diff --git a/cdk/wo_stack.py b/cdk/wo_stack.py
index 7d6bbc0..0f5ee16 100644
--- a/cdk/wo_stack.py
+++ b/cdk/wo_stack.py
@@ -750,14 +750,12 @@ def _add_shoc_webhook_emitter(stack, work_orders_table, comments_table, alarm_to
     shoc_emitter_rejected_queue.grant_send_messages(shoc_emitter)
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # SHIPS DARK: both event source mappings deploy with enabled=False,
-    # deliberately. The full stack (Lambda, queues, alarms, secret,
-    # rotation) deploys and is testable with zero deliveries while SHOC
-    # has no receiver, so our merge cadence never depends on Luby's.
-    # Activation is a one-line enabled=True PR gated on the SHOC receiver
-    # passing the shared HMAC test vectors (plan Phase 3). LATEST start
-    # position => no historical flood at activation; SHOC loads history
-    # via the procurement read API instead.
+    # ACTIVATED (enabled=True) 2026-XX-XX after SHOC's receiver passed the
+    # shared HMAC test vectors. Shipped DARK originally (enabled=False) so the
+    # stack could deploy and be tested with zero deliveries while SHOC had no
+    # receiver; this activation PR is the deliberate one-line flip (plan Phase
+    # 3). LATEST start position => the feed begins now, no historical flood;
+    # SHOC loaded history via the procurement read API before this flip.
     # Ordering knobs: parallelization_factor=1, bisect_batch_on_error=
     # False and retry_attempts=-1 (retry until the 24h record age) are
     # REQUIRED for strict per-work-order in-order delivery -- a retryable
@@ -775,7 +773,7 @@ def _add_shoc_webhook_emitter(stack, work_orders_table, comments_table, alarm_to
             max_record_age=Duration.hours(24),
             parallelization_factor=1,
             report_batch_item_failures=True,
-            enabled=False,
+            enabled=True,
             on_failure=lambda_event_sources.SqsDlq(shoc_emitter_failures_queue),
         )
     )
@@ -789,7 +787,7 @@ def _add_shoc_webhook_emitter(stack, work_orders_table, comments_table, alarm_to
             max_record_age=Duration.hours(24),
             parallelization_factor=1,
             report_batch_item_failures=True,
-            enabled=False,
+            enabled=True,
             on_failure=lambda_event_sources.SqsDlq(shoc_emitter_failures_queue),
         )
     )