diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.batch.test.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.batch.test.tsx
index 189945c8d2..6c5d322a28 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.batch.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.batch.test.tsx
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ vi.mock("@app/hooks/usePolicies", () => ({
       classification: {
         configured: true,
         runsOnEditor: true,
-        status: "active",
+        enabled: true,
         backendId: "backend-classification",
         runOn: "upload",
         order: 0,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ vi.mock("@app/hooks/usePolicies", () => ({
       security: {
         configured: true,
         runsOnEditor: true,
-        status: "active",
+        enabled: true,
         backendId: "backend-security",
         runOn: securityRunOn.value,
         order: 1,
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.chain.test.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.chain.test.tsx
index 89ca278e97..4b013c465d 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.chain.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.chain.test.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ vi.mock("@app/hooks/usePolicies", () => ({
       security: {
         configured: true,
         runsOnEditor: true,
-        status: "active",
+        enabled: true,
         backendId: "backend-sec",
         runOn: "upload",
         order: 0,
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ vi.mock("@app/hooks/usePolicies", () => ({
       compliance: {
         configured: true,
         runsOnEditor: true,
-        status: "active",
+        enabled: true,
         backendId: "backend-comp",
         runOn: "upload",
         order: 1,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ vi.mock("@app/hooks/usePolicies", () => ({
       classification: {
         configured: true,
         runsOnEditor: true,
-        status: "active",
+        enabled: true,
         backendId: "backend-cls",
         runOn: "upload",
         order: 2,
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.import.test.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.import.test.tsx
index 87609dc1a3..7cad7095c2 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.import.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.import.test.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ vi.mock("@app/hooks/usePolicies", () => ({
       security: {
         configured: true,
         runsOnEditor: true,
-        status: "active",
+        enabled: true,
         backendId: "backend-1",
         runOn: "upload",
         outputMode: "new_version",
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.race.test.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.race.test.tsx
index 6c09acead5..26515a38f5 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.race.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.race.test.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ vi.mock("@app/hooks/usePolicies", () => ({
       classification: {
         configured: true,
         runsOnEditor: true,
-        status: "active",
+        enabled: true,
         backendId: "backend-classification",
         runOn: "upload",
         order: 0,
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.reentry.test.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.reentry.test.tsx
index 56f05ab279..bfbab020fc 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.reentry.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.reentry.test.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ vi.mock("@app/hooks/usePolicies", () => ({
       security: {
         configured: true,
         runsOnEditor: true,
-        status: "active",
+        enabled: true,
         backendId: "backend-security",
         runOn: "upload",
         order: 0,
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.retry.test.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.retry.test.tsx
index d490d62476..47343abf8b 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.retry.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyAutoRun.retry.test.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ vi.mock("@app/hooks/usePolicies", () => ({
       security: {
         configured: true,
         runsOnEditor: true,
-        status: "active",
+        enabled: true,
         backendId: "backend-1",
         runOn: "upload",
       },
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyLocalPasses.test.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyLocalPasses.test.tsx
index 4631df9a6e..27788f5de5 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyLocalPasses.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyLocalPasses.test.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ vi.mock("@app/hooks/usePolicies", () => ({
       classification: {
         configured: true,
         runsOnEditor: true,
-        status: "active",
+        enabled: true,
         backendId: "backend-classification",
         runOn: runOn.value,
         sources: ["editor"],
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyLocalPasses.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyLocalPasses.ts
index 20b419fc93..3c7458ee97 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyLocalPasses.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/components/policies/usePolicyLocalPasses.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export function usePolicyLocalPasses(): void {
     for (const [categoryId, s] of Object.entries(policies)) {
       const active =
         s.configured &&
-        s.status === "active" &&
+        s.enabled &&
         s.backendId &&
         s.runsOnEditor &&
         (s.runOn ?? "upload") === "upload";
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/data/classificationPolicy.test.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/data/classificationPolicy.test.ts
index 73e7cca384..9af891c0d5 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/data/classificationPolicy.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/data/classificationPolicy.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { PoliciesByCategory } from "@app/types/policies";
 const rewriter = (order: number) =>
   ({
     configured: true,
-    status: "active",
+    enabled: true,
     backendId: `backend-${order}`,
     runsOnEditor: true,
     runOn: "upload",
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe("orderedRewritingCategories", () => {
   it("excludes inactive, non-editor, export-triggered, and unconfigured policies", () => {
     const mixed = {
       security: rewriter(0),
-      inactive: { ...rewriter(1), status: "paused" },
+      inactive: { ...rewriter(1), enabled: false },
       notEditor: { ...rewriter(2), runsOnEditor: false },
       onExport: { ...rewriter(3), runOn: "export" },
       unconfigured: { ...rewriter(4), configured: false },
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/data/classificationPolicy.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/data/classificationPolicy.ts
index 727b045ca1..6befe744d7 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/data/classificationPolicy.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/data/classificationPolicy.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function orderedRewritingCategories(
     .filter(
       ([id, s]) =>
         s.configured &&
-        s.status === "active" &&
+        s.enabled &&
         Boolean(s.backendId) &&
         s.runsOnEditor &&
         (s.runOn ?? "upload") === "upload" &&
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/hooks/usePolicies.test.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/hooks/usePolicies.test.ts
index 50fced0d60..1228532e91 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/hooks/usePolicies.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/hooks/usePolicies.test.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ describe("usePolicies", () => {
       JSON.stringify({
         "be-deleted": {
           configured: true,
-          status: "active",
+          enabled: true,
           backendId: "be-deleted",
           sources: ["editor"],
           runsOnEditor: true,
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/hooks/usePolicies.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/hooks/usePolicies.ts
index f216972550..d2e4b1072f 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/hooks/usePolicies.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/hooks/usePolicies.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export function usePolicies() {
           : {
               ...local[cat.id],
               configured: false,
-              status: "default",
+              enabled: false,
               backendId: undefined,
             };
       }
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyBackend.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyBackend.ts
index 8dd570aa38..2d51bdf3d8 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyBackend.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyBackend.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function decodedToState(
 ): PolicyState {
   return {
     configured: true,
-    status: decoded.enabled ? "active" : "paused",
+    enabled: decoded.enabled,
     name: decoded.name,
     sources: decoded.sources,
     runsOnEditor: decoded.runsOnEditor,
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyExport.test.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyExport.test.ts
index 016c48f33a..8960b3f6bb 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyExport.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyExport.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const { enforceExportPolicies } = await import("@app/services/policyExport");
 const exportPolicy = (over: Partial<PolicyState>): PolicyState =>
   ({
     configured: true,
-    status: "active",
+    enabled: true,
     backendId: "backend-1",
     sources: [],
     runsOnEditor: false,
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyExport.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyExport.ts
index ff1e25ad11..4b53201993 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyExport.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyExport.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function activeExportPolicies(): ExportPolicy[] {
       .filter(
         ([, s]) =>
           s.configured &&
-          s.status === "active" &&
+          s.enabled &&
           s.backendId &&
           s.runsOnEditor &&
           s.runOn === "export",
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyStorage.test.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyStorage.test.ts
index 91eff21a58..3f7dd48c11 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyStorage.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyStorage.test.ts
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ describe("policyStorage", () => {
   it("defaults every category to unconfigured (backend is the source of truth)", () => {
     const p = loadPolicies();
     expect(p.ingestion.configured).toBe(false);
-    expect(p.ingestion.status).toBe("default");
+    expect(p.ingestion.enabled).toBe(false);
     expect(p.security.configured).toBe(false);
-    expect(p.security.status).toBe("default");
+    expect(p.security.enabled).toBe(false);
     expect(p.retention.configured).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("persists an update and reflects it on reload", () => {
-    updatePolicy("security", { configured: true, status: "active" });
+    updatePolicy("security", { configured: true, enabled: true });
     const reloaded = loadPolicies();
     expect(reloaded.security.configured).toBe(true);
-    expect(reloaded.security.status).toBe("active");
+    expect(reloaded.security.enabled).toBe(true);
     // Other categories untouched.
     expect(reloaded.retention.configured).toBe(false);
   });
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe("policyStorage", () => {
   it("heals missing categories from corrupt/partial storage", () => {
     localStorage.setItem(
       "stirling-policies-state",
-      JSON.stringify({ ingestion: { configured: true, status: "active" } }),
+      JSON.stringify({ ingestion: { configured: true, enabled: true } }),
     );
     const p = loadPolicies();
     // Missing category gets a default rather than being undefined.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe("policyStorage", () => {
     localStorage.setItem(
       "stirling-policies-state",
       JSON.stringify({
-        security: { configured: true, status: "active", sources: ["s3"] },
+        security: { configured: true, enabled: true, sources: ["s3"] },
       }),
     );
     // Without the migration the default (true) would wrongly win.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe("policyStorage", () => {
     localStorage.setItem(
       "stirling-policies-state",
       JSON.stringify({
-        security: { configured: true, status: "active", sources: ["editor"] },
+        security: { configured: true, enabled: true, sources: ["editor"] },
       }),
     );
     expect(loadPolicies().security.runsOnEditor).toBe(true);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ describe("policyStorage", () => {
       JSON.stringify({
         security: {
           configured: true,
-          status: "active",
+          enabled: true,
           sources: ["editor"],
           runsOnEditor: false,
         },
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ describe("policyStorage", () => {
   it("fires a change event on update", () => {
     const cb = vi.fn();
     const off = onPoliciesChange(cb);
-    updatePolicy("routing", { status: "paused" });
+    updatePolicy("routing", { enabled: false });
     expect(cb).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     off();
-    updatePolicy("routing", { status: "active" });
+    updatePolicy("routing", { enabled: true });
     expect(cb).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1); // not called after unsubscribe
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyStorage.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyStorage.ts
index eee7e0387a..1b564e2ec0 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyStorage.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/services/policyStorage.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function defaultState(categoryId: string): PolicyState {
   // actually configured + active; this is just the empty local-cache shape.
   return {
     configured: false,
-    status: "default",
+    enabled: false,
     sources: ["editor"],
     runsOnEditor: true,
     scopeTypes: [],
diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/types/policies.ts b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/types/policies.ts
index 012b8ee9ba..ad4a551cbb 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/types/policies.ts
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/proprietary/types/policies.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 import type { AutomationOperation } from "@app/types/automation";
 
-/** Lifecycle status of a policy category for the current user/org. */
-export type PolicyStatus = "default" | "active" | "paused";
-
 /** A configurable field within a policy's settings. */
 export type PolicyFieldType = "toggle" | "select" | "chips" | "text";
 
@@ -82,7 +79,9 @@ export interface PolicySource {
 /** Per-category runtime state held in the local cache. */
 export interface PolicyState {
   configured: boolean;
-  status: PolicyStatus;
+  /** Whether the backend policy is enabled (fires on the editor). Meaningful only
+   *  when `configured`; false otherwise. Mirrors the backend `Policy.enabled`. */
+  enabled: boolean;
   /** Selected sources (ids from POLICY_SOURCES). */
   sources: string[];
   /** The policy's own name. Set for builder pipelines, which have no built-in category label. */