diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/pages-preview.yml
index 1e7e5cc..daecf1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages-preview.yml
@@ -194,14 +194,6 @@ jobs:
             --commit-hash=${{ needs.identity.outputs.head_sha }}
             --commit-dirty=false
 
-      - name: Smoke-test the stable preview URL and native facade
-        run: node controller/scripts/verify-pages-deployment.mjs
-        env:
-          CLOUDFLARE_PAGES_DEPLOYMENT_ID: ${{ steps.pages.outputs.pages-deployment-id }}
-          CLOUDFLARE_PAGES_DEPLOYMENT_URL: ${{ steps.pages.outputs.pages-deployment-alias-url }}
-          INKCRE_EXPECTED_PAGES_ORIGIN: https://preview-client-web-pr-${{ needs.identity.outputs.pull_number }}.${{ vars.CLOUDFLARE_PAGES_PROJECT }}.pages.dev
-          INKCRE_PREVIEW_PRODUCER: candidate/extensions/twitter/package.json
-
       - name: Report the pull-request deployment
         if: ${{ always() && steps.github-deployment.outputs.deployment_id != '' }}
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
diff --git a/docs/40-deployment/web-delivery.md b/docs/40-deployment/web-delivery.md
index b2f00d1..5f7730c 100644
--- a/docs/40-deployment/web-delivery.md
+++ b/docs/40-deployment/web-delivery.md
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ The Toolkit places read-only native Extension snapshots and preview Releases bes
 app build, using the stable alias branch `preview/client-web/pr-<number>`. This is a preview
 projection, not Registry publication: the workflow has no
 `INKCRE_EXTENSION_REGISTRY_TOKEN`. It registers a transient GitHub `preview` deployment, deploys
-through Pages, smoke-tests the stable alias, and reports success or failure.
+through Pages and reports the provider deployment result. It does not turn edge propagation,
+deep route traversal, cache behavior, or byte comparison into synchronous delivery gates; consumer
+acceptance is a separate black-box activity.
 
 When an eligible internal PR closes, [`.github/workflows/pages-cleanup.yml`](../../.github/workflows/pages-cleanup.yml)
 replaces only that exact preview alias with a closed-page tombstone. Manual cleanup accepts an