diff --git a/packages/iios-service/src/retention/retention.service.spec.ts b/packages/iios-service/src/retention/retention.service.spec.ts
index 3c51f75..40d88d1 100644
--- a/packages/iios-service/src/retention/retention.service.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/iios-service/src/retention/retention.service.spec.ts
@@ -117,3 +117,59 @@ describe('RetentionService (P9 — retention sweep)', () => {
     expect(await bodyOf(b.interactionId)).toBe('tenant b'); // scope B untouched
   });
 });
+
+// T8: an outbound email/SMS command holds PII (the recipient address, and the rendered body with
+// their name). Once aged, redact those while KEEPING the template provenance for audit/replay.
+describe('RetentionService — outbound command PII (T8)', () => {
+  const setOutboundSnapshot = (targetId: string, data: { archiveAfter?: Date; deleteAfter?: Date }) =>
+    prisma.iiosRetentionPolicySnapshot.update({ where: { targetType_targetId: { targetType: 'outbound_command', targetId } }, data });
+
+  async function command(target: string): Promise<{ id: string; scopeId: string }> {
+    const scope = await prisma.iiosScope.create({ data: { orgId: 'org_demo', appId: 'crm-web' } });
+    const cmd = await prisma.iiosOutboundCommand.create({
+      data: {
+        channelType: 'EMAIL', target, scopeId: scope.id, status: 'SENT', idempotencyKey: `k-${randomUUID()}`,
+        payload: { subject: 'Hi Dana', html: '<p>secret body</p>' },
+        templateKey: 'welcome', templateVersion: 1, templateLocale: 'en', renderedHash: 'abc123',
+      },
+    });
+    return { id: cmd.id, scopeId: scope.id };
+  }
+
+  it('ensureOutboundSnapshots captures one snapshot per outbound command', async () => {
+    const { id } = await command('dana@acme.com');
+    const n = await svc().ensureOutboundSnapshots();
+    expect(n).toBe(1);
+    const snap = await prisma.iiosRetentionPolicySnapshot.findUniqueOrThrow({ where: { targetType_targetId: { targetType: 'outbound_command', targetId: id } } });
+    expect(snap.targetType).toBe('outbound_command');
+    expect(snap.dataClass).toBe('outbound');
+  });
+
+  it('redacts target + payload of an aged command but keeps template provenance', async () => {
+    const { id } = await command('dana@acme.com');
+    await svc().ensureOutboundSnapshots();
+    await setOutboundSnapshot(id, { archiveAfter: past, deleteAfter: past });
+
+    const res = await svc().applySweep();
+    expect(res.redacted).toBe(1);
+    const after = await prisma.iiosOutboundCommand.findUniqueOrThrow({ where: { id } });
+    expect(after.target).toBe('[redacted]');
+    expect(after.payload).toEqual({ redacted: true });
+    // Provenance survives — you can still answer "which template version did we send?"
+    expect(after.templateKey).toBe('welcome');
+    expect(after.templateVersion).toBe(1);
+    expect(after.renderedHash).toBe('abc123');
+    expect(await prisma.iiosAuditLink.count({ where: { action: 'retention.redacted', resourceType: 'outbound_command' } })).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('an active compliance hold blocks the command sweep', async () => {
+    const { id, scopeId } = await command('held@acme.com');
+    await svc().ensureOutboundSnapshots();
+    await setOutboundSnapshot(id, { archiveAfter: past, deleteAfter: past });
+    await prisma.iiosComplianceHold.create({ data: { scopeId, targetType: 'outbound_command', targetId: id, holdReason: 'legal' } });
+
+    const res = await svc().applySweep();
+    expect(res.skippedHeld).toBe(1);
+    expect((await prisma.iiosOutboundCommand.findUniqueOrThrow({ where: { id } })).target).toBe('held@acme.com');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/iios-service/src/retention/retention.service.ts b/packages/iios-service/src/retention/retention.service.ts
index b5831a7..f88b409 100644
--- a/packages/iios-service/src/retention/retention.service.ts
+++ b/packages/iios-service/src/retention/retention.service.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,41 @@ export class RetentionService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
     return created;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Capture a retention snapshot for any outbound command that lacks one. An email/SMS command
+   * holds PII (the recipient address, and the rendered body with their name), so it gets a single
+   * window and goes STRAIGHT to redact (archiveAfter == deleteAfter — no archive phase). Unscoped
+   * system sends use an 'unscoped' partition tag so the global sweep still reaches them.
+   */
+  async ensureOutboundSnapshots(scopeId?: string): Promise<number> {
+    const commands = await this.prisma.iiosOutboundCommand.findMany({
+      where: scopeId ? { scopeId } : {},
+      select: { id: true, scopeId: true, createdAt: true },
+    });
+    let created = 0;
+    for (const c of commands) {
+      const exists = await this.prisma.iiosRetentionPolicySnapshot.findUnique({
+        where: { targetType_targetId: { targetType: 'outbound_command', targetId: c.id } },
+      });
+      if (exists) continue;
+      const deleteAt = new Date(c.createdAt.getTime() + this.windowDays('outbound', 'DELETE') * DAY_MS);
+      await this.prisma.iiosRetentionPolicySnapshot.create({
+        data: {
+          policyKey: 'outbound:pii:v1',
+          scopeSnapshotId: c.scopeId ?? 'unscoped',
+          targetType: 'outbound_command',
+          targetId: c.id,
+          dataClass: 'outbound',
+          archiveAfter: deleteAt,
+          deleteAfter: deleteAt,
+          sourceVersion: process.env.IIOS_RETENTION_POLICY_VERSION ?? 'v1',
+        },
+      });
+      created++;
+    }
+    return created;
+  }
+
   /** Act on due snapshots: archive, or delete (redact-in-place), honoring compliance holds. */
   async applySweep(scopeId?: string): Promise<SweepResult> {
     const now = new Date();
@@ -90,13 +125,22 @@ export class RetentionService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
       }
 
       if (s.deleteAfter <= now) {
-        await this.prisma.$transaction([
-          this.prisma.iiosMessagePart.updateMany({ where: { interactionId: s.targetId }, data: { bodyText: '[redacted]', contentRef: null } }),
-          this.prisma.iiosInboundRawEvent.updateMany({ where: { interactionId: s.targetId }, data: { payload: { redacted: true } } }),
-          this.prisma.iiosInteraction.update({ where: { id: s.targetId }, data: { status: 'REDACTED' } }),
-          this.prisma.iiosRetentionPolicySnapshot.update({ where: { id: s.id }, data: { status: 'REDACTED' } }),
-        ]);
-        await recordAudit(this.prisma, { action: 'retention.redacted', resourceType: 'interaction', resourceId: s.targetId, scopeId: s.scopeSnapshotId });
+        if (s.targetType === 'outbound_command') {
+          // Redact the recipient address + rendered body; KEEP the template provenance columns.
+          await this.prisma.$transaction([
+            this.prisma.iiosOutboundCommand.update({ where: { id: s.targetId }, data: { target: '[redacted]', payload: { redacted: true } } }),
+            this.prisma.iiosRetentionPolicySnapshot.update({ where: { id: s.id }, data: { status: 'REDACTED' } }),
+          ]);
+          await recordAudit(this.prisma, { action: 'retention.redacted', resourceType: 'outbound_command', resourceId: s.targetId, scopeId: s.scopeSnapshotId });
+        } else {
+          await this.prisma.$transaction([
+            this.prisma.iiosMessagePart.updateMany({ where: { interactionId: s.targetId }, data: { bodyText: '[redacted]', contentRef: null } }),
+            this.prisma.iiosInboundRawEvent.updateMany({ where: { interactionId: s.targetId }, data: { payload: { redacted: true } } }),
+            this.prisma.iiosInteraction.update({ where: { id: s.targetId }, data: { status: 'REDACTED' } }),
+            this.prisma.iiosRetentionPolicySnapshot.update({ where: { id: s.id }, data: { status: 'REDACTED' } }),
+          ]);
+          await recordAudit(this.prisma, { action: 'retention.redacted', resourceType: 'interaction', resourceId: s.targetId, scopeId: s.scopeSnapshotId });
+        }
         result.redacted++;
       } else if (s.status === 'ACTIVE') {
         await this.prisma.iiosRetentionPolicySnapshot.update({ where: { id: s.id }, data: { status: 'ARCHIVED' } });
@@ -107,9 +151,10 @@ export class RetentionService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
     return result;
   }
 
-  /** Full sweep: capture missing snapshots, then act on due ones. */
+  /** Full sweep: capture missing snapshots (interactions + outbound commands), then act on due ones. */
   async sweep(scopeId?: string): Promise<SweepResult> {
     await this.ensureSnapshots(scopeId);
+    await this.ensureOutboundSnapshots(scopeId);
     return this.applySweep(scopeId);
   }