diff --git a/docs/doctoring/email-document-language-direction.md b/docs/doctoring/email-document-language-direction.md
index 9d66e8a8..080322cd 100644
--- a/docs/doctoring/email-document-language-direction.md
+++ b/docs/doctoring/email-document-language-direction.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Email document language and direction — standards doctoring
 
-Status: Implemented on active PR
+Status: Implemented on protected main
 
 ## Decision under review
 
diff --git a/docs/email-output.md b/docs/email-output.md
index 6cb7587b..2de2af4d 100644
--- a/docs/email-output.md
+++ b/docs/email-output.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Deterministic email HTML output
 
-Status: Implemented on active PR
+Status: Implemented on protected main
 
 Inkspan's `markdownToEmailHtml()` is a deterministic Markdown-to-HTML bridge for email compose/send integrations. It is not a MIME builder, transport client, mailbox API, authentication surface, or persistence service. Hosts such as naruon own transport, recipients, authorization, tenant isolation, delivery policy, durable audit, retention, and downstream mail-client policy.
 
diff --git a/src/emailOutputDocumentation.test.ts b/src/emailOutputDocumentation.test.ts
index cececd18..652b5d1d 100644
--- a/src/emailOutputDocumentation.test.ts
+++ b/src/emailOutputDocumentation.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe('deterministic email document metadata documentation', () => {
   it('documents full-document language and direction without moving host authority', () => {
     const guide = repositoryFile('docs/email-output.md');
 
-    expect(guide).toContain('Status: Implemented on active PR');
+    expect(guide).toContain('Status: Implemented on protected main');
     expect(guide).toContain('languageTag');
     expect(guide).toContain('textDirection');
     expect(guide).toContain('Intl.getCanonicalLocales()');
diff --git a/src/protectedEmailDocumentationStatus.test.ts b/src/protectedEmailDocumentationStatus.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca7e4d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/protectedEmailDocumentationStatus.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+const repositoryFile = (path: string): string =>
+  readFileSync(resolve(process.cwd(), path), 'utf8');
+
+describe('protected email documentation maturity', () => {
+  it('does not leave the merged email language/direction capability labeled as active-PR work', () => {
+    for (const path of [
+      'docs/email-output.md',
+      'docs/doctoring/email-document-language-direction.md',
+    ]) {
+      const document = repositoryFile(path);
+      expect(document).toContain('Status: Implemented on protected main');
+      expect(document).not.toContain('Status: Implemented on active PR');
+    }
+  });
+});