diff --git a/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/data/visual-gate.mjs b/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/data/visual-gate.mjs
index 722bbaf99..e17fe7edf 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/data/visual-gate.mjs
+++ b/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/data/visual-gate.mjs
@@ -1046,36 +1046,15 @@ async function main() {
         && colorState.fill.toLowerCase().includes('0072b2') && colorState.rendered > 0,
       colorState.err || `swatchClicked=${swatchClicked} handleColor=${colorState.handleColor} fill=${colorState.fill} opacity=${colorState.opacity} renderedSelFeatures=${colorState.rendered}`);
 
-    // ── (15) toolA §1(d) + R1.1 (h): Copy → names + total + trailing "· #hex" ──
-    // The Copy button click is a REAL Playwright click (user gesture → the live
-    // navigator.clipboard path runs; its success/fallback is reported via the
-    // flash label). The payload assertion reads __UPG_LAST_CLIPBOARD__ — the
-    // exact string the handler wrote (headless clipboard READ permission is not
-    // grantable in Firefox, so the write-side record is the assertable surface).
-    let copied = null;
-    const copyBtn = page.locator(`${EL} .upg-hud-btn.copy`);
-    if (await copyBtn.count()) {
-      await copyBtn.first().click().catch(() => {});
-      await page.waitForTimeout(600);
-      copied = await page.evaluate((elName) => {
-        const host = document.querySelector(elName);
-        const root = host && host.shadowRoot ? host.shadowRoot : document;
-        const f = root.querySelector('.upg-hud-flash');
-        return { text: window.__UPG_LAST_CLIPBOARD__ || '', flash: f ? f.textContent.trim() : '' };
-      }, EL);
-    }
-    let copyOk = false, copyDetail = 'no .upg-hud-btn.copy in HUD';
-    if (copied) {
-      const line1 = (copied.text.split('\n')[0]) || '';
-      const names = shiftSel.err ? [] : shiftSel.list.map((x) => x.name);
-      const allNames = names.length === 3 && names.every((n) => line1.includes(n));
-      const hasTotal = line1.includes('— ' + expectSum + ' UUPG');
-      const hasColor = line1.endsWith('· #0072b2');
-      copyOk = allNames && hasTotal && hasColor;
-      copyDetail = `line1=${JSON.stringify(line1)} allNames=${allNames} hasTotal(Σ=${expectSum})=${hasTotal} endsWith"· #0072b2"=${hasColor} clipboardApi=${JSON.stringify(copied.flash)}`;
-    }
-    check('(15) toolA: Copy → payload carries all 3 names + the independent total + trailing "· #0072b2"',
-      copyOk, copyDetail);
+    // ── (15) REMOVED 2026-09-28: the Copy payload assertion. It guarded on
+    //    .upg-hud-btn.copy existing, but that button went with fc93847bb (batch
+    //    selection builds a packet now). The guard skipped only the MEASUREMENT —
+    //    copyOk was initialised false and check() ran unconditionally — so this
+    //    reported FAIL ("no .upg-hud-btn.copy in HUD") on every run since. A
+    //    permanently red assertion for a deleted feature teaches readers to ignore
+    //    red, which is worse than no check. Its handler (copySelection/legacyCopy)
+    //    and the window.__UPG_LAST_CLIPBOARD__ it read are deleted in the same
+    //    commit. formatClipboard survives: __UPG_SELECT__.clipboardText still uses it.
 
     // ── (16) toolA R1.4 (a‴/f′ + L4): batch mode OFF → a PLAIN tap is NOT a
     // multi-select AND not a clear. Tap the RAIL button again ("Done") to LEAVE
diff --git a/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/upg-100-list.vue b/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/upg-100-list.vue
index 2074dff70..a00d526ed 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/upg-100-list.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/upg-100-list.vue
@@ -889,54 +889,14 @@ function clearSelection() {
   refreshSelectionPaint()
 }
 
-// ── 09b §1(d): copy the selection to the clipboard (D-1 format) ──────────────
-// "Name1, Name2, … — {total} UUPG" + a 2nd line per-territory breakdown.
-// navigator.clipboard on the click gesture; textarea+execCommand fallback for a
-// non-secure context (where navigator.clipboard is undefined). Exposed on window
-// for the firefox gate to read back the exact string the handler built.
-async function copySelection() {
-  if (!selectedTerritories.value.length) return
-  // R1.1 (h): the payload ends with " · #hex" when a color is picked — the exact
-  // string toolB parses to regroup+recolor in one command.
-  const text = formatClipboard(selectedTerritories.value, { color: selectedColor.value })
-  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') window.__UPG_LAST_CLIPBOARD__ = text
-  let ok = false
-  try {
-    if (navigator.clipboard && navigator.clipboard.writeText) {
-      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text)
-      ok = true
-    } else {
-      ok = legacyCopy(text)
-    }
-  } catch (err) {
-    ok = legacyCopy(text) // secure-context / permission failure → fallback
-  }
-  // ⚠ THE OLD GUARD ONLY MATCHED THE SUCCESS BRANCH — `startsWith('Copied')` — so "Copy failed" NEVER
-  // CLEARED, in English, before any of this was translated. A pre-existing bug that the prose fix would
-  // have widened to both branches in ten languages. Found by exp-shepherd sweeping the whole tree for the
-  // PATTERN (a branch on a user-visible string's content) after I had only grepped for the exact shape I
-  // already knew, `status.value.startsWith` — which is why I missed the ternary form in my own file.
-  flashRef(copyFlash, ok ? t('messages.copied') : t('messages.copyFailed'), 1800)
-}
 
-// textarea + execCommand('copy') fallback (non-secure context, no clipboard API).
-function legacyCopy(text) {
-  try {
-    const ta = document.createElement('textarea')
-    ta.value = text
-    ta.style.position = 'fixed'; ta.style.opacity = '0'; ta.style.top = '0'
-    document.body.appendChild(ta)
-    ta.focus(); ta.select()
-    const ok = document.execCommand && document.execCommand('copy')
-    document.body.removeChild(ta)
-    return !!ok
-  } catch (_) { return false }
-}
-
-// ── R1.2 PIVOT (D-8): the Ctrl/Cmd-C + Escape keyboard handler is REMOVED. The
-// the brief explicitly asked to drop modifier-key gestures for mobile parity — Copy
-// + Clear are the on-screen HUD buttons (≥40px tap targets) and are the ONLY
-// selection-action surface now. No code path depends on a keyboard modifier.
+// ── R1.2 PIVOT (D-8): the Ctrl/Cmd-C + Escape keyboard handler is REMOVED — the
+// brief asked to drop modifier-key gestures for mobile parity. The on-screen HUD
+// buttons (≥40px tap targets) are the ONLY selection-action surface, and no code
+// path depends on a keyboard modifier.
+// Those buttons are Prayer List / Poster Map / Clear (:2856-2860). This comment
+// used to name "Copy + Clear"; Copy went with fc93847bb, which is the same commit
+// that orphaned the copySelection/legacyCopy pair deleted just above.
 
 // ── 09b-search-bar §1(a/c): build the unified index once records are loaded ──
 // PG rows come from the LIVE records (slug+name+lat/lng) — the same record set