diff --git a/hub/internal/notify/backup_run_digest_test.go b/hub/internal/notify/backup_run_digest_test.go
index ea5729a..fe01497 100644
--- a/hub/internal/notify/backup_run_digest_test.go
+++ b/hub/internal/notify/backup_run_digest_test.go
@@ -264,3 +264,38 @@ func TestPerAppFailure_IsRecordedButNotMailed(t *testing.T) {
 			"anywhere is the measured defect of 2026-08-03", len(seen), len(apps), seen)
 	}
 }
+
+// The per-app reason must not repeat the filesystem figures the digest already prints once. Reviewed
+// as copy against the first real digest, not designed in the abstract.
+func TestDigestEmail_ReasonDoesNotRepeatTheUsageLine(t *testing.T) {
+	reason := "refused: below the reserve (reserve: 97% used or 1.0 GiB free) — /mnt/sys_drive: 65.0/68.7 GB used (95%), 0.2 GB free"
+	details := `{"run_id":"r","run_kind":"nightly","failed":1,"attempted":2,"target_path":"/mnt/sys_drive",` +
+		`"used_gb":65,"avail_gb":0.2,"total_gb":68.7,"used_percent":95,"space_known":true,` +
+		`"apps":[{"app":"opengist","leg":"whole app","reason":"` + reason + `"}]}`
+	_, body := FormatOperatorEmail("demo-hp", "backup_run_failures", "error", "1 of 2 failed", details)
+
+	// The figures appear ONCE, on the Filesystem line — not again on every app row.
+	if strings.Count(body, "65.0/68.7 GB used") != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("the usage clause appears %d times; it must appear once, on its own line — repeated "+
+			"down a list of a dozen apps it pushes the part that DIFFERS off a phone screen:\n%s",
+			strings.Count(body, "65.0/68.7 GB used"), body)
+	}
+	// But the reason itself survives — trimming must not eat the diagnosis.
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "below the reserve") {
+		t.Fatalf("the reason was trimmed away entirely:\n%s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+// A reason naming a DIFFERENT path, or none, must be left completely alone.
+func TestTrimRepeatedUsage_LeavesUnrelatedReasonsAlone(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, c := range []struct{ reason, target string }{
+		{"pg_dump: connection refused", "/mnt/sys_drive"},
+		{"tar failed — /mnt/other: 1/2 GB used (50%), 1 GB free", "/mnt/sys_drive"},
+		{"boom", ""},
+		{"", "/mnt/sys_drive"},
+	} {
+		if got := trimRepeatedUsage(c.reason, c.target); got != c.reason {
+			t.Errorf("reason %q (target %q) was altered to %q", c.reason, c.target, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hub/internal/notify/recovery_unit_dispatch_test.go b/hub/internal/notify/recovery_unit_dispatch_test.go
index 0dd4573..e70fd4a 100644
--- a/hub/internal/notify/recovery_unit_dispatch_test.go
+++ b/hub/internal/notify/recovery_unit_dispatch_test.go
@@ -39,33 +39,45 @@ func TestRecoveryUnitCaptureFailed_NeverReachesTheCustomer(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// The operator must still get it: the register mutes the customer channel, not the signal.
-	gotOperator := false
+	// R-182 CHANGED WHAT THIS ASSERTS, DELIBERATELY, AND THE OLD ASSERTION IS WORTH KEEPING IN VIEW.
+	//
+	// Until 2026-08-03 this test required the OPERATOR to be e-mailed here, on the grounds that "the
+	// alert is the whole point of R-158". That was right when this event was the only signal, and it
+	// is wrong now: measured, nine of these arrived at the hub and two were mailed, because the
+	// operator cooldown key carries no app identifier — so as an alarm it told the operator about one
+	// app and threw the rest away.
+	//
+	// The type is now RECORD-ONLY: written down every time, never mailed. R-158's guarantee — the
+	// operator learns WHICH app failed and WHY — is not weakened, it MOVED: the per-run digest
+	// `backup_run_failures` carries every failed app in one mail, and is pinned by
+	// backup_run_digest_test.go. The customer safety claim below is untouched and is the reason this
+	// test still exists.
 	for _, to := range rec.to {
 		if to == "operator@felhom.eu" {
-			gotOperator = true
+			t.Fatal("the operator was e-mailed a PER-APP capture failure — this type is the record " +
+				"now, not the alarm. One mail per failing app on a full disk is a dozen mails, which " +
+				"is the volume problem the operator ruled against; the digest is the notification")
 		}
 	}
-	if !gotOperator {
-		t.Fatal("the operator was not notified of a recovery-unit capture failure — the alert is the " +
-			"whole point of R-158 and it went nowhere")
-	}
 
-	// The skip must be VISIBLE. An absent log row is equally consistent with "correctly skipped" and
-	// "the dispatcher never ran" — the positive observable is the row itself (standing rule 3).
+	// The RECORD must exist, always. It is what makes the digest trustworthy: if the digest is ever
+	// lost, delayed or suppressed, the failures are still individually written down. An absent row is
+	// equally consistent with "correctly not mailed" and "the dispatcher never ran" — the positive
+	// observable is the row itself (standing rule 3).
 	logs, err := st.GetRecentNotifications("c1", 20)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GetRecentNotifications: %v", err)
 	}
 	found := false
 	for _, l := range logs {
-		if l.Channel == "customer" && l.Status == "skipped" && strings.Contains(l.ErrorMessage, "operator_only") {
+		if l.EventType == "recovery_unit_capture_failed" && l.Status == "recorded" &&
+			strings.Contains(l.ErrorMessage, "record-only") {
 			found = true
 		}
 	}
 	if !found {
-		t.Fatalf("the customer skip is not logged as skipped/operator_only — it is indistinguishable "+
-			"from a delivery that never happened; got %d row(s)", len(logs))
+		t.Fatalf("the per-app failure left no 'recorded' row — a failure that is neither mailed nor "+
+			"written down is exactly the 2026-08-03 defect, rebuilt; got %d row(s)", len(logs))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/hub/internal/notify/templates.go b/hub/internal/notify/templates.go
index 38fe3a1..e413e83 100644
--- a/hub/internal/notify/templates.go
+++ b/hub/internal/notify/templates.go
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ func renderBackupRunFailures(customerID, detailsJSON string) (string, string, bo
 	var b strings.Builder
 	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\n\nFAILED: %d of %d apps attempted in this %s run.\n\n", d.Failed, d.Attempted, kind)
 	for _, a := range d.Apps {
-		reason := a.Reason
+		reason := trimRepeatedUsage(a.Reason, d.TargetPath)
 		if reason == "" {
 			reason = "(no reason recorded)"
 		}
@@ -382,3 +382,27 @@ func renderBackupRunFailures(customerID, detailsJSON string) (string, string, bo
 	b.WriteString("whether or not this mail was sent.")
 	return b.String(), subject, true
 }
+
+// trimRepeatedUsage strips the trailing "— /path: X/Y GB used (Z%), W GB free" clause from a per-app
+// reason, because the digest prints those figures ONCE for the whole run on its own line.
+//
+// This is a copy fix, and it was made after reading the first real digest rather than from the
+// design. The reserve's refusal message is authored for a single-app alert, where naming the
+// filesystem is exactly right; repeated down a list of a dozen apps it is the same forty characters
+// twelve times, and it pushes the part that differs off the right-hand edge of a phone screen at
+// 07:00 — which is the only moment this mail has to work.
+//
+// It trims ONLY an exact "— <target path>:" suffix, so a reason that mentions a different path, or
+// none, is left completely alone. A reason that is nothing but the usage clause is left alone too:
+// removing everything would turn a bad line into an empty one.
+func trimRepeatedUsage(reason, targetPath string) string {
+	if reason == "" || targetPath == "" {
+		return reason
+	}
+	marker := " — " + targetPath + ":"
+	i := strings.LastIndex(reason, marker)
+	if i <= 0 {
+		return reason
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(reason[:i])
+}
diff --git a/manifests/hub.yaml b/manifests/hub.yaml
index 573fc2b..224f9a3 100644
--- a/manifests/hub.yaml
+++ b/manifests/hub.yaml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: hub
-          image: gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-hub:0.90.0
+          image: gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-hub:0.90.1
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
               name: http