diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs b/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
index f90d925..7d5b084 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
@@ -4839,6 +4839,77 @@ fn aura_walkforward_with_trades_emits_no_zero_trade_note() {
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&cwd);
 }
 
+/// E2E (#278 decision: same fault class, same verb, same surface => same
+/// treatment): a member fault on the SYNTHETIC walk-forward path is CONTAINED
+/// exactly like the real/campaign path contains it (#272) — it surfaces as an
+/// `aura: warning: ` class-marked stderr line naming the member fault and the
+/// process takes the deliberate failed-cells exit 3 (C14 partition,
+/// `exit_on_campaign_result` precedent). It never escapes as an uncaught Rust
+/// panic: no exit 101, no `panicked at`, no internal `crates/` source path on
+/// the consumer's stderr.
+#[test]
+fn aura_walkforward_synthetic_member_panic_is_contained() {
+    let cwd = temp_cwd("blueprint-walkforward-member-panic-contained");
+    let bp = format!("{}/examples/r_sma.json", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    // length=0 poisons the member: `Sma::new` asserts "SMA length must be >= 1"
+    // during member compile — the same fault class the real path records as
+    // "a member panicked: …" and survives.
+    let out = std::process::Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_aura"))
+        .args(["walkforward", &bp, "--axis", "sma_signal.fast.length=0", "--name", "wfpanic"])
+        .current_dir(&cwd)
+        .output()
+        .expect("spawn aura walkforward (poison member)");
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr).to_string();
+    assert!(
+        stderr.lines().any(|l| l.contains("aura: warning: ") && l.contains("SMA length must be >= 1")),
+        "the member fault surfaces as one class-marked warning naming the fault: {stderr}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !stderr.contains("panicked at"),
+        "no raw panic report reaches the consumer: {stderr}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !stderr.contains("crates/"),
+        "no internal source path leaks to the consumer: {stderr}"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        out.status.code(),
+        Some(3),
+        "a contained member fault is the deliberate failed-cells exit 3, never 101: {stderr}"
+    );
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&cwd);
+}
+
+/// E2E (#278 decision, sweep twin): the synthetic `aura sweep` shares the
+/// same bare-member seam (`run_blueprint_member` inside the family builders'
+/// sweep closures, no #272 fault boundary), so the same poison must be
+/// contained the same way — warning + exit 3, no panic escape.
+#[test]
+fn aura_sweep_synthetic_member_panic_is_contained() {
+    let cwd = temp_cwd("blueprint-sweep-member-panic-contained");
+    let bp = format!("{}/examples/r_sma.json", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    let out = std::process::Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_aura"))
+        .args(["sweep", &bp, "--axis", "sma_signal.fast.length=0", "--name", "swpanic"])
+        .current_dir(&cwd)
+        .output()
+        .expect("spawn aura sweep (poison member)");
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr).to_string();
+    assert!(
+        stderr.lines().any(|l| l.contains("aura: warning: ") && l.contains("SMA length must be >= 1")),
+        "the member fault surfaces as one class-marked warning naming the fault: {stderr}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !stderr.contains("panicked at") && !stderr.contains("crates/"),
+        "no raw panic report or internal source path leaks: {stderr}"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        out.status.code(),
+        Some(3),
+        "a contained member fault is the deliberate failed-cells exit 3, never 101: {stderr}"
+    );
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&cwd);
+}
+
 /// E2E (#313, Path 1 — the real/sugar walk-forward): the degenerate
 /// equal-length config over the shared GER40 archive emits the same
 /// zero-trade note. Gated on the archive; skips cleanly on a data refusal.