diff --git a/archreview/plans/R2-02-resilience-config-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json b/archreview/plans/R2-02-resilience-config-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json
index 1f103093..16887f2e 100644
--- a/archreview/plans/R2-02-resilience-config-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json
+++ b/archreview/plans/R2-02-resilience-config-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     { "id": 6, "subject": "S-8 parser layer: force Write/AlarmAcknowledge retryCount overrides to 0 with diagnostic (spec invariant, honest dead-knob surfacing) + tests + GetTierDefaults doc", "status": "completed", "blockedBy": [2] },
     { "id": 7, "subject": "S-8 dispatch layer: flip HandleWriteAsync to isIdempotent:false — RED the DriverInstanceActorResilienceWiringTests expectation first, then flip; full Runtime suite green", "status": "completed", "blockedBy": [6] },
     { "id": 8, "subject": "S-8/P-4 invoker: cache the no-retry options snapshot once per invoker + add RecordCallStart/Complete tracker accounting to the non-idempotent arm + 2 CapabilityInvokerTests", "status": "completed", "blockedBy": [7] },
-    { "id": 9, "subject": "S-8 docs + form: fix WriteIdempotentAttribute's false 'reads via reflection' claim; note the non-idempotent production default; disable Write/Ack retry cells in the razor", "status": "pending", "blockedBy": [7, 5] },
+    { "id": 9, "subject": "S-8 docs + form: fix WriteIdempotentAttribute's false 'reads via reflection' claim; note the non-idempotent production default; disable Write/Ack retry cells in the razor", "status": "completed", "blockedBy": [7, 5] },
     { "id": 10, "subject": "U-6 delete (Core): remove BulkheadMaxConcurrent/MaxQueue from DriverResilienceOptions + parser shape/merge/doc-example; add BulkheadKeys_InStoredJson_AreIgnored (migration-free contract)", "status": "pending", "blockedBy": [2, 6] },
     { "id": 11, "subject": "U-6 delete (AdminUI): strip bulkhead fields from ResilienceFormModel + the two razor inputs; update ResilienceFormModelTests", "status": "pending", "blockedBy": [5, 10] },
     { "id": 12, "subject": "U-6 doc sweep (seam xmldocs, OTOPCUA0001 message + analyzer tests, operator docs; leave migrations/WedgeDetector/historical plans) + Options_properties_are_exactly_the_pipeline_wired_set knob-inertness guard", "status": "pending", "blockedBy": [10, 11] },
diff --git a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/IDriverCapabilityInvoker.cs b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/IDriverCapabilityInvoker.cs
index 348113a5..f3c60bc5 100644
--- a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/IDriverCapabilityInvoker.cs
+++ b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/IDriverCapabilityInvoker.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ public interface IDriverCapabilityInvoker
     ///     Execute a <see cref="DriverCapability.Write"/> call honoring idempotence semantics — when
     ///     <paramref name="isIdempotent"/> is <c>false</c>, retries are disabled regardless of the
     ///     configured policy; when <c>true</c>, the call runs through the Write pipeline which may
-    ///     retry if the tier configuration permits.
+    ///     retry if the tier configuration permits. <b>The current production default is <c>false</c></b>
+    ///     (R2-02/S-8): <c>DriverInstanceActor.HandleWriteAsync</c> passes <c>isIdempotent: false</c> so a
+    ///     command-shaped write is never replayed; per-tag opt-in via <see cref="WriteIdempotentAttribute"/>
+    ///     is the unshipped forward path.
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="TResult">Return type of the underlying driver write call.</typeparam>
     /// <param name="hostName">The resolved host name for pipeline keying + status tracking.</param>
diff --git a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/WriteIdempotentAttribute.cs b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/WriteIdempotentAttribute.cs
index 900e83c7..1854e6a2 100644
--- a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/WriteIdempotentAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/WriteIdempotentAttribute.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
 /// <remarks>
 ///     Applied to tag-definition POCOs
 ///     (e.g. <c>ModbusTagDefinition</c>, <c>S7TagDefinition</c>, OPC UA client tag rows) at the
-///     property or record level. The <c>CapabilityInvoker</c> in <c>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Resilience</c>
-///     reads this attribute via reflection once at driver-init time and caches the result; no
-///     per-write reflection cost.
+///     property or record level. <b>Reserved for the per-tag opt-in; NOT yet consulted</b> (R2-02/S-8) —
+///     the dispatch site (<c>DriverInstanceActor.HandleWriteAsync</c>) currently treats every write as
+///     non-idempotent, so no tag retries a write today. Threading tag-definition metadata to the dispatch
+///     seam is the documented forward path; when it ships, the <c>CapabilityInvoker</c> non-idempotent arm
+///     and the parser's Write/AlarmAcknowledge no-retry clamp are the two sites that relax.
 /// </remarks>
 [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property | AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Struct, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)]
 public sealed class WriteIdempotentAttribute : Attribute
diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Shared/Drivers/DriverResilienceSection.razor b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Shared/Drivers/DriverResilienceSection.razor
index 799957db..8936f748 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Shared/Drivers/DriverResilienceSection.razor
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Shared/Drivers/DriverResilienceSection.razor
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
                     @foreach (var cap in ResilienceFormModel.Capabilities)
                     {
                         var row = _m.Policies[cap];
+                        var writeShaped = cap is "Write" or "AlarmAcknowledge";
                         <tr>
                             <td class="mono">@cap</td>
                             <td><input type="number" class="form-control form-control-sm" @bind="row.TimeoutSeconds" @bind:after="EmitAsync" placeholder="default" /></td>
-                            <td><input type="number" class="form-control form-control-sm" @bind="row.RetryCount" @bind:after="EmitAsync" placeholder="default" /></td>
+                            <td><input type="number" class="form-control form-control-sm" @bind="row.RetryCount" @bind:after="EmitAsync" placeholder="@(writeShaped ? "never" : "default")" disabled="@writeShaped" title="@(writeShaped ? "Writes/acks never retry — per-tag opt-in not yet available" : null)" /></td>
                             <td><input type="number" class="form-control form-control-sm" @bind="row.BreakerFailureThreshold" @bind:after="EmitAsync" placeholder="default" /></td>
                         </tr>
                     }