diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 6d6d9d9..c7ba39f 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ implementation agents.
    (assembly layer), never the protocol crate.
 
 10. **Backpressure and limits are inherited, not redefined** — bounded
-    per-channel buffers, the 256-channel per-connection cap, monotonic
+    per-channel buffers, the 256-channel default caps (per-connection
+    memory bound, ADR-040; per-identity DoS defense, ADR-041 — policy
+    knobs, configurable without a wire change; the `u32` wire space
+    itself is ~4 billion), monotonic
     channel IDs, and the zero-length-sentinel EOF convention are
     alkcall channels invariants (see alkcall ADR-040/041/034). The
     crate consumes them via `ChannelCore`/`ChannelClient`; do not build
diff --git a/docs/research/phase-0.md b/docs/research/phase-0.md
index d2094f9..28263db 100644
--- a/docs/research/phase-0.md
+++ b/docs/research/phase-0.md
@@ -529,8 +529,10 @@ what gets each datagram to `addr`?
    handles* — because alktunnels' udp substrate is **connected**
    (`connect_udp(target)`: one tunnel, one fixed target) while
    ASSOCIATE names a different destination per datagram. Cost: one
-   open per destination (bounded by the 256-channel cap; fine for
-   DNS + browsing; the per-destination latency is a POC #2
+   open per destination (the per-connection/per-identity channel
+   defaults are 256 — ADR-040/041 policy knobs, configurable without a
+   wire change; the `u32` wire space is ~4 billion — so fine for DNS +
+   browsing, and the per-destination open latency is a POC #2
    measurement). Benefit: **per-target ACL for free** — the ACL
    governing the udp-tunnel resource governs egress per destination
    (dissolving most of OQ-SK-05 for the composed path), and hub