diff --git a/goodwe_controller/DOCS.md b/goodwe_controller/DOCS.md
index c16476e..c8a54f1 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/DOCS.md
+++ b/goodwe_controller/DOCS.md
@@ -2820,8 +2820,8 @@ a **copy** of the state file and reports the difference.
         --live-entities /w/live-entities.txt \
         --reverse --round-trip'
 
-Exit `0` clean · `1` at least one finding · `2` could not run. ⚠️ **`2` is not a
-pass.**
+Exit `0` clean · `1` at least one finding · `2` could not run · `3` clean but
+degraded (`--no-live-entities`). ⚠️ **`2` and `3` are not a pass.**
 
 ### The owner steps, because this session could not take them
 
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/test_tool_inputs.py b/goodwe_controller/test_tool_inputs.py
index 2ab834d..9a8628d 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/test_tool_inputs.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/test_tool_inputs.py
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ for label, (path, words) in cases.items():
           code == RR.EXIT_COULD_NOT_RUN and words in out
           and "NO FINDINGS" not in out)
 
+try:
+    _auto = RR.load_state(dump("s-auto.json", {"auto": True}))
+except RR.Refused as err:
+    _auto = str(err)
+check("a state holding only the Automatic toggle (`auto`, app/main.py) is "
+      "recognised as a store", _auto == {"auto": True})
+
 flat = RR.load_options(str(FIX / "flat.yaml"))
 roster = RR.load_options(str(FIX / "roster.yaml"))
 for side, kw in (("--before", {"before": dump("b.json", ha_apps_info(flat))}),
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/tools/rehearse_roster.py b/goodwe_controller/tools/rehearse_roster.py
index f37cb28..ebe8452 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/tools/rehearse_roster.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/tools/rehearse_roster.py
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ def load_options(path: str) -> dict:
 
 
 _UNIT_PREFIX = unit_key("\0", "").split("\0")[0]
-_STORE_KEYS = {*DEFAULTS, *MAINT_UNIT_KEYS, SCHEMA_KEY, MAINT_SCHEMA_KEY}
+# "auto" is the Automatic toggle, written by app/main.py outside DEFAULTS.
+_STORE_KEYS = {*DEFAULTS, *MAINT_UNIT_KEYS, SCHEMA_KEY, MAINT_SCHEMA_KEY, "auto"}
 
 
 def load_state(path: str) -> dict: