a": true,
+    "6a9f34445e13062e38ab309a6fc800dc9a2fa24cb8a46ecd919ae18fe9409874": true,
+    "dfa71caeddb9633af2719fb9596a8ffb308f722cd12b385f18473116e6c4dc39": true
+  },
+  "findings": [
+    "reconciliation returned 403: source_not_allowed"
+  ],
+  "means": "agreement proves neither completeness nor King's Guard acceptance",
+  "payloads_retained": false,
+  "receiver_counts": {},
+  "request": {
+    "event_ids": [
+      "28dad6de11fb25fe6e0e145351f047360d6898afb53afd4cd677e560ec69132a",
+      "6a9f34445e13062e38ab309a6fc800dc9a2fa24cb8a46ecd919ae18fe9409874",
+      "dfa71caeddb9633af2719fb9596a8ffb308f722cd12b385f18473116e6c4dc39"
+    ],
+    "since": "2026-10-15T19:36:16+00:00",
+    "source": "qonto-assistant",
+    "stream_instance_id": "b351fa6b-e0d6-4f88-b7c9-6bacb1a112b7",
+    "tenant": "tenant:friendly:binky",
+    "until": "2026-10-15T20:37:23+00:00"
+  },
+  "schema": "nk-wp-0035-receiver-readback/v1",
+  "token_retained": false,
+  "verdict": "diverge"
+}
diff --git a/workplans/NK-WP-0035-emission-cadence-security-profile.md b/workplans/NK-WP-0035-emission-cadence-security-profile.md
index bbcca7d..7795d71 100644
--- a/workplans/NK-WP-0035-emission-cadence-security-profile.md
+++ b/workplans/NK-WP-0035-emission-cadence-security-profile.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Python compilation and `git diff --check` pass.
 id: NK-WP-0035-T04
 status: wait
 priority: high
-blocking_reason: "Elapsed-hour capture done 2026-10-15 (3 events, receiver readback captured). Waiting on an independent receiver readback under a fresh attended operator OIDC login, then King's Guard acceptance (KG-WP-0005-T03, wait) and QONTO-WP-0006-T03."
+blocking_reason: "Elapsed-hour capture done 2026-10-15 (3 events, receiver readback captured). Readback run 2026-10-23: presence 3/3, counts refused 403 source_not_allowed (operator reader scoped to user-engine); waiting on audit-core's cross-source count path and a rerun, then King's Guard acceptance (KG-WP-0005-T03, wait) and QONTO-WP-0006-T03."
 state_hub_task_id: "e3fbc8b8-00d5-57ce-ba0c-19b58044c950"
 ```
 
@@ -442,6 +442,19 @@ token. A class-name mapping difference between source and receiver shows up as
 port-forward. The receipt then goes to King's Guard (KG-WP-0005-T03) and
 qonto-assistant (QONTO-WP-0006-T03).
 
+2026-10-23: the readback was run attended by the founder (fresh KeyCape OIDC/MFA login to OpenBao,
+role platform-admin, through port-forward; token in a 0600 temp file, deleted afterwards, OpenBao
+session revoked). [Receipt](../docs/evidence/2026-10-15-cadence-adoption/receiver-readback-20261023.json):
+verdict `diverge` with one finding, `reconciliation returned 403: source_not_allowed`.
+Event presence is 3/3, with source and tenant matching. Counts were not obtained: audit-core
+`/v1/reconciliation` admits only an identity's own sources (`permits_source`), and the
+operator reader is registered for `user-engine`. This is an authorization-scope result, not a
+data mismatch. audit-core's own routing comment ("cross-source counts stay behind
+may_read") reads the other way, so the question went to audit-core: either permit cross-source
+counts for a full-scope may_read reader, or name the sanctioned independent counting path.
+Rerun the same helper once that is answered. The receipt still goes to King's Guard as
+presence-only evidence. T04 stays wait.
+
 ## Automate staged receiver derivation without sibling mutations
 
 ```task