diff --git a/services/compliance/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/fincore/compliance/api/KycApiContextIT.kt b/services/compliance/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/fincore/compliance/api/KycApiContextIT.kt
index 4ee3658..04a5267 100644
--- a/services/compliance/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/fincore/compliance/api/KycApiContextIT.kt
+++ b/services/compliance/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/fincore/compliance/api/KycApiContextIT.kt
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ class KycApiContextIT(
     class TestBeans {
         @Bean fun jwtDecoder(): JwtDecoder = mockk()
 
-        // No in-tree KycProvider yet (sandbox is #239); a fake satisfies the orchestrator's dependency so the
-        // full web context boots.
+        // A fake KycProvider satisfies the orchestrator's dependency so the full web context boots in isolation.
         @Bean fun kycProvider(): KycProvider =
             object : KycProvider {
                 override fun check(request: KycCheckRequest): KycCheckResult = KycCheckResult.Pending("ref-test")
diff --git a/services/compliance/src/main/kotlin/com/fincore/compliance/application/kyc/KycOrchestrator.kt b/services/compliance/src/main/kotlin/com/fincore/compliance/application/kyc/KycOrchestrator.kt
index fbcb9f5..6db1abc 100644
--- a/services/compliance/src/main/kotlin/com/fincore/compliance/application/kyc/KycOrchestrator.kt
+++ b/services/compliance/src/main/kotlin/com/fincore/compliance/application/kyc/KycOrchestrator.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
  *
  * Concurrent process calls on the same session resolve via the entity's optimistic lock: the loser's
  * OptimisticLockingFailureException propagates. Pending and InsufficientData leave the session in SCREENING (there is
- * no PENDING status); a later re-screen advances it. The provider reference is not persisted in this slice.
+ * no PENDING status); a later re-screen advances it. The provider reference is not persisted.
  */
 @Service
 class KycOrchestrator(
diff --git a/services/decision/src/main/kotlin/com/fincore/decision/store/api/DecisionRuleController.kt b/services/decision/src/main/kotlin/com/fincore/decision/store/api/DecisionRuleController.kt
index f27ac95..05e18ee 100644
--- a/services/decision/src/main/kotlin/com/fincore/decision/store/api/DecisionRuleController.kt
+++ b/services/decision/src/main/kotlin/com/fincore/decision/store/api/DecisionRuleController.kt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class DecisionRuleController(
     }
 
     // No Idempotency-Key here by design: versions are append-only and monotonic, so a retried publish creates
-    // a new, immutable version rather than corrupting state. The full idempotency subsystem is a later slice.
+    // a new, immutable version rather than corrupting state.
     @Operation(summary = "Publish a rule version", description = "Validates the DSL document and stores it as the new active version.")
     @PostMapping("/{ruleKey}/versions", consumes = [MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE])
     fun publishVersion(