diff --git a/bin/gstack-gbrain-sync.ts b/bin/gstack-gbrain-sync.ts
index 786c50255..8aa703e4b 100644
--- a/bin/gstack-gbrain-sync.ts
+++ b/bin/gstack-gbrain-sync.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import "../lib/conductor-env-shim";
 import { detectEngineTier, withErrorContext, canonicalizeRemote } from "../lib/gstack-memory-helpers";
 import { ensureSourceRegistered, sourcePageCount, parseSourcesList, cycleCompleted, type CycleStatus } from "../lib/gbrain-sources";
 import { detectAutopilot, decideSourceRemove, decideCodeSync } from "../lib/gbrain-guards";
+import { writeReceipt } from "../lib/egress-receipt";
 import { localEngineStatus, type LocalEngineStatus } from "../lib/gbrain-local-status";
 import { buildGbrainEnv, spawnGbrain, execGbrainJson, NEEDS_SHELL_ON_WINDOWS } from "../lib/gbrain-exec";
 import { checkOwnedStagingDir } from "../lib/staging-guard";
@@ -67,7 +68,13 @@ interface CodeStageDetail {
   source_path?: string;
   page_count?: number | null;
   last_imported?: string;
-  status?: "ok" | "skipped" | "failed" | "refused-autopilot" | "refused-reclone";
+  status?:
+    | "ok"
+    | "skipped"
+    | "failed"
+    | "refused-autopilot"
+    | "refused-reclone"
+    | "refused-egress-receipt";
 }
 
 interface StageResult {
@@ -902,6 +909,27 @@ async function runCodeImport(args: CliArgs): Promise<StageResult> {
     };
   }
 
+  // Egress receipt BEFORE the code walk (fail-closed): the walk ships repo
+  // content to the user's gbrain DB, which may be a remote Postgres. The
+  // gbrain subprocess owns the wire bytes, so the receipt is content-free
+  // (destination + payload class only; sha256 null).
+  try {
+    writeReceipt({
+      sink: "gbrain-sync",
+      host: "gbrain-db (user-configured DATABASE_URL)",
+      payloadClass: `repo-code-index source=${sourceId} (sent by gbrain subprocess)`,
+      bytes: 0,
+      sha256: null,
+      consent: "gbrain setup consent + per-repo policy chokepoint (repoPolicyTier)",
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    return {
+      name: "code", ran: true, ok: false, duration_ms: Date.now() - t0,
+      summary: `EGRESS_RECEIPT_FAILED: ${(err as Error).message} — code sync refused`,
+      detail: { source_id: sourceId, source_path: root, status: "refused-egress-receipt" },
+    };
+  }
+
   const walkResult = spawnGbrain(["sync", "--strategy", "code", "--source", sourceId], {
     stdio: args.quiet ? ["ignore", "ignore", "ignore"] : ["ignore", "inherit", "inherit"],
     timeout: codeTimeoutMs,
diff --git a/bin/gstack-memory-ingest.ts b/bin/gstack-memory-ingest.ts
index 653d4069a..532aee4a9 100644
--- a/bin/gstack-memory-ingest.ts
+++ b/bin/gstack-memory-ingest.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import {
   withErrorContext,
 } from "../lib/gstack-memory-helpers";
 import { execGbrainText, spawnGbrainAsync } from "../lib/gbrain-exec";
+import { writeReceipt } from "../lib/egress-receipt";
 import { checkOwnedStagingDir, STAGING_MARKER } from "../lib/staging-guard";
 
 // ── Types ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -1690,6 +1691,36 @@ async function ingestPass(args: CliArgs): Promise<BulkResult> {
     // spawn, parent termination orphans the gbrain process (observed
     // during 2026-05-10 cold-run testing — gbrain kept running 15 min
     // after the orchestrator timed out).
+    //
+    // Egress receipt BEFORE the import (fail-closed): the gbrain DB may be a
+    // remote Postgres, so the ingest is a potential off-machine send. The
+    // gbrain subprocess owns the wire bytes (content-free receipt, sha256
+    // null). The remote-http branch above stages locally only — its egress
+    // happens in gstack-brain-sync, which writes its own receipt at the push.
+    try {
+      writeReceipt({
+        sink: "memory-ingest",
+        host: "gbrain-db (user-configured DATABASE_URL)",
+        payloadClass: `transcript-pages count=${staging.written} (sent by gbrain subprocess)`,
+        bytes: 0,
+        sha256: null,
+        consent: "gbrain setup consent (/setup-gbrain)",
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      const msg = `EGRESS_RECEIPT_FAILED: ${(err as Error).message} — ingest refused`;
+      console.error(`[memory-ingest] ERR: ${msg}`);
+      failed += prep.prepared.length;
+      return {
+        written: 0,
+        skipped_secret: prep.skippedSecret,
+        skipped_dedup: prep.skippedDedup,
+        skipped_unattributed: prep.skippedUnattributed,
+        failed,
+        duration_ms: Date.now() - t0,
+        partial_pages: prep.partialPages,
+        system_error: msg,
+      };
+    }
     const importResult = await runGbrainImport(stagingDir, resolveImportTimeoutMs());
 
     const stdout = importResult.stdout || "";
diff --git a/browse/src/server.ts b/browse/src/server.ts
index 301781acc..bed7fb9ab 100644
--- a/browse/src/server.ts
+++ b/browse/src/server.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { isProcessAlive } from './error-handling';
 import { sanitizeBody, stripLoneSurrogateEscapes } from './sanitize';
 import { startSocksBridge, testUpstream, type BridgeHandle } from './socks-bridge';
 import { parseProxyConfig, toUpstreamConfig, ProxyConfigError } from './proxy-config';
+import { writeReceipt } from '../../lib/egress-receipt';
 import { redactProxyUrl } from './proxy-redact';
 import { shouldSpawnXvfb, pickFreeDisplay, spawnXvfb, xvfbInstallHint, type XvfbHandle } from './xvfb';
 import { logTunnelDenial } from './tunnel-denial-log';
@@ -2375,6 +2376,19 @@ export function buildFetchHandler(cfg: ServerConfig): ServerHandle {
           const forwardOpts: any = { addr: tunnelPort, authtoken };
           if (domain) forwardOpts.domain = domain;
 
+          // Egress receipt BEFORE the tunnel session opens, fail-closed: a
+          // writeReceipt failure lands in this catch, which tears the tunnel
+          // listener back down and refuses the start. One receipt per session
+          // open; browse command behavior over the tunnel is unchanged.
+          writeReceipt({
+            sink: 'browse-tunnel',
+            host: domain || 'connect.ngrok-agent.com',
+            payloadClass: 'tunnel-session-open (scoped-token browser-command surface)',
+            bytes: 0,
+            sha256: null,
+            consent: 'pair_agent=on',
+          });
+
           tunnelListener = await ngrok.forward(forwardOpts);
           tunnelUrl = tunnelListener.url();
           tunnelServer = boundTunnel;
@@ -3084,6 +3098,18 @@ export async function start() {
         const forwardOpts: any = { addr: tunnelPort, authtoken };
         if (domain) forwardOpts.domain = domain;
 
+        // Egress receipt BEFORE the tunnel session opens, fail-closed: a
+        // writeReceipt failure lands in this catch, which cleans up the
+        // listener and skips the tunnel (same as any other startup failure).
+        writeReceipt({
+          sink: 'browse-tunnel',
+          host: domain || 'connect.ngrok-agent.com',
+          payloadClass: 'tunnel-session-open (scoped-token browser-command surface)',
+          bytes: 0,
+          sha256: null,
+          consent: 'pair_agent=on (BROWSE_TUNNEL=1)',
+        });
+
         tunnelListener = await ngrok.forward(forwardOpts);
         tunnelUrl = tunnelListener.url();
         tunnelServer = boundTunnel;