diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
index a121dee..7de8078 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -3378,7 +3378,7 @@ fn dispatch_graph(a: GraphCmd, env: &project::Env) {
             }
             None if a.blueprint.is_none() => {
                 let bp = blueprint_from_json(
-                    include_str!("../examples/r_sma_open.json"),
+                    include_str!("../examples/r_sma.json"),
                     &|t| env.resolve(t),
                 )
                 .expect("the shipped r-sma example reloads into a renderable blueprint");
@@ -4053,10 +4053,10 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .expect("write examples/r_breakout.json");
         std::fs::write(
-            "examples/r_breakout_open.json",
+            "tests/fixtures/r_breakout_open.json",
             blueprint_to_json(&r_breakout_signal(None)).expect("serialize open r_breakout"),
         )
-        .expect("write examples/r_breakout_open.json");
+        .expect("write tests/fixtures/r_breakout_open.json");
     }
 
     /// The shipped examples are a faithful serialisation of the carved signal (#159 cut 2):
@@ -4071,7 +4071,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert_eq!(
             blueprint_to_json(&r_breakout_signal(None)).expect("serialize open"),
-            include_str!("../examples/r_breakout_open.json"),
+            include_str!("../tests/fixtures/r_breakout_open.json"),
         );
     }
 
@@ -4104,10 +4104,10 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .expect("write examples/r_meanrev.json");
         std::fs::write(
-            "examples/r_meanrev_open.json",
+            "tests/fixtures/r_meanrev_open.json",
             blueprint_to_json(&r_meanrev_signal(None, None)).expect("serialize open r_meanrev"),
         )
-        .expect("write examples/r_meanrev_open.json");
+        .expect("write tests/fixtures/r_meanrev_open.json");
     }
 
     /// Regenerates the shipped r_channel examples from the carved signal. Run by hand:
@@ -4123,10 +4123,10 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .expect("write examples/r_channel.json");
         std::fs::write(
-            "examples/r_channel_open.json",
+            "tests/fixtures/r_channel_open.json",
             blueprint_to_json(&r_channel_signal(None)).expect("serialize open r_channel"),
         )
-        .expect("write examples/r_channel_open.json");
+        .expect("write tests/fixtures/r_channel_open.json");
     }
 
     /// The shipped examples are a faithful serialisation of the carved signal
@@ -4140,7 +4140,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert_eq!(
             blueprint_to_json(&r_channel_signal(None)).expect("serialize open"),
-            include_str!("../examples/r_channel_open.json"),
+            include_str!("../tests/fixtures/r_channel_open.json"),
         );
     }
 
@@ -4222,7 +4222,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert_eq!(
             blueprint_to_json(&r_meanrev_signal(None, None)).expect("open"),
-            include_str!("../examples/r_meanrev_open.json"),
+            include_str!("../tests/fixtures/r_meanrev_open.json"),
         );
     }
 
@@ -4718,7 +4718,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// Loads the shipped open r-sma example (both SMA lengths free) through the
     /// public `blueprint_from_json` path.
     fn load_open_r_sma() -> Composite {
-        blueprint_from_json(include_str!("../examples/r_sma_open.json"), &|t| std_vocabulary(t))
+        blueprint_from_json(include_str!("../tests/fixtures/r_sma_open.json"), &|t| std_vocabulary(t))
             .expect("loads")
     }
 
@@ -5161,7 +5161,7 @@ mod tests {
         // wraps the signal (name "sma_signal") so the names are prefixed —
         // exactly what `--axis` binds.
         let env = project::Env::std();
-        let open = include_str!("../examples/r_sma_open.json");
+        let open = include_str!("../tests/fixtures/r_sma_open.json");
         let space = blueprint_axis_probe(open, &env).param_space();
         let names: Vec<&str> = space.iter().map(|p| p.name.as_str()).collect();
         assert_eq!(names, ["sma_signal.fast.length", "sma_signal.slow.length"]);
@@ -5174,9 +5174,10 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn blueprint_walkforward_family_refits_each_window() {
-        // The open fixture's two SMA lengths are re-fit per IS window over a 2x2 grid.
+        // The closed blueprint's two bound SMA lengths are re-fit per IS window over
+        // a 2x2 grid via the #246 bound-override reopen path (bound = overridable default).
         let env = project::Env::std();
-        let doc = include_str!("../examples/r_sma_open.json");
+        let doc = include_str!("../examples/r_sma.json");
         let axes = vec![
             ("sma_signal.fast.length".to_string(), vec![Scalar::i64(2), Scalar::i64(3)]),
             ("sma_signal.slow.length".to_string(), vec![Scalar::i64(4), Scalar::i64(6)]),
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/src/render.rs b/crates/aura-cli/src/render.rs
index bad05e1..2a8b78c 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/src/render.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/src/render.rs
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn render_html_is_self_contained_and_embeds_the_model() {
         let env = crate::project::Env::std();
         let bp = aura_engine::blueprint_from_json(
-            include_str!("../examples/r_sma_open.json"),
+            include_str!("../examples/r_sma.json"),
             &|t| env.resolve(t),
         )
         .expect("the shipped r-sma example reloads into a renderable blueprint");
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/examples/r_breakout_open.json b/crates/aura-cli/tests/fixtures/r_breakout_open.json
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/aura-cli/examples/r_breakout_open.json
rename to crates/aura-cli/tests/fixtures/r_breakout_open.json
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/examples/r_channel_open.json b/crates/aura-cli/tests/fixtures/r_channel_open.json
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/aura-cli/examples/r_channel_open.json
rename to crates/aura-cli/tests/fixtures/r_channel_open.json
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/examples/r_meanrev_open.json b/crates/aura-cli/tests/fixtures/r_meanrev_open.json
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/aura-cli/examples/r_meanrev_open.json
rename to crates/aura-cli/tests/fixtures/r_meanrev_open.json
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/examples/r_sma_open.json b/crates/aura-cli/tests/fixtures/r_sma_open.json
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/aura-cli/examples/r_sma_open.json
rename to crates/aura-cli/tests/fixtures/r_sma_open.json
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs b/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs
index 8a76d60..bbc3e28 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ fn graph_register_is_idempotent() {
 fn graph_params_lists_raw_axis_namespace() {
     let dir = temp_cwd("params");
     let (stdout, stderr, code) =
-        run_in(&dir, &["graph", "introspect", "--params", &example("r_sma_open.json")]);
+        run_in(&dir, &["graph", "introspect", "--params", &fixture("r_sma_open.json")]);
     assert_eq!(code, Some(0), "stdout: {stdout} stderr: {stderr}");
     assert_eq!(stdout, "fast.length:I64\nslow.length:I64\n", "the raw open params, in order");
 }
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ fn graph_introspect_mode_guard_still_exits_two_on_zero_or_two_modes() {
 #[test]
 fn graph_params_by_content_id_matches_params_by_file() {
     let dir = temp_cwd("params-by-id");
-    let bp = example("r_sma_open.json");
+    let bp = fixture("r_sma_open.json");
     let (reg_out, reg_err, reg_code) = run_in(&dir, &["graph", "register", &bp]);
     assert_eq!(reg_code, Some(0), "register: {reg_out} {reg_err}");
     let id = registered_id(&reg_out);
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ fn graph_params_by_content_id_matches_params_by_file() {
 #[test]
 fn graph_params_tolerates_content_prefix_on_target() {
     let dir = temp_cwd("params-content-prefix");
-    let bp = example("r_sma_open.json");
+    let bp = fixture("r_sma_open.json");
     let (reg_out, reg_err, reg_code) = run_in(&dir, &["graph", "register", &bp]);
     assert_eq!(reg_code, Some(0), "register: {reg_out} {reg_err}");
     let id = registered_id(&reg_out);
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ fn shipped_r_sma_example_is_genuinely_closed() {
     assert_eq!(stdout, "", "the closed example must leave zero params unbound");
 }
 
-/// Property (#159): the shipped open example (`examples/r_sma_open.json`) is a
+/// Property (#159): the open fixture (`tests/fixtures/r_sma_open.json`) is a
 /// usable sweep-axis template from its public gallery location, not just a
 /// byte-identical artifact — `graph introspect --params` lists exactly the two
 /// unbound SMA lengths, in lowering order, matching the raw axis namespace the
@@ -753,10 +753,10 @@ fn shipped_r_sma_example_is_genuinely_closed() {
 /// shipped copy is actually introspectable/bindable from where a consumer runs
 /// it.
 #[test]
-fn shipped_r_sma_open_example_lists_its_axis_namespace() {
+fn open_r_sma_fixture_lists_its_axis_namespace() {
     let dir = temp_cwd("example-open-params");
     let (stdout, stderr, code) =
-        run_in(&dir, &["graph", "introspect", "--params", &example("r_sma_open.json")]);
+        run_in(&dir, &["graph", "introspect", "--params", &fixture("r_sma_open.json")]);
     assert_eq!(code, Some(0), "stdout: {stdout} stderr: {stderr}");
     assert_eq!(
         stdout, "fast.length:I64\nslow.length:I64\n",
@@ -764,6 +764,31 @@ fn shipped_r_sma_open_example_lists_its_axis_namespace() {
     );
 }
 
+/// Property (#248): the four `_open` blueprint twins were RELOCATED out of the
+/// public gallery, not deleted — each stem is present under `tests/fixtures/`
+/// (the internal sweep-axis fixture location) and absent from `examples/` (the
+/// public, user-facing gallery). This is the acceptance criterion's core claim
+/// ("`examples/` ships no `_open` variants") stated as a filesystem fact, so a
+/// future example addition that reintroduces a twin — or a migration that moves
+/// the reference but forgets the file — fails here even though every
+/// `include_str!`/path-string call site already resolves.
+#[test]
+fn open_twins_are_relocated_from_examples_to_fixtures_not_deleted() {
+    let manifest_dir = env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
+    for stem in ["r_sma", "r_breakout", "r_meanrev", "r_channel"] {
+        let gallery_path = format!("{manifest_dir}/examples/{stem}_open.json");
+        assert!(
+            !std::path::Path::new(&gallery_path).exists(),
+            "{stem}_open.json must not ship in the public examples/ gallery (#248)"
+        );
+        let fixture_path = format!("{manifest_dir}/tests/fixtures/{stem}_open.json");
+        assert!(
+            std::path::Path::new(&fixture_path).exists(),
+            "{stem}_open.json must survive relocated under tests/fixtures/ (#248)"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 /// Property (#159 cut 2): the shipped closed example (`examples/r_breakout.json`) is
 /// genuinely closed — `graph introspect --params` reports zero unbound params.
 #[test]
@@ -775,14 +800,14 @@ fn shipped_r_breakout_example_is_genuinely_closed() {
     assert_eq!(stdout, "", "the closed example must leave zero params unbound");
 }
 
-/// Property (#159 cut 2): the shipped open example (`examples/r_breakout_open.json`)
+/// Property (#159 cut 2): the open fixture (`tests/fixtures/r_breakout_open.json`)
 /// lists its ONE ganged channel axis (#61: the two rolling windows are structurally
 /// one knob).
 #[test]
-fn shipped_r_breakout_open_example_lists_its_axis_namespace() {
+fn open_r_breakout_fixture_lists_its_axis_namespace() {
     let dir = temp_cwd("r-breakout-example-open-params");
     let (stdout, stderr, code) =
-        run_in(&dir, &["graph", "introspect", "--params", &example("r_breakout_open.json")]);
+        run_in(&dir, &["graph", "introspect", "--params", &fixture("r_breakout_open.json")]);
     assert_eq!(code, Some(0), "stdout: {stdout} stderr: {stderr}");
     assert_eq!(
         stdout, "channel_length:I64\n",
@@ -805,7 +830,7 @@ fn shipped_r_breakout_open_example_lists_its_axis_namespace() {
 /// member) would be caught here even if the internal builder-level
 /// equivalence still holds.
 #[test]
-fn shipped_r_breakout_open_gang_axis_matches_the_closed_example() {
+fn open_r_breakout_fixture_gang_axis_matches_the_closed_example() {
     let closed_dir = temp_cwd("r-breakout-gang-axis-closed");
     let (closed_stdout, closed_stderr, closed_code) = run_in(&closed_dir, &["run", &example("r_breakout.json")]);
     assert_eq!(closed_code, Some(0), "closed run stderr: {closed_stderr}");
@@ -815,7 +840,7 @@ fn shipped_r_breakout_open_gang_axis_matches_the_closed_example() {
     let sweep_dir = temp_cwd("r-breakout-gang-axis-sweep");
     let (sweep_stdout, sweep_stderr, sweep_code) = run_in(
         &sweep_dir,
-        &["sweep", &example("r_breakout_open.json"), "--axis", "r_breakout_signal.channel_length=3"],
+        &["sweep", &fixture("r_breakout_open.json"), "--axis", "r_breakout_signal.channel_length=3"],
     );
     assert_eq!(sweep_code, Some(0), "sweep stderr: {sweep_stderr}");
     let lines: Vec<&str> = sweep_stdout.lines().collect();
@@ -840,13 +865,13 @@ fn shipped_r_meanrev_example_is_genuinely_closed() {
     assert_eq!(stdout, "", "the closed example must leave zero params unbound");
 }
 
-/// Property (#159 cut 3): the shipped open example (`examples/r_meanrev_open.json`)
+/// Property (#159 cut 3): the open fixture (`tests/fixtures/r_meanrev_open.json`)
 /// lists its raw axis namespace, in lowering (node-add) order.
 #[test]
-fn shipped_r_meanrev_open_example_lists_its_axis_namespace() {
+fn open_r_meanrev_fixture_lists_its_axis_namespace() {
     let dir = temp_cwd("r-meanrev-example-open-params");
     let (stdout, stderr, code) =
-        run_in(&dir, &["graph", "introspect", "--params", &example("r_meanrev_open.json")]);
+        run_in(&dir, &["graph", "introspect", "--params", &fixture("r_meanrev_open.json")]);
     assert_eq!(code, Some(0), "stdout: {stdout} stderr: {stderr}");
     assert_eq!(
         stdout, "window:I64\nband.factor:F64\n",
@@ -863,7 +888,7 @@ fn shipped_r_meanrev_open_example_lists_its_axis_namespace() {
 /// param positions could silently mis-bind the co-present un-ganged axis
 /// instead (or vice-versa) even though each axis alone still resolves.
 #[test]
-fn shipped_r_meanrev_open_gang_plus_plain_axis_matches_the_closed_example() {
+fn open_r_meanrev_fixture_gang_plus_plain_axis_matches_the_closed_example() {
     let closed_dir = temp_cwd("r-meanrev-gang-axis-closed");
     let (closed_stdout, closed_stderr, closed_code) = run_in(&closed_dir, &["run", &example("r_meanrev.json")]);
     assert_eq!(closed_code, Some(0), "closed run stderr: {closed_stderr}");
@@ -874,7 +899,7 @@ fn shipped_r_meanrev_open_gang_plus_plain_axis_matches_the_closed_example() {
     let (sweep_stdout, sweep_stderr, sweep_code) = run_in(
         &sweep_dir,
         &[
-            "sweep", &example("r_meanrev_open.json"),
+            "sweep", &fixture("r_meanrev_open.json"),
             "--axis", "r_meanrev_signal.window=3",
             "--axis", "r_meanrev_signal.band.factor=2.0",
         ],