diff --git a/hermes_cli/update_receipt.py b/hermes_cli/update_receipt.py
index 495f371165..bef4a88372 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/update_receipt.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/update_receipt.py
@@ -327,9 +327,10 @@ def collect_fleet_versions(*, pre_restart_pids: Optional[list[int]] = None) -> l
                 continue
             # A live non-gateway (or a gateway for another profile) can write a
             # plausible state file. Keep the fail-open visibility row, but never
-            # let that file's SHA classify the process as current or stale.
+            # let that file's self-reported SHA or version classify or label
+            # the process — both claims have the same trust problem.
             if runtime_status_pid_is_live(record):
-                results.append(_fleet_row(profile, pid, None, record.get("code_version"), None))
+                results.append(_fleet_row(profile, pid, None, None, None))
                 continue
             # Dead PID (or a live PID recycled by an unrelated process during the update's own
             # churn): a DOWN row only when this exact pid was alive at update start AND the record
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_update_receipt.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_update_receipt.py
index cc9f6e7320..5ed815883b 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_update_receipt.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_update_receipt.py
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ class TestFleetClassification:
         assert len(fleet) == 1
         assert fleet[0]["pid"] == os.getpid()
         assert fleet[0]["state"] == "unknown"
+        assert fleet[0]["code_sha"] is None
+        assert fleet[0]["code_version"] is None
 
     def test_current_gateway(self, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
         sha = "a" * 40
@@ -397,6 +399,8 @@ class TestFleetClassification:
 
         assert len(fleet) == 1
         assert fleet[0]["state"] == "unknown"
+        assert fleet[0]["code_sha"] is None
+        assert fleet[0]["code_version"] is None
 
     def test_matrix_returns_true_only_on_stale(self, capsys):
         assert ur.print_fleet_version_matrix([]) is False