diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index e6d2923b14..c5b55cbfc1 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ The Apollo rules below take precedence over anything inherited from upstream.
 
 ## Branches
 
-- `m1-wled-update`: the M-1 product branch today (WLED v16.0.1 + M-1 work, tag m1-b8).
-  Deletion and force-push are blocked.
-- `main`: still the 2026-07 upstream 17.0.0-dev snapshot plus the install-page workflow.
-  Do not build or branch from it. It is due to become the product branch (pointed at
-  m1-wled-update's history), which needs an org owner to switch the default branch for
-  the move; until then the install page deploys from it unchanged.
-- `archive/main-upstream-snapshot-2026-07`: a copy of the current `main`, kept for when
-  `main` moves.
+- `main`: the M-1 product branch (since 2026-10-22: WLED v16.0.1 + M-1 work, tag m1-b8)
+  and the default branch. Changes go through pull requests; deletion and force-push are
+  blocked. The install page deploys from it.
+- `m1-wled-update`: the former product branch, frozen read-only at 30e8a0ed (the commit
+  `main` took over) so old links and docs that name it still resolve. Do not use it.
+- `archive/main-upstream-snapshot-2026-07` and `archive/main-before-product-2026-10-22`:
+  the previous `main` (an upstream 17.0.0-dev snapshot plus the install-page workflow),
+  frozen and kept for reference.
 
 ## Shipping: keep the install page and the flash script working
 
diff --git a/PROGRESS.md b/PROGRESS.md
index 483435cd2e..377febf500 100644
--- a/PROGRESS.md
+++ b/PROGRESS.md
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ BENCH_SESSION_D10.md (chains), BENCH_SESSION_AP.md (AP mode + first-run).
 ## Canonical locations
 - THIS repo: /Users/justinapollo/Code/ApolloAutomation/WLED-M1 = clone of
   ApolloAutomation/WLED-M1 (public GitHub fork of wled/WLED). UPDATED 2026-10-22:
-  m1-wled-update is the M-1 product branch (deletion and force-push blocked).
-  `main` is still the 2026-07 upstream snapshot hosting the install-page workflow;
-  moving the product onto `main` waits on an org owner (default-branch switch).
-  A copy of the current main is kept as archive/main-upstream-snapshot-2026-07.
-  hub75-first-boot-defaults was deleted (upstream PRs withdrawn). Never force push.
-  Nothing goes to upstream WLED. See CLAUDE.md.
+  `main` is the M-1 product branch and the default (it took over m1-wled-update's
+  history at 30e8a0ed). m1-wled-update is frozen read-only. The previous main is kept
+  as archive/main-upstream-snapshot-2026-07 and archive/main-before-product-2026-10-22.
+  hub75-first-boot-defaults was deleted (upstream PRs withdrawn). Changes reach main
+  through PRs. Never force push. Nothing goes to upstream WLED. See CLAUDE.md.
 - Old clone /Users/justinapollo/Code/ApolloAutomation/WLED: retired source of the
   recovered work (branches apollo/m1, hub75-first-boot-defaults; its linked
   worktree ../WLED-upstream-pr belongs to it). Read-only; upstream push disabled in