diff --git a/src/utils/YEvent.js b/src/utils/YEvent.js
index 0ff7e078..43bb9636 100644
--- a/src/utils/YEvent.js
+++ b/src/utils/YEvent.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export class YEvent {
       }
       modified = dchanged
     }
-    return /** @type {any} */ (this.target.toDelta({ renderer, itemsToRender, retainDeletes: true, insertedItems: insertSet, deletedItems: deleteSet, deep: !!deep, modified }))
+    return /** @type {any} */ (this.target.toDelta({ renderer, itemsToRender, retainDeletes: true, insertedItems: insertSet, deep: !!deep, modified }))
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/utils/delta-helpers.js b/src/utils/delta-helpers.js
index 359aea76..82f42cbc 100644
--- a/src/utils/delta-helpers.js
+++ b/src/utils/delta-helpers.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export const diffDocsToDelta = (v1, v2, { renderer = createDiffRenderer(v1, v2)
   const deleteDiff = diffIdSet(createDeleteSetFromStructStore(v2.store), createDeleteSetFromStructStore(v1.store))
   // don't render items that have been inserted and then deleted
   const insertsOnly = diffIdSet(insertDiff, deleteDiff)
-  const deletesOnly = diffIdSet(deleteDiff, insertDiff)
   const itemsToRender = mergeIdSets([insertsOnly, deleteDiff])
   /**
    * @type {Map<YType, Set<string|null>>}
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ export const diffDocsToDelta = (v1, v2, { renderer = createDiffRenderer(v1, v2)
     const typeConf = changedTypes.get(type)
     if (typeConf) {
       const shareDelta = type.toDelta({
-        renderer, itemsToRender, retainDeletes: true, deletedItems: deletesOnly, modified: changedTypes, deep: true
+        renderer, itemsToRender, retainDeletes: true, modified: changedTypes, deep: true
       })
       d.modifyAttr(typename, shareDelta)
     }
diff --git a/src/ytype.js b/src/ytype.js
index c2817d41..8f0c6650 100644
--- a/src/ytype.js
+++ b/src/ytype.js
@@ -416,21 +416,38 @@ export const deleteText = (transaction, currPos, length) => {
        */
       const contents = []
       currPos.renderer.readContent(contents, item.id.client, item.id.clock, true, item.content, 0)
+      let splitClock = -1
       for (let i = 0; i < contents.length; i++) {
         const c = contents[i]
         if (c.content.isCountable() && c.attrs != null) {
+          if (length === 0) {
+            // the delete is exhausted but this item renders more content — split so the cursor
+            // advances only past the consumed part (mirrors formatText's renderer branch);
+            // otherwise every following op of the same delta targets too far right
+            splitClock = c.clock
+            break
+          }
           // deleting already deleted content. store that information in a meta property, but do
           // nothing
-          const contentLen = math.min(c.content.getLength(), length)
+          const pieceLen = c.content.getLength()
+          const contentLen = math.min(pieceLen, length)
           map.setIfUndefined(transaction.meta, 'attributedDeletes', createIdSet).add(item.id.client, c.clock, contentLen)
           length -= contentLen
+          if (contentLen < pieceLen) {
+            splitClock = c.clock + contentLen
+            break
+          }
         }
       }
-      const lastContent = contents.length > 0 ? contents[contents.length - 1] : null
-      const nextItemClock = item.id.clock + item.length
-      const nextContentClock = lastContent != null ? lastContent.clock + lastContent.content.getLength() : nextItemClock
-      if (nextContentClock < nextItemClock) {
-        getItemCleanStart(transaction, createID(item.id.client, nextContentClock))
+      if (splitClock >= 0) {
+        getItemCleanStart(transaction, createID(item.id.client, splitClock))
+      } else {
+        const lastContent = contents.length > 0 ? contents[contents.length - 1] : null
+        const nextItemClock = item.id.clock + item.length
+        const nextContentClock = lastContent != null ? lastContent.clock + lastContent.content.getLength() : nextItemClock
+        if (nextContentClock < nextItemClock) {
+          getItemCleanStart(transaction, createID(item.id.client, nextContentClock))
+        }
       }
     }
     currPos.forward()
@@ -999,7 +1016,6 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
    * @param {boolean} [opts.retainInserts] - if true, retain rendered inserts with attributions
    * @param {boolean} [opts.retainDeletes] - if true, retain rendered+attributed deletes only
    * @param {IdSet?} [opts.insertedItems] - ids inserted by the change being rendered; content that is both in `insertedItems` and deleted renders as a *fresh* insert even under `retainDeletes` (it was never part of the consuming state)
-   * @param {IdSet?} [opts.deletedItems] - used for computing prevItem in attributes
    * @param {Map<YType,Set<string|null>>|null} [opts.modified] - set of types that should be rendered as modified children
    * @param {Deep} [opts.deep] - render child types as delta
    * @return {Deep extends true ? delta.Delta<DConf> : delta.Delta<DeltaConfDeltaToYType<DConf>>} The Delta representation of this type.
@@ -1007,7 +1023,7 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
    * @public
    */
   toDelta (opts = {}) {
-    const { renderer = this._renderer, itemsToRender = null, retainInserts = false, retainDeletes = false, insertedItems = null, deletedItems = null, deep = false } = opts
+    const { renderer = this._renderer, itemsToRender = null, retainInserts = false, retainDeletes = false, insertedItems = null, deep = false } = opts
     const { modified = (deep && itemsToRender) ? computeModifiedFromItems(/** @type {Doc} */ (this.doc).store, itemsToRender) : null } = opts
     const renderAttrs = modified?.get(this) || null
     const renderChildren = modified == null || !modified.has(this) || /** @type {Set<string|null>} */ (modified.get(this)).has(null)
@@ -1017,7 +1033,7 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
     const d = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create(this.name))
     const optsAll = object.assign({}, opts, { renderer, modified })
     // opts has been re-computed - do not use opts after this point!
-    typeMapGetDelta(d, /** @type {any} */ (this), renderAttrs, renderer, deep, modified, deletedItems, itemsToRender, optsAll, optsAll)
+    typeMapGetDelta(d, /** @type {any} */ (this), renderAttrs, renderer, deep, modified, itemsToRender, optsAll, optsAll)
     if (renderChildren) {
       /**
        * @type {delta.Formats}
@@ -1105,20 +1121,20 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
                 // (`c.fresh` content is exempt from `retainDeletes`: it was inserted *and*
                 // deleted by this very change, so the consuming state holds nothing to retain —
                 // it renders as an insert below, carrying its attribution.)
-                d.usedFormats = changedFormats
+                d.useFormats(changedFormats)
                 usingChangedFormats = true
                 // change render: a retained item with no attribution means its attribution was
                 // removed → emit a clear rather than `{}` (skip). Present attribution merges.
                 d.retain(/** @type {ContentString} */ (c.content).str.length, undefined, attribution ?? clearedOwnAttribution())
               } else {
-                d.usedFormats = currentFormats
+                d.useFormats(currentFormats)
                 usingCurrentFormats = true
                 d.insert(/** @type {ContentString} */ (c.content).str, undefined, attribution)
               }
             } else if (renderDelete) {
               d.delete(c.content.getLength())
             } else if (retainContent) {
-              d.usedFormats = changedFormats
+              d.useFormats(changedFormats)
               usingChangedFormats = true
               d.retain(c.content.getLength())
             }
@@ -1132,7 +1148,7 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
             if (renderContent) {
               if (c.deleted ? (retainDeletes && !c.fresh) : retainInserts) {
                 // a retain expresses the format *diff* → use `changedFormats` (see ContentString)
-                d.usedFormats = changedFormats
+                d.useFormats(changedFormats)
                 usingChangedFormats = true
                 if (c.deleted && c.content.constructor === ContentType) {
                   // @todo use current transaction instead
@@ -1141,11 +1157,11 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
                   d.retain(c.content.getLength(), undefined, attribution ?? clearedOwnAttribution())
                 }
               } else if (deep && c.content.constructor === ContentType) {
-                d.usedFormats = currentFormats
+                d.useFormats(currentFormats)
                 usingCurrentFormats = true
                 d.insert([/** @type {any} */(c.content).type.toDelta(optsAll)], undefined, attribution)
               } else {
-                d.usedFormats = currentFormats
+                d.useFormats(currentFormats)
                 usingCurrentFormats = true
                 d.insert(c.content.getContent(), undefined, attribution)
               }
@@ -1156,7 +1172,7 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
                 // @todo use current transaction instead
                 d.modify(/** @type {any} */ (c.content).type.toDelta(optsAll))
               } else {
-                d.usedFormats = changedFormats
+                d.useFormats(changedFormats)
                 usingChangedFormats = true
                 d.retain(1)
               }
@@ -1350,12 +1366,12 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
             if (retainInserts) {
               // attribution-overlay render (e.g. `toDelta({ renderer, retainInserts: true })`):
               // existing content is retained, clearing any formerly cached own-attribution
-              d.usedFormats = changedFormats
+              d.useFormats(changedFormats)
               usingChangedFormats = true
               d.retain(content.getLength(), undefined, clearedOwnAttribution())
             } else {
               // full render: a plain insert of the whole item
-              d.usedFormats = currentFormats
+              d.useFormats(currentFormats)
               usingCurrentFormats = true
               if (deep && content.constructor === ContentType) {
                 d.insert([/** @type {any} */(content).type.toDelta(optsAll)])
@@ -1382,17 +1398,17 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
                   // @todo use current transaction instead
                   d.modify(/** @type {ContentType} */ (content).type.toDelta(optsAll))
                 } else {
-                  d.usedFormats = changedFormats
+                  d.useFormats(changedFormats)
                   usingChangedFormats = true
                   // mirror the piece-wise op sizes of the renderer path (see the delete branch)
                   d.retain(content.constructor === ContentString ? idrange.len : 1)
                 }
               } else if (retainInserts) {
-                d.usedFormats = changedFormats
+                d.useFormats(changedFormats)
                 usingChangedFormats = true
                 d.retain(idrange.len, undefined, clearedOwnAttribution())
               } else {
-                d.usedFormats = currentFormats
+                d.useFormats(currentFormats)
                 usingCurrentFormats = true
                 if (deep && content.constructor === ContentType) {
                   d.insert([/** @type {any} */(content).type.toDelta(optsAll)])
@@ -1477,8 +1493,13 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
    * recognize — and skip — changes they produced themselves; see the lib0 `RDT` spec). Defaults to `null`.
    * @param {Object} [opts]
    * @param {AbstractRenderer?} [opts.renderer] - renders the content (with attributions); defaults to this type's active renderer (see {@link YType#useRenderer}), i.e. `null` (render as-is) unless changed
-   * @return {null} The lib0 `RDT` "fix" of this apply — always `null`: a `YType` accepts every valid
-   * delta as-is and never needs to self-correct.
+   * @return {delta.DeltaBuilder<any>?} The lib0 `RDT` "fix" of this apply — a change measured against the
+   * caller's expected state (`old.apply(d)`) that transforms it into the actual state, or `null`
+   * when `d` applied cleanly. A fix is produced when `d` (or a nested `modify`/`modifyAttr`)
+   * addresses a *deleted but rendered* node (e.g. a suggestion-deleted paragraph under a
+   * DiffRenderer): that part of the change is not applied to the document, and its inverse
+   * (`lib0/delta` `inverse` against the node's rendered state) is returned — the change is
+   * immediately reverted.
    *
    * @public
    */
@@ -1486,45 +1507,110 @@ export class YType extends ObservableV2 {
     if (d.isEmpty()) return null
     if (this.doc == null) {
       (this._prelim || (this._prelim = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create()))).apply(d)
-    } else if (this._item?.deleted !== true) {
-      // @todo this was moved here from ytext. Make this more generic
-      transact(this.doc, transaction => {
-        const currPos = new ItemTextListPosition(null, this._start, 0, new Map(), renderer)
-        for (const op of d.children) {
-          if (delta.$textOp.check(op)) {
-            insertContent(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), currPos, new ContentString(op.insert), op.format || {})
-          } else if (delta.$insertOp.check(op)) {
-            insertContentHelper(transaction, this, currPos, op.insert, op.format || {})
-          } else if (delta.$retainOp.check(op)) {
-            currPos.formatText(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), op.retain, op.format || {})
-          } else if (delta.$deleteOp.check(op)) {
-            deleteText(transaction, currPos, op.delete)
-          } else if (delta.$modifyOp.check(op)) {
-            let item = currPos.right
-            while (item != null && (item.deleted || !item.countable)) { item = item.next }
-            if (item == null || item.content.constructor !== ContentType) { error.unexpectedCase() }
-            /** @type {ContentType} */ (item.content).type.applyDelta(op.value, origin, { renderer })
-            currPos.formatText(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), 1, op.format || {})
+      return null
+    }
+    const titem = this._item
+    if (titem !== null && titem.deleted) {
+      if (rendererContentLength(renderer, titem) > 0) {
+        // deleted, but still rendered (e.g. a suggestion-deleted node): apply nothing — revert the
+        // whole change and return its inverse (against the rendered state the caller addressed)
+        const inv = delta.inverse(d, /** @type {any} */ (this.toDeltaDeep({ renderer })))
+        return inv.isEmpty() ? null : /** @type {any} */ (inv)
+      }
+      return null // invisible deleted type: the caller's view shows nothing here — silently drop
+    }
+    // @todo this was moved here from ytext. Make this more generic
+    return transact(this.doc, transaction => {
+      /**
+       * The accumulated fix. Its coordinates live in the caller's *expected* space, so they are
+       * tracked from `d`'s own ops (`expectedIndex`) — not `currPos.index`, which also counts
+       * content that a delete over attributed-deleted ranges leaves rendered.
+       *
+       * @type {delta.DeltaBuilder<any>?}
+       */
+      let fix = null
+      let fixLen = 0
+      let expectedIndex = 0
+      /**
+       * @param {delta.DeltaAny?} childFix
+       * @param {{ [k:string]: any }} [invFormat]
+       */
+      const appendModifyFix = (childFix, invFormat) => {
+        const f = fix ?? (fix = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create()))
+        expectedIndex > fixLen && f.retain(expectedIndex - fixLen)
+        f.modify(/** @type {any} */ (childFix ?? delta.create().done(false)), invFormat)
+        fixLen = expectedIndex + 1
+      }
+      const currPos = new ItemTextListPosition(null, this._start, 0, new Map(), renderer)
+      for (const op of d.children) {
+        if (delta.$textOp.check(op)) {
+          insertContent(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), currPos, new ContentString(op.insert), op.format || {})
+          expectedIndex += op.length
+        } else if (delta.$insertOp.check(op)) {
+          insertContentHelper(transaction, this, currPos, op.insert, op.format || {})
+          expectedIndex += op.length
+        } else if (delta.$retainOp.check(op)) {
+          currPos.formatText(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), op.retain, op.format || {})
+          expectedIndex += op.length
+        } else if (delta.$deleteOp.check(op)) {
+          deleteText(transaction, currPos, op.delete)
+        } else if (delta.$modifyOp.check(op)) {
+          let item = currPos.right
+          while (item !== null && rendererContentLength(renderer, item) === 0) { item = item.right }
+          if (item == null || item.content.constructor !== ContentType) { error.unexpectedCase() }
+          if (item.deleted) {
+            // deleted but rendered: revert instead of apply. Advance the cursor first (populating
+            // `currentFormats` with any markers up to the node) without applying `op.format`, then
+            // recurse — the child's deleted-guard applies nothing and returns the inverse.
+            currPos.formatText(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), 1, {})
+            /** @type {{ [k:string]: any }|undefined} */
+            let invFormat
+            for (const k in op.format) {
+              (invFormat ?? (invFormat = {}))[k] = currPos.currentFormats.get(k) ?? null
+            }
+            const childFix = /** @type {ContentType} */ (item.content).type.applyDelta(op.value, origin, { renderer })
+            if (childFix !== null || invFormat !== undefined) {
+              appendModifyFix(childFix, invFormat)
+            }
           } else {
+            const childFix = /** @type {ContentType} */ (item.content).type.applyDelta(op.value, origin, { renderer })
+            currPos.formatText(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), 1, op.format || {})
+            if (childFix !== null) {
+              appendModifyFix(childFix)
+            }
+          }
+          expectedIndex += 1
+        } else {
+          error.unexpectedCase()
+        }
+      }
+      for (const op of d.attrs) {
+        if (delta.$setAttrOp.check(op)) {
+          typeMapSet(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), /** @type {any} */ (op.key), op.value)
+        } else if (delta.$deleteAttrOp.check(op)) {
+          typeMapDelete(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), /** @type {any} */ (op.key))
+        } else {
+          // modifyAttr — locate the target renderer-aware: a deleted map value may still be rendered
+          const mapItem = this._map.get(/** @type {any} */ (op.key))
+          const sub = mapItem === undefined
+            ? undefined
+            : (mapItem.deleted
+                ? (mapItem.content.constructor === ContentType && rendererContentLength(renderer, mapItem) > 0
+                    ? /** @type {ContentType} */ (mapItem.content).type
+                    : undefined)
+                : mapItem.content.getContent()[mapItem.length - 1])
+          if (!(sub instanceof YType)) {
             error.unexpectedCase()
           }
-        }
-        for (const op of d.attrs) {
-          if (delta.$setAttrOp.check(op)) {
-            typeMapSet(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), /** @type {any} */ (op.key), op.value)
-          } else if (delta.$deleteAttrOp.check(op)) {
-            typeMapDelete(transaction, /** @type {any} */ (this), /** @type {any} */ (op.key))
-          } else {
-            const sub = typeMapGet(/** @type {any} */ (this), /** @type {any} */ (op.key))
-            if (!(sub instanceof YType)) {
-              error.unexpectedCase()
-            }
-            sub.applyDelta(op.value, origin, { renderer })
+          const subFix = sub.applyDelta(op.value, origin, { renderer })
+          if (subFix !== null) {
+            const f = fix ?? (fix = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create()))
+            f.modifyAttr(/** @type {any} */ (op.key), /** @type {any} */ (subFix))
           }
         }
-      }, origin)
-    }
-    return null
+      }
+      return fix !== null && !(/** @type {delta.DeltaBuilder<any>} */ (fix).done(false).isEmpty()) ? fix : null
+    }, origin)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -2339,7 +2425,6 @@ export const typeMapGetAll = (parent) => {
  * @param {AbstractRenderer?} renderer
  * @param {boolean} deep
  * @param {Set<YType>|Map<YType,any>|null} [modified] - set of types that should be rendered as modified children
- * @param {IdSet?} [deletedItems]
  * @param {IdSet?} [itemsToRender]
  * @param {any} [opts]
  * @param {any} [optsAll]
@@ -2347,7 +2432,7 @@ export const typeMapGetAll = (parent) => {
  * @private
  * @function
  */
-export const typeMapGetDelta = (d, parent, attrsToRender, renderer, deep, modified, deletedItems, itemsToRender, opts, optsAll) => {
+export const typeMapGetDelta = (d, parent, attrsToRender, renderer, deep, modified, itemsToRender, opts, optsAll) => {
   // @todo support modified ops!
   /**
    * @param {Item} item
@@ -2380,7 +2465,16 @@ export const typeMapGetDelta = (d, parent, attrsToRender, renderer, deep, modifi
         // emit a positive `SetAttrOp` carrying the attribution metadata - matching how content
         // children are rendered for the same case (positive `InsertOp` with attribution, never
         // `DeleteOp`).
-        if (itemsToRender == null || itemsToRender.hasId(item.lastId)) {
+        // also re-emit when the change happened *inside* the still-rendered value (`modified`
+        // contains the value type but the attr's own map item is not part of the change) — the
+        // deleted value has no modifyAttr path, and a full-state `setAttr` replace is idempotent
+        if (itemsToRender == null || itemsToRender.hasId(item.lastId) || (c instanceof YType && modified != null && modified.has(c))) {
+          if (deep && c instanceof YType) {
+            // full-state value render: a positive `setAttr` *replaces* the attr value on the
+            // consuming side, so the nested type must render as its full attributed state
+            // (change-scoped opts like `itemsToRender` would render bare retains here)
+            c = /** @type {any} */(c).toDelta({ renderer, deep: true })
+          }
           d.setAttr(key, c, attribution)
         }
       } else if (itemsToRender != null && itemsToRender.hasId(item.lastId)) {
@@ -2388,22 +2482,15 @@ export const typeMapGetDelta = (d, parent, attrsToRender, renderer, deep, modifi
         // `YEvent` delta, RDT bindings, the maintained `delta` cache) can apply the removal. In
         // full-state mode (`itemsToRender == null`) the attribute is simply omitted (above renders
         // run with `render === false` for such items, so nothing was emitted before either).
-        d.deleteAttr(key, attribution, c)
+        d.deleteAttr(key, attribution)
       }
     } else if (deep && c instanceof YType && modified?.has(c)) {
       d.modifyAttr(key, c.toDelta(opts))
     } else {
-      // find prev content
-      let prevContentItem = item
-      // this algorithm is problematic. should check all previous content using renderer.readcontent
-      for (; prevContentItem.left !== null && deletedItems?.hasId(prevContentItem.left.lastId); prevContentItem = prevContentItem.left) {
-        // nop
-      }
-      const prevValue = (prevContentItem !== item && itemsToRender?.hasId(prevContentItem.lastId)) ? array.last(prevContentItem.content.getContent()) : undefined
       if (deep && c instanceof YType) {
         c = /** @type {any} */(c).toDelta(optsAll)
       }
-      d.setAttr(key, c, attribution, prevValue)
+      d.setAttr(key, c, attribution)
     }
   }
   if (attrsToRender == null) {
diff --git a/tests/attribution.tests.js b/tests/attribution.tests.js
index 079fa485..e3a64d8a 100644
--- a/tests/attribution.tests.js
+++ b/tests/attribution.tests.js
@@ -914,6 +914,361 @@ export const testRdtDeltaFreshRangeAfterItemMerge = () => {
   t.assert(cached.equals(fresh), 'maintained .delta must equal a fresh deep render')
 }
 
+/**
+ * The lib0 `RDT` fix contract for a *fully reverted* apply: nothing landed on the doc, the
+ * maintained cache stays consistent, and `before.apply(d).apply(fix)` round-trips back to the
+ * actual (unchanged) rendered state — the fix is the inverse of the unapplied change.
+ *
+ * @param {any} ytype the type whose maintained `.delta` cache to check (must be materialized)
+ * @param {any} before deep render of `ytype` captured before the apply
+ * @param {any} d the change that was (not) applied
+ * @param {any} fix the fix `applyDelta` returned
+ */
+const assertRevertedApply = (ytype, before, d, fix) => {
+  const fresh = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+  t.assert(delta.diff(before, fresh).isEmpty(), 'nothing was applied to the doc')
+  t.assert(ytype.delta.equals(fresh), 'maintained .delta must equal a fresh deep render')
+  const roundTrip = delta.cloneDeep(before)
+  roundTrip.apply(delta.cloneDeep(d), { final: true, move: true })
+  if (fix !== null) {
+    roundTrip.apply(delta.cloneDeep(fix), { final: true, move: true })
+  }
+  t.assert(delta.diff(roundTrip, fresh).isEmpty(), 'the fix round-trips the expected state back to the actual state')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Modifying a suggestion-deleted (rendered) node must not apply anything — `applyDelta` returns
+ * the reverted operation (the inverse of the nested change) as the RDT fix, emits no 'delta'
+ * event (nothing changed), and leaves doc + cache untouched.
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaModifyIntoTombstoneReturnsInverse = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const { ytype } = createSuggestionPair(baseClientID, sdocClientID)
+    t.assert(ytype.delta != null) // materialize the maintained cache
+    ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().delete(1).done())
+    const before = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    let fired = 0
+    ytype.on('delta', () => { fired++ })
+    const d = delta.create().modify(delta.create().retain(2).insert('XY')).done()
+    const fix = ytype.applyDelta(d)
+    t.assert(fix !== null, 'the reverted operation is returned')
+    t.compare(/** @type {any} */ (fix).toJSON(), delta.create().modify(delta.create().retain(2).delete(2)).done().toJSON())
+    t.assert(fired === 0, 'a fully reverted apply emits no delta event')
+    t.assert(!JSON.stringify(ytype.toDelta({ deep: true }).toJSON()).includes('XY'), 'the insert was not applied')
+    assertRevertedApply(ytype, before, d, fix)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deleting content inside a tombstone: the fix re-inserts the deleted range from the rendered
+ * base state, restoring its stored attribution (the caller's view shows the content
+ * delete-attributed — the revert must bring exactly that back).
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaDeleteInsideTombstoneInverse = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const { ytype } = createSuggestionPair(baseClientID, sdocClientID)
+    t.assert(ytype.delta != null)
+    ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().delete(1).done())
+    const before = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    const d = delta.create().modify(delta.create().retain(2).delete(4)).done()
+    const fix = ytype.applyDelta(d)
+    t.assert(fix !== null)
+    const fixJson = JSON.stringify(/** @type {any} */ (fix).toJSON())
+    t.assert(fixJson.includes('llo '), 'the fix re-inserts the deleted range')
+    t.assert(fixJson.includes('"delete"'), 'the re-insert restores the stored delete attribution')
+    assertRevertedApply(ytype, before, d, fix)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Formatting content inside a tombstone: not applied (no markers created); the fix clears the
+ * format keys back to the base values (`{ bold: null }` for a previously unformatted range).
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaFormatInsideTombstoneInverse = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const { ytype } = createSuggestionPair(baseClientID, sdocClientID)
+    t.assert(ytype.delta != null)
+    ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().delete(1).done())
+    const before = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    const d = delta.create().modify(delta.create().retain(1).retain(4, { bold: {} })).done()
+    const fix = ytype.applyDelta(d)
+    t.assert(fix !== null)
+    t.compare(/** @type {any} */ (fix).toJSON(), delta.create().modify(delta.create().retain(1).retain(4, { bold: null })).done().toJSON())
+    assertRevertedApply(ytype, before, d, fix)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A `modify` carrying node formats on a tombstone: `op.format` is not applied either, and the fix
+ * restores the *previous* format value — read from the cursor's format context AFTER stepping to
+ * the node, so an alive format marker between the walk's start and the node is accounted for.
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaNodeFormatOnTombstoneInverse = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const doc = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+    doc.clientID = baseClientID
+    const sdoc = new Y.Doc({ isSuggestionDoc: true, gc: false })
+    sdoc.clientID = sdocClientID
+    const renderer = Y.createDiffRenderer(doc, sdoc, { attrs: new Y.Attributions() })
+    doc.get('prosemirror').applyDelta(
+      delta.create().insert([delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'aa'), delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'bb')]).done()
+    )
+    // base-doc node format over both paragraphs: an alive `align` marker sits before the first one
+    doc.get('prosemirror').applyDelta(delta.create().retain(2, { align: 'x' }).done())
+    const ytype = sdoc.get('prosemirror')
+    ytype.useRenderer(renderer)
+    t.assert(ytype.delta != null)
+    // suggestion-delete the second paragraph
+    ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().retain(1).delete(1).done())
+    const before = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    const d = delta.create().retain(1).modify(delta.create(), { align: 'y' }).done()
+    const fix = ytype.applyDelta(d)
+    t.assert(fix !== null)
+    t.compare(/** @type {any} */ (fix).toJSON(), delta.create().retain(1).modify(delta.create(), { align: 'x' }).done().toJSON())
+    assertRevertedApply(ytype, before, d, fix)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Applied and reverted ops coexist in one delta: ops on live content land (one 'delta' event),
+ * only the tombstone-targeting modify reverts — and the fix's retain pad is measured in the
+ * caller's *expected* space (including `d`'s own earlier insert).
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaMixedFixCoordinates = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const doc = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+    doc.clientID = baseClientID
+    const sdoc = new Y.Doc({ isSuggestionDoc: true, gc: false })
+    sdoc.clientID = sdocClientID
+    const renderer = Y.createDiffRenderer(doc, sdoc, { attrs: new Y.Attributions() })
+    doc.get('prosemirror').applyDelta(
+      delta.create().insert([
+        delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'aa'), delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'hello world'), delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'cc')
+      ]).done()
+    )
+    const ytype = sdoc.get('prosemirror')
+    ytype.useRenderer(renderer)
+    t.assert(ytype.delta != null)
+    // suggestion-delete the middle paragraph
+    ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().retain(1).delete(1).done())
+    let fired = 0
+    ytype.on('delta', () => { fired++ })
+    const innerXY = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create().retain(2).insert('XY'))
+    const innerZZ = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create().retain(2).insert('ZZ'))
+    const pNew = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'nn'))
+    const d = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create()).insert([pNew]).retain(1).modify(innerXY).modify(innerZZ).done()
+    const fix = ytype.applyDelta(d)
+    t.assert(fired === 1, 'the applied part of the change emits exactly one delta event')
+    t.assert(fix !== null)
+    t.compare(/** @type {any} */ (fix).toJSON(), delta.create().retain(2).modify(delta.create().retain(2).delete(2)).done().toJSON())
+    const fresh = JSON.stringify(ytype.toDelta({ deep: true }).toJSON())
+    t.assert(fresh.includes('nn') && fresh.includes('ZZ'), 'ops on live content were applied')
+    t.assert(!fresh.includes('XY'), 'the tombstone-targeting modify was not applied')
+    t.assert(ytype.delta.equals(ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })), 'maintained .delta must equal a fresh deep render')
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * `modifyAttr` addressing a suggestion-deleted (still rendered) map value: the renderer-aware
+ * lookup finds the tombstone, nothing is applied, and the fix wraps the inverse in a
+ * `modifyAttr` — previously this hit `unexpectedCase` (`typeMapGet` is blind to deleted items).
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaModifyAttrOnDeletedMapValue = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const doc = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+    doc.clientID = baseClientID
+    const sdoc = new Y.Doc({ isSuggestionDoc: true, gc: false })
+    sdoc.clientID = sdocClientID
+    const renderer = Y.createDiffRenderer(doc, sdoc, { attrs: new Y.Attributions() })
+    const title = doc.get('m').setAttr('title', new Y.Type())
+    title.insert(0, 'hi')
+    const m = sdoc.get('m')
+    m.useRenderer(renderer)
+    t.assert(m.delta != null)
+    // suggestion-delete the attribute (stays rendered, delete-attributed)
+    m.applyDelta(delta.create().deleteAttr('title').done())
+    const before = m.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    const d = delta.create().modifyAttr('title', delta.create().insert('X')).done()
+    const fix = m.applyDelta(d)
+    t.assert(fix !== null, 'no throw — the reverted operation is returned')
+    t.compare(/** @type {any} */ (fix).toJSON(), delta.create().modifyAttr('title', delta.create().delete(1)).done().toJSON())
+    assertRevertedApply(m, before, d, fix)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A plainly deleted (invisible — no renderer claims it) type keeps today's semantics: the apply
+ * is silently dropped and `applyDelta` returns `null` (the caller's view shows nothing there, so
+ * there is nothing to revert).
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaInvisibleDeletedSilentNull = () => {
+  const doc = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+  doc.clientID = 1
+  const root = doc.get('prosemirror')
+  root.applyDelta(delta.create().insert([delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'hello')]).done())
+  const par = /** @type {Y.Type} */ (root.get(0))
+  root.applyDelta(delta.create().delete(1).done())
+  const res = par.applyDelta(delta.create().retain(2).insert('XY').done())
+  t.assert(res === null, 'invisible deleted type: silent drop, no fix')
+  t.assert(root.toDelta({ deep: true }).isEmpty(), 'nothing was applied')
+}
+
+/**
+ * `applyDelta` called directly on a deleted-but-rendered type (the top-level guard): nothing is
+ * applied and the inverse against the rendered state is returned. Without a renderer the same
+ * call stays a silent `null` drop.
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaDirectGuardOnDeletedType = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const { ytype, renderer } = createSuggestionPair(baseClientID, sdocClientID)
+    t.assert(ytype.delta != null)
+    const par = /** @type {Y.Type} */ (ytype.get(0))
+    ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().delete(1).done())
+    const rootBefore = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    const d = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create().retain(2).insert('XY').done())
+    // children do not inherit the root's renderer — without one the node is invisible
+    t.assert(par.applyDelta(d) === null, 'no renderer: silent drop')
+    const fix = par.applyDelta(d, null, { renderer })
+    t.assert(fix !== null)
+    t.compare(/** @type {any} */ (fix).toJSON(), delta.create().retain(2).delete(2).done().toJSON())
+    t.assert(delta.diff(rootBefore, ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })).isEmpty(), 'nothing was applied to the doc')
+    t.assert(ytype.delta.equals(ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })), 'maintained .delta must equal a fresh deep render')
+    // fix round-trip at the node level, against its rendered state
+    const parBefore = /** @type {any} */ (par.toDelta({ deep: true, renderer }))
+    const roundTrip = /** @type {any} */ (delta.cloneDeep(parBefore))
+    roundTrip.apply(delta.cloneDeep(d), { final: true, move: true })
+    roundTrip.apply(delta.cloneDeep(/** @type {any} */ (fix)), { final: true, move: true })
+    t.assert(delta.diff(roundTrip, par.toDelta({ deep: true, renderer })).isEmpty(), 'the fix round-trips at the node level')
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A tombstone grandchild behind an alive child: the alive child's applyDelta bubbles the nested
+ * fix, and the parent wraps it positionally — `modify(modify(inverse))`.
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaNestedTombstoneFixBubbles = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const doc = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+    doc.clientID = baseClientID
+    const sdoc = new Y.Doc({ isSuggestionDoc: true, gc: false })
+    sdoc.clientID = sdocClientID
+    const renderer = Y.createDiffRenderer(doc, sdoc, { attrs: new Y.Attributions() })
+    doc.get('prosemirror').applyDelta(
+      delta.create().insert([delta.create('paragraph', {}, [delta.create('nested', {}, 'ww')])]).done()
+    )
+    const ytype = sdoc.get('prosemirror')
+    ytype.useRenderer(renderer)
+    t.assert(ytype.delta != null)
+    // suggestion-delete only the nested node inside the (alive) paragraph
+    const par = /** @type {Y.Type} */ (ytype.get(0))
+    par.applyDelta(delta.create().delete(1).done(), null, { renderer })
+    const before = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    const innerX = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create().insert('X'))
+    const midModify = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create().modify(innerX))
+    const d = delta.create().modify(midModify).done()
+    const fix = ytype.applyDelta(d)
+    t.assert(fix !== null)
+    const innerDel = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create().delete(1))
+    const midModifyDel = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create().modify(innerDel))
+    t.compare(/** @type {any} */ (fix).toJSON(), delta.create().modify(midModifyDel).done().toJSON())
+    assertRevertedApply(ytype, before, d, fix)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A plain `delete` op spanning a tombstone keeps its existing semantics (suggestion-deletes the
+ * alive content, records the attributed range) and returns no fix — the known, downstream-healed
+ * gap; pinned here so a change of behavior is a conscious one.
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaPureDeleteOverTombstoneNoFix = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const doc = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+    doc.clientID = baseClientID
+    const sdoc = new Y.Doc({ isSuggestionDoc: true, gc: false })
+    sdoc.clientID = sdocClientID
+    const renderer = Y.createDiffRenderer(doc, sdoc, { attrs: new Y.Attributions() })
+    doc.get('prosemirror').applyDelta(
+      delta.create().insert([
+        delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'aa'), delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'hello world'), delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'cc')
+      ]).done()
+    )
+    const ytype = sdoc.get('prosemirror')
+    ytype.useRenderer(renderer)
+    t.assert(ytype.delta != null)
+    ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().retain(1).delete(1).done())
+    const res = ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().delete(3).done())
+    t.assert(res === null, 'a plain delete over a tombstone range returns no fix')
+    const fresh = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    t.assert(ytype.delta.equals(fresh), 'maintained .delta must equal a fresh deep render')
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A `delete` op ending mid-way through a struck (attributed-deleted) chunk must split the item at
+ * the consumption boundary — otherwise the cursor advances past the whole chunk and every
+ * following op of the same delta targets too far right (the modify walk then reverts the WRONG
+ * node, returning a fix that carries another node's content).
+ */
+export const testRdtApplyDeltaDeleteMidStruckChunkKeepsCursorSync = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const doc = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+    doc.clientID = baseClientID
+    const sdoc = new Y.Doc({ isSuggestionDoc: true, gc: false })
+    sdoc.clientID = sdocClientID
+    const renderer = Y.createDiffRenderer(doc, sdoc, { attrs: new Y.Attributions() })
+    doc.get('t').applyDelta(delta.create().insert('abc').done())
+    doc.get('t').applyDelta(delta.create().retain(3).insert([delta.create('nA', {}, 'kk'), delta.create('nB', {}, 'qqq')]).done())
+    const ytype = sdoc.get('t')
+    ytype.useRenderer(renderer)
+    t.assert(ytype.delta != null)
+    // strike 'bc' (one 2-unit chunk) and both nodes
+    ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().retain(1).delete(2).done())
+    ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().retain(3).delete(2).done())
+    const before = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    // delete struck 'b' (ends MID-chunk), retain struck 'c', revert-modify tombstone nA
+    const inner = /** @type {any} */ (delta.create().delete(2))
+    const d = delta.create().retain(1).delete(1).retain(1).modify(inner).done()
+    const fix = ytype.applyDelta(d)
+    t.assert(fix !== null)
+    const fixJson = JSON.stringify(/** @type {any} */ (fix).toJSON())
+    t.assert(fixJson.includes('kk') && !fixJson.includes('qq'), "the fix restores nA's content, not nB's")
+    const fresh = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    t.assert(delta.diff(before, fresh).isEmpty(), 'nothing was applied (struck delete is meta-only, modify reverted)')
+    t.assert(ytype.delta.equals(fresh), 'maintained .delta must equal a fresh deep render')
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A change *inside* a suggestion-deleted (still rendered) attr value must re-emit: the deleted
+ * value has no modifyAttr path, so the change render re-emits the full-state `setAttr` (an
+ * idempotent replace) whenever the value type is in `modified` — else the maintained cache and
+ * every RDT consumer go permanently stale.
+ */
+export const testRdtDeltaThroughDeletedAttrValue = () => {
+  for (const [baseClientID, sdocClientID] of [[1, 2], [2, 1]]) {
+    const doc = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+    doc.clientID = baseClientID
+    const sdoc = new Y.Doc({ isSuggestionDoc: true, gc: false })
+    sdoc.clientID = sdocClientID
+    const renderer = Y.createDiffRenderer(doc, sdoc, { attrs: new Y.Attributions() })
+    const title = doc.get('m').setAttr('title', new Y.Type())
+    title.insert(0, 'hi')
+    const m = sdoc.get('m')
+    m.useRenderer(renderer)
+    t.assert(m.delta != null)
+    m.applyDelta(delta.create().deleteAttr('title').done())
+    t.assert(m.delta.equals(m.toDelta({ deep: true })), 'cache consistent after the suggestion deleteAttr')
+    let fired = 0
+    m.on('delta', () => { fired++ })
+    // base-doc edit INSIDE the tombstone attr value
+    doc.get('m').getAttr('title').insert(2, 'XY')
+    t.assert(fired === 1, "'delta' fires for a change inside the tombstone attr value")
+    const fresh = m.toDelta({ deep: true })
+    t.assert(JSON.stringify(fresh.toJSON()).includes('XY'), 'fresh render shows the edit')
+    t.assert(m.delta.equals(fresh), 'maintained .delta must equal a fresh deep render')
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * A remote base-doc format inside a suggestion-deleted paragraph: full contract — the root's
  * 'delta' fires and the maintained cache equals a fresh deep render (fresh-deleted format markers
@@ -1034,3 +1389,95 @@ export const testRdtDeletedSubtreeUndoScope = () => {
   Y.applyUpdate(docQ, Y.encodeStateAsUpdate(docP), 'remote-origin')
   t.assert(um.undoStack.length === 1, 'untracked-origin remote change is not captured')
 }
+
+/**
+ * Currently-failing repro: an *accepting* (suggestionMode=false) child-node insert with no
+ * suggested content anywhere drifts the maintained `.delta` cache. The inserted node reaches the
+ * base doc (asserted below — it is committed content, NOT a suggestion, so the
+ * "inserted-adjacent-to-suggested-is-suggested" rule does not apply), and a fresh deep render
+ * correctly shows no attribution — but the cache keeps the change render's transient
+ * `{insert: []}` attribution. Suggestion-mode inserts and accepting inserts adjacent to suggested
+ * content are consistent (both sides attributed); only this committed-insert case drifts.
+ * Delete-tail + insert-node is the CRDT shape of a ProseMirror block split, so editor workloads
+ * hit this constantly.
+ */
+export const testRdtAcceptingNodeInsertCacheDrift = () => {
+  const doc = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+  const suggestionDoc = new Y.Doc({ isSuggestionDoc: true, gc: false })
+  const renderer = Y.createDiffRenderer(doc, suggestionDoc, { attrs: new Y.Attributions() })
+  renderer.suggestionMode = false
+  doc.get('prosemirror').applyDelta(
+    delta.create().insert([delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'base para')]).done()
+  )
+  const ytype = suggestionDoc.get('prosemirror')
+  ytype.useRenderer(renderer)
+  t.assert(ytype.delta != null) // materialize the maintained cache
+  ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().retain(1).insert([delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'plain')]).done())
+  // the insert is committed content: it reached the base doc
+  t.assert(JSON.stringify(doc.get('prosemirror').toDeltaDeep().toJSON()).includes('plain'), 'the insert committed to base')
+  const cached = ytype.delta
+  const fresh = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+  t.assert(!JSON.stringify(fresh.toJSON()).includes('"attribution"'), 'fresh render shows committed (unattributed) content')
+  if (!cached.equals(fresh)) {
+    console.error('cached:', JSON.stringify(cached.toJSON()))
+    console.error('fresh :', JSON.stringify(fresh.toJSON()))
+  }
+  t.assert(cached.equals(fresh), 'maintained .delta must equal a fresh deep render')
+  // same class, second entry point: ACCEPTING a suggested node-insert. The suggested insert
+  // itself is consistent (both sides attributed), but the accept's de-attribution correction
+  // does not descend into the nested node's content — the cache keeps `{insert: []}`.
+  {
+    const doc2 = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+    const suggestionDoc2 = new Y.Doc({ isSuggestionDoc: true, gc: false })
+    const renderer2 = Y.createDiffRenderer(doc2, suggestionDoc2, { attrs: new Y.Attributions() })
+    doc2.get('prosemirror').applyDelta(delta.create().insert([delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'base para')]).done())
+    const ytype2 = suggestionDoc2.get('prosemirror')
+    ytype2.useRenderer(renderer2)
+    t.assert(ytype2.delta != null) // materialize the maintained cache
+    renderer2.suggestionMode = true
+    ytype2.applyDelta(delta.create().retain(1).insert([delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'sugg')]).done())
+    t.assert(ytype2.delta.equals(ytype2.toDelta({ deep: true })), 'suggested insert itself is consistent')
+    renderer2.acceptAllChanges()
+    t.assert(ytype2.delta.equals(ytype2.toDelta({ deep: true })), 'maintained .delta must equal a fresh render after accepting the node insert')
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Currently-failing repro — the consumer-visible framing of the cache drift above: inserting a
+ * node through an *accepting* renderer (`suggestionMode = false`) must not leave it presented as
+ * a suggestion. The write currently emits two `'delta'` events: first the insert render, fully
+ * attributed (`{insert: []}` on the inserted node AND its nested content), then a de-attribution
+ * correction `retain(1).retain(1, {attribution: null})` once the content commits to base — but
+ * the correction only clears the attribution on the node itself and never descends into the
+ * node's children. Composing the event stream (which is exactly how the maintained `.delta`
+ * cache is built) therefore leaves the nested text attributed as a suggested insert forever,
+ * while ground truth (a fresh deep render) shows committed, unattributed content. The test does
+ * not prescribe the fix: it passes if the insert render arrives unattributed OR if the
+ * correction descends — it only requires the settled event stream to converge to the truth.
+ */
+export const testRdtAcceptingNodeInsertRenderedAsSuggestion = () => {
+  const doc = new Y.Doc({ gc: false })
+  const suggestionDoc = new Y.Doc({ isSuggestionDoc: true, gc: false })
+  const renderer = Y.createDiffRenderer(doc, suggestionDoc, { attrs: new Y.Attributions() })
+  renderer.suggestionMode = false
+  doc.get('prosemirror').applyDelta(
+    delta.create().insert([delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'base para')]).done()
+  )
+  const ytype = suggestionDoc.get('prosemirror')
+  ytype.useRenderer(renderer)
+  // composed = pre-write state + every emitted change: what any consumer of the `'delta'`
+  // channel (a remote binding, the maintained cache) believes the document looks like
+  const composed = delta.cloneDeep(/** @type {any} */ (ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })))
+  ytype.on('delta', d => {
+    composed.apply(/** @type {any} */ (delta.cloneDeep(/** @type {any} */ (d))), { final: true, move: true })
+  })
+  ytype.applyDelta(delta.create().retain(1).insert([delta.create('paragraph', {}, 'plain')]).done())
+  const fresh = ytype.toDelta({ deep: true })
+  t.assert(!JSON.stringify(fresh.toJSON()).includes('"attribution"'), 'ground truth: the insert committed to base, nothing is suggested')
+  if (!composed.equals(fresh)) {
+    console.error('composed:', JSON.stringify(composed.toJSON()))
+    console.error('fresh   :', JSON.stringify(fresh.toJSON()))
+  }
+  t.assert(!JSON.stringify(composed.toJSON()).includes('"attribution"'), 'the settled event stream must not present the committed insert as a suggestion')
+  t.assert(composed.equals(fresh), 'composing the emitted changes converges to a fresh render')
+}
diff --git a/tests/y-map.tests.js b/tests/y-map.tests.js
index d180c3f1..d084d45e 100644
--- a/tests/y-map.tests.js
+++ b/tests/y-map.tests.js
@@ -431,22 +431,22 @@ export const testChangeEvent = tc => {
   })
   map0.setAttr('a', 1)
   let keyChange = changes.attrs.a
-  t.assert(delta.$setAttrOpWith(s.$number).check(keyChange) && keyChange.prevValue === undefined)
+  t.assert(delta.$setAttrOpWith(s.$number).check(keyChange) && keyChange.value === 1)
   map0.setAttr('a', 2)
   keyChange = changes.attrs.a
-  t.assert(delta.$setAttrOpWith(s.$number).check(keyChange) && keyChange.prevValue === 1)
+  t.assert(delta.$setAttrOpWith(s.$number).check(keyChange) && keyChange.value === 2)
   users[0].transact(() => {
     map0.setAttr('a', 3)
     map0.setAttr('a', 4)
   })
   keyChange = changes.attrs.a
-  t.assert(delta.$setAttrOpWith(s.$number).check(keyChange) && keyChange.prevValue === 2)
+  t.assert(delta.$setAttrOpWith(s.$number).check(keyChange) && keyChange.value === 4)
   users[0].transact(() => {
     map0.setAttr('b', 1)
     map0.setAttr('b', 2)
   })
   keyChange = changes.attrs.b
-  t.assert(delta.$setAttrOpWith(s.$number).check(keyChange) && keyChange.prevValue === undefined)
+  t.assert(delta.$setAttrOpWith(s.$number).check(keyChange) && keyChange.value === 2)
   users[0].transact(() => {
     map0.setAttr('c', 1)
     map0.deleteAttr('c')
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ export const testChangeEvent = tc => {
     map0.setAttr('d', 2)
   })
   keyChange = changes.attrs.d
-  t.assert(delta.$setAttrOpWith(s.$number).check(keyChange) && keyChange.prevValue === undefined)
+  t.assert(delta.$setAttrOpWith(s.$number).check(keyChange) && keyChange.value === 2)
   compare(users)
 }