diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index a30e3e2d..87785628 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Novell.Directory.Ldap.NETStandard" Version="3.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Client" Version="1.5.378.106" />
+    <!-- Core carries Opc.Ua.StatusCodes, the oracle StatusCodeParityTests checks the drivers'
+         hard-coded uint constants against. Referenced by that TEST project only — the drivers
+         themselves stay SDK-free by design and keep spelling status codes as bare uints. -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core" Version="1.5.378.106" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Configuration" Version="1.5.378.106" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Server" Version="1.5.378.106" />
     <!-- OpenTelemetry.Api < 1.15.3 has GHSA-g94r-2vxg-569j (header-parsing memory DoS). The trio
diff --git a/docs/plans/2026-06-26-otopcua-historian-gateway-integration.md b/docs/plans/2026-06-26-otopcua-historian-gateway-integration.md
index f972a593..6f59aa86 100644
--- a/docs/plans/2026-06-26-otopcua-historian-gateway-integration.md
+++ b/docs/plans/2026-06-26-otopcua-historian-gateway-integration.md
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public sealed class GatewayQualityMapperTests
 {
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(192, 0x00000000u)] // Good
-    [InlineData(216, 0x00D80000u)] // Good_LocalOverride
+    [InlineData(216, 0x00960000u)] // Good_LocalOverride
     [InlineData(64,  0x40000000u)] // Uncertain
     [InlineData(0,   0x80000000u)] // Bad
     [InlineData(8,   0x808A0000u)] // Bad_NotConnected
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public sealed class SampleMapperTests
     {
         var a = new HistorianAggregateSample { Tag = "T", /* Value unset */ EndTime = Ts(2026,1,1,0,0,0) };
         var snap = SampleMapper.ToAggregateSnapshot(a);
-        Assert.Equal(0x800E0000u, snap.StatusCode); // BadNoData
+        Assert.Equal(0x809B0000u, snap.StatusCode); // BadNoData
         Assert.Null(snap.Value);
     }
     // Ts(...) builds a Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes.Timestamp from UTC parts.
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public sealed class SampleMapperTests
   - `StatusCode`: `GatewayQualityMapper.Map((byte)s.OpcQuality)` (prefer `opc_quality`; if zero/unset and `quality` carries the OPC-DA byte, fall back to `quality` — match whatever the gateway populates; document the choice).
   - `SourceTimestampUtc`: `s.Timestamp.ToDateTime()` (UTC kind).
   - `ServerTimestampUtc`: `DateTime.UtcNow`.
-- `SampleMapper.ToAggregateSnapshot(HistorianAggregateSample)` → null aggregate value ⇒ `StatusCode 0x800E0000` (BadNoData), non-null ⇒ Good (`0x00000000`) with the value; `SourceTimestampUtc` ← the bucket end/start timestamp (match the Wonderware `ToAggregateSnapshots` convention — it stamps the bucket timestamp). Provide `IReadOnlyList<>` batch helpers too.
+- `SampleMapper.ToAggregateSnapshot(HistorianAggregateSample)` → null aggregate value ⇒ `StatusCode 0x809B0000` (BadNoData), non-null ⇒ Good (`0x00000000`) with the value; `SourceTimestampUtc` ← the bucket end/start timestamp (match the Wonderware `ToAggregateSnapshots` convention — it stamps the bucket timestamp). Provide `IReadOnlyList<>` batch helpers too.
 
 **Step 4: run, expect PASS.**
 
diff --git a/docs/plans/2026-07-15-mtconnect-driver-design.md b/docs/plans/2026-07-15-mtconnect-driver-design.md
index d950ef74..f7c0e5ae 100644
--- a/docs/plans/2026-07-15-mtconnect-driver-design.md
+++ b/docs/plans/2026-07-15-mtconnect-driver-design.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Pure function in `.Contracts` (shared by driver, browser-commit, and the typed e
 | `EVENT` free text (`Program`, `Block`, `Message`) | `String` |
 | `CONDITION` | `String` (state word; §3.6) |
 
-**Quality mapping (`DataValueSnapshot.StatusCode`):** an observation value of `UNAVAILABLE` (MTConnect's explicit no-data sentinel) → **`BadNoCommunication` (`0x80310000u`)** with a null value, not the literal string — this is *the* UNAVAILABLE code, used everywhere in this design (read, subscribe, and the §8 fixtures). Rationale + fleet fit: semantically, `UNAVAILABLE` means the Agent is reachable but has no device-backed value (the adapter↔device link is down or the item has never reported) — exactly OPC UA's `BadNoCommunication` ("communication to the data source has failed"). The fleet grep shows no competing convention for this case: every existing driver's `BadCommunicationError` (`0x80050000u`, Modbus/FOCAS/TwinCAT/OpcUaClient/S7/AbCip/AbLegacy/Galaxy) marks the **driver's own transport failure** to its peer — a different failure (and the code this driver also uses when the *Agent* HTTP call fails, per §7) — while `BadNoData` (`0x800E0000u`) is historian-domain only (`Historian.Gateway/Mapping/SampleMapper.cs`). `BadNoCommunication` is already in the CLI's `SnapshotFormatter` name table (`src/Drivers/Cli/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Cli.Common/SnapshotFormatter.cs`), so it renders by name, not hex. Declare it as a `private const uint` in `MTConnectDriver` (the Modbus `StatusBadCommunicationError` pattern). Missing dataItem / empty condition → `Bad`. `observation.timestamp` → `SourceTimestamp` (not a separate node).
+**Quality mapping (`DataValueSnapshot.StatusCode`):** an observation value of `UNAVAILABLE` (MTConnect's explicit no-data sentinel) → **`BadNoCommunication` (`0x80310000u`)** with a null value, not the literal string — this is *the* UNAVAILABLE code, used everywhere in this design (read, subscribe, and the §8 fixtures). Rationale + fleet fit: semantically, `UNAVAILABLE` means the Agent is reachable but has no device-backed value (the adapter↔device link is down or the item has never reported) — exactly OPC UA's `BadNoCommunication` ("communication to the data source has failed"). The fleet grep shows no competing convention for this case: every existing driver's `BadCommunicationError` (`0x80050000u`, Modbus/FOCAS/TwinCAT/OpcUaClient/S7/AbCip/AbLegacy/Galaxy) marks the **driver's own transport failure** to its peer — a different failure (and the code this driver also uses when the *Agent* HTTP call fails, per §7) — while `BadNoData` (`0x809B0000u`) is historian-domain only (`Historian.Gateway/Mapping/SampleMapper.cs`). `BadNoCommunication` is already in the CLI's `SnapshotFormatter` name table (`src/Drivers/Cli/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Cli.Common/SnapshotFormatter.cs`), so it renders by name, not hex. Declare it as a `private const uint` in `MTConnectDriver` (the Modbus `StatusBadCommunicationError` pattern). Missing dataItem / empty condition → `Bad`. `observation.timestamp` → `SourceTimestamp` (not a separate node).
 
 ### 3.4 `IReadable` — `/current`
 
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipStatusMapper.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipStatusMapper.cs
index ea17d256..4f50252b 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipStatusMapper.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipStatusMapper.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
 public static class AbCipStatusMapper
 {
     public const uint Good = 0u;
-    public const uint GoodMoreData = 0x00A70000u;
+    public const uint GoodMoreData = 0x00A60000u;
     public const uint BadInternalError = 0x80020000u;
     public const uint BadNodeIdUnknown = 0x80340000u;
     public const uint BadNotWritable = 0x803B0000u;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public static class AbCipStatusMapper
     public const uint BadDeviceFailure = 0x808B0000u;
     public const uint BadCommunicationError = 0x80050000u;
     public const uint BadTimeout = 0x800A0000u;
-    public const uint BadTypeMismatch = 0x80730000u;
+    public const uint BadTypeMismatch = 0x80740000u;
 
     /// <summary>Map a CIP general-status byte to an OPC UA StatusCode.</summary>
     /// <param name="status">The CIP general-status byte value.</param>
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy/AbLegacyStatusMapper.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy/AbLegacyStatusMapper.cs
index c1ccbdc8..9402a82e 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy/AbLegacyStatusMapper.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy/AbLegacyStatusMapper.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy;
 public static class AbLegacyStatusMapper
 {
     public const uint Good = 0u;
-    public const uint GoodMoreData = 0x00A70000u;
+    public const uint GoodMoreData = 0x00A60000u;
     public const uint BadInternalError = 0x80020000u;
     public const uint BadNodeIdUnknown = 0x80340000u;
     public const uint BadNotWritable = 0x803B0000u;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public static class AbLegacyStatusMapper
     public const uint BadDeviceFailure = 0x808B0000u;
     public const uint BadCommunicationError = 0x80050000u;
     public const uint BadTimeout = 0x800A0000u;
-    public const uint BadTypeMismatch = 0x80730000u;
+    public const uint BadTypeMismatch = 0x80740000u;
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Map a libplctag return/status code to an OPC UA StatusCode. The integer passed here
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasStatusMapper.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasStatusMapper.cs
index 9a8452d9..33f65bba 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasStatusMapper.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasStatusMapper.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public static class FocasStatusMapper
     public const uint BadDeviceFailure = 0x808B0000u;
     public const uint BadCommunicationError = 0x80050000u;
     public const uint BadTimeout = 0x800A0000u;
-    public const uint BadTypeMismatch = 0x80730000u;
+    public const uint BadTypeMismatch = 0x80740000u;
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Map common FWLIB <c>EW_*</c> return codes. The values below match Fanuc's published
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/GalaxyDriver.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/GalaxyDriver.cs
index 593e5efe..f77d55f6 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/GalaxyDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/GalaxyDriver.cs
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ public sealed class GalaxyDriver
             {
                 rejectedTcs.TrySetResult(new DataValueSnapshot(
                     Value: null,
-                    StatusCode: 0x80000000u, // Bad
+                    StatusCode: StatusCodeMap.Bad,
                     SourceTimestampUtc: null,
                     ServerTimestampUtc: DateTime.UtcNow));
             }
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ public sealed class GalaxyDriver
                 {
                     tcs.TrySetResult(new DataValueSnapshot(
                         Value: null,
-                        StatusCode: 0x800B0000u, // BadTimeout
+                        StatusCode: StatusCodeMap.BadTimeout,
                         SourceTimestampUtc: null,
                         ServerTimestampUtc: DateTime.UtcNow));
                 }
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/Runtime/StatusCodeMap.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/Runtime/StatusCodeMap.cs
index 09852deb..67b7f4f5 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/Runtime/StatusCodeMap.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/Runtime/StatusCodeMap.cs
@@ -26,14 +26,23 @@ internal static class StatusCodeMap
 {
     // OPC UA Part 4 standard StatusCodes — top-byte categories are 0x00 (Good),
     // 0x40 (Uncertain), 0x80 (Bad). Specific codes layer onto the category byte.
+    //
+    // The substatus nibbles are NOT derivable from the OPC DA quality byte this mapper consumes —
+    // they are an unrelated OPC UA enumeration and have to be looked up. Five constants here were
+    // originally written as though the DA byte could be shifted into the substatus position, which
+    // produced values naming entirely different UA codes (Gitea #497): UncertainLastUsableValue held
+    // UncertainDataSubNormal's value, UncertainSubNormal held UncertainNoCommunicationLastUsableValue's,
+    // and GoodLocalOverride / UncertainSensorNotAccurate / UncertainEngineeringUnitsExceeded held values
+    // that are not OPC UA status codes at all. StatusCodeParityTests now checks every constant below
+    // against the pinned SDK's Opc.Ua.StatusCodes.
 
     public const uint Good                            = 0x00000000u;
-    public const uint GoodLocalOverride               = 0x00D80000u;
+    public const uint GoodLocalOverride               = 0x00960000u;
     public const uint Uncertain                       = 0x40000000u;
-    public const uint UncertainLastUsableValue        = 0x40A40000u;
-    public const uint UncertainSensorNotAccurate      = 0x408D0000u;
-    public const uint UncertainEngineeringUnitsExceeded = 0x408E0000u;
-    public const uint UncertainSubNormal              = 0x408F0000u;
+    public const uint UncertainLastUsableValue        = 0x40900000u;
+    public const uint UncertainSensorNotAccurate      = 0x40930000u;
+    public const uint UncertainEngineeringUnitsExceeded = 0x40940000u;
+    public const uint UncertainSubNormal              = 0x40950000u;
     public const uint Bad                             = 0x80000000u;
     public const uint BadConfigurationError           = 0x80890000u;
     public const uint BadNotConnected                 = 0x808A0000u;
@@ -44,6 +53,14 @@ internal static class StatusCodeMap
     public const uint BadWaitingForInitialData        = 0x80320000u;
     public const uint BadInternalError                = 0x80020000u;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Fills a still-pending read when the caller's token fires before the gateway answers. Named here
+    ///     rather than written inline at the call site so <c>StatusCodeParityTests</c> can reflect over it —
+    ///     an inline literal is invisible to that guard, which is exactly how this constant spent its life
+    ///     as <c>0x800B0000</c> (<c>BadServiceUnsupported</c>) under a <c>// BadTimeout</c> comment.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const uint BadTimeout                      = 0x800A0000u;
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Map a raw OPC DA quality byte (the low byte of an OPC DA <c>OpcQuality</c> ushort,
     ///     which is what Wonderware Historian + MXAccess surface as <c>OPCITEMSTATE.qLong</c>'s
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/GatewayQualityMapper.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/GatewayQualityMapper.cs
index fcd9d8a6..0ad47a17 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/GatewayQualityMapper.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/GatewayQualityMapper.cs
@@ -18,29 +18,29 @@ internal static class GatewayQualityMapper
     public static uint Map(byte q) => q switch
     {
         // Good family (192+)
-        192 => 0x00000000u,             // Good
-        216 => 0x00D80000u,             // Good_LocalOverride
+        192 => HistorianStatusCodes.Good,
+        216 => HistorianStatusCodes.GoodLocalOverride,
 
         // Uncertain family (64-191)
-        64 => 0x40000000u,              // Uncertain
-        68 => 0x40900000u,              // Uncertain_LastUsableValue
-        80 => 0x40930000u,              // Uncertain_SensorNotAccurate
-        84 => 0x40940000u,              // Uncertain_EngineeringUnitsExceeded
-        88 => 0x40950000u,              // Uncertain_SubNormal
+        64 => HistorianStatusCodes.Uncertain,
+        68 => HistorianStatusCodes.UncertainLastUsableValue,
+        80 => HistorianStatusCodes.UncertainSensorNotAccurate,
+        84 => HistorianStatusCodes.UncertainEngineeringUnitsExceeded,
+        88 => HistorianStatusCodes.UncertainSubNormal,
 
         // Bad family (0-63)
-        0 => 0x80000000u,               // Bad
-        4 => 0x80890000u,               // Bad_ConfigurationError
-        8 => 0x808A0000u,               // Bad_NotConnected
-        12 => 0x808B0000u,              // Bad_DeviceFailure
-        16 => 0x808C0000u,              // Bad_SensorFailure
-        20 => 0x80050000u,              // Bad_CommunicationError
-        24 => 0x808D0000u,              // Bad_OutOfService
-        32 => 0x80320000u,              // Bad_WaitingForInitialData
+        0 => HistorianStatusCodes.Bad,
+        4 => HistorianStatusCodes.BadConfigurationError,
+        8 => HistorianStatusCodes.BadNotConnected,
+        12 => HistorianStatusCodes.BadDeviceFailure,
+        16 => HistorianStatusCodes.BadSensorFailure,
+        20 => HistorianStatusCodes.BadCommunicationError,
+        24 => HistorianStatusCodes.BadOutOfService,
+        32 => HistorianStatusCodes.BadWaitingForInitialData,
 
         // Unknown — fall back to category bucket so callers still get something usable.
-        _ when q >= 192 => 0x00000000u,
-        _ when q >= 64 => 0x40000000u,
-        _ => 0x80000000u,
+        _ when q >= 192 => HistorianStatusCodes.Good,
+        _ when q >= 64 => HistorianStatusCodes.Uncertain,
+        _ => HistorianStatusCodes.Bad,
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/HistorianStatusCodes.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/HistorianStatusCodes.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a0a59c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/HistorianStatusCodes.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Mapping;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     The OPC UA status codes this driver publishes, as named constants.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>The driver layer is deliberately free of an OPC UA SDK reference, so status codes are spelled
+///     as bare <c>uint</c>s. The cost of that is a value nobody checks against the name it is written
+///     under — the defect class Gitea #497 found in six places across four drivers, one of them the
+///     <c>BadNoData</c> in <see cref="SampleMapper"/> that was really <c>BadServerHalted</c>.</para>
+///     <para><b>Named, not inline, on purpose.</b> <c>StatusCodeParityTests</c> guards these by reflecting
+///     over <c>const uint</c> fields and comparing each against <c>Opc.Ua.StatusCodes</c> in the pinned SDK.
+///     A literal written at a call site is invisible to that guard, which is exactly how
+///     <see cref="GatewayQualityMapper"/> kept an incorrect <c>Good_LocalOverride</c> through every test it
+///     had. Add a constant here rather than a literal in a <c>switch</c> arm.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+internal static class HistorianStatusCodes
+{
+    // ---- Good family ----
+
+    /// <summary>The value is good; no qualification.</summary>
+    public const uint Good = 0x00000000u;
+
+    /// <summary>The value has been overridden locally (OPC DA quality 216).</summary>
+    public const uint GoodLocalOverride = 0x00960000u;
+
+    // ---- Uncertain family ----
+
+    /// <summary>The value is uncertain; no specific reason.</summary>
+    public const uint Uncertain = 0x40000000u;
+
+    /// <summary>Communication has failed; the last known value is returned (OPC DA quality 68).</summary>
+    public const uint UncertainLastUsableValue = 0x40900000u;
+
+    /// <summary>The sensor is known not to be accurate (OPC DA quality 80).</summary>
+    public const uint UncertainSensorNotAccurate = 0x40930000u;
+
+    /// <summary>The value is outside the engineering-unit range for the sensor (OPC DA quality 84).</summary>
+    public const uint UncertainEngineeringUnitsExceeded = 0x40940000u;
+
+    /// <summary>The value is derived from fewer sources than required (OPC DA quality 88).</summary>
+    public const uint UncertainSubNormal = 0x40950000u;
+
+    // ---- Bad family ----
+
+    /// <summary>The value is bad; no specific reason.</summary>
+    public const uint Bad = 0x80000000u;
+
+    /// <summary>A configuration problem prevents the value being produced (OPC DA quality 4).</summary>
+    public const uint BadConfigurationError = 0x80890000u;
+
+    /// <summary>The source is not connected (OPC DA quality 8).</summary>
+    public const uint BadNotConnected = 0x808A0000u;
+
+    /// <summary>The device reported a failure (OPC DA quality 12).</summary>
+    public const uint BadDeviceFailure = 0x808B0000u;
+
+    /// <summary>The sensor reported a failure (OPC DA quality 16).</summary>
+    public const uint BadSensorFailure = 0x808C0000u;
+
+    /// <summary>Communication with the source failed (OPC DA quality 20).</summary>
+    public const uint BadCommunicationError = 0x80050000u;
+
+    /// <summary>The source is out of service (OPC DA quality 24).</summary>
+    public const uint BadOutOfService = 0x808D0000u;
+
+    /// <summary>No initial value has arrived from the source yet (OPC DA quality 32).</summary>
+    public const uint BadWaitingForInitialData = 0x80320000u;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The historian returned no data for the requested tag/interval. Distinct from a transport
+    ///     failure: the query succeeded and the answer was empty.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const uint BadNoData = 0x809B0000u;
+}
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/SampleMapper.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/SampleMapper.cs
index fcc92adb..0b8fdd94 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/SampleMapper.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway/Mapping/SampleMapper.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Mapping;
 /// </summary>
 internal static class SampleMapper
 {
-    private const uint StatusGood = 0x00000000u;
-    private const uint StatusBadNoData = 0x800E0000u;
+    private const uint StatusGood = HistorianStatusCodes.Good;
+    private const uint StatusBadNoData = HistorianStatusCodes.BadNoData;
 
     /// <summary>OPC DA "Good" family floor — a quality byte at/above this carries usable data.</summary>
     private const byte GoodQualityFloor = 192;
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT/TwinCATStatusMapper.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT/TwinCATStatusMapper.cs
index 2ec92749..3347545d 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT/TwinCATStatusMapper.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT/TwinCATStatusMapper.cs
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ public static class TwinCATStatusMapper
     public const uint BadDeviceFailure      = 0x808B0000u;
     public const uint BadCommunicationError = 0x80050000u;
     public const uint BadTimeout            = 0x800A0000u;
-    public const uint BadTypeMismatch       = 0x80730000u;
-    public const uint BadOutOfService       = 0x80BE0000u;
-    public const uint BadInvalidState       = 0x80350000u;
+    public const uint BadTypeMismatch       = 0x80740000u;
+    public const uint BadOutOfService       = 0x808D0000u;
+    public const uint BadInvalidState       = 0x80AF0000u;
 
     // ---- AdsErrorCode numeric values (confirmed from Beckhoff.TwinCAT.Ads 7.0.172) ----
 
diff --git a/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests/StatusCodeParityTests.cs b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests/StatusCodeParityTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eab14140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests/StatusCodeParityTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Guards every driver's hard-coded OPC UA status-code constant against
+///     <see cref="Opc.Ua.StatusCodes"/> — the pinned SDK is the oracle, and a constant whose
+///     <em>name</em> disagrees with its <em>value</em> fails here.
+///     <para><b>Why the drivers hard-code these at all.</b> The driver layer is deliberately SDK-free: a
+///     driver assembly must not drag in the OPC UA stack just to spell a status code, so each one declares
+///     the handful it needs as bare <c>uint</c> literals. That is a sound layering decision with one
+///     failure mode — nothing checks the literal against the name — and it is exactly the failure mode
+///     Gitea #497 found in six places across four drivers.</para>
+///     <para><b>Discovery is reflection-driven, not a hand-copied list</b> (the same convention
+///     <see cref="DriverTypeNamesGuardTests"/> uses): the test scans every
+///     <c>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.*.dll</c> deployed to its output directory for <c>const uint</c> fields
+///     whose name reads as a status code, so a brand-new driver assembly referenced by this project is
+///     covered automatically, with no edit here.</para>
+///     <para><b>An inline literal is invisible to this guard.</b> Reflection can only see a <em>named</em>
+///     constant, so <c>StatusCode: 0x800B0000u, // BadTimeout</c> written at a call site is unguarded —
+///     which is how <c>GalaxyDriver</c> shipped <c>BadServiceUnsupported</c> under a <c>BadTimeout</c>
+///     comment. Hoist a status literal into a named constant rather than writing it at the call site.</para>
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class StatusCodeParityTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Name prefixes that mark a <c>uint</c> constant as an OPC UA status code. These are the three
+    ///     Part 4 severity categories, so they cover the whole space by construction — a status constant
+    ///     that does not start with one of them is not a status constant.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static readonly string[] StatusPrefixes = ["Good", "Uncertain", "Bad"];
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Field-name prefixes stripped before the name is looked up on <see cref="Opc.Ua.StatusCodes"/>.
+    ///     Drivers vary the spelling (<c>SampleMapper.StatusBadNoData</c> vs
+    ///     <c>SqlStatusCodes.BadTimeout</c>); the SDK member is <c>BadNoData</c> either way.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static readonly string[] NamePrefixesToStrip = ["Status"];
+
+    /// <summary>Every <c>Opc.Ua.StatusCodes</c> member, by name — the oracle this test checks against.</summary>
+    private static readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, uint> SdkStatusCodes =
+        typeof(Opc.Ua.StatusCodes)
+            .GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static)
+            .Where(f => f.IsLiteral && f.FieldType == typeof(uint))
+            .ToDictionary(f => f.Name, f => (uint)f.GetRawConstantValue()!, StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Every status-shaped <c>const uint</c> declared anywhere in the deployed driver assemblies, as
+    ///     <c>(assembly, declaring type, field name, SDK member name, declared value)</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     Non-public types and fields are included on purpose — <c>SampleMapper.StatusBadNoData</c> is a
+    ///     <c>private const</c> on an <c>internal</c> class, and it carried one of the #497 defects. Access
+    ///     modifiers say nothing about whether a value reaches an OPC UA client.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static TheoryData<string, string, string, string, uint> DeclaredStatusConstants()
+    {
+        var data = new TheoryData<string, string, string, string, uint>();
+
+        var binDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(typeof(StatusCodeParityTests).Assembly.Location)!;
+        foreach (var dll in Directory.GetFiles(binDir, "ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.*.dll").OrderBy(p => p, StringComparer.Ordinal))
+        {
+            Assembly asm;
+            try { asm = Assembly.LoadFrom(dll); }
+            catch { continue; }
+
+            Type?[] types;
+            try { types = asm.GetTypes(); }
+            catch (ReflectionTypeLoadException ex) { types = ex.Types; }
+
+            foreach (var type in types)
+            {
+                if (type is null) continue;
+
+                var fields = type.GetFields(
+                    BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly);
+
+                foreach (var field in fields)
+                {
+                    if (!field.IsLiteral || field.IsInitOnly || field.FieldType != typeof(uint)) continue;
+
+                    var sdkName = StripKnownPrefix(field.Name);
+                    if (!StatusPrefixes.Any(p => sdkName.StartsWith(p, StringComparison.Ordinal))) continue;
+
+                    data.Add(
+                        asm.GetName().Name!,
+                        type.FullName ?? type.Name,
+                        field.Name,
+                        sdkName,
+                        (uint)field.GetRawConstantValue()!);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Removes a leading <c>Status</c>-style prefix so the remainder can be looked up on the SDK type.</summary>
+    private static string StripKnownPrefix(string fieldName)
+    {
+        foreach (var prefix in NamePrefixesToStrip)
+        {
+            if (fieldName.Length > prefix.Length && fieldName.StartsWith(prefix, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                return fieldName[prefix.Length..];
+        }
+
+        return fieldName;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     A driver's status constant must carry the value the SDK gives the code it is named after.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="assembly">The declaring driver assembly (failure-message context).</param>
+    /// <param name="type">The declaring type's full name (failure-message context).</param>
+    /// <param name="field">The constant's name as declared.</param>
+    /// <param name="sdkName">The <see cref="Opc.Ua.StatusCodes"/> member the name resolves to.</param>
+    /// <param name="declared">The value the driver declares.</param>
+    [Theory]
+    [MemberData(nameof(DeclaredStatusConstants))]
+    public void Driver_status_constant_matches_the_pinned_SDK(
+        string assembly, string type, string field, string sdkName, uint declared)
+    {
+        SdkStatusCodes.ShouldContainKey(sdkName,
+            $"{type}.{field} (in {assembly}) reads as an OPC UA status code, but '{sdkName}' is not a member " +
+            "of Opc.Ua.StatusCodes. Either the constant is misnamed, or it is not a status code and should " +
+            "not start with Good/Uncertain/Bad.");
+
+        var expected = SdkStatusCodes[sdkName];
+        declared.ShouldBe(expected,
+            $"{type}.{field} (in {assembly}) is declared 0x{declared:X8}, but Opc.Ua.StatusCodes.{sdkName} " +
+            $"is 0x{expected:X8}" +
+            (SdkStatusCodes.FirstOrDefault(kv => kv.Value == declared) is { Key: { } actual } && actual.Length > 0
+                ? $" — 0x{declared:X8} is actually {actual}, which is what OPC UA clients would branch on."
+                : ". The declared value is not any OPC UA status code."));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Discovery must find constants in more than one driver assembly. A zero (or near-zero) here means
+    ///     the bin scan broke or the drivers stopped declaring these by convention — either way the theory
+    ///     above would pass vacuously, which is the one outcome a guard test must never do quietly.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Discovery_finds_status_constants_across_multiple_driver_assemblies()
+    {
+        var found = DeclaredStatusConstants();
+        found.Count.ShouldBeGreaterThan(20,
+            "the driver bin scan found almost no status constants — the assemblies did not deploy to bin, " +
+            "or the naming convention changed");
+
+        var assemblies = found
+            .Select(row => row.Data.Item1)
+            .Distinct(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+            .ToArray();
+
+        assemblies.Length.ShouldBeGreaterThan(3,
+            "status constants were found in fewer than four driver assemblies: " + string.Join(", ", assemblies));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests.csproj b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests.csproj
index 325ef67f..182518eb 100644
--- a/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="xunit.v3"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Shouldly"/>
+        <!-- StatusCodeParityTests only; supplies Opc.Ua.StatusCodes as the oracle. -->
+        <PackageReference Include="OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk"/>
         <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
@@ -35,6 +37,10 @@
         <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Drivers\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.csproj"/>
         <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Drivers\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Calculation\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Calculation.csproj"/>
         <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Drivers\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Sql.csproj"/>
+        <!-- Ships no driver factory (it is a historian backend, not an Equipment driver), so the
+             DriverTypeNames guard skips it — but it does hard-code OPC UA status constants, which
+             puts it in StatusCodeParityTests' scope. -->
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Drivers\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.csproj"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Tests/Runtime/StatusCodeMapTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Tests/Runtime/StatusCodeMapTests.cs
index c048431c..3ec18e17 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Tests/Runtime/StatusCodeMapTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Tests/Runtime/StatusCodeMapTests.cs
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ public sealed class StatusCodeMapTests
     /// <param name="expected">The expected OPC UA status code.</param>
     [Theory]
     [InlineData((byte)192, 0x00000000u)]   // Good
-    [InlineData((byte)216, 0x00D80000u)]   // Good_LocalOverride
+    [InlineData((byte)216, 0x00960000u)]   // Good_LocalOverride
     [InlineData((byte)64,  0x40000000u)]   // Uncertain
-    [InlineData((byte)68,  0x40A40000u)]   // Uncertain_LastUsableValue
-    [InlineData((byte)80,  0x408D0000u)]   // Uncertain_SensorNotAccurate
-    [InlineData((byte)84,  0x408E0000u)]   // Uncertain_EngineeringUnitsExceeded
-    [InlineData((byte)88,  0x408F0000u)]   // Uncertain_SubNormal
+    [InlineData((byte)68,  0x40900000u)]   // Uncertain_LastUsableValue
+    [InlineData((byte)80,  0x40930000u)]   // Uncertain_SensorNotAccurate
+    [InlineData((byte)84,  0x40940000u)]   // Uncertain_EngineeringUnitsExceeded
+    [InlineData((byte)88,  0x40950000u)]   // Uncertain_SubNormal
     [InlineData((byte)0,   0x80000000u)]   // Bad
     [InlineData((byte)4,   0x80890000u)]   // Bad_ConfigurationError
     [InlineData((byte)8,   0x808A0000u)]   // Bad_NotConnected
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ public sealed class StatusCodeMapTests
     /// <param name="expected">The expected OPC DA category byte.</param>
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(0x00000000u, (byte)192)]  // Good
-    [InlineData(0x00D80000u, (byte)192)]  // GoodLocalOverride — still Good category
+    [InlineData(0x00960000u, (byte)192)]  // GoodLocalOverride — still Good category
     [InlineData(0x40000000u, (byte)64)]   // Uncertain
-    [InlineData(0x408F0000u, (byte)64)]   // UncertainSubNormal — still Uncertain category
+    [InlineData(0x40950000u, (byte)64)]   // UncertainSubNormal — still Uncertain category
     [InlineData(0x80000000u, (byte)0)]    // Bad
     [InlineData(0x808A0000u, (byte)0)]    // BadNotConnected — still Bad category
     [InlineData(0x80020000u, (byte)0)]    // BadInternalError — still Bad category
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Mapping/GatewayQualityMapperTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Mapping/GatewayQualityMapperTests.cs
index 15c7fced..c2cba1f6 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Mapping/GatewayQualityMapperTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Mapping/GatewayQualityMapperTests.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ public sealed class GatewayQualityMapperTests
 {
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(192, 0x00000000u)] // Good
-    [InlineData(216, 0x00D80000u)] // Good_LocalOverride
+    [InlineData(216, 0x00960000u)] // Good_LocalOverride
     [InlineData(64,  0x40000000u)] // Uncertain
     [InlineData(0,   0x80000000u)] // Bad
     [InlineData(8,   0x808A0000u)] // Bad_NotConnected
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Mapping/SampleMapperTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Mapping/SampleMapperTests.cs
index 969b9764..29092ae4 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Mapping/SampleMapperTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Mapping/SampleMapperTests.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public sealed class SampleMapperTests
     {
         var a = new HistorianAggregateSample { Tag = "T", /* Value unset, no Good quality */ EndTime = Ts(2026, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0) };
         var snap = SampleMapper.ToAggregateSnapshot(a);
-        Assert.Equal(0x800E0000u, snap.StatusCode); // BadNoData
+        Assert.Equal(0x809B0000u, snap.StatusCode); // BadNoData
         Assert.Null(snap.Value);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Drivers/DriverInstanceActorTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Drivers/DriverInstanceActorTests.cs
index 381756e3..59794e08 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Drivers/DriverInstanceActorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Drivers/DriverInstanceActorTests.cs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public sealed class DriverInstanceActorTests : RuntimeActorTestBase
     [Fact]
     public async Task Write_propagates_status_code_on_Bad_result()
     {
-        const uint badStatus = 0x80340000; // BadOutOfService — top severity bits = 10b
+        const uint badStatus = 0x80340000; // BadNodeIdUnknown — top severity bits = 10b
         var driver = new WritableStubDriver { NextStatusCode = badStatus };
         var actor = Sys.ActorOf(DriverInstanceActor.Props(driver));