diff --git a/scripts/verify/rea-numeric-limits.mjs b/scripts/verify/rea-numeric-limits.mjs
index 9a6b6de2fe..8b53ab76fe 100644
--- a/scripts/verify/rea-numeric-limits.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify/rea-numeric-limits.mjs
@@ -857,20 +857,11 @@ export const parseRuntimeSettingEnvironments = (source) => {
   return names;
 };
 
-/** Existing launch-seed migrations. A new per-call policy is rejected. */
-const TEMPORARY_PER_CALL_LIMITS = new Set([
-  "REA_BRIDGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES",
-  "REA_DEBUGGER_COMMAND_DEADLINE_MS",
-  "REA_DEBUGGER_MAX_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BYTES",
-  "REA_HOPPER_CALLER_SCAN_BUDGET_MS",
-  "REA_JEB_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS",
-  "REA_KUNA_PROJECT_TIMEOUT_MS",
-  "REA_KUNA_TIMEOUT_MS",
-  "REA_PWNTOOLS_MAX_INPUT_BYTES",
-  "REA_WINDOWS_CHANGE_TIME_DRIFT_MS",
-  "REA_WINDOWS_CHANGE_TIME_SETTLE_MAX_POLLS",
-  "REA_WINDOWS_CHANGE_TIME_SETTLE_POLL_MS",
-]);
+/**
+ * Names still registered as per-call while they move into ANALYSIS_SETTINGS.
+ * This branch has moved those limits, so the allowlist is empty.
+ */
+const TEMPORARY_PER_CALL_LIMITS = new Set([]);
 
 /** Temporary exceptions must be removed from both the registry and allowlist. */
 export const perCallLimitFailures = (listed, temporary) => {
@@ -908,15 +899,7 @@ if (direct) {
       failures.push(
         `${name} is both a runtime setting and on the exception list`,
       );
-    if (policy === "restart-only" && read === "per-call")
-      failures.push(
-        `${name} is restart-only but is recorded as a per-call read`,
-      );
-    if (
-      policy === "restart-only" &&
-      read !== "startup" &&
-      read !== "construction"
-    )
+    if (read !== "startup" && read !== "construction")
       failures.push(`${name} is restart-only but is not read at startup`);
   }
   failures.push(
@@ -1055,7 +1038,7 @@ if (direct) {
     process.exit(1);
   }
   console.log(
-    `Numeric REA_ limits: ${runtime.size} runtime, ${[...listed.values()].filter((entry) => entry.policy === "restart-only").length} restart-only, ${[...listed.values()].filter((entry) => entry.policy === "per-call").length} per-call pending migration, ${discovered.size} discovered.`,
+    `Numeric REA_ limits: ${runtime.size} runtime, ${listed.size} restart-only, ${discovered.size} discovered.`,
   );
   console.log(
     "Read-site kinds describe syntax only; Node lint does not verify reachability, invocation frequency or complete reader coverage.",
diff --git a/src/application/AnalysisSettings.test.ts b/src/application/AnalysisSettings.test.ts
index 2b3b3eb3ad..d8214ffe84 100644
--- a/src/application/AnalysisSettings.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/AnalysisSettings.test.ts
@@ -291,8 +291,7 @@ it("rejects an out-of-range per-call limit and reads an accepted value from the
   expect(accepted.ok).toBe(true);
   if (!accepted.ok) return;
   expect(accepted.value).toMatchObject({
-    effect: "immediate",
-    rea_restart_required: false,
+    pending_restart: false,
   });
   const parsed = parseConfig({});
   if (!parsed.ok) throw parsed.error;
diff --git a/src/config/hopperCallerScanBudget.test.ts b/src/config/hopperCallerScanBudget.test.ts
index bebeb89091..b1823c0db5 100644
--- a/src/config/hopperCallerScanBudget.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/hopperCallerScanBudget.test.ts
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ it("explains the time budget and that fixed byte allowances have no override", (
     source: "setting",
     minimum: MINIMUM_HOPPER_CALLER_SCAN_BUDGET_MS,
     maximum: MAX_NODE_TIMER_DELAY_MS,
-    effect: "immediate",
-    rea_restart_required: false,
+    update_mode: "runtime",
+    pending_restart: false,
   });
   expect(DEFAULT_HOPPER_CALLER_SCAN_BUDGET_MS).toBe(2000);
   const page = hopperCallerScanRecovery(
diff --git a/src/config/windowsChangeTimeSettle.test.ts b/src/config/windowsChangeTimeSettle.test.ts
index 269a65bab7..664f45585b 100644
--- a/src/config/windowsChangeTimeSettle.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/windowsChangeTimeSettle.test.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ it.each([
   const facts = {
     setting: bound.setting,
     constraint: message,
-    update_mode: "restart" as const,
+    update_mode: "runtime" as const,
   };
   expect(resolved.error.settings).toEqual([facts]);
   expect(resolved.error.settings[0]).not.toHaveProperty("pending_restart");
diff --git a/src/config/windowsChangeTimeSettle.ts b/src/config/windowsChangeTimeSettle.ts
index 68f59e9c55..1766e23b77 100644
--- a/src/config/windowsChangeTimeSettle.ts
+++ b/src/config/windowsChangeTimeSettle.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export interface WindowsChangeTimeSettingFailure {
   readonly floor: number;
   readonly maximum: number;
   readonly unit: "ms" | "polls";
-  readonly update_mode: "restart";
+  readonly update_mode: "runtime";
 }
 
 /** Effective settle budget and whether each part came from the default or a setting. */
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ const windowsChangeTimeSettingFailure = (
   floor: bound.floor,
   maximum: bound.maximum,
   unit: bound.unit,
-  update_mode: "restart",
+  update_mode: "runtime",
 });
 
 /** Name the rejected value, its source, and the allowed range. */
 const windowsChangeTimeSettingMessage = (
   failure: WindowsChangeTimeSettingFailure,
 ): string =>
-  `The supplied ${failure.setting} value is ${failure.currentValue} ${failure.unit} (source ${failure.source}; default ${String(failure.defaultValue)} ${failure.unit}, floor ${String(failure.floor)} ${failure.unit}, maximum ${String(failure.maximum)} ${failure.unit}). Set ${failure.setting} in the environment that starts REA to a positive decimal integer from ${String(failure.floor)} to ${String(failure.maximum)}, then start a new REA invocation.`;
+  `The supplied ${failure.setting} value is ${failure.currentValue} ${failure.unit} (source ${failure.source}; default ${String(failure.defaultValue)} ${failure.unit}, floor ${String(failure.floor)} ${failure.unit}, maximum ${String(failure.maximum)} ${failure.unit}). windows change-time settings can be changed at runtime with update_analysis_settings. The launch seed ${failure.setting} must be a positive decimal integer from ${String(failure.floor)} to ${String(failure.maximum)}. The rejected value is not active.`;
 
 const inRange = (bound: WindowsChangeTimeBound, value: string): boolean => {
   if (!decimalInteger.test(value)) return false;
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisSettingDefinitions.ts b/src/domain/analysisSettingDefinitions.ts
index 72b4ed41ca..076071a654 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisSettingDefinitions.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisSettingDefinitions.ts
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     operations: ["match_native_functions"],
   },
   "bridge.max_request_bytes": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     environment: "REA_BRIDGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_BRIDGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES,
     minimum: MINIMUM_BRIDGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES,
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     ],
   },
   "debugger.command_deadline_ms": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     ...timer,
     environment: "REA_DEBUGGER_COMMAND_DEADLINE_MS",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_COMMAND_DEADLINE_MS,
@@ -413,6 +415,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     ],
   },
   "debugger.max_command_output_bytes": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     environment: "REA_DEBUGGER_MAX_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BYTES",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_MAX_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BYTES,
     minimum: MINIMUM_DEBUGGER_MAX_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BYTES,
@@ -424,6 +427,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     operations: ["gdb_console", "rizin_debug_command"],
   },
   "hopper.caller_scan_budget_ms": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     ...timer,
     environment: "REA_HOPPER_CALLER_SCAN_BUDGET_MS",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_HOPPER_CALLER_SCAN_BUDGET_MS,
@@ -436,6 +440,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     ],
   },
   "jeb.mcp_timeout_ms": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     ...timer,
     environment: "REA_JEB_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_JEB_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS,
@@ -448,6 +453,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     ],
   },
   "kuna.project_timeout_ms": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     ...timer,
     environment: "REA_KUNA_PROJECT_TIMEOUT_MS",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_KUNA_PROJECT_TIMEOUT_MS,
@@ -466,6 +472,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     ],
   },
   "kuna.function_timeout_ms": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     ...timer,
     environment: "REA_KUNA_TIMEOUT_MS",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_KUNA_FUNCTION_TIMEOUT_MS,
@@ -478,6 +485,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     ],
   },
   "pwntools.max_input_bytes": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     environment: "REA_PWNTOOLS_MAX_INPUT_BYTES",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_PWNTOOLS_MAX_INPUT_BYTES,
     minimum: 1,
@@ -489,6 +497,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     parameter: "producer_limits.input_bytes",
   },
   "windows.change_time_drift_ms": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     environment: "REA_WINDOWS_CHANGE_TIME_DRIFT_MS",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_WINDOWS_CHANGE_TIME_DRIFT_MS,
     minimum: 1,
@@ -505,6 +514,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     ],
   },
   "windows.change_time_settle_poll_ms": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     environment: "REA_WINDOWS_CHANGE_TIME_SETTLE_POLL_MS",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_WINDOWS_CHANGE_TIME_SETTLE_POLL_MS,
     minimum: 1,
@@ -521,6 +531,7 @@ export const ANALYSIS_SETTINGS = {
     ],
   },
   "windows.change_time_settle_max_polls": {
+    updateMode: "runtime",
     environment: "REA_WINDOWS_CHANGE_TIME_SETTLE_MAX_POLLS",
     defaultValue: DEFAULT_WINDOWS_CHANGE_TIME_SETTLE_MAX_POLLS,
     minimum: 1,
diff --git a/src/kuna/KunaSessionClient.ts b/src/kuna/KunaSessionClient.ts
index 92d469e58b..e9c213bf6e 100644
--- a/src/kuna/KunaSessionClient.ts
+++ b/src/kuna/KunaSessionClient.ts
@@ -405,8 +405,6 @@ export class KunaSessionClient implements AnalysisClient {
   #installation:
     | SharedStartupAttempt<Result<KunaInstallation, AnalysisError>>
     | undefined;
-  /** Launch configuration captured when the export starts, for its deadline source. */
-  #kunaConfiguration: KunaConfiguration | undefined;
   /** Deadline the project export accepted. Not recomputed from later settings. */
   #acceptedProjectDeadline: KunaDeadline | undefined;
   #inventory:
@@ -2101,14 +2099,7 @@ export class KunaSessionClient implements AnalysisClient {
     return this.#starting;
   }
 
-  #projectDeadline(): KunaDeadline | undefined {
-    // The export already accepted this deadline. Re-resolving after a reset
-    // would throw away the value the failed export used.
-    return this.#acceptedProjectDeadline;
-  }
-
   async #lookupOrBuild(installation: KunaInstallation): Promise<void> {
-    this.#kunaConfiguration = installation.configuration;
     this.#acceptedProjectDeadline ??= kunaProjectDeadline(
       installation.configuration,
     );
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaIndependentDecompileMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaIndependentDecompileMcp.test.ts
index 57a60cdf9d..e895c6b81d 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaIndependentDecompileMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaIndependentDecompileMcp.test.ts
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ it("runs a cold independent request without starting a project export", async ()
         limit: {
           setting: "kuna.function_timeout_ms",
           effective_value: 300,
-          effect: "immediate",
-          rea_restart_required: false,
+          update_mode: "runtime",
+          pending_restart: false,
           minimum: 1,
           maximum: 2147483647,
         },
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaSingleFunctionRuns.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaSingleFunctionRuns.test.ts
index 501bf92c7a..dc947cc763 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaSingleFunctionRuns.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaSingleFunctionRuns.test.ts
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ it("names the setting that owns a single-function deadline", async () => {
         limit: {
           setting: "kuna.function_timeout_ms",
           effective_value: 300,
-          effect: "immediate",
-          rea_restart_required: false,
+          update_mode: "runtime",
+          pending_restart: false,
         },
       },
     });
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaStrings.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaStrings.test.ts
index f09a456cd9..83276a6bcb 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaStrings.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaStrings.test.ts
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ it.each([
               limit: {
                 setting: "kuna.project_timeout_ms",
                 effective_value: 500,
-                effect: "immediate",
-                rea_restart_required: false,
+                update_mode: "runtime",
+                pending_restart: false,
               },
             },
           });