diff --git a/code-reviews/Core/findings.md b/code-reviews/Core/findings.md
index d55414f..a6a126f 100644
--- a/code-reviews/Core/findings.md
+++ b/code-reviews/Core/findings.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 | Review date | 2026-05-22 |
 | Commit reviewed | `76d35d1` |
 | Status | Reviewed |
-| Open findings | 12 |
+| Open findings | 10 |
 
 ## Checklist coverage
 
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
 | Severity | High |
 | Category | Correctness & logic bugs |
 | Location | `src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Authorization/UserAuthorizationState.cs:50-68` |
-| Status | Open |
+| Status | Resolved |
 
 **Description:** `NeedsRefresh` can never return `true` with the default field values. `AuthCacheMaxStaleness` defaults to 5 minutes and `MembershipFreshnessInterval` defaults to 15 minutes. `NeedsRefresh(utcNow)` is defined as `!IsStale(utcNow) && elapsed > MembershipFreshnessInterval`, i.e. it needs `elapsed > 15 min` AND `elapsed <= 5 min` simultaneously — an empty set. The session crosses the staleness ceiling (5 min) and fails closed long before it ever reaches the 15-minute freshness boundary that is supposed to signal "kick off an async re-resolution while still serving cached memberships." Decision #151 / #152 in `docs/v2/implementation/phase-6-2-authorization-runtime.md` intends the freshness window (15 min, re-resolve) to be the inner trigger and the staleness ceiling to be the outer hard limit; with these defaults the ordering is inverted, so the "refresh while warm" path is dead code and every long-lived session hard-fails authorization after 5 minutes.
 
 **Recommendation:** Either swap the defaults so `MembershipFreshnessInterval` (e.g. 5 min) is strictly less than `AuthCacheMaxStaleness` (e.g. 15 min) — matching the doc's stated intent — or, if the 5/15 values are correct, redefine which window is the refresh trigger and which is the fail-closed ceiling. Add a unit test asserting `NeedsRefresh` returns `true` for at least one point in time with the production defaults.
 
-**Resolution:** _(open)_
+**Resolution:** Resolved 2026-05-22 — swapped the defaults so `MembershipFreshnessInterval` is 5 min and `AuthCacheMaxStaleness` is 15 min (freshness = inner re-resolve trigger, staleness = outer fail-closed ceiling); added a `NeedsRefresh_FiresWithin_ProductionDefault_Windows` regression test.
 
 ### Core-002
 
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
 | Severity | High |
 | Category | Security |
 | Location | `src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Authorization/TriePermissionEvaluator.cs:24-50` |
-| Status | Open |
+| Status | Resolved |
 
 **Description:** `TriePermissionEvaluator.Authorize` never compares the session's `AuthGenerationId` against the generation of the trie it evaluates against. It calls `_cache.GetTrie(scope.ClusterId)` — the current-generation shortcut — and authorizes against whatever generation the cache happens to hold. `UserAuthorizationState` carries `AuthGenerationId` precisely so a stale session can be detected, and the Phase 6.2 design (`phase-6-2-authorization-runtime.md` adversarial-review item #3 "Redundancy-safe invalidation", plus the §Scope `PermissionTrieCache + freshness` row) requires the hot-path call to look up `CurrentGenerationId` and force a re-evaluation on mismatch. As written, a session bound at generation N silently evaluates against generation N+1 the instant another node publishes — grants added or removed in N+1 take effect for that session without the intended generation-stamp re-check, and the provenance returned in `AuthorizationDecision` misreports which generation produced the verdict.
 
 **Recommendation:** In `Authorize`, after resolving the trie, compare `trie.GenerationId` to `session.AuthGenerationId`. On mismatch either fetch the session's bound generation via `_cache.GetTrie(clusterId, session.AuthGenerationId)` and evaluate against it, or signal the caller to re-resolve the session's auth state before retrying. Add a test for the publish-during-session scenario.
 
-**Resolution:** _(open)_
+**Resolution:** Resolved 2026-05-22 — `Authorize` now compares `trie.GenerationId` to `session.AuthGenerationId` and, on mismatch, re-fetches the session's bound generation via `_cache.GetTrie(clusterId, session.AuthGenerationId)`, failing closed when that generation has been pruned; added publish-during-session and pruned-generation regression tests.
 
 ### Core-003
 
diff --git a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Authorization/TriePermissionEvaluator.cs b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Authorization/TriePermissionEvaluator.cs
index f175505..e2b7dae 100644
--- a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Authorization/TriePermissionEvaluator.cs
+++ b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Authorization/TriePermissionEvaluator.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ public sealed class TriePermissionEvaluator : IPermissionEvaluator
         var trie = _cache.GetTrie(scope.ClusterId);
         if (trie is null) return AuthorizationDecision.NotGranted();
 
+        // Decision #153 / Phase 6.2 adversarial-review item #3 (redundancy-safe invalidation):
+        // the GetTrie shortcut returns whatever generation the cache currently holds, which may
+        // have advanced past the generation this session was bound to (another node published).
+        // Evaluate against the session's *bound* generation so a grant added or removed in a
+        // newer generation cannot silently take effect mid-session, and so the provenance in the
+        // AuthorizationDecision reports the generation that actually produced the verdict.
+        if (trie.GenerationId != session.AuthGenerationId)
+        {
+            trie = _cache.GetTrie(scope.ClusterId, session.AuthGenerationId);
+
+            // The session's bound generation has been pruned out of the cache — fail closed and
+            // force the caller to re-resolve the session's auth state before retrying.
+            if (trie is null) return AuthorizationDecision.NotGranted();
+        }
+
         var matches = trie.CollectMatches(scope, session.LdapGroups);
         if (matches.Count == 0) return AuthorizationDecision.NotGranted();
 
diff --git a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Authorization/UserAuthorizationState.cs b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Authorization/UserAuthorizationState.cs
index 91f8212..df2a726 100644
--- a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Authorization/UserAuthorizationState.cs
+++ b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Authorization/UserAuthorizationState.cs
@@ -7,13 +7,19 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Authorization;
 /// </summary>
 /// <remarks>
 ///     Per decision #151 the membership is bounded by <see cref="MembershipFreshnessInterval"/>
-///     (default 15 min). After that, the next hot-path authz call re-resolves LDAP group
+///     (default 5 min). After that, the next hot-path authz call re-resolves LDAP group
 ///     memberships; failure to re-resolve (LDAP unreachable) flips the session to fail-closed
 ///     until a refresh succeeds.
 ///
-///     Per decision #152 <see cref="AuthCacheMaxStaleness"/> (default 5 min) is separate from
+///     Per decision #152 <see cref="AuthCacheMaxStaleness"/> (default 15 min) is separate from
 ///     Phase 6.1's availability-oriented 24h cache — beyond this window the evaluator returns
 ///     <see cref="AuthorizationVerdict.NotGranted"/> regardless of config-cache warmth.
+///
+///     The freshness window is the inner trigger and the staleness ceiling the outer hard
+///     limit: <see cref="MembershipFreshnessInterval"/> MUST be strictly less than
+///     <see cref="AuthCacheMaxStaleness"/> so that <see cref="NeedsRefresh"/> ("re-resolve
+///     while still serving cached memberships") has a non-empty window before
+///     <see cref="IsStale"/> fails the session closed.
 /// </remarks>
 public sealed record UserAuthorizationState
 {
@@ -47,10 +53,10 @@ public sealed record UserAuthorizationState
     public required long MembershipVersion { get; init; }
 
     /// <summary>Bounded membership freshness window; past this the next authz call refreshes.</summary>
-    public TimeSpan MembershipFreshnessInterval { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15);
+    public TimeSpan MembershipFreshnessInterval { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);
 
     /// <summary>Hard staleness ceiling — beyond this, the evaluator fails closed.</summary>
-    public TimeSpan AuthCacheMaxStaleness { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);
+    public TimeSpan AuthCacheMaxStaleness { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15);
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     True when <paramref name="utcNow"/> - <see cref="MembershipResolvedUtc"/> exceeds
diff --git a/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Authorization/TriePermissionEvaluatorTests.cs b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Authorization/TriePermissionEvaluatorTests.cs
index fbe9bb6..ac97e44 100644
--- a/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Authorization/TriePermissionEvaluatorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Authorization/TriePermissionEvaluatorTests.cs
@@ -32,14 +32,15 @@ public sealed class TriePermissionEvaluatorTests
             PermissionFlags = flags,
         };
 
-    private static UserAuthorizationState Session(string[] groups, DateTime? resolvedUtc = null, string clusterId = "c1") =>
+    private static UserAuthorizationState Session(
+        string[] groups, DateTime? resolvedUtc = null, string clusterId = "c1", long authGenerationId = 1) =>
         new()
         {
             SessionId = "sess",
             ClusterId = clusterId,
             LdapGroups = groups,
             MembershipResolvedUtc = resolvedUtc ?? Now,
-            AuthGenerationId = 1,
+            AuthGenerationId = authGenerationId,
             MembershipVersion = 1,
         };
 
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ public sealed class TriePermissionEvaluatorTests
     {
         var evaluator = MakeEvaluator([Row("cn=ops", NodeAclScopeKind.Cluster, null, NodePermissions.Read)]);
         var session = Session(["cn=ops"], resolvedUtc: Now);
-        _time.Utc = Now.AddMinutes(10); // well past the 5-min AuthCacheMaxStaleness default
+        _time.Utc = Now.AddMinutes(20); // well past the 15-min AuthCacheMaxStaleness default
 
         var decision = evaluator.Authorize(session, OpcUaOperation.Read, Scope());
 
@@ -141,6 +142,46 @@ public sealed class TriePermissionEvaluatorTests
         decision.Verdict.ShouldBe(AuthorizationVerdict.NotGranted);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void StaleGeneration_EvaluatesAgainst_SessionBoundGeneration()
+    {
+        // Core-002 regression: session is bound to generation 1 (Read granted). Another node
+        // publishes generation 2 with the grant removed and it becomes the cache "current".
+        // The evaluator must still honour the session's bound generation 1, not generation 2.
+        var gen1Row = Row("cn=ops", NodeAclScopeKind.Cluster, null, NodePermissions.Read);
+        gen1Row.GenerationId = 1;
+        var cache = new PermissionTrieCache();
+        cache.Install(PermissionTrieBuilder.Build("c1", 1, [gen1Row]));
+        cache.Install(PermissionTrieBuilder.Build("c1", 2, [])); // gen 2 — grant revoked, now current
+        var evaluator = new TriePermissionEvaluator(cache, _time);
+
+        var decision = evaluator.Authorize(
+            Session(["cn=ops"], authGenerationId: 1), OpcUaOperation.Read, Scope());
+
+        decision.Verdict.ShouldBe(AuthorizationVerdict.Allow,
+            "the session bound to generation 1 must evaluate against generation 1, not the newer current generation");
+        decision.Provenance.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void StaleGeneration_FailsClosed_WhenBoundGenerationPruned()
+    {
+        // Core-002 regression: session is bound to a generation no longer in the cache.
+        // The evaluator must fail closed rather than silently using the current generation.
+        var gen5Row = Row("cn=ops", NodeAclScopeKind.Cluster, null, NodePermissions.Read);
+        gen5Row.GenerationId = 5;
+        var cache = new PermissionTrieCache();
+        cache.Install(PermissionTrieBuilder.Build("c1", 5, [gen5Row]));
+        var evaluator = new TriePermissionEvaluator(cache, _time);
+
+        // Session bound to generation 1, which was never installed / has been pruned.
+        var decision = evaluator.Authorize(
+            Session(["cn=ops"], authGenerationId: 1), OpcUaOperation.Read, Scope());
+
+        decision.Verdict.ShouldBe(AuthorizationVerdict.NotGranted,
+            "a session bound to a generation absent from the cache must fail closed");
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void OperationToPermission_Mapping_IsTotal()
     {
diff --git a/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Authorization/UserAuthorizationStateTests.cs b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Authorization/UserAuthorizationStateTests.cs
index 28527a4..f502b9b 100644
--- a/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Authorization/UserAuthorizationStateTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Authorization/UserAuthorizationStateTests.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,21 @@ public sealed class UserAuthorizationStateTests
     {
         var session = Fresh(Now);
 
-        session.NeedsRefresh(Now.AddMinutes(16)).ShouldBeFalse("past freshness but also past the 5-min staleness ceiling — should be Stale, not NeedsRefresh");
+        session.NeedsRefresh(Now.AddMinutes(16)).ShouldBeFalse("past freshness but also past the 15-min staleness ceiling — should be Stale, not NeedsRefresh");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NeedsRefresh_FiresWithin_ProductionDefault_Windows()
+    {
+        // Core-001 regression: with the production defaults the refresh window must be
+        // non-empty. Freshness defaults to 5 min and staleness to 15 min, so between
+        // those two boundaries NeedsRefresh must return true while IsStale stays false.
+        var session = Fresh(Now);
+
+        session.MembershipFreshnessInterval.ShouldBeLessThan(session.AuthCacheMaxStaleness);
+
+        session.NeedsRefresh(Now.AddMinutes(10)).ShouldBeTrue("10 min is past the 5-min freshness window but within the 15-min staleness ceiling");
+        session.IsStale(Now.AddMinutes(10)).ShouldBeFalse("10 min is still within the 15-min staleness ceiling");
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -55,6 +69,6 @@ public sealed class UserAuthorizationStateTests
     {
         var session = Fresh(Now);
 
-        session.IsStale(Now.AddMinutes(6)).ShouldBeTrue("default AuthCacheMaxStaleness is 5 min");
+        session.IsStale(Now.AddMinutes(16)).ShouldBeTrue("default AuthCacheMaxStaleness is 15 min");
     }
 }