diff --git a/apps/server/.env.example b/apps/server/.env.example
index ee1212a..c0c724d 100644
--- a/apps/server/.env.example
+++ b/apps/server/.env.example
@@ -87,3 +87,15 @@ WS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=http://localhost:5173,tauri://localhost,http://tauri.localhos
 # is never entitled to a module its Komodo stack env does not name. Required modules
 # (parking) are always on. See wiki/decisions/venue-modules.md.
 #MODULES_ENTITLED=parking,validation
+
+# Car Wash review outbox (wiki/concepts/vision-review-outbox.md) -------------------------
+# The operator's category choice is a hypothesis: each wash order with a vehicle read queues
+# the vehicle CROP (plate blurred) + the choice for a trusted remote reviewer, drained one-way
+# over the private overlay (Netbird). All three or off. URL = the collector's ingest endpoint
+# (reachable only over the overlay); TOKEN = this booth's own bearer token; BOOTH_ID = a
+# pseudonymous label the reviewer maps to a site (NEVER the site name — it travels with every
+# item). Set in the Komodo stack env, per booth. Nothing is queued while off.
+# CARWASH_REVIEW_URL=
+# CARWASH_REVIEW_TOKEN=
+# CARWASH_REVIEW_BOOTH_ID=
+# CARWASH_REVIEW_INTERVAL_SEC=60
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/carwash.test.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/carwash.test.ts
index ca9cd87..c38a0bc 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/carwash.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/carwash.test.ts
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ describe("vision category — advisory, flagged, never authoritative", () => {
     await openSession("T-V1");
     seeVehicle("T-V1", "suv", 0.91);
     const look = (await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: "/api/carwash/session/T-V1", headers: { cookie: a.cookie } })).json();
-    expect(look.vision).toEqual({ bodyType: "suv", confidence: 0.91, snapshotId: "snap-1" });
+    expect(look.vision).toMatchObject({ bodyType: "suv", confidence: 0.91, snapshotId: "snap-1" });
     expect(look.suggestedCategoryId).toBe(ids.suv);
     // Unmapped class → shown, nothing suggested.
     await openSession("T-V2");
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/index.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/index.ts
index 12bc8b9..f266f31 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/index.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { ServerModule } from "../index.js";
+import { ReviewOutbox, reviewUploadConfigFromEnv } from "./review-outbox.js";
 import { carwashRoutes } from "./routes.js";
 import { CarwashService } from "./service.js";
 
@@ -10,10 +11,18 @@ import { CarwashService } from "./service.js";
 export const carwashModule: ServerModule = {
   id: "carwash",
   async register(app, deps) {
-    const service = new CarwashService(deps, app.log);
+    // The review outbox (wiki/concepts/vision-review-outbox.md): on when the stack env
+    // names a collector URL, a per-booth token and a pseudonymous booth id; off = no
+    // queueing at all. One-way, background, never on the intake path.
+    const cfg = reviewUploadConfigFromEnv();
+    const outbox = new ReviewOutbox(deps.db, app.log, cfg);
+    app.log.info(cfg ? `carwash review upload: on → ${new URL(cfg.url).host} as ${cfg.boothId}` : "carwash review upload: off");
+    outbox.start();
+    app.addHook("onClose", async () => outbox.stop());
+    const service = new CarwashService(deps, app.log, outbox);
     // A wash ordered with payAt = "booth" is a charge line on the parking settlement;
     // the core calls back after the payment is signed so the order is marked paid.
     deps.payStation.registerChargeProvider(service.chargeProvider());
-    await carwashRoutes(app, deps, service);
+    await carwashRoutes(app, deps, service, outbox);
   },
 };
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/review-outbox.test.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/review-outbox.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff4d649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/review-outbox.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import sharp from "sharp";
+import { createTestDb } from "@parking/db/testing";
+import { carwashOrders, carwashReviewOutbox, deviceEvents, snapshots, type Db } from "@parking/db";
+import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import { buildServer } from "../../server.js";
+import { login, makeLog, minutesAgo, seedTariff, seedUser, silentLogger } from "../../test-helpers.js";
+import { EXPIRE_DAYS, ReviewOutbox, makeReviewCrop, operatorRef, reviewUploadConfigFromEnv } from "./review-outbox.js";
+
+// The review outbox, booth side (wiki/concepts/vision-review-outbox.md): a plate-blurred
+// vehicle crop + the operator's choice, queued off the intake path, drained one-way with
+// backoff, never blocking the wash, never naming the site.
+
+/** A 400×300 frame: grey ground, a red "car" block, a white "plate" strip inside it. */
+async function frame(): Promise<Buffer> {
+  return sharp({ create: { width: 400, height: 300, channels: 3, background: { r: 90, g: 90, b: 90 } } })
+    .composite([
+      { input: { create: { width: 200, height: 120, channels: 3, background: { r: 200, g: 30, b: 30 } } }, left: 100, top: 100 },
+      { input: { create: { width: 60, height: 16, channels: 3, background: { r: 255, g: 255, b: 255 } } }, left: 170, top: 190 },
+    ])
+    .jpeg()
+    .toBuffer();
+}
+const CAR = { x1: 100 / 400, y1: 100 / 300, x2: 300 / 400, y2: 220 / 300 };
+const PLATE = { x1: 170 / 400, y1: 190 / 300, x2: 230 / 400, y2: 206 / 300 };
+
+/** Mean GREEN over a region — the white plate reads 255, the red car around it 30, so a
+ *  blurred plate drops far below 255 as the red bleeds in. */
+async function meanGreen(buf: Buffer, region: { left: number; top: number; width: number; height: number }): Promise<number> {
+  const { data, info } = await sharp(buf).extract(region).raw().toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true });
+  let sum = 0;
+  for (let i = 1; i < data.length; i += info.channels) sum += data[i]!;
+  return sum / (data.length / info.channels);
+}
+
+describe("makeReviewCrop", () => {
+  it("cuts the vehicle (with margin), blurs the plate inside it, caps the edge", async () => {
+    const shot = await frame();
+    const crop = await makeReviewCrop(shot, CAR, PLATE);
+    expect(crop.plateBlurred).toBe(true);
+    // Box 200×120 + 8 % margin each side ≈ 232×139; no upscaling.
+    expect(crop.width).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(228);
+    expect(crop.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(236);
+    expect(crop.height).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(135);
+    // The white plate is gone: over the plate strip (crop coords: the frame's 170..230 ×
+    // 190..206 shifted by the crop origin 84,90) the same region cut straight from the
+    // frame is white, the review crop is the red bleeding in.
+    const plain = await sharp(shot).extract({ left: 84, top: 90, width: crop.width, height: crop.height }).jpeg().toBuffer();
+    const strip = { left: 170 - 84, top: 190 - 90, width: 60, height: 16 };
+    expect(await meanGreen(plain, strip)).toBeGreaterThan(240);
+    expect(await meanGreen(crop.bytes, strip)).toBeLessThan(180);
+    // Without a plate box: same crop, nothing blurred.
+    const noPlate = await makeReviewCrop(shot, CAR, null);
+    expect(noPlate.plateBlurred).toBe(false);
+    // A big frame is capped to the max edge.
+    const big = await sharp({ create: { width: 2560, height: 1440, channels: 3, background: "#444" } }).jpeg().toBuffer();
+    const capped = await makeReviewCrop(big, { x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 1, y2: 1 }, null);
+    expect(Math.max(capped.width, capped.height)).toBe(640);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("config + pseudonyms", () => {
+  it("needs url, token and booth id together; the operator ref is a keyed hash", () => {
+    expect(reviewUploadConfigFromEnv({})).toBeNull();
+    expect(reviewUploadConfigFromEnv({ CARWASH_REVIEW_URL: "https://c/ingest", CARWASH_REVIEW_TOKEN: "t" })).toBeNull();
+    const cfg = reviewUploadConfigFromEnv({ CARWASH_REVIEW_URL: "https://c/ingest", CARWASH_REVIEW_TOKEN: "t", CARWASH_REVIEW_BOOTH_ID: "b7", CARWASH_REVIEW_INTERVAL_SEC: "5" });
+    expect(cfg).toMatchObject({ boothId: "b7", intervalSec: 60 }); // below the 10 s floor → default
+    expect(operatorRef("b7", "lavazhier")).toHaveLength(16);
+    expect(operatorRef("b7", "lavazhier")).not.toBe(operatorRef("b8", "lavazhier"));
+    expect(operatorRef("b7", "lavazhier")).not.toContain("lavazhier");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("queue + drain", () => {
+  let db: Db;
+  let close: () => void;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const t = createTestDb();
+    db = t.db;
+    close = t.close;
+  });
+  afterEach(() => close());
+
+  const cfg = { url: "https://collector.overlay/ingest", token: "secret-1", boothId: "booth-7", intervalSec: 60 };
+  const read = { bodyType: "car" as const, confidence: 0.86, snapshotId: "snap-1", box: CAR, plateBox: PLATE };
+  const item = { orderId: "o-1", createdAt: "2026-09-06T10:00:00.000Z", createdBy: "lavazhier", categoryId: "car", categoryName: "Vetura", serviceName: "Standard", visionCategoryId: "car", downgraded: false };
+
+  async function seed(): Promise<void> {
+    db.insert(snapshots).values({ id: "snap-1", direction: "entry", identity: "T-1", contentType: "image/jpeg", bytes: await frame(), capturedAt: new Date().toISOString() }).run();
+    db.insert(carwashOrders).values({
+      id: "o-1", identity: "T-1", plate: null, categoryId: "car", categoryName: "Vetura", serviceId: "std", serviceName: "Standard",
+      priceMinor: 100, currency: "ALL", payAt: "booth", status: "open", createdAt: item.createdAt, createdBy: "lavazhier",
+    }).run();
+  }
+
+  it("enqueues a crop + a payload with no site name, no plate, no operator name; drains with a multipart POST; drops the image once sent", async () => {
+    await seed();
+    const calls: { url: string; init: RequestInit }[] = [];
+    const fetchFn = vi.fn(async (url: string, init: RequestInit) => {
+      calls.push({ url, init });
+      return new Response("ok", { status: 200 });
+    });
+    const ob = new ReviewOutbox(db, silentLogger(), cfg, fetchFn);
+    expect(await ob.enqueue(item, read)).toBe(true);
+    const row = db.select().from(carwashReviewOutbox).all()[0]!;
+    expect(row.status).toBe("queued");
+    expect(row.image!.length).toBeGreaterThan(500);
+    expect(row.payload).toMatchObject({ v: 1, booth: "booth-7", order: "o-1", operatorCategory: { id: "car", name: "Vetura" }, vision: { class: "car", confidence: 0.86 }, downgraded: false, image: { plateBlurred: true } });
+    expect(JSON.stringify(row.payload)).not.toContain("lavazhier");
+
+    expect(await ob.drain()).toEqual({ sent: 1, failed: 0, deferred: 0 });
+    expect(calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(calls[0]!.url).toBe(cfg.url);
+    expect((calls[0]!.init.headers as Record<string, string>).authorization).toBe("Bearer secret-1");
+    const form = calls[0]!.init.body as FormData;
+    expect(JSON.parse(form.get("meta") as string).item).toBe(row.id);
+    expect((form.get("image") as File).type).toBe("image/jpeg");
+    const after = db.select().from(carwashReviewOutbox).all()[0]!;
+    expect(after.status).toBe("sent");
+    expect(after.image).toBeNull();
+    expect(after.sentAt).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(ob.status()).toMatchObject({ enabled: true, boothId: "booth-7", queued: 0, sent: 1, failed: 0 });
+  });
+
+  it("defers with backoff on collector/network trouble, abandons on a rejection, a void or expiry, skips without a box", async () => {
+    await seed();
+    let status = 503;
+    const fetchFn = vi.fn(async () => (status === 0 ? Promise.reject(new Error("ECONNREFUSED")) : new Response("", { status })));
+    const ob = new ReviewOutbox(db, silentLogger(), cfg, fetchFn);
+    await ob.enqueue(item, read);
+    expect(await ob.drain()).toEqual({ sent: 0, failed: 0, deferred: 1 });
+    let row = db.select().from(carwashReviewOutbox).all()[0]!;
+    expect(row).toMatchObject({ status: "queued", attempts: 1, lastError: "HTTP 503" });
+    expect(Date.parse(row.nextAttemptAt!)).toBeGreaterThan(Date.now() + 60_000);
+    // Not due yet → untouched.
+    expect(await ob.drain()).toEqual({ sent: 0, failed: 0, deferred: 0 });
+    // Due again: a network error defers too; a 422 abandons.
+    db.update(carwashReviewOutbox).set({ nextAttemptAt: null }).run();
+    status = 0;
+    expect(await ob.drain()).toEqual({ sent: 0, failed: 0, deferred: 1 });
+    db.update(carwashReviewOutbox).set({ nextAttemptAt: null }).run();
+    status = 422;
+    expect(await ob.drain()).toEqual({ sent: 0, failed: 1, deferred: 0 });
+    row = db.select().from(carwashReviewOutbox).all()[0]!;
+    expect(row).toMatchObject({ status: "failed", lastError: "rejected: HTTP 422" });
+    expect(row.image).toBeNull();
+
+    // A voided order is not a sample.
+    status = 200;
+    await ob.enqueue({ ...item, orderId: "o-1" }, read);
+    db.update(carwashOrders).set({ status: "void" }).run();
+    expect(await ob.drain()).toEqual({ sent: 0, failed: 1, deferred: 0 });
+    // Expired items are abandoned without a request.
+    await ob.enqueue(item, read);
+    db.update(carwashReviewOutbox).set({ createdAt: new Date(Date.now() - (EXPIRE_DAYS + 1) * 86_400_000).toISOString() }).where(eq(carwashReviewOutbox.status, "queued")).run();
+    db.update(carwashOrders).set({ status: "open" }).run();
+    const before = fetchFn.mock.calls.length;
+    expect(await ob.drain()).toEqual({ sent: 0, failed: 1, deferred: 0 });
+    expect(fetchFn.mock.calls.length).toBe(before);
+    expect(ob.status().failed).toBe(3);
+
+    // No vehicle box, no snapshot, or upload off → nothing queued.
+    expect(await ob.enqueue(item, { ...read, box: null })).toBe(false);
+    expect(await ob.enqueue(item, { ...read, snapshotId: "gone" })).toBe(false);
+    expect(await new ReviewOutbox(db, silentLogger(), null, fetchFn).enqueue(item, read)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+import { eq } from "@parking/db";
+
+describe("through the app", () => {
+  let db: Db;
+  let close: () => void;
+  let app: FastifyInstance;
+  const saved = { ...process.env };
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    delete process.env.MODULES_ENTITLED;
+    process.env.CARWASH_REVIEW_URL = "https://collector.overlay/ingest";
+    process.env.CARWASH_REVIEW_TOKEN = "tok";
+    process.env.CARWASH_REVIEW_BOOTH_ID = "booth-9";
+    const t = createTestDb();
+    db = t.db;
+    close = t.close;
+    app = await buildServer({ db });
+    await app.ready();
+  });
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+    close();
+    for (const k of ["CARWASH_REVIEW_URL", "CARWASH_REVIEW_TOKEN", "CARWASH_REVIEW_BOOTH_ID"]) {
+      if (saved[k] === undefined) delete process.env[k];
+      else process.env[k] = saved[k];
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("a wash intake with a vehicle read queues a review item; the status route reports it", async () => {
+    const { username, password } = await seedUser(db, { username: "boss", roleId: "admin" });
+    const a = await login(app, username, password);
+    const hdrs = { cookie: a.cookie, "x-csrf-token": a.csrf };
+    seedTariff(db);
+    const s = (await app.inject({ method: "PUT", url: "/api/carwash/settings", headers: hdrs, payload: { categories: [{ name: "Vetura", visionClasses: ["car"] }], services: [{ name: "Standard" }], prices: [] } })).json();
+    const cat = s.categories[0].id, svc = s.services[0].id;
+    await app.inject({ method: "PUT", url: "/api/carwash/settings", headers: hdrs, payload: { prices: [{ categoryId: cat, serviceId: svc, priceMinor: 500 }] } });
+    await makeLog(db).append({ type: "vehicle_entry", source: "manual", identity: "T-R", occurredAt: minutesAgo(30), payload: { sessionRef: "T-R", category: "default" } });
+    db.insert(snapshots).values({ id: "snap-r", direction: "entry", identity: "T-R", contentType: "image/jpeg", bytes: await frame(), capturedAt: new Date().toISOString() }).run();
+    db.insert(deviceEvents).values({
+      id: "read-r", deviceId: "cam-1", category: "camera", kind: "read",
+      detail: { identity: "T-R", direction: "entry", bodyType: "car", bodyConfidence: 0.9, snapshotId: "snap-r", vehicleBox: CAR, plateBox: PLATE },
+      occurredAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+    }).run();
+
+    const order = await app.inject({ method: "POST", url: "/api/carwash/orders", headers: hdrs, payload: { identity: "T-R", categoryId: cat, serviceId: svc } });
+    expect(order.statusCode).toBe(201);
+    // Enqueue is fire-and-forget: give the crop a moment.
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(db.select().from(carwashReviewOutbox).all()).toHaveLength(1));
+    const status = (await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: "/api/carwash/review/status", headers: { cookie: a.cookie } })).json();
+    expect(status).toMatchObject({ enabled: true, boothId: "booth-9", queued: 1, sent: 0 });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/review-outbox.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/review-outbox.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..510031a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/review-outbox.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+import { createHash, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import sharp from "sharp";
+import { and, asc, carwashOrders, carwashReviewOutbox, eq, isNull, lte, or, snapshots, sql, type Db } from "@parking/db";
+import type { NormBox, VehicleRead } from "@parking/shared";
+import type { FastifyBaseLogger } from "fastify";
+
+// The Car Wash REVIEW OUTBOX — booth side (wiki/concepts/vision-review-outbox.md).
+//
+// The operator's category choice at intake is a HYPOTHESIS, not truth (the threat model:
+// the operator may err or cheat). So every wash order that has a vehicle read queues a
+// small package for a trusted remote reviewer: the vehicle CROP cut out of the entry
+// snapshot with the plate BLURRED, the operator's choice, and what the camera thought.
+// The reviewer's verdict becomes the training label for the body-type classifier (phase
+// B) and, per operator, the honest-mistake / fraud rate.
+//
+// Rules that shape this file:
+//   - OFFLINE-FIRST: the wash never waits. Enqueue is fire-and-forget off the intake path;
+//     a background loop drains the queue when the private overlay (Netbird) is up, with
+//     backoff, and gives up loudly after EXPIRE_DAYS.
+//   - ONE-WAY: the booth POSTs; nothing ever comes back into the booth's decisions. The
+//     signed ledger stays the only record of what happened at the wash.
+//   - NOTHING THAT NAMES THE SITE LEAVES: only the crop (no walls, no camera OSD, no
+//     bystanders), the plate blurred in place, a per-booth pseudonymous id set at deploy,
+//     the operator as a keyed hash. The mapping back to people and places stays with the
+//     reviewer, off the collector.
+//   - THE NETWORK IS NOT THE AUTH: a per-booth bearer token on top of the overlay; the
+//     booth can do nothing at the collector but this one POST.
+
+export interface ReviewUploadConfig {
+  /** The collector's ingest URL (reachable only over the overlay). */
+  readonly url: string;
+  /** Per-booth bearer token. */
+  readonly token: string;
+  /** Pseudonymous booth id — a label the reviewer maps to a site; never the site name. */
+  readonly boothId: string;
+  readonly intervalSec: number;
+}
+
+/** From the server env (Komodo stack env). All three of URL, token and booth id, or off. */
+export function reviewUploadConfigFromEnv(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): ReviewUploadConfig | null {
+  const url = (env.CARWASH_REVIEW_URL ?? "").trim();
+  const token = (env.CARWASH_REVIEW_TOKEN ?? "").trim();
+  const boothId = (env.CARWASH_REVIEW_BOOTH_ID ?? "").trim();
+  if (!url || !token || !boothId) return null;
+  const raw = Number(env.CARWASH_REVIEW_INTERVAL_SEC ?? 60);
+  return { url, token, boothId, intervalSec: Number.isFinite(raw) && raw >= 10 ? raw : 60 };
+}
+
+/** The crop's longest edge, in pixels — enough for a reviewer and a classifier, small
+ *  enough that a day of washes is a few megabytes. */
+export const CROP_MAX_EDGE = 640;
+/** Margin around the detector's box, as a fraction of the box (context for the reviewer). */
+const CROP_MARGIN = 0.08;
+/** Items older than this are abandoned (failed "expired") — a booth cut off for two weeks
+ *  should not resurface a fortnight of crops in one burst. */
+export const EXPIRE_DAYS = 14;
+/** Backoff: 1 min · 2^attempts, capped. */
+const BACKOFF_BASE_MS = 60_000;
+const BACKOFF_CAP_MS = 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+const UPLOAD_TIMEOUT_MS = 20_000;
+
+/** What one order contributes to the package (the service hands this over at intake). */
+export interface ReviewItemInput {
+  readonly orderId: string;
+  readonly createdAt: string;
+  readonly createdBy: string;
+  readonly categoryId: string;
+  readonly categoryName: string;
+  readonly serviceName: string;
+  readonly visionCategoryId: string | null;
+  readonly downgraded: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Cut the vehicle out of the snapshot and blur the plate inside it. Boxes are fractions
+ * of the frame, so this works on the stored (downscaled) copy. Returns a JPEG.
+ */
+export async function makeReviewCrop(
+  snapshotBytes: Buffer,
+  box: NormBox,
+  plateBox: NormBox | null | undefined,
+): Promise<{ bytes: Buffer; width: number; height: number; plateBlurred: boolean }> {
+  const img = sharp(snapshotBytes, { failOn: "none" }).rotate();
+  const meta = await img.metadata();
+  const W = meta.width ?? 0;
+  const H = meta.height ?? 0;
+  if (!W || !H) throw new Error("snapshot has no dimensions");
+  const px = (b: NormBox) => ({
+    left: Math.round(b.x1 * W), top: Math.round(b.y1 * H),
+    right: Math.round(b.x2 * W), bottom: Math.round(b.y2 * H),
+  });
+  const v = px(box);
+  const mw = Math.round((v.right - v.left) * CROP_MARGIN);
+  const mh = Math.round((v.bottom - v.top) * CROP_MARGIN);
+  const left = Math.max(0, v.left - mw);
+  const top = Math.max(0, v.top - mh);
+  const right = Math.min(W, v.right + mw);
+  const bottom = Math.min(H, v.bottom + mh);
+  const width = right - left;
+  const height = bottom - top;
+  if (width < 8 || height < 8) throw new Error("vehicle box too small to crop");
+
+  let crop = img.clone().extract({ left, top, width, height });
+  let plateBlurred = false;
+  if (plateBox) {
+    // The plate region, in CROP coordinates, padded a little so the blur eats the edges.
+    const p = px(plateBox);
+    const pad = Math.round(Math.max(p.right - p.left, p.bottom - p.top) * 0.25);
+    const pl = Math.max(0, p.left - pad - left);
+    const pt = Math.max(0, p.top - pad - top);
+    const pr = Math.min(width, p.right + pad - left);
+    const pb = Math.min(height, p.bottom + pad - top);
+    if (pr - pl >= 2 && pb - pt >= 2) {
+      const region = await sharp(await crop.clone().toBuffer())
+        .extract({ left: pl, top: pt, width: pr - pl, height: pb - pt })
+        .blur(Math.max(6, Math.round((pr - pl) / 6)))
+        .toBuffer();
+      crop = sharp(await crop.toBuffer()).composite([{ input: region, left: pl, top: pt }]);
+      plateBlurred = true;
+    }
+  }
+  const out = await crop
+    .resize({ width: CROP_MAX_EDGE, height: CROP_MAX_EDGE, fit: "inside", withoutEnlargement: true })
+    .jpeg({ quality: 85, mozjpeg: true })
+    .toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true });
+  return { bytes: out.data, width: out.info.width, height: out.info.height, plateBlurred };
+}
+
+/** The operator as a keyed hash — stable per booth so the reviewer can count per person,
+ *  meaningless anywhere else. */
+export function operatorRef(boothId: string, username: string): string {
+  return createHash("sha256").update(`${boothId}:${username}`).digest("hex").slice(0, 16);
+}
+
+type FetchLike = (input: string, init: RequestInit) => Promise<Response>;
+
+export interface OutboxStatus {
+  readonly enabled: boolean;
+  readonly boothId: string | null;
+  readonly queued: number;
+  readonly sent: number;
+  readonly failed: number;
+  readonly lastSentAt: string | null;
+  readonly lastError: string | null;
+}
+
+export class ReviewOutbox {
+  readonly #db: Db;
+  readonly #logger: FastifyBaseLogger;
+  readonly #cfg: ReviewUploadConfig | null;
+  readonly #fetch: FetchLike;
+  #timer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
+  #draining = false;
+
+  constructor(db: Db, logger: FastifyBaseLogger, cfg: ReviewUploadConfig | null, fetchFn?: FetchLike) {
+    this.#db = db;
+    this.#logger = logger;
+    this.#cfg = cfg;
+    this.#fetch = fetchFn ?? ((input, init) => fetch(input, init));
+  }
+
+  get enabled(): boolean {
+    return this.#cfg != null;
+  }
+
+  /** Queue one order's package. Fire-and-forget: the caller does NOT await this on the
+   *  intake path; every failure is logged, none is thrown. Skipped when there is no
+   *  vehicle box (nothing to crop — a frame without a detected vehicle is no training
+   *  sample) or when upload is not configured (an unbounded queue nobody drains). */
+  async enqueue(item: ReviewItemInput, read: VehicleRead): Promise<boolean> {
+    if (!this.#cfg) return false;
+    if (!read.box || !read.snapshotId) return false;
+    try {
+      const snap = this.#db.select().from(snapshots).where(eq(snapshots.id, read.snapshotId)).get();
+      if (!snap) {
+        this.#logger.info(`carwash review: snapshot ${read.snapshotId} gone (pruned) — order ${item.orderId} not queued`);
+        return false;
+      }
+      const crop = await makeReviewCrop(snap.bytes, read.box, read.plateBox);
+      const id = randomUUID();
+      const payload = {
+        v: 1,
+        booth: this.#cfg.boothId,
+        item: id,
+        order: item.orderId,
+        at: item.createdAt,
+        operator: operatorRef(this.#cfg.boothId, item.createdBy),
+        operatorCategory: { id: item.categoryId, name: item.categoryName },
+        service: item.serviceName,
+        vision: { class: read.bodyType, confidence: read.confidence, categoryId: item.visionCategoryId },
+        downgraded: item.downgraded,
+        image: { width: crop.width, height: crop.height, plateBlurred: crop.plateBlurred },
+      };
+      this.#db
+        .insert(carwashReviewOutbox)
+        .values({ id, orderId: item.orderId, createdAt: new Date().toISOString(), status: "queued", attempts: 0, nextAttemptAt: null, image: crop.bytes, payload })
+        .run();
+      return true;
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.#logger.warn(`carwash review: could not queue order ${item.orderId}: ${(err as Error).message}`);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  start(): void {
+    if (!this.#cfg || this.#timer) return;
+    const tick = () => {
+      void this.drain().catch((err) => this.#logger.warn(`carwash review: drain failed: ${(err as Error).message}`));
+    };
+    this.#timer = setInterval(tick, this.#cfg.intervalSec * 1000);
+    this.#timer.unref?.();
+    setTimeout(tick, 5_000).unref?.();
+  }
+
+  stop(): void {
+    if (this.#timer) clearInterval(this.#timer);
+    this.#timer = null;
+  }
+
+  /** Send what is due, oldest first. Returns the tally; never throws for a single item. */
+  async drain(limit = 20): Promise<{ sent: number; failed: number; deferred: number }> {
+    const tally = { sent: 0, failed: 0, deferred: 0 };
+    if (!this.#cfg || this.#draining) return tally;
+    this.#draining = true;
+    try {
+      const now = new Date().toISOString();
+      const due = this.#db
+        .select()
+        .from(carwashReviewOutbox)
+        .where(and(eq(carwashReviewOutbox.status, "queued"), or(isNull(carwashReviewOutbox.nextAttemptAt), lte(carwashReviewOutbox.nextAttemptAt, now))))
+        .orderBy(asc(carwashReviewOutbox.createdAt))
+        .limit(limit)
+        .all();
+      for (const row of due) {
+        const outcome = await this.#send(row);
+        tally[outcome] += 1;
+      }
+      if (tally.sent || tally.failed) this.#logger.info(`carwash review: sent ${tally.sent}, failed ${tally.failed}, deferred ${tally.deferred}`);
+    } finally {
+      this.#draining = false;
+    }
+    return tally;
+  }
+
+  async #send(row: typeof carwashReviewOutbox.$inferSelect): Promise<"sent" | "failed" | "deferred"> {
+    const cfg = this.#cfg!;
+    const ageMs = Date.now() - Date.parse(row.createdAt);
+    if (ageMs > EXPIRE_DAYS * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000) return this.#fail(row, `expired after ${EXPIRE_DAYS} days`);
+    // A wash voided before delivery is not a sample (and not a decision to review).
+    const order = this.#db.select({ status: carwashOrders.status }).from(carwashOrders).where(eq(carwashOrders.id, row.orderId)).get();
+    if (order?.status === "void") return this.#fail(row, "order voided");
+    if (!row.image) return this.#fail(row, "image missing");
+
+    const form = new FormData();
+    form.set("meta", JSON.stringify(row.payload));
+    form.set("image", new Blob([new Uint8Array(row.image)], { type: "image/jpeg" }), `${row.id}.jpg`);
+    const ac = new AbortController();
+    const t = setTimeout(() => ac.abort(), UPLOAD_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    try {
+      const res = await this.#fetch(cfg.url, {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${cfg.token}`, "x-booth-id": cfg.boothId },
+        body: form,
+        signal: ac.signal,
+      });
+      if (res.ok) {
+        this.#db
+          .update(carwashReviewOutbox)
+          .set({ status: "sent", sentAt: new Date().toISOString(), image: null, lastError: null, attempts: row.attempts + 1 })
+          .where(eq(carwashReviewOutbox.id, row.id))
+          .run();
+        return "sent";
+      }
+      // The collector refused the package itself → no retry will help.
+      if ([400, 404, 413, 415, 422].includes(res.status)) return this.#fail(row, `rejected: HTTP ${res.status}`);
+      // Everything else (auth not yet fixed, throttled, collector down) → try again later.
+      return this.#defer(row, `HTTP ${res.status}`);
+    } catch (err) {
+      return this.#defer(row, (err as Error).name === "AbortError" ? "timeout" : (err as Error).message);
+    } finally {
+      clearTimeout(t);
+    }
+  }
+
+  #fail(row: typeof carwashReviewOutbox.$inferSelect, why: string): "failed" {
+    this.#db
+      .update(carwashReviewOutbox)
+      .set({ status: "failed", lastError: why, image: null, attempts: row.attempts + 1 })
+      .where(eq(carwashReviewOutbox.id, row.id))
+      .run();
+    this.#logger.warn(`carwash review: item ${row.id} (order ${row.orderId}) abandoned — ${why}`);
+    return "failed";
+  }
+
+  #defer(row: typeof carwashReviewOutbox.$inferSelect, why: string): "deferred" {
+    const attempts = row.attempts + 1;
+    const wait = Math.min(BACKOFF_BASE_MS * 2 ** Math.min(attempts, 20), BACKOFF_CAP_MS);
+    this.#db
+      .update(carwashReviewOutbox)
+      .set({ attempts, lastError: why, nextAttemptAt: new Date(Date.now() + wait).toISOString() })
+      .where(eq(carwashReviewOutbox.id, row.id))
+      .run();
+    return "deferred";
+  }
+
+  status(): OutboxStatus {
+    const count = (s: "queued" | "sent" | "failed") =>
+      this.#db.select({ n: sql<number>`count(*)` }).from(carwashReviewOutbox).where(eq(carwashReviewOutbox.status, s)).get()?.n ?? 0;
+    const lastSent = this.#db.select({ at: sql<string | null>`max(${carwashReviewOutbox.sentAt})` }).from(carwashReviewOutbox).get()?.at ?? null;
+    const lastErr = this.#db
+      .select({ e: carwashReviewOutbox.lastError })
+      .from(carwashReviewOutbox)
+      .where(sql`${carwashReviewOutbox.lastError} is not null`)
+      .orderBy(sql`coalesce(${carwashReviewOutbox.sentAt}, ${carwashReviewOutbox.nextAttemptAt}, ${carwashReviewOutbox.createdAt}) desc`)
+      .limit(1)
+      .get()?.e ?? null;
+    return {
+      enabled: this.enabled,
+      boothId: this.#cfg?.boothId ?? null,
+      queued: count("queued"),
+      sent: count("sent"),
+      failed: count("failed"),
+      lastSentAt: lastSent,
+      lastError: lastErr,
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/routes.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/routes.ts
index 87bf7f7..fcecda6 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/routes.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/routes.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { requireAnyPermission, requirePermission } from "../../auth.js";
 import { requireModule } from "../../modules.js";
 import { NoShiftOpenError } from "../../shift-service.js";
 import type { ServerModuleDeps } from "../index.js";
+import type { ReviewOutbox } from "./review-outbox.js";
 import { CarwashError, CarwashService, isPayAt, type SettingsBody } from "./service.js";
 
 // HTTP surface of the Car Wash module. Every route is behind the venue-module gate
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ function sendError(reply: FastifyReply, err: unknown): FastifyReply {
   throw err;
 }
 
-export async function carwashRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, deps: ServerModuleDeps, service: CarwashService): Promise<void> {
+export async function carwashRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, deps: ServerModuleDeps, service: CarwashService, outbox?: ReviewOutbox): Promise<void> {
   const moduleOn = requireModule(deps.db, "carwash");
   // The price list is the desk's working data as much as Setup's: the wash operator
   // reads it under the module's own permission (the Wash operator job holds no site:*).
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ export async function carwashRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, deps: ServerModuleDeps
   const update = [moduleOn, requirePermission("carwash:update")];
 
   app.get("/api/carwash/settings", { preHandler: settingsRead }, async () => service.settings());
+  // The review outbox's health (Setup → Car wash): how many decisions wait for the
+  // reviewer, how many went, the last error. Site admin's read.
+  app.get("/api/carwash/review/status", { preHandler: settingsRead }, async () =>
+    outbox?.status() ?? { enabled: false, boothId: null, queued: 0, sent: 0, failed: 0, lastSentAt: null, lastError: null },
+  );
 
   app.put<{ Body: SettingsBody }>("/api/carwash/settings", { preHandler: settingsWrite }, async (req, reply) => {
     try {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/service.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/service.ts
index dee33b2..e8b4b03 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/service.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/carwash/service.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
 } from "@parking/shared";
 import type { EventLog } from "../../event-log.js";
 import { vehicleForIdentity } from "../../plate-lookup.js";
+import type { ReviewOutbox } from "./review-outbox.js";
 import { effectiveModulesFor } from "../../modules.js";
 import type { ChargeProvider, PayStation } from "../../pay-station.js";
 import type { ShiftService } from "../../shift-service.js";
@@ -116,13 +117,15 @@ export class CarwashService {
   readonly #pay: PayStation;
   readonly #shift: ShiftService;
   readonly #logger: FastifyBaseLogger;
+  readonly #outbox: ReviewOutbox | null;
 
-  constructor(deps: ServerModuleDeps, logger: FastifyBaseLogger) {
+  constructor(deps: ServerModuleDeps, logger: FastifyBaseLogger, outbox: ReviewOutbox | null = null) {
     this.#db = deps.db;
     this.#log = deps.eventLog;
     this.#pay = deps.payStation;
     this.#shift = deps.shiftService;
     this.#logger = logger;
+    this.#outbox = outbox;
   }
 
   #enabled(): boolean {
@@ -523,6 +526,22 @@ export class CarwashService {
       downgradeEventId,
     };
     this.#db.insert(carwashOrders).values(row).run();
+    // Hand the decision to the remote reviewer (crop + choice), off the intake path.
+    if (vision && this.#outbox?.enabled) {
+      void this.#outbox.enqueue(
+        {
+          orderId: row.id,
+          createdAt: now,
+          createdBy: input.actor,
+          categoryId: category.id,
+          categoryName: category.name,
+          serviceName: service.name,
+          visionCategoryId: visionCategory?.id ?? null,
+          downgraded: downgradeEventId != null,
+        },
+        vision,
+      );
+    }
     await this.#log.append({
       type: "carwash_order",
       source: "manual",
diff --git a/apps/server/src/plate-lookup.ts b/apps/server/src/plate-lookup.ts
index 2deb5cd..8f08b12 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/plate-lookup.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/plate-lookup.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { and, desc, deviceEvents, eq, type Db } from "@parking/db";
-import { isVehicleClass, type VehicleRead } from "@parking/shared";
+import { isNormBox, isVehicleClass, type VehicleRead } from "@parking/shared";
 
 // READ-TIME plate resolution. A recognized licence plate is ADVISORY evidence — it
 // lives in the unsigned, prunable `device_events` (kind="read") stream written by the
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ interface ReadDetail {
   bodyType?: string;
   bodyConfidence?: number;
   snapshotId?: string;
+  vehicleBox?: unknown;
+  plateBox?: unknown;
 }
 
 /** The advisory VEHICLE read (body type) for a session — the same stream and the same
@@ -43,7 +45,13 @@ export function vehicleForIdentity(db: Db, identity: string): VehicleRead | null
   for (const r of rows) {
     const d = (r.detail ?? {}) as ReadDetail;
     if (d.identity !== identity || !isVehicleClass(d.bodyType) || typeof d.bodyConfidence !== "number") continue;
-    const v: VehicleRead = { bodyType: d.bodyType, confidence: d.bodyConfidence, snapshotId: d.snapshotId ?? null };
+    const v: VehicleRead = {
+      bodyType: d.bodyType,
+      confidence: d.bodyConfidence,
+      snapshotId: d.snapshotId ?? null,
+      box: isNormBox(d.vehicleBox) ? d.vehicleBox : null,
+      plateBox: isNormBox(d.plateBox) ? d.plateBox : null,
+    };
     if (d.direction === "entry") return v;
     if (!fallback) fallback = v;
   }
diff --git a/apps/server/src/snapshot.ts b/apps/server/src/snapshot.ts
index 8f69f2c..65c072f 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/snapshot.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/snapshot.ts
@@ -168,13 +168,26 @@ async function recognizePlate(
   try {
     const result = await vision.analyze(shot.bytes, shot.contentType);
     if (!result) return;
+    // Boxes are kept as FRACTIONS of the analysed frame (the stored snapshot is a
+    // downscaled copy — see reencodeForStorage), so the wash's review crop can cut the
+    // vehicle out of whatever copy survives and blur the plate inside it.
+    const frame = await frameSize(shot.bytes);
+    const norm = (b: { x1: number; y1: number; x2: number; y2: number } | null | undefined) =>
+      b && frame
+        ? {
+            x1: clamp01(b.x1 / frame.w), y1: clamp01(b.y1 / frame.h),
+            x2: clamp01(b.x2 / frame.w), y2: clamp01(b.y2 / frame.h),
+          }
+        : null;
     // The vehicle's body type (advisory; the wash desk's category suggestion — see
     // venue-modules.md §Vehicle category). Rides the plate's read row when there is one,
     // else a row of its own: a car with an unreadable plate is still a car of some class.
+    const vehicleBox = norm(result.vehicle?.bbox);
     const vehicle = result.vehicle
-      ? { bodyType: result.vehicle.bodyType, bodyConfidence: result.vehicle.confidence }
+      ? { bodyType: result.vehicle.bodyType, bodyConfidence: result.vehicle.confidence, ...(vehicleBox ? { vehicleBox } : {}) }
       : {};
     const plate = !result.plate || result.lowConfidence ? "" : result.plate.text.trim().toUpperCase();
+    const plateBox = plate ? norm(result.plate?.bbox) : null;
     if (!plate && !result.vehicle) return; // nothing trustworthy to record
     db.insert(deviceEventsTable)
       .values({
@@ -187,7 +200,7 @@ async function recognizePlate(
           identity,
           direction,
           ...(plate
-            ? { plate, confidence: result.plate!.confidence, region: result.plate!.region ?? null }
+            ? { plate, confidence: result.plate!.confidence, region: result.plate!.region ?? null, ...(plateBox ? { plateBox } : {}) }
             : {}),
           ...vehicle,
           modelVersion: result.modelVersion,
@@ -215,6 +228,20 @@ async function recognizePlate(
   }
 }
 
+function clamp01(v: number): number {
+  return Math.max(0, Math.min(1, v));
+}
+
+/** Pixel size of the analysed frame (JPEG header only — cheap). Null when unreadable. */
+async function frameSize(bytes: Buffer): Promise<{ w: number; h: number } | null> {
+  try {
+    const m = await sharp(bytes, { failOn: "none" }).metadata();
+    return m.width && m.height ? { w: m.width, h: m.height } : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 /** How far back a recognized entry plate is compared against other OPEN sessions'
  *  entry plates. Short on purpose: the duplicate-ticket scenario is the same car
  *  re-pressing within minutes; a long window would flag legit re-visits. */
diff --git a/apps/server/src/vision-client.ts b/apps/server/src/vision-client.ts
index b532d55..60beefb 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/vision-client.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/vision-client.ts
@@ -48,13 +48,15 @@ export interface VisionPlate {
 export interface VisionVehicle {
   readonly bodyType: VehicleClass;
   readonly confidence: number;
+  /** The vehicle's box in frame pixels, when the stage found one. */
+  readonly bbox?: PlateBBox | null;
 }
 
 /** The raw /analyze response shape (the Python contract). */
 interface AnalyzeResponse {
   readonly plate: VisionPlate | null;
   readonly plates: VisionPlate[];
-  readonly vehicle: { body_type?: string | null; confidence?: number | null } | null;
+  readonly vehicle: { body_type?: string | null; confidence?: number | null; bbox?: PlateBBox | null } | null;
   readonly low_confidence: boolean;
   readonly model_version: string;
   readonly took_ms: number;
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ export class VisionClient {
       const v = res.vehicle;
       const vehicle: VisionVehicle | null =
         v && isVehicleClass(v.body_type) && typeof v.confidence === "number"
-          ? { bodyType: v.body_type, confidence: Math.max(0, Math.min(1, v.confidence)) }
+          ? { bodyType: v.body_type, confidence: Math.max(0, Math.min(1, v.confidence)), bbox: v.bbox ?? null }
           : null;
       return {
         plate: best,
diff --git a/apps/vision/vision_service/schemas.py b/apps/vision/vision_service/schemas.py
index 932b849..0e2dc01 100644
--- a/apps/vision/vision_service/schemas.py
+++ b/apps/vision/vision_service/schemas.py
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class VehicleResult(BaseModel):
     body_type: str | None = None
     # Confidence of `body_type` (0–1). Node compares it to the site's threshold.
     confidence: float | None = Field(default=None, ge=0.0, le=1.0)
+    # The vehicle's box in frame pixels — the crop a reviewer sees / a classifier eats.
+    bbox: BBox | None = None
     make: str | None = None
     model: str | None = None
 
diff --git a/apps/vision/vision_service/vehicle.py b/apps/vision/vision_service/vehicle.py
index 3b1f309..7354d71 100644
--- a/apps/vision/vision_service/vehicle.py
+++ b/apps/vision/vision_service/vehicle.py
@@ -235,7 +235,11 @@ class YoloxVehicleDetector:
         best = pick_vehicle(found, plate)
         if best is None:
             return None
-        return VehicleResult(body_type=best.body_type, confidence=round(best.confidence, 4))
+        h, w = frame.shape[:2]
+        box = BBox(
+            x1=max(0, int(best.x1)), y1=max(0, int(best.y1)), x2=min(w, int(best.x2)), y2=min(h, int(best.y2))
+        )
+        return VehicleResult(body_type=best.body_type, confidence=round(best.confidence, 4), bbox=box)
 
 
 def time_detect(
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/i18n/en.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/i18n/en.ts
index a0b74c5..6743aeb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/i18n/en.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ export const en: Catalog = {
     visionSaw: "Camera saw",
     visionUnmapped: "not mapped to a category",
     visionClasses: "Camera classes",
+    reviewTitle: "Remote review",
+    reviewOff: "off — no collector configured for this booth",
+    reviewCounts: "{{queued}} waiting · {{sent}} delivered · {{failed}} abandoned",
+    reviewHint: "Each wash order sends the vehicle crop (plate blurred) and the chosen category to a trusted reviewer over the private network. One-way; nothing that names this site leaves.",
     visionClassesHint: "The camera's fixed vocabulary (set in code, not here). Tick the classes this category covers.",
     visionThreshold: "Camera confidence to flag a downgrade",
     visionThresholdHint: "When the camera is at least this sure and the operator picks a cheaper category than the one its class maps to, the order is flagged for review. It is never blocked.",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/i18n/sq.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/i18n/sq.ts
index 4cb287e..2343a70 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/i18n/sq.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/i18n/sq.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ export const sq = {
     visionSaw: "Kamera pa",
     visionUnmapped: "pa kategori të lidhur",
     visionClasses: "Klasat e kamerës",
+    reviewTitle: "Shqyrtim në distancë",
+    reviewOff: "joaktiv — asnjë mbledhës i konfiguruar për këtë kabinë",
+    reviewCounts: "{{queued}} në pritje · {{sent}} të dërguara · {{failed}} të braktisura",
+    reviewHint: "Çdo porosi lavazhi dërgon prerjen e mjetit (targa e turbulluar) dhe kategorinë e zgjedhur te një shqyrtues i besuar përmes rrjetit privat. Njëkahësh; asgjë që emërton këtë vend nuk del.",
     visionClassesHint: "Fjalori i fiksuar i kamerës (vendoset në kod, jo këtu). Shëno klasat që mbulon kjo kategori.",
     visionThreshold: "Siguria e kamerës për të shënuar një ulje kategorie",
     visionThresholdHint: "Kur kamera është të paktën kaq e sigurt dhe operatori zgjedh një kategori më të lirë se ajo ku lidhet klasa, porosia shënohet për shqyrtim. Nuk bllokohet kurrë.",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/modules/carwash/CarWashSetup.tsx b/apps/web/src/modules/carwash/CarWashSetup.tsx
index ab4f75c..d903cbd 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/modules/carwash/CarWashSetup.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/modules/carwash/CarWashSetup.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { CARWASH_PAY_AT, CARWASH_PROGRAM_ID, CARWASH_VALIDATION_MODES, VEHICLE_CLASSES, type CarWashPayAt, type VehicleClass } from "@parking/shared";
 import { fetchValidationPrograms, type ValidationProgramView } from "../../api.js";
 import { StationForm, defaultProgram } from "../../ValidationSetup.js";
-import { fetchCarwashSettings, saveCarwashSettings, type CarwashSettingsView } from "./api.js";
+import { fetchCarwashReviewStatus, fetchCarwashSettings, saveCarwashSettings, type CarwashReviewStatus, type CarwashSettingsView } from "./api.js";
 
 // Setup → Car wash: the master data (vehicle categories, services, the category ×
 // service price matrix) and the parking SPONSORSHIP a wash grants — the latter is a
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ export function CarWashSetup({ canEdit }: { canEdit: boolean }) {
   const [threshold, setThreshold] = useState("80");
   const [msg, setMsg] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [program, setProgram] = useState<ValidationProgramView | null>(null);
+  const [review, setReview] = useState<CarwashReviewStatus | null>(null);
 
   function load() {
     fetchCarwashSettings()
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ export function CarWashSetup({ canEdit }: { canEdit: boolean }) {
         setThreshold(String(Math.round(s.visionThreshold * 100)));
       })
       .catch((e) => setMsg((e as Error).message));
+    fetchCarwashReviewStatus().then(setReview).catch(() => {});
     fetchValidationPrograms()
       .then((r) => {
         const existing = r.programs.find((p) => p.id === CARWASH_PROGRAM_ID);
@@ -265,6 +267,18 @@ export function CarWashSetup({ canEdit }: { canEdit: boolean }) {
             </div>
             <span className="hint">{t("wash.visionThresholdHint")}</span>
           </div>
+          {review && (
+            <div className="field">
+              <span className="label">{t("wash.reviewTitle")}</span>
+              <span className="text-[0.75rem] tabular-nums">
+                {review.enabled
+                  ? t("wash.reviewCounts", { queued: review.queued, sent: review.sent, failed: review.failed })
+                  : t("wash.reviewOff")}
+                {review.enabled && review.lastError && <span className="ml-2 text-term-amber">{review.lastError}</span>}
+              </span>
+              <span className="hint">{t("wash.reviewHint")}</span>
+            </div>
+          )}
 
           {canEdit && (
             <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
diff --git a/apps/web/src/modules/carwash/api.ts b/apps/web/src/modules/carwash/api.ts
index b41be51..6d4a68c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/modules/carwash/api.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/modules/carwash/api.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ export interface CarwashSettingsBody {
   visionThreshold?: number;
 }
 
+/** The review outbox's health (Setup → Car wash). */
+export interface CarwashReviewStatus {
+  enabled: boolean;
+  boothId: string | null;
+  queued: number;
+  sent: number;
+  failed: number;
+  lastSentAt: string | null;
+  lastError: string | null;
+}
+export function fetchCarwashReviewStatus(): Promise<CarwashReviewStatus> {
+  return apiFetch("/api/carwash/review/status");
+}
+
 export function fetchCarwashSettings(): Promise<CarwashSettingsView> {
   return apiFetch("/api/carwash/settings");
 }
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fad0807..5fcc985 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ services:
       # off (the in-UI target + retention do nothing without it). Per-booth + unique; escrow it
       # offsite. See apps/server/.env.example + wiki/concepts/backup-recovery.md.
       BACKUP_KEY: ${BACKUP_KEY:-}
+      # Car Wash review outbox: collector URL + per-booth token + pseudonymous booth id, all
+      # three or off. See apps/server/.env.example + wiki/concepts/vision-review-outbox.md.
+      CARWASH_REVIEW_URL: ${CARWASH_REVIEW_URL:-}
+      CARWASH_REVIEW_TOKEN: ${CARWASH_REVIEW_TOKEN:-}
+      CARWASH_REVIEW_BOOTH_ID: ${CARWASH_REVIEW_BOOTH_ID:-}
       # CRITICAL on the plain-HTTP booth LAN: cookies are Secure (HTTPS-only) by DEFAULT,
       # so without COOKIE_SECURE=0 the auth cookie is never sent over http and operators
       # CANNOT LOG IN. Leave unset only behind TLS. See disk-os-hardening "deploy-time runbook".
diff --git a/packages/db/drizzle/0031_carwash_review_outbox.sql b/packages/db/drizzle/0031_carwash_review_outbox.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b1ac5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db/drizzle/0031_carwash_review_outbox.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-- Car Wash review outbox (wiki/concepts/vision-review-outbox.md): plate-blurred vehicle
+-- crops + the operator's category choice, queued for a trusted remote reviewer and drained
+-- one-way over the private overlay. The image is cleared once delivered.
+CREATE TABLE `carwash_review_outbox` (
+	`id` text PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+	`order_id` text NOT NULL,
+	`created_at` text NOT NULL,
+	`status` text DEFAULT 'queued' NOT NULL,
+	`attempts` integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
+	`next_attempt_at` text,
+	`last_error` text,
+	`sent_at` text,
+	`image` blob,
+	`payload` text NOT NULL
+);
+--> statement-breakpoint
+CREATE INDEX `carwash_review_outbox_status_idx` ON `carwash_review_outbox` (`status`,`next_attempt_at`);
diff --git a/packages/db/drizzle/meta/_journal.json b/packages/db/drizzle/meta/_journal.json
index ce0a3bf..d153a39 100644
--- a/packages/db/drizzle/meta/_journal.json
+++ b/packages/db/drizzle/meta/_journal.json
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@
       "when": 1788700000000,
       "tag": "0030_carwash_vision",
       "breakpoints": true
+    },
+    {
+      "idx": 31,
+      "version": "6",
+      "when": 1788710000000,
+      "tag": "0031_carwash_review_outbox",
+      "breakpoints": true
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/db/src/schema.ts b/packages/db/src/schema.ts
index a5fafb1..2248c43 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/schema.ts
@@ -746,6 +746,26 @@ export const carwashConfig = sqliteTable("carwash_config", {
   updatedBy: text("updated_by"),
 });
 
+/** Car Wash REVIEW OUTBOX (wiki/concepts/vision-review-outbox.md): the operator's category
+ *  choice is a hypothesis, not truth — each wash order with a vehicle read queues a
+ *  plate-blurred vehicle CROP + the choice for a trusted remote reviewer, drained one-way
+ *  over the private overlay when it is up. Never blocks the wash; nothing that names the
+ *  site leaves the booth. The image is dropped once delivered. */
+export const carwashReviewOutbox = sqliteTable("carwash_review_outbox", {
+  id: text("id").primaryKey(),
+  orderId: text("order_id").notNull(),
+  createdAt: text("created_at").notNull(),
+  status: text("status", { enum: ["queued", "sent", "failed"] }).notNull().default("queued"),
+  attempts: integer("attempts").notNull().default(0),
+  nextAttemptAt: text("next_attempt_at"),
+  lastError: text("last_error"),
+  sentAt: text("sent_at"),
+  /** The JPEG crop (plate blurred). Null once sent. */
+  image: blob("image").$type<Buffer>(),
+  /** What the collector receives beside the image (no site name, no plate, no operator name). */
+  payload: text("payload", { mode: "json" }).$type<Record<string, unknown>>().notNull(),
+});
+
 export type CarwashCategoryRow = typeof carwashCategories.$inferSelect;
 export type CarwashServiceRow = typeof carwashServices.$inferSelect;
 export type CarwashPriceRow = typeof carwashPrices.$inferSelect;
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/index.ts b/packages/shared/src/index.ts
index 70858a9..4e0aaf1 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/index.ts
@@ -2050,6 +2050,23 @@ export interface VehicleRead {
   readonly bodyType: VehicleClass;
   readonly confidence: number;
   readonly snapshotId: string | null;
+  /** The vehicle's box and the plate's box as FRACTIONS of the frame (0–1), so they fit
+   *  any resized copy of the snapshot. Absent on reads made before boxes were kept. */
+  readonly box?: NormBox | null;
+  readonly plateBox?: NormBox | null;
+}
+
+/** A box as fractions of the frame it was found in (x1,y1 top-left; 0–1). */
+export interface NormBox {
+  readonly x1: number;
+  readonly y1: number;
+  readonly x2: number;
+  readonly y2: number;
+}
+export function isNormBox(v: unknown): v is NormBox {
+  if (!v || typeof v !== "object") return false;
+  const b = v as Record<string, unknown>;
+  return ["x1", "y1", "x2", "y2"].every((k) => typeof b[k] === "number" && (b[k] as number) >= 0 && (b[k] as number) <= 1);
 }
 
 export interface CarwashSettingsView {
diff --git a/wiki/concepts/vision-review-outbox.md b/wiki/concepts/vision-review-outbox.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77159d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wiki/concepts/vision-review-outbox.md
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+---
+title: Vision review outbox — harvesting the operator's category choice for a trusted reviewer
+type: concept
+status: booth side built 2026-09-06; collector pending
+related: [venue-modules, opencv-anpr-service, threat-model, append-only-event-chain, network-isolation]
+---
+
+# Vision review outbox
+
+**The idea (user, 2026-09-06).** The Car Wash desk asks the operator for the vehicle's category,
+and the entry camera now proposes one ([[venue-modules]] §Vehicle category from vision). The
+operator's choice is what we would love to train the body-type classifier on — but the
+operator **cannot be fully trusted** (mistake or intent; the [[threat-model]]). So the booth
+hands each decision to a **trusted party** who reviews the picture and the label remotely,
+and *that* verdict is the training label — and, per operator, the honest-mistake / fraud rate.
+The booths sit on a private zero-trust overlay (**Netbird**), so the hand-off can go to a very
+locked-down collector without exposing anything to the open internet.
+
+## Rules (all enforced in `apps/server/src/modules/carwash/review-outbox.ts`)
+
+1. **Offline-first, never on the intake path.** Creating a wash order *queues* a package (fire
+   and forget — a failure is a log line); a background loop drains the queue when the overlay
+   is up. The wash never waits on the network.
+2. **One-way.** The booth POSTs; nothing ever comes back into the booth's decisions. The signed
+   ledger ([[append-only-event-chain]]) stays the only record of what happened at the wash.
+   Reviewer verdicts stay central and reach the owner as a report per site.
+3. **Nothing that names the site leaves the booth.**
+   - Only the vehicle **crop** (the detector's box + 8 % margin, ≤ 640 px) — no walls, no camera
+     OSD (date / camera name burned into the frame), no bystanders.
+   - The **plate is blurred inside the crop** on the booth, from the plate detector's own box.
+   - The booth is a **pseudonymous id** set at deploy (`CARWASH_REVIEW_BOOTH_ID`); the operator
+     is a **keyed hash** (`sha256(boothId:username)[:16]`). The mapping back to places and
+     people is the reviewer's, held off the collector. The dataset export drops even those.
+   - Boxes are stored as **fractions of the frame** on the vision read, so the crop is cut from
+     the stored (downscaled) snapshot copy.
+4. **The network is not the auth.** A per-booth bearer token on top of the overlay; the booth
+   can do nothing at the collector but this one POST. Payloads are small (a crop ≈ 50–80 kB).
+5. **Data minimisation.** Queued only when there is a vehicle box (no box = no sample); the
+   image is dropped from the row once delivered; a voided order is abandoned unsent; anything
+   older than 14 days is abandoned ("expired") rather than resurfacing a fortnight in a burst.
+
+## The package
+
+`multipart/form-data`: `meta` (JSON) + `image` (JPEG). Meta = `{ v, booth, item, order, at,
+operator (hash), operatorCategory {id,name}, service, vision {class, confidence, categoryId},
+downgraded, image {width, height, plateBlurred} }`. Headers: `Authorization: Bearer <token>`,
+`X-Booth-Id`.
+
+## Draining
+
+Every `CARWASH_REVIEW_INTERVAL_SEC` (60): due items oldest-first, 20 per pass. `2xx` → sent
+(image cleared). `400/404/413/415/422` → abandoned (the collector refused the package itself).
+Anything else (auth not yet fixed, 429, 5xx, timeout, no route) → retry with backoff
+`1 min · 2^attempts`, capped at 6 h. `GET /api/carwash/review/status` (site:read) and a line in
+Setup → Car wash show queued / delivered / abandoned + the last error.
+
+## Config
+
+`CARWASH_REVIEW_URL`, `CARWASH_REVIEW_TOKEN`, `CARWASH_REVIEW_BOOTH_ID` — all three or the outbox
+is off and **nothing is queued** (an unbounded queue nobody drains is worse than none). Set per
+booth in the Komodo stack env; compose forwards them.
+
+## Not built yet: the collector
+
+A deliberately small service on the overlay: one ingest endpoint (token per booth, size cap),
+one review screen (crop, the operator's pick, the camera's pick → the reviewer picks the truth),
+one export (crops + reviewer labels, nothing else) for phase B training. Keep it that small —
+it must not grow into a fleet console. The Netbird policy: booths may reach the collector's
+ingest port and nothing else on it.
diff --git a/wiki/decisions/venue-modules.md b/wiki/decisions/venue-modules.md
index acd6921..de8096e 100644
--- a/wiki/decisions/venue-modules.md
+++ b/wiki/decisions/venue-modules.md
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ onto the site's own categories ("car, sedan, hatchback → Vetura").
   dataset builds itself on park-2. Until then a Vetura/SUV list sees every car as Vetura and no
   downgrade fires; van/truck/bus/motorcycle do separate. Reports (discrepancies per operator per
   shift) wait for the first real reads.
+- **The operator's label is a hypothesis (user, 2026-09-06)** — the training label is a trusted
+  remote reviewer's. Booth side built: [[vision-review-outbox]] (crop + blurred plate + choice,
+  queued off the intake path, drained one-way over Netbird, no site identity leaves). The
+  collector is the open half.
 
 ## Car Wash — the pilot module (settled 2026-09-05)
 
diff --git a/wiki/index.md b/wiki/index.md
index edbd1ac..20c40fb 100644
--- a/wiki/index.md
+++ b/wiki/index.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Counts: 4 sources · 19 entities · 47 concepts · 8 decision records.
 - [[append-only-event-chain]] — append-only + hash chain + signing = unforgeable log (signing is **software today**; hardware signer pending — see below).
 - [[hardware-signer-options]] — where the ledger signing key should live (TPM interim → USB-HSM target; ATECC608 upcoming, not on-site) so a host-owner can't forge the chain.
 - [[reconciliation]] — the real anti-fraud control; what remote sync actually is.
+- [[vision-review-outbox]] — the wash operator's category choice is a hypothesis: the booth queues a plate-blurred vehicle crop + the choice for a trusted remote reviewer over Netbird (one-way, offline-first, no site identity leaves); the verdict = training label + per-operator error/fraud rate.
 - [[disk-os-hardening]] — the *why* of host hardening: LUKS FDE + TPM-sealed auto-unlock (PCR 7) + Secure Boot + GRUB edit-lock + unprivileged operator + firmware/dbx lockdown; secondary control (reconciliation is the main event). Commands → [[appliance-provisioning]].
 - [[backup-recovery]] — admin-driven encrypted full-DB backup (local/SMB/SFTP) + DR; signing key escrowed & decoupled from TPM so the ledger survives total hardware loss; restore is admin-only; last-success/error status + schedule are now restart-durable (migration 0025, fixed a "shows Never despite valid backups" bug).
 
diff --git a/wiki/log.md b/wiki/log.md
index f370c3e..a71e646 100644
--- a/wiki/log.md
+++ b/wiki/log.md
@@ -3100,3 +3100,13 @@ off), input size, detector floor; Dockerfile bakes yolox_s.onnx (best-effort cur
 path; compose forwards it (empty = off). Measured on four real dev entry frames: car at 0.83–0.88,
 ~240–330 ms, empty lane → none. Tests: tests/test_vehicle.py (pure post-processing + composition +
 missing-model health). Updated [[opencv-anpr-service]], [[venue-modules]].
+
+## [2026-09-06] ingest | Car Wash review outbox — booth side
+User: the operator cannot be fully trusted, so their category choice + the snapshot go to a
+trusted remote reviewer over Netbird, with the plate blurred and no site identity. Built the booth
+side: vision reads keep the vehicle and plate boxes as frame fractions (service bbox → client →
+device_events); `carwash_review_outbox` (0031); `review-outbox.ts` (crop with margin ≤ 640 px,
+plate blurred in place, pseudonymous booth id + keyed operator hash, multipart POST with a
+per-booth bearer, backoff, permanent rejections, void/expiry abandon, image dropped once sent);
+enqueue off the intake path in `createOrder`; `/api/carwash/review/status` + a Setup line; env +
+compose. New concept page [[vision-review-outbox]]; [[venue-modules]] As built; index.