diff --git a/docs/roadmap/audit/catalog.md b/docs/roadmap/audit/catalog.md
index 9ebf3bd..fc950ea 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap/audit/catalog.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap/audit/catalog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Consolidated audit catalog
 
-Status: **24 distinct open findings: two P2 and 22 P3**, consolidated from 30
+Status: **23 distinct open findings: one P2 and 22 P3**, consolidated from 30
 numbered entries in seven audit documents. Reviewed audit state:
 `db732e3a1de55c844f77870e1c6db683c2685d5d`.
 
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ Also noted in the [documentation cross-references](13-documentation.md#previousl
 
 ## F04 — P2: Prepared-request preview can succeed without a prepared result
 
+**Complete.** The command rejects a missing prepared request after provider and
+cancellation checks, preserving acquired evidence. Its public-command regression
+failed against the original behavior; focused preparation tests pass with valid,
+missing, provider-error and canceled acquisitions.
+
 The ckprompt prepared-request handler accepts an empty `Acquired` value with a
 nil error from `PrepareRequest`. It renders `null` and reports success despite
 having no prepared request.
diff --git a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
index 54b442b..3596db8 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Audit remediation implementation plan
 
-Status: in progress; Stages 1–3 complete.
+Status: in progress; Stages 1–4 complete.
 
 Baseline: `d492c7747175c01a53261206c2b4356e53453621`. Before this sprint,
 intervening changes recorded decisions and retired the completed older
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ open for the remaining parsing and binding wrappers.
 
 ## Stage 4 — Reject missing prepared-request results
 
+**Complete.** Missing prepared requests produce an operational failure while
+retaining diagnostics and explanations. The public-command regression reproduced
+the original successful null preview; focused preparation tests now pass in the
+offline aligned workspace with Go 1.27.0 and read-only module resolution, covering
+valid results, provider errors, and cancellation as well.
+
 Findings: F04. Source: ckprompt `preparation.go`.
 
 1. After the existing provider-error and cancellation handling in
diff --git a/integrations/ckprompt/preparation.go b/integrations/ckprompt/preparation.go
index a7dda5f..ee8fb09 100644
--- a/integrations/ckprompt/preparation.go
+++ b/integrations/ckprompt/preparation.go
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ func runRequestPreparation[I, S any](invocation commandkit.Invocation, suite Sui
 	if err := promptKitContextError(invocation.Context); err != nil {
 		return definitionFailure(fmt.Sprintf("Preparation of the PromptKit request for prompt %q was canceled.", input.promptID), acquired.Explanation, err)
 	}
+	if acquired.Value == nil {
+		return definitionFailure("PromptKit request preparation returned no result.", acquired.Explanation, nil)
+	}
 	_ = invocation.Reporter().Report(commandkit.Report{Value: acquired.Value})
 	return commandkit.Success()
 }
diff --git a/integrations/ckprompt/preparation_test.go b/integrations/ckprompt/preparation_test.go
index eca9dfe..7a48c54 100644
--- a/integrations/ckprompt/preparation_test.go
+++ b/integrations/ckprompt/preparation_test.go
@@ -105,3 +105,43 @@ func TestNativePreparationBuilderAndErrorIdentity(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("native error = %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPreparationCommandRejectsMissingResultAndRetainsEvidence(t *testing.T) {
+	cause := errors.New("provider failure")
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name        string
+		providerErr error
+		cancel      bool
+	}{
+		{name: "missing result"}, {name: "provider error", providerErr: cause}, {name: "cancellation", cancel: true},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+			defer cancel()
+			app := newPromptTestApp(t, Command(Suite[struct{}, struct{}]{PrepareRequest: func(context.Context, PreparationRequest, struct{}, struct{}) (commandkit.Acquired[*promptkit.PreparedRun], error) {
+				if tc.cancel {
+					cancel()
+				}
+				acquired := commandkit.Acquired[*promptkit.PreparedRun]{
+					Diagnostics: []commandkit.Diagnostic{{Severity: commandkit.SeverityWarning, Write: func(w io.Writer) error { _, err := io.WriteString(w, "provider diagnostic\n"); return err }}},
+					Explanation: commandkit.Explanation{Message: "provider explanation"},
+				}
+				if tc.providerErr != nil {
+					acquired.Value = &promptkit.PreparedRun{PromptID: "briefing"}
+				}
+				return acquired, tc.providerErr
+			}}))
+			var output, diagnostics bytes.Buffer
+			result := app.Execute(ctx, []string{"promptkit", "show", "prepared", "briefing", "--format=json", "--verbose"}, commandkit.Streams{Out: &output, Err: &diagnostics})
+			if result.Kind != commandkit.OutcomeOperational || output.Len() != 0 || !bytes.Contains(diagnostics.Bytes(), []byte("provider diagnostic")) || !bytes.Contains(diagnostics.Bytes(), []byte("provider explanation")) {
+				t.Fatalf("result=%#v output=%q diagnostics=%q", result, output.String(), diagnostics.String())
+			}
+			if tc.providerErr != nil && !errors.Is(result.Cause, tc.providerErr) {
+				t.Fatalf("provider cause = %v", result.Cause)
+			}
+			if tc.cancel && !errors.Is(result.Cause, context.Canceled) {
+				t.Fatalf("cancellation cause = %v", result.Cause)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}