diff --git a/dev/FEEDBACK.md b/dev/FEEDBACK.md
index 57438eb..f1415dc 100644
--- a/dev/FEEDBACK.md
+++ b/dev/FEEDBACK.md
@@ -147,12 +147,22 @@ rule also reads the archive.
 
 
 Under test: dev · hb-20260911-04 · 2026-09-11
-Blind spots (hb-20260911-04): post-merge close-out of PR 16 on dev: nothing new is under test; the F-449 arms were measured on the sandbox by the tester round (both CLEARED). Still unmeasured on any tenant: everything the next rounds bank (Session B onward, dev/handoff/), and F-459 (documented entries with no doc_path) which is OPEN for Session C1 and reproducible only on the three July-crawled sandbox domains
+Blind spots (hb-20260911-04): post-merge close-out of PR 16 on dev: nothing new is under test; the F-449 arms were measured on the sandbox by the tester round (both CLEARED). Still unmeasured on any tenant: everything the next rounds bank (Session B onward, handoffs/ — local-only, untracked), and F-459 (documented entries with no doc_path) which is OPEN for Session C1 and reproducible only on the three July-crawled sandbox domains
+
+<!-- builder 2026-09-14 (bus pointer fix — no handoff; nothing under test changed):
+     Payload: the four pointers to the rounds B-E handoff set (Blind spots line above, 09-11 block below) named a
+       tracked-looking dev/handoff/ that a fresh clone does not have — the set was untracked on 2026-09-11. They now name
+       handoffs/, where the set was moved on the owner's machine: the public-repo home under the handoff-plan skill's
+       convention (ignored in public repos, tracked under dev/handoff/ in private ones). The set is working notes, never
+       repo content. Token hb-20260911-04 unchanged; the ignore rules for both paths stay.
+     Carried, not in scope: PR #17 (admin-as-strategic-partner, checks green, awaiting merge); OPEN polish F-453
+       (Session D) and F-454 (Session C1) stay with their scheduled rounds. -->
 
 <!-- builder 2026-09-11 (F-449 round CLOSED OUT — MERGED):
      Payload: F-449 (high) — the Phase 4 exclusion verdict bound to the overlap check's numbers (manifest.mjs exclude
        --check/--no-check/--covered-by/--recheck-after; domain-candidates.mjs check --command --out; diff kinds), plugin 0.38.0
-       staged (CHANGELOG), dev/handoff/ (round plan, session prompts, cleanup plan for rounds B-E), dev/VALIDATION.md.
+       staged (CHANGELOG), the rounds B-E handoff set (round plan, session prompts, cleanup plan — untracked 2026-09-11,
+       local-only in handoffs/), dev/VALIDATION.md.
      Branch f449-evidence-bound-exclusions -> PR #16, base dev, MERGED by Bradley 2026-09-11 (dev @ e919333); branch deleted
        local + remote. Review: /code-review medium, 8 finders — 7 CONFIRMED fixed on the branch, 1 PLAUSIBLE skipped with
        mitigation (--no-check stays free text, now its own kind).
@@ -160,7 +170,7 @@ Blind spots (hb-20260911-04): post-merge close-out of PR 16 on dev: nothing new
        refused then adopted as report-objects; accept path 69 of 69 excluded as coverage); both dev/VALIDATION.md sections
        CLEARED; setup and refresh walked; guard wiring recorded (ask rendered, accepted by the user). Ruling recorded on the
        Sibling sweep line: the journey-side dataset list is a duplicate view of data-management (prod was right).
-     Logged by the round: F-459 (normal) — documented entries with no doc_path; scheduled as RP-5 in Session C1 (dev/handoff/).
+     Logged by the round: F-459 (normal) — documented entries with no doc_path; scheduled as RP-5 in Session C1 (handoffs/, local-only).
      Carried, OPEN polish in this round's scope at kickoff: F-453 (Session D), F-454 (Session C1).
      Dispatch evidence (F-340), on dev after the merge, tip 2130d59, QUOTED after completion:
          validate-plugin 34655779573: changes success / manifests success / validate (ubuntu-latest) success
@@ -168,7 +178,7 @@ Blind spots (hb-20260911-04): post-merge close-out of PR 16 on dev: nothing new
        (two earlier dispatches on e919333 and the push-event runs on 2130d59 were cancelled by concurrency as later
        pushes landed; the pair above is the evidence that was read.)
      Under test + canary -> dev · hb-20260911-04. Next free number F-460. Released: nothing (dev stages 0.37.1, 0.38.0).
-     Next: Session B per dev/handoff/SESSION-PROMPTS.md. -->
+     Next: Session B per handoffs/SESSION-PROMPTS.md (local-only, untracked). -->
 
 <!-- builder 2026-09-09 (docs-only promotion to main RELEASED — post-release housekeeping):
      Payload: the contributor-onboarding surfaces (#6: compare link, guard message, PR template,