diff --git a/scripts/rescope-vendor.ts b/scripts/rescope-vendor.ts
index 45f936e58b..d6f84efd63 100644
--- a/scripts/rescope-vendor.ts
+++ b/scripts/rescope-vendor.ts
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ const EXACT_EDITS: readonly ExactEdit[] = [
   {
     id: 'vendor-readme-local-modification-log',
     file: 'vendor/README.md',
-    find: '\n18. **`cordis/package.json` publishes `src`**',
-    replace: '\n17. **`@deepseek-ai` rescope**: every vendored manifest `name`, every internal dependency entry among the vendored set, and every module specifier that reaches them use the scoped names in the manifest table\'s `npm name` column. Directory names, version numbers, and dependency ranges are unchanged, and no upstream runtime identifier is renamed — `Symbol.for(\'schemastery\')` and Schemastery\'s `vendor:` metadata field keep their upstream values. Re-apply with `pnpm run rescope-vendor --apply` after a sync; the table\'s two name columns are the mapping, restated for consumers in [docs/rescope.md](../docs/rescope.md).\n18. **`cordis/package.json` publishes `src`**',
+    find: '\n16. **`cordis/package.json` publishes `src`**',
+    replace: '\n16. **`cordis/package.json` publishes `src`**: added `src` to the `files` list, joining the other eight vendored packages. Cordis declares `"./src/*": "./src/*"` in its exports, so a tarball without `src` publishes an export map pointing at absent files; the release change judgement also reads `files` to decide whether a diff reaches the payload, and a package whose only published paths are build output has no tracked path to match.\n17. **`@deepseek-ai` rescope**: every vendored manifest `name`, every internal dependency entry among the vendored set, and every module specifier that reaches them use the scoped names in the manifest table\'s `npm name` column. Directory names, version numbers, and dependency ranges are unchanged, and no upstream runtime identifier is renamed — `Symbol.for(\'schemastery\')` and Schemastery\'s `vendor:` metadata field keep their upstream values. Re-apply with `pnpm run rescope-vendor --apply` after a sync; the table\'s two name columns are the mapping, restated for consumers in [docs/rescope.md](../docs/rescope.md).',
     expect: 1,
   },
   {