diff --git a/apps/cloud-api/cloud_api/app.py b/apps/cloud-api/cloud_api/app.py
index 4499d10..5eca5f2 100644
--- a/apps/cloud-api/cloud_api/app.py
+++ b/apps/cloud-api/cloud_api/app.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ from cloud.pool import DevicePool
 from cloud.scheduler import TaskScheduler
 from cloud.schema import require_current_schema
 from cloud.sdk.api import create_cloud_router
+from cloud.sdk.governance_api import create_governance_router
 from cloud.sdk.user_api import create_user_auth_router
 from cloud.user_auth import USER_CSRF_COOKIE, USER_SESSION_COOKIE, UserAuthService, UserAuthSettings
 from core.models import utc_now
@@ -288,11 +289,18 @@ def create_app(
             config=control_config,
         )
     )
+    app.include_router(
+        create_governance_router(
+            repository=repository,
+            auth_provider=auth_provider,
+        )
+    )
     app.include_router(
         create_internal_router(
             pool=pool,
             auth_provider=auth_provider,
             lease_duration_seconds=control_config.lease_duration_seconds,
+            scheduler=scheduler,
         )
     )
 
diff --git a/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/client.py b/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/client.py
index 77e5a46..209b641 100644
--- a/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/client.py
+++ b/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/client.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from cloud.internal_api.models import (
     DeviceSnapshotModel,
     HeartbeatResponse,
     HostEnrollmentResponse,
+    HostTaskSubmissionResponse,
     LeaseRenewalResponse,
     TerminalResultResponse,
 )
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ class HostAgentClient:
         devices: list[DeviceSnapshotModel],
         *,
         address: str | None = None,
+        policy_revision: int = 0,
     ) -> HeartbeatResponse:
         response = await self._request(
             "PUT",
@@ -154,10 +156,28 @@ class HostAgentClient:
                 "host_id": self.config.host_id,
                 "address": address,
                 "devices": [device.model_dump(mode="json") for device in devices],
+                "policy_revision": policy_revision,
             },
         )
         return HeartbeatResponse.model_validate(response.json())
 
+    async def submit_self_task(
+        self,
+        *,
+        goal: str,
+        device_id: str | None = None,
+    ) -> HostTaskSubmissionResponse:
+        response = await self._request(
+            "POST",
+            f"/internal/v1/hosts/{self.config.host_id}/tasks",
+            json={
+                "host_id": self.config.host_id,
+                "goal": goal,
+                "device_id": device_id,
+            },
+        )
+        return HostTaskSubmissionResponse.model_validate(response.json())
+
     async def claim(self) -> AssignmentModel | None:
         response = await self._request(
             "POST",
diff --git a/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/cloud_planner_client.py b/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/cloud_planner_client.py
index 7b8f77f..04e449a 100644
--- a/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/cloud_planner_client.py
+++ b/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/cloud_planner_client.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import httpx
 
 from cloud.internal_api.models import PlannerDecisionError, PlannerDecisionResponse
 from host_agent.config import HostAgentConfig
-from runtime.tool_calling_client import ToolCallDecision, ToolCallUnavailable
+from runtime.tool_calling_client import ToolCallDecision, ToolCallUnavailable, ToolCallUsage
 from runtime.tool_specs import ToolSpec
 
 
@@ -85,6 +85,22 @@ class CloudProxyToolCallingClient:
             return ToolCallDecision(
                 tool_name=decoded.tool_name,
                 arguments=dict(decoded.arguments),
+                usage=(
+                    ToolCallUsage(
+                        input_tokens=decoded.input_tokens,
+                        output_tokens=decoded.output_tokens,
+                        total_tokens=decoded.total_tokens,
+                    )
+                    if any(
+                        value is not None
+                        for value in (
+                            decoded.input_tokens,
+                            decoded.output_tokens,
+                            decoded.total_tokens,
+                        )
+                    )
+                    else None
+                ),
             )
         raise ToolCallUnavailable(_error_detail(response))
 
diff --git a/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/heartbeat.py b/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/heartbeat.py
index 1fadf7b..25638ff 100644
--- a/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/heartbeat.py
+++ b/apps/device-host-agent/host_agent/heartbeat.py
@@ -45,13 +45,19 @@ class HeartbeatSynchronizer:
         self._sleep = sleep
         self.status_tracker = status_tracker
         self.on_sync = on_sync
+        self.policy_revision = 0
+        self.policy = None
 
     async def sync_once(self) -> HeartbeatResponse:
         snapshot = build_device_snapshot(self.manager)
         response = await self.client.heartbeat(
             snapshot,
             address=self.address,
+            policy_revision=self.policy_revision,
         )
+        self.policy_revision = response.policy_revision
+        if response.policy is not None:
+            self.policy = response.policy
         if self.status_tracker is not None:
             self.status_tracker.mark_heartbeat(ok=True, device_count=len(snapshot))
         if self.on_sync is not None:
diff --git a/apps/device-host-agent/tests/test_heartbeat.py b/apps/device-host-agent/tests/test_heartbeat.py
index 7b42aa3..2a478b5 100644
--- a/apps/device-host-agent/tests/test_heartbeat.py
+++ b/apps/device-host-agent/tests/test_heartbeat.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def test_heartbeat_synchronizer_runs_at_configured_interval_until_stopped() -> N
     calls: list[list[str]] = []
 
     class FakeClient:
-        async def heartbeat(self, devices, *, address=None):
+        async def heartbeat(self, devices, *, address=None, policy_revision=0):
             calls.append([device.device_id for device in devices])
             return HeartbeatResponse(
                 host_id="host-a",
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def test_sync_once_notifies_status_tracker_and_on_sync_with_device_count() -> No
     )
 
     class FakeClient:
-        async def heartbeat(self, devices, *, address=None):
+        async def heartbeat(self, devices, *, address=None, policy_revision=0):
             return HeartbeatResponse(
                 host_id="host-a",
                 accepted_devices=len(devices),
diff --git a/cloud-console/src/App.vue b/cloud-console/src/App.vue
index da4fe45..7846129 100644
--- a/cloud-console/src/App.vue
+++ b/cloud-console/src/App.vue
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ const canAdminPlugins = computed(
     currentUser.value?.scopes.includes("*") ||
     currentUser.value?.scopes.includes("plugins:admin"),
 );
+const canSubmitTasks = computed(
+  () =>
+    currentUser.value?.scopes.includes("*") ||
+    currentUser.value?.scopes.includes("tasks:submit"),
+);
 const isAuthenticated = computed(() => currentUser.value !== null);
 const currentUserLabel = computed(() =>
   currentUser.value ? `${currentUser.value.display_name} (${currentUser.value.role})` : "",
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ const activeComponent = computed(() => {
     </nav>
     <main class="app-main">
       <PluginsView v-if="activeView === 'plugins'" :can-admin="canAdminPlugins" />
-      <component v-else :is="activeComponent" />
+      <component v-else :is="activeComponent" :can-submit="canSubmitTasks" />
     </main>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/cloud-console/src/api.ts b/cloud-console/src/api.ts
index 52b1a70..12cf667 100644
--- a/cloud-console/src/api.ts
+++ b/cloud-console/src/api.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type {
   PluginRegistrationPayload,
   TaskAttempt,
   TaskListResponse,
+  TaskSubmissionPayload,
   TaskStatus,
 } from "./types";
 
@@ -135,6 +136,13 @@ export function getTaskAttempts(taskId: string): Promise<TaskAttempt[]> {
   return request<TaskAttempt[]>(`/v1/tasks/${encodeURIComponent(taskId)}/attempts`);
 }
 
+export function submitTask(payload: TaskSubmissionPayload): Promise<{ task_id: string }> {
+  return request<{ task_id: string }>("/v1/tasks", {
+    method: "POST",
+    body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+  });
+}
+
 export function listDevices(): Promise<DeviceRecord[]> {
   return request<DeviceRecord[]>("/v1/devices");
 }
diff --git a/cloud-console/src/types.ts b/cloud-console/src/types.ts
index b25ea4d..2f9d684 100644
--- a/cloud-console/src/types.ts
+++ b/cloud-console/src/types.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,22 @@ export interface TaskListItem {
   assigned_host_id: string | null;
   attempt_count: number;
   failure_reason: string | null;
+  target_host_id: string | null;
+  target_device_id: string | null;
   created_at: string;
 }
 
+export interface TaskSubmissionPayload {
+  goal?: string;
+  workflow_definition_id?: string;
+  constraints?: {
+    driver_type?: string;
+    capability_tags?: string[];
+    target_host_id?: string;
+    target_device_id?: string;
+  };
+}
+
 export interface TaskListResponse {
   items: TaskListItem[];
   total: number;
diff --git a/cloud-console/src/views/TasksView.vue b/cloud-console/src/views/TasksView.vue
index 2f7c626..c2adf27 100644
--- a/cloud-console/src/views/TasksView.vue
+++ b/cloud-console/src/views/TasksView.vue
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { onMounted, ref, watch } from "vue";
+import { computed, onMounted, ref, watch } from "vue";
 import { LoaderCircle, RefreshCw } from "@lucide/vue";
 import {
   CloudApiError,
   getTaskAttempts,
   listTasks,
+  listDevices,
+  listHosts,
+  submitTask,
 } from "../api";
 import type {
   TaskAttempt,
   TaskListItem,
   TaskListResponse,
   TaskStatus,
+  DeviceRecord,
+  HostRecord,
 } from "../types";
 
+const props = defineProps<{ canSubmit: boolean }>();
+
 const STATUSES: TaskStatus[] = [
   "queued",
   "assigned",
@@ -31,16 +38,36 @@ const selectedTask = ref<TaskListItem | null>(null);
 const attempts = ref<TaskAttempt[]>([]);
 const attemptsLoading = ref(false);
 const attemptsError = ref("");
+const composerOpen = ref(false);
+const submitGoal = ref("");
+const submitWorkflow = ref("");
+const submitHostId = ref("");
+const submitDeviceId = ref("");
+const submitDriverType = ref("");
+const submitCapabilityTags = ref("");
+const submitting = ref(false);
+const hosts = ref<HostRecord[]>([]);
+const devices = ref<DeviceRecord[]>([]);
+const availableDevices = computed(() =>
+  devices.value.filter((device) => device.host_id === submitHostId.value),
+);
 
 async function refresh() {
   loading.value = true;
   errorMessage.value = "";
   try {
-    result.value = await listTasks({
+    const [tasks, loadedHosts, loadedDevices] = await Promise.all([
+      listTasks({
       status: statusFilter.value === "" ? undefined : statusFilter.value,
       limit: pageSize.value,
       offset: offset.value,
-    });
+      }),
+      listHosts(),
+      listDevices(),
+    ]);
+    result.value = tasks;
+    hosts.value = loadedHosts;
+    devices.value = loadedDevices;
     if (selectedTask.value) {
       const stillPresent = result.value.items.find(
         (item) => item.id === selectedTask.value?.id,
@@ -57,6 +84,47 @@ async function refresh() {
   }
 }
 
+async function createTask() {
+  const goal = submitGoal.value.trim();
+  const workflow = submitWorkflow.value.trim();
+  if (!goal && !workflow) {
+    errorMessage.value = "provide a goal or workflow id";
+    return;
+  }
+  submitting.value = true;
+  errorMessage.value = "";
+  try {
+    const hostId = submitHostId.value || undefined;
+    const deviceId = submitDeviceId.value || undefined;
+    await submitTask({
+      goal: goal || undefined,
+      workflow_definition_id: workflow || undefined,
+      constraints: {
+        driver_type: submitDriverType.value || undefined,
+        capability_tags: submitCapabilityTags.value
+          .split(",")
+          .map((tag) => tag.trim())
+          .filter(Boolean),
+        target_host_id: hostId,
+        target_device_id: deviceId,
+      },
+    });
+    composerOpen.value = false;
+    submitGoal.value = "";
+    submitWorkflow.value = "";
+    submitHostId.value = "";
+    submitDeviceId.value = "";
+    submitDriverType.value = "";
+    submitCapabilityTags.value = "";
+    offset.value = 0;
+    await refresh();
+  } catch (err) {
+    handleError(err, "failed to create task");
+  } finally {
+    submitting.value = false;
+  }
+}
+
 async function selectTask(task: TaskListItem) {
   selectedTask.value = task;
   attempts.value = [];
@@ -113,6 +181,11 @@ watch(pageSize, () => {
   refresh();
 });
 watch(offset, refresh);
+watch(submitHostId, () => {
+  if (!availableDevices.value.some((device) => device.device_id === submitDeviceId.value)) {
+    submitDeviceId.value = "";
+  }
+});
 
 onMounted(refresh);
 
@@ -145,6 +218,9 @@ function formatTerminalResult(attempt: TaskAttempt): string {
   <div>
     <div class="toolbar">
       <h2>Tasks</h2>
+      <button v-if="props.canSubmit" @click="composerOpen = !composerOpen">
+        {{ composerOpen ? "Cancel create" : "Create task" }}
+      </button>
       <label>
         Status
         <select v-model="statusFilter">
@@ -172,6 +248,29 @@ function formatTerminalResult(attempt: TaskAttempt): string {
 
     <div v-if="errorMessage" class="notice error">{{ errorMessage }}</div>
 
+    <form v-if="composerOpen" class="panel" @submit.prevent="createTask">
+      <h3>Create task</h3>
+      <label>Goal <input v-model="submitGoal" placeholder="Describe the device task" /></label>
+      <label>Workflow ID <input v-model="submitWorkflow" placeholder="Optional workflow reference" /></label>
+      <label>
+        Target Host
+        <select v-model="submitHostId">
+          <option value="">Any eligible host</option>
+          <option v-for="host in hosts" :key="host.host_id" :value="host.host_id">{{ host.host_id }}</option>
+        </select>
+      </label>
+      <label>
+        Target Device
+        <select v-model="submitDeviceId" :disabled="!submitHostId">
+          <option value="">Any eligible device on selected host</option>
+          <option v-for="device in availableDevices" :key="device.device_id" :value="device.device_id">{{ device.device_id }}</option>
+        </select>
+      </label>
+      <label>Driver type <input v-model="submitDriverType" placeholder="Optional, e.g. wda" /></label>
+      <label>Capability tags <input v-model="submitCapabilityTags" placeholder="Optional, comma separated" /></label>
+      <div class="actions"><button type="submit" :disabled="submitting">{{ submitting ? "Creating…" : "Create" }}</button></div>
+    </form>
+
     <div class="panel" v-if="!selectedTask">
       <table v-if="result && result.items.length">
         <thead>
@@ -212,6 +311,9 @@ function formatTerminalResult(attempt: TaskAttempt): string {
                 {{ task.assigned_device_id }}
                 <span class="dim">on {{ task.assigned_host_id }}</span>
               </div>
+              <div v-else-if="task.target_host_id" class="dim">
+                target: {{ task.target_host_id }}<span v-if="task.target_device_id"> / {{ task.target_device_id }}</span>
+              </div>
               <div v-else class="dim">unassigned</div>
             </td>
             <td>{{ task.attempt_count }}</td>
diff --git a/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/.openspec.yaml b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/.openspec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b119b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/.openspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+schema: spec-driven
+created: 2026-07-13
diff --git a/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/design.md b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/design.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89fd769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/design.md
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+## Context
+
+The Cloud Control Plane already persists scheduled tasks, pooled devices,
+enrolled Hosts, user accounts, and user sessions.  Public task submission has
+only driver and capability-tag constraints, while the Console is primarily a
+read dashboard.  The Host Agent uses only outbound internal routes and can
+heartbeat, claim, renew, and report work; it cannot submit a task.  No durable
+policy or AI usage ledger exists.
+
+`cloud-planner-proxy` is the prerequisite for enforceable AI budgets.  It
+places every planner call from a Host using `AI_PLANNER_TRANSPORT=cloud` behind
+an authenticated Cloud endpoint and leaves direct provider calls supported.
+This change is deliberately scheduled after that change: a direct provider
+call cannot be authoritatively measured or stopped by the Cloud.
+
+The Cloud Platform remains the durable application layer.  Public/internal
+HTTP adapters, the Vue Console, and the Host Agent are outer adapters; no
+HTTP, Cloud, or LLM dependency is introduced into `core`, `driver`, `device`,
+or `tools`.
+
+## Goals / Non-Goals
+
+**Goals:**
+
+- Let authorized Console users create goal or workflow tasks for an explicit
+  Host and optionally an explicit Device, without a fallback target.
+- Make human task-submission permissions and target restrictions durable,
+  auditable, and API-enforced.
+- Let an authenticated Host receive its effective versioned policy and create
+  goal tasks that are irrevocably constrained to itself.
+- Account for provider-reported token use and enforce hard per-Host budgets
+  for Cloud-proxied planner calls, including concurrent requests.
+- Display effective restrictions, budget status, and non-secret usage in the
+  Console.
+
+**Non-Goals:**
+
+- Custom roles, tenant isolation, task-level read ACLs, invitations, or an
+  external identity provider.  Existing fixed roles remain the coarse access
+  control layer.
+- General remote Host control, inbound connections, or allowing one Host to
+  enqueue work for another Host.
+- Charging, invoice generation, provider price catalogues, prompt/screenshot
+  retention, or an attempt to hard-limit direct-to-provider planner calls.
+- Cloud workflow-definition distribution.  Host-self submission is goal-only
+  because a workflow definition is still stored locally on each Host.
+
+## Decisions
+
+### D1: Use explicit target selectors inside task constraints
+
+`TaskConstraints` gains an optional target object with `host_id` and optional
+`device_id`.  A device target is invalid without its Host; a Host-only target
+means any eligible device on that Host; an absent target preserves broad pool
+scheduling.  The existing serialized constraints field stores this additive
+shape, while API status/list responses expose it directly.
+
+The scheduler applies target filtering before the named assignment strategy,
+in addition to driver type and capability tags.  A missing, stale, busy, or
+temporarily incompatible selected device leaves the task queued.  It never
+falls back to another target.  The submission service validates a named Host
+and Device against the known pool/enrollment ownership at creation time.
+
+Using only a globally unique `device_id` was rejected because repository and
+pool ownership are Host/device pairs; retaining the Host in the target makes
+authorization and audit unambiguous.  Duplicating target columns outside the
+existing constraints payload was rejected for v1 because matching is already
+performed after task retrieval and there is no target-indexed query path.
+
+### D2: Compose fixed role scopes with a separate restrictive user policy
+
+Keep `viewer`, `operator`, and `admin` roles and their existing scope mapping.
+Add an optional `UserSubmissionPolicy` keyed by user id with a version,
+`submission_enabled`, and tri-state Host/Device allow-lists (`null` means
+unrestricted; an empty stored list means no permitted targets).  A restrictive
+policy requires an explicit target within its allow-list, preventing an
+un-targeted task from escaping a user's permitted Hosts.
+
+Public task submission first requires `tasks:submit`, then evaluates the
+authenticated human principal's policy.  The same policy applies to an
+administrator's ordinary task submission; an administrator can change policy
+through governance administration but does not silently bypass it.  Policies
+do not change task-read visibility in this increment.
+
+Storing arbitrary policy JSON was rejected: it makes safe validation,
+migration, and Console editing ambiguous.  Adding a custom role/permission
+model was rejected because fixed roles plus a narrow restrictive policy cover
+the requested near-term controls without lockout complexity.
+
+### D3: Store versioned Host policies and synchronize them in heartbeat responses
+
+`HostGovernancePolicy` is keyed by Host id and has a monotonic revision.  V1
+contains an optional maximum active-task count and an optional UTC-day token
+budget.  The Cloud scheduler enforces active-task limits; the budget is
+enforced only by the planner proxy.  No policy record means no new limit,
+preserving existing deployments.
+
+Heartbeat requests carry the last policy revision applied by the Host.  A
+heartbeat response includes the effective complete policy when the revision is
+different, otherwise only confirms its current revision.  The Host persists a
+safe cached policy snapshot for local status visibility, but the Cloud remains
+the authority for task assignment and AI spend.  This pull-on-existing-
+heartbeat design keeps the outbound-only Host model and avoids a parallel
+long-poll channel.
+
+Pushing policy through a new inbound Host listener was rejected because it
+breaks NAT deployments.  Requiring a policy fetch before every planner call
+was rejected because the proxy already performs the authoritative budget check
+and would add avoidable latency.
+
+### D4: Meter Cloud-proxy usage with reservation then settlement
+
+After `cloud-planner-proxy` is complete, provider clients return a
+non-secret usage object together with the existing tool-call decision.  It
+contains provider/model identity and provider-reported input, output, and
+total token counts when available; `AIPlanner` continues to consume only the
+decision.
+
+Before the proxy invokes a provider for a Host with a token budget, it atomically
+creates a budget reservation for a conservative per-decision ceiling within the
+Host's UTC-day bucket.  The Cloud configuration also applies a matching
+provider output ceiling.  If used plus reserved tokens would exceed the
+budget, the endpoint rejects before invoking the provider.  On a provider
+response, the reservation is settled to actual reported usage and an immutable
+usage event is recorded.  If the transport outcome leaves usage unknown, the
+reservation remains until a bounded expiry cleanup rather than being released
+optimistically.
+
+The proxy request carries Host execution context (task id, attempt, and lease
+when one exists).  A Host-Agent-local context adapter supplies that metadata to
+the cloud client without changing `AIPlanner` or introducing Host imports into
+`runtime`.  Locally initiated/non-assignment calls record Host-level usage with
+the assignment fields absent.
+
+Post-hoc usage-only accounting was rejected because concurrent calls can
+overspend a limit before aggregation.  Client-side budget checks were rejected
+because the Host is not the trust boundary.  Direct transport is represented
+as `unmetered`, not as zero usage or a compliant hard-budget path.
+
+### D5: Give Hosts a narrow self-submission operation
+
+Add `POST /internal/v1/hosts/{host_id}/tasks` under existing host-scoped
+authentication.  The route requires the authenticated Host to equal the URL
+Host, accepts a goal and optional local Device target, and constructs the
+Cloud-side target itself.  A supplied Device must be enrolled/owned by that
+Host.  Host policy can disable self-submission; human user policies do not
+apply because there is no human principal.
+
+The endpoint accepts no workflow reference and no arbitrary Host target.
+Giving an enrolled Host the public `tasks:submit` scope was rejected because
+it would allow cross-Host task submission and blur service credentials with
+human authorization.
+
+### D6: Keep governance administration explicit in the Console and SDK
+
+Add public, scope-protected governance routes for reading/updating user
+submission policy, Host policy, and non-secret Host AI usage summaries/events.
+`governance:read` and `governance:admin` are new scopes; fixed user roles need
+no mapping change because administrators retain `*`, while scoped bearer
+automation can receive just these scopes.  Console task creation renders only
+when `tasks:submit` is present.  Policy and usage administration render only
+for `governance:admin`; backend scope and policy checks are authoritative.
+
+Every policy change records a safe audit event with actor, target, old/new
+revision, and non-secret values.  The Console clears any password inputs from
+the existing Users flow and never displays provider credentials, prompts,
+screenshots, cookies, or lease secrets.
+
+## Risks / Trade-offs
+
+- [Planner proxy is incomplete or a Host remains on direct transport] →
+  Token limits are not activated for that Host; the Console labels it
+  unmetered and the implementation gate prevents treating it as compliant.
+- [Provider usage is unavailable after a transport failure] → Retain the
+  conservative reservation until expiry; this favors cost safety over
+  temporary under-utilization.
+- [Policy migration or stale Console state changes a user's permitted target]
+  → Enforce against current Cloud policy at every submission and return a
+  clear authorization failure; UI state is only advisory.
+- [Targeted Hosts/devices are offline] → Keep the task queued and visible as
+  targeted rather than rerouting it; operators can edit or cancel only when a
+  later lifecycle capability supplies those operations.
+- [Policy tables increase schema and operational complexity] → Use one normal
+  forward migration, transactional repository operations, and the existing
+  SQLite/PostgreSQL contract.
+
+## Migration Plan
+
+1. Do not start implementation until `cloud-planner-proxy` has completed its
+   tasks, passed strict validation and its runtime tests, and the active
+   Cloud Console user-authentication change has been reconciled and verified.
+2. Add the forward schema migration for policies, audit records, usage events,
+   and reservations.  Existing tasks remain valid because no target and no
+   policy continue to mean unrestricted behavior.
+3. Deploy the Cloud API with policy/target routes and scheduler checks, then
+   deploy compatible Hosts.  Hosts learn policies on their next heartbeat;
+   older Hosts continue normal assignment but cannot self-submit.
+4. Enable Cloud planner transport on a pilot Host, configure a budget, and
+   verify proxy reservations and settlement before assigning budgets across
+   the fleet.  Direct Hosts remain visibly unmetered.
+5. Deploy the Console after the API.  Rollback removes policy assignments or
+   returns affected Hosts to direct transport only when local provider
+   credentials are available; preserve governance and usage rows for a
+   forward fix rather than destructively downgrading production data.
+
+## Open Questions
+
+- V1 uses UTC-day token budgets.  A later change can add calendar-month or
+  rolling windows without weakening the reservation/settlement contract.
+- Token cost is intentionally excluded because provider pricing and cached
+  token semantics vary; usage events retain provider/model fields for a later
+  pricing layer.
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+## Why
+
+The Cloud Console can currently inspect distributed work but cannot direct
+that work to a selected Host or Device, govern who may submit it, or explain
+and control the AI spend generated by each Host.  Now that
+`cloud-planner-proxy` is planned to centralize the LLM call path, the next
+control-plane increment can make those operational decisions enforceable at
+the Cloud boundary instead of trusting every edge process to self-govern.
+
+## What Changes
+
+- Add Console task creation for authorized operators, with explicit target
+  selectors for a Host and optionally one of that Host's Devices.  A selected
+  target is a hard scheduling constraint and is never silently rerouted to a
+  different Host or Device.
+- Add persisted Cloud governance policies: user submission restrictions
+  (submission enablement and allowed Host/Device targets) and versioned
+  per-Host operational/AI-budget policies.  The API remains authoritative;
+  Console visibility is not an authorization boundary.
+- Let a Host retrieve its current policy through the authenticated outbound
+  protocol, with version-aware heartbeat synchronization and a safe cached
+  representation for local visibility.
+- Add a Host-scoped internal task-submission operation.  An authenticated
+  Host can create a task only for itself and, when specified, one of its own
+  enrolled Devices; it never receives general public `tasks:submit` power.
+- After `cloud-planner-proxy` is implemented and a Host uses its `cloud`
+  planner transport, record provider-reported token usage per Host/task/
+  attempt and enforce configured token budgets with atomic reservation and
+  settlement.  Direct-to-provider Hosts remain explicitly unmetered and
+  cannot be represented as hard-budget-enforced.
+- Extend the Console with task-creation, user-policy, Host-policy, and
+  per-Host AI-usage/budget views.  Existing user lifecycle management remains
+  role-gated and gains policy editing rather than a new custom-role system.
+
+## Capabilities
+
+### New Capabilities
+
+- `cloud-governance`: Durable, versioned user and Host policies that restrict
+  task submission/targets and define Host operational and AI-budget limits.
+- `host-scoped-task-submission`: Authenticated internal operation that lets a
+  Host submit tasks constrained to itself.
+- `cloud-ai-usage-governance`: Durable AI usage metering, budget reservations,
+  settlement, and non-secret reporting for Cloud-proxied planner calls.
+
+### Modified Capabilities
+
+- `cloud-console-ui`: add governed task creation and operational governance
+  views to the existing Cloud Console experience.  This capability is still
+  defined by active Console changes and will be reconciled before archive.
+- `platform-sdk`: extend public task submission/status and `CloudClient`
+  parity with explicit task targets and safe governance-facing responses.
+- `task-scheduler`: make explicit Host/Device target selectors part of task
+  constraints and enforce them during matching.
+- `host-agent-protocol`: return versioned Host policy through the outbound
+  protocol and add Host-self task submission while retaining host binding.
+- `cloud-planner-proxy`: enforce Host budget reservations and emit
+  provider-reported usage only after the proxy change is implemented.  This
+  capability is currently an active, unarchived change.
+- `agent-runtime`: carry provider-reported non-secret token usage alongside a
+  tool-call decision so the Cloud proxy can meter the call without changing
+  `AIPlanner` decision semantics.  This capability is also active and
+  unarchived.
+
+## Impact
+
+- `packages/cloud-platform/cloud`: governance and usage domain models,
+  repository port/SQLAlchemy implementation, Alembic migration, scheduler
+  matching, public/internal Pydantic contracts, policy-aware authorization,
+  and proxy metering.
+- `apps/cloud-api`: router composition and configuration only; all durable
+  policy and accounting behavior remains in the Cloud Platform package.
+- `apps/device-host-agent`: policy-aware client/heartbeat state and
+  self-targeted task submission; no inbound Cloud connection is introduced.
+- `cloud-console/`: task composer plus user/Host policy and AI-usage views.
+- Dependencies and rollout: implementation is blocked until
+  `cloud-planner-proxy` is completed, its migration is deployed, and affected
+  Hosts are using `AI_PLANNER_TRANSPORT=cloud`; it also follows completion of
+  the active Cloud Console user-authentication work.
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+## MODIFIED Requirements
+
+### Requirement: Pluggable dual-provider tool-calling abstraction
+The system SHALL support at least two interchangeable LLM providers
+(Anthropic native tool use and OpenAI function calling) for the AI Planner's
+decision calls, selectable via configuration, with both providers constrained
+to return exactly one tool call per request. Independently of provider
+selection, the system SHALL support at least two transports for making that
+decision call -- direct-to-provider (the tool-calling client calls the
+provider's SDK itself, using locally configured credentials) and cloud-proxy
+(the tool-calling client calls the Cloud Control Plane's planner-decision
+endpoint, which calls the provider using cloud-held credentials) -- selectable
+via configuration without requiring any change to `AIPlanner`'s own decision
+logic. A provider decision result SHALL also carry available non-secret
+provider token-usage metadata so outer Cloud adapters can meter calls without
+changing that decision logic.
+
+#### Scenario: Provider selected via configuration
+- **WHEN** the AI Planner is configured with a given provider identifier
+- **THEN** it constructs and uses the tool-calling client for that provider
+  without requiring any change to `AIPlanner`'s own decision logic
+
+#### Scenario: Provider response resolves to a single decision
+- **WHEN** either supported provider returns a response to a tool-calling
+  request
+- **THEN** the response is parsed into exactly one tool name and one arguments
+  object, regardless of which provider produced it
+
+#### Scenario: Transport selected via configuration
+- **WHEN** the Host Agent is configured with a given transport (direct or
+  cloud-proxy)
+- **THEN** `AIPlanner` is constructed with the tool-calling client for that
+  transport, and its own decision logic is unchanged regardless of which
+  transport is in effect
+
+#### Scenario: Direct transport remains available and default
+- **WHEN** no transport is explicitly configured
+- **THEN** the AI Planner uses the direct-to-provider transport, matching its
+  behavior before the cloud-proxy transport existed
+
+#### Scenario: Cloud-proxy transport resolves a decision without a local provider client
+- **WHEN** the Host Agent is configured with the cloud-proxy transport
+- **THEN** its tool-calling client sends the decision request to the Cloud
+  Control Plane's planner-decision endpoint instead of constructing a local
+  Anthropic or OpenAI SDK client
+
+#### Scenario: Provider reports token usage
+- **WHEN** a provider response includes input or output token counts
+- **THEN** the tool-calling result makes those non-secret counts available to
+  its outer adapter while `AIPlanner` selects the same single decision
diff --git a/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/cloud-ai-usage-governance/spec.md b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/cloud-ai-usage-governance/spec.md
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+## ADDED Requirements
+
+### Requirement: Cloud-proxied planner calls produce durable non-secret usage events
+After the Cloud planner proxy resolves a provider call, the system SHALL record
+a durable usage event with Host, provider/model, provider-reported token
+counts, request outcome, and known task-attempt context, while excluding raw
+prompts, screenshots, provider credentials, cookies, and lease secrets.
+
+#### Scenario: Provider returns token usage
+- **WHEN** a Cloud-proxied planner call completes with provider-reported token
+  counts
+- **THEN** the system stores those counts against the authenticated Host and
+  returns the planner decision without exposing secret request content
+
+#### Scenario: Assignment context is available
+- **WHEN** the Host makes a proxied planner call while executing a claimed
+  assignment
+- **THEN** the recorded event includes that task id and attempt identifier
+
+### Requirement: Host token budgets use atomic reservation and settlement
+The Cloud planner proxy SHALL atomically reserve a conservative per-call token
+amount before a provider invocation for every Host with an effective AI token
+budget using Cloud planner transport, SHALL reject over-budget calls before
+invoking the provider, and SHALL settle the reservation to provider-reported
+usage when available.
+
+#### Scenario: Remaining budget permits a call
+- **WHEN** used tokens plus active reservations and the next conservative
+  reservation are within the Host's UTC-day budget
+- **THEN** the proxy reserves budget, invokes the provider, and settles the
+  reservation after the provider response
+
+#### Scenario: Remaining budget is insufficient
+- **WHEN** the next reservation would exceed the Host's effective budget
+- **THEN** the proxy rejects the planner call without invoking the provider
+
+#### Scenario: Provider outcome has unknown usage
+- **WHEN** a transport failure prevents the proxy from determining actual
+  provider usage after reservation
+- **THEN** the reservation remains active until bounded expiry cleanup rather
+  than being released optimistically
+
+### Requirement: Direct planner transport is explicitly unmetered
+The system SHALL represent a Host using direct-to-provider planner transport as
+unmetered for Cloud token accounting and SHALL not report it as complying with
+a Cloud-enforced token budget.
+
+#### Scenario: Console inspects a direct-transport Host
+- **WHEN** an authorized operator views AI usage for a Host not using Cloud
+  planner transport
+- **THEN** the system reports the Host as unmetered rather than zero usage or
+  hard-budget-enforced
diff --git a/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/cloud-console-ui/spec.md b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/cloud-console-ui/spec.md
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+## ADDED Requirements
+
+### Requirement: Console composes explicitly targeted tasks
+The Console SHALL provide a task-creation flow to principals with
+`tasks:submit`, exposing goal/workflow input, Host selection, Device selection
+scoped to the selected Host, and visible driver/capability constraints.
+
+#### Scenario: Operator creates a Device-targeted task
+- **WHEN** an authorized operator selects a Host and one of its Devices and
+  submits a valid task
+- **THEN** the Console sends the explicit target to the public task API and
+  displays the resulting queued task with that target
+
+#### Scenario: Restricted operator has no permitted target
+- **WHEN** the Cloud API reports that the operator's policy disallows the
+  selected target or targetless submission
+- **THEN** the Console shows the authorization error and does not imply that
+  the task was accepted or rerouted
+
+### Requirement: Console administers governance policy within effective scopes
+The Console SHALL expose user-submission and Host-policy views only to a
+principal with `governance:admin`, and SHALL display effective non-secret
+policy revisions and mutations without treating hidden controls as security.
+
+#### Scenario: Administrator changes a Host budget
+- **WHEN** a governance administrator saves a valid Host policy containing an
+  AI budget or active-task limit
+- **THEN** the Console displays the returned newer policy revision and its
+  effective values
+
+#### Scenario: Non-governance user opens the Console
+- **WHEN** the current principal lacks `governance:admin`
+- **THEN** the Console hides governance administration navigation while the
+  backend remains responsible for rejecting unauthorized requests
+
+### Requirement: Console reports Host AI budget state without sensitive prompts
+The Console SHALL render per-Host budget state and non-secret token usage for
+authorized governance users, including an explicit unmetered state for Hosts
+using direct planner transport.
+
+#### Scenario: Administrator views a Cloud-proxied Host
+- **WHEN** a governance administrator selects a Host with recorded proxy usage
+- **THEN** the Console displays configured budget, used/reserved/remaining
+  tokens, provider/model, and non-secret event metadata
+
+#### Scenario: Administrator views a direct-transport Host
+- **WHEN** a governance administrator selects a Host that does not use Cloud
+  planner transport
+- **THEN** the Console labels the Host unmetered and does not display zero as
+  a budget-compliant usage value
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+## ADDED Requirements
+
+### Requirement: User task-submission policy is durable and authoritative
+The system SHALL persist an optional versioned submission policy for each
+human user, containing submission enablement and explicit Host/Device target
+allow-lists, and SHALL enforce that policy after scope authentication on every
+public task-submission request.
+
+#### Scenario: Restricted user submits to an allowed Device
+- **WHEN** a principal with `tasks:submit` has a policy allowing a Host/Device
+  target and submits a task for that exact target
+- **THEN** the system accepts the task subject to normal validation and records
+  the authenticated principal as its submitter
+
+#### Scenario: Restricted user omits or exceeds a target allow-list
+- **WHEN** a principal with a restrictive policy submits without a target or
+  names a Host/Device outside its allow-list
+- **THEN** the system rejects the request before creating a task
+
+#### Scenario: Submission is disabled
+- **WHEN** a principal with `tasks:submit` has a policy with submission
+  disabled
+- **THEN** the system rejects task submission without changing the queue
+
+### Requirement: Host governance policy is versioned and enforceable
+The system SHALL persist a monotonic revisioned policy for each Host with an
+optional active-task limit and optional UTC-day AI token budget, and SHALL
+enforce active-task limits during Cloud scheduling.
+
+#### Scenario: Host active-task limit is reached
+- **WHEN** a Host already has its configured maximum number of assigned or
+  dispatched attempts and another queued task targets that Host
+- **THEN** the scheduler leaves the later task queued until capacity becomes
+  available
+
+#### Scenario: Host policy is updated
+- **WHEN** an authorized governance administrator updates a Host policy
+- **THEN** the system stores a strictly newer revision and later Cloud
+  authorization, scheduling, and proxy operations use the new policy
+
+### Requirement: Governance mutations and reads use dedicated scopes
+The system SHALL protect governance policy and AI-usage operations with
+`governance:read` or `governance:admin` as appropriate, and SHALL record safe
+audits for policy mutations.
+
+#### Scenario: Administrator changes a policy
+- **WHEN** a principal with `governance:admin` changes a user or Host policy
+- **THEN** the system records actor, target, old/new revision, timestamp, and
+  non-secret policy metadata without recording credentials or request secrets
+
+#### Scenario: Non-governance principal attempts a policy mutation
+- **WHEN** a principal lacking `governance:admin` updates a governance policy
+- **THEN** the system rejects the request before changing durable policy state
diff --git a/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/cloud-planner-proxy/spec.md b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/cloud-planner-proxy/spec.md
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+## ADDED Requirements
+
+### Requirement: Planner proxy enforces effective Host token budgets before provider invocation
+The Cloud planner-decision endpoint SHALL atomically reserve a conservative
+bounded token amount before invoking its provider for an authenticated Host
+using Cloud planner transport with an effective token budget, and SHALL reject
+the request without invoking the provider when the reservation would exceed
+the remaining budget.
+
+#### Scenario: Budget permits a planner decision
+- **WHEN** the Host has sufficient budget after used and reserved tokens are
+  considered
+- **THEN** the endpoint creates a reservation and invokes the configured
+  provider exactly once
+
+#### Scenario: Budget is exhausted
+- **WHEN** a next planner decision would exceed the Host's effective budget
+- **THEN** the endpoint returns a structured failure without invoking the
+  configured provider
+
+### Requirement: Planner proxy settles provider-reported token usage without persisting prompts
+The Cloud planner-decision endpoint SHALL settle its reservation to the
+provider-reported token usage when available and SHALL retain only non-secret
+metering metadata, never the raw prompt, screenshot, provider credentials, or
+session/lease secret.
+
+#### Scenario: Provider response includes usage
+- **WHEN** the configured provider returns a valid tool-call decision and
+  token-usage metadata
+- **THEN** the endpoint records and returns the decision, settles the Host's
+  reservation to the reported usage, and does not durably store request text
+  or screenshot bytes
+
+#### Scenario: Usage is indeterminate after failure
+- **WHEN** a reservation exists but the endpoint cannot determine provider
+  usage after a transport failure
+- **THEN** the reservation remains until bounded expiry cleanup rather than
+  being released as unused
diff --git a/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/host-agent-protocol/spec.md b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/host-agent-protocol/spec.md
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+## MODIFIED Requirements
+
+### Requirement: Host identity is authenticated and bound to one host id
+The internal Host Agent API SHALL require a host-scoped bearer principal and
+SHALL reject any request that attempts to act for a `host_id` different from
+the authenticated principal's bound host.
+
+#### Scenario: Host authenticates as itself
+- **WHEN** a Host Agent presents valid credentials bound to its requested
+  `host_id`
+- **THEN** the internal API authorizes permitted heartbeat, claim, renewal,
+  result, policy retrieval, and self-submission operations
+
+#### Scenario: Host attempts to impersonate another host
+- **WHEN** valid credentials bound to host A are used on a request for host B
+- **THEN** the internal API rejects the request without reading or modifying
+  host B's state
+
+### Requirement: Host Agent synchronizes heartbeat and complete device snapshots
+The Host Agent SHALL periodically submit its complete local device snapshot
+and last applied policy revision to the control plane, and the control plane
+SHALL atomically refresh the host heartbeat, replace only that host's
+pooled-device records, and return the effective Host policy whenever its
+revision differs.
+
+#### Scenario: Host reports devices
+- **WHEN** a Host Agent submits a valid heartbeat containing its current devices
+- **THEN** the control plane updates the host's last-seen time and exposes the
+  submitted devices through the aggregated pool
+
+#### Scenario: Host policy revision changed
+- **WHEN** a Host heartbeat presents a revision older than the effective
+  Cloud-host policy
+- **THEN** the response includes the complete newer policy and revision for the
+  Host to cache
+
+#### Scenario: Host policy revision is current
+- **WHEN** a Host heartbeat presents the current effective policy revision
+- **THEN** the response confirms that revision without resending an unrelated
+  policy representation
+
+#### Scenario: Host reports no devices
+- **WHEN** a previously populated host submits an empty device snapshot
+- **THEN** only that host's prior device records are removed while devices
+  owned by other hosts remain unchanged
+
+## ADDED Requirements
+
+### Requirement: Host can submit a self-targeted goal through the outbound protocol
+The Host Agent SHALL be able to submit a goal-only task through its existing
+outbound authenticated protocol, and the control plane SHALL derive its target
+from the authenticated Host rather than accepting another Host identifier.
+
+#### Scenario: Host submits a local goal
+- **WHEN** an authenticated Host submits a valid goal through its internal
+  self-submission operation
+- **THEN** the control plane returns a queued task targeted to that Host
+
+#### Scenario: Host submits an ineligible local Device
+- **WHEN** a Host names a Device that is not owned by its authenticated Host
+- **THEN** the control plane rejects the request without creating a task
diff --git a/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/host-scoped-task-submission/spec.md b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/host-scoped-task-submission/spec.md
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+## ADDED Requirements
+
+### Requirement: Host can submit a goal task only for itself
+The internal Host Agent API SHALL allow an authenticated Host to submit a
+goal-based task that the Cloud Control Plane irrevocably targets to that same
+Host, with an optional Device target owned by that Host.
+
+#### Scenario: Host submits a goal for one of its Devices
+- **WHEN** Host A presents valid Host A credentials and submits a valid goal
+  naming one of Host A's enrolled Devices
+- **THEN** the control plane creates a queued task targeted to Host A and that
+  Device without granting Host A public task-submission authority
+
+#### Scenario: Host omits a Device target
+- **WHEN** an authenticated Host submits a valid goal without a Device target
+- **THEN** the control plane creates a queued task targeted to that Host and
+  lets the scheduler select only an eligible Device owned by it
+
+### Requirement: Host self-submission preserves host isolation
+The internal Host task-submission operation SHALL reject a foreign Host,
+foreign Device, workflow reference, or disabled self-submission policy before
+creating any task.
+
+#### Scenario: Host attempts a foreign target
+- **WHEN** Host A submits a request naming Host B or a Device not owned by A
+- **THEN** the control plane rejects the request and does not create a task
+
+#### Scenario: Host self-submission is disabled
+- **WHEN** a Host policy disables Host self-submission
+- **THEN** the control plane rejects that Host's self-submission request
diff --git a/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/platform-sdk/spec.md b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/specs/platform-sdk/spec.md
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+## MODIFIED Requirements
+
+### Requirement: Task submission and status via the SDK
+The system SHALL allow an external integrator to submit a task (goal or
+workflow reference plus constraints and an optional explicit Host/Device
+target) through the platform SDK's API, and to query that task's current
+status by id, backed by the `task-scheduler` capability. A Device target MUST
+include its owning Host, and the status representation SHALL expose any
+explicit target separately from the eventual assignment.
+
+#### Scenario: Submit a task via the API
+- **WHEN** an integrator calls the task-submission endpoint with a valid goal
+  and optional constraints
+- **THEN** the API returns a task id that can be used to poll status, and the
+  underlying `task-scheduler` records a new `queued` `ScheduledTask`
+
+#### Scenario: Submit a task for one Host and Device
+- **WHEN** a `tasks:submit` principal submits a valid target containing an
+  eligible Host and Device it is permitted to use
+- **THEN** the API records that exact target and the scheduler cannot assign
+  the task outside it
+
+#### Scenario: Device target lacks its Host
+- **WHEN** an integrator submits a Device target without an owning Host
+- **THEN** the API rejects the request before creating a task
+
+#### Scenario: Query status of a known task
+- **WHEN** an integrator requests status for a task id that exists
+- **THEN** the API returns that task's current status (`queued`, `assigned`,
+  `dispatched`, `done`, or `failed`) and its explicit target when present
+
+#### Scenario: Query status of an unknown task
+- **WHEN** an integrator requests status for a task id that does not exist
+- **THEN** the API returns a not-found response rather than an unhandled server
+  error
+
+### Requirement: Python SDK client mirrors the REST API
+The system SHALL provide a Python client (`CloudClient`) exposing methods
+corresponding to every `/v1/...` resource, user-authentication,
+user-administration, and governance route, including targeted task submission
+and read-only Host AI-usage access, so integrators do not need to
+hand-construct HTTP requests.
+
+#### Scenario: Client submits a targeted task and retrieves status
+- **WHEN** a caller uses `CloudClient` to submit a task with an explicit target
+  and then fetches status by the returned id
+- **THEN** the client produces the same target and lifecycle result as direct
+  REST calls
+
+#### Scenario: Client administers governance with a scoped bearer
+- **WHEN** a caller configures `CloudClient` with `governance:admin` and
+  invokes a policy operation
+- **THEN** the client sends that authentication and returns the corresponding
+  non-secret policy representation
+
+### Requirement: Public API operations enforce scopes
+The public platform API SHALL require operation-specific scopes for task
+submission, task reading, pool reading, plugin reading, plugin
+administration, user administration, governance reading, and governance
+administration, regardless of whether the principal came from a bearer
+credential or user session.
+
+#### Scenario: Submit principal has task scope
+- **WHEN** a bearer or user principal with `tasks:submit` calls the
+  task-submission endpoint
+- **THEN** the request is authorized subject to normal task validation and
+  any effective user-submission policy
+
+#### Scenario: Non-admin principal attempts plugin registration
+- **WHEN** an authenticated principal without `plugins:admin` calls plugin
+  registration
+- **THEN** the API rejects the request before resolving or loading the plugin
+  target
+
+#### Scenario: Non-admin principal attempts user administration
+- **WHEN** an authenticated principal without `users:admin` calls a
+  user-administration endpoint
+- **THEN** the API rejects the request before reading or changing protected
+  user state
+
+#### Scenario: Principal lacks governance administration scope
+- **WHEN** an authenticated principal without `governance:admin` changes a
+  user or Host policy
+- **THEN** the API rejects the request before changing policy or usage state
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+## MODIFIED Requirements
+
+### Requirement: Task submission enqueues a scheduled task
+The system SHALL allow a caller to submit a task (a goal string, or a
+reference to a `WorkflowDefinition`, plus optional device constraints:
+`driver_type`, required capability tags, and an explicit Host/Device target)
+and SHALL enqueue it as a `ScheduledTask` with status `queued`, returning a
+stable task id the caller can poll. A Device target MUST name its owning Host;
+an explicit target remains attached to the task for its entire lifecycle.
+
+#### Scenario: Successful submission
+- **WHEN** a caller submits a task with a goal and no constraints
+- **THEN** the scheduler creates a `ScheduledTask` with status `queued`,
+  assigns it a unique id, and returns that id to the caller without blocking
+  for a device to become available
+
+#### Scenario: Targeted submission
+- **WHEN** a caller submits a valid task targeted to a Host and one of its
+  Devices
+- **THEN** the queued task retains that Host/Device target until it is assigned
+  or reaches a terminal lifecycle state
+
+#### Scenario: Queue depth limit reached
+- **WHEN** a caller submits a task while the queue already holds
+  `config.max_queue_depth` queued tasks
+- **THEN** the scheduler rejects the submission with a clear error rather than
+  accepting an unbounded backlog
+
+### Requirement: Assignment matches a queued task to an idle, constraint-matching device
+The system SHALL assign a queued `ScheduledTask` to an idle `PooledDevice`
+(as reported by the `device-pool` capability) whose explicit target, if any,
+`driver_type`, and capability tags satisfy the task's constraints, using a
+named, registrable `AssignmentStrategy`.
+
+#### Scenario: Matching idle device available
+- **WHEN** `assign()` runs and at least one idle `PooledDevice` matches the
+  head-of-queue task's constraints
+- **THEN** the scheduler selects one such device via the configured
+  `AssignmentStrategy`, transitions the task to status `assigned`, and records
+  the chosen `device_id`/`host_id`
+
+#### Scenario: Targeted Device is unavailable
+- **WHEN** `assign()` runs and the only explicitly targeted Device is busy,
+  stale, absent, or otherwise ineligible
+- **THEN** the task remains `queued` and the scheduler does not assign a
+  different Device or Host
+
+#### Scenario: No matching device available
+- **WHEN** `assign()` runs and no idle `PooledDevice` matches the head-of-queue
+  task's constraints
+- **THEN** the task remains `queued` (not failed), and `assign()` returns
+  without error, ready to be retried on a later call
+
+#### Scenario: Unknown assignment strategy configured
+- **WHEN** `TaskScheduler` is configured with an `AssignmentStrategy` name
+  that is not registered
+- **THEN** the scheduler raises a clear configuration error at startup/first-
+  assign rather than silently falling back to a default strategy
diff --git a/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/tasks.md b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/tasks.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ac1eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openspec/changes/cloud-console-governance/tasks.md
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+## 1. Preconditions and dependency reconciliation
+
+- [x] 1.1 Confirm `cloud-planner-proxy` is fully implemented, passes its
+      strict validation and relevant runtime tests, and its deployed schema/API
+      contract is the base for this change.
+- [ ] 1.2 Complete and reconcile `cloud-console-user-authentication`, including
+      the documented Console Users experience and its remaining PostgreSQL and
+      HTTPS/Host-Agent verification tasks.
+- [ ] 1.3 Rebase this change's delta specs against the then-current canonical
+      `platform-sdk`, `cloud-console-ui`, `cloud-planner-proxy`, and
+      `agent-runtime` specifications before implementation begins.
+
+## 2. Governance domain, persistence, and migration
+
+- [ ] 2.1 Define target-selector, user-submission-policy, Host-governance-
+      policy, token-usage-event, and token-reservation domain models with
+      non-secret representations and revision semantics.
+- [ ] 2.2 Extend the Cloud repository port with transactional CRUD/query
+      operations for policies, active Host capacity, budget reservations,
+      settlement, expiry cleanup, and bounded usage summaries/events.
+- [ ] 2.3 Add SQLAlchemy rows, indexes, conversion helpers, and concurrency-
+      safe PostgreSQL/SQLite implementations for governance policies, usage
+      events, reservations, and safe policy audits.
+- [ ] 2.4 Add an Alembic forward/downgrade revision that preserves existing
+      users, Hosts, devices, tasks, and attempts; advance schema readiness
+      checks to the new head.
+- [ ] 2.5 Add repository and migration tests for policy revisions, null versus
+      empty allow-list semantics, active-task capacity, reservation races,
+      settlement, expiry cleanup, audit redaction, and SQLite/PostgreSQL
+      parity.
+
+## 3. Targeted scheduling and public governance API
+
+- [x] 3.1 Extend task constraints, SDK request/response models, persistence
+      serialization, status/list representations, and `CloudClient` for an
+      optional Host/Device target; reject a Device without its Host.
+- [x] 3.2 Enforce target ownership/existence at public submission and filter
+      scheduler candidates by target before strategy selection; keep an
+      unavailable targeted task queued with no fallback assignment.
+- [x] 3.3 Add `governance:read` and `governance:admin` scopes and policy-aware
+      public task authorization that combines `tasks:submit` with the
+      authenticated human user's effective submission policy.
+- [ ] 3.4 Add bounded, non-secret public governance routes and `CloudClient`
+      methods for user policy, Host policy, Host AI-budget summaries, and
+      paginated usage events; audit every policy mutation.
+- [ ] 3.5 Add public API/SDK tests for targeted submission, target-policy
+      denial, scope enforcement, status exposure, governance CRUD, and
+      absence of secret fields in responses/audits.
+
+## 4. Host policy synchronization and self-submission
+
+- [x] 4.1 Extend shared internal heartbeat request/response models with the
+      Host's last policy revision and a revision-aware effective-policy reply.
+- [ ] 4.2 Update Host heartbeat synchronization to persist only safe cached
+      policy state and expose it through local status/history without adding an
+      inbound Cloud connection.
+- [x] 4.3 Add the Host-scoped goal-only task-submission route and
+      `HostAgentClient` method; derive Host targeting from authenticated
+      credentials and validate any named local Device ownership.
+- [ ] 4.4 Enforce the Host policy's self-submission and active-task limits in
+      the Cloud service/scheduler, not only in Host-local code.
+- [ ] 4.5 Add Cloud API and Host Agent tests for revision convergence,
+      unchanged-policy replies, self-targeted task creation, foreign target
+      rejection, disabled self-submission, and outbound-only compatibility.
+
+## 5. Cloud-proxy usage metering and hard budget enforcement
+
+- [x] 5.1 Extend the dual-provider tool-calling result with optional
+      non-secret provider usage fields while preserving `AIPlanner`'s existing
+      single-decision behavior and direct transport compatibility.
+- [ ] 5.2 Extend planner-proxy request context and Host-Agent-local context
+      binding so Cloud-proxied calls carry known task/attempt metadata without
+      importing Host or Cloud concerns into `runtime`.
+- [ ] 5.3 Add Cloud proxy preflight reservation, configured conservative
+      per-call ceiling, provider invocation, actual-usage settlement, and
+      bounded unknown-usage reservation expiry.
+- [ ] 5.4 Record non-secret usage events and expose accurate
+      used/reserved/remaining UTC-day budget summaries; explicitly report
+      direct transport as unmetered.
+- [ ] 5.5 Add provider-fake, repository concurrency, Cloud API, and Host
+      Agent tests for usage parsing, over-budget rejection before provider
+      invocation, concurrent reservations, settlement, timeout uncertainty,
+      task-attempt attribution, and direct-transport labeling.
+
+## 6. Cloud Console governance experience
+
+- [x] 6.1 Add task composer API bindings and a scope-aware Console form for
+      goal/workflow submission, Host/Device target selection, and target/policy
+      validation errors.
+- [ ] 6.2 Complete or reconcile the admin Users view, then add user-
+      submission-policy editing with safe refresh and conflict/error handling.
+- [ ] 6.3 Add Host policy administration and AI-usage/budget views, including
+      revision display, unmetered direct Hosts, and no rendering of prompts,
+      screenshots, provider credentials, cookies, or lease secrets.
+- [ ] 6.4 Add frontend tests for task composer scope/policy failures,
+      governance navigation, policy mutations, usage rendering, unmetered
+      status, CSRF writes, and retained session behavior on `403`.
+
+## 7. Documentation, verification, and rollout
+
+- [ ] 7.1 Update deployment and Console documentation with the dependency
+      order, migration/rollback sequence, policy semantics, Cloud transport
+      prerequisite, budget reservation behavior, direct-host limitation, and
+      safe administrator operations.
+- [ ] 7.2 Run formatting, Ruff, compile checks, secret/redaction review, the
+      complete non-integration workspace test suite, Cloud Console unit tests,
+      type-check, and production build.
+- [ ] 7.3 Run real PostgreSQL migration/concurrency coverage and a Compose HTTPS
+      manual flow covering user restriction, targeted scheduling, Host policy
+      delivery, Host self-submission, Cloud-proxy budget exhaustion, and a
+      direct Host labelled unmetered.
+- [x] 7.4 Run `openspec validate cloud-console-governance --strict` and resolve
+      all proposal, design, specification, and task validation errors.
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/auth.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/auth.py
index 8c09d53..ead18e9 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/auth.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/auth.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ POOL_READ_SCOPE = "pool:read"
 PLUGINS_READ_SCOPE = "plugins:read"
 PLUGINS_ADMIN_SCOPE = "plugins:admin"
 USERS_ADMIN_SCOPE = "users:admin"
+GOVERNANCE_READ_SCOPE = "governance:read"
+GOVERNANCE_ADMIN_SCOPE = "governance:admin"
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/db_models.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/db_models.py
index 23472c1..b5da46b 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/db_models.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/db_models.py
@@ -215,3 +215,29 @@ class AuthAuditRow(Base):
     outcome: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, nullable=False)
     correlation_id: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String, nullable=True)
     metadata_json: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False, default="{}")
+
+
+class UserSubmissionPolicyRow(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "cloud_user_submission_policies"
+
+    user_id: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
+        ForeignKey("cloud_users.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), primary_key=True
+    )
+    revision: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False)
+    submission_enabled: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False)
+    allowed_host_ids_json: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
+    allowed_device_targets_json: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
+    updated_at: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, nullable=False)
+
+
+class HostGovernancePolicyRow(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "cloud_host_governance_policies"
+
+    host_id: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
+        ForeignKey("host_registrations.host_id", ondelete="CASCADE"), primary_key=True
+    )
+    revision: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False)
+    self_submission_enabled: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False)
+    max_active_tasks: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=True)
+    daily_token_budget: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=True)
+    updated_at: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, nullable=False)
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/governance.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/governance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0a2682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/governance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"""Durable Cloud-side submission and Host governance policies."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime
+
+
+class TaskSubmissionPolicyError(PermissionError):
+    """Raised when a human user's policy disallows a task submission."""
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class UserSubmissionPolicy:
+    user_id: str
+    revision: int
+    submission_enabled: bool
+    allowed_host_ids: tuple[str, ...] | None
+    allowed_device_targets: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] | None
+    updated_at: datetime
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class HostGovernancePolicy:
+    host_id: str
+    revision: int
+    self_submission_enabled: bool
+    max_active_tasks: int | None
+    daily_token_budget: int | None
+    updated_at: datetime
+
+
+def enforce_user_submission_policy(
+    policy: UserSubmissionPolicy | None,
+    *,
+    target_host_id: str | None,
+    target_device_id: str | None,
+) -> None:
+    if policy is None:
+        return
+    if not policy.submission_enabled:
+        raise TaskSubmissionPolicyError("task submission is disabled for this user")
+    restricted = (
+        policy.allowed_host_ids is not None
+        or policy.allowed_device_targets is not None
+    )
+    if not restricted:
+        return
+    if target_host_id is None:
+        raise TaskSubmissionPolicyError("an explicit permitted target is required")
+    if (
+        policy.allowed_host_ids is not None
+        and target_host_id not in policy.allowed_host_ids
+    ):
+        raise TaskSubmissionPolicyError("target host is not permitted")
+    if policy.allowed_device_targets is not None:
+        if target_device_id is None or (
+            target_host_id,
+            target_device_id,
+        ) not in policy.allowed_device_targets:
+            raise TaskSubmissionPolicyError("target device is not permitted")
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/internal_api/api.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/internal_api/api.py
index 022e5b4..e7fd033 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/internal_api/api.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/internal_api/api.py
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ from cloud.internal_api.models import (
     DeviceEnrollmentResponse,
     HeartbeatRequest,
     HeartbeatResponse,
+    HostGovernancePolicyModel,
     HostEnrollmentRequest,
     HostEnrollmentResponse,
+    HostTaskSubmissionRequest,
+    HostTaskSubmissionResponse,
     LeaseRenewalRequest,
     LeaseRenewalResponse,
     PlannerDecisionError,
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ from runtime.tool_specs import ToolSpec
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from cloud.pool import DevicePool
+    from cloud.scheduler import TaskScheduler
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ def create_internal_router(
     lease_duration_seconds: float = 60.0,
     sleep: Callable[[float], Awaitable[None]] = asyncio.sleep,
     planner_client_factory: Callable[[], ToolCallingClient] | None = None,
+    scheduler: TaskScheduler | None = None,
 ) -> APIRouter:
     if claim_poll_interval_seconds <= 0:
         raise ValueError("claim_poll_interval_seconds must be greater than zero")
@@ -166,12 +171,71 @@ def create_internal_router(
             address=payload.address,
             allow_device_takeover=allow_device_takeover,
         )
+        policy = pool.store.get_host_governance_policy(host_id)
+        policy_revision = policy.revision if policy is not None else 0
         return HeartbeatResponse(
             host_id=host_id,
             accepted_devices=len(devices),
             received_at=utc_now(),
+            policy_revision=policy_revision,
+            policy=(
+                HostGovernancePolicyModel(
+                    revision=policy.revision,
+                    self_submission_enabled=policy.self_submission_enabled,
+                    max_active_tasks=policy.max_active_tasks,
+                    daily_token_budget=policy.daily_token_budget,
+                )
+                if policy is not None and payload.policy_revision != policy.revision
+                else None
+            ),
         )
 
+    @router.post(
+        "/hosts/{host_id}/tasks",
+        response_model=HostTaskSubmissionResponse,
+        status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
+    )
+    def submit_host_task(
+        host_id: str,
+        payload: HostTaskSubmissionRequest,
+        request: Request,
+    ) -> HostTaskSubmissionResponse:
+        authorize_host(request, host_id)
+        if payload.host_id != host_id:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT,
+                detail="task host_id must match the request path",
+            )
+        if scheduler is None:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
+                detail="task submission is unavailable",
+            )
+        policy = pool.store.get_host_governance_policy(host_id)
+        if policy is not None and not policy.self_submission_enabled:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+                detail="Host self-submission is disabled",
+            )
+        if payload.device_id is not None and not any(
+            device.host_id == host_id and device.device_id == payload.device_id
+            for device in pool.list_devices()
+        ):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT,
+                detail="target device is not owned by this Host",
+            )
+        from cloud.scheduler import TaskConstraints
+
+        task_id = scheduler.submit(
+            goal=payload.goal,
+            constraints=TaskConstraints(
+                target_host_id=host_id,
+                target_device_id=payload.device_id,
+            ),
+        )
+        return HostTaskSubmissionResponse(task_id=task_id)
+
     @router.post(
         "/hosts/{host_id}/assignments/claim",
         response_model=ClaimResponse,
@@ -285,6 +349,7 @@ def create_internal_router(
     @router.post(
         "/hosts/{host_id}/planner/decide",
         response_model=PlannerDecisionResponse,
+        response_model_exclude_none=True,
         responses={
             status.HTTP_502_BAD_GATEWAY: {"model": PlannerDecisionError},
         },
@@ -354,6 +419,9 @@ def create_internal_router(
         return PlannerDecisionResponse(
             tool_name=decision.tool_name,
             arguments=dict(decision.arguments),
+            input_tokens=(decision.usage.input_tokens if decision.usage else None),
+            output_tokens=(decision.usage.output_tokens if decision.usage else None),
+            total_tokens=(decision.usage.total_tokens if decision.usage else None),
         )
 
     return router
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/internal_api/models.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/internal_api/models.py
index a06fa57..0ab1059 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/internal_api/models.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/internal_api/models.py
@@ -38,12 +38,22 @@ class HeartbeatRequest(BaseModel):
     host_id: str = Field(min_length=1)
     address: str | None = None
     devices: list[DeviceSnapshotModel] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    policy_revision: int = Field(default=0, ge=0)
+
+
+class HostGovernancePolicyModel(BaseModel):
+    revision: int = Field(ge=1)
+    self_submission_enabled: bool
+    max_active_tasks: int | None = None
+    daily_token_budget: int | None = None
 
 
 class HeartbeatResponse(BaseModel):
     host_id: str
     accepted_devices: int
     received_at: datetime
+    policy_revision: int = Field(default=0, ge=0)
+    policy: HostGovernancePolicyModel | None = None
 
 
 class ClaimRequest(BaseModel):
@@ -93,6 +103,16 @@ class TerminalResultResponse(BaseModel):
     status: Literal["recorded", "already_recorded"]
 
 
+class HostTaskSubmissionRequest(BaseModel):
+    host_id: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    goal: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    device_id: str | None = Field(default=None, min_length=1)
+
+
+class HostTaskSubmissionResponse(BaseModel):
+    task_id: str
+
+
 class StaleLeaseConflict(BaseModel):
     code: Literal["stale_lease"] = "stale_lease"
     detail: str
@@ -116,6 +136,9 @@ class PlannerDecisionRequest(BaseModel):
 class PlannerDecisionResponse(BaseModel):
     tool_name: str
     arguments: dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    input_tokens: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=0)
+    output_tokens: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=0)
+    total_tokens: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=0)
 
 
 class PlannerDecisionError(BaseModel):
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/migrations/versions/0004_cloud_governance.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/migrations/versions/0004_cloud_governance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef192fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/migrations/versions/0004_cloud_governance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+"""Add durable Cloud governance policies."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+revision = "0004_cloud_governance"
+down_revision = "0003_cloud_user_authentication"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    inspector = sa.inspect(op.get_bind())
+    tables = set(inspector.get_table_names())
+    if "cloud_user_submission_policies" not in tables:
+        op.create_table(
+            "cloud_user_submission_policies",
+            sa.Column(
+                "user_id",
+                sa.String(),
+                sa.ForeignKey("cloud_users.id", ondelete="CASCADE"),
+                primary_key=True,
+            ),
+            sa.Column("revision", sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+            sa.Column("submission_enabled", sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+            sa.Column("allowed_host_ids_json", sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+            sa.Column("allowed_device_targets_json", sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+            sa.Column("updated_at", sa.String(), nullable=False),
+        )
+    if "cloud_host_governance_policies" not in tables:
+        op.create_table(
+            "cloud_host_governance_policies",
+            sa.Column(
+                "host_id",
+                sa.String(),
+                sa.ForeignKey("host_registrations.host_id", ondelete="CASCADE"),
+                primary_key=True,
+            ),
+            sa.Column("revision", sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+            sa.Column("self_submission_enabled", sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+            sa.Column("max_active_tasks", sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+            sa.Column("daily_token_budget", sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+            sa.Column("updated_at", sa.String(), nullable=False),
+        )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    inspector = sa.inspect(op.get_bind())
+    tables = set(inspector.get_table_names())
+    if "cloud_host_governance_policies" in tables:
+        op.drop_table("cloud_host_governance_policies")
+    if "cloud_user_submission_policies" in tables:
+        op.drop_table("cloud_user_submission_policies")
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/repository.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/repository.py
index b5b8236..2ea6ddb 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/repository.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/repository.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
         UserAccount,
         UserSession,
     )
+    from cloud.governance import HostGovernancePolicy, UserSubmissionPolicy
 
 
 AttemptStatus = Literal["assigned", "dispatched", "done", "failed", "expired"]
@@ -283,6 +284,30 @@ class CloudRepository(Protocol):
 
     def cleanup_auth_state(self, *, now: datetime, limit: int) -> int: ...
 
+    def get_user_submission_policy(self, user_id: str) -> UserSubmissionPolicy | None: ...
+
+    def upsert_user_submission_policy(
+        self,
+        *,
+        user_id: str,
+        submission_enabled: bool,
+        allowed_host_ids: tuple[str, ...] | None,
+        allowed_device_targets: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] | None,
+        updated_at: datetime,
+    ) -> UserSubmissionPolicy: ...
+
+    def get_host_governance_policy(self, host_id: str) -> HostGovernancePolicy | None: ...
+
+    def upsert_host_governance_policy(
+        self,
+        *,
+        host_id: str,
+        self_submission_enabled: bool,
+        max_active_tasks: int | None,
+        daily_token_budget: int | None,
+        updated_at: datetime,
+    ) -> HostGovernancePolicy: ...
+
     def list_reserved_device_ids(self, *, now: datetime) -> set[str]: ...
 
     def assign_task(
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/scheduler.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/scheduler.py
index e687281..b83ca56 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/scheduler.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/scheduler.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class TaskConstraints:
 
     driver_type: str | None = None
     capability_tags: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    target_host_id: str | None = None
+    target_device_id: str | None = None
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -195,6 +197,10 @@ class TaskScheduler:
 
 
 def _matches(device: "PooledDevice", constraints: TaskConstraints) -> bool:
+    if constraints.target_host_id and device.host_id != constraints.target_host_id:
+        return False
+    if constraints.target_device_id and device.device_id != constraints.target_device_id:
+        return False
     if constraints.driver_type and device.driver_type != constraints.driver_type:
         return False
     if constraints.capability_tags:
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/schema.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/schema.py
index cbb923a..60d1fd6 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/schema.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/schema.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from alembic.runtime.migration import MigrationContext
 from cloud.database import create_database_engine, normalize_database_url
 
 
-HEAD_REVISION = "0003_cloud_user_authentication"
+HEAD_REVISION = "0004_cloud_governance"
 
 
 class SchemaVersionError(RuntimeError):
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/api.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/api.py
index 02436aa..8078895 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/api.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/api.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from cloud.auth import (
     NullAuthProvider,
     Principal,
 )
+from cloud.governance import TaskSubmissionPolicyError, enforce_user_submission_policy
 from cloud.sdk.models import (
     DeviceResponse,
     ErrorResponse,
@@ -94,8 +95,21 @@ def create_cloud_router(
         payload: TaskSubmissionRequest,
         request: Request,
     ) -> TaskSubmissionResponse:
-        _authorize(request, TASKS_SUBMIT_SCOPE)
-        task_constraints = _build_constraints(payload.constraints)
+        principal = _authorize(request, TASKS_SUBMIT_SCOPE)
+        try:
+            task_constraints = _build_constraints(payload.constraints)
+            _validate_task_target(pool, task_constraints)
+            _enforce_user_policy(principal, scheduler.store, task_constraints)
+        except TaskSubmissionPolicyError as exc:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+                detail=str(exc),
+            ) from exc
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+                detail=str(exc),
+            ) from exc
         try:
             task_id = scheduler.submit(
                 goal=payload.goal,
@@ -128,6 +142,8 @@ def create_cloud_router(
             attempt_count=task.attempt_count,
             lease_expires_at=task.lease_expires_at,
             failure_reason=task.failure_reason,
+            target_host_id=task.constraints.target_host_id,
+            target_device_id=task.constraints.target_device_id,
         )
 
     @router.get("/tasks", response_model=TaskListResponse)
@@ -158,6 +174,8 @@ def create_cloud_router(
                     assigned_host_id=task.assigned_host_id,
                     attempt_count=task.attempt_count,
                     failure_reason=task.failure_reason,
+                    target_host_id=task.constraints.target_host_id,
+                    target_device_id=task.constraints.target_device_id,
                     created_at=task.created_at,
                 )
                 for task in tasks
@@ -303,4 +321,35 @@ def _build_constraints(model):
     return TaskConstraints(
         driver_type=model.driver_type,
         capability_tags=list(model.capability_tags),
+        target_host_id=model.target_host_id,
+        target_device_id=model.target_device_id,
+    )
+
+
+def _validate_task_target(pool, constraints) -> None:
+    if constraints.target_device_id and not constraints.target_host_id:
+        raise ValueError("target_device_id requires target_host_id")
+    if constraints.target_host_id is None:
+        return
+    if not any(host.host_id == constraints.target_host_id for host in pool.list_hosts()):
+        raise ValueError(f"target host {constraints.target_host_id!r} is not known")
+    if constraints.target_device_id is not None and not any(
+        device.host_id == constraints.target_host_id
+        and device.device_id == constraints.target_device_id
+        for device in pool.list_devices()
+    ):
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"target device {constraints.target_device_id!r} is not owned by "
+            f"host {constraints.target_host_id!r}"
+        )
+
+
+def _enforce_user_policy(principal, store, constraints) -> None:
+    if not principal.id.startswith("user:"):
+        return
+    policy = store.get_user_submission_policy(principal.id.removeprefix("user:"))
+    enforce_user_submission_policy(
+        policy,
+        target_host_id=constraints.target_host_id,
+        target_device_id=constraints.target_device_id,
     )
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/client.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/client.py
index 2fff538..d939db6 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/client.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/client.py
@@ -72,15 +72,24 @@ class CloudClient:
         workflow_definition_id: str | None = None,
         driver_type: str | None = None,
         capability_tags: list[str] | None = None,
+        target_host_id: str | None = None,
+        target_device_id: str | None = None,
     ) -> dict[str, Any]:
         payload: dict[str, Any] = {
             "goal": goal,
             "workflow_definition_id": workflow_definition_id,
         }
-        if driver_type is not None or capability_tags is not None:
+        if (
+            driver_type is not None
+            or capability_tags is not None
+            or target_host_id is not None
+            or target_device_id is not None
+        ):
             payload["constraints"] = {
                 "driver_type": driver_type,
                 "capability_tags": list(capability_tags or []),
+                "target_host_id": target_host_id,
+                "target_device_id": target_device_id,
             }
         resp = self._request("POST", "/tasks", json=payload)
         return resp.json()
@@ -209,6 +218,28 @@ class CloudClient:
     def revoke_user_sessions(self, user_id: str) -> None:
         self._request("DELETE", f"/users/{user_id}/sessions")
 
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------- governance
+
+    def get_user_submission_policy(self, user_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return self._request("GET", f"/users/{user_id}/submission-policy").json()
+
+    def update_user_submission_policy(
+        self, user_id: str, **policy: Any
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return self._request(
+            "PUT", f"/users/{user_id}/submission-policy", json=policy
+        ).json()
+
+    def get_host_governance_policy(self, host_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return self._request("GET", f"/hosts/{host_id}/governance-policy").json()
+
+    def update_host_governance_policy(
+        self, host_id: str, **policy: Any
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return self._request(
+            "PUT", f"/hosts/{host_id}/governance-policy", json=policy
+        ).json()
+
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------ helpers
 
     def _url(self, path: str) -> str:
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/governance_api.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/governance_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee710d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/governance_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Request, status
+
+from cloud.auth import AuthProvider, GOVERNANCE_ADMIN_SCOPE, GOVERNANCE_READ_SCOPE
+from cloud.observability import current_correlation_id
+from cloud.sdk.models import (
+    HostGovernancePolicyRequest,
+    HostGovernancePolicyResponse,
+    UserSubmissionPolicyRequest,
+    UserSubmissionPolicyResponse,
+)
+from cloud.user_auth import AuthAuditEvent
+from core.models import utc_now
+
+
+def create_governance_router(*, repository, auth_provider: AuthProvider) -> APIRouter:
+    router = APIRouter(prefix="/v1", tags=["cloud-governance"])
+
+    def authorize(request: Request, required_scope: str):
+        principal = auth_provider.authenticate(request)
+        if principal is None:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+                detail="unauthorized",
+                headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+            )
+        if principal.must_change_password or not principal.has_scope(required_scope):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+                detail=f"missing required scope: {required_scope}",
+            )
+        return principal
+
+    @router.get(
+        "/users/{user_id}/submission-policy",
+        response_model=UserSubmissionPolicyResponse,
+    )
+    def get_user_policy(user_id: str, request: Request) -> UserSubmissionPolicyResponse:
+        authorize(request, GOVERNANCE_READ_SCOPE)
+        policy = repository.get_user_submission_policy(user_id)
+        if policy is None:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="submission policy not found")
+        return UserSubmissionPolicyResponse(
+            user_id=policy.user_id,
+            revision=policy.revision,
+            submission_enabled=policy.submission_enabled,
+            allowed_host_ids=list(policy.allowed_host_ids)
+            if policy.allowed_host_ids is not None
+            else None,
+            allowed_device_targets=[
+                {"host_id": host_id, "device_id": device_id}
+                for host_id, device_id in policy.allowed_device_targets or ()
+            ]
+            if policy.allowed_device_targets is not None
+            else None,
+            updated_at=policy.updated_at,
+        )
+
+    @router.put(
+        "/users/{user_id}/submission-policy",
+        response_model=UserSubmissionPolicyResponse,
+    )
+    def put_user_policy(
+        user_id: str,
+        payload: UserSubmissionPolicyRequest,
+        request: Request,
+    ) -> UserSubmissionPolicyResponse:
+        principal = authorize(request, GOVERNANCE_ADMIN_SCOPE)
+        try:
+            policy = repository.upsert_user_submission_policy(
+                user_id=user_id,
+                submission_enabled=payload.submission_enabled,
+                allowed_host_ids=_unique_strings(payload.allowed_host_ids),
+                allowed_device_targets=(
+                    tuple((item.host_id, item.device_id) for item in payload.allowed_device_targets)
+                    if payload.allowed_device_targets is not None
+                    else None
+                ),
+                updated_at=utc_now(),
+            )
+        except KeyError as exc:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="user not found") from exc
+        _audit(repository, principal.id, user_id, "user_submission_policy_update")
+        return UserSubmissionPolicyResponse(
+            user_id=policy.user_id,
+            revision=policy.revision,
+            submission_enabled=policy.submission_enabled,
+            allowed_host_ids=list(policy.allowed_host_ids)
+            if policy.allowed_host_ids is not None
+            else None,
+            allowed_device_targets=[
+                {"host_id": host_id, "device_id": device_id}
+                for host_id, device_id in policy.allowed_device_targets or ()
+            ]
+            if policy.allowed_device_targets is not None
+            else None,
+            updated_at=policy.updated_at,
+        )
+
+    @router.get(
+        "/hosts/{host_id}/governance-policy",
+        response_model=HostGovernancePolicyResponse,
+    )
+    def get_host_policy(host_id: str, request: Request) -> HostGovernancePolicyResponse:
+        authorize(request, GOVERNANCE_READ_SCOPE)
+        policy = repository.get_host_governance_policy(host_id)
+        if policy is None:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Host policy not found")
+        return _host_response(policy)
+
+    @router.put(
+        "/hosts/{host_id}/governance-policy",
+        response_model=HostGovernancePolicyResponse,
+    )
+    def put_host_policy(
+        host_id: str,
+        payload: HostGovernancePolicyRequest,
+        request: Request,
+    ) -> HostGovernancePolicyResponse:
+        principal = authorize(request, GOVERNANCE_ADMIN_SCOPE)
+        try:
+            policy = repository.upsert_host_governance_policy(
+                host_id=host_id,
+                self_submission_enabled=payload.self_submission_enabled,
+                max_active_tasks=payload.max_active_tasks,
+                daily_token_budget=payload.daily_token_budget,
+                updated_at=utc_now(),
+            )
+        except KeyError as exc:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Host not found") from exc
+        _audit(repository, principal.id, host_id, "host_governance_policy_update")
+        return _host_response(policy)
+
+    return router
+
+
+def _unique_strings(values: list[str] | None) -> tuple[str, ...] | None:
+    if values is None:
+        return None
+    return tuple(dict.fromkeys(value for value in values if value))
+
+
+def _host_response(policy) -> HostGovernancePolicyResponse:
+    return HostGovernancePolicyResponse(
+        host_id=policy.host_id,
+        revision=policy.revision,
+        self_submission_enabled=policy.self_submission_enabled,
+        max_active_tasks=policy.max_active_tasks,
+        daily_token_budget=policy.daily_token_budget,
+        updated_at=policy.updated_at,
+    )
+
+
+def _audit(repository, actor_id: str, target: str, action: str) -> None:
+    repository.record_auth_audit(
+        AuthAuditEvent(
+            id=uuid4().hex,
+            occurred_at=utc_now(),
+            actor_principal_id=actor_id,
+            target_user_id=target if action.startswith("user_") else None,
+            action=action,
+            outcome="success",
+            correlation_id=current_correlation_id(),
+            metadata={"target": target},
+        )
+    )
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/models.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/models.py
index 7ec6cc5..5f6a8fe 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/models.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sdk/models.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 class TaskConstraintsModel(BaseModel):
     driver_type: str | None = None
     capability_tags: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    target_host_id: str | None = Field(default=None, min_length=1)
+    target_device_id: str | None = Field(default=None, min_length=1)
 
 
 class TaskSubmissionRequest(BaseModel):
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ class TaskStatusResponse(BaseModel):
     attempt_count: int = 0
     lease_expires_at: datetime | None = None
     failure_reason: str | None = None
+    target_host_id: str | None = None
+    target_device_id: str | None = None
 
 
 class TaskListItem(BaseModel):
@@ -44,6 +48,8 @@ class TaskListItem(BaseModel):
     assigned_host_id: str | None = None
     attempt_count: int = 0
     failure_reason: str | None = None
+    target_host_id: str | None = None
+    target_device_id: str | None = None
     created_at: datetime
 
 
@@ -145,3 +151,32 @@ class PasswordResetRequest(BaseModel):
 
 class ErrorResponse(BaseModel):
     detail: str
+
+
+class DeviceTargetModel(BaseModel):
+    host_id: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    device_id: str = Field(min_length=1)
+
+
+class UserSubmissionPolicyRequest(BaseModel):
+    submission_enabled: bool = True
+    allowed_host_ids: list[str] | None = None
+    allowed_device_targets: list[DeviceTargetModel] | None = None
+
+
+class UserSubmissionPolicyResponse(UserSubmissionPolicyRequest):
+    user_id: str
+    revision: int
+    updated_at: datetime
+
+
+class HostGovernancePolicyRequest(BaseModel):
+    self_submission_enabled: bool = True
+    max_active_tasks: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=1)
+    daily_token_budget: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=1)
+
+
+class HostGovernancePolicyResponse(HostGovernancePolicyRequest):
+    host_id: str
+    revision: int
+    updated_at: datetime
diff --git a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sql_repository.py b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sql_repository.py
index 0cf9389..83d92f3 100644
--- a/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sql_repository.py
+++ b/packages/cloud-platform/cloud/sql_repository.py
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ from cloud.db_models import (
     ScheduledTaskRow,
     TaskAttemptRow,
     AuthAuditRow,
+    HostGovernancePolicyRow,
     LoginThrottleRow,
     UserRow,
     UserSessionRow,
+    UserSubmissionPolicyRow,
 )
 from cloud.observability import current_correlation_id
 from core.models import utc_now
@@ -807,6 +809,86 @@ class SQLAlchemyCloudRepository:
                 removed += len(stale_throttles)
         return removed
 
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------- governance
+
+    def get_user_submission_policy(self, user_id: str) -> Any | None:
+        with self._sessions() as session:
+            row = session.get(UserSubmissionPolicyRow, user_id)
+        return _user_submission_policy_from_row(row) if row is not None else None
+
+    def upsert_user_submission_policy(
+        self,
+        *,
+        user_id: str,
+        submission_enabled: bool,
+        allowed_host_ids: tuple[str, ...] | None,
+        allowed_device_targets: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] | None,
+        updated_at: datetime,
+    ) -> Any:
+        with self._sessions.begin() as session:
+            if session.get(UserRow, user_id) is None:
+                raise KeyError(f"unknown user {user_id!r}")
+            row = session.get(UserSubmissionPolicyRow, user_id)
+            if row is None:
+                row = UserSubmissionPolicyRow(
+                    user_id=user_id,
+                    revision=1,
+                    submission_enabled=1 if submission_enabled else 0,
+                    allowed_host_ids_json=_dump_optional_list(allowed_host_ids),
+                    allowed_device_targets_json=_dump_optional_list(
+                        allowed_device_targets
+                    ),
+                    updated_at=_iso(updated_at),
+                )
+                session.add(row)
+            else:
+                row.revision += 1
+                row.submission_enabled = 1 if submission_enabled else 0
+                row.allowed_host_ids_json = _dump_optional_list(allowed_host_ids)
+                row.allowed_device_targets_json = _dump_optional_list(
+                    allowed_device_targets
+                )
+                row.updated_at = _iso(updated_at)
+            session.flush()
+            return _user_submission_policy_from_row(row)
+
+    def get_host_governance_policy(self, host_id: str) -> Any | None:
+        with self._sessions() as session:
+            row = session.get(HostGovernancePolicyRow, host_id)
+        return _host_governance_policy_from_row(row) if row is not None else None
+
+    def upsert_host_governance_policy(
+        self,
+        *,
+        host_id: str,
+        self_submission_enabled: bool,
+        max_active_tasks: int | None,
+        daily_token_budget: int | None,
+        updated_at: datetime,
+    ) -> Any:
+        with self._sessions.begin() as session:
+            if session.get(HostRow, host_id) is None:
+                raise KeyError(f"unknown host {host_id!r}")
+            row = session.get(HostGovernancePolicyRow, host_id)
+            if row is None:
+                row = HostGovernancePolicyRow(
+                    host_id=host_id,
+                    revision=1,
+                    self_submission_enabled=1 if self_submission_enabled else 0,
+                    max_active_tasks=max_active_tasks,
+                    daily_token_budget=daily_token_budget,
+                    updated_at=_iso(updated_at),
+                )
+                session.add(row)
+            else:
+                row.revision += 1
+                row.self_submission_enabled = 1 if self_submission_enabled else 0
+                row.max_active_tasks = max_active_tasks
+                row.daily_token_budget = daily_token_budget
+                row.updated_at = _iso(updated_at)
+            session.flush()
+            return _host_governance_policy_from_row(row)
+
     def list_reserved_device_ids(self, *, now: datetime) -> set[str]:
         with self._sessions() as session:
             device_ids = session.scalars(
@@ -1218,6 +1300,8 @@ def _task_from_row(row: ScheduledTaskRow) -> Any:
         constraints=TaskConstraints(
             driver_type=constraints_data.get("driver_type"),
             capability_tags=list(constraints_data.get("capability_tags") or []),
+            target_host_id=constraints_data.get("target_host_id"),
+            target_device_id=constraints_data.get("target_device_id"),
         ),
         status=row.status,
         assigned_device_id=row.assigned_device_id,
@@ -1232,6 +1316,66 @@ def _task_from_row(row: ScheduledTaskRow) -> Any:
     )
 
 
+def _dump_optional_list(value: tuple[Any, ...] | None) -> str | None:
+    return json.dumps(value, ensure_ascii=False) if value is not None else None
+
+
+def _load_optional_string_tuple(value: str | None) -> tuple[str, ...] | None:
+    if value is None:
+        return None
+    try:
+        parsed = json.loads(value)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        parsed = []
+    return tuple(item for item in parsed if isinstance(item, str))
+
+
+def _load_optional_device_targets(
+    value: str | None,
+) -> tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] | None:
+    if value is None:
+        return None
+    try:
+        parsed = json.loads(value)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        parsed = []
+    return tuple(
+        (item[0], item[1])
+        for item in parsed
+        if isinstance(item, list | tuple)
+        and len(item) == 2
+        and all(isinstance(part, str) for part in item)
+    )
+
+
+def _user_submission_policy_from_row(row: UserSubmissionPolicyRow) -> Any:
+    from cloud.governance import UserSubmissionPolicy
+
+    return UserSubmissionPolicy(
+        user_id=row.user_id,
+        revision=row.revision,
+        submission_enabled=bool(row.submission_enabled),
+        allowed_host_ids=_load_optional_string_tuple(row.allowed_host_ids_json),
+        allowed_device_targets=_load_optional_device_targets(
+            row.allowed_device_targets_json
+        ),
+        updated_at=_parse_dt(row.updated_at) or utc_now(),
+    )
+
+
+def _host_governance_policy_from_row(row: HostGovernancePolicyRow) -> Any:
+    from cloud.governance import HostGovernancePolicy
+
+    return HostGovernancePolicy(
+        host_id=row.host_id,
+        revision=row.revision,
+        self_submission_enabled=bool(row.self_submission_enabled),
+        max_active_tasks=row.max_active_tasks,
+        daily_token_budget=row.daily_token_budget,
+        updated_at=_parse_dt(row.updated_at) or utc_now(),
+    )
+
+
 def _task_attempt_from_row(row: TaskAttemptRow) -> Any:
     from cloud.repository import TaskAttemptRecord
 
diff --git a/runtime/tool_calling_client.py b/runtime/tool_calling_client.py
index 7e99255..f37f039 100644
--- a/runtime/tool_calling_client.py
+++ b/runtime/tool_calling_client.py
@@ -13,10 +13,18 @@ class ToolCallUnavailable(Exception):
     """Internal signal for expected tool-calling transport/response failures."""
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ToolCallUsage:
+    input_tokens: int | None = None
+    output_tokens: int | None = None
+    total_tokens: int | None = None
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class ToolCallDecision:
     tool_name: str
     arguments: dict[str, Any]
+    usage: ToolCallUsage | None = None
 
 
 class ToolCallingClient(Protocol):
@@ -234,7 +242,11 @@ def _decision_from_anthropic_response(response: Any) -> ToolCallDecision:
         name = _value(block, "name")
         arguments = _value(block, "input")
         if isinstance(name, str) and isinstance(arguments, dict):
-            return ToolCallDecision(tool_name=name, arguments=arguments)
+            return ToolCallDecision(
+                tool_name=name,
+                arguments=arguments,
+                usage=_anthropic_usage(response),
+            )
     raise ValueError("anthropic response did not include a tool_use block")
 
 
@@ -278,7 +290,40 @@ def _decision_from_openai_response(response: Any) -> ToolCallDecision:
     if not isinstance(name, str):
         raise ValueError("openai tool call missing a function name")
     arguments = _decode_openai_arguments(_value(function, "arguments"))
-    return ToolCallDecision(tool_name=name, arguments=arguments)
+    return ToolCallDecision(
+        tool_name=name,
+        arguments=arguments,
+        usage=_openai_usage(response),
+    )
+
+
+def _anthropic_usage(response: Any) -> ToolCallUsage | None:
+    usage = _value(response, "usage")
+    input_tokens = _integer_value(usage, "input_tokens")
+    output_tokens = _integer_value(usage, "output_tokens")
+    if input_tokens is None and output_tokens is None:
+        return None
+    return ToolCallUsage(
+        input_tokens=input_tokens,
+        output_tokens=output_tokens,
+        total_tokens=(input_tokens or 0) + (output_tokens or 0),
+    )
+
+
+def _openai_usage(response: Any) -> ToolCallUsage | None:
+    usage = _value(response, "usage")
+    input_tokens = _integer_value(usage, "prompt_tokens")
+    output_tokens = _integer_value(usage, "completion_tokens")
+    total_tokens = _integer_value(usage, "total_tokens")
+    if input_tokens is None and output_tokens is None and total_tokens is None:
+        return None
+    return ToolCallUsage(
+        input_tokens=input_tokens,
+        output_tokens=output_tokens,
+        total_tokens=total_tokens
+        if total_tokens is not None
+        else (input_tokens or 0) + (output_tokens or 0),
+    )
 
 
 def _decode_openai_arguments(raw_arguments: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -296,3 +341,8 @@ def _value(source: Any, key: str) -> Any:
         return source.get(key)
     value = getattr(source, key, None)
     return None if callable(value) else value
+
+
+def _integer_value(source: Any, key: str) -> int | None:
+    value = _value(source, key)
+    return value if isinstance(value, int) and value >= 0 else None
diff --git a/tests/test_cloud_governance.py b/tests/test_cloud_governance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7695c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cloud_governance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+
+import pytest
+
+from cloud.auth import Principal
+from cloud.config import CloudConfig
+from cloud.database import CloudDatabase
+from cloud.governance import enforce_user_submission_policy
+from cloud.plugins import PluginRegistry
+from cloud.pool import DevicePool
+from cloud.sdk.api import create_cloud_router
+from cloud.sdk.governance_api import create_governance_router
+from cloud.scheduler import TaskScheduler
+from cloud.user_auth import UserAccount
+from core.models import Device
+
+
+pytest.importorskip("fastapi")
+from fastapi import FastAPI  # noqa: E402
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient  # noqa: E402
+
+
+class _PrincipalProvider:
+    def __init__(self, principal: Principal) -> None:
+        self.principal = principal
+
+    def authenticate(self, _request: object) -> Principal:
+        return self.principal
+
+
+def _config() -> CloudConfig:
+    return CloudConfig(max_queue_depth=20)
+
+
+def _add_user(repository, user_id: str = "user-a") -> None:
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    repository.create_user(
+        UserAccount(
+            id=user_id,
+            username=user_id,
+            username_normalized=user_id,
+            display_name=user_id,
+            role="operator",
+            enabled=True,
+            must_change_password=False,
+            authentication_version=1,
+            created_at=now,
+            updated_at=now,
+            password_hash="not-used-by-this-test",
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def test_user_submission_policy_requires_permitted_explicit_target(tmp_path) -> None:
+    database = CloudDatabase(f"sqlite:///{(tmp_path / 'governance.sqlite3').as_posix()}")
+    try:
+        _add_user(database.repository)
+        database.repository.upsert_user_submission_policy(
+            user_id="user-a",
+            submission_enabled=True,
+            allowed_host_ids=("host-a",),
+            allowed_device_targets=(("host-a", "device-a"),),
+            updated_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        )
+        pool = DevicePool(database.repository, _config())
+        pool.sync_host_devices(
+            "host-a",
+            [Device(id="device-a", driver_type="wda", status="idle")],  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        )
+        scheduler = TaskScheduler(pool, database.repository, _config())
+        app = FastAPI()
+        app.include_router(
+            create_cloud_router(
+                pool=pool,
+                scheduler=scheduler,
+                plugin_registry=PluginRegistry(database.repository),
+                auth_provider=_PrincipalProvider(
+                    Principal(id="user:user-a", scopes=frozenset({"tasks:submit"}))
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+        client = TestClient(app)
+
+        denied = client.post("/v1/tasks", json={"goal": "unscoped"})
+        assert denied.status_code == 403
+        allowed = client.post(
+            "/v1/tasks",
+            json={
+                "goal": "scoped",
+                "constraints": {
+                    "target_host_id": "host-a",
+                    "target_device_id": "device-a",
+                },
+            },
+        )
+        assert allowed.status_code == 201, allowed.text
+    finally:
+        database.close()
+
+
+def test_governance_routes_persist_revisioned_policies(tmp_path) -> None:
+    database = CloudDatabase(f"sqlite:///{(tmp_path / 'governance-api.sqlite3').as_posix()}")
+    try:
+        _add_user(database.repository)
+        database.repository.upsert_host(
+            "host-a", address=None, last_seen_at=datetime.now(UTC)
+        )
+        app = FastAPI()
+        app.include_router(
+            create_governance_router(
+                repository=database.repository,
+                auth_provider=_PrincipalProvider(
+                    Principal(id="admin", scopes=frozenset({"governance:admin", "governance:read"}))
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+        client = TestClient(app)
+
+        user_policy = client.put(
+            "/v1/users/user-a/submission-policy",
+            json={"submission_enabled": False, "allowed_host_ids": []},
+        )
+        assert user_policy.status_code == 200, user_policy.text
+        assert user_policy.json()["revision"] == 1
+        host_policy = client.put(
+            "/v1/hosts/host-a/governance-policy",
+            json={"max_active_tasks": 2, "daily_token_budget": 1000},
+        )
+        assert host_policy.status_code == 200, host_policy.text
+        assert host_policy.json()["revision"] == 1
+        reread = client.get("/v1/hosts/host-a/governance-policy")
+        assert reread.json()["daily_token_budget"] == 1000
+    finally:
+        database.close()
+
+
+def test_absent_policy_preserves_existing_submission_behavior() -> None:
+    enforce_user_submission_policy(None, target_host_id=None, target_device_id=None)
diff --git a/tests/test_cloud_sdk_api.py b/tests/test_cloud_sdk_api.py
index 3162829..24309db 100644
--- a/tests/test_cloud_sdk_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_cloud_sdk_api.py
@@ -267,6 +267,70 @@ def test_submit_with_constraints(tmp_path) -> None:
     assert status["status"] == "queued"
 
 
+def test_submit_with_explicit_target_is_listed_and_not_rerouted(tmp_path) -> None:
+    app, pool, scheduler, _ = _build_app(tmp_path)
+    pool.sync_host_devices(
+        "host-a",
+        [Device(id="device-a", driver_type="wda", status="idle")],  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+    )
+    pool.sync_host_devices(
+        "host-b",
+        [Device(id="device-b", driver_type="wda", status="idle")],  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+    )
+    client = _client_for(app)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/v1/tasks",
+        json={
+            "goal": "target b",
+            "constraints": {
+                "target_host_id": "host-b",
+                "target_device_id": "device-b",
+            },
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 201, response.text
+    task_id = response.json()["task_id"]
+
+    scheduler.assign()
+    task = client.get(f"/v1/tasks/{task_id}").json()
+    assert task["target_host_id"] == "host-b"
+    assert task["target_device_id"] == "device-b"
+    assert task["assigned_host_id"] == "host-b"
+    assert task["assigned_device_id"] == "device-b"
+    listed = client.get("/v1/tasks").json()["items"]
+    assert next(item for item in listed if item["id"] == task_id)["target_host_id"] == "host-b"
+
+
+def test_submit_rejects_incomplete_or_foreign_target(tmp_path) -> None:
+    app, pool, _, _ = _build_app(tmp_path)
+    pool.sync_host_devices(
+        "host-a",
+        [Device(id="device-a", driver_type="wda", status="idle")],  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+    )
+    client = _client_for(app)
+
+    missing_host = client.post(
+        "/v1/tasks",
+        json={
+            "goal": "invalid",
+            "constraints": {"target_device_id": "device-a"},
+        },
+    )
+    assert missing_host.status_code == 400
+    foreign_device = client.post(
+        "/v1/tasks",
+        json={
+            "goal": "invalid",
+            "constraints": {
+                "target_host_id": "host-a",
+                "target_device_id": "unknown",
+            },
+        },
+    )
+    assert foreign_device.status_code == 400
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("method", "path", "payload", "required_scope"),
     [
diff --git a/tests/test_host_agent_internal_api.py b/tests/test_host_agent_internal_api.py
index ebbc090..fc5b21c 100644
--- a/tests/test_host_agent_internal_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_host_agent_internal_api.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from cloud.auth import BearerCredential, ConfiguredBearerAuthProvider
 from cloud.config import CloudConfig
 from cloud.internal_api.api import create_internal_router
 from cloud.pool import DevicePool, PooledDevice
-from cloud.scheduler import ScheduledTask, TaskConstraints
+from cloud.scheduler import ScheduledTask, TaskConstraints, TaskScheduler
 from cloud.store import CloudStore
 
 
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ def _build_client(tmp_path) -> tuple[TestClient, DevicePool]:
         ]
     )
     app = FastAPI()
-    app.include_router(create_internal_router(pool=pool, auth_provider=auth_provider))
+    app.include_router(
+        create_internal_router(
+            pool=pool,
+            auth_provider=auth_provider,
+            scheduler=TaskScheduler(pool, pool.store, CloudConfig(stale_after_seconds=60)),
+        )
+    )
     return TestClient(app), pool
 
 
@@ -196,6 +202,36 @@ def test_host_token_cannot_submit_heartbeat_for_another_host(tmp_path) -> None:
     assert pool.store.get_host("host-b") is None
 
 
+def test_heartbeat_and_self_submission_preserve_host_isolation(tmp_path) -> None:
+    client, pool = _build_client(tmp_path)
+    headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer token-a"}
+    heartbeat = client.put(
+        "/internal/v1/hosts/host-a/heartbeat",
+        headers=headers,
+        json=_heartbeat_payload("host-a", "device-a"),
+    )
+    assert heartbeat.status_code == 200
+    assert heartbeat.json()["policy_revision"] == 0
+    assert heartbeat.json()["policy"] is None
+
+    created = client.post(
+        "/internal/v1/hosts/host-a/tasks",
+        headers=headers,
+        json={"host_id": "host-a", "goal": "local work", "device_id": "device-a"},
+    )
+    assert created.status_code == 201, created.text
+    task = pool.store.get_task(created.json()["task_id"])
+    assert task is not None
+    assert task.constraints.target_host_id == "host-a"
+    assert task.constraints.target_device_id == "device-a"
+    foreign = client.post(
+        "/internal/v1/hosts/host-b/tasks",
+        headers=headers,
+        json={"host_id": "host-b", "goal": "forbidden"},
+    )
+    assert foreign.status_code == 403
+
+
 def test_long_poll_claim_returns_at_most_one_owned_assignment(tmp_path) -> None:
     client, pool = _build_client(tmp_path)
     now = datetime.now(UTC)
diff --git a/tests/test_task_scheduler.py b/tests/test_task_scheduler.py
index c8c4a22..20ba799 100644
--- a/tests/test_task_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/test_task_scheduler.py
@@ -225,3 +225,42 @@ def test_capability_tag_constraint_filters_candidates(tmp_path) -> None:
     assignments = scheduler.assign()
     assert [a.task_id for a in assignments] == [task_id]
     assert assignments[0].device_id == "dev-2"
+
+
+def test_explicit_host_and_device_target_is_a_hard_constraint(tmp_path) -> None:
+    pool = _pool_with_devices(tmp_path, _device("host-a-device"), host_id="host-a")
+    pool.sync_host_devices("host-b", [_device("host-b-device")])
+    scheduler = TaskScheduler(pool, pool.store, _config())
+
+    task_id = scheduler.submit(
+        goal="target host b",
+        constraints=TaskConstraints(
+            target_host_id="host-b",
+            target_device_id="host-b-device",
+        ),
+    )
+
+    assignments = scheduler.assign()
+
+    assert [(item.host_id, item.device_id) for item in assignments] == [
+        ("host-b", "host-b-device")
+    ]
+    task = pool.store.get_task(task_id)
+    assert task is not None
+    assert task.constraints.target_host_id == "host-b"
+    assert task.constraints.target_device_id == "host-b-device"
+
+
+def test_unavailable_explicit_target_is_never_rerouted(tmp_path) -> None:
+    pool = _pool_with_devices(tmp_path, _device("host-a-device"), host_id="host-a")
+    pool.sync_host_devices("host-b", [_device("host-b-device", status="busy")])
+    scheduler = TaskScheduler(pool, pool.store, _config())
+    task_id = scheduler.submit(
+        goal="wait for host b",
+        constraints=TaskConstraints(target_host_id="host-b"),
+    )
+
+    assert scheduler.assign() == []
+    task = pool.store.get_task(task_id)
+    assert task is not None
+    assert task.status == "queued"