diff --git a/src/features/housekeeping/foundation/preview-route-contract.test.ts b/src/features/housekeeping/foundation/preview-route-contract.test.ts
index a78ec0ec..cd5ffa79 100644
--- a/src/features/housekeeping/foundation/preview-route-contract.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/housekeeping/foundation/preview-route-contract.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
-import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import { posix, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { createElement, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ import type { HousekeepingCapabilityContext } from "./contracts";
 
 const routeMocks = vi.hoisted(() => {
 	const messages: Record<string, string> = {
-		"preview.badge": "Localized preview",
-		"preview.commandDisabled": "Localized disabled command",
-		"preview.backToSite": "Localized back to site",
-		"navigation.skipToContent": "Localized skip to content",
-		"navigation.primary": "Localized primary navigation",
-		"navigation.contextual": "Localized contextual navigation",
-		"domains.people.title": "Localized People",
+		"preview.badge": "HK::preview-badge",
+		"preview.commandDisabled": "HK::command-disabled",
+		"preview.backToSite": "HK::back-to-site",
+		"navigation.skipToContent": "HK::skip-to-content",
+		"navigation.primary": "HK::primary-navigation",
+		"navigation.contextual": "HK::contextual-navigation",
+		"domains.people.title": "HK::people-title",
 		"domains.people.description": "Localized People description",
 		"domains.economy.title": "Localized Economy",
 		"domains.economy.description": "Localized Economy description",
@@ -89,6 +89,155 @@ const routeFiles = [
 	"src/app/admin-next/[domain]/page.tsx",
 ] as const;
 
+const forbiddenModuleRoots = [
+	"src/lib/db",
+	"src/lib/auth",
+	"src/lib/permissions",
+	"src/actions",
+	"src/app/actions",
+	"src/app/admin",
+	"src/app/mod",
+] as const;
+
+interface SourceToken {
+	kind: "word" | "string" | "punctuation";
+	value: string;
+}
+
+function tokenizeModuleSource(source: string): readonly SourceToken[] {
+	const tokens: SourceToken[] = [];
+	let index = 0;
+
+	while (index < source.length) {
+		const character = source[index];
+		const nextCharacter = source[index + 1];
+
+		if (/\s/.test(character)) {
+			index += 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (character === "/" && nextCharacter === "/") {
+			index = source.indexOf("\n", index + 2);
+			if (index === -1) break;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (character === "/" && nextCharacter === "*") {
+			const end = source.indexOf("*/", index + 2);
+			index = end === -1 ? source.length : end + 2;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (character === '"' || character === "'" || character === "`") {
+			const quote = character;
+			let value = "";
+			let interpolated = false;
+			index += 1;
+
+			while (index < source.length) {
+				const current = source[index];
+				if (current === "\\") {
+					value += source[index + 1] ?? "";
+					index += 2;
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (quote === "`" && current === "$" && source[index + 1] === "{") {
+					interpolated = true;
+				}
+				if (current === quote) {
+					index += 1;
+					break;
+				}
+				value += current;
+				index += 1;
+			}
+
+			if (!interpolated) tokens.push({ kind: "string", value });
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (/[A-Za-z_$]/.test(character)) {
+			const start = index;
+			index += 1;
+			while (index < source.length && /[A-Za-z0-9_$]/.test(source[index])) {
+				index += 1;
+			}
+			tokens.push({ kind: "word", value: source.slice(start, index) });
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		tokens.push({ kind: "punctuation", value: character });
+		index += 1;
+	}
+
+	return tokens;
+}
+
+function extractModuleSpecifiers(source: string): readonly string[] {
+	const tokens = tokenizeModuleSource(source);
+	const specifiers: string[] = [];
+
+	for (let index = 0; index < tokens.length; index += 1) {
+		const token = tokens[index];
+		if (
+			token.kind !== "word" ||
+			(token.value !== "import" && token.value !== "export")
+		) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		const next = tokens[index + 1];
+		if (token.value === "import" && next?.value === "(") {
+			const argument = tokens[index + 2];
+			if (argument?.kind === "string") specifiers.push(argument.value);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (token.value === "import" && next?.kind === "string") {
+			specifiers.push(next.value);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		for (let cursor = index + 1; cursor < tokens.length; cursor += 1) {
+			const candidate = tokens[cursor];
+			if (candidate.value === ";") break;
+			if (candidate.kind === "word" && candidate.value === "from") {
+				const moduleSpecifier = tokens[cursor + 1];
+				if (moduleSpecifier?.kind === "string") {
+					specifiers.push(moduleSpecifier.value);
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return specifiers;
+}
+
+function normalizeLocalSpecifier(
+	routeFile: string,
+	specifier: string,
+): string | null {
+	if (specifier.startsWith("@/")) {
+		return posix.normalize(`src/${specifier.slice(2)}`);
+	}
+	if (specifier.startsWith(".")) {
+		return posix.normalize(posix.join(posix.dirname(routeFile), specifier));
+	}
+
+	return null;
+}
+
+function findForbiddenRouteImports(
+	source: string,
+	routeFile: string,
+): readonly string[] {
+	return extractModuleSpecifiers(source)
+		.map((specifier) => normalizeLocalSpecifier(routeFile, specifier))
+		.filter((path): path is string => path !== null)
+		.filter((path) =>
+			forbiddenModuleRoots.some(
+				(root) => path === root || path.startsWith(`${root}/`),
+			),
+		);
+}
+
 function capabilityContext(
 	granted: readonly string[],
 	actor = { id: 42, username: "refreshed-moderator", rank: 3 },
@@ -244,9 +393,13 @@ describe("/admin-next/[domain] layout", () => {
 		);
 
 		expect(html).toContain("refreshed-moderator");
-		expect(html).toContain("Localized preview");
-		expect(html).toContain("Localized primary navigation");
-		expect(html).toContain("Localized People");
+		expect(html).toContain("HK::skip-to-content");
+		expect(html).toContain("HK::primary-navigation");
+		expect(html).toContain("HK::contextual-navigation");
+		expect(html).toContain("HK::command-disabled");
+		expect(html).toContain("HK::preview-badge");
+		expect(html).toContain("HK::back-to-site");
+		expect(html).toContain("HK::people-title");
 		expect(html).toContain("People body");
 		expect(html).not.toContain("Localized Economy");
 		expect(routeMocks.translate).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -271,7 +424,7 @@ describe("/admin-next/[domain] page", () => {
 			}),
 		);
 
-		expect(html).toContain("Localized People");
+		expect(html).toContain("HK::people-title");
 		expect(html).toContain("Localized People description");
 		expect(html).toContain("Localized empty title");
 		expect(html).toContain("Localized empty description");
@@ -291,18 +444,81 @@ describe("/admin-next/[domain] page", () => {
 });
 
 describe("preview route import boundary", () => {
-	it("rejects data, actions, direct auth, old chrome, and legacy route imports", () => {
+	it("rejects normalized forbidden imports and legacy chrome in real routes", () => {
 		for (const path of routeFiles) {
 			const source = readFileSync(resolve(process.cwd(), path), "utf8");
 
-			expect(source, path).not.toMatch(
-				/@\/lib\/db|@\/(?:app\/)?actions(?:\/|["'])/,
-			);
+			expect(findForbiddenRouteImports(source, path), path).toEqual([]);
 			expect(source, path).not.toMatch(/AdminSidebarNav|AdminHubChrome/);
-			expect(source, path).not.toMatch(/@\/lib\/(?:auth|permissions)/);
-			expect(source, path).not.toMatch(
-				/(?:@\/app\/(?:admin|mod)|\.\.\/+(?:admin|mod))(?:\/|["'])/,
-			);
 		}
 	});
+
+	it.each([
+		[
+			"aliased database descendant import",
+			"src/app/admin-next/page.tsx",
+			'import { query } from "@/lib/db/query";',
+			"src/lib/db/query",
+		],
+		[
+			"root relative database import",
+			"src/app/admin-next/page.tsx",
+			'import { db } from "../../lib/db";',
+			"src/lib/db",
+		],
+		[
+			"domain relative auth side-effect import",
+			"src/app/admin-next/[domain]/layout.tsx",
+			'import "../../../lib/auth";',
+			"src/lib/auth",
+		],
+		[
+			"domain relative permissions export",
+			"src/app/admin-next/[domain]/page.tsx",
+			'export { getAdminContext } from "../../../lib/permissions";',
+			"src/lib/permissions",
+		],
+		[
+			"root relative action dynamic import",
+			"src/app/admin-next/page.tsx",
+			'import("../../actions/users")',
+			"src/actions/users",
+		],
+		[
+			"root relative app action export",
+			"src/app/admin-next/page.tsx",
+			'export * from "../actions";',
+			"src/app/actions",
+		],
+		[
+			"domain relative legacy admin import",
+			"src/app/admin-next/[domain]/layout.tsx",
+			'import page from "../../admin/users/page";',
+			"src/app/admin/users/page",
+		],
+		[
+			"root relative legacy mod dynamic import",
+			"src/app/admin-next/layout.tsx",
+			'import("../mod/users/page")',
+			"src/app/mod/users/page",
+		],
+	] as const)("detects %s", (_name, routeFile, source, expectedPath) => {
+		expect(findForbiddenRouteImports(source, routeFile)).toContain(
+			expectedPath,
+		);
+	});
+
+	it("does not reject substring lookalikes, comments, or ordinary strings", () => {
+		const source = [
+			'import database from "@/lib/database";',
+			'import auth from "../../lib/authentication";',
+			'import preview from "../admin-next-shared";',
+			"const documentation = \"import db from '../../lib/db'\";",
+			'// import db from "../../lib/db";',
+		].join("\n");
+
+		expect(
+			findForbiddenRouteImports(source, "src/app/admin-next/page.tsx"),
+		).toEqual([]);
+	});
 });