diff --git a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-30-vt1200-stream-transport-and-row-strips.md b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-30-vt1200-stream-transport-and-row-strips.md
index 8953396..0a7dd16 100644
--- a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-30-vt1200-stream-transport-and-row-strips.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-30-vt1200-stream-transport-and-row-strips.md
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ def test_strip_frame_round_trips_through_the_header():
     assert head["kind"] == 1 and head["rows"] == 8 and head["stretch"] == 128
     assert head["payload_len"] == 8 * 160
     assert b"".join(pkts)[16:] == rows
+    from harness.udpstream.frame import unpack_header as _u
+    assert _u(pkts[0][:16], b"".join(pkts)[16:])["crc_ok"] is True
 ```
 
 - [ ] **Step 2: Run test to verify it fails**
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ Expected: FAIL — no module `vidsrc`
 
 - [ ] **Step 3: Implement `Rows.pack_row` and `StripSource`**
 
-`pack_row` sets bit `i` of the byte stream for pixel `i` (MSB first within each byte). `StripSource.encode` prepends `pack_header(KIND_STRIP, frame_no, len(rows), rows, stretch)` and chunks the result at 1450 bytes.
+`pack_row` sets bit `i` of the byte stream for pixel `i` (MSB first within each byte). `StripSource.encode` prepends `pack_header(KIND_STRIP, frame_no, len(rows), rows, stretch, payload=rows)` — **the payload must be passed so the CRC covers it**, or the terminal rejects every frame — and chunks the result at 1450 bytes.
 
 - [ ] **Step 4: Run test to verify it passes**