diff --git a/.hyperi-ci.yaml b/.hyperi-ci.yaml
index b9e2e854c..281a35a4b 100644
--- a/.hyperi-ci.yaml
+++ b/.hyperi-ci.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ release:
   helm:
     enabled: true
     contract: emit
-    library: "2.14.29"
+    library: "2.14.30"
   container:
     enabled: true
     dockerfile: Dockerfile
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b528865f..47bcd0ee2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3175,9 +3175,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "scalo"
-version = "2.14.29"
+version = "2.14.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "feceebb26b38815f5f1b78b03f235630d011240810c75af6e230dd7518245a1f"
+checksum = "aee9c374451af23a6ebf90c02ce4ae33ea37fda7f397622825a3e0618988c566"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "backon",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b4cee58f7..b0d220fc8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ dfe-transforms = { path = "crates/dfe-transforms" }
 # Features are added when their API is actually referenced, not speculatively.
 # The floor moves with `release.helm.library` in .hyperi-ci.yaml: the library
 # renders only the contract version its scalo release writes.
-scalo = { version = ">=2.14.29, <3", features = [
+scalo = { version = ">=2.14.30, <3", features = [
     "cli-service",
     "config",
     "config-schema",
diff --git a/crates/pgo-driver/Cargo.toml b/crates/pgo-driver/Cargo.toml
index f41093f5b..de2480278 100644
--- a/crates/pgo-driver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/pgo-driver/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ required-features = ["driver"]
 # Declared here rather than inherited: the workspace entry carries the
 # service's full feature list, and this crate must build with the Kafka
 # transport alone so the workload's driver build takes minutes.
-scalo = { version = "2.14.29", default-features = false, features = [
+scalo = { version = "2.14.30", default-features = false, features = [
     "transport-kafka",
 ] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/docs/config-schema.json b/docs/config-schema.json
index 9b11550c5..2ddd824ab 100644
--- a/docs/config-schema.json
+++ b/docs/config-schema.json
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
           "const": "sapics"
         },
         {
-          "description": "Caller supplies the MMDB paths directly; nothing is downloaded.",
+          "description": "Caller supplies the MMDB paths directly. Nothing is downloaded.",
           "type": "string",
           "const": "custom"
         }
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
       "description": "How backends are used when multiple are enabled.",
       "oneOf": [
         {
-          "description": "Try backends in order; stop on first success.\nDefault order: Kafka first, file fallback.",
+          "description": "Try backends in order. Stop on first success.\nDefault order: Kafka first, file fallback.",
           "type": "string",
           "const": "cascade"
         },
diff --git a/docs/config-schema.yaml b/docs/config-schema.yaml
index 1072407a2..c02a22cc5 100644
--- a/docs/config-schema.yaml
+++ b/docs/config-schema.yaml
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ $defs:
         anonymous, ASN only, CC BY 4.0.
       type: string
       const: sapics
-    - description: Caller supplies the MMDB paths directly; nothing is downloaded.
+    - description: Caller supplies the MMDB paths directly. Nothing is downloaded.
       type: string
       const: custom
   AutoDownloadConfig:
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ $defs:
     description: How backends are used when multiple are enabled.
     oneOf:
     - description: |-
-        Try backends in order; stop on first success.
+        Try backends in order. Stop on first success.
         Default order: Kafka first, file fallback.
       type: string
       const: cascade
diff --git a/docs/deployment-contract.json b/docs/deployment-contract.json
index 892751c18..0f5b7e690 100644
--- a/docs/deployment-contract.json
+++ b/docs/deployment-contract.json
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
             "const": "sapics"
           },
           {
-            "description": "Caller supplies the MMDB paths directly; nothing is downloaded.",
+            "description": "Caller supplies the MMDB paths directly. Nothing is downloaded.",
             "type": "string",
             "const": "custom"
           }
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
         "description": "How backends are used when multiple are enabled.",
         "oneOf": [
           {
-            "description": "Try backends in order; stop on first success.\nDefault order: Kafka first, file fallback.",
+            "description": "Try backends in order. Stop on first success.\nDefault order: Kafka first, file fallback.",
             "type": "string",
             "const": "cascade"
           },