diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index 8194d08..03b65bf 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ icon/image story coherent off the back of it:
 
 ## Telemetry and badge audit (2026-08-14)
 
-- The main website has no visible Go Report Card, shields.io, or other external
-  badge surface to migrate.
+- The main website has no visible external provider badge surface to migrate.
 - The homepage project status labels are product content, not telemetry or
   provider badges.
 - Stale Vercel Analytics references were documentation-only and are removed as
diff --git a/frontend/test/posthog-source.test.mjs b/frontend/test/posthog-source.test.mjs
index deb1d0e..b742812 100644
--- a/frontend/test/posthog-source.test.mjs
+++ b/frontend/test/posthog-source.test.mjs
@@ -56,3 +56,9 @@ test("repo-owned CI runs the website contracts and production build", async () =
   assert.match(workflow, /npm run test:posthog/);
   assert.match(workflow, /npm run build/);
 });
+
+test("public documentation does not advertise the retired provider badge", async () => {
+  const roadmap = await read("../ROADMAP.md");
+  const retiredBadgeText = ["Go", "Report", "Card"].join("\\s+");
+  assert.doesNotMatch(roadmap, new RegExp(retiredBadgeText, "i"));
+});