diff --git a/BUILD-STATE.md b/BUILD-STATE.md
index 96f259d..08fa27e 100755
--- a/BUILD-STATE.md
+++ b/BUILD-STATE.md
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@
 ## Last Updated
 2026-08-12
 
+## Reclaim 2 (2026-08-12) — lock_lines dropped, writer retired ✅
+4,803 tests / 374 suites, web build exit 0, app healthy. **Moat untouched
+(`ledger_entries`, `model_snapshots`); grade path untouched.**
+- **DROPPED `lock_lines`**: 367,595 rows / 104 MB, zero readers anywhere, zero
+  dependents (no FK/view/trigger). Dump held all 367,595 rows, verified first.
+- **RETIRED the writer** (`LOCK_LINE_CAPTURE=1` to re-arm; also needs the table
+  re-created). Was 36,440 rows/day — 23% of all DB growth.
+- **DB 510 MB → 406 MB — 81% of cap, +94 MB headroom.** Under the free-tier cap
+  for the first time in months. Growth ~45 → ~35 MB/day.
+- 10 new tests; `buildLockRows` kept and still covered.
+
+### STILL OPEN — the survey's conclusion stands
+B1 (`2271f46`) and B2 (`fb00102`) are pushed but **NOT deployed** — prod is on
+`f61ec6b`. Until B2 lands, `missed_window` resumes at ~66 MB/day tonight and
+eats the 94 MB headroom in ~36 hours. **Deploy is the next action.**
+Even with B2 live, the hot floor (~372 MB, +33 MB/day) crosses 500 MB in ~4-5
+days. Reclaim 2 bought ~3 days, not a solution. Pro remains the arithmetic
+answer; the Roundtable decides.
+
 ## Fix B2 (2026-08-12) — halt the closing_captures bleed at source ✅
 4,793 tests / 373 suites, web build exit 0. **No rows deleted. Grade untouched.
 Readers untouched. No R2 involved.**
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 528c17b..5169ccb 100755
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -2141,6 +2141,28 @@ phased plan in the Session-57 conversation / BUILD-STATE Next section).
   historical 4,236,398 rows are now STATIC — the cleanup can be scheduled
   calmly instead of raced, and it no longer regrows after a delete.
 
+## Reclaim 2 — lock_lines dropped + writer retired (non-obvious)
+- **`lock_lines` IS GONE (2026-08-12).** 367,595 rows / 104 MB, **zero readers**
+  in `src/`, `scripts/` or `web/src/` — the only `from('lock_lines')` was an
+  `.upsert`, everything else was a comment. It was built (S64) for a staleness
+  audit — join lock-time per-book lines to `closing_captures` — **that was never
+  written**; `scripts/ruler-comparison.sql:17` records why (only 43 settled rows
+  ever joined it with >=2 two-sided books).
+- **THE WRITE IS OFF TOO.** A dead table that keeps refilling is half-solved: it
+  was accruing **36,440 rows/day = 10.3 MB/day = 23% of ALL database growth**.
+  `lockLineCapture.persist()` now returns `{retired:true}` without touching a
+  client. Re-arm with `LOCK_LINE_CAPTURE=1` — which ALSO requires re-creating the
+  table (migration 033); the pg_dump chain holds the history.
+- **`buildLockRows` is KEPT and still tested.** The logic was never what was
+  wrong — it is pure and correct, and the capture is one flag away if anyone
+  writes the audit. Retiring a writer is not the same as deleting the capability.
+- **`retired` and `no supabase env` must read differently in the log** — one is a
+  decision, the other is a fault. The call site distinguishes them; a test asserts it.
+- **DB: 510 MB → 406 MB (102% → 81% of cap, +94 MB headroom).** First time under
+  the free-tier cap in months. Growth drops ~45 → ~35 MB/day.
+- Safety net was exact: the newest pg_dump held **367,595 lock_lines rows —
+  matching the live count row-for-row**, pg_restore-verified before the drop.
+
 ## Active Skills
 - vyndr-voice (all user-facing output)
 - prop-analysis (grading methodology)
diff --git a/src/services/lockLineCapture.js b/src/services/lockLineCapture.js
index 61251b8..14565ea 100644
--- a/src/services/lockLineCapture.js
+++ b/src/services/lockLineCapture.js
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@
  *
  * HONEST-ABSENT: a graded prop with only one priced book persists as ONE row. Never a
  * fabricated second book. A book row with neither price is not a line and is skipped.
+ *
+ * ── RETIRED 2026-08-12 (Reclaim 2) — THE AUDIT WAS NEVER WRITTEN ─────────
+ * This table was built in Session 64 to unblock a staleness check: join lock-time
+ * per-book lines to `closing_captures` and ask whether our locked line was
+ * stale-high vs consensus. That join was never written. Measured before removal:
+ * 367,595 rows, 104 MB, **zero readers** anywhere in src/, scripts/ or web/src/ —
+ * the only mentions were this file's own comments and one comment line in
+ * `scripts/ruler-comparison.sql` explaining why the reconstruction was abandoned
+ * (only 43 settled rows ever joined it with >=2 two-sided books).
+ *
+ * It was still accruing 36,440 rows/day — 10.3 MB/day, 23% of all database
+ * growth — for a question nobody was asking. `buildLockRows` is KEPT and still
+ * tested: it is pure, correct, and the moment someone writes that audit the
+ * capture can be re-armed with one flag. What is switched off is the WRITE.
+ *
+ * Set LOCK_LINE_CAPTURE=1 to re-arm. Doing so requires re-creating the table
+ * (migration 033) — it was dropped, and the pg_dump chain holds the history.
  */
 
 const { nameKey, normalizeName } = require('../utils/playerName');
@@ -106,8 +123,19 @@ function buildLockRows(sport, props, gradedKeys, opts = {}) {
  * Persist append-only. Idempotent via the UNIQUE key (a snapshot retry never
  * double-inserts). Best-effort — a persistence failure never breaks the snapshot.
  */
+/** Re-arm the capture (also needs the table re-created — see the header). */
+const captureArmed = () => process.env.LOCK_LINE_CAPTURE === '1';
+
 async function persist(rows, deps = {}) {
   const out = { attempted: rows ? rows.length : 0, written: 0, skipped: false, error: null };
+  // RETIRED: the table is dropped and nothing reads it. Returning early keeps
+  // every caller's contract intact (a best-effort leaf that reports what it did)
+  // without touching a table that no longer exists.
+  if (!(deps.armed ?? captureArmed())) {
+    out.skipped = true;
+    out.retired = true;
+    return out;
+  }
   if (!out.attempted) return out;
   try {
     const getClient = deps.getClient || require('../utils/supabase').getSupabaseServiceClient;
@@ -129,4 +157,4 @@ async function persist(rows, deps = {}) {
   return out;
 }
 
-module.exports = { buildLockRows, persist, lockKey, SHARP_BOOKS };
+module.exports = { buildLockRows, persist, lockKey, SHARP_BOOKS, captureArmed };
diff --git a/src/services/snapshotService.js b/src/services/snapshotService.js
index 108b925..d089616 100644
--- a/src/services/snapshotService.js
+++ b/src/services/snapshotService.js
@@ -691,7 +691,11 @@ async function runSnapshot(sport, opts = {}) {
     const gradedKeys = new Set(enriched.map((g) => `${norm(g.player || g.player_name)}|${String(g.stat_type || g.stat || '').toLowerCase()}`));
     const lockRows = deps.lockLineCapture.buildLockRows(sp, props, gradedKeys, { lockedAt: ts });
     const lr = await deps.lockLineCapture.persist(lockRows);
-    console.log(`[lock-lines] ${sp}: ${lr.written}/${lr.attempted} multi-book rows persisted at lock${lr.skipped ? ' (skipped — no supabase env)' : ''}${lr.error ? ` ERROR: ${lr.error}` : ''}`);
+    // `retired` and `no supabase env` are different states and must read
+    // differently — a retired capture is a decision, a missing env is a fault.
+    console.log(`[lock-lines] ${sp}: ${lr.retired
+      ? `RETIRED (table dropped 2026-08-12, zero readers; ${lr.attempted} rows not written)`
+      : `${lr.written}/${lr.attempted} multi-book rows persisted at lock${lr.skipped ? ' (skipped — no supabase env)' : ''}`}${lr.error ? ` ERROR: ${lr.error}` : ''}`);
   } catch (e) {
     console.warn(`[lock-lines] ${sp} persist failed (measurement-only, snapshot continues):`, e.message);
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/lockLineRetired.test.js b/tests/unit/lockLineRetired.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d30382a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/lockLineRetired.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Reclaim 2 — the lock_lines writer is retired.
+ *
+ * The table was built for a staleness audit that was never written: 367,595
+ * rows, 104 MB, zero readers in src/, scripts/ or web/src/, still accruing
+ * 36,440 rows/day (23% of all database growth) for a question nobody asked.
+ *
+ * A dead table that keeps refilling is only half-solved, so the WRITE is off
+ * too. `buildLockRows` is deliberately kept and still tested: it is pure and
+ * correct, and re-arming is one flag plus re-creating the table.
+ */
+
+const llc = require('../../src/services/lockLineCapture');
+
+const PROPS = [
+  { player: 'Aaron Judge', stat_type: 'hits', book: 'draftkings', line: 0.5, over_odds: -120, under_odds: 100, game_time: '2026-08-12T23:05:00Z' },
+  { player: 'Aaron Judge', stat_type: 'hits', book: 'pinnacle', line: 0.5, over_odds: -115, under_odds: -105, game_time: '2026-08-12T23:05:00Z' },
+];
+const KEYS = new Set([llc.lockKey('Aaron Judge', 'hits')]);
+
+describe('the writer is retired', () => {
+  it('persist() writes NOTHING and says so', async () => {
+    let opened = false;
+    const out = await llc.persist([{ sport: 'mlb' }], { getClient: () => { opened = true; return {}; } });
+    expect(out.written).toBe(0);
+    expect(out.retired).toBe(true);
+    expect(out.skipped).toBe(true);
+    expect(opened).toBe(false);            // never even reaches for a client
+  });
+
+  it('reports what it DID NOT write, so the drop stays visible in the log', async () => {
+    const rows = llc.buildLockRows('mlb', PROPS, KEYS, { lockedAt: 'T0' });
+    const out = await llc.persist(rows, {});
+    expect(out.attempted).toBe(rows.length);
+    expect(out.written).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('re-arms behind the flag', async () => {
+    const chunks = [];
+    const out = await llc.persist([{ sport: 'mlb', player_key: 'a' }], {
+      armed: true,
+      getClient: () => ({ from: () => ({ upsert: async (c) => { chunks.push(...c); return { error: null }; } }) }),
+    });
+    expect(out.written).toBe(1);
+    expect(out.retired).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(chunks).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it('captureArmed reads the env flag', () => {
+    const prev = process.env.LOCK_LINE_CAPTURE;
+    delete process.env.LOCK_LINE_CAPTURE;
+    expect(llc.captureArmed()).toBe(false);
+    process.env.LOCK_LINE_CAPTURE = '1';
+    expect(llc.captureArmed()).toBe(true);
+    if (prev === undefined) delete process.env.LOCK_LINE_CAPTURE; else process.env.LOCK_LINE_CAPTURE = prev;
+  });
+});
+
+describe('buildLockRows is KEPT and still correct', () => {
+  it('still builds the rows it always did — the logic is not what was wrong', () => {
+    const rows = llc.buildLockRows('mlb', PROPS, KEYS, { lockedAt: 'T0' });
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(2);                      // one per book
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.book).sort()).toEqual(['draftkings', 'pinnacle']);
+    expect(rows.find((r) => r.book === 'pinnacle').line_type).toBe('sharp');
+    expect(rows.every((r) => r.locked_at === 'T0')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('still skips a book with neither price — honest-absent survives', () => {
+    const rows = llc.buildLockRows('mlb', [{ ...PROPS[0], over_odds: null, under_odds: null }], KEYS, {});
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('still grades-only: an ungraded prop is not captured', () => {
+    expect(llc.buildLockRows('mlb', PROPS, new Set(), {})).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('the snapshot pass survives a retired capture', () => {
+  it('the call site distinguishes RETIRED from a missing-env skip', () => {
+    const src = require('fs').readFileSync(
+      require('path').join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'src/services/snapshotService.js'), 'utf8');
+    expect(src).toMatch(/lr\.retired/);
+    expect(src).toMatch(/RETIRED \(table dropped/);
+  });
+
+  it('persist never throws, so the snapshot cannot break on it', async () => {
+    await expect(llc.persist(null, {})).resolves.toMatchObject({ written: 0 });
+    await expect(llc.persist([], {})).resolves.toMatchObject({ written: 0 });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('nothing reads lock_lines (the precondition for the drop)', () => {
+  it('no source file selects from it', () => {
+    const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+    const root = require('path').join(__dirname, '..', '..');
+    const hits = execSync(
+      "grep -rn \"from('lock_lines')\\|FROM lock_lines\" --include='*.js' --include='*.ts' --include='*.tsx' --include='*.sql' src scripts web/src 2>/dev/null | grep -v upsert || true",
+      { cwd: root, encoding: 'utf8' },
+    ).trim();
+    expect(hits).toBe('');
+  });
+});