diff --git a/.kiro/specs/scheduler-sim-diagnostics/tasks.md b/.kiro/specs/scheduler-sim-diagnostics/tasks.md
index 3d888592..196a9967 100644
--- a/.kiro/specs/scheduler-sim-diagnostics/tasks.md
+++ b/.kiro/specs/scheduler-sim-diagnostics/tasks.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   - _Requirements: 1.6_
 
 - [ ] 3. Core: Live accounted-usage display
-- [ ] 3.1 Display usage for cluster-wide (non-host-scoped) limit instances
+- [x] 3.1 Display usage for cluster-wide (non-host-scoped) limit instances
   - Iterate `limit_get_usage_instances()`, filter by `vres->limit == matched_limit`; for a GLOBAL/SHARED `vres`, read capacity from `core.sharedInst[idx]` and accounted usage from `core.sharedInUse[idx]`
   - Existence-of-instance and zero-usage are distinct: zero matching `xce_vres_t` (no capacity entry at all) prints "no active usage instance yet" (Requirement 2.2); a matched `xce_vres_t` whose `sharedInUse[idx]` is `NULL`/absent instead displays a genuine `accounted=0` (it has been evaluated and has a real capacity, just nothing charged against it yet) — existence is gated on the capacity read, never on the in-use read
   - Observable: a global limit that has matched at least one job shows an accounted/capacity pair reflecting current state; a configured-but-never-evaluated limit shows the explicit no-instance message instead; a matched-but-never-charged limit shows `accounted=0` rather than the no-instance message
diff --git a/src/scheduler/src/repl_info.c b/src/scheduler/src/repl_info.c
index 16fb675f..650820f2 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/src/repl_info.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/src/repl_info.c
@@ -1245,6 +1245,123 @@ static void repl_print_limit_host_scope_note_if_implicit(
           "does not show an explicit host scope\n");
 }
 
+/*
+ * repl_print_limit_usage - task 3.1, Requirement 1.4/2.1/2.2/2.3/3.3:
+ * prints `limit`'s live accounted usage against its configured capacity,
+ * one line per distinct GLOBAL/SHARED xce_vres_t instance found in
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() whose `->limit` pointer-equals `limit`.
+ * A host-scoped instance (`vres->vres` not flagged GLOBAL/SHARED) is
+ * task 3.2's job and is silently skipped here, per design.md's own
+ * per-instance filter ("skip -- do not display -- any per-host-scoped
+ * vres in this task").
+ *
+ * Existence-of-instance is gated ONLY on the matched vres's CAPACITY entry
+ * (core.sharedInst[idx]) being present -- never on the in-use entry
+ * (core.sharedInUse[idx]). instantiate_limit() and update_limit_res_value()
+ * run back-to-back inside the same match_job_global_limit_() call
+ * (research.md's "Additional Findings"), so a genuinely existing vres
+ * always has a real capacity by the time it is observable here; only its
+ * in-use entry can legitimately be absent, and an absent in-use entry
+ * means genuine zero usage (accounted=0), never "no instance yet". This
+ * distinction is this task's single most important correctness property
+ * (design.md's own explicit callout) -- do not gate existence on the
+ * in-use read.
+ */
+static void repl_print_limit_usage(xce_sched_sim_driver_t* sim,
+                                   xce_limit_t*            limit)
+{
+    var        instances = limit_get_usage_instances(&(sim->core));
+    iterator_t it;
+    int        rc;
+    int        n_shown = 0;
+
+    if (instances == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stdout, "[sim]   no active usage instance yet\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    rc = iter_make(&it, instances);
+    if (rc < 0) {
+        fprintf(stdout, "[sim]   no active usage instance yet\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (;;) {
+        xce_vres_t* vres  = NULL;
+        xce_val_t*  cap_v = NULL;
+
+        rc = iter_next(&it, (void**)&vres);
+        if ((rc < 0) || (rc == RTTI_ITER_NO_DATA) || (vres == NULL)) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (vres->limit != limit) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if ((vres->vres->flags & (XCE_RESF_GLOBAL | XCE_RESF_SHARED)) == 0) {
+            /* Host-scoped instance -- task 3.2's branch, not this one. */
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (vres->vres->idx < 0) {
+            /* No capacity entry at all -- this vres has never actually
+             * been evaluated to a usable capacity; do not fabricate a
+             * display for it (Requirement 2.2). */
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        /* zarray_get()/zarray_get_ex() (zarray.c) already bounds-check
+         * `idx` against the array's real capacity (`.caps`) and safely
+         * return NULL for anything out of range -- unlike
+         * repl_info_resource_one()'s own pre-check, this deliberately does
+         * NOT gate on `.count` first: `.count` tracks how many slots have
+         * ever been written (non-NULL), not the array's size, so a sparse
+         * array (a high idx populated while lower ones never were --
+         * exactly this task's own "matched but different resources
+         * populated in different orders" reality) would otherwise be
+         * misread as absent even though zarray_get() itself would return
+         * the real, present entry. */
+        cap_v = (xce_val_t*)zarray_get(&(sim->core.sharedInst),
+                                       vres->vres->idx);
+        if ((cap_v == NULL) || (cap_v->which != Value_u_fvalue)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        {
+            xce_val_t* used_v = NULL;
+            double     used   = 0.0;
+            char       value_str[80];
+            char       used_str[80];
+
+            used_v = (xce_val_t*)zarray_get(&(sim->core.sharedInUse),
+                                            vres->vres->idx);
+            if ((used_v != NULL) && (used_v->which == Value_u_fvalue)) {
+                used = used_v->u.fvalue;
+            }
+            /* used_v == NULL (or wrong-typed) here is genuine zero usage,
+             * never "no instance" -- the capacity check above already
+             * gated existence; existence must not be re-derived from this
+             * read. */
+
+            repl_format_consumable_value_and_used(
+                repl_current_units_mode(sim), vres->vres->name,
+                cap_v->u.fvalue, used, value_str, sizeof(value_str),
+                used_str, sizeof(used_str));
+
+            fprintf(stdout, "[sim]   usage %s: accounted=%s capacity=%s\n",
+                  vres->vres->name, used_str, value_str);
+        }
+
+        n_shown++;
+    }
+    iter_destroy(&it);
+
+    if (n_shown == 0) {
+        fprintf(stdout, "[sim]   no active usage instance yet\n");
+    }
+}
+
 /*
  * repl_info_limit - `info limit <name|all>` name/all resolution (task 2.1)
  * plus, once a genuine match is found, printing that limit's configured
@@ -1302,7 +1419,7 @@ static void repl_info_limit(xce_sched_sim_driver_t* sim, const char* arg)
                 }
             }
             repl_print_limit_host_scope_note_if_implicit(&(sim->core), limit);
-            /* task 3 adds this limit's live usage. */
+            repl_print_limit_usage(sim, limit);
             n_shown++;
         }
         iter_destroy(&it);
@@ -1333,7 +1450,7 @@ static void repl_info_limit(xce_sched_sim_driver_t* sim, const char* arg)
             }
         }
         repl_print_limit_host_scope_note_if_implicit(&(sim->core), match);
-        /* task 3 adds this limit's live usage. */
+        repl_print_limit_usage(sim, match);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_maxtasks_wiring_sim_driver_parity.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_maxtasks_wiring_sim_driver_parity.c
index 1a8a9b94..03e01c44 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_maxtasks_wiring_sim_driver_parity.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_maxtasks_wiring_sim_driver_parity.c
@@ -180,6 +180,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 int sched_reconcile_job_resource_usage(xce_sched_core_t*  c,
                                        xce_job_account_t* a,
                                        xce_job_rusages_t* r)
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_breakpoints_inspection.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_breakpoints_inspection.c
index fef5054b..70ec4750 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_breakpoints_inspection.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_breakpoints_inspection.c
@@ -116,6 +116,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_equivalence.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_equivalence.c
index ce8e837d..0f390f9e 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_equivalence.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_equivalence.c
@@ -165,6 +165,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_event_echo.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_event_echo.c
index 978441a4..f36bf997 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_event_echo.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_event_echo.c
@@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_execution_control.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_execution_control.c
index b4af286e..659d73a9 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_execution_control.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_execution_control.c
@@ -130,6 +130,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_help.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_help.c
index 78581b4c..13f29ae3 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_help.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_help.c
@@ -125,6 +125,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_limit_table.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_limit_table.c
index 38324647..1c9869df 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_limit_table.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_limit_table.c
@@ -513,6 +513,91 @@ static void add_configured_percent_limit_explicit_per_host(
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rc);
 }
 
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* Live-usage fixture helpers (task 3.1, Requirement 2.1/2.2/2.3/3.3/1.4) */
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * instantiate_and_register_global_vres - drives the real, already-linked
+ * instantiate_limit() (xcelimit.c, part of libxce -- NOT plugins/limit.c,
+ * so no new link dependency) directly against `matched_limit` to create a
+ * genuine xce_vres_t exactly the way match_job_global_limit_()
+ * (plugins/limit.c) would on a real job match, then key_add()s it into
+ * `plugin`'s privdata->instances -- this TU has direct access to
+ * limit_plugin_data_t since it white-box #includes ../src/plugins/limit.c
+ * itself, so this is the same table entry limit_get_usage_instances()
+ * exposes, populated the same way production code populates it.
+ *
+ * `matched_limit` must be configured the way add_configured_limit() shapes
+ * it (absolute value, i.e. percent=0, on "mem") so is_host_based_limit()
+ * returns 0 and instantiate_limit()'s internal `shared` local stays 1 --
+ * add_vres() then flags the resulting vres->vres XCE_RESF_SHARED|
+ * XCE_RESF_GLOBAL, the exact case task 3.1's own scope covers (a per-host
+ * vres is task 3.2's job, deliberately not exercised here).
+ *
+ * user/queue/project are passed as empty strings, never NULL --
+ * instantiate_limit()/build_vres_name() both reject NULL outright (see
+ * xcelimit.c). Since this fixture's limit has no per-user/queue/project
+ * scoping configured (per_consumer=0 for all three, add_configured_limit()'s
+ * own shape), build_vres_name() never actually reads these values into the
+ * vresname it builds anyway -- only "limit=<name>" is ever produced for
+ * this fixture family.
+ */
+static xce_vres_t* instantiate_and_register_global_vres(
+    xce_sched_sim_driver_t* sim, xce_sched_plugin_t* plugin,
+    xce_limit_t* matched_limit)
+{
+    limit_plugin_data_t* privdata = (limit_plugin_data_t*)plugin->data;
+    xce_vres_t*           vres     = NULL;
+    int                    rc;
+
+    rc = instantiate_limit(&vres, sim->core.resmgr, matched_limit, "", "",
+                           "");
+    /* instantiate_limit() returns its own final key_find()'s positive
+     * result on success (matching match_job_global_limit_()'s own
+     * `if (rc < 0) return rc;` success convention, plugins/limit.c), not
+     * literally 0 -- do not assert rc == 0 here. */
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(rc >= 0);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(vres);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(vres->vres);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(vres->vres->idx >= 0);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE_MESSAGE(
+        (vres->vres->flags & (XCE_RESF_GLOBAL | XCE_RESF_SHARED)) != 0,
+        "fixture sanity: this helper only ever produces a GLOBAL/SHARED "
+        "vres -- a per-host vres would mean the fixture's own limit shape "
+        "drifted from add_configured_limit()'s absolute-value contract");
+
+    rc = key_add(privdata->instances, (void*)vres->vres->name, (void*)vres);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(rc >= 0);
+
+    return vres;
+}
+
+/*
+ * put_shared_fvalue - manually populates sim->core.sharedInst or
+ * core.sharedInUse at `idx` with a Value_u_fvalue xce_val_t -- the exact
+ * shape put_resvals() (resource.c, deliberately NOT linked into this TU,
+ * see this file's own header comment) would build. Constructed by hand
+ * here rather than driving the real put_resvals()/update_limit_res_value()
+ * so this fixture does not need to link resource.c for real -- a
+ * deliberate, simpler-and-equally-valid choice this task's own brief calls
+ * out ("directly construct an xce_vres_t ... and manually populate
+ * core.sharedInst/core.sharedInUse via zarray_put() ... matching how
+ * update_limit_res_value()/put_resvals() do it").
+ */
+static void put_shared_fvalue(zarray_t* array, int idx, double val)
+{
+    xce_val_t* v = (xce_val_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(*v));
+    int        rc;
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(v);
+    v->which    = Value_u_fvalue;
+    v->u.fvalue = val;
+
+    rc = zarray_put(array, idx, (void*)v);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(rc >= 0);
+}
+
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* Tests                                                                  */
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -961,6 +1046,160 @@ test_info_limit_named_does_not_duplicate_host_scope_note_when_per_host_explicitl
           "per_host_explicitly_configured: PASS\n");
 }
 
+/*
+ * Task 3.1's own central Observable #1 (Requirement 2.1, 1.4, 3.3): a
+ * GLOBAL/SHARED limit instance that has genuinely been matched AND charged
+ * shows an accounted/capacity pair reflecting that real state -- not a
+ * placeholder or the no-instance message.
+ */
+static void
+test_info_limit_named_shows_accounted_and_capacity_for_matched_and_charged_global_instance(
+    void)
+{
+    xce_sched_sim_driver_t sim;
+    xce_sched_plugin_t     plugin;
+    xce_scheduler_t        group_sched;
+    xce_limit_t*            matched = NULL;
+    var                      limits_handle;
+    xce_vres_t*              vres;
+    char*                    captured;
+    int                      rc;
+
+    memset(&sim, 0, sizeof(sim));
+    rc = xce_sched_core_init(&(sim.core));
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rc);
+
+    register_per_host_resource(&sim, "mem");
+    register_limit_plugin(&sim, &plugin, &group_sched);
+    add_configured_limit(&plugin, "charged_limit");
+
+    limits_handle = limit_get_configured_limits(&(sim.core));
+    rc = key_find(limits_handle, (void*)"charged_limit", (void**)&matched);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(rc > 0);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(matched);
+
+    vres = instantiate_and_register_global_vres(&sim, &plugin, matched);
+    put_shared_fvalue(&(sim.core.sharedInst), vres->vres->idx, 10.0);
+    put_shared_fvalue(&(sim.core.sharedInUse), vres->vres->idx, 4.0);
+
+    captured = capture_info_limit(&sim, "charged_limit");
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(
+        strstr(captured, "accounted=4.00"),
+        "Requirement 2.1: a global limit matched and charged must show its "
+        "accounted usage");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(
+        strstr(captured, "capacity=10.00"),
+        "Requirement 2.1: ... alongside its configured capacity");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL_MESSAGE(
+        strstr(captured, "no active usage instance yet"),
+        "a genuinely matched+charged instance must not report 'no active "
+        "usage instance yet'");
+
+    free(captured);
+
+    printf("test_info_limit_named_shows_accounted_and_capacity_for_matched_"
+          "and_charged_global_instance: PASS\n");
+}
+
+/*
+ * Task 3.1's own central Observable #2 (Requirement 2.2): a configured
+ * limit that has NEVER been evaluated against any job (no xce_vres_t at
+ * all in privdata->instances for it) must report the explicit no-instance
+ * message, never a fabricated zero-usage line.
+ */
+static void
+test_info_limit_named_shows_no_active_usage_instance_for_never_matched_limit(
+    void)
+{
+    xce_sched_sim_driver_t sim;
+    xce_sched_plugin_t     plugin;
+    xce_scheduler_t        group_sched;
+    char*                   captured;
+    int                     rc;
+
+    memset(&sim, 0, sizeof(sim));
+    rc = xce_sched_core_init(&(sim.core));
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rc);
+
+    register_limit_plugin(&sim, &plugin, &group_sched);
+    add_configured_limit(&plugin, "never_matched_limit");
+    /* Deliberately no instantiate_and_register_global_vres() call -- this
+     * limit has never been evaluated against any job, so
+     * privdata->instances has no xce_vres_t at all for it. */
+
+    captured = capture_info_limit(&sim, "never_matched_limit");
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(
+        strstr(captured, "no active usage instance yet"),
+        "Requirement 2.2: a configured-but-never-evaluated limit must "
+        "report no active usage instance, not a fabricated zero");
+
+    free(captured);
+
+    printf("test_info_limit_named_shows_no_active_usage_instance_for_never_"
+          "matched_limit: PASS\n");
+}
+
+/*
+ * Task 3.1's own central Observable #3 -- THE existence-vs-zero-usage
+ * distinction (Requirement 2.2's own most important correctness property,
+ * per design.md's explicit callout): a vres that genuinely exists AND has
+ * a real capacity entry, but has never been charged (no core.sharedInUse
+ * entry), must display a genuine accounted=0 -- NOT the no-instance
+ * message, since the instance itself (and its capacity) both genuinely
+ * exist.
+ */
+static void
+test_info_limit_named_shows_accounted_zero_for_matched_but_never_charged_instance(
+    void)
+{
+    xce_sched_sim_driver_t sim;
+    xce_sched_plugin_t     plugin;
+    xce_scheduler_t        group_sched;
+    xce_limit_t*            matched = NULL;
+    var                      limits_handle;
+    xce_vres_t*              vres;
+    char*                    captured;
+    int                      rc;
+
+    memset(&sim, 0, sizeof(sim));
+    rc = xce_sched_core_init(&(sim.core));
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rc);
+
+    register_per_host_resource(&sim, "mem");
+    register_limit_plugin(&sim, &plugin, &group_sched);
+    add_configured_limit(&plugin, "uncharged_limit");
+
+    limits_handle = limit_get_configured_limits(&(sim.core));
+    rc = key_find(limits_handle, (void*)"uncharged_limit", (void**)&matched);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(rc > 0);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(matched);
+
+    vres = instantiate_and_register_global_vres(&sim, &plugin, matched);
+    put_shared_fvalue(&(sim.core.sharedInst), vres->vres->idx, 10.0);
+    /* Deliberately no put_shared_fvalue() into core.sharedInUse -- a
+     * genuinely matched vres with a real capacity entry, but nothing
+     * charged against it yet. */
+
+    captured = capture_info_limit(&sim, "uncharged_limit");
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(
+        strstr(captured, "accounted=0.00"),
+        "the existence-vs-zero-usage distinction: a matched vres with a "
+        "real capacity entry but an absent in-use entry must display a "
+        "genuine accounted=0, not the no-instance message");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL_MESSAGE(
+        strstr(captured, "no active usage instance yet"),
+        "must NOT report 'no active usage instance yet' -- the vres and "
+        "its capacity both genuinely exist");
+
+    free(captured);
+
+    printf("test_info_limit_named_shows_accounted_zero_for_matched_but_"
+          "never_charged_instance: PASS\n");
+}
+
 int main(void)
 {
     UNITY_BEGIN();
@@ -985,5 +1224,11 @@ int main(void)
         test_info_limit_named_does_not_show_host_scope_note_for_absolute_value_limit);
     RUN_TEST(
         test_info_limit_named_does_not_duplicate_host_scope_note_when_per_host_explicitly_configured);
+    RUN_TEST(
+        test_info_limit_named_shows_accounted_and_capacity_for_matched_and_charged_global_instance);
+    RUN_TEST(
+        test_info_limit_named_shows_no_active_usage_instance_for_never_matched_limit);
+    RUN_TEST(
+        test_info_limit_named_shows_accounted_zero_for_matched_but_never_charged_instance);
     return UNITY_END();
 }
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_prompt_context.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_prompt_context.c
index 59a24267..b826ec7b 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_prompt_context.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_prompt_context.c
@@ -129,6 +129,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* Link-satisfying stubs -- same rationale as every sibling in this file
  * family (see test_repl_execution_control.c's own copies for the full
  * per-stub doc comments). */
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_resource_table.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_resource_table.c
index ed14ef5c..d795a0d6 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_resource_table.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_resource_table.c
@@ -96,6 +96,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_round_rollup.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_round_rollup.c
index dacfc545..a00b7f61 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_round_rollup.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_round_rollup.c
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_snapshot_params.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_snapshot_params.c
index 8ae3b2a0..cde6b978 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_snapshot_params.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_snapshot_params.c
@@ -105,6 +105,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_step_verbosity.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_step_verbosity.c
index 4c526ff3..e7bfed7c 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_step_verbosity.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_repl_step_verbosity.c
@@ -146,6 +146,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_alt_events.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_alt_events.c
index a3d54216..9bdb3458 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_alt_events.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_alt_events.c
@@ -123,6 +123,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 void sched_worker_release_host_ctx(xce_sched_worker_t* w) { (void)w; }
 
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_contention_parity.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_contention_parity.c
index bb2db615..1f3f26a7 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_contention_parity.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_contention_parity.c
@@ -208,6 +208,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* xce_sched_driver_on_decision()'s (driver.c) publish-side linker
  * dependencies -- never actually invoked: this file never registers a
  * decision callback. Same rationale test_sim_resource_contention.c's own
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_e2e_original_motivation.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_e2e_original_motivation.c
index abeb60f9..8d31afcc 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_e2e_original_motivation.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_e2e_original_motivation.c
@@ -231,6 +231,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource.c's sched_try_alloc_on_host_()'s own link-time dependency --
  * never actually invoked (this file calls sched_check_host_satisfy()/
  * sched_charge_account()/sched_commit_job_alloc() directly). Same stub
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_equivalence.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_equivalence.c
index 88ba575f..c5031ee6 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_equivalence.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_equivalence.c
@@ -192,6 +192,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_event_loop.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_event_loop.c
index 9d13d8db..2c8ada31 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_event_loop.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_event_loop.c
@@ -139,6 +139,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_print_decision_gate.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_print_decision_gate.c
index 05d2d890..ef7439c4 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_print_decision_gate.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_print_decision_gate.c
@@ -151,6 +151,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_reconcile_unaccounted.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_reconcile_unaccounted.c
index e0514836..a3b802ac 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_reconcile_unaccounted.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_reconcile_unaccounted.c
@@ -154,6 +154,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* sched_worker_release_host_ctx() is now a REAL (non-stub) symbol pulled in
  * from resource.c (task 2.1 addition, below) -- no local stand-in needed or
  * permitted (a local definition here would collide at link time). Unused by
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_record_output.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_record_output.c
index f608a561..786117c4 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_record_output.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_record_output.c
@@ -110,6 +110,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_resource_contention.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_resource_contention.c
index d9cc572d..69ad935e 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_resource_contention.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_resource_contention.c
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* xce_sched_driver_run_normal_mode_round()'s (driver.c) linker dependency --
  * a no-op stand-in, same rationale test_sim_equivalence.c's own copy
  * documents (this file drives its own resource accounting directly via
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_round_boundary_reconciliation.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_round_boundary_reconciliation.c
index a2ef678a..056c91e8 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_round_boundary_reconciliation.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_round_boundary_reconciliation.c
@@ -143,6 +143,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource.c's sched_try_alloc_on_host_()'s own link-time dependency --
  * never actually invoked (this file calls sched_check_host_satisfy()
  * directly, never sched_try_alloc_on_hosts()/sched_try_alloc_on_host_()
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_session_ordering.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_session_ordering.c
index 79a1b489..e6e84fc8 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_session_ordering.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_session_ordering.c
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* core_reset_workers()'s (core_session.c) linker dependency -- never
  * invoked (no worker is ever added here). */
 void sched_worker_release_host_ctx(xce_sched_worker_t* w) { (void)w; }
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_snapshot_reconcile_gap.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_snapshot_reconcile_gap.c
index 126d7570..b1e7563f 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_snapshot_reconcile_gap.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_snapshot_reconcile_gap.c
@@ -129,6 +129,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* core_reset_workers()'s (core_session.c) linker dependency -- same stub
  * test_sim_verify.c already establishes; never invoked (no worker is ever
  * added here). */
diff --git a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_verify.c b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_verify.c
index 6a3bf81d..e82b140d 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_verify.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/testsuite/test_sim_verify.c
@@ -130,6 +130,19 @@ var limit_get_configured_limits(xce_sched_core_t* core)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* scheduler-sim-diagnostics spec, task 3.1: repl_info.c now also calls
+ * limit_get_usage_instances() (plugins/limit.c, not part of this TU) to
+ * read a limit's live usage instances -- identical link-satisfying stub,
+ * same rationale as limit_get_configured_limits() immediately above; this
+ * file's own fixtures never register the limit plugin, so NULL
+ * (limit_get_usage_instances()'s own documented "plugin absent" return) is
+ * also the behaviorally correct answer here, not just a link placeholder. */
+var limit_get_usage_instances(xce_sched_core_t* core)
+{
+    (void)core;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* resource-accounting.md's reconciliation (resource.c, not linked here --
  * this file only #includes core_events.c). core_events.c's
  * XCE_CORE_EVENT_JOB_RUSAGE handler calls this whenever job->accounts !=