diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/src/client/index.ts b/packages/api/gateway/src/client/index.ts
index 745984a609..9c7e15d1fc 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/src/client/index.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 
 import { Service } from '@deepseek-ai/cordis'
 import type { Context, Events } from '@deepseek-ai/cordis'
-import type { ConnectionHandle, RpcError } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection/client'
+import type { ConnectionHandle } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection/client'
 import type {
   InvocationDescriptor,
   TypeRTClientRemote,
+  RemoteResult,
   TypeRTCodec,
   TypeRTDisposer,
   TypeRTRemoteContribution,
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ class ClientRemoteService extends Service implements TypeRTClientRemote {
     scoped: ScopedMethod | undefined,
     callerCtx: Context,
     values: readonly unknown[],
-  ): Promise<unknown> {
+  ): Promise<RemoteResult<unknown>> {
     if (scoped !== undefined) {
       const binder = this.ownerCtx.typert.contexts.getClient(scoped.projection.context)
       const identity = binder?.identity(callerCtx)
@@ -359,9 +360,9 @@ class ClientRemoteService extends Service implements TypeRTClientRemote {
     callerCtx: Context,
     values: readonly unknown[],
     boundIdentity?: BoundContextIdentity,
-  ): Promise<unknown> {
+  ): Promise<RemoteResult<unknown>> {
     const endpoint = endpointOf(descriptor)
-    if (!token.active) throw new Error(`client api: Remote method ${endpoint} is no longer mounted`)
+    if (!token.active) return withdrawn(endpoint)
     const expected = descriptor.parameters.length - (projection?.parameterIndex === undefined ? 0 : 1)
     const hasCallerSignal = descriptor.cancellation !== undefined && values.length === expected + 1
     if (values.length !== expected && !hasCallerSignal) {
@@ -391,7 +392,8 @@ class ClientRemoteService extends Service implements TypeRTClientRemote {
     let valueIndex = 0
     descriptor.parameters.forEach((parameter, parameterIndex) => {
       if (parameterIndex === projection?.parameterIndex) return
-      args[parameter.wire] = parse(parameter.codec, values[valueIndex], endpoint, parameter.wire)
+      const value = parse(parameter.codec, values[valueIndex], endpoint, parameter.wire)
+      if (value !== undefined) args[parameter.wire] = value
       valueIndex += 1
     })
     const connection = this.ownerCtx.get('connection') as ConnectionHandle | undefined
@@ -400,10 +402,16 @@ class ClientRemoteService extends Service implements TypeRTClientRemote {
     const signal = callerSignal === undefined
       ? token.abort.signal
       : AbortSignal.any([token.abort.signal, callerSignal])
-    const result = await connection.rpc.call('/api', endpoint, { args }, signal)
-    if (!mountActive(token)) throw new Error(`client api: Remote method ${endpoint} was withdrawn during invocation`)
-    if (!result.ok) throw remoteFailure(endpoint, result.error)
-    return parse(descriptor.result, result.value, endpoint, 'result')
+    try {
+      const result = await connection.rpc.call('/api', endpoint, { args }, signal)
+      if (!mountActive(token)) return withdrawn(endpoint)
+      if (!result.ok) return { ok: false, error: result.error }
+      return { ok: true, value: parse(descriptor.result, result.value, endpoint, 'result') }
+    } catch (error) {
+      // Carrier throws (offline, abort, a rejected result payload) are outcomes
+      // of the call, not assembly faults, so they join the same error branch.
+      return carrierFailure(endpoint, error)
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -412,7 +420,7 @@ type InvokeRemote = (
   scoped: ScopedMethod | undefined,
   callerCtx: Context,
   args: readonly unknown[],
-) => Promise<unknown>
+) => Promise<RemoteResult<unknown>>
 
 class RemoteNamespaceService extends Service {
   private readonly methods = new Map<string, RemoteMethodRecord>()
@@ -467,7 +475,7 @@ class RemoteNamespaceService extends Service {
       Object.defineProperty(this, method, {
         configurable: true,
         enumerable: true,
-        get: function (this: RemoteNamespaceService): (...args: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown> {
+        get: function (this: RemoteNamespaceService): (...args: unknown[]) => Promise<RemoteResult<unknown>> {
           const callerCtx = this.ctx
           const current = this.methods.get(method)
           const direct = current?.direct
@@ -566,6 +574,15 @@ function parse(codec: TypeRTCodec, value: unknown, endpoint: string, field: stri
   }
 }
 
-function remoteFailure(endpoint: string, error: RpcError): Error {
-  return new Error(`client api: ${endpoint} failed: ${error.code}: ${error.message}`, { cause: error })
+/** The namespace retired before or during the call, so no request outcome exists. */
+function withdrawn(endpoint: string): RemoteResult<never> {
+  return internalFailure(`client api: Remote method ${endpoint} is no longer mounted`)
+}
+
+function carrierFailure(endpoint: string, error: unknown): RemoteResult<never> {
+  return internalFailure(`client api: ${endpoint} failed: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`)
+}
+
+function internalFailure(message: string): RemoteResult<never> {
+  return { ok: false, error: { code: 'internal', message, details: {} } }
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/tests/client.spec.ts b/packages/api/gateway/tests/client.spec.ts
index d4a5965611..cefdd94023 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/tests/client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/tests/client.spec.ts
@@ -42,23 +42,24 @@ declare module '@deepseek-ai/dsh-type-meta' {
   }
 
   interface TypeRTRemoteMap {
-    'goals/create': (
+    'probe/create': (
       agentId: string,
       request: { readonly objective: string },
       signal?: AbortSignal,
     ) => Promise<{ readonly ref: string }>
+    'probe/maybe': (value: string | null | undefined) => Promise<string | null | undefined>
   }
 
   interface TypeRTRemoteScopeMap {
-    'fixture:goals/create': (
+    'fixture:probe/create': (
       request: { readonly objective: string },
       signal?: AbortSignal,
     ) => Promise<{ readonly ref: string }>
-    'fixture:goals/rename': (request: { readonly objective: string }) => Promise<{ readonly renamed: boolean }>
+    'fixture:probe/rename': (request: { readonly objective: string }) => Promise<{ readonly renamed: boolean }>
   }
 
   interface TypeRTRemoteNamespaceMap {
-    goals: TypeRTRemoteNamespace<'goals'>
+    probe: TypeRTRemoteNamespace<'probe'>
   }
 
 }
@@ -87,9 +88,9 @@ const renameResultSchema = z.object({ renamed: z.boolean() })
 
 function directDescriptor(): InvocationDescriptor {
   return {
-    id: '@fixture/goals#goals/create',
-    service: 'goals',
-    namespace: 'goals',
+    id: '@fixture/probe#probe/create',
+    service: 'probe',
+    namespace: 'probe',
     method: 'create',
     invocation: { kind: 'direct' },
     scope: { context: 'fixture', wire: 'agentId' },
@@ -112,9 +113,9 @@ function directDescriptor(): InvocationDescriptor {
 
 function contextDescriptor(): InvocationDescriptor {
   return {
-    id: '@fixture/goals#goals/rename',
-    service: 'goals',
-    namespace: 'goals',
+    id: '@fixture/probe#probe/rename',
+    service: 'probe',
+    namespace: 'probe',
     method: 'rename',
     invocation: {
       kind: 'context',
@@ -132,6 +133,25 @@ function contextDescriptor(): InvocationDescriptor {
   }
 }
 
+function maybeDescriptor(): InvocationDescriptor {
+  const schema = z.union([z.string(), z.null(), z.undefined()])
+  return {
+    id: '@fixture/probe#probe/maybe',
+    service: 'probe',
+    namespace: 'probe',
+    method: 'maybe',
+    invocation: { kind: 'direct' },
+    parameters: [{
+      name: 'value',
+      wire: 'value',
+      source: 'json',
+      acceptsUndefined: true,
+      codec: { mode: 'strict', typeSymbol: '@fixture#MaybeValue', schema },
+    }],
+    result: { mode: 'strict', typeSymbol: '@fixture#MaybeValue', schema },
+  }
+}
+
 async function bench(call: ConnectionHandle['rpc']['call']): Promise<Context> {
   const { ctx } = await benchFiber(call)
   return ctx
@@ -153,24 +173,24 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
     const call = vi.fn<ConnectionHandle['rpc']['call']>()
       .mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, value: { ref: 'goal-1' } })
     const ctx = await bench(call)
-    const businessGoals = { owner: 'host business service' }
-    const disposeBusinessGoals = ctx.provide('goals', businessGoals)
+    const businessProbe = { owner: 'host business service' }
+    const disposeBusinessProbe = ctx.provide('probe', businessProbe)
     const assembly = ctx.plugin(Object.assign(
-      (scope: Context) => scope.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/goals', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] }),
+      (scope: Context) => scope.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/probe', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] }),
       { inject: ['remote'] },
     ))
     await assembly
-    const retained = ctx.remote.goals.create
+    const retained = ctx.remote.probe.create
 
-    await expect(ctx.remote.goals.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })).resolves.toEqual({ ref: 'goal-1' })
+    await expect(ctx.remote.probe.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })).resolves.toEqual({ ref: 'goal-1' })
     expect(call).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       '/api',
-      'goals/create',
+      'probe/create',
       { args: { agentId: 'agent-1', request: { objective: 'ship' } } },
       expect.any(AbortSignal),
     )
     const callerAbort = new AbortController()
-    await expect(ctx.remote.goals.create(
+    await expect(ctx.remote.probe.create(
       'agent-1',
       { objective: 'cancel me' },
       callerAbort.signal,
@@ -182,18 +202,52 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
     callerAbort.abort(cancellation)
     expect(combinedSignal?.aborted).toBe(true)
     expect(combinedSignal?.reason).toBe(cancellation)
-    await expect(ctx.remote.goals.create('', { objective: 'ship' })).rejects.toThrow('rejected "agentId"')
+    await expect(ctx.remote.probe.create('', { objective: 'ship' })).rejects.toThrow('rejected "agentId"')
 
     call.mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, value: { ref: 1 } })
-    await expect(ctx.remote.goals.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })).rejects.toThrow('rejected "result"')
+    await expect(ctx.remote.probe.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })).rejects.toThrow('rejected "result"')
 
     await assembly.dispose()
-    expect((ctx.remote as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).goals).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(ctx.get('remote.goals')).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(ctx.get('goals')).toBe(businessGoals)
+    expect((ctx.remote as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).probe).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(ctx.get('remote.probe')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(ctx.get('probe')).toBe(businessProbe)
     expect(ctx.typert.remotes.list()).toEqual([])
     await expect(retained?.('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })).rejects.toThrow('no longer mounted')
-    disposeBusinessGoals()
+    disposeBusinessProbe()
+  })
+
+  it('encodes declared undefined as an omitted argument and distinguishes it from null results', async () => {
+    const call = vi.fn<ConnectionHandle['rpc']['call']>()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, value: undefined })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, value: null })
+    const ctx = await bench(call)
+    const dispose = await ctx.remote.$mount({
+      package: '@fixture/maybe',
+      descriptors: [maybeDescriptor()],
+    })
+
+    // The analyzers disagree on the key-remapped namespace projection: tsc
+    // resolves this method, oxlint reads it as an error type.
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-unsafe-call
+    await expect(ctx.remote.probe.maybe(undefined)).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    expect(call).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      '/api',
+      'probe/maybe',
+      { args: {} },
+      expect.any(AbortSignal),
+    )
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-unsafe-call
+    await expect(ctx.remote.probe.maybe(null)).resolves.toBeNull()
+    expect(call).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      '/api',
+      'probe/maybe',
+      { args: { value: null } },
+      expect.any(AbortSignal),
+    )
+
+    await dispose()
   })
 
   it('projects one direct lookup descriptor onto an Agent-scoped alias', async () => {
@@ -205,24 +259,24 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
       identity: candidate => (candidate as Context & { fixtureId?: string }).fixtureId,
     })
     const assembly = ctx.plugin(Object.assign(
-      (scope: Context) => scope.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/goals', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] }),
+      (scope: Context) => scope.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/probe', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] }),
       { inject: ['remote'] },
     ))
     await assembly
 
-    await expect(agentCtx.remote.goals.create({ objective: 'ship scoped' })).resolves.toEqual({ ref: 'goal-2' })
+    await expect(agentCtx.remote.probe.create({ objective: 'ship scoped' })).resolves.toEqual({ ref: 'goal-2' })
     expect(call).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       '/api',
-      'goals/create',
+      'probe/create',
       { args: { agentId: 'agent-2', request: { objective: 'ship scoped' } } },
       expect.any(AbortSignal),
     )
-    await expect((ctx as FixtureContext).remote.goals.create({ objective: 'wrong scope' }))
+    await expect((ctx as FixtureContext).remote.probe.create({ objective: 'wrong scope' }))
       .rejects.toThrow('expected 2 business argument(s)')
 
     await assembly.dispose()
-    expect((ctx.remote as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).goals).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(ctx.get('remote.goals')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect((ctx.remote as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).probe).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(ctx.get('remote.probe')).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
   it('uses the caller Context identity for scoped namespace methods', async () => {
@@ -234,23 +288,23 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
       identity: candidate => (candidate as Context & { fixtureId?: string }).fixtureId,
     })
     const assembly = ctx.plugin(Object.assign(
-      (scope: Context) => scope.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/goals', descriptors: [contextDescriptor()] }),
+      (scope: Context) => scope.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/probe', descriptors: [contextDescriptor()] }),
       { inject: ['remote'] },
     ))
     await assembly
 
-    await expect(agentCtx.remote.goals.rename({ objective: 'land' })).resolves.toEqual({ renamed: true })
+    await expect(agentCtx.remote.probe.rename({ objective: 'land' })).resolves.toEqual({ renamed: true })
     expect(call).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       '/api',
-      'goals/rename',
+      'probe/rename',
       { args: { agentId: 'agent-2', request: { objective: 'land' } } },
       expect.any(AbortSignal),
     )
-    await expect((ctx as FixtureContext).remote.goals.rename({ objective: 'land' }))
+    await expect((ctx as FixtureContext).remote.probe.rename({ objective: 'land' }))
       .rejects.toThrow('requires a "fixture" Context')
 
     await assembly.dispose()
-    expect(ctx.get('remote.goals')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(ctx.get('remote.probe')).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
   it('rejects weak descriptors and namespace collisions before registration', async () => {
@@ -282,32 +336,32 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
 
     await expect(ctx.remote.$mount({
       package: '@fixture/direct-duplicates',
-      descriptors: [direct, { ...direct, id: '@fixture/goals#goals/create-again' }],
+      descriptors: [direct, { ...direct, id: '@fixture/probe#probe/create-again' }],
     })).rejects.toThrow('repeats direct method')
     await expect(ctx.remote.$mount({
       package: '@fixture/scoped-duplicates',
-      descriptors: [context, { ...context, id: '@fixture/goals#goals/rename-again' }],
+      descriptors: [context, { ...context, id: '@fixture/probe#probe/rename-again' }],
     })).rejects.toThrow('repeats scoped method')
 
     const disposeDirect = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/direct-live', descriptors: [direct] })
     await expect(ctx.remote.$mount({
-      package: '@fixture/direct-conflict', descriptors: [{ ...direct, id: '@fixture/other#goals/create' }],
-    })).rejects.toThrow('direct method goals/create is already mounted')
+      package: '@fixture/direct-conflict', descriptors: [{ ...direct, id: '@fixture/other#probe/create' }],
+    })).rejects.toThrow('direct method probe/create is already mounted')
     await disposeDirect()
 
     const disposeScoped = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/scoped-live', descriptors: [context] })
     await expect(ctx.remote.$mount({
-      package: '@fixture/scoped-conflict', descriptors: [{ ...context, id: '@fixture/other#goals/rename' }],
-    })).rejects.toThrow('scoped method goals/rename is already mounted')
+      package: '@fixture/scoped-conflict', descriptors: [{ ...context, id: '@fixture/other#probe/rename' }],
+    })).rejects.toThrow('scoped method probe/rename is already mounted')
     await expect(ctx.remote.$mount({
       package: '@fixture/service-method-conflict',
-      descriptors: [{ ...context, id: '@fixture/goals#goals/remove', method: 'remove' }],
+      descriptors: [{ ...context, id: '@fixture/probe#probe/remove', method: 'remove' }],
     })).rejects.toThrow('conflicts with its namespace service')
-    const scopedService = ctx.get('remote.goals') as unknown as object
+    const scopedService = ctx.get('remote.probe') as unknown as object
     Object.defineProperty(scopedService, 'custom', { configurable: true, value: () => undefined })
     await expect(ctx.remote.$mount({
       package: '@fixture/service-own-property-conflict',
-      descriptors: [{ ...direct, id: '@fixture/goals#goals/custom', method: 'custom' }],
+      descriptors: [{ ...direct, id: '@fixture/probe#probe/custom', method: 'custom' }],
     })).rejects.toThrow('conflicts with its namespace service')
     Reflect.deleteProperty(scopedService, 'custom')
     await disposeScoped()
@@ -323,10 +377,10 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
       package: '@fixture/multiple-scoped',
       descriptors: [directDescriptor(), contextDescriptor()],
     })
-    await expect(agentCtx.remote.goals.rename({ objective: 'remounted' })).resolves.toEqual({ renamed: true })
+    await expect(agentCtx.remote.probe.rename({ objective: 'remounted' })).resolves.toEqual({ renamed: true })
     expect(call).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
       '/api',
-      'goals/rename',
+      'probe/rename',
       { args: { agentId: 'agent-remounted', request: { objective: 'remounted' } } },
       expect.any(AbortSignal),
     )
@@ -338,7 +392,7 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
     const { scope: _scope, ...first } = directDescriptor()
     const second: InvocationDescriptor = {
       ...first,
-      id: '@fixture/goals#goals/archive',
+      id: '@fixture/probe#probe/archive',
       method: 'archive',
     }
     const defineProperty = Object.defineProperty
@@ -353,11 +407,11 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
       spy.mockRestore()
     }
 
-    expect((ctx.remote as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).goals).toBeUndefined()
+    expect((ctx.remote as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).probe).toBeUndefined()
     await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(ctx.typert.remotes.list()).toEqual([]) })
     const retry = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/retry-batch', descriptors: [first, second] })
-    expect(ctx.remote.goals.create).toBeTypeOf('function')
-    expect((ctx.remote.goals as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).archive).toBeTypeOf('function')
+    expect(ctx.remote.probe.create).toBeTypeOf('function')
+    expect((ctx.remote.probe as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).archive).toBeTypeOf('function')
     await retry()
   })
 
@@ -367,7 +421,7 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
       package: '@fixture/context-anchor',
       descriptors: [contextDescriptor()],
     })
-    const namespace = ctx.get('remote.goals') as unknown as {
+    const namespace = ctx.get('remote.probe') as unknown as {
       installScoped: (...args: unknown[]) => void
       readonly create?: unknown
     }
@@ -429,28 +483,28 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
     const ctx = await bench(call)
     const descriptor = directDescriptor()
     const dispose = await ctx.remote.$mount({
-      package: '@fixture/goals',
+      package: '@fixture/probe',
       descriptors: [descriptor, contextDescriptor()],
     })
-    const create = ctx.remote.goals.create as unknown as (...args: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown>
-    const goals = (ctx as FixtureContext).remote.goals
-    const rename = goals.rename as unknown as (...args: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown>
+    const create = ctx.remote.probe.create as unknown as (...args: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown>
+    const probe = (ctx as FixtureContext).remote.probe
+    const rename = probe.rename as unknown as (...args: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown>
 
     await expect(create('agent-1')).rejects.toThrow('expected 2 business argument(s) plus an optional AbortSignal, got 1')
     await expect(create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' }, undefined, 'extra'))
       .rejects.toThrow('got 4')
-    await expect(rename.call(goals)).rejects.toThrow('expected 1 argument(s), got 0')
-    await expect((ctx as FixtureContext).remote.goals.create({ objective: 'ship' }))
+    await expect(rename.call(probe)).rejects.toThrow('expected 1 argument(s), got 0')
+    await expect((ctx as FixtureContext).remote.probe.create({ objective: 'ship' }))
       .rejects.toThrow('expected 2 business argument(s)')
-    await expect((ctx as FixtureContext).remote.goals.rename({ objective: 'ship' }))
+    await expect((ctx as FixtureContext).remote.probe.rename({ objective: 'ship' }))
       .rejects.toThrow('no Client Context binder')
 
     ;(descriptor.parameters[0] as { codec: { mode: string } }).codec.mode = 'src-json'
-    await expect(ctx.remote.goals.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })).rejects.toThrow('has no strict codec')
+    await expect(ctx.remote.probe.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })).rejects.toThrow('has no strict codec')
     ;(descriptor.parameters[0] as { codec: { mode: string } }).codec.mode = 'strict'
 
     ctx.set('connection', undefined)
-    await expect(ctx.remote.goals.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })).rejects.toThrow('no active Connection')
+    await expect(ctx.remote.probe.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })).rejects.toThrow('no active Connection')
     await dispose()
   })
 
@@ -464,23 +518,23 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
     const { scope: _scope, ...first } = directDescriptor()
     const second: InvocationDescriptor = {
       ...first,
-      id: '@fixture/goals#goals/archive',
+      id: '@fixture/probe#probe/archive',
       method: 'archive',
     }
-    const dispose = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/goals', descriptors: [first, second] })
-    const invocation = ctx.remote.goals.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })
+    const dispose = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/probe', descriptors: [first, second] })
+    const invocation = ctx.remote.probe.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })
     await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(call).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1) })
     await dispose()
     resolveCall({ ok: true, value: { ref: 'goal-1' } })
 
     await expect(invocation).rejects.toThrow('withdrawn during invocation')
-    expect((ctx.remote as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).goals).toBeUndefined()
+    expect((ctx.remote as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).probe).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
   it('fails a method obtained from a withdrawn namespace getter', async () => {
     const ctx = await bench(vi.fn<ConnectionHandle['rpc']['call']>())
-    const dispose = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/goals', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] })
-    const namespace = ctx.get('remote.goals') as unknown as object
+    const dispose = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/probe', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] })
+    const namespace = ctx.get('remote.probe') as unknown as object
     const getWithdrawn = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(namespace, 'create')?.get?.bind(namespace)
 
     await dispose()
@@ -498,7 +552,7 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
     const { scope: _scope, ...base } = directDescriptor()
     const descriptor: InvocationDescriptor = {
       ...base,
-      id: '@fixture/goals#goals/prototype',
+      id: '@fixture/probe#probe/prototype',
       method: 'prototype',
       parameters: [{
         name: 'value',
@@ -509,7 +563,7 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
     }
     const dispose = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/prototype', descriptors: [descriptor] })
 
-    const method = (ctx.remote.goals as unknown as Record<string, (...args: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown>>).prototype
+    const method = (ctx.remote.probe as unknown as Record<string, (...args: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown>>).prototype
     await expect(method?.('wire-value')).resolves.toEqual({ ref: 'goal-1' })
     const payload = call.mock.calls[0]?.[2] as { readonly args: Record<string, unknown> }
     expect(Object.getPrototypeOf(payload.args)).toBeNull()
@@ -526,15 +580,15 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
       return defineProperty(target, key, attributes)
     })
     try {
-      await expect(ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/goals', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] }))
+      await expect(ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/probe', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] }))
         .rejects.toThrow('fixture namespace startup failure')
       await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(ctx.typert.remotes.list()).toEqual([]) })
     } finally {
       spy.mockRestore()
     }
 
-    const retry = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/goals-retry', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] })
-    expect(ctx.remote.goals.create).toBeTypeOf('function')
+    const retry = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/probe-retry', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] })
+    expect(ctx.remote.probe.create).toBeTypeOf('function')
     await retry()
   })
 
@@ -554,13 +608,13 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
       spy.mockRestore()
     }
 
-    expect((ctx.remote as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).goals).toBeUndefined()
+    expect((ctx.remote as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).probe).toBeUndefined()
     await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(ctx.typert.remotes.list()).toEqual([]) })
     const retry = await ctx.remote.$mount({
       package: '@fixture/direct-method-retry',
       descriptors: [directDescriptor()],
     })
-    expect(ctx.remote.goals.create).toBeTypeOf('function')
+    expect(ctx.remote.probe.create).toBeTypeOf('function')
     await retry()
   })
 
@@ -578,35 +632,35 @@ describe('Client TypeRT API', () => {
       spy.mockRestore()
     }
 
-    expect(ctx.get('remote.goals')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(ctx.get('remote.probe')).toBeUndefined()
     await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(ctx.typert.remotes.list()).toEqual([]) })
     const retry = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/scoped-retry', descriptors: [contextDescriptor()] })
-    expect((ctx.get('remote.goals') as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).rename).toBeTypeOf('function')
+    expect((ctx.get('remote.probe') as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).rename).toBeTypeOf('function')
     await retry()
   })
 
   it('unregisters an empty scoped namespace so another provider can claim its name', async () => {
     const ctx = await bench(vi.fn<ConnectionHandle['rpc']['call']>())
     const dispose = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/scoped', descriptors: [contextDescriptor()] })
-    expect(ctx.get('remote.goals')).toBeDefined()
+    expect(ctx.get('remote.probe')).toBeDefined()
 
     await dispose()
 
-    expect(ctx.get('remote.goals')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(ctx.get('remote.probe')).toBeUndefined()
     const replacement = { owner: 'replacement' }
-    const disposeReplacement = ctx.reflect.provide('remote.goals', replacement)
-    expect(ctx.get('remote.goals')).toBe(replacement)
+    const disposeReplacement = ctx.reflect.provide('remote.probe', replacement)
+    expect(ctx.get('remote.probe')).toBe(replacement)
     await disposeReplacement()
   })
 
   it('throws RPC failures with the structured error as its cause', async () => {
     const rpcError = { code: 'internal' as const, message: 'host failed', details: {} }
     const ctx = await bench(vi.fn<ConnectionHandle['rpc']['call']>().mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, error: rpcError }))
-    await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/goals', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] })
+    await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/probe', descriptors: [directDescriptor()] })
 
     let failure: unknown
     try {
-      await ctx.remote.goals.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })
+      await ctx.remote.probe.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })
     } catch (error) {
       failure = error
     }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-goal/src/client/index.ts b/packages/client/ui-goal/src/client/index.ts
index d66e025ffd..f2f545d3c3 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-goal/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-goal/src/client/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * their CAS ref reads the session's current projected value at call time.
  * Goal creation stays on the /goal host command.
  */
+import type { RemoteResult } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-type-meta'
 import type { ClientContext, SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client'
 // Type-only: pulls the generated Remote API and ctx.remote merge through the Client assembly boundary.
 import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-remotes/client'
@@ -40,29 +41,11 @@ const NS = 'goal'
 /** Required services for the Goal dock, command-input projection, Remote mutations, and copy. */
 export const inject = ['slots', 'sessions', 'remote', 'remote.goals', 'locale', 'conversationEvents']
 
-/** Map one generated Remote call, including synchronous namespace lookup failures, to the fields rendered by the goal strip. */
-async function settle(invoke: () => Promise<unknown>): Promise<GoalActionResult> {
-  try {
-    await invoke()
-    return { ok: true }
-  } catch (error) {
-    const cause = error instanceof Error ? error.cause : undefined
-    if (isRemoteError(cause)) return { ok: false, error: { code: cause.code, message: cause.message } }
-    return {
-      ok: false,
-      error: {
-        code: 'internal',
-        message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'goal mutation failed',
-      },
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-function isRemoteError(value: unknown): value is { readonly code: string; readonly message: string } {
-  return value !== null
-    && typeof value === 'object'
-    && typeof (value as { code?: unknown }).code === 'string'
-    && typeof (value as { message?: unknown }).message === 'string'
+/** Narrow one Remote mutation's result to the fields the goal strip renders. */
+function settle(result: RemoteResult<unknown>): GoalActionResult {
+  return result.ok
+    ? { ok: true }
+    : { ok: false, error: { code: result.error.code, message: result.error.message } }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -103,22 +86,22 @@ export function apply(ctx: ClientContext): void {
       onEdit: async (objective) => {
         const ref = refOf(sessionId)
         if (ref === undefined) return noCurrentGoal
-        return settle(() => ctx.remote.goals.edit(sessionId, ref, { objective }))
+        return settle(await ctx.remote.goals.edit(sessionId, ref, { objective }))
       },
       onPause: async () => {
         const ref = refOf(sessionId)
         if (ref === undefined) return noCurrentGoal
-        return settle(() => ctx.remote.goals.pause(sessionId, ref))
+        return settle(await ctx.remote.goals.pause(sessionId, ref))
       },
       onResume: async () => {
         const ref = refOf(sessionId)
         if (ref === undefined) return noCurrentGoal
-        return settle(() => ctx.remote.goals.resume(sessionId, ref))
+        return settle(await ctx.remote.goals.resume(sessionId, ref))
       },
       onClear: async () => {
         const ref = refOf(sessionId)
         if (ref === undefined) return noCurrentGoal
-        return settle(() => ctx.remote.goals.clear(sessionId, ref))
+        return settle(await ctx.remote.goals.clear(sessionId, ref))
       },
     }),
   }, GoalDock))
diff --git a/packages/typert/generator/src/emitter.ts b/packages/typert/generator/src/emitter.ts
index cbed0047c3..03dcc30d36 100644
--- a/packages/typert/generator/src/emitter.ts
+++ b/packages/typert/generator/src/emitter.ts
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ export class FaceModelEmitter {
       lines.push(`      wire: ${quote(parameter.wire)},`)
       lines.push(`      source: ${quote(parameter.source)},`)
       if (parameter.lookup !== undefined) lines.push(`      lookup: ${quote(parameter.lookup)},`)
+      if (parameter.boundary.acceptsUndefined) lines.push('      acceptsUndefined: true,')
       lines.push(`      codec: ${indent(strictCodec(
         parameter.boundary,
         schemas.boundary(parameterBoundaryKey(invocation, index)),
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ export class FaceModelEmitter {
     const lines = [
       '/* Generated by @deepseek-ai/dsh-typert-generator from the Host FaceModel — do not edit. */',
       'import type {',
+      '  RemoteResult,',
       '  TypeRTRemoteContribution,',
       '} from \'@deepseek-ai/dsh-type-meta\'',
     ]
@@ -462,10 +464,13 @@ export class FaceModelEmitter {
   ): string {
     const parameters = invocation.parameters.filter(parameter =>
       !scoped || invocation.invocation.kind === 'context' || parameter.wire !== invocation.scope?.wire).map(parameter =>
-      `${safeIdentifier(parameter.wire)}: ${this.renderer.renderType(parameter.boundary.type, referenceNames)}`)
+      `${safeIdentifier(parameter.wire)}${parameter.optional === true ? '?' : ''}: ${this.renderer.renderType(parameter.boundary.type, referenceNames)}`)
     if (invocation.cancellation !== undefined) parameters.push('signal?: AbortSignal')
     const result = this.renderer.renderType(invocation.result.type, referenceNames)
-    return `(${parameters.join(', ')}) => Promise<${result}>`
+    // The Client Remote face delivers the carrier's outcome, so every generated
+    // consumer signature resolves to a result the caller reads instead of a
+    // value it must guard with its own try/catch.
+    return `(${parameters.join(', ')}) => Promise<RemoteResult<${result}>>`
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/typert/generator/tests/remote-model.spec.ts b/packages/typert/generator/tests/remote-model.spec.ts
index 3faef9c8be..567feaae4e 100644
--- a/packages/typert/generator/tests/remote-model.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/typert/generator/tests/remote-model.spec.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ interface RuntimeDescriptor {
   readonly cancellation?: { readonly parameter: 'signal' }
   readonly parameters: readonly {
     readonly wire: string
+    readonly acceptsUndefined?: true
     readonly codec: { readonly schema: RuntimeSchema }
   }[]
   readonly result: { readonly schema: RuntimeSchema }
@@ -146,6 +147,57 @@ describe('Remote model generation', { timeout: 60_000 }, () => {
     assertRemoteConsumerTypechecks(artifact?.remote?.dts, artifact?.remote?.dtsMap)
   })
 
+  it('projects authored optionality and absence onto consumers and codecs', async () => {
+    const root = copyFixture()
+    editFile(root, 'packages/remote/src/index.ts', source => source.replace(
+      '\n}\n\nexport type {',
+      `
+
+  @Remote
+  maybe(value: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+    return value
+  }
+
+  @Remote
+  labelled(id: string, label?: string): string {
+    return label ?? id
+  }
+
+  @Remote
+  clear(): void {}
+}
+
+export type {`,
+    ))
+
+    const [artifact] = new WorkspaceTypertGenerator(root).generate()
+    expect(artifact?.remote?.dts).toContain(
+      "'goals/maybe': (value: string | undefined) => Promise<string | undefined>",
+    )
+    expect(artifact?.remote?.dts).toContain("'goals/clear': () => Promise<void>")
+    // An explicit `T | undefined` stays a required argument; only authored
+    // optionality lets a consumer omit the field.
+    expect(artifact?.remote?.dts).not.toContain('value?: string')
+    expect(artifact?.remote?.dts).toContain("'goals/labelled': (id: string, label?: string) => Promise<string>")
+
+    const remoteJs = artifact?.remote?.js
+    if (remoteJs === undefined) throw new Error('undefined Remote fixture emitted no Host-for-Client JavaScript')
+    const executable = remoteJs.replace("from 'zod'", `from ${JSON.stringify(import.meta.resolve('zod'))}`)
+    const generated = await import(`data:text/javascript,${encodeURIComponent(executable)}`) as RuntimeRemoteModule
+    const maybe = generated.TYPERT_REMOTE.descriptors.find(descriptor => descriptor.id.endsWith('/maybe'))
+    const clear = generated.TYPERT_REMOTE.descriptors.find(descriptor => descriptor.id.endsWith('/clear'))
+    expect(maybe?.parameters[0]?.acceptsUndefined).toBe(true)
+    expect(maybe?.parameters[0]?.codec.schema.safeParse(undefined).success).toBe(true)
+    expect(maybe?.result.schema.safeParse(undefined).success).toBe(true)
+    expect(clear?.result.schema.safeParse(undefined).success).toBe(true)
+    expect(clear?.result.schema.safeParse(null).success).toBe(false)
+    const labelled = generated.TYPERT_REMOTE.descriptors.find(descriptor => descriptor.id.endsWith('/labelled'))
+    expect(labelled?.parameters[0]?.acceptsUndefined).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(labelled?.parameters[1]?.acceptsUndefined).toBe(true)
+    expect(labelled?.parameters[1]?.codec.schema.safeParse(undefined).success).toBe(true)
+    expect(labelled?.parameters[1]?.codec.schema.safeParse(7).success).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('evaluates declaration-merged mapped and conditional boundaries for codecs without widening consumer types', async () => {
     const root = copyFixture()
     editFile(root, 'packages/remote/src/types.ts', source => `${source}
@@ -436,9 +488,9 @@ export interface ClientMarker {
       message: 'Remote parameters cannot have default values',
     },
     {
-      name: 'optional parameter',
-      edit: (source: string) => source.replace('request: CreateGoalRequest', 'request?: CreateGoalRequest'),
-      message: 'Remote parameters cannot be optional',
+      name: 'optional lookup parameter',
+      edit: (source: string) => source.replace('agent: Agent,', 'agent?: Agent,'),
+      message: 'lookup parameter for agent cannot be optional',
     },
     {
       name: 'wrong cancellation type',
diff --git a/packages/typert/type-meta/src/index.ts b/packages/typert/type-meta/src/index.ts
index 3becc67c83..7bbf3f107a 100644
--- a/packages/typert/type-meta/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/typert/type-meta/src/index.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ export type {
   InvocationDescriptor,
   InvocationParameterDescriptor,
   InvocationSourceLocation,
+  RemoteFailure,
+  RemoteResult,
   TypeRTClientRemote,
   TypeRTClientContextBinder,
   TypeRTCodec,
diff --git a/packages/typert/type-meta/src/types.ts b/packages/typert/type-meta/src/types.ts
index c08fb209ee..9fffb8a468 100644
--- a/packages/typert/type-meta/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/typert/type-meta/src/types.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@ export interface TypeRTContextMap {}
 /** Merge-extensible direct Remote method signatures generated for consumers. */
 export interface TypeRTRemoteMap {}
 
+/**
+ * One Remote call's failure as the carrier reported it. `code` stays open here:
+ * the closed RPC code union belongs to the carrier package, which already
+ * depends on this one, so naming it would invert that edge.
+ */
+export interface RemoteFailure {
+  readonly code: string
+  readonly message: string
+  readonly details: object
+}
+
+/**
+ * What every generated Remote method resolves to. The Remote face itself folds
+ * carrier failures into the error branch, so no consumer wraps a call to
+ * recover one; only assembly faults (arity, an unmounted method, a missing
+ * Context binder) still reject.
+ * @template T - the Host method's business result.
+ */
+export type RemoteResult<T> =
+  | { readonly ok: true; readonly value: T }
+  | { readonly ok: false; readonly error: RemoteFailure }
+
 /** Merge-extensible scoped Remote method signatures generated for consumers. */
 export interface TypeRTRemoteScopeMap {}
 
@@ -136,6 +158,8 @@ export interface InvocationParameterDescriptor {
   readonly lookup?: string
   /** Boundary codec for the wire representation. */
   readonly codec: TypeRTCodec
+  /** Missing wire fields decode to `undefined` only for an explicitly declared `T | undefined`. */
+  readonly acceptsUndefined?: true
 }
 
 /** Source position retained for diagnostics from generated definitions. */