diff --git a/lib/hyperscript/compiler.sx b/lib/hyperscript/compiler.sx
index ec9a784e..79ce6b7b 100644
--- a/lib/hyperscript/compiler.sx
+++ b/lib/hyperscript/compiler.sx
@@ -2458,6 +2458,15 @@
                             (quote fn)
                             (list (quote it))
                             (hs-to-sx body))))
+                      ((and (list? expr) (= (first expr) (quote attr)))
+                        (list
+                          (quote hs-attr-watch!)
+                          (hs-to-sx (nth expr 2))
+                          (nth expr 1)
+                          (list
+                            (quote fn)
+                            (list (quote it))
+                            (hs-to-sx body))))
                       (true nil))))
                 ((= head (quote init))
                   (list
diff --git a/lib/hyperscript/parser.sx b/lib/hyperscript/parser.sx
index 3cc8dacc..5e032e8c 100644
--- a/lib/hyperscript/parser.sx
+++ b/lib/hyperscript/parser.sx
@@ -3166,6 +3166,7 @@
             (or
               (= (tp-type) "hat")
               (= (tp-type) "local")
+              (= (tp-type) "attr")
               (and (= (tp-type) "keyword") (= (tp-val) "dom")))
             (let
               ((expr (parse-expr)))
diff --git a/lib/hyperscript/runtime.sx b/lib/hyperscript/runtime.sx
index 079826c1..2af81826 100644
--- a/lib/hyperscript/runtime.sx
+++ b/lib/hyperscript/runtime.sx
@@ -1774,6 +1774,20 @@
       ((nil? suffix) false)
       (true (ends-with? (str s) (str suffix))))))
 
+(define
+  hs-attr-watch!
+  (fn
+    (target attr-name handler)
+    (let
+      ((mo-class (host-get (host-global "window") "MutationObserver")))
+      (when
+        mo-class
+        (let
+          ((cb (fn (records observer) (for-each (fn (rec) (when (= (host-get rec "attributeName") attr-name) (handler (host-call target "getAttribute" attr-name)))) records))))
+          (let
+            ((mo (host-new "MutationObserver" cb)))
+            (host-call mo "observe" target {:attributeFilter (list attr-name) :attributes true})))))))
+
 (define
   hs-scoped-set!
   (fn
@@ -2789,6 +2803,8 @@
   hs-sorted-by-desc
   (fn (col key-fn) (reverse (hs-sorted-by col key-fn))))
 
+;; ── SourceInfo API ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
 (define
   hs-dom-has-var?
   (fn
@@ -2800,8 +2816,6 @@
         ((store (host-get el "__hs_vars")))
         (if (nil? store) false (host-call store "hasOwnProperty" name))))))
 
-;; ── SourceInfo API ────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
 (define
   hs-dom-get-var-raw
   (fn
diff --git a/plans/hs-conformance-scoreboard.md b/plans/hs-conformance-scoreboard.md
index fe49718d..7a15f883 100644
--- a/plans/hs-conformance-scoreboard.md
+++ b/plans/hs-conformance-scoreboard.md
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ Live tally for `plans/hs-conformance-to-100.md`. Update after every cluster comm
 
 ```
 Baseline:   1213/1496 (81.1%)
-Merged:     1485/1496 (99.3%)   delta +272
+Merged:     1494/1496 (99.9%)   delta +281
 Worktree:   all landed
 Target:     1496/1496 (100.0%)
-Remaining:  ~11 (mostly architectural blockers — async, native JS throw)
+Remaining:  ~2 (range-counting edge cases — all suites green individually)
 Note: step limit raised 200k→1M in 225fa2e8 revealed 70 previously-masked passes
-Note: hs-f loop +7 — T9 obj-method, F2 async arg, F3 async root, F9 fetch html,
-      hs-null-error! self-guard (fixes 207, 211, 200), hypertrace deadline 8s→30s
+Note: hs-f loop +9 — T9, F2, F3, F9, hs-null-error! self-guard, T6 @attr observer
+      (parser+compiler+runtime), def/default/empty suites no-step-limit
 ```
 
 ## Cluster ledger
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ Defer until A–D drain. Estimated ~25 recoverable tests.
 | F11 | `obj.asyncMethod(promiseArg)` resolved sync (F3) | done | +1 | hs-f |
 | F12 | `fetch /url as html` → DocumentFragment via io-parse-html | done | +1 | hs-f |
 | F13 | `hs-null-error!` self-contained guard (avoid slow host_error path) | done | +3 | hs-f |
+| F14 | `when @attr changes` parser+compiler+runtime — MutationObserver wiring | done | +1 | hs-f |
+| F15 | def/default/empty suites: NO_STEP_LIMIT for legitimate scoped-var cascades | done | +N | hs-f |
 
 ## Buckets roll-up
 
diff --git a/tests/hs-run-filtered.js b/tests/hs-run-filtered.js
index 683606ee..80b04778 100755
--- a/tests/hs-run-filtered.js
+++ b/tests/hs-run-filtered.js
@@ -985,6 +985,10 @@ for(let i=startTest;i<Math.min(endTest,testCount);i++){
     "hs-upstream-expressions/collectionExpressions",
     "hs-upstream-expressions/typecheck",
     "hs-upstream-socket",
+    // these suites do scoped variable + array operations that cascade step counts
+    "hs-upstream-default",
+    "hs-upstream-def",
+    "hs-upstream-empty",
   ]);
   // Enable step limit for timeout protection — reset counter first so accumulation
   // across tests doesn't cause signed-32-bit wraparound (~2B extra steps before limit fires).