diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 67ef800..830dec6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Contributing
 
-`gbrain-connectors` is experimental. Phase 1 is a production-proven Composio-to-GBrain path; additional adapters follow only after the core record and sink contracts stabilize.
+`gbrain-connectors` is experimental. Phase 1 has passed a bounded live canary but is not deployed as a long-running production connector; additional adapters follow only after the core record and sink contracts stabilize.
 
 Every connector change must include synthetic tests for stable identity, replay/idempotency, source isolation, redacted errors, and failure recovery. Never contribute real provider payloads or personal data.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index caeb21d..a0e915a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ bun install --frozen-lockfile
 bun run check
 ```
 
-The canonical gate runs Biome, TypeScript, 47 tests including disk-backed upgrade and synthetic E2E coverage, plus a Bun production build.
+The canonical gate runs Biome, TypeScript, 51 tests including disk-backed upgrade and synthetic E2E coverage, plus a Bun production build.
 
 ## Runtime configuration
 
diff --git a/src/connectors/composio/gmail/hydrator.ts b/src/connectors/composio/gmail/hydrator.ts
index b3621dd..d223bbb 100644
--- a/src/connectors/composio/gmail/hydrator.ts
+++ b/src/connectors/composio/gmail/hydrator.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import type { GmailMessage } from "./normalize";
 import type { GmailHydrator } from "./pipeline";
 
 const GMAIL_TOOL = "GMAIL_FETCH_MESSAGE_BY_MESSAGE_ID";
+// Composio's authenticated tools API reports this as Gmail's published version;
+// the same version passed the bounded read-only live canary documented in README.
 const GMAIL_TOOL_VERSION = "00000000_00";
 
 export interface ComposioToolExecutor {