diff --git a/contract/registry.yaml b/contract/registry.yaml
index dfb20e2..c7fe978 100644
--- a/contract/registry.yaml
+++ b/contract/registry.yaml
@@ -147,8 +147,6 @@ modes:
   - { key: charge, tier: advanced }
   - { key: planner_self, tier: hidden }
   - { key: planner_cheap, tier: hidden }
-  - { key: priority, tier: hidden }
-  - { key: weighted, tier: hidden }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Error codes the box sends. The box sends the code and args; this app owns all
diff --git a/src/lib/format/plan.test.ts b/src/lib/format/plan.test.ts
index b62084c..6568e94 100644
--- a/src/lib/format/plan.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/format/plan.test.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ const FTW_MODES = [
   'charge',
   'planner_self',
   'planner_cheap',
-  'priority',
-  'weighted',
 ] as const
 
 const T0 = Date.UTC(2026, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0)
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ describe('mode wording comes from the box', () => {
     // divergence in the contract file fails a test.
     expect(FTW_MODES).toContain('planner_passive_arbitrage')
     expect(FTW_MODES).toContain('planner_arbitrage')
-    expect(FTW_MODES).toHaveLength(10)
+    expect(FTW_MODES).toHaveLength(8)
   })
 
   it('has words for every reason the box can send', () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/sim/box.ts b/src/lib/sim/box.ts
index 37a7914..9cc0fe7 100644
--- a/src/lib/sim/box.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sim/box.ts
@@ -209,18 +209,6 @@ const MODE_CATALOG: ModeInfo[] = [
     tooltip: 'Forecast-driven \u2014 grid-charges during cheap hours, never exports.',
     tier: 'hidden',
   },
-  {
-    key: 'priority',
-    label: 'Priority',
-    tooltip: 'Fill the highest-priority battery first.',
-    tier: 'hidden',
-  },
-  {
-    key: 'weighted',
-    label: 'Weighted',
-    tooltip: 'Distribute dispatch across batteries by configured weights.',
-    tier: 'hidden',
-  },
 ]
 
 const MODE_KEYS = MODE_CATALOG.map((m) => m.key)
@@ -780,10 +768,9 @@ export class SimBox {
           })
           return
         }
+        // A hold sets what the car draws; a running boost keeps letting the
+        // house battery cover it, as the box does.
         this.#evHold = { powerW: Math.round(w) }
-        // The box's own tick withdraws a boost the moment an operator hold
-        // appears, and remembers why.
-        this.#stopBoost('operator_hold')
       }
       this.#cmdResult(cmd.cmdId, 'applied', undefined, {
         value: this.#evHold?.powerW ?? 0,
@@ -830,7 +817,7 @@ export class SimBox {
           })
           return
         }
-        if (this.#evHold || this.#evSurplusOnly) {
+        if (this.#evSurplusOnly) {
           this.#cmdResult(cmd.cmdId, 'rejected', {
             code: 'E_UNAVAILABLE',
             args: { op: cmd.op },
diff --git a/src/lib/state/loadpoints.test.ts b/src/lib/state/loadpoints.test.ts
index a2db69f..d03ba6f 100644
--- a/src/lib/state/loadpoints.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/state/loadpoints.test.ts
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ describe('the charger over the wire', () => {
     expect(lp.boostStopReason).toBe('cancelled')
   })
 
-  it('reports a hold ending a boost, and the box refusing a boost under a hold', async () => {
+  it('keeps a boost beside Charge now, and takes one asked for under it', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     vi.setSystemTime(CHARGING_EVENING)
     const { store } = await loadedStore()
@@ -244,20 +244,21 @@ describe('the charger over the wire', () => {
     await settled(store.boost(store.points[0]!, 30, 3600))
     expect(store.points[0]!.boostActive).toBe(true)
 
-    // A hold takes priority: the box withdraws the boost and keeps the why.
+    // Charge now sets what the car draws; the boost keeps letting the house
+    // battery cover it.
     await settled(store.chargeNow(store.points[0]!, 16))
     let lp = store.points[0]!
     expect(lp.manualActive).toBe(true)
+    expect(lp.boostActive).toBe(true)
+
+    await settled(store.stopBoost(lp))
+    lp = store.points[0]!
     expect(lp.boostActive).toBe(false)
-    expect(lp.boostStopReason).toBe('operator_hold')
 
-    // And a boost asked for under that hold is refused, in a sentence about
-    // the boost rather than about the charger being out of reach.
+    // A boost asked for while Charge now runs is taken.
     await settled(store.boost(lp, 30, 3600))
-    expect(store.command.kind).toBe('failed')
-    expect(store.command.kind === 'failed' && store.command.help).toMatch(/won't boost/)
     lp = store.points[0]!
-    expect(lp.boostActive).toBe(false)
+    expect(lp.boostActive).toBe(true)
     expect(lp.manualActive).toBe(true)
   })