diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs b/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs
index 83f5bd07..7333f387 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ async fn prepare_applied_target(
 /// [`run_deploy_tail`] must not roll `main` back. Ordering that ahead of the tag
 /// plant is what makes the tail's `deployed/<id>` cross-check a second line of
 /// defence rather than the only one. No agent kick — the rebuild's own
-/// `PostSwap` already did it.
+/// `RebuildBookkeeping` already did it.
 ///
 /// # Errors
 ///
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/exec.rs b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/exec.rs
index 34929f28..6a0bb513 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/exec.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/exec.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub(super) async fn run_node(
         NodeKind::MetaSync { relock, .. } => run_meta_sync(coord, agent, *relock).await,
         NodeKind::Prebuild { .. } => run_prebuild(agent, id).await,
         NodeKind::Swap { .. } => run_swap(coord, agent, id).await,
-        NodeKind::PostSwap { .. } => run_post_swap(coord, agent).await,
+        NodeKind::RebuildBookkeeping { .. } => run_rebuild_bookkeeping(coord, agent).await,
         NodeKind::Provision { .. } => run_provision(coord, agent).await,
         NodeKind::Create { .. } => run_create(agent).await,
         NodeKind::MetaLock {
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ async fn run_swap(coord: &Arc<Coordinator>, name: &str, id: NodeId) -> Result<()
     let paths = Coordinator::agent_paths(name, agent_dir);
     let result = crate::lifecycle::swap_update(name, &hive, &paths, Some(id.get())).await;
     // On success the Ok-only bookkeeping tail (rev marker, forge/matrix
-    // sync, kick, rescan, snapshot) runs in the sibling `PostSwap` node,
-    // which deps `AfterOk(Swap)`. On failure `PostSwap` is cancel-cascaded
-    // and the tail `Reconcile` (`AfterAny(PostSwap)`) handles recovery; here
+    // sync, kick, rescan, snapshot) runs in the sibling `RebuildBookkeeping` node,
+    // which deps `AfterOk(Swap)`. On failure `RebuildBookkeeping` is cancel-cascaded
+    // and the tail `Reconcile` (`AfterAny(RebuildBookkeeping)`) handles recovery; here
     // we only refresh the observed state so dashboards reflect the failed
     // swap immediately. The `Rebuilt { ok: false }` manager event is emitted by
     // the DAG's `EmitRebuilt` tail (any node may be the one that failed).
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ async fn run_swap(coord: &Arc<Coordinator>, name: &str, id: NodeId) -> Result<()
 /// means the profile swap succeeded. Store/forge/matrix work only — no nix
 /// build (build-slot-exempt); the agent lease taken at `Swap` is still held
 /// (the whole chain up to `Reconcile` is one agent's subgraph).
-async fn run_post_swap(coord: &Arc<Coordinator>, name: &str) -> Result<()> {
+async fn run_rebuild_bookkeeping(coord: &Arc<Coordinator>, name: &str) -> Result<()> {
     if let Some(rev) = crate::auto_update::current_flake_rev(&coord.hyperhive_flake)
         && let Err(e) = std::fs::write(crate::paths::applied_rev_marker(name), rev)
     {
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/model.rs b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/model.rs
index 0518829a..03f86c4b 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/model.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/model.rs
@@ -53,20 +53,22 @@ pub enum NodeKind {
     /// `nixos-container update` profile-swap (requires the container
     /// stopped). Re-applies nspawn flags + resource limits first —
     /// rebuild is the reconcile verb. The post-rebuild bookkeeping tail
-    /// lives in the sibling `PostSwap` node.
+    /// lives in the sibling `RebuildBookkeeping` node.
     Swap { agent: String },
     /// The post-`Swap` bookkeeping tail as a first-class node: rev marker,
     /// forge + matrix sync, manager kick, container rescan, meta-inputs
     /// snapshot. Split out of `Swap` for dashboard visibility + retry
     /// granularity. Deps `AfterOk(Swap)`, so it runs only when the profile
-    /// swap succeeded; the tail `Reconcile` deps `AfterAny(PostSwap)`, so on
+    /// swap succeeded; the tail `Reconcile` deps `AfterAny(RebuildBookkeeping)`, so on
     /// swap failure this node is cancel-cascaded (a terminal state) and
-    /// recovery still runs. Store/forge/matrix work only — no nix build, so
-    /// build-slot-exempt. It *does* declare the agent lease: an ancestor in the
-    /// stop chain already holds it, so this is a re-entrant borrow rather than a
-    /// second unit — declaring it keeps the requirement true of this node rather
-    /// than of the one DAG shape it happens to be used in.
-    PostSwap { agent: String },
+    /// recovery still runs. Store/forge/matrix work only — no nix build.
+    ///
+    /// Declares **no resources**: it is a coordinated child of
+    /// [`NodeKind::AgentWindow`], which holds the agent lease (and the build
+    /// slot) for the whole rebuild subtree. See `templates.rs`'s module doc for
+    /// why the brace is the one place a resource is declared on behalf of
+    /// others.
+    RebuildBookkeeping { agent: String },
     /// First-spawn pre-create provisioning: proposed/applied repos,
     /// state subvolume, and meta registration (`sync_agents`). Runs
     /// ahead of `Create` so the `nixos-container create --flake
@@ -360,7 +362,7 @@ impl NodeKind {
             NodeKind::MetaSync { .. } => "meta_sync",
             NodeKind::Prebuild { .. } => "prebuild",
             NodeKind::Swap { .. } => "swap",
-            NodeKind::PostSwap { .. } => "post_swap",
+            NodeKind::RebuildBookkeeping { .. } => "rebuild_bookkeeping",
             NodeKind::Provision { .. } => "provision",
             NodeKind::Create { .. } => "create",
             NodeKind::MetaLock { .. } => "meta_lock",
@@ -396,7 +398,7 @@ impl NodeKind {
             NodeKind::MetaSync { agent, .. }
             | NodeKind::Prebuild { agent }
             | NodeKind::Swap { agent }
-            | NodeKind::PostSwap { agent }
+            | NodeKind::RebuildBookkeeping { agent }
             | NodeKind::Provision { agent }
             | NodeKind::Create { agent }
             | NodeKind::Reconcile { agent }
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/templates.rs b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/templates.rs
index f1311595..f9353d15 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/templates.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/templates.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 //! shape says "this subtree is coordinated, one holder speaks for it".
 //!
 //! ```text
-//! rebuild(a):        MetaSync(a) → AgentWindow(a){ Prebuild(a) → StopForUpdate(a) → Swap(a) →(ok) PostSwap(a) } →(any) Reconcile(a)
+//! rebuild(a):        MetaSync(a) → AgentWindow(a){ Prebuild(a) → StopForUpdate(a) → Swap(a) →(ok) RebuildBookkeeping(a) } →(any) Reconcile(a)
 //! rebuild(a) graceful: … AgentWindow(a){ Prebuild(a) ∥ Signal(a) → Drain(a); both →(ok) StopForUpdate(a) → … }  [boot sweep only]
 //! spawn(a):          Provision(a) → Create(a) → WriteDropin(a) → Reconcile(a)  [wanted=Up at approve]
 //! perm-change(a):    WritePermFile(a) → «rebuild subgraph»
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ pub(crate) struct RebuildRoots<'a> {
     pub meta_sync: Handle<'a>,
     /// The brace holding the agent lease and the build slot — its roll-up
     /// carries the whole mechanical subtree (`Prebuild`, the quiesce chain,
-    /// `StopForUpdate` → `Swap` → `PostSwap`).
+    /// `StopForUpdate` → `Swap` → `RebuildBookkeeping`).
     pub agent_window: Handle<'a>,
     /// The recovery/convergence tail root.
     pub reconcile: Handle<'a>,
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ impl<'a> RebuildRoots<'a> {
 ///   `Drain`. Waiting on the build is deliberate — running the drain window
 ///   early is the win, taking the container *down* early would be pure
 ///   downtime. This is the node that actually stops the container.
-/// - `Swap` (child of `StopForUpdate`), then `PostSwap` (`AfterOk` its sibling
+/// - `Swap` (child of `StopForUpdate`), then `RebuildBookkeeping` (`AfterOk` its sibling
 ///   `Swap`): the Ok-only bookkeeping tail (rev marker, forge/matrix sync,
 ///   kick, rescan).
 /// - `Reconcile` (**last, root**): `AfterAny` `AgentWindow`, which rolls up
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ fn rebuild_subtree<'a>(
     let swap = builder
         .node(NodeKind::Swap { agent: a() })
         .part_of(stop_for_update);
-    let _post_swap = builder
-        .node(NodeKind::PostSwap { agent: a() })
+    let _rebuild_bookkeeping = builder
+        .node(NodeKind::RebuildBookkeeping { agent: a() })
         .part_of(stop_for_update)
         .after_ok(swap);
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ pub(crate) fn graceful_rebuild_nodes<'a>(
 /// `FinalizeDeploy` waits on **two** roots, which together reproduce the gate
 /// the old fused node had around its inline `rebuild_no_meta` call:
 /// - `AfterOk` `Prebuild` — a parent's state is its roll-up, so this is `Done`
-///   only once `StopForUpdate` → `Swap` → `PostSwap` all are (a failed *or*
+///   only once `StopForUpdate` → `Swap` → `RebuildBookkeeping` all are (a failed *or*
 ///   cancelled child rolls the parent up `Failed`). That's the old
 ///   `build_result`.
 /// - `AfterOk` `Reconcile` — the old call passed `deferred_start = false` on
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ pub(crate) fn deploy_rebuild_nodes(builder: &JobBuilder, agent: &str, approval_i
 ///
 /// Closed by an [`NodeKind::EmitRebuilt`] tail edged onto all three group-roots
 /// (`MetaSync`, `Prebuild`, `Reconcile`) — `Prebuild`'s roll-up carries the
-/// whole `StopForUpdate`→`Swap`→`PostSwap` subtree, so those three cover every
+/// whole `StopForUpdate`→`Swap`→`RebuildBookkeeping` subtree, so those three cover every
 /// node. Edging `Reconcile` alone would not do: it is `AfterAny` `Prebuild`, so
 /// it reaches `Done` even after a failed swap and the tail would report success.
 pub fn rebuild(builder: &JobBuilder, agent: &str, relock: bool) {
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/tests.rs b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/tests.rs
index 4a52ef26..4b6bdd63 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/tests.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/tests.rs
@@ -418,7 +418,11 @@ fn rebuild_chain_is_declared_serial() {
                 &[("prebuild", "done")]
             ),
             row("swap", Some("stop_for_update"), &[]),
-            row("post_swap", Some("stop_for_update"), &[("swap", "done")]),
+            row(
+                "rebuild_bookkeeping",
+                Some("stop_for_update"),
+                &[("swap", "done")]
+            ),
             row(
                 "reconcile",
                 None,
@@ -500,7 +504,11 @@ fn graceful_rebuild_chain_drains_before_stopping() {
                 &[("prebuild", "done"), ("drain", "done")]
             ),
             row("swap", Some("stop_for_update"), &[]),
-            row("post_swap", Some("stop_for_update"), &[("swap", "done")]),
+            row(
+                "rebuild_bookkeeping",
+                Some("stop_for_update"),
+                &[("swap", "done")]
+            ),
             row(
                 "reconcile",
                 None,
@@ -534,7 +542,7 @@ fn non_graceful_rebuild_has_no_signal_or_drain() {
             "prebuild",
             "stop_for_update",
             "swap",
-            "post_swap",
+            "rebuild_bookkeeping",
             "reconcile"
         ],
         "exactly seven nodes, and none of them is signal or drain"
@@ -713,7 +721,11 @@ fn multi_agent_start_one_dag_folds_per_agent_stale_rebuild() {
                 &[("prebuild", "done")]
             ),
             row("swap", Some("stop_for_update"), &[]),
-            row("post_swap", Some("stop_for_update"), &[("swap", "done")]),
+            row(
+                "rebuild_bookkeeping",
+                Some("stop_for_update"),
+                &[("swap", "done")]
+            ),
             row(
                 "reconcile",
                 None,
@@ -869,21 +881,21 @@ fn rebuild_chain_nodes_suppress_crash_watch() {
 // individually legible, and the arrangement was the only reason this module
 // needed to claim and complete nodes.
 
-/// The swap-success path: `Swap` ok → the `AfterOk` `PostSwap` (bookkeeping
+/// The swap-success path: `Swap` ok → the `AfterOk` `RebuildBookkeeping` (bookkeeping
 /// tail) runs, and only then does `Reconcile` fire — serialized behind
-/// `PostSwap` (not racing it) because `Reconcile` deps `AfterAny(PostSwap)`.
+/// `RebuildBookkeeping` (not racing it) because `Reconcile` deps `AfterAny(RebuildBookkeeping)`.
 #[test]
 fn rebuild_reconcile_waits_for_the_whole_build_subtree() {
     // Replaces `swap_ok_runs_post_swap_before_reconcile` and
     // `swap_failure_still_runs_reconcile`, which walked the same DAG with the
     // swap succeeding in one and failing in the other.
     //
-    // The interesting claim was "Reconcile must wait for PostSwap, not race
+    // The interesting claim was "Reconcile must wait for RebuildBookkeeping, not race
     // it" — and it does *not* come from an edge between them. `reconcile` deps
-    // `AfterAny(agent_window)`, while `post_swap` sits inside the brace's
-    // subtree (post_swap → stop_for_update → agent_window). A parent is not
+    // `AfterAny(agent_window)`, while `rebuild_bookkeeping` sits inside the brace's
+    // subtree (rebuild_bookkeeping → stop_for_update → agent_window). A parent is not
     // terminal until its subtree is, so the brace cannot satisfy that edge while
-    // post_swap is outstanding. **The ordering is the parent chain, not a
+    // rebuild_bookkeeping is outstanding. **The ordering is the parent chain, not a
     // dependency.**
     //
     // Both facts are asserted in `rebuild_chain_is_declared_serial`; this test
@@ -907,7 +919,7 @@ fn rebuild_reconcile_waits_for_the_whole_build_subtree() {
             .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("{kind} node"))
             .parent
     };
-    assert_eq!(parent_of("post_swap"), Some("stop_for_update"));
+    assert_eq!(parent_of("rebuild_bookkeeping"), Some("stop_for_update"));
     assert_eq!(parent_of("stop_for_update"), Some("agent_window"));
     assert_eq!(
         shape
@@ -917,13 +929,13 @@ fn rebuild_reconcile_waits_for_the_whole_build_subtree() {
             .after,
         vec![("agent_window", "done|failed|skipped".to_owned())],
         "reconcile gates on the brace's roll-up, which covers the whole \
-         subtree — including post_swap — and runs on failure too"
+         subtree — including rebuild_bookkeeping — and runs on failure too"
     );
 }
 
 // `swap_failure_still_runs_reconcile` lived here.
 //
-// It asserted that a failed swap leaves `post_swap` `Skipped` and `swap`
+// It asserted that a failed swap leaves `rebuild_bookkeeping` `Skipped` and `swap`
 // `Failed`, and that reconcile still runs. All three are hive_jobq's cascade
 // (`failed_after_ok_dep_cancels_dependents_but_after_any_still_runs`), and the
 // "says so on the wire" half turned out to be nothing: `snapshot` fills
@@ -1300,7 +1312,11 @@ fn deploy_apply_grows_rebuild_subgraph_and_finalizes_after_it() {
                 &[("prebuild", "done")]
             ),
             row("swap", Some("stop_for_update"), &[]),
-            row("post_swap", Some("stop_for_update"), &[("swap", "done")]),
+            row(
+                "rebuild_bookkeeping",
+                Some("stop_for_update"),
+                &[("swap", "done")]
+            ),
             row(
                 "reconcile",
                 None,
@@ -1539,7 +1555,7 @@ fn perm_change_shape_prefixes_rebuild_chain() {
             "prebuild",
             "stop_for_update",
             "swap",
-            "post_swap",
+            "rebuild_bookkeeping",
             "reconcile",
             // the ok / !ok tail pair
             "emit_rebuilt",