diff --git a/tests/_coord_test_helpers.py b/tests/_coord_test_helpers.py
index cfa21e53..78bf0e0e 100644
--- a/tests/_coord_test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/_coord_test_helpers.py
@@ -114,7 +114,5 @@ class MockStorage:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.services: list[dict[str, str]] = []
 
-    def list_services(
-        self, service_type: str, max_age_seconds: int = 120
-    ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
+    def list_services(self, service_type: str, max_age_seconds: int = 120) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
         return list(self.services)
diff --git a/turnstone/console/server.py b/turnstone/console/server.py
index bd8d4cf4..0c4dbfcf 100644
--- a/turnstone/console/server.py
+++ b/turnstone/console/server.py
@@ -10106,13 +10106,13 @@ def create_app(
     _docs_handler = make_docs_handler()
 
     # Coord workstream HTTP tree mounts under the unified
-    # ``/api/workstreams/`` shape. Lifted handlers (e.g. ``approve``)
-    # consult ``app.state.session_endpoint_config`` for the kind's
-    # auth + manager-lookup policies. Per-kind handlers
-    # (``coordinator_*``) still look the coord manager up via
-    # ``request.app.state.coord_mgr`` because the manager is built in
-    # the lifespan, after this app construction; future verb lifts
-    # carry that lookup into the config callable.
+    # ``/api/workstreams/`` shape. Lifted handlers (e.g. ``approve``,
+    # ``close``) capture the kind-specific ``SessionEndpointConfig``
+    # via the factory closure. Per-kind handlers (``coordinator_*``)
+    # still look the coord manager up via ``request.app.state.coord_mgr``
+    # at request time because the manager is built in the lifespan,
+    # after this app construction; future verb lifts carry that lookup
+    # into the config callable.
     coord_endpoint_config = SessionEndpointConfig(
         permission_gate=_require_admin_coordinator,
         manager_lookup=_require_coord_mgr,
@@ -10593,7 +10593,6 @@ def create_app(
         lifespan=_lifespan,
     )
     app.state.collector = collector
-    app.state.session_endpoint_config = coord_endpoint_config
     app.state.jwt_secret = jwt_secret
     app.state.auth_storage = auth_storage
     app.state.proxy_token_mgr = proxy_token_mgr
diff --git a/turnstone/core/session_routes.py b/turnstone/core/session_routes.py
index 56d032bd..e7c3057c 100644
--- a/turnstone/core/session_routes.py
+++ b/turnstone/core/session_routes.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Both node and console processes mount the workstream HTTP tree at
 :class:`~turnstone.core.session_manager.SessionManager` (interactive
 on the node, coordinator on the console). One URL shape, two
 processes, kind-specific policy in :class:`SessionEndpointConfig`
-that handlers consult at request time via ``app.state``.
+captured by closure when the handler factory is called at app
+construction.
 
 Three registrar functions:
 
@@ -20,10 +21,12 @@ Three registrar functions:
   that doesn't exist on interactive workstreams.
 
 Some verbs in :class:`SharedSessionVerbHandlers` ship as factory-
-returned closures (e.g. :func:`make_approve_handler`) that bake the
-:class:`SessionEndpointConfig` in at app-construction time. Both
-node and console call the factory during startup and pass the
-result as ``handlers.approve``.
+returned closures (e.g. :func:`make_approve_handler`,
+:func:`make_close_handler`) that bake their
+:class:`SessionEndpointConfig` (and any verb-specific args like
+``audit_emit``) in at app-construction time. Both node and console
+call the factory during startup and pass the result as
+``handlers.approve`` / ``handlers.close``.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -61,12 +64,11 @@ TenantCheck = Callable[
 class SessionEndpointConfig:
     """Per-kind policy the lifted handler bodies consult at request time.
 
-    Instantiated once per process during app construction and stored
-    on ``app.state.session_endpoint_config``. The unified handler
-    bodies pull this config + the kind manager from ``app.state``
-    rather than taking either as a per-request parameter — keeps the
-    handler signatures uniform (``Handler = Request -> Response``)
-    so the registrar mounts them like any other route.
+    Instantiated once per process during app construction and passed
+    to the verb factory (e.g. :func:`make_approve_handler`,
+    :func:`make_close_handler`), which captures it via closure. The
+    request-time handler reads ``cfg`` from the closure rather than
+    ``app.state`` so the dependency is visible at the wire-up site.
 
     - ``permission_gate``: kind's pre-handler permission check
       (e.g. ``admin.coordinator`` for coord, ``None`` for interactive
@@ -304,20 +306,18 @@ def register_coord_verbs(
 #
 # Each verb here was previously implemented twice (once in
 # ``turnstone/server.py`` for interactive, once in
-# ``turnstone/console/server.py`` for coord). The lifted body uses
-# the kind-specific :class:`SessionEndpointConfig` from
-# ``app.state.session_endpoint_config`` to branch on the few places
-# the kinds legitimately differ.
+# ``turnstone/console/server.py`` for coord). The lifted body
+# branches on the kind-specific :class:`SessionEndpointConfig` the
+# factory captured at app-construction time.
 #
 # Verbs not lifted yet (intentional — bodies have substantive
 # behavior divergence that needs SessionManager-side refactoring,
 # not just kind branching): send (worker dispatch — Priority 1
-# territory), cancel (interactive does inline forensics + force-cancel
-# ws._lock manipulation), close (interactive caps + redacts +
-# persists close_reason), open (interactive resume vs coord rehydrate),
-# events (different SSE replay shapes), create (interactive
-# attachments vs coord initial_message), list / saved (different
-# response keys: ``workstreams`` vs ``coordinators``).
+# territory), cancel (interactive does inline forensics + force-
+# cancel ws._lock manipulation), open (interactive resume vs coord
+# rehydrate), events (different SSE replay shapes), create
+# (interactive attachments vs coord initial_message), list / saved
+# (different response keys: ``workstreams`` vs ``coordinators``).
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
diff --git a/turnstone/server.py b/turnstone/server.py
index 30757cbe..1ac033d1 100644
--- a/turnstone/server.py
+++ b/turnstone/server.py
@@ -815,8 +815,8 @@ def _interactive_manager_lookup(
 
     Interactive always has the manager loaded (it's constructed
     synchronously at server startup), so the 503 branch is unused
-    on this side. Match the :data:`SessionRouteHandlers` signature
-    so the lifted handler bodies can call it uniformly.
+    on this side. Matches the :attr:`SessionEndpointConfig.manager_lookup`
+    callable shape so the lifted handler bodies can call it uniformly.
     """
     return request.app.state.workstreams, None
 
@@ -4369,9 +4369,9 @@ def create_app(
 
     # Workstream HTTP tree — owned by the shared registrar in
     # ``turnstone.core.session_routes`` so the console mounts the same
-    # shape against its coord manager. ``session_endpoint_config``
-    # carries the kind-specific policy (auth, manager lookup, audit
-    # prefix) the lifted handler bodies consult.
+    # shape against its coord manager. The lifted handler factories
+    # (``make_approve_handler``, ``make_close_handler``) capture the
+    # kind-specific ``SessionEndpointConfig`` via closure.
     interactive_endpoint_config = SessionEndpointConfig(
         permission_gate=None,  # interactive auth is enforced at the middleware layer
         manager_lookup=_interactive_manager_lookup,
@@ -4473,7 +4473,6 @@ def create_app(
         lifespan=_lifespan,
     )
     app.state.workstreams = workstreams
-    app.state.session_endpoint_config = interactive_endpoint_config
     app.state.global_queue = global_queue
     app.state.global_listeners = global_listeners
     app.state.global_listeners_lock = global_listeners_lock