diff --git a/backend/server.py b/backend/server.py
index b199a0f..c05d3d2 100644
--- a/backend/server.py
+++ b/backend/server.py
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ def init_db():
             mobile TEXT,
             title TEXT,
             organization_id TEXT REFERENCES organizations(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
+            -- RETIRED (v0.1.0:106), inert: the Investors/Prospects distinction is now derived live
+            -- from the grid (contact_grid_signals → committed/pipeline_stage), not this column. No
+            -- code reads or writes it; the DEFAULT keeps NOT NULL satisfied for inserts that omit it.
+            -- Physical drop deferred to a signed-off table-rebuild migration (SQLite has no DROP COLUMN
+            -- here; contacts is FK-referenced) — same retire-then-drop path lp_profiles took (v78→v104).
             contact_type TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'prospect',
             status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active',
             source TEXT,
@@ -840,7 +845,7 @@ def _upsert_contact_from_fundraising(conn, investor_name, contact, actor_user_id
         conn.execute("""
             UPDATE contacts
             SET first_name = ?, last_name = ?, email = ?, title = ?,
-                organization_id = ?, source = ?, contact_type = 'investor', city = ?, state = ?, country = ?, location_query = ?, linkedin_url = ?, phone = ?, mobile = ?, updated_at = ?
+                organization_id = ?, source = ?, city = ?, state = ?, country = ?, location_query = ?, linkedin_url = ?, phone = ?, mobile = ?, updated_at = ?
             WHERE id = ?
         """, (next_first, next_last, next_email, next_title, next_org, next_source, next_city, next_state, next_country, next_location_query, next_linkedin, next_phone, next_mobile, now(), existing['id']))
         return existing['id']
@@ -848,8 +853,8 @@ def _upsert_contact_from_fundraising(conn, investor_name, contact, actor_user_id
     contact_id = generate_id()
     conn.execute("""
         INSERT INTO contacts (
-            id, first_name, last_name, email, title, organization_id, source, contact_type, status, city, state, country, location_query, linkedin_url, phone, mobile, created_by, updated_at
-        ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 'investor', 'active', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+            id, first_name, last_name, email, title, organization_id, source, status, city, state, country, location_query, linkedin_url, phone, mobile, created_by, updated_at
+        ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 'active', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
     """, (
         contact_id,
         first_name or 'Unknown',
@@ -2724,9 +2729,6 @@ class CRMHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         """
         args = []
 
-        if params.get('type'):
-            query += " AND c.contact_type = ?"
-            args.append(params['type'])
         if params.get('status'):
             query += " AND c.status = ?"
             args.append(params['status'])
@@ -2743,7 +2745,7 @@ class CRMHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
         sort = params.get('sort', 'updated_at')
         order = 'DESC' if params.get('order', 'desc').lower() == 'desc' else 'ASC'
-        allowed_sorts = ['first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'created_at', 'updated_at', 'contact_type', 'source']
+        allowed_sorts = ['first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'created_at', 'updated_at', 'source']
         if sort in allowed_sorts:
             query += f" ORDER BY c.{sort} {order}"
         else:
@@ -2832,14 +2834,14 @@ class CRMHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         tags = json.dumps(body.get('tags', []))
         conn.execute("""
             INSERT INTO contacts (id, first_name, last_name, email, phone, mobile, title,
-                organization_id, contact_type, status, source, tags, notes, linkedin_url,
+                organization_id, status, source, tags, notes, linkedin_url,
                 city, state, country, location_query, preferred_contact, created_by)
-            VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+            VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
         """, (
             contact_id, body['first_name'], body['last_name'],
             body.get('email'), body.get('phone'), body.get('mobile'),
             body.get('title'), organization_id,
-            body.get('contact_type', 'prospect'), body.get('status', 'active'),
+            body.get('status', 'active'),
             body.get('source'), tags, body.get('notes'),
             body.get('linkedin_url'), body.get('city'), body.get('state'),
             body.get('country'), body.get('location_query'),
@@ -2871,7 +2873,7 @@ class CRMHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         previous_contact = row_to_dict(existing)
 
         updatable = ['first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'phone', 'mobile', 'title',
-                     'organization_id', 'contact_type', 'status', 'source', 'notes',
+                     'organization_id', 'status', 'source', 'notes',
                      'linkedin_url', 'city', 'state', 'country', 'location_query', 'preferred_contact']
         sets = []
         args = []
@@ -4196,10 +4198,21 @@ class CRMHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     def handle_dashboard_report(self, user):
         conn = get_db()
 
-        # Key metrics
-        total_lps = conn.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) as c FROM contacts WHERE contact_type = 'investor'").fetchone()['c']
-        total_prospects = conn.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) as c FROM contacts WHERE contact_type = 'prospect'").fetchone()['c']
-        total_contacts = conn.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) as c FROM contacts").fetchone()['c']
+        # Key metrics. "Total LPs" / "Prospects" are derived from the canonical grid
+        # (investor entities), not the retired contacts.contact_type: an LP is a grid
+        # investor with committed capital (total_invested > 0); a prospect is a live
+        # grid row with nothing committed yet. Graveyarded rows are excluded (same basis
+        # as Total Committed below); blank grid rows (synced as the 'Untitled Investor'
+        # placeholder, see sync_fundraising_relational) are excluded from the prospect
+        # count so empties don't inflate it.
+        total_lps = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) as c FROM fundraising_investors WHERE total_invested > 0 AND graveyard = 0"
+        ).fetchone()['c']
+        total_prospects = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) as c FROM fundraising_investors "
+            "WHERE COALESCE(total_invested, 0) = 0 AND graveyard = 0 AND investor_name != 'Untitled Investor'"
+        ).fetchone()['c']
+        total_contacts = conn.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) as c FROM contacts WHERE deleted_at IS NULL").fetchone()['c']
 
         # Committed capital comes from the canonical fundraising grid (per-investor
         # rollup of per-fund commitments). Graveyarded (written-off) investors are
@@ -4495,7 +4508,6 @@ class CRMHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                     conn.execute("""
                                         UPDATE contacts SET first_name=?, last_name=?, phone=?, title=?,
                                         organization_id=COALESCE(?, organization_id),
-                                        contact_type=COALESCE(?, contact_type),
                                         linkedin_url=COALESCE(?, linkedin_url),
                                         city=COALESCE(?, city),
                                         state=COALESCE(?, state),
@@ -4505,7 +4517,6 @@ class CRMHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                         WHERE id=?
                                     """, (first_name, last_name, data.get('phone'),
                                           data.get('title'), org_id,
-                                          data.get('contact_type'),
                                           linkedin_url if linkedin_url else None,
                                           city if city else None,
                                           state if state else None,
@@ -4530,12 +4541,12 @@ class CRMHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                     contact_id = generate_id()
                                     conn.execute("""
                                         INSERT INTO contacts (id, first_name, last_name, email, phone,
-                                            title, organization_id, contact_type, status, source,
+                                            title, organization_id, status, source,
                                             linkedin_url, city, state, country, location_query, created_by)
-                                        VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 'active', 'import', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+                                        VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 'active', 'import', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
                                     """, (contact_id, first_name, last_name, email,
                                           data.get('phone'), data.get('title'), org_id,
-                                          data.get('contact_type', 'prospect'), linkedin_url,
+                                          linkedin_url,
                                           city, state, country, location_query, user['user_id']))
                                     if email:
                                         batch_email_matches[email_key] = {
@@ -4558,12 +4569,12 @@ class CRMHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                 contact_id = generate_id()
                                 conn.execute("""
                                     INSERT INTO contacts (id, first_name, last_name, email, phone,
-                                        title, organization_id, contact_type, status, source,
+                                        title, organization_id, status, source,
                                         linkedin_url, city, state, country, location_query, created_by)
-                                    VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 'active', 'import', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+                                    VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 'active', 'import', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
                                 """, (contact_id, first_name, last_name, email,
                                       data.get('phone'), data.get('title'), org_id,
-                                      data.get('contact_type', 'prospect'), linkedin_url,
+                                      linkedin_url,
                                       city, state, country, location_query, user['user_id']))
                                 if email:
                                     batch_email_matches[email_key] = {
diff --git a/backend/test_dashboard_report.py b/backend/test_dashboard_report.py
index fdf5859..d5e7ade 100644
--- a/backend/test_dashboard_report.py
+++ b/backend/test_dashboard_report.py
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ rollup) with graveyarded (written-off) investors excluded, "Total Funded" is dro
 (the grid has no funded-vs-committed concept), and the /api/lp-profiles* + lp-breakdown
 endpoints are gone.
 
-This boots the REAL server against a temp DB, seeds two grid investors (one live, one
-graveyarded), and asserts: total_committed reflects the live grid rollup only, the
-metrics no longer carry a total_funded key, and the retired routes 404. Synthetic only.
+v0.1.0:106 repointed "Total LPs" / "Prospects" off the retired contacts.contact_type onto
+the canonical grid (investor entities): an LP = a grid investor with total_invested > 0
+(graveyard excluded); a prospect = a live grid row with $0 committed (graveyard + the
+'Untitled Investor' blank-row placeholder excluded).
+
+This boots the REAL server against a temp DB, seeds grid investors (live LP, graveyarded,
+live prospect, blank placeholder), and asserts: total_committed reflects the live grid
+rollup only, total_lps / total_prospects use the grid-entity definitions, the metrics no
+longer carry a total_funded key, and the retired routes 404. Synthetic only.
 
 Run: cd backend && python3 test_dashboard_report.py
 """
@@ -68,6 +74,17 @@ def seed():
               "VALUES ('fiLive','Harbor LP','rowLive',3000000,0)")
     c.execute("INSERT INTO fundraising_investors (id,investor_name,source_row_id,total_invested,graveyard) "
               "VALUES ('fiDead','Passed LP','rowDead',500000,1)")
+    # a live prospect (in the grid, $0 committed) and a blank placeholder row — the prospect
+    # count includes the former and excludes the latter ('Untitled Investor' = a blank grid row)
+    c.execute("INSERT INTO fundraising_investors (id,investor_name,source_row_id,total_invested,graveyard) "
+              "VALUES ('fiProspect','Prospect Co','rowProspect',0,0)")
+    c.execute("INSERT INTO fundraising_investors (id,investor_name,source_row_id,total_invested,graveyard) "
+              "VALUES ('fiBlank','Untitled Investor','rowBlank',0,0)")
+    # one live + one soft-deleted contact: total_contacts must count only the live one
+    # (guards the deleted_at filter added alongside the contact_type repoint)
+    c.execute("INSERT INTO contacts (id,first_name,last_name) VALUES ('ctLive','Ann','Live')")
+    c.execute("INSERT INTO contacts (id,first_name,last_name,deleted_at) "
+              "VALUES ('ctGone','Bob','Gone','2026-06-01T00:00:00Z')")
     c.commit()
     c.close()
 
@@ -90,6 +107,14 @@ def main():
         check("total_funded" not in metrics,
               f"total_funded key dropped from metrics (got keys {sorted(metrics)})")
 
+        print("\n[Total LPs / Prospects derived from the grid, not the retired contacts.contact_type]")
+        check(metrics.get("total_lps") == 1,
+              f"total_lps = grid investors committed>0, graveyard excluded (1; got {metrics.get('total_lps')})")
+        check(metrics.get("total_prospects") == 1,
+              f"total_prospects = grid rows with $0 committed; graveyard + 'Untitled Investor' excluded (1; got {metrics.get('total_prospects')})")
+        check(metrics.get("total_contacts") == 1,
+              f"total_contacts excludes soft-deleted contacts (1; got {metrics.get('total_contacts')})")
+
         print("\n[retired lp_profiles endpoints 404]")
         for path in ("/api/lp-profiles", "/api/lp-profiles/anything", "/api/reports/lp-breakdown"):
             st, _ = _get(port, path, token)
diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 38979f2..2b38738 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -4373,6 +4373,22 @@
             );
         };
 
+        // Derived contact status from the live grid signals the API injects (committed / pipeline_stage) —
+        // replaces the retired contact_type. An existing LP (committed > 0) shows an LP badge; an
+        // in-pipeline contact shows its stage chip (both can show at once — a committed LP still in an
+        // active deal); a contact with neither is a Prospect. Used by the desktop Contacts list + detail.
+        const renderContactStatus = (c) => {
+            const existing = Number((c && c.committed) || 0) > 0;
+            const stage = c && c.pipeline_stage;
+            if (!existing && !stage) return <span className="badge badge-prospect">Prospect</span>;
+            return (
+                <span style={{ display: 'inline-flex', gap: '6px', alignItems: 'center', flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
+                    {existing && <span className="badge badge-investor">LP</span>}
+                    {stage && <StageChip stage={stage} sm />}
+                </span>
+            );
+        };
+
         // Existing-LP earmark — a quiet accent corner-triangle (top-left), the locked existing-investor
         // signal on cards (dc GridApp:89-91). Reusable: the Grid card now, the Pipeline card (8f). Render
         // only when the investor has committed capital (existing_investor / committed > 0).
@@ -5507,7 +5523,6 @@
             const [contactsPage, setContactsPage] = useState(1);
             const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
             const [error, setError] = useState('');
-            const [tab, setTab] = useState('all');
             const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
             const [sort, setSort] = useState('last_name');
             const [order, setOrder] = useState('asc');
@@ -5515,19 +5530,18 @@
             const [deleting, setDeleting] = useState(null);
             const [confirmDelete, setConfirmDelete] = useState(null);
 
-            const tabFilter = tab === 'all' ? '' : tab === 'investors' ? 'investor' : 'prospect';
             const contactsOffset = (contactsPage - 1) * CONTACTS_PAGE_SIZE;
             const contactsMaxPage = Math.max(1, Math.ceil((Number(contactsTotal) || 0) / CONTACTS_PAGE_SIZE));
 
             useEffect(() => {
                 setContactsPage(1);
-            }, [tab, search, sort, order]);
+            }, [search, sort, order]);
 
             useEffect(() => {
                 const fetchContacts = async () => {
                     try {
                         setLoading(true);
-                        const result = await api(`/api/contacts?search=${encodeURIComponent(search)}&type=${tabFilter}&sort=${sort}&order=${order}&limit=${CONTACTS_PAGE_SIZE}&offset=${contactsOffset}`, {}, token);
+                        const result = await api(`/api/contacts?search=${encodeURIComponent(search)}&sort=${sort}&order=${order}&limit=${CONTACTS_PAGE_SIZE}&offset=${contactsOffset}`, {}, token);
                         setContacts(result.data || []);
                         setContactsTotal(Number(result.total) || 0);
                     } catch (err) {
@@ -5538,7 +5552,7 @@
                 };
 
                 fetchContacts();
-            }, [token, tab, search, sort, order, contactsOffset]);
+            }, [token, search, sort, order, contactsOffset]);
 
             const handleDeleteContact = async (id) => {
                 setDeleting(id);
@@ -5555,16 +5569,6 @@
                 }
             };
 
-            const contactTypeTooltip = (type) => {
-                const badges = {
-                    'investor': 'badge-investor',
-                    'prospect': 'badge-prospect',
-                    'advisor': 'badge-advisor',
-                    'other': 'badge-other'
-                };
-                return badges[type] || 'badge-other';
-            };
-
             const handleSort = (column) => {
                 if (sort === column) {
                     setOrder(order === 'asc' ? 'desc' : 'asc');
@@ -5579,18 +5583,6 @@
                     <h2 className="section-title">Contacts</h2>
 
                     <div className="section">
-                        <div className="tabs">
-                            {['all', 'investors', 'prospects'].map(t => (
-                                <button
-                                    key={t}
-                                    className={`tab ${tab === t ? 'active' : ''}`}
-                                    onClick={() => setTab(t)}
-                                >
-                                    {t.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + t.slice(1)}
-                                </button>
-                            ))}
-                        </div>
-
                         <div className="controls">
                             <input
                                 type="text"
@@ -5617,7 +5609,7 @@
                                         <th onClick={() => handleSort('source')} style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}>
                                             Lead Source {sort === 'source' && (order === 'asc' ? '▲' : '▼')}
                                         </th>
-                                        <th>Type</th>
+                                        <th>Status</th>
                                         <th>Email</th>
                                         <th>Last Contact</th>
                                         <th>Communications</th>
@@ -5629,11 +5621,7 @@
                                             <td>{contact.first_name} {contact.last_name}</td>
                                             <td>{contact.organization || contact.organization_name || '-'}</td>
                                             <td>{contact.source || '-'}</td>
-                                            <td>
-                                                <span className={`badge ${contactTypeTooltip(contact.contact_type)}`}>
-                                                    {contact.contact_type}
-                                                </span>
-                                            </td>
+                                            <td>{renderContactStatus(contact)}</td>
                                             <td>{contact.email || '-'}</td>
                                             <td>{formatDate(contact.last_contact_date)}</td>
                                             <td>{contact.communication_count ?? contact.comm_count ?? 0}</td>
@@ -5677,7 +5665,7 @@
                             onDelete={() => setConfirmDelete(selectedContact.id)}
                             token={token}
                             onRefresh={() => {
-                                const result = api(`/api/contacts?search=${encodeURIComponent(search)}&type=${tabFilter}&sort=${sort}&order=${order}&limit=${CONTACTS_PAGE_SIZE}&offset=${contactsOffset}`, {}, token);
+                                const result = api(`/api/contacts?search=${encodeURIComponent(search)}&sort=${sort}&order=${order}&limit=${CONTACTS_PAGE_SIZE}&offset=${contactsOffset}`, {}, token);
                                 result.then(r => {
                                     setContacts(r.data || []);
                                     setContactsTotal(Number(r.total) || 0);
@@ -6017,7 +6005,6 @@
                 city: '',
                 state: '',
                 country: '',
-                contact_type: 'prospect',
                 status: 'active'
             });
 
@@ -6050,7 +6037,6 @@
                     city: details.city || '',
                     state: details.state || '',
                     country: details.country || '',
-                    contact_type: details.contact_type || 'prospect',
                     status: details.status || 'active'
                 });
             }, [details]);
@@ -6076,7 +6062,6 @@
                             city: editDraft.city.trim(),
                             state: editDraft.state.trim(),
                             country: editDraft.country.trim(),
-                            contact_type: editDraft.contact_type,
                             status: editDraft.status
                         })
                     }, token);
@@ -6156,15 +6141,6 @@
                                     <label className="form-label">Country</label>
                                     <input className="text-input" value={editDraft.country} onChange={(e) => setEditDraft((d) => ({ ...d, country: e.target.value }))} />
                                 </div>
-                                <div className="form-group">
-                                    <label className="form-label">Type</label>
-                                    <select className="select-input" value={editDraft.contact_type} onChange={(e) => setEditDraft((d) => ({ ...d, contact_type: e.target.value }))}>
-                                        <option value="investor">Investor</option>
-                                        <option value="prospect">Prospect</option>
-                                        <option value="advisor">Advisor</option>
-                                        <option value="other">Other</option>
-                                    </select>
-                                </div>
                                 <div className="form-group">
                                     <label className="form-label">Status</label>
                                     <select className="select-input" value={editDraft.status} onChange={(e) => setEditDraft((d) => ({ ...d, status: e.target.value }))}>
@@ -6207,12 +6183,8 @@
                                     </span>
                                 </div>
                                 <div className="detail-row">
-                                    <span className="detail-label">Type</span>
-                                    <span className="detail-value">
-                                        <span className={`badge ${details.contact_type === 'investor' ? 'badge-investor' : 'badge-prospect'}`}>
-                                            {details.contact_type}
-                                        </span>
-                                    </span>
+                                    <span className="detail-label">Status</span>
+                                    <span className="detail-value">{renderContactStatus(details)}</span>
                                 </div>
                             </>
                         )}
diff --git a/start9/0.4/startos/utils.ts b/start9/0.4/startos/utils.ts
index c8a202b..a77ff01 100644
--- a/start9/0.4/startos/utils.ts
+++ b/start9/0.4/startos/utils.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export const PACKAGE_TITLE = 'Ten31 Database'
 //   *                 0.1.0:103 (Reminders require a due date [Grant feedback]: every reminder-create flow now pre-fills the due date to +1 week [editable] and blocks an empty save — a date-less reminder has no urgency [it falls to the "Later"/"No date" bucket, out of the overdue/today/this-week rollups + daily digest]. Applies to ALL create surfaces via a shared `reminderDefaultDue()` helper — mobile: the add-investor sheet [date auto-fills when you start the optional reminder], the standalone Reminders "New reminder" sheet, the Grid-detail "Set a reminder" card; desktop: the Reminders page "+ New reminder" + the grid reminder modal. Edit paths also pre-fill the default for legacy date-less reminders. Frontend-only; no schema/migration/dependency change)
 //   *                 0.1.0:104 (Remove the Instructions + Feedback [feature_requests] pages + backend, and retire the empty lp_profiles table + investor_type — a one-off sanctioned exception to never-hard-delete; in-app migration 0008 drops lp_profiles + feature_requests, and 0001's lp_profiles ALTER was removed so a fresh DB doesn't break the migration chain. Fixes: email sync no longer terminally parks a mailbox on a transient timeout [auto-retry + hourly backoff → stuck mailboxes self-heal]; mobile Contacts pages through ALL contacts [a single 500-row fetch truncated at 720, hiding people from the list + search]; a clock icon on the mobile email Review-log sets a reminder inline; email-approval cards show date/time. New: admin-only purge of soft-deleted rows [type-to-confirm; refuses any row still linked to live data])
 //   * Current:        0.1.0:105 (TEMPORARY diagnostic — admin contacts census [GET /api/admin/contacts-census + a Settings → Admin "Run census" button] reporting the A/B/C populations [counts only, no PII] for the deferred contacts<->fundraising_contacts consolidation; mirrors backend/scripts/contacts_census.sql. DELETE the endpoint + route + button after the numbers are captured — all tagged TEMPORARY in code. No schema change)
-export const PACKAGE_VERSION = '0.1.0:105'
+export const PACKAGE_VERSION = '0.1.0:106'
 
 export const DATA_MOUNT_PATH = '/data'
 export const WEB_PORT = 8080
diff --git a/start9/0.4/startos/versions/index.ts b/start9/0.4/startos/versions/index.ts
index c8b0525..316938c 100644
--- a/start9/0.4/startos/versions/index.ts
+++ b/start9/0.4/startos/versions/index.ts
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ import { v_0_1_0_102 } from './v0.1.0.102'
 import { v_0_1_0_103 } from './v0.1.0.103'
 import { v_0_1_0_104 } from './v0.1.0.104'
 import { v_0_1_0_105 } from './v0.1.0.105'
+import { v_0_1_0_106 } from './v0.1.0.106'
 
 export const versionGraph = VersionGraph.of({
-  current: v_0_1_0_105,
-  other: [v_0_1_0_39, v_0_1_0_40, v_0_1_0_41, v_0_1_0_42, v_0_1_0_43, v_0_1_0_44, v_0_1_0_45, v_0_1_0_46, v_0_1_0_47, v_0_1_0_48, v_0_1_0_49, v_0_1_0_50, v_0_1_0_51, v_0_1_0_52, v_0_1_0_53, v_0_1_0_54, v_0_1_0_55, v_0_1_0_56, v_0_1_0_57, v_0_1_0_58, v_0_1_0_59, v_0_1_0_60, v_0_1_0_61, v_0_1_0_62, v_0_1_0_63, v_0_1_0_64, v_0_1_0_65, v_0_1_0_66, v_0_1_0_67, v_0_1_0_68, v_0_1_0_69, v_0_1_0_70, v_0_1_0_71, v_0_1_0_72, v_0_1_0_73, v_0_1_0_74, v_0_1_0_75, v_0_1_0_76, v_0_1_0_77, v_0_1_0_78, v_0_1_0_79, v_0_1_0_80, v_0_1_0_81, v_0_1_0_82, v_0_1_0_83, v_0_1_0_84, v_0_1_0_85, v_0_1_0_86, v_0_1_0_87, v_0_1_0_88, v_0_1_0_89, v_0_1_0_90, v_0_1_0_91, v_0_1_0_92, v_0_1_0_93, v_0_1_0_94, v_0_1_0_95, v_0_1_0_96, v_0_1_0_97, v_0_1_0_98, v_0_1_0_99, v_0_1_0_100, v_0_1_0_101, v_0_1_0_102, v_0_1_0_103, v_0_1_0_104],
+  current: v_0_1_0_106,
+  other: [v_0_1_0_39, v_0_1_0_40, v_0_1_0_41, v_0_1_0_42, v_0_1_0_43, v_0_1_0_44, v_0_1_0_45, v_0_1_0_46, v_0_1_0_47, v_0_1_0_48, v_0_1_0_49, v_0_1_0_50, v_0_1_0_51, v_0_1_0_52, v_0_1_0_53, v_0_1_0_54, v_0_1_0_55, v_0_1_0_56, v_0_1_0_57, v_0_1_0_58, v_0_1_0_59, v_0_1_0_60, v_0_1_0_61, v_0_1_0_62, v_0_1_0_63, v_0_1_0_64, v_0_1_0_65, v_0_1_0_66, v_0_1_0_67, v_0_1_0_68, v_0_1_0_69, v_0_1_0_70, v_0_1_0_71, v_0_1_0_72, v_0_1_0_73, v_0_1_0_74, v_0_1_0_75, v_0_1_0_76, v_0_1_0_77, v_0_1_0_78, v_0_1_0_79, v_0_1_0_80, v_0_1_0_81, v_0_1_0_82, v_0_1_0_83, v_0_1_0_84, v_0_1_0_85, v_0_1_0_86, v_0_1_0_87, v_0_1_0_88, v_0_1_0_89, v_0_1_0_90, v_0_1_0_91, v_0_1_0_92, v_0_1_0_93, v_0_1_0_94, v_0_1_0_95, v_0_1_0_96, v_0_1_0_97, v_0_1_0_98, v_0_1_0_99, v_0_1_0_100, v_0_1_0_101, v_0_1_0_102, v_0_1_0_103, v_0_1_0_104, v_0_1_0_105],
 })
diff --git a/start9/0.4/startos/versions/v0.1.0.106.ts b/start9/0.4/startos/versions/v0.1.0.106.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e3514c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start9/0.4/startos/versions/v0.1.0.106.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { VersionInfo } from '@start9labs/start-sdk'
+
+// v0.1.0:106 — Retire contacts.contact_type (logical). The Investors/Prospects distinction is now
+// derived live from the canonical grid (contact_grid_signals → committed/pipeline_stage): the desktop
+// Contacts tabs + TYPE badge are replaced by a derived Status (existing-LP + pipeline stage), and the
+// dashboard "Total LPs"/"Prospects" counts are repointed onto fundraising_investors entities. The
+// column is left physically in place but inert (no reader/writer); a physical DROP is deferred to a
+// later signed-off table-rebuild migration. No schema change in this release.
+export const v_0_1_0_106 = VersionInfo.of({
+  version: '0.1.0:106',
+  releaseNotes: {
+    en_US: 'Retire the legacy contact type: Contacts now shows grid-derived status (existing LP + pipeline stage) and the dashboard LP/prospect counts come from the fundraising grid.',
+  },
+  migrations: { up: async () => {}, down: async () => {} },
+})