diff --git a/docs/fleet/NORTH_STAR.md b/docs/fleet/NORTH_STAR.md
index 61ef4ce4..ba066838 100644
--- a/docs/fleet/NORTH_STAR.md
+++ b/docs/fleet/NORTH_STAR.md
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-kind: projection
-status: active
----
-
 # Mosaic Fleet — NORTH STAR
 
 > **Generated file — do not edit by hand.**
diff --git a/docs/plans/2026-08-20_w4-document-contract-worklist.md b/docs/plans/2026-08-20_w4-document-contract-worklist.md
index eb34f746..d59b5e75 100644
--- a/docs/plans/2026-08-20_w4-document-contract-worklist.md
+++ b/docs/plans/2026-08-20_w4-document-contract-worklist.md
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ files. The flatten plan says 130; the arithmetic does not close (318 total = 134
 
 | bucket | count | note |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| stamped `kind` + `status: active` | 104 | this pass |
+| stamped `kind` + `status: active` | 103 | this pass |
 | held, operator judgement | 19 | section "Needs a decision" below |
 | held, cites the moving path | 3 | the three `SUPERSEDED` TASKS.md stamps |
+| held, generated file | 1 | `docs/fleet/NORTH_STAR.md`, see below |
 | already stamped in W1 | 1 | `docs/fleet/FLEET-DOCTRINE.md`, untouched |
 
-Kinds applied: 54 `guide`, 34 `record`, 9 `spec`, 6 `tracking`, 1 `projection`.
+Kinds applied: 54 `guide`, 34 `record`, 9 `spec`, 6 `tracking`.
 
 `parent` is **not** applied. It points at `docs/fleet/NORTH_STAR.yaml`, which the flatten moves
 to `docs/NORTH_STAR.yaml`. Stamping it now means re-pointing 127 files by hand later. It lands
@@ -50,6 +51,30 @@ Two problems, both real:
 
 Converted after the flatten, not before.
 
+## Held: the one generated file
+
+`docs/fleet/NORTH_STAR.md` is a `projection` and was stamped in the first pass. The stamp was
+**reverted before review**, because stamping it is self-contradictory in a way that is not
+merely theoretical:
+
+- The contract says a `projection` is "Generated. Never hand-edited." Adding front matter by
+  hand is a hand edit of a generated file, and the file's own banner says
+  "**Generated file — do not edit by hand.**"
+- `renderNorthStarMarkdown()` at `packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet.ts:373` emits the H1 as
+  its first line and no front matter at all.
+- `fleet-north-star.spec.ts:110-114` asserts full-string equality between the renderer's output
+  and the committed file: `expect(rendered).toBe(committed)`. Before the stamp, line 1 of the
+  committed file was `# Mosaic Fleet — NORTH STAR`, matching the renderer. After it, line 1 was
+  `---`. The assertion fails.
+
+So the header for a projection cannot live in the file. It has to be emitted by
+`renderNorthStarMarkdown()`, which is a code change and belongs in the flatten PR alongside the
+`resolveNorthStarPaths()` fix, not in a documentation pass.
+
+This generalises: **the contract as written cannot classify any generated document without a
+matching change to its generator.** `NORTH_STAR.md` is the only projection today, so the cost
+is one function. It will not stay one.
+
 ## Needs a decision
 
 Nineteen rows. Seventeen are the plan's section 9 list, minus `docs/fleet/north-star.md`
@@ -145,8 +170,8 @@ proposes work not yet built). Those eight are stamped and are the most likely to
 
 ## Verification
 
-- 104 of 104 files parse with the expected `kind` and `status` in front matter.
+- 103 of 103 files parse with the expected `kind` and `status` in front matter.
 - The check was shown to reject a wrong kind before it was trusted (asserting
   `kind: record` on a file stamped `guide` fails).
 - The whole diff removes 4 lines, all of them `status: current`.
-- 23 files untouched, matching 19 + 3 + 1.
+- 24 files untouched, matching 19 + 3 + 1 + 1.