diff --git a/lib/host/conformance.sh b/lib/host/conformance.sh
index b979bde2..15060561 100755
--- a/lib/host/conformance.sh
+++ b/lib/host/conformance.sh
@@ -142,10 +142,11 @@ emit_eval () { echo "(epoch $EPOCH)"; echo "(eval \"$1\")"; EPOCH=$((EPOCH+1));
   done
 } > "$TMPFILE"
 
-# 600s: the blog suite drives the relations graph hard (every is-a/types-of/
-# instances-of query re-saturates the Datalog db), so it's CPU-bound and slower
-# under shared-box contention. 300s was tripping a false truncation.
-OUTPUT=$(timeout 600 "$SX_SERVER" < "$TMPFILE" 2>&1 || true)
+# 1200s: the blog suite drives the relations graph hard (every is-a/types-of/
+# instances-of query re-saturates the Datalog db), so it's CPU-bound and much slower
+# under shared-box contention (a sibling loop at load ~6 pushed it past 600s -> false
+# "no suite results parsed" truncation). Override with SX_CONF_TIMEOUT for a tighter cap.
+OUTPUT=$(timeout "${SX_CONF_TIMEOUT:-1200}" "$SX_SERVER" < "$TMPFILE" 2>&1 || true)
 
 # Fail LOUD on any load/eval error. A test file that errors mid-load silently
 # truncates its suite — the runner returns only the tests that ran before the
diff --git a/lib/host/live-check.sh b/lib/host/live-check.sh
index 4a0b9c51..c71867b8 100755
--- a/lib/host/live-check.sh
+++ b/lib/host/live-check.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ cleanup() {
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
 echo "== booting ephemeral host on :$PORT (persist=$PDIR) =="
-HOST_PORT="$PORT" SX_PERSIST_DIR="$PDIR" \
+# SX_SERVING_JIT=1 to MATCH THE CONTAINER: it gates the http-listen IO resolver, so
+# without it perform-heavy paths (e.g. reach-down's BFS over the type graph — the is-a/
+# tags picker) falsely raise VmSuspended -> 500. The live container sets it; the harness
+# must too, or it reports false 500s the live site never shows.
+SX_SERVING_JIT=1 HOST_PORT="$PORT" SX_PERSIST_DIR="$PDIR" \
   SX_ADMIN_USER="$USER" SX_ADMIN_PASSWORD="$PASS" SX_SESSION_SECRET="$SECRET" \
   bash lib/host/serve.sh >"$LOG" 2>&1 &
 for i in $(seq 1 60); do
diff --git a/lib/host/playwright/run-picker-check.sh b/lib/host/playwright/run-picker-check.sh
index 4de0372c..d3e9d420 100755
--- a/lib/host/playwright/run-picker-check.sh
+++ b/lib/host/playwright/run-picker-check.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ cleanup() {
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
 echo "== starting ephemeral host server on :$PORT (persist=$PDIR) =="
-HOST_PORT="$PORT" SX_PERSIST_DIR="$PDIR" \
+# SX_SERVING_JIT=1 matches the live container (gates the http-listen IO resolver);
+# without it, perform-heavy paths (e.g. the is-a/tags picker's reach-down) falsely 500.
+SX_SERVING_JIT=1 HOST_PORT="$PORT" SX_PERSIST_DIR="$PDIR" \
   SX_ADMIN_USER="$USER" SX_ADMIN_PASSWORD="$PASS" SX_SESSION_SECRET="$SECRET" \
   bash lib/host/serve.sh >"$SERVE_LOG" 2>&1 &
 SVPID=$!
diff --git a/plans/relations-as-posts.md b/plans/relations-as-posts.md
index e723c725..61df017b 100644
--- a/plans/relations-as-posts.md
+++ b/plans/relations-as-posts.md
@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ Honest layer: the **render template is data** (editable, meta-circular); only th
 **widgets** (the date-picker, the image-uploader) are platform pieces, and `value-type` is what
 *selects* the widget — the same decidable-core / fenced-frontier line as everywhere else.
 
+**The generic form is the default, not the ceiling — types can specify specialised editors.**
+A UI doesn't just *fall out* of the types; it can be **customised**. A type may declare an
+`:editor` slot — a registered, **content-addressed editor *component*** (a WYSIWYG for rich body,
+a map picker for geo, a colour picker) that replaces or augments the input-per-field form, shipped
+to the client by hash like `~relate-picker`. So the editing spectrum per type is: **generic
+field-form** (data, free) → **per-field widget override** (`value-type`/`:widget`) → **whole
+specialised editor component** (the escape hatch, e.g. WYSIWYG). The metamodel picks the level per
+type — `:editor` if set, else the generic form. Same decidable-core / fenced-frontier shape: the
+declarative form covers the 95%, a code component handles the cases that need real interaction.
+
 **Refined build order** (this is what `/meta` is the on-ramp to):
 1. `/meta` overview — DONE (the *see*; `host/blog-type-defs` + `host/blog-meta-index`).
 2. **Slice 8 — typed fields** `{name, value-type, widget}` on a type — the **keystone** (drives form + template).