diff --git a/crates/ml/src/cuda_pipeline/sp5_isv_slots.rs b/crates/ml/src/cuda_pipeline/sp5_isv_slots.rs
index e815ac1a2..6e1693723 100644
--- a/crates/ml/src/cuda_pipeline/sp5_isv_slots.rs
+++ b/crates/ml/src/cuda_pipeline/sp5_isv_slots.rs
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ pub const LOW_DD_RATIO_INDEX: usize = 296;
 // producer scratch buffer; `apply_pearls_ad_kernel` smooths them into
 // these slots — same Pearl A sentinel-bootstrap + Pearl D Wiener-EMA
 // as every other SP5 producer.
-pub const LB_DIFF_VAR_CQL_BASE:   usize = 297;   // [4] (candidate_cql − old_cql)² EMA
+pub const LB_DIFF_VAR_CQL_BASE: usize = 297;     // [4] (candidate_cql − old_cql)² EMA
 pub const LB_SAMPLE_VAR_CQL_BASE: usize = 301;   // [4] (cql_norm)² EMA
-pub const LB_DIFF_VAR_C51_BASE:   usize = 305;   // [4] (candidate_c51 − old_c51)² EMA
+pub const LB_DIFF_VAR_C51_BASE: usize = 305;     // [4] (candidate_c51 − old_c51)² EMA
 pub const LB_SAMPLE_VAR_C51_BASE: usize = 309;   // [4] (c51_norm)² EMA
 
 pub const SP5_SLOT_END: usize = 313;
diff --git a/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md b/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md
index d61faf754..e1efd28bb 100644
--- a/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md
+++ b/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md
@@ -3886,5 +3886,5 @@ extended. No producer kernel yet — that arrives in the next commit.
 - T4: build.rs cubin manifest.
 - T5: trainer struct + launcher fn.
 - T6: Pearl 2 contract change (drop CQL/C51/ENS args).
-- T7: launch site + sentinel-aware consumer + stale doc.
+- T7: launch site + sentinel-aware bootstrap with bootstrap constants matching the kernel's cold-start basis (defined in T7) + stale doc.
 - T9–T10: smoke + 50-epoch verification.