diff --git a/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts-fixture.ts b/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts-fixture.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e0b8e812e9..00000000000
--- a/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts-fixture.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
-import { join } from 'node:path'
-import {
-  ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_CHUNK_BYTES,
-  type OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptor,
-  type OrcadMigrationBlobKind
-} from '../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer'
-import type { OrcadMigrationEditorDraft } from '../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts'
-import type { OrcadMigrationManifest } from '../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-manifest'
-import type { PersistedOpenFile } from '../shared/workspace-session-state-types'
-import { getDefaultWorkspaceSession } from '../shared/constants'
-import { getOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobPath } from './persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-migration-blob-staging'
-import { commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalogDurably } from './runtime/orcad-migration-catalog-import'
-import {
-  DORMANT_LEAF_ID,
-  DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID,
-  dormantState,
-  manifest
-} from './persistence-orcad-migration-catalog-fixture'
-import { testState, type createStore } from './persistence-test-harness'
-
-export type Store = ReturnType<typeof createStore>
-
-export const FILE_A = '/srv/repo-1-worktree/src/a.ts'
-export const FILE_B = '/srv/repo-1-worktree/src/b.ts'
-
-export function openFile(filePath: string, dirtyDraftContent?: string): PersistedOpenFile {
-  return {
-    filePath,
-    relativePath: filePath.slice('/srv/repo-1-worktree/'.length),
-    worktreeId: DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID,
-    language: 'typescript',
-    ...(dirtyDraftContent === undefined ? {} : { dirtyDraftContent })
-  }
-}
-
-export type EncodedBlob = { bytes: Buffer; descriptor: OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptor }
-
-function encodeBlob(blobKind: OrcadMigrationBlobKind, key: string, value: unknown): EncodedBlob {
-  const bytes = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(value))
-  return {
-    bytes,
-    descriptor: {
-      blobKind,
-      key,
-      sha256: createHash('sha256').update(bytes).digest('hex'),
-      byteLength: bytes.length
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-export function encodeDrafts(drafts: OrcadMigrationEditorDraft[]): EncodedBlob {
-  return encodeBlob('editor-drafts', 'drafts', { version: 1, drafts })
-}
-
-/** A restore hint for the fixture's dormant pane. */
-export const HINTED_PANE = `tab-dormant:${DORMANT_LEAF_ID}`
-export function encodeHints(cwd: string): EncodedBlob {
-  return encodeBlob('terminal-restore-hints', 'migration', {
-    version: 1,
-    hints: [{ paneKey: HINTED_PANE, cwd }]
-  })
-}
-
-/** A capable desktop's manifest: FILE_A's draft shed into the blob, FILE_B clean. */
-export function declaredManifest(
-  declared: OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptor | null,
-  entries = [{ worktreeKey: DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID, filePath: FILE_A }]
-): OrcadMigrationManifest {
-  const dormant = dormantState()
-  dormant.workspaceSession = {
-    ...dormant.workspaceSession!,
-    openFilesByWorktree: { [DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID]: [openFile(FILE_A), openFile(FILE_B)] }
-  }
-  if (declared) {
-    dormant.editorDraftsBlob = {
-      sha256: declared.sha256,
-      byteLength: declared.byteLength,
-      entries
-    }
-  }
-  const base = manifest()
-  return manifest({ payload: { ...base.payload, dormantState: dormant } })
-}
-
-export function stageBlob(store: Store, input: OrcadMigrationManifest, blob: EncodedBlob) {
-  for (let offset = 0; offset < blob.bytes.length; offset += ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_CHUNK_BYTES) {
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationBlobChunk({
-      migrationId: input.migrationId,
-      manifestSha256: input.manifestSha256,
-      blob: blob.descriptor,
-      offset,
-      bytesBase64: blob.bytes
-        .subarray(offset, offset + ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_CHUNK_BYTES)
-        .toString('base64')
-    })
-  }
-}
-
-export function receivedDraftsPath(input: OrcadMigrationManifest): string {
-  return getOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobPath(join(testState.dir, 'orcad-migration-blobs'), input, {
-    blobKind: 'editor-drafts',
-    key: 'drafts'
-  })
-}
-
-export function draftOf(store: Store, filePath: string): string | undefined {
-  return store
-    .getWorkspaceSession()
-    .openFilesByWorktree?.[DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID]?.find((file) => file.filePath === filePath)
-    ?.dirtyDraftContent
-}
-
-export function setDestinationFiles(store: Store, files: PersistedOpenFile[]): void {
-  store.setWorkspaceSession({
-    ...getDefaultWorkspaceSession(),
-    openFilesByWorktree: { [DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID]: files }
-  })
-}
-
-export function commitDurably(store: Store, input: OrcadMigrationManifest) {
-  return commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalogDurably({
-    store,
-    manifest: input,
-    onDurableCommit: () => {}
-  })
-}
-
-export const DRAFT_A = {
-  worktreeKey: DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID,
-  filePath: FILE_A,
-  content: 'unsaved A\n'
-}
diff --git a/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts.test.ts b/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e6b5b3facd..00000000000
--- a/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
-import { join } from 'node:path'
-import {
-  DRAFT_A,
-  FILE_A,
-  FILE_B,
-  commitDurably,
-  declaredManifest,
-  draftOf,
-  encodeDrafts,
-  openFile,
-  receivedDraftsPath,
-  setDestinationFiles,
-  stageBlob
-} from './persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts-fixture'
-import { DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID } from './persistence-orcad-migration-catalog-fixture'
-import { createStore, readDataFile, testState, writeDataFile } from './persistence-test-harness'
-
-vi.mock('electron', () => ({
-  app: { getPath: () => testState.dir },
-  safeStorage: {
-    isEncryptionAvailable: () => true,
-    encryptString: (plaintext: string) => Buffer.from(`encrypted:${plaintext}`, 'utf-8'),
-    decryptString: (ciphertext: Buffer) => ciphertext.toString('utf-8').slice('encrypted:'.length)
-  }
-}))
-
-vi.mock('./telemetry/client', () => ({ track: vi.fn() }))
-
-describe('orcad migration editor drafts blob', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    testState.dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-migration-drafts-'))
-  })
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    rmSync(testState.dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
-  })
-
-  it('applies an 8 MiB draft byte-identical inside the commit and releases the blob once durable', async () => {
-    const content = `${'x'.repeat(8 * 1024 * 1024 - 7)}é\n\u0000end`
-    const blob = encodeDrafts([{ ...DRAFT_A, content }])
-    const input = declaredManifest(blob.descriptor)
-    const store = createStore()
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    stageBlob(store, input, blob)
-
-    expect((await commitDurably(store, input)).state).toBe('committed')
-    expect(draftOf(store, FILE_A)).toBe(content)
-    expect(draftOf(store, FILE_B)).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(existsSync(receivedDraftsPath(input))).toBe(false)
-    expect(draftOf(createStore(), FILE_A)).toBe(content)
-  })
-
-  it('refuses a declared blob that never arrived, whether or not the sender names its blobs', () => {
-    const blob = encodeDrafts([DRAFT_A])
-    const input = declaredManifest(blob.descriptor)
-    const store = createStore()
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-
-    expect(() => store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)).toThrow(
-      'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_missing'
-    )
-    expect(() => store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input, { expectedBlobs: [] })).toThrow(
-      'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_missing'
-    )
-    expect(store.getOrcadMigrationCatalogState(input).state).toBe('staged')
-    expect(store.getRepos()).toEqual([])
-  })
-
-  it('refuses a drafts blob the manifest does not declare', () => {
-    const blob = encodeDrafts([DRAFT_A])
-    const input = declaredManifest(null)
-    const store = createStore()
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    stageBlob(store, input, blob)
-
-    expect(() => store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)).toThrow(
-      'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_undeclared'
-    )
-    expect(store.getRepos()).toEqual([])
-  })
-
-  it('refuses a draft for an entry the manifest did not shed', () => {
-    const blob = encodeDrafts([
-      DRAFT_A,
-      { worktreeKey: DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID, filePath: FILE_B, content: 'extra' }
-    ])
-    const input = declaredManifest(blob.descriptor)
-    const store = createStore()
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    stageBlob(store, input, blob)
-
-    expect(() => store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)).toThrow(
-      'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_set_mismatch'
-    )
-    expect(store.getOrcadMigrationCatalogState(input)).toMatchObject({
-      state: 'staged',
-      blobUploads: [{ ...blob.descriptor, receivedBytes: blob.descriptor.byteLength }]
-    })
-  })
-
-  it('refuses bytes whose digest differs from the signed declaration', () => {
-    const declared = encodeDrafts([DRAFT_A])
-    const sent = encodeDrafts([{ ...DRAFT_A, content: 'tampered' }])
-    const input = declaredManifest(declared.descriptor)
-    const store = createStore()
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    stageBlob(store, input, sent)
-
-    expect(() => store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)).toThrow(
-      'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_digest_mismatch'
-    )
-    expect(store.getRepos()).toEqual([])
-  })
-
-  it('accepts a destination entry already holding the identical draft', () => {
-    const blob = encodeDrafts([DRAFT_A])
-    const input = declaredManifest(blob.descriptor)
-    const store = createStore()
-    setDestinationFiles(store, [openFile(FILE_A, DRAFT_A.content), openFile(FILE_B)])
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    stageBlob(store, input, blob)
-
-    expect(store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input).state).toBe('committed')
-    expect(draftOf(store, FILE_A)).toBe(DRAFT_A.content)
-  })
-
-  it('stages past a competing destination draft but refuses it at commit, keeping staging', () => {
-    const blob = encodeDrafts([DRAFT_A])
-    const input = declaredManifest(blob.descriptor)
-    const store = createStore()
-    setDestinationFiles(store, [openFile(FILE_A, 'destination edit'), openFile(FILE_B)])
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    stageBlob(store, input, blob)
-
-    expect(() => store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)).toThrow(
-      `orcad_migration_dormant_id_conflict:workspace_session:openFilesByWorktree:${DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID}`
-    )
-    expect(draftOf(store, FILE_A)).toBe('destination edit')
-    expect(store.getOrcadMigrationCatalogState(input)).toMatchObject({
-      state: 'staged',
-      blobUploads: [{ ...blob.descriptor, receivedBytes: blob.descriptor.byteLength }]
-    })
-    expect(existsSync(receivedDraftsPath(input))).toBe(false)
-  })
-
-  it('refuses a destination draft edited between stage and commit', () => {
-    const blob = encodeDrafts([DRAFT_A])
-    const input = declaredManifest(blob.descriptor)
-    const store = createStore()
-    setDestinationFiles(store, [openFile(FILE_A, DRAFT_A.content), openFile(FILE_B)])
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    stageBlob(store, input, blob)
-    setDestinationFiles(store, [openFile(FILE_A, 'edited after staging'), openFile(FILE_B)])
-
-    expect(() => store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)).toThrow(
-      `orcad_migration_dormant_id_conflict:workspace_session:openFilesByWorktree:${DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID}`
-    )
-    expect(store.getOrcadMigrationCatalogState(input).state).toBe('staged')
-  })
-
-  it('re-applies the received drafts on a retry after the first commit was lost', async () => {
-    const blob = encodeDrafts([DRAFT_A])
-    const input = declaredManifest(blob.descriptor)
-    const store = createStore()
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    stageBlob(store, input, blob)
-    await store.flushPendingOrThrowAsync()
-    const stagedDiskState = readDataFile()
-    store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    writeDataFile(stagedDiskState)
-
-    // Staging is gone: the first commit moved the blob, so only the received bytes remain.
-    const restarted = createStore()
-    expect(restarted.getOrcadMigrationCatalogState(input)).toMatchObject({ state: 'staged' })
-    expect(restarted.getOrcadMigrationCatalogState(input)).not.toHaveProperty('blobUploads')
-    expect(draftOf(restarted, FILE_A)).toBeUndefined()
-    expect((await commitDurably(restarted, input)).state).toBe('committed')
-    expect(draftOf(restarted, FILE_A)).toBe(DRAFT_A.content)
-    expect(existsSync(receivedDraftsPath(input))).toBe(false)
-  })
-
-  it('refuses a received-only retry whose bytes were damaged', async () => {
-    const blob = encodeDrafts([DRAFT_A])
-    const input = declaredManifest(blob.descriptor)
-    const store = createStore()
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    stageBlob(store, input, blob)
-    await store.flushPendingOrThrowAsync()
-    const stagedDiskState = readDataFile()
-    store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-    writeDataFile(stagedDiskState)
-    writeFileSync(receivedDraftsPath(input), Buffer.from('damaged'))
-
-    const restarted = createStore()
-    expect(() => restarted.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)).toThrow(
-      'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_digest_mismatch'
-    )
-    expect(restarted.getOrcadMigrationCatalogState(input).state).toBe('staged')
-  })
-})
diff --git a/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts-durability.test.ts b/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-received-blob-durability.test.ts
similarity index 65%
rename from src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts-durability.test.ts
rename to src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-received-blob-durability.test.ts
index fa4707698c9..4a6468c7da3 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts-durability.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-received-blob-durability.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
 import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
+import {
+  ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_CHUNK_BYTES,
+  type OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptor
+} from '../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer'
 import type { OrcadMigrationManifest } from '../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-manifest'
 import { getOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobPath } from './persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-migration-blob-staging'
 import {
@@ -9,20 +14,7 @@ import {
   getOrcadMigrationCatalogState
 } from './runtime/orcad-migration-catalog-import'
 import {
-  DRAFT_A,
-  FILE_A,
-  HINTED_PANE,
-  commitDurably,
-  declaredManifest,
-  draftOf,
-  encodeDrafts,
-  encodeHints,
-  openFile,
-  receivedDraftsPath,
-  stageBlob,
-  type Store
-} from './persistence-orcad-migration-editor-drafts-fixture'
-import {
+  DORMANT_LEAF_ID,
   DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID,
   dormantState,
   manifest
@@ -40,8 +32,24 @@ vi.mock('electron', () => ({
 
 vi.mock('./telemetry/client', () => ({ track: vi.fn() }))
 
+type Store = ReturnType<typeof createStore>
+
+const HINTED_PANE = `tab-dormant:${DORMANT_LEAF_ID}`
 const noLiveShells = (): boolean => false
 
+function encodeHints(cwd: string): { bytes: Buffer; descriptor: OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptor } {
+  const bytes = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ version: 1, hints: [{ paneKey: HINTED_PANE, cwd }] }))
+  return {
+    bytes,
+    descriptor: {
+      blobKind: 'terminal-restore-hints',
+      key: 'migration',
+      sha256: createHash('sha256').update(bytes).digest('hex'),
+      byteLength: bytes.length
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function receivedHintsPath(input: OrcadMigrationManifest): string {
   return getOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobPath(join(testState.dir, 'orcad-migration-blobs'), input, {
     blobKind: 'terminal-restore-hints',
@@ -53,16 +61,33 @@ function hint(store: Store): string | null {
   return store.peekOrcadMigrationTerminalRestoreHint(HINTED_PANE, DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID)
 }
 
-/** Drafts plus restore hints staged and durable; returns the disk state before any commit. */
-async function stageDraftsAndHints(store: Store) {
-  const drafts = encodeDrafts([DRAFT_A])
+function commitDurably(store: Store, input: OrcadMigrationManifest) {
+  return commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalogDurably({
+    store,
+    manifest: input,
+    onDurableCommit: () => {}
+  })
+}
+
+/** Restore hints staged and durable; returns the disk state before any commit. */
+async function stageHints(store: Store) {
   const hints = encodeHints('/home/me/src')
-  const input = declaredManifest(drafts.descriptor)
+  const base = manifest()
+  const input = manifest({ payload: { ...base.payload, dormantState: dormantState() } })
   store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-  stageBlob(store, input, drafts)
-  stageBlob(store, input, hints)
+  for (let offset = 0; offset < hints.bytes.length; offset += ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_CHUNK_BYTES) {
+    store.stageOrcadMigrationBlobChunk({
+      migrationId: input.migrationId,
+      manifestSha256: input.manifestSha256,
+      blob: hints.descriptor,
+      offset,
+      bytesBase64: hints.bytes
+        .subarray(offset, offset + ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_CHUNK_BYTES)
+        .toString('base64')
+    })
+  }
   await store.flushPendingOrThrowAsync()
-  return { input, expectedBlobs: [drafts.descriptor, hints.descriptor], stagedDisk: readDataFile() }
+  return { input, expectedBlobs: [hints.descriptor], stagedDisk: readDataFile() }
 }
 
 async function commitWithFailedFlush(store: Store, input: OrcadMigrationManifest) {
@@ -72,7 +97,7 @@ async function commitWithFailedFlush(store: Store, input: OrcadMigrationManifest
 
 describe('orcad migration received blobs wait for a durable commit', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    testState.dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-migration-drafts-durable-'))
+    testState.dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-migration-blobs-durable-'))
   })
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -80,14 +105,13 @@ describe('orcad migration received blobs wait for a durable commit', () => {
     rmSync(testState.dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
   })
 
-  it('keeps every received blob through a failed flush and a state query, for the retry after restart', async () => {
+  it('keeps the received blob through a failed flush and a state query, for the retry after restart', async () => {
     const store = createStore()
-    const { input, expectedBlobs, stagedDisk } = await stageDraftsAndHints(store)
+    const { input, expectedBlobs, stagedDisk } = await stageHints(store)
     await commitWithFailedFlush(store, input)
 
     // The in-memory receipt answers "committed", but nothing it received may be consumed yet.
     expect(getOrcadMigrationCatalogState({ store, manifest: input }).state).toBe('committed')
-    expect(existsSync(receivedDraftsPath(input))).toBe(true)
     expect(existsSync(receivedHintsPath(input))).toBe(true)
     expect(hint(store)).toBeNull()
 
@@ -101,28 +125,25 @@ describe('orcad migration received blobs wait for a durable commit', () => {
       onDurableCommit: () => {}
     })
     expect(result.state).toBe('committed')
-    expect(draftOf(restarted, FILE_A)).toBe(DRAFT_A.content)
     expect(hint(restarted)).toBe('/home/me/src')
-    expect(existsSync(receivedDraftsPath(input))).toBe(false)
     expect(existsSync(receivedHintsPath(input))).toBe(false)
   })
 
   it('never consumes an in-memory-only commit in the post-attach pass', async () => {
     const store = createStore()
-    const { input } = await stageDraftsAndHints(store)
+    const { input } = await stageHints(store)
     await commitWithFailedFlush(store, input)
 
     store.installPendingOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobs({ worktreeHasLiveShells: noLiveShells })
     store.installDeferredOrcadMigrationShellHistory(DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID, {
       worktreeHasLiveShells: noLiveShells
     })
-    expect(existsSync(receivedDraftsPath(input))).toBe(true)
     expect(existsSync(receivedHintsPath(input))).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  it('releases the blobs when a same-process retry flushes the commit', async () => {
+  it('installs the blob when a same-process retry flushes the commit', async () => {
     const store = createStore()
-    const { input, expectedBlobs } = await stageDraftsAndHints(store)
+    const { input, expectedBlobs } = await stageHints(store)
     await commitWithFailedFlush(store, input)
 
     const retried = await commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalogDurably({
@@ -132,39 +153,20 @@ describe('orcad migration received blobs wait for a durable commit', () => {
       onDurableCommit: () => {}
     })
     expect(retried.state).toBe('committed')
-    expect(existsSync(receivedDraftsPath(input))).toBe(false)
     expect(existsSync(receivedHintsPath(input))).toBe(false)
     expect(hint(store)).toBe('/home/me/src')
-    expect(draftOf(createStore(), FILE_A)).toBe(DRAFT_A.content)
   })
 
   it('treats any successful write of the commit as proof, and a load from disk as proof', async () => {
     const store = createStore()
-    const { input } = await stageDraftsAndHints(store)
+    const { input } = await stageHints(store)
     store.commitStagedOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
     expect(getOrcadMigrationCatalogState({ store, manifest: input }).state).toBe('committed')
-    expect(existsSync(receivedDraftsPath(input))).toBe(true)
+    expect(existsSync(receivedHintsPath(input))).toBe(true)
     await store.flushPendingOrThrowAsync()
 
     const restarted = createStore()
-    expect(existsSync(receivedDraftsPath(input))).toBe(false)
     expect(existsSync(receivedHintsPath(input))).toBe(false)
-    expect(draftOf(restarted, FILE_A)).toBe(DRAFT_A.content)
     expect(hint(restarted)).toBe('/home/me/src')
   })
-
-  it('commits an older desktop inline draft unchanged', async () => {
-    const dormant = dormantState()
-    dormant.workspaceSession = {
-      ...dormant.workspaceSession!,
-      openFilesByWorktree: { [DORMANT_WORKTREE_ID]: [openFile(FILE_A, DRAFT_A.content)] }
-    }
-    const base = manifest()
-    const input = manifest({ payload: { ...base.payload, dormantState: dormant } })
-    const store = createStore()
-    store.stageOrcadMigrationCatalog(input)
-
-    expect((await commitDurably(store, input)).state).toBe('committed')
-    expect(draftOf(createStore(), FILE_A)).toBe(DRAFT_A.content)
-  })
 })
diff --git a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-import.ts b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-import.ts
index dbbdb34ad94..270e1c0b7b0 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-import.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-import.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import {
   stageOrcadMigrationBlobChunk
 } from './orcad-migration-blob-staging'
 import { assertOrcadMigrationBlobContentsValid } from './orcad-migration-blob-installers'
-import { readDeclaredOrcadMigrationEditorDrafts } from './orcad-destination-editor-drafts'
 
 type OrcadCatalogImportRuntime = OrcadMigrationCommitGenerationRuntime &
   Pick<StoreRuntimeState, 'state' | 'terminalScrollbackSnapshotStorage' | 'orcadMigrationBlobRoot'>
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ export class OrcadCatalogImportPersistence {
     if (current.state !== 'staged') {
       throw new Error('orcad_migration_catalog_not_staged')
     }
-    let prepared = prepareOrcadMigrationCatalog(manifest, context.runtime.state)
+    const prepared = prepareOrcadMigrationCatalog(manifest, context.runtime.state)
     const blobRoot = context.runtime.orcadMigrationBlobRoot
     assertOrcadMigrationSnapshotsReady(manifest, context.runtime.terminalScrollbackSnapshotStorage)
     if (options.expectedBlobs) {
@@ -168,11 +167,6 @@ export class OrcadCatalogImportPersistence {
     }
     assertOrcadMigrationBlobsReady(manifest, blobRoot)
     assertOrcadMigrationBlobContentsValid(manifest, blobRoot)
-    // Before any blob moves, so a refused draft or conflict leaves staging as it was.
-    const editorDrafts = readDeclaredOrcadMigrationEditorDrafts(manifest, blobRoot)
-    if (editorDrafts) {
-      prepared = prepareOrcadMigrationCatalog(manifest, context.runtime.state, editorDrafts)
-    }
     commitOrcadMigrationSnapshots(manifest, context.runtime.terminalScrollbackSnapshotStorage)
     commitOrcadMigrationBlobs(manifest, blobRoot)
     const receipt = commitPreparedCatalog(context, manifest, prepared, options.now)
diff --git a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-records.ts b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-records.ts
index 8e5fbabb518..f70f9815afb 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-records.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-records.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   type OrcadMigrationImportReceipt,
   type OrcadMigrationManifest
 } from '../../../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-manifest'
-import type { OrcadMigrationEditorDraft } from '../../../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts'
 import type { ProjectGroup } from '../../../shared/project-group-types'
 import type { Repo } from '../../../shared/repo-types'
 import { normalizeRuntimePathForComparison } from '../../../shared/cross-platform-path'
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ export function assertSameOrcadMigrationManifest(
 // Dormant only: no live PTY reaches the destination, so the incoming session is compared as is.
 export function prepareOrcadMigrationCatalog(
   manifest: OrcadMigrationManifest,
-  state: StoreRuntimeState['state'],
-  editorDrafts?: readonly OrcadMigrationEditorDraft[]
+  state: StoreRuntimeState['state']
 ): PreparedOrcadMigrationCatalog {
   assertOrcadMigrationStagedCatalogClaims(manifest, state.orcadMigrationStagedCatalogs ?? [])
   const repositories = manifest.payload.repositories.map(toOrcadDestinationRepository)
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ export function prepareOrcadMigrationCatalog(
     folderWorkspaces,
     existingProjectGroups: state.projectGroups
   })
-  const dormantState = prepareOrcadMigrationDormantState(manifest, state, editorDrafts)
+  const dormantState = prepareOrcadMigrationDormantState(manifest, state)
   return {
     repositories,
     projectGroups,
diff --git a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-destination-editor-drafts.ts b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-destination-editor-drafts.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f62ca126dc2..00000000000
--- a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-destination-editor-drafts.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Destination side of the `editor-drafts` blob. The drafts are applied inside the catalog commit,
- * never after it: the commit verifies the bytes against the signed declaration, writes them into
- * the incoming session, and runs the full session conflict check on that hydrated copy.
- */
-import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
-import {
-  sameOrcadMigrationBlob,
-  type OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptor
-} from '../../../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer'
-import {
-  ORCAD_MIGRATION_EDITOR_DRAFTS_KEY,
-  orcadMigrationEditorDraftIdentity,
-  parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsBytes,
-  type OrcadMigrationEditorDraft,
-  type OrcadMigrationEditorDraftEntry
-} from '../../../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts'
-import type {
-  OrcadMigrationDormantStatePayload,
-  OrcadMigrationManifest
-} from '../../../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-manifest'
-import type { PersistedState } from '../../../shared/persisted-state-types'
-import type { WorkspaceSessionState } from '../../../shared/workspace-session-state-types'
-import {
-  getOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobPath,
-  listOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobNames,
-  stagedOrcadMigrationBlobFiles
-} from './orcad-migration-blob-staging'
-import {
-  assertNoOrcadMigrationSessionConflicts,
-  prepareOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession,
-  type PreparedOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession
-} from './orcad-destination-workspace-session'
-
-/**
- * The declared drafts, read from the staged bytes on a first commit or the received bytes on a
- * retry. `expectedBlobs` is optional on the wire, so this refuses a declared-but-absent blob itself.
- */
-export function readDeclaredOrcadMigrationEditorDrafts(
-  manifest: OrcadMigrationManifest,
-  root: string
-): OrcadMigrationEditorDraft[] | undefined {
-  const declaration = manifest.payload.dormantState?.editorDraftsBlob
-  const staged = stagedOrcadMigrationBlobFiles(manifest, root).filter(
-    (file) => file.descriptor.blobKind === 'editor-drafts'
-  )
-  const received = listOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobNames(root, manifest, 'editor-drafts')
-  if (!declaration) {
-    if (staged.length > 0 || received.length > 0) {
-      throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_undeclared')
-    }
-    return undefined
-  }
-  const descriptor: OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptor = {
-    blobKind: 'editor-drafts',
-    key: ORCAD_MIGRATION_EDITOR_DRAFTS_KEY,
-    sha256: declaration.sha256,
-    byteLength: declaration.byteLength
-  }
-  if (staged.some((file) => !sameOrcadMigrationBlob(file.descriptor, descriptor))) {
-    throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_digest_mismatch')
-  }
-  const path = staged[0]?.path ?? getOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobPath(root, manifest, descriptor)
-  let bytes: Buffer
-  try {
-    bytes = readFileSync(path)
-  } catch {
-    throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_missing')
-  }
-  // Hash what is parsed, so nothing can change between the check and the read.
-  if (
-    bytes.length !== declaration.byteLength ||
-    createHash('sha256').update(bytes).digest('hex') !== declaration.sha256
-  ) {
-    throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_digest_mismatch')
-  }
-  return parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsBytes(bytes, declaration)
-}
-
-/**
- * Staging has no draft bytes yet, so declared entries are compared without their draft on both
- * sides; the commit reruns the full check on the hydrated session and replaces this result.
- */
-export function prepareOrcadMigrationSessionWithDrafts(
-  payload: OrcadMigrationDormantStatePayload,
-  state: PersistedState,
-  drafts: readonly OrcadMigrationEditorDraft[] | undefined
-): PreparedOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession {
-  const declaration = payload.editorDraftsBlob
-  const incoming = payload.workspaceSession
-  if (!declaration || !incoming) {
-    return prepareOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession(incoming, state)
-  }
-  if (drafts) {
-    return prepareOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession(withEditorDrafts(incoming, drafts), state)
-  }
-  assertNoOrcadMigrationSessionConflicts(
-    withoutEditorDrafts(state.workspaceSession, declaration.entries),
-    incoming
-  )
-  return { incoming, merged: undefined, editorDraftsPending: true }
-}
-
-/** A detached copy of `session` with each draft written into its one declared editor entry. */
-function withEditorDrafts(
-  session: WorkspaceSessionState,
-  drafts: readonly OrcadMigrationEditorDraft[]
-): WorkspaceSessionState {
-  const hydrated = structuredClone(session)
-  for (const draft of drafts) {
-    const file = hydrated.openFilesByWorktree?.[draft.worktreeKey]?.find(
-      (entry) => entry.filePath === draft.filePath
-    )
-    if (!file) {
-      throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_declaration_scope_invalid')
-    }
-    file.dirtyDraftContent = draft.content
-  }
-  return hydrated
-}
-
-function withoutEditorDrafts(
-  session: WorkspaceSessionState,
-  entries: readonly OrcadMigrationEditorDraftEntry[]
-): WorkspaceSessionState {
-  const declared = new Set(entries.map(orcadMigrationEditorDraftIdentity))
-  const openFiles = session.openFilesByWorktree
-  if (!openFiles) {
-    return session
-  }
-  return {
-    ...session,
-    openFilesByWorktree: Object.fromEntries(
-      Object.entries(openFiles).map(([worktreeKey, files]) => [
-        worktreeKey,
-        files.map((file) => {
-          if (
-            !declared.has(
-              orcadMigrationEditorDraftIdentity({ worktreeKey, filePath: file.filePath })
-            )
-          ) {
-            return file
-          }
-          const { dirtyDraftContent: _draft, ...rest } = file
-          return rest
-        })
-      ])
-    )
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-destination-workspace-session.ts b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-destination-workspace-session.ts
index c87b408b0ed..ca2d8fcaea7 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-destination-workspace-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-destination-workspace-session.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ const MERGED_SESSION_RECORD_FIELDS = [
 export type PreparedOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession = {
   incoming: WorkspaceSessionState | undefined
   merged: WorkspaceSessionState | undefined
-  /** Checked at staging without the declared drafts; never applied, or they would be lost. */
-  editorDraftsPending?: true
 }
 
 export function prepareOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession(
@@ -43,22 +41,15 @@ export function prepareOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession(
   if (!incoming) {
     return { incoming: undefined, merged: undefined }
   }
-  assertNoOrcadMigrationSessionConflicts(state.workspaceSession, incoming)
+  assertNoSessionRecordConflicts(state.workspaceSession, incoming)
+  assertNoSessionFocusConflicts(state.workspaceSession, incoming)
+  assertNoSessionEntityConflicts(state.workspaceSession, incoming)
   return {
     incoming,
     merged: mergeWorkspaceSessions(state.workspaceSession, incoming)
   }
 }
 
-export function assertNoOrcadMigrationSessionConflicts(
-  existing: WorkspaceSessionState,
-  incoming: WorkspaceSessionState
-): void {
-  assertNoSessionRecordConflicts(existing, incoming)
-  assertNoSessionFocusConflicts(existing, incoming)
-  assertNoSessionEntityConflicts(existing, incoming)
-}
-
 function assertNoSessionFocusConflicts(
   existing: WorkspaceSessionState,
   incoming: WorkspaceSessionState
@@ -82,9 +73,6 @@ export function applyPreparedOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession(
   prepared: PreparedOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession,
   state: PersistedState
 ): void {
-  if (prepared.editorDraftsPending) {
-    throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_not_applied')
-  }
   if (prepared.merged) {
     state.workspaceSession = prepared.merged
   }
diff --git a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-dormant-state-records.ts b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-dormant-state-records.ts
index 60bf49ec442..62f5749c101 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-dormant-state-records.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-dormant-state-records.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ import {
 import { recordRetirementNamespaceRegistry } from '../../worktree-retirement-namespace'
 import {
   applyPreparedOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession,
+  prepareOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession,
   type PreparedOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession
 } from './orcad-destination-workspace-session'
-import { prepareOrcadMigrationSessionWithDrafts } from './orcad-destination-editor-drafts'
-import type { OrcadMigrationEditorDraft } from '../../../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts'
 import {
   applyPreparedOrcadMigrationAutomationState,
   prepareOrcadMigrationAutomationState,
@@ -47,11 +46,9 @@ export type PreparedOrcadMigrationDormantState = {
   clientState: PreparedOrcadMigrationClientState
 }
 
-/** `editorDrafts`: the verified declared drafts at commit; absent while staging. */
 export function prepareOrcadMigrationDormantState(
   manifest: OrcadMigrationManifest,
-  state: PersistedState,
-  editorDrafts?: readonly OrcadMigrationEditorDraft[]
+  state: PersistedState
 ): PreparedOrcadMigrationDormantState {
   const payload = manifest.payload.dormantState
   if (!payload) {
@@ -119,7 +116,7 @@ export function prepareOrcadMigrationDormantState(
         entry.registry
       )
     })),
-    workspaceSession: prepareOrcadMigrationSessionWithDrafts(payload, state, editorDrafts),
+    workspaceSession: prepareOrcadMigrationWorkspaceSession(payload.workspaceSession, state),
     automationState: prepareOrcadMigrationAutomationState(
       payload.automations,
       payload.automationRuns,
diff --git a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-migration-blob-installers.ts b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-migration-blob-installers.ts
index 808418aae4e..32c771cdb29 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-migration-blob-installers.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-migration-blob-installers.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
  * commits, and an installer after the commit is durable that moves the received blob into live
  * state and deletes it. Kinds without an installer are not advertised, so none arrive.
  */
-import { existsSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { readFileSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { dirname } from 'node:path'
 import type { OrcadMigrationBlobKind } from '../../../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer'
 import type { OrcadMigrationManifest } from '../../../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-manifest'
-import { ORCAD_MIGRATION_EDITOR_DRAFTS_KEY } from '../../../shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts'
 import {
   ORCAD_MIGRATION_TERMINAL_RESTORE_HINTS_KEY,
   parseOrcadMigrationTerminalRestoreHintsText,
@@ -102,11 +101,7 @@ export type OrcadMigrationBlobInstall = {
 export function installOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobs(install: OrcadMigrationBlobInstall): void {
   let firstError: unknown = null
   // One kind's failure must not hold back the others; each keeps its own blobs for the retry.
-  for (const installKind of [
-    installTerminalRestoreHints,
-    installShellHistory,
-    releaseEditorDrafts
-  ]) {
+  for (const installKind of [installTerminalRestoreHints, installShellHistory]) {
     try {
       installKind(install)
     } catch (error) {
@@ -133,19 +128,6 @@ function installShellHistory(install: OrcadMigrationBlobInstall): void {
   })
 }
 
-// The drafts landed in the committed session; this file only served a commit retry.
-function releaseEditorDrafts(install: OrcadMigrationBlobInstall): void {
-  const path = getOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobPath(install.root, install.migration, {
-    blobKind: 'editor-drafts',
-    key: ORCAD_MIGRATION_EDITOR_DRAFTS_KEY
-  })
-  if (!existsSync(path)) {
-    return
-  }
-  rmSync(path, { force: true })
-  syncDirectoryDurablySync(dirname(path))
-}
-
 function installTerminalRestoreHints(install: OrcadMigrationBlobInstall): void {
   const path = getOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobPath(install.root, install.migration, {
     blobKind: 'terminal-restore-hints',
diff --git a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-migration-blob-staging.ts b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-migration-blob-staging.ts
index 29086435854..c6cbbd49718 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-migration-blob-staging.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-migration-blob-staging.ts
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ const receivedDirectoryPath: ReceivedBlobPathResolver = (root, manifest, descrip
 const RECEIVED_BLOB_DESTINATIONS: Record<OrcadMigrationBlobKind, ReceivedBlobPathResolver> = {
   'terminal-restore-hints': receivedDirectoryPath,
   'shell-history': receivedDirectoryPath,
-  'agent-session-records': receivedDirectoryPath,
-  'editor-drafts': receivedDirectoryPath
+  'agent-session-records': receivedDirectoryPath
 }
 
 export function getOrcadMigrationReceivedBlobPath(
diff --git a/src/shared/orcad-migration-dormant-state-validation.ts b/src/shared/orcad-migration-dormant-state-validation.ts
index 775cd504067..af054457c46 100644
--- a/src/shared/orcad-migration-dormant-state-validation.ts
+++ b/src/shared/orcad-migration-dormant-state-validation.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ import {
   assertOrcadMigrationClientStateReferences,
   parseOrcadMigrationClientState
 } from './orcad-migration/orcad-migration-client-state'
-import {
-  assertOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclarationReferences,
-  parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration
-} from './orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts'
 import {
   assertUnique,
   boundedArray,
@@ -91,12 +87,7 @@ export function parseOrcadMigrationDormantState(value: unknown): OrcadMigrationD
       : { automationRuns: parseOrcadMigrationDormantAutomationRuns(record.automationRuns) }),
     ...(record.clientState === undefined
       ? {}
-      : { clientState: parseOrcadMigrationClientState(record.clientState) }),
-    ...(record.editorDraftsBlob === undefined
-      ? {}
-      : {
-          editorDraftsBlob: parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration(record.editorDraftsBlob)
-        })
+      : { clientState: parseOrcadMigrationClientState(record.clientState) })
   }
   assertUnique(payload.worktreeMeta, (entry) => entry.worktreeId, 'worktree_meta')
   assertUnique(payload.worktreeMeta, (entry) => entry.sourceKey, 'worktree_meta_source')
@@ -175,12 +166,6 @@ export function assertOrcadMigrationDormantStateReferences(args: {
       repositoryIds: args.repositoryIds
     })
   }
-  if (args.dormantState.editorDraftsBlob) {
-    assertOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclarationReferences(
-      args.dormantState.workspaceSession,
-      args.dormantState.editorDraftsBlob
-    )
-  }
   assertOrcadMigrationScrollbackReferences(
     args.dormantState.workspaceSession,
     args.dormantState.terminalScrollbackSnapshots ?? []
diff --git a/src/shared/orcad-migration-manifest-contract.test.ts b/src/shared/orcad-migration-manifest-contract.test.ts
index 9bd09f893e0..000332b6854 100644
--- a/src/shared/orcad-migration-manifest-contract.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/orcad-migration-manifest-contract.test.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ describe('orcad migration manifest contract', () => {
     ).toThrow('orcad_migration_dormant_workspace_lineage_scope_invalid')
   })
 
+  // The field a build that shed drafts into a blob would send; no released desktop ever did.
+  it('accepts and drops the retired editorDraftsBlob declaration', () => {
+    const dormantState = {
+      ...dormantLineage('folder:folder-1', 'worktree:repo-1::/srv/repo-1'),
+      editorDraftsBlob: { sha256: digest, byteLength: 4, entries: [] }
+    }
+    const parsed = parseOrcadMigrationManifest(manifest({ dormantState }))
+    expect(parsed.payload.dormantState).not.toHaveProperty('editorDraftsBlob')
+  })
+
   it('rejects a malformed workspace key rather than treating it as a worktree id', () => {
     expect(() =>
       parseOrcadMigrationManifest(
diff --git a/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer.test.ts b/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer.test.ts
index c55a9eabd7c..51bc9c2ca4b 100644
--- a/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer.test.ts
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ describe('orcad migration blob contract', () => {
     expect(advertisedOrcadMigrationBlobCapabilities()).toEqual([
       ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_CHANNEL_RUNTIME_CAPABILITY,
       'orcad.migration-blob.terminal-restore-hints.v1',
-      'orcad.migration-blob.shell-history.v1',
-      'orcad.migration-blob.editor-drafts.v1'
+      'orcad.migration-blob.shell-history.v1'
     ])
     // A kind with no installer stays unadvertised, so no desktop sends it here.
     expect(advertisedOrcadMigrationBlobCapabilities()).not.toContain(
@@ -133,19 +132,15 @@ describe('orcad migration blob contract', () => {
     )
   })
 
-  it('accepts only the one drafts key, up to 64 MiB', () => {
-    const drafts = (key: string, byteLength: number) => ({
-      blobKind: 'editor-drafts',
-      key,
-      sha256: 'b'.repeat(64),
-      byteLength
-    })
+  // Drafts stay on each desktop; a chunk from a build that once shed them is refused, not stored.
+  it('refuses the retired editor-drafts kind', () => {
     expect(
-      OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptorSchema.safeParse(drafts('drafts', 64 * 1024 * 1024)).success
-    ).toBe(true)
-    expect(OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptorSchema.safeParse(drafts('drafts-2', 4)).success).toBe(false)
-    expect(
-      OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptorSchema.safeParse(drafts('drafts', 64 * 1024 * 1024 + 1)).success
+      OrcadMigrationBlobDescriptorSchema.safeParse({
+        blobKind: 'editor-drafts',
+        key: 'drafts',
+        sha256: 'b'.repeat(64),
+        byteLength: 4
+      }).success
     ).toBe(false)
   })
 
diff --git a/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer.ts b/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer.ts
index f32e325be26..a098939c081 100644
--- a/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer.ts
+++ b/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-blob-transfer.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ import { ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_CHANNEL_RUNTIME_CAPABILITY } from '../orcad-runtim
 export const ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_KINDS = [
   'terminal-restore-hints',
   'shell-history',
-  'agent-session-records',
-  'editor-drafts'
+  'agent-session-records'
 ] as const
 
 export type OrcadMigrationBlobKind = (typeof ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_KINDS)[number]
@@ -55,12 +54,6 @@ export const ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_KIND_CONTRACTS: Record<
     key: /^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]{0,127}$/,
     maxBytes: 64 * MIB,
     capability: 'orcad.migration-blob.agent-session-records.v1'
-  },
-  // Every shed unsaved editor buffer of the migration in one document, named by the manifest.
-  'editor-drafts': {
-    key: /^drafts$/,
-    maxBytes: 64 * MIB,
-    capability: 'orcad.migration-blob.editor-drafts.v1'
   }
 }
 
@@ -266,8 +259,7 @@ export function parseOrcadMigrationBlobChunkResult(
 /** Kinds this build's destination installs after commit; each is added with its installer. */
 export const ORCAD_MIGRATION_INSTALLABLE_BLOB_KINDS: readonly OrcadMigrationBlobKind[] = [
   'terminal-restore-hints',
-  'shell-history',
-  'editor-drafts'
+  'shell-history'
 ]
 
 export function advertisedOrcadMigrationBlobCapabilities(): string[] {
diff --git a/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts.test.ts b/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index db5bd38878d..00000000000
--- a/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { getDefaultWorkspaceSession } from '../constants'
-import type { PersistedOpenFile } from '../workspace-session-state-types'
-import {
-  parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsBytes,
-  type OrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration
-} from './orcad-migration-editor-drafts'
-import { serializeOrcadMigrationValue } from './orcad-migration-manifest'
-import {
-  ORCAD_MIGRATION_MANIFEST_VERSION,
-  parseOrcadMigrationManifest
-} from './orcad-migration-manifest-validation'
-
-const WORKTREE = 'repo-1::/srv/repo-1-wt'
-const FILE_A = '/srv/repo-1-wt/a.ts'
-const FILE_B = '/srv/repo-1-wt/b.ts'
-
-function file(filePath: string, dirtyDraftContent?: string): PersistedOpenFile {
-  return {
-    filePath,
-    relativePath: filePath.slice('/srv/repo-1-wt/'.length),
-    worktreeId: WORKTREE,
-    language: 'typescript',
-    ...(dirtyDraftContent === undefined ? {} : { dirtyDraftContent })
-  }
-}
-
-const declaration: OrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration = {
-  sha256: 'c'.repeat(64),
-  byteLength: 120,
-  entries: [{ worktreeKey: WORKTREE, filePath: FILE_A }]
-}
-
-function rawManifest(editorDraftsBlob: unknown, files = [file(FILE_A), file(FILE_B, 'inline')]) {
-  return {
-    version: ORCAD_MIGRATION_MANIFEST_VERSION,
-    migrationId: 'migration-drafts',
-    createdAt: '2026-10-01T12:00:00.000Z',
-    source: { sshTargetId: 'target', sshTargetGeneration: 3, targetLabel: 'Host' },
-    payload: {
-      repositories: [
-        {
-          id: 'repo-1',
-          path: '/srv/repo-1',
-          displayName: 'Repo',
-          badgeColor: '#737373',
-          addedAt: 1
-        }
-      ],
-      projectGroups: [],
-      folderWorkspaces: [],
-      dormantState: {
-        version: 1,
-        worktreeMeta: [],
-        worktreeLineage: [],
-        workspaceLineage: [],
-        sparsePresets: [],
-        retiredWorktreeNames: [],
-        retiredWorktreeNamespaces: [],
-        workspaceSession: {
-          ...getDefaultWorkspaceSession(),
-          openFilesByWorktree: { [WORKTREE]: files }
-        },
-        ...(editorDraftsBlob === undefined ? {} : { editorDraftsBlob })
-      }
-    },
-    manifestSha256: 'a'.repeat(64)
-  }
-}
-
-describe('orcad migration editor drafts', () => {
-  it('keeps the signed declaration in its golden wire shape', () => {
-    const parsed = parseOrcadMigrationManifest(rawManifest(declaration))
-    expect(
-      serializeOrcadMigrationValue(parsed.payload.dormantState?.editorDraftsBlob)
-    ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-      `"{"byteLength":120,"entries":[{"filePath":"/srv/repo-1-wt/a.ts","worktreeKey":"repo-1::/srv/repo-1-wt"}],"sha256":"cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc"}"`
-    )
-  })
-
-  it('stays optional: a manifest without it parses as before', () => {
-    const parsed = parseOrcadMigrationManifest(rawManifest(undefined))
-    expect(parsed.payload.dormantState).not.toHaveProperty('editorDraftsBlob')
-  })
-
-  it('names only shed editor entries, each exactly once', () => {
-    const scope = 'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_declaration_scope_invalid'
-    const entry = (filePath: string, worktreeKey = WORKTREE) => ({
-      ...declaration,
-      entries: [{ worktreeKey, filePath }]
-    })
-    // An entry that still carries its draft inline.
-    expect(() => parseOrcadMigrationManifest(rawManifest(entry(FILE_B)))).toThrow(scope)
-    expect(() => parseOrcadMigrationManifest(rawManifest(entry('/srv/repo-1-wt/none.ts')))).toThrow(
-      scope
-    )
-    expect(() =>
-      parseOrcadMigrationManifest(rawManifest(entry(FILE_A, 'repo-1::/srv/other')))
-    ).toThrow(scope)
-    expect(() =>
-      parseOrcadMigrationManifest(rawManifest(declaration, [file(FILE_A), file(FILE_A)]))
-    ).toThrow(scope)
-    expect(() =>
-      parseOrcadMigrationManifest(
-        rawManifest({ ...declaration, entries: [...declaration.entries, ...declaration.entries] })
-      )
-    ).toThrow('orcad_migration_dormant_editor_drafts_entry_duplicate')
-  })
-
-  it('refuses a malformed declaration', () => {
-    const invalid = 'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_declaration_invalid'
-    for (const value of [
-      { ...declaration, entries: [] },
-      { ...declaration, sha256: 'not-a-digest' },
-      { ...declaration, byteLength: 0 },
-      { ...declaration, byteLength: 64 * 1024 * 1024 + 1 },
-      { ...declaration, entries: [{ worktreeKey: WORKTREE, filePath: '' }] }
-    ]) {
-      expect(() => parseOrcadMigrationManifest(rawManifest(value))).toThrow(invalid)
-    }
-  })
-
-  it('maps the blob one-to-one onto the declared entries', () => {
-    const two: OrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration = {
-      ...declaration,
-      entries: [
-        { worktreeKey: WORKTREE, filePath: FILE_A },
-        { worktreeKey: WORKTREE, filePath: FILE_B }
-      ]
-    }
-    const bytes = (drafts: unknown[], version = 1) =>
-      Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ version, drafts }))
-    const a = { worktreeKey: WORKTREE, filePath: FILE_A, content: '' }
-    const b = { worktreeKey: WORKTREE, filePath: FILE_B, content: 'b' }
-
-    expect(parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsBytes(bytes([b, a]), two)).toEqual([b, a])
-    expect(() => parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsBytes(bytes([a]), two)).toThrow(
-      'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_set_mismatch'
-    )
-    expect(() => parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsBytes(bytes([a, b]), declaration)).toThrow(
-      'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_set_mismatch'
-    )
-    expect(() => parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsBytes(bytes([a, a]), two)).toThrow(
-      'orcad_migration_dormant_editor_drafts_entry_duplicate'
-    )
-    expect(() => parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsBytes(bytes([a], 2), declaration)).toThrow(
-      'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_invalid'
-    )
-    expect(() =>
-      parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsBytes(Buffer.from([0xff, 0xfe]), declaration)
-    ).toThrow('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_not_json')
-  })
-})
diff --git a/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts.ts b/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c829a85007f..00000000000
--- a/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-editor-drafts.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * The `editor-drafts` blob: unsaved editor buffers shed from the signed manifest so it stays under
- * its size cap. The manifest declares the blob's digest and exactly which editor entries it fills
- * (`dormantState.editorDraftsBlob`); those entries carry no inline `dirtyDraftContent`.
- */
-import { z } from 'zod'
-import type { WorkspaceSessionState } from '../workspace-session-state-types'
-import { ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_KIND_CONTRACTS } from './orcad-migration-blob-transfer'
-import {
-  MAX_ORCAD_MIGRATION_DORMANT_ROWS,
-  assertUnique,
-  requiredRecord,
-  requiredString
-} from './orcad-migration-dormant-value-validation'
-import { OrcadMigrationDigestSchema } from './orcad-migration-scrollback'
-
-export const ORCAD_MIGRATION_EDITOR_DRAFTS_VERSION = 1
-export const ORCAD_MIGRATION_EDITOR_DRAFTS_KEY = 'drafts'
-export const MAX_ORCAD_MIGRATION_EDITOR_DRAFTS_BYTES =
-  ORCAD_MIGRATION_BLOB_KIND_CONTRACTS['editor-drafts'].maxBytes
-
-/** One `openFilesByWorktree[worktreeKey]` entry, by its `filePath`. */
-export type OrcadMigrationEditorDraftEntry = { worktreeKey: string; filePath: string }
-
-export type OrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration = {
-  sha256: string
-  byteLength: number
-  entries: OrcadMigrationEditorDraftEntry[]
-}
-
-export type OrcadMigrationEditorDraft = OrcadMigrationEditorDraftEntry & { content: string }
-
-export type OrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDocument = {
-  version: typeof ORCAD_MIGRATION_EDITOR_DRAFTS_VERSION
-  drafts: OrcadMigrationEditorDraft[]
-}
-
-export function orcadMigrationEditorDraftIdentity(entry: OrcadMigrationEditorDraftEntry): string {
-  return `${entry.worktreeKey}\0${entry.filePath}`
-}
-
-export function parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration(
-  value: unknown
-): OrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration {
-  const record = requiredRecord(value, 'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_declaration_invalid')
-  const sha256 = OrcadMigrationDigestSchema.safeParse(record.sha256)
-  if (
-    !sha256.success ||
-    !Number.isSafeInteger(record.byteLength) ||
-    Number(record.byteLength) < 1 ||
-    Number(record.byteLength) > MAX_ORCAD_MIGRATION_EDITOR_DRAFTS_BYTES ||
-    !Array.isArray(record.entries) ||
-    record.entries.length === 0 ||
-    record.entries.length > MAX_ORCAD_MIGRATION_DORMANT_ROWS
-  ) {
-    throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_declaration_invalid')
-  }
-  const entries = record.entries.map((entry) => {
-    const item = requiredRecord(entry, 'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_declaration_invalid')
-    return {
-      worktreeKey: requiredString(
-        item.worktreeKey,
-        'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_declaration_invalid'
-      ),
-      filePath: requiredString(item.filePath, 'orcad_migration_editor_drafts_declaration_invalid')
-    }
-  })
-  assertUnique(entries, orcadMigrationEditorDraftIdentity, 'editor_drafts_entry')
-  return { sha256: sha256.data, byteLength: Number(record.byteLength), entries }
-}
-
-/** Each declared entry names exactly one session editor entry, and that entry has no inline draft. */
-export function assertOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclarationReferences(
-  session: WorkspaceSessionState | undefined,
-  declaration: OrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration
-): void {
-  for (const entry of declaration.entries) {
-    const matches = (session?.openFilesByWorktree?.[entry.worktreeKey] ?? []).filter(
-      (file) => file.filePath === entry.filePath
-    )
-    if (matches.length !== 1 || matches[0].dirtyDraftContent !== undefined) {
-      throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_declaration_scope_invalid')
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-// Not strict: a same-version sender may add optional fields this build ignores.
-const EditorDraftsDocumentSchema = z.object({
-  version: z.literal(ORCAD_MIGRATION_EDITOR_DRAFTS_VERSION),
-  drafts: z
-    .array(
-      z.object({
-        worktreeKey: z.string().min(1),
-        filePath: z.string().min(1),
-        content: z.string()
-      })
-    )
-    .max(MAX_ORCAD_MIGRATION_DORMANT_ROWS)
-})
-
-const UTF8 = new TextDecoder('utf-8', { fatal: true })
-
-/** The blob's bytes, held to an exact one-to-one match with the declared entries. */
-export function parseOrcadMigrationEditorDraftsBytes(
-  bytes: Uint8Array,
-  declaration: OrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration
-): OrcadMigrationEditorDraft[] {
-  let value: unknown
-  try {
-    value = JSON.parse(UTF8.decode(bytes))
-  } catch {
-    throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_not_json')
-  }
-  const parsed = EditorDraftsDocumentSchema.safeParse(value)
-  if (!parsed.success) {
-    throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_invalid')
-  }
-  const drafts = parsed.data.drafts.map((draft) => ({
-    worktreeKey: draft.worktreeKey,
-    filePath: draft.filePath,
-    content: draft.content
-  }))
-  assertUnique(drafts, orcadMigrationEditorDraftIdentity, 'editor_drafts_entry')
-  const declared = new Set(declaration.entries.map(orcadMigrationEditorDraftIdentity))
-  if (
-    drafts.length !== declared.size ||
-    drafts.some((draft) => !declared.has(orcadMigrationEditorDraftIdentity(draft)))
-  ) {
-    throw new Error('orcad_migration_editor_drafts_set_mismatch')
-  }
-  return drafts
-}
diff --git a/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-manifest.ts b/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-manifest.ts
index 11d57fcaebe..0de03f92e1a 100644
--- a/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-manifest.ts
+++ b/src/shared/orcad-migration/orcad-migration-manifest.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import type {
   OrcadMigrationTerminalScrollbackSnapshot
 } from './orcad-migration-scrollback'
 import type { OrcadMigrationBlobUploadState } from './orcad-migration-blob-transfer'
-import type { OrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration } from './orcad-migration-editor-drafts'
 
 import { isRecord } from './orcad-migration-manifest-fields'
 
@@ -93,11 +92,6 @@ export type OrcadMigrationDormantStatePayload = {
   automationRuns?: AutomationRun[]
   /** Client-owned durable intent projected to the destination authority. */
   clientState?: OrcadMigrationClientStatePayload
-  /**
-   * The `editor-drafts` blob holding the named entries' unsaved buffers. Only sent to a host that
-   * advertises that kind: an older parser drops this field and would commit without the drafts.
-   */
-  editorDraftsBlob?: OrcadMigrationEditorDraftsDeclaration
 }
 
 export type OrcadMigrationManifest = {