diff --git a/SKILL.md b/SKILL.md
index 04b39fb..f82fe5c 100644
--- a/SKILL.md
+++ b/SKILL.md
@@ -562,7 +562,15 @@ and reconciles the target doc with the Body.
   of the mind (see "Never restate typed state in prose"). On re-entry, Self
   rehydrates before briefing anyone: `whoami`, the campaigns recipe, then for
   every campaign in force the open questions and follow-ups and the specs with
-  no report. The handoff is a pointer into that state, not the ledger. A clear ends the
+  no report. The handoff is a pointer into that state, not the ledger. Every
+  campaign in force has exactly one area: before writing a handoff, Self runs
+  the campaigns recipe and checks that each campaign in force is named by its
+  own handoff or by another area's current one; on re-entry, a campaign in
+  force that no current handoff names is adopted on the spot or put to the
+  operator. A Self that hands a campaign to another area names it in both
+  handoffs the same day. (On 2026-10-11 four campaigns in force, among them
+  variants with a High finding open, had sat a week in neither area's list.)
+  A clear ends the
   session's background agents: their commits survive on branches, their
   unadmitted reports and verdicts do not. Rotate when no agent is in flight; if
   one must be, the handoff lists its branch, worktree and owed admission, and
diff --git a/references/changelog.md b/references/changelog.md
index a4c6160..20c5a19 100644
--- a/references/changelog.md
+++ b/references/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 Record each change to the skill together with the evidence that motivated it.
 
+## 2026-10-11: every campaign in force has an area
+
+Self, session `self-2026-10-11-eureka`.
+
+Evidence. Operator, 2026-10-11: "I feel like some campaigns were dropped again." The campaigns recipe listed 17 in force; the eureka and Aetheria/Ghostlight handoffs named 13. variants (5 unreported specs, a High finding), asura, cultmath-tapes and idunn-watchdog had no Self, one of them since 2026-10-03. The 10-10b handoff said asura belonged to the other Self, whose handoff never listed it. Same failure as the scenarios cuts on 2026-10-03.
+
+What changed. The `SKILL.md` rotation bullet requires the campaigns recipe to be reconciled against every current area handoff before a handoff is written, an unnamed campaign in force to be adopted or put to the operator on re-entry, and a hand-over between areas to be named in both handoffs.
+
 ## 2026-10-09: research is always kept
 
 Self, session `self-2026-10-09-eureka`.