diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index fbefb3f..7e695a3 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ revert without reading why. When in doubt, walk the
   `verifier_method="claim_lattice"`; `answer_mode` on the run-DAG
   + `json_fixups` disambiguate. Each mode folds into
   `governance_policy_hash`. See `aborist/qa/verify.py`,
-  `docs/qa-modes-bench-2026-05-02.md`.
+  `docs/qa-modes-bench.md`.
 - **Four-rung ladder (lattice-mode display layer)**: POINTER-LINKED
   → ANCHOR-WARRANTED → EVIDENCE-WARRANTED → (ENTAILMENT-VERIFIED
   reserved); UNGROUNDED below. Each rung names a strictly stronger
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Architecture / ongoing work:
 
 - `docs/cti-architecture.md` — CTI Clause Tree Intelligence.
 - `docs/mesh.md`, `docs/mesh-deploy.md` — mesh wire + deploy.
-- `docs/qa-modes-bench-2026-05-02.md` — latest bench (post-Rule-8 /
+- `docs/qa-modes-bench.md` — latest bench (post-Rule-8 /
   post-warrant-generalization / post-frame-detector). Quote 0.50,
   pointer 0.23, JSON 0.44. Concurrency landed alongside.
 - `docs/qa-modes-bench-2026-04-30.md` — JSON-mode hardening journey
diff --git a/aborist/qa/prompts.py b/aborist/qa/prompts.py
index c597e08..bbc479b 100644
--- a/aborist/qa/prompts.py
+++ b/aborist/qa/prompts.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ copy.
 Bumping any of these strings folds into ``governance_policy_hash``
 in both code paths simultaneously, so the cache namespace
 partitions cleanly across the substrate. See
-``docs/qa-modes-bench-2026-05-02.md`` for the bench-driven
+``docs/qa-modes-bench.md`` for the bench-driven
 hardening history.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
diff --git a/aborist/qa/query.py b/aborist/qa/query.py
index b8dda9a..98370d4 100644
--- a/aborist/qa/query.py
+++ b/aborist/qa/query.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ DEFAULT_QUERY_POLICY = {
     # (backward-compatible at the API boundary). The mapping itself
     # lives in policy so changes fold into governance_policy_hash and
     # partition the cache namespace cleanly. See
-    # docs/qa-modes-bench-2026-05-02.md "recommended context budget".
+    # docs/qa-modes-bench.md "recommended context budget".
     "max_context_chars_by_mode": {
         "quote": 24000,
         "claim_lattice_pointer": 24000,
diff --git a/docs/bench-maxing.md b/docs/bench-maxing.md
index cc01b61..45f36a0 100644
--- a/docs/bench-maxing.md
+++ b/docs/bench-maxing.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ during the JSON-mode hardening journey:
 - **Doc captures the journey, not just the end state.**
   `docs/qa-modes-bench-2026-04-30.md` shows the day's progression
   (baseline → retry → trim-and-verify → pointer-IDs → stop-sequence
-  → self-heal). `docs/qa-modes-bench-2026-05-02.md` continues the
+  → self-heal). `docs/qa-modes-bench.md` continues the
   journey through Rule 8 promotion, anchor-class warrant
   generalization, per-mode context budgets, and the bench-harness
   upgrades named below. Each row is a named failure + fix + bench
diff --git a/docs/qa-modes-bench-2026-05-02.md b/docs/qa-modes-bench.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/qa-modes-bench-2026-05-02.md
rename to docs/qa-modes-bench.md