diff --git a/builtin/runtime/lsp.lua b/builtin/runtime/lsp.lua
index a8bca7c..e924a3a 100644
--- a/builtin/runtime/lsp.lua
+++ b/builtin/runtime/lsp.lua
@@ -240,8 +240,10 @@ pmacs.lsp.config.json = pmacs.lsp.config.json or {
 -- live-observed with Red Hat `yaml-language-server@1.24.0`: its initial
 -- pull requests exactly those five sections, and opening a YAML document
 -- requests a second scoped `[yaml]` section. The standalone smoke reached
--- a real syntax diagnostic and clean shutdown; the PATH-gated
--- pmacs-through-server acceptance remains a transfer task.
+-- a real syntax diagnostic and clean shutdown. The PATH-gated pmacs
+-- acceptance also proves auto-attach, initialization, config pulls, a
+-- syntax diagnostic, and continued server liveness with both catalogs
+-- disabled for network-free determinism.
 pmacs.lsp.config.yaml = pmacs.lsp.config.yaml or {
   command = "yaml-language-server",
   args = { "--stdio" },
diff --git a/docs/json-yaml-framing.md b/docs/json-yaml-framing.md
index bb3e4b6..4c52e58 100644
--- a/docs/json-yaml-framing.md
+++ b/docs/json-yaml-framing.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # JSON + YAML grammars — framing (side quest, highlight family)
 
-**Revision 2 — 2026-07-20. Status: PR #123 open; review-fix
+**Revision 3 — 2026-07-20. Status: PR #123 open; review-fix
 checkpoint preserved on branch `json-yaml-handoff-2026-07-20`.**
 The public PR branch still pointed to the original implementation
 `4be2a65` when this checkpoint was created. JSON provider resolution
 and its real pmacs smoke are complete; the YAML 1.24.0 standalone
-protocol smoke is complete; the real YAML-through-pmacs acceptance,
-rebase onto current main, and full gates remain.
+protocol smoke and real YAML-through-pmacs acceptance are complete;
+rebase onto current main and full gates remain.
 
 **Intent.** Add `tree-sitter-json` and `tree-sitter-yaml` grammars (plus
 their language servers) to the bundle. Two config formats that pmacs
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ fences resolve through the #122 engine. Acceptance proves both end to end
 3. The two configuration models are now observed: JSON consumes the
    pushed full settings object; YAML 1.24.0 pulls the five documented
    sections plus a document-scoped `[yaml]` request. The remaining bet
-   is that pmacs answers the real YAML server correctly end to end,
-   which the pending PATH-gated acceptance must prove.
+   was that pmacs answers the real YAML server correctly end to end;
+   the PATH-gated acceptance now proves that against version 1.24.0.
 
 ## Deferred (named)
 
@@ -203,18 +203,17 @@ fences resolve through the #122 engine. Acceptance proves both end to end
     pmacs, receive the pushed default config, open invalid JSON, and
     publish a syntax diagnostic. Skips when the binary is absent.
 12. `m4_real_yaml_provider_pulls_config_and_reports_diagnostics` —
-    **pending on the destination machine**. PATH-gated live smoke for
-    Red Hat `yaml-language-server@1.24.0`: auto-attach through pmacs,
-    disable SchemaStore and Kubernetes CRD catalog network access for
-    determinism, reach initialized, open invalid YAML, publish a
-    diagnostic, and remain alive.
+    PATH-gated live smoke for Red Hat `yaml-language-server@1.24.0`:
+    auto-attach through pmacs, disable SchemaStore and Kubernetes CRD
+    catalog network access for determinism, reach initialized, open
+    invalid YAML, publish a diagnostic, and remain alive.
 
 ## Risks / interactions
 
-- **LSP configuration** (Q#JY2) — JSON push and YAML standalone pulls
-  are observed. The real YAML-through-pmacs path is still pending and
-  is an explicit transfer blocker, not implied complete by source
-  inspection.
+- **LSP configuration** (Q#JY2) — JSON push, YAML standalone pulls, and
+  the real YAML-through-pmacs path are observed. Both live provider
+  tests remain PATH-gated, so release verification must put the pinned
+  binaries on PATH rather than accepting their skip paths.
 - **Themes / injections** — untouched. This is pure grammar+detection
   addition; it consumes the #122 engine, doesn't change it. No protocol
   bump.
diff --git a/tests/m4_acceptance.rs b/tests/m4_acceptance.rs
index f417f16..8d462e3 100644
--- a/tests/m4_acceptance.rs
+++ b/tests/m4_acceptance.rs
@@ -6496,6 +6496,94 @@ fn m4_real_json_provider_receives_config_and_reports_diagnostics() {
     assert_no_lsp_crash(&mut state, "real JSON server");
 }
 
+/// PATH-gated provider smoke: drive Red Hat
+/// `yaml-language-server@1.24.0` through pmacs's default YAML config and
+/// require a syntax diagnostic for an invalid document. `SchemaStore` and
+/// the Kubernetes CRD catalog are disabled in this test so the result is
+/// deterministic and does not depend on network access. CI skips cleanly
+/// when no compatible binary is installed.
+#[test]
+fn m4_real_yaml_provider_pulls_config_and_reports_diagnostics() {
+    use pmacs::editor::EditorState;
+
+    let Ok(command) = which_binary("yaml-language-server") else {
+        eprintln!("yaml-language-server not on PATH; skipping");
+        return;
+    };
+    let command = command.display().to_string();
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
+    let file = std::fs::canonicalize(dir.path())
+        .expect("canonicalize")
+        .join("invalid.yaml");
+    std::fs::write(&file, b"root:\n  broken: [one,\n").expect("write invalid yaml");
+    let file_disp = file.display().to_string();
+    let uri = format!("file://{file_disp}");
+
+    let mut state = EditorState::new();
+    state
+        .lua_host
+        .lua()
+        .load(format!(
+            "local c = pmacs.lsp.config.yaml
+             c.command = '{command}'
+             c.settings.yaml.schemaStore = {{ enable = false }}
+             c.settings.yaml.kubernetesCRDStore = {{ enable = false }}
+             pmacs.buffer.find_or_open('{file_disp}')"
+        ))
+        .exec()
+        .expect("configure real YAML server + open file");
+
+    assert!(
+        pump_lua_flag(
+            &mut state,
+            "(function() for _,r in ipairs(pmacs.lsp.list()) do \
+               if r.language_id=='yaml' and r.state \
+                  and r.state.kind=='initialized' then return true end \
+             end return false end)()",
+            30,
+        ),
+        "auto-attached real YAML server never reached initialized"
+    );
+
+    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(10);
+    let mut got_diagnostic = false;
+    while Instant::now() < deadline {
+        state.tick_processes();
+        state.tick_lsp();
+        state.tick_async();
+        got_diagnostic = state
+            .lua_host
+            .lua()
+            .load(format!("return pmacs.diag.count('{uri}') > 0"))
+            .eval()
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+        if got_diagnostic {
+            break;
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
+    }
+    assert!(
+        got_diagnostic,
+        "real YAML server produced no diagnostic; config pulls or validation are broken"
+    );
+    assert_no_lsp_crash(&mut state, "real YAML server");
+    let still_initialized: bool = state
+        .lua_host
+        .lua()
+        .load(
+            "for _,r in ipairs(pmacs.lsp.list()) do \
+               if r.language_id=='yaml' and r.state \
+                  and r.state.kind=='initialized' then return true end \
+             end return false",
+        )
+        .eval()
+        .expect("inspect YAML server state");
+    assert!(
+        still_initialized,
+        "real YAML server did not remain alive after publishing diagnostics"
+    );
+}
+
 /// Typing-perf: the default bundle coalesces full-document
 /// `didChange` notifications instead of sending one per keystroke
 /// (each send copies the whole buffer several times and writes