diff --git a/api/app/Services/Artist/LaneCascadeService.php b/api/app/Services/Artist/LaneCascadeService.php
index ead555e7..ecc13df1 100644
--- a/api/app/Services/Artist/LaneCascadeService.php
+++ b/api/app/Services/Artist/LaneCascadeService.php
@@ -74,9 +74,21 @@ final class LaneCascadeService
                 if ($targetLane !== null) {
                     $locked->lane = $targetLane;
                 }
+                $locked->disableLogging();  // suppress auto-log; park is captured in explicit entry below
                 $locked->save();
 
-                return new MoveResult($locked->refresh(), []);
+                $parked = $locked->refresh();
+
+                activity('performance')
+                    ->performedOn($parked)
+                    ->event('parked')
+                    ->withProperties([
+                        'event_id' => $parked->event_id,
+                        'organisation_id' => $parked->engagement?->organisation_id,
+                    ])
+                    ->log('parked');
+
+                return new MoveResult($parked, []);
             }
 
             if ($start === null || $end === null || $targetLane === null) {
@@ -104,6 +116,7 @@ final class LaneCascadeService
             foreach ($existingOnLane as $other) {
                 if ($this->overlaps($start, $end, $other->start_at, $other->end_at)) {
                     $other->lane = (int) $other->lane + 1;
+                    $other->disableLogging();  // suppress auto-log; cascade is captured in parent entry
                     $other->save();
                     $cascaded[] = $other->refresh();
                 }
@@ -114,14 +127,15 @@ final class LaneCascadeService
             $locked->start_at = $start;
             $locked->end_at = $end;
             $locked->lane = $targetLane;
+            $locked->disableLogging();  // suppress auto-log; move is captured in explicit entry below
             $locked->save();
 
             $moved = $locked->refresh();
 
-            // RFC §8 — single parent activity entry summarising the
-            // cascade. The per-row updates (lane bumps) still flow
-            // through the model's auto-log; this entry is the audit
-            // anchor for the whole transactional move.
+            // RFC §8 — single parent activity entry summarising the cascade.
+            // All saves inside this transaction call disableLogging() so the
+            // auto-log trait does not write per-row 'updated' entries; this
+            // explicit entry is the only audit record for the move.
             activity('performance')
                 ->performedOn($moved)
                 ->event('moved')
diff --git a/api/tests/Feature/Artist/LaneCascadeServiceTest.php b/api/tests/Feature/Artist/LaneCascadeServiceTest.php
index 3d463f2c..a031e87d 100644
--- a/api/tests/Feature/Artist/LaneCascadeServiceTest.php
+++ b/api/tests/Feature/Artist/LaneCascadeServiceTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use App\Services\Artist\LaneCascadeService;
 use Carbon\CarbonImmutable;
 use Database\Seeders\RoleSeeder;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Spatie\Activitylog\Models\Activity;
 use Tests\TestCase;
 
 final class LaneCascadeServiceTest extends TestCase
@@ -184,4 +185,85 @@ final class LaneCascadeServiceTest extends TestCase
 
         $this->assertSame((string) $this->stage->id, (string) $result->moved->stage_id);
     }
+
+    public function test_move_with_cascade_writes_exactly_one_activity_entry_on_moved_subject_and_zero_on_peers(): void
+    {
+        $start = CarbonImmutable::now()->addDays(5)->setTime(20, 0);
+
+        $p2 = Performance::factory()->create([
+            'engagement_id' => $this->engagement->id,
+            'event_id' => $this->event->id,
+            'stage_id' => $this->stage->id,
+            'lane' => 0,
+            'start_at' => $start,
+            'end_at' => $start->addHour(),
+            'version' => 0,
+        ]);
+
+        $p1 = Performance::factory()->create([
+            'engagement_id' => $this->engagement->id,
+            'event_id' => $this->event->id,
+            'stage_id' => $this->stage->id,
+            'lane' => 1,
+            'start_at' => $start,
+            'end_at' => $start->addHour(),
+            'version' => 0,
+        ]);
+
+        // Clear setup-time activity rows so we measure only the move.
+        Activity::query()->delete();
+
+        $this->service->move(
+            performance: $p1,
+            targetStage: $this->stage,
+            start: $start,
+            end: $start->addHour(),
+            targetLane: 0,
+            clientVersion: 0,
+        );
+
+        $movedEntries = Activity::query()
+            ->where('subject_type', $p1->getMorphClass())
+            ->where('subject_id', $p1->id)
+            ->get();
+        $this->assertCount(1, $movedEntries, 'Expected exactly one activity entry for moved performance');
+        $this->assertSame('moved', $movedEntries->first()->event);
+        $this->assertSame(1, $movedEntries->first()->properties['cascade_count']);
+        $this->assertContains((string) $p2->id, $movedEntries->first()->properties['cascaded_ids']);
+
+        $cascadedEntries = Activity::query()
+            ->where('subject_type', $p2->getMorphClass())
+            ->where('subject_id', $p2->id)
+            ->get();
+        $this->assertCount(0, $cascadedEntries, 'Expected zero activity entries on cascade-bumped peer');
+    }
+
+    public function test_park_writes_single_parked_activity_entry(): void
+    {
+        $perf = Performance::factory()->create([
+            'engagement_id' => $this->engagement->id,
+            'event_id' => $this->event->id,
+            'stage_id' => $this->stage->id,
+            'lane' => 0,
+            'version' => 0,
+        ]);
+
+        Activity::query()->delete();
+
+        $this->service->move(
+            performance: $perf,
+            targetStage: null,
+            start: null,
+            end: null,
+            targetLane: null,
+            clientVersion: 0,
+        );
+
+        $entries = Activity::query()
+            ->where('subject_type', $perf->getMorphClass())
+            ->where('subject_id', $perf->id)
+            ->get();
+        $this->assertCount(1, $entries, 'Expected exactly one parked entry');
+        $this->assertSame('parked', $entries->first()->event);
+    }
 }