diff --git a/tools/policy/foreign-exceptions.txt b/tools/policy/foreign-exceptions.txt
index 5808861104..67c0fbb78c 100644
--- a/tools/policy/foreign-exceptions.txt
+++ b/tools/policy/foreign-exceptions.txt
@@ -489,11 +489,3 @@ scripts/tri_loop/t27b_rules.py
 # that makes `tri claw` live must lower MAX_DEAD_TRI 141 -> 140 in the same commit -- a one-constant ratchet
 # move inside this existing gate tool, machinery, not new logic. Same pattern as the #9279 entries above.
 tools/check_documented_commands_exist.py
-
-# owner 2026-10-18, chat instruction relayed by the coordinating session ("do everything yourself", "merge
-# autonomously yourself, I allow everything", translated), issue #9634: activation record for ONE change, the
-# deletion of the unit test `the_motivating_workflow_records_its_own_reason` (19 lines deleted, 0 lines of Rust
-# added) in cli/tri/src/gates.rs. It include_str!s .github/workflows/brain-seal-refresh.yml, which #9117 deleted,
-# so the cli-tri test build fails on master. Not a standing permission for any other edit of this file; the
-# foreign-line budget still applies. Remove this entry once that change has merged.
-cli/tri/src/gates.rs