diff --git a/design/src/check.ts b/design/src/check.ts
index 8f4aee9ae..992d606ca 100644
--- a/design/src/check.ts
+++ b/design/src/check.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import fs from "fs";
 import { requireApiKey } from "./auth";
+import { receiptedFetch } from "./receipted-fetch";
 
 export interface CheckResult {
   pass: boolean;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ export async function checkMockup(imagePath: string, brief: string): Promise<Che
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 60_000);
 
   try {
-    const response = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("check-screenshot-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
         "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
diff --git a/design/src/design-to-code.ts b/design/src/design-to-code.ts
index 358a6b4e9..67ba95c2a 100644
--- a/design/src/design-to-code.ts
+++ b/design/src/design-to-code.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import fs from "fs";
 import { requireApiKey } from "./auth";
+import { receiptedFetch } from "./receipted-fetch";
 import { readDesignConstraints } from "./memory";
 
 export interface DesignToCodeResult {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export async function generateDesignToCodePrompt(
       ? `\n\nExisting DESIGN.md (use these as constraints):\n${designConstraints}`
       : "";
 
-    const response = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("design-to-code-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
         "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
diff --git a/design/src/diff.ts b/design/src/diff.ts
index 2d2e1ca19..b96dad652 100644
--- a/design/src/diff.ts
+++ b/design/src/diff.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import fs from "fs";
 import { requireApiKey } from "./auth";
+import { receiptedFetch } from "./receipted-fetch";
 
 export interface DiffResult {
   differences: { area: string; description: string; severity: string }[];
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export async function diffMockups(
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 60_000);
 
   try {
-    const response = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("diff-screenshots-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
         "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
diff --git a/design/src/evolve.ts b/design/src/evolve.ts
index 58e88ce16..3ecba39ad 100644
--- a/design/src/evolve.ts
+++ b/design/src/evolve.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { requireApiKey } from "./auth";
+import { receiptedFetch } from "./receipted-fetch";
 
 export interface EvolveOptions {
   screenshot: string;  // Path to current site screenshot
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ export async function evolve(options: EvolveOptions): Promise<void> {
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 240_000);
 
   try {
-    const response = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("evolve-image-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
         "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ async function analyzeScreenshot(apiKey: string, imageBase64: string): Promise<s
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 30_000);
 
   try {
-    const response = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("evolve-screenshot-analysis-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
         "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
diff --git a/design/src/generate.ts b/design/src/generate.ts
index 3689aa710..e88f888aa 100644
--- a/design/src/generate.ts
+++ b/design/src/generate.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { requireApiKey } from "./auth";
+import { receiptedFetch } from "./receipted-fetch";
 import { parseBrief } from "./brief";
 import { createSession, sessionPath } from "./session";
 import { checkMockup } from "./check";
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ async function callImageGeneration(
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 240_000);
 
   try {
-    const response = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("generate-image-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
         "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
diff --git a/design/src/iterate.ts b/design/src/iterate.ts
index 485944dd0..a2247d042 100644
--- a/design/src/iterate.ts
+++ b/design/src/iterate.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { requireApiKey } from "./auth";
+import { receiptedFetch } from "./receipted-fetch";
 import { readSession, updateSession } from "./session";
 
 export interface IterateOptions {
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ async function callWithThreading(
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 240_000);
 
   try {
-    const response = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("iterate-threaded-image-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
         "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ async function callFresh(
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 240_000);
 
   try {
-    const response = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("iterate-fresh-image-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
         "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
diff --git a/design/src/memory.ts b/design/src/memory.ts
index 2fa7c5e8c..513e25d5b 100644
--- a/design/src/memory.ts
+++ b/design/src/memory.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { requireApiKey } from "./auth";
+import { receiptedFetch } from "./receipted-fetch";
 
 export interface ExtractedDesign {
   colors: { name: string; hex: string; usage: string }[];
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export async function extractDesignLanguage(imagePath: string): Promise<Extracte
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 60_000);
 
   try {
-    const response = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("memory-distill-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
         "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
diff --git a/design/src/receipted-fetch.ts b/design/src/receipted-fetch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39c4fa036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/design/src/receipted-fetch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * receipted-fetch — egress-receipted wrapper for the design binary's OpenAI
+ * calls (sink 'design-openai').
+ *
+ * Writes a content-free receipt BEFORE the send: sha256 of the JSON body
+ * plus a byte count — the hash only, never the body itself. FAIL-OPEN: a
+ * receipt hiccup warns on stderr and the call proceeds. User-facing image
+ * generation must not die because an audit log could not be written (the
+ * ledger records ATTEMPTED egress for auditing; it is not a send gate here).
+ *
+ * Streams pass through untouched: the response is returned as-is, and a
+ * non-string request body (e.g. a ReadableStream) is receipted as
+ * sha256:null rather than being consumed to hash it.
+ */
+
+import { sha256Hex, writeReceipt } from "../../lib/egress-receipt";
+
+export type FetchLike = typeof globalThis.fetch;
+
+/**
+ * Drop-in fetch replacement for api.openai.com calls.
+ *
+ * @param payloadClass content-free description of what is being sent
+ *   (e.g. 'generate-image-request', 'check-screenshot-request')
+ * @param fetchImpl injectable fetch for tests / callers with their own
+ *   fetch (variants.ts passes its stubbed fetchFn through)
+ */
+export async function receiptedFetch(
+  payloadClass: string,
+  url: string,
+  init?: RequestInit,
+  fetchImpl: FetchLike = globalThis.fetch,
+): Promise<Response> {
+  try {
+    const body = init?.body;
+    let bytes = 0;
+    let sha256: string | null = null;
+    if (typeof body === "string") {
+      bytes = Buffer.byteLength(body);
+      sha256 = sha256Hex(body);
+    }
+    writeReceipt({
+      sink: "design-openai",
+      host: new URL(url).host,
+      payloadClass,
+      bytes,
+      sha256,
+      consent: "user ran design command (OPENAI_API_KEY configured)",
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    process.stderr.write(
+      `[design] egress receipt could not be written (${(err as Error).message}) — proceeding (fail-open). ` +
+      `gstack records what it ATTEMPTS to send off-machine; see gstack-egress.\n`,
+    );
+  }
+  return fetchImpl(url, init);
+}
diff --git a/design/src/variants.ts b/design/src/variants.ts
index 15be75e5c..ca1c37bfc 100644
--- a/design/src/variants.ts
+++ b/design/src/variants.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { requireApiKey } from "./auth";
+import { receiptedFetch } from "./receipted-fetch";
 import { parseBrief } from "./brief";
 import { normalizeIntFlag } from "./flag-utils";
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ export async function generateVariant(
     const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 240_000);
 
     try {
-      const response = await fetchFn("https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
+      const response = await receiptedFetch("variants-image-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
         method: "POST",
         headers: {
           "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export async function generateVariant(
           tools: [{ type: "image_generation", model: "gpt-image-2", size, quality }],
         }),
         signal: controller.signal,
-      });
+      }, fetchFn);
 
       clearTimeout(timeout);
 
diff --git a/design/test/receipted-fetch.test.ts b/design/test/receipted-fetch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..177f760ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/design/test/receipted-fetch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/**
+ * receipted-fetch — egress receipts for the design binary's OpenAI calls.
+ *
+ * Pins the sink contract (fail-OPEN polarity, amendment T3/C8):
+ *   - receipt is written BEFORE the send (ordering observable via the
+ *     ledger's existence at fetch time)
+ *   - the sha256 recorded is the hash of the JSON body; the body itself is
+ *     never stored
+ *   - streaming response bodies pass through the wrapper intact
+ *   - an unwritable ledger warns on stderr and the call still proceeds
+ */
+
+import { describe, test, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "bun:test";
+import fs from "fs";
+import os from "os";
+import path from "path";
+import { receiptedFetch } from "../src/receipted-fetch";
+import { egressLedgerPath, listReceipts, sha256Hex } from "../../lib/egress-receipt";
+
+let home: string;
+let savedHome: string | undefined;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  home = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "design-receipt-"));
+  savedHome = process.env.GSTACK_HOME;
+  process.env.GSTACK_HOME = home;
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  if (savedHome === undefined) delete process.env.GSTACK_HOME;
+  else process.env.GSTACK_HOME = savedHome;
+  try { fs.chmodSync(path.join(home, "security"), 0o700); } catch {}
+  fs.rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+describe("receiptedFetch", () => {
+  test("writes the receipt BEFORE the send; sha256 is the hash of the JSON body", async () => {
+    const body = JSON.stringify({ model: "gpt-4o", input: "a prompt" });
+    let receiptsAtFetchTime = -1;
+    const stub = (async (_url: any, init?: any) => {
+      // Receipt-before-send: by the time fetch runs, the receipt exists.
+      receiptsAtFetchTime = listReceipts(home).length;
+      expect(init.body).toBe(body); // body passes through untouched
+      return new Response("{}", { status: 200 });
+    }) as typeof globalThis.fetch;
+
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("generate-image-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
+      method: "POST",
+      body,
+    }, stub);
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(receiptsAtFetchTime).toBe(1);
+    const receipts = listReceipts(home);
+    expect(receipts.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(receipts[0].sink).toBe("design-openai");
+    expect(receipts[0].host).toBe("api.openai.com");
+    expect(receipts[0].payload_class).toBe("generate-image-request");
+    expect(receipts[0].sha256).toBe(sha256Hex(body));
+    expect(receipts[0].bytes).toBe(Buffer.byteLength(body));
+    // Hash only — the ledger never contains the body text.
+    const raw = fs.readFileSync(egressLedgerPath(home), "utf-8");
+    expect(raw).not.toContain("a prompt");
+  });
+
+  test("streaming response body arrives intact through the wrapper", async () => {
+    const chunks = ["data: one\n", "data: two\n", "data: [DONE]\n"];
+    const stream = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+      start(controller) {
+        for (const c of chunks) controller.enqueue(new TextEncoder().encode(c));
+        controller.close();
+      },
+    });
+    const stub = (async () => new Response(stream, { status: 200 })) as typeof globalThis.fetch;
+
+    const response = await receiptedFetch("evolve-image-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
+      method: "POST",
+      body: JSON.stringify({ stream: true }),
+    }, stub);
+
+    expect(response.body).toBeInstanceOf(ReadableStream);
+    expect(await response.text()).toBe(chunks.join(""));
+  });
+
+  test("non-string request body (ReadableStream) is receipted as sha256:null, not consumed", async () => {
+    const requestStream = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+      start(controller) {
+        controller.enqueue(new TextEncoder().encode("streamed-bytes"));
+        controller.close();
+      },
+    });
+    let receivedBody: any = null;
+    const stub = (async (_url: any, init?: any) => {
+      receivedBody = init.body;
+      return new Response("{}", { status: 200 });
+    }) as typeof globalThis.fetch;
+
+    await receiptedFetch("stream-upload", "https://api.openai.com/v1/responses", {
+      method: "POST",
+      body: requestStream,
+    }, stub);
+
+    expect(receivedBody).toBe(requestStream); // same stream object, untouched
+    const receipts = listReceipts(home);
+    expect(receipts[0].sha256).toBeNull();
+    // The stream is still readable by the consumer (was not drained to hash).
+    expect(await new Response(receivedBody).text()).toBe("streamed-bytes");
+  });
+
+  test("fail-open: unwritable ledger warns on stderr and the call proceeds", async () => {
+    if (process.platform === "win32" || process.getuid?.() === 0) return;
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(home, "security"), { recursive: true, mode: 0o500 });
+    let fetched = false;
+    const stub = (async () => { fetched = true; return new Response("{}", { status: 200 }); }) as typeof globalThis.fetch;
+
+    const captured: string[] = [];
+    const originalWrite = process.stderr.write.bind(process.stderr);
+    (process.stderr as any).write = (chunk: string) => { captured.push(String(chunk)); return true; };
+    let response: Response;
+    try {
+      response = await receiptedFetch("check-screenshot-request", "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
+        method: "POST",
+        body: "{}",
+      }, stub);
+    } finally {
+      (process.stderr as any).write = originalWrite;
+    }
+
+    expect(fetched).toBe(true); // the call proceeded
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    const warning = captured.join("");
+    expect(warning).toContain("egress receipt could not be written");
+    expect(warning).toContain("fail-open");
+    expect(warning).toContain("gstack-egress");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/design/test/variants-retry-after.test.ts b/design/test/variants-retry-after.test.ts
index 2060791d5..8d84557b7 100644
--- a/design/test/variants-retry-after.test.ts
+++ b/design/test/variants-retry-after.test.ts
@@ -44,13 +44,19 @@ function makeStubFetch(
 describe("generateVariant Retry-After handling", () => {
   let tmpDir: string;
   let outputPath: string;
+  let savedHome: string | undefined;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "variants-retry-after-"));
     outputPath = path.join(tmpDir, "variant.png");
+    // The fetch path now writes egress receipts — keep them in the temp home.
+    savedHome = process.env.GSTACK_HOME;
+    process.env.GSTACK_HOME = tmpDir;
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
+    if (savedHome === undefined) delete process.env.GSTACK_HOME;
+    else process.env.GSTACK_HOME = savedHome;
     fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
   });