diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/README.md b/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/README.md
index 02140c06f..743cecc7a 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/README.md
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/README.md
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ pulses land circular. Full table in the soma README
 
 ## Gaps
 
-| Gap                                                                                        | Disposition                                                                                                                                 |
-| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Presets de escena por estado (carácter de aurora distinto más allá de speed/amplitude/hue) | **diferir** — la modulación actual cubre el ciclo; se especializa cuando el diseño lo pida                                                  |
-| Superficie de elicitación en `escalated` (pregunta tipada vía `Form.AutoFields`)           | **diferir** a PLAN-agent F4 — la categoría del protocolo existe (reservada); se materializa con la superficie de conversación               |
-| Variante compacta/inline (solo orb, sin status/cancel) para toolbars                       | **diferir** — hasta que un host real lo pida (la barra de admisión)                                                                         |
-| Prop `color` decorativo                                                                    | **descartar** — el tinte es evaluativo (estado del run); un `color` invitaría al antipatrón «marco rojo». El tema re-tinta los slots de rol |
+| Gap                                                                                        | Disposition                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| Presets de escena por estado (carácter de aurora distinto más allá de speed/amplitude/hue) | **diferir** — la modulación actual cubre el ciclo; se especializa cuando el diseño lo pida                                                                                                                         |
+| Superficie de elicitación en `escalated` (pregunta tipada vía `Form.AutoFields`)           | **construible ya** (desbloqueada 2026-07-23: no depende de superficie conversacional — PLAN-agent §5b). Falta la costura en el motor: la escalada no lleva la pregunta y `resolveEscalation` no lleva la respuesta |
+| Variante compacta/inline (solo orb, sin status/cancel) para toolbars                       | **diferir** — hasta que un host real lo pida (la barra de admisión)                                                                                                                                                |
+| Prop `color` decorativo                                                                    | **descartar** — el tinte es evaluativo (estado del run); un `color` invitaría al antipatrón «marco rojo». El tema re-tinta los slots de rol                                                                        |
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/aura-ring.svelte b/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/aura-ring.svelte
index 8064c0d88..337788a45 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/aura-ring.svelte
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/aura-ring.svelte
@@ -1,55 +1,3 @@
-<script module lang="ts">
-	import type { AuraState } from '$soma/components/aura';
-
-	/**
-	 * Ring geometry — the component's own coordinate system, not design
-	 * tokens (same split as the OnionMenu: geometry lives in TS, chrome in
-	 * the recipe). One circle, one radius; every state is a dash pattern
-	 * over the SAME stroke, so the cycle reads as SHAPE and the role tint
-	 * stays redundant — no state is ever distinguishable by colour alone.
-	 */
-	const R = 44;
-	const C = 2 * Math.PI * R;
-
-	/** Fractions of the circumference, named so the intent survives edits. */
-	function dash(on: number, off: number): string {
-		return `${C * on} ${C * off}`;
-	}
-
-	interface RingShape {
-		/** The faint dotted rail the arc runs on (absent once the ring closes). */
-		track: boolean;
-		/** Dash pattern of the state arc; `null` hides it (idle). */
-		arc: string | null;
-		/** Registered content loop for the arc — un-gated, reduced-motion safe. */
-		loop: 'spin' | 'pulse' | undefined;
-		/** The outward pulse that makes `escalated` claim attention. */
-		halo: boolean;
-	}
-
-	const SHAPES: Record<AuraState, RingShape> = {
-		// At rest: the rail alone. Presence recedes, never disappears.
-		idle: { track: true, arc: null, loop: undefined, halo: false },
-		// An offer breathes — noticeable without interrupting.
-		offered: { track: true, arc: dash(0.25, 0.75), loop: 'pulse', halo: false },
-		// A plan is discrete: four equal segments = steps, not progress. It
-		// breathes — the plan is proposed and alive, not parked; the shape
-		// (segments vs the single arc of `offered`) is what tells them apart.
-		planned: { track: true, arc: dash(0.18, 0.07), loop: 'pulse', halo: false },
-		// Your review is pending: two opposed arcs, held still. Waiting reads
-		// as stillness — the only stable state with a closed-in shape.
-		reviewing: { track: true, arc: dash(0.34, 0.16), loop: undefined, halo: false },
-		// Working: one arc going round. Indeterminate on purpose (the act
-		// count is text, in Status — the ring never fakes a progress bar).
-		acting: { track: true, arc: dash(0.28, 0.72), loop: 'spin', halo: false },
-		// It needs a human: the ring closes and pushes a pulse outward.
-		escalated: { track: false, arc: dash(1, 0), loop: undefined, halo: true }
-	};
-
-	/** The halo starts at the orb's edge and expands out to the ring (ping = 2×). */
-	const HALO_R = R / 2;
-</script>
-
 <script lang="ts">
 	/**
 	 * Eidos `<Aura.Ring>` — the custody ring. It WRAPS the Indicator: the ring
@@ -67,28 +15,35 @@
 	 */
 	import * as Aura from '$soma/components/aura';
 	import { AuraProvider } from '$soma/components/aura';
+	import { HALO_RADIUS, RING_RADIUS, RING_SHAPES } from './shapes';
 	import type { AuraRingProps } from './types';
 
 	let { ref = $bindable(null), children, ...rest }: AuraRingProps = $props();
 
 	const provider = AuraProvider.get();
-	const shape = $derived(SHAPES[provider?.state ?? 'idle']);
+	const shape = $derived(RING_SHAPES[provider?.state ?? 'idle']);
 </script>
 
 <Aura.Ring {...rest} bind:ref>
 	<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false">
 		{#if shape.track}
-			<circle data-aura-ring-slot="track" cx="50" cy="50" r={R} stroke-dasharray="1 5" />
+			<circle data-aura-ring-slot="track" cx="50" cy="50" r={RING_RADIUS} stroke-dasharray="1 5" />
 		{/if}
 		{#if shape.halo}
-			<circle data-aura-ring-slot="halo" cx="50" cy="50" r={HALO_R} data-animation-style="ping" />
+			<circle
+				data-aura-ring-slot="halo"
+				cx="50"
+				cy="50"
+				r={HALO_RADIUS}
+				data-animation-style="ping"
+			/>
 		{/if}
 		{#if shape.arc}
 			<circle
 				data-aura-ring-slot="arc"
 				cx="50"
 				cy="50"
-				r={R}
+				r={RING_RADIUS}
 				stroke-dasharray={shape.arc}
 				data-animation-style={shape.loop}
 			/>
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/shapes.test.ts b/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/shapes.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e5251e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/shapes.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { HALO_RADIUS, RING_RADIUS, RING_SHAPES, type RingShape } from './shapes';
+import type { AuraState } from '$soma/components/aura';
+
+const STATES: readonly AuraState[] = [
+	'idle',
+	'offered',
+	'planned',
+	'reviewing',
+	'acting',
+	'escalated'
+];
+
+/** The shape as the eye receives it — colour deliberately absent. */
+function silhouette(shape: RingShape): string {
+	return [
+		shape.track ? 'rail' : 'no-rail',
+		shape.arc ?? 'no-arc',
+		shape.loop ?? 'still',
+		shape.halo ? 'halo' : 'no-halo'
+	].join('|');
+}
+
+describe('Aura custody ring — shapes', () => {
+	it('covers every custody state', () => {
+		expect(Object.keys(RING_SHAPES).sort()).toEqual([...STATES].sort());
+	});
+
+	// THE claim of the component: the ring encodes the cycle, the role tint
+	// only confirms it. If two states ever share a silhouette, the surface
+	// becomes colour-dependent — the accessibility failure this design exists
+	// to avoid (and the one the original orb-only version had).
+	it('gives every state a silhouette no other state shares', () => {
+		const seen = new Map<string, AuraState>();
+		for (const state of STATES) {
+			const key = silhouette(RING_SHAPES[state]);
+			const clash = seen.get(key);
+			expect(clash, `"${state}" is indistinguishable from "${clash}" without colour`).toBe(
+				undefined
+			);
+			seen.set(key, state);
+		}
+	});
+
+	// Presence recedes, never disappears (doctrine agent.md §7 — the same rule
+	// that forbids `hide` under reduced motion).
+	it('keeps the rail at rest instead of emptying the ring', () => {
+		expect(RING_SHAPES.idle.arc).toBeNull();
+		expect(RING_SHAPES.idle.track).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	// Waiting reads as stillness: it is what separates «your review is
+	// pending» from «the agent is working» when both are tinted a role apart
+	// by only ~22° of hue.
+	it('holds reviewing still while acting moves', () => {
+		expect(RING_SHAPES.reviewing.loop).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(RING_SHAPES.acting.loop).toBe('spin');
+	});
+
+	// The one state that claims attention: closed ring + outward pulse, and
+	// the only one that drops the rail.
+	it('reserves the closed ring and the halo for escalated', () => {
+		expect(RING_SHAPES.escalated.halo).toBe(true);
+		expect(RING_SHAPES.escalated.track).toBe(false);
+		for (const state of STATES.filter((s) => s !== 'escalated')) {
+			expect(RING_SHAPES[state].halo, `${state} must not claim attention`).toBe(false);
+			expect(RING_SHAPES[state].track, `${state} keeps its rail`).toBe(true);
+		}
+	});
+
+	// Only loops the motion registry actually ships — a typo here would fail
+	// silently in CSS (an unknown `data-animation-style` matches no rule).
+	it('uses only registered content loops', () => {
+		for (const state of STATES) {
+			const loop = RING_SHAPES[state].loop;
+			if (loop !== undefined) expect(['spin', 'pulse']).toContain(loop);
+		}
+	});
+
+	it('draws every arc within one circumference', () => {
+		const circumference = 2 * Math.PI * RING_RADIUS;
+		for (const state of STATES) {
+			const arc = RING_SHAPES[state].arc;
+			if (arc === null) continue;
+			const [on, off] = arc.split(' ').map(Number);
+			expect(on).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+			expect(on + off).toBeLessThanOrEqual(circumference + 1e-6);
+		}
+	});
+
+	it('starts the halo at the orb edge so the ping expands into the ring', () => {
+		// `loop-ping` scales 2×: from the orb edge it lands on the ring itself.
+		expect(HALO_RADIUS * 2).toBe(RING_RADIUS);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/shapes.ts b/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/shapes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..267919359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/aura/shapes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/**
+ * Custody-ring shapes — the pure engine behind `<Aura.Ring>` (same split the
+ * OnionMenu uses: geometry in TS, chrome in the recipe).
+ *
+ * One circle, one radius; every state is a dash pattern over the SAME stroke,
+ * so the cycle reads as SHAPE and the role tint stays redundant — **no state
+ * is ever distinguishable by colour alone**. That claim is the component's
+ * reason to exist, so it lives here where a test can pin it (`shapes.test.ts`)
+ * rather than inside a `<script module>` nothing can import.
+ */
+
+import type { AuraState } from '$soma/components/aura';
+
+/** Ring radius in the SVG's own 100×100 coordinate system. */
+export const RING_RADIUS = 44;
+
+const CIRCUMFERENCE = 2 * Math.PI * RING_RADIUS;
+
+/** The halo starts at the orb's edge and expands out to the ring (ping = 2×). */
+export const HALO_RADIUS = RING_RADIUS / 2;
+
+/** Fractions of the circumference, named so the intent survives edits. */
+function dash(on: number, off: number): string {
+	return `${CIRCUMFERENCE * on} ${CIRCUMFERENCE * off}`;
+}
+
+export interface RingShape {
+	/** The faint dotted rail the arc runs on (absent once the ring closes). */
+	readonly track: boolean;
+	/** Dash pattern of the state arc; `null` hides it (idle). */
+	readonly arc: string | null;
+	/** Registered content loop for the arc — un-gated, reduced-motion safe. */
+	readonly loop: 'spin' | 'pulse' | undefined;
+	/** The outward pulse that makes `escalated` claim attention. */
+	readonly halo: boolean;
+}
+
+export const RING_SHAPES: Readonly<Record<AuraState, RingShape>> = {
+	// At rest: the rail alone. Presence recedes, never disappears.
+	idle: { track: true, arc: null, loop: undefined, halo: false },
+	// An offer breathes — noticeable without interrupting.
+	offered: { track: true, arc: dash(0.25, 0.75), loop: 'pulse', halo: false },
+	// A plan is discrete: four equal segments = steps, not progress. It
+	// breathes — the plan is proposed and alive, not parked; the shape
+	// (segments vs the single arc of `offered`) is what tells them apart.
+	planned: { track: true, arc: dash(0.18, 0.07), loop: 'pulse', halo: false },
+	// Your review is pending: two opposed arcs, held still. Waiting reads
+	// as stillness — the only stable state with a closed-in shape.
+	reviewing: { track: true, arc: dash(0.34, 0.16), loop: undefined, halo: false },
+	// Working: one arc going round. Indeterminate on purpose (the act
+	// count is text, in Status — the ring never fakes a progress bar).
+	acting: { track: true, arc: dash(0.28, 0.72), loop: 'spin', halo: false },
+	// It needs a human: the ring closes and pushes a pulse outward.
+	escalated: { track: false, arc: dash(1, 0), loop: undefined, halo: true }
+};
diff --git a/src/uix/soma/components/aura/README.md b/src/uix/soma/components/aura/README.md
index 7ff79f78f..399cb2da1 100644
--- a/src/uix/soma/components/aura/README.md
+++ b/src/uix/soma/components/aura/README.md
@@ -118,11 +118,15 @@ DETAIL is app content, in the app's own domain.
 
 ## Gaps (with disposition)
 
-- Eidos wrapper + recipe + `$scene` orb + reduced-motion `static-frame` →
-  route phases 4–5 (planned, PLAN-agent.md F3).
-- Comparativa table (≥3 refs) → phase 7 README pass, with the demo.
-- Elicitation surface on `escalated` (typed question) → reserved (protocol
-  category exists; materializes with the conversation surface, F4).
+- Elicitation surface on `escalated` (typed question) → **buildable now**
+  (unblocked 2026-07-23): a typed question is a form in context
+  (`Form.AutoFields`), NOT a conversation — see PLAN-agent §5b. Two seams are
+  still missing in the engine and they are why this never shipped: the
+  escalation carries a typed REASON but not the question, and
+  `resolveEscalation(runId, 'continue' | 'cancel')` has nowhere to carry an
+  ANSWER. Until they exist, `escalated` can be surfaced but not answered —
+  which leaves point 4 of the signed a11y contract (dismissible /
+  postponable elicitations) unmet.
 - A surface state for the run's FAILURE that outlives the hold (an `errored`
   echo) → **discarded for now**: it would contradict custody (control already
   returned). Revisit only with a real case where the app cannot hold that