diff --git a/backend/app/downloads/edit.py b/backend/app/downloads/edit.py
index 24498872..d191d14a 100644
--- a/backend/app/downloads/edit.py
+++ b/backend/app/downloads/edit.py
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ def _step_failure(err: BaseException) -> str:
 
 
 def _is_jpeg(path: Path) -> bool:
-    """True if the file starts with the JPEG SOI marker (FF D8 FF)."""
+    """True if the file starts with the JPEG SOI marker (0xFF 0xD8 0xFF)."""
     try:
         with path.open("rb") as f:
             return f.read(3) == b"\xff\xd8\xff"
diff --git a/backend/app/routes/downloads.py b/backend/app/routes/downloads.py
index cb9e3e23..d2e1c5d2 100644
--- a/backend/app/routes/downloads.py
+++ b/backend/app/routes/downloads.py
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ def list_links(
 
 class CreateLinkIn(BaseModel):
     password: str = ""
-    # D1: a newly shared download is downloadable by default — the common intent is "let the
+    # A newly shared download is downloadable by default — the common intent is "let the
     # recipient have the file", not stream-only. Forward-only: this only sets the default for links
     # minted from now on; existing links keep whatever `allow_download` they were created with (the
     # column default stays False, so no back-catalogue link silently flips). The owner can still
diff --git a/backend/app/sync/tagsuggest.py b/backend/app/sync/tagsuggest.py
index 14d0f7e6..a4e2d99e 100644
--- a/backend/app/sync/tagsuggest.py
+++ b/backend/app/sync/tagsuggest.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ result (measured on real data: every untagged channel got a suggestion, most on
 alone). Topic overlap is what makes "you tagged similar channels this way" meaningful.
 
 Purely read-only and deterministic — the Channel Manager surfaces the result as one-tap-accept
-"ghost" chips; nothing is written here (D4 = suggest-and-confirm, no silent auto-apply). The
+"ghost" chips; nothing is written here (suggest-and-confirm, never a silent auto-apply). The
 thresholds are tuning constants rather than admin knobs on purpose: they mirror how ``autotag.py``
 keeps its mappings inline, and sysconfig only stores int/str/bool (no float), so a knob would mean
 storing percentages — not worth the surface for values an operator has no reason to tune per-install.
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_links.py b/backend/tests/test_links.py
index 78c18096..f3e8e47d 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_links.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_links.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class TestPublicMetaAudioFlag:
 
 
 class TestCreateLinkDefault:
-    """D1: a newly minted share link is downloadable by default. The one-click Share relies on
+    """A newly minted share link is downloadable by default. The one-click Share relies on
     this — it POSTs no `allow_download`, so the API default decides. Forward-only lives here (the API
     default), NOT in a migration: the DownloadLink column default stays False, so no existing back-
     catalogue link silently flips to downloadable."""
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PlexBrowse.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PlexBrowse.tsx
index c65a1cf7..d8f9f0a6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PlexBrowse.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PlexBrowse.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const PlexCollectionView = lazy(() => import("./PlexCollectionView"));
 
 const PAGE = 40;
 
-// D3: the "last watched" sort auto-applied when you enter the in-progress watch-state view (most
+// The "last watched" sort auto-applied when you enter the in-progress watch-state view (most
 // recently watched first). Frozen for the same reason as PLEX_SORT_FALLBACK (handed out by reference).
 const LASTWATCHED_SORT: NonNullable<SortState> = Object.freeze({
   key: "lastwatched",
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ export default function PlexBrowse() {
     return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey);
   }, [sub, canStepBack]);
 
-  // D3: entering the in-progress watch-state view auto-applies the "last watched" sort (most recently
+  // Entering the in-progress watch-state view auto-applies the "last watched" sort (most recently
   // watched first); leaving restores the sort that was active before entering. Only the ENTER edge
   // forces the sort, so a manual sort change while in the in-progress view still wins — it's just not
   // carried back out (exit returns to the pre-entry preference). We stash the raw provider `sort`, not
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PlexDiscover.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PlexDiscover.dom.test.tsx
index 63c4ace6..4dd6537a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PlexDiscover.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PlexDiscover.dom.test.tsx
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ describe("PlexDiscover", () => {
 });
 
 // Every rail and the genre grid are lists the keyboard walks (lib/listNav), so `j` goes on
-// from one to the next in page order (owner decision D4).
+// from one to the next in page order (the owner's call).
 describe("PlexDiscover · keyboard", () => {
   it("registers every rail and the genre grid, and j walks on from rail to rail", async () => {
     plexDiscover.mockResolvedValue(fullPayload);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ShareDialog.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ShareDialog.tsx
index d9a9f76b..77453bdd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ShareDialog.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ShareDialog.tsx
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ function LinkShare({ job }: { job: DownloadJob }) {
     queryFn: () => api.downloadLinks(job.id),
   });
   const [creating, setCreating] = useState(false);
-  // D1: downloadable by default — matches the one-click Share (which relies on the backend
+  // Downloadable by default — matches the one-click Share (which relies on the backend
   // default) and the common "let them have the file" intent. The owner can uncheck it here.
   const [allowDownload, setAllowDownload] = useState(true);
   const [expiryDays, setExpiryDays] = useState<number | null>(null);
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ function LinkShare({ job }: { job: DownloadJob }) {
   });
 
   // Open with a link already generated: sharing is almost always the goal, so mint a default
-  // (no password, no expiry, downloadable per D1) link the moment the dialog finds none — as if the
+  // (no password, no expiry, downloadable) link the moment the dialog finds none — as if the
   // user had pressed "New link" → "Create". All further controls (password, download toggle, expiry,
   // extra links, revoke) stay available on the created link and via the "New link" button.
   const autoTried = useRef(false);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/UpNextCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/UpNextCard.tsx
index 8b541533..72d15ece 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/UpNextCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/UpNextCard.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Button } from "./ui/Button";
 import { IconButton } from "./ui/IconButton";
 
 // Up-next / end-card. Shown at episode end when a next item exists and the pref is on, INSTEAD
-// of the old instant jump — so binge stays under the viewer's control (D6-A). Counts down ~10s then
+// of the old instant jump — so binge stays under the viewer's control. Counts down ~10s then
 // advances; "Play now" advances immediately; Cancel/✕ dismisses and stays on the finished frame. It only
 // lives on the play-to-the-end path; credits-auto-skip advances earlier and never reaches this card.
 const COUNTDOWN_S = 10;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/plexCards.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/plexCards.dom.test.tsx
index af05785c..6f508f8c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/plexCards.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/plexCards.dom.test.tsx
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ describe("EpisodeCard a11y", () => {
 });
 
 // In a keyboard-walkable grid or rail the WHOLE card is the item (the ring goes round the
-// poster and its title, D2) and the poster — the card's own role=button — is what Enter opens.
+// poster and its title) and the poster — the card's own role=button — is what Enter opens.
 describe("Plex cards in a keyboard-walkable list", () => {
   const cases = [
     [
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/keymap.sequence.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/keymap.sequence.test.ts
index cf32f0d5..7d43cb1c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/keymap.sequence.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/keymap.sequence.test.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe("two-step sequences", () => {
     expect(calls).toEqual(["goDownloads"]);
   });
 
-  // No second step needs a modifier (D1), so a chord with one is the reader changing their mind: it
+  // No second step needs a modifier (see the page-level rows below), so a chord with one is the reader changing their mind: it
   // must reach its own row. Swallowed, `g` then Ctrl+K opened the browser's search, not the palette.
   it("lets a modifier chord abandon the sequence and match as itself", () => {
     const calls: string[] = [];
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ describe("page-level scopes under a layer", () => {
 });
 
 describe("the page-level rows", () => {
-  // Owner rule D1, enforced rather than commented: on the Hungarian layout the owner types on, a
+  // The owner's rule, enforced rather than commented: on the Hungarian layout the owner types on, a
   // chord with a modifier (or `/`, `?`, which ARE Shift chords there) is not a quick key.
   it("need no modifier and no Shift-only character", () => {
     for (const s of SHORTCUTS) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/planCodes.contract.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/planCodes.contract.test.ts
index 4e3cf420..aefb05ed 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/planCodes.contract.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/planCodes.contract.test.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ const ALLOWED = new Set([
 // Anything else that looks like a code is one — `"""E30:`, `it("E36:`, `# S6:` and `S3's` included.
 const NOT_CODES = /\bS\d{1,2} ?·? ?E\d+|\btitle[=:] ?"[ES]\d{1,2}"|\bE4\/E7\/E9\b/g;
 const PLAN_CODES = [
-  // an epic (`E28`, `E9.5`, `E28/E30`), an older roadmap item (`R14`), a sprint (`S6`, `S3e2`) or a
-  // phase (`P1`) — not `E2E`, not a ruff rule (`S110`), not `S3h`, the media-card decision
-  // docs/DESIGN.md is headed by
-  /\b(?:E\d{1,2}(?:\.\d+)?|R\d{1,2}|S(?!3h\b)\d{1,2}(?:[a-z]\d?)?|P\d)\b/,
+  // an epic (`E28`, `E9.5`, `E28/E30`), an older roadmap item (`R14`), a sprint (`S6`, `S3e2`), a
+  // phase (`P1`) or a plan's decision (`D1`, `D6-A`) — not `E2E`, not a ruff rule (`S110`), not
+  // `S3h`, the media-card decision docs/DESIGN.md is headed by
+  /\b(?:E\d{1,2}(?:\.\d+)?|R\d{1,2}|S(?!3h\b)\d{1,2}(?:[a-z]\d?)?|P\d|D\d{1,2})\b/,
   // a review round (`round 4`, `deep-review`)
   /\b[Rr]ound[ -]\d|deep-review/,
 ];
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ describe("plan codes", () => {
       '"""E30: the new sink.',
       'it("E36: keeps x", () => {',
       "// both sides (E28/E30)",
+      "# D1: a newly shared download is downloadable by default",
+      "// binge stays under the viewer's control (D6-A)",
+      "// (owner decision D4)",
       "# the roadmap's R6/R7 pair",
       "// held since E9.5",
       "// (S6) moved it",
@@ -79,6 +82,8 @@ describe("plan codes", () => {
       'expect(btn.textContent).toContain("S2 · E1");',
       "// the S3h media card",
       '"S110", "S112",',
+      "# the JPEG SOI marker (0xFF 0xD8 0xFF)",
+      "// a 3D view",
     ];
     expect(cited.filter((l) => !isPlanCode(l))).toEqual([]);
     expect(clean.filter(isPlanCode)).toEqual([]);
diff --git a/scripts/audit_metrics.py b/scripts/audit_metrics.py
index 5e86fe3b..7e250918 100644
--- a/scripts/audit_metrics.py
+++ b/scripts/audit_metrics.py
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ BIG_FILE = 800
 BE_COMPLEXITY = 10  # ruff's C901 default
 FE_COMPLEXITY = 20  # the frontend's line
 
-# planCodes.contract.test.ts's definition, copied: an epic, roadmap item, sprint or phase code, or a
-# review round; NOT_CODES are its named exceptions, cut first (TV episode notation, a fixture's
-# season or episode title, ruff's default `E4/E7/E9`). ASCII, because JavaScript's `\b` is.
+# planCodes.contract.test.ts's definition, copied: an epic, roadmap item, sprint, phase or decision
+# code, or a review round; NOT_CODES are its named exceptions, cut first (TV episode notation, a
+# fixture's season or episode title, ruff's default `E4/E7/E9`). ASCII, because JavaScript's `\b` is.
 NOT_CODES = re.compile(r'\bS\d{1,2} ?·? ?E\d+|\btitle[=:] ?"[ES]\d{1,2}"|\bE4/E7/E9\b', re.ASCII)
 PLAN_CODE = re.compile(
-    r"\b(?:E\d{1,2}(?:\.\d+)?|R\d{1,2}|S(?!3h\b)\d{1,2}(?:[a-z]\d?)?|P\d)\b|\b[Rr]ound[ -]\d|deep-review",
+    r"\b(?:E\d{1,2}(?:\.\d+)?|R\d{1,2}|S(?!3h\b)\d{1,2}(?:[a-z]\d?)?|P\d|D\d{1,2})\b"
+    r"|\b[Rr]ound[ -]\d|deep-review",
     re.ASCII,
 )
 NARRATION = re.compile(r"\b(used to|no longer)\b", re.IGNORECASE)