diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18b6b17..b0beb62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-## Unreleased (2026-10-20) — the monitoring page's storage labels follow the reader's language (W26); text only
+## Unreleased (2026-10-20/21) — the monitoring page's storage labels follow the reader's language (W26); a finished off-site abandonment closes on the hub's word (R-1182)
+
+- **R-1182 (2026-10-21, with hub v0.163.0):** the hub now purges only the recovery packages that open the set-aside copy
+  it deleted, and keeps the packages of other stored copies, so `superseded_present` can stay true after a finished
+  abandonment. The ACK field `escrow.abandon_purge_done` now reaches `report.EscrowStatus`; the confirmer's new hook
+  `AbandonPurgeDone` (wired in `main.go`) closes the box's declaration. An older hub sends no field → the old rule
+  holds. Tests `TestR1182_TheHubsPurgeDoneClosesTheDeclaration` (red-proved: the call removed → `hook calls = 0`) and
+  `TestR1182_MainWiresAbandonPurgeDone`.
 
 Found by the Tester-2 rehearsal of 2026-10-20 (felhom.eu `audits/rehearsal-2026-10-20/B6-failures/s16-README.md`, word
 W26): on the English dashboard the monitoring page showed every storage label and purpose in Hungarian. No release in
diff --git a/controller/cmd/controller/main.go b/controller/cmd/controller/main.go
index 745389b..df0726c 100644
--- a/controller/cmd/controller/main.go
+++ b/controller/cmd/controller/main.go
@@ -1137,7 +1137,14 @@ func main() {
 			// on every ACK and discarded. Wired at the same point as the two above, deliberately —
 			// a second wiring site in this file is how six features got built and never reached.
 			RecordEscrowKeyHash: sett.SetHubEscrowKeySHA256,
-			Logger:              logger,
+			// R-1182 (hub v0.163.0): the hub finished this box's abandonment purge while it rightly keeps the
+			// packages of OTHER set-aside copies — close the declaration (superseded_present may stay true).
+			AbandonPurgeDone: func() {
+				if backupMgr != nil {
+					backupMgr.ClearAbandonPurgeIfConfirmed(false)
+				}
+			},
+			Logger: logger,
 		}
 		// R-314/R-279/R-177 (`09` §3 decision 185): the operator's closed list of actions, carried in the
 		// report reply and run in THIS process (opactions_wiring.go). The result rides the next report;
diff --git a/controller/internal/report/escrow_confirm.go b/controller/internal/report/escrow_confirm.go
index cdd5d4d..f5775ec 100644
--- a/controller/internal/report/escrow_confirm.go
+++ b/controller/internal/report/escrow_confirm.go
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ type EscrowStatus struct {
 	// package" and simply keeps today's message: an older hub cannot make the screen say anything new.
 	SupersededPresent bool   `json:"superseded_present"`
 	SupersededAt      string `json:"superseded_at"`
+	// AbandonPurgeDone (R-1182, hub v0.163.0) — the hub answers THIS box's abandonment declaration: the packages that
+	// open the deleted set-aside copy are gone. The hub now keeps the packages of OTHER stored copies, so
+	// SupersededPresent can stay true for good after a finished abandonment; this field is what closes the
+	// declaration then. Absent on an older hub → false → the old rule (SupersededPresent=false) still closes it.
+	AbandonPurgeDone bool `json:"abandon_purge_done"`
 }
 
 // EscrowAutoConfirmer runs the auto-confirm check on each report ACK. Long-lived (one per process) so
@@ -70,6 +75,10 @@ type EscrowAutoConfirmer struct {
 	// immediately, so the one fact that distinguishes a REBUILT box from a box that never had
 	// off-site backups was thrown away on every cycle. nil → not recorded (older wiring, tests).
 	RecordPresence func(present bool) error
+	// AbandonPurgeDone is called when the ACK says the hub finished THIS box's abandonment purge (R-1182) — the box
+	// closes its declaration. Wired at the same point as RecordPresence, for the reason given there. nil → the
+	// declaration closes only on SupersededPresent=false (the pre-R-1182 rule).
+	AbandonPurgeDone func()
 	// RecordSuperseded persists the ACK's `superseded_present` / `superseded_at` (v0.201.0, R-222) —
 	// whether the hub is ALSO keeping an EARLIER sealed package for this box. Wired here for the same
 	// reason as RecordPresence: this is the one place the ACK's escrow object already arrives, and a
@@ -157,6 +166,10 @@ func (c *EscrowAutoConfirmer) Reconcile(es *EscrowStatus) {
 			c.logf("[WARN] [escrow-confirm] could not record the hub's superseded-package state (present=%v): %v", es.SupersededPresent, err)
 		}
 	}
+	// R-1182: the hub confirmed this box's abandonment purge. Same place and discipline as the two recorders above.
+	if es.AbandonPurgeDone && c.AbandonPurgeDone != nil {
+		c.AbandonPurgeDone()
+	}
 	// R-241: persist the hash the hub's package covers, with the moment we heard it. Same discipline,
 	// same place, same reason as the two above — and this one is the fact the recovery screen has been
 	// unable to see. A record failure is logged, never swallowed, and never blocks the auto-confirm.
diff --git a/controller/internal/report/r1182_abandon_done_test.go b/controller/internal/report/r1182_abandon_done_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c18558c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/internal/report/r1182_abandon_done_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package report
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// R-1182 (hub v0.163.0): the hub now keeps the packages of OTHER set-aside copies after an abandonment, so
+// superseded_present can stay true for good; `abandon_purge_done` is what closes this box's declaration. The hook
+// runs on an unconfigured box too (the declaring box has deleted its set-aside copy; its target may be anything).
+// COMPANION RED-PROOF: drop the AbandonPurgeDone call in Reconcile → the first assertion fails.
+func TestR1182_TheHubsPurgeDoneClosesTheDeclaration(t *testing.T) {
+	calls := 0
+	c := &EscrowAutoConfirmer{
+		Pending:          func() bool { return false },
+		Escrowed:         func() bool { return false },
+		AbandonPurgeDone: func() { calls++ },
+		Logger:           log.New(io.Discard, "", 0),
+	}
+	c.Reconcile(&EscrowStatus{IdentityBlobPresent: true, SupersededPresent: true, AbandonPurgeDone: true})
+	if calls != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("purge-done hook calls = %d, want 1 — the box would declare its abandonment for ever", calls)
+	}
+	c.Reconcile(&EscrowStatus{IdentityBlobPresent: true, SupersededPresent: true})
+	if calls != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("hook ran on an ACK without abandon_purge_done (calls = %d)", calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestR1182_MainWiresAbandonPurgeDone(t *testing.T) {
+	found, saw := confirmerFieldIsWired(t, "AbandonPurgeDone")
+	if !saw {
+		t.Fatal("no EscrowAutoConfirmer literal found in main.go")
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Fatal("EscrowAutoConfirmer is built WITHOUT AbandonPurgeDone — a finished abandonment never closes (R-1182)")
+	}
+}