diff --git a/packages/sdk/telemetry/README.md b/packages/sdk/telemetry/README.md
index 3a8b6ac4c2..43d13d3dcc 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/telemetry/README.md
+++ b/packages/sdk/telemetry/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Launcher-side telemetry primitives for the dsh-sdk toolchain. This is a plain li
 | `getOrCreateAnonymousId` | Random UUID persisted in a per-user GLOBAL config file (never in the project, never derived from git). |
 | `TelemetryReporter` | Fire-and-forget send: `report()` never blocks or throws; delivery resolves on every path; `flush()` optionally drains in-flight sends within a cap. |
 
-Consent is carried by the telemetry entry in `cordis.yml`, so disabling telemetry is disabling that entry. When `cordis.yml` does not yet exist (first `create`) consent defaults to allowed; when it exists without a telemetry entry consent defaults to denied — both are configurable on `ConsentResolver`.
+Consent is carried by the telemetry entry in `cordis.yml`, so disabling telemetry is disabling that entry. Telemetry reports by default and is off only when a present telemetry entry is explicitly `disabled`: a missing `cordis.yml` (first `create`), an enabled entry, or a `cordis.yml` with no telemetry entry all report. `DO_NOT_TRACK`/CI always deny. The no-config and absent-entry defaults are configurable on `ConsentResolver`.
 
 The collection endpoint is a fixed constant (`DSH_TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT`); its `.invalid` placeholder must be replaced with the real endpoint before release.
 
diff --git a/packages/sdk/telemetry/src/consent-resolver.ts b/packages/sdk/telemetry/src/consent-resolver.ts
index 1d50904f39..a4327dc9f7 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/telemetry/src/consent-resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/telemetry/src/consent-resolver.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /**
  * Consent resolution for dsh-sdk telemetry.
  *
- * Consent is carried by the telemetry plugin's enabled/disabled state in the
- * project `cordis.yml`: an enabled entry means opt-in, a `disabled: true` entry
- * means opt-out. The resolver PARSES `cordis.yml` — it never boots a Cordis
- * application — because several launcher commands (`build`, `create`) never
- * boot Cordis at all. `DO_NOT_TRACK` and CI environment signals force a denial
- * regardless of file state.
+ * Telemetry is OFF only when `cordis.yml` contains a telemetry entry that is
+ * explicitly `disabled`; every other file state reports (no `cordis.yml`, an
+ * enabled entry, or no telemetry entry at all). The resolver PARSES `cordis.yml`
+ * — it never boots a Cordis application — because several launcher commands
+ * (`build`, `create`) never boot Cordis at all. `DO_NOT_TRACK` and CI
+ * environment signals force a denial regardless of file state.
  *
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-telemetry/consent-resolver
  */
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export interface ConsentResolverOptions {
   honorEnvOptOut?: boolean
   /** Consent when `cordis.yml` does not exist yet (first `create`). Defaults to `true` (telemetry is default-on). */
   allowWhenNoConfig?: boolean
-  /** Consent when `cordis.yml` exists but has no telemetry entry. Defaults to `false`. */
+  /** Consent when `cordis.yml` exists but has no telemetry entry. Defaults to `true` (report unless a present entry is disabled). */
   allowWhenEntryAbsent?: boolean
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class ConsentResolver {
     this.#env = options.env ?? process.env
     this.#honorEnvOptOut = options.honorEnvOptOut ?? true
     this.#allowWhenNoConfig = options.allowWhenNoConfig ?? true
-    this.#allowWhenEntryAbsent = options.allowWhenEntryAbsent ?? false
+    this.#allowWhenEntryAbsent = options.allowWhenEntryAbsent ?? true
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/sdk/telemetry/tests/consent-resolver.spec.ts b/packages/sdk/telemetry/tests/consent-resolver.spec.ts
index e1f5f90f81..ca0cec3bbd 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/telemetry/tests/consent-resolver.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/telemetry/tests/consent-resolver.spec.ts
@@ -84,23 +84,23 @@ describe('ConsentResolver cordis.yml state', () => {
       .toEqual<ConsentDecision>({ allowed: true, reason: 'enabled' })
   })
 
-  it('reports absent when cordis.yml has no telemetry entry, defaulting to deny', async () => {
+  it('reports (allows) when cordis.yml has no telemetry entry', async () => {
     const yml = '- id: llm\n  name: \'@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek\'\n'
     expect(await resolver.resolve(await projectDir(yml)))
-      .toEqual<ConsentDecision>({ allowed: false, reason: 'absent' })
+      .toEqual<ConsentDecision>({ allowed: true, reason: 'absent' })
   })
 
-  it('can allow when the entry is absent', async () => {
+  it('can be told to deny when the entry is absent', async () => {
     const yml = '- id: llm\n  name: \'@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek\'\n'
-    const decision = await new ConsentResolver({ env: {}, allowWhenEntryAbsent: true }).resolve(await projectDir(yml))
-    expect(decision).toEqual<ConsentDecision>({ allowed: true, reason: 'absent' })
+    const decision = await new ConsentResolver({ env: {}, allowWhenEntryAbsent: false }).resolve(await projectDir(yml))
+    expect(decision).toEqual<ConsentDecision>({ allowed: false, reason: 'absent' })
   })
 
-  it('skips non-object sequence items and a non-sequence root', async () => {
+  it('skips non-object sequence items and a non-sequence root, still reporting absent', async () => {
     expect(await resolver.resolve(await projectDir('- just-a-string\n- id: x\n  name: y\n')))
-      .toEqual<ConsentDecision>({ allowed: false, reason: 'absent' })
+      .toEqual<ConsentDecision>({ allowed: true, reason: 'absent' })
     expect(await resolver.resolve(await projectDir('root: not-a-sequence\n')))
-      .toEqual<ConsentDecision>({ allowed: false, reason: 'absent' })
+      .toEqual<ConsentDecision>({ allowed: true, reason: 'absent' })
   })
 
   it('honors a custom telemetry plugin name', async () => {