From a04941b55ab79507906595759d6578e0e85f4d07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rcourtman <courtmanr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:48:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Implement canonical resource monitoring policy

---
 cmd/pulse-mcp/README.md                       |   2 +-
 .../v6/internal/subsystems/agent-lifecycle.md |  12 ++
 .../v6/internal/subsystems/ai-runtime.md      |  16 +++
 .../v6/internal/subsystems/alerts.md          |  21 +++
 .../v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md   |  19 +++
 .../subsystems/frontend-primitives.md         |  12 ++
 .../v6/internal/subsystems/monitoring.md      |  11 ++
 .../subsystems/patrol-intelligence.md         |  17 +++
 .../subsystems/performance-and-scalability.md |   9 ++
 .../internal/subsystems/security-privacy.md   |   9 ++
 .../internal/subsystems/storage-recovery.md   |  10 ++
 .../internal/subsystems/unified-resources.md  |  21 +++
 frontend-modern/browser-verification.json     |  46 ++++---
 .../__tests__/resourceOperatorState.test.ts   |   8 ++
 .../src/api/resourceOperatorState.ts          |  17 ++-
 .../ResourceDetailDrawerOverviewTab.tsx       |   2 +
 .../ResourceOperatorStateSection.tsx          | 108 ++++++++++++----
 ...sourceOperatorStateSection.render.test.tsx |   2 +-
 .../ResourceOperatorStateSection.test.ts      |  27 +++-
 .../components/Workloads/GuestDrawer.test.tsx |   7 +
 .../Workloads/GuestDrawerOverview.tsx         |   8 +-
 .../alerts/AlertOverviewAlertCard.tsx         |  34 +++++
 .../alerts/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.tsx | 122 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../__tests__/OverviewTab.total24h.test.tsx   |   1 +
 .../ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.test.tsx   |  89 +++++++++++++
 .../src/utils/resourceMonitoringPolicy.ts     |  63 +++++++++
 internal/actionlifecycle/service.go           |   4 +-
 internal/actionlifecycle/service_test.go      |  27 ++++
 internal/agentcapabilities/manifest.go        |  20 ++-
 internal/agentcapabilities/manifest_test.go   |  23 ++++
 internal/agentcapabilities/markdown_test.go   |   7 +
 .../agentcontext/resource_context_sections.go |   9 +-
 .../resource_context_sections_test.go         |   4 +-
 internal/ai/findings.go                       |  43 ++++--
 internal/ai/findings_test.go                  |   5 +
 internal/ai/tools/action_audit.go             |   2 +-
 internal/alerts/alert_store.go                |   3 +
 internal/alerts/intent_policy.go              |  51 ++++++--
 internal/alerts/intent_policy_test.go         |  84 ++++++++++++
 internal/alerts/notification_policy.go        |  22 ++++
 internal/alerts/resource_monitoring_policy.go |  86 ++++++++++++
 internal/api/agent_resource_context.go        |  15 ++-
 internal/api/resources.go                     |   7 +
 internal/api/resources_operator_state.go      |  34 +++++
 internal/api/resources_operator_state_test.go |  85 ++++++++++++
 internal/api/router.go                        |  33 +++++
 internal/monitoring/monitor_alert_intent.go   |   2 +
 .../monitoring/monitor_alert_intent_test.go   |  31 +++++
 .../unifiedresources/loop_reports_store.go    |  11 +-
 .../resource_operator_state.go                | 104 ++++++++++++++-
 .../resource_operator_state_policy_test.go    |   7 +-
 .../resource_operator_state_test.go           |  43 ++++++
 internal/unifiedresources/store.go            |  44 ++++++-
 53 files changed, 1402 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/__tests__/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.test.tsx
 create mode 100644 frontend-modern/src/utils/resourceMonitoringPolicy.ts
 create mode 100644 internal/alerts/resource_monitoring_policy.go

diff --git a/cmd/pulse-mcp/README.md b/cmd/pulse-mcp/README.md
index 87b0e30f7..abd8bf489 100644
--- a/cmd/pulse-mcp/README.md
+++ b/cmd/pulse-mcp/README.md
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ the live set.
 
 **Operator state (per-resource intent):**
 
-- `get_operator_state` (Get operator state, `GET /api/resources/{resourceId}/operator-state`, scope `monitoring:read`, mode `read`, approval `scope_only`): Read the operator-set state for a resource (intentionally offline, never auto-remediate, maintenance window, criticality).
+- `get_operator_state` (Get operator state, `GET /api/resources/{resourceId}/operator-state`, scope `monitoring:read`, mode `read`, approval `scope_only`): Read the operator-set monitoring mode, lifecycle state, remediation lock, maintenance window, and criticality for a resource.
 - `set_operator_state` (Set operator state, `PUT /api/resources/{resourceId}/operator-state`, scope `monitoring:write`, mode `write`, approval `scope_only`): Replace the operator-set state for a resource. URL canonicalId wins over body; server populates setAt and setBy from the authenticated identity.
 - `clear_operator_state` (Clear operator state, `DELETE /api/resources/{resourceId}/operator-state`, scope `monitoring:write`, mode `write`, approval `scope_only`): Remove any operator-set state for a resource. Idempotent — succeeds whether or not an entry was present.
 
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/agent-lifecycle.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/agent-lifecycle.md
index 87d49f0cb..f386e97e9 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/agent-lifecycle.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/agent-lifecycle.md
@@ -6149,3 +6149,15 @@ agent tokens, command sessions, and report identity. Deprovisioning a human
 principal revokes that principal's browser sessions only and does not delete,
 reassign, or synthesize agent lifecycle state. The api-contracts and
 security-privacy contracts own the authoritative behavior and proof.
+
+### Resource monitoring policy does not mutate agent lifecycle
+
+The shared `internal/api/` router now reconciles alert attention after a
+resource operator-state mutation, but it does not unregister, delete, retoken,
+or reassign an agent. Monitoring and lifecycle policy is keyed through the
+tenant's canonical resource registry and is separate from enrolled agent
+identity. Agent context may report `monitoringMode` and `lifecycleState` so an
+operator or external agent can explain current attention behavior, without
+changing registration or command authority. Retiring an agent-backed resource
+blocks automated remediation through the shared action policy while preserving
+its enrollment and history.
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/ai-runtime.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/ai-runtime.md
index c6e98fe4f..5920e4f7b 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/ai-runtime.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/ai-runtime.md
@@ -6904,6 +6904,22 @@ to the same policy as the outer address, so `PULSE_AI_ALLOW_LOOPBACK` and
 `PULSE_AI_ALLOW_PRIVATE_IPS` relax the embedded check exactly as they relax the
 outer one, and a transition address wrapping a permitted public target stays
 permitted.
+
+### Patrol consumes canonical monitoring and lifecycle policy
+
+The findings operator-state projection carries canonical `MonitoringMode` and
+`LifecycleState` in the same store read as maintenance, criticality, and action
+lock state. Active maintenance, expected-offline, muted, and retired policy
+produce distinct lifecycle causes in durable finding history. Suppression is
+reversible when the canonical cause lifts. Legacy providers that project only
+`IntentionallyOffline` retain their established cause and behavior.
+
+Retired lifecycle also projects an effective remediation lock into Patrol
+investigation and the shared execution admission paths, so a resource cannot
+be retired from attention while remaining eligible for autonomous action.
+Canonical enum fields are additive in the agent capability manifest and its
+generated documentation; the legacy boolean remains a compatibility edge, not
+the AI runtime policy source of truth.
 ### Patrol run records no longer carry a dead auto-fix count
 
 `PatrolRunRecord.AutoFixCount` was removed from `internal/ai/patrol.go`,
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/alerts.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/alerts.md
index a33a0cf13..6be9b69f2 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/alerts.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/alerts.md
@@ -1633,3 +1633,24 @@ incident from cluster health.
 `internal/truenas/provider_pool_health_contract_test.go`, and
 `internal/unifiedresources/ceph_pool_health_contract_test.go` prove the
 lifecycle and deduplication matrix.
+
+### Per-resource monitoring policy is an alert-runtime invariant
+
+The canonical unified-resource operator state is honored without requiring an
+explicit versioned alert-intent rule. Factory behavior enables operator-state
+evaluation, and a signal rule cannot weaken a persisted resource monitoring or
+lifecycle policy. `expected_offline` suppresses only `state.offline` and
+`incident.availability`; `muted`, `retired`, and active maintenance suppress all
+signals. Unknown alert families fail safe to the default signal and cannot be
+hidden by expected-offline.
+
+Every active-alert writer passes through the same operator-state gate, and
+notification delivery consults the same decision before quiet-hours policy.
+Operator suppression is never converted into a quiet-hours replay, including
+for recovery notifications carrying stale replay metadata.
+After a persisted policy mutation, `ReconcileResourceOperatorState` resolves
+already-active records for that resource immediately; later detector writes
+cannot recreate them while suppression remains active. Existing prefix, tag,
+and `pulse-no-alerts` bulk rules remain compatible inputs and do not create a
+second per-resource state store. `internal/alerts/intent_policy_test.go` pins
+factory operator-state evaluation, writer gating, and active reconciliation.
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md
index d50701a62..d78ef04a0 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md
@@ -9255,3 +9255,22 @@ The route-authorization test proves the exact viewer 200 / ledger 403 pairing,
 the scope test proves unauthenticated and wrong-scope refusal, and the frontend
 API plus Workloads integration tests prove the surface reads only the runtime
 projection.
+
+### Resource operator-state API exposes canonical policy with legacy compatibility
+
+`GET` and `PUT /api/resources/{id}/operator-state` add `monitoringMode` and
+`lifecycleState` to the stable resource-state shape. The accepted vocabularies
+are `normal|expected_offline|muted` and `active|retired`. The existing
+`intentionallyOffline` field remains readable and writable for older clients:
+when the enum is absent, true maps to expected-offline; when the enum is
+present, it is authoritative and the response boolean is derived from it.
+Invalid enum values fail with the existing stable operator-state validation
+error.
+
+A successful mutation invokes alert reconciliation only after durable commit,
+so the API cannot report a policy that has not landed and existing active
+alerts leave attention promptly. Agent resource context, fleet context, and
+the canonical capability manifest project both new fields. Retired lifecycle
+is also an execution-time remediation lock in the shared action lifecycle.
+`internal/api/resources_operator_state_test.go`, agent-context tests, manifest
+tests, and the generated `cmd/pulse-mcp/README.md` pin this additive contract.
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md
index e662d68a7..9b6be07ff 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md
@@ -5968,3 +5968,15 @@ unresolved status would flash the default tab away from an admin on every load.
 `__tests__/adminOnlySettingsNavGates.test.ts` and
 `__tests__/useSettingsAccess.test.tsx` pin the complete named-capability,
 fail-closed mount, failed-status, deduplicated-load, and General-fallback rules.
+
+### Alert monitoring actions preserve domain ownership
+
+The Alerts overview may offer a compact per-resource Monitoring menu, but the
+menu is an adapter over the canonical resource operator-state API. It must
+preserve unrelated state on every write, distinguish availability-only
+expected-offline from all-attention mute, and state that retirement changes
+Pulse monitoring rather than deleting provider inventory. Resource detail and
+alert surfaces use the same typed monitoring and lifecycle vocabulary and
+provider-ownership presentation helper. They must not create local alert mute,
+archive, or removal state. The menu remains keyboard reachable, uses ordinary
+shared surface and border tokens, and retains usable controls at phone width.
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/monitoring.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/monitoring.md
index f81cca453..682abe7e2 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/monitoring.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/monitoring.md
@@ -2940,3 +2940,14 @@ Known and deliberately unchanged: each changed guest still triggers a full-file
 save, so one poll cycle over N changed guests performs N marshals and N atomic
 writes that serialize on the store mutex. Coalescing them is a behavioural
 change beyond the shutdown defect.
+
+### Monitoring projects canonical resource policy into alert evaluation
+
+The monitoring-owned operator-intent adapter projects `monitoringMode` and
+`lifecycleState` together with maintenance timing and the legacy compatibility
+boolean. It still resolves source-native references through canonical resource
+identity before reading the store and fails open on missing, ambiguous, or
+errored identity lookup. Monitoring does not reinterpret provider ownership or
+invent lifecycle state; Alerts owns signal suppression and unified resources
+owns persistence. `internal/monitoring/monitor_alert_intent_test.go` and the
+alerts intent-policy proof pin this adapter boundary.
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/patrol-intelligence.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/patrol-intelligence.md
index 30db06b77..ef7084668 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/patrol-intelligence.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/patrol-intelligence.md
@@ -2169,3 +2169,20 @@ reads, cancellation, and clean retry.
 `frontend-modern/src/features/patrol/__tests__/usePatrolIntelligenceState.test.ts`
 and `frontend-modern/src/pages/__tests__/AIIntelligence.test.tsx` prove typed
 start-failure presentation and the accepted-run page transition.
+
+### Resource monitoring policy is actionable where noise appears
+
+The resource drawer replaces the overloaded intentionally-offline toggle with
+canonical Monitoring and Lifecycle selectors. Normal, expected-offline, muted,
+active, and retired copy states their exact Alerts, Patrol, inventory, and
+automation effects. Provider-aware retirement copy makes clear that Proxmox,
+Kubernetes, vSphere, and container-runtime inventory is not deleted by a Pulse
+policy change and that the resource can be restored to active monitoring.
+
+Active alert cards expose the same canonical policy through a compact
+Monitoring action. It reads the current resource state, preserves maintenance,
+criticality, notes, remediation settings, and capability allowlists, then
+writes through `@/api/resourceOperatorState`; no alert-local mute document is
+created. `ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.test.tsx` and the resource operator
+state section tests pin provider copy, expected-offline persistence, retirement,
+and compatibility preservation.
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/performance-and-scalability.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/performance-and-scalability.md
index 29897e15e..18d92c672 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/performance-and-scalability.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/performance-and-scalability.md
@@ -2364,3 +2364,12 @@ enrichment. It filters healthy, disabled, non-workload, and coverage-free rows
 before serialization, so the response is no larger than the actionable banner
 input. Client presentation is a single pass over that bounded list and performs
 no per-source fetch or detail lookup.
+
+### Resource policy reads stay outside the Workloads hot path
+
+The Proxmox guest drawer mounts `ResourceOperatorStateSection` only for the
+currently expanded workload. Its non-suspending query performs one canonical
+operator-state read for that selected resource and does not add table-row,
+hover-preview, interval, or websocket work. Saving monitoring or lifecycle
+policy performs one mutation and one selected-resource refetch. The Workloads
+list, selectors, windowing, and polling budgets remain unchanged.
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/security-privacy.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/security-privacy.md
index f697d0616..b6b6bc9f0 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/security-privacy.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/security-privacy.md
@@ -2126,3 +2126,12 @@ because `RequireAdmin` intentionally leaves the update route reachable there.
 The frontend behavior is pinned by `App.architecture.test.ts`, and
 `TestContract_SecurityStatusSystemSettingsReadTracksSettingsReadScope` pins the
 capability against both `/api/system/settings` and `/api/updates/status`.
+
+### Resource policy identity resolution remains tenant scoped
+
+Operator-state reads and writes resolve source-native or superseded resource
+references through the requesting tenant's canonical registry before touching
+the tenant resource store. Runtime reconciliation may visit every live monitor,
+but each alert manager resolves policy through its own tenant-scoped store, so a
+matching provider ID in another organization cannot import the mutation. The
+existing route scopes and authenticated actor attribution remain unchanged.
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/storage-recovery.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/storage-recovery.md
index 2f2171f31..3a722bda9 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/storage-recovery.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/storage-recovery.md
@@ -5157,3 +5157,13 @@ restore, retention, resource-store, or recovery evidence. Additive RBAC schema
 upgrade preserves older identities and fails construction on migration errors;
 the security-privacy and api-contracts contracts own the authoritative shape
 and proof.
+
+### Resource monitoring lifecycle preserves recovery evidence
+
+Mutating `monitoringMode` or `lifecycleState` changes Pulse attention and
+automated remediation admission only. Expected-offline, mute, and retirement do
+not delete resource history, backups, snapshots, recovery points, retention
+configuration, or provider inventory. A retired resource fails closed for
+automated remediation through the shared action lifecycle, while recovery
+evidence remains available for operator review and for restoration to active
+monitoring.
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/unified-resources.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/unified-resources.md
index 58b0cace6..93369207b 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/unified-resources.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/unified-resources.md
@@ -4450,3 +4450,24 @@ teardown. `TestCachedResourceStoresHaveATenantReleasePath` in
 `internal/unifiedresources/code_standards_test.go` is a source-shape guard,
 because the leak is invisible at runtime until a tenant is deleted or a data
 directory is torn down.
+
+### Canonical resource monitoring and lifecycle policy
+
+`ResourceOperatorState` owns one durable per-resource monitoring posture and
+lifecycle. `monitoringMode` is the closed vocabulary `normal`,
+`expected_offline`, or `muted`; `lifecycleState` is `active` or `retired`.
+Expected-offline is availability-specific, while muted removes all Alerts and
+Patrol attention. Retired resources remain in canonical provider inventory and
+retain history, but they also suppress attention and block automated
+remediation until restored to active. Provider inventory deletion is not a
+side effect of this policy.
+
+The SQLite row persists both enums. Schema migration promotes legacy
+`intentionally_offline=1` rows to `monitoring_mode=expected_offline`, and the
+legacy boolean remains only a derived wire compatibility projection. New
+runtime consumers must use the enum helpers rather than assign a second meaning
+to that boolean. Identity succession continues to rekey the same state row.
+`internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state_test.go` and
+`resource_operator_state_policy_test.go` pin normalization, validation,
+round-trip persistence, attention suppression, and the retired remediation
+lock.
diff --git a/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json b/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json
index 92cc058ec..79b01c0f3 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json
+++ b/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json
@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
 {
   "version": 1,
-  "base_sha": "bcb172c1274b393f1bdd8d51b4fffb7f0585e4bd",
-  "verified_at": "2026-08-10T08:55:00Z",
+  "base_sha": "c45a950a74c11d299b1be6277a8b552e87f9c5d9",
+  "verified_at": "2026-08-11T10:30:03Z",
   "result": "passed",
   "changed_paths": [
-    "frontend-modern/src/features/patrol/PatrolAttentionWorkbench.tsx",
-    "frontend-modern/src/features/patrol/patrolControlPresentation.ts"
+    "frontend-modern/src/api/resourceOperatorState.ts",
+    "frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceDetailDrawerOverviewTab.tsx",
+    "frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceOperatorStateSection.tsx",
+    "frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawerOverview.tsx",
+    "frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/AlertOverviewAlertCard.tsx",
+    "frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.tsx",
+    "frontend-modern/src/utils/resourceMonitoringPolicy.ts"
   ],
   "content_sha256": {
-    "frontend-modern/src/features/patrol/PatrolAttentionWorkbench.tsx": "da3ddd2c2fd5bf94e9642d178c8f60c361b21de3559e6085047e911539301fef",
-    "frontend-modern/src/features/patrol/patrolControlPresentation.ts": "1f395d06a16be436f5222cd36259a9585aaa2f7a036399fbfd4ee8b3c98bf12e"
+    "frontend-modern/src/api/resourceOperatorState.ts": "2b27d3dcc3415cc2a57b9bd201d06f04150ede3b29d91816ce3715a065eb8459",
+    "frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceDetailDrawerOverviewTab.tsx": "9b757063cbd6c0b97ab0057754d45ad2e2067ad58f4ec0b388c7ae28e51d8239",
+    "frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceOperatorStateSection.tsx": "3c5008b4db7027a7a08c8dff796a7546b5b343a522bf7439361467c0031318f3",
+    "frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawerOverview.tsx": "f0339dc3c3fdd2e08f2c5fea75a62a0a5ecdfab833970653bf9f74982c4ba891",
+    "frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/AlertOverviewAlertCard.tsx": "83081abb871d76e5531bf66ddcddb47171c05c86c1d91249a0e9c6ef5dad73dd",
+    "frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.tsx": "287ff35169c4082f9cb8cac3e36bcbaaab9e343801c497e89da8602d9af276d2",
+    "frontend-modern/src/utils/resourceMonitoringPolicy.ts": "ba5133bbdeb57a236845f3ee946f0f0c13518e293810eec1ae7e4fab2ab3e2d5"
   },
   "routes": [
-    "/patrol (Needs attention workbench rows and attention detail drawer)"
+    "/alerts",
+    "/proxmox/overview"
   ],
   "viewports": [
     {
@@ -20,19 +31,22 @@
       "height": 800
     },
     {
-      "width": 744,
-      "height": 1024
+      "width": 390,
+      "height": 844
     }
   ],
   "states": [
-    "Attention rows (46 mock alerts, complete + unknown-freshness evidence) render resource name and relative time with no evidence label; the 'Evidence incomplete; timing unavailable' / 'Evidence timing unavailable' warning line is gone from every row.",
-    "Attention detail drawer shows the muted 'Evidence recorded' badge next to the state badge, with per-envelope observations reading 'Pulse Complete Confirmed - observed just now'.",
-    "Full-page text contains no 'timing unavailable' occurrence in any state exercised at either viewport.",
-    "Backend half verified via scratch instance API: /api/ai/patrol/attention returned all 44-46 mock rows with evidenceCompleteness=complete (previously provider-incident rows were partial via the legacy shim)."
+    "Active powered-off Proxmox guest alert with the Monitoring policy menu open and provider ownership copy visible.",
+    "Normal monitoring restored, powered-off detector alert reactivated, then Expected offline applied from that alert and the alert removed immediately.",
+    "Proxmox guest drawer with Monitoring and Lifecycle controls showing Expected offline and provider-owned retirement guidance.",
+    "Retired lifecycle selected with monitoring disabled and the retained-inventory, history, attention, and automation notice visible.",
+    "Mobile Alerts overview with the policy menu open, all four choices reachable, and main content clientWidth and scrollWidth both 362 pixels."
   ],
   "interactions": [
-    "Ran a scratch mock-mode instance built from this working tree (backend + built dist) on port 7671 with the dev admin bypass.",
-    "Opened /patrol at 1280px, read the attention list rows, clicked the vaultwarden memory-limit row, and inspected the detail drawer badges and evidence observations.",
-    "Reloaded /patrol at 744px, re-checked the row metadata line, re-opened the detail drawer, and screenshotted the drawer showing 'Evidence recorded'."
+    "Opened the Monitoring menu from a live powered-off alert and confirmed Proxmox remains the inventory owner.",
+    "Applied Expected offline from the alert, observed the success notification, and confirmed the alert disappeared immediately while the active count decreased.",
+    "Opened dev-portal-01 in the Proxmox guest drawer, changed Monitoring between Normal and Expected offline, and saved through the canonical resource policy.",
+    "Changed Lifecycle to Retired, confirmed the retirement notice and disabled monitoring control, then restored Active while preserving Expected offline.",
+    "Repeated the Alerts policy-menu inspection at 390 by 844 pixels and confirmed there was no horizontal content overflow."
   ]
 }
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/api/__tests__/resourceOperatorState.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/api/__tests__/resourceOperatorState.test.ts
index 4ab4c0f98..d96814a5d 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/api/__tests__/resourceOperatorState.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/api/__tests__/resourceOperatorState.test.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ describe('resourceOperatorState api', () => {
   it('PUTs the canonical body shape and returns the read-after-write record', async () => {
     apiFetchJSONMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
       canonicalId: 'vm:101',
+      monitoringMode: 'expected_offline',
+      lifecycleState: 'active',
       intentionallyOffline: true,
       neverAutoRemediate: false,
       setAt: '2026-05-09T11:00:00Z',
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ describe('resourceOperatorState api', () => {
     } satisfies ResourceOperatorState);
 
     const input: ResourceOperatorStateInput = {
+      monitoringMode: 'expected_offline',
+      lifecycleState: 'active',
       intentionallyOffline: true,
       neverAutoRemediate: false,
       autoRemediationPolicy: {
@@ -100,7 +104,11 @@ describe('resourceOperatorState api', () => {
     // (setAt, setBy) — never echo the input verbatim.
     expect(result.setAt).toBe('2026-05-09T11:00:00Z');
     expect(result.setBy).toBe('operator:richard');
+    expect(result.monitoringMode).toBe('expected_offline');
+    expect(result.lifecycleState).toBe('active');
     expect(JSON.parse(apiFetchJSONMock.mock.calls[0][1]?.body as string)).toMatchObject({
+      monitoringMode: 'expected_offline',
+      lifecycleState: 'active',
       autoRemediationPolicy: {
         enabled: true,
         capabilityNames: ['restart'],
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/api/resourceOperatorState.ts b/frontend-modern/src/api/resourceOperatorState.ts
index ba590b110..34191853f 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/api/resourceOperatorState.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/api/resourceOperatorState.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { apiFetchJSON } from '@/utils/apiClient';
  * for the suppression / refusal semantics each field drives.
  */
 export type ResourceCriticality = 'high' | 'medium' | 'low' | '';
+export type ResourceMonitoringMode = 'normal' | 'expected_offline' | 'muted';
+export type ResourceLifecycleState = 'active' | 'retired';
 
 export interface AutoRemediationWindow {
   timezone: string;
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ export interface AutoRemediationPolicy {
 
 export interface ResourceOperatorState {
   canonicalId: string;
+  monitoringMode?: ResourceMonitoringMode;
+  lifecycleState?: ResourceLifecycleState;
   /**
    * When true, new findings raised against this resource get
    * auto-acknowledged with reason=expected_behavior — Patrol stops
@@ -74,6 +78,13 @@ export type ResourceOperatorStateInput = Omit<
   'canonicalId' | 'setAt' | 'setBy'
 >;
 
+const normalizeResourceOperatorState = (state: ResourceOperatorState): ResourceOperatorState => ({
+  ...state,
+  monitoringMode:
+    state.monitoringMode || (state.intentionallyOffline ? 'expected_offline' : 'normal'),
+  lifecycleState: state.lifecycleState || 'active',
+});
+
 /**
  * Read the operator-set state for a resource. Resolves to null when
  * the server returns 404 (no entry recorded — the default no-state
@@ -83,10 +94,11 @@ export async function getResourceOperatorState(
   resourceId: string,
 ): Promise<ResourceOperatorState | null> {
   try {
-    return await apiFetchJSON<ResourceOperatorState>(
+    const state = await apiFetchJSON<ResourceOperatorState>(
       `/api/resources/${encodeURIComponent(resourceId)}/operator-state`,
       { cache: 'no-store' },
     );
+    return normalizeResourceOperatorState(state);
   } catch (err) {
     // The 404 response shape is `{ error: 'operator_state_not_set', ... }`.
     // Translating into null lets the caller treat "no state" as a clean
@@ -113,7 +125,7 @@ export async function setResourceOperatorState(
   resourceId: string,
   state: ResourceOperatorStateInput,
 ): Promise<ResourceOperatorState> {
-  return apiFetchJSON<ResourceOperatorState>(
+  const persisted = await apiFetchJSON<ResourceOperatorState>(
     `/api/resources/${encodeURIComponent(resourceId)}/operator-state`,
     {
       method: 'PUT',
@@ -121,6 +133,7 @@ export async function setResourceOperatorState(
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
     },
   );
+  return normalizeResourceOperatorState(persisted);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceDetailDrawerOverviewTab.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceDetailDrawerOverviewTab.tsx
index 0f37a414d..4265bb0d2 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceDetailDrawerOverviewTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceDetailDrawerOverviewTab.tsx
@@ -712,6 +712,8 @@ export const ResourceDetailDrawerOverviewTab: Component<ResourceDetailDrawerOver
         <Show when={resource.id}>
           <ResourceOperatorStateSection
             resourceId={resource.id}
+            resourceType={resource.type}
+            platformType={resource.platformType}
             capabilities={resource.capabilities}
           />
         </Show>
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceOperatorStateSection.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceOperatorStateSection.tsx
index b7ff9f9ff..a4a9c8a1e 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceOperatorStateSection.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/ResourceOperatorStateSection.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { Toggle } from '@/components/shared/Toggle';
 import { notificationStore } from '@/stores/notifications';
 import {
   type ResourceCriticality,
+  type ResourceLifecycleState,
+  type ResourceMonitoringMode,
   type ResourceOperatorState,
   type ResourceOperatorStateInput,
   clearResourceOperatorState,
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { createNonSuspendingQuery } from '@/hooks/createNonSuspendingQuery';
 import { formatRelativeTime } from '@/utils/format';
 import type { ResourceCapability } from '@/types/resource';
+import { describeResourceInventoryOwnership } from '@/utils/resourceMonitoringPolicy';
 
 /**
  * ResourceOperatorStateSection surfaces the operator-set per-resource
@@ -31,6 +34,8 @@ import type { ResourceCapability } from '@/types/resource';
  */
 interface ResourceOperatorStateSectionProps {
   resourceId: string;
+  resourceType?: string;
+  platformType?: string;
   capabilities?: ResourceCapability[];
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +66,8 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
   // Local edit state, hydrated from the persisted record. Operators can
   // toggle either flag and the section dirty-tracks until they hit Save
   // or Discard.
-  const [intentionallyOffline, setIntentionallyOffline] = createSignal(false);
+  const [monitoringMode, setMonitoringMode] = createSignal<ResourceMonitoringMode>('normal');
+  const [lifecycleState, setLifecycleState] = createSignal<ResourceLifecycleState>('active');
   const [neverAutoRemediate, setNeverAutoRemediate] = createSignal(false);
   const [criticality, setCriticality] = createSignal<ResourceCriticality>('');
   const [note, setNote] = createSignal('');
@@ -79,6 +85,9 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
       (capability) => capability.autoAuthorization && capability.autoAuthorization !== 'never',
     ),
   );
+  const inventoryOwnership = createMemo(() =>
+    describeResourceInventoryOwnership(props.resourceType, props.platformType),
+  );
 
   const minuteToTime = (minute: number): string => {
     const normalized = Math.max(0, Math.min(1439, minute));
@@ -112,7 +121,10 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
   createEffect(() => {
     const current = persisted();
     if (current === undefined) return;
-    setIntentionallyOffline(current?.intentionallyOffline ?? false);
+    setMonitoringMode(
+      current?.monitoringMode ?? (current?.intentionallyOffline ? 'expected_offline' : 'normal'),
+    );
+    setLifecycleState(current?.lifecycleState ?? 'active');
     setNeverAutoRemediate(current?.neverAutoRemediate ?? false);
     setCriticality(current?.criticality ?? '');
     setNote(current?.note ?? '');
@@ -130,7 +142,9 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
 
   const isDirty = createMemo(() => {
     const current = persisted();
-    const persistedOffline = current?.intentionallyOffline ?? false;
+    const persistedMonitoringMode =
+      current?.monitoringMode ?? (current?.intentionallyOffline ? 'expected_offline' : 'normal');
+    const persistedLifecycleState = current?.lifecycleState ?? 'active';
     const persistedLocked = current?.neverAutoRemediate ?? false;
     const persistedCriticality = current?.criticality ?? '';
     const persistedNote = current?.note ?? '';
@@ -149,7 +163,8 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
         persistedAuto.window.endMinute !== timeToMinute(autoWindowEnd())
       : Boolean(persistedAuto.window);
     return (
-      intentionallyOffline() !== persistedOffline ||
+      monitoringMode() !== persistedMonitoringMode ||
+      lifecycleState() !== persistedLifecycleState ||
       neverAutoRemediate() !== persistedLocked ||
       criticality() !== persistedCriticality ||
       note().trim() !== persistedNote ||
@@ -186,7 +201,9 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
     try {
       const current = persisted();
       const input: ResourceOperatorStateInput = {
-        intentionallyOffline: intentionallyOffline(),
+        monitoringMode: monitoringMode(),
+        lifecycleState: lifecycleState(),
+        intentionallyOffline: monitoringMode() === 'expected_offline',
         neverAutoRemediate: neverAutoRemediate(),
         autoRemediationPolicy: {
           enabled: autoRemediationEnabled(),
@@ -226,7 +243,10 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
 
   const handleDiscard = () => {
     const current = persisted();
-    setIntentionallyOffline(current?.intentionallyOffline ?? false);
+    setMonitoringMode(
+      current?.monitoringMode ?? (current?.intentionallyOffline ? 'expected_offline' : 'normal'),
+    );
+    setLifecycleState(current?.lifecycleState ?? 'active');
     setNeverAutoRemediate(current?.neverAutoRemediate ?? false);
     setCriticality(current?.criticality ?? '');
     setNote(current?.note ?? '');
@@ -250,7 +270,8 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
       // resolve to null and the section will return to the no-state
       // posture.
       await query.refetch();
-      setIntentionallyOffline(false);
+      setMonitoringMode('normal');
+      setLifecycleState('active');
       setNeverAutoRemediate(false);
       setCriticality('');
       setNote('');
@@ -378,7 +399,9 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
       const input: ResourceOperatorStateInput = {
         // Keep the toggle state intact when scheduling — operator
         // editing one facet must not lose work on the other.
-        intentionallyOffline: intentionallyOffline(),
+        monitoringMode: monitoringMode(),
+        lifecycleState: lifecycleState(),
+        intentionallyOffline: monitoringMode() === 'expected_offline',
         neverAutoRemediate: neverAutoRemediate(),
         autoRemediationPolicy: {
           enabled: autoRemediationEnabled(),
@@ -416,7 +439,9 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
     setSaving(true);
     try {
       const input: ResourceOperatorStateInput = {
-        intentionallyOffline: intentionallyOffline(),
+        monitoringMode: monitoringMode(),
+        lifecycleState: lifecycleState(),
+        intentionallyOffline: monitoringMode() === 'expected_offline',
         neverAutoRemediate: neverAutoRemediate(),
         autoRemediationPolicy: {
           enabled: autoRemediationEnabled(),
@@ -459,8 +484,8 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
         <div>
           <h3 class="text-sm font-semibold text-base-content">Operator overrides</h3>
           <p class="text-xs text-muted">
-            Tell Pulse how Patrol should treat this resource — suppress expected noise, prioritize
-            its findings, or lock it against automated remediation.
+            Control Alerts, Patrol, lifecycle, priority, and automated remediation from one
+            persisted resource policy.
           </p>
         </div>
         <Show when={persisted()?.setBy || persisted()?.setAt}>
@@ -781,21 +806,54 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
         </div>
       </Show>
 
-      <div class="flex items-start justify-between gap-3">
-        <div class="min-w-0 flex-1">
-          <label class="text-sm font-medium text-base-content">Intentionally offline</label>
-          <p class="text-[11px] text-muted mt-0.5 leading-tight">
-            Suppress findings on this resource. Use when a workload is deprecated, a dev environment
-            is shut down on purpose, or a host is archived.
-          </p>
-        </div>
-        <Toggle
-          checked={intentionallyOffline()}
-          onChange={(e) => setIntentionallyOffline(e.currentTarget.checked)}
-          disabled={saving()}
-        />
+      <div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-3 border-t border-border-subtle pt-3 sm:grid-cols-2">
+        <label class="block">
+          <span class="block text-sm font-medium text-base-content">Monitoring</span>
+          <select
+            value={monitoringMode()}
+            onChange={(event) =>
+              setMonitoringMode(event.currentTarget.value as ResourceMonitoringMode)
+            }
+            disabled={saving() || lifecycleState() === 'retired'}
+            class="mt-1 block min-h-11 w-full rounded border border-border bg-surface px-2 py-1.5 text-xs text-base-content focus:outline-none focus:ring-1 focus:ring-blue-400 disabled:opacity-50 sm:min-h-0"
+          >
+            <option value="normal">Normal monitoring</option>
+            <option value="expected_offline">Expected offline</option>
+            <option value="muted">Mute all attention</option>
+          </select>
+          <span class="mt-1 block text-[11px] leading-tight text-muted">
+            Expected offline hides availability noise only. Mute all stops Alerts and Patrol while
+            keeping this resource visible.
+          </span>
+        </label>
+
+        <label class="block">
+          <span class="block text-sm font-medium text-base-content">Lifecycle</span>
+          <select
+            value={lifecycleState()}
+            onChange={(event) =>
+              setLifecycleState(event.currentTarget.value as ResourceLifecycleState)
+            }
+            disabled={saving()}
+            class="mt-1 block min-h-11 w-full rounded border border-border bg-surface px-2 py-1.5 text-xs text-base-content focus:outline-none focus:ring-1 focus:ring-blue-400 disabled:opacity-50 sm:min-h-0"
+          >
+            <option value="active">Active</option>
+            <option value="retired">Retired from monitoring</option>
+          </select>
+          <span class="mt-1 block text-[11px] leading-tight text-muted">
+            {inventoryOwnership().retirementDescription}
+          </span>
+        </label>
       </div>
 
+      <Show when={lifecycleState() === 'retired'}>
+        <div class="rounded border border-border bg-surface-alt px-3 py-2 text-xs text-base-content">
+          Retired resources remain in {inventoryOwnership().ownerLabel} inventory and keep their
+          Pulse history. All alert attention and automated remediation are disabled until the
+          lifecycle returns to Active.
+        </div>
+      </Show>
+
       <div class="flex items-start justify-between gap-3 pt-2 border-t border-border-subtle">
         <div class="min-w-0 flex-1">
           <label class="text-sm font-medium text-red-700 dark:text-red-400">
@@ -810,7 +868,7 @@ export const ResourceOperatorStateSection: Component<ResourceOperatorStateSectio
         <Toggle
           checked={neverAutoRemediate()}
           onChange={(e) => handleNeverAutoRemediateToggle(e.currentTarget.checked)}
-          disabled={saving()}
+          disabled={saving() || lifecycleState() === 'retired'}
         />
       </div>
 
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/__tests__/ResourceOperatorStateSection.render.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/__tests__/ResourceOperatorStateSection.render.test.tsx
index 2fa723792..0efbfb167 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/__tests__/ResourceOperatorStateSection.render.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/__tests__/ResourceOperatorStateSection.render.test.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('ResourceOperatorStateSection render with capabilityNames: null', () =>
     // The section itself must be up (pre-fix, the throw escaped render
     // and nothing below the header survived).
     expect(screen.getByText('Operator overrides')).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(screen.getByText('Intentionally offline')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Monitoring')).toBeTruthy();
     expect(screen.getByText('Never auto-remediate')).toBeTruthy();
 
     // "Clear all overrides" only renders for persisted() && !isDirty() —
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/__tests__/ResourceOperatorStateSection.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/__tests__/ResourceOperatorStateSection.test.ts
index 2952ece87..a39347511 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/__tests__/ResourceOperatorStateSection.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Infrastructure/__tests__/ResourceOperatorStateSection.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ const supportDisclosureSource = readFileSync(
   'utf-8',
 );
 
+const guestOverviewSource = readFileSync(
+  resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'Workloads', 'GuestDrawerOverview.tsx'),
+  'utf-8',
+);
+
 describe('ResourceOperatorStateSection', () => {
   it('exposes operator-set controls bound to the canonical API client', () => {
     // The section is the operator's window into the per-resource state
@@ -28,7 +33,10 @@ describe('ResourceOperatorStateSection', () => {
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('getResourceOperatorState');
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('setResourceOperatorState');
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('clearResourceOperatorState');
-    expect(sectionSource).toContain('Intentionally offline');
+    expect(sectionSource).toContain('Normal monitoring');
+    expect(sectionSource).toContain('Expected offline');
+    expect(sectionSource).toContain('Mute all attention');
+    expect(sectionSource).toContain('Retired from monitoring');
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('Never auto-remediate');
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('Patrol priority');
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('Operator note');
@@ -159,7 +167,11 @@ describe('ResourceOperatorStateSection', () => {
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('Cancel window');
     // handleClearMaintenanceWindow must preserve toggles by reading
     // the current edit-state signals rather than nulling everything.
-    expect(sectionSource).toContain('intentionallyOffline: intentionallyOffline()');
+    expect(sectionSource).toContain('monitoringMode: monitoringMode()');
+    expect(sectionSource).toContain('lifecycleState: lifecycleState()');
+    expect(sectionSource).toContain(
+      "intentionallyOffline: monitoringMode() === 'expected_offline'",
+    );
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('neverAutoRemediate: neverAutoRemediate()');
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('maintenanceStartAt: undefined,');
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('maintenanceEndAt: undefined,');
@@ -225,3 +237,14 @@ describe('ResourceDetailDrawerOverviewTab integration', () => {
     expect(sectionSource).toContain('<Show when={eligibleAutoCapabilities().length > 0}>');
   });
 });
+
+describe('Proxmox guest drawer integration', () => {
+  it('exposes the same canonical policy with provider ownership context', () => {
+    expect(guestOverviewSource).toContain(
+      "from '@/components/Infrastructure/ResourceOperatorStateSection'",
+    );
+    expect(guestOverviewSource).toContain('<ResourceOperatorStateSection');
+    expect(guestOverviewSource).toContain('resourceId={props.guestId}');
+    expect(guestOverviewSource).toContain('platformType="proxmox"');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawer.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawer.test.tsx
index 64b6b19c9..e4dd22958 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawer.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawer.test.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { aiChatStore } from '@/stores/aiChat';
 import { getCanonicalWorkloadId, getWorkloadMetadataId } from '@/utils/workloads';
 import { getDiscoveryProvenanceTitle } from '@/utils/discoveryPresentation';
 import guestDrawerSource from './GuestDrawer.tsx?raw';
+import guestDrawerOverviewSource from './GuestDrawerOverview.tsx?raw';
 
 // ── Mocks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -207,6 +208,12 @@ describe('GuestDrawer', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('mounts canonical resource policy only in the selected guest overview', () => {
+    expect(guestDrawerOverviewSource).toContain('<ResourceOperatorStateSection');
+    expect(guestDrawerOverviewSource).toContain('resourceId={props.guestId}');
+    expect(guestDrawerOverviewSource).toContain('platformType="proxmox"');
+  });
+
   describe('Assistant context actions', () => {
     it('opens Pulse Assistant with a canonical Proxmox LXC resource handoff', () => {
       aiChatStore.setEnabled(true);
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawerOverview.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawerOverview.tsx
index 61034e6e6..b1f35363f 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawerOverview.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/GuestDrawerOverview.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { DiscoveryProvenanceMarker } from '@/components/shared/DiscoveryProvenan
 import { InfoCardFrame } from '@/components/shared/InfoCardFrame';
 import { WebInterfaceUrlField } from '@/components/shared/WebInterfaceUrlField';
 import { AvailabilityProbeStatusCards } from '@/components/Infrastructure/AvailabilityProbeStatusCard';
+import { ResourceOperatorStateSection } from '@/components/Infrastructure/ResourceOperatorStateSection';
 import type { DiscoveryIdentifiedSummary } from '@/utils/discoveryPresentation';
 import { formatBytes, formatUptime } from '@/utils/format';
 import type { MetricDisplayThresholds } from '@/utils/metricThresholds';
@@ -463,7 +464,12 @@ export function GuestDrawerOverview(props: GuestDrawerOverviewProps) {
         </Show>
       </div>
 
-      <div class="mt-3">
+      <div class="mt-3 space-y-3">
+        <ResourceOperatorStateSection
+          resourceId={props.guestId}
+          resourceType={isGuestDrawerVM(props.guest) ? 'vm' : 'system-container'}
+          platformType="proxmox"
+        />
         <WebInterfaceUrlField
           metadataKind="guest"
           metadataId={props.webInterfaceMetadataId}
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/AlertOverviewAlertCard.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/AlertOverviewAlertCard.tsx
index 336287c59..6b513f4bc 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/AlertOverviewAlertCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/AlertOverviewAlertCard.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { alertTypeDisplayLabel } from './helpers';
 import { getCanonicalAlertId } from './identity';
 import type { AlertIncidentTimelineState } from './useAlertIncidentTimelineState';
 import type { AlertOverviewState } from './useAlertOverviewState';
+import { ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction } from './ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction';
 
 interface AlertOverviewAlertCardProps {
   alert: Alert;
@@ -52,9 +53,34 @@ export function AlertOverviewAlertCard(props: AlertOverviewAlertCardProps) {
       return '/docker/overview';
     if (resourceType === 'kubernetes' || resourceType.startsWith('k8s-'))
       return '/kubernetes/overview';
+    if (resourceType.startsWith('vmware-') || props.alert.message?.toLowerCase().includes('vmware'))
+      return '/vmware/overview';
     return '/proxmox/overview';
   };
 
+  const platformTypeForPolicy = (): string | undefined => {
+    const metadataPlatform = props.alert.metadata?.platformType;
+    if (typeof metadataPlatform === 'string' && metadataPlatform.trim()) return metadataPlatform;
+    const link = resourceLink();
+    if (link.startsWith('/proxmox')) return 'proxmox';
+    if (link.startsWith('/docker')) return 'docker';
+    if (link.startsWith('/kubernetes')) return 'kubernetes';
+    if (link.startsWith('/vmware')) return 'vmware';
+    if (link.startsWith('/machines')) return 'agent';
+    return undefined;
+  };
+
+  const resourceTypeForPolicy = (): string | undefined => {
+    const metadataType = props.alert.metadata?.resourceType;
+    if (typeof metadataType === 'string' && metadataType.trim()) return metadataType;
+    const resourceId = (props.alert.resourceId || '').toLowerCase();
+    if (resourceId.startsWith('agent:')) return 'agent';
+    if (resourceId.includes('docker')) return 'app-container';
+    if (resourceId.includes('k8s') || resourceId.includes('kubernetes')) return 'pod';
+    if (resourceLink() === '/proxmox/overview') return 'vm';
+    return undefined;
+  };
+
   return (
     <div id={`alert-${alertKey()}`} class={alertCardPresentation().cardClassName}>
       <div class="flex flex-col sm:flex-row sm:items-start">
@@ -155,6 +181,14 @@ export function AlertOverviewAlertCard(props: AlertOverviewAlertCardProps) {
               props.timelineState.expandedIncidents().has(alertKey()),
             )}
           </button>
+          <Show when={(props.alert.resourceId || '').trim()}>
+            <ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction
+              resourceId={props.alert.resourceId}
+              resourceName={props.alert.resourceName || props.alert.resourceId}
+              resourceType={resourceTypeForPolicy()}
+              platformType={platformTypeForPolicy()}
+            />
+          </Show>
           <InvestigateAlertButton
             alert={props.alert}
             resourceType={
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b92c2b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import { For, createSignal } from 'solid-js';
+
+import {
+  type ResourceLifecycleState,
+  type ResourceMonitoringMode,
+  type ResourceOperatorStateInput,
+  getResourceOperatorState,
+  setResourceOperatorState,
+} from '@/api/resourceOperatorState';
+import { notificationStore } from '@/stores/notifications';
+import { describeResourceInventoryOwnership } from '@/utils/resourceMonitoringPolicy';
+
+interface ResourceMonitoringPolicyActionProps {
+  resourceId: string;
+  resourceName: string;
+  resourceType?: string;
+  platformType?: string;
+}
+
+interface PolicyChoice {
+  label: string;
+  description: string;
+  monitoringMode?: ResourceMonitoringMode;
+  lifecycleState?: ResourceLifecycleState;
+}
+
+export function ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction(props: ResourceMonitoringPolicyActionProps) {
+  const [saving, setSaving] = createSignal(false);
+  let detailsRef: HTMLDetailsElement | undefined;
+  const ownership = () =>
+    describeResourceInventoryOwnership(props.resourceType, props.platformType);
+  const choices = (): PolicyChoice[] => [
+    {
+      label: 'Normal monitoring',
+      description: 'Resume all Alerts and Patrol attention.',
+      monitoringMode: 'normal',
+      lifecycleState: 'active',
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'Expected offline',
+      description: 'Hide availability noise but keep other monitoring active.',
+      monitoringMode: 'expected_offline',
+      lifecycleState: 'active',
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'Mute all attention',
+      description: 'Stop Alerts and Patrol while keeping the resource visible.',
+      monitoringMode: 'muted',
+      lifecycleState: 'active',
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'Retire from monitoring',
+      description: `${ownership().ownerLabel} keeps the inventory record. Pulse stops attention and automation.`,
+      lifecycleState: 'retired',
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const applyChoice = async (choice: PolicyChoice) => {
+    if (saving()) return;
+    setSaving(true);
+    try {
+      const current = await getResourceOperatorState(props.resourceId);
+      const monitoringMode =
+        choice.monitoringMode ??
+        current?.monitoringMode ??
+        (current?.intentionallyOffline ? 'expected_offline' : 'normal');
+      const lifecycleState = choice.lifecycleState ?? current?.lifecycleState ?? 'active';
+      const input: ResourceOperatorStateInput = {
+        monitoringMode,
+        lifecycleState,
+        intentionallyOffline: monitoringMode === 'expected_offline',
+        neverAutoRemediate: current?.neverAutoRemediate ?? false,
+        autoRemediationPolicy: current?.autoRemediationPolicy ?? {
+          enabled: false,
+          capabilityNames: [],
+        },
+        maintenanceStartAt: current?.maintenanceStartAt,
+        maintenanceEndAt: current?.maintenanceEndAt,
+        maintenanceReason: current?.maintenanceReason,
+        criticality: current?.criticality ?? '',
+        note: current?.note,
+      };
+      await setResourceOperatorState(props.resourceId, input);
+      if (detailsRef) detailsRef.open = false;
+      notificationStore.success(`${choice.label} saved for ${props.resourceName}`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      notificationStore.error(
+        error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Failed to update resource monitoring',
+      );
+    } finally {
+      setSaving(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <details ref={detailsRef} class="relative" onClick={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}>
+      <summary class="inline-flex min-h-9 cursor-pointer list-none items-center rounded-md border border-border bg-surface px-2.5 py-1 text-xs font-medium text-base-content transition-colors hover:bg-surface-hover">
+        {saving() ? 'Saving…' : 'Monitoring'}
+      </summary>
+      <div class="absolute right-0 z-30 mt-1 w-72 rounded-md border border-border bg-surface p-1.5 shadow-lg">
+        <p class="px-2 pb-1.5 text-[11px] text-muted">
+          This changes Pulse policy only. {ownership().ownerLabel} remains the inventory owner.
+        </p>
+        <For each={choices()}>
+          {(choice) => (
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              disabled={saving()}
+              class="block w-full rounded px-2 py-2 text-left hover:bg-surface-hover disabled:opacity-50"
+              onClick={() => void applyChoice(choice)}
+            >
+              <span class="block text-xs font-medium text-base-content">{choice.label}</span>
+              <span class="mt-0.5 block text-[11px] leading-tight text-muted">
+                {choice.description}
+              </span>
+            </button>
+          )}
+        </For>
+      </div>
+    </details>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/__tests__/OverviewTab.total24h.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/__tests__/OverviewTab.total24h.test.tsx
index f0b19d452..5687d4c07 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/__tests__/OverviewTab.total24h.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/__tests__/OverviewTab.total24h.test.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ describe('OverviewTab Last 24 Hours stat', () => {
       .closest('tr')
       ?.querySelector('[data-testid="alert-overview-stat-value"]');
     expect(statValue?.textContent).toBe('1');
+    expect(screen.getAllByText('Monitoring')).toHaveLength(2);
   });
 
   it('shows 0 when all alerts are older than 24 hours', () => {
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/__tests__/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/__tests__/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a67fee7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/alerts/__tests__/ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@solidjs/testing-library';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+const operatorStateMock = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  get: vi.fn(),
+  set: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/api/resourceOperatorState', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('@/api/resourceOperatorState')>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    getResourceOperatorState: operatorStateMock.get,
+    setResourceOperatorState: operatorStateMock.set,
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/notifications', () => ({
+  notificationStore: { success: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn() },
+}));
+
+import { ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction } from '../ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction';
+
+describe('ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('persists expected-offline policy through the canonical resource state API', async () => {
+    operatorStateMock.get.mockResolvedValue(null);
+    operatorStateMock.set.mockResolvedValue({});
+    render(() => (
+      <ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction
+        resourceId="vm:101"
+        resourceName="legacy-lxc"
+        resourceType="system-container"
+      />
+    ));
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Monitoring'));
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Proxmox remains the inventory owner/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Expected offline'));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(operatorStateMock.set).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'vm:101',
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          monitoringMode: 'expected_offline',
+          lifecycleState: 'active',
+          intentionallyOffline: true,
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('retires provider inventory without changing its previous monitoring mode', async () => {
+    operatorStateMock.get.mockResolvedValue({
+      canonicalId: 'vm:101',
+      monitoringMode: 'expected_offline',
+      lifecycleState: 'active',
+      intentionallyOffline: true,
+      neverAutoRemediate: false,
+      autoRemediationPolicy: { enabled: false, capabilityNames: [] },
+      setAt: '2026-08-11T09:00:00Z',
+    });
+    operatorStateMock.set.mockResolvedValue({});
+    render(() => (
+      <ResourceMonitoringPolicyAction
+        resourceId="vm:101"
+        resourceName="legacy-lxc"
+        resourceType="system-container"
+      />
+    ));
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Monitoring'));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Retire from monitoring'));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(operatorStateMock.set).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'vm:101',
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          monitoringMode: 'expected_offline',
+          lifecycleState: 'retired',
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/utils/resourceMonitoringPolicy.ts b/frontend-modern/src/utils/resourceMonitoringPolicy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55f6557be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/utils/resourceMonitoringPolicy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+export interface ResourceInventoryOwnership {
+  ownerLabel: string;
+  providerOwned: boolean;
+  retirementDescription: string;
+}
+
+export function describeResourceInventoryOwnership(
+  resourceType?: string,
+  platformType?: string,
+): ResourceInventoryOwnership {
+  const type = (resourceType || '').toLowerCase();
+  const platform = (platformType || '').toLowerCase();
+
+  if (
+    platform === 'proxmox' ||
+    ['vm', 'system-container', 'oci-container', 'pbs', 'pmg'].includes(type)
+  ) {
+    return {
+      ownerLabel: 'Proxmox',
+      providerOwned: true,
+      retirementDescription:
+        'Proxmox owns this inventory record. Retiring it stops Pulse attention and automation without deleting it from Proxmox. Restore active monitoring here at any time.',
+    };
+  }
+  if (platform === 'kubernetes' || type.startsWith('k8s-') || type === 'pod') {
+    return {
+      ownerLabel: 'Kubernetes',
+      providerOwned: true,
+      retirementDescription:
+        'Kubernetes owns this object. Retiring it stops Pulse attention and automation without deleting the object from the cluster.',
+    };
+  }
+  if (platform === 'vmware') {
+    return {
+      ownerLabel: 'VMware vSphere',
+      providerOwned: true,
+      retirementDescription:
+        'vSphere owns this inventory record. Retiring it changes Pulse monitoring only and does not delete anything from vCenter.',
+    };
+  }
+  if (platform === 'docker' || type.startsWith('docker-') || type === 'app-container') {
+    return {
+      ownerLabel: 'container runtime',
+      providerOwned: true,
+      retirementDescription:
+        'The container runtime owns this inventory record. Retiring it changes Pulse monitoring only and does not remove the runtime object.',
+    };
+  }
+  if (type === 'agent' || platform === 'agent') {
+    return {
+      ownerLabel: 'Pulse agent',
+      providerOwned: false,
+      retirementDescription:
+        'Retiring this machine stops Pulse attention and automation while keeping its history. Agent removal remains available from Machines.',
+    };
+  }
+  return {
+    ownerLabel: 'source system',
+    providerOwned: true,
+    retirementDescription:
+      'The source system owns this inventory record. Retiring it changes Pulse monitoring only and preserves the resource history.',
+  };
+}
diff --git a/internal/actionlifecycle/service.go b/internal/actionlifecycle/service.go
index 301e52c19..6a7bf27bc 100644
--- a/internal/actionlifecycle/service.go
+++ b/internal/actionlifecycle/service.go
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ func boundedActionAvailabilityText(value string, maxRunes int) string {
 }
 
 // validateExecutionPolicy enforces operator-set per-resource policy at the
-// dispatch decision point, currently the NeverAutoRemediate lock.
+// dispatch decision point, including explicit locks and retired lifecycle.
 func validateExecutionPolicy(store Store, record unified.ActionAuditRecord) error {
 	if store == nil {
 		return errors.New("action audit store unavailable")
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ func validateExecutionPolicy(store Store, record unified.ActionAuditRecord) erro
 	if err != nil || !found {
 		return err
 	}
-	if state.NeverAutoRemediate {
+	if state.BlocksRemediation() {
 		return unified.ErrResourceRemediationLocked
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/actionlifecycle/service_test.go b/internal/actionlifecycle/service_test.go
index 9016faf24..ecfec008d 100644
--- a/internal/actionlifecycle/service_test.go
+++ b/internal/actionlifecycle/service_test.go
@@ -1414,6 +1414,33 @@ func TestExecuteRefusesRemediationLockedResource(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestExecuteRefusesRetiredResourceWithoutDispatch(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	env := newServiceEnv(t, testResource(now, unified.ApprovalNone))
+
+	plan, err := env.service.Plan(context.Background(), "default", restartRequest(), testActionActor("requester", "default"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Plan: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := env.store.SetResourceOperatorState(unified.ResourceOperatorState{
+		CanonicalID:    "vm:42",
+		LifecycleState: unified.LifecycleStateRetired,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetResourceOperatorState: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	failed, err := env.service.Execute(context.Background(), "default", plan.ActionID, testActionActor("agent:test", "default"), "")
+	if !errors.Is(err, unified.ErrResourceRemediationLocked) {
+		t.Fatalf("error = %v, want ErrResourceRemediationLocked", err)
+	}
+	if env.executor.calls != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("executor must not run for retired resources, calls = %d", env.executor.calls)
+	}
+	if failed.State != unified.ActionStateFailed {
+		t.Fatalf("retirement refusal must persist a failed audit, state = %q", failed.State)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestExecuteRefusesDriftedPlan(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now().UTC()
 	env := newServiceEnv(t, testResource(now, unified.ApprovalNone))
diff --git a/internal/agentcapabilities/manifest.go b/internal/agentcapabilities/manifest.go
index 0fe84378a..60528af29 100644
--- a/internal/agentcapabilities/manifest.go
+++ b/internal/agentcapabilities/manifest.go
@@ -115,7 +115,15 @@ func resourceCapabilitiesOutputSchema() json.RawMessage {
 
 func operatorStateOutputSchema() json.RawMessage {
 	return agentObjectOutputSchema([]string{"canonicalId", "intentionallyOffline", "neverAutoRemediate", "setAt"}, map[string]any{
-		"canonicalId":             stringOption("Canonical Pulse resource id."),
+		"canonicalId": stringOption("Canonical Pulse resource id."),
+		"monitoringMode": map[string]any{
+			"type": "string", "enum": []string{"normal", "expected_offline", "muted"},
+			"description": "Canonical per-resource monitoring posture.",
+		},
+		"lifecycleState": map[string]any{
+			"type": "string", "enum": []string{"active", "retired"},
+			"description": "Whether the resource remains operationally active in Pulse.",
+		},
 		"intentionallyOffline":    booleanOption("Whether this resource is expected to be offline."),
 		"neverAutoRemediate":      booleanOption("Whether automated remediation must be refused for this resource."),
 		"maintenanceStartAt":      dateTimeOption("Maintenance window start time when set."),
@@ -277,6 +285,14 @@ func updateNodeInputSchema() json.RawMessage {
 func operatorStateInputSchema() json.RawMessage {
 	schema := agentObjectInputSchemaMap([]string{ResourceIDArgumentName, "intentionallyOffline", "neverAutoRemediate"}, map[string]any{
 		ResourceIDArgumentName: stringOption("Canonical resource id from get_fleet_context or get_resource_context. This path value wins over any body id."),
+		"monitoringMode": map[string]any{
+			"type": "string", "enum": []string{"normal", "expected_offline", "muted"},
+			"description": "Canonical monitoring posture. When supplied, this takes precedence over the intentionallyOffline compatibility field.",
+		},
+		"lifecycleState": map[string]any{
+			"type": "string", "enum": []string{"active", "retired"},
+			"description": "Retired resources stay in provider inventory but leave alert attention and automated remediation.",
+		},
 		"intentionallyOffline": map[string]any{
 			"type":        "boolean",
 			"description": "Whether the resource is expected to be offline. This suppresses offline findings for this resource.",
@@ -917,7 +933,7 @@ var canonicalManifest = Manifest{
 		{
 			Name:           GetOperatorStateCapabilityName,
 			Title:          "Get operator state",
-			Description:    "Read the operator-set state for a resource (intentionally offline, never auto-remediate, maintenance window, criticality).",
+			Description:    "Read the operator-set monitoring mode, lifecycle state, remediation lock, maintenance window, and criticality for a resource.",
 			Category:       "operator-state",
 			Method:         http.MethodGet,
 			Path:           OperatorStateCapabilityPath,
diff --git a/internal/agentcapabilities/manifest_test.go b/internal/agentcapabilities/manifest_test.go
index a2dc7a5cc..9d2d6f284 100644
--- a/internal/agentcapabilities/manifest_test.go
+++ b/internal/agentcapabilities/manifest_test.go
@@ -134,6 +134,29 @@ func TestCanonicalManifestUsesSharedOperatorStateVocabulary(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("%s path = %q, want %q", name, cap.Path, OperatorStateCapabilityPath)
 		}
 	}
+
+	setCapability, _ := FindCapability(manifest.Capabilities, SetOperatorStateCapabilityName)
+	var inputSchema map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(ToolInputSchema(setCapability), &inputSchema); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	inputProperties, _ := inputSchema["properties"].(map[string]any)
+	for _, field := range []string{"monitoringMode", "lifecycleState"} {
+		if _, ok := inputProperties[field]; !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("set_operator_state input schema missing %q: %v", field, inputProperties)
+		}
+	}
+	getCapability, _ := FindCapability(manifest.Capabilities, GetOperatorStateCapabilityName)
+	var outputSchema map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(getCapability.OutputSchema, &outputSchema); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	outputProperties, _ := outputSchema["properties"].(map[string]any)
+	for _, field := range []string{"monitoringMode", "lifecycleState"} {
+		if _, ok := outputProperties[field]; !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("get_operator_state output schema missing %q: %v", field, outputProperties)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestCanonicalManifestUsesSharedFindingVocabulary(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/agentcapabilities/markdown_test.go b/internal/agentcapabilities/markdown_test.go
index c29226e59..2c2d31968 100644
--- a/internal/agentcapabilities/markdown_test.go
+++ b/internal/agentcapabilities/markdown_test.go
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ func TestMCPSurfaceContractMarkdownFallsBackForLegacyManifest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMCPToolInventoryDescribesCanonicalResourcePolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	got := MCPToolCapabilityInventoryMarkdown(CanonicalManifest())
+	if !strings.Contains(got, "monitoring mode, lifecycle state, remediation lock") {
+		t.Fatalf("operator-state inventory omits canonical policy vocabulary:\n%s", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMCPToolCapabilityInventoryMarkdownProjectsManifestTools(t *testing.T) {
 	got := MCPToolCapabilityInventoryMarkdown(Manifest{
 		SurfaceContract: CanonicalManifest().SurfaceContract,
diff --git a/internal/agentcontext/resource_context_sections.go b/internal/agentcontext/resource_context_sections.go
index bd0f0e71f..2d3e028be 100644
--- a/internal/agentcontext/resource_context_sections.go
+++ b/internal/agentcontext/resource_context_sections.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ type Section struct {
 // stays independent of HTTP and storage owners.
 type OperatorState struct {
 	IntentionallyOffline    bool
+	MonitoringMode          string
+	LifecycleState          string
 	NeverAutoRemediate      bool
 	MaintenanceWindowActive bool
 	MaintenanceStartAt      *time.Time
@@ -638,9 +640,14 @@ func formatAgentRelationshipFact(rel unified.ResourceRelationship, policy *unifi
 
 func formatOperatorStateFact(state OperatorState) string {
 	parts := []string{}
-	if state.IntentionallyOffline {
+	if state.MonitoringMode != "" {
+		parts = append(parts, "monitoring="+state.MonitoringMode)
+	} else if state.IntentionallyOffline {
 		parts = append(parts, "intentionally offline")
 	}
+	if state.LifecycleState != "" {
+		parts = append(parts, "lifecycle="+state.LifecycleState)
+	}
 	if state.NeverAutoRemediate {
 		parts = append(parts, "never auto-remediate")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/agentcontext/resource_context_sections_test.go b/internal/agentcontext/resource_context_sections_test.go
index 2593f6738..c884c9759 100644
--- a/internal/agentcontext/resource_context_sections_test.go
+++ b/internal/agentcontext/resource_context_sections_test.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestBuildResourceContextSectionsAppliesRedactionTrustAndFreshness(t *testin
 
 	sections := BuildResourceContextSections(resource, nil, BuildOptions{
 		GeneratedAt:          now,
-		OperatorState:        &OperatorState{IntentionallyOffline: true, NeverAutoRemediate: true, Criticality: "high", NotePresent: true, SetAt: operatorSetAt},
+		OperatorState:        &OperatorState{MonitoringMode: "muted", LifecycleState: "retired", NeverAutoRemediate: true, Criticality: "high", NotePresent: true, SetAt: operatorSetAt},
 		ActiveFindingCount:   2,
 		PendingApprovalCount: 1,
 		RecentActionCount:    3,
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func TestBuildResourceContextSectionsAppliesRedactionTrustAndFreshness(t *testin
 	if operatorState.ObservedAt == nil || !operatorState.ObservedAt.Equal(operatorSetAt) {
 		t.Fatalf("operator state observedAt = %v, want %v", operatorState.ObservedAt, operatorSetAt)
 	}
-	for _, want := range []string{"intentionally offline", "never auto-remediate", "criticality=high", "note present"} {
+	for _, want := range []string{"monitoring=muted", "lifecycle=retired", "never auto-remediate", "criticality=high", "note present"} {
 		if !strings.Contains(operatorState.Value, want) {
 			t.Fatalf("operator state value = %q, want %q", operatorState.Value, want)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/ai/findings.go b/internal/ai/findings.go
index 7852ce1f1..b8aef36fa 100644
--- a/internal/ai/findings.go
+++ b/internal/ai/findings.go
@@ -822,6 +822,8 @@ type ResourceOperatorStateMaintenanceWindow struct {
 type ResourceOperatorStateProjection struct {
 	MaintenanceWindow    *ResourceOperatorStateMaintenanceWindow
 	IntentionallyOffline bool
+	MonitoringMode       string
+	LifecycleState       string
 	// NeverAutoRemediate is the operator's "do not act on this
 	// resource" flag. The findings store does not consume it during
 	// suppression (that's the action broker's concern), but the
@@ -833,6 +835,26 @@ type ResourceOperatorStateProjection struct {
 	Criticality        string
 }
 
+func (p ResourceOperatorStateProjection) monitoringSuppressionCause() string {
+	if strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(p.LifecycleState), "retired") {
+		return "resource_retired"
+	}
+	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(p.MonitoringMode)) {
+	case "muted":
+		return "monitoring_muted"
+	case "expected_offline":
+		return "expected_offline"
+	}
+	if p.IntentionallyOffline {
+		return "intentionally_offline"
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (p ResourceOperatorStateProjection) suppressesFindings() bool {
+	return p.MaintenanceWindow != nil || p.monitoringSuppressionCause() != ""
+}
+
 // ResourceOperatorStateProvider is the narrow interface the findings
 // store consumes for per-resource operator intent. Implementations
 // adapt the unified-resources `ResourceOperatorState` shape into the
@@ -1789,8 +1811,7 @@ func (s *FindingsStore) Add(f *Finding) bool {
 			if !willFixReminderDue && existing.DismissedReason == "expected_behavior" && !existing.Suppressed {
 				if cause := findOperatorStateDismissCause(existing); cause != "" {
 					if operatorStateProviderPresent {
-						currentlySuppressing := operatorProjectionOK &&
-							(operatorProjection.MaintenanceWindow != nil || operatorProjection.IntentionallyOffline)
+						currentlySuppressing := operatorProjectionOK && operatorProjection.suppressesFindings()
 						operatorStateLifted = !currentlySuppressing
 					} else {
 						// No provider currently wired but the finding was
@@ -1992,18 +2013,18 @@ func (s *FindingsStore) Add(f *Finding) bool {
 					"maintenance_end_at":   window.EndAt.Format(time.RFC3339),
 				})
 				s.syncLoopStateLocked(f)
-			case projection.IntentionallyOffline:
-				// Operator has marked this resource as expected-to-be-offline,
-				// so any finding raised against it is by definition expected
-				// noise. Auto-dismiss with a clear note so the operator
-				// understands why future findings stayed quiet without
-				// expanding each row.
+			case projection.monitoringSuppressionCause() != "":
+				cause := projection.monitoringSuppressionCause()
 				f.DismissedReason = "expected_behavior"
 				f.AcknowledgedAt = &now
-				f.UserNote = "Resource is marked intentionally offline by the operator. Clear the flag on the resource detail surface to resume notifications."
-				s.appendLifecycleLocked(f, "dismissed", "Auto-acknowledged: resource is intentionally offline", f.LoopState, string(FindingLoopStateDismissed), map[string]string{
+				if cause == "intentionally_offline" {
+					f.UserNote = "Resource is marked intentionally offline by the operator. Clear the flag on the resource detail surface to resume notifications."
+				} else {
+					f.UserNote = "Resource monitoring policy suppresses Patrol attention. Return monitoring and lifecycle to active defaults on the resource detail surface to resume findings."
+				}
+				s.appendLifecycleLocked(f, "dismissed", "Auto-acknowledged: resource monitoring policy suppresses attention", f.LoopState, string(FindingLoopStateDismissed), map[string]string{
 					"reason":               "expected_behavior",
-					"operator_state_cause": "intentionally_offline",
+					"operator_state_cause": cause,
 				})
 				s.syncLoopStateLocked(f)
 			}
diff --git a/internal/ai/findings_test.go b/internal/ai/findings_test.go
index 8e42ff640..7a296cd4a 100644
--- a/internal/ai/findings_test.go
+++ b/internal/ai/findings_test.go
@@ -2246,6 +2246,8 @@ func TestFindingsStore_OperatorStateProjectionFor_ProxiesProvider(t *testing.T)
 	store := NewFindingsStore()
 	expected := ResourceOperatorStateProjection{
 		IntentionallyOffline: true,
+		MonitoringMode:       "muted",
+		LifecycleState:       "retired",
 		NeverAutoRemediate:   true,
 		Criticality:          "high",
 	}
@@ -2262,6 +2264,9 @@ func TestFindingsStore_OperatorStateProjectionFor_ProxiesProvider(t *testing.T)
 	if got.IntentionallyOffline != expected.IntentionallyOffline {
 		t.Errorf("IntentionallyOffline must round-trip; got %v want %v", got.IntentionallyOffline, expected.IntentionallyOffline)
 	}
+	if got.MonitoringMode != expected.MonitoringMode || got.LifecycleState != expected.LifecycleState {
+		t.Errorf("canonical monitoring projection = (%q, %q), want (%q, %q)", got.MonitoringMode, got.LifecycleState, expected.MonitoringMode, expected.LifecycleState)
+	}
 	if got.NeverAutoRemediate != expected.NeverAutoRemediate {
 		t.Errorf("NeverAutoRemediate must round-trip — investigation runtime reads this projection too; got %v want %v", got.NeverAutoRemediate, expected.NeverAutoRemediate)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/ai/tools/action_audit.go b/internal/ai/tools/action_audit.go
index f04c41d10..06b5920a8 100644
--- a/internal/ai/tools/action_audit.go
+++ b/internal/ai/tools/action_audit.go
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ func (e *PulseToolExecutor) isResourceRemediationLocked(resourceID string) (bool
 	if !found {
 		return false, nil
 	}
-	return state.NeverAutoRemediate, nil
+	return state.BlocksRemediation(), nil
 }
 
 // checkRemediationLockForDispatch applies the operator NeverAutoRemediate
diff --git a/internal/alerts/alert_store.go b/internal/alerts/alert_store.go
index bc3a93e65..fa172d10c 100644
--- a/internal/alerts/alert_store.go
+++ b/internal/alerts/alert_store.go
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ func (m *Manager) setActiveAlertNoLock(storageKey string, alert *Alert) {
 		return
 	}
 	backfillCanonicalIdentity(alert)
+	if suppressed, _ := m.operatorSuppressionForAlertNoLock(alert, time.Now().UTC()); suppressed {
+		return
+	}
 	ensureOperationalContract(alert, time.Now())
 	requestedKey := storageKey
 	storageKey = activeAlertStorageKey(alert, storageKey)
diff --git a/internal/alerts/intent_policy.go b/internal/alerts/intent_policy.go
index 6264313d2..8e6bc3c55 100644
--- a/internal/alerts/intent_policy.go
+++ b/internal/alerts/intent_policy.go
@@ -11,11 +11,34 @@ var ErrAlertIntentPolicyRevisionConflict = errors.New("alert_intent_policy_revis
 
 type OperatorIntentContext struct {
 	IntentionallyOffline bool       `json:"intentionallyOffline"`
+	MonitoringMode       string     `json:"monitoringMode"`
+	LifecycleState       string     `json:"lifecycleState"`
 	MaintenanceStartAt   *time.Time `json:"maintenanceStartAt,omitempty"`
 	MaintenanceEndAt     *time.Time `json:"maintenanceEndAt,omitempty"`
 	MaintenanceReason    string     `json:"maintenanceReason,omitempty"`
 }
 
+func (c OperatorIntentContext) suppressionForSignal(signal string) (bool, string) {
+	mode := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(c.MonitoringMode))
+	if mode == "" && c.IntentionallyOffline {
+		mode = "expected_offline"
+	}
+	lifecycle := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(c.LifecycleState))
+	if lifecycle == "retired" {
+		return true, "operator_retired"
+	}
+	if mode == "muted" {
+		return true, "operator_muted"
+	}
+	if mode == "expected_offline" {
+		switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(signal)) {
+		case string(AlertIntentSignalOffline), string(AlertIntentSignalAvailability):
+			return true, "operator_expected_offline"
+		}
+	}
+	return false, ""
+}
+
 func (c OperatorIntentContext) MaintenanceActiveAt(now time.Time) bool {
 	return c.MaintenanceStartAt != nil && c.MaintenanceEndAt != nil &&
 		!now.Before(*c.MaintenanceStartAt) && now.Before(*c.MaintenanceEndAt)
@@ -174,7 +197,10 @@ func (m *Manager) resolveEffectiveIntentPolicyNoLock(resourceID, resourceType, s
 	resourceID = strings.TrimSpace(resourceID)
 	resourceType = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(resourceType))
 	signal = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(signal))
-	effective := EffectiveAlertIntentPolicy{Sources: make(map[string]string)}
+	effective := EffectiveAlertIntentPolicy{
+		HonorOperatorState: true,
+		Sources:            make(map[string]string),
+	}
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(signal, "metric.") {
 		metric := strings.TrimPrefix(signal, "metric.")
@@ -245,7 +271,7 @@ func (m *Manager) resolveEffectiveIntentPolicyNoLock(resourceID, resourceType, s
 
 func (m *Manager) ResolveEffectiveIntentPolicy(resourceID, resourceType, signal string) EffectiveAlertIntentPolicy {
 	if m == nil {
-		return EffectiveAlertIntentPolicy{Sources: map[string]string{"graceSeconds": "factory", "honorOperatorState": "factory"}}
+		return EffectiveAlertIntentPolicy{HonorOperatorState: true, Sources: map[string]string{"graceSeconds": "factory", "honorOperatorState": "factory"}}
 	}
 	m.mu.RLock()
 	effective := m.resolveEffectiveIntentPolicyNoLock(resourceID, resourceType, signal)
@@ -309,13 +335,6 @@ func (m *Manager) evaluateIntentNoLock(resourceID, resourceType, signal, trackin
 		decision.Reason = "condition_clear"
 		return decision
 	}
-	if !effective.Explicit {
-		if m.clearIntentPendingNoLock(trackingKey) {
-			decision.StateChanged = true
-		}
-		decision.ShouldActivate = true
-		return decision
-	}
 	observedAt := m.policyNow().UTC()
 	tick := m.intentTickNoLock()
 	state, exists := m.intentPending[trackingKey]
@@ -357,15 +376,22 @@ func (m *Manager) evaluateIntentNoLock(resourceID, resourceType, signal, trackin
 				}
 				return decision
 			}
-			if signal == string(AlertIntentSignalOffline) && operator.IntentionallyOffline {
+			if suppressed, reason := operator.suppressionForSignal(signal); suppressed {
 				m.intentPending[trackingKey] = state
 				decision.Pending = true
 				decision.Suppressed = true
-				decision.Reason = "operator_intentionally_offline"
+				decision.Reason = reason
 				return decision
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if !effective.Explicit {
+		if m.clearIntentPendingNoLock(trackingKey) {
+			decision.StateChanged = true
+		}
+		decision.ShouldActivate = true
+		return decision
+	}
 
 	eligibleElapsed := time.Duration(effective.GraceSeconds) * time.Second
 	if effective.BackupOffline != nil && effective.BackupOffline.Enabled && signal == string(AlertIntentSignalOffline) {
@@ -521,7 +547,8 @@ func (m *Manager) PreviewIntentPolicy(request AlertIntentPolicyPreviewRequest) (
 		preview.Contexts = append(preview.Contexts, ctx)
 	}
 	if operatorFound {
-		active := operator.IntentionallyOffline || operator.MaintenanceActiveAt(now)
+		suppressed, _ := operator.suppressionForSignal(request.Signal)
+		active := suppressed || operator.MaintenanceActiveAt(now)
 		ctx := AlertIntentPolicyPreviewContext{Kind: "operator_state", Active: active, Evidence: operator.MaintenanceReason}
 		if operator.MaintenanceEndAt != nil {
 			expiresAt := operator.MaintenanceEndAt.UTC()
diff --git a/internal/alerts/intent_policy_test.go b/internal/alerts/intent_policy_test.go
index 2a97a32fc..b0567c16a 100644
--- a/internal/alerts/intent_policy_test.go
+++ b/internal/alerts/intent_policy_test.go
@@ -194,6 +194,90 @@ func TestAlertIntentPreviewHonorsOperatorStateWithoutMutatingRuntime(t *testing.
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAlertIntentHonorsCanonicalResourcePolicyWithoutExplicitRules(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestManager(t)
+	m.SetOperatorIntentContextResolver(func(resourceID string, observedAt time.Time) (OperatorIntentContext, bool) {
+		return OperatorIntentContext{MonitoringMode: "expected_offline", LifecycleState: "active"}, true
+	})
+
+	preview, err := m.PreviewIntentPolicy(AlertIntentPolicyPreviewRequest{
+		ResourceID:      "vm:101",
+		ResourceType:    "vm",
+		Signal:          string(AlertIntentSignalOffline),
+		ConditionActive: true,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("PreviewIntentPolicy() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if preview.Status != "expected_transient" || preview.Reason != "operator_expected_offline" {
+		t.Fatalf("preview = %+v", preview)
+	}
+	if preview.Effective.Explicit {
+		t.Fatal("operator policy regression test must not rely on an explicit intent rule")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCanonicalResourcePolicyGatesAllAlertWritersAndReconcilesExisting(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestManager(t)
+	mode := "normal"
+	m.SetOperatorIntentContextResolver(func(resourceID string, observedAt time.Time) (OperatorIntentContext, bool) {
+		return OperatorIntentContext{MonitoringMode: mode, LifecycleState: "active"}, true
+	})
+
+	existing := &Alert{ID: "backup-vm-101", ResourceID: "vm:101", Type: "backup-age"}
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	m.setActiveAlertNoLock(existing.ID, existing)
+	m.mu.Unlock()
+	if got := len(m.GetActiveAlerts()); got != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("active alerts before mute = %d, want 1", got)
+	}
+
+	mode = "muted"
+	if cleared := m.ReconcileResourceOperatorState("vm:101"); cleared != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("ReconcileResourceOperatorState() cleared = %d, want 1", cleared)
+	}
+
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	m.setActiveAlertNoLock(existing.ID, existing)
+	_, reactivated := m.getActiveAlertNoLock(existing.ID)
+	m.mu.Unlock()
+	if reactivated {
+		t.Fatal("muted resource alert was reactivated through a noncanonical writer")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCanonicalResourcePolicyCannotEnterQuietHoursReplay(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestManager(t)
+	m.SetOperatorIntentContextResolver(func(resourceID string, observedAt time.Time) (OperatorIntentContext, bool) {
+		return OperatorIntentContext{MonitoringMode: "muted", LifecycleState: "active"}, true
+	})
+	alert := &Alert{
+		ID:         "offline-vm-101",
+		ResourceID: "vm:101",
+		Type:       "offline",
+		Level:      AlertLevelWarning,
+		Metadata: map[string]interface{}{
+			MetadataQuietHoursSuppressed:        true,
+			MetadataQuietHoursSuppressionReason: "non-critical",
+			MetadataQuietHoursReplayAt:          time.Now().Add(time.Hour).UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
+		},
+	}
+
+	if !m.ShouldSuppressNotification(alert) {
+		t.Fatal("muted resource firing notification must be dropped, not queued for replay")
+	}
+	if hasQuietHoursNotificationReplay(alert) {
+		t.Fatal("operator suppression must clear stale quiet-hours replay metadata")
+	}
+	markQuietHoursNotificationReplay(alert, "non-critical", time.Now().Add(time.Hour))
+	if !m.ShouldSuppressResolvedNotification(alert) {
+		t.Fatal("muted resource recovery notification must stay suppressed despite replay metadata")
+	}
+	if hasQuietHoursNotificationReplay(alert) {
+		t.Fatal("operator-suppressed recovery must not remain queued for quiet-hours replay")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLifecycleAlertStartsAtFirstIntentMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	m := NewManagerWithDataDir(t.TempDir())
 	t.Cleanup(m.Stop)
diff --git a/internal/alerts/notification_policy.go b/internal/alerts/notification_policy.go
index 57ced54fa..cbfa8d19a 100644
--- a/internal/alerts/notification_policy.go
+++ b/internal/alerts/notification_policy.go
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ func (m *Manager) shouldSuppressNotification(alert *Alert) (bool, string) {
 	if alert == nil {
 		return false, ""
 	}
+	if suppressed, reason := m.operatorSuppressionForAlertNoLock(alert, time.Now().UTC()); suppressed {
+		return true, reason
+	}
 
 	if !m.isInQuietHours() {
 		return false, ""
@@ -520,6 +523,16 @@ func (m *Manager) ShouldSuppressNotification(alert *Alert) bool {
 	m.mu.RLock()
 	defer m.mu.RUnlock()
 
+	if suppressed, reason := m.operatorSuppressionForAlertNoLock(alert, time.Now().UTC()); suppressed {
+		clearQuietHoursNotificationReplay(alert)
+		log.Debug().
+			Str("alertID", alert.ID).
+			Str("type", alert.Type).
+			Str("operatorPolicy", reason).
+			Msg("Notification suppressed by resource monitoring policy")
+		return true
+	}
+
 	suppressed, reason := m.shouldSuppressNotification(alert)
 	if suppressed {
 		replayAt := m.quietHoursReplayAt()
@@ -557,6 +570,15 @@ func (m *Manager) ShouldSuppressResolvedNotification(alert *Alert) bool {
 			Msg("Recovery notification suppressed for acknowledged alert")
 		return true
 	}
+	if suppressed, reason := m.operatorSuppressionForAlertNoLock(alert, time.Now().UTC()); suppressed {
+		clearQuietHoursNotificationReplay(alert)
+		log.Debug().
+			Str("alertID", alert.ID).
+			Str("type", alert.Type).
+			Str("operatorPolicy", reason).
+			Msg("Recovery notification suppressed by resource monitoring policy")
+		return true
+	}
 
 	quietHoursReplay := hasQuietHoursNotificationReplay(alert)
 	if alert.LastNotified == nil && !quietHoursReplay {
diff --git a/internal/alerts/resource_monitoring_policy.go b/internal/alerts/resource_monitoring_policy.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82096160b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/alerts/resource_monitoring_policy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package alerts
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// alertIntentSignalForRecord maps every alert family onto the small canonical
+// signal vocabulary consumed by per-resource monitoring policy. Unknown alert
+// families deliberately remain the default signal so expected_offline cannot
+// hide unrelated health, capacity, backup, or security problems.
+func alertIntentSignalForRecord(alert *Alert) string {
+	if alert == nil {
+		return string(AlertIntentSignalDefault)
+	}
+	if quietHoursCategoryForAlert(alert) == "offline" {
+		if strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(alert.Type), "resource-incident") {
+			return string(AlertIntentSignalAvailability)
+		}
+		return string(AlertIntentSignalOffline)
+	}
+	return string(AlertIntentSignalDefault)
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) operatorSuppressionForAlertNoLock(alert *Alert, now time.Time) (bool, string) {
+	if m == nil || alert == nil || m.operatorIntentResolver == nil {
+		return false, ""
+	}
+	resourceID := strings.TrimSpace(alert.ResourceID)
+	if resourceID == "" {
+		return false, ""
+	}
+	operator, found := m.operatorIntentResolver(resourceID, now.UTC())
+	if !found {
+		return false, ""
+	}
+	if operator.MaintenanceActiveAt(now) {
+		return true, "operator_maintenance"
+	}
+	return operator.suppressionForSignal(alertIntentSignalForRecord(alert))
+}
+
+// ReconcileResourceOperatorState immediately resolves active alerts that the
+// newly persisted resource policy suppresses. Detector writes are also gated
+// in setActiveAlertNoLock, so resolved alerts cannot reappear while the policy
+// remains active. The return value is the number of active records cleared.
+func (m *Manager) ReconcileResourceOperatorState(resourceID string) int {
+	resourceID = strings.TrimSpace(resourceID)
+	if m == nil || resourceID == "" {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	alertIDs := make([]string, 0)
+	for storageKey, alert := range m.activeAlerts {
+		if alert == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		candidate := strings.TrimSpace(alert.ResourceID)
+		if candidate == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		matches := candidate == resourceID
+		if !matches && m.resourceIntentResolver != nil {
+			if canonicalID, found := m.resourceIntentResolver(candidate); found {
+				matches = strings.TrimSpace(canonicalID) == resourceID
+			}
+		}
+		if !matches {
+			continue
+		}
+		if suppressed, _ := m.operatorSuppressionForAlertNoLock(alert, now); suppressed {
+			alertIDs = append(alertIDs, effectiveAlertID(alert, storageKey))
+		}
+	}
+	m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	cleared := 0
+	for _, alertID := range alertIDs {
+		if m.ClearAlert(alertID) {
+			cleared++
+		}
+	}
+	return cleared
+}
diff --git a/internal/api/agent_resource_context.go b/internal/api/agent_resource_context.go
index 7b5293dab..c69d680e6 100644
--- a/internal/api/agent_resource_context.go
+++ b/internal/api/agent_resource_context.go
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ type AgentFleetResourceSummary struct {
 	ResourceName            string                  `json:"resourceName"`
 	Technology              string                  `json:"technology,omitempty"`
 	IntentionallyOffline    bool                    `json:"intentionallyOffline"`
+	MonitoringMode          string                  `json:"monitoringMode"`
+	LifecycleState          string                  `json:"lifecycleState"`
 	NeverAutoRemediate      bool                    `json:"neverAutoRemediate"`
 	MaintenanceWindowActive bool                    `json:"maintenanceWindowActive"`
 	Findings                AgentFleetFindingCounts `json:"findings"`
@@ -212,6 +214,8 @@ type AgentOperationsLoopStatus struct {
 // the underlying store type's JSON tags shift.
 type AgentResourceOperatorState struct {
 	IntentionallyOffline bool       `json:"intentionallyOffline"`
+	MonitoringMode       string     `json:"monitoringMode"`
+	LifecycleState       string     `json:"lifecycleState"`
 	NeverAutoRemediate   bool       `json:"neverAutoRemediate"`
 	MaintenanceStartAt   *time.Time `json:"maintenanceStartAt,omitempty"`
 	MaintenanceEndAt     *time.Time `json:"maintenanceEndAt,omitempty"`
@@ -644,6 +648,8 @@ func agentResourceOperatorStateForContext(state *AgentResourceOperatorState) *ag
 	}
 	return &agentcontext.OperatorState{
 		IntentionallyOffline:    state.IntentionallyOffline,
+		MonitoringMode:          state.MonitoringMode,
+		LifecycleState:          state.LifecycleState,
 		NeverAutoRemediate:      state.NeverAutoRemediate,
 		MaintenanceWindowActive: state.MaintenanceWindowActive,
 		MaintenanceStartAt:      state.MaintenanceStartAt,
@@ -745,7 +751,9 @@ func (h *AgentContextHandler) HandleFleetContext(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 		}
 		if state, found, opErr := store.GetResourceOperatorState(canonical); opErr == nil && found {
 			summary.IntentionallyOffline = state.IntentionallyOffline
-			summary.NeverAutoRemediate = state.NeverAutoRemediate
+			summary.MonitoringMode = string(state.MonitoringMode)
+			summary.LifecycleState = string(state.LifecycleState)
+			summary.NeverAutoRemediate = state.BlocksRemediation()
 			summary.MaintenanceWindowActive = state.IsInMaintenanceAt(now)
 		}
 		if h.findingsProvider != nil {
@@ -1322,9 +1330,12 @@ func projectAgentResourceOperatorState(
 	state unified.ResourceOperatorState,
 	now time.Time,
 ) AgentResourceOperatorState {
+	state = unified.NormalizeResourceOperatorState(state)
 	return AgentResourceOperatorState{
 		IntentionallyOffline:    state.IntentionallyOffline,
-		NeverAutoRemediate:      state.NeverAutoRemediate,
+		MonitoringMode:          string(state.MonitoringMode),
+		LifecycleState:          string(state.LifecycleState),
+		NeverAutoRemediate:      state.BlocksRemediation(),
 		MaintenanceStartAt:      state.MaintenanceStartAt,
 		MaintenanceEndAt:        state.MaintenanceEndAt,
 		MaintenanceReason:       state.MaintenanceReason,
diff --git a/internal/api/resources.go b/internal/api/resources.go
index 6bd9a0b8c..44cfb0a4d 100644
--- a/internal/api/resources.go
+++ b/internal/api/resources.go
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ type ResourceHandlers struct {
 	actionExecutionAuthorizer actionlifecycle.ExecutionAuthorizer
 	actionRefreshPlanner      actionlifecycle.RefreshPlanner
 	discoveryReadiness        ResourceDiscoveryReadinessProvider
+	operatorStateChanged      func(orgID, resourceID string)
+}
+
+// SetOperatorStateChanged installs the runtime reconciliation hook invoked
+// after a canonical operator-state mutation commits successfully.
+func (h *ResourceHandlers) SetOperatorStateChanged(callback func(orgID, resourceID string)) {
+	h.operatorStateChanged = callback
 }
 
 // ResourceDiscoveryReadinessProvider projects service-discovery state onto a
diff --git a/internal/api/resources_operator_state.go b/internal/api/resources_operator_state.go
index 1072ce8a6..56cd69195 100644
--- a/internal/api/resources_operator_state.go
+++ b/internal/api/resources_operator_state.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 // type's evolution stays decoupled from the wire format.
 type resourceOperatorStateAPI struct {
 	CanonicalID           string                        `json:"canonicalId"`
+	MonitoringMode        string                        `json:"monitoringMode"`
+	LifecycleState        string                        `json:"lifecycleState"`
 	IntentionallyOffline  bool                          `json:"intentionallyOffline"`
 	NeverAutoRemediate    bool                          `json:"neverAutoRemediate"`
 	AutoRemediationPolicy unified.AutoRemediationPolicy `json:"autoRemediationPolicy"`
@@ -32,8 +34,11 @@ type resourceOperatorStateAPI struct {
 }
 
 func toResourceOperatorStateAPI(state unified.ResourceOperatorState) resourceOperatorStateAPI {
+	state = unified.NormalizeResourceOperatorState(state)
 	return resourceOperatorStateAPI{
 		CanonicalID:           state.CanonicalID,
+		MonitoringMode:        string(state.MonitoringMode),
+		LifecycleState:        string(state.LifecycleState),
 		IntentionallyOffline:  state.IntentionallyOffline,
 		NeverAutoRemediate:    state.NeverAutoRemediate,
 		AutoRemediationPolicy: state.AutoRemediationPolicy,
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@ func (h *ResourceHandlers) HandleResourceOperatorState(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	}
 
 	orgID := GetOrgID(r.Context())
+	resourceID = h.resolveOperatorStateCanonicalID(orgID, resourceID)
 	store, err := h.getStore(orgID)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, sanitizeErrorForClient(err, "Internal server error"), http.StatusInternalServerError)
@@ -103,6 +109,8 @@ func (h *ResourceHandlers) HandleResourceOperatorState(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 		// (operator wrote vm:101 in the URL but vm:102 in the body).
 		state := unified.ResourceOperatorState{
 			CanonicalID:           resourceID,
+			MonitoringMode:        unified.ResourceMonitoringMode(payload.MonitoringMode),
+			LifecycleState:        unified.ResourceLifecycleState(payload.LifecycleState),
 			IntentionallyOffline:  payload.IntentionallyOffline,
 			NeverAutoRemediate:    payload.NeverAutoRemediate,
 			AutoRemediationPolicy: payload.AutoRemediationPolicy,
@@ -130,6 +138,9 @@ func (h *ResourceHandlers) HandleResourceOperatorState(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 			http.Error(w, sanitizeErrorForClient(err, "Internal server error"), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			return
 		}
+		if h.operatorStateChanged != nil {
+			h.operatorStateChanged(orgID, resourceID)
+		}
 		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, toResourceOperatorStateAPI(persisted))
 
 	case http.MethodDelete:
@@ -141,6 +152,9 @@ func (h *ResourceHandlers) HandleResourceOperatorState(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 			http.Error(w, sanitizeErrorForClient(err, "Internal server error"), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			return
 		}
+		if h.operatorStateChanged != nil {
+			h.operatorStateChanged(orgID, resourceID)
+		}
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 
 	default:
@@ -148,6 +162,26 @@ func (h *ResourceHandlers) HandleResourceOperatorState(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	}
 }
 
+// resolveOperatorStateCanonicalID ensures every UI and agent entry point writes
+// one policy record even when it starts from a source-native alert ID, a
+// superseded ID, or another canonical identity alias. If the live registry
+// cannot resolve the reference, preserving the normalized input retains the
+// established API behavior for resources that are not currently inventoried.
+func (h *ResourceHandlers) resolveOperatorStateCanonicalID(orgID, resourceID string) string {
+	resourceID = unified.CanonicalResourceID(resourceID)
+	if resourceID == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	registry, err := h.buildRegistry(orgID)
+	if err != nil || registry == nil {
+		return resourceID
+	}
+	if _, canonicalID, found := registry.GetByReference(resourceID); found {
+		return canonicalID
+	}
+	return resourceID
+}
+
 // extractOperatorStateResourceID pulls the canonical resource ID out of a
 // `/api/resources/<id>/operator-state` URL path. Tolerates a trailing
 // slash on the URL (defense-in-depth — Go 1.22 ServeMux normally rejects
diff --git a/internal/api/resources_operator_state_test.go b/internal/api/resources_operator_state_test.go
index 2d7f87ca9..753a3b5c4 100644
--- a/internal/api/resources_operator_state_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/resources_operator_state_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rcourtman/pulse-go-rewrite/internal/config"
+	"github.com/rcourtman/pulse-go-rewrite/internal/models"
 	unified "github.com/rcourtman/pulse-go-rewrite/internal/unifiedresources"
 )
 
@@ -130,6 +131,90 @@ func TestHandleResourceOperatorState_PutPersistsAndGetReturns200(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestHandleResourceOperatorState_CanonicalPolicyTakesPrecedenceAndReconciles(t *testing.T) {
+	h := newOperatorStateHandlers(t)
+	var reconciledOrg, reconciledResource string
+	h.SetOperatorStateChanged(func(orgID, resourceID string) {
+		reconciledOrg, reconciledResource = orgID, resourceID
+	})
+
+	body := bytes.NewBufferString(`{
+		"monitoringMode":"muted",
+		"lifecycleState":"retired",
+		"intentionallyOffline":true,
+		"neverAutoRemediate":false
+	}`)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "/api/resources/vm:101/operator-state", body)
+	h.HandleResourceOperatorState(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("PUT status = %d body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	var got resourceOperatorStateAPI
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &got); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got.MonitoringMode != "muted" || got.LifecycleState != "retired" {
+		t.Fatalf("canonical policy response = %+v", got)
+	}
+	if got.IntentionallyOffline {
+		t.Fatal("compatibility boolean must derive from canonical monitoring mode")
+	}
+	if reconciledOrg != "default" || reconciledResource != "vm:101" {
+		t.Fatalf("reconciliation callback = (%q, %q)", reconciledOrg, reconciledResource)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleResourceOperatorState_ResolvesSourceAliasToCanonicalResource(t *testing.T) {
+	h := newOperatorStateHandlers(t)
+	now := time.Date(2026, 8, 11, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	h.SetStateProvider(resourceUnifiedSeedProvider{
+		snapshot: models.StateSnapshot{LastUpdate: now},
+		resources: []unified.Resource{{
+			ID:                     "system-container-canonical",
+			Type:                   unified.ResourceTypeSystemContainer,
+			Name:                   "dev-portal-01",
+			LastSeen:               now,
+			SupersededCanonicalIDs: []string{"mock-cluster-pve3-115"},
+		}},
+	})
+
+	var reconciledResource string
+	h.SetOperatorStateChanged(func(_, resourceID string) {
+		reconciledResource = resourceID
+	})
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "/api/resources/mock-cluster-pve3-115/operator-state", bytes.NewBufferString(`{
+		"monitoringMode":"expected_offline",
+		"lifecycleState":"active"
+	}`))
+	h.HandleResourceOperatorState(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("PUT status = %d body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	var got resourceOperatorStateAPI
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &got); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got.CanonicalID != "system-container-canonical" {
+		t.Fatalf("canonical ID = %q", got.CanonicalID)
+	}
+	if reconciledResource != "system-container-canonical" {
+		t.Fatalf("reconciled resource = %q", reconciledResource)
+	}
+	store, err := h.getStore("default")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, found, err := store.GetResourceOperatorState("mock-cluster-pve3-115"); err != nil || found {
+		t.Fatalf("source alias must not receive a duplicate record: found=%v err=%v", found, err)
+	}
+	if state, found, err := store.GetResourceOperatorState("system-container-canonical"); err != nil || !found || state.MonitoringMode != unified.MonitoringModeExpectedOffline {
+		t.Fatalf("canonical policy = %+v found=%v err=%v", state, found, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestResourceOperatorState_RecordsMaintenanceWindowLifecycleChanges(t *testing.T) {
 	h := newOperatorStateHandlers(t)
 	store, err := h.getStore("default")
diff --git a/internal/api/router.go b/internal/api/router.go
index 3d730c0c0..5d0961a1d 100644
--- a/internal/api/router.go
+++ b/internal/api/router.go
@@ -540,6 +540,34 @@ func (r *Router) setupRoutes() {
 	r.unifiedAgentHandlers.SetServerVersion(r.serverVersion)
 	r.kubernetesAgentHandlers.SetRecoveryIngestor(r.recoveryHandlers)
 	r.resourceHandlers = NewResourceHandlers(r.config)
+	r.resourceHandlers.SetOperatorStateChanged(func(_ string, resourceID string) {
+		seen := make(map[*monitoring.Monitor]struct{})
+		reconcile := func(monitor *monitoring.Monitor) {
+			if monitor == nil {
+				return
+			}
+			if _, duplicate := seen[monitor]; duplicate {
+				return
+			}
+			seen[monitor] = struct{}{}
+			if reconciler, ok := any(monitor.GetAlertManager()).(interface {
+				ReconcileResourceOperatorState(string) int
+			}); ok {
+				reconciler.ReconcileResourceOperatorState(resourceID)
+				monitor.SyncAlertState()
+			}
+		}
+
+		if r.mtMonitor != nil {
+			// The store mutation is already tenant scoped. Each live monitor's
+			// resolver reads its own tenant store, so visiting every live monitor
+			// cannot apply another tenant's policy. It does avoid selecting a newly
+			// initialized, empty tenant monitor while alerts still live on the
+			// legacy/default runtime during startup and development transitions.
+			r.mtMonitor.ForEachMonitor(reconcile)
+		}
+		reconcile(r.monitor)
+	})
 	actionOrgChecker := NewAuthorizationChecker(NewMultiTenantOrganizationLoader(r.multiTenant))
 	actionAuth := actionAuthority{authorizer: r.authorizer, orgChecker: actionOrgChecker}
 	r.resourceHandlers.SetActionAuthorizers(actionAuth, actionAuth)
@@ -2466,9 +2494,14 @@ func (r *Router) startPatrolForContext(ctx context.Context, orgID string) bool {
 						}
 						projection := ai.ResourceOperatorStateProjection{
 							IntentionallyOffline: state.IntentionallyOffline,
+							MonitoringMode:       string(state.MonitoringMode),
+							LifecycleState:       string(state.LifecycleState),
 							NeverAutoRemediate:   state.NeverAutoRemediate,
 							Criticality:          string(state.Criticality),
 						}
+						if state.LifecycleState == unifiedresources.LifecycleStateRetired {
+							projection.NeverAutoRemediate = true
+						}
 						if state.IsInMaintenanceAt(now) {
 							projection.MaintenanceWindow = &ai.ResourceOperatorStateMaintenanceWindow{
 								StartAt: *state.MaintenanceStartAt,
diff --git a/internal/monitoring/monitor_alert_intent.go b/internal/monitoring/monitor_alert_intent.go
index 020ed1a4b..dab9b7429 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/monitor_alert_intent.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/monitor_alert_intent.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ func (m *Monitor) installOperatorIntentResolver(store ResourceStoreInterface) {
 		}
 		return alerts.OperatorIntentContext{
 			IntentionallyOffline: state.IntentionallyOffline,
+			MonitoringMode:       string(state.MonitoringMode),
+			LifecycleState:       string(state.LifecycleState),
 			MaintenanceStartAt:   state.MaintenanceStartAt,
 			MaintenanceEndAt:     state.MaintenanceEndAt,
 			MaintenanceReason:    state.MaintenanceReason,
diff --git a/internal/monitoring/monitor_alert_intent_test.go b/internal/monitoring/monitor_alert_intent_test.go
index 080f233e2..f14395bb4 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/monitor_alert_intent_test.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/monitor_alert_intent_test.go
@@ -4,10 +4,41 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/rcourtman/pulse-go-rewrite/internal/alerts"
 	"github.com/rcourtman/pulse-go-rewrite/internal/models"
+	"github.com/rcourtman/pulse-go-rewrite/internal/unifiedresources"
 	"github.com/rcourtman/pulse-go-rewrite/pkg/proxmox"
 )
 
+func TestInstallOperatorIntentResolverProjectsCanonicalResourcePolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	store := unifiedresources.NewMemoryStore()
+	registry := unifiedresources.NewRegistry(store)
+	registry.IngestResources([]unifiedresources.Resource{{
+		ID: "vm:101", Type: unifiedresources.ResourceTypeVM, Name: "database",
+	}})
+	if err := store.SetResourceOperatorState(unifiedresources.ResourceOperatorState{
+		CanonicalID:    "vm:101",
+		MonitoringMode: unifiedresources.MonitoringModeMuted,
+		LifecycleState: unifiedresources.LifecycleStateRetired,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	manager := alerts.NewManagerWithDataDir(t.TempDir())
+	t.Cleanup(manager.Stop)
+	monitor := &Monitor{alertManager: manager}
+	monitor.installOperatorIntentResolver(unifiedresources.NewMonitorAdapter(registry))
+	preview, err := manager.PreviewIntentPolicy(alerts.AlertIntentPolicyPreviewRequest{
+		ResourceID: "vm:101", ResourceType: "vm", Signal: string(alerts.AlertIntentSignalOffline), ConditionActive: true,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if preview.Reason != "operator_retired" || preview.Status != "expected_transient" {
+		t.Fatalf("canonical operator policy preview = %+v", preview)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestResolveBackupIntentContextRequiresFreshActiveMatchingEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2026, 7, 20, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	state := models.NewState()
diff --git a/internal/unifiedresources/loop_reports_store.go b/internal/unifiedresources/loop_reports_store.go
index 9249bada4..134b8c636 100644
--- a/internal/unifiedresources/loop_reports_store.go
+++ b/internal/unifiedresources/loop_reports_store.go
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import (
 // state row. Order is not guaranteed.
 func (s *SQLiteResourceStore) ListResourceOperatorStates() ([]ResourceOperatorState, error) {
 	rows, err := s.db.Query(`
-		SELECT canonical_id, intentionally_offline, never_auto_remediate,
+		SELECT canonical_id, monitoring_mode, lifecycle_state,
+			intentionally_offline, never_auto_remediate,
 			maintenance_start_at, maintenance_end_at, maintenance_reason,
 			criticality, note, set_at, set_by
 		FROM resource_operator_state`)
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ func (s *SQLiteResourceStore) ListResourceOperatorStates() ([]ResourceOperatorSt
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var (
 			state          ResourceOperatorState
+			monitoringMode string
+			lifecycleState string
 			intentional    int
 			neverRemediate int
 			startAt, endAt sql.NullTime
@@ -37,6 +40,8 @@ func (s *SQLiteResourceStore) ListResourceOperatorStates() ([]ResourceOperatorSt
 		)
 		if err := rows.Scan(
 			&state.CanonicalID,
+			&monitoringMode,
+			&lifecycleState,
 			&intentional,
 			&neverRemediate,
 			&startAt,
@@ -49,6 +54,8 @@ func (s *SQLiteResourceStore) ListResourceOperatorStates() ([]ResourceOperatorSt
 		); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scan resource operator state row: %w", err)
 		}
+		state.MonitoringMode = ResourceMonitoringMode(monitoringMode)
+		state.LifecycleState = ResourceLifecycleState(lifecycleState)
 		state.IntentionallyOffline = intentional != 0
 		state.NeverAutoRemediate = neverRemediate != 0
 		if startAt.Valid {
@@ -71,7 +78,7 @@ func (s *SQLiteResourceStore) ListResourceOperatorStates() ([]ResourceOperatorSt
 		if setBy.Valid {
 			state.SetBy = setBy.String
 		}
-		out = append(out, state)
+		out = append(out, NormalizeResourceOperatorState(state))
 	}
 	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("iterate resource operator state rows: %w", err)
diff --git a/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state.go b/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state.go
index ea890a901..a43fb51bf 100644
--- a/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state.go
+++ b/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state.go
@@ -14,6 +14,28 @@ import (
 // is the default ("no operator-set criticality"), distinct from "medium".
 type ResourceCriticality string
 
+// ResourceMonitoringMode is the canonical per-resource alerting posture. It
+// separates expected availability from an explicit all-signal mute so callers
+// do not have to overload one boolean with incompatible meanings.
+type ResourceMonitoringMode string
+
+const (
+	MonitoringModeNormal          ResourceMonitoringMode = "normal"
+	MonitoringModeExpectedOffline ResourceMonitoringMode = "expected_offline"
+	MonitoringModeMuted           ResourceMonitoringMode = "muted"
+)
+
+// ResourceLifecycleState records whether a provider-owned inventory item is
+// still operationally active in Pulse. Retired resources remain discoverable
+// because their owning provider may continue to report them, but Pulse removes
+// them from alert attention and refuses automated remediation.
+type ResourceLifecycleState string
+
+const (
+	LifecycleStateActive  ResourceLifecycleState = "active"
+	LifecycleStateRetired ResourceLifecycleState = "retired"
+)
+
 const (
 	CriticalityHigh   ResourceCriticality = "high"
 	CriticalityMedium ResourceCriticality = "medium"
@@ -51,6 +73,22 @@ func IsValidCriticality(value string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func IsValidMonitoringMode(value string) bool {
+	switch ResourceMonitoringMode(value) {
+	case MonitoringModeNormal, MonitoringModeExpectedOffline, MonitoringModeMuted:
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func IsValidLifecycleState(value string) bool {
+	switch ResourceLifecycleState(value) {
+	case LifecycleStateActive, LifecycleStateRetired:
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // ResourceOperatorState captures operator-set per-resource intent that
 // modulates Patrol's behavior on findings against this resource. The shape
 // is intentionally narrow: every field encodes a specific operator intent
@@ -70,11 +108,21 @@ type ResourceOperatorState struct {
 	// unified-resources store; the API boundary trims and rejects empty.
 	CanonicalID string `json:"canonicalId"`
 
-	// IntentionallyOffline marks the resource as expected-to-be-offline.
-	// Findings of the form "resource X is offline" against this resource
-	// will be auto-acknowledged with reason=intentionally_offline by the
-	// Patrol findings store. Other finding categories (high CPU, disk
-	// pressure on a still-mounted volume, etc.) are unaffected.
+	// MonitoringMode is the canonical alert and Patrol posture. Normal keeps
+	// all monitoring active, expected_offline suppresses availability noise,
+	// and muted suppresses all alert and finding attention while preserving
+	// inventory visibility.
+	MonitoringMode ResourceMonitoringMode `json:"monitoringMode"`
+
+	// LifecycleState is active by default. Retired is an operator-owned
+	// lifecycle decision for resources that remain in provider inventory but
+	// should no longer participate in alerting or automated remediation.
+	LifecycleState ResourceLifecycleState `json:"lifecycleState"`
+
+	// IntentionallyOffline is the compatibility projection for clients that
+	// predate MonitoringMode. NormalizeResourceOperatorState derives it from
+	// MonitoringMode, and maps legacy true writes to expected_offline when the
+	// new field is absent. Runtime policy must consume MonitoringMode instead.
 	IntentionallyOffline bool `json:"intentionallyOffline"`
 
 	// NeverAutoRemediate forbids Patrol from dispatching automated fixes
@@ -130,7 +178,9 @@ type ResourceOperatorState struct {
 // the persistence layer MAY keep an audit row to track that the operator
 // explicitly cleared the state.
 func (s ResourceOperatorState) IsEmpty() bool {
-	return !s.IntentionallyOffline &&
+	normalized := NormalizeResourceOperatorState(s)
+	return normalized.MonitoringMode == MonitoringModeNormal &&
+		normalized.LifecycleState == LifecycleStateActive &&
 		!s.NeverAutoRemediate &&
 		!s.AutoRemediationPolicy.Enabled &&
 		len(s.AutoRemediationPolicy.CapabilityNames) == 0 &&
@@ -142,6 +192,28 @@ func (s ResourceOperatorState) IsEmpty() bool {
 		strings.TrimSpace(s.Note) == ""
 }
 
+// SuppressesAllAttention reports whether every Alerts and Patrol signal is
+// outside the resource's current operator-owned monitoring posture.
+func (s ResourceOperatorState) SuppressesAllAttention() bool {
+	s = NormalizeResourceOperatorState(s)
+	return s.MonitoringMode == MonitoringModeMuted || s.LifecycleState == LifecycleStateRetired
+}
+
+// ExpectsOffline reports whether availability loss is expected while other
+// monitoring signals remain eligible.
+func (s ResourceOperatorState) ExpectsOffline() bool {
+	s = NormalizeResourceOperatorState(s)
+	return s.MonitoringMode == MonitoringModeExpectedOffline || s.SuppressesAllAttention()
+}
+
+// BlocksRemediation reports whether automated action is incompatible with the
+// operator's explicit state. Retirement is a lifecycle lock even when the
+// legacy NeverAutoRemediate flag was not separately set.
+func (s ResourceOperatorState) BlocksRemediation() bool {
+	s = NormalizeResourceOperatorState(s)
+	return s.NeverAutoRemediate || s.LifecycleState == LifecycleStateRetired
+}
+
 // IsInMaintenanceAt reports whether `now` falls within the configured
 // maintenance window. Returns false when no window is configured, when only
 // one of start/end is set (treated as no window), or when end <= start.
@@ -173,12 +245,19 @@ var ErrResourceOperatorStateInvalid = errors.New("resource_operator_state_invali
 // is structural only — operator-set meaning (was the maintenance window
 // actually intended? is the note correct?) is the operator's call.
 func ValidateResourceOperatorState(state ResourceOperatorState) error {
+	state = NormalizeResourceOperatorState(state)
 	if strings.TrimSpace(state.CanonicalID) == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: canonical_id is required", ErrResourceOperatorStateInvalid)
 	}
 	if !IsValidCriticality(string(state.Criticality)) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: criticality %q is not one of (high, medium, low, empty)", ErrResourceOperatorStateInvalid, state.Criticality)
 	}
+	if !IsValidMonitoringMode(string(state.MonitoringMode)) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: monitoring_mode %q is not one of (normal, expected_offline, muted)", ErrResourceOperatorStateInvalid, state.MonitoringMode)
+	}
+	if !IsValidLifecycleState(string(state.LifecycleState)) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: lifecycle_state %q is not one of (active, retired)", ErrResourceOperatorStateInvalid, state.LifecycleState)
+	}
 	if err := ValidateAutoRemediationPolicy(state.AutoRemediationPolicy); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrResourceOperatorStateInvalid, err)
 	}
@@ -201,6 +280,19 @@ func ValidateResourceOperatorState(state ResourceOperatorState) error {
 // NOT validate — call ValidateResourceOperatorState afterward.
 func NormalizeResourceOperatorState(state ResourceOperatorState) ResourceOperatorState {
 	state.CanonicalID = strings.TrimSpace(state.CanonicalID)
+	state.MonitoringMode = ResourceMonitoringMode(strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(string(state.MonitoringMode))))
+	if state.MonitoringMode == "" {
+		if state.IntentionallyOffline {
+			state.MonitoringMode = MonitoringModeExpectedOffline
+		} else {
+			state.MonitoringMode = MonitoringModeNormal
+		}
+	}
+	state.IntentionallyOffline = state.MonitoringMode == MonitoringModeExpectedOffline
+	state.LifecycleState = ResourceLifecycleState(strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(string(state.LifecycleState))))
+	if state.LifecycleState == "" {
+		state.LifecycleState = LifecycleStateActive
+	}
 	state.MaintenanceReason = strings.TrimSpace(state.MaintenanceReason)
 	state.Note = strings.TrimSpace(state.Note)
 	state.SetBy = strings.TrimSpace(state.SetBy)
diff --git a/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state_policy_test.go b/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state_policy_test.go
index 4b4dbf2c8..b08412a1c 100644
--- a/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state_policy_test.go
+++ b/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state_policy_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ func TestAutoRemediationPolicySQLiteRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	defer store.Close()
 
 	state := ResourceOperatorState{
-		CanonicalID: "docker:container:web",
+		CanonicalID:    "docker:container:web",
+		MonitoringMode: MonitoringModeMuted,
+		LifecycleState: LifecycleStateRetired,
 		AutoRemediationPolicy: AutoRemediationPolicy{
 			Enabled:         true,
 			CapabilityNames: []string{"restart"},
@@ -85,6 +87,9 @@ func TestAutoRemediationPolicySQLiteRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	if !got.AutoRemediationPolicy.Enabled || len(got.AutoRemediationPolicy.CapabilityNames) != 1 || got.AutoRemediationPolicy.Window == nil || got.AutoRemediationPolicy.Window.Timezone != "Europe/London" {
 		t.Fatalf("round-trip policy = %#v", got.AutoRemediationPolicy)
 	}
+	if got.MonitoringMode != MonitoringModeMuted || got.LifecycleState != LifecycleStateRetired {
+		t.Fatalf("round-trip monitoring policy = %+v", got)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestSQLiteOperatorStateNullPolicyColumnNormalizesOnRead(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state_test.go b/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state_test.go
index 5d1e9c422..d80ced118 100644
--- a/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state_test.go
+++ b/internal/unifiedresources/resource_operator_state_test.go
@@ -149,6 +149,49 @@ func TestValidateResourceOperatorState(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestResourceOperatorStateMonitoringAndLifecyclePolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("legacy intentionally offline normalizes to expected offline", func(t *testing.T) {
+		state := NormalizeResourceOperatorState(ResourceOperatorState{IntentionallyOffline: true})
+		if state.MonitoringMode != MonitoringModeExpectedOffline || !state.IntentionallyOffline {
+			t.Fatalf("legacy normalization = %+v", state)
+		}
+		if state.LifecycleState != LifecycleStateActive {
+			t.Fatalf("default lifecycle = %q, want active", state.LifecycleState)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("canonical mode owns compatibility projection", func(t *testing.T) {
+		state := NormalizeResourceOperatorState(ResourceOperatorState{
+			MonitoringMode:       MonitoringModeMuted,
+			IntentionallyOffline: true,
+		})
+		if state.IntentionallyOffline {
+			t.Fatal("muted mode must not remain projected as intentionally offline")
+		}
+		if !state.SuppressesAllAttention() {
+			t.Fatal("muted mode must suppress all attention")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("retired lifecycle suppresses attention and blocks remediation", func(t *testing.T) {
+		state := ResourceOperatorState{LifecycleState: LifecycleStateRetired}
+		if !state.SuppressesAllAttention() || !state.BlocksRemediation() {
+			t.Fatalf("retired policy not enforced: %+v", state)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid enum values fail closed", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, state := range []ResourceOperatorState{
+			{CanonicalID: "vm:101", MonitoringMode: "sometimes"},
+			{CanonicalID: "vm:101", LifecycleState: "deleted"},
+		} {
+			if err := ValidateResourceOperatorState(state); !errors.Is(err, ErrResourceOperatorStateInvalid) {
+				t.Fatalf("ValidateResourceOperatorState(%+v) error = %v", state, err)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func TestNormalizeResourceOperatorState_TrimsAndLowersCriticality(t *testing.T) {
 	got := NormalizeResourceOperatorState(ResourceOperatorState{
 		CanonicalID:       "  vm:101  ",
diff --git a/internal/unifiedresources/store.go b/internal/unifiedresources/store.go
index 6d3b71d4c..1a4dcbd63 100644
--- a/internal/unifiedresources/store.go
+++ b/internal/unifiedresources/store.go
@@ -540,6 +540,8 @@ func (s *SQLiteResourceStore) initSchema() error {
 
 	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS resource_operator_state (
 		canonical_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+		monitoring_mode TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'normal',
+		lifecycle_state TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active',
 		intentionally_offline INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 		never_auto_remediate INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 		auto_remediation_policy_json TEXT,
@@ -642,10 +644,26 @@ func (s *SQLiteResourceStore) migrateResourceOperatorStateSchema() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if _, ok := columns["auto_remediation_policy_json"]; !ok {
-		if _, err := s.db.Exec("ALTER TABLE resource_operator_state ADD COLUMN auto_remediation_policy_json TEXT"); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("add resource_operator_state.auto_remediation_policy_json column: %w", err)
+	definitions := map[string]string{
+		"monitoring_mode":              "TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'normal'",
+		"lifecycle_state":              "TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active'",
+		"auto_remediation_policy_json": "TEXT",
+	}
+	for name, definition := range definitions {
+		if _, ok := columns[name]; ok {
+			continue
 		}
+		if _, err := s.db.Exec("ALTER TABLE resource_operator_state ADD COLUMN " + name + " " + definition); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("add resource_operator_state.%s column: %w", name, err)
+		}
+	}
+	// Rows written before monitoring_mode existed used the compatibility
+	// boolean as their source of truth. Promote those rows once so all future
+	// reads and writes use the canonical enum.
+	if _, err := s.db.Exec(`UPDATE resource_operator_state
+		SET monitoring_mode = 'expected_offline'
+		WHERE intentionally_offline = 1 AND monitoring_mode = 'normal'`); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("migrate resource_operator_state monitoring mode: %w", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -2925,7 +2943,8 @@ func getResourceOperatorStateSQL(queryer resourceOperatorStateQueryRower, canoni
 		return ResourceOperatorState{}, false, nil
 	}
 	row := queryer.QueryRow(`
-		SELECT canonical_id, intentionally_offline, never_auto_remediate,
+		SELECT canonical_id, monitoring_mode, lifecycle_state,
+		       intentionally_offline, never_auto_remediate,
 		       auto_remediation_policy_json,
 		       maintenance_start_at, maintenance_end_at, maintenance_reason,
 		       criticality, note, set_at, set_by
@@ -2943,6 +2962,8 @@ func getResourceOperatorStateSQL(queryer resourceOperatorStateQueryRower, canoni
 func scanResourceOperatorState(scanner resourceOperatorStateScanner) (ResourceOperatorState, error) {
 	var state ResourceOperatorState
 	var (
+		monitoringMode string
+		lifecycleState string
 		intentional    int
 		neverRemediate int
 		autoPolicyJSON sql.NullString
@@ -2954,6 +2975,8 @@ func scanResourceOperatorState(scanner resourceOperatorStateScanner) (ResourceOp
 	)
 	if err := scanner.Scan(
 		&state.CanonicalID,
+		&monitoringMode,
+		&lifecycleState,
 		&intentional,
 		&neverRemediate,
 		&autoPolicyJSON,
@@ -2967,6 +2990,8 @@ func scanResourceOperatorState(scanner resourceOperatorStateScanner) (ResourceOp
 	); err != nil {
 		return ResourceOperatorState{}, err
 	}
+	state.MonitoringMode = ResourceMonitoringMode(monitoringMode)
+	state.LifecycleState = ResourceLifecycleState(lifecycleState)
 	state.IntentionallyOffline = intentional != 0
 	state.NeverAutoRemediate = neverRemediate != 0
 	if autoPolicyJSON.Valid && strings.TrimSpace(autoPolicyJSON.String) != "" {
@@ -2998,7 +3023,7 @@ func scanResourceOperatorState(scanner resourceOperatorStateScanner) (ResourceOp
 	if setBy.Valid {
 		state.SetBy = setBy.String
 	}
-	return state, nil
+	return NormalizeResourceOperatorState(state), nil
 }
 
 // SetResourceOperatorState upserts the state row. Validates and
@@ -3069,12 +3094,15 @@ func setResourceOperatorStateSQL(execer sqlExecutor, state ResourceOperatorState
 	}
 	_, err := execer.Exec(`
 		INSERT INTO resource_operator_state (
-			canonical_id, intentionally_offline, never_auto_remediate,
+			canonical_id, monitoring_mode, lifecycle_state,
+			intentionally_offline, never_auto_remediate,
 			auto_remediation_policy_json,
 			maintenance_start_at, maintenance_end_at, maintenance_reason,
 			criticality, note, set_at, set_by
-		) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+		) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
 		ON CONFLICT(canonical_id) DO UPDATE SET
+			monitoring_mode = excluded.monitoring_mode,
+			lifecycle_state = excluded.lifecycle_state,
 			intentionally_offline = excluded.intentionally_offline,
 			never_auto_remediate = excluded.never_auto_remediate,
 			auto_remediation_policy_json = excluded.auto_remediation_policy_json,
@@ -3086,6 +3114,8 @@ func setResourceOperatorStateSQL(execer sqlExecutor, state ResourceOperatorState
 			set_at = excluded.set_at,
 			set_by = excluded.set_by`,
 		state.CanonicalID,
+		state.MonitoringMode,
+		state.LifecycleState,
 		intentional,
 		neverRemediate,
 		autoPolicyJSON,