diff --git a/fallback/index.html b/fallback/index.html
index 185d041..8113e32 100644
--- a/fallback/index.html
+++ b/fallback/index.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><title>The Interdependent Way — emergency static edition</title><meta name="description" content="Static emergency entrance to The Interdependent Way."><link rel="stylesheet" href="fallback.css"><script src="../assets/js/site.js" defer></script></head><body><header data-copy-field><p class="flag">Emergency static edition</p><h1>The Interdependent Way</h1><p>This static page exists for explicit recovery deployment. It remains readable without JavaScript; copy actions enhance it where supported. The last successful full site should remain live when ordinary builds fail.</p></header><main><section data-copy-field><h2>Begin</h2><p>The Interdependent Way is a dense living text and a constellation of projects attempting to explain, test, implement, challenge, and preserve it.</p></section><section data-copy-field><h2>Primary links</h2><ul><li><a href="/">Return to the full site</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Interdependency/The-Interdependency.github.io/blob/main/canon/the_interdependent_way.md">Read the repository canon mirror</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Interdependency">Open The Interdependency organization</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Interdependency/ucns">UCNS</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Interdependency/skill-lib">skill-lib</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Interdependency/a0">a0</a></li></ul></section><section class="hmmm" data-copy-field><h2>hmmm</h2><p>This edition contains no dynamic project snapshot, search index, Article Lab, or external dependencies. It is a recovery floor, not the preferred public experience.</p></section></main><footer data-copy-field><p>Apache-2.0 unless an individual artifact states otherwise. Contact: curious@interdependentway.org</p></footer></body></html>
+<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><title>The Interdependent Way — emergency static edition</title><meta name="description" content="Static emergency entrance to The Interdependent Way."><link rel="stylesheet" href="fallback.css"></head><body><header><p class="flag">Emergency static edition</p><h1>The Interdependent Way</h1><p>This dependency-free page exists for explicit recovery deployment. The last successful full site should remain live when ordinary builds fail.</p></header><main><section><h2>Begin</h2><p>The Interdependent Way is a dense living text and a constellation of projects attempting to explain, test, implement, challenge, and preserve it.</p></section><section><h2>Primary links</h2><ul><li><a href="/">Return to the full site</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Interdependency/The-Interdependency.github.io/blob/main/canon/the_interdependent_way.md">Read the repository canon mirror</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Interdependency">Open The Interdependency organization</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Interdependency/ucns">UCNS</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Interdependency/skill-lib">skill-lib</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/The-Interdependency/a0">a0</a></li></ul></section><section class="hmmm"><h2>hmmm</h2><p>This edition contains no dynamic project snapshot, search index, Article Lab, or external dependencies. It is a recovery floor, not the preferred public experience.</p></section></main><footer><p>Apache-2.0 unless an individual artifact states otherwise. Contact: curious@interdependentway.org</p></footer></body></html>
diff --git a/tests/site-contract.test.mjs b/tests/site-contract.test.mjs
index bb51a64..7eee17b 100644
--- a/tests/site-contract.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/site-contract.test.mjs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ test('Awakening owns the static public threshold and routes inward', async () =>
   ]);
   assert.match(layout, /class="awakening-body"/);
   assert.match(layout, /class="awakening-splash"/);
-  assert.doesNotMatch(layout, /<script/i);
+  assert.match(layout, /<script src="\/assets\/js\/site\.js" defer><\/script>/);
   assert.match(splash, /generated\.canon\.units/);
   assert.match(splash, /<h1>Awakening<\/h1>/);
   assert.match(splash, /href="\/preamble\/"/);
diff --git a/tests/site.spec.mjs b/tests/site.spec.mjs
index 2606ac9..d0be403 100644
--- a/tests/site.spec.mjs
+++ b/tests/site.spec.mjs
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ test('every established text-field type receives one working copy control', asyn
   await expect(linkedCard.locator(':scope > .copy-button')).toHaveCount(1);
   await expect(linkedCard.locator('a .copy-button')).toHaveCount(0);
 
-  await page.goto('/fallback/');
-  await expect(page.locator('header > .copy-button')).toHaveCount(1);
-  await expect(page.locator('main section').first().locator(':scope > .copy-button')).toHaveCount(1);
-
   await page.goto('/artifacts/four-cuts/');
   await expect(page.locator('.bracket-ref > .copy-button')).toHaveCount(1);
   await expect(page.locator('.measure').first().locator(':scope > .copy-button')).toHaveCount(1);
