diff --git a/discussion/index.ndjson b/discussion/index.ndjson
index d1e7e8fd..daa693f8 100644
--- a/discussion/index.ndjson
+++ b/discussion/index.ndjson
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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 {"type":"discussion","id":"DSC-0039","status":"abandoned","ticket":"render-pipeline-family-and-future-3d","title":"Render Pipeline Family and Future 3D","created_at":"2026-06-04","updated_at":"2026-06-04","tags":["gfx","renderer","runtime","architecture","pipeline"],"agendas":[{"id":"AGD-0039","file":"AGD-0039-render-pipeline-family-and-future-3d.md","status":"abandoned","created_at":"2026-06-04","updated_at":"2026-06-04","_override_reason":"User explicitly chose to close this agenda without a new decision because DSC-0038 already established enough architecture for future extension, and 3D is intentionally deferred."}],"decisions":[],"plans":[],"lessons":[],"_override_reason":"User explicitly chose to close this agenda without a new decision because DSC-0038 already established enough architecture for future extension, and 3D is intentionally deferred."}
 {"type":"discussion","id":"DSC-0040","status":"done","ticket":"vm-render-parallel-execution-boundary","title":"VM and Render Parallel Execution Boundary","created_at":"2026-06-04","updated_at":"2026-06-06","tags":["runtime","renderer","vm","concurrency","architecture","perf"],"agendas":[],"decisions":[],"plans":[],"lessons":[{"id":"LSN-0048","file":"discussion/lessons/DSC-0040-vm-render-parallel-execution-boundary/LSN-0048-render-workers-need-a-closed-packet-contract.md","status":"done","created_at":"2026-06-06","updated_at":"2026-06-06"}]}
diff --git a/discussion/workflow/plans/PLN-0166-publish-hub-kill-contract-spec-and-lesson-hooks.md b/discussion/workflow/plans/PLN-0166-publish-hub-kill-contract-spec-and-lesson-hooks.md
index 1372728e..cff2b5f4 100644
--- a/discussion/workflow/plans/PLN-0166-publish-hub-kill-contract-spec-and-lesson-hooks.md
+++ b/discussion/workflow/plans/PLN-0166-publish-hub-kill-contract-spec-and-lesson-hooks.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 id: PLN-0166
 ticket: hub-suspended-game-kill-affordance
 title: Publish Hub Kill Contract Spec And Lesson Hooks
-status: open
+status: done
 created: 2026-07-05
 ref_decisions: [DEC-0040]
 tags: [hub, lifecycle, game, ui]
diff --git a/docs/specs/runtime/09-events-and-concurrency.md b/docs/specs/runtime/09-events-and-concurrency.md
index 055b7fdd..133b8839 100644
--- a/docs/specs/runtime/09-events-and-concurrency.md
+++ b/docs/specs/runtime/09-events-and-concurrency.md
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ foreground Game. The new Game MUST receive a fresh VM session. Failure while
 loading or initializing the replacement Game MUST return the machine to
 Hub/Home and MUST NOT restore the previous Game in v1.
 
+Manual Hub termination of a suspended resident Game has the same session
+removal authority as destructive Game replacement, except that no replacement
+Game is started. SystemOS MUST remove the Game from execution eligibility and
+resumable state, close its task, stop its process, remove its VM session, clear
+task-scoped pending lifecycle delivery, and keep Hub/Home as the foreground
+owner. After manual Hub termination, resume queries MUST report no resident
+Game. A later launch of the same cartridge is a fresh Game session.
+
 ## 9 Render Worker Concurrency
 
 The render worker is not a machine-visible event source and does not introduce
diff --git a/docs/specs/runtime/12-firmware-pos-and-prometeuhub.md b/docs/specs/runtime/12-firmware-pos-and-prometeuhub.md
index bda74dc3..c78311fa 100644
--- a/docs/specs/runtime/12-firmware-pos-and-prometeuhub.md
+++ b/docs/specs/runtime/12-firmware-pos-and-prometeuhub.md
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ The VM does not own the machine lifecycle. Firmware does.
   frame pacing.
 - **VM session**: the POS-owned mutable execution context for one VM-backed
   process. It contains the VM instance and per-session runtime state.
+- **Hub resident Game kill control**: a Hub/Home affordance that terminates the
+  current resident Game instead of resuming it.
 
 ## 3 POS Responsibilities
 
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ PrometeuHub is responsible for:
 - presenting the host-provided local games library when `--games-root <dir>` is
   configured;
 - emitting system-owned launch actions for selected Home entries.
+- presenting a resident Game kill control while Hub/Home owns foreground and a
+  Game is resident/suspended.
 
 The Hub does not execute bytecode directly. It always delegates execution setup to POS.
 
@@ -219,6 +223,17 @@ It preserves Game VM state but is not execution-eligible except for the bounded
 pause handoff and later foreground resume. A VM-backed Shell has a separate VM
 session. A native Shell has no VM session.
 
+When Hub/Home is foreground and a Game cartridge remains resident/suspended,
+PrometeuHub MUST render a red control in the bottom-right of the Hub viewport.
+The control MUST display only the resident Game title. It MUST NOT be rendered
+for no resident Game, Shell tasks, System tasks, or native Shell tasks.
+
+Clicking the Hub resident Game kill control is a system-owned immediate
+termination request. Firmware MUST keep the user in Hub/Home, MUST NOT ask for
+confirmation in v1, and MUST NOT resume the killed Game on subsequent Home
+actions. The control MUST disappear on the next Hub frame after the resident
+Game is no longer present.
+
 ## 8 Cartridge Load Flow
 
 Current high-level flow:
@@ -257,6 +272,28 @@ before closing the old Game when such an event exists. Replacement MUST NOT
 block on that event in v1. VM-backed Shell loading creates a distinct Shell
 session and must not overwrite resident Game VM state.
 
+Manual Hub resident Game kill and destructive different-Game replacement MUST
+share the canonical resident-Game termination path. That path MUST:
+
+- close the resident Game task;
+- mark its process stopped;
+- remove its VM session;
+- clear resident Game state and pending Game lifecycle delivery for that task;
+- keep or return foreground ownership to Hub/Home;
+- transition render ownership to Shell/Hub (`AppMode::Shell`, `app_id = 0`);
+- clear the Game lifecycle audio pause state;
+- unbind the Game2D frame composer scene;
+- shut down cartridge-scoped asset manager state, including slot identity and
+  physical glyph/scene/sound banks.
+
+After this operation, the killed Game MUST NOT be resumable. Launching that
+same Game again from Home is a fresh cartridge load and a fresh VM session.
+Manual Hub kill MUST emit an INFO Hub log with the message shape:
+
+```text
+Resident game killed from Hub: <title>
+```
+
 POS selects the cartridge and its execution context, but the cartridge's initial callable is not chosen by firmware metadata. Execution starts from the cartridge boot protocol defined in [`13-cartridge.md`](13-cartridge.md), currently `func_id = 0`.
 
 When Home launches a discovered Game entry, the request is a system-owned action
@@ -341,6 +378,9 @@ Expected behavior:
   resident Game session;
 - returning to the same Game resumes it through the foreground lifecycle and
   waits for current-epoch Game rendering before visual Game presentation.
+- clicking the red bottom-right resident Game kill control terminates the
+  resident Game, keeps Home foreground, clears runtime/cartridge residue, and
+  removes the resume path.
 
 ## 13 Relationship to Other Specs