diff --git a/serverAppConfigs-docs/Architecture/Testing Policy.md b/serverAppConfigs-docs/Architecture/Testing Policy.md
index 4a7b87a..b90fbc3 100644
--- a/serverAppConfigs-docs/Architecture/Testing Policy.md	
+++ b/serverAppConfigs-docs/Architecture/Testing Policy.md	
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ This repository tests its configuration at defined seams. The tests run with `ba
 
 | Seam | File | What it asserts |
 |------|------|-----------------|
-| Compose validity | `tests/compose_validity.bats` | YAML parses, services have images, no named volumes |
 | Env consistency | `tests/env_consistency.bats` | every `${VAR}` is defined in `.env.example`; no real secrets; the live gitea password never appears |
 | Caddyfile validity | `tests/caddyfile.bats` | per-host Caddyfile, `.local` convention, balanced braces, basic auth present |
-| Docs completeness | `tests/docs_completeness.bats` | every compose service has a docs page; index links every page |
+| Docs completeness | `tests/docs_completeness.bats` | every service has a docs page; index links every page; no unresolved vault links |
 | Script syntax | `tests/scripts_syntax.bats` | `bash -n` clean, executable bits, shellcheck when available |
 | Deployment flow | `tests/deployment_flow.bats`, `tests/deployment_scoping.bats` | scoped dispatcher exists, targets are known, service plans isolate inference, Caddy ownership is guarded, and SSH reachability is checked (skips offline) |
 | Quadlet units | `tests/*quadlet*.bats` | every unit is boot-persistent, self-healing, repo-provenanced, secret-free |
diff --git a/tests/docs_completeness.bats b/tests/docs_completeness.bats
index 775e3d9..cd4f130 100644
--- a/tests/docs_completeness.bats
+++ b/tests/docs_completeness.bats
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bats
 # Seam: documentation completeness.
+# (compose era retired 2026-10-13; the sweep below now skips trash so a
+# revived compose file stays covered without resurrecting retired services)
 # Every service defined in a compose.yaml must have a matching documentation
 # page in serverAppConfigs-docs/ and must be reachable from the index. This is the "docs first"
 # contract of this repo: no service ships without documentation.
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ load helpers
                 return 1
             fi
         done < <(services_in "$f")
-    done < <(find "$REPO_ROOT" -name 'compose.yaml' -not -path '*/.git/*' | sort)
+    done < <(find "$REPO_ROOT" -name 'compose.yaml' -not -path '*/.git/*' -not -path '*/.AGENTTRASH/*' | sort)
 }
 
 @test "docs index links every docs page" {
diff --git a/tests/env_consistency.bats b/tests/env_consistency.bats
index 2f7efa7..f8a419e 100644
--- a/tests/env_consistency.bats
+++ b/tests/env_consistency.bats
@@ -1,33 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bats
 # Seam: environment variable consistency and secret hygiene.
-# Every ${VAR} referenced in a compose.yaml or Caddyfile must be defined in the
-# matching .env.example. .env.example files must contain only placeholders, and
+# Every ${VAR} referenced in a Caddyfile must be defined in the matching
+# .env.example. .env.example files must contain only placeholders, and
 # the live gitea database password must never appear in tracked files.
+# (The compose.yaml sweeps retired with the last compose file on 2026-10-13.)
 
 load helpers
 
-@test "every compose.yaml has a sibling .env.example" {
-    while IFS= read -r f; do
-        local envfile
-        envfile="$(dirname "$f")/.env.example"
-        [ -f "$envfile" ] || { echo "missing $envfile for $f"; return 1; }
-    done < <(find "$REPO_ROOT" -name 'compose.yaml' -not -path '*/.git/*' | sort)
-}
-
-@test "every \${VAR} in compose.yaml is defined in the sibling .env.example" {
-    while IFS= read -r f; do
-        local envfile
-        envfile="$(dirname "$f")/.env.example"
-        while IFS= read -r var; do
-            [ -z "$var" ] && continue
-            if ! env_vars_defined "$envfile" | grep -qx "$var"; then
-                echo "$f references \${$var} but $envfile does not define it"
-                return 1
-            fi
-        done < <(env_vars_in "$f")
-    done < <(find "$REPO_ROOT" -name 'compose.yaml' -not -path '*/.git/*' | sort)
-}
-
 @test ".env.example files contain only placeholder values" {
     while IFS= read -r f; do
         has_placeholder_secret "$f"