diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index d4368e9..376f12c 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 {
   // Alarm client (bare React Native, no Expo) — house task set.
   // Metro is pinned to 127.0.0.1:8089 (see android/gradle.properties and
-  // package.json's `start` script). 8088 is NOT Metro here: it is the Alarm
-  // service's documented host port, so direct mode reverses it separately and
-  // the two can never fight over one host port.
+  // package.json's `start` script). The app talks to ONE origin, the instance
+  // on 8080 — every service is a path under it, so the service's own 8088 is
+  // never reversed and nodes never need a second tunnel.
   //   device 127.0.0.1:8089 -> host 127.0.0.1:8089  (Metro packager)
-  //   device 127.0.0.1:8088 -> host 127.0.0.1:8088  (Alarm direct)
-  //   device 127.0.0.1:8080 -> host 127.0.0.1:8080  (Maestro)
+  //   device 127.0.0.1:8080 -> host 127.0.0.1:8080  (instance/Maestro origin)
   "version": "2.0.0",
   "tasks": [
     {
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@
     {
       "label": "Setup adb reverse",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "adb reverse tcp:8089 tcp:8089 && adb reverse tcp:8088 tcp:8088 && adb reverse tcp:8080 tcp:8080 && adb reverse --list",
+      "command": "adb reverse tcp:8089 tcp:8089 && adb reverse tcp:8080 tcp:8080 && adb reverse --list",
       "problemMatcher": []
     },
     {