diff --git a/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/config/BridgedConfig.java b/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/config/BridgedConfig.java
index d6dfb82..a8f7086 100644
--- a/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/config/BridgedConfig.java
+++ b/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/config/BridgedConfig.java
@@ -562,7 +562,15 @@ public record BridgedConfig(
             tabLabel = (tabLabel == null || tabLabel.isBlank()) ? DEFAULT_TAB_LABEL : tabLabel;
         }
 
-        /** Convenience constructor for code that does not configure launch charters. */
+        /**
+         * A fleet with no configured launch charters — the shape every deployment had before
+         * CB-566, and what most tests want.
+         *
+         * <p>Kept deliberately, even though an overload that drops a new field is normally the
+         * shape to avoid. It is safe here because nothing <em>reads</em> a charter through a
+         * constructor: the launcher reads {@code fleet.charters()} from the live config. Jackson
+         * binds the canonical constructor, so this one cannot swallow an operator's YAML.
+         */
         public Fleet(Map<String, Leader> leaders, Map<String, Slot> architects,
                      Map<String, Slot> developers, Map<String, Slot> reviewers, String tabLabel) {
             this(leaders, architects, developers, reviewers, null, tabLabel);
@@ -1217,7 +1225,7 @@ public record BridgedConfig(
         if (fleet == null || fleet.charters().isEmpty()) {
             return;
         }
-        List<String> valid = java.util.Arrays.stream(MemberRole.values())
+        List<String> valid = Arrays.stream(MemberRole.values())
                 .map(MemberRole::wireName)
                 .toList();
         List<String> bad = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/config/ConfigRef.java b/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/config/ConfigRef.java
index ccce915..6393994 100644
--- a/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/config/ConfigRef.java
+++ b/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/config/ConfigRef.java
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
  * <ul>
  *   <li><strong>Hot</strong> — re-read per use, so a reload takes effect on the next spawn:
  *       {@code fleet:} (every role pool, {@code charters}, and {@code tabLabel}),
- *       {@code placement:}, and an existing profile's {@code weight} / {@code maxLoad}. Those three are read through a supplier on
- *       {@code CompositePeerLauncher}, which is what makes them hot — not the fact that they are
- *       config.</li>
+ *       {@code placement:}, and an existing profile's {@code weight} / {@code maxLoad}. Those
+ *       three are read through a supplier on {@code CompositePeerLauncher}, which is what makes
+ *       them hot — not the fact that they are config.</li>
  *   <li><strong>Deferred</strong> — accepted into the new snapshot, but the wiring built at startup
  *       keeps the old value until a restart: {@code lifecycle:}, {@code leadHeartbeat:},
  *       {@code spawnReadyTimeoutMs} / {@code spawnReadyPollMs}, {@code guard:},