diff --git a/crates/adapters/src/rotorhazard/transport.rs b/crates/adapters/src/rotorhazard/transport.rs
index d9f6e7e..92f8c15 100644
--- a/crates/adapters/src/rotorhazard/transport.rs
+++ b/crates/adapters/src/rotorhazard/transport.rs
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ impl RotorHazardConnection {
     ///   2. names it with the GridFPV callsign (`alter_pilot { callsign }`) so RH's own view + its
     ///      "Racing heat … pilots: …" log are right,
     ///   3. assigns it to the heat's slot at that node (`alter_heat { heat, slot_id, pilot }`).
+    ///
     /// Then it selects the heat as current (`set_current_heat`) so the seats take effect for the race.
     ///
     /// The heat is **freshly added** here (`add_heat`) and this is the heat the finish-time dense save
diff --git a/crates/adapters/tests/rh_live.rs b/crates/adapters/tests/rh_live.rs
index e927b07..4564a95 100644
--- a/crates/adapters/tests/rh_live.rs
+++ b/crates/adapters/tests/rh_live.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ fn event_kind(e: &Event) -> &'static str {
         Event::ProtestFiled { .. } => "ProtestFiled",
         Event::ProtestResolved { .. } => "ProtestResolved",
         Event::RulingReversed { .. } => "RulingReversed",
+        Event::RoundFieldDrawn { .. } => "RoundFieldDrawn",
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/app/Cargo.toml b/crates/app/Cargo.toml
index f1f4218..ae9fbfc 100644
--- a/crates/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 # `live` compiles in the **real RotorHazard adapter** (the feature-gated Socket.IO transport)
 # so a selected `Rotorhazard { url }` timer actually connects and feeds its passes into the
 # event log (#65, #73). It pulls `gridfpv-adapters/live`, which pulls a TLS stack
-# (native-tls, OpenSSL-vendored on Linux). The **default build stays OpenSSL-free** — Mock/sim
-# only, no network/TLS in the dependency graph — so the stock Director carries no openssl. Build
-# the live variant with `cargo build -p gridfpv-app --features live`.
+# (native-tls, OpenSSL-vendored on Linux).
+#
+# `live` is a **DEFAULT feature**: the product's whole job is talking to real timers, and a
+# default-off transport shipped a Director that could never leave "Configured" — it silently
+# neutered both a dev deploy (2026-07-03, a lost test session) and the desktop release
+# artifact (src-tauri depends on gridfpv-app without naming `live`). The openssl-vendored
+# compile is a cache-warm one-time cost; correctness of the shipped binary wins. A slim,
+# OpenSSL-free Mock/sim-only build remains available with `--no-default-features`.
+default = ["live"]
 live = ["dep:gridfpv-adapters", "gridfpv-adapters/live"]
 
 # `embed-assets` bakes the built RD console SPA (`frontend/apps/rd-console/dist`) **into the