diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.ParityTests/HistoryReadParityTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.ParityTests/HistoryReadParityTests.cs
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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.ParityTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     PR 5.6 — History-read parity. Phase-1 routing lifted history off the
+///     per-driver <see cref="IHistoryProvider"/> path onto the server-owned
+///     <c>HistoryRouter</c> + <c>WonderwareHistorianBootstrap</c>; neither
+///     Galaxy backend implements <see cref="IHistoryProvider"/> directly. So
+///     the parity surface here is the *routing decision*: both backends must
+///     identify the same set of historized attributes and produce the same
+///     full-reference for each, so HistoryRouter routes reads identically.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "ParityE2E")]
+[Collection(nameof(ParityCollection))]
+public sealed class HistoryReadParityTests
+{
+    private readonly ParityHarness _h;
+    public HistoryReadParityTests(ParityHarness h) => _h = h;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Discover_emits_same_historized_attribute_set_for_both_backends()
+    {
+        _h.RequireBoth();
+
+        var snapshots = await _h.RunOnAvailableAsync(async (driver, ct) =>
+        {
+            var b = new RecordingAddressSpaceBuilder();
+            await ((ITagDiscovery)driver).DiscoverAsync(b, ct);
+            return b.Variables
+                .Where(v => v.AttributeInfo.IsHistorized)
+                .Select(v => v.AttributeInfo.FullName)
+                .ToHashSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var legacy = snapshots[ParityHarness.Backend.LegacyHost];
+        var mxgw = snapshots[ParityHarness.Backend.MxGateway];
+
+        if (legacy.Count == 0)
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("dev Galaxy has no historized attributes — history routing parity unverified for this rig");
+        }
+
+        legacy.Except(mxgw, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ShouldBeEmpty(
+            "every historized attribute discovered by the legacy backend must appear in the mxgw backend");
+        mxgw.Except(legacy, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ShouldBeEmpty(
+            "every historized attribute discovered by the mxgw backend must appear in the legacy backend");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Neither_Galaxy_backend_implements_IHistoryProvider_directly()
+    {
+        // Pinning the architectural decision from Phase 1 (PR 1.3): per-driver
+        // IHistoryProvider was retired in favor of the server-owned HistoryRouter.
+        // If a regression brings IHistoryProvider back on either Galaxy driver,
+        // this test fires.
+        _h.RequireBoth();
+
+        (_h.LegacyDriver as IHistoryProvider).ShouldBeNull(
+            "legacy GalaxyProxyDriver must not surface IHistoryProvider — history routes through HistoryRouter");
+        (_h.MxGatewayDriver as IHistoryProvider).ShouldBeNull(
+            "in-process GalaxyDriver must not surface IHistoryProvider — history routes through HistoryRouter");
+    }
+}