diff --git a/tests/conformance/test_fixture_parsing.py b/tests/conformance/test_fixture_parsing.py
index c360a2e..afc1300 100644
--- a/tests/conformance/test_fixture_parsing.py
+++ b/tests/conformance/test_fixture_parsing.py
@@ -628,8 +628,13 @@ def _id(case: tuple[str, Path]) -> str:
         "Proposal 0084 nested-fan-out span lineage; not implemented"
     ),
     # Proposal 0087 (within-node directive execution order, v0.82.0).
+    # 135 reuses the augment_metadata / capture_invocation_metadata_into
+    # directive shapes (as 043-046 above) the cross-cap parser does not
+    # model; runtime-driven via test_observability, so parse stays deferred.
     "observability/135-within-node-directive-execution-order": (
-        "Proposal 0087 within-node directive execution order; not implemented"
+        "Proposal 0087 implemented; reuses the 043-046 augment/capture "
+        "directive shapes the cross-cap parser does not model, "
+        "runtime-driven in test_observability"
     ),
     # Proposal 0086 (PromptManager default cache_ttl_seconds, v0.79.0) -- the
     # manager default-cache-ttl directive shape.
diff --git a/tests/conformance/test_observability.py b/tests/conformance/test_observability.py
index fbd27e0..7ba7873 100644
--- a/tests/conformance/test_observability.py
+++ b/tests/conformance/test_observability.py
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ def _reset_otel_global_tracer_provider(restore_to: object) -> None:
         # metadata_into in opposite document order across two cases; the
         # captured snapshot diverges only if a node's sibling directives
         # run in fixture order. Reuses the 043/045 metadata driver, which
-        # iterates node directives in key order -- see
-        # _apply_metadata_directives.
+        # iterates node directives in document (dict insertion) order --
+        # see _apply_metadata_directives.
         "135-within-node-directive-execution-order",
         "001-otel-basic-trace",
         "002-otel-subgraph-hierarchy",
@@ -1590,8 +1590,9 @@ def _apply_metadata_directives(
 ) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], bool]:
     """Run a node's (or per-attempt's) in-node metadata directives, returning the
     resulting state update and whether the node should then raise."""
-    # Directives run IN KEY ORDER -- 043 augments then captures, 045 attempt 1
-    # captures then augments, and the YAML key order encodes that. The capture
+    # Directives run IN DOCUMENT ORDER -- 043 augments then captures, 045
+    # attempt 1 captures then augments, and the YAML document order encodes
+    # that. The capture
     # records the read's type so the immutability invariant can verify it was a
     # MappingProxyType. ``raises`` is terminal (a real node body that raises runs
     # nothing after), so stop at it rather than processing later directives.