diff --git a/src/agent_comms/acp_extension.py b/src/agent_comms/acp_extension.py
index 0d69abdcc5..05f446084d 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/acp_extension.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/acp_extension.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class NoCursorScope(CursorScope):
 class LiveCursorScope(CursorScope, LiveAttachmentScope):
     session_id: str
     wire_root_id: str
-    claim_scope: Annotated[ClaimedIdentity, WireName("admission")]
+    claim_scope: ClaimedIdentity
     owner_pid: int
 
     def __post_init__(self):
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class NoQueueScope(QueueScope):
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class LiveQueueScope(QueueScope, LiveAttachmentScope):
     session_id: str
-    claim_scope: Annotated[ClaimedIdentity, WireName("admission")]
+    claim_scope: ClaimedIdentity
     owner_pid: int
 
     @property
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/envelope_claim_transitions.py b/src/agent_comms/envelope_claim_transitions.py
index 87ffd2d288..42d4c4e497 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/envelope_claim_transitions.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/envelope_claim_transitions.py
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@ def held_at(self, claimed_generation: int) -> bool:
 class RecordedScope(ClaimScope, declared_name=None):
     """Every acquisition published today records the input generation and operation it serves."""
 
-    owner_claimed_generation: Annotated[
-        int, WireName("owner_admission_generation")
-    ]
+    owner_claimed_generation: int
     operation_id: Annotated[str, Id128Text]
     turn_id: str
 
@@ -274,7 +272,7 @@ class ClaimIdentity:
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class AcquiringClaim(ClaimIdentity):
     generation: Annotated[str, Id128Text]
-    claim_scope: Annotated[ClaimScope, WireName("admission")]
+    claim_scope: ClaimScope
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -390,7 +388,7 @@ def project(self, previous: ClaimProjection) -> ClaimProjection:
 class WakeClaims(RecordMember, Acquisition, AcquiringClaim):
     """An acquisition published today; its row records the scope it serves."""
 
-    claim_scope: Annotated[RecordedScope, WireName("admission")]
+    claim_scope: RecordedScope
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/goal_failure_observation.py b/src/agent_comms/goal_failure_observation.py
index 035bd0bdcc..be457805af 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/goal_failure_observation.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/goal_failure_observation.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Annotated
 
 from .diagnostics import FailureReason
-from .field_codec import Id128Text, WireName
+from .field_codec import Id128Text
 from .goal_attempt_identity import GoalAttemptIdentity
 from .thread_identity import (
     ClaimedIdentity,
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ class FailedTurnEvidence(GoalLedgerTable, TypedTable, GoalFailureEvidence):
     owner: str
     owner_created_at: float
     worktree: str
-    claim_scope: Annotated[
-        int, WireName("admission"), Column(record_key=True, check="{claim_scope}>0")
-    ]
+    claim_scope: Annotated[int, Column(record_key=True, check="{claim_scope}>0")]
     turn_generation: Annotated[int, Column(check="turn_generation>0")]
     goal_revision: Annotated[int, Column(check="goal_revision>=0")]
     turn_id: Annotated[str, Column(unique=True, check="length(turn_id)=32")]
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/input_attempt.py b/src/agent_comms/input_attempt.py
index 67e8a859dc..9d950521cc 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/input_attempt.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/input_attempt.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def require_original_provenance(self, source: InputProvenance):
     key: str
     sequence: int | None
     owner: str
-    claim_scope: Annotated[int, WireName("admission")]
+    claim_scope: int
     target: str
     source_text: str
     origin: Annotated[InputOrigin, WireOmitDefault()] = field(
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/input_origin.py b/src/agent_comms/input_origin.py
index b392102bf8..c18791c139 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/input_origin.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/input_origin.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from .bus_publication import HumanOrigin
 from .declared_family import DeclaredFamily
 from .errors import RelationViolationError
-from .field_codec import Id128Text, WireName
+from .field_codec import Id128Text
 from .goals import GoalCheckpoint
 from .message_reference import MessageReference
 from .thread_identity import ClaimedIdentity
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class HumanInputOrigin(InputOrigin):
 
     root_id: Annotated[str, Id128Text]
     author: HumanOrigin
-    claim_scope: Annotated[ClaimedIdentity, WireName("admission")]
+    claim_scope: ClaimedIdentity
     project: str
     goal: GoalCheckpoint
 
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/native_runtime_input.py b/src/agent_comms/native_runtime_input.py
index 33d696970e..ab59fdf783 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/native_runtime_input.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/native_runtime_input.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from agent_comms.private_runtime_schema import PrivateCoordinatorTable
 
 from .coordination_errors import IdentityConflict, PublicationActivationBlocked, StaleFence
-from .field_codec import FieldCodec, MalformedRecord, NativeContext, WireName
+from .field_codec import FieldCodec, MalformedRecord, NativeContext
 from .native_claim_epoch import NativeClaimEpoch, UnrecordedNativeClaim
 from .native_input_record import (
     NativeColumn,
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ def published_replies(self, db, user, owner_lookup):
     owner_token_digest: Annotated[str, FrozenColumn(check="length(owner_token_digest)=64")]
     sent_owner_claimed_generation: Annotated[
         NativeClaimEpoch,
-        WireName("sent_owner_admission_generation"),
         Column(
             record_key=True,
             check="{sent_owner_claimed_generation}>0",
@@ -366,7 +365,6 @@ def context_anchor(self) -> NativeColumn:
     owner_generation: Annotated[int, FrozenColumn(primary_key=True, check="owner_generation>0")]
     owner_claimed_generation: Annotated[
         int,
-        WireName("owner_admission_generation"),
         FrozenColumn(record_key=True, primary_key=True, check="{owner_claimed_generation}>0"),
     ]
 
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/owner_lifecycle.py b/src/agent_comms/owner_lifecycle.py
index 9ed17c6dc2..0a9769365e 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/owner_lifecycle.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/owner_lifecycle.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Annotated
 from uuid import uuid4
 
-from agent_comms import field_codec
 
 from .active_route import resolve_comms_route
 from agent_comms.attempt_recovery import RecoveryMonitorCapability
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ def record_first_input(self, record) -> None:
 class OwnerRestartSelection:
     identity: OwnerIdentity
     process: ProcessIdentity
-    claimed_generation: Annotated[int, field_codec.WireName("admission_generation")]
+    claimed_generation: int
     interpreter: str
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/queued_input.py b/src/agent_comms/queued_input.py
index d0a0ca67a8..65ab12a760 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/queued_input.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/queued_input.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from contextlib import AsyncExitStack, ExitStack, asynccontextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field, replace
 from functools import partial
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Generic, Self, TypeVar, Annotated
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Generic, Self, TypeVar
 
 from acp import RequestError
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from .coordination_session import ReadNativeCoordinationSession
 from .coordinator import Coordination
 from .errors import RelationViolationError
-from .field_codec import Id128Text, WireName
+from .field_codec import Id128Text
 from .goals import GoalDeclaration, NoGoal
 from .image_inputs import ImageInput
 from .input_attempt import InputAttempt, ReservedInput
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class InputHandoffRefused(RelationViolationError):
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
 class QueuedInputContext:
-    claim_scope: Annotated[ClaimedIdentity, WireName("admission")]
+    claim_scope: ClaimedIdentity
     goal: GoalDeclaration = field(default_factory=NoGoal)
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/registry_document.py b/src/agent_comms/registry_document.py
index 2b3fb606db..8284616747 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/registry_document.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/registry_document.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     MalformedRecord,
     FieldPlan,
     SlicePolicy,
-    WireName,
     WireRequired,
 )
 from .registration_change import (
@@ -322,9 +321,9 @@ class RegistryDocument(RegistryPresence[dict[str, ThreadStatus]]):
     owners: Annotated[GenerationCounter, SlicePolicy(GenerationOf)] = field(
         default_factory=GenerationCounter
     )
-    claims: Annotated[
-        GenerationCounter, WireName("admissions"), SlicePolicy(GenerationOf)
-    ] = field(default_factory=GenerationCounter)
+    claims: Annotated[GenerationCounter, SlicePolicy(GenerationOf)] = field(
+        default_factory=GenerationCounter
+    )
 
     _human: UserThreadLookup[str] = field(init=False, repr=False, compare=False)
 
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/selected_write_plan.py b/src/agent_comms/selected_write_plan.py
index 5e6d2ee2b3..b9dea69f03 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/selected_write_plan.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/selected_write_plan.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from contextlib import suppress
 from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Annotated
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
 
 from .coordination_database import CoordinationStore
 from .locked_store import DurableFile, PatternFile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 from .coordination_cohort import sealed_cohort_assignments
 from .declared_family import DeclaredFamily
 from .envelope_claim_transitions import ExistingFileClaim
-from .field_codec import FieldCodec, Id128Text, MalformedRecord, WireName
+from .field_codec import FieldCodec, Id128Text, MalformedRecord
 from .message_reference import MessageReference
 from .private_path import PrivateDirectoryRole, PrivateFileRole, fsync_directory
 from .thread_identity import ClaimedIdentity, RecordedThreadIncarnation
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class SelectedWriteBinding:
     root_id: str
     source: MessageReference
     assignment_id: str
-    claim_scope: Annotated[ClaimedIdentity, WireName("admission")]
+    claim_scope: ClaimedIdentity
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True, kw_only=True)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class SelectedWriteIntent(DeclaredFamily, affix="WriteIntent"):
     claim_id: str
     owner: str
     incarnation: float
-    claim_epoch: Annotated[int, WireName("admission_epoch")]
+    claim_epoch: int
     expected_attempt_ordinal: Literal[1]
     operation_id: str
     resource: str
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/thread_identity.py b/src/agent_comms/thread_identity.py
index d6b96dfe14..35484efc26 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/thread_identity.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/thread_identity.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field, replace
 from functools import cached_property
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, ClassVar, Self, TypeVar, Annotated
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, ClassVar, Self, TypeVar
 
 from metaclass_registry import AutoRegisterMeta, RegistryConfig
 
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 from .field_codec import (
     FieldCodec,
     WireValue,
-    WireName,
 )
 from .response_policy import CollectivePolicy, InformationalPolicy, ResponsePolicy
 
@@ -350,7 +349,7 @@ class ClaimedIdentity:
     """A registry-allocated input generation, never an owner lease."""
 
     incarnation: ThreadIncarnation
-    claimed_generation: Annotated[int, WireName("admission_generation")]
+    claimed_generation: int
 
     def includes(self, previous: ClaimedIdentity) -> bool:
         """Compare order only within this registry's input-generation counter."""
@@ -381,7 +380,7 @@ class TurnFence:
 
     identity: TurnIdentity
     turn_id: str
-    claimed_generation: Annotated[int, WireName("admission_generation")]
+    claimed_generation: int
 
     def renamed(self, name: str) -> Self:
         """Registry alias resolution changes the name, never incarnation or epochs."""
diff --git a/src/agent_comms/turn_lease.py b/src/agent_comms/turn_lease.py
index bd9b8cdb4d..baae919372 100644
--- a/src/agent_comms/turn_lease.py
+++ b/src/agent_comms/turn_lease.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     RecordMember,
     SingleFieldValue,
     SubclassUnion,
-    WireName,
     WireTransient,
     boundary_decoder,
 )
@@ -212,9 +211,7 @@ class ActiveTurn(Executing, RecordMember, TurnDeclaration):
     owner_pid: int
     started_at: float = field(default_factory=time.time)
     routing: TurnRouting | None = None
-    claimed_generation: Annotated[
-        TurnGeneration, WireName("admission_generation")
-    ] = UnrecordedGeneration()
+    claimed_generation: TurnGeneration = UnrecordedGeneration()
     turn_generation: TurnGeneration = UnrecordedGeneration()
     phase: TurnPhase = field(default_factory=PreparingPhase)
     def execution(self, source: GoalExecutionSource) -> GoalExecution:
diff --git a/tests/test_envelope_claim_transitions.py b/tests/test_envelope_claim_transitions.py
index 2380007d9e..b7bb154e8e 100644
--- a/tests/test_envelope_claim_transitions.py
+++ b/tests/test_envelope_claim_transitions.py
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ def test_selected_wake_binding_survives_claim_projection(tmp_path):
     message = Message("owner", "owner", "Claim file", ClaimNoticeKind, seq=8, timestamp=1.0)
     bound = ClaimMessage.of(message, replace(claimed, message_id=message.message_id))
     assert Message.from_wire(bound.to_wire()) == bound
-    admission_key = FieldCodec.record_key(WakeClaims, "claim_scope")
-    invalid = {**raw, admission_key: {**raw[admission_key], "version": 99}}
+    scope_key = FieldCodec.record_key(WakeClaims, "claim_scope")
+    invalid = {**raw, scope_key: {**raw[scope_key], "version": 99}}
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         FieldCodec.decode(ClaimTransition, invalid)
     null_claim = raw.copy()
-    null_claim[admission_key] = None
+    null_claim[scope_key] = None
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         FieldCodec.decode(ClaimTransition, null_claim)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_registry_current_format.py b/tests/test_registry_current_format.py
index d7d6225e76..8fbc1e7a72 100644
--- a/tests/test_registry_current_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_registry_current_format.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def test_incomplete_saved_identity_cannot_authorize_an_owner(tmp_path):
     registry = Registration(path)
     registry.register(registry.new_thread('owner', frozenset(), str(tmp_path), process_identity=ProcessIdentity.capture(os.getpid())))
     raw = json.loads(path.read_text())
-    for field in ("owners", "admissions"):
+    for field in ("owners", "claims"):
         incomplete = dict(raw)
         incomplete.pop(field)
         path.write_text(json.dumps(incomplete))
diff --git a/tests/test_unscoped_claim_history.py b/tests/test_unscoped_claim_history.py
index 727e2dc03f..a0d63893ba 100644
--- a/tests/test_unscoped_claim_history.py
+++ b/tests/test_unscoped_claim_history.py
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ def test_unscoped_history_row_decodes_projects_never_live_and_releases(tmp_path)
 
     # A row published today records its scope; history rows carry none.
     with pytest.raises(MalformedRecord):
-        FieldCodec.decode(ClaimTransition, {**stored, "admission": None})
+        FieldCodec.decode(ClaimTransition, {**stored, "claim_scope": None})
     scoped = FieldCodec.encode(taken[resource])
-    assert scoped["admission"]["operation_id"] == "c" * 32
+    assert scoped["claim_scope"]["operation_id"] == "c" * 32