diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md
index 4fca768883..83d2641569 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md
@@ -6614,3 +6614,21 @@ unbound to filesystem-observation code that it actually executes. The closure
 test enumerates all repository-local dependencies of the install-test binary,
 collector and helper and reports every missing package together. No qualification
 gate, source exclusion or production permission is relaxed by this correction.
+
+## Self-contained release feedback precautions (4 October 2026)
+
+Bug and RC feedback forms carry their collection and attachment precautions
+inline. A reporter must not need an unpublished branch-tip or candidate-commit
+documentation link to learn that Run Diagnostics makes live API/guest-agent
+requests, that an already displayed result can be exported without another
+run, or that attachments require local privacy review. Collection during
+backups, freeze/thaw or an unresponsive-host incident is not an intake
+requirement. Removing a documentation link must retain these precautions and
+all existing report fields; it does not change release readiness or installed
+recovery acceptance.
+
+Verification: the report-form regression in
+`frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/docsLinks.test.ts` checks both forms for
+self-contained safety/privacy text and rejects candidate or branch-tip docs
+links. The issue-triage tests and repository documentation drift guard retain
+their independent intake and runtime-link checks.
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/docsLinks.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/docsLinks.test.ts
index 3532d0b933..475b33c37d 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/docsLinks.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/docsLinks.test.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ function getRuntimeSourceFiles(dir: string): string[] {
 }
 
 describe('docsLinks', () => {
+  it('keeps report collection precautions usable without unpublished documentation links', () => {
+    for (const form of ['bug_report.yml', 'v6_rc_feedback.yml']) {
+      const source = readFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, '.github', 'ISSUE_TEMPLATE', form), 'utf8');
+      expect(source).toContain('do not run it during backups, freeze/thaw or an unresponsive-host incident');
+      expect(source).toContain('downloads that result without running checks again');
+      expect(source).toContain('Review files and screenshots locally before posting');
+      expect(source).not.toMatch(/https:\/\/github\.com\/rcourtman\/Pulse\/blob\/[^\s)]+\/docs\//);
+    }
+  });
+
   const probeGuides = () =>
     [
       readFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, 'docs', 'CONFIGURATION.md'), 'utf8')