diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/#modpod-templates-999999.0a1.0/templates/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/bin/punk-runtime.cmd b/src/modules/punk/mix/#modpod-templates-999999.0a1.0/templates/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/bin/punk-runtime.cmd
index 229b4c6f..d61612b4 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/#modpod-templates-999999.0a1.0/templates/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/bin/punk-runtime.cmd
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/#modpod-templates-999999.0a1.0/templates/project_layouts/vendor/punk/project-0.1/bin/punk-runtime.cmd
@@ -1747,8 +1747,19 @@ case "$action" in
                 echo "server default for $archtail: $platform_default"
             fi
             if [[ -n "$activename" ]]; then
+                #the default names an immutable -r<N> ARTIFACT while the active is
+                #typically its materialized WORKING name - the beside-toml's 'name'
+                #field records which artifact the working copy came from, so match
+                #on either identity
+                active_artifact=""
+                activetoml="$archdir/$(rootname_of "$activename").toml"
+                if [[ -f "$activetoml" ]]; then
+                    active_artifact=$(sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*name[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*"\(.*\)".*/\1/p' "$activetoml" | head -n 1)
+                fi
                 matchnote=""
-                [[ -n "$platform_default" && "$activename" == "$platform_default" ]] && matchnote="  (= server default)"
+                if [[ -n "$platform_default" ]] && [[ "$activename" == "$platform_default" || "$active_artifact" == "$platform_default" ]]; then
+                    matchnote="  (= server default)"
+                fi
                 echo "active (local): $activename$matchnote"
             fi
             echo "-----------------------------------------------------------------------"
@@ -1775,6 +1786,12 @@ case "$action" in
             #mode but bash read does not - without this a locally-present runtime
             #also shows as a remote-only row (\r-suffixed name fails the -f test)
             tr -d '\r' < "$sha1local" | sed -n 's/^[0-9a-fA-F]\{40\} \*\(.*\)$/\1/p' | LC_ALL=C sort | while IFS= read -r rname; do
+                #skip support files riding in the server's sha1sums beside the
+                #runtimes (artifact metadata tomls etc) - same extension set the
+                #local candidate filter excludes
+                case "$rname" in
+                    *.txt|*.toml|*.tm|*.tmp|*.log) continue;;
+                esac
                 if [[ -n "$rname" && ! -f "$archdir/$rname" ]]; then
                     annot=""
                     [[ -n "$platform_default" && "$rname" == "$platform_default" ]] && annot="  (server default)"
@@ -3063,8 +3080,20 @@ function psmain {
                         Write-host "server default for ${arch}: $platform_default"
                     }
                     if ($activename -ne "") {
+                        #the default names an immutable -r<N> ARTIFACT while the active
+                        #is typically its materialized WORKING name - the beside-toml's
+                        #'name' field records which artifact the working copy came from,
+                        #so match on either identity
+                        $active_artifact = ""
+                        $activetoml = Join-Path -Path $archfolder -ChildPath ((Get-PunkRuntimeRootName $activename) + ".toml")
+                        if (Test-Path -Path $activetoml -PathType Leaf) {
+                            foreach ($tline in (Get-Content -Path $activetoml)) {
+                                $m = [regex]::Match($tline, '^\s*name\s*=\s*"(.*)"\s*$')
+                                if ($m.Success) { $active_artifact = $m.Groups[1].Value; break }
+                            }
+                        }
                         $matchnote = ""
-                        if ($platform_default -ne "" -and $activename -eq $platform_default) {
+                        if ($platform_default -ne "" -and ($activename -eq $platform_default -or $active_artifact -eq $platform_default)) {
                             $matchnote = "  (= server default)"
                         }
                         Write-host "active (local): $activename$matchnote"
@@ -3113,6 +3142,11 @@ function psmain {
                     [array]::Sort($remotekeys, [System.StringComparer]::Ordinal)
                     foreach ($key in $remotekeys) {
                         if (-not ($localdict.ContainsKey($key))) {
+                            #skip support files riding in the server's sha1sums beside
+                            #the runtimes (artifact metadata tomls etc) - same extension
+                            #set the local candidate filter excludes
+                            $rext = [System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($key)
+                            if ($(".txt",".toml",".tm",".tmp",".log") -contains $rext) { continue }
                             $annot = ""
                             if ($platform_default -ne "" -and $key -eq $platform_default) { $annot = "  (server default)" }
                             write-host -nonewline "  $lhs_missing"