diff --git a/src/ScadaLink.AuditLog/Site/Telemetry/CachedCallLifecycleBridge.cs b/src/ScadaLink.AuditLog/Site/Telemetry/CachedCallLifecycleBridge.cs
index d61c3fb..cc6a975 100644
--- a/src/ScadaLink.AuditLog/Site/Telemetry/CachedCallLifecycleBridge.cs
+++ b/src/ScadaLink.AuditLog/Site/Telemetry/CachedCallLifecycleBridge.cs
@@ -75,16 +75,13 @@ public sealed class CachedCallLifecycleBridge : ICachedCallLifecycleObserver
 
     private async Task EmitAttemptedAsync(CachedCallAttemptContext context, CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        // Per-attempt row: kind discriminates channel, status carries the
-        // per-attempt result.
+        // Per-attempt row: kind discriminates channel; status is always
+        // Attempted regardless of outcome (success vs. failure is captured
+        // by the companion HttpStatus / ErrorMessage fields, NOT by flipping
+        // the status — CachedResolve carries the terminal Status). Per the
+        // M3 brief and alog.md §4.
         var kind = ChannelToAttemptKind(context.Channel);
-        var status = context.Outcome == CachedCallAttemptOutcome.Delivered
-            ? AuditStatus.Attempted
-            : AuditStatus.Attempted;
-        // (Note: per the M3 brief and alog.md §4 the per-attempt row always
-        // carries Status=Attempted; success vs. failure is captured by the
-        // companion HttpStatus / ErrorMessage fields, NOT by flipping the
-        // status. CachedResolve carries the terminal Status.)
+        var status = AuditStatus.Attempted;
 
         var packet = BuildPacket(
             context,