diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/src/client/index.ts b/packages/api/gateway/src/client/index.ts
index ee87914633..4fe46e6d2d 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/src/client/index.ts
@@ -411,10 +411,10 @@ class ClientRemoteService extends Service implements ClientRemote {
       const result = await connection.rpc.call('/api', endpoint, { args: prepared.args }, prepared.signal)
       if (!mountActive(token)) return withdrawn(endpoint)
       if (!result.ok) return { ok: false, error: result.error }
-      return { ok: true, value: parse(descriptor.result, result.value, endpoint, 'result') }
+      return { ok: true, value: result.value }
     } catch (error) {
-      // Carrier throws (offline, abort, a rejected result payload) are outcomes
-      // of the call, not assembly faults, so they join the same error branch.
+      // Carrier throws (offline or abort) are outcomes of the call, not assembly
+      // faults, so they join the same error branch.
       return carrierFailure(endpoint, error)
     }
   }
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class ClientRemoteService extends Service implements ClientRemote {
     const stream = this.openRemoteStream(endpoint, { args: prepared.args }, prepared.signal)
     for await (const value of stream) {
       if (!mountActive(token)) throw new Error(withdrawn(endpoint).error.message)
-      yield parse(descriptor.result, value, endpoint, 'result')
+      yield value
     }
   }
 
@@ -470,12 +470,12 @@ class ClientRemoteService extends Service implements ClientRemote {
       if (identity === undefined) {
         throw new Error(`client api: ${endpoint} requires a ${JSON.stringify(projection.context)} Context`)
       }
-      args[projection.wire] = parse(projection.codec, identity, endpoint, projection.wire)
+      args[projection.wire] = parseInput(projection.codec, identity, endpoint, projection.wire)
     }
     let valueIndex = 0
     descriptor.parameters.forEach((parameter, parameterIndex) => {
       if (parameterIndex === projection?.parameterIndex) return
-      const value = parse(parameter.codec, values[valueIndex], endpoint, parameter.wire)
+      const value = parseInput(parameter.codec, values[valueIndex], endpoint, parameter.wire)
       if (value !== undefined) args[parameter.wire] = value
       valueIndex += 1
     })
@@ -663,7 +663,6 @@ function scopedProjection(descriptor: InvocationDescriptor): ScopedProjection |
 
 function requireStrictDescriptor(descriptor: InvocationDescriptor): void {
   const endpoint = endpointOf(descriptor)
-  requireStrictCodec(descriptor.result, endpoint, 'result')
   for (const parameter of descriptor.parameters) {
     requireStrictCodec(parameter.codec, endpoint, parameter.wire)
   }
@@ -678,7 +677,7 @@ function requireStrictCodec(codec: TypertCodec, endpoint: string, field: string)
   }
 }
 
-function parse(codec: TypertCodec, value: unknown, endpoint: string, field: string): unknown {
+function parseInput(codec: TypertCodec, value: unknown, endpoint: string, field: string): unknown {
   if (codec.mode !== 'strict') {
     throw new Error(`client api: generated Remote ${endpoint} field ${JSON.stringify(field)} has no strict codec`)
   }
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/src/index.ts b/packages/api/gateway/src/index.ts
index 8271445fa8..27306d9af0 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/src/index.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export class TypertGatewayService extends Service implements TypertGateway {
   /**
    * Invoke one live Remote method through strict generated reflection or SRC markers.
    * @param request - decoded endpoint and exact named wire arguments.
-   * @returns the validated business result.
+   * @returns the business result without output decoding.
    * @throws {@link TypertGatewayError} for dispatch, provider, or boundary failures; lookup-policy and business errors retain identity.
    */
   async invoke(request: InvokeRemoteRequest): Promise<unknown> {
@@ -282,24 +282,18 @@ export class TypertGatewayService extends Service implements TypertGateway {
       )
     }
 
-    let result: unknown
     try {
-      result = await Reflect.apply(prepared.method, prepared.receiver, prepared.args) as unknown
+      return await Reflect.apply(prepared.method, prepared.receiver, prepared.args) as unknown
     } catch (error) {
       if (request.signal?.aborted === true) throw new RemoteInvocationCancelled(prepared.endpoint, error)
       throw error
     }
-    // A weak descriptor declares no return type, so nothing returned is a void
-    // result and rides the wire as an absent value field. A strict descriptor
-    // keeps its schema: there, undefined has to be a declared result.
-    if (result === undefined && prepared.descriptor.result.mode !== 'strict') return result
-    return decode(prepared.descriptor.result, result, 'result-invalid', prepared.endpoint, 'result')
   }
 
   /**
    * Open one live stream Remote method without assuming a physical carrier.
    * @param request - decoded endpoint and named wire arguments.
-   * @returns an iterable whose items have passed the generated result codec.
+   * @returns a cancellation-aware iterable over the business results.
    */
   async stream(request: InvokeRemoteRequest): Promise<AsyncIterable<unknown>> {
     const prepared = await this.prepareInvocation(request)
@@ -325,9 +319,8 @@ export class TypertGatewayService extends Service implements TypertGateway {
         { field: 'result' },
       )
     }
-    return validatedStream(
+    return cancellableStream(
       source,
-      prepared.descriptor.result,
       prepared.endpoint,
       request.signal ?? NEVER_ABORTED_SIGNAL,
     )
@@ -772,7 +765,7 @@ export class TypertGatewayService extends Service implements TypertGateway {
         { field: invocation.wire },
       )
     }
-    const identity = decode(invocation.codec, args[invocation.wire], 'input-invalid', endpoint, invocation.wire)
+    const identity = decode(invocation.codec, args[invocation.wire], endpoint, invocation.wire)
     let context: Context | undefined
     try {
       context = await provider.resolve(identity)
@@ -806,7 +799,7 @@ export class TypertGatewayService extends Service implements TypertGateway {
     // still fails decode. Lookup ids are never omissible, so absence here only
     // ever belongs to a json parameter.
     if (!Object.hasOwn(args, parameter.wire)) return undefined
-    const value = decode(parameter.codec, args[parameter.wire], 'input-invalid', endpoint, parameter.wire)
+    const value = decode(parameter.codec, args[parameter.wire], endpoint, parameter.wire)
     if (parameter.source === 'json') return value
     const key = parameter.lookup
     /* v8 ignore next -- registry validation rejects strict descriptors without a key, and SRC derivation always supplies one. */
@@ -945,9 +938,8 @@ function isIterable(value: unknown): value is Iterable<unknown> | AsyncIterable<
       || typeof Reflect.get(value, Symbol.asyncIterator) === 'function')
 }
 
-async function *validatedStream(
+async function *cancellableStream(
   source: Iterable<unknown> | AsyncIterable<unknown>,
-  codec: TypertCodec,
   endpoint: string,
   signal: AbortSignal,
 ): AsyncGenerator {
@@ -967,7 +959,7 @@ async function *validatedStream(
     while (true) {
       const next = await Promise.race([Promise.resolve(iterator.next()), aborted])
       if (next.done === true) return
-      yield decode(codec, next.value, 'result-invalid', endpoint, 'result')
+      yield next.value
     }
   } finally {
     signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
@@ -1128,7 +1120,6 @@ function assertExactArguments(
 function decode(
   codec: TypertCodec,
   value: unknown,
-  code: 'input-invalid' | 'result-invalid',
   endpoint: string,
   field: string,
 ): unknown {
@@ -1141,11 +1132,9 @@ function decode(
     return value
   } catch (cause) {
     throw new TypertGatewayError(
-      code,
+      'input-invalid',
       endpoint,
-      code === 'input-invalid'
-        ? `wire field ${JSON.stringify(field)} failed boundary validation`
-        : 'business result failed boundary validation',
+      `wire field ${JSON.stringify(field)} failed boundary validation`,
       { cause, field },
     )
   }
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/src/types.ts b/packages/api/gateway/src/types.ts
index 615eaf90ea..b41f35e905 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/src/types.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export interface TypertGateway {
   /**
    * Invoke one live Remote method without assuming a carrier or response envelope.
    * @param request - decoded endpoint and named wire arguments.
-   * @returns the validated business result.
+   * @returns the business result without output decoding.
    * @throws {@link TypertGatewayError} for dispatch, provider, or boundary failures; lookup-policy and business errors retain identity.
    */
   invoke(request: InvokeRemoteRequest): Promise<unknown>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export interface TypertGateway {
   /**
    * Open one live stream Remote method without assuming a physical carrier.
    * @param request - decoded endpoint and named wire arguments.
-   * @returns an iterable whose items have passed the generated result codec.
+   * @returns a cancellation-aware iterable over the business results.
    */
   stream(request: InvokeRemoteRequest): Promise<AsyncIterable<unknown>>
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway-stream.host.spec.ts b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway-stream.host.spec.ts
index fa810f6103..cf95c84f27 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway-stream.host.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway-stream.host.spec.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
     await expect(collect(source)).resolves.toEqual(['wire:one', 'wire:two'])
   })
 
-  it('validates Iterable and AsyncIterable items and returns the iterator on cancellation', async () => {
+  it('passes Iterable and AsyncIterable items through and returns the iterator on cancellation', async () => {
     const { ctx, service } = await setup(false)
     const abort = new AbortController()
     const source = await ctx.typertGateway.stream({
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
     }))).resolves.toEqual(['b:one', 'b:two'])
     await expect(collect(await ctx.typertGateway.stream({
       namespace: 'feed', method: 'invalid', args: {},
-    }))).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'result-invalid' })
+    }))).resolves.toEqual([42])
+    await expect(collect(await ctx.typertGateway.stream({
+      namespace: 'feed', method: 'nonJson', args: {},
+    }))).resolves.toEqual([1n])
     await expect(ctx.typertGateway.stream({
       namespace: 'feed', method: 'missing', args: {},
     })).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'result-invalid' })
@@ -287,9 +290,10 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
         { type: 'item', streamId: 'sync', value: 's:two' },
         { type: 'end', streamId: 'sync' },
       ])
-      expect(frames.find(frame => frame.streamId === 'invalid')).toMatchObject({
-        type: 'error', error: { code: 'internal' },
-      })
+      expect(frames.filter(frame => frame.streamId === 'invalid')).toEqual([
+        { type: 'item', streamId: 'invalid', value: 42 },
+        { type: 'end', streamId: 'invalid' },
+      ])
       expect(frames.find(frame => frame.streamId === 'non-json')).toMatchObject({
         type: 'error', error: { code: 'internal' },
       })
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.client.spec.ts b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.client.spec.ts
index 287cff2392..92eeecb5e0 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.client.spec.ts
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ describe('Client Remote transport readiness', () => {
 })
 
 describe('Client Typert API', () => {
-  it('mounts concrete direct methods, validates both boundaries, and withdraws retained handles', async () => {
+  it('mounts concrete direct methods, validates inputs, and withdraws retained handles', async () => {
     const call = vi.fn<ConnectionHandle['rpc']['call']>()
       .mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, value: { ref: 'goal-1' } })
     const ctx = await bench(call)
@@ -625,12 +625,8 @@ describe('Client Typert API', () => {
 
     call.mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, value: { ref: 1 } })
     await expect(ctx.remote.probe.create('agent-1', { objective: 'ship' })).resolves.toEqual({
-      ok: false,
-      error: {
-        code: 'internal',
-        message: 'client api: probe/create failed: client api: probe/create rejected "result"',
-        details: {},
-      },
+      ok: true,
+      value: { ref: 1 },
     })
 
     await assembly.dispose()
@@ -740,15 +736,15 @@ describe('Client Typert API', () => {
     expect(ctx.get('remote.probe')).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
-  it('rejects weak descriptors and namespace collisions before registration', async () => {
+  it('accepts weak result codecs and rejects namespace collisions before registration', async () => {
     const ctx = await bench(vi.fn<ConnectionHandle['rpc']['call']>())
     const weak: InvocationDescriptor = {
       ...directDescriptor(),
       result: { mode: 'src-json' },
     }
 
-    await expect(ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/weak', descriptors: [weak] }))
-      .rejects.toThrow('has no strict codec')
+    const disposeWeak = await ctx.remote.$mount({ package: '@fixture/weak', descriptors: [weak] })
+    await disposeWeak()
     await expect(ctx.remote.$mount({
       package: '@fixture/conflict',
       descriptors: [{ ...directDescriptor(), namespace: '$mount' }],
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.host.spec.ts b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.host.spec.ts
index 1dd83bdc47..93651f12e8 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.host.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.host.spec.ts
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ describe('TypertGatewayService', () => {
     expect(service.calls).toEqual([])
   })
 
-  it('distinguishes strict input and result validation failures', async () => {
+  it('validates strict input without decoding the business result', async () => {
     const { ctx, service } = await setup()
     registerStrict(ctx, [strictOnlyDescriptor()])
 
@@ -746,27 +746,23 @@ describe('TypertGatewayService', () => {
     }), 'input-invalid')
 
     service.nextResult = { title: 1 }
-    await expectCode(ctx.typertGateway.invoke({
+    await expect(ctx.typertGateway.invoke({
       namespace: 'goals',
       method: 'strictOnly',
       args: { request: { title: 'ship' } },
-    }), 'result-invalid')
+    })).resolves.toEqual({ title: 1 })
   })
 
-  it('rejects non-JSON values after strict codec validation', async () => {
+  it('does not inspect non-JSON business results', async () => {
     const { ctx, service } = await setup()
-    const descriptor = strictOnlyDescriptor()
-    registerStrict(ctx, [{
-      ...descriptor,
-      result: strictCodec('@fixture/gateway#UnknownResult', z.unknown()),
-    }])
+    registerStrict(ctx, [strictOnlyDescriptor()])
     service.nextResult = 1n
 
-    await expectCode(ctx.typertGateway.invoke({
+    await expect(ctx.typertGateway.invoke({
       namespace: 'goals',
       method: 'strictOnly',
       args: { request: { title: 'ship' } },
-    }), 'result-invalid')
+    })).resolves.toBe(1n)
   })
 
   it.each([
@@ -801,7 +797,7 @@ describe('TypertGatewayService', () => {
     expect(service.calls).toContain('passthrough')
   })
 
-  it('rejects cyclic SRC input and non-JSON SRC results', async () => {
+  it('rejects cyclic SRC input without inspecting SRC results', async () => {
     const { ctx, service } = await setup()
     const cyclic: { self?: unknown } = {}
     cyclic.self = cyclic
@@ -811,12 +807,13 @@ describe('TypertGatewayService', () => {
       args: { value: cyclic },
     }), 'input-invalid')
 
-    service.nextResult = new Date(0)
-    await expectCode(ctx.typertGateway.invoke({
+    const result = new Date(0)
+    service.nextResult = result
+    await expect(ctx.typertGateway.invoke({
       namespace: 'goals',
       method: 'passthrough',
       args: { value: null },
-    }), 'result-invalid')
+    })).resolves.toBe(result)
   })
 
   it('accepts dense JSON and rejects decorated arrays and object properties', async () => {