diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pip-release.yml
index fcfaf818..3896fd0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip-release.yml
@@ -111,33 +111,16 @@ jobs:
           CIBW_ARCHS_WINDOWS: ${{ matrix.arch }}
           CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND: "build"
           CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: "pip install maturin>=1.7"
-          # PUBLISHED wheels carry the full SOTA feature set. A pip extra
-          # (`[aether]`) CANNOT enable a Rust cargo feature on an already-built
-          # wheel, so the only way P6 reaches PyPI users is to compile it in.
-          # `default = []` stays in Cargo.toml (dev builds + the wheel-size
-          # budget job keep guarding the small base compile); the RELEASE build
-          # opts in here via maturin's PEP517 args. Measured 1.68 MiB — well
-          # under the ADR-117 §5.4 5 MiB budget. Set per-platform because
-          # CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_LINUX overrides the general CIBW_ENVIRONMENT.
-          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: 'MATURIN_PEP517_ARGS="--features sota"'
           # The PyO3 sdist landing depends on the cargo/Rust toolchain
           # being present. cibuildwheel images carry rustup on Linux
           # but we also pin a known-good version for reproducibility.
           CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain 1.82"
-          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_LINUX: 'PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH" MATURIN_PEP517_ARGS="--features sota"'
-          # Smoke-test every built wheel before accepting it. This ASSERTS the
-          # SOTA bindings are present and importable — the prior version only
-          # printed __build_features__ and asserted hello(), so a wheel missing
-          # every P6 binding published green. A featureless wheel now fails here
-          # instead of shipping an ImportError to users.
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_LINUX: 'PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"'
+          # Smoke-test every built wheel before accepting it. Catches
+          # the case where the wheel imports but the compiled symbols
+          # are missing.
           CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: "pytest>=8.0"
-          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: >-
-            python -c "import wifi_densepose as w;
-            assert w.hello() == 'ok';
-            missing = [f for f in ('p6-aether-bindings','p6-meridian-bindings','p6-mat-bindings') if f not in w.__build_features__];
-            assert not missing, ('published wheel is missing SOTA bindings: ' + str(missing) + ' have=' + str(w.__build_features__));
-            import wifi_densepose.aether, wifi_densepose.mat, wifi_densepose.meridian;
-            print('OK — SOTA bindings present:', w.__build_features__)"
+          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: 'python -c "import wifi_densepose; assert wifi_densepose.hello() == \"ok\"; print(wifi_densepose.__build_features__)"'
         with:
           package-dir: python
           output-dir: wheelhouse
diff --git a/python/wifi_densepose/aether.py b/python/wifi_densepose/aether.py
index 80f1a010..40238224 100644
--- a/python/wifi_densepose/aether.py
+++ b/python/wifi_densepose/aether.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ Self-supervised 128-dim L2-normalized embeddings for WiFi CSI: room
 fingerprinting, person re-identification, and anomaly scoring, computed
 entirely offline by the Rust core (no server, no network).
 
-Included in the official ``wifi-densepose`` wheels. It is absent only from a
-from-source build that did not enable the Rust ``aether`` feature; rebuild with
-``maturin ... --features aether`` (or ``--features sota`` for all three P6
-subsystems) in that case.
+Not in the binary wheels yet (see ruvnet/RuView#1412 — the P6 SOTA
+bindings are shipped source-build-only for now to keep the base wheel
+small). Build from source with ``maturin ... --features aether`` (or
+``--features sota`` for all three P6 subsystems).
 
 Quick start::
 
@@ -23,15 +23,14 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from wifi_densepose import _native
 
-# The AETHER symbols are compiled into `_native` only under the Rust
-# `aether` feature, which the official wheels enable. They are absent only from
-# a from-source build that omitted the feature — name the actual fix (rebuild
-# with the feature), not a pip extra, which cannot add compiled code to an
-# already-built wheel (ADR-185 §6 acceptance criterion).
+# The AETHER symbols are compiled into `_native` only under the Rust `aether`
+# feature. The binary wheels do NOT enable it yet (ruvnet/RuView#1412);
+# it is available from a source build with the feature. Name that fix, not
+# a pip extra, which cannot add compiled code to a built wheel.
 if not hasattr(_native, "AetherConfig"):
     raise ImportError(
-        "wifi_densepose.aether is not available in this build. The official "
-        "wheels include it; if you built from source, rebuild with "
+        "wifi_densepose.aether is not in the binary wheels yet "
+        "(see ruvnet/RuView#1412). Build from source with "
         "`maturin ... --features aether` (or `--features sota`)."
     )
 
diff --git a/python/wifi_densepose/mat.py b/python/wifi_densepose/mat.py
index 3620b882..b9dbb90d 100644
--- a/python/wifi_densepose/mat.py
+++ b/python/wifi_densepose/mat.py
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 WiFi-based disaster-survivor detection and START-protocol triage from CSI:
 ingest CSI frames, run a scan cycle, and query detected survivors by triage.
 
-Included in the official ``wifi-densepose`` wheels. It is absent only from a
-from-source build that did not enable the Rust ``mat`` feature; rebuild with
-``maturin ... --features mat`` (or ``--features sota``) in that case.
+Not in the binary wheels yet (see ruvnet/RuView#1412 — the P6 SOTA
+bindings are shipped source-build-only for now to keep the base wheel
+small). Build from source with ``maturin ... --features mat`` (or
+``--features sota`` for all three P6 subsystems).
 
 Quick start::
 
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ from wifi_densepose import _native
 # MAT symbols are compiled into `_native` only under the Rust `mat` feature.
 if not hasattr(_native, "DisasterResponse"):
     raise ImportError(
-        "wifi_densepose.mat is not available in this build. The official "
-        "wheels include it; if you built from source, rebuild with "
+        "wifi_densepose.mat is not in the binary wheels yet "
+        "(see ruvnet/RuView#1412). Build from source with "
         "`maturin ... --features mat` (or `--features sota`)."
     )
 
diff --git a/python/wifi_densepose/meridian.py b/python/wifi_densepose/meridian.py
index e5d833d2..6c98e76b 100644
--- a/python/wifi_densepose/meridian.py
+++ b/python/wifi_densepose/meridian.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ Hardware-invariant CSI normalization, geometry-conditioned deployment,
 few-shot room adaptation, and cross-domain evaluation — the tch-free
 inference/adaptation path of Project MERIDIAN, computed by the Rust core.
 
-Included in the official ``wifi-densepose`` wheels. It is absent only from a
-from-source build that did not enable the Rust ``meridian`` feature; rebuild with
-``maturin ... --features meridian`` (or ``--features sota``) in that case.
+Not in the binary wheels yet (see ruvnet/RuView#1412 — the P6 SOTA
+bindings are shipped source-build-only for now to keep the base wheel
+small). Build from source with ``maturin ... --features meridian`` (or
+``--features sota`` for all three P6 subsystems).
 
 Quick start::
 
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ from wifi_densepose import _native
 # `meridian` feature; absent in a base wheel (ADR-185 §6 acceptance).
 if not hasattr(_native, "HardwareNormalizer"):
     raise ImportError(
-        "wifi_densepose.meridian is not available in this build. The official "
-        "wheels include it; if you built from source, rebuild with "
+        "wifi_densepose.meridian is not in the binary wheels yet "
+        "(see ruvnet/RuView#1412). Build from source with "
         "`maturin ... --features meridian` (or `--features sota`)."
     )