diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
index 83c8880..3a3ab48 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ fn emit_chart(name: &str, tap: Option<&str>, mode: ChartMode, env: &project::Env
         NameKind::NotFound => {
             eprintln!(
                 "aura: no recorded run or family '{name}' under runs/traces \
-                 (run `aura run --trace {name}` or `aura sweep --trace {name}` first)"
+                 (run `aura run --trace {name}` first)"
             );
             std::process::exit(1);
         }
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ struct SweepCmd {
     /// Family name (records to the registry without persisting per-member traces).
     #[arg(long)]
     name: Option<String>,
-    /// Family name that also persists each member's taps (mutually exclusive with --name).
+    /// Family name (not yet available on this verb; see #224).
     #[arg(long)]
     trace: Option<String>,
     /// Blueprint sweep axis `<name>=<csv>` (repeatable; .json mode).
@@ -2201,7 +2201,7 @@ struct WalkforwardCmd {
     /// Family name (records to the registry without persisting per-member traces).
     #[arg(long)]
     name: Option<String>,
-    /// Family name that also persists each OOS window's taps (mutually exclusive with --name).
+    /// Family name (not yet available on this verb; see #224).
     #[arg(long)]
     trace: Option<String>,
     /// Campaign-path stop length (single value; --real mode).
@@ -2795,9 +2795,17 @@ fn dispatch_new(a: NewCmd, _env: &project::Env) {
 fn dispatch_sweep(a: SweepCmd, env: &project::Env) {
     // Single-sourced: the blueprint grammar and the no-blueprint usage error must
     // stay in lockstep, so both arms below read this one closure.
-    let usage = || "Usage: aura sweep <blueprint.json> --axis <name>=<csv> [--axis …] [--name <n> | --trace <n>] [--real <SYM> [--from <ms>] [--to <ms>]]".to_string();
+    let usage = || "Usage: aura sweep <blueprint.json> --axis <name>=<csv> [--axis …] [--name <n>] [--real <SYM> [--from <ms>] [--to <ms>]]".to_string();
     match is_blueprint_file(&a.blueprint) {
         Some(path) => {
+            // No blueprint-mode arm persists per-member taps (synthetic drops it via
+            // `let _ = persist`, `--real` sugar sets `persist_taps: vec![]`) — refuse
+            // rather than silently accept an advertised-but-unhonoured flag, mirroring
+            // the `aura run`/`aura mc` --trace refusals.
+            if a.trace.is_some() {
+                eprintln!("aura: --trace is not yet available on sweep; see #224");
+                std::process::exit(2);
+            }
             let doc = std::fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
                 eprintln!("aura: {path}: {e}");
                 std::process::exit(2);
@@ -2817,7 +2825,6 @@ fn dispatch_sweep(a: SweepCmd, env: &project::Env) {
                 // A query, not a sweep: it must stand alone.
                 if !a.axis.is_empty()
                     || a.name.is_some()
-                    || a.trace.is_some()
                     || a.real.is_some()
                     || a.from.is_some()
                     || a.to.is_some()
@@ -2901,9 +2908,16 @@ fn dispatch_sweep(a: SweepCmd, env: &project::Env) {
 /// #220: arbitrary user blueprint + axes, formerly the welded r-sma branch).
 fn dispatch_walkforward(a: WalkforwardCmd, env: &project::Env) {
     // Single-sourced: both arms below read this one closure (house style, #179).
-    let usage = || format!("Usage: aura walkforward <blueprint.json> --axis <name>=<csv> [--axis …] [--select <argmax|plateau:mean|plateau:worst>] [--name <n>] | aura walkforward <blueprint.json> --real <SYMBOL> --axis <name>=<csv> [--axis …] [--stop-length <n> (default {R_SMA_STOP_LENGTH})] [--stop-k <x> (default {R_SMA_STOP_K:.1})] [--from <ms>] [--to <ms>] [--name <n> | --trace <n>]");
+    let usage = || format!("Usage: aura walkforward <blueprint.json> --axis <name>=<csv> [--axis …] [--select <argmax|plateau:mean|plateau:worst>] [--name <n>] | aura walkforward <blueprint.json> --real <SYMBOL> --axis <name>=<csv> [--axis …] [--stop-length <n> (default {R_SMA_STOP_LENGTH})] [--stop-k <x> (default {R_SMA_STOP_K:.1})] [--from <ms>] [--to <ms>] [--name <n>]");
     match is_blueprint_file(&a.blueprint) {
         Some(path) => {
+            // No blueprint-mode arm persists per-window taps — refuse rather than
+            // silently accept an advertised-but-unhonoured flag, mirroring the
+            // `aura run`/`aura mc` --trace refusals.
+            if a.trace.is_some() {
+                eprintln!("aura: --trace is not yet available on walkforward; see #224");
+                std::process::exit(2);
+            }
             let doc = std::fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
                 eprintln!("aura: {path}: {e}");
                 std::process::exit(2);
@@ -2983,7 +2997,7 @@ fn dispatch_walkforward(a: WalkforwardCmd, env: &project::Env) {
                 return;
             }
             // Synthetic in-process family path — unchanged (#220 non-goal).
-            if a.stop_length.is_some() || a.stop_k.is_some() || a.trace.is_some() {
+            if a.stop_length.is_some() || a.stop_k.is_some() {
                 eprintln!("aura: {}", usage());
                 std::process::exit(2);
             }
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs b/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
index 733b920..ba593f5 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
@@ -1936,10 +1936,10 @@ fn walkforward_dissolved_refuses_an_unknown_select_token() {
     assert!(stderr.contains("Usage: aura walkforward"), "unknown-select refusal: {stderr}");
 }
 
-/// `--trace`'s own help text ("mutually exclusive with --name") is a contract the
-/// inline path already enforces via `name_persist`; the dissolved r-sma-real path
-/// must refuse the same combination (exit 2) rather than silently letting --name
-/// win over --trace.
+/// `--trace` is now refused up front on every blueprint-mode arm (#168, before the
+/// `--name`/`--trace` mutual-exclusion check even runs) — the dissolved r-sma-real
+/// path must surface that #224 forward-pointer refusal (exit 2), not the generic
+/// mutual-exclusion message which its early return now pre-empts.
 #[test]
 fn walkforward_dissolved_refuses_name_and_trace_together() {
     let cwd = temp_cwd("walkforward-name-and-trace");
@@ -1954,9 +1954,10 @@ fn walkforward_dissolved_refuses_name_and_trace_together() {
         .current_dir(&cwd)
         .output()
         .expect("spawn aura");
-    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "--name and --trace together is a usage refusal");
+    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "--trace is refused up front (exit 2)");
     let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr);
-    assert!(stderr.contains("mutually exclusive"), "name/trace refusal: {stderr}");
+    assert!(stderr.contains("--trace"), "refusal names the flag: {stderr}");
+    assert!(stderr.contains("#224"), "refusal points forward to #224: {stderr}");
 }
 
 /// Property (#210 T3, dispatch split): a successful real-data walkforward
@@ -2717,7 +2718,7 @@ fn aura_sweep_loads_a_blueprint_and_persists_a_sweep_family() {
             "sweep", &fixture,
             "--axis", "sma_signal.fast.length=2,4",
             "--axis", "sma_signal.slow.length=8,16",
-            "--trace", "f",
+            "--name", "f",
         ])
         .current_dir(&cwd)
         .output()
@@ -2804,7 +2805,7 @@ fn aura_sweep_persists_the_canonical_blueprint_keyed_by_topology_hash() {
             "sweep", &fixture,
             "--axis", "sma_signal.fast.length=2,4",
             "--axis", "sma_signal.slow.length=8,16",
-            "--trace", "f",
+            "--name", "f",
         ])
         .current_dir(&cwd)
         .output()
@@ -2881,7 +2882,7 @@ fn aura_reproduce_re_derives_a_persisted_sweep_family() {
             "sweep", &fixture,
             "--axis", "sma_signal.fast.length=2,4",
             "--axis", "sma_signal.slow.length=8,16",
-            "--trace", "f",
+            "--name", "f",
         ])
         .current_dir(&cwd)
         .output()
@@ -2922,7 +2923,7 @@ fn aura_reproduce_reports_a_diverged_member_and_exits_one() {
             "sweep", &fixture,
             "--axis", "sma_signal.fast.length=2,4",
             "--axis", "sma_signal.slow.length=8,16",
-            "--trace", "f",
+            "--name", "f",
         ])
         .current_dir(&cwd)
         .output()