diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca8f12e1..b2e7df41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 - The docs sidebar outline now lists `h3` headings as well as `h2` — per-flag and per-pattern detail (27 headings on Command line, 24 on Common patterns, 23 on Coverage) was hidden from the "On this page" navigation
 - The `--parallel` unsupported-OS warning no longer claims Alpine is excluded: Alpine has been a supported parallel platform since the race conditions were fixed, the message was simply never updated
 
+### Changed
+- Progress rendering moved out of `state.sh` into `console_results.sh`: `bashunit::state::print_line` and `bashunit::state::print_tap_line` are now `bashunit::console_results::print_line` / `::print_tap_line`. Rendering from the module that owns counters and the per-test payload was a layering inversion, and it was the sole remaining reason for the `state.sh → parallel.sh` call cycle that #862 broke. `state.sh` now makes no call into the renderer, parallel, or the runner, pinned by a grep-based guard so the edge cannot return through an uncovered path. These two functions were never documented API — `docs/custom-asserts.md` points custom assertions at `bashunit::assertion_passed` / `state::add_assertions_passed`, and the documented `bashunit::print_line` is an unrelated separator helper in `globals.sh` — so no alias is kept: one in `state.sh` would have recreated the very cycle this removes (#868)
+
 ### Removed
 - `bin/create-pr`, a 476-line vendored copy of [Chemaclass/create-pr](https://github.com/Chemaclass/create-pr) v0.10. Nothing referenced it — not the `Makefile` targets, the workflows, or the docs, which link the upstream project rather than this copy — and having no `.sh` extension it escaped `make sa` until #863, so it sat in the tree written in a Bash 4 style the project's own rules prohibit. Use the upstream tool (#867)
 
diff --git a/src/benchmark.sh b/src/benchmark.sh
index d13c3b26..471735c4 100644
--- a/src/benchmark.sh
+++ b/src/benchmark.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function bashunit::benchmark::run_function() {
     if bashunit::env::is_bench_mode_enabled; then
       local label="$(bashunit::helper::normalize_test_function_name "$fn_name")"
       local line="$label [$i/$its] ${dur_ms} ms"
-      bashunit::state::print_line "successful" "$line"
+      bashunit::console_results::print_line "successful" "$line"
     fi
   done
 
diff --git a/src/console_results.sh b/src/console_results.sh
index 5485e4a8..45348949 100644
--- a/src/console_results.sh
+++ b/src/console_results.sh
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ function bashunit::console_results::print_successful_test() {
     full_line="$(bashunit::str::rpad "$line" "$_BASHUNIT_CONSOLE_DURATION_OUT")"
   fi
 
-  bashunit::state::print_line "successful" "$full_line"
+  bashunit::console_results::print_line "successful" "$full_line"
 }
 
 ##
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ ${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_BOLD}'%s'${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}\n" \
 
   line="$line$(bashunit::console_results::test_location_suffix)"
 
-  bashunit::state::print_line "failure" "$line"
+  bashunit::console_results::print_line "failure" "$line"
 }
 
 ##
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ $(bashunit::console_results::render_diff "$_expected_file" "$_actual_file")"
 
   line="$line$(bashunit::console_results::test_location_suffix)"
 
-  bashunit::state::print_line "failed" "$line"
+  bashunit::console_results::print_line "failed" "$line"
 }
 
 function bashunit::console_results::print_failed_snapshot_test() {
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ function bashunit::console_results::print_failed_snapshot_test() {
       "$(cat "$snapshot_file")" "$actual_content")"
   fi
 
-  bashunit::state::print_line "failed_snapshot" "$line"
+  bashunit::console_results::print_line "failed_snapshot" "$line"
 }
 
 ##
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ function bashunit::console_results::print_skipped_test() {
     line="$line$(printf "${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_FAINT}    %s${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}\n" "${reason}")"
   fi
 
-  bashunit::state::print_line "skipped" "$line"
+  bashunit::console_results::print_line "skipped" "$line"
 }
 
 function bashunit::console_results::print_incomplete_test() {
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ function bashunit::console_results::print_incomplete_test() {
     line="$line$(printf "${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_FAINT}    %s${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}\n" "${pending}")"
   fi
 
-  bashunit::state::print_line "incomplete" "$line"
+  bashunit::console_results::print_line "incomplete" "$line"
 }
 
 function bashunit::console_results::print_snapshot_test() {
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ function bashunit::console_results::print_snapshot_test() {
   local line
   line="$(printf "${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_SNAPSHOT}✎ Snapshot${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}: %s\n" "${test_name}")"
 
-  bashunit::state::print_line "snapshot" "$line"
+  bashunit::console_results::print_line "snapshot" "$line"
 }
 
 function bashunit::console_results::print_risky_test() {
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ function bashunit::console_results::print_risky_test() {
     full_line="$(bashunit::str::rpad "$line" "$time_display")"
   fi
 
-  bashunit::state::print_line "risky" "$full_line"
+  bashunit::console_results::print_line "risky" "$full_line"
 }
 
 function bashunit::console_results::print_error_test() {
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ function bashunit::console_results::print_error_test() {
 
   line="$line$(bashunit::console_results::test_location_suffix)"
 
-  bashunit::state::print_line "error" "$line"
+  bashunit::console_results::print_line "error" "$line"
 }
 
 ##
@@ -676,3 +676,122 @@ function bashunit::console_results::print_risky_tests_and_reset() {
       "$(bashunit::state::get_tests_risky)" "risky test" "risky tests"
   fi
 }
+
+##
+# Emit one progress entry for a finished test, in whichever output mode is
+# active (verbose line, --simple char, or TAP).
+#
+# Lived in state.sh until #868. Rendering from the counter module was a layering
+# inversion, and it was the sole reason for the state -> parallel call cycle that
+# #862 broke; keep it here so state.sh owns counters and the payload only.
+# Arguments: $1 - test type, $2 - already formatted line
+##
+function bashunit::console_results::print_line() {
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2034
+  local type=$1
+  local line=$2
+
+  ((_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT++)) || true
+
+  bashunit::state::add_test_output "[$type]$line"
+
+  if bashunit::env::is_no_progress_enabled; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if bashunit::env::is_tap_output_enabled; then
+    bashunit::console_results::print_tap_line "$type" "$line"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if ! bashunit::env::is_simple_output_enabled; then
+    printf "%s\n" "$line"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  local char
+  case "$type" in
+  successful) char="." ;;
+  failure) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_FAILED}F${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
+  failed) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_FAILED}F${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
+  failed_snapshot) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_FAILED}F${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
+  skipped) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_SKIPPED}S${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
+  incomplete) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_INCOMPLETE}I${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
+  snapshot) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_SNAPSHOT}N${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
+  risky) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_RISKY}R${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
+  error) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_FAILED}E${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
+  *) char="?" && bashunit::log "warning" "unknown test type '$type'" ;;
+  esac
+
+  if bashunit::parallel::is_enabled; then
+    printf "%s" "$char"
+  else
+    if ((_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT % 50 == 0)); then
+      printf "%s\n" "$char"
+    else
+      printf "%s" "$char"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+function bashunit::console_results::print_tap_line() {
+  local type=$1
+  local line=$2
+
+  local clean_line
+  clean_line=$(printf "%s" "$line" | sed 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[mK]//g')
+  local test_name="${clean_line#*: }"
+  test_name="${test_name%%$'\n'*}"
+  # Strip trailing whitespace and duration
+  test_name=$(printf "%s" "$test_name" | \
+    sed 's/[[:space:]]*[0-9][0-9]*m\{0,1\}[[:space:]]*[0-9.]*[ms]*[[:space:]]*$//')
+
+  case "$type" in
+  successful)
+    printf "ok %d - %s\n" "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
+    ;;
+  failure | failed | failed_snapshot | error)
+    printf "not ok %d - %s\n" "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
+    local detail_line
+    printf "  ---\n"
+    while IFS= read -r detail_line; do
+      detail_line=$(printf "%s" "$detail_line" | sed 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[mK]//g')
+      if [ -n "$detail_line" ] \
+        && [ "$(echo "$detail_line" | "$GREP" -cF "Failed:" || true)" -eq 0 ] \
+        && [ "$(echo "$detail_line" | "$GREP" -cF "Error:" || true)" -eq 0 ]; then
+        local trimmed="${detail_line#"${detail_line%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+        printf "  %s\n" "$trimmed"
+      fi
+    done <<< "$clean_line"
+    printf "  ...\n"
+    ;;
+  skipped)
+    local skip_name="${test_name%%   *}"
+    local skip_reason="${test_name#"$skip_name"}"
+    skip_reason="${skip_reason#"${skip_reason%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+    if [ -n "$skip_reason" ]; then
+      printf "ok %d - %s # SKIP %s\n" \
+        "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$skip_name" "$skip_reason"
+    else
+      printf "ok %d - %s # SKIP\n" \
+        "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
+    fi
+    ;;
+  incomplete)
+    printf "ok %d - %s # TODO incomplete\n" \
+      "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
+    ;;
+  snapshot)
+    printf "ok %d - %s # snapshot\n" \
+      "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
+    ;;
+  risky)
+    printf "ok %d - %s # RISKY no assertions\n" \
+      "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    printf "not ok %d - %s\n" \
+      "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
+    ;;
+  esac
+}
diff --git a/src/runner.sh b/src/runner.sh
index a01b5f48..a0dbf75a 100755
--- a/src/runner.sh
+++ b/src/runner.sh
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ function bashunit::runner::run_test() {
     bashunit::runner::format_subshell_output "$subshell_output"
     subshell_output=$_BASHUNIT_RUNNER_OUTPUT_OUT
     if ! bashunit::env::is_failures_only_enabled; then
-      bashunit::state::print_line "$type" "$subshell_output"
+      bashunit::console_results::print_line "$type" "$subshell_output"
     fi
   fi
 
diff --git a/src/state.sh b/src/state.sh
index c582e3e6..a1e523c0 100644
--- a/src/state.sh
+++ b/src/state.sh
@@ -396,112 +396,3 @@ function bashunit::state::aggregate_parallel_results() {
     "snapshot:$total_snapshot"
 }
 
-function bashunit::state::print_line() {
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-  local type=$1
-  local line=$2
-
-  ((_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT++)) || true
-
-  bashunit::state::add_test_output "[$type]$line"
-
-  if bashunit::env::is_no_progress_enabled; then
-    return
-  fi
-
-  if bashunit::env::is_tap_output_enabled; then
-    bashunit::state::print_tap_line "$type" "$line"
-    return
-  fi
-
-  if ! bashunit::env::is_simple_output_enabled; then
-    printf "%s\n" "$line"
-    return
-  fi
-
-  local char
-  case "$type" in
-  successful) char="." ;;
-  failure) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_FAILED}F${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
-  failed) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_FAILED}F${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
-  failed_snapshot) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_FAILED}F${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
-  skipped) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_SKIPPED}S${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
-  incomplete) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_INCOMPLETE}I${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
-  snapshot) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_SNAPSHOT}N${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
-  risky) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_RISKY}R${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
-  error) char="${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_FAILED}E${_BASHUNIT_COLOR_DEFAULT}" ;;
-  *) char="?" && bashunit::log "warning" "unknown test type '$type'" ;;
-  esac
-
-  if bashunit::parallel::is_enabled; then
-    printf "%s" "$char"
-  else
-    if ((_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT % 50 == 0)); then
-      printf "%s\n" "$char"
-    else
-      printf "%s" "$char"
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-
-function bashunit::state::print_tap_line() {
-  local type=$1
-  local line=$2
-
-  local clean_line
-  clean_line=$(printf "%s" "$line" | sed 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[mK]//g')
-  local test_name="${clean_line#*: }"
-  test_name="${test_name%%$'\n'*}"
-  # Strip trailing whitespace and duration
-  test_name=$(printf "%s" "$test_name" | \
-    sed 's/[[:space:]]*[0-9][0-9]*m\{0,1\}[[:space:]]*[0-9.]*[ms]*[[:space:]]*$//')
-
-  case "$type" in
-  successful)
-    printf "ok %d - %s\n" "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
-    ;;
-  failure | failed | failed_snapshot | error)
-    printf "not ok %d - %s\n" "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
-    local detail_line
-    printf "  ---\n"
-    while IFS= read -r detail_line; do
-      detail_line=$(printf "%s" "$detail_line" | sed 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[mK]//g')
-      if [ -n "$detail_line" ] \
-        && [ "$(echo "$detail_line" | "$GREP" -cF "Failed:" || true)" -eq 0 ] \
-        && [ "$(echo "$detail_line" | "$GREP" -cF "Error:" || true)" -eq 0 ]; then
-        local trimmed="${detail_line#"${detail_line%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
-        printf "  %s\n" "$trimmed"
-      fi
-    done <<< "$clean_line"
-    printf "  ...\n"
-    ;;
-  skipped)
-    local skip_name="${test_name%%   *}"
-    local skip_reason="${test_name#"$skip_name"}"
-    skip_reason="${skip_reason#"${skip_reason%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
-    if [ -n "$skip_reason" ]; then
-      printf "ok %d - %s # SKIP %s\n" \
-        "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$skip_name" "$skip_reason"
-    else
-      printf "ok %d - %s # SKIP\n" \
-        "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
-    fi
-    ;;
-  incomplete)
-    printf "ok %d - %s # TODO incomplete\n" \
-      "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
-    ;;
-  snapshot)
-    printf "ok %d - %s # snapshot\n" \
-      "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
-    ;;
-  risky)
-    printf "ok %d - %s # RISKY no assertions\n" \
-      "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    printf "not ok %d - %s\n" \
-      "$_BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT" "$test_name"
-    ;;
-  esac
-}
diff --git a/tests/unit/console_results_test.sh b/tests/unit/console_results_test.sh
index b2cb08c1..4bc7e7d1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/console_results_test.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/console_results_test.sh
@@ -780,3 +780,79 @@ function test_test_location_suffix_empty_when_unset() {
 
   export _BASHUNIT_TEST_LOCATION="$original"
 }
+
+# --- print_tap_line -----------------------------------------------------------
+# Each capture runs in $(...) so mutating _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT never
+# leaks into the suite's own counters.
+
+function test_tap_line_successful_strips_colors_and_duration() {
+  local line
+  line="$(printf '\033[32m✓ Passed\033[0m: Adds numbers 12ms')"
+
+  local out
+  out=$(
+    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=7
+    bashunit::console_results::print_tap_line "successful" "$line"
+  )
+
+  assert_same "ok 7 - Adds numbers" "$out"
+}
+
+function test_tap_line_failure_renders_yaml_block_without_the_header() {
+  local line
+  line=$'\033[31m✗ Failed\033[0m: Broken thing\n    Expected \'a\'\n    but got \'b\''
+
+  local out
+  out=$(
+    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=3
+    bashunit::console_results::print_tap_line "failed" "$line"
+  )
+
+  local expected
+  expected=$'not ok 3 - Broken thing\n  ---\n  Expected \'a\'\n  but got \'b\'\n  ...'
+  assert_same "$expected" "$out"
+}
+
+function test_tap_line_skipped_with_reason() {
+  local out
+  out=$(
+    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=2
+    bashunit::console_results::print_tap_line "skipped" "↷ Skipped: Needs jq   jq not installed"
+  )
+
+  assert_same "ok 2 - Needs jq # SKIP jq not installed" "$out"
+}
+
+function test_tap_line_skipped_without_reason() {
+  local out
+  out=$(
+    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=2
+    bashunit::console_results::print_tap_line "skipped" "↷ Skipped: No reason"
+  )
+
+  assert_same "ok 2 - No reason # SKIP" "$out"
+}
+
+function test_tap_line_incomplete_and_snapshot_and_risky_directives() {
+  local out
+  out=$(
+    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=5
+    bashunit::console_results::print_tap_line "incomplete" "✒ Incomplete: Pending"
+    bashunit::console_results::print_tap_line "snapshot" "✎ Snapshot: Rendered"
+    bashunit::console_results::print_tap_line "risky" "△ Risky: No asserts"
+  )
+
+  local expected
+  expected=$'ok 5 - Pending # TODO incomplete\nok 5 - Rendered # snapshot\nok 5 - No asserts # RISKY no assertions'
+  assert_same "$expected" "$out"
+}
+
+function test_tap_line_unknown_type_is_not_ok() {
+  local out
+  out=$(
+    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=9
+    bashunit::console_results::print_tap_line "mystery" "?: Something odd"
+  )
+
+  assert_same "not ok 9 - Something odd" "$out"
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/custom_assertions_test.sh b/tests/unit/custom_assertions_test.sh
index c4cbc637..74b07e37 100644
--- a/tests/unit/custom_assertions_test.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/custom_assertions_test.sh
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ function test_custom_assertion_with_fail_shows_correct_test_name() {
   # the failure message shows the test function name, not the custom assertion name
   local output
   output="$(
-    # Temporarily override bashunit::state::print_line to capture output
+    # Temporarily override bashunit::console_results::print_line to capture output
     _captured_output=""
     # shellcheck disable=SC2317,SC2329
-    bashunit::state::print_line() {
+    bashunit::console_results::print_line() {
       _captured_output="$2"
       echo "$_captured_output"
     }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function test_custom_assertion_with_bashunit_assertion_failed_shows_correct_test
   output="$(
     _captured_output=""
     # shellcheck disable=SC2317,SC2329
-    bashunit::state::print_line() {
+    bashunit::console_results::print_line() {
       _captured_output="$2"
       echo "$_captured_output"
     }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function test_custom_assertion_calling_assert_same_shows_correct_test_name() {
   output="$(
     _captured_output=""
     # shellcheck disable=SC2317,SC2329
-    bashunit::state::print_line() {
+    bashunit::console_results::print_line() {
       _captured_output="$2"
       echo "$_captured_output"
     }
diff --git a/tests/unit/state_test.sh b/tests/unit/state_test.sh
index 54b17e5d..080eae5f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/state_test.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/state_test.sh
@@ -320,78 +320,17 @@ function test_decode_base64_returns_empty_for_empty_value() {
   assert_same "" "$(bashunit::helper::decode_base64 "")"
 }
 
-# --- print_tap_line -----------------------------------------------------------
-# Each capture runs in $(...) so mutating _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT never
-# leaks into the suite's own counters.
-
-function test_tap_line_successful_strips_colors_and_duration() {
-  local line
-  line="$(printf '\033[32m✓ Passed\033[0m: Adds numbers 12ms')"
-
-  local out
-  out=$(
-    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=7
-    bashunit::state::print_tap_line "successful" "$line"
-  )
-
-  assert_same "ok 7 - Adds numbers" "$out"
-}
-
-function test_tap_line_failure_renders_yaml_block_without_the_header() {
-  local line
-  line=$'\033[31m✗ Failed\033[0m: Broken thing\n    Expected \'a\'\n    but got \'b\''
-
-  local out
-  out=$(
-    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=3
-    bashunit::state::print_tap_line "failed" "$line"
-  )
-
-  local expected
-  expected=$'not ok 3 - Broken thing\n  ---\n  Expected \'a\'\n  but got \'b\'\n  ...'
-  assert_same "$expected" "$out"
-}
-
-function test_tap_line_skipped_with_reason() {
-  local out
-  out=$(
-    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=2
-    bashunit::state::print_tap_line "skipped" "↷ Skipped: Needs jq   jq not installed"
-  )
-
-  assert_same "ok 2 - Needs jq # SKIP jq not installed" "$out"
-}
-
-function test_tap_line_skipped_without_reason() {
-  local out
-  out=$(
-    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=2
-    bashunit::state::print_tap_line "skipped" "↷ Skipped: No reason"
-  )
-
-  assert_same "ok 2 - No reason # SKIP" "$out"
-}
-
-function test_tap_line_incomplete_and_snapshot_and_risky_directives() {
-  local out
-  out=$(
-    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=5
-    bashunit::state::print_tap_line "incomplete" "✒ Incomplete: Pending"
-    bashunit::state::print_tap_line "snapshot" "✎ Snapshot: Rendered"
-    bashunit::state::print_tap_line "risky" "△ Risky: No asserts"
-  )
-
-  local expected
-  expected=$'ok 5 - Pending # TODO incomplete\nok 5 - Rendered # snapshot\nok 5 - No asserts # RISKY no assertions'
-  assert_same "$expected" "$out"
-}
-
-function test_tap_line_unknown_type_is_not_ok() {
-  local out
-  out=$(
-    _BASHUNIT_TOTAL_TESTS_COUNT=9
-    bashunit::state::print_tap_line "mystery" "?: Something odd"
-  )
-
-  assert_same "not ok 9 - Something odd" "$out"
+# --- layering ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# state.sh owns counters and the per-test payload. It rendered progress lines
+# until #868, which was both a layering inversion and the sole reason for the
+# state -> parallel call cycle #862 broke. Grepped rather than exercised, so the
+# edge cannot come back through a path no test happens to cover.
+function test_state_does_not_call_the_renderer_or_parallel() {
+  # `|| true`: no match is the passing case, and grep exiting 1 would sink the
+  # whole pipeline under --strict's pipefail.
+  local offenders
+  offenders=$({ "$GREP" -oE "bashunit::(console_results|console_header|parallel|runner)::[a-z_]+" \
+    src/state.sh || true; } | sort -u | tr '\n' ' ')
+
+  assert_same "" "${offenders% }"
 }