diff --git a/docs/oss/attribution.md b/docs/oss/attribution.md
index 120dde3..1d5ded9 100644
--- a/docs/oss/attribution.md
+++ b/docs/oss/attribution.md
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Standard Repository Policies
 
-Material: `docs/policy/release.md`, adapted from
-`e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348`; `docs/policy/meta.md`, `docs/policy/oss.md`,
-`docs/policy/documentation.md`, `docs/policy/agents.md`,
+Material: `docs/policy/documentation.md`, `docs/policy/oss.md`, and
+`docs/policy/release.md`, adapted from
+`b339ad0427a50e43a68b932a6a9f4669cc0f6252`; `docs/policy/meta.md`, `docs/policy/agents.md`,
 `docs/policy/architecture.md`, `docs/policy/testing.md`; root `AGENTS.md`; and the
 Policy Reading Guide in `docs/development.md`, adapted from
 `d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843` for this repository.
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
 License and notices: [CC BY-SA 4.0](licenses/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt) |
 [COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/COPYRIGHT) |
 [LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/LICENSE) |
-[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348/COPYRIGHT) |
-[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348/LICENSE).
+[COPYRIGHT](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/b339ad0427a50e43a68b932a6a9f4669cc0f6252/COPYRIGHT) |
+[LICENSE](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/b339ad0427a50e43a68b932a6a9f4669cc0f6252/LICENSE).
 
 [Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843).
 
-[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348).
+[Source](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/b339ad0427a50e43a68b932a6a9f4669cc0f6252).
 
 ## go-yaml v4
 
diff --git a/docs/policy/documentation.md b/docs/policy/documentation.md
index 7d69866..ec66e7c 100644
--- a/docs/policy/documentation.md
+++ b/docs/policy/documentation.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Documentation Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.11
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.12
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-10-16
+**Last Updated**: 2026-11-09
 
-**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/documentation.md)
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/b339ad0427a50e43a68b932a6a9f4669cc0f6252/docs/policy/documentation.md)
 
 ## Purpose
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ secret values.
 | Consumer guidance for the public Go API | `docs/consumers/` | Task-oriented public Go API usage, minimal examples, and consumer responsibilities. | Go symbol contracts, configuration semantics, and internal implementation detail. |
 | Inventory of implemented internal packages | `docs/internal/overview.md` | Implemented packages and components, responsibilities, and links to focused internal docs. | Normative architecture, contributor reading policy, external contracts. |
 | Behavior and architecture of internal packages | Other files under `docs/internal/` | Implementation flow, collaborators, state transitions, package-local guarantees and failures, and relevant tests. | Global architecture invariants, configuration definitions and defaults, external schemas, operator procedures. |
-| Architectural decision records | `docs/adr/` | Significant decisions, context, alternatives, rationale, consequences, and supersession history. | Current behavior reference, implementation status, task sequencing. |
+| Architectural decision records | `docs/adr/` | Records of significant architectural decisions and supporting rationale. | Ordinary design choices, current behavior reference, implementation status, task sequencing. |
 | Potential future features | `docs/roadmap/future.md` | Candidate enhancements and open questions for future consideration. | Rejected proposals, architectural decisions, task execution, and current behavior. |
 | Future implementation plans | Task-specific files under `docs/roadmap/` | Unfinished work, sequencing, acceptance, and progress; completed plans retire during release preparation. | Implemented behavior and ADR rationale. |
 | Release-note history | `docs/releases/` | One checked-in summary per source release under the procedure; the note at its immutable tag is the release record. | Current commands, behavior, contracts, and compatibility definitions. |
@@ -157,10 +157,16 @@ Use sequentially numbered ADR filenames such as
 
 Treat the decision content of an accepted ADR as immutable. When a decision
 changes, create a new ADR and update the earlier ADR's status to superseded.
+
+ADRs should be reserved for major architectural decisions, such as ownership
+boundaries, large-scale architectural features, or invariants that rise to
+the level of architectural significance. Routine choices, implementation
+decisions, and rejected suggestions do not warrant an ADR unless they
+otherwise represent a significant architectural decision.
+
 Rejected architectural alternatives and significant architectural exclusions
 belong in ADRs. Roadmaps preserve plausible future work, not rejected product
-ideas. Routine choices and rejected suggestions need no ADR unless they
-represent a significant architectural decision.
+ideas.
 
 ## Maintenance
 
diff --git a/docs/policy/oss.md b/docs/policy/oss.md
index ef2981e..68e419b 100644
--- a/docs/policy/oss.md
+++ b/docs/policy/oss.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Open Source Licensing And Attribution Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.8
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.9
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-09-28
+**Last Updated**: 2026-11-09
 
-**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/docs/policy/oss.md)
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/b339ad0427a50e43a68b932a6a9f4669cc0f6252/docs/policy/oss.md)
 
 ## ConfigKit Applicability
 
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ individual packages.
 
 Use the upstream [application COPYRIGHT example](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/examples/licensing/application/COPYRIGHT)
 or [library COPYRIGHT example](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/d84a38ebab26f048cafbe59a2246700c35d29843/examples/licensing/library/COPYRIGHT)
-to create the project’s root `COPYRIGHT` file.
-Use verified project names, contribution years, and copyright holders.
+to create the project’s root `COPYRIGHT` file. Use the examples as provided,
+without discretionary modification, unless otherwise instructed. Substitute
+verified project names, contribution years, and copyright holders.
 For another selected license, adapt the grant, SPDX expression, disclaimer, and
 text references together to reflect the author's selected grant.
 
diff --git a/docs/policy/release.md b/docs/policy/release.md
index a61a342..ac10d8a 100644
--- a/docs/policy/release.md
+++ b/docs/policy/release.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Release Policy
 
-**Base Policy Version:** 1.6
+**Base Policy Version:** 1.7
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-10-09
+**Last Updated**: 2026-11-09
 
-**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/e833faddf120c789a9b45348edaf75720de16348/docs/policy/release.md)
+**Upstream Source:** [Standard Repository Policies](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/policy/src/commit/b339ad0427a50e43a68b932a6a9f4669cc0f6252/docs/policy/release.md)
 
 ## Purpose
 
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ For releases at or after `v1.0.0`:
   minimum as described below; and
 - a patch release may make backward-compatible fixes.
 
+In this context, "backward-compatible" means only that pre-existing, valid
+configurations will continue to work following the release. Behavior need not
+remain strictly identical.
+
 Before `v1.0.0`, a minor release may change a documented public, operational,
 configuration, data, integration, or compatibility contract when the release
 note explains the impact and required consumer action. A patch release must