diff --git a/perf/deploy-check.sh b/perf/deploy-check.sh
index cdcda71..b178526 100755
--- a/perf/deploy-check.sh
+++ b/perf/deploy-check.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # read-only, and pulls the resulting log back to returned-logs/.
 #
 # EXPLICITLY SKIPS:
-#   - pfv-tsys2   (off the air per user)
-#   - pfv-tsys9   (off the air per user; also not in original inventory)
+#   - pfv-tsys2   (off the air per user; Win10 pending rebuild)
+#   - pfv-tsys8   (retired / permanently offline per user)
 #
 # Safety features:
 #   - BatchMode=yes        : never hang on a password prompt
diff --git a/proxmox/docs/AUDIT-2026-07-29.md b/proxmox/docs/AUDIT-2026-07-29.md
index 0f619c3..47f7463 100644
--- a/proxmox/docs/AUDIT-2026-07-29.md
+++ b/proxmox/docs/AUDIT-2026-07-29.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 dumps + ~05:40 CDT capacity probe). Storage configs read directly from
 `/etc/pve/storage.cfg`, `/etc/exports`, `/etc/fstab` on every host.
 **Hosts online:** tsys1, tsys3, tsys4, tsys5, tsys6, tsys7, tsys9
-**Hosts offline:** tsys2 (Win10, pending rebuild), tsys8 (offline)
+**Hosts offline:** tsys2 (Win10, pending rebuild), tsys8 (retired / permanently offline)
 
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