diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lite.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lite.yml
index 538f5ddef0..6c6c4379f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lite.yml
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ jobs:
               - 'scripts/prompt-budget.limits'
               - 'scripts/check-prompt-budget.sh'
               - 'scripts/prompt-size-measure.sh'
+              # The feature-gate smoke owns the dependency-floor ratchet. Its
+              # limits and measurement logic must arm that lane themselves.
+              - 'scripts/kernel-floor.limits'
+              - 'scripts/check-kernel-floor.sh'
+              - 'scripts/kernel-floor.sh'
+              - 'scripts/dep-sim.py'
               # The coverage-presence gate and its allowlist decide whether this
               # lane FAILS, so they arm it for the same reason.
               - 'scripts/ci/assert-coverage-presence.sh'
@@ -691,7 +697,9 @@ jobs:
         # packages in the flows profile; native build count remains 2.
         # 275 -> 279 on 2026-09-20: the required TinyAgents runtime/session/
         # graph split adds four unique crate names without native dependencies.
-        run: python3 scripts/dep-sim.py --cut-nothing --expect-names 279
+        # 279 -> 277 on 2026-09-20: the merged fresh-turn and cost-routing
+        # dependency refresh sheds two of those resolved names again.
+        run: python3 scripts/dep-sim.py --cut-nothing --expect-names 277
 
       - name: Guard — new feature-gated test modules must be acknowledged
         # Self-maintaining coverage: the set of source files that #[cfg]-gate a test on
diff --git a/crates/openhuman-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/openhuman-core/Cargo.toml
index c3955e9162..485d0fc6e9 100644
--- a/crates/openhuman-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/openhuman-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ description = "OpenHuman core business logic and RPC server"
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 readme = "README.md"
-publish = false
 autobins = false
 # build.rs globs tests/raw_coverage/*.rs into the single `raw_coverage_all`
 # integration target (see tests/raw_coverage_all.rs). Those files used to be ~76
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-floor.limits b/scripts/kernel-floor.limits
index 673bd2cd87..bd6683dd9a 100644
--- a/scripts/kernel-floor.limits
+++ b/scripts/kernel-floor.limits
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 # Simulate with: scripts/dep-sim.py --cut <crates>
 #
 # History
+#   296/277/2  2026-09-20  the merged fresh-turn and cost-routing dependency
+#                      refresh sheds two resolved packages and two crate names
+#                      from the flows profile. Native builds stay unchanged.
 #   290/272/2  2026-09-18  portable skill parsing and filesystem primitives
 #                      moved into the required `tinyskills` crate. The `flows`
 #                      profile still compiles the shared skill metadata types,
@@ -568,4 +571,4 @@
 #                      into the required host runtime. The migration adds five
 #                      resolved packages and four unique crate names; it does
 #                      not add a native build dependency.
-flows:298:279:2
+flows:296:277:2