diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-elision.test.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-elision.test.ts
index 19f9c5ef..88f3ff28 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-elision.test.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-elision.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import type { z } from "zod";
 import type { TurnContext, TurnEvent } from "@x/shared/dist/turns.js";
 import {
+    DEFAULT_ELISION_POLICY,
     ElidingContextResolver,
+    createContextResolver,
     elideHistoricImages,
     elideHistoricMiddlePaneContent,
     elideHistoricToolResults,
@@ -307,6 +309,32 @@ const POLICY_OFF = {
     middlePaneContent: false,
 };
 
+describe("createContextResolver", () => {
+    // The factory is the app's one sanctioned constructor (DI container and
+    // inspect CLI). If this stops returning the eliding decorator, every
+    // construction site silently regresses to full historic replay.
+    it("wraps the repo resolver in the eliding decorator", () => {
+        const resolver = createContextResolver({
+            turnRepo: new InMemoryTurnRepo(),
+        });
+        expect(resolver).toBeInstanceOf(ElidingContextResolver);
+    });
+
+    it("applies the default policy through the decorated resolver", async () => {
+        const repo = new InMemoryTurnRepo();
+        repo.seed(toolTurnLog(T1, [], "x".repeat(5000)));
+        // Pinned to the shipped defaults (not the machine's context.json) so
+        // the test is hermetic while still exercising the full wiring.
+        const resolved = await createContextResolver({
+            turnRepo: repo,
+            loadPolicy: () => DEFAULT_ELISION_POLICY,
+        }).resolve({ previousTurnId: T1 });
+        const tool = resolved.find((m) => m.role === "tool");
+        expect(tool?.content).toContain("elided");
+        expect(tool?.content.length).toBeLessThan(1000);
+    });
+});
+
 describe("ElidingContextResolver", () => {
     function resolver(
         repo: InMemoryTurnRepo,
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-elision.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-elision.ts
index 4db63a57..22d7d175 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-elision.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-elision.ts
@@ -230,10 +230,14 @@ export class ElidingContextResolver implements IContextResolver {
 // the loop transmits.
 export function createContextResolver({
     turnRepo,
+    loadPolicy,
 }: {
     turnRepo: ITurnRepo;
+    // Injectable for tests; the app default reads config/context.json.
+    loadPolicy?: () => ElisionPolicy;
 }): IContextResolver {
     return new ElidingContextResolver({
         inner: new TurnRepoContextResolver({ turnRepo }),
+        ...(loadPolicy ? { loadPolicy } : {}),
     });
 }
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-resolver.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-resolver.ts
index 3785cc26..623bdb4e 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-resolver.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/turns/context-resolver.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export interface IContextResolver {
     ): Promise<z.infer<typeof ResolvedAgent>>;
 }
 
+// NOTE: app code must not construct this directly — use createContextResolver
+// (context-elision.ts), which wraps it in the eliding decorator. A raw
+// instance silently transmits full historic tool results, frames, and note
+// snapshots. Direct construction is for tests of the raw resolution only.
 export class TurnRepoContextResolver implements IContextResolver {
     private readonly turnRepo: ITurnRepo;