diff --git a/modules/den/batteries/nix-on-droid.nix b/modules/den/batteries/nix-on-droid.nix
index abbf7980..0d5ee9cc 100644
--- a/modules/den/batteries/nix-on-droid.nix
+++ b/modules/den/batteries/nix-on-droid.nix
@@ -94,9 +94,20 @@ in
   # modules below, and an mkForce on home.username/homeDirectory in
   # core.nix-on-droid-base. All three keep the stock den batteries untouched, so
   # nixos/darwin hosts stay byte-identical.)
-  den.policies.drop-user-to-host-on-droid =
-    { host, ... }:
-    lib.optional (host.class == "droid") (den.lib.policy.exclude den.policies.user-to-host);
+  # Written as a policy record rather than a bare function so it can carry
+  # `suppresses`. The exclusion is value-conditional — it fires only where the host
+  # is droid — so a body fired at a sentinel context takes the false branch and
+  # produces no suppression at all. The suppression codomain therefore cannot be
+  # observed by firing the body and has to be stated here; the stratification reads
+  # suppression edges from the declared graph, and an empty recovery would let the
+  # first real exclusion be refused.
+  den.policies.drop-user-to-host-on-droid = {
+    __isPolicy = true;
+    suppresses = [ "user-to-host" ];
+    fn =
+      { host, ... }:
+      lib.optional (host.class == "droid") (den.lib.policy.exclude den.policies.user-to-host);
+  };
 
   # Registered at default scope (not host scope) to mirror den's os-class.nix:
   # user content is emitted at host AND user scope, so the exclude must fire in
diff --git a/modules/den/policies/fleet.nix b/modules/den/policies/fleet.nix
index c58d0751..cd5de5a2 100644
--- a/modules/den/policies/fleet.nix
+++ b/modules/den/policies/fleet.nix
@@ -39,42 +39,54 @@ in
     ) environments;
 
   # environment -> hosts: walk den.hosts whose environment matches.
-  den.policies.env-to-hosts =
-    { environment, ... }:
-    let
-      inherit (config) fleet;
-      envGrant = (fleet.user-access.by-environment.${environment.name} or { groups = [ ]; }).groups;
-      envGate = environment.system-access-groups or [ ];
-    in
-    lib.concatMap (
-      system:
+  #
+  # Written as a policy record rather than a bare function so it can carry `binds`.
+  # The `accessGroups` member binding below is emitted from a value-conditional body,
+  # and a body fired at a sentinel context takes the false branch and carries no
+  # binding — so this codomain cannot be observed by firing and has to be declared.
+  # A containment binding is a positive dependency edge of every policy that
+  # destructures it (env-users), and the stratification is decided from the declared
+  # graph, so an edge known only at runtime is one the check never sees.
+  den.policies.env-to-hosts = {
+    __isPolicy = true;
+    binds = [ "accessGroups" ];
+    fn =
+      { environment, ... }:
+      let
+        inherit (config) fleet;
+        envGrant = (fleet.user-access.by-environment.${environment.name} or { groups = [ ]; }).groups;
+        envGate = environment.system-access-groups or [ ];
+      in
       lib.concatMap (
-        hostName:
-        let
-          hostCfg = den.hosts.${system}.${hostName};
-          hostGrant = (fleet.user-access.by-host.${hostName} or { groups = [ ]; }).groups;
-          hostGate = hostCfg.system-access-groups;
-          # Effective gate: union of env + host gates (matching main's mergedAccessGroups)
-          effectiveGate = lib.unique (envGate ++ hostGate);
-          # Effective grant: union of env + host grants + host gates
-          # (host system-access-groups is both a gate and an implicit grant)
-          allGrants = lib.unique (envGrant ++ hostGrant ++ hostGate);
-          # Users must match both a grant AND a gate group
-          accessGroups =
-            if effectiveGate == [ ] then
-              allGrants
-            else
-              builtins.filter (g: builtins.elem g effectiveGate) allGrants;
-        in
-        lib.optionals ((hostCfg.environment or "prod") == environment.name && hostCfg.intoAttr != [ ]) [
-          (resolve.to "host" {
-            host = hostCfg;
-            inherit accessGroups;
-          })
-          (den.lib.policy.instantiate hostCfg)
-        ]
-      ) (builtins.attrNames (den.hosts.${system} or { }))
-    ) (builtins.attrNames (den.hosts or { }));
+        system:
+        lib.concatMap (
+          hostName:
+          let
+            hostCfg = den.hosts.${system}.${hostName};
+            hostGrant = (fleet.user-access.by-host.${hostName} or { groups = [ ]; }).groups;
+            hostGate = hostCfg.system-access-groups;
+            # Effective gate: union of env + host gates (matching main's mergedAccessGroups)
+            effectiveGate = lib.unique (envGate ++ hostGate);
+            # Effective grant: union of env + host grants + host gates
+            # (host system-access-groups is both a gate and an implicit grant)
+            allGrants = lib.unique (envGrant ++ hostGrant ++ hostGate);
+            # Users must match both a grant AND a gate group
+            accessGroups =
+              if effectiveGate == [ ] then
+                allGrants
+              else
+                builtins.filter (g: builtins.elem g effectiveGate) allGrants;
+          in
+          lib.optionals ((hostCfg.environment or "prod") == environment.name && hostCfg.intoAttr != [ ]) [
+            (resolve.to "host" {
+              host = hostCfg;
+              inherit accessGroups;
+            })
+            (den.lib.policy.instantiate hostCfg)
+          ]
+        ) (builtins.attrNames (den.hosts.${system} or { }))
+      ) (builtins.attrNames (den.hosts or { }));
+  };
 
   # Schema wiring.
   den.schema.flake.includes = [ den.policies.to-fleet ];