diff --git a/crates/pf-driver-proto/src/lib.rs b/crates/pf-driver-proto/src/lib.rs
index e84152ed..8e471455 100644
--- a/crates/pf-driver-proto/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-driver-proto/src/lib.rs
@@ -80,12 +80,13 @@ pub const fn interface_guid_fields() -> (u32, u16, u16, [u8; 8]) {
 /// and the desktop model gets exclusion + forwarding. Nothing existing changed; against a v5
 /// driver the unknown IOCTL fails and the host logs + keeps the declared-at-ADD behavior.
 /// v6 tail ext (no bump, the `AddRequest` luminance-tail discipline):
-/// [`control::AddReply::cursor_excluded`] — the driver reports whether the ADDed monitor's OS
-/// target already carries a hardware-cursor declare from an earlier session. A declare is
-/// IRREVOCABLE for the target's life (remote-desktop-sweep §8.6, proven on-glass): DWM never
-/// composites the software cursor back into that target's frames, and the sticky state survives
-/// monitor REMOVE→ADD because the host hands every client a STABLE target id. The host uses the
-/// flag to self-composite the pointer (GDI poller + blend) in sessions that never negotiate the
+/// [`control::AddReply::cursor_excluded`] — the driver reports whether its ADAPTER already
+/// carries a hardware-cursor declare from an earlier session. A declare is IRREVOCABLE
+/// (remote-desktop-sweep §8.6, proven on-glass) and its exclusion reaches EVERY later monitor of
+/// the adapter, not just the declaring target (on-glass 2026-07-23: a declare on one target left
+/// a different client's fresh target cursor-less): DWM never composites the software cursor back
+/// into any of the adapter's frames until the adapter resets. The host uses the flag to
+/// self-composite the pointer (GDI poller + blend) in sessions that never negotiate the
 /// cursor channel — without it those sessions are silently cursor-less. Both skews degrade
 /// cleanly: an old driver writes only the 20-byte reply prefix (host reads `0` = unknown/clean),
 /// an old host retrieves a 20-byte buffer (driver writes just the prefix).
@@ -217,9 +218,10 @@ pub mod control {
         /// `DuplicateHandle`, then [`IOCTL_SET_FRAME_CHANNEL`]). Reported per-ADD, not per-open, so a
         /// WUDFHost restart between sessions can never leave the host duplicating into a dead process.
         pub wudf_pid: u32,
-        /// Non-zero = this monitor's OS target already carries an IRREVOCABLE hardware-cursor
-        /// declare from an earlier session (remote-desktop-sweep §8.6): DWM excludes the pointer
-        /// from every frame on this target, forever, and a session without the cursor channel must
+        /// Non-zero = the ADAPTER already carries an IRREVOCABLE hardware-cursor declare from an
+        /// earlier session (remote-desktop-sweep §8.6; reach is adapter-wide, not per-target —
+        /// on-glass 2026-07-23): DWM excludes the pointer from every frame on every monitor until
+        /// the adapter resets, and a session without the cursor channel must
         /// self-composite (GDI poller + blend) or stream a cursor-less desktop. Appended after
         /// [`ADD_REPLY_LEGACY_SIZE`] under the same dual-size discipline as the `AddRequest`
         /// luminance tail: an un-upgraded driver writes only the legacy prefix (the host's
diff --git a/crates/pf-frame/src/dxgi.rs b/crates/pf-frame/src/dxgi.rs
index 54ae03e4..b7baa8f6 100644
--- a/crates/pf-frame/src/dxgi.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-frame/src/dxgi.rs
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ pub struct WinCaptureTarget {
     /// duplicates the sealed frame channel's handles INTO (`idd_push::ChannelBroker`). `0` = unknown
     /// (a pre-v2 pairing can't occur — the version handshake is hard — so this only guards misuse).
     pub wudf_pid: u32,
-    /// The ADD reply flagged this target as carrying an IRREVOCABLE IddCx hardware-cursor declare
-    /// from an earlier session (remote-desktop-sweep §8.6): DWM excludes the pointer from its
-    /// frames forever, so a session WITHOUT the cursor channel must self-composite (the IDD-push
-    /// capturer's forced-composite gate) or the streamed desktop has no cursor at all.
+    /// The ADD reply flagged the ADAPTER as carrying an IRREVOCABLE IddCx hardware-cursor declare
+    /// from an earlier session (remote-desktop-sweep §8.6; reach is adapter-wide, not per-target —
+    /// on-glass 2026-07-23, a GameStream session's fresh target streamed cursor-less): DWM
+    /// excludes the pointer from its frames until adapter reset, so a session WITHOUT the cursor
+    /// channel must self-composite (the IDD-push capturer's forced-composite gate) or the
+    /// streamed desktop has no cursor at all.
     pub cursor_excluded: bool,
 }
 
diff --git a/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-vdisplay/src/control.rs b/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-vdisplay/src/control.rs
index 2b4642e9..8cc9cb9f 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-vdisplay/src/control.rs
+++ b/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-vdisplay/src/control.rs
@@ -165,9 +165,11 @@ unsafe fn add(request: WDFREQUEST) {
         // This WUDFHost's pid — where the host duplicates the sealed frame channel's handles INTO
         // (`ProcessSharingDisabled`: this process is exclusively ours and dies with the device).
         wudf_pid: std::process::id(),
-        // The target already carries an irrevocable hardware-cursor declare from an earlier
-        // session — a channel-less session must self-composite the pointer (§8.6 gap).
-        cursor_excluded: crate::monitor::target_declared(target_id) as u32,
+        // The ADAPTER already carries an irrevocable hardware-cursor declare from an earlier
+        // session — DWM's exclusion reaches every later monitor, not just the declaring target
+        // (on-glass 2026-07-23: declare on 259 left a fresh GameStream 257 cursor-less) — so a
+        // channel-less session must self-composite the pointer (§8.6 gap, adapter-wide).
+        cursor_excluded: crate::monitor::any_declared() as u32,
     };
     // Dual-size reply (the `cursor_excluded` tail ext): an un-upgraded host retrieves only the
     // legacy 20-byte buffer — write the prefix it asked for instead of failing its ADD.
diff --git a/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-vdisplay/src/monitor.rs b/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-vdisplay/src/monitor.rs
index b0c6ee00..ab113241 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-vdisplay/src/monitor.rs
+++ b/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-vdisplay/src/monitor.rs
@@ -200,15 +200,18 @@ fn cursor_forward_desired(target_id: u32) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// OS target ids on which `IddCxMonitorSetupHardwareCursor` ever SUCCEEDED. A declare is
-/// IRREVOCABLE for the target's life (no un-declare DDI; empty-caps re-setup is rejected; even a
-/// successful same-mode re-commit never brings DWM's composited pointer back — all proven
-/// on-glass, remote-desktop-sweep §8.6) and it survives monitor REMOVE→ADD because the host hands
-/// each client a STABLE target id. Reported back on every ADD
-/// ([`AddReply::cursor_excluded`](pf_driver_proto::control::AddReply)) so a session that never
-/// negotiates the cursor channel knows it must self-composite the pointer instead of streaming a
-/// cursor-less desktop. Never cleared: the state's true scope is this WUDFHost's life
-/// (`ProcessSharingDisabled` — the process, and with it the adapter and every sticky declare,
-/// dies on adapter reset), which is exactly when this static resets too. Bounded: ≤ 16 ids.
+/// IRREVOCABLE (no un-declare DDI; empty-caps re-setup is rejected; even a successful same-mode
+/// re-commit never brings DWM's composited pointer back — all proven on-glass,
+/// remote-desktop-sweep §8.6) and its EXCLUSION REACH IS THE WHOLE ADAPTER, not the declaring
+/// target: a declare on one target leaves every LATER monitor's frames pointer-free too, even a
+/// fresh never-declared target id (proven on-glass 2026-07-23: declare on 259, then a GameStream
+/// session's fresh 257 streamed a cursor-less desktop). ADD replies therefore report
+/// [`AddReply::cursor_excluded`](pf_driver_proto::control::AddReply) from [`any_declared`] —
+/// a session that never negotiates the cursor channel must self-composite the pointer instead
+/// of streaming a cursor-less desktop. Never cleared: the state's true scope is this WUDFHost's
+/// life (`ProcessSharingDisabled` — the process, and with it the adapter and every sticky
+/// declare, dies on adapter reset), which is exactly when this static resets too. Per-target
+/// ids are kept purely for the dbglog audit trail. Bounded: ≤ 16 ids.
 static DECLARED_TARGETS: Mutex<Vec<u32>> = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
 
 /// Record a SUCCESSFUL hardware-cursor declare on `target_id` (see [`DECLARED_TARGETS`]).
@@ -220,12 +223,13 @@ fn mark_declared(target_id: u32) {
     }
 }
 
-/// True if `target_id` ever had a hardware cursor declared (see [`DECLARED_TARGETS`]).
-pub fn target_declared(target_id: u32) -> bool {
-    DECLARED_TARGETS
+/// True if ANY target ever had a hardware cursor declared in this WUDFHost's life — the
+/// adapter-wide exclusion reach (see [`DECLARED_TARGETS`]).
+pub fn any_declared() -> bool {
+    !DECLARED_TARGETS
         .lock()
         .unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner())
-        .contains(&target_id)
+        .is_empty()
 }
 
 /// Record a departing monitor's advertised list for its id ([`MODE_HISTORY`]).