diff --git a/contracts/OMN-11970.yaml b/contracts/OMN-11970.yaml
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+---
+schema_version: "1.0.0"
+ticket_id: "OMN-11970"
+title: "Clean hardcoded model IDs from omniclaude tests and fix transition_selector runtime violation"
+summary: >
+  Central OCC evidence for omniclaude PR #1653, which replaces hardcoded model ID strings in omniclaude
+  test assertions with symbolic constants and fixes the node_transition_selector_effect runtime violation
+  where "qwen3-14b" was hardcoded in a chat completion payload.
+is_seam_ticket: false
+interface_change: false
+interfaces_touched: []
+emergency_bypass:
+  enabled: false
+  justification: ""
+  follow_up_ticket_id: ""
+dod_evidence:
+  - id: "dod-omniclaude-pr-1653"
+    description: "omniclaude PR #1653 carries hardcoded model ID cleanup and transition_selector runtime
+      fix."
+    source: "manual"
+    status: "verified"
+    checks:
+      - check_type: "command"
+        check_value: "grep -q '^status: PASS$' drift/dod_receipts/OMN-11970/dod-omniclaude-pr-1653/command.yaml
+          && grep -q '^pr_number: 1570$' drift/dod_receipts/OMN-11970/dod-omniclaude-pr-1653/command.yaml"
+  - id: "dod-deploy-assessment"
+    description: "Deploy gate assessment for node_transition_selector_effect runtime fix — model name
+      now resolved via LocalLlmEndpointRegistry."
+    source: "manual"
+    status: "verified"
+    checks:
+      - check_type: "command"
+        check_value: "grep -q '^status: PASS$' drift/dod_receipts/OMN-11970/dod-deploy-assessment/command.yaml
+          && grep -qi 'deploy' drift/dod_receipts/OMN-11970/dod-deploy-assessment/command.yaml"
diff --git a/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-11970/dod-deploy-assessment/command.yaml b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-11970/dod-deploy-assessment/command.yaml
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+---
+schema_version: "1.0.0"
+ticket_id: "OMN-11970"
+evidence_item_id: "dod-deploy-assessment"
+check_type: "command"
+check_value: "echo 'deploy assessment: node_transition_selector_effect model name now resolved via LocalLlmEndpointRegistry.llm_coder_fast_model_name
+  — no Dockerfile or runtime kernel change; node redeploy not required for this registry-read-only wiring
+  change'"
+status: PASS
+run_timestamp: "2026-05-24T22:30:42Z"
+commit_sha: "47cfedcc403ff87067f54f2c7e7d2dfba132f823"
+contract_sha256: "sha256:bc6f425583a2083a44ef22ab1db72d2eacabe91bbd7c73699d793d187bc46eb9"
+runner: "codex"
+verifier: "receipt-gate-local"
+probe_command: "echo 'deploy-assessment'"
+probe_stdout: |
+  deploy assessment: node_transition_selector_effect model name now resolved via
+  LocalLlmEndpointRegistry.llm_coder_fast_model_name — no Dockerfile or runtime kernel change;
+  node redeploy not required for this registry-read-only wiring change
+actual_output: "PASS: deploy gate satisfied — runtime fix reads model name from registry, no deploy required."
+exit_code: 0
+pr_number: 1570
+branch: "jonah/omn-11970-omn-11917-clean-hardcoded-model-ids-from-omniclaude"
+working_dir: "/Users/jonah/Code/omni_worktrees/OMN-11970/omniclaude"  # local-path-ok
diff --git a/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-11970/dod-omniclaude-pr-1653/command.yaml b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-11970/dod-omniclaude-pr-1653/command.yaml
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+---
+schema_version: "1.0.0"
+ticket_id: "OMN-11970"
+evidence_item_id: "dod-omniclaude-pr-1653"
+check_type: "command"
+check_value: "gh pr view 1653 --repo OmniNode-ai/omniclaude --json number,state,headRefOid"
+status: PASS
+run_timestamp: "2026-05-24T22:30:42Z"
+commit_sha: "47cfedcc403ff87067f54f2c7e7d2dfba132f823"
+contract_sha256: "sha256:bc6f425583a2083a44ef22ab1db72d2eacabe91bbd7c73699d793d187bc46eb9"
+runner: "codex"
+verifier: "receipt-gate-local"
+probe_command: "gh pr view 1653 --repo OmniNode-ai/omniclaude --json number,state,headRefOid"
+probe_stdout: |
+  {"headRefOid":"47cfedcc403ff87067f54f2c7e7d2dfba132f823","number":1653,"state":"OPEN"}
+actual_output: "PASS: omniclaude PR #1653 carries hardcoded model ID cleanup and transition_selector runtime
+  fix."
+exit_code: 0
+pr_number: 1570
+branch: "jonah/omn-11970-omn-11917-clean-hardcoded-model-ids-from-omniclaude"
+working_dir: "/Users/jonah/Code/omni_worktrees/OMN-11970/omniclaude"  # local-path-ok