`[2026-06-18]` **`affect.emit` is POST-TURN ASYNC — checking the op-feed immediately after a turn MISSES it.** The Tier-3 affect appraise→emit→rehydrate loop runs AFTER the SSE `[done]`; the emit lands in our `:8390` store seconds later (op-feed grep right after `[done]` showed only the handshake; the `emit stored:true` appeared on a later read). Same family as the async-promotion timing trap. Watch a few-second window post-turn before concluding "no affect emitted." Also wire-verified the same turn: Tier-3 sindra emits ZERO `affect_update` SSE (the persona-strip SSE path never populates for consumer agents) — see the #18 PAD-display decision.