diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 23c1a84..f890c28 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 version: 2.1
 setup: true
 orbs:
-  qqq-orb: kingsrook/qqq-orb@0.7.15
+  qqq-orb: kingsrook/qqq-orb@0.8
 workflows:
   setup:
     jobs:
     - qqq-orb/generate_pipeline:
-        orb_version: 0.7.15
+        orb_version: '0.8'
         filters:
           branches:
             ignore: automation/qbit-rc-pending
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce00351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: build
+on:
+  push:
+jobs:
+  maven:
+    uses: self:KofTwentyTwo/ci-workflows/.gitea/workflows/maven.yaml@v1
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.qqq-ci.yml b/.qqq-ci.yml
index e32feac..fa97e65 100644
--- a/.qqq-ci.yml
+++ b/.qqq-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 profile: qbit
-orb_version: 0.7.15
+orb_version: '0.8'
 default_branch: develop
 java_version: '21'
 browsers: true
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ publish:
   release_candidate: true
   release: true
   asciidoc: false
+release_completion: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7db37ac..566395e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ Open `/app/worm_audit` (or `/app/admin/worm_audit` with `parentAppName="admin"`)
 The full-width `wormAuditHome` HTML widget uses the standard `/qqq/v1/widget` API.
 Hosts can add `wormAuditHealthCard` to their own dashboard. Both widgets and the app
 require read permission on at least one WORM table, using the host's table permission rules.
+To embed WORM in an existing host app, set `withIncludeApp(false)` and configure
+`appName`, `appLabel` and optional `parentAppName` for that host app. The host owns
+its navigation, home widget placement and app help; the qbit does not create or replace
+the app or fill its help. Both widgets and all table help, permissions, guards,
+processes and schedules remain registered. The health card links to the configured
+host app. Standalone app creation remains enabled by default.
 The aggregate home shows only identifiers, counts, times, shortened hashes and reasons;
 it never renders audit messages or field values. Record links retain the target table's permissions.
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68e3b52..f25baff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
    <properties>
+      <qqq.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.version> <!-- feeds qbit-build-parent's qqq-bom-pom import -->
       <revision>0.1.0-RC.6</revision>
       <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
       <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>com.kingsrook</groupId>
       <artifactId>qbit-build-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0</version>
+      <version>2.2.1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <groupId>com.kingsrook.qbits</groupId>
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.kingsrook.qbits</groupId>
          <artifactId>qbit-object-storage</artifactId>
-         <version>0.1.0-RC.2</version>
+         <version>0.1.0-RC.10</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
          <artifactId>qqq-frontend-next</artifactId>
-         <version>1.0.0-RC.14</version>
+         <version>1.0.0-RC.38</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@
          </activation>
          <properties>
             <!-- Latest QQQ RC on Maven Central (2026-10-13). -->
-            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.5</qqq.snapshot.version>
+            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.snapshot.version>
          </properties>
          <dependencyManagement>
             <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitConfig.java
index 2dc4230..15bd42f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitConfig.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class WormAuditQBitConfig implements QBitConfig
    private String exportLockMode = "GOVERNANCE";
    private int exportRetentionDays = 30;
    private final WormAuditSettings settings = new WormAuditSettings(this);
+   private boolean includeApp = true;
    private String appName = "worm_audit";
    private String appLabel = "WORM Audit";
    private String parentAppName;
@@ -131,7 +132,26 @@ public class WormAuditQBitConfig implements QBitConfig
 
 
    /*******************************************************************************
-    ** Read the app name.
+    ** Whether to create the standalone app. Widgets remain available when false.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public boolean getIncludeApp()
+   {
+      return (includeApp);
+   }
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Disable standalone app creation when the host owns the Audit app and help.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public WormAuditQBitConfig withIncludeApp(boolean includeApp)
+   {
+      this.includeApp = includeApp;
+      return (this);
+   }
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Read the app name (the host-owned destination when includeApp is false).
     *******************************************************************************/
    public String getAppName()
    {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitProducer.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitProducer.java
index 9415674..f8bf8f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitProducer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitProducer.java
@@ -214,7 +214,10 @@ public class WormAuditQBitProducer implements QBitMetaDataProducer<WormAuditQBit
       {
          qInstance.addScheduler(new QuartzSchedulerMetaData().withName(qBitConfig.getSchedulerName()));
       }
-      output.add(WormAuditApp.app(qBitConfig, producedTables));
+      if(qBitConfig.getIncludeApp())
+      {
+         output.add(WormAuditApp.app(qBitConfig, producedTables));
+      }
       for(QWidgetMetaData widget : WormAuditApp.widgets())
       {
          output.add(widget);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/model/WormAuditHelp.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/model/WormAuditHelp.java
index 789633e..c92003e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/model/WormAuditHelp.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/model/WormAuditHelp.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public final class WormAuditHelp
                table.withHelpContent(SLOT, content(entry.getValue()));
             }
          }
-         else if(key.startsWith("app:"))
+         else if(config.getIncludeApp() && key.startsWith("app:"))
          {
             QAppMetaData app = qInstance.getApp(config.getAppName());
             if(app != null && (app.getHelpContent() == null || !app.getHelpContent().containsKey(SLOT)))
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/processes/VerificationRuns.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/processes/VerificationRuns.java
index 30e6bbd..ce097df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/processes/VerificationRuns.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/processes/VerificationRuns.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ package com.kingsrook.qbits.wormaudit.processes;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.wormaudit.WormAuditQBitConfig;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.wormaudit.chain.AuditStore;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.wormaudit.model.WormAuditTables;
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data.QRecord;
  *******************************************************************************/
 public final class VerificationRuns
 {
+   /** How many break reasons the alert summary spells out; the title carries the total. */
+   private static final int ALERT_SUMMARY_REASONS = 3;
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Utility class.
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -79,8 +85,15 @@ public final class VerificationRuns
             }
             else
             {
+               long problems = result.getBreakCount();
+               String summary = result.getBreaks().stream().limit(ALERT_SUMMARY_REASONS).map(b -> b.reason()).collect(Collectors.joining("; "));
+               if(problems > ALERT_SUMMARY_REASONS)
+               {
+                  summary += "; and " + (problems - ALERT_SUMMARY_REASONS) + " more";
+               }
                QAlerts.raise(new AlertSignal("wormaudit.chain.break").withDedupKey("chain")
-                  .withTitle(result.getBreaks().getFirst().reason()).withRecordRef(new AlertRecordRef(WormAuditTables.VERIFICATION, row.getValue("id"))));
+                  .withTitle("Audit chain verification found " + problems + (problems == 1 ? " problem" : " problems")).withSummary(summary)
+                  .withRecordRef(new AlertRecordRef(WormAuditTables.VERIFICATION, row.getValue("id"))));
             }
          }
          return (result);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/ProcessesAndAlertsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/ProcessesAndAlertsTest.java
index 2c06ffd..bb1842c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/ProcessesAndAlertsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/ProcessesAndAlertsTest.java
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ class ProcessesAndAlertsTest
       assertThat(Sink.raised.getFirst().getDedupKey()).isEqualTo("chain");
       assertThat(Sink.raised.getFirst().getRecordRefs().getFirst().getTableName())
             .isEqualTo(WormAuditTables.VERIFICATION);
-      assertThat(Sink.raised.getFirst().getTitle()).contains("Break at link 1");
+      assertThat(Sink.raised.getFirst().getTitle()).isEqualTo("Audit chain verification found 1 problem");
+      assertThat(Sink.raised.getFirst().getSummary()).contains("Break at link 1");
       var first = STORE.all(WormAuditTables.VERIFICATION).getFirst();
       assertThat(first.getValueLong("first_break_link_id")).isEqualTo(1);
       assertThat(first.getValueLong("first_break_audit_id")).isEqualTo(1);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditHomeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditHomeTest.java
index 1d32f24..f46f206 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditHomeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditHomeTest.java
@@ -278,6 +278,29 @@ class WormAuditHomeTest
    }
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Embedded widgets retain direct authorization without a standalone app.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void embeddedWidgetsRequireReadPermission() throws Exception
+   {
+      var config = ChainVerificationTest.signed().withIncludeApp(false).withAppName("audit").withAppLabel("Audit");
+      var instance = init(config);
+      assertThat(instance.getApp("worm_audit")).isNull();
+      assertThat(instance.getApp("audit")).isNull();
+      var input = new RenderWidgetInput().withWidgetMetaData(instance.getWidget(WormAuditApp.HEALTH_CARD_WIDGET));
+      QContext.getQSession().withPermissions("admin.hasAccess");
+      assertThatThrownBy(() -> new WormAuditApp.HealthCardRenderer().render(input)).isInstanceOf(QPermissionDeniedException.class);
+      assertThatThrownBy(() -> new WormAuditApp.HomeRenderer().render(input)).isInstanceOf(QPermissionDeniedException.class);
+      QContext.getQSession().withPermissions(WormAuditTables.CHAIN + ".read");
+      String card = ((RawHTML) new WormAuditApp.HealthCardRenderer().render(input).getWidgetData()).getHtml();
+      assertThat(card).contains("href=\"/app/audit\"");
+      assertThat(new WormAuditApp.HomeRenderer().render(input).getWidgetData()).isInstanceOf(RawHTML.class);
+      QContext.setQSession(new QSession());
+      assertThatThrownBy(() -> new WormAuditApp.HealthCardRenderer().render(input)).isInstanceOf(QPermissionDeniedException.class);
+   }
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Exercise the real SQL anti-join without Docker, including its exact boundary.
     *******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitProducerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitProducerTest.java
index 575242f..c91296b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitProducerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/wormaudit/WormAuditQBitProducerTest.java
@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@
 package com.kingsrook.qbits.wormaudit;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.wormaudit.app.WormAuditApp;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.wormaudit.model.WormAuditHelp;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.wormaudit.ddl.WormAuditDdl;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.wormaudit.model.WormAuditTables;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.wormaudit.processes.WormAuditProcesses;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QBackendMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.layout.QAppMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.modules.backend.implementations.memory.MemoryBackendModule;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.Capability;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ class WormAuditQBitProducerTest
    {
       var config = new WormAuditQBitConfig();
       QInstance instance = WormAuditTestSupport.init(config);
+      assertThat(config.getIncludeApp()).isTrue();
       assertThat(config.getRetentionYears()).isEqualTo(6);
       assertThat(config.getTableMetaDataCustomizer()).isNull();
       assertThat(config.getSigningKey()).isNull();
@@ -160,4 +166,36 @@ class WormAuditQBitProducerTest
                   () -> WormAuditDdl.resolveNames(new WormAuditQBitConfig(), new QInstance()))
             .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
    }
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Embedded production keeps the host app intact and registers all evidence metadata.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void embeddedMetadataPreservesHostApp() throws Exception
+   {
+      var config = new WormAuditQBitConfig().withBackendName("memory").withIncludeApp(false).withAppName("audit");
+      var instance = WormAuditTestSupport.core(new QBackendMetaData().withName("memory").withBackendType(MemoryBackendModule.class));
+      var host = new QAppMetaData().withName("audit").withLabel("Combined Audit").withWidgets(List.of("hostSummary"));
+      instance.addApp(host);
+      new WormAuditQBitProducer().withQBitConfig(config).produce(instance);
+      assertThat(config.getIncludeApp()).isFalse();
+      assertThat(instance.getApp("worm_audit")).isNull();
+      assertThat(instance.getApp("audit")).isSameAs(host);
+      assertThat(host.getLabel()).isEqualTo("Combined Audit");
+      assertThat(host.getWidgets()).containsExactly("hostSummary");
+      assertThat(host.getHelpContent()).isNullOrEmpty();
+      assertThat(instance.getWidget(WormAuditApp.HEALTH_CARD_WIDGET)).isNotNull();
+      assertThat(instance.getWidget(WormAuditApp.HOME_WIDGET)).isNotNull();
+      for(String name : WormAuditTables.ALL)
+      {
+         assertThat(instance.getTable(name).getHelpContent()).containsKey(WormAuditHelp.SLOT);
+         assertThat(instance.getTable(name).getPermissionRules().getPermissionBaseName()).isEqualTo(name);
+      }
+      assertThat(instance.getTable(WormAuditTables.CHAIN).getDisabledCapabilities()).contains(Capability.TABLE_UPDATE, Capability.TABLE_DELETE, Capability.TABLE_INSERT);
+      assertThat(instance.getTable("audit").getDisabledCapabilities()).contains(Capability.TABLE_UPDATE, Capability.TABLE_DELETE);
+      assertThat(instance.getProcess(WormAuditProcesses.VERIFY)).isNotNull();
+      assertThat(instance.getProcess(WormAuditProcesses.CHAIN).getSchedule().getRepeatSeconds()).isEqualTo(config.getChainIntervalSeconds());
+      assertThat(instance.getProcess(WormAuditProcesses.DAILY).getSchedule().getCronExpression()).isEqualTo(config.getVerifyCron());
+   }
 }