diff --git a/.changeset/23690-adopt-orphans-draft-view.md b/.changeset/23690-adopt-orphans-draft-view.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3db4eb4fdaa
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+++ b/.changeset/23690-adopt-orphans-draft-view.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+'@objectstack/metadata-protocol': patch
+---
+
+fix(metadata-protocol): an orphan adoption no longer makes a draft view live; an adopted draft view is rebound in storage only (ADR-0070 D5, ADR-0048)
+
+Clause-②: no
+
+`reassignOrphanedMetadata`, the method `POST /api/v1/packages/:id/adopt-orphans` calls, sends each rebound view row through the registry write-through so the registry follows it at once. It admitted a view row whatever its `state`. So adopting a package-less DRAFT view registered its draft body as live, stamped with the target package, until the next restart. The boot registers active rows only, so it dropped the view again. A draft adopted beside a published row of the same view replaced the published body the runtime served.
+
+Only an active row now reaches the registry, for a view as for an object. An adopted draft view is rebound in storage only: the registry serves nothing for it until it is published, and the next boot agrees.
+
+What stays as before:
+
+- Which rows the adoption rebinds, the stored `state` of each, and the response (`reassignedCount`, `reassigned`).
+- An adopted active view is served at its new binding at once, and an adopted active object moves its registry owner, as before.
diff --git a/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol.ts b/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol.ts
index 7b25a896d02..bca2b16b867 100644
--- a/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol.ts
@@ -27627,6 +27627,14 @@ export class ObjectStackProtocolImplementation implements
      * the rows the boot registers: an adopted draft is rebound in storage
      * only, because a draft never reaches the runtime. Rows of other types are
      * rebound in storage only, as before.
+     *
+     * ## [#23690] The active-only rule holds for a view too
+     *
+     * The view limb admitted a row by its type alone, so an adopted
+     * package-less DRAFT view was registered as live (its draft body, at the
+     * new binding) until the next boot dropped it again, against the
+     * write-through's own rule that a draft never leaks into the runtime
+     * (ADR-0048). One gate before both limbs now admits active rows only.
      */
     async reassignOrphanedMetadata(request: {
         targetPackageId: string;
@@ -27702,6 +27710,11 @@ export class ObjectStackProtocolImplementation implements
             // next restart; see the header. [#23646] A view, and an object.
             const type = canonicalMetaType(String(row.type));
             if (type !== 'view' && type !== 'object') continue;
+            // [#23646, #23690] Only an ACTIVE row reaches the registry: the
+            // boot registers no other ({@link loadMetaFromDb}), and a draft
+            // never reaches the runtime. An adopted draft is rebound in
+            // storage only.
+            if (row.state !== 'active') continue;
             let rebound: { name: string; data: unknown };
             try {
                 // The row as the list read hydrates it, at its new binding.
@@ -27712,13 +27725,10 @@ export class ObjectStackProtocolImplementation implements
                 console.warn(`[Protocol] registry write-through failed for ${type}/${row.name}: ${err?.message ?? err}`);
                 continue;
             }
-            // [#23646] An object's one registry owner moves with its row. Only
-            // an active row's: the boot registers no other ({@link
-            // loadMetaFromDb}), and a draft never reaches the runtime.
+            // [#23646] An object's one registry owner moves with its row.
             if (
                 type === 'object'
-                && (row.state !== 'active'
-                    || !this.releaseAdoptedObjectOwner(rebound.name, rebound.data, request.targetPackageId))
+                && !this.releaseAdoptedObjectOwner(rebound.name, rebound.data, request.targetPackageId)
             ) {
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/packages/objectql/src/protocol-adopt-orphans-draft-view-registry.test.ts b/packages/objectql/src/protocol-adopt-orphans-draft-view-registry.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5f559d8702
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+++ b/packages/objectql/src/protocol-adopt-orphans-draft-view-registry.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+/**
+ * #23690, ADR-0070 D5 / ADR-0048 — an orphan adoption never makes a DRAFT view
+ * live: an adopted draft view is rebound in storage only, as the boot treats it.
+ *
+ * ## The defect
+ *
+ * `reassignOrphanedMetadata` (the method `POST /api/v1/packages/:id/adopt-orphans`
+ * calls) sends each rebound view row through the registry write-through
+ * (#23198). The view limb admitted a row by its type alone, so a package-less
+ * draft view adopted into Q was registered as live (its draft body, stamped
+ * `_packageId` Q) until the next boot, which registers active rows only
+ * (`loadMetaFromDb`). `applyRegistryWriteThrough`'s own header: drafts "are a
+ * staging buffer and must never leak into the runtime". Measured on
+ * `origin/main` `4c21e57169` before the fix.
+ *
+ * ## The pins, on a real kernel (another kernel over the same store is a boot)
+ *
+ *  - an adopted draft view: before and after the adoption the registry serves
+ *    nothing for it, the stored row is Q's draft, and a boot afterwards agrees;
+ *  - an adopted draft beside an adopted active row of the same view: the
+ *    active body is served at Q, never the draft's;
+ *  - CONTROL: an adopted active view is served at Q at once (#23198), and a
+ *    boot afterwards agrees.
+ *
+ * The negative control (the gate removed, the draft pins red) is a one-off
+ * ablation recorded in the PR body, not a test.
+ */
+
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { ObjectKernel } from '@objectstack/core';
+import { ObjectQL } from './engine.js';
+import { ObjectQLPlugin } from './plugin.js';
+
+type Stores = Map<string, Map<string, Record<string, unknown>>>;
+
+/**
+ * In-memory driver, copied from `protocol-adopt-orphans-object-registry.test.ts`;
+ * equality-only WHERE. `dropTable` records the tables a run drops, so a pin can
+ * say none was.
+ */
+function makeMemoryDriver(stores: Stores, drops: string[]) {
+    const storeFor = (obj: string) => {
+        let s = stores.get(obj);
+        if (!s) { s = new Map(); stores.set(obj, s); }
+        return s;
+    };
+    // `$and` / `$or` are conjoined WITH their sibling keys, the way a real
+    // driver ANDs them.
+    const matchesWhere = (row: Record<string, unknown>, where: any): boolean => {
+        if (!where || typeof where !== 'object') return true;
+        for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(where)) {
+            if (k === '$and' && Array.isArray(v)) {
+                if (!v.every((w: any) => matchesWhere(row, w))) return false;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (k === '$or' && Array.isArray(v)) {
+                if (!v.some((w: any) => matchesWhere(row, w))) return false;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (k.startsWith('$')) continue;
+            const rowVal = row[k];
+            const expected = (v && typeof v === 'object' && '$eq' in (v as any)) ? (v as any).$eq : v;
+            const a = rowVal === undefined ? null : rowVal;
+            const b = expected === undefined ? null : expected;
+            if (a !== b) return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    };
+    const driver: any = {
+        name: 'memory', version: '0.0.0', supports: {} as any,
+        async connect() {}, async disconnect() {}, async checkHealth() { return true; },
+        async execute() { return null; },
+        async find(object: string, ast: any) {
+            const rows = Array.from(storeFor(object).values()).filter((r) => matchesWhere(r, ast?.where));
+            // The caller's bound, after the filter, by presence (`check:objectql-double-limit`).
+            return typeof ast?.limit === 'number' ? rows.slice(0, ast.limit) : rows;
+        },
+        async findOne(object: string, ast: any) {
+            for (const r of storeFor(object).values()) if (matchesWhere(r, ast?.where)) return r;
+            return null;
+        },
+        async create(object: string, data: Record<string, unknown>) {
+            const id = (data.id as string) ?? `r_${randomUUID()}`;
+            const row = { ...data, id };
+            storeFor(object).set(id, row);
+            return row;
+        },
+        async update(object: string, id: string, data: Record<string, unknown>) {
+            const s = storeFor(object);
+            const cur = s.get(id);
+            if (!cur) throw new Error(`not found: ${object}/${id}`);
+            const updated = { ...cur, ...data, id };
+            s.set(id, updated);
+            return updated;
+        },
+        async upsert(object: string, data: Record<string, unknown>) {
+            const id = data.id as string | undefined;
+            if (id && storeFor(object).has(id)) return this.update(object, id, data);
+            return this.create(object, data);
+        },
+        async delete(object: string, id: string) { return storeFor(object).delete(id); },
+        async count(object: string, ast: any) { return (await this.find(object, ast)).length; },
+        async bulkCreate(object: string, rows: Record<string, unknown>[]) {
+            return Promise.all(rows.map((r) => this.create(object, r)));
+        },
+        async bulkUpdate() { return []; }, async bulkDelete() {},
+        async beginTransaction() { return { commit: async () => {}, rollback: async () => {} }; },
+        async commit() {}, async rollback() {},
+        async dropTable(object: string) { drops.push(object); stores.delete(object); },
+    };
+    return driver;
+}
+
+/** The data plane read, as the system reads it: typed, never erased (`check:query-options-erasure`). */
+
+const Q = 'com.qa.q';
+const VIEW = 'qa_probe_gadget_grid';
+
+/** A view body; `label` tells the rows apart. */
+const viewBody = (label: string) => ({
+    name: VIEW, label, type: 'grid', data: { provider: 'object', object: 'qa_probe_gadget' },
+});
+
+interface Booted {
+    kernel: ObjectKernel;
+    engine: ObjectQL;
+    protocol: any;
+}
+
+describe('#23690 — an orphan adoption rebinds a draft view in storage only', () => {
+    const live: ObjectKernel[] = [];
+    afterEach(async () => {
+        vi.restoreAllMocks();
+        while (live.length) {
+            const kernel = live.pop()!;
+            if (kernel.getState() === 'running') await kernel.shutdown();
+        }
+    });
+
+    /** One boot over `stores`: a kernel, a fresh engine, and `loadMetaFromDb` run by the plugin's start. */
+    async function boot(stores: Stores, drops: string[]): Promise<Booted> {
+        // gracefulShutdown:false keeps process signal handlers out of vitest's fork workers (#4250).
+        const kernel = new ObjectKernel({ logger: { level: 'silent' }, gracefulShutdown: false });
+        live.push(kernel);
+        const engine = new ObjectQL();
+        engine.registerDriver(makeMemoryDriver(stores, drops), true);
+        await kernel.use(new ObjectQLPlugin({ ql: engine }));
+        await kernel.bootstrap();
+        return { kernel, engine, protocol: kernel.getService('protocol') };
+    }
+
+    /** A package-less view row, as a pre-package-first stopgap left it. */
+    const insertOrphan = (k: Booted, state: 'active' | 'draft', label: string) =>
+        k.engine.insert('sys_metadata', {
+            type: 'view', name: VIEW, state, package_id: null, metadata: JSON.stringify(viewBody(label)),
+        }, { context: { isSystem: true } } as any);
+
+    /** The view's stored rows, as the driver holds them. */
+    const storedRows = (stores: Stores) =>
+        Array.from(stores.get('sys_metadata')?.values() ?? [])
+            .filter((r) => r.type === 'view' && r.name === VIEW)
+            .map((r) => ({ state: r.state, packageId: r.package_id ?? null }));
+
+    /** What the registry serves for the view: nothing, or its label and package stamp. */
+    const served = (k: Booted) => {
+        const view = k.engine.registry.getItem('view', VIEW) as { label?: string; _packageId?: string } | undefined;
+        return view === undefined ? undefined : { label: view.label, packageId: view._packageId };
+    };
+
+    it('an adopted DRAFT view: the registry serves nothing before, after, and at the next boot', async () => {
+        const stores: Stores = new Map();
+        const drops: string[] = [];
+        const k = await boot(stores, drops);
+        await insertOrphan(k, 'draft', 'Draft gadgets');
+        expect(served(k)).toBeUndefined();
+        const registerItem = vi.spyOn(k.engine.registry, 'registerItem');
+
+        const adopted = await k.protocol.reassignOrphanedMetadata({ targetPackageId: Q });
+
+        // The storage rebind and its answer are unchanged.
+        expect(adopted).toMatchObject({ success: true, reassignedCount: 1, reassigned: [{ type: 'view', name: VIEW }] });
+        expect(storedRows(stores)).toEqual([{ state: 'draft', packageId: Q }]);
+        // Nothing of the draft reaches the registry.
+        expect(registerItem.mock.calls.filter(([type]) => type === 'view')).toEqual([]);
+        expect(served(k)).toBeUndefined();
+
+        // A boot afterwards agrees.
+        await k.kernel.shutdown();
+        const k2 = await boot(stores, drops);
+        expect(served(k2)).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(storedRows(stores)).toEqual([{ state: 'draft', packageId: Q }]);
+        expect(drops).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('an adopted draft beside an adopted active row of the same view: the active body is served at Q, never the draft', async () => {
+        const stores: Stores = new Map();
+        const drops: string[] = [];
+        const k = await boot(stores, drops);
+        await insertOrphan(k, 'active', 'Published gadgets');
+        await insertOrphan(k, 'draft', 'Draft gadgets');
+
+        const adopted = await k.protocol.reassignOrphanedMetadata({ targetPackageId: Q });
+
+        expect(adopted).toMatchObject({ success: true, reassignedCount: 2 });
+        expect(storedRows(stores)).toEqual([{ state: 'active', packageId: Q }, { state: 'draft', packageId: Q }]);
+        expect(served(k)).toEqual({ label: 'Published gadgets', packageId: Q });
+
+        await k.kernel.shutdown();
+        const k2 = await boot(stores, drops);
+        expect(served(k2)).toEqual({ label: 'Published gadgets', packageId: Q });
+    });
+
+    it('CONTROL: an adopted ACTIVE view is served at Q at once (#23198), and a boot afterwards agrees', async () => {
+        const stores: Stores = new Map();
+        const drops: string[] = [];
+        const k = await boot(stores, drops);
+        await insertOrphan(k, 'active', 'Published gadgets');
+
+        const adopted = await k.protocol.reassignOrphanedMetadata({ targetPackageId: Q });
+
+        expect(adopted).toMatchObject({ success: true, reassignedCount: 1, reassigned: [{ type: 'view', name: VIEW }] });
+        expect(storedRows(stores)).toEqual([{ state: 'active', packageId: Q }]);
+        expect(served(k)).toEqual({ label: 'Published gadgets', packageId: Q });
+
+        await k.kernel.shutdown();
+        const k2 = await boot(stores, drops);
+        expect(served(k2)).toEqual({ label: 'Published gadgets', packageId: Q });
+        expect(drops).toEqual([]);
+    });
+});