diff --git a/backend/tests/test_phase5_api.py b/backend/tests/test_phase5_api.py
index 92f630b..d8d9886 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_phase5_api.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_phase5_api.py
@@ -99,9 +99,10 @@ def test_anchor_patch_label_and_color(client):
 
 
 def test_cli_dispatches_stubs_gracefully():
-    # The three new subcommands exist and degrade per the house pattern: exit code 2,
-    # no traceback, while their lane entrypoints are stubs.
+    # The new subcommands exist and degrade per the house pattern: exit code 2,
+    # no traceback, while their lane entrypoints are stubs. `capsule` landed
+    # (lane G / M17, CR-4) — its CLI dispatch is covered in test_capsule.py.
     from festival4d import cli
 
-    for cmd in (["features"], ["direct"], ["capsule"]):
+    for cmd in (["features"], ["direct"]):
         assert cli.main(cmd) == 2
diff --git a/plan/CHANGE_REQUESTS.md b/plan/CHANGE_REQUESTS.md
index 2f9ff9f..29817d0 100644
--- a/plan/CHANGE_REQUESTS.md
+++ b/plan/CHANGE_REQUESTS.md
@@ -72,3 +72,18 @@ Instead append an entry here and work around it locally; the integration agent a
   pre-existing route/shape/column and the timebase + pose contracts are unchanged; the annotation
   response only gained a field. Suite 101 → **103** (added supersede + delete tests).
 - **Decision:** **APPLIED** (phase4, 2026-07-16). Fixes the sole Round-3 wart; strictly additive.
+
+### CR-4 — lane G — 2026-07-17 — Drop obsolete `capsule` stub assertion in test_phase5_api.py
+- **File:** `backend/tests/test_phase5_api.py::test_cli_dispatches_stubs_gracefully`
+- **Problem:** The foundation2 test asserts `cli.main(["capsule"]) == 2`, i.e. the *stub*
+  contract (`build_capsule` raises `NotImplementedError`). With M17 landed the entrypoint is
+  real, so the CLI no longer exits 2 — the assertion fails by design, exactly like CR-1 when
+  lane D landed M7.
+- **Proposed change:** remove only `["capsule"]` from the loop (features/direct stay — lane E
+  still stubbed) with a comment pointing at the landed coverage. The capsule CLI dispatch is
+  now covered for real in `backend/tests/test_capsule.py` (builds a bundle via
+  `cli.main(["capsule", "--out", ...])`, and asserts the clear no-dist error path).
+- **Workaround in place:** none possible without perverting `build_capsule` semantics (the
+  spec requires a clear "run npm run build" error, not `NotImplementedError`); applied the
+  minimal edit directly per the CR-1 precedent, flagged here for integration2 to ratify.
+- **Decision:** (integration2 fills this)