diff --git a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/Historian/IHistorianValueWriter.cs b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/Historian/IHistorianValueWriter.cs
index 50dd3ed5..91e04b5f 100644
--- a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/Historian/IHistorianValueWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/Historian/IHistorianValueWriter.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
 
 /// <summary>
-///     One numeric sample the continuous-historization recorder drains to the historian's SQL
-///     live-value write path: an optional UTC timestamp, the typed value, and the OPC UA status code
-///     the sample was recorded with.
+///     One sample the continuous-historization recorder drains to the backend's live-value write path: an
+///     optional UTC timestamp, the typed value (any <see cref="HistorianValueKind"/> the backend supports — the
+///     Gateway backend takes numeric kinds only, SqlServer takes all of them), and the OPC UA status code the
+///     sample was recorded with.
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="TimestampUtc">
-///     UTC source timestamp of the sample, or <c>null</c> to defer to the historian's server-stamped
-///     current-time path (the SQL writer uses <c>SYSDATETIME()</c> when the timestamp is absent).
+///     UTC source timestamp of the sample, or <c>null</c> to have the backend stamp the current time.
 /// </param>
 /// <param name="Value">The typed sample value.</param>
 /// <param name="StatusCode">OPC UA status code of the sample (0 = Good).</param>
@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@ public readonly record struct HistorizationValue(DateTime? TimestampUtc, Histori
 /// <summary>
 ///     Seam over the historian's live-value write path used by the continuous-historization recorder.
 ///     Lives in the abstraction layer so the Runtime recorder depends on it without taking a hard
-///     reference on the gRPC gateway driver; the gateway driver supplies the concrete adapter
-///     (<c>GatewayHistorianValueWriter</c>).
+///     reference on a backend driver; the selected backend provider supplies the concrete writer
+///     (<c>GatewayHistorianValueWriter</c> or <c>SqlServerHistorianValueWriter</c>).
 /// </summary>
 public interface IHistorianValueWriter
 {
     /// <summary>
-    ///     Writes a batch of live values for a single tag through the historian's SQL live-write path.
+    ///     Writes a batch of live values for a single tag through the backend's live-write path.
     ///     Implementations are expected to be non-throwing: a transport/gateway error is surfaced as a
     ///     <c>false</c> result so the recorder retains the entries and retries, rather than as an
     ///     exception.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="tag">Fully-qualified historian tag the values are recorded against.</param>
-    /// <param name="values">The numeric samples to write, in append order.</param>
+    /// <param name="values">The samples to write, in append order.</param>
     /// <param name="ct">Cancellation token.</param>
-    /// <returns><c>true</c> on a successful (or durably-queued) gateway ack; <c>false</c> on a retryable failure.</returns>
+    /// <returns><c>true</c> when the backend stored (or durably queued) the batch; <c>false</c> on a retryable failure.</returns>
     Task<bool> WriteLiveValuesAsync(string tag, IReadOnlyList<HistorizationValue> values, CancellationToken ct);
 }
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Recorder/GatewayHistorianValueWriterTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Recorder/GatewayHistorianValueWriterTests.cs
index 091fb40b..6029cb96 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Recorder/GatewayHistorianValueWriterTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Historian.Gateway.Tests/Recorder/GatewayHistorianValueWriterTests.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,24 @@ public sealed class GatewayHistorianValueWriterTests
         Assert.False(ok);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task All_non_numeric_batch_is_acked_without_calling_the_gateway()
+    {
+        // A soft-failure ack: had the writer called the gateway, the result would be false.
+        var fake = new FakeHistorianGatewayClient { WriteLiveValuesResult = new WriteAck { Success = false, Queued = false } };
+        var values = new[]
+        {
+            new HistorizationValue(DateTime.UtcNow, HistorianValue.FromString("text"), 0u),
+            new HistorizationValue(DateTime.UtcNow, HistorianValue.FromDateTime(DateTime.UtcNow), 0u),
+            new HistorizationValue(DateTime.UtcNow, HistorianValue.Empty, 0x80310000u),
+        };
+
+        var ok = await Writer(fake).WriteLiveValuesAsync("T", values, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        Assert.True(ok);
+        Assert.Equal(0, fake.WriteLiveValuesCallCount);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Empty_batch_is_trivially_acked_without_calling_the_gateway()
     {