diff --git a/docs/architecture/visual-previews.md b/docs/architecture/visual-previews.md
index b9be0c44..664604e3 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/visual-previews.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/visual-previews.md
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Every preview records the complete recipe that can affect its bytes:
 
 The canonical recipe bytes produce a stable fingerprint. Changing any of these
 choices creates a new immutable generation instead of rewriting an earlier
-result.
+result. The processor fingerprint is a maintained descriptor independent of
+the Go runtime. Changing a byte-producing implementation or policy requires a
+deliberate descriptor revision.
 
 ## Durable outcomes
 
diff --git a/docs/internal/storage-design.md b/docs/internal/storage-design.md
index 869b080c..e66fd2a0 100644
--- a/docs/internal/storage-design.md
+++ b/docs/internal/storage-design.md
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ These layers must not be collapsed. Node reachability is product policy; blob
 membership is docbank's physical authority boundary; offsets, reader caches,
 and repacking are storage mechanics.
 
+Visual-preview generations use the canonical recipe fingerprint. The local
+processor descriptor names byte-producing choices without treating the ambient
+Go runtime version as identity; a descriptor revision is the deliberate
+re-render signal.
+
 Stable node IDs are document identity. Paths are derived from parent/name rows
 and can change or be reused. Blob hashes are content identity. Two nodes may
 share a blob without sharing document identity.
diff --git a/internal/processing/visual_preview.go b/internal/processing/visual_preview.go
index a5824122..65d25298 100644
--- a/internal/processing/visual_preview.go
+++ b/internal/processing/visual_preview.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"image/png"
 	"io"
 	"mime"
-	"runtime"
 
 	xdraw "golang.org/x/image/draw"
 	"golang.org/x/image/webp"
@@ -37,18 +36,18 @@ const (
 	visualPreviewWebPAnimation   = 1 << 1
 	visualPreviewWebPEXIF        = 1 << 3
 	visualPreviewWebPICCProfile  = 1 << 5
+	// Bump the descriptor revision when any byte-producing choice changes.
+	visualPreviewProcessorDescriptor = "docbank-visual-preview:jpeg+png+gif-stdlib+webp+embedded-camera-raw+x-image-draw-v0.44.0:max-edge=4096:quality=90:alpha=white:v7"
 )
 
 var visualPreviewRecipe = document.VisualPreviewRecipeV1{
-	ContractVersion:   document.VisualPreviewContractV1,
-	MaxEdgePixels:     visualPreviewMaxEdgePixels,
-	OutputMediaType:   "image/jpeg",
-	OrientationPolicy: "apply",
-	ColorPolicy:       "srgb",
-	FramePolicy:       "primary",
-	ProcessorFingerprint: fingerprintVisualPreviewProcessor(
-		"docbank-visual-preview:jpeg+png+gif-stdlib-" + runtime.Version() +
-			"+webp+embedded-camera-raw+x-image-draw-v0.44.0:max-edge=4096:quality=90:alpha=white:v6"),
+	ContractVersion:      document.VisualPreviewContractV1,
+	MaxEdgePixels:        visualPreviewMaxEdgePixels,
+	OutputMediaType:      "image/jpeg",
+	OrientationPolicy:    "apply",
+	ColorPolicy:          "srgb",
+	FramePolicy:          "primary",
+	ProcessorFingerprint: fingerprintVisualPreviewProcessor(visualPreviewProcessorDescriptor),
 }
 
 // VisualPreviewTarget identifies one exact immutable source to process.
diff --git a/internal/processing/visual_preview_fingerprint_test.go b/internal/processing/visual_preview_fingerprint_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0a8891e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/processing/visual_preview_fingerprint_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package processing
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"image/color"
+	"runtime/debug"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"go.kenn.io/docbank/document"
+	"go.kenn.io/docbank/document/media/mediatest"
+)
+
+const (
+	pinnedVisualPreviewProcessorFingerprint = "6391e667d07b0aab1622d2b4167ffe66496fe7d336beb603401d96cd8a11a641"
+	pinnedVisualPreviewRecipeFingerprint    = "03f89b744cc013004c89b1babe6d779ee043652519c586453bcde761bd7a4b04"
+)
+
+func TestVisualPreviewProcessorFingerprintIsPinned(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, pinnedVisualPreviewProcessorFingerprint,
+		CurrentVisualPreviewRecipe().ProcessorFingerprint)
+}
+
+func TestVisualPreviewRecipeFingerprintIsPinned(t *testing.T) {
+	_, fingerprint, err := document.MarshalVisualPreviewRecipeV1(CurrentVisualPreviewRecipe())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, pinnedVisualPreviewRecipeFingerprint, fingerprint)
+}
+
+func TestProducedVisualPreviewCarriesPinnedRecipe(t *testing.T) {
+	source := mediatest.JPEG(3, 2, color.White)
+	digest := sha256.Sum256(source)
+
+	product, err := ProduceVisualPreview(t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(source), VisualPreviewTarget{
+		SourceSHA256: hex.EncodeToString(digest[:]),
+		Size:         int64(len(source)),
+		MediaType:    "image/jpeg",
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, document.VisualPreviewReady, product.Preview.State)
+	assert.Equal(t, CurrentVisualPreviewRecipe(), product.Preview.Recipe)
+	assert.Equal(t, pinnedVisualPreviewProcessorFingerprint,
+		product.Preview.Recipe.ProcessorFingerprint)
+	_, fingerprint, err := document.MarshalVisualPreviewRecipeV1(product.Preview.Recipe)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, pinnedVisualPreviewRecipeFingerprint, fingerprint)
+}
+
+func TestVisualPreviewDescriptorTracksLinkedDependenciesAndPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	require.True(t, ok)
+
+	var xImageVersion string
+	for _, dependency := range info.Deps {
+		if dependency.Path == "golang.org/x/image" {
+			xImageVersion = dependency.Version
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, "v0.44.0", xImageVersion)
+	descriptor := ":" + visualPreviewProcessorDescriptor + ":"
+	assert.Contains(t, descriptor, ":"+fmt.Sprintf("max-edge=%d", visualPreviewMaxEdgePixels)+":")
+	assert.Contains(t, descriptor, ":"+fmt.Sprintf("quality=%d", visualPreviewJPEGQuality)+":")
+}
diff --git a/vault_test.go b/vault_test.go
index ea16e2a4..673c0f9d 100644
--- a/vault_test.go
+++ b/vault_test.go
@@ -381,6 +381,10 @@ func TestVaultEnsureVisualPreviewProducesBoundedJPEG(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 4096, preview.Output.Width)
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, preview.Output.Height)
 	assert.Equal(t, receipt.Version.ID, preview.Version.ID)
+	assert.Equal(t, "6391e667d07b0aab1622d2b4167ffe66496fe7d336beb603401d96cd8a11a641",
+		preview.Recipe.ProcessorFingerprint)
+	assert.Equal(t, "03f89b744cc013004c89b1babe6d779ee043652519c586453bcde761bd7a4b04",
+		preview.RecipeFingerprint)
 
 	retry, err := vault.EnsureVisualPreview(t.Context(), receipt.Version.ID)
 	require.NoError(t, err)