diff --git a/src/editorProposalController.ts b/src/editorProposalController.ts
index 06d09f2..691af60 100644
--- a/src/editorProposalController.ts
+++ b/src/editorProposalController.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
  * for deletions (INV-52, decorationPlan/INV-49), and (3) provides a CodeLens
  * `Accept ▾ / Reject ▾` above each block whose ▾ opens a QuickPick (this / all).
  * Owns no proposal STATE — it is a view over ProposalController (which stays the
- * pure F4 owner). A document with no pending proposals shows nothing (INV-32's
- * spirit when nothing is pending).
+ * pure F4 owner). Phase 2 decorates ALL committed changes-since-baseline by author
+ * (human green / Claude blue + struck hints for deletions), plus pending proposals;
+ * a pinned baseline suppresses committed marks entirely (pin→clean, INV-48).
  */
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import type { ProposalController } from "./proposalController";
@@ -29,9 +30,10 @@ export class EditorProposalController implements vscode.Disposable, vscode.CodeL
       border: "0 0 2px 0", borderStyle: "solid",
     }),
   };
-  private readonly delDeco: Record<"human" | "claude", vscode.TextEditorDecorationType> = {
+  private readonly delDeco: Record<"human" | "claude" | "none", vscode.TextEditorDecorationType> = {
     human: vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({ after: { color: "#f85149" } }),
     claude: vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({ after: { color: "#bc8cff" } }),
+    none: vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({ after: { color: new vscode.ThemeColor("descriptionForeground") } }),
   };
   private readonly lensEmitter = new vscode.EventEmitter<void>();
   readonly onDidChangeCodeLenses = this.lensEmitter.event;
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ export class EditorProposalController implements vscode.Disposable, vscode.CodeL
     private readonly attribution: AttributionController,
   ) {
     this.disposables.push(
-      this.insDeco.human, this.insDeco.claude, this.delDeco.human, this.delDeco.claude, this.lensEmitter,
+      this.insDeco.human, this.insDeco.claude, this.delDeco.human, this.delDeco.claude, this.delDeco.none, this.lensEmitter,
       vscode.languages.registerCodeLensProvider({ language: "markdown" }, this),
       this.proposals.onDidChangeProposals(({ uri }) => this.scheduleApply(uri)),
       vscode.window.onDidChangeActiveTextEditor((ed) => ed && this.renderEditor(ed)),
@@ -119,15 +121,13 @@ export class EditorProposalController implements vscode.Disposable, vscode.CodeL
   private renderEditor(editor: vscode.TextEditor): void {
     const doc = editor.document;
     const clearAll = () => {
-      for (const a of ["human", "claude"] as const) {
-        editor.setDecorations(this.insDeco[a], []);
-        editor.setDecorations(this.delDeco[a], []);
-      }
+      for (const a of ["human", "claude"] as const) editor.setDecorations(this.insDeco[a], []);
+      for (const a of ["human", "claude", "none"] as const) editor.setDecorations(this.delDeco[a], []);
     };
     if (doc.languageId !== "markdown") return clearAll();
     const key = this.proposals.keyFor(doc);
     const ins: Record<"human" | "claude", vscode.Range[]> = { human: [], claude: [] };
-    const del: Record<"human" | "claude", vscode.DecorationOptions[]> = { human: [], claude: [] };
+    const del: Record<"human" | "claude" | "none", vscode.DecorationOptions[]> = { human: [], claude: [], none: [] };
     // Pending proposals — always Claude (INV: proposals are agent-authored).
     for (const v of this.proposals.listProposals(doc)) {
       if (v.anchorStart === null || v.original === undefined || !this.proposals.isApplied(key, v.id)) continue;
@@ -140,12 +140,10 @@ export class EditorProposalController implements vscode.Disposable, vscode.CodeL
         });
       }
     }
-    // Committed changes-since-baseline are added in Task 7 (pushes into ins/del[author]).
-    this.decorateCommitted(editor, ins, del); // no-op stub until Task 7
-    for (const a of ["human", "claude"] as const) {
-      editor.setDecorations(this.insDeco[a], ins[a]);
-      editor.setDecorations(this.delDeco[a], del[a]);
-    }
+    // Committed changes-since-baseline are added by decorateCommitted (pushes into ins/del[author]).
+    this.decorateCommitted(editor, ins, del);
+    for (const a of ["human", "claude"] as const) editor.setDecorations(this.insDeco[a], ins[a]);
+    for (const a of ["human", "claude", "none"] as const) editor.setDecorations(this.delDeco[a], del[a]);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -153,11 +151,14 @@ export class EditorProposalController implements vscode.Disposable, vscode.CodeL
    * Diffs current buffer against the F6 baseline; attributes each changed run to its author;
    * skips any hunk overlapping an applied pending proposal (the proposal loop owns those).
    * pin→clean: returns without marking when baseline.reason === "pinned".
+   * Adjacency heuristic: a deletion in a hunk that has insertions inherits the hunk author;
+   * a standalone deletion (hunk with no insertions) renders neutral ("none") — matching the
+   * preview's cw-del-none treatment.
    */
   private decorateCommitted(
     editor: vscode.TextEditor,
     ins: Record<"human" | "claude", vscode.Range[]>,
-    del: Record<"human" | "claude", vscode.DecorationOptions[]>,
+    del: Record<"human" | "claude" | "none", vscode.DecorationOptions[]>,
   ): void {
     const doc = editor.document;
     const baseline = this.diffView.getBaseline(doc.uri.toString());
@@ -180,6 +181,8 @@ export class EditorProposalController implements vscode.Disposable, vscode.CodeL
     const hunks = wordEditHunks(current, baseline.text);
     for (const h of hunks) {
       // Skip hunks whose current-buffer range overlaps an applied pending proposal.
+      // The skip is whole-hunk and therefore conservative: a committed edit word-merged
+      // into a proposal's hunk is skipped entirely — rare at word granularity.
       if (appliedRanges.some((r) => h.start < r.end && h.end > r.start)) continue;
       const author = authorAt(h.start, spans) ?? "human";
       // h.replacement = baseline text for this span; current.slice(h.start, h.end) = applied text.
@@ -187,8 +190,11 @@ export class EditorProposalController implements vscode.Disposable, vscode.CodeL
       for (const i of plan.insertions) {
         ins[author].push(new vscode.Range(doc.positionAt(i.start), doc.positionAt(i.end)));
       }
+      // Adjacency heuristic: a deletion paired with an insertion in THIS hunk inherits the
+      // insertion author; a standalone deletion (no insertion in the hunk) is neutral.
+      const delAuthor = plan.insertions.length > 0 ? author : "none";
       for (const d of plan.deletions) {
-        del[author].push({
+        del[delAuthor].push({
           range: new vscode.Range(doc.positionAt(d.at), doc.positionAt(d.at)),
           renderOptions: { after: { contentText: ` ${d.text} `, textDecoration: "line-through" } },
         });
diff --git a/src/trackChangesModel.ts b/src/trackChangesModel.ts
index b892dc2..c349298 100644
--- a/src/trackChangesModel.ts
+++ b/src/trackChangesModel.ts
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ const ALL_SENTINELS = new RegExp(
 );
 
 /**
- * #33: token-aware replacement of the rendered author sentinels with `cw-by-*`
+ * #33: token-aware replacement of the rendered author sentinels with `cw-ins-*`
  * spans. A naive global string-replace (the old approach) could emit a span that
  * CROSSES an element boundary — `<span><strong>bo</span>ld</strong>` — when a
  * boundary fell inside an emphasis run (CASE3). This walks the rendered HTML and
diff --git a/test/trackChangesModel.test.ts b/test/trackChangesModel.test.ts
index bf8173f..8ae493f 100644
--- a/test/trackChangesModel.test.ts
+++ b/test/trackChangesModel.test.ts
@@ -286,6 +286,21 @@ test("committed change with NO shared prefix: current offsets + deleted text bot
   expect(plan.deletions.some((d) => d.text.includes("alpha"))).toBe(true); // deletion not lost
 });
 
+test("standalone committed deletion → plan has no insertions (controller routes del to neutral)", () => {
+  // current = "keep word" (baseline had "this " between "keep " and "word" — standalone deletion)
+  const [h] = wordEditHunks("keep word", "keep this word");
+  const plan = decorationPlan(h.start, h.replacement, "keep word".slice(h.start, h.end));
+  expect(plan.insertions.length).toBe(0);
+  expect(plan.deletions.some((d) => d.text.includes("this"))).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("paired committed replace → plan has insertions (deletion inherits author, not neutral)", () => {
+  // current = "the dark mode", baseline = "the light mode" — replacement, so paired
+  const [h] = wordEditHunks("the dark mode", "the light mode");
+  const plan = decorationPlan(h.start, h.replacement, "the dark mode".slice(h.start, h.end));
+  expect(plan.insertions.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+});
+
 describe("renderPlain", () => {
   test("renderPlain renders current buffer as plain markdown (no marks)", () => {
     const html = renderPlain("# Title\n\nhello");