diff --git a/backend/tests/test_operator_polygon_label_qa.py b/backend/tests/test_operator_polygon_label_qa.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc8e33fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_operator_polygon_label_qa.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from scripts.render_operator_polygon_label_qa import geometry_rings
+
+
+def test_geometry_rings_yields_polygon_exterior_and_hole() -> None:
+    exterior = [[0, 0], [1, 0], [1, 1], [0, 0]]
+    hole = [[0.2, 0.2], [0.4, 0.2], [0.2, 0.2]]
+    assert list(geometry_rings({"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [exterior, hole]})) == [
+        exterior,
+        hole,
+    ]
+
+
+def test_geometry_rings_flattens_multipolygon_rings() -> None:
+    first = [[0, 0], [1, 0], [0, 0]]
+    second = [[2, 2], [3, 2], [2, 2]]
+    assert list(
+        geometry_rings({"type": "MultiPolygon", "coordinates": [[first], [second]]})
+    ) == [first, second]
+
+
+def test_geometry_rings_ignores_non_polygon_geometry() -> None:
+    assert list(geometry_rings({"type": "Point", "coordinates": [0, 0]})) == []
diff --git a/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md b/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
index e5ce8767..8b20284d 100644
--- a/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
+++ b/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
@@ -12047,3 +12047,28 @@ Open:
   checkpoint (`iteration-005`, SHA-256
   `be8c5a4d27dfcd03e29e59ce78ea66d3c772c3e612c08b71fd457d3006001b71`)
   and trains against the expanded V44 corpus on the NVIDIA server.
+## 2026-07-30 - Direct polygon QA and rejected automatic roof-alignment routes
+
+- Revalidated the three independent V66 Flemish AOIs against their immutable
+  EPSG:31370 rasters and CRS84 GRB responses. Raster bounds, OGC `Content-Crs`,
+  feature coordinates and tile transforms are internally consistent; no CRS or
+  WMS axis-order defect was found.
+- Proved that the existing YOLO contact sheet can make rotated and concave GRB
+  polygons look substantially worse by showing only their axis-aligned boxes.
+  Added `scripts/render_operator_polygon_label_qa.py` so governed polygon/raster
+  alignment is reviewed directly before lossy bounding-box export.
+- Rejected streamed automatic SAM2 masks: the broad trial matched 365/413 source
+  objects but selected trees, roads, parking and open ground; a strict trial kept
+  only 42/413 and still contained false roofs.
+- Rejected local polygon-edge registration: 27/73 Zutendaal, 5/66 Zoersel and
+  32/110 Landen objects passed numerical uniqueness gates, but direct overlays
+  still contained vegetation, road and shadow-edge matches.
+- Rejected a swapped Lambert WMS-axis hypothesis and a live `most_recent` image
+  refresh after isolated visual trials. Neither output entered a training corpus.
+
+### Gate consequence
+
+- V66 remains candidate-only and is not promotion or protected-test evidence.
+- No new training is authorized from these rejected outputs. The next corpus
+  revision must use independently image-visible roof annotations or an official
+  roof-surface product, with direct polygon QA before YOLO box generation.
diff --git a/scripts/render_operator_polygon_label_qa.py b/scripts/render_operator_polygon_label_qa.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..531a3ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/render_operator_polygon_label_qa.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+"""Render governed source polygons directly on their raster before YOLO box export."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Render direct polygon/raster alignment evidence from an operator samples manifest."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--manifest", type=Path, required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--output-dir", type=Path, required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--line-width", type=int, default=3)
+    parser.add_argument("--force", action="store_true")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def geometry_rings(geometry: dict[str, Any]):
+    if geometry.get("type") == "Polygon":
+        yield from geometry.get("coordinates") or []
+    elif geometry.get("type") == "MultiPolygon":
+        for polygon in geometry.get("coordinates") or []:
+            yield from polygon
+
+
+def render(manifest_path: Path, output_dir: Path, line_width: int, force: bool) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    try:
+        import rasterio
+        from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
+        from pyproj import Transformer
+    except ImportError as exc:  # pragma: no cover - runtime dependency guard
+        raise SystemExit("Polygon QA rendering requires rasterio, Pillow and pyproj") from exc
+
+    if output_dir.exists() and any(output_dir.iterdir()) and not force:
+        raise SystemExit(f"Output directory is not empty: {output_dir}; use --force")
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    manifest = json.loads(manifest_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8-sig"))
+    evidence = []
+    for sample in manifest.get("samples") or []:
+        slug = str(sample["sample_slug"])
+        raster_path = Path(sample["raster_path"])
+        reference_path = Path(sample["reference_path"])
+        reference = json.loads(reference_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8-sig"))
+        feature_count = 0
+        with rasterio.open(raster_path) as raster:
+            if raster.crs is None:
+                raise SystemExit(f"Raster CRS is required for {slug}")
+            bands = raster.read([1, 2, 3]).transpose(1, 2, 0)
+            image = Image.fromarray(bands)
+            draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
+            transformer = Transformer.from_crs("EPSG:4326", raster.crs, always_xy=True)
+            for feature in reference.get("features") or []:
+                drew_feature = False
+                for ring in geometry_rings(feature.get("geometry") or {}):
+                    pixels = []
+                    for coordinate in ring:
+                        if len(coordinate) < 2:
+                            continue
+                        x, y = transformer.transform(float(coordinate[0]), float(coordinate[1]))
+                        row, column = raster.index(x, y)
+                        pixels.append((column, row))
+                    if len(pixels) >= 3:
+                        draw.line(pixels + [pixels[0]], fill=(255, 220, 0), width=line_width)
+                        drew_feature = True
+                feature_count += int(drew_feature)
+            output_path = output_dir / f"{slug}-polygon-overlay.png"
+            image.save(output_path)
+        evidence.append(
+            {
+                "sample_slug": slug,
+                "raster_path": str(raster_path),
+                "reference_path": str(reference_path),
+                "rendered_feature_count": feature_count,
+                "output_path": str(output_path),
+            }
+        )
+    summary = {
+        "schema_version": 1,
+        "status": "ok",
+        "manifest_path": str(manifest_path),
+        "label_semantics": "direct_governed_polygon_overlay_before_box_export",
+        "samples": evidence,
+    }
+    (output_dir / "operator_polygon_label_qa_summary.json").write_text(
+        json.dumps(summary, indent=2), encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    return summary
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    args = parse_args()
+    summary = render(args.manifest, args.output_dir, args.line_width, args.force)
+    print(json.dumps({"status": summary["status"], "sample_count": len(summary["samples"])}, indent=2))
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())