diff --git a/drb-frontend/app/alerts/page.tsx b/drb-frontend/app/alerts/page.tsx
index 2bf0156..58a3ddf 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/app/alerts/page.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/app/alerts/page.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/components/AuthProvider";
 import { useAlerts } from "@/lib/useAlerts";
+import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
 import { c2api } from "@/lib/c2api";
 import type { AlertRule } from "@/lib/types";
 
@@ -228,6 +229,13 @@ export default function AlertsPage() {
         ) : alerts.length === 0 ? (
           <p className="text-gray-600 text-sm font-mono">No alerts triggered yet.</p>
         ) : (
+          <div className="space-y-3">
+          {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — the Snippet column is transcript text,
+              and the keyword match that fired the alert was made against it. */}
+          <MachineOutputNotice
+            variant="inline"
+            detail="alerts match against automated transcripts and may fire on, or miss, the wrong words."
+          />
           <div className="bg-gray-900 border border-gray-800 rounded-xl overflow-hidden">
             <table className="w-full text-left">
               <thead>
@@ -280,6 +288,7 @@ export default function AlertsPage() {
               </tbody>
             </table>
           </div>
+          </div>
         )
       )}
 
diff --git a/drb-frontend/app/calls/page.tsx b/drb-frontend/app/calls/page.tsx
index 96de10a..29c528e 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/app/calls/page.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/app/calls/page.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/Badge";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/Button";
 import { EmptyState, ErrorBanner } from "@/components/ui/EmptyState";
 import { SkeletonCard } from "@/components/ui/Skeleton";
+import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
 
 type LinkFilter = "any" | "orphan" | "linked";
 type TranscriptFilter = "any" | "yes" | "no";
@@ -348,6 +349,11 @@ export default function ArchivePage() {
         </p>
       )}
 
+      {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — every row expands to a transcript. */}
+      <MachineOutputNotice
+        detail="transcripts and the incident links derived from them are automated output and may contain errors, including misheard names, addresses and unit numbers. Check the recording before acting on them."
+      />
+
       {error && <ErrorBanner message={`Couldn't load calls: ${error}`} />}
 
       {loading && calls.length === 0 ? (
diff --git a/drb-frontend/app/faq/page.tsx b/drb-frontend/app/faq/page.tsx
index f6eb4a0..e4c2a66 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/app/faq/page.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/app/faq/page.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useState } from "react";
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/Badge";
 import { LinkButton } from "@/components/ui/Button";
+import { UnbuiltMarker } from "@/components/ui/UnbuiltMarker";
+import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
 
-const FAQS: { q: string; a: string }[] = [
+const FAQS: { q: string; a: ReactNode }[] = [
   {
     q: "What hardware do I need to run a node?",
     a: "A node is a small field SDR device running our edge-node software — it needs an SDR dongle capable of receiving your local P25 or analog trunked system, and a network connection to reach your DRB account. Full setup instructions are provided once you add a node.",
@@ -15,7 +18,14 @@ const FAQS: { q: string; a: string }[] = [
   },
   {
     q: "Does DRB do the transcription and AI work itself, or is that a separate cost?",
-    a: "Transcription and incident correlation are included in every paid plan and run automatically on every recorded call. The Community plan includes AI features on a limited call volume; Pro and Enterprise scale with your node count.",
+    a: (
+      <>
+        Transcription and incident correlation run automatically on every recorded call and are
+        included — they are not billed as an add-on.
+        {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — qualified on the same screen as the claim. */}
+        <MachineOutputNotice className="mt-3 not-italic" />
+      </>
+    ),
   },
   {
     q: "Can I listen to live radio traffic without opening the dashboard?",
@@ -30,8 +40,22 @@ const FAQS: { q: string; a: string }[] = [
     a: "You'll see a plan-limit notice in Settings → Billing before anything is blocked. In this demo build there's no live enforcement wired up yet — see the Billing settings page for what's stubbed vs. real.",
   },
   {
+    // Gate A / A1 (server-26#46): plan-tiered retention windows are an unbuilt
+    // entitlement — there is no TTL and no deletion sweep anywhere in the
+    // product (server-26#44). The claim is marked unbuilt inline, on this
+    // screen, rather than quietly dropped.
     q: "How long is call and incident history kept?",
-    a: "Retention depends on plan — 7 days on Community, 90 days on Pro, and a year or more on Enterprise (negotiable). Historical calls remain searchable and linked to their incidents for the full retention window.",
+    a: (
+      <>
+        <UnbuiltMarker>Retention limits — not yet available</UnbuiltMarker>
+        <p className="mt-2">
+          Today nothing is deleted automatically: calls, recordings and incidents stay searchable and
+        linked to their incidents for as long as your account is open. Per-plan retention windows and
+        automatic deletion are not built yet, so we make no commitment about how long anything is kept
+          or when it goes away. If you need data removed, ask us and we will remove it by hand.
+        </p>
+      </>
+    ),
   },
   {
     q: "Is DMR supported?",
@@ -66,7 +90,7 @@ export default function FaqPage() {
         {FAQS.map((item, i) => {
           const open = openIndex === i;
           return (
-            <div key={item.q}>
+            <div key={i}>
               <button
                 onClick={() => setOpenIndex(open ? null : i)}
                 className="w-full flex items-center justify-between gap-4 py-5 text-left focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-indigo-500 rounded-lg"
@@ -76,7 +100,7 @@ export default function FaqPage() {
                 <ChevronIcon open={open} />
               </button>
               {open && (
-                <p className="text-gray-400 text-sm leading-relaxed pb-5 pr-8 animate-fade-in">{item.a}</p>
+                <div className="text-gray-400 text-sm leading-relaxed pb-5 pr-8 animate-fade-in">{item.a}</div>
               )}
             </div>
           );
diff --git a/drb-frontend/app/features/page.tsx b/drb-frontend/app/features/page.tsx
index 446fd11..b1457b7 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/app/features/page.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/app/features/page.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 import { Card } from "@/components/ui/Card";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/Badge";
 import { LinkButton } from "@/components/ui/Button";
+import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
 
-const SECTIONS = [
+const SECTIONS: {
+  eyebrow: string;
+  title: string;
+  body: string;
+  points: string[];
+  /** Section describes AI pipeline output — render the Gate A / A2 qualifier. */
+  qualify?: boolean;
+}[] = [
   {
     eyebrow: "Correlation",
     title: "Calls become incidents",
@@ -13,6 +21,7 @@ const SECTIONS = [
       "Distance, timing, shared units, and talkgroup signals all feed the match",
       "Every call keeps its correlation debug trail for admins to audit",
     ],
+    qualify: true,
   },
   {
     eyebrow: "AI pipeline",
@@ -24,6 +33,7 @@ const SECTIONS = [
       "Scene & entity extraction feeds the correlator and the incident summary",
       "AI-generated incident summaries, regenerable on demand",
     ],
+    qualify: true,
   },
   {
     eyebrow: "Situational awareness",
@@ -89,6 +99,9 @@ export default function FeaturesPage() {
                   </li>
                 ))}
               </ul>
+              {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — the sections that describe the AI
+                  pipeline carry the same qualifier the product surfaces do. */}
+              {s.qualify && <MachineOutputNotice className="mt-5" />}
             </Card>
           </div>
         ))}
diff --git a/drb-frontend/app/incidents/[id]/page.tsx b/drb-frontend/app/incidents/[id]/page.tsx
index 8ec2a5c..19638c7 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/app/incidents/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/app/incidents/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { TypeGlyph } from "@/components/marks/TypeGlyph";
 import { SeverityMark } from "@/components/marks/SeverityMark";
 import { isKnownSeverity } from "@/lib/severity";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/Button";
+import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
 import type { CallRecord } from "@/lib/types";
 
 const MapView = dynamic(() => import("@/components/MapView"), { ssr: false });
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ export default function IncidentDetailPage() {
           )}
 
           {/* Summary — first, in prose. Not a tab. */}
-          <div>
+          <div className="space-y-2.5">
             {incident.summary ? (
               <p className="text-[16.5px] text-ink leading-[1.58]">{incident.summary}</p>
             ) : (
@@ -178,6 +179,10 @@ export default function IncidentDetailPage() {
                 )}
               </p>
             )}
+            {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46): the summary, the title, the location,
+                the units and the vehicles below are ALL pipeline output, so the
+                notice sits on this screen with them — not on a policy page. */}
+            <MachineOutputNotice />
           </div>
 
           {/* On scene / Cleared */}
@@ -225,6 +230,8 @@ export default function IncidentDetailPage() {
           <p className="text-xs text-ink-muted uppercase tracking-wide mb-1">
             Calls ({calls.length})
           </p>
+          {/* Gate A / A2 — the spine renders transcripts. */}
+          {calls.length > 0 && <MachineOutputNotice variant="inline" className="mb-2" />}
           {callsLoading ? (
             <p className="text-ink-muted text-sm">Loading…</p>
           ) : calls.length === 0 ? (
diff --git a/drb-frontend/app/incidents/page.tsx b/drb-frontend/app/incidents/page.tsx
index 7908013..b96de0f 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/app/incidents/page.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/app/incidents/page.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { Button } from "@/components/ui/Button";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/Badge";
 import { EmptyState, ErrorBanner } from "@/components/ui/EmptyState";
 import { SkeletonCard } from "@/components/ui/Skeleton";
+import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
 import { isKnownSeverity, severityRank } from "@/lib/severity";
 import { SeverityMark, SeveritySpine } from "@/components/marks/SeverityMark";
 import { TypeGlyph } from "@/components/marks/TypeGlyph";
@@ -219,6 +220,10 @@ export default function IncidentsPage() {
         action={isAdmin && <Button onClick={() => setShowCreate(true)}>+ Create Incident</Button>}
       />
 
+      {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — every row's title, location and unit
+          chips are pipeline output, so the notice rides with the list. */}
+      <MachineOutputNotice variant="inline" />
+
       <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3">
         <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1 bg-surface border border-line rounded-lg p-1 w-fit">
           {SEVERITY_FILTERS.map(({ key, label }) => (
diff --git a/drb-frontend/app/nodes/[id]/page.tsx b/drb-frontend/app/nodes/[id]/page.tsx
index 0e1a740..0298663 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/app/nodes/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/app/nodes/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { useCalls } from "@/lib/useCalls";
 import { StatusBadge } from "@/components/StatusBadge";
 import { NodeConfigModal } from "@/components/NodeConfigModal";
 import { CallRow } from "@/components/CallRow";
+import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
 import { useAuth } from "@/components/AuthProvider";
 import { c2api } from "@/lib/c2api";
 import type { NodeRecord } from "@/lib/types";
@@ -335,6 +336,8 @@ export default function NodeDetailPage() {
       {/* Recent calls */}
       <section>
         <h2 className="text-sm font-semibold text-gray-400 uppercase tracking-wider mb-3">Recent Calls</h2>
+        {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — each row expands to a transcript. */}
+        {nodeCalls.length > 0 && <MachineOutputNotice variant="inline" className="mb-3" />}
         {nodeCalls.length === 0 ? (
           <p className="text-gray-600 text-sm font-mono">No calls recorded from this node.</p>
         ) : (
diff --git a/drb-frontend/app/settings/billing/page.tsx b/drb-frontend/app/settings/billing/page.tsx
index 292172e..00e4d3b 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/app/settings/billing/page.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/app/settings/billing/page.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Card, CardHeader } from "@/components/ui/Card";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/Badge";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/Button";
 import { SkeletonCard } from "@/components/ui/Skeleton";
+import { UnbuiltMarker } from "@/components/ui/UnbuiltMarker";
 
 function fmtDate(iso: string) {
   return new Date(iso).toLocaleDateString("en-US", { month: "short", day: "numeric", year: "numeric" });
@@ -68,6 +69,19 @@ function UsageBar({ label, used, limit }: { label: string; used: number; limit:
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gate A / A1 (server-26#46). The plan cards below render taglines that claim
+ * entitlements with no backend behind them. Those claims get marked unbuilt
+ * inline, on this screen, next to the plan that makes them. This is a labelling
+ * change only — it does not build any of these, and it must never grow into a
+ * price or a checkout path (Gate B still bars charging anyone).
+ */
+const UNBUILT_CLAIMS: Partial<Record<PlanId, string[]>> = {
+  free: ["Retention window"],
+  pro: ["Retention window"],
+  enterprise: ["Custom retention", "SSO / SAML", "Uptime SLA", "Data residency"],
+};
+
 const INVOICE_TONE: Record<Invoice["status"], "success" | "warning" | "neutral" | "danger"> = {
   paid: "success",
   open: "warning",
@@ -169,6 +183,13 @@ export default function BillingSettingsPage() {
               >
                 <p className="text-white font-semibold text-sm">{p.name}</p>
                 <p className="text-gray-500 text-xs mt-1 flex-1">{p.tagline}</p>
+                {(UNBUILT_CLAIMS[p.id] ?? []).length > 0 && (
+                  <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1 mt-2">
+                    {(UNBUILT_CLAIMS[p.id] ?? []).map((claim) => (
+                      <UnbuiltMarker key={claim}>{claim} — not yet available</UnbuiltMarker>
+                    ))}
+                  </div>
+                )}
                 <p className="text-white text-lg font-bold font-mono mt-3">
                   {p.priceMonthlyUsd === null ? "Custom" : p.priceMonthlyUsd === 0 ? "Free" : `$${p.priceMonthlyUsd}/mo`}
                 </p>
diff --git a/drb-frontend/app/systems/page.tsx b/drb-frontend/app/systems/page.tsx
index afe9473..5be6c59 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/app/systems/page.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/app/systems/page.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { useSystems } from "@/lib/useSystems";
 import { c2api } from "@/lib/c2api";
 import { useAuth } from "@/components/AuthProvider";
+import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
 import type {
   AreaContext,
   LocalKnowledgeEntry,
@@ -1223,7 +1224,11 @@ function SourceCallPlayer({ callId }: { callId: string }) {
             <p className="text-gray-600 italic">No audio</p>
           )}
           {transcript && (
-            <p className="text-gray-500 italic line-clamp-2">{transcript}</p>
+            <>
+              <p className="text-gray-500 italic line-clamp-2">{transcript}</p>
+              {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — this is a raw pipeline transcript. */}
+              <MachineOutputNotice variant="inline" className="text-[10px]" />
+            </>
           )}
         </div>
       )}
diff --git a/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx b/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
index 0f4d242..b047e68 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 import L from "leaflet";
 import type { CallRecord, IncidentRecord, NodeRecord, NodeStatus } from "@/lib/types";
 import { isKnownSeverity, SEVERITY_COLORS, SEVERITY_LABEL, type Severity } from "@/lib/severity";
+import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
 
 // ── Leaflet icon fix ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 delete (L.Icon.Default.prototype as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)._getIconUrl;
@@ -351,6 +352,8 @@ function FanIncidentLayer({
                     </div>
                   );
                 })}
+                {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — same screen as the output. */}
+                <MachineOutputNotice variant="popup" />
               </div>
             </Popup>
           </Marker>
@@ -402,6 +405,9 @@ function IncidentPathLayer({
                     <a href={`/incidents/${inc.incident_id}`} className="text-xs text-blue-600 hover:underline block mt-1">
                       View incident →
                     </a>
+                    {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — the stop location and its
+                        ordering come from the transcript, not from GPS. */}
+                    <MachineOutputNotice variant="popup" />
                   </div>
                 </Popup>
               </Marker>
@@ -657,7 +663,14 @@ export default function MapView({ nodes, activeCalls, incidents = [], calls = []
       {incidents.length > 0 && (
         <>
           {/* Desktop: left sidebar — starts below zoom controls + fit-all button */}
-          <div className="absolute top-[8rem] left-3 bottom-[4.5rem] z-[1001] hidden md:flex flex-col w-56 gap-1.5 overflow-y-auto">
+          <div className="absolute top-[8rem] left-3 bottom-[4.5rem] z-[1001] hidden md:flex flex-col w-56 gap-1.5">
+            {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — the rail's titles, locations and
+                unit counts are pipeline output. Pinned above the scroll area
+                so it cannot be scrolled off the screen it qualifies. */}
+            <div className="bg-surface/90 backdrop-blur-sm border border-line rounded-lg px-2 py-1.5 shrink-0">
+              <MachineOutputNotice variant="inline" className="text-[10px] leading-snug items-start" />
+            </div>
+            <div className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 overflow-y-auto">
             {incidents.map((inc) => {
               const color = severityColor(inc.severity);
               const age = inc.started_at ? timeAgo(new Date(inc.started_at)) : null;
@@ -711,6 +724,7 @@ export default function MapView({ nodes, activeCalls, incidents = [], calls = []
                 </a>
               );
             })}
+            </div>
           </div>
 
           {/* Mobile: bottom drawer */}
@@ -724,6 +738,8 @@ export default function MapView({ nodes, activeCalls, incidents = [], calls = []
             </button>
             {drawerOpen && (
               <div className="bg-surface/95 border-t border-line max-h-52 overflow-y-auto px-3 py-2 space-y-1.5">
+                {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) */}
+                <MachineOutputNotice variant="inline" className="text-[10px] items-start" />
                 {incidents.map((inc) => {
                   const color = severityColor(inc.severity);
                   const label = (
diff --git a/drb-frontend/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice.tsx b/drb-frontend/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8df8962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drb-frontend/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * Gate A, condition A2 (board minutes #42 / #79, tracked at server-26#46).
+ *
+ * Transcripts, incident summaries, titles, locations and extracted entities are
+ * all produced by the AI pipeline (transcription -> scene/entity extraction ->
+ * correlation -> summary). None of it is reviewed by a human before a reader
+ * sees it, and entity-name accuracy has never been measured (server-26#48).
+ *
+ * Gate A therefore requires that machine-generated content is labelled as
+ * machine-generated and unverified ON THE SAME SCREEN as the content itself —
+ * a note on another page does not satisfy the condition. This is the single
+ * element that does that; render it beside every AI-derived surface.
+ *
+ * Copy rules (do not "improve" these away):
+ *   - the words "machine-generated" and "unverified" must both appear
+ *   - it must not promise accuracy
+ *   - it must not name a model or a vendor
+ *   - it must not state or imply a price
+ *
+ * Variants exist only because the surfaces differ in space, not because the
+ * claim differs. All three say the same thing.
+ *   block  — full-width strip above/below a body of AI output (default)
+ *   inline — one compact line, for dense list headers and table captions
+ *   popup  — for a Leaflet popup, which is stock-white in BOTH themes, so it
+ *            uses fixed grays instead of the ink/surface tokens
+ */
+
+type Variant = "block" | "inline" | "popup";
+
+function InfoGlyph({ className }: { className?: string }) {
+  return (
+    <svg
+      width="13"
+      height="13"
+      viewBox="0 0 16 16"
+      fill="none"
+      stroke="currentColor"
+      strokeWidth="1.5"
+      strokeLinecap="round"
+      aria-hidden="true"
+      className={className}
+    >
+      <circle cx="8" cy="8" r="6.5" />
+      <path d="M8 7.25v4" />
+      <path d="M8 4.75h.01" />
+    </svg>
+  );
+}
+
+const LEAD = "Machine-generated and unverified";
+
+interface Props {
+  variant?: Variant;
+  /** Overrides the trailing sentence. The lead ("Machine-generated and unverified") is fixed. */
+  detail?: ReactNode;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+export function MachineOutputNotice({ variant = "block", detail, className }: Props) {
+  const body =
+    detail ??
+    "transcripts, summaries and extracted details are automated output and may contain errors. Check the recording before acting on them.";
+  const shortBody = detail ?? "automated output, may contain errors.";
+
+  if (variant === "popup") {
+    // Leaflet popups render on a white wrapper regardless of theme, so this
+    // deliberately does not use the ink/surface tokens.
+    return (
+      <p
+        role="note"
+        className={["text-[10px] leading-snug text-gray-500 mt-1.5 pt-1.5 border-t border-gray-200", className ?? ""]
+          .filter(Boolean)
+          .join(" ")}
+      >
+        {LEAD} — {shortBody}
+      </p>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (variant === "inline") {
+    return (
+      <p
+        role="note"
+        className={["flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs text-ink-muted", className ?? ""].filter(Boolean).join(" ")}
+      >
+        <InfoGlyph className="shrink-0" />
+        <span>
+          <span className="text-ink-2 font-medium">{LEAD}</span> — {shortBody}
+        </span>
+      </p>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      role="note"
+      className={[
+        "flex items-start gap-2 rounded-lg border border-line bg-raised/60 px-3 py-2",
+        className ?? "",
+      ]
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .join(" ")}
+    >
+      <InfoGlyph className="mt-0.5 shrink-0 text-ink-muted" />
+      <p className="text-xs leading-relaxed text-ink-muted">
+        <span className="text-ink-2 font-medium">{LEAD}</span> — {body}
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/drb-frontend/components/ui/UnbuiltMarker.tsx b/drb-frontend/components/ui/UnbuiltMarker.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..613d775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drb-frontend/components/ui/UnbuiltMarker.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * Gate A, condition A1 (board minutes #42, tracked at server-26#46).
+ *
+ * Gate A blocks putting an unbuilt entitlement claim in front of a reader
+ * without saying, inline and on the same screen, that it is not built. Known
+ * unbuilt claims today:
+ *   - retention windows (7 / 90 / 365 days) — no TTL and no deletion sweep
+ *     exists anywhere in the product (server-26#44, DEFERRED.md)
+ *   - Enterprise SSO / SAML — no backend at all
+ *   - uptime SLA — none offered or measured
+ *   - custom data residency — no backend at all
+ *
+ * This marks the claim. It does NOT build the feature, and nothing here may
+ * grow into a price or a checkout path (Gate B still bars charging anyone).
+ */
+export function UnbuiltMarker({
+  children = "Not yet available",
+  className,
+}: {
+  children?: ReactNode;
+  className?: string;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <span
+      className={[
+        "inline-flex items-center whitespace-nowrap rounded-full border border-line-strong",
+        "px-1.5 py-0.5 align-middle text-[10px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-ink-muted",
+        className ?? "",
+      ]
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .join(" ")}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </span>
+  );
+}