diff --git a/server/src/pipeline_state/apply.rs b/server/src/pipeline_state/apply.rs
index 2c877433..429d4d5a 100644
--- a/server/src/pipeline_state/apply.rs
+++ b/server/src/pipeline_state/apply.rs
@@ -100,25 +100,18 @@ pub fn apply_transition_str(
 
 /// Freeze a story at its current stage.
 ///
-/// Transitions the story to `Stage::Frozen { resume_to: current_stage }` and
-/// writes `resume_to_stage` into the front matter so the projection layer can
-/// reconstruct the full typed stage on subsequent reads.
+/// Story 929: the YAML write of `resume_to_stage` is gone; the projection
+/// layer no longer reads it (defaults to Coding). Story 934 will make
+/// frozen a flag orthogonal to Stage, so the story stays in its current
+/// Stage rather than encoding a "where to resume" payload — at which point
+/// the read-side default also becomes moot.
 pub fn transition_to_frozen(story_id: &str) -> Result<TransitionFired, ApplyError> {
-    let item = read_typed(story_id)?.ok_or_else(|| ApplyError::NotFound(story_id.to_string()))?;
-    let resume_dir = item.stage.dir_name().to_string();
-    let transform = move |content: &str| -> String {
-        crate::db::yaml_legacy::set_front_matter_field(content, "resume_to_stage", &resume_dir)
-    };
-    apply_transition(story_id, PipelineEvent::Freeze, Some(&transform))
+    apply_transition(story_id, PipelineEvent::Freeze, None)
 }
 
-/// Unfreeze a story, restoring it to the stage it was in before freezing.
+/// Unfreeze a story.
 ///
-/// Transitions `Stage::Frozen { resume_to }` back to `resume_to` and removes
-/// the `resume_to_stage` field from the front matter.
+/// Story 929: paired with `transition_to_frozen`, no longer touches YAML.
 pub fn transition_to_unfrozen(story_id: &str) -> Result<TransitionFired, ApplyError> {
-    let transform = |content: &str| -> String {
-        crate::db::yaml_legacy::clear_front_matter_field_in_content(content, "resume_to_stage")
-    };
-    apply_transition(story_id, PipelineEvent::Unfreeze, Some(&transform))
+    apply_transition(story_id, PipelineEvent::Unfreeze, None)
 }