diff --git a/packages/qa/dogfood/test/admin-ledger-decision-metadata.dogfood.test.ts b/packages/qa/dogfood/test/admin-ledger-decision-metadata.dogfood.test.ts
index 69ed72cef8e..0826915c7b0 100644
--- a/packages/qa/dogfood/test/admin-ledger-decision-metadata.dogfood.test.ts
+++ b/packages/qa/dogfood/test/admin-ledger-decision-metadata.dogfood.test.ts
@@ -87,12 +87,25 @@ const FIELD: Record<ClassName, string> = { masked: 'role', gated: 'must_change_p
 const SUBJECT = { email: 'ald.subject.kq@example.com', name: 'Ald Subject', role: 'aldrolekq' };
 const VALUE: Record<ClassName, string | null> = { masked: SUBJECT.role, gated: null, withheld: SUBJECT.email };
 
-/** The explicit rows' events, and the decision keys each may carry. */
+/**
+ * The explicit rows' events, and the decision keys each may carry: `required` is
+ * written on every row of the event, `optional` only on some (the producer's
+ * `AdminAuditDecisions` type, `plugin-auth/src/admin-user-endpoints.ts`).
+ *
+ * The password set (#23287, ruling C′ item 2, with the revocation ON by default):
+ * `revokeSessionsAndKeys` is the administrator's switch, written on every forced
+ * reset. `revokedSessions`, `revokedApiKeys` and `revocationComplete` are what the
+ * revocation landed, counts only, written only when the switch was on. This
+ * fixture's reset leaves the switch at its default, so its row carries all three.
+ */
 const CREATE_EVENT = 'user.admin_created';
 const PASSWORD_SET_EVENT = 'user.admin_password_set';
 const DECISIONS: Record<string, { required: string[]; optional: string[] }> = {
   [CREATE_EVENT]: { required: ['event', 'membershipCreated', 'passwordGenerated', 'placeholderEmail'], optional: ['organizationId'] },
-  [PASSWORD_SET_EVENT]: { required: ['event', 'passwordGenerated'], optional: [] },
+  [PASSWORD_SET_EVENT]: {
+    required: ['event', 'passwordGenerated', 'revokeSessionsAndKeys'],
+    optional: ['revokedSessions', 'revokedApiKeys', 'revocationComplete'],
+  },
 };
 
 const Anchor = ObjectSchema.create({
diff --git a/packages/qa/dogfood/test/bearer-lane-password-change.dogfood.test.ts b/packages/qa/dogfood/test/bearer-lane-password-change.dogfood.test.ts
index c9ede3ff6c4..c2170a9eaf6 100644
--- a/packages/qa/dogfood/test/bearer-lane-password-change.dogfood.test.ts
+++ b/packages/qa/dogfood/test/bearer-lane-password-change.dogfood.test.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
  * ## The defect this pins
  *
  * An admin-provisioned user (`mustChangePassword` defaults to true) is gated out
- * of every protected route with `403 PASSWORD_EXPIRED` until they rotate their
- * password. On the COOKIE lane the escape hatch worked. On the BEARER lane —
+ * of every protected route with `403 PASSWORD_RESET_REQUIRED` until they rotate
+ * their password. (#23287, ruling C′ item 2: the administrator-forced change has
+ * its own code, scope `credential`; it reused `PASSWORD_EXPIRED`, which stays
+ * natural expiry under `passwordExpiryDays`, until then.) On the COOKIE lane the
+ * escape hatch worked. On the BEARER lane —
  * the documented API/agent/CLI lane — `/auth/change-password` answered **200**,
  * the password really rotated, and nothing else happened: `must_change_password`
  * stayed `true`, `password_changed_at` stayed `null`, and the caller stayed
@@ -225,7 +228,7 @@ describe('#8049: /auth/change-password clears the force-change flag and enforces
       const email = `bearer.lane.8049.${lane.name.replace(/[^a-z]/gi, '').toLowerCase()}@example.com`;
       let credential = '';
 
-      it('an admin-provisioned user is gated out with 403 PASSWORD_EXPIRED', async () => {
+      it('an admin-provisioned user is gated out with 403 PASSWORD_RESET_REQUIRED', async () => {
         const created = await stack.apiAs(adminToken, 'POST', '/auth/admin/create-user', {
           email,
           name: `Bearer Lane ${lane.name}`,
@@ -241,9 +244,12 @@ describe('#8049: /auth/change-password clears the force-change flag and enforces
 
         const read = await stack.api('/data/showcase_task?$top=1', { headers: lane.headers(credential) });
         // The gate refusal — asserted as code AND status, and distinctly from
-        // the reuse refusal below (different envelope, different outcome).
+        // the reuse refusal below (different envelope, different outcome). The
+        // flag is the administrator's forced change, not expiry: no
+        // `passwordExpiryDays` is armed here, so the one ruled answer is
+        // `PASSWORD_RESET_REQUIRED` (ruling C′ item 2).
         expect(read.status).toBe(403);
-        expect((await read.json())?.error?.code).toBe('PASSWORD_EXPIRED');
+        expect((await read.json())?.error?.code).toBe('PASSWORD_RESET_REQUIRED');
       }, 120_000);
 
       it('POST /auth/change-password rotates the password AND clears the force-change flag', async () => {