diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index e7c2656..6a4bd5e 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Recovery is layered above `Drive::read`, not inside it. Layer 1
 Layer 3 (`DiscStream::fill_extents` adaptive batch sizer) handles in-loop
 request-size adaptation. Inline recovery (gentle retry → SCSI reset → retry)
 was removed in 0.13.6 — see [`rip-recovery.md`](rip-recovery.md) and
-`freemkv-private/postmortems/2026-04-25-stop-wedge-and-zero-kbs.md`.
+the stop-wedge postmortem (2026-04-25).
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/drive-access.md b/docs/drive-access.md
index be9a9b2..a929cd6 100644
--- a/docs/drive-access.md
+++ b/docs/drive-access.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Recovery is layered above `Drive::read`:
   streak.
 
 Inline recovery (5× gentle retry → close + reset + reopen → 5× more) was
-removed in 0.13.6. See `freemkv-private/postmortems/2026-04-25-stop-wedge-and-zero-kbs.md`
+removed in 0.13.6. See the stop-wedge postmortem (2026-04-25)
 for rationale: the inline reset wedged drive firmware on the LG BU40N (Initio
 USB-SATA bridge) without ever recovering a sector. See
 [`rip-recovery.md`](rip-recovery.md) for the full three-layer model.
diff --git a/docs/rip-recovery.md b/docs/rip-recovery.md
index 2554593..4ec6ee6 100644
--- a/docs/rip-recovery.md
+++ b/docs/rip-recovery.md
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ implement retry logic.
 no eject cycle. The `recovery` flag controls only the per-CDB timeout
 (1.5 s vs. 30 s); on any failure it returns `Err(DiscRead)` immediately.
 Inline recovery (5× gentle retry → close + SCSI reset + reopen → 5× more)
-was removed in 0.13.6. See `freemkv-private/postmortems/2026-04-25-stop-wedge-and-zero-kbs.md`
-for rationale: the inline reset on the LG BU40N (Initio USB-SATA bridge)
+was removed in 0.13.6. See the stop-wedge postmortem (2026-04-25) for rationale:
+the inline reset on the LG BU40N (Initio USB-SATA bridge)
 wedged drive firmware below the bridge without ever recovering a sector,
 and the gentle-retry phase produced long stretches of 0 KB/s with no
 recoveries to show for it. Recovery responsibility is now layered: layer 1
diff --git a/src/drive/mod.rs b/src/drive/mod.rs
index 53ebd7f..9f90ee4 100644
--- a/src/drive/mod.rs
+++ b/src/drive/mod.rs
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ impl Drive {
     ///
     /// Inline retry phases (5× gentle + reset+reopen + 5× more) were
     /// removed in 0.13.6. Per
-    /// `freemkv-private/postmortems/2026-04-25-stop-wedge-and-zero-kbs.md`,
+    /// the stop-wedge postmortem (2026-04-25),
     /// the inline reset on the LG BU40N (Initio bridge) wedged drive
     /// firmware without ever recovering a sector. The remaining recovery
     /// layers (Disc::patch multi-pass, DiscStream batch halving) do not
diff --git a/src/scsi/linux.rs b/src/scsi/linux.rs
index 72f5c5f..539343d 100644
--- a/src/scsi/linux.rs
+++ b/src/scsi/linux.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 //! This matches what every reference project does: MakeMKV (8 s sync
 //! ioctl), sg_dd (60 s sync ioctl), the kernel default for SCSI block
 //! devices (30 s `/sys/.../timeout`). See
-//! `freemkv-private/docs/audits/2026-04-26-scsi-architecture-research.md`
-//! for the full primary-source audit.
+//! the SCSI architecture audit (2026-04-26) for the full primary-source
+//! references.
 //!
 //! Pre-0.13.20 we ran an async `write() + poll(1.5s) + close-on-timeout +
 //! bg reopen` pattern. That abandoned slow-but-alive commands faster than
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ impl SgIoTransport {
     /// STOP+START UNIT. Both escalations were tried in 0.13.0–0.13.5
     /// against the LG BU40N (Initio USB-SATA bridge); both failed to
     /// recover wedged drives and made the wedge worse — see
-    /// `freemkv-private/postmortems/2026-04-25-bu40n-wedge-recovery.md`.
+    /// the BU40N wedge recovery postmortem (2026-04-25).
     fn open_error<T>(device: &Path) -> Result<T> {
         let err = std::io::Error::last_os_error();
         Err(if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied {
diff --git a/src/scsi/macos.rs b/src/scsi/macos.rs
index 1490f3c..a786360 100644
--- a/src/scsi/macos.rs
+++ b/src/scsi/macos.rs
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ impl MacScsiTransport {
     // `reset()` removed in 0.13.6 — see scsi/mod.rs for rationale.
     // `try_recover()` removed in 0.13.20 — userspace handle-recovery on
     // task failure was the same anti-pattern stripped from Linux SG_IO
-    // (see freemkv-private/docs/audits/2026-04-26-scsi-architecture-research.md).
+    // (see internal architecture audit, 2026-04-26).
     // Errors bubble up; caller decides whether to reopen the Drive.
 }
 
diff --git a/src/scsi/mod.rs b/src/scsi/mod.rs
index 1b2f645..d0c3e4e 100644
--- a/src/scsi/mod.rs
+++ b/src/scsi/mod.rs
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ pub(crate) const TUR_TIMEOUT_MS: u32 = 5_000;
 ///
 /// 10 s catches every legitimate slow read with comfortable margin and
 /// short-circuits truly bad sectors at ~10 s rather than letting the
-/// kernel mid-layer escalate for 30 s+. See run log in
-/// `freemkv-private/docs/TEST_PLAN.md` and the audit at
-/// `freemkv-private/docs/audits/2026-04-26-scsi-architecture-research.md`.
+/// kernel mid-layer escalate for 30 s+. See the SCSI architecture audit
+/// (2026-04-26) for primary-source references.
 ///
 /// Pre-0.13.21 this was 1.5 s, which forced the kernel mid-layer to
 /// time out *normal* reads (cold-start often takes ~1.5 s) and run its