diff --git a/packages/metadata-protocol/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/metadata-protocol/CHANGELOG.md
index 74d3a950ed..41f636f8db 100644
--- a/packages/metadata-protocol/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/metadata-protocol/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -968,6 +968,9 @@
     row that has no registry presence (durable-only) carries no verdict, and the
     REST detail door's database-first row does not either — the registry item is
     the only carrier, by design.
+  - **Correction (2026-09-07):** no package of a compiled artifact is
+    scope-less — `ManifestSchema` defaults `scope` to `project`; the
+    "scope-less `type: module`" clause above is withdrawn, see #14803 / #16122.
 - 95464ed: fix(metadata-protocol): the three recovery doors run the ADR-0094 mutation projector
   
   `rollbackMetaItem`, both limbs of `revertCommit`, and `deleteMetaItem`'s
diff --git a/packages/runtime/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/runtime/CHANGELOG.md
index 6804fde7eb..357f7534a5 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/runtime/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1719,6 +1719,9 @@
     row that has no registry presence (durable-only) carries no verdict, and the
     REST detail door's database-first row does not either — the registry item is
     the only carrier, by design.
+  - **Correction (2026-09-07):** no package of a compiled artifact is
+    scope-less — `ManifestSchema` defaults `scope` to `project`; the
+    "scope-less `type: module`" clause above is withdrawn, see #14803 / #16122.
 - 8ce628a: fix(objectql,runtime,rest): store a serializable manifest in the package registry so `/packages` stops answering 500 (#14309)
   
   On a stock showcase boot, signed in as the seeded admin, every read door that