diff --git a/.github/workflows/proven-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/proven-tests.yml
index fb802367..f07c1405 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/proven-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/proven-tests.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bun scripts/atlas/census-atlas.mjs check
           bun test tests/atlas/census-atlas.test.mjs
+          bash tests/census/build_rows_status_test.sh
       - name: Install verified Nickel 1.18.0 (K9 L2 semantics)
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
diff --git a/docs/architecture/REPOSITORY-MAP.adoc b/docs/architecture/REPOSITORY-MAP.adoc
index d28ba7e4..e2cc583c 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/REPOSITORY-MAP.adoc
+++ b/docs/architecture/REPOSITORY-MAP.adoc
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ predecessors did.
 | yes
 | -
 
+| `applied-systems/`
+| yes
+| owner-requested reusable applications area (2026-11-07)
+
 | `benches/`
 | optional
 | Cargo-conventional at package root
@@ -204,6 +208,11 @@ your own repo - but do not read their emptiness as neglect here.
 | `.machine_readable/bot_directives/`
 | `.machine_readable/descriptiles/anchors/`
 | `.machine_readable/scripts/verification/`
+| `applied-systems/decision-science/`
+| `applied-systems/finance/`
+| `applied-systems/finance/cohort-economics/`
+| `applied-systems/finance/liquidity/`
+| `applied-systems/organisational-design/`
 | `docs/governance/audit/`
 | `docs/governance/audit/compliance/`
 | `docs/governance/audit/effects/`
diff --git a/mathesis_chora.deed b/mathesis_chora.deed
index 5b1c7339..ddb2e296 100644
--- a/mathesis_chora.deed
+++ b/mathesis_chora.deed
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
   ; equal canon.lock [canon.artifacts]; canon.lock [canon.lockstep].order is
   ; spine-adopts-then-canon-releases, so this clause moves FIRST.
   (canon
-    :version "2.1.3"
+    :version "2.1.5"
     :criteria-sha256 "6a5aa8857bd0d0d58ef48827938ca17c251b6b854dacf59d306388d61694d82a"
-    :gates-sha256 "2f31f46d4753432e0aa8c9c28f339e18e062c98dc6e6ef4ecbb76993cf37638b"
+    :gates-sha256 "5c510bba025be718deebb12d0333bfe7db2da43c66578b728b1a334df65290b1"
     :lockstep-since "2026-09-17"
     ; A canon change this repo cannot satisfy is a change made in the WRONG
     ; ORDER, not a rejected change: land the spine's adoption first, then the
diff --git a/scripts/census/build-rows.sh b/scripts/census/build-rows.sh
index 67b8e15b..23f8ea93 100644
--- a/scripts/census/build-rows.sh
+++ b/scripts/census/build-rows.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,18 @@ jq -r '[.repo,.file,.class]|@tsv' "$R/holes.jsonl" \
 jq -r '[.repo,.file]|@tsv' "$R/decls.jsonl" \
 | awk -F'\t' 'NR==FNR{t[$1]=1;next} !($2 in t){print $1}' "$T" - > "$tmp/decls.tsv"
 
-jq -r '.repo+"\t"+.path' "$R/repos-with-status.jsonl" | sort > "$tmp/status.tsv"
+# One status document per repository.  A PROOF-STATUS file is the per-claim
+# record PROOF-POLICY §8.5 names (grades and recheck legs), so it wins over
+# PROOF-NEEDS (obligations) and proof-debt; within a rank the first path in
+# byte order (LC_ALL=C, so the choice does not depend on the locale) wins.
+# Sorting on the path alone picked docs/status/PROOF-NEEDS.adoc over
+# docs/status/PROOF-STATUS.adoc.
+jq -r '.repo+"\t"+.path' "$R/repos-with-status.jsonl" \
+| awk -F'\t' 'BEGIN{OFS="\t"} {
+    b=$2; sub(/.*\//, "", b); b=toupper(b)
+    rank = (b ~ /^PROOF-STATUS/) ? 0 : (b ~ /^PROOF-NEEDS/) ? 1 : 2
+    print $1, rank, $2 }' \
+| LC_ALL=C sort -t$'\t' -k1,1 -k2,2n -k3,3 | cut -f1,3 > "$tmp/status.tsv"
 
 awk -F'\t' '
   FILENAME ~ /holes\.tsv$/  { h[$1" "$2]++; next }
diff --git a/tests/census/build_rows_status_test.sh b/tests/census/build_rows_status_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2098514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/census/build_rows_status_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell
+#
+# build-rows.sh picks one proof-status document per repository.  A
+# PROOF-STATUS file (the PROOF-POLICY §8.5 per-claim record) must win over
+# PROOF-NEEDS and proof-debt, even where its path sorts later; without
+# PROOF-STATUS, PROOF-NEEDS wins over proof-debt; within a kind, the first
+# path in byte order (LC_ALL=C) wins.
+set -euo pipefail
+root="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
+work="$(mktemp -d)"; trap 'rm -rf "$work"' EXIT
+fail=0
+
+printf '%s\n' \
+  '{"ext":"agda","path":"A.agda","repo":"a/needs-sorts-first"}' \
+  '{"ext":"agda","path":"A.agda","repo":"b/needs-over-debt"}' \
+  '{"ext":"agda","path":"A.agda","repo":"c/debt-only"}' \
+  '{"ext":"agda","path":"A.agda","repo":"d/two-status"}' > "$work/files.jsonl"
+printf '%s\n' \
+  '{"path":"docs/status/PROOF-NEEDS.adoc","repo":"a/needs-sorts-first"}' \
+  '{"path":"docs/status/PROOF-STATUS.adoc","repo":"a/needs-sorts-first"}' \
+  '{"path":"proof-debt.adoc","repo":"b/needs-over-debt"}' \
+  '{"path":"docs/PROOF-NEEDS.adoc","repo":"b/needs-over-debt"}' \
+  '{"path":"proofs/proof-debt.md","repo":"c/debt-only"}' \
+  '{"path":"docs/status/PROOF-STATUS.adoc","repo":"d/two-status"}' \
+  '{"path":"PROOF-STATUS.adoc","repo":"d/two-status"}' > "$work/repos-with-status.jsonl"
+: > "$work/holes.jsonl"; : > "$work/decls.jsonl"
+# A template list that matches nothing (an empty file would make build-rows'
+# NR==FNR idiom swallow the first real input).
+echo 'no/such/template/path' > "$work/template-paths.txt"
+
+rows="$(bash "$root/scripts/census/build-rows.sh" "$work" "$work/template-paths.txt")"
+expect() {
+  local repo="$1" want="$2" got
+  got="$(jq -r --arg r "$repo" '.[] | select(.repo == $r) | .status_doc' <<< "$rows")"
+  if [ "$got" = "$want" ]; then
+    echo "PASS: $repo -> $want"
+  else
+    echo "FAIL: $repo -> got '$got', want '$want'" >&2
+    fail=1
+  fi
+}
+expect a/needs-sorts-first docs/status/PROOF-STATUS.adoc
+expect b/needs-over-debt   docs/PROOF-NEEDS.adoc
+expect c/debt-only         proofs/proof-debt.md
+expect d/two-status        PROOF-STATUS.adoc
+
+(( fail == 0 )) && echo 'PASS: build-rows status-document preference' || exit 1