diff --git a/docs/releases/2.2.1/patch-execution.md b/docs/releases/2.2.1/patch-execution.md
index bc8fcd2d3..f0faf4332 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.2.1/patch-execution.md
+++ b/docs/releases/2.2.1/patch-execution.md
@@ -82,8 +82,26 @@ Successful managed-file upgrades retain their existing replacement semantics.
 
 ## Completion evidence
 
-First batch 82bfd225 passed 4,215/4,215 tests and lint. Integrated full validation
-and hosted checks are pending. Signing remains unavailable locally.
+First batch 82bfd225 passed 4,215/4,215 tests and lint. The first combined run
+at 8cc31f1e passed 4,370/4,372 tests, with 89.27% line and 81.52% branch coverage.
+Its two failures exposed guided setup reporting success after a late collision
+was filtered. Full-preview revalidation fixes that interaction; all 22 guided
+setup tests now pass, including initially identical unowned files before later
+writes. Final full-suite and hosted validation are pending.
+
+Windows hosted checks exposed fixture-owned descriptor cleanup and directory
+rename assumptions in two new settings tests. The repaired fixtures preserve
+Windows OS-refusal assertions and ECC parent-identity checks. CodeQL findings
+338-341 were confined to test-source patterns; minimal assertion/interception
+changes preserve coverage without alert dismissals. Hosted rescanning remains
+required.
+
+The first combined packed artifact passed the isolated macOS lifecycle, 13
+memory MCP regressions, 12 actual Codex/Hermes protocol sessions, and 196
+GateGuard cases including quoted, unquoted, and tab-stripped heredocs. Package
+helpers, public CLI aliases, and dry-run entrypoints were exercised from the
+installed archive, not just the source checkout. Final source must be repacked
+after the guided-setup integration repair. Signing remains unavailable locally.
 
 Pending final hosted validation, signed tag, publication, registry
 integrity readback, and clean lifecycle canaries. This document does not claim
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.2.1/release-notes.md b/docs/releases/2.2.1/release-notes.md
index d56c4f4ae..5bd695d1c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.2.1/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/releases/2.2.1/release-notes.md
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ and signing evidence are tracked separately in the release checklist.
   absolute exemptions remain supported
   ([#2921](https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/issues/2921)).
 - Installer writes reject collisions with untracked user-owned files. Failed
-  installs checkpoint only files they actually wrote, preserving the previous
+  installs refresh ownership hashes only for files they actually wrote, preserving the previous
   ownership hashes of untouched managed files
   ([#2964](https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/issues/2964)).
+- Guided setup revalidates its preview before ownership filtering, so files
+  appearing between preview and apply cause a clear retry instead of a false
+  success. Existing identical user files stay outside ECC ownership.
 - Uninstall respects `ECC_DRY_RUN=1`, including legacy Codex paths, and rejects
   invalid dry-run values instead of silently allowing deletion
   ([#2952](https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/issues/2952)).
diff --git a/scripts/lib/multi-harness-setup.js b/scripts/lib/multi-harness-setup.js
index 30b9d469d..3b9b9eee0 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/multi-harness-setup.js
+++ b/scripts/lib/multi-harness-setup.js
@@ -373,7 +373,9 @@ async function applyPreflightedManagedPlan(entry) {
     : preflightManagedPlan(entry.preview.plan);
   const ownedDestinations = new Set(preview.ownershipSnapshot.destinations);
   let expectedStateFingerprint = preview.ownershipSnapshot.stateFingerprint;
-  let operationIndex = 0;
+  const expectedOperations = new Map(preview.operations.map(operation => [
+    canonicalPath(operation.destinationPath), operation,
+  ]));
   const assertStateUnchanged = () => (
     assertInstallStateUnchanged(preview.plan, expectedStateFingerprint)
   );
@@ -381,26 +383,35 @@ async function applyPreflightedManagedPlan(entry) {
     assertStateUnchanged();
     expectedStateFingerprint = fingerprintInstallStateValue(state);
   };
+  const assertOperationUnchanged = operation => {
+    const destination = canonicalPath(operation.destinationPath);
+    const expected = expectedOperations.get(destination);
+    const currentClassification = classifyManagedOperation(operation, ownedDestinations);
+    if (
+      !expected
+      || expected.kind !== operation.kind
+      || expected.classification !== currentClassification
+    ) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Refusing to write ${operation.destinationPath}: destination changed after Kimi preflight.`
+      );
+    }
+    return destination;
+  };
 
   const result = require('./install-executor').applyInstallPlan(preview.plan, {
-    beforeInstallStateRead: assertStateUnchanged,
+    beforeInstallStateRead() {
+      assertStateUnchanged();
+      // Check the original preview before ownership filtering can skip a late
+      // collision. Guided setup must report the changed plan as a failure.
+      for (const operation of preview.plan.operations) {
+        assertOperationUnchanged(operation);
+      }
+    },
     beforeOperationWrite({ operation }) {
       assertStateUnchanged();
-      const expected = preview.operations[operationIndex];
-      const currentClassification = classifyManagedOperation(operation, ownedDestinations);
-      const destination = canonicalPath(operation.destinationPath);
-      if (
-        !expected
-        || expected.kind !== operation.kind
-        || canonicalPath(expected.destinationPath) !== destination
-        || expected.classification !== currentClassification
-      ) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Refusing to write ${operation.destinationPath}: destination changed after Kimi preflight.`
-        );
-      }
+      const destination = assertOperationUnchanged(operation);
       ownedDestinations.add(destination);
-      operationIndex += 1;
     },
     beforeInstallStateWrite: prepareInstallStateWrite,
   });
diff --git a/tests/lib/multi-harness-setup.test.js b/tests/lib/multi-harness-setup.test.js
index f6098e4b5..2858a7ab4 100644
--- a/tests/lib/multi-harness-setup.test.js
+++ b/tests/lib/multi-harness-setup.test.js
@@ -569,6 +569,38 @@ function writeManagedState(plan, overrides = {}) {
     }
   });
 
+  await test('preserves an initially identical user file without shifting later write checks', async () => {
+    const root = tempDir('ecc-guided-identical-preserved-');
+    const projection = require('../../scripts/lib/install-state-store-sync');
+    const originalProjection = projection.projectCanonicalInstallState;
+    // This case verifies canonical ownership, not the optional derived cache.
+    projection.projectCanonicalInstallState = async () => ({ status: 'projected' });
+    try {
+      const source = path.join(root, 'source.md');
+      const userFile = path.join(root, '.kimi-code', 'rules', 'existing.md');
+      const newFile = path.join(root, '.kimi-code', 'rules', 'new.md');
+      writeFile(source, 'ecc\n');
+      writeFile(userFile, 'ecc\n');
+      const plan = managedPlan(root, [
+        stateOperation(userFile, { sourcePath: source }),
+        stateOperation(newFile, { sourcePath: source }),
+      ]);
+      const result = await applyMultiHarnessPlan({
+        harnesses: [{ id: 'kimi', preview: preflightManagedPlan(plan) }],
+        request: { harnesses: ['kimi'] },
+      });
+      assert.strictEqual(result.status, 'complete');
+      assert.strictEqual(fs.readFileSync(userFile, 'utf8'), 'ecc\n');
+      assert.strictEqual(fs.readFileSync(newFile, 'utf8'), 'ecc\n');
+      const state = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(plan.installStatePath, 'utf8'));
+      assert.ok(!state.operations.some(operation => operation.destinationPath === userFile));
+      assert.ok(state.operations.some(operation => operation.destinationPath === newFile));
+    } finally {
+      projection.projectCanonicalInstallState = originalProjection;
+      fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   await test('refuses conflicting JSON created after preview but before apply', async () => {
     const root = tempDir('ecc-guided-late-json-collision-');
     try {