diff --git a/docs/REFERENCE_JOURNEY_PROGRAM.md b/docs/REFERENCE_JOURNEY_PROGRAM.md
index 165d974..81b08da 100644
--- a/docs/REFERENCE_JOURNEY_PROGRAM.md
+++ b/docs/REFERENCE_JOURNEY_PROGRAM.md
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ journey needs and supplies contracts shared by all five stages.
 8. **Release proof.** Version alignment, clean install/upgrade, module
    permutations, backup/restore, degraded-provider behavior, security checks,
    and target-environment acceptance gate product claims.
+9. **Artifact and infrastructure egress.** Tenant connectors use the pinned
+   connector boundary. Installer artifacts use a separate deployment-owned
+   trust path: approved origins, bounded pinned download or operator prefetch,
+   signature/checksum verification, safe extraction, and offline package-manager
+   execution. Database, broker, cache, and worker channels are constrained by
+   deployment network policy and authenticated transport rather than treated as
+   tenant connector profiles.
 
 ## Documentation contract for every reference stage
 
diff --git a/docs/SYSTEM_ADMINISTRATOR_LIFECYCLE_USER_STORY.md b/docs/SYSTEM_ADMINISTRATOR_LIFECYCLE_USER_STORY.md
index bdbcfa6..f54088f 100644
--- a/docs/SYSTEM_ADMINISTRATOR_LIFECYCLE_USER_STORY.md
+++ b/docs/SYSTEM_ADMINISTRATOR_LIFECYCLE_USER_STORY.md
@@ -70,10 +70,16 @@ The canonical backlog item is
    state and can reconnect without losing progress.
 5. Package signature/checksum, version alignment, contract closure, migration
    graph, configuration schema, and health checks are mandatory gates.
-6. A failed or interrupted operation reaches a visible retry, forward-recovery,
+6. Remote artifacts are acquired by a deployment-owned downloader that permits
+   approved origins, pins the validated connection peer, enforces size and time
+   limits, and verifies signature/checksum before making a local immutable
+   artifact available. `pip`, `npm`, archive tools, and any compatibility Git
+   importer then run without unrestricted network access. A restricted-network
+   profile can satisfy the same contract through operator-prefetched artifacts.
+7. A failed or interrupted operation reaches a visible retry, forward-recovery,
    rollback, or manual-intervention state. It never reports success merely
    because the initiating request returned.
-7. An available update follows the same preview and confirmation path. Exact
+8. An available update follows the same preview and confirmation path. Exact
    repeated requests are idempotent.
 
 ### Horizontal scaling
@@ -114,6 +120,10 @@ The canonical backlog item is
 
 - Catalogs, artifacts, recipes, and configuration revisions have signatures,
   checksums, provenance, expiry/revocation semantics, and audit evidence.
+- Catalog and artifact retrieval is not delegated to an unrestricted package
+  manager. Approved-origin and peer-pinned download, response bounds,
+  signature/checksum verification, extraction safety, offline installation, and
+  deployment egress policy form separate defenses.
 - The installer has a dedicated narrow authority; normal domain permissions do
   not imply host/package-management access.
 - The UI distinguishes reversible configuration rollback from database or