diff --git a/docs/research/2026-08-11-campaign-op-test-script.md b/docs/research/2026-08-11-campaign-op-test-script.md
index 902848a2..a5a48c9d 100644
--- a/docs/research/2026-08-11-campaign-op-test-script.md
+++ b/docs/research/2026-08-11-campaign-op-test-script.md
@@ -108,11 +108,14 @@ for this slice, not a bug.
     session sees zero lines (everything already at the macro's target).
     **These six lines are byte-verified `RetailLogTextType.Magic` (0x07),
     NOT the client-local refusal type** — expect LIGHT BLUE text in the
-    SCROLLING CHAT TRANSCRIPT (not the transient SpewBox overlay), with
-    a timestamp prefix, same as any other Magic-colored system line. If
-    you see bright red text in a transient 5-second overlay instead (the
-    ClientLocal/SpewBox look used by the mid-air refusal and UA/RA
-    above), that is the pre-fix-round bug — report it.
+    SCROLLING CHAT TRANSCRIPT (not the transient SpewBox overlay). Do
+    NOT expect a timestamp prefix: acdream renders no chat timestamps
+    yet (the Display Timestamps consumer is OP4 scope, and there is no
+    chat-log file — TS-69), so a bare light-blue line is CORRECT here
+    (OP3 re-review R1). If you see bright red text in a transient
+    5-second overlay instead (the ClientLocal/SpewBox look used by the
+    mid-air refusal and UA/RA above), that is the pre-fix-round bug —
+    report it.
     **Known, registered gap (TS-74): acdream has no persistent
     "turn to face camera" mouse-turning MODE yet, so this button changes
     stored preferences and sends the wire bit, but you will not see the
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Composition/InteractionRetainedUiComposition.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Composition/InteractionRetainedUiComposition.cs
index 53e77251..e97f72e9 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Composition/InteractionRetainedUiComposition.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Composition/InteractionRetainedUiComposition.cs
@@ -811,9 +811,15 @@ internal sealed class RetailInteractionRetainedUiCompositionFactory
                     // into "not grounded", which fired the mid-air message
                     // outside player mode — the opposite of retail and the
                     // opposite of what the old comment here claimed.
-                    IsGrounded: () => !d.PlayerMode.IsPlayerMode
-                        ? (bool?)null
-                        : d.PlayerController.Controller is { IsAirborne: false },
+                    // R2 (OP3 re-review, 2026-08-11): a NULL controller in
+                    // player mode must ALSO yield null (silent) — the prior
+                    // `is { IsAirborne: false }` pattern returned false for
+                    // null and fired the refusal retail cannot produce.
+                    IsGrounded: () =>
+                        d.PlayerMode.IsPlayerMode
+                        && d.PlayerController.Controller is { } liveController
+                            ? !liveController.IsAirborne
+                            : (bool?)null,
                     IsUseMouseTurningEnabled: () =>
                         CharacterOptionTable.TryGet(
                             CharacterOptionId.UseMouseTurning,
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/OP2ReworkBlastRadiusConformanceTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/OP2ReworkBlastRadiusConformanceTests.cs
index 35ee0b73..bcb3e98a 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/OP2ReworkBlastRadiusConformanceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/OP2ReworkBlastRadiusConformanceTests.cs
@@ -89,6 +89,22 @@ public class OP2ReworkBlastRadiusConformanceTests
         host.ActivePageChanged += (_, _) => raised++;
 
         Assert.False(host.BehaviorActive);
+
+        // R3 (OP3 re-review, 2026-08-11): a subscribe-then-assert-zero pin
+        // passes even with dormancy fully broken. The REAL dormancy
+        // mechanism is that ActivateTabBehavior (via RetailTabBinding.
+        // SetClick) was never called, so the authored tab BUTTONS carry no
+        // click handler — clicking a dormant host's tab can invoke nothing.
+        // SwitchTo itself deliberately has no dormancy guard (a controller
+        // may drive it directly), so the button wiring IS the contract.
+        foreach (UiTabTableEntry tab in host.Tabs)
+        {
+            var button = layout.FindElement(tab.ButtonElementId);
+            Assert.NotNull(button);
+            Assert.False(button!.HandlesClick,
+                $"dormant tab button 0x{tab.ButtonElementId:X8} has a click "
+                + "handler — import-time activation regressed (AD-73)");
+        }
         Assert.Equal(0, raised);
     }