diff --git a/.changeset/dead-form-data-provider.md b/.changeset/dead-form-data-provider.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12428c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dead-form-data-provider.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+'hotcrm': patch
+---
+
+Remove the `form.data` provider from all twelve view files. A form binds to its
+object and record through the route context, so the block never wired anything —
+the platform's own `liveness-dead-property` rule flagged every one of them.
+Verified before removal, not taken on the validator's word: with the blocks gone,
+a lead record's edit form still binds on 16.1.0 (8 inputs, 7 populated from the
+record). Adds two guards — no view may reintroduce `form.data`, and every view
+must still resolve its object from the list provider now that the `form.data`
+fallback is gone. Clears the last 12 validate warnings; `pnpm verify` goes from
+15 warnings to 3 (all pre-existing).
diff --git a/src/views/account.view.ts b/src/views/account.view.ts
index a6e204df..91f80cae 100644
--- a/src/views/account.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/account.view.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ export const AccountViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'tabbed',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_account' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Profile',
diff --git a/src/views/campaign.view.ts b/src/views/campaign.view.ts
index 4bbb293c..679edf95 100644
--- a/src/views/campaign.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/campaign.view.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ export const CampaignViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'tabbed',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_campaign' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Overview',
diff --git a/src/views/case.view.ts b/src/views/case.view.ts
index bdc0a443..26b88d0a 100644
--- a/src/views/case.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/case.view.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ export const CaseViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'tabbed',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_case' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Case',
diff --git a/src/views/contact.view.ts b/src/views/contact.view.ts
index 446c1af1..75204962 100644
--- a/src/views/contact.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/contact.view.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ export const ContactViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'tabbed',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_contact' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Identity',
diff --git a/src/views/contract.view.ts b/src/views/contract.view.ts
index ca7b6f41..39654360 100644
--- a/src/views/contract.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/contract.view.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ export const ContractViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'tabbed',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_contract' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Parties',
diff --git a/src/views/forecast.view.ts b/src/views/forecast.view.ts
index 1d551741..3f88caca 100644
--- a/src/views/forecast.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/forecast.view.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ export const ForecastViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'simple',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_forecast' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Snapshot',
diff --git a/src/views/knowledge_article.view.ts b/src/views/knowledge_article.view.ts
index 9ba36239..def0237d 100644
--- a/src/views/knowledge_article.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/knowledge_article.view.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ export const KnowledgeArticleViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'simple',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_knowledge_article' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Article',
diff --git a/src/views/lead.view.ts b/src/views/lead.view.ts
index 18989a36..3f5a3dc1 100644
--- a/src/views/lead.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/lead.view.ts
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ export const LeadViews = defineView({
    */
   form: {
     type: 'simple',
-    data: {
-      provider: 'object',
-      object: 'crm_lead',
-    },
     
     sections: [
       {
@@ -401,10 +397,6 @@ export const LeadViews = defineView({
      */
     detail_form: {
       type: 'tabbed',
-      data: {
-        provider: 'object',
-        object: 'crm_lead',
-      },
       sections: [
         {
           label: 'General',
diff --git a/src/views/opportunity.view.ts b/src/views/opportunity.view.ts
index 68831fc4..a9d2ae59 100644
--- a/src/views/opportunity.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/opportunity.view.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ export const OpportunityViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'tabbed',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_opportunity' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Overview',
diff --git a/src/views/product.view.ts b/src/views/product.view.ts
index 54fe33e4..530b98a9 100644
--- a/src/views/product.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/product.view.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ export const ProductViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'simple',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_product' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Product Info',
diff --git a/src/views/quote.view.ts b/src/views/quote.view.ts
index 744d635b..7fb85eea 100644
--- a/src/views/quote.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/quote.view.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ export const QuoteViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'tabbed',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_quote' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Quote',
diff --git a/src/views/task.view.ts b/src/views/task.view.ts
index 75f0592f..873fa887 100644
--- a/src/views/task.view.ts
+++ b/src/views/task.view.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ export const TaskViews = defineView({
 
   form: {
     type: 'simple',
-    data: { provider: 'object', object: 'crm_task' },
     sections: [
       {
         label: 'Task',
diff --git a/test/metadata-references.test.ts b/test/metadata-references.test.ts
index 2ffece1b..b445ae35 100644
--- a/test/metadata-references.test.ts
+++ b/test/metadata-references.test.ts
@@ -1105,3 +1105,48 @@ describe('action labels are translated in every locale', () => {
     expect(bad, `action strings declared in code but not translated:\n  ${bad.join('\n  ')}`).toEqual([]);
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * `form.data` is a data provider the form renderer never reads: a form binds to
+ * its object and record through the route context, so the block only *looked*
+ * like it was wiring the form to an object. The platform's own liveness rule
+ * (`liveness-dead-property`) flagged twelve of them, one per view file.
+ *
+ * Verified before removing them, rather than taken on the validator's word —
+ * the same validator reports false positives elsewhere (it cannot see view
+ * names inside the twelve grouped `views` exports, so it calls live routes
+ * dead). With every `form.data` deleted, opening a lead record's edit form on
+ * 16.1.0 still binds correctly: 8 inputs, 7 populated from the record
+ * (`first_name: "Mira"`, `company: "Atlas Construction"`, `status: "contacted"`,
+ * …), no console errors.
+ *
+ * Scope note: named forms under `formViews` (`quick_create`,
+ * `lead_conversion_wizard`, …) still carry `data` blocks. The liveness rule does
+ * NOT flag those and they have not been measured — a create form has no record
+ * in the route context, so the same reasoning may not hold. They are left alone
+ * deliberately; measure first if you plan to remove them.
+ */
+describe('form views do not declare a dead data provider', () => {
+  it('no view sets form.data', () => {
+    const bad: string[] = [];
+    for (const v of views) {
+      if (!v.form?.data) continue;
+      const objectName = v.list?.data?.object ?? v.object ?? '(unknown object)';
+      bad.push(`${objectName}: form.data = ${JSON.stringify(v.form.data)}`);
+    }
+    expect(
+      bad,
+      `form.data is not consumed — a form binds via the route context:\n  ${bad.join('\n  ')}`,
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('every view still resolves its object without the form.data fallback', () => {
+    // objectOf() used to fall back to `form.data.object`. With those blocks gone
+    // the list provider is the only source, so a view that lost both would make
+    // every rule keyed on objectOf() silently skip it.
+    const unresolved = views
+      .filter((v) => !(v.list?.data?.object ?? v.object))
+      .map((v) => v.list?.name ?? v.form?.type ?? '(unnamed view)');
+    expect(unresolved, `views whose object no longer resolves:\n  ${unresolved.join('\n  ')}`).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});