diff --git a/ouroboros/llm_local.py b/ouroboros/llm_local.py
index f70b5cead..e64285063 100644
--- a/ouroboros/llm_local.py
+++ b/ouroboros/llm_local.py
@@ -267,8 +267,19 @@ class _LocalLaneMixin:
         """
         from ouroboros.local_model import get_manager
 
-        target["local_input_measurement"] = get_manager().measure_prepared_input(payload)
-        return _finalized_physical_candidate(target, payload, "chat.completions")
+        manager = get_manager()
+        measure = getattr(manager, "measure_prepared_input", None)
+        # Bind the provider-clean physical payload before measuring. Host-only
+        # metadata must not affect the measured input or candidate hash.
+        candidate = _finalized_physical_candidate(target, payload, "chat.completions")
+        if callable(measure):
+            evidence = measure(candidate)
+            if isinstance(evidence, dict) and evidence.get("supported"):
+                target["local_input_measurement"] = evidence
+                # Rebuild from the original prepared source so the exact
+                # measured input and output cap are sealed together.
+                candidate = _finalized_physical_candidate(target, payload, "chat.completions")
+        return candidate
 
     def _chat_local(
         self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], tools: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]],
diff --git a/tests/test_local_input_measurement.py b/tests/test_local_input_measurement.py
index f5bb9248b..be9caf3ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_local_input_measurement.py
+++ b/tests/test_local_input_measurement.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """The owned server counts with its actual formatter and never invokes inference."""
 import asyncio
+import copy
 import os
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 
@@ -40,6 +41,42 @@ def test_selected_formatter_tokenizer_and_serving_capacity_are_used(native_model
     assert "actual rendered template" not in str(result)
 
 
+def test_measurement_fingerprint_is_after_host_metadata_scrubbing(native_model):
+    payload = {"model": "local-model", "messages": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "exact", "_context_capsule": "host-only"},
+    ], "tools": []}
+    clean = {**payload, "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "exact"}], "tools": []}
+    result = measure_chat_input(native_model, clean)
+    assert result["native_input_sha256"] == input_fingerprint(clean)
+    assert result["native_input_sha256"] != input_fingerprint(payload)
+
+
+def test_finalize_measures_the_provider_clean_candidate_not_the_caller_payload(monkeypatch):
+    from ouroboros import llm_local
+
+    client = object.__new__(llm_local._LocalLaneMixin)
+    payload = {"model": "local-model", "messages": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "exact", "_context_capsule": "host-only"},
+    ], "max_tokens": 256}
+    clean = {"model": "local-model", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "exact"}], "max_tokens": 256}
+    seen = []
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(llm_local, "_finalized_physical_candidate", lambda target, value, surface: clean)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("ouroboros.local_model.get_manager", lambda: SimpleNamespace(
+        measure_prepared_input=lambda value: seen.append(copy.deepcopy(value)) or {
+            "supported": True, "input_is_exact": True, "input_tokens": 8,
+            "context_window": 81920, "process_id": 1,
+            "native_input_sha256": input_fingerprint(value),
+            "output_limit_enforced": True,
+            "reasoning_included_in_limit": True,
+            "tokenizer_template_provenance": {"source": "fixture"},
+        }))
+    target = {"provider": "local", "resolved_model": "local-model", "usage_model": "local-model"}
+    assert client._finalize_local_candidate(target, payload) == clean
+    assert seen == [clean]
+    assert target["local_input_measurement"]["native_input_sha256"] == input_fingerprint(clean)
+
+
 def test_unrecognized_handler_is_not_called_to_guess_its_behavior(native_model):
     native_model.chat_handler = lambda **kwargs: pytest.fail("Opaque handler was invoked")
     result = measure_chat_input(native_model, {"messages": []})