diff --git a/src/components/automations/AutomationsSegment.tsx b/src/components/automations/AutomationsSegment.tsx
index 4b487c0..ed7cbac 100644
--- a/src/components/automations/AutomationsSegment.tsx
+++ b/src/components/automations/AutomationsSegment.tsx
@@ -41,13 +41,11 @@ export function AutomationsSegment({ data }: { data: unknown }) {
         view.automations.map((a) => <AutomationCard key={a.id} automation={a} />)
       )}
 
+      {/* The desktop's always-on system floor (bsc-deny / bsc-confine / bsc-scope) is NOT on
+          the wire — it is a module constant the projector never reads (#239). The note that
+          used to sit here was gated on a `builtin` flag that cannot exist, so it never
+          rendered. It returns when the payload grows a `systemHooks` field. */}
       <SectionLabel style={styles.sectionGap}>Hooks</SectionLabel>
-      {view.hasSystemFloor && (
-        <Text style={[styles.floorNote, { color: t.fgMuted }]}>
-          Built-in hooks are the desktop&apos;s system floor — always on, under every
-          permission posture.
-        </Text>
-      )}
       {view.hooks.length === 0 ? (
         <EmptyRow>No hooks configured on the desktop yet.</EmptyRow>
       ) : (
@@ -69,9 +67,9 @@ function AutomationCard({ automation: a }: { automation: AutomationVM }) {
         </Tag>
       </View>
 
+      {/* Schedule only — the dispatch target is deliberately withheld desktop-side (#239). */}
       <Text style={[styles.when, { color: t.fgMuted, fontFamily: t.fontMono }]} numberOfLines={1}>
         {a.whenLabel}
-        {a.targetLabel ? `  → ${a.targetLabel}` : ''}
       </Text>
 
       <Text style={[styles.timing, { color: t.fgDim }]} numberOfLines={1}>
@@ -110,7 +108,6 @@ function HookRow({ hook: h }: { hook: HookVM }) {
       <View style={styles.hookText}>
         <View style={styles.titleLine}>
           <Text style={[styles.name, { color: t.fg }]} numberOfLines={1}>{h.name}</Text>
-          {h.builtin && <Tag color={t.accent}>built-in</Tag>}
         </View>
         <Text style={[styles.hookMeta, { color: t.fgMuted, fontFamily: t.fontMono }]} numberOfLines={1}>
           {h.event}
@@ -128,7 +125,6 @@ function HookRow({ hook: h }: { hook: HookVM }) {
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   list: { padding: 16, gap: 10, paddingBottom: 28 },
   sectionGap: { marginTop: 14 },
-  floorNote: { fontSize: 11.5, lineHeight: 16 },
 
   card: { padding: 14, gap: 6 },
   titleLine: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8 },
diff --git a/src/lib/mirror/automationsView.test.ts b/src/lib/mirror/automationsView.test.ts
index f86804a..87dd30e 100644
--- a/src/lib/mirror/automationsView.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/mirror/automationsView.test.ts
@@ -64,40 +64,31 @@ describe('selectAutomationsView', () => {
     assert.equal(v.automations[0].runs[0].status, 'unknown');
   });
 
-  it('shows the target pane only when the payload carries it', () => {
-    const v = selectAutomationsView(payload);
-    assert.equal(v.automations[0].targetLabel, null); // today's projection omits it
-    const withTarget = selectAutomationsView({
-      automations: [{ id: 'a', targetTab: 'Build', targetPaneIdx: 1 }],
-      hooks: [],
-    });
-    assert.equal(withTarget.automations[0].targetLabel, 'Build · pane 2');
-    const tabOnly = selectAutomationsView({
-      automations: [{ id: 'a', targetTab: 'Build' }],
-      hooks: [],
-    });
-    assert.equal(tabOnly.automations[0].targetLabel, 'Build');
-  });
-
   it('maps hooks with matcher and scope', () => {
     const v = selectAutomationsView(payload);
     assert.equal(v.hooks.length, 2);
     assert.deepEqual(v.hooks[0], {
       id: 'h1', name: 'Lint gate', enabled: true, event: 'PreToolUse',
-      matcher: 'Bash', scopeLabel: 'Global', builtin: false,
+      matcher: 'Bash', scopeLabel: 'Global',
     });
     assert.equal(v.hooks[1].matcher, null);
     assert.equal(v.hooks[1].scopeLabel, '2 projects');
-    assert.equal(v.hasSystemFloor, false);
   });
 
-  it('flags the system floor when the payload marks built-in hooks', () => {
+  /**
+   * #239: the VM must not regrow a field the desktop has ruled out. `targetTab` /
+   * `targetPaneIdx` are withheld with a regression test pinning their absence, and a hook
+   * `builtin` flag cannot exist — `Hook` is exclusively user-authored config. Reading either
+   * produced UI that could never render, which is how the dead system-floor note survived.
+   */
+  it('ignores fields the desktop deliberately never sends', () => {
     const v = selectAutomationsView({
-      automations: [],
-      hooks: [{ id: 'floor', name: 'bsc-deny', enabled: true, event: 'PreToolUse', projects: [], builtin: true }],
+      automations: [{ id: 'a', targetTab: 'Build', targetPaneIdx: 1 }],
+      hooks: [{ id: 'h', name: 'x', enabled: true, event: 'PreToolUse', projects: [], builtin: true }],
     });
-    assert.equal(v.hasSystemFloor, true);
-    assert.equal(v.hooks[0].builtin, true);
+    assert.equal('targetLabel' in v.automations[0], false);
+    assert.equal('builtin' in v.hooks[0], false);
+    assert.equal('hasSystemFloor' in v, false);
   });
 
   it('tolerates missing/partial fields', () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/mirror/automationsView.ts b/src/lib/mirror/automationsView.ts
index 7f17378..d4d3f73 100644
--- a/src/lib/mirror/automationsView.ts
+++ b/src/lib/mirror/automationsView.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,21 @@
  *   AutomationCard = { id, name, armed, when, lastRunAt, nextRunAt, runs }
  *   HookCard       = { id, name, enabled, event, matcher?, projects }
  *
- * The projection does not (yet) carry the automation's target pane or a
- * built-in marker on hooks; both are read tolerantly so they light up the
- * moment the desktop starts publishing them, and render as absent until then.
+ * Two fields this file used to read speculatively are GONE (#239). Neither was
+ * "not yet published" — the desktop has ruled both out, with regression tests
+ * pinning their absence:
+ *
+ *   - `targetTab` / `targetPaneIdx`: withheld on purpose. `storeProjections.test.ts`
+ *     asserts the serialized payload does not contain "targetTab" — the card is
+ *     schedule + outcome, the dispatch target stays desktop-side.
+ *   - `builtin` on a hook: cannot exist. `Hook` is exclusively user-authored
+ *     config, and `HookCard` field-exactness is asserted desktop-side.
+ *
+ * The desktop's always-on system floor (`SYSTEM_HOOKS` — bsc-deny, bsc-confine,
+ * bsc-scope) is a module constant the projector never reads, so it crosses no
+ * frame at all. Surfacing it needs a new `systemHooks` field on the payload;
+ * until that lands there is nothing here to render, and pretending otherwise
+ * showed the user an empty hook list implying nothing is enforced.
  */
 
 import {
@@ -30,8 +42,6 @@ export type AutomationVM = {
   armed: boolean;
   /** Human cadence label derived from the `when` union ("every day at 09:00"). */
   whenLabel: string;
-  /** "Tab · pane N" when the payload carries the target; null until it does. */
-  targetLabel: string | null;
   lastRunAt: number | null;
   nextRunAt: number | null;
   /** Newest first, capped to the projection's 10. */
@@ -45,20 +55,14 @@ export type HookVM = {
   event: string;
   matcher: string | null;
   scopeLabel: string;
-  /** Marked by the payload as part of the desktop's always-on system floor. */
-  builtin: boolean;
 };
 
 export type AutomationsView = {
   automations: AutomationVM[];
   hooks: HookVM[];
-  /** Any hook is marked built-in → show the system-floor note row. */
-  hasSystemFloor: boolean;
 };
 
-export const EMPTY_AUTOMATIONS_VIEW: AutomationsView = {
-  automations: [], hooks: [], hasSystemFloor: false,
-};
+export const EMPTY_AUTOMATIONS_VIEW: AutomationsView = { automations: [], hooks: [] };
 
 /** Runs shown per schedule card (mirrors the desktop projection cap). */
 export const RUNS_SHOWN = 10;
@@ -94,13 +98,6 @@ function toAutomation(raw: unknown, index: number): AutomationVM | null {
   if (!r) return null;
   const id = readString(r.id, '') || `automation-${index}`;
 
-  // Target pane — not in today's projection; render when the desktop adds it.
-  const targetTab = readString(r.targetTab, '').trim();
-  const paneIdx = readNumOrNull(r.targetPaneIdx);
-  const targetLabel = targetTab
-    ? paneIdx !== null ? `${targetTab} · pane ${paneIdx + 1}` : targetTab
-    : null;
-
   const runs = asArray(r.runs)
     .map(toRun)
     .filter((run): run is AutomationRunVM => run !== null)
@@ -112,7 +109,6 @@ function toAutomation(raw: unknown, index: number): AutomationVM | null {
     name: readString(r.name, '').trim() || id,
     armed: readBool(r.armed, false),
     whenLabel: formatWhen(r.when),
-    targetLabel,
     lastRunAt: readNumOrNull(r.lastRunAt),
     nextRunAt: readNumOrNull(r.nextRunAt),
     runs,
@@ -130,7 +126,6 @@ function toHook(raw: unknown, index: number): HookVM | null {
     event: readString(r.event, '').trim() || '—',
     matcher: readString(r.matcher, '').trim() || null,
     scopeLabel: scopeLabel(r.projects),
-    builtin: readBool(r.builtin, false),
   };
 }
 
@@ -144,5 +139,5 @@ export function selectAutomationsView(data: unknown): AutomationsView {
   const hooks = asArray(root.hooks)
     .map(toHook)
     .filter((h): h is HookVM => h !== null);
-  return { automations, hooks, hasSystemFloor: hooks.some((h) => h.builtin) };
+  return { automations, hooks };
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/tunnel/storePayloads.fixtures.test.ts b/src/lib/tunnel/storePayloads.fixtures.test.ts
index 08f0de7..0e517f8 100644
--- a/src/lib/tunnel/storePayloads.fixtures.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/tunnel/storePayloads.fixtures.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import { selectGlance, glanceL0Input } from '../pages/glancePage';
 import { selectOrg, teamToOrgInput } from '../pages/orgPage';
 import { selectThemes, groupThemes, OTHER_THEME_GROUP } from '../pages/designPage';
 import { selectSkills } from '../pages/skillsPage';
+import { selectAutomationsView } from '../mirror/automationsView';
 import { buildGlanceScene, buildOrgScene } from '../graph';
 import { selectSecurityView } from '../mirror/securityView';
 import { parseAlertsPayload, alertTarget } from '../alerts/model';
@@ -80,7 +81,6 @@ const PENDING_DOMAINS: Record<string, string> = {
   // through verbatim. The fixture therefore shows a pared-looking kit the real wire would not
   // produce. Catching pass-through bloat needs the fixture INPUT to carry the optional fields.
   components: '#241 — C1/C3/C4 desktop-side; fixture input does not exercise kit pass-through',
-  automations: '#239 — system hook floor never projected; two dead reads',
   mcp: '#240 — built-in servers invisible; version read is unfixable',
 };
 
@@ -343,6 +343,43 @@ function decodeSkills(o: Raw): Raw {
   return out;
 }
 
+/**
+ * `automations` — schedule + outcome only. The dispatch target (`targetTab` / `targetPaneIdx`)
+ * is withheld desktop-side with a regression test pinning its absence, and `HookCard` is
+ * field-exact with no `builtin`: `Hook` is exclusively user-authored config. #239 deleted the
+ * mobile reads that waited on both.
+ *
+ * `runs[].at` is epoch ms on both sides — the ISO-string trap that broke `security` does not
+ * occur here. The desktop caps `runs` at 10 (`AUTOMATION_RUNS_CAP`), asserted desktop-side.
+ *
+ * NOT covered: the always-on system floor (`SYSTEM_HOOKS` — bsc-deny / bsc-confine / bsc-scope)
+ * is a module constant the projector never reads, so it crosses no frame and no decoder can
+ * see it. Needs a `systemHooks` field on the payload.
+ */
+function decodeAutomations(o: Raw): Raw {
+  return {
+    automations: arr(o, 'automations').map((a) => {
+      const out: Raw = {
+        id: str(a, 'id'), name: str(a, 'name'), armed: bool(a, 'armed'),
+        when: a.when as Raw,
+        lastRunAt: num(a, 'lastRunAt'), nextRunAt: num(a, 'nextRunAt'),
+        runs: arr(a, 'runs').map((r) => ({
+          at: num(r, 'at'), status: str(r, 'status'), note: str(r, 'note'),
+        })),
+      };
+      return out;
+    }),
+    hooks: arr(o, 'hooks').map((h) => {
+      const out: Raw = {
+        id: str(h, 'id'), name: str(h, 'name'), enabled: bool(h, 'enabled'),
+        event: str(h, 'event'), projects: strArr(h, 'projects'),
+      };
+      copyOptStr(h, out, 'matcher');
+      return out;
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
 const DECODERS: Record<string, (o: Raw) => Raw> = {
   glance: decodeGlance,
   security: decodeSecurity,
@@ -350,6 +387,7 @@ const DECODERS: Record<string, (o: Raw) => Raw> = {
   org: decodeOrg,
   themes: decodeThemes,
   skills: decodeSkills,
+  automations: decodeAutomations,
 };
 
 // ── Coverage + vocabulary guards ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -588,6 +626,33 @@ test('Layer B: skills — the no-lessons variant parses as null, not as an empty
   assert.equal(model.skills.length, 1, 'the library must survive a null lessons block');
 });
 
+test('Layer B: automations — the schedule card renders from real values', () => {
+  const view = selectAutomationsView(fx.domains.automations);
+  assert.equal(view.automations.length, 1, 'the canonical automation did not survive the parse');
+
+  const a = view.automations[0];
+  assert.equal(a.name, 'Nightly triage');
+  assert.notEqual(a.name, a.id, 'the name fell back to the id');
+  assert.equal(a.armed, true);
+  assert.equal(a.whenLabel, 'every day at 02:00', 'the `when` union must format, not fall back to —');
+  assert.notEqual(a.whenLabel, '—');
+  assert.equal(a.lastRunAt, 200);
+  assert.equal(a.nextRunAt, 300);
+
+  // Runs: newest first, statuses mapped — `unknown` is the fallback, so it must not appear.
+  assert.deepEqual(a.runs.map((r) => r.at), [200, 100]);
+  assert.equal(a.runs[0].status, 'ok');
+  assert.equal(a.runs[1].status, 'skipped');
+  assert.equal(a.runs[0].note, 'triaged 4 issues');
+  for (const r of a.runs) assert.notEqual(r.status, 'unknown', 'a run status fell back');
+
+  const h = view.hooks[0];
+  assert.equal(h.name, 'deny-floor');
+  assert.equal(h.enabled, true);
+  assert.equal(h.event, 'PreToolUse');
+  assert.notEqual(h.event, '—');
+});
+
 // ── The invariant that gives Layer B its teeth ───────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 test('the fixture states the no-fallback-values invariant', () => {