diff --git a/docs/app-profiles/streampixels.md b/docs/app-profiles/streampixels.md
index 23eb040..c9054c7 100644
--- a/docs/app-profiles/streampixels.md
+++ b/docs/app-profiles/streampixels.md
@@ -38,13 +38,17 @@ In the service-first Heimdall version, the most likely reusable slice is:
 
 - viewer audience profiles
 - creator memberships tied to streamer spaces
-- creator connector credentials
+- creator connector bindings and feature semantics
 - overlay/runtime state
 - audience-facing app data in general
 
 In plain language:
 
 - Heimdall can authenticate and authorize the control plane
+- Heimdall can also own OAuth flow and token custody for creator-side provider
+  connections when that reduces auth duplication
+- StreamPixels still owns which creator a connection belongs to, what
+  subscriptions or sync flows it drives, and how failures are surfaced
 - StreamPixels audience data stays StreamPixels data
 
 ## Capability direction
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 96b56a5..85c27a2 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -81,11 +81,18 @@ their brand name appears somewhere in an app.
   proves who the user is and can supply one `LinkedIdentity`
 - `Entitlement source`
   answers whether some access-relevant claim is currently true
+- `Managed provider credential`
+  a user- or account-authorized third-party credential whose OAuth dance, token
+  custody, refresh, and revocation Heimdall can own on behalf of an app
 - `Local grant source`
   records app or operator-issued overrides inside Heimdall
-- `App-owned connector OAuth`
-  authenticates an app's operational integration with a third-party platform
-  and does **not** become Heimdall territory just because it uses OAuth
+
+Default rule:
+
+- if a future app needs user-facing or account-linked OAuth, Heimdall should
+  own the ugly parts by default
+- the app should only need to describe what the resulting connection means in
+  its own world
 
 One provider can play different roles in different apps:
 
@@ -93,8 +100,9 @@ One provider can play different roles in different apps:
   sources
 - Bifrost can treat GitHub as identity proof while keeping membership approval,
   roles, and governance state app-local
-- StreamPixels can reuse shared viewer identity patterns while keeping
-  creator-side Twitch/YouTube connector credentials and runtime plumbing
+- StreamPixels can reuse shared viewer identity patterns and even shared
+  OAuth/token custody for creator-side Twitch/YouTube connections while keeping
+  creator bindings, subscriptions, diagnostics, and runtime plumbing
   StreamPixels-owned
 
 ## System shape
@@ -113,11 +121,12 @@ flowchart TD
 The important split:
 
 - Heimdall owns provider OAuth, identity linking, entitlement refresh, signed
-  sessions, claims, grants, and audit surfaces
+  sessions, claims, grants, audit surfaces, and managed provider credential
+  custody
 - the host experiment owns its workload, queue, editor, render path, viewer
   profile model, creator model, or other product-specific machinery
-- app-owned operational connector OAuth stays with the app unless there is a
-  very deliberate reason to centralize it
+- the host experiment also owns which local entity a connection attaches to,
+  what permissions it implies, and what runtime behavior consumes it
 
 Do not smear provider logic directly through every host runtime.
 
@@ -246,13 +255,23 @@ Shared adapters should be boring and reusable:
 - `InviteGrantProvider`
   - reusable invite-issued app or role grants where that pattern makes sense
 
+Shared connection handling can also cover app integrations when the credential
+is user- or account-authorized and worth centralizing:
+
+- Heimdall can own OAuth start/callback, token exchange, encrypted storage,
+  refresh, and revocation
+- the app still owns binding the connection to a local entity such as
+  `creator_id`, `workspace_id`, `project_id`, or `channel_id`
+- the app still owns sync jobs, subscriptions, diagnostics, feature toggles,
+  and the domain-specific consequences of that connection
+
 Important rule:
 
 - a provider being used anywhere in an app does not automatically make all uses
   of that provider Heimdall-owned
-- creator/operational connector OAuth such as StreamPixels broadcaster
-  connectors stays app-owned unless it is deliberately promoted into the shared
-  auth authority
+- provider OAuth and token custody should default to Heimdall when the
+  connection is tied to a user or account rather than a purely app-local secret
+- app-specific binding semantics and runtime behavior still stay app-owned
 
 ## Policy model
 
@@ -332,6 +351,8 @@ Every hosted experiment should integrate through the same seams:
 - mark which routes are public, authenticated, or capability-gated
 - attach `account_id`, `session_id`, and `access_revision` to owned resources
   such as jobs, drafts, uploads, or queue entries
+- if the app uses Heimdall-managed provider connections, bind those connections
+  onto app-local entities and keep the downstream runtime behavior local
 - require resource-owner checks on private read/update/delete paths
 
 If an app has a queue or job system:
@@ -418,8 +439,10 @@ Suggested generic env surface:
 Only configure the providers Heimdall actually owns for a given deployment.
 
 Per-app binding should live in code or profile config, not in cloned provider
-env namespaces. App-owned connector OAuth should stay under the app's own env
-surface even when the upstream provider name overlaps.
+env namespaces. App-local binding and runtime config such as creator
+associations, webhook subscriptions, sync toggles, or workspace/project
+attachment rules should stay under the app's own config/state even when the
+underlying OAuth credential is Heimdall-managed.
 
 ## Audit Result
 
diff --git a/state/evidence.jsonl b/state/evidence.jsonl
index 886cfe7..f69d964 100644
--- a/state/evidence.jsonl
+++ b/state/evidence.jsonl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {"ts":"2026-04-26T00:00:00Z","type":"design","status":"accepted","note":"The shared hosted-access plan was extracted from Repixelizer into its own repo so the backbone can evolve separately from app-specific notes."}
 {"ts":"2026-04-26T00:00:00Z","type":"design","status":"superseded","note":"The initial first implementation hypothesis was an embedded shared gamecult_access package. This was later superseded by the Heimdall service-first shape after the cross-runtime split and Yggdrasil topology review."}
-{"ts":"2026-04-26T00:00:00Z","type":"boundary","status":"accepted","note":"StreamPixels can reuse the same auth/control-plane backbone, but streamer-audience data, creator memberships, connector credentials, and runtime state should remain StreamPixels-owned."}
+{"ts":"2026-04-26T00:00:00Z","type":"boundary","status":"accepted","note":"StreamPixels can reuse the same auth/control-plane backbone, and Heimdall may own OAuth/token custody for shared provider connections, but streamer-audience data, creator memberships, creator-side connection bindings, and runtime state remain StreamPixels-owned."}
 {"ts":"2026-04-26T06:00:00Z","type":"design","status":"accepted","note":"The cross-runtime split and current Yggdrasil topology changed the first implementation shape from an embedded shared package to Heimdall: a shared auth authority service whose signed claims are verified locally by each app."}
-{"ts": "2026-04-26T11:00:02+00:00", "type": "design", "status": "accepted", "note": "Heimdall's provider model splits shared identity providers and entitlement sources from app-owned connector OAuth. Different provider mixes change adapter inventory and claim vocabulary, not the core service boundary."}
+{"ts": "2026-04-26T11:00:02+00:00", "type": "design", "status": "accepted", "note": "Heimdall's provider model splits shared OAuth and credential custody from app-owned binding semantics and runtime use. Different provider mixes change adapter inventory and claim vocabulary, not the core service boundary."}