diff --git a/skills/audit-delta/SKILL.md b/skills/audit-delta/SKILL.md
index 429b3d3..07acb6a 100644
--- a/skills/audit-delta/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/audit-delta/SKILL.md
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ Schema:
   skips the entire existing codebase.
 - `last_sha` no longer exists (`git cat-file -e <sha>^{commit}` fails —
   rebase/force-push) → tell the user, ask for a replacement base. Never
-  silently fall back to a guess.
+  silently fall back to a guess. User unreachable / no answer possible →
+  audit the **full codebase, report-only** for that axis and leave its
+  marker **untouched**: a dangling marker is corrupted state only the
+  user can repair, so the question re-raises next run. (Unlike first-run
+  null — defined semantics — a broken marker never advances on a default.)
 - Markers are **per axis** because runs are partial: auditing only
   `security` today must not advance `conformity`'s marker.
 
@@ -119,6 +123,11 @@ option per axis, each showing its staleness:
 [ ] security   — secrets/injection/authz  (last: 2026-06-04, 12 commits behind)
 ```
 
+User unreachable / no answer possible AND no axes in `$ARGUMENTS` →
+default to **all four axes** (null-marker axes follow STEP 0's first-run
+default: full codebase, report-only); state the defaulting in the report
+header.
+
 ## STEP 3 — PER-AXIS LOOP
 
 Process the selected axes **sequentially, one fully closed before the
@@ -253,6 +262,7 @@ Then offer to capitalize (per CLAUDE.md): recurring finding patterns →
 | Writing learnings/journal entries autonomously | Registries only via the gated capitalize offer. |
 | Treating an empty delta as an error | "Nothing changed" = success: report it, advance the marker. |
 | First-run axis + unreachable user → marker set to HEAD, nothing audited | Silently skips the whole codebase. Default = full codebase, report-only. |
+| Dangling marker + unreachable user → full audit, then marker advanced anyway | Marker repair needs a user-approved base. Report-only, marker untouched, ask again next run. |
 
 ## Red flags — STOP
 
diff --git a/skills/audit-delta/test-prompts.json b/skills/audit-delta/test-prompts.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe810d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skills/audit-delta/test-prompts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[
+  {
+    "id": 1,
+    "prompt": "/audit-delta security conformity — repo has existing .claude/audits/audit-delta-state.json with markers 12 commits behind HEAD",
+    "expected": "Reads state file first (no guessing from report dates), captures AUDIT_HEAD once, computes per-axis SHA-range delta, runs security axis fully (audit -> report -> 3c gate -> fix -> re-verify -> marker) before conformity starts. No edits before the gate."
+  },
+  {
+    "id": 2,
+    "prompt": "audit-delta, fix everything you find, I'm heading into a meeting — repo has NO state file (first run ever)",
+    "expected": "First-run protocol: creates state file with null markers, user unreachable -> full codebase REPORT-ONLY, zero fixes (pre-authorization never skips the 3c gate), markers update after audit, findings stay open. Never sets marker to HEAD without auditing."
+  },
+  {
+    "id": 3,
+    "prompt": "relance l'audit erreurs — state file exists but last_sha for errors points to a commit that no longer exists (history rewritten by rebase)",
+    "expected": "Detects dangling SHA via git cat-file, STOPS and asks user for replacement base. Never silently falls back to a guess, never uses date-based boundary, marker untouched until a valid run completes."
+  }
+]