diff --git a/examples/causal_attrib_probe.rs b/examples/causal_attrib_probe.rs
index 2663669..537831d 100644
--- a/examples/causal_attrib_probe.rs
+++ b/examples/causal_attrib_probe.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 //! Attribution-efficiency probe (RFC 007 follow-up).
 //!
-//! Hypothesis: the ~4pt impact shortfall on the 24-core validation
-//! (+29.3/+83.5 vs theoretical +33/+100) is a constant attribution
-//! efficiency eff ≈ 0.91 — only ~91% of true in-target-site time is ever
-//! sampled, because samples are taken only when `maybe_preempt`'s cold
-//! block fires while in-site: the tail between the last in-site check and
-//! `SiteGuard` drop (and any in-site time truncated by a deschedule) is
-//! discarded.
+//! Original hypothesis: the ~4pt impact shortfall on the 24-core
+//! validation (+29.3/+83.5 vs theoretical +33/+100) is a constant
+//! attribution efficiency eff ≈ 0.91 from site-exit tail truncation.
+//! The guard-drop flush closed that leak, yet eff held at ~0.93 —
+//! RESOLVED (2026-07-13 sweep): the residual is runnable off-CPU time
+//! inside the site (~4.9 slice-expiry yields/entry x ~5.6µs runqueue
+//! wait), wall time the ground truth below counts but on-CPU
+//! attribution correctly skips. The offcpu audit bucket now counts it;
+//! `eff+offcpu` printed per window should sit at ~1.00 — the
+//! closed-books check.
 //!
 //! Measurement: same pipeline as `causal_pipeline`, but the `reserve`
 //! actor also measures its raw in-site time directly (rdtsc at guard
@@ -19,8 +22,9 @@
 //!
 //!     tail_us/entry = (Δin_site − Δglobal_delay/(pct/100)) / Δentries
 //!
-//! A constant eff across 25/50% with tail/entry in the tens of µs (about
-//! half the causal-check cadence) confirms site-exit tail truncation.
+//! A constant eff across 25/50% with tail/entry in the tens of µs
+//! localizes a per-entry mechanism; `eff+offcpu` ≈ 1.00 confirms the
+//! runnable-gap account and rules out any remaining silent loss.
 //!
 //! Run: cargo run --release --example causal_attrib_probe --features smarm-causal
 
@@ -147,6 +151,11 @@ fn main() {
 
             let attributed = injected as f64 / (pct as f64 / 100.0);
             let eff = attributed / in_site as f64;
+            // Books-closure check: add back the runnable off-CPU gaps the
+            // audit counted (delta terms -> raw via /pct) — should be ~1.00.
+            let eff_closed = (injected as f64 + audit.offcpu_in_site_cycles as f64)
+                / (pct as f64 / 100.0)
+                / in_site as f64;
             let missing = in_site as f64 - attributed;
             let tail_us = if entries > 0 {
                 missing / entries as f64 / hz * 1e6
@@ -154,7 +163,7 @@ fn main() {
                 f64::NAN
             };
             println!(
-                "pct {pct:>2}%  in_site {:>8.1}ms  attributed {:>8.1}ms  eff {eff:.3}  entries {entries}  missing/entry {tail_us:.1}µs",
+                "pct {pct:>2}%  in_site {:>8.1}ms  attributed {:>8.1}ms  eff {eff:.3}  eff+offcpu {eff_closed:.3}  entries {entries}  missing/entry {tail_us:.1}µs",
                 in_site as f64 / hz * 1e3,
                 attributed / hz * 1e3,
             );
@@ -163,13 +172,15 @@ fn main() {
             // missing attribution above.
             let ms = |c: u64| c as f64 / hz * 1e3;
             println!(
-                "        audit: absorbed {:>7.1}ms  forgiven {:>6.1}ms  drop park {:>5.2}ms/{:<5} yield {:>5.2}ms/{:<5} discard >max {:>5.2}ms/{:<3} unarmed {}",
+                "        audit: absorbed {:>7.1}ms  forgiven {:>6.1}ms  drop park {:>5.2}ms/{:<5} yield {:>5.2}ms/{:<5} offcpu {:>6.2}ms/{:<5} discard >max {:>5.2}ms/{:<3} unarmed {}",
                 ms(audit.spin_absorbed_cycles),
                 ms(audit.park_forgiven_cycles),
                 ms(audit.drop_park_cycles),
                 audit.drop_park_n,
                 ms(audit.drop_yield_cycles),
                 audit.drop_yield_n,
+                ms(audit.offcpu_in_site_cycles),
+                audit.offcpu_in_site_n,
                 ms(audit.discard_overmax_cycles),
                 audit.discard_overmax_n,
                 audit.discard_unarmed_n