diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46dfb26..192b53d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Frozen baseline archives / inspects / manifests
 /docker-backups/
+
+# local dev screenshots (not versioned)
+fifa17-recon/.screens/
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bb28c4b..bc202b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3156,6 +3156,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openfut-common"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openfut-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -3184,6 +3188,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "openfut-hook"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "openfut-common",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/OPENFUT_HANDOFF.md b/OPENFUT_HANDOFF.md
index 20d9d4e..9ef9ba3 100644
--- a/OPENFUT_HANDOFF.md
+++ b/OPENFUT_HANDOFF.md
@@ -263,3 +263,48 @@ Both matter beyond themselves, because they are the only two routes into a match
 Useful framing: this project's failures have almost always come from proposing a fix
 before testing the assumption under it. Hypotheses that come with a cheap way to
 disconfirm them are worth far more than plausible ones.
+
+## FIFA 17 network-redirect milestone (2026-08-09)
+
+Hook now installs a GENERIC network redirect on the fifa17 feature path (fifa17.rs
+install_network_redirect): getaddrinfo IAT patch + inline connect detour + WSAConnect
+IAT, with a configurable destination (connect_hook::set_target_ipv4) read from
+openfut.cfg (single-line IP). Deployed DLL md5 bc9e0bc6, cfg=10.10.0.120.
+
+RESULT of live launch (client 105 -> server 120):
+- Error changed: "servers shut down" -> "Unable to connect to EA servers / check
+  network". Redirect IS firing (progress).
+- BLOCKER A: getaddrinfo IAT patched 0+0 -> FIFA 17 does NOT resolve via IAT
+  getaddrinfo in the main exe or EAWebKit.dll. Names resolved via another path
+  (gethostbyname or internal DirtySDK resolver). So no hostname reached 120.
+- BLOCKER B (architectural): FIFA 17 online = Blaze binary TCP on high ports. Log
+  shows connect 20.51.153.159:42230 sock_type=1 -> wsa_err=10035 (WOULDBLOCK->dead).
+  Port 42230 is NOT in the remap set (443,10041,42127,3216) so it was not redirected.
+  Even if redirected, the Docker bridge only speaks HTTPS on 8443 -- no Blaze
+  listener exists for FIFA 17. This is a server-side build, not a hook tweak.
+
+NEXT (evidence-first): add gethostbyname (and possibly a DirtySDK resolver) capture
+to learn the hostname behind 20.51.153.159; widen Blaze port remap; then scope a
+Blaze-speaking bridge listener before expecting the error to clear.
+
+## DNS/getaddrinfo fix — RESOLVED (2026-08-09, hook md5 67e3639b)
+
+Added src/resolver_hook.rs: INLINE detours at ws2_32 export addresses for
+getaddrinfo + GetAddrInfoW + gethostbyname (same unhook/rehook pattern as
+connect_hook). Replaces the IAT approach that patched 0 slots on FIFA 17.
+Wired into fifa17.rs install_network_redirect; hooks.rs gained redirect_ip_cstr()
+and redirect_ip_str() helpers.
+
+LIVE RESULT (client 105 -> server 120):
+- resolver detours 3/3 installed.
+- getaddrinfo(winter15.gosredirector.ea.com) -> redirect. Game now dials
+  10.10.0.120 (was 20.51.153.159 before). DNS BLOCKER A = SOLVED.
+
+REMAINING BLOCKER B (architectural, NOT DNS): FIFA 17 online = EA Blaze binary
+TCP. Game connects 10.10.0.120:42230 (gosredirector/Blaze redirector) ->
+wsa_err=10035 (nothing listening). Two gaps: (1) connect_hook remap set lacks
+42230; (2) even remapped, the Docker bridge only serves HTTPS on 8443 — no Blaze
+listener exists. Clearing Unable to connect requires a Blaze redirector+main
+server on the bridge side (real server build), not a hook change.
+NOTE: the 3s TLS-handshake-EOF spam in bridge logs on :8443 is the LAUNCHER health
+poller, not the game.
diff --git a/fifa17-recon/docker/fifa17-python/client_arm.sh b/fifa17-recon/docker/fifa17-python/client_arm.sh
index 9b39700..565eb1e 100644
--- a/fifa17-recon/docker/fifa17-python/client_arm.sh
+++ b/fifa17-recon/docker/fifa17-python/client_arm.sh
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@
 # after these first redirected contacts the game is handed <SERVER_IP> for every
 # later hop (Blaze main, roster, UTAS, telemetry) and dials the server directly.
 #
-# Usage:   sudo OPENFUT_SERVER=10.10.0.120 ./client_arm.sh
+# Usage:   sudo OPENFUT_SERVER=203.0.113.10 ./client_arm.sh
 #   (re-run after every reboot; the sysctl/iptables state is volatile)
 # ============================================================================
 set -euo pipefail
 
-SERVER="${OPENFUT_SERVER:?set OPENFUT_SERVER to the backend host IP, e.g. 10.10.0.120}"
+SERVER="${OPENFUT_SERVER:?set OPENFUT_SERVER to the backend host IP, e.g. 203.0.113.10}"
 GOS_EA_IP="159.153.51.20"     # winter15.gosredirector.ea.com (hardcoded in FIFA17)
+UTAS_HOST="easw.easports.com" # dead UTAS host baked into CardsDLL
+UTAS_RE="${UTAS_HOST//./\\.}" # same, safe to embed in a regex
 
 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "!! must run as root (sudo). Re-run: sudo OPENFUT_SERVER=$SERVER $0" >&2
@@ -55,13 +57,46 @@ iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -d "$SERVER" --dport 42127 -j MASQUERADE
 # 3) Point the dead hardcoded UTAS host at the server. The port (8099) is carried
 #    in the game's own URL, so only the name needs redirecting. Remove any prior
 #    OpenFUT-managed line (loopback or other server) and write the current one.
-sed -i '/[[:space:]]easw\.easports\.com\b.*# openfut$/d' /etc/hosts
-printf '%s\teasw.easports.com\t# openfut\n' "$SERVER" >> /etc/hosts
+sed -i "/[[:space:]]${UTAS_RE}\b.*# openfut\$/d" /etc/hosts
+printf '%s\t%s\t# openfut\n' "$SERVER" "$UTAS_HOST" >> /etc/hosts
 
 echo "[client_arm] --- armed ---"
 sysctl kernel.yama.ptrace_scope
 iptables -t nat -L OUTPUT -n | grep -i "$GOS_EA_IP" || echo "  (DNAT missing!)"
-grep 'easw.easports.com' /etc/hosts && echo "  /etc/hosts ok" || echo "  (/etc/hosts easw missing!)"
+
+# Verify the hosts entry by EFFECT, not by presence.
+#
+# glibc returns the FIRST match in /etc/hosts, so our line can be written
+# correctly and still lose to an earlier one -- and the sed above only removes
+# lines this script wrote (`# openfut`), so re-running never clears a foreign
+# one. The old check here was `grep easw /etc/hosts && echo ok`, which passed on
+# the shadowing line itself and reported success while resolution was wrong.
+#
+# Observed on 2026-08-11: a leftover `127.0.0.1 easw.easports.com` from the
+# single-machine era shadowed the OpenFUT line, and every re-run said "ok".
+resolved="$(getent ahosts "$UTAS_HOST" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}' | sort -u | tr '\n' ' ')"
+# SERVER may be a hostname, so compare address-to-address rather than comparing
+# the literal string against resolved IPs (which would warn spuriously).
+server_ips="$(getent ahosts "$SERVER" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}' | sort -u)"
+[ -n "$server_ips" ] || server_ips="$SERVER"
+match=0
+for ip in $server_ips; do
+  printf '%s' "$resolved" | grep -qw -- "$ip" && match=1
+done
+if [ "$match" -eq 1 ]; then
+  echo "  /etc/hosts ok ($UTAS_HOST -> $resolved)"
+else
+  echo
+  echo "  !! WARNING: $UTAS_HOST resolves to [$resolved], not $SERVER."
+  echo "     An earlier /etc/hosts line is shadowing the OpenFUT one:"
+  grep -nE "^[[:space:]]*[^#].*[[:space:]]${UTAS_RE}([[:space:]]|\$)" /etc/hosts \
+    | grep -v '# openfut$' | sed 's/^/       /' || true
+  echo
+  echo "     Not fatal: the responders advertise $SERVER, so the game stops using"
+  echo "     this name after the first hop. Worth removing the line above anyway."
+  echo "     Lines are listed rather than deleted -- this script will not remove"
+  echo "     /etc/hosts entries it did not write."
+fi
 echo
 echo "[client_arm] Next: start the LOCAL pieces (LSX + autopatch) with client_local.sh,"
 echo "             ensure the container is up on $SERVER, then launch FIFA 17."
diff --git a/fifa17-recon/tools/autopatch.py b/fifa17-recon/tools/autopatch.py
index 49dcf62..ed649e0 100755
--- a/fifa17-recon/tools/autopatch.py
+++ b/fifa17-recon/tools/autopatch.py
@@ -24,6 +24,45 @@ STORE_PATCHES = {
     0x1800175aa: NOP2,
 }
 
+# Store resolver crash-guard for the empty "My Packs" case (bug 6c; PROVEN R1 on the
+# tested FIFA 17 build -- see docs/plans/FIFA17_EMPTY_MYPACKS_CLIENT_FIX.md PART IV and
+# docs/evidence/FIFA17_EMPTY_MYPACKS_CLIENT_CONTRACT.md).
+#
+# When no `mypacks` group exists, FIFA's Store resolver receives category id -1. CardsDLL
+# FUN_1800147f0 @ 0x180014858 is `JNZ 0x14869` (75 0f): the original treats every non-zero
+# category (including -1) as resolvable, calls FUN_180014420, gets NULL, and crashes at the
+# [NULL+0x48] deref in FUN_1800147f0 (0x180014882). Changing JNZ->JG (7f 0f) preserves
+# positive-category resolution (EDI>0 branch) while routing zero/negative categories through
+# the existing Browse/list-all path -> no NULL lookup, no crash, Store opens on Browse Packs.
+#
+# CAVEAT: this guards the category SIGN only. It does NOT protect a stale *positive* invalid
+# ordinal produced by changing the Store group topology (sentinel-present <-> sentinel-absent)
+# DURING one running FIFA process -- that reproduced the same crash in the confounded run F3.
+# The empty-My-Packs representation MUST stay stable for a FIFA session (see the SESSION-STABLE
+# invariant in the client-fix plan).
+#
+# Orig-verified / fail-closed: applied only when the live bytes are the known original (75 0f);
+# already-patched (7f 0f) is a no-op; anything else is logged and SKIPPED (never blindly
+# overwritten), so an unrecognised CardsDLL build is not patched.
+STORE_PATCHES_GUARDED = {
+    0x180014858: (bytes.fromhex("750f"), bytes.fromhex("7f0f")),  # JNZ 0x14869 -> JG 0x14869
+}
+
+# Capability advertised to the launcher/backend once the resolver guard is VERIFIED
+# live in a specific FIFA process (docs/plans/FIFA17_PATCHED_CLIENT_CAPABILITY.md #3/#4).
+EMPTY_MYPACKS_RESOLVER_CAPABILITY = "fifa17.empty_mypacks_resolver"
+EMPTY_MYPACKS_RESOLVER_VERSION = 1
+
+# The guarded site whose verified enforcement backs the capability above.
+RESOLVER_GUARD_VA = 0x180014858
+
+# Per-FIFA-pid guard status (fail-closed; FIFA17_PATCHED_CLIENT_CAPABILITY.md #4).
+GUARD_NOT_ATTEMPTED = "NOT_ATTEMPTED"          # CardsDLL not mapped / guard not yet evaluated
+GUARD_VERIFIED = "VERIFIED"                     # live bytes == patch after enforcement (patch or noop)
+GUARD_UNSUPPORTED_BUILD = "UNSUPPORTED_BUILD"   # neither original nor patched (guarded_action -> skip)
+GUARD_WRITE_FAILED = "WRITE_FAILED"            # /proc/<pid>/mem write raised
+GUARD_VERIFY_FAILED = "VERIFY_FAILED"          # post-write re-read != patch
+
 LOG=os.environ.get("OPENFUT_AUTOPATCH_LOG", f"/tmp/openfut-autopatch-{os.getuid()}.log")
 
 def log(m):
@@ -52,48 +91,112 @@ def wr(pid,va,b):
     with open(f'/proc/{pid}/mem','r+b') as f:
         f.seek(va); f.write(b)
 
+def guarded_action(cur, orig, patch):
+    """Fail-closed decision for a guarded byte patch (see STORE_PATCHES_GUARDED).
+
+    Returns "noop" when the live bytes are already patched, "patch" when they are the
+    known original (safe to apply), or "skip" for anything else -- an unrecognised
+    CardsDLL build that must never be blindly overwritten.
+    """
+    if cur == patch:
+        return "noop"
+    if cur == orig:
+        return "patch"
+    return "skip"
+
+def guard_state_after(cur_before, orig, patch, wrote_ok, cur_after):
+    """Map a guarded-patch enforcement outcome to a per-pid guard STATE (pure).
+
+    Mirrors guarded_action's decision, extended with post-write verification so the
+    caller advertises the capability only on VERIFIED. No /proc access -- unit-testable.
+
+    - cur_before == patch -> VERIFIED           (already patched; guarded_action "noop")
+    - cur_before == orig  -> WRITE_FAILED if the write raised, else VERIFIED when the
+                             re-read is patch, else VERIFY_FAILED (guarded_action "patch")
+    - otherwise           -> UNSUPPORTED_BUILD  (guarded_action "skip")
+    """
+    if cur_before == patch:
+        return GUARD_VERIFIED
+    if cur_before == orig:
+        if not wrote_ok:
+            return GUARD_WRITE_FAILED
+        if cur_after == patch:
+            return GUARD_VERIFIED
+        return GUARD_VERIFY_FAILED
+    return GUARD_UNSUPPORTED_BUILD
+
 patched=set()
 store_patched=set()
+guard_reported=set()
 
-launcher_pid = None
-if "--launcher-pid" in sys.argv:
-    try: launcher_pid = int(sys.argv[sys.argv.index("--launcher-pid") + 1])
-    except (ValueError, IndexError): raise SystemExit("invalid --launcher-pid")
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    launcher_pid = None
+    if "--launcher-pid" in sys.argv:
+        try: launcher_pid = int(sys.argv[sys.argv.index("--launcher-pid") + 1])
+        except (ValueError, IndexError): raise SystemExit("invalid --launcher-pid")
 
-log("=== AUTOPATCH watching for FIFA17.exe ===")
-while True:
-    if launcher_pid and not os.path.exists(f"/proc/{launcher_pid}"):
-        log(f"launcher pid {launcher_pid} exited; stopping autopatch")
-        break
-    for pid in find_pids():
-        if pid not in patched:
-            try:
-                g2=rd(pid,GATE2,3); g1=rd(pid,GATE1,6)
-            except Exception:
-                continue  # code not mapped yet
-            if g2==GATE2_PATCH and g1==GATE1_PATCH:
-                log(f"pid {pid}: cert gates already patched"); patched.add(pid)
-            elif g2==GATE2_ORIG and g1==GATE1_ORIG:
+    log("=== AUTOPATCH watching for FIFA17.exe ===")
+    while True:
+        if launcher_pid and not os.path.exists(f"/proc/{launcher_pid}"):
+            log(f"launcher pid {launcher_pid} exited; stopping autopatch")
+            break
+        for pid in find_pids():
+            if pid not in patched:
                 try:
-                    wr(pid,GATE2,GATE2_PATCH); wr(pid,GATE1,GATE1_PATCH)
-                    log(f"pid {pid}: PATCHED cert gates")
-                    patched.add(pid)
+                    g2=rd(pid,GATE2,3); g1=rd(pid,GATE1,6)
+                except Exception:
+                    continue  # code not mapped yet
+                if g2==GATE2_PATCH and g1==GATE1_PATCH:
+                    log(f"pid {pid}: cert gates already patched"); patched.add(pid)
+                elif g2==GATE2_ORIG and g1==GATE1_ORIG:
+                    try:
+                        wr(pid,GATE2,GATE2_PATCH); wr(pid,GATE1,GATE1_PATCH)
+                        log(f"pid {pid}: PATCHED cert gates")
+                        patched.add(pid)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        log(f"pid {pid}: cert patch write failed: {e}")
+
+            # Continuously enforce store patches every tick
+            cbase = cardsdll_base(pid)
+            if cbase is not None:
+                try:
+                    for va, data in STORE_PATCHES.items():
+                        live = cbase + (va - IMG_BASE)
+                        if rd(pid, live, len(data)) != data:
+                            wr(pid, live, data)
+                            log(f"pid {pid}: ENFORCED store patch @ {live:#x}")
+                    for va, (orig, patch) in STORE_PATCHES_GUARDED.items():
+                        live = cbase + (va - IMG_BASE)
+                        cur = rd(pid, live, len(patch))
+                        action = guarded_action(cur, orig, patch)
+                        wrote_ok = True
+                        cur_after = cur
+                        if action == "patch":
+                            try:
+                                wr(pid, live, patch)
+                                log(f"pid {pid}: ENFORCED guarded store patch @ {live:#x} (JNZ->JG, empty My Packs)")
+                            except Exception as e:
+                                wrote_ok = False
+                                log(f"pid {pid}: guarded patch write failed @ {live:#x}: {e}")
+                            if wrote_ok:
+                                try:
+                                    cur_after = rd(pid, live, len(patch))
+                                except Exception:
+                                    cur_after = b""
+                        elif action == "skip":
+                            log(f"pid {pid}: SKIP guarded patch @ {live:#x}: unexpected {cur.hex()} (build mismatch)")
+                        # action == "noop": already patched; nothing to write.
+                        if va == RESOLVER_GUARD_VA and pid not in guard_reported:
+                            state = guard_state_after(cur, orig, patch, wrote_ok, cur_after)
+                            if state == GUARD_VERIFIED:
+                                log(f"[store-guard] verified capability {EMPTY_MYPACKS_RESOLVER_CAPABILITY}={EMPTY_MYPACKS_RESOLVER_VERSION} fifa_pid={pid}")
+                            else:
+                                log(f"[store-guard] guard status={state} fifa_pid={pid} (no capability advertised)")
+                            guard_reported.add(pid)
+                    if pid not in store_patched:
+                        log(f"pid {pid}: PATCHED store gates in CardsDLL @ {cbase:#x}")
+                        store_patched.add(pid)
                 except Exception as e:
-                    log(f"pid {pid}: cert patch write failed: {e}")
+                    log(f"pid {pid}: store patch write failed: {e}")
 
-        # Continuously enforce store patches every tick
-        cbase = cardsdll_base(pid)
-        if cbase is not None:
-            try:
-                for va, data in STORE_PATCHES.items():
-                    live = cbase + (va - IMG_BASE)
-                    if rd(pid, live, len(data)) != data:
-                        wr(pid, live, data)
-                        log(f"pid {pid}: ENFORCED store patch @ {live:#x}")
-                if pid not in store_patched:
-                    log(f"pid {pid}: PATCHED store gates in CardsDLL @ {cbase:#x}")
-                    store_patched.add(pid)
-            except Exception as e:
-                log(f"pid {pid}: store patch write failed: {e}")
-
-    time.sleep(1)
+        time.sleep(1)
diff --git a/fifa17-recon/tools/fifa17-hook-m1.sh b/fifa17-recon/tools/fifa17-hook-m1.sh
index ab57506..c16814b 100755
--- a/fifa17-recon/tools/fifa17-hook-m1.sh
+++ b/fifa17-recon/tools/fifa17-hook-m1.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,34 @@ verify_exports() {
   done
 }
 
+# Refuse any DLL that is not a FIFA-17-profile build.
+#
+# openfut-hook builds TWO mutually exclusive injection paths from one crate: the
+# default (FIFA 23) path installs getaddrinfo/connect/ProtoSSL/origin hooks, while
+# `--features fifa17` installs ONLY the FIFA-17-safe logic (module map, FIFA 17
+# cert-verify, SBC dispatch, store tab bind). Deploying a default-feature build
+# into FIFA 17 hijacks the login transport and the client reports "Unable to
+# connect to the EA servers", with none of the FIFA 17 repairs present.
+#
+# That exact mistake happened on 2026-08-19 (artifact 1c71a17a, hand-built without
+# the feature): two failed launches, diagnosed only by comparing embedded strings.
+# `build` below passes the feature, but a hand-built DLL can reach `stage`/`deploy`
+# via OPENFUT_FIFA17_HOOK_DLL, so assert the profile on the bytes themselves.
+verify_fifa17_profile() {
+  local dll=$1 marker
+  # Markers that MUST be present: the FIFA 17 target module and its repairs.
+  for marker in 'CardsDLL_Win64_retail.dll' 'SBC_DISPATCH'; do
+    grep -qaF -- "$marker" "$dll" ||
+      die "$dll is not a --features fifa17 build (missing $marker); refusing to stage/deploy"
+  done
+  # Markers that MUST be absent: the FIFA-23-only transport hooking.
+  for marker in 'getaddrinfo IAT patched' 'connect: inline-hooked' 'origin_spy'; do
+    if grep -qaF -- "$marker" "$dll"; then
+      die "$dll contains FIFA-23-only hook '$marker'; build with --features fifa17"
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
 verify_inputs() {
   command -v sha256sum >/dev/null || die "sha256sum is required"
   command -v x86_64-w64-mingw32-objdump >/dev/null ||
@@ -62,6 +90,7 @@ verify_inputs() {
   need_file "$hook_dll"
   need_file "$system_version"
   verify_pe64 "$hook_dll"
+  verify_fifa17_profile "$hook_dll"
 }
 
 inspect() {
@@ -129,6 +158,7 @@ deploy() {
   need_file "$manifest"
   verify_pe64 "$staged"
   verify_exports "$staged"
+  verify_fifa17_profile "$staged"
   local recorded actual
   recorded="$(awk -F= '$1=="artifact_sha256"{print $2}' "$manifest")"
   actual="$(sha256 "$staged")"
@@ -158,7 +188,7 @@ launch() {
   local trace_enabled=0
   local request_trace_enabled=0
   local notifier_trace_enabled=0
-  local commit_enabled=0
+  local dispatch_enabled=0
   case "$mode" in
     baseline)
       [[ "${OPENFUT_FIFA17_LAUNCH:-}" == "I_ACCEPT_M1_BASELINE_LAUNCH" ]] ||
@@ -177,14 +207,11 @@ launch() {
       request_trace_enabled=1
       notifier_trace_enabled=1
       ;;
-    commit)
-      [[ "${OPENFUT_FIFA17_COMMIT:-}" == "I_ACCEPT_POST_PARSE_READY_BYTE" ]] ||
-        die "launch-commit requires OPENFUT_FIFA17_COMMIT=I_ACCEPT_POST_PARSE_READY_BYTE"
-      hook_enabled=1
-      trace_enabled=1
+    dispatch)
+      [[ "${OPENFUT_FIFA17_DISPATCH:-}" == "I_ACCEPT_GUARDED_NATIVE_DISPATCH" ]] ||
+        die "launch-dispatch requires OPENFUT_FIFA17_DISPATCH=I_ACCEPT_GUARDED_NATIVE_DISPATCH"
       request_trace_enabled=1
-      notifier_trace_enabled=1
-      commit_enabled=1
+      dispatch_enabled=1
       ;;
     *) die "unknown launch mode: $mode" ;;
   esac
@@ -207,7 +234,7 @@ launch() {
   done
   mkdir -p "${wine_prefix}/dosdevices"
   ln -sfn /mnt "${wine_prefix}/dosdevices/w:"
-  note "Launching $mode mode (SBC_HOOK=$hook_enabled; SBC_TRACE=$trace_enabled; SBC_REQUEST_TRACE=$request_trace_enabled; SBC_NOTIFIER_TRACE=$notifier_trace_enabled; SBC_COMMIT=$commit_enabled); log=/tmp/fifa17-hook-m1-launch.log"
+  note "Launching $mode mode (SBC_HOOK=$hook_enabled; SBC_TRACE=$trace_enabled; SBC_REQUEST_TRACE=$request_trace_enabled; SBC_NOTIFIER_TRACE=$notifier_trace_enabled; SBC_DISPATCH=$dispatch_enabled); log=/tmp/fifa17-hook-m1-launch.log"
   cd "$game_dir"
   env \
     GAMEID=fifa17 \
@@ -218,8 +245,8 @@ launch() {
     OPENFUT_SBC_TRACE="$trace_enabled" \
     OPENFUT_SBC_REQUEST_TRACE="$request_trace_enabled" \
     OPENFUT_SBC_NOTIFIER_TRACE="$notifier_trace_enabled" \
-    OPENFUT_SBC_DISPATCH=0 \
-    OPENFUT_SBC_COMMIT="$commit_enabled" \
+    OPENFUT_SBC_DISPATCH="$dispatch_enabled" \
+    OPENFUT_SBC_DISPATCH_TRACE=0 \
     OPENFUT_SBC_ARM_ONLY=0 \
     OPENFUT_SBC_POPULATE=0 \
     umu-run _fifa17.exe 2>&1 | tee /tmp/fifa17-hook-m1-launch.log
@@ -227,7 +254,7 @@ launch() {
 
 usage() {
   cat <<'EOF'
-Usage: fifa17-hook-m1.sh [inspect|build|stage|deploy|launch|launch-resolve|launch-trace|launch-commit]
+Usage: fifa17-hook-m1.sh [inspect|build|stage|deploy|launch|launch-resolve|launch-trace|launch-dispatch]
 
   inspect  Read-only PE/hash/export preflight (default).
   build    Cross-build the inert FIFA17 hook, then run inspect.
@@ -240,11 +267,11 @@ Usage: fifa17-hook-m1.sh [inspect|build|stage|deploy|launch|launch-resolve|launc
            Start M2 resolve-only mode (guarded reads/logging, no detours/writes); requires:
            OPENFUT_FIFA17_RESOLVE=I_ACCEPT_M2_RESOLVE_LAUNCH
   launch-trace
-           Start the single M3 passive factory/deserializer trace; requires:
+           Start the M3-M6 passive parser/request/notifier trace; requires:
            OPENFUT_FIFA17_TRACE=I_ACCEPT_M3_PASSIVE_TRACE
-  launch-commit
-           Trace and arm the SBC cache only after a validated native parse; requires:
-           OPENFUT_FIFA17_COMMIT=I_ACCEPT_POST_PARSE_READY_BYTE
+  launch-dispatch
+           Trace and repair only a fully validated native status-999 completion; requires:
+           OPENFUT_FIFA17_DISPATCH=I_ACCEPT_GUARDED_NATIVE_DISPATCH
 
 Optional path overrides:
   OPENFUT_FIFA17_HOOK_DLL, OPENFUT_FIFA17_GAME_DIR,
@@ -260,7 +287,7 @@ case "${1:-inspect}" in
   launch) launch baseline ;;
   launch-resolve) launch resolve ;;
   launch-trace) launch trace ;;
-  launch-commit) launch commit ;;
+  launch-dispatch) launch dispatch ;;
   -h|--help|help) usage ;;
   *) usage >&2; die "unknown command: $1" ;;
 esac
diff --git a/fifa17-recon/tools/lsx_responder_v2.py b/fifa17-recon/tools/lsx_responder_v2.py
index addd83d..f9a4265 100755
--- a/fifa17-recon/tools/lsx_responder_v2.py
+++ b/fifa17-recon/tools/lsx_responder_v2.py
@@ -162,6 +162,19 @@ def log(*a):
     print("[lsx]", *a, flush=True)
 
 
+def spawn_parent_watchdog():
+    parent = os.getppid()
+
+    def _watch():
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(1)
+            if os.getppid() != parent:
+                log(f"launcher pid {parent} exited; stopping lsx")
+                os._exit(0)
+
+    threading.Thread(target=_watch, daemon=True).start()
+
+
 _SECRET_ATTR_RE = re.compile(
     r'(?i)\b(AuthCode|AuthToken|SessionKey|Token|Sid)="[^"]*"')
 _AUTH_CODE_ATTR_RE = re.compile(r'(?i)\b(value|Code|Return)="[^"]*"')
@@ -572,6 +585,7 @@ def serve(sock, addr):
 
 
 def main():
+    spawn_parent_watchdog()
     s = socket.socket()
     s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
     s.bind((os.environ.get("OPENFUT_BIND", "127.0.0.1"), 4216))