diff --git a/crates/ailang-check/src/diagnostic.rs b/crates/ailang-check/src/diagnostic.rs
index ea35bbe..2d79964 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-check/src/diagnostic.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-check/src/diagnostic.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
 //!   [`SuggestedRewrite`] whose `replacement` is the relaxed
 //!   `(fn-type ...)` in form-A. Pure advisory; the typechecker still
 //!   accepts the original signature.
+//! - `empty-suppress-reason` (Iter 19b) — `severity: error`. Emitted
+//!   by the per-module suppress filter when a `(suppress (code ...)
+//!   (because ""))` entry on an `FnDef` has an empty or
+//!   whitespace-only `because`. `ctx`: `{"code": "<suppressed-code>"}`.
+//!   Hard-Error: a suppression without a reason is unreviewable, so
+//!   the build refuses it. Note that an invalid suppression does NOT
+//!   suppress its target diagnostic — the original still fires
+//!   alongside this error.
 
 use serde::Serialize;
 
diff --git a/crates/ailang-check/src/lib.rs b/crates/ailang-check/src/lib.rs
index 106ff7d..8047feb 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-check/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-check/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
 
 mod linearity;
 mod reuse_shape;
+mod suppress_filter;
 pub mod uniqueness;
 
 /// Metavariable substitution. Maps fresh metavar ids (from `$m<id>` in
@@ -656,8 +657,13 @@ pub fn check_workspace(ws: &Workspace) -> Vec<Diagnostic> {
         let m = &ws.modules[name];
         let typecheck_errors = check_in_workspace(m, ws, &module_globals);
         let had_typecheck_errors = !typecheck_errors.is_empty();
+        // Per-module diagnostic accumulator. The suppress filter
+        // (Iter 19b) runs at the end of the per-module block, so
+        // we keep this module's diagnostics in their own vec while
+        // accumulating, then merge into the workspace-wide list.
+        let mut module_diags: Vec<Diagnostic> = Vec::new();
         for e in typecheck_errors {
-            diagnostics.push(e.to_diagnostic());
+            module_diags.push(e.to_diagnostic());
         }
         // Iter 18c.2: linearity check runs only on modules that
         // typechecked clean. Running it on a body that already has a
@@ -667,7 +673,7 @@ pub fn check_workspace(ws: &Workspace) -> Vec<Diagnostic> {
         // all-explicit-mode fn are exactly the surface the check is
         // designed to inspect.
         if !had_typecheck_errors {
-            diagnostics.extend(linearity::check_module(m));
+            module_diags.extend(linearity::check_module(m));
             // Iter 18d.2: reuse-as shape compatibility check. Runs on
             // the same activation gate as linearity (all-explicit-mode
             // fns only). The check resolves each `(reuse-as <var>
@@ -676,8 +682,15 @@ pub fn check_workspace(ws: &Workspace) -> Vec<Diagnostic> {
             // after linearity so its output appears after linearity's
             // diagnostics for the same def — stable ordering for the
             // JSON consumer.
-            diagnostics.extend(reuse_shape::check_module(m));
+            module_diags.extend(reuse_shape::check_module(m));
         }
+        // Iter 19b: apply per-fn `suppress` filter. Runs after every
+        // diagnostic source has appended so any code the author
+        // listed can actually be matched. Drops matching diagnostics
+        // and pushes `empty-suppress-reason` (Error) for malformed
+        // entries. See [`crate::suppress_filter`] for details.
+        suppress_filter::apply(m, &mut module_diags);
+        diagnostics.extend(module_diags);
     }
     diagnostics
 }
@@ -2056,6 +2069,7 @@ mod tests {
             ty,
             params: params.into_iter().map(|s| s.into()).collect(),
             body,
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: None,
         })
     }
@@ -2616,6 +2630,7 @@ mod tests {
                     body: Term::Var { name: "x".into() },
                 }],
             },
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: None,
         });
         // Use unbox at Int and at Bool — both must succeed and not
diff --git a/crates/ailang-check/src/lift.rs b/crates/ailang-check/src/lift.rs
index 60be9c8..7a37cd4 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-check/src/lift.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-check/src/lift.rs
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ impl<'a> Lifter<'a> {
                     ty: augmented_ty.clone(),
                     params: augmented_params,
                     body: body_full,
+                    suppress: vec![],
                     doc: Some(doc),
                 }));
 
diff --git a/crates/ailang-check/src/linearity.rs b/crates/ailang-check/src/linearity.rs
index 34989c4..13cd9f3 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-check/src/linearity.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-check/src/linearity.rs
@@ -1007,6 +1007,7 @@ mod tests {
             },
             params: (0..modes.len()).map(|i| format!("p{i}")).collect(),
             body,
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: None,
         })
     }
@@ -1159,6 +1160,7 @@ mod tests {
             },
             params: vec!["xs".into()],
             body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Int { value: 0 } },
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: None,
         });
         let f_body = Term::App {
@@ -1324,6 +1326,7 @@ mod tests {
             },
             params: vec!["xs".into()],
             body,
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: None,
         })
     }
diff --git a/crates/ailang-check/src/reuse_shape.rs b/crates/ailang-check/src/reuse_shape.rs
index ff72662..1b18940 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-check/src/reuse_shape.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-check/src/reuse_shape.rs
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ mod tests {
             },
             params: (0..modes.len()).map(|i| format!("p{i}")).collect(),
             body,
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: None,
         })
     }
diff --git a/crates/ailang-check/src/suppress_filter.rs b/crates/ailang-check/src/suppress_filter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcbffc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ailang-check/src/suppress_filter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+//! Iter 19b: per-module post-process that consumes
+//! [`ailang_core::ast::FnDef::suppress`] entries.
+//!
+//! For each `Def::Fn(f)` and each `Suppress { code, because }` in
+//! `f.suppress`:
+//!
+//! 1. If `because.trim()` is empty, push an `empty-suppress-reason`
+//!    `Error` diagnostic (the typechecker rejects the suppression
+//!    itself; the original diagnostic still fires unmasked, because
+//!    a malformed suppression cannot suppress anything).
+//! 2. Otherwise, drop every diagnostic from the accumulated list whose
+//!    `def == Some(f.name)` AND `code == s.code`.
+//!
+//! The check runs once per module after every other diagnostic source
+//! (typecheck → linearity → reuse-shape) has appended its output.
+//! That way every diagnostic the suppression might mask is already in
+//! the list when we filter.
+//!
+//! ## Why a wrong code does not error
+//!
+//! The diagnostic registry is open-set — codes are added per iter
+//! and consumers (LLM tooling, future review tools) treat the set
+//! as growing. A `(suppress (code "<unknown>") ...)` entry simply
+//! matches no diagnostic and therefore suppresses nothing; the
+//! typechecker stays silent about it. This is intentionally
+//! permissive: the cost of a typo is "the warning still fires", not
+//! a hard build break, so authors who mis-type a code get the
+//! original signal back instead of a confusing meta-error.
+//!
+//! ## Why empty `because` is hard-Error
+//!
+//! `because` is the only thing keeping a suppress from being a
+//! drive-by silence: without a reason, a future maintainer (likely
+//! a future LLM) reading the def has no way to judge whether to
+//! keep, tighten, or remove the suppression. Refusing to typecheck
+//! the def at all forces the explicit-intent contract.
+
+use crate::diagnostic::{Diagnostic, Severity};
+use ailang_core::ast::{Def, Module};
+
+/// Apply the suppress filter to `diags` (mutates in place) for every
+/// `Def::Fn` in `m`. New diagnostics (`empty-suppress-reason`) are
+/// pushed onto `diags`.
+pub(crate) fn apply(m: &Module, diags: &mut Vec<Diagnostic>) {
+    // Walk fns; collect (def_name, code) pairs to drop, plus any
+    // empty-reason errors to add. We can do this in one pass per fn
+    // because a wrong code cannot drop anything (no match) and an
+    // empty reason explicitly does not drop the diagnostic it points
+    // to (per the module-level rationale).
+    let mut to_drop: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
+    let mut to_add: Vec<Diagnostic> = Vec::new();
+    for def in &m.defs {
+        let f = match def {
+            Def::Fn(f) => f,
+            _ => continue,
+        };
+        for s in &f.suppress {
+            if s.because.trim().is_empty() {
+                to_add.push(make_empty_suppress_reason(&f.name, &s.code));
+                // Do NOT add to `to_drop`: an invalid suppression does
+                // not suppress anything — see module rationale.
+            } else {
+                to_drop.push((f.name.clone(), s.code.clone()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if !to_drop.is_empty() {
+        diags.retain(|d| {
+            let key = match &d.def {
+                Some(name) => (name.clone(), d.code.clone()),
+                None => return true,
+            };
+            !to_drop.contains(&key)
+        });
+    }
+
+    diags.extend(to_add);
+}
+
+/// Build the `empty-suppress-reason` diagnostic. Severity is
+/// hard-Error: a suppression with no reason is unreviewable, so the
+/// build refuses it. The `ctx` carries the `code` string so a tool
+/// downstream can see exactly which suppression was malformed
+/// (independent of the human-readable `message`).
+fn make_empty_suppress_reason(def: &str, code: &str) -> Diagnostic {
+    let mut d = Diagnostic {
+        severity: Severity::Error,
+        code: "empty-suppress-reason".into(),
+        message: format!(
+            "suppress entry for diagnostic `{code}` requires a non-empty `because` reason"
+        ),
+        def: Some(def.to_string()),
+        ctx: serde_json::json!({"code": code}),
+        suggested_rewrites: Vec::new(),
+    };
+    // Defensive: keep the field always-emitted shape (the Diagnostic
+    // builder also leaves it `[]`, but constructing the struct
+    // directly above means we set it explicitly here for clarity).
+    d.suggested_rewrites.clear();
+    d
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use ailang_core::ast::{
+        Def, FnDef, Literal, Module, ParamMode, Suppress, Term, Type,
+    };
+
+    fn module_with_one_fn(name: &str, suppress: Vec<Suppress>) -> Module {
+        Module {
+            schema: ailang_core::SCHEMA.into(),
+            name: "t".into(),
+            imports: vec![],
+            defs: vec![Def::Fn(FnDef {
+                name: name.into(),
+                ty: Type::Fn {
+                    params: vec![],
+                    param_modes: vec![],
+                    ret: Box::new(Type::int()),
+                    ret_mode: ParamMode::Implicit,
+                    effects: vec![],
+                },
+                params: vec![],
+                body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Int { value: 0 } },
+                doc: None,
+                suppress,
+            })],
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: a suppress entry with a matching `(def, code)` pair
+    /// drops the diagnostic from the accumulated list.
+    #[test]
+    fn matching_suppress_drops_the_diagnostic() {
+        let m = module_with_one_fn(
+            "f",
+            vec![Suppress {
+                code: "over-strict-mode".into(),
+                because: "RC test fixture".into(),
+            }],
+        );
+        let mut diags = vec![Diagnostic::warning("over-strict-mode", "msg")
+            .with_def("f")];
+        apply(&m, &mut diags);
+        assert!(diags.is_empty(), "diagnostic should have been dropped: {diags:?}");
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: an empty `because` produces an `empty-suppress-reason`
+    /// Error AND does NOT drop the original diagnostic.
+    #[test]
+    fn empty_because_errors_and_does_not_suppress() {
+        let m = module_with_one_fn(
+            "f",
+            vec![Suppress {
+                code: "over-strict-mode".into(),
+                because: "".into(),
+            }],
+        );
+        let mut diags = vec![Diagnostic::warning("over-strict-mode", "msg")
+            .with_def("f")];
+        apply(&m, &mut diags);
+        // Original diag still present; new error appended.
+        assert_eq!(diags.len(), 2, "expected original + new error: {diags:?}");
+        let has_orig = diags.iter().any(|d| d.code == "over-strict-mode");
+        let empty_err: Vec<_> = diags
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|d| d.code == "empty-suppress-reason")
+            .collect();
+        assert!(has_orig, "original over-strict-mode must still fire");
+        assert_eq!(empty_err.len(), 1, "exactly one empty-suppress-reason");
+        assert_eq!(empty_err[0].severity, Severity::Error);
+        assert_eq!(empty_err[0].def.as_deref(), Some("f"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            empty_err[0].ctx,
+            serde_json::json!({"code": "over-strict-mode"})
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: whitespace-only `because` is treated the same as
+    /// empty — the trimmed text is what matters.
+    #[test]
+    fn whitespace_only_because_errors() {
+        let m = module_with_one_fn(
+            "f",
+            vec![Suppress {
+                code: "over-strict-mode".into(),
+                because: "   \t \n ".into(),
+            }],
+        );
+        let mut diags = vec![Diagnostic::warning("over-strict-mode", "msg")
+            .with_def("f")];
+        apply(&m, &mut diags);
+        assert!(
+            diags
+                .iter()
+                .any(|d| d.code == "empty-suppress-reason"),
+            "whitespace-only because should fire empty-suppress-reason: {diags:?}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            diags.iter().any(|d| d.code == "over-strict-mode"),
+            "original diagnostic must still fire when suppress is invalid"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: a suppress entry whose `code` does not match any
+    /// diagnostic in the list is silently a no-op (the diagnostic
+    /// registry is open-set; a typo costs "warning still fires", not
+    /// a meta-error).
+    #[test]
+    fn unmatched_code_is_silent_no_op() {
+        let m = module_with_one_fn(
+            "f",
+            vec![Suppress {
+                code: "type-mismatch".into(),
+                because: "test".into(),
+            }],
+        );
+        let mut diags = vec![Diagnostic::warning("over-strict-mode", "msg")
+            .with_def("f")];
+        apply(&m, &mut diags);
+        // The original is untouched; no empty-suppress-reason is added.
+        assert_eq!(diags.len(), 1, "{diags:?}");
+        assert_eq!(diags[0].code, "over-strict-mode");
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: a diagnostic on a *different* def is not affected by
+    /// a suppression on this fn.
+    #[test]
+    fn suppression_only_drops_diagnostics_on_same_def() {
+        let m = module_with_one_fn(
+            "f",
+            vec![Suppress {
+                code: "over-strict-mode".into(),
+                because: "test".into(),
+            }],
+        );
+        let mut diags = vec![
+            Diagnostic::warning("over-strict-mode", "f msg").with_def("f"),
+            Diagnostic::warning("over-strict-mode", "g msg").with_def("g"),
+        ];
+        apply(&m, &mut diags);
+        assert_eq!(diags.len(), 1, "only `f`'s diagnostic should drop: {diags:?}");
+        assert_eq!(diags[0].def.as_deref(), Some("g"));
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: a diagnostic with `def == None` is never dropped by
+    /// any suppression (no def-name to match against).
+    #[test]
+    fn def_none_diagnostic_is_never_dropped() {
+        let m = module_with_one_fn(
+            "f",
+            vec![Suppress {
+                code: "over-strict-mode".into(),
+                because: "test".into(),
+            }],
+        );
+        let mut diags = vec![Diagnostic::warning("over-strict-mode", "msg")];
+        apply(&m, &mut diags);
+        assert_eq!(diags.len(), 1, "{diags:?}");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ailang-check/src/uniqueness.rs b/crates/ailang-check/src/uniqueness.rs
index daed723..fd219a9 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-check/src/uniqueness.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-check/src/uniqueness.rs
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ mod tests {
             },
             params: params.into_iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect(),
             body,
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: None,
         })
     }
diff --git a/crates/ailang-check/tests/workspace.rs b/crates/ailang-check/tests/workspace.rs
index af5197a..c54baaa 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-check/tests/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-check/tests/workspace.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ fn body_errors_accumulate_across_defs() {
             ],
             tail: false,
         },
+        suppress: vec![],
         doc: None,
     });
     let bad_b = Def::Fn(FnDef {
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ fn body_errors_accumulate_across_defs() {
         body: Term::Var {
             name: "this_does_not_exist".into(),
         },
+        suppress: vec![],
         doc: None,
     });
 
@@ -222,6 +224,7 @@ fn use_after_consume_on_own_param_is_reported() {
         },
         params: vec!["ys".into()],
         body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Int { value: 0 } },
+        suppress: vec![],
         doc: None,
     });
 
@@ -256,6 +259,7 @@ fn use_after_consume_on_own_param_is_reported() {
             ],
             tail: false,
         },
+        suppress: vec![],
         doc: None,
     });
 
@@ -347,6 +351,7 @@ fn consume_while_borrowed_in_sibling_arg_is_reported() {
         },
         params: vec!["a".into(), "b".into()],
         body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Int { value: 0 } },
+        suppress: vec![],
         doc: None,
     });
 
@@ -368,6 +373,7 @@ fn consume_while_borrowed_in_sibling_arg_is_reported() {
             ],
             tail: false,
         },
+        suppress: vec![],
         doc: None,
     });
 
@@ -505,6 +511,7 @@ fn reuse_as_happy_path_in_map_inc_is_linearity_clean() {
         ty: map_inc_ty,
         params: vec!["xs".into()],
         body: map_inc_body,
+        suppress: vec![],
         doc: None,
     });
 
@@ -615,6 +622,7 @@ fn reuse_as_shape_mismatch_is_reported_on_cons_to_nil() {
         ty: f_ty,
         params: vec!["xs".into()],
         body,
+        suppress: vec![],
         doc: None,
     });
 
diff --git a/crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs b/crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs
index 1a40afb..5b21d9d 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ impl<'a> Emitter<'a> {
             ty: mono_ty,
             params: fdef.params.clone(),
             body: mono_body,
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: fdef.doc.clone(),
         };
         // Specialised def belongs to the polymorphic def's owner
@@ -2582,6 +2583,7 @@ mod tests {
                         ],
                         tail: false,
                     },
+                    suppress: vec![],
                     doc: None,
                 }),
                 // Entry module needs a `main`, otherwise
@@ -2597,6 +2599,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     params: vec![],
                     body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Unit },
+                    suppress: vec![],
                     doc: None,
                 }),
             ],
@@ -2660,6 +2663,7 @@ mod tests {
                         }),
                         body: Box::new(Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Unit }),
                     },
+                    suppress: vec![],
                     doc: None,
                 }),
             ],
@@ -2710,6 +2714,7 @@ mod tests {
                         body: Box::new(Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Unit }),
                     }),
                 },
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2742,6 +2747,7 @@ mod tests {
                 body: Term::Lit {
                     lit: Literal::Int { value: 1 },
                 },
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2811,6 +2817,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     params: vec![],
                     body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Unit },
+                    suppress: vec![],
                     doc: None,
                 }),
             ],
diff --git a/crates/ailang-core/src/ast.rs b/crates/ailang-core/src/ast.rs
index 753f690..94a4260 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-core/src/ast.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-core/src/ast.rs
@@ -183,6 +183,41 @@ pub struct FnDef {
     /// Optional source-level documentation string.
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub doc: Option<String>,
+    /// Iter 19b: structured-diagnostic suppressions opted into for this
+    /// fn. Each entry names a diagnostic code and an author-asserted
+    /// reason. Currently the only consumer is `over-strict-mode`
+    /// (Iter 19a / 19a.1) but the mechanism is generic across codes.
+    /// `because` must be non-empty — the typechecker emits
+    /// `empty-suppress-reason` (Error) otherwise.
+    ///
+    /// Serialised with `skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty"` so
+    /// every pre-19b fixture's canonical-JSON hash stays bit-identical.
+    /// The same additive-schema pattern is used by [`TypeDef::vars`]
+    /// (Iter 13a) and [`Type::Con::args`] (Iter 13a).
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
+    pub suppress: Vec<Suppress>,
+}
+
+/// Iter 19b: one entry in [`FnDef::suppress`]. Marks a structured
+/// diagnostic the author has consciously decided to allow on this
+/// def, with a mandatory reason.
+///
+/// `because` is non-empty by schema rule — the typechecker emits
+/// `empty-suppress-reason` (Error severity) when it is empty or
+/// whitespace-only, and a wrong/unknown `code` simply matches no
+/// diagnostic and therefore suppresses nothing (the original
+/// diagnostic still fires unmasked).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Suppress {
+    /// The diagnostic code being suppressed (e.g.
+    /// `"over-strict-mode"`). Matched against
+    /// [`crate::SCHEMA`]-side codes; an unknown code suppresses
+    /// nothing but is not itself an error (the diagnostic registry
+    /// is open-set).
+    pub code: String,
+    /// The author's stated reason. Must be non-empty — the
+    /// typechecker emits `empty-suppress-reason` (Error) otherwise.
+    pub because: String,
 }
 
 /// A constant (top-level binding to a value).
diff --git a/crates/ailang-core/src/desugar.rs b/crates/ailang-core/src/desugar.rs
index 59ca8b6..7f3485b 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-core/src/desugar.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-core/src/desugar.rs
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ impl Desugarer {
                     ty: augmented_ty,
                     params: augmented_params,
                     body: body_full,
+                    suppress: vec![],
                     doc: None,
                 }));
                 in_full
@@ -1583,6 +1584,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec!["xs".into()],
                 body: body_match,
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -1638,6 +1640,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec!["xs".into()],
                 body: original.clone(),
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -1694,6 +1697,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec![],
                 body: fact_letrec_term(),
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -1781,6 +1785,7 @@ mod tests {
                         tail: false,
                     }),
                 },
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -1905,6 +1910,7 @@ mod tests {
                     value: Box::new(Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Int { value: 7 } }),
                     body: Box::new(letrec),
                 },
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2018,6 +2024,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     params: vec!["p".into()],
                     body: outer_body,
+                    suppress: vec![],
                     doc: None,
                 }),
             ],
@@ -2095,6 +2102,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec![],
                 body: letrec,
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2155,6 +2163,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec![],
                 body: letrec,
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2291,6 +2300,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec!["x".into()],
                 body: letrec,
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2392,6 +2402,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec!["x".into()],
                 body: letrec,
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2472,6 +2483,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec![],
                 body: outer,
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2551,6 +2563,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec![],
                 body: outer,
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2671,6 +2684,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec!["n".into()],
                 body: body_match,
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2743,6 +2757,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec!["xs".into()],
                 body: body_match,
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
@@ -2823,6 +2838,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 params: vec!["n".into()],
                 body: body_match,
+                suppress: vec![],
                 doc: None,
             })],
         };
diff --git a/crates/ailang-core/src/hash.rs b/crates/ailang-core/src/hash.rs
index 7480873..96222d1 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-core/src/hash.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-core/src/hash.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ mod tests {
                 ],
                 tail: false,
             },
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: None,
         })
     }
@@ -118,4 +119,66 @@ mod tests {
         let int_list_def = list_mod.defs.iter().find(|d| d.name() == "IntList").unwrap();
         assert_eq!(def_hash(int_list_def), "b082192bd0c99202");
     }
+
+    /// Iter 19b regression: adding `suppress` to [`crate::ast::FnDef`]
+    /// must NOT change canonical-JSON hashes of any pre-19b fn whose
+    /// `suppress` is empty. The `skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty"`
+    /// predicate on the field is what enforces this; if it is wrong,
+    /// every existing fixture's hash drifts and `ail diff` /
+    /// `ail manifest` output breaks.
+    ///
+    /// We construct two FnDefs that differ only in `suppress` (one
+    /// empty, one missing the field). They must hash bit-identically:
+    /// the canonical-JSON of both is the same byte sequence because
+    /// the empty Vec is elided.
+    #[test]
+    fn iter19b_empty_suppress_preserves_pre_19b_hashes() {
+        let with_empty_suppress = sample_fn();
+        // Mutate the bare sample to set suppress explicitly to a
+        // non-empty Vec, then mutate it back to empty: two distinct
+        // construction paths that should still hash identically.
+        let mut with_explicit_empty = sample_fn();
+        if let Def::Fn(ref mut f) = with_explicit_empty {
+            f.suppress = vec![];
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            def_hash(&with_empty_suppress),
+            def_hash(&with_explicit_empty),
+            "two FnDefs with empty suppress must hash identically"
+        );
+
+        // And: a FnDef with a *non-empty* suppress hashes
+        // *differently* (sanity check that the field is in fact in
+        // the canonical bytes when present).
+        let mut with_suppress = sample_fn();
+        if let Def::Fn(ref mut f) = with_suppress {
+            f.suppress = vec![crate::ast::Suppress {
+                code: "over-strict-mode".into(),
+                because: "test reason".into(),
+            }];
+        }
+        assert_ne!(
+            def_hash(&with_empty_suppress),
+            def_hash(&with_suppress),
+            "non-empty suppress must produce a distinct hash"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: an on-disk pre-19b fixture must still load cleanly
+    /// (no `suppress` field present in the JSON) and produce its
+    /// canonical-byte hash unchanged. The hash for `sum.sum` was
+    /// recorded by the 13a regression and must stay 16 hex chars
+    /// equal to `db33f57cb329935e` — this test re-asserts it after
+    /// the 19b schema bump.
+    #[test]
+    fn iter19b_schema_extension_preserves_pre_19b_hashes() {
+        let manifest_dir = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+        let examples = manifest_dir.join("../../examples");
+
+        let sum_src = std::fs::read(examples.join("sum.ail.json"))
+            .expect("examples/sum.ail.json present");
+        let sum_mod: crate::ast::Module = serde_json::from_slice(&sum_src).unwrap();
+        let sum_def = sum_mod.defs.iter().find(|d| d.name() == "sum").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(def_hash(sum_def), "db33f57cb329935e");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ailang-core/src/pretty.rs b/crates/ailang-core/src/pretty.rs
index 2672397..680c458 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-core/src/pretty.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-core/src/pretty.rs
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ mod tests {
                         ],
                         tail: false,
                     },
+                    suppress: vec![],
                     doc: None,
                 }),
             ],
diff --git a/crates/ailang-prose/src/lib.rs b/crates/ailang-prose/src/lib.rs
index aba87aa..40b1657 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-prose/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-prose/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 //! never fails on a well-formed AST.
 
 use ailang_core::ast::{
-    ConstDef, Ctor, Def, FnDef, Import, Literal, Module, ParamMode, Pattern, Term, Type, TypeDef,
+    ConstDef, Ctor, Def, FnDef, Import, Literal, Module, ParamMode, Pattern, Suppress, Term, Type,
+    TypeDef,
 };
 
 /// Render a [`Module`] as human-readable prose.
@@ -79,6 +80,26 @@ fn write_def(out: &mut String, def: &Def, level: usize) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Iter 19b: render the [`FnDef::suppress`] list as one
+/// `// @suppress <code>: <reason>` line per entry, indented to
+/// `level`. Multiple entries stack in declaration order; an empty
+/// list produces no output (and therefore no leading blank line).
+///
+/// The render is intentionally lossless. The LLM-reader of the
+/// prose form needs to see *why* an annotation that looks
+/// over-strict is correct on this def; eliding suppressions would
+/// hide that contract metadata.
+fn write_suppress_lines(out: &mut String, suppress: &[Suppress], level: usize) {
+    for s in suppress {
+        indent(out, level);
+        out.push_str("// @suppress ");
+        out.push_str(&s.code);
+        out.push_str(": ");
+        out.push_str(&s.because);
+        out.push('\n');
+    }
+}
+
 fn write_doc(out: &mut String, doc: &Option<String>, level: usize) {
     if let Some(d) = doc {
         // Polish 4 (Iter 20b): wrap long lines at 80 columns.
@@ -203,6 +224,12 @@ fn write_ctor(out: &mut String, c: &Ctor) {
 }
 
 fn write_fn_def(out: &mut String, fd: &FnDef, level: usize) {
+    // Iter 19b: render `suppress` entries as `// @suppress <code>: <reason>`
+    // comment lines **above** the doc string. They are contract metadata
+    // that the LLM-reader needs to see to understand why an annotation
+    // that looks over-strict is correct here. One line per entry, in
+    // declaration order; never elided.
+    write_suppress_lines(out, &fd.suppress, level);
     write_doc(out, &fd.doc, level);
     // The FnDef carries `params` (names) plus the type. The signature
     // surface combines them slot-for-slot. `fd.ty` is either a
@@ -1043,6 +1070,7 @@ mod tests {
             },
             params: vec!["xs".into()],
             body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Int { value: 0 } },
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: None,
         };
         let mut out = String::new();
@@ -1058,6 +1086,7 @@ mod tests {
             ty: Type::fn_implicit(vec![], Type::unit(), vec!["IO".into()]),
             params: vec![],
             body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Unit },
+            suppress: vec![],
             doc: None,
         };
         let mut out = String::new();
@@ -1065,6 +1094,106 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(out.contains("() -> Unit with IO {"), "got:\n{out}");
     }
 
+    /// Iter 19b: a FnDef with a single `Suppress` entry renders the
+    /// `// @suppress <code>: <reason>` line **above** the doc string,
+    /// preserving both the suppression visibility and the doc content.
+    /// The suppress line must appear before the `///`-prefixed doc
+    /// lines, not after; the contract metadata leads.
+    #[test]
+    fn fn_def_renders_single_suppress_above_doc() {
+        let fd = FnDef {
+            name: "head_or_zero".into(),
+            ty: Type::Fn {
+                params: vec![Type::Con {
+                    name: "IntList".into(),
+                    args: vec![],
+                }],
+                param_modes: vec![ailang_core::ast::ParamMode::Own],
+                ret: Box::new(Type::int()),
+                ret_mode: ailang_core::ast::ParamMode::Implicit,
+                effects: vec![],
+            },
+            params: vec!["xs".into()],
+            body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Int { value: 0 } },
+            suppress: vec![ailang_core::ast::Suppress {
+                code: "over-strict-mode".into(),
+                because: "RC codegen test fixture".into(),
+            }],
+            doc: Some("Take ownership.".into()),
+        };
+        let mut out = String::new();
+        write_fn_def(&mut out, &fd, 0);
+        // Suppress line is the FIRST line, before the doc.
+        let first_line = out.lines().next().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            first_line, "// @suppress over-strict-mode: RC codegen test fixture",
+            "first line must be the suppress comment; got:\n{out}"
+        );
+        // Doc string follows on the next line.
+        let lines: Vec<&str> = out.lines().collect();
+        assert_eq!(lines[1], "/// Take ownership.", "doc line should follow; got:\n{out}");
+        // Fn signature follows the doc.
+        assert!(
+            out.contains("fn head_or_zero(xs: own IntList) -> Int"),
+            "fn signature should follow; got:\n{out}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: multiple `Suppress` entries render as one
+    /// `// @suppress <code>: <reason>` line each, in declaration
+    /// order, all above the doc string.
+    #[test]
+    fn fn_def_renders_multiple_suppress_in_order() {
+        let fd = FnDef {
+            name: "f".into(),
+            ty: Type::fn_implicit(vec![], Type::int(), vec![]),
+            params: vec![],
+            body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Int { value: 0 } },
+            suppress: vec![
+                ailang_core::ast::Suppress {
+                    code: "over-strict-mode".into(),
+                    because: "first reason".into(),
+                },
+                ailang_core::ast::Suppress {
+                    code: "some-other-code".into(),
+                    because: "second reason".into(),
+                },
+            ],
+            doc: None,
+        };
+        let mut out = String::new();
+        write_fn_def(&mut out, &fd, 0);
+        let lines: Vec<&str> = out.lines().collect();
+        assert_eq!(lines[0], "// @suppress over-strict-mode: first reason");
+        assert_eq!(lines[1], "// @suppress some-other-code: second reason");
+        // Order: declaration order is preserved.
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: a FnDef with an empty `suppress` Vec emits no
+    /// `// @suppress` line at all (and therefore no extra leading
+    /// blank line). Pre-19b prose snapshots stay byte-identical when
+    /// re-rendered through the 19b code.
+    #[test]
+    fn fn_def_with_empty_suppress_emits_no_suppress_lines() {
+        let fd = FnDef {
+            name: "f".into(),
+            ty: Type::fn_implicit(vec![], Type::int(), vec![]),
+            params: vec![],
+            body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Int { value: 0 } },
+            suppress: vec![],
+            doc: Some("just a doc".into()),
+        };
+        let mut out = String::new();
+        write_fn_def(&mut out, &fd, 0);
+        assert!(
+            !out.contains("// @suppress"),
+            "no @suppress line for empty Vec; got:\n{out}"
+        );
+        // The doc still leads.
+        let first_line = out.lines().next().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(first_line, "/// just a doc");
+    }
+
     // ---- Doc string lines ----
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ailang-surface/src/parse.rs b/crates/ailang-surface/src/parse.rs
index d72fae4..b4d9d1d 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-surface/src/parse.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-surface/src/parse.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 //! doc-attr    ::= "(" "doc" string ")"
 //!
 //! fn-def      ::= "(" "fn" ident fn-attr* ")"
-//! fn-attr     ::= doc-attr | type-attr | params-attr | body-attr
+//! fn-attr     ::= doc-attr | suppress-attr | type-attr | params-attr | body-attr
+//! suppress-attr ::= "(" "suppress" "(" "code" string ")"
+//!                                  "(" "because" string ")" ")"
 //! type-attr   ::= "(" "type" type ")"
 //! params-attr ::= "(" "params" ident* ")"
 //! body-attr   ::= "(" "body" term ")"
@@ -83,8 +85,8 @@
 //!   [`ailang_core::ast::Import::alias`].
 
 use ailang_core::ast::{
-    Arm, ConstDef, Ctor, Def, FnDef, Import, Literal, Module, ParamMode, Pattern, Term, Type,
-    TypeDef,
+    Arm, ConstDef, Ctor, Def, FnDef, Import, Literal, Module, ParamMode, Pattern, Suppress, Term,
+    Type, TypeDef,
 };
 use ailang_core::SCHEMA;
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -474,9 +476,13 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         let mut ty: Option<Type> = None;
         let mut params: Option<Vec<String>> = None;
         let mut body: Option<Term> = None;
+        // Iter 19b: every `(suppress ...)` clause appends one entry. Order
+        // is preserved (matches the on-disk JSON-AST order).
+        let mut suppress: Vec<Suppress> = Vec::new();
         loop {
             match self.peek_head_ident() {
                 Some("doc") => doc = Some(self.parse_doc()?),
+                Some("suppress") => suppress.push(self.parse_suppress_attr()?),
                 Some("type") => {
                     let t = self.parse_type_attr()?;
                     ty = Some(t);
@@ -494,7 +500,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     return Err(ParseError::Production {
                         production: "fn-def",
                         message: format!(
-                            "unknown fn attribute `{other}`; expected `doc`, `type`, `params`, or `body`"
+                            "unknown fn attribute `{other}`; expected `doc`, `suppress`, `type`, `params`, or `body`"
                         ),
                         pos,
                     });
@@ -524,9 +530,82 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             params,
             body,
             doc,
+            suppress,
         })
     }
 
+    /// Iter 19b: parse one `(suppress (code "<c>") (because "<r>"))`
+    /// clause, returning a [`Suppress`] entry. Unknown sub-keywords
+    /// inside the clause are rejected with [`ParseError::Production`].
+    /// The `because` text is allowed to be empty here (the typechecker
+    /// emits `empty-suppress-reason` instead of the parser, so the
+    /// invalid form round-trips through the surface for diagnostic
+    /// purposes).
+    fn parse_suppress_attr(&mut self) -> Result<Suppress, ParseError> {
+        self.expect_lparen("suppress-attr")?;
+        self.expect_keyword("suppress")?;
+        let mut code: Option<String> = None;
+        let mut because: Option<String> = None;
+        loop {
+            match self.peek_head_ident() {
+                Some("code") => {
+                    self.expect_lparen("suppress.code")?;
+                    self.expect_keyword("code")?;
+                    code = Some(self.expect_string("code body")?);
+                    self.expect_rparen("suppress.code")?;
+                }
+                Some("because") => {
+                    self.expect_lparen("suppress.because")?;
+                    self.expect_keyword("because")?;
+                    because = Some(self.expect_string("because body")?);
+                    self.expect_rparen("suppress.because")?;
+                }
+                Some(other) => {
+                    let pos = self.peek().map(|t| t.span.start).unwrap_or(0);
+                    return Err(ParseError::Production {
+                        production: "suppress-attr",
+                        message: format!(
+                            "unknown suppress sub-attribute `{other}`; expected `code` or `because`"
+                        ),
+                        pos,
+                    });
+                }
+                None => break,
+            }
+        }
+        self.expect_rparen("suppress-attr")?;
+        let code = code.ok_or_else(|| ParseError::Production {
+            production: "suppress-attr",
+            message: "suppress is missing required `(code ...)`".into(),
+            pos: 0,
+        })?;
+        let because = because.ok_or_else(|| ParseError::Production {
+            production: "suppress-attr",
+            message: "suppress is missing required `(because ...)`".into(),
+            pos: 0,
+        })?;
+        Ok(Suppress { code, because })
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: helper — consume one string-literal token. Used by
+    /// [`Self::parse_suppress_attr`].
+    fn expect_string(&mut self, ctx: &'static str) -> Result<String, ParseError> {
+        match self.peek().cloned() {
+            Some(Token { tok: Tok::Str(s), .. }) => {
+                self.cur += 1;
+                Ok(s)
+            }
+            Some(t) => Err(ParseError::Unexpected {
+                expected: format!("string literal ({ctx})"),
+                got: tok_label(&t.tok),
+                pos: t.span.start,
+            }),
+            None => Err(ParseError::UnexpectedEof {
+                expected: format!("string literal ({ctx})"),
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+
     fn parse_type_attr(&mut self) -> Result<Type, ParseError> {
         self.expect_lparen("type-attr")?;
         self.expect_keyword("type")?;
@@ -1632,4 +1711,133 @@ mod tests {
             other => panic!("expected LetRec, got {other:?}"),
         }
     }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: a `(fn ...)` carrying a single
+    /// `(suppress (code "...") (because "..."))` clause parses into
+    /// [`FnDef::suppress`] with the corresponding [`Suppress`] entry.
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_single_suppress_clause_on_fn_def() {
+        let m = crate::parse::parse(
+            r#"
+            (module t
+              (fn f
+                (suppress (code "over-strict-mode") (because "test reason"))
+                (type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Int))))
+                (params)
+                (body 0)))
+            "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        match &m.defs[0] {
+            Def::Fn(fd) => {
+                assert_eq!(fd.suppress.len(), 1);
+                assert_eq!(fd.suppress[0].code, "over-strict-mode");
+                assert_eq!(fd.suppress[0].because, "test reason");
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected fn"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: multiple `(suppress ...)` clauses accumulate into
+    /// `FnDef::suppress` in declaration order. A second clause does
+    /// NOT overwrite the first.
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_multiple_suppress_clauses_in_order() {
+        let m = crate::parse::parse(
+            r#"
+            (module t
+              (fn f
+                (suppress (code "over-strict-mode") (because "first"))
+                (suppress (code "other-code") (because "second"))
+                (type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Int))))
+                (params)
+                (body 0)))
+            "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        match &m.defs[0] {
+            Def::Fn(fd) => {
+                assert_eq!(fd.suppress.len(), 2);
+                assert_eq!(fd.suppress[0].code, "over-strict-mode");
+                assert_eq!(fd.suppress[0].because, "first");
+                assert_eq!(fd.suppress[1].code, "other-code");
+                assert_eq!(fd.suppress[1].because, "second");
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected fn"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: a `(fn ...)` without a `(suppress ...)` clause has
+    /// `FnDef::suppress` empty (the default — round-trip identity
+    /// with pre-19b fixtures).
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_fn_def_without_suppress_has_empty_vec() {
+        let m = crate::parse::parse(
+            r#"
+            (module t
+              (fn f
+                (type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Int))))
+                (params)
+                (body 0)))
+            "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        match &m.defs[0] {
+            Def::Fn(fd) => {
+                assert!(fd.suppress.is_empty());
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected fn"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: a `(suppress ...)` with `(because "")` (empty
+    /// reason) still parses cleanly — the parser is intentionally
+    /// permissive; the typechecker is what emits
+    /// `empty-suppress-reason`. This keeps the surface symmetric
+    /// (a malformed input round-trips through the printer for
+    /// diagnostic display).
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_suppress_with_empty_because_string() {
+        let m = crate::parse::parse(
+            r#"
+            (module t
+              (fn f
+                (suppress (code "over-strict-mode") (because ""))
+                (type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Int))))
+                (params)
+                (body 0)))
+            "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        match &m.defs[0] {
+            Def::Fn(fd) => {
+                assert_eq!(fd.suppress.len(), 1);
+                assert_eq!(fd.suppress[0].because, "");
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected fn"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Iter 19b: an unknown sub-attribute inside `(suppress ...)`
+    /// produces a `ParseError::Production` naming the bad keyword and
+    /// listing the legal ones (`code` / `because`).
+    #[test]
+    fn rejects_suppress_with_unknown_subattribute() {
+        let err = crate::parse::parse(
+            r#"
+            (module t
+              (fn f
+                (suppress (code "over-strict-mode") (because "ok") (oops "x"))
+                (type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Int))))
+                (params)
+                (body 0)))
+            "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap_err();
+        let msg = format!("{err}");
+        assert!(
+            msg.contains("oops") && msg.contains("code") && msg.contains("because"),
+            "error should name the bad keyword and the legal ones; got: {msg}"
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ailang-surface/src/print.rs b/crates/ailang-surface/src/print.rs
index ccac716..f516f9d 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-surface/src/print.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-surface/src/print.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 //! per level. Comments are NOT emitted.
 
 use ailang_core::ast::{
-    Arm, ConstDef, Ctor, Def, FnDef, Import, Literal, Module, ParamMode, Pattern, Term, Type,
-    TypeDef,
+    Arm, ConstDef, Ctor, Def, FnDef, Import, Literal, Module, ParamMode, Pattern, Suppress, Term,
+    Type, TypeDef,
 };
 
 /// Print a module in form (A).
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ fn write_fn_def(out: &mut String, fd: &FnDef, level: usize) {
         write_string_lit(out, doc);
         out.push(')');
     }
+    // Iter 19b: emit one `(suppress ...)` clause per entry, after the
+    // doc string and before the type. Round-trip stable: parser
+    // re-reads each clause back into [`FnDef::suppress`].
+    for s in &fd.suppress {
+        out.push('\n');
+        write_suppress(out, s, level + 1);
+    }
     out.push('\n');
     indent(out, level + 1);
     out.push_str("(type ");
@@ -174,6 +181,18 @@ fn write_fn_def(out: &mut String, fd: &FnDef, level: usize) {
     out.push(')');
 }
 
+/// Iter 19b: print one `(suppress (code "<c>") (because "<r>"))`
+/// clause. Indentation matches the rest of the fn-def (one level
+/// deeper than the `(fn ...)` head).
+fn write_suppress(out: &mut String, s: &Suppress, level: usize) {
+    indent(out, level);
+    out.push_str("(suppress (code ");
+    write_string_lit(out, &s.code);
+    out.push_str(") (because ");
+    write_string_lit(out, &s.because);
+    out.push_str("))");
+}
+
 fn write_const_def(out: &mut String, cd: &ConstDef, level: usize) {
     indent(out, level);
     out.push_str("(const ");
diff --git a/docs/JOURNAL.md b/docs/JOURNAL.md
index 165745d..bc77c29 100644
--- a/docs/JOURNAL.md
+++ b/docs/JOURNAL.md
@@ -9335,3 +9335,110 @@ real corpus surfaces it.
     and `over_strict_mode_fires_when_match_arm_binders_unused`.
 
 `ailang-check` test count: 53 → 55. Workspace build/test green.
+
+## 2026-05-08 — Iter 19b: `mode-strict-because` suppression shipped
+
+The closer to the 19a/19a.1 arc. Corpus signal from 19a.1
+(5/65 fixtures fired `over-strict-mode`, all deliberate RC
+codegen-test fixtures) justified shipping the suppress mechanism
+end-to-end.
+
+### Schema
+
+`Suppress { code, because }` struct in `ailang-core::ast`. New
+`FnDef::suppress: Vec<Suppress>` field with
+`skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty"` so pre-19b fixtures keep
+bit-identical canonical-JSON hashes (regression-pinned by the
+existing hash-stability test, plus 2 new ones).
+
+### Typechecker
+
+New `suppress_filter` module in `ailang-check`. Per-module
+post-pass:
+
+  - For each `Def::Fn` with non-empty `suppress`, drop diagnostics
+    matching `(def, code)` from the accumulated list.
+  - Emit `empty-suppress-reason` (Error severity) for any
+    suppress entry whose `because` is whitespace-only.
+  - Wrong codes (e.g. suppressing `type-mismatch` when only
+    `over-strict-mode` would fire) are silent no-ops — open-set
+    registry rationale documented.
+
+### Form-A surface
+
+Grammar: `(suppress (code "...") (because "..."))`, between fn
+name and `(type ...)`. Multiple clauses allowed. Round-trip test
+pinning (parse → print → re-parse → canonical-byte equality) holds
+on all fixtures including the 5 RC ones that gained suppress.
+
+### Form-B prose
+
+Renders one `// @suppress <code>: <reason>` line per entry, ABOVE
+the doc string. Lossless — contract metadata, not stringency
+machinery; the LLM-reader of prose needs to see *why* an
+annotation that looks over-strict is correct on this def.
+
+Concrete shape from `rc_own_param_drop.prose.txt`:
+
+```
+// @suppress over-strict-mode: RC codegen test: exercises Iter B Own-param dec at fn return
+/// Take ownership of an IntList; return its head if Cons, else 0...
+fn head_or_zero(xs: own IntList) -> Int {
+  ...
+}
+```
+
+### Fixture migration
+
+Five `.ail.json` files gained suppress entries; `.ailx` siblings
+regenerated via `ail render`; three of the four pinned `.prose.txt`
+snapshots regenerated (the fourth, `bench_list_sum`, has no Own
+params and is unchanged). The migration documented per-fixture
+reason text matches the codegen-test path each fixture exercises.
+
+### Corpus signal after migration
+
+`over-strict-mode` warnings across all 65 fixtures: **5 → 0**. All
+five RC codegen-test fixtures now check clean while preserving
+their `(own T)` annotation as deliberate test infrastructure. The
+lint still fires on any future fn that's accidentally over-strict
+without an authored reason.
+
+### Test counts
+
+- `ailang-check`: 55 → 61 (6 new `suppress_filter` tests)
+- `ailang-core`: 26 → 28 (2 hash-stability tests)
+- `ailang-surface`: 21 → 26 (5 parse tests)
+- `ailang-prose`: 49 → 52 (3 prose-render tests)
+- `e2e`: 70 (unchanged)
+
+### Known debt
+
+  - **`.ailx` comment headers lost.** The five regenerated `.ailx`
+    files lost their hand-written comment headers — `ail render`'s
+    contract excludes comment preservation. If those headers are
+    needed back, that's a separate iter (probably a comment-
+    preserving printer mode).
+  - **Duplicate-attr detection.** `parse_suppress_attr` accepts
+    `(code …)` and `(because …)` in either order but does not
+    detect duplicates within a single `(suppress …)` clause; a
+    second `(code …)` silently overwrites. The canonical printer
+    emits in fixed order, so the only way to construct duplicates
+    is hand-writing weird input — bounded.
+  - **Cross-iter snapshot coupling** (architect's deferred item 3
+    from 20e): adding suppress to RC fixtures invalidated three
+    snapshots. They were already pinned by family 20; this iter
+    re-rendered them. Same pattern will recur on any future iter
+    that touches those fixtures.
+
+### Family / arc state
+
+The 19a/19a.1/19b arc is now closed:
+  - 19a: `over-strict-mode` lint + Severity::Warning surface
+  - 19a.1: precise sub-binder analysis (heap-type filter)
+  - 19b: `mode-strict-because` suppression + 5-fixture migration
+
+JOURNAL queue: empty again. Three pre-existing 20b deferrals
+(let-inlining, `print` sugar, deeply-nested-match-on-sub-binder
+in 19a.1) remain queued; all three need real-corpus signal that
+hasn't surfaced.
diff --git a/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.ail.json b/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.ail.json
index 36f084b..906991f 100644
--- a/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.ail.json
+++ b/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.ail.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"defs":[{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"}],"name":"MkWrap"}],"kind":"type","name":"Wrap"},{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Wrap"},{"k":"con","name":"Wrap"}],"name":"MkCell"}],"kind":"type","name":"Cell"},{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Cell"},{"k":"con","name":"Cell"}],"name":"MkPair"}],"kind":"type","name":"Pair"},{"body":{"args":[{"args":[{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"},{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":2},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"}],"ctor":"MkCell","t":"ctor","type":"Cell"},{"args":[{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":3},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"},{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":4},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"}],"ctor":"MkCell","t":"ctor","type":"Cell"}],"ctor":"MkPair","t":"ctor","type":"Pair"},"kind":"fn","name":"build_pair","params":["n"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","params":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Pair"},"ret_mode":"own"}},{"body":{"arms":[{"body":{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1},"t":"lit"},"pat":{"ctor":"MkCell","fields":[{"name":"w1","p":"var"},{"name":"w2","p":"var"}],"p":"ctor"}}],"scrutinee":{"name":"c","t":"var"},"t":"match"},"kind":"fn","name":"use_cell","params":["c"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","param_modes":["own"],"params":[{"k":"con","name":"Cell"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Int"}}},{"body":{"body":{"args":[{"arms":[{"body":{"args":[{"name":"a","t":"var"}],"fn":{"name":"use_cell","t":"var"},"t":"app"},"pat":{"ctor":"MkPair","fields":[{"name":"a","p":"var"},{"p":"wild"}],"p":"ctor"}}],"scrutinee":{"name":"p","t":"var"},"t":"match"}],"op":"io/print_int","t":"do"},"name":"p","t":"let","value":{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1},"t":"lit"}],"fn":{"name":"build_pair","t":"var"},"t":"app"}},"kind":"fn","name":"main","params":[],"type":{"effects":["IO"],"k":"fn","params":[],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Unit"}}}],"imports":[],"name":"rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak","schema":"ailang/v0"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"defs":[{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"}],"name":"MkWrap"}],"kind":"type","name":"Wrap"},{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Wrap"},{"k":"con","name":"Wrap"}],"name":"MkCell"}],"kind":"type","name":"Cell"},{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Cell"},{"k":"con","name":"Cell"}],"name":"MkPair"}],"kind":"type","name":"Pair"},{"body":{"args":[{"args":[{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"},{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":2},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"}],"ctor":"MkCell","t":"ctor","type":"Cell"},{"args":[{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":3},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"},{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":4},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"}],"ctor":"MkCell","t":"ctor","type":"Cell"}],"ctor":"MkPair","t":"ctor","type":"Pair"},"kind":"fn","name":"build_pair","params":["n"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","params":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Pair"},"ret_mode":"own"}},{"body":{"arms":[{"body":{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1},"t":"lit"},"pat":{"ctor":"MkCell","fields":[{"name":"w1","p":"var"},{"name":"w2","p":"var"}],"p":"ctor"}}],"scrutinee":{"name":"c","t":"var"},"t":"match"},"kind":"fn","name":"use_cell","params":["c"],"suppress":[{"because":"RC codegen test: shape used to feed App-bound let-close partial-drop into use_cell","code":"over-strict-mode"}],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","param_modes":["own"],"params":[{"k":"con","name":"Cell"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Int"}}},{"body":{"body":{"args":[{"arms":[{"body":{"args":[{"name":"a","t":"var"}],"fn":{"name":"use_cell","t":"var"},"t":"app"},"pat":{"ctor":"MkPair","fields":[{"name":"a","p":"var"},{"p":"wild"}],"p":"ctor"}}],"scrutinee":{"name":"p","t":"var"},"t":"match"}],"op":"io/print_int","t":"do"},"name":"p","t":"let","value":{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1},"t":"lit"}],"fn":{"name":"build_pair","t":"var"},"t":"app"}},"kind":"fn","name":"main","params":[],"type":{"effects":["IO"],"k":"fn","params":[],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Unit"}}}],"imports":[],"name":"rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak","schema":"ailang/v0"}
diff --git a/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.ailx b/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.ailx
index 5580c0e..c2ac681 100644
--- a/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.ailx
+++ b/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.ailx
@@ -1,69 +1,22 @@
-; Iter 18g.tidy.fu2 RED-test fixture 3/3: dynamic-tag partial-drop
-; carve-out at let-close for an App-bound binder
-; (drop.rs:580 fallback in `emit_inlined_partial_drop`).
-;
-; Shape:
-;   - Same `Pair`/`Cell`/`Wrap` types as fixtures 1 and 2.
-;   - `main` let-binds `p = (app build_pair)` — value is
-;     `Term::App` (Own-returning), `is_rc_heap_allocated` returns
-;     true → trackable.
-;   - Body matches `p` as `MkPair a _` — slot 0 bound, slot 1 wild.
-;     `moved_slots[p] = {0}`.
-;   - `a` is consumed by `use_cell` (Own param) → `consume_count[a]
-;     == 1`, arm-close drop skipped. `use_cell`'s body fully
-;     destructures `a` and returns Int.
-;   - At p's let-close: `consume_count[p] == 0`, `moves[p] = {0}`
-;     non-empty, `value` is `Term::App` (not `Term::Ctor`) →
-;     `emit_inlined_partial_drop` falls into the non-Ctor branch
-;     (drop.rs:580) → shallow `ailang_rc_dec(p)`. p's outer cell
-;     is freed; slot 1 (the second MkCell + its two MkWraps =
-;     3 cells) leaks.
-;
-; Pre-fix:  live = 3 (one MkCell + two MkWrap children in slot 1).
-; Post-fix: live = 0.
-
 (module rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak
-
   (data Wrap
     (ctor MkWrap (con Int)))
-
   (data Cell
     (ctor MkCell (con Wrap) (con Wrap)))
-
   (data Pair
     (ctor MkPair (con Cell) (con Cell)))
-
   (fn build_pair
-    (type
-      (fn-type
-        (params (con Int))
-        (ret (own (con Pair)))))
+    (type (fn-type (params (con Int)) (ret (own (con Pair)))))
     (params n)
-    (body
-      (term-ctor Pair MkPair
-        (term-ctor Cell MkCell
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap n)
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 2))
-        (term-ctor Cell MkCell
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 3)
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 4)))))
-
+    (body (term-ctor Pair MkPair (term-ctor Cell MkCell (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap n) (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 2)) (term-ctor Cell MkCell (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 3) (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 4)))))
   (fn use_cell
-    (type
-      (fn-type
-        (params (own (con Cell)))
-        (ret (con Int))))
+    (suppress (code "over-strict-mode") (because "RC codegen test: shape used to feed App-bound let-close partial-drop into use_cell"))
+    (type (fn-type (params (own (con Cell))) (ret (con Int))))
     (params c)
-    (body
-      (match c
-        (case (pat-ctor MkCell w1 w2) 1))))
-
+    (body (match c
+      (case (pat-ctor MkCell w1 w2) 1))))
   (fn main
     (type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Unit)) (effects IO)))
     (params)
-    (body
-      (let p (app build_pair 1)
-        (do io/print_int
-          (match p
-            (case (pat-ctor MkPair a _)
-              (app use_cell a))))))))
+    (body (let p (app build_pair 1) (do io/print_int (match p
+      (case (pat-ctor MkPair a _) (app use_cell a))))))))
diff --git a/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.prose.txt b/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.prose.txt
index 7448e3c..cb95cdc 100644
--- a/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.prose.txt
+++ b/examples/rc_app_let_partial_drop_leak.prose.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ fn build_pair(n: Int) -> own Pair {
   MkPair(MkCell(MkWrap(n), MkWrap(2)), MkCell(MkWrap(3), MkWrap(4)))
 }
 
+// @suppress over-strict-mode: RC codegen test: shape used to feed App-bound let-close partial-drop into use_cell
 fn use_cell(c: own Cell) -> Int {
   match c {
     MkCell(w1, w2) => 1
diff --git a/examples/rc_drop_iterative_long_list.ail.json b/examples/rc_drop_iterative_long_list.ail.json
index 4fac266..cf80367 100644
--- a/examples/rc_drop_iterative_long_list.ail.json
+++ b/examples/rc_drop_iterative_long_list.ail.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"defs":[{"ctors":[{"fields":[],"name":"INil"},{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"},{"k":"con","name":"IntList"}],"name":"ICons"}],"drop-iterative":true,"kind":"type","name":"IntList"},{"body":{"cond":{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"},{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":0},"t":"lit"}],"fn":{"name":"==","t":"var"},"t":"app"},"else":{"args":[{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"},{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1},"t":"lit"}],"fn":{"name":"-","t":"var"},"t":"app"},{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"},{"name":"acc","t":"var"}],"ctor":"ICons","t":"ctor","type":"IntList"}],"fn":{"name":"cons_n_acc","t":"var"},"t":"app","tail":true},"t":"if","then":{"name":"acc","t":"var"}},"doc":"Tail-recursive list builder. acc-prepended.","kind":"fn","name":"cons_n_acc","params":["n","acc"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","params":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"},{"k":"con","name":"IntList"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"IntList"}}},{"body":{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"},{"args":[],"ctor":"INil","t":"ctor","type":"IntList"}],"fn":{"name":"cons_n_acc","t":"var"},"t":"app"},"doc":"Build [1, 2, ..., n] :: IntList. Order is reverse of build but immaterial for head/sum.","kind":"fn","name":"cons_n","params":["n"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","params":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"IntList"}}},{"body":{"arms":[{"body":{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":0},"t":"lit"},"pat":{"ctor":"INil","fields":[],"p":"ctor"}},{"body":{"name":"h","t":"var"},"pat":{"ctor":"ICons","fields":[{"name":"h","p":"var"},{"name":"t","p":"var"}],"p":"ctor"}}],"scrutinee":{"name":"xs","t":"var"},"t":"match"},"doc":"Take ownership of an IntList; return its head if ICons, else 0. The (own ...) signature signals 18d.4 to emit an Own-param drop at fn return — which under the (drop-iterative) annotation is the iterative-worklist body, freeing the entire chain via the heap-allocated worklist instead of recursive cascade.","kind":"fn","name":"head_or_zero","params":["xs"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","param_modes":["own"],"params":[{"k":"con","name":"IntList"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Int"}}},{"body":{"args":[{"args":[{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1000000},"t":"lit"}],"fn":{"name":"cons_n","t":"var"},"t":"app"}],"fn":{"name":"head_or_zero","t":"var"},"t":"app"}],"op":"io/print_int","t":"do"},"kind":"fn","name":"main","params":[],"type":{"effects":["IO"],"k":"fn","params":[],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Unit"}}}],"imports":[],"name":"rc_drop_iterative_long_list","schema":"ailang/v0"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"defs":[{"ctors":[{"fields":[],"name":"INil"},{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"},{"k":"con","name":"IntList"}],"name":"ICons"}],"drop-iterative":true,"kind":"type","name":"IntList"},{"body":{"cond":{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"},{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":0},"t":"lit"}],"fn":{"name":"==","t":"var"},"t":"app"},"else":{"args":[{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"},{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1},"t":"lit"}],"fn":{"name":"-","t":"var"},"t":"app"},{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"},{"name":"acc","t":"var"}],"ctor":"ICons","t":"ctor","type":"IntList"}],"fn":{"name":"cons_n_acc","t":"var"},"t":"app","tail":true},"t":"if","then":{"name":"acc","t":"var"}},"doc":"Tail-recursive list builder. acc-prepended.","kind":"fn","name":"cons_n_acc","params":["n","acc"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","params":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"},{"k":"con","name":"IntList"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"IntList"}}},{"body":{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"},{"args":[],"ctor":"INil","t":"ctor","type":"IntList"}],"fn":{"name":"cons_n_acc","t":"var"},"t":"app"},"doc":"Build [1, 2, ..., n] :: IntList. Order is reverse of build but immaterial for head/sum.","kind":"fn","name":"cons_n","params":["n"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","params":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"IntList"}}},{"body":{"arms":[{"body":{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":0},"t":"lit"},"pat":{"ctor":"INil","fields":[],"p":"ctor"}},{"body":{"name":"h","t":"var"},"pat":{"ctor":"ICons","fields":[{"name":"h","p":"var"},{"name":"t","p":"var"}],"p":"ctor"}}],"scrutinee":{"name":"xs","t":"var"},"t":"match"},"doc":"Take ownership of an IntList; return its head if ICons, else 0. The (own ...) signature signals 18d.4 to emit an Own-param drop at fn return — which under the (drop-iterative) annotation is the iterative-worklist body, freeing the entire chain via the heap-allocated worklist instead of recursive cascade.","kind":"fn","name":"head_or_zero","params":["xs"],"suppress":[{"because":"Iter 18e test: forces (drop-iterative) cascade via Own-param drop at fn return","code":"over-strict-mode"}],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","param_modes":["own"],"params":[{"k":"con","name":"IntList"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Int"}}},{"body":{"args":[{"args":[{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1000000},"t":"lit"}],"fn":{"name":"cons_n","t":"var"},"t":"app"}],"fn":{"name":"head_or_zero","t":"var"},"t":"app"}],"op":"io/print_int","t":"do"},"kind":"fn","name":"main","params":[],"type":{"effects":["IO"],"k":"fn","params":[],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Unit"}}}],"imports":[],"name":"rc_drop_iterative_long_list","schema":"ailang/v0"}
diff --git a/examples/rc_drop_iterative_long_list.ailx b/examples/rc_drop_iterative_long_list.ailx
index 6c51042..7b2452a 100644
--- a/examples/rc_drop_iterative_long_list.ailx
+++ b/examples/rc_drop_iterative_long_list.ailx
@@ -1,93 +1,27 @@
-; Iter 18e fixture: `(drop-iterative)` opt-in annotation drives the
-; codegen to emit `drop_<m>_IntList` with a worklist body in place
-; of the recursive cascade. Without the annotation, freeing a long
-; list overflows Linux's default 8MB stack at ~1M cells (one frame
-; per recursive `drop_<m>_IntList(tail)` call). With it, the chain
-; pops through the heap-allocated worklist in O(N) time and O(1)
-; stack.
-;
-; The fixture builds a 100,000-cell IntList tail-recursively, sums
-; it into 4_999_950_000 (= N*(N-1)/2 for N=100_000), then `main`
-; returns. At process exit the build's `xs` binder is consumed by
-; sum_acc (via tail-call), so the iterative drop fires inside
-; sum_acc's `Cons` arm — specifically, on every recursive step the
-; tail t is bound, then t is consumed by the next iteration's
-; tail-app sum_acc, leaving no live cells at termination.
-;
-; Wait — under the actual emission shape: sum_acc's xs param is
-; (own (con IntList)); 18d.4 emits an Own-param drop at fn return.
-; On the inductive Cons arm, the fn returns via tail-call into the
-; next iteration (musttail), and the Own-param dec on xs at the
-; outer fn would normally fire — but tail-call elision means the
-; outer frame is gone before any post-tail-call code can run. The
-; canonical case for the iterative-drop test is therefore the
-; let-close-drop on `xs` in `main` (or the outer-let's drop after
-; sum's tail returns). For 18e the load-bearing property is "long
-; chains drop without overflowing the stack"; that fires whenever
-; ANY drop call against the head IntList runs end-to-end.
-;
-; To force the issue: `main` builds the list, sums it, prints the
-; sum, AND then `let xs = build n in let _ = sum xs in xs` does NOT
-; exist as a pattern in AILang. We instead route the list through a
-; `head` fn that takes (own IntList) and returns the head Int —
-; which transfers ownership and forces the Own-param drop on xs at
-; head's return. Because head's body (a match returning Int) cannot
-; be tail-called, the drop is emitted in head's epilogue and runs
-; in full before head returns to main.
-;
-; Expected stdout: `1` (the head of [1, 2, ..., 1_000_000]).
-; Why 1M and not 100K: at 100K the recursive cascade fits in the 8MB
-; default Linux stack (~64B/frame ≈ 6.4MB at 100K), so the test would
-; "pass" even without the iterative drop — false-negative on the
-; whole point of 18e. At 1M it overflows clean (SIGSEGV in the
-; recursive variant; clean exit-0 in the iterative variant).
-
 (module rc_drop_iterative_long_list
-
   (data IntList
     (ctor INil)
     (ctor ICons (con Int) (con IntList))
     (drop-iterative))
-
   (fn cons_n_acc
     (doc "Tail-recursive list builder. acc-prepended.")
-    (type
-      (fn-type
-        (params (con Int) (con IntList))
-        (ret (con IntList))))
+    (type (fn-type (params (con Int) (con IntList)) (ret (con IntList))))
     (params n acc)
-    (body
-      (if (app == n 0)
-        acc
-        (tail-app cons_n_acc
-          (app - n 1)
-          (term-ctor IntList ICons n acc)))))
-
+    (body (if (app == n 0) acc (tail-app cons_n_acc (app - n 1) (term-ctor IntList ICons n acc)))))
   (fn cons_n
     (doc "Build [1, 2, ..., n] :: IntList. Order is reverse of build but immaterial for head/sum.")
-    (type
-      (fn-type
-        (params (con Int))
-        (ret (con IntList))))
+    (type (fn-type (params (con Int)) (ret (con IntList))))
     (params n)
-    (body
-      (app cons_n_acc n (term-ctor IntList INil))))
-
+    (body (app cons_n_acc n (term-ctor IntList INil))))
   (fn head_or_zero
     (doc "Take ownership of an IntList; return its head if ICons, else 0. The (own ...) signature signals 18d.4 to emit an Own-param drop at fn return — which under the (drop-iterative) annotation is the iterative-worklist body, freeing the entire chain via the heap-allocated worklist instead of recursive cascade.")
-    (type
-      (fn-type
-        (params (own (con IntList)))
-        (ret (con Int))))
+    (suppress (code "over-strict-mode") (because "Iter 18e test: forces (drop-iterative) cascade via Own-param drop at fn return"))
+    (type (fn-type (params (own (con IntList))) (ret (con Int))))
     (params xs)
-    (body
-      (match xs
-        (case (pat-ctor INil) 0)
-        (case (pat-ctor ICons h t) h))))
-
+    (body (match xs
+      (case (pat-ctor INil) 0)
+      (case (pat-ctor ICons h t) h))))
   (fn main
     (type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Unit)) (effects IO)))
     (params)
-    (body
-      (do io/print_int
-        (app head_or_zero (app cons_n 1000000))))))
+    (body (do io/print_int (app head_or_zero (app cons_n 1000000))))))
diff --git a/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.ail.json b/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.ail.json
index f3eb285..f0106ed 100644
--- a/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.ail.json
+++ b/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.ail.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"defs":[{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"}],"name":"MkWrap"}],"kind":"type","name":"Wrap"},{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Wrap"},{"k":"con","name":"Wrap"}],"name":"MkCell"}],"kind":"type","name":"Cell"},{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Cell"},{"k":"con","name":"Cell"}],"name":"MkPair"}],"kind":"type","name":"Pair"},{"body":{"args":[{"args":[{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"},{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":2},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"}],"ctor":"MkCell","t":"ctor","type":"Cell"},{"args":[{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":3},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"},{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":4},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"}],"ctor":"MkCell","t":"ctor","type":"Cell"}],"ctor":"MkPair","t":"ctor","type":"Pair"},"kind":"fn","name":"build_pair","params":["n"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","params":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Pair"},"ret_mode":"own"}},{"body":{"arms":[{"body":{"arms":[{"body":{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1},"t":"lit"},"pat":{"ctor":"MkCell","fields":[{"name":"w1","p":"var"},{"p":"wild"}],"p":"ctor"}}],"scrutinee":{"name":"a","t":"var"},"t":"match"},"pat":{"ctor":"MkPair","fields":[{"name":"a","p":"var"},{"name":"b","p":"var"}],"p":"ctor"}}],"scrutinee":{"name":"p","t":"var"},"t":"match"},"kind":"fn","name":"use_first","params":["p"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","param_modes":["own"],"params":[{"k":"con","name":"Pair"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Int"}}},{"body":{"args":[{"args":[{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1},"t":"lit"}],"fn":{"name":"build_pair","t":"var"},"t":"app"}],"fn":{"name":"use_first","t":"var"},"t":"app"}],"op":"io/print_int","t":"do"},"kind":"fn","name":"main","params":[],"type":{"effects":["IO"],"k":"fn","params":[],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Unit"}}}],"imports":[],"name":"rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak","schema":"ailang/v0"}
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+{"defs":[{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"}],"name":"MkWrap"}],"kind":"type","name":"Wrap"},{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Wrap"},{"k":"con","name":"Wrap"}],"name":"MkCell"}],"kind":"type","name":"Cell"},{"ctors":[{"fields":[{"k":"con","name":"Cell"},{"k":"con","name":"Cell"}],"name":"MkPair"}],"kind":"type","name":"Pair"},{"body":{"args":[{"args":[{"args":[{"name":"n","t":"var"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"},{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":2},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"}],"ctor":"MkCell","t":"ctor","type":"Cell"},{"args":[{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":3},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"},{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":4},"t":"lit"}],"ctor":"MkWrap","t":"ctor","type":"Wrap"}],"ctor":"MkCell","t":"ctor","type":"Cell"}],"ctor":"MkPair","t":"ctor","type":"Pair"},"kind":"fn","name":"build_pair","params":["n"],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","params":[{"k":"con","name":"Int"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Pair"},"ret_mode":"own"}},{"body":{"arms":[{"body":{"arms":[{"body":{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1},"t":"lit"},"pat":{"ctor":"MkCell","fields":[{"name":"w1","p":"var"},{"p":"wild"}],"p":"ctor"}}],"scrutinee":{"name":"a","t":"var"},"t":"match"},"pat":{"ctor":"MkPair","fields":[{"name":"a","p":"var"},{"name":"b","p":"var"}],"p":"ctor"}}],"scrutinee":{"name":"p","t":"var"},"t":"match"},"kind":"fn","name":"use_first","params":["p"],"suppress":[{"because":"RC codegen test: exercises Iter A outer-arm-close partial-drop","code":"over-strict-mode"}],"type":{"effects":[],"k":"fn","param_modes":["own"],"params":[{"k":"con","name":"Pair"}],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Int"}}},{"body":{"args":[{"args":[{"args":[{"lit":{"kind":"int","value":1},"t":"lit"}],"fn":{"name":"build_pair","t":"var"},"t":"app"}],"fn":{"name":"use_first","t":"var"},"t":"app"}],"op":"io/print_int","t":"do"},"kind":"fn","name":"main","params":[],"type":{"effects":["IO"],"k":"fn","params":[],"ret":{"k":"con","name":"Unit"}}}],"imports":[],"name":"rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak","schema":"ailang/v0"}
diff --git a/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.ailx b/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.ailx
index 2395757..4bf6285 100644
--- a/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.ailx
+++ b/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.ailx
@@ -1,71 +1,22 @@
-; Iter 18g.tidy.fu2 RED-test fixture 2/3: dynamic-tag partial-drop
-; carve-out at outer-arm-close pattern-binder dec
-; (Iter A / match_lower.rs:839).
-;
-; Shape:
-;   - `Pair` carries two `Cell` fields; `Cell` carries two `Wrap`
-;     fields. (Same types as fixture 1.)
-;   - `use_first` takes `(own Pair)` and the OUTER match binds both
-;     slots: `MkPair a b`.
-;   - The arm body INNER-matches `a` as `MkCell w1 _` — slot 0 of
-;     a is bound, slot 1 is wildcarded.
-;   - Inner arm-close drops `w1` properly via `drop_<m>_Wrap`.
-;     Inner match adds slot 0 to `moved_slots[a]`.
-;   - Outer arm-close drops `a` and `b`. `a` has `moves={0}`
-;     (non-empty) and `consume_count==0` (only Borrow use as
-;     scrutinee of inner match) → Iter A's dynamic-tag carve-out
-;     fires: shallow `ailang_rc_dec(a)`. a's outer Cell is freed,
-;     but slot 1 (the unbound MkWrap(2) cell) leaks.
-;   - `b` has `moves={}` and `consume_count==0` → routes through
-;     `drop_<m>_Cell(b)` which cascades through both Wraps. No
-;     leak from b.
-;   - At fn return, `p`'s `moves={0,1}` (both slots bound) → Iter
-;     B carve-out fires too, but with all slots moved, the shallow
-;     dec is correct (no additional leak from p).
-;
-; Pre-fix:  live = 1 (the unbound MkWrap(2) cell in slot 1 of a).
-; Post-fix: live = 0.
-
 (module rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak
-
   (data Wrap
     (ctor MkWrap (con Int)))
-
   (data Cell
     (ctor MkCell (con Wrap) (con Wrap)))
-
   (data Pair
     (ctor MkPair (con Cell) (con Cell)))
-
   (fn build_pair
-    (type
-      (fn-type
-        (params (con Int))
-        (ret (own (con Pair)))))
+    (type (fn-type (params (con Int)) (ret (own (con Pair)))))
     (params n)
-    (body
-      (term-ctor Pair MkPair
-        (term-ctor Cell MkCell
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap n)
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 2))
-        (term-ctor Cell MkCell
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 3)
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 4)))))
-
+    (body (term-ctor Pair MkPair (term-ctor Cell MkCell (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap n) (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 2)) (term-ctor Cell MkCell (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 3) (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 4)))))
   (fn use_first
-    (type
-      (fn-type
-        (params (own (con Pair)))
-        (ret (con Int))))
+    (suppress (code "over-strict-mode") (because "RC codegen test: exercises Iter A outer-arm-close partial-drop"))
+    (type (fn-type (params (own (con Pair))) (ret (con Int))))
     (params p)
-    (body
-      (match p
-        (case (pat-ctor MkPair a b)
-          (match a
-            (case (pat-ctor MkCell w1 _) 1))))))
-
+    (body (match p
+      (case (pat-ctor MkPair a b) (match a
+        (case (pat-ctor MkCell w1 _) 1))))))
   (fn main
     (type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Unit)) (effects IO)))
     (params)
-    (body
-      (do io/print_int (app use_first (app build_pair 1))))))
+    (body (do io/print_int (app use_first (app build_pair 1))))))
diff --git a/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.prose.txt b/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.prose.txt
index 036b4c5..11e76df 100644
--- a/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.prose.txt
+++ b/examples/rc_match_arm_partial_drop_leak.prose.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ fn build_pair(n: Int) -> own Pair {
   MkPair(MkCell(MkWrap(n), MkWrap(2)), MkCell(MkWrap(3), MkWrap(4)))
 }
 
+// @suppress over-strict-mode: RC codegen test: exercises Iter A outer-arm-close partial-drop
 fn use_first(p: own Pair) -> Int {
   match p {
     MkPair(a, b) => match a {
diff --git a/examples/rc_own_param_drop.ail.json b/examples/rc_own_param_drop.ail.json
index b51d58f..fc5d8a0 100644
--- a/examples/rc_own_param_drop.ail.json
+++ b/examples/rc_own_param_drop.ail.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/examples/rc_own_param_drop.ailx b/examples/rc_own_param_drop.ailx
index 89b6f54..2cf3339 100644
--- a/examples/rc_own_param_drop.ailx
+++ b/examples/rc_own_param_drop.ailx
@@ -1,62 +1,18 @@
-; Iter 18d.4 — Own-param dec at fn return.
-;
-; Companion fixture to `alloc_rc_borrow_only_recursive_list_drop`.
-; Here the static "caller handed off ownership" signal is the
-; explicit `(own (con IntList))` parameter mode on `head_or_zero`.
-; Under --alloc=rc, codegen now emits a drop call against the
-; param SSA (`%arg_xs`) before the fn's `ret`, closing the
-; symmetric debt 18c.3/18c.4 carried.
-;
-; Fixture shape:
-;   - `head_or_zero` takes `(own (con IntList))` and returns Int.
-;     Body destructures via match, returns the head in the Cons
-;     arm (ignoring the tail) and 0 in the Nil arm.
-;   - `xs` (the param) has consume_count == 0 (only borrow at
-;     match scrutinee). Iter B fires: param drop at fn return.
-;   - `t` (Cons-arm pattern binder) has consume_count == 0 (the
-;     arm body just returns `h` — `t` is unused). Iter A fires:
-;     drop_<m>_IntList(t) at arm close, freeing the tail chain
-;     before the fn returns.
-;   - At fn return, moved_slots[xs] = {1} (Cons.t was moved into
-;     the arm-bound `t` and dec'd by iter A). Iter B falls back
-;     to shallow `ailang_rc_dec(%arg_xs)` — the dynamic-tag
-;     partial-drop case is debt; for the canonical Cons-or-Nil
-;     dispatch here, dec'ing the outer cell only is correct
-;     because the active ctor's only ptr field (Cons.tail) is
-;     already freed by iter A, and Nil has no ptr fields.
-;
-; Expected stdout under --alloc=rc / --alloc=gc: 11 (head of the
-; 5-element list).
-
 (module rc_own_param_drop
-
   (data IntList
     (doc "Recursive Int list — boxed.")
     (ctor Nil)
     (ctor Cons (con Int) (con IntList)))
-
   (fn head_or_zero
     (doc "Take ownership of an IntList; return its head if Cons, else 0. The tail is loaded as a pattern binder but never consumed — iter A dec's it at arm close. The outer cell is dec'd at fn return via iter B's Own-param emission.")
-    (type
-      (fn-type
-        (params (own (con IntList)))
-        (ret (con Int))))
+    (suppress (code "over-strict-mode") (because "RC codegen test: exercises Iter B Own-param dec at fn return"))
+    (type (fn-type (params (own (con IntList))) (ret (con Int))))
     (params xs)
-    (body
-      (match xs
-        (case (pat-ctor Nil) 0)
-        (case (pat-ctor Cons h t) h))))
-
+    (body (match xs
+      (case (pat-ctor Nil) 0)
+      (case (pat-ctor Cons h t) h))))
   (fn main
     (doc "Build a 5-element IntList; pass to head_or_zero (transferring ownership); print the result.")
     (type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Unit)) (effects IO)))
     (params)
-    (body
-      (let xs
-        (term-ctor IntList Cons 11
-          (term-ctor IntList Cons 22
-            (term-ctor IntList Cons 33
-              (term-ctor IntList Cons 44
-                (term-ctor IntList Cons 55
-                  (term-ctor IntList Nil))))))
-        (do io/print_int (app head_or_zero xs))))))
+    (body (let xs (term-ctor IntList Cons 11 (term-ctor IntList Cons 22 (term-ctor IntList Cons 33 (term-ctor IntList Cons 44 (term-ctor IntList Cons 55 (term-ctor IntList Nil)))))) (do io/print_int (app head_or_zero xs))))))
diff --git a/examples/rc_own_param_drop.prose.txt b/examples/rc_own_param_drop.prose.txt
index dc9e800..db37cd5 100644
--- a/examples/rc_own_param_drop.prose.txt
+++ b/examples/rc_own_param_drop.prose.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 /// Recursive Int list — boxed.
 data IntList = Nil | Cons(Int, IntList)
 
+// @suppress over-strict-mode: RC codegen test: exercises Iter B Own-param dec at fn return
 /// Take ownership of an IntList; return its head if Cons, else 0. The tail is
 /// loaded as a pattern binder but never consumed — iter A dec's it at arm
 /// close. The outer cell is dec'd at fn return via iter B's Own-param emission.
diff --git a/examples/rc_own_param_partial_drop_leak.ail.json b/examples/rc_own_param_partial_drop_leak.ail.json
index 0f9fc30..5be8841 100644
--- a/examples/rc_own_param_partial_drop_leak.ail.json
+++ b/examples/rc_own_param_partial_drop_leak.ail.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/examples/rc_own_param_partial_drop_leak.ailx b/examples/rc_own_param_partial_drop_leak.ailx
index 5ee6d4c..2d75ffe 100644
--- a/examples/rc_own_param_partial_drop_leak.ailx
+++ b/examples/rc_own_param_partial_drop_leak.ailx
@@ -1,65 +1,21 @@
-; Iter 18g.tidy.fu2 RED-test fixture 1/3: dynamic-tag partial-drop
-; carve-out at fn-return (Iter B / lib.rs:1093).
-;
-; Shape:
-;   - `Pair` carries two `Cell` fields (both pointer-typed).
-;   - `Cell` carries two `Wrap` fields (both pointer-typed).
-;   - `use_first` takes `(own Pair)` and pattern-binds the first
-;     slot only, wildcarding the second.
-;   - The bound slot's `Cell` is dec'd via `drop_<m>_Cell` at the
-;     outer arm-close (moves[a] empty → field_drop_call routes
-;     correctly).
-;   - At fn return, `p`'s `consume_count == 0`, mode = Own, and
-;     `moved_slots[p] = {0}`. Iter B's drop (lib.rs:1093) hits the
-;     dynamic-tag carve-out: moves non-empty → shallow
-;     `ailang_rc_dec(p)`. p's outer cell is freed; slot 1 (the
-;     wildcarded second Cell + its two MkWrap children = 3 cells)
-;     leaks.
-;
-; Pre-fix:  live = 3 (one Cell + two MkWrap children).
-; Post-fix: live = 0.
-;
-; This fixture is the cleanest of the three because no inner match
-; is involved: the leak surfaces from Iter B alone.
-
 (module rc_own_param_partial_drop_leak
-
   (data Wrap
     (ctor MkWrap (con Int)))
-
   (data Cell
     (ctor MkCell (con Wrap) (con Wrap)))
-
   (data Pair
     (ctor MkPair (con Cell) (con Cell)))
-
   (fn build_pair
-    (type
-      (fn-type
-        (params (con Int))
-        (ret (own (con Pair)))))
+    (type (fn-type (params (con Int)) (ret (own (con Pair)))))
     (params n)
-    (body
-      (term-ctor Pair MkPair
-        (term-ctor Cell MkCell
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap n)
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 2))
-        (term-ctor Cell MkCell
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 3)
-          (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 4)))))
-
+    (body (term-ctor Pair MkPair (term-ctor Cell MkCell (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap n) (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 2)) (term-ctor Cell MkCell (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 3) (term-ctor Wrap MkWrap 4)))))
   (fn use_first
-    (type
-      (fn-type
-        (params (own (con Pair)))
-        (ret (con Int))))
+    (suppress (code "over-strict-mode") (because "RC codegen test: exercises Iter B fn-return dynamic-tag partial-drop"))
+    (type (fn-type (params (own (con Pair))) (ret (con Int))))
     (params p)
-    (body
-      (match p
-        (case (pat-ctor MkPair a _) 1))))
-
+    (body (match p
+      (case (pat-ctor MkPair a _) 1))))
   (fn main
     (type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Unit)) (effects IO)))
     (params)
-    (body
-      (do io/print_int (app use_first (app build_pair 1))))))
+    (body (do io/print_int (app use_first (app build_pair 1))))))