diff --git a/config/contracts/registry-governance.json b/config/contracts/registry-governance.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7a0c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/contracts/registry-governance.json
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "registries": [
+    {
+      "registryId": "FE-REG-ROUTE",
+      "path": "src/contracts/routes.js",
+      "exportName": "ROUTE_REGISTRY",
+      "owner": "feature-routing-navigation-guard-contract",
+      "requiredFields": [
+        "routeId",
+        "path",
+        "paramsSchema",
+        "searchSchema",
+        "access",
+        "loadingSurface",
+        "errorSurface",
+        "chunkId"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "registryId": "FE-REG-API",
+      "path": "src/contracts/api-operations.js",
+      "exportName": "API_OPERATIONS",
+      "owner": "feature-api-client-response-envelope-contract",
+      "requiredFields": [
+        "method",
+        "path",
+        "operationId",
+        "auth",
+        "timeoutMs",
+        "idempotency",
+        "requestSchema",
+        "responseSchema",
+        "owner"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "registryId": "FE-REG-ENV",
+      "path": "src/contracts/env.js",
+      "exportName": "ENV_REGISTRY",
+      "owner": "feature-frontend-env-runtime-config-contract",
+      "requiredFields": ["phase", "classification", "required", "defaultValue"]
+    },
+    {
+      "registryId": "FE-REG-STORAGE",
+      "path": "src/contracts/storage-keys.js",
+      "exportName": "STORAGE_REGISTRY",
+      "owner": "feature-frontend-storage-registry-contract",
+      "requiredFields": [
+        "logicalName",
+        "physicalKey",
+        "backend",
+        "classification",
+        "schemaVersion",
+        "ttl",
+        "migration",
+        "quotaFallback"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "registryId": "FE-REG-ERROR",
+      "path": "src/contracts/errors.js",
+      "exportName": "ERROR_REGISTRY",
+      "owner": "feature-frontend-error-classification-boundary-contract",
+      "requiredFields": [
+        "kind",
+        "defaultRetryable",
+        "severity",
+        "userMessageKey",
+        "action",
+        "telemetryEvent",
+        "redaction"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "registryId": "FE-REG-QUERY",
+      "path": "src/contracts/query-keys.js",
+      "exportName": "QUERY_REGISTRY",
+      "owner": "feature-server-state-caching-contract",
+      "requiredFields": [
+        "namespace",
+        "serialization",
+        "identity",
+        "invalidation",
+        "version",
+        "persistence"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "registryId": "FE-REG-TELEMETRY",
+      "path": "src/contracts/telemetry.js",
+      "exportName": "TELEMETRY_REGISTRY",
+      "owner": "feature-frontend-observability-logging-trace-contract",
+      "requiredFields": [
+        "eventName",
+        "trigger",
+        "requiredAttributes",
+        "optionalAttributes",
+        "forbiddenAttributes",
+        "sampling",
+        "delivery"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "registryId": "FE-REG-RELEASE",
+      "path": "src/contracts/release-tokens.js",
+      "exportName": "RELEASE_TOKEN_REGISTRY",
+      "owner": "feature-frontend-release-cache-rollback-contract",
+      "requiredFields": ["token", "source", "compatibilityRole"],
+      "declaredRows": {
+        "appVersion": {
+          "token": "appVersion",
+          "source": "manifest",
+          "compatibilityRole": "human release label"
+        },
+        "buildId": {
+          "token": "buildId",
+          "source": "CI build",
+          "compatibilityRole": "asset and HTML coherence"
+        },
+        "commitSha": {
+          "token": "commitSha",
+          "source": "VCS",
+          "compatibilityRole": "source traceability"
+        },
+        "configSchemaVersion": {
+          "token": "configSchemaVersion",
+          "source": "runtime config schema",
+          "compatibilityRole": "boot compatibility"
+        },
+        "apiContractVersion": {
+          "token": "apiContractVersion",
+          "source": "frontend/backend agreement",
+          "compatibilityRole": "schema compatibility"
+        },
+        "assetManifestHash": {
+          "token": "assetManifestHash",
+          "source": "build output",
+          "compatibilityRole": "chunk integrity"
+        },
+        "releaseId": {
+          "token": "releaseId",
+          "source": "deploy system",
+          "compatibilityRole": "rollback target"
+        },
+        "builtAt": {
+          "token": "builtAt",
+          "source": "CI",
+          "compatibilityRole": "diagnostics only"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "compatibilityImpact": {
+    "allowed": ["none", "additive", "behavior-change", "breaking"],
+    "current": "additive"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f27c05c..8aecda8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
     "verify:lockfile": "corepack pnpm install --frozen-lockfile",
     "generate:supply-chain": "node scripts/generate-supply-chain.mjs",
     "scan:security": "node scripts/security-scan.mjs",
-    "check:browser-security": "node scripts/check-browser-security.mjs"
+    "check:browser-security": "node scripts/check-browser-security.mjs",
+    "check:registries": "node scripts/check-registries.mjs"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@tanstack/react-query": "5.101.4",
diff --git a/schemas/artifacts/registry-snapshot.schema.json b/schemas/artifacts/registry-snapshot.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a948f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/artifacts/registry-snapshot.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": [
+    "schemaVersion",
+    "generatedAt",
+    "compatibilityImpact",
+    "failures",
+    "registries"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "schemaVersion": { "const": 1 },
+    "generatedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
+    "compatibilityImpact": {
+      "enum": ["none", "additive", "behavior-change", "breaking"]
+    },
+    "failures": { "type": "array", "maxItems": 0 },
+    "registries": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 8,
+      "maxItems": 8,
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": ["registryId", "owner", "source", "rowCount", "rows"]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}
diff --git a/scripts/check-registries.mjs b/scripts/check-registries.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d32e03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-registries.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { access, mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
+
+const governance = JSON.parse(
+  await readFile("config/contracts/registry-governance.json", "utf8"),
+);
+const failures = [];
+const owners = new Map();
+const snapshots = [];
+
+for (const specification of governance.registries) {
+  if (owners.has(specification.registryId)) {
+    failures.push(`duplicate owner for ${specification.registryId}`);
+  }
+  owners.set(specification.registryId, specification.owner);
+
+  let rows = specification.declaredRows;
+  try {
+    await access(specification.path);
+    const module = await import(
+      `${pathToFileURL(path.resolve(specification.path)).href}?registry-check=${Date.now()}`
+    );
+    rows = module[specification.exportName];
+  } catch {
+    if (!rows) failures.push(`missing registry source ${specification.path}`);
+  }
+
+  if (!rows || typeof rows !== "object" || Array.isArray(rows)) {
+    failures.push(`${specification.registryId} is not an object registry`);
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  for (const [rowName, row] of Object.entries(rows)) {
+    if (!row || typeof row !== "object" || Array.isArray(row)) {
+      failures.push(`${specification.registryId}.${rowName} is not an object`);
+      continue;
+    }
+    for (const field of specification.requiredFields) {
+      if (!(field in row)) {
+        failures.push(`${specification.registryId}.${rowName} missing ${field}`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  snapshots.push({
+    registryId: specification.registryId,
+    owner: specification.owner,
+    source: specification.path,
+    rowCount: Object.keys(rows).length,
+    rows,
+  });
+}
+
+const sourceFiles = [
+  "src/application",
+  "src/presentation",
+  "src/domain",
+];
+const adHocPatterns = [
+  { name: "direct fetch", expression: /\bfetch\s*\(/ },
+  { name: "direct localStorage", expression: /\blocalStorage\.(?:get|set|remove)Item/ },
+  { name: "direct import.meta.env", expression: /\bimport\.meta\.env\./ },
+  { name: "raw API path", expression: /["']\/api\// },
+];
+
+/** @param {string} directory */
+async function scanDirectory(directory) {
+  const entries = await import("node:fs/promises").then(({ readdir }) =>
+    readdir(directory, { withFileTypes: true }),
+  );
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    const target = path.join(directory, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+      await scanDirectory(target);
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!/\.(js|jsx|mjs)$/.test(entry.name)) continue;
+    const content = await readFile(target, "utf8");
+    for (const pattern of adHocPatterns) {
+      if (pattern.expression.test(content)) {
+        failures.push(`ad-hoc ${pattern.name} in ${target}`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+for (const sourceDirectory of sourceFiles) {
+  await scanDirectory(sourceDirectory);
+}
+
+await mkdir("artifacts/quality", { recursive: true });
+await writeFile(
+  "artifacts/quality/registries.json",
+  `${JSON.stringify(
+    {
+      schemaVersion: 1,
+      generatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      compatibilityImpact: governance.compatibilityImpact.current,
+      failures,
+      registries: snapshots,
+    },
+    null,
+    2,
+  )}\n`,
+);
+
+if (failures.length > 0) {
+  process.stderr.write(`Registry governance failed:\n${failures.join("\n")}\n`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+process.stdout.write(`Registry governance: ${snapshots.length} registries PASS\n`);
diff --git a/tests/unit/registry-governance.test.js b/tests/unit/registry-governance.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad4688f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/registry-governance.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+describe("registry governance manifest", () => {
+  it("declares exactly eight single-owner registries and impact labels", async () => {
+    const governance = JSON.parse(
+      await readFile("config/contracts/registry-governance.json", "utf8"),
+    );
+    expect(governance.registries).toHaveLength(8);
+    expect(new Set(governance.registries.map((entry) => entry.registryId)).size).toBe(
+      8,
+    );
+    expect(governance.registries.every((entry) => entry.owner)).toBe(true);
+    expect(governance.compatibilityImpact.allowed).toEqual([
+      "none",
+      "additive",
+      "behavior-change",
+      "breaking",
+    ]);
+  });
+});