diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a8d186da..494ae950 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
-### [10.4.0](https://source.soulcraft.com/soulcraft/brainy/compare/v10.4.0-rc.4...v10.4.0) (2026-08-26)
-
-- docs(releases): the 10.4.0 entry catches up to the late trains — repair routing, the vector ledger and open-gate leg, the loud config guard, the JSON-safe crossing (834149ed)
-
-
 ### [10.4.0-rc.4](https://source.soulcraft.com/soulcraft/brainy/compare/v10.4.0-rc.3...v10.4.0-rc.4) (2026-08-25)
 
 - feat(vector): the vectored-noun scalar joins the count ledger; the open gate closes the vector leg (9730835b)
diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index bc400412..45420bd1 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -105,25 +105,6 @@ the flag has no effect on timing. Full manual control still lives in
   writes to both, swaps atomically, and persists once after the swap. Reads
   never observe a partial index. `repairIndex({ rebuild: ['metadata'] })` uses
   it automatically.
-- **Incremental heal is routed.** A provider invariant that asks for the
-  incremental heal (`heal: 'repair'`) now routes to the provider's own
-  `repair()` when it exposes one — re-posting exactly what its ledger names,
-  never a store-sized rebuild — and the post-heal re-read of the report decides
-  success; a repair that doesn't converge is recorded with the escalation named.
-- **The vector family joins the count ledger.** `getCanonicalCounts()` gains
-  `vectors: { all }` — the count of canonical entities holding a real vector
-  (deferred-embed entities count when their vector lands). And the open gate
-  closes the vector leg: a store whose canonical rows hold vectors but whose
-  derived vector index is empty now builds at `open()` (or refuses with the
-  typed error) instead of silently serving empty vector-search results.
-- **An unknown storage config shape fails loudly.** A nested `config` object
-  carrying a path-shaped key (a shape that was never supported) used to fall
-  through silently to the default shared directory — every instance writing one
-  store while callers believed each had its own. It now throws, naming the
-  canonical `path` key.
-- **Relation index rows are JSON-safe.** Internal endpoint identifiers can no
-  longer ride the metadata-index crossing (a native provider serializes it);
-  they stay on the graph operations where they belong.
 - **A broken accelerator install can never read as "not installed."** The
   auto-detection free pass now requires the resolution error to name the
   accelerator package itself, exactly — a missing platform-binary sibling
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4c85804b..9daf75f3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "10.4.0",
+  "version": "10.4.0-rc.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "10.4.0",
+      "version": "10.4.0-rc.4",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@msgpack/msgpack": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a8db7f0b..fdee766f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "10.4.0",
+  "version": "10.4.0-rc.4",
   "description": "Universal Knowledge Protocol™ - World's first Triple Intelligence database unifying vector, graph, and document search in one API. Stage 3 CANONICAL: 42 nouns × 127 verbs covering 96-97% of all human knowledge.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",