diff --git a/docs/roadmap/remediation.md b/docs/roadmap/remediation.md
index 698c863..aac17b2 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap/remediation.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap/remediation.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Import Discovery and Scheduling Review Findings
 
-Status: in progress; issue 1 complete, five findings remain.
+Status: in progress; issues 1–2 complete, four findings remain.
 
 Reviewed implementation: `aa93aed..15943e2`, ending at
 `15943e233ca3cd1286c03c0e7085871db344cd4b`, against the accepted
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ source contexts, repeated paths, and distinct alias admission. The regression
 failed before the fix. Focused discovery/resource tests and `./scripts/check.sh`
 passed with Go 1.26.9 and offline dependency selection.
 
-## 2. [ ] P1 — Scope main-version protection to the actual effective path
+## 2. [x] P1 — Scope main-version protection to the actual effective path
 
 Owner: [composePendingItems](../../internal/engine/imports.go), around lines
 694–695, and its call to `importedVersionClaim`.
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ the effective paths really overlap. Cover imported/nested items, item helpers,
 main-item loading, underlays, and enabled source-version modes without adding
 blanket exemptions or banning ordinary domain version fields.
 
+Completed: removed the global-rule check against item-local field names; enclosing
+composition checks retain effective-path protection, including the existing
+main-item scoped check. New public regressions cover item bodies, helpers, nested
+items, underlays, and selected main items, and failed before the change. The
+full everyday check passed, including existing default/enabled source-version
+and assigned-index ownership regressions.
+
 ## 3. [ ] P2 — Accept valid multi-component native filesystem roots
 
 Owner: [resolveNativeImportPath](../../internal/engine/filesystem_links.go),
diff --git a/facade_item_version_test.go b/facade_item_version_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d20e1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/facade_item_version_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package configkit_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"testing/fstest"
+
+	configkit "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit"
+)
+
+func TestFacadeItemDomainVersionsKeepEffectiveScope(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		name, item, child, helper string
+		underlay, mainItem        bool
+	}{
+		{name: "item", item: "id: item\nversion: domain\n"},
+		{name: "helper", item: "id: item\nconfigkit: {imports: [{path: helper.yml}]}\n", helper: "version: domain\n"},
+		{name: "nested", item: "id: parent\nconfigkit: {imports: [{path: child.yml, destination: [children], placement: sequence-item}]}\n", child: "id: child\nversion: domain\n"},
+		{name: "underlay", item: "id: item\nversion: domain\n", underlay: true},
+		{name: "main-item", item: "id: parent\nconfigkit: {imports: [{path: child.yml, destination: [children], placement: sequence-item}]}\n", child: "id: child\nversion: domain\n", mainItem: true},
+	} {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			files := fstest.MapFS{
+				"main.yml":     {Data: []byte("version: 1\nconfigkit: {imports: [{path: item.yml, destination: [items], placement: sequence-item}]}\n")},
+				"item.yml":     {Data: []byte(test.item)},
+				"child.yml":    {Data: []byte(test.child)},
+				"helper.yml":   {Data: []byte(test.helper)},
+				"underlay.yml": {Data: []byte("configkit: {imports: [{path: item.yml, destination: [items], placement: sequence-item}]}\n")},
+			}
+			filesystem := configkit.NewFilesystem("items", files)
+			definition := configkit.Definition[map[string]any]{Version: &configkit.VersionRule{
+				Path: configkit.Keys("version"), Check: func(configkit.Version, *configkit.Validation) error { return nil },
+			}}
+			var result *configkit.Result[map[string]any]
+			var err error
+			switch {
+			case test.underlay:
+				result, err = configkit.LoadLayered(configkit.Input{Source: configkit.Mapping("main", map[string]any{"version": "1"})}, configkit.LayeredOptions[map[string]any]{
+					Definition: definition, Underlays: []configkit.Underlay{{Inputs: []configkit.Input{{Source: filesystem.File("underlay.yml"), Imports: true}}}},
+				})
+			case test.mainItem:
+				result, err = configkit.Load(filesystem.File("item.yml"), configkit.Options[map[string]any]{
+					Imports: true, Destination: configkit.Keys("items"), PlacementMode: configkit.PlacementModeSequenceItem, Definition: definition,
+				})
+			default:
+				result, err = configkit.Load(filesystem.File("main.yml"), configkit.Options[map[string]any]{Imports: true, Definition: definition})
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			item := result.Config["items"].([]any)[0].(map[string]any)
+			fieldPath := configkit.Keys("items").Index(0).Key("version")
+			if test.child != "" {
+				item = item["children"].([]any)[0].(map[string]any)
+				fieldPath = configkit.Keys("items").Index(0).Key("children").Index(0).Key("version")
+			}
+			if item["version"] != "domain" {
+				t.Fatalf("domain version = %#v", item)
+			}
+			if info, ok := result.Metadata().Lookup(fieldPath); !ok || !info.Explicit {
+				t.Fatalf("version metadata = %#v, %v", info, ok)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/engine/imports.go b/internal/engine/imports.go
index 512c88a..d4110e7 100644
--- a/internal/engine/imports.go
+++ b/internal/engine/imports.go
@@ -691,9 +691,8 @@ func (s *importTraversal) composePendingItems(scope *acquisitionScope) []Diagnos
 		if len(diagnostics) != 0 {
 			return projectItemDiagnosticPaths(diagnostics, *scope, contribution.destination, index)
 		}
-		if diagnostic := importedVersionClaim(documents, *itemScope, completed, s.rule); diagnostic != nil {
-			return []Diagnostic{*diagnostic}
-		}
+		// Version ownership is checked by the enclosing composition once this
+		// item has its effective coordinates, not against its local field names.
 		completed.acquisition = []acquisitionScope{cloneAcquisitionScope(*itemScope)}
 		projectNestedEvidence(completed, *itemScope)
 		_, placed, err := placeDocumentWithMode(completed.root, contribution.destination, placementModeSequenceItem, contribution.payload.Location, maxDocumentDepth, maxDocumentNodes)