diff --git a/kernel/package-lock.json b/kernel/package-lock.json
index 07de8f7ce..00da442c3 100644
--- a/kernel/package-lock.json
+++ b/kernel/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "acp-kernel",
-  "version": "0.0.159",
+  "version": "0.0.160",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "acp-kernel",
-      "version": "0.0.159",
+      "version": "0.0.160",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f2df75e34..a252c0d3f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     },
     "kernel": {
       "name": "acp-kernel",
-      "version": "0.0.159",
+      "version": "0.0.160",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/scripts/live-files.mjs b/scripts/live-files.mjs
index 6ebd01a7b..6e67fffc9 100644
--- a/scripts/live-files.mjs
+++ b/scripts/live-files.mjs
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ export const LIVE_FILES = [
     // band (preload-zone-slot), so mid-list inserts renumber every later band
     "tests/storage-durability.test.ts",
     "tests/server-close-all-connections.test.ts",
+    // both spawn the corrupt-index-child helper (unified-store cold-load
+    // corruption probes, #4216/#4249 follow-ups); append-only per the note above
+    "tests/storage-engine-proofs.test.ts",
+    "tests/web-storage-banner.test.ts",
 ];
 
 /** Band width per live file: the zone ladder drifts +1 per EADDRINUSE retry;
diff --git a/tests/corrupt-index-child.ts b/tests/corrupt-index-child.ts
index f1751e357..2d59e4a86 100644
--- a/tests/corrupt-index-child.ts
+++ b/tests/corrupt-index-child.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export function makeOpts(upstreamPort: number): ProxyOptions {
 // sides reference these constants, so the coverage list cannot drift.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-export const ENGPROOF_CHECK_NAMES = {
+const ENGPROOF_CHECK_NAMES = {
     fallbackRead: "legacy fallback returned a session over the corrupt index",
     midFlowGuard: "no live handle after the corrupt-index read (#2781 rename guard)",
     stateDigest: "corrupt-index fallback state digest matches the clean full-mode read",
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export const ENGPROOF_CHECK_NAMES = {
 } as const;
 export const ENGPROOF_CHECKS: readonly string[] = Object.values(ENGPROOF_CHECK_NAMES);
 
-export const BANNER_CHECK_NAMES = {
+const BANNER_CHECK_NAMES = {
     overviewAnswers: "/__bili/overview answers 200 with JSON",
     requestedFull: "storage.requested is full",
     effectiveLegacy: "storage.effective is legacy",
@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ export const BANNER_CHECK_NAMES = {
 } as const;
 export const BANNER_CHECKS: readonly string[] = Object.values(BANNER_CHECK_NAMES);
 
-export interface CorruptIndexCheck {
+interface CorruptIndexCheck {
     name: string;
     ok: boolean;
     detail?: string;
 }
-export interface CorruptIndexVerdict {
+interface CorruptIndexVerdict {
     ok: boolean;
     failure: string | null;
     checks: CorruptIndexCheck[];