diff --git a/docs/superpowers/evidence/fix-hosts-guard-pacman-integration-test-2026-08-18.json b/docs/superpowers/evidence/fix-hosts-guard-pacman-integration-test-2026-08-18.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac31d278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/evidence/fix-hosts-guard-pacman-integration-test-2026-08-18.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "intent": "Fix a Shell tests CI regression caused by the prior commit in this session (327d48b, archiving the legacy hosts-guard subsystem): test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh still referenced the now-archived pacman-hooks/*.sh and install_pacman_hooks.sh files, so it failed with 'No such file or directory' on every CI run since the archive commit.",
+  "scope": [
+    "linux_configuration/tests/test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh (edited)",
+    "Not in scope: pacman_wrapper.sh itself (unaffected — its guard-lib fallback functions were already fully guard-lib-native, checking /etc/pacman.d/hooks/10-guard-lib-unlock-all.hook directly, with no dependency on the archived legacy files)"
+  ],
+  "changes": [
+    "Investigated why 'Shell tests' CI was red on the archive commit's own push: gh run view --log-failed showed 'bash: .../hosts/guard/pacman-hooks/pacman-pre-unlock-hosts.sh: No such file or directory' inside test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh, which is run directly by .github/workflows/shell-tests.yml's side-effect-free test list — not gated by local pre-commit's --files scoping, so it wasn't caught before the archive commit was pushed.",
+    "Removed the test's PRE_HOOK_FILE/POST_HOOK_FILE/COMMON_FILE/INSTALLER_FILE path variables and the bash -n syntax check, assert_not_regex helper, and installer/hook-content assertions that depended on them — all four referenced files are now archived to testsAndMisc-archive and have no successor at those paths (guard-lib's generic hooks replace their function entirely).",
+    "Kept every assertion that checks pacman_wrapper.sh itself (pacman_hooks_manage_guard_lib(), should_use_wrapper_guard_lib_fallback(), the db-lock-before-fallback ordering, manual_guard_lib_fallback tracking) since the wrapper is live, unarchived, and already guard-lib-native.",
+    "Added two new assertions checking the wrapper's guard-lib hook detection references the actual generic hook paths (/etc/pacman.d/hooks/10-guard-lib-unlock-all.hook, 90-guard-lib-relock-all.hook) — makes the test assert on the guard-lib mechanism it's now actually testing, not just that some function exists.",
+    "Added a header comment explaining why the pre-guard-lib checks were removed and pointing at the archive evidence file, so a future reader doesn't wonder where they went."
+  ],
+  "verification": [
+    {
+      "command": "bash -n linux_configuration/tests/test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh && shellcheck linux_configuration/tests/test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "Syntax OK; shellcheck clean, no warnings."
+    },
+    {
+      "command": "bash linux_configuration/tests/test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "All 6 assertions PASS, script exits 0 with 'All hosts guard pacman integration regression tests passed.' — this is the exact command shell-tests.yml runs and the one that was failing with exit 1 on every push since the archive commit."
+    },
+    {
+      "command": "for t in test_android_guardian_post_fs_data.sh test_android_guardian_service.sh test_i3blocks_persist_common.sh test_music_parallelism.sh test_setup_dns_blocker.sh test_usage_monitoring_installer_efficiency.sh test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh; do bash linux_configuration/tests/$t; done",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "Ran the full side-effect-free test list from .github/workflows/shell-tests.yml locally (same 7 scripts); all 7 PASS."
+    },
+    {
+      "command": "bats linux_configuration/tests/*.bats",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "All bats suites pass (30/30 in the largest one shown), exit code 0 — this is the other half of what shell-tests.yml runs."
+    }
+  ],
+  "risks": [
+    "This fixes the 'Shell tests' workflow only. 'Pre-commit checks' is separately red on every recent push (Total coverage: 99.98%, one line short in python_pkg/artgate/routes/vector.py:156, apparently caused by rsvg-convert being absent on the GitHub Actions runner) — that is a pre-existing, unrelated failure not touched by this commit. It predates this session (confirmed failing on commits before the hosts-guard archive) and is being scoped as separate follow-up work, not fixed here."
+  ],
+  "rollback": [
+    "git revert this commit to restore the old (now-broken) assertions — not recommended, since it would restore a test that fails against the current, intentionally-archived repo state.",
+    "If the pre-guard-lib subsystem is ever un-archived, restore the original test content from git history (commit 327d48b~1) rather than reverting this fix blindly."
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/tests/test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh b/linux_configuration/tests/test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh
index 09e10b1b..1415eb82 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/tests/test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/tests/test_hosts_guard_pacman_integration.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Regression tests for pacman wrapper and hosts-guard hook integration.
+# Regression tests for pacman wrapper / guard-lib hosts-guard fallback integration.
+#
+# The pre-guard-lib hooks this test used to check (pacman-pre-unlock-hosts.sh,
+# pacman-post-relock-hosts.sh, hosts-guard-common.sh, install_pacman_hooks.sh)
+# were archived to testsAndMisc-archive once guard-lib's generic pacman hooks
+# (10-guard-lib-unlock-all.hook / 90-guard-lib-relock-all.hook) fully replaced
+# them -- see docs/superpowers/evidence/archive-setup-hosts-guard-2026-08-18.json.
+# Only pacman_wrapper.sh's guard-lib-aware fallback logic remains to check.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 REPO_DIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
 WRAPPER_FILE="$REPO_DIR/scripts/periodic_background/digital_wellbeing/pacman/pacman_wrapper.sh"
-PRE_HOOK_FILE="$REPO_DIR/scripts/periodic_background/hosts/guard/pacman-hooks/pacman-pre-unlock-hosts.sh"
-POST_HOOK_FILE="$REPO_DIR/scripts/periodic_background/hosts/guard/pacman-hooks/pacman-post-relock-hosts.sh"
-COMMON_FILE="$REPO_DIR/scripts/periodic_background/hosts/guard/pacman-hooks/hosts-guard-common.sh"
-INSTALLER_FILE="$REPO_DIR/scripts/periodic_background/hosts/guard/install_pacman_hooks.sh"
 
 assert_contains() {
 	local file_path="$1"
@@ -24,19 +27,6 @@ assert_contains() {
 	fi
 }
 
-assert_not_regex() {
-	local file_path="$1"
-	local pattern="$2"
-	local message="$3"
-
-	if grep -Eq "$pattern" "$file_path"; then
-		echo "FAIL: $message"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	echo "PASS: $message"
-}
-
 first_line_number() {
 	local file_path="$1"
 	local pattern="$2"
@@ -70,27 +60,20 @@ assert_order() {
 
 echo "=== Hosts guard pacman integration regression tests ==="
 
-for file_path in "$WRAPPER_FILE" "$PRE_HOOK_FILE" "$POST_HOOK_FILE" "$COMMON_FILE" "$INSTALLER_FILE"; do
-	bash -n "$file_path"
-done
+bash -n "$WRAPPER_FILE"
 echo "PASS: shell syntax is valid"
 
-assert_not_regex "$PRE_HOOK_FILE" '(^|[[:space:]])(sudo[[:space:]]+)?rm[[:space:]]+/etc/hosts([[:space:]]|$)' \
-	"pre-transaction hook must not delete /etc/hosts"
-
 assert_contains "$WRAPPER_FILE" 'pacman_hooks_manage_guard_lib()' \
-	"wrapper detects when pacman hooks already manage hosts guard"
+	"wrapper detects when guard-lib's pacman hooks are installed"
 assert_contains "$WRAPPER_FILE" 'should_use_wrapper_guard_lib_fallback()' \
 	"wrapper exposes a dedicated fallback path for hosts guard"
 assert_order "$WRAPPER_FILE" 'if ! check_and_handle_db_lock "$@"; then' 'if should_use_wrapper_guard_lib_fallback "$@"; then' \
 	"wrapper checks pacman db lock before any manual hosts unlock fallback"
 assert_contains "$WRAPPER_FILE" 'manual_guard_lib_fallback=1' \
 	"wrapper tracks whether manual hosts guard fallback was used"
-
-# Literal source text being searched for; expanding $SCRIPT_DIR /
-# $LOCK_LIB_DEST here would search for this machine's values instead.
-# shellcheck disable=SC2016
-assert_contains "$INSTALLER_FILE" 'install -m 755 "$SCRIPT_DIR/pacman-hooks/hosts-guard-common.sh" /usr/local/share/hosts-guard/' \
-	"installer deploys shared hosts guard hook helpers"
+assert_contains "$WRAPPER_FILE" '/etc/pacman.d/hooks/10-guard-lib-unlock-all.hook' \
+	"wrapper's guard-lib detection checks the generic unlock-all hook"
+assert_contains "$WRAPPER_FILE" '/etc/pacman.d/hooks/90-guard-lib-relock-all.hook' \
+	"wrapper's guard-lib detection checks the generic relock-all hook"
 
 echo "All hosts guard pacman integration regression tests passed."