diff --git a/conformance/README.md b/conformance/README.md
index dba8dc2..36794a1 100644
--- a/conformance/README.md
+++ b/conformance/README.md
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ Runnable suites: language-agnostic YAML cases plus thin per-language harnesses.
 | **Host** | launches via pipeline block only; adapter-sync every launch; host obligations; never edits agent- or system-owned files |
 | **Agent** | none — deliberately. Any agent that reads files, runs a CLI, and speaks HTTP participates |
 
-The suite is also how the TypeScript implementation proves parity, and how the safe-evolve lifecycle semantics are verified: the harness's **Safe-evolve** class drives the real `agent-app`/`a2app` CLIs over a scaffolded runnable blueprint — dev instance on a hidden port with a fresh replayed DB, live data untouched, operate traffic routed to the candidate, the validate→promote gate pass (including refusal after a post-validate edit), mandatory pre-promote backup, dev destruction on promote, and restore's capture-first contract (framework spec 7.2).
+The suite is also how the TypeScript implementation proves parity, and how the safe-evolve lifecycle semantics are verified: the harness's **Safe-evolve** class drives the real `agent-app`/`a2app` CLIs over a scaffolded runnable blueprint — dev instance on a hidden port with a fresh replayed DB, live data untouched, operate traffic routed to the candidate, an operation runner's `trigger` queuing a claimable task on the booted app, the validate→promote gate pass (including refusal after a post-validate edit), mandatory pre-promote backup, dev destruction on promote, and restore's capture-first contract (framework spec 7.2).
diff --git a/conformance/harness/src/lifecycle.ts b/conformance/harness/src/lifecycle.ts
index 81133af..9cc004c 100644
--- a/conformance/harness/src/lifecycle.ts
+++ b/conformance/harness/src/lifecycle.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ import type { CheckResult, SuiteResult } from "./runner.js";
 
 const TEST_HOME = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "a2app-conf-evolve-home-"));
 
-function run(entry: string, args: string[], cwd?: string): Promise<{ exit: number; out: string }> {
+/** `out` interleaves both streams in arrival order, for messages. `stdout`
+ *  alone is what to parse: the CLIs keep it machine-readable and put banners
+ *  and logs on stderr. */
+function run(entry: string, args: string[], cwd?: string): Promise<{ exit: number; out: string; stdout: string }> {
   return new Promise((resolvePromise) => {
     const child = spawn(process.execPath, [entry, ...args], {
       stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
@@ -28,10 +31,14 @@ function run(entry: string, args: string[], cwd?: string): Promise<{ exit: numbe
       ...(cwd !== undefined ? { cwd } : {}),
     });
     let out = "";
-    child.stdout.on("data", (d) => (out += d));
+    let stdout = "";
+    child.stdout.on("data", (d) => {
+      out += d;
+      stdout += d;
+    });
     child.stderr.on("data", (d) => (out += d));
-    child.on("close", (code) => resolvePromise({ exit: code ?? -1, out }));
-    child.on("error", (e) => resolvePromise({ exit: -1, out: String(e) }));
+    child.on("close", (code) => resolvePromise({ exit: code ?? -1, out, stdout }));
+    child.on("error", (e) => resolvePromise({ exit: -1, out: String(e), stdout: "" }));
   });
 }
 
@@ -178,6 +185,41 @@ export async function runSafeEvolveClass(
     check("operate commands target the dev instance while it is up (test data never reaches live)", failures);
   }
 
+  // ── an operation runner's trigger queues a task ──────────────────────────
+  // The only booted path through server.mjs's runner toolbox. The wrapper reads
+  // the adapter handle at call time, so a broken one passes `node --check` and
+  // every boot, and fails only here, when a runner first fires.
+  {
+    const failures: string[] = [];
+    const res = await run(operateEntry, [appDir, "planning", "tasks", "task_welcome", "request-triage"]);
+    // Drop the "answering from the DEV instance" banner so the error itself fits.
+    const said = res.out.split("\n").filter((l) => !l.startsWith("ℹ")).join(" ").trim().slice(0, 300);
+    const queued = /"queued":\s*"([^"]+)"/.exec(res.stdout)?.[1];
+    if (res.exit !== 0) failures.push(`request-triage exit ${res.exit}: ${said}`);
+    else if (!queued) failures.push(`request-triage did not report a queued task: ${said}`);
+    else {
+      const listed = await run(operateEntry, [appDir, "tasks"]);
+      type Task = { id: string; request?: { capability?: string; payload?: unknown } };
+      let tasks: Task[] | null = null;
+      try {
+        tasks = (JSON.parse(listed.stdout) as { tasks?: Task[] }).tasks ?? [];
+      } catch {
+        failures.push(`tasks list is not JSON (exit ${listed.exit}): ${listed.out.trim().slice(0, 200)}`);
+      }
+      // An unreadable listing says nothing about the queue, so it is not also
+      // reported as the task missing from it.
+      const task = tasks?.find((t) => t.id === queued);
+      if (tasks !== null && !task) failures.push(`queued task ${queued} is not in the app's task queue`);
+      else if (task) {
+        if (task.request?.capability !== "triage") failures.push(`task capability is ${JSON.stringify(task.request?.capability)}, expected "triage"`);
+        if (JSON.stringify(task.request?.payload) !== JSON.stringify({ task: "task_welcome" })) {
+          failures.push(`task payload is ${JSON.stringify(task.request?.payload)}, expected the record's id`);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    check("an operation runner's trigger(type, payload, capability) queues a claimable task", failures);
+  }
+
   // ── validate with dev up records a promotable pass ───────────────────────
   {
     const failures: string[] = [];
diff --git a/toolkits/blueprint-react-node/template/server.mjs b/toolkits/blueprint-react-node/template/server.mjs
index c87075b..ad6f377 100644
--- a/toolkits/blueprint-react-node/template/server.mjs
+++ b/toolkits/blueprint-react-node/template/server.mjs
@@ -221,12 +221,12 @@ const binding = {
     // `trigger` is the app→agent seam. This file is system-owned, so without it
     // an author whose only seam is `a2app.schema.mjs` could never enqueue agent
     // work: the adapter handle that can do so lives here and nowhere they may
-    // edit. `app` is assigned further down and read at call time, which is
+    // edit. `a2app` is declared further down and read at call time, which is
     // always after boot.
     return runner(args, ctx, {
       store,
       /** Emit a declared event, and enqueue a task when `capability` is given. */
-      trigger: (type, payload, capability) => app.trigger({ type, payload: payload ?? {}, ...(capability ? { capability } : {}) }),
+      trigger: (type, payload, capability) => a2app.trigger({ type, payload: payload ?? {}, ...(capability ? { capability } : {}) }),
     });
   },
 };
diff --git a/toolkits/blueprint-react-node/test/app-to-agent.test.mjs b/toolkits/blueprint-react-node/test/app-to-agent.test.mjs
index 899b355..b808323 100644
--- a/toolkits/blueprint-react-node/test/app-to-agent.test.mjs
+++ b/toolkits/blueprint-react-node/test/app-to-agent.test.mjs
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ const server = readFileSync(join(templateDir, "server.mjs"), "utf8");
 ok("server.mjs hands runners a trigger", /runner\(args, ctx, \{[\s\S]*?trigger:/.test(server));
 ok("…and declares the app's event types to the adapter", /events:\s*schema\.events/.test(server));
 
+// The wrapper reads the adapter handle at call time, so a wrong name is not a
+// syntax error and `node --check` passes it: it surfaces only when a runner
+// first fires, as "<name> is not defined". Pin the name it calls to the binding
+// `createA2App` actually returns.
+const callee = /trigger:\s*\([^)]*\)\s*=>\s*([A-Za-z_$][\w$]*)\.trigger\(/.exec(server)?.[1];
+const instance = /\b(?:const|let|var)\s+([A-Za-z_$][\w$]*)\s*=\s*createA2App\(/.exec(server)?.[1];
+ok("server.mjs creates the adapter with createA2App", Boolean(instance));
+check("…and the runner's trigger calls that same binding", callee, instance);
+
 /* ------------------------------------------- every fired type is declared */
 
 // Cheap and exact: the runners are source, and a literal first argument is how