diff --git a/.claude/board/LATEST_STATE.md b/.claude/board/LATEST_STATE.md
index 43d1718a3..ff8e72ca2 100644
--- a/.claude/board/LATEST_STATE.md
+++ b/.claude/board/LATEST_STATE.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2026-10-14 — `commit` loses its admin bypass on branch `ccr-0455e606-wmtsor` (unmerged)
+
+- **Contract:** `ActionInvocation::commit` no longer lets an `admin` role pass an action that requires another role; admin is an ordinary role, as it already was in `commit_via`. One authorization rule for both paths (decision 2, 2026-10-14). Test: `action::tests::commit_admin_is_a_role_not_a_bypass` (red before the change). No caller relied on the bypass (rs-graph-llm `graph-flow-action` tests use no admin role).
+
 ## 2026-10-14 — per-classid field mask default on branch `ccr-0455e606-wmtsor` (unmerged)
 
 - **Contract:** `RbacBinding::with_class_field_defaults(Vec<(u16, WideFieldMask)>)`. A role the authority declared no field mask for gets the class default instead of every field, so the union over a user's roles can no longer open a sensitive field through a mask-less role. Policy data keyed by classid; it never changes a declared mask and is dropped outside the plug. HubSPO-rs D-IAM-3 (POC). Tests: `rbac_plug::a_class_default_replaces_the_open_default_and_nothing_else`, `authorize::plug_tests::a_class_default_keeps_sensitive_fields_out_of_the_union`; both red with the lookup removed.
diff --git a/crates/lance-graph-contract/src/action.rs b/crates/lance-graph-contract/src/action.rs
index efda139b6..23035ba1e 100644
--- a/crates/lance-graph-contract/src/action.rs
+++ b/crates/lance-graph-contract/src/action.rs
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ impl ActionInvocation {
     /// - `def` does not identify THIS invocation (`object_class`/`predicate`
     ///   mismatch) → `Failed` — authorization is NEVER applied against an
     ///   unrelated definition's `required_role`.
-    /// - unauthorized actor (lacks [`ActionDef::required_role`], not admin) → `Failed`
+    /// - unauthorized actor (lacks [`ActionDef::required_role`]) → `Failed`. Admin
+    ///   is an ordinary role here: it passes only where the action requires it.
     /// - state guard present and unsatisfied (`guard_field_value != Some(value)`)
     ///   → `Cancelled` — the action is not eligible in the current state.
     /// - MUL `Flow`  → `Committed` (dispatched; `emitted_at_millis` stamped)
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ impl ActionInvocation {
         }
         // RBAC — authority before eligibility/impact.
         if let Some(role) = def.required_role {
-            let authorized = actor.is_admin() || actor.roles.iter().any(|r| r == role);
+            let authorized = actor.roles.iter().any(|r| r == role);
             if !authorized {
                 self.state = ActionState::Failed;
                 return self.state;
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ impl ActionInvocation {
     /// state guard → MUL impact), but RBAC is resolved through the [`ClassRbac`]
     /// trait instead of an [`crate::auth::ActorContext`] value.
     ///
-    /// **No `is_admin` bypass**: unlike `commit`, this method does NOT grant
+    /// **No `is_admin` bypass**, the same as `commit`: this method does NOT grant
     /// unconditional access to admins. An actor claiming administrative privilege
     /// must hold a role whose grant explicitly permits
     /// `Operation::Act { action: def.predicate }` on `def.object_class`. This is
@@ -731,6 +732,37 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// Admin is an ordinary role: it passes only where an action requires it
+    /// (decision 2026-10-14; `commit_via` already had no bypass).
+    #[test]
+    fn commit_admin_is_a_role_not_a_bypass() {
+        let def = &SALE_ORDER_ACTIONS[0]; // required_role = "sales_manager"
+        let mut inv = ActionInvocation::pending(0x0A1E_0001, "action_confirm", inst(7), 3, 1, 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            inv.commit(
+                def,
+                &actor_with(&["admin"]),
+                &GateDecision::Flow,
+                Some("draft"),
+                1000
+            ),
+            ActionState::Failed,
+            "admin without the required role is refused"
+        );
+        let mut both = ActionInvocation::pending(0x0A1E_0001, "action_confirm", inst(7), 3, 1, 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            both.commit(
+                def,
+                &actor_with(&["admin", "sales_manager"]),
+                &GateDecision::Flow,
+                Some("draft"),
+                1000
+            ),
+            ActionState::Committed,
+            "the required role still admits, admin or not"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn commit_unauthorized_fails_before_impact() {
         let def = &SALE_ORDER_ACTIONS[0];
diff --git a/docs/OGAR_CONSUMER_API.md b/docs/OGAR_CONSUMER_API.md
index e7ffc16a8..0a9037b12 100644
--- a/docs/OGAR_CONSUMER_API.md
+++ b/docs/OGAR_CONSUMER_API.md
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ Adjudication order (each step can short-circuit):
 - **`def`-match first**: `def.object_class`/`predicate` MUST identify this
   invocation, else `ActionState::Failed` — RBAC/guard/MUL are never applied
   against an unrelated definition's policy.
-- **RBAC** (`auth::ActorContext`): actor must hold `def.required_role` (or be
-  admin) → else `Failed`.
+- **RBAC** (`auth::ActorContext`): actor must hold `def.required_role` → else
+  `Failed`. Admin is an ordinary role, not a bypass: an admin without the
+  required role is refused like anyone else (`commit` and `commit_via` agree).
 - **State guard** (`def.guard`): if present, `guard_field_value` must equal
   `guard.value` (the caller supplies the target instance's current field value —
   the Core holds no object state) → else `Cancelled` (not eligible in this