diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 838de026..8e281324 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Format
         run: cargo fmt --all --check
 
+      # rust-safety WP2c: three textual gates for classes no lint covers — unsafe fn markers
+      # carrying no contract, panic across an extern boundary (an abort since 1.81), and
+      # process-global safe APIs (env::set_var & co, count-ratcheted). Pure grep/awk, no cargo.
+      # Both failure modes were demonstrated before this became blocking (planted instances).
+      - name: Unsafe-hygiene grep gates
+        run: sh scripts/ci/check-unsafe-hygiene.sh
+
       - name: Clippy (deny warnings)
         run: cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --locked -- -D warnings
 
diff --git a/clients/android/native/src/session/connect.rs b/clients/android/native/src/session/connect.rs
index 98480361..42ec297d 100644
--- a/clients/android/native/src/session/connect.rs
+++ b/clients/android/native/src/session/connect.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use punktfunk_core::config::{CompositorPref, GamepadPref, Mode};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use super::{hex32, jni_guard, parse_hex32, SessionHandle};
+use super::{hex32, jni_guard, lock_recover, parse_hex32, SessionHandle};
 
 /// Machine token of the most recent `nativeConnect`/`nativePair` failure, taken (and cleared)
 /// by `nativeTakeLastError` so Kotlin can render a cause-specific message instead of the old
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_io_unom_punktfunk_kit_NativeBridge_nativeTakeLastErr
     env: JNIEnv<'local>,
     _this: JObject<'local>,
 ) -> jni::sys::jstring {
-    let token = std::mem::take(&mut *LAST_ERROR.lock().unwrap());
+    let token = std::mem::take(&mut *lock_recover(&LAST_ERROR));
     match env.new_string(token) {
         Ok(s) => s.into_raw(),
         Err(_) => JObject::null().into_raw(),
diff --git a/clients/android/native/src/session/mod.rs b/clients/android/native/src/session/mod.rs
index 9875d4a5..f38dac1e 100644
--- a/clients/android/native/src/session/mod.rs
+++ b/clients/android/native/src/session/mod.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ pub(crate) fn jni_guard<T>(default: T, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> T {
     })
 }
 
+/// Poison-recovering lock for the JNI entry points that are NOT behind [`jni_guard`]: a
+/// `.lock().unwrap()` there turns a poisoned mutex into a panic across the `extern "system"`
+/// boundary — an abort of the whole app on Rust ≥ 1.81 (the panic-in-extern grep gate's class).
+/// The slots behind these mutexes are plane-thread handles and last-value caches; whatever a
+/// poisoned writer left is still valid to inspect or replace.
+pub(crate) fn lock_recover<T>(m: &Mutex<T>) -> std::sync::MutexGuard<'_, T> {
+    m.lock().unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner)
+}
+
 /// A live session behind the `jlong` handle: the connector + the decode thread it feeds.
 pub(crate) struct SessionHandle {
     // Read only by the android decode path (`nativeStartVideo` → `crate::decode`); on the host
diff --git a/clients/android/native/src/session/planes.rs b/clients/android/native/src/session/planes.rs
index 198ea461..5a62288a 100644
--- a/clients/android/native/src/session/planes.rs
+++ b/clients/android/native/src/session/planes.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use jni::objects::JString;
 use jni::sys::{jboolean, jdoubleArray, jintArray, jlong, jsize, jstring};
 use jni::JNIEnv;
 
-use super::{jni_guard, SessionHandle};
+use super::{jni_guard, lock_recover, SessionHandle};
 
 /// `NativeBridge.nativeStartVideo(handle, surface, decoderName, lowLatencyMode, lowLatencyFeature,
 /// isTv, presentPriority, smoothBuffer)` — wrap the SurfaceView's `Surface` as an `ANativeWindow`
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_io_unom_punktfunk_kit_NativeBridge_nativeStartVideo(
         .filter(|s| !s.is_empty());
     // SAFETY: live handle per the nativeConnect/nativeClose contract.
     let h = unsafe { &*(handle as *const SessionHandle) };
-    let mut guard = h.video.lock().unwrap();
+    let mut guard = lock_recover(&h.video);
     if guard.is_some() {
         return; // already streaming
     }
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_io_unom_punktfunk_kit_NativeBridge_nativeVideoStats(
         }
         // SAFETY: live handle per the nativeConnect/nativeClose contract.
         let h = unsafe { &*(handle as *const SessionHandle) };
-        if h.video.lock().unwrap().is_none() {
+        if lock_recover(&h.video).is_none() {
             return std::ptr::null_mut(); // not streaming → no stats
         }
         let snap = h
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_io_unom_punktfunk_kit_NativeBridge_nativeStartAudio(
     }
     // SAFETY: live handle per the nativeConnect/nativeClose contract.
     let h = unsafe { &*(handle as *const SessionHandle) };
-    let mut guard = h.audio.lock().unwrap();
+    let mut guard = lock_recover(&h.audio);
     if guard.is_some() {
         return; // already playing
     }
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_io_unom_punktfunk_kit_NativeBridge_nativeStartMic(
     }
     // SAFETY: live handle per the nativeConnect/nativeClose contract.
     let h = unsafe { &*(handle as *const SessionHandle) };
-    let mut guard = h.mic.lock().unwrap();
+    let mut guard = lock_recover(&h.mic);
     if let Some(m) = guard.as_ref() {
         return m.session_id(); // already capturing — same stream, same session
     }
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_io_unom_punktfunk_kit_NativeBridge_nativeStartPadAud
             speaker != 0,
         ) {
             Some(p) => {
-                *h.pad_audio.lock().unwrap() = Some(p);
+                *lock_recover(&h.pad_audio) = Some(p);
                 1
             }
             None => 0,
@@ -629,6 +629,6 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_io_unom_punktfunk_kit_NativeBridge_nativeMicActive(
         }
         // SAFETY: live handle per the nativeConnect/nativeClose contract.
         let h = unsafe { &*(handle as *const SessionHandle) };
-        jboolean::from(h.mic.lock().unwrap().is_some())
+        jboolean::from(lock_recover(&h.mic).is_some())
     })
 }
diff --git a/clients/windows/src/deeplink.rs b/clients/windows/src/deeplink.rs
index 87ea4a40..eb06bdde 100644
--- a/clients/windows/src/deeplink.rs
+++ b/clients/windows/src/deeplink.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,13 @@ unsafe extern "system" fn wnd_proc(
             let slice = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(cds.lpData as *const u16, len) };
             let url = String::from_utf16_lossy(slice);
             tracing::debug!(%url, "link from another instance");
-            INBOX.lock().unwrap().push(url);
+            // Poison-recover, never unwrap: a panic out of a window procedure is an abort since
+            // Rust 1.81, and the inbox is a plain Vec that stays valid whatever a poisoned
+            // writer left behind.
+            INBOX
+                .lock()
+                .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner)
+                .push(url);
             return LRESULT(1);
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/pf-encode/src/enc/libav.rs b/crates/pf-encode/src/enc/libav.rs
index 1954aa6e..35acb531 100644
--- a/crates/pf-encode/src/enc/libav.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-encode/src/enc/libav.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ impl AvBuffer {
     /// allocator returns on failure (so the `is_null` check every caller used to open-code happens
     /// once, here).
     ///
+    // unsafe-fn-no-op-ok: contract-deferring constructor (`Vec::set_len` shape) — the body is
+    // safe; the ownership transfer promised here is what Drop/as_ptr later rely on.
     /// # Safety
     /// `p` must be null, or a live `AVBufferRef` whose ownership passes to the returned value —
     /// nothing else may unref it.
diff --git a/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/driver.rs b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/driver.rs
index 510ad56d..4a7a287a 100644
--- a/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/driver.rs
+++ b/crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/windows/manager/driver.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ pub(crate) trait VdisplayDriver: Send + Sync {
     /// The monitor is NOT departed; the caller CCD-forces the freshly-advertised mode afterwards.
     /// The default errs so a backend without support routes to the re-arrival fallback.
     ///
+    // unsafe-fn-no-op-ok: trait method — the "dev is live" contract binds every impl; this
+    // default body is a stub that bails.
     /// # Safety
     /// `dev` must be the live control handle.
     unsafe fn update_modes(&self, dev: HANDLE, key: &MonitorKey, mode: Mode) -> Result<()> {
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ mod tests {
         fn open(&self, _reap_orphans: bool) -> Result<(OwnedHandle, u32, u32)> {
             anyhow::bail!("fake driver has no control device")
         }
+        // unsafe-fn-no-op-ok: signature mandated by the trait; test stub.
         unsafe fn add_monitor(
             &self,
             _dev: HANDLE,
@@ -125,9 +128,11 @@ mod tests {
         ) -> Result<AddedMonitor> {
             anyhow::bail!("fake driver adds no monitors")
         }
+        // unsafe-fn-no-op-ok: signature mandated by the trait; test stub.
         unsafe fn remove_monitor(&self, _dev: HANDLE, _key: &MonitorKey) -> Result<()> {
             Ok(())
         }
+        // unsafe-fn-no-op-ok: signature mandated by the trait; test stub.
         unsafe fn ping(&self, _dev: HANDLE) -> Result<()> {
             Ok(())
         }
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-core/src/abi.rs b/crates/punktfunk-core/src/abi.rs
index d90a53c7..48cd44c4 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-core/src/abi.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-core/src/abi.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ use std::os::raw::c_char;
 use std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe;
 use std::ptr;
 
+/// Poison-recovering lock for the C ABI surface. `.lock().unwrap()` inside an `extern "C"` fn
+/// turns a poisoned mutex (some other thread panicked mid-write) into a panic across the C
+/// boundary — an abort since Rust 1.81, exactly the class the panic-in-extern grep gate exists
+/// for. The slots behind these mutexes are plain last-value caches (frame/audio/cursor/clip), so
+/// whatever a poisoned writer left behind is still structurally valid data to overwrite or hand
+/// out; recovering the guard is strictly better than aborting the embedding application.
+fn lock_recover<T>(m: &std::sync::Mutex<T>) -> std::sync::MutexGuard<'_, T> {
+    m.lock().unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner)
+}
+
 /// Opaque session handle. Pointer-only from C.
 pub struct PunktfunkSession {
     inner: Session,
@@ -471,8 +481,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_client_poll_frame(
         }
         match s.inner.poll_frame() {
             Ok(frame) => {
-                s.last_frame = Some(frame);
-                let f = s.last_frame.as_ref().unwrap();
+                let f = s.last_frame.insert(frame);
                 // SAFETY: per the ABI contract - `out` is a caller-owned writable slot of the
                 // matching `#[repr(C)]` type, written once by value.
                 unsafe {
@@ -2249,9 +2258,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connection_next_au(
             .next_frame(std::time::Duration::from_millis(timeout_ms as u64))
         {
             Ok(frame) => {
-                let mut slot = c.last.lock().unwrap();
-                *slot = Some(frame);
-                let f = slot.as_ref().unwrap();
+                let mut slot = lock_recover(&c.last);
+                let f = slot.insert(frame);
                 // SAFETY: per the ABI contract - `out` is a caller-owned writable slot of the
                 // matching `#[repr(C)]` type, written once by value.
                 unsafe {
@@ -2314,9 +2322,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connection_next_audio(
             .next_audio(std::time::Duration::from_millis(timeout_ms as u64))
         {
             Ok(pkt) => {
-                let mut slot = c.last_audio.lock().unwrap();
-                *slot = Some(pkt);
-                let p = slot.as_ref().unwrap();
+                let mut slot = lock_recover(&c.last_audio);
+                let p = slot.insert(pkt);
                 // SAFETY: per the ABI contract - `out` is a caller-owned writable slot of the
                 // matching `#[repr(C)]` type, written once by value.
                 unsafe {
@@ -2467,7 +2474,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connection_next_audio_pcm(
             Ok(pkt) => pkt,
             Err(e) => return e.status(),
         };
-        let mut state = c.audio_pcm.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut state = lock_recover(&c.audio_pcm);
         match state.decode_packet(&pkt.data, pkt.seq, channels) {
             // Nothing to hand out this call: a DTX silence marker with no loss owed before it.
             Ok(0) => PunktfunkStatus::NoFrame,
@@ -3072,9 +3079,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connection_next_cursor_shape(
             .next_cursor_shape(std::time::Duration::from_millis(timeout_ms as u64))
         {
             Ok(shape) => {
-                let mut slot = c.last_cursor_shape.lock().unwrap();
-                *slot = Some(shape);
-                let sh = slot.as_ref().unwrap();
+                let mut slot = lock_recover(&c.last_cursor_shape);
+                let sh = slot.insert(shape);
                 // SAFETY: per the ABI contract - `out` is a caller-owned writable slot of the
                 // matching `#[repr(C)]` type, written once by value.
                 unsafe {
@@ -4053,7 +4059,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connection_next_clipboard(
             .next_clip(std::time::Duration::from_millis(timeout_ms as u64))
         {
             Ok(ev) => {
-                let mut slot = c.last_clip.lock().unwrap();
+                let mut slot = lock_recover(&c.last_clip);
                 let out_ev = build_clip_event(ev, &mut slot);
                 // SAFETY: per the ABI contract - a caller-owned out-param, non-null on this path,
                 // written once by value.
@@ -4065,7 +4071,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn punktfunk_connection_next_clipboard(
                 // traffic is sporadic, so without this a one-off 50 MiB paste stays resident
                 // for the rest of the session (there is no other release entry point). The
                 // borrow contract already says `out` data is valid only until the next call.
-                *c.last_clip.lock().unwrap() = None;
+                *lock_recover(&c.last_clip) = None;
                 e.status()
             }
         }
diff --git a/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-umdf-util/src/wdf.rs b/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-umdf-util/src/wdf.rs
index d72f11c8..033869b6 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-umdf-util/src/wdf.rs
+++ b/packaging/windows/drivers/pf-umdf-util/src/wdf.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ pub struct Request(WDFREQUEST);
 impl Request {
     /// Wrap the raw request handed to the current framework callback.
     ///
+    // unsafe-fn-no-op-ok: contract-deferring constructor — the body only wraps the handle; every
+    // later `complete`/`forward` call trusts the framework-liveness promised here.
     /// # Safety
     /// `raw` must be the live, framework-provided `WDFREQUEST` of the callback invocation this is
     /// called from (WDF owns handle validity; a forged/dangling handle is framework UB).
diff --git a/scripts/ci/check-unsafe-hygiene.sh b/scripts/ci/check-unsafe-hygiene.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3fa03d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/check-unsafe-hygiene.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Unsafe-hygiene grep gates (rust-safety programme §4 WP2c). Three classes no lint covers:
+#
+#   A. `unsafe fn` whose body contains no unsafe operation. Because the workspaces deny
+#      `unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn`, every real unsafe op inside an `unsafe fn` sits in an explicit
+#      `unsafe {}` block — so an `unsafe fn` with no `unsafe` in its body is a marker carrying no
+#      contract (db659809 found two by hand, with call-site SAFETY proofs describing FFI the fns
+#      no longer performed). A contract-DEFERRING fn (`set_len` shape: safe body, the danger is in
+#      later safe code trusting the argument) is legitimate — waive it with a comment line
+#      `// unsafe-fn-no-op-ok: <why the marker still carries a contract>` above the fn (doc lines
+#      may sit between). Two classes are skipped structurally: files carrying
+#      `#![allow(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]` (the fenced GPU/FFI backends — there the premise that
+#      ops are forced into blocks does not hold), and `unsafe extern "ABI" fn` definitions (loader
+#      / framework callbacks, where the unsafe marker is dictated by the PFN type they must match,
+#      not by a caller contract; gate B still covers their bodies).
+#
+#   B. `unwrap`/`expect`/`panic!` inside an `extern "C"` / `extern "system"` fn body. Panic across
+#      an `extern` boundary is an abort since Rust 1.81 — not a diagnostic, not a sanitizer
+#      finding, not fuzzable (8b98d0b3: an ETW callback's `RING.lock().unwrap()` aborted the host
+#      on a poisoned lock). A body that routes through `catch_unwind` (the abi.rs pattern) is
+#      exempt; otherwise waive a deliberate abort with `// panic-in-extern-ok: <reason>` directly
+#      above the fn.
+#
+#   C. Safe-but-process-global APIs: `env::set_var`/`remove_var`, `sigaction`, `setlocale`,
+#      `set_current_dir`. Each is safe to call and unsound (or racy) from a live multithreaded
+#      process — the 972af299 environ data race lived in a file with ZERO occurrences of the word
+#      `unsafe`, invisible to the census. Edition 2024 makes `env::set_var` unsafe; until that
+#      migration this count-ratchet is the control. The baseline below enumerates today's debt
+#      per file; ANY increase (or a new file) fails. Shrink a file's count? Lower its baseline in
+#      the same commit.
+#
+# All three gates were shown to FAIL on deliberately planted instances before being made blocking
+# (the gate-of-the-gate rule that caught cd72f77a's `0 * SLOT`).
+#
+# Textual gates, so textual limits: string literals containing `unsafe {` and macro-generated fns
+# are invisible; nested `unsafe fn` items inside another fn's body attribute their blocks to the
+# outer fn. Both classes are rare here and covered by review.
+
+set -u
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." || exit 2
+
+fail=0
+tmp="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/unsafe-hygiene.$$"
+mkdir -p "$tmp"
+trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT
+
+# Tracked, non-vendored Rust sources.
+git ls-files '*.rs' | grep -v '/vendor/' > "$tmp/files"
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- gate A
+awk '
+function reset() { state = 0; has_unsafe = 0; depth = 0 }
+FNR == 1 { reset(); fenced = 0; waive_next = 0 }
+/^#!\[allow\(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn\)\]$/ { fenced = 1 }
+{
+    line = $0
+    sub(/^[ \t]+/, "", line)
+    is_comment = (line ~ /^\/\//)
+    if (is_comment && line ~ /unsafe-fn-no-op-ok:/) { waive_next = 1 }
+}
+fenced { next }
+# fn-definition start: a plain `unsafe fn` outside a comment — not a type alias, not an
+# `unsafe extern "ABI" fn` (signature-mandated markers; see the header)
+state == 0 && !is_comment && /(^|[ \t(])unsafe[ \t]+fn[ \t]+[A-Za-z_]/ \
+    && $0 !~ /^[ \t]*type[ \t]/ && $0 !~ /=[ \t]*unsafe/ {
+    state = 1; sig_file = FILENAME; sig_line = FNR
+    name = $0; sub(/.*fn[ \t]+/, "", name); sub(/[^A-Za-z0-9_].*/, "", name)
+    waived = waive_next
+}
+state == 1 {
+    # declaration (trait method / extern block) ends before a body opens
+    if ($0 ~ /;/ && $0 !~ /{/) { reset(); next }
+    if ($0 ~ /{/) {
+        state = 2
+        # count braces via gsub (returns the count, leaves the line unchanged) — the
+        # empty-separator split() alternative is a gawk extension mawk lacks
+        t = $0; opens = gsub(/\{/, "{", t); t = $0; closes = gsub(/\}/, "}", t)
+        depth = opens - closes
+        if (opens > 0 && depth == 0) {   # one-line body
+            if ($0 ~ /unsafe[ \t]*{[^}]*}[^}]*}/ || $0 ~ /unsafe impl/) has_unsafe = 1
+            if (!has_unsafe && !waived) { print sig_file ":" sig_line ": unsafe fn `" name "` has no unsafe operation in its body"; bad = 1 }
+            reset()
+        }
+        next
+    }
+    next
+}
+state == 2 {
+    if (!is_comment && ($0 ~ /unsafe[ \t]*{/ || $0 ~ /unsafe impl/)) has_unsafe = 1
+    t = $0; opens = gsub(/\{/, "{", t); t = $0; closes = gsub(/\}/, "}", t)
+    depth += opens - closes
+    if (depth <= 0) {
+        if (!has_unsafe && !waived) { print sig_file ":" sig_line ": unsafe fn `" name "` has no unsafe operation in its body"; bad = 1 }
+        reset()
+    }
+}
+!is_comment { waive_next = 0 }
+END { exit bad ? 1 : 0 }
+' $(cat "$tmp/files") > "$tmp/gate_a" 2>&1
+if [ -s "$tmp/gate_a" ]; then
+    echo "GATE A — unsafe fn markers carrying no contract (waive a contract-deferring fn with"
+    echo "         '// unsafe-fn-no-op-ok: <reason>' on the line above):"
+    cat "$tmp/gate_a"
+    fail=1
+fi
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- gate B
+awk '
+function reset() { state = 0; depth = 0; guarded = 0; nhit = 0 }
+FNR == 1 { reset(); waive_next = 0 }
+{
+    line = $0
+    sub(/^[ \t]+/, "", line)
+    is_comment = (line ~ /^\/\//)
+    if (is_comment && line ~ /panic-in-extern-ok:/) { waive_next = 1 }
+}
+state == 0 && !is_comment && /extern[ \t]+"(C|system)"[ \t]+fn[ \t]+[A-Za-z_]/ \
+    && $0 !~ /^[ \t]*type[ \t]/ && $0 !~ /=[ \t]*(unsafe[ \t]+)?extern/ {
+    state = 1; sig_file = FILENAME; sig_line = FNR
+    name = $0; sub(/.*fn[ \t]+/, "", name); sub(/[^A-Za-z0-9_].*/, "", name)
+    waived = waive_next
+}
+state == 1 {
+    if ($0 ~ /;/ && $0 !~ /{/) { reset(); next }
+    if ($0 ~ /{/) {
+        state = 2
+        t = $0; opens = gsub(/\{/, "{", t); t = $0; closes = gsub(/\}/, "}", t)
+        depth = opens - closes
+        if (depth == 0) reset()
+        next
+    }
+    next
+}
+state == 2 {
+    if ($0 ~ /catch_unwind/) guarded = 1
+    if (!is_comment && ($0 ~ /\.unwrap\(\)/ || $0 ~ /\.expect\(/ || $0 ~ /(^|[^a-zA-Z0-9_])panic!/)) {
+        nhit++; hitline[nhit] = FILENAME ":" FNR
+    }
+    t = $0; opens = gsub(/\{/, "{", t); t = $0; closes = gsub(/\}/, "}", t)
+    depth += opens - closes
+    if (depth <= 0) {
+        if (nhit > 0 && !guarded && !waived) {
+            for (i = 1; i <= nhit; i++)
+                print hitline[i] ": unwrap/expect/panic! reachable in extern fn `" name "` (no catch_unwind)"
+            bad = 1
+        }
+        reset()
+    }
+}
+!is_comment { waive_next = 0 }
+END { exit bad ? 1 : 0 }
+' $(cat "$tmp/files") > "$tmp/gate_b" 2>&1
+if [ -s "$tmp/gate_b" ]; then
+    echo "GATE B — panic across an extern boundary aborts the process since Rust 1.81. Route the"
+    echo "         body through catch_unwind (see punktfunk-core abi.rs) or waive a deliberate"
+    echo "         abort with '// panic-in-extern-ok: <reason>' on the line above the fn:"
+    cat "$tmp/gate_b"
+    fail=1
+fi
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- gate C
+# Baseline: per-file count of process-global-API mentions (call sites AND comments — the grep is
+# the contract; keep it dumb and stable). Regenerate a line with:
+#   grep -c 'env::set_var\|env::remove_var\|sigaction\|setlocale\|set_current_dir' <file>
+cat > "$tmp/gate_c_baseline" <<'BASELINE'
+clients/linux/src/app.rs:1
+clients/linux/src/spawn.rs:1
+clients/session/src/main.rs:4
+crates/pf-console-ui/src/screens/settings.rs:1
+crates/pf-console-ui/src/shell/tests.rs:2
+crates/pf-encode/src/enc/linux/nvenc_cuda.rs:49
+crates/pf-encode/src/enc/linux/worker.rs:1
+crates/pf-encode/src/enc/windows/nvenc.rs:4
+crates/pf-inject/src/inject/linux/steam_gadget.rs:5
+crates/pf-vdisplay/src/lib.rs:1
+crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/routing.rs:4
+crates/pf-vdisplay/src/vdisplay/session.rs:10
+crates/pf-vkdecode/tests/common/mod.rs:1
+crates/pf-vkdecode/tests/gpu_parity.rs:5
+crates/pf-win-display/src/win_display.rs:2
+crates/punktfunk-core/src/quic/endpoint.rs:2
+crates/punktfunk-host/src/identity.rs:3
+crates/punktfunk-host/src/library/art.rs:4
+crates/punktfunk-host/src/mgmt/tests.rs:3
+crates/punktfunk-host/src/native.rs:4
+crates/punktfunk-host/src/windows/service.rs:1
+BASELINE
+
+: > "$tmp/gate_c"
+while IFS= read -r f; do
+    n=$(grep -c 'env::set_var\|env::remove_var\|sigaction\|setlocale\|set_current_dir' "$f")
+    [ "$n" -eq 0 ] && continue
+    base=$(grep -F "$f:" "$tmp/gate_c_baseline" | head -1 | awk -F: '{print $NF}')
+    base=${base:-0}
+    if [ "$n" -gt "$base" ]; then
+        echo "$f: $n process-global-API mentions (baseline $base)" >> "$tmp/gate_c"
+    fi
+done < "$tmp/files"
+if [ -s "$tmp/gate_c" ]; then
+    echo "GATE C — env::set_var/remove_var, sigaction, setlocale, set_current_dir are safe to"
+    echo "         call and unsound from a live multithreaded process (972af299). Fix the new"
+    echo "         call site (a per-call env override belongs in Command::env; a handler install"
+    echo "         belongs behind Once at startup) rather than raising the baseline:"
+    cat "$tmp/gate_c"
+    fail=1
+fi
+
+if [ "$fail" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "unsafe-hygiene: all three gates clean"
+fi
+exit "$fail"