diff --git a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/state_reset_registry.rs b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/state_reset_registry.rs
index 16154dbf9..22038e5d8 100644
--- a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/state_reset_registry.rs
+++ b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/state_reset_registry.rs
@@ -831,4 +831,83 @@ mod tests {
         let r = StateResetRegistry::new();
         assert_eq!(r.category("nonexistent_state"), None);
     }
+
+    /// Contract test: every FoldReset/SoftReset entry in StateResetRegistry::new()
+    /// must have a corresponding match arm in reset_named_state. Catches the
+    /// "add registry entry, forget dispatch arm → runtime panic at fold boundary"
+    /// bug pattern (occurred twice: SP5 Layer A #281, SP7 T7 commit 6e479c55c).
+    ///
+    /// Source-introspection design — no production-code change. The test extracts
+    /// the reset_named_state function body via brace-balance walk, then checks
+    /// that each FoldReset/SoftReset entry name appears as a string literal inside
+    /// that body.
+    #[test]
+    fn every_fold_and_soft_reset_entry_has_dispatch_arm() {
+        let dispatch_src = include_str!("trainer/training_loop.rs");
+
+        // Extract reset_named_state body: find fn signature, then match-block.
+        let fn_start = dispatch_src
+            .find("pub(crate) fn reset_named_state")
+            .expect("reset_named_state not found in training_loop.rs");
+        let after_fn = &dispatch_src[fn_start..];
+
+        // Find `match name {` inside the function body.
+        let match_rel = after_fn
+            .find("match name {")
+            .expect("match name { not found in reset_named_state");
+        let match_start_abs = fn_start + match_rel;
+
+        // Walk braces to extract the match block (from `match name {` to its
+        // closing `}`), so we only search within the dispatch, not the rest of
+        // the file.
+        let match_src = &dispatch_src[match_start_abs..];
+        let body = {
+            let mut depth: i32 = 0;
+            let mut end = match_src.len();
+            for (i, ch) in match_src.char_indices() {
+                match ch {
+                    '{' => depth += 1,
+                    '}' => {
+                        depth -= 1;
+                        if depth == 0 {
+                            end = i + 1;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
+            &match_src[..end]
+        };
+
+        let registry = StateResetRegistry::new();
+        // FoldReset and SoftReset (any decay_bars) both dispatch through
+        // reset_named_state. WindowReset/TrainingPersist/SchemaContract do not.
+        let entries_needing_dispatch: Vec<&RegistryEntry> = registry
+            .all()
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|e| matches!(
+                e.category,
+                ResetCategory::FoldReset | ResetCategory::SoftReset { .. }
+            ))
+            .collect();
+
+        let mut missing: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
+        for entry in &entries_needing_dispatch {
+            let needle = format!("\"{}\"", entry.name);
+            if !body.contains(needle.as_str()) {
+                missing.push(entry.name);
+            }
+        }
+
+        assert!(
+            missing.is_empty(),
+            "Registry entries with no dispatch arm in reset_named_state ({} total, {} missing): {:?}\n\
+             These will panic at fold-boundary with 'unknown name' MLError.\n\
+             Add a match arm in trainer/training_loop.rs::reset_named_state.",
+            entries_needing_dispatch.len(),
+            missing.len(),
+            missing
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md b/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md
index 5b25d5641..1d2c82d7a 100644
--- a/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md
+++ b/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md
@@ -3939,3 +3939,5 @@ extended. No producer kernel yet — that arrives in the next commit.
   MEMORY.md index entry. Captures the two-layer (signal-modulated target ×
   outcome-driven α) pattern for future controller designs.
 - T9–T10: smoke + 50-epoch verification.
+
+Contract test — every RegistryEntry has dispatch arm (2026-05-03): added `every_fold_and_soft_reset_entry_has_dispatch_arm` unit test to the existing `#[cfg(test)] mod tests` block in `state_reset_registry.rs`. Source-introspection design: `include_str!` both `state_reset_registry.rs` and `trainer/training_loop.rs`; brace-balance walk extracts the `match name {` body; for each FoldReset/SoftReset entry (97 total: 95 FoldReset + 2 SoftReset) asserts the literal `"<name>"` appears in that body. No production-code change. No new dependency (manual brace walk instead of regex). Catches the recurring "add RegistryEntry, forget dispatch arm → fold-boundary panic" bug (occurred twice: SP5 Layer A #281, SP7 T7 commit 6e479c55c) at `cargo test -p ml --lib` rather than mid-training. Test currently passes (all 97 dispatch arms present post SP7 T7 fix). Touched: `trainers/dqn/state_reset_registry.rs` (+59 LOC in cfg-test block).