diff --git a/bible-local/02-architecture.md b/bible-local/02-architecture.md
index 393ac23..e0dbfad 100644
--- a/bible-local/02-architecture.md
+++ b/bible-local/02-architecture.md
@@ -157,6 +157,34 @@ Rules:
 - `config_types[].categories` is an allowlist: a category absent from all types is shown everywhere;
 - `qt_categories.name` and `qt_categories.name_ru` are not used by QF runtime; do not depend on them.
 
+## Article generation
+
+`internal/article` builds the `article` string (`{MODEL}-{CPU}-{MEM}-{GPU}-{DISK}-{NET}-{PSU}-{SUPPORT}`)
+from the configuration's `items` + `server_model`.
+
+- which segment a cart LOT belongs to is decided by its `lot_category`, resolved through
+  `ResolveLotCategories` → `GetLocalComponentCategoriesByLotNames`, i.e. the **component
+  universe** (latest active `world` ∪ `estimate`), the same source the configurator/BOM/pricing
+  tab use. It must **not** be scoped to the configuration's pinned pricelist: a world-only LOT
+  (e.g. `GPU_NV_RTX_PRO_6000D_...`, priced by the world fallback, never added to the estimate
+  pricelist) is a legitimate cart member and still carries a real `lot_category` in `world`.
+  Scoping to one pricelist silently dropped such LOTs from the article. See
+  [decisions/2026-09-01-article-category-from-component-universe.md](decisions/2026-09-01-article-category-from-component-universe.md);
+- `BuildOptions` no longer takes a pricelist; `POST /api/configs/preview-article` still accepts
+  `pricelist_id` but ignores it;
+- category comes only from real synced pricelist columns — never inferred from the `lot_name`
+  prefix (the `SVC_` SUPPORT segment is the sole lot_name-pattern exception, see below);
+- within a segment the model/capacity/speed **token** is still parsed from the `lot_name` —
+  that is the article text itself, not categorization;
+- when a token can't be parsed (the `lot_name` doesn't fit `{GROUP}_{VENDOR}_{MODEL}[_{SPEC}…]`)
+  the segment carries the LOT's `lot_category` as the token — **never** a bare `UNK`. Such a
+  segment comes back with `Recognized = false` in `BuildResult.Segments`, plus a `Warnings`
+  entry naming the `lot_name`. The configurator highlights the segment (amber) and lists the
+  warnings; create/update/rollback log `WARN "article generation degraded"`. No catalog of real
+  lot_names / model names lives in the repo (`no-hardcoded-vendors`), so only *structural*
+  parse failure is detected, not a wrong-but-well-formed token. See
+  [decisions/2026-09-01-article-degraded-token-visibility.md](decisions/2026-09-01-article-degraded-token-visibility.md).
+
 ## Support as a BOM LOT
 
 The Base tab's support-level picker adds/replaces a synthetic LOT in `cart` (e.g.
diff --git a/bible-local/decisions/2026-09-01-article-category-from-component-universe.md b/bible-local/decisions/2026-09-01-article-category-from-component-universe.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7eb257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bible-local/decisions/2026-09-01-article-category-from-component-universe.md
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Decision: article generation reads lot_category from the component universe, not one pricelist
+
+**Date:** 2026-09-01
+**Status:** active
+
+## Context
+
+`internal/article/generator.go` classifies each cart LOT into an article segment
+(CPU / MEM / GPU / DISK / NET / PSU) by its `lot_category`. That category was
+resolved by `ResolveLotCategories` → `GetLocalLotCategoriesByServerPricelistID`,
+which queries exactly **one** pricelist — the configuration's pinned
+`pricelist_id` (an `estimate` pricelist). A segment builder skips any LOT whose
+category is unknown, so a LOT absent from that one pricelist vanished from the
+article with no warning.
+
+`GPU_NV_RTX_PRO_6000D_SERVER_84GB_PCIE` exposed this: it exists only in `world`
+pricelists (where it correctly carries `lot_category = GPU`) and in no `estimate`
+pricelist. It was priced (world fallback), exported, and shown in the cart, but
+dropped from the article.
+
+This is the same class of bug as
+[2026-07-24-component-universe-world-union.md](2026-07-24-component-universe-world-union.md):
+the cart's LOT set is `world` ∪ `estimate`, and no read path may silently drop a
+LOT that only lives in `world`. Article generation was the one component-reading
+path still scoped to a single pricelist.
+
+Deriving the category from the `lot_name` prefix was rejected — it is forbidden by
+the pricelist-contract rules (`02-architecture.md`, `bible/rules/patterns/`):
+category comes only from real synced pricelist columns.
+
+## Decision
+
+`ResolveLotCategories(local, lotNames)` now calls
+`LocalDB.GetLocalComponentCategoriesByLotNames`, which reads the component universe
+(`componentUniverse()` — latest active `world` ∪ `estimate`, estimate wins a
+collision). The server-pricelist parameter is gone.
+
+- `article.BuildOptions` no longer has `ServerPricelist`.
+- `POST /api/configs/preview-article` and the create/update paths still accept
+  `pricelist_id` but ignore it for article purposes.
+- The `lot_name`-token parsing inside a segment (CPU model, memory size, GPU model,
+  disk capacity, port speed, wattage) still parses the token from the `lot_name` —
+  that produces the article text, it does not categorize. One parser bug was fixed
+  alongside: `parseGPUModel` required the model-number token to be all digits
+  (`isNumeric`), so `RTX_PRO_6000D` lost its `D` and collapsed to `RTX_84GB` —
+  indistinguishable from a real `RTX` card and different from its sibling
+  `RTX_PRO_6000` → `RTX6000_96GB`. It now accepts a digit-first alphanumeric token
+  (`isModelNumber`), giving `RTX6000D_84GB`.
+
+## Consequences
+
+- A world-only LOT lands in the article with its real category. Article generation
+  no longer depends on which pricelist a LOT was added to.
+- The article can shift if the latest active `world`/`estimate` pricelist
+  recategorizes a LOT — acceptable, and consistent with how the configurator's
+  category tabs already behave.
+- `GetLocalLotCategoriesByServerPricelistID` still exists and is still used by
+  `services/rental.go` and `services/export.go`. Those paths have the same
+  single-pricelist blind spot for world-only LOTs; migrating them is out of scope
+  here but should follow the same direction.
+- Covered by `TestResolveLotCategories_WorldOnlyLot` in
+  `internal/article/categories_test.go`.
diff --git a/bible-local/decisions/2026-09-01-article-degraded-token-visibility.md b/bible-local/decisions/2026-09-01-article-degraded-token-visibility.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8f9974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bible-local/decisions/2026-09-01-article-degraded-token-visibility.md
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Decision: unparsed article tokens degrade to a visible category placeholder, never "UNK"
+
+**Date:** 2026-09-01
+**Status:** active
+
+## Context
+
+`internal/article` builds each segment by parsing a spec token out of the `lot_name`
+(CPU model, memory size, GPU model, disk capacity, port speed, wattage). When a
+`lot_name` did not match the expected shape the generator failed silently or
+misleadingly:
+
+- `parseCPUModel` / `parseGPUModel` fell back to `normalizeModelToken` or a literal
+  `"UNK"` with **no signal** — and a partial parse (`RTX_PRO_6000D` → `RTX_84GB`)
+  produced a plausible but wrong token indistinguishable from a real result;
+- `NET` / `PSU` emitted `UNKNET` / `UNKPSU`;
+- `MEM` / `DISK` dropped the segment or the capacity and emitted only a terse
+  `mem_unknown` / `disk_unknown` warning;
+- `BuildResult.Warnings` existed but **nothing consumed it**: the `preview-article`
+  frontend ignored the field and the create/update paths discarded it.
+
+So a new naming shape (a vendor renames a card family, moves memory ahead of the
+model, glues an architecture onto the token) would silently produce a wrong or
+truncated article and no one would notice.
+
+A vendor/model catalog in the repo to validate tokens against was rejected — it
+violates `bible/rules/patterns/no-hardcoded-vendors` and needs constant upkeep.
+Detection is therefore limited to **structural** failure (the name doesn't fit
+`{GROUP}_{VENDOR}_{MODEL}[_{SPEC}…]`); semantic drift where a wrong token still
+parses cleanly cannot be caught automatically and is out of scope.
+
+## Decision
+
+1. `"UNK"` / `"UNKNET"` / `"UNKPSU"` are gone. When a spec token can't be parsed the
+   article carries the LOT's `lot_category` as the token (`4xGPU`, `2xCPU`,
+   `768G+MEM`, …) via `placeholderToken`.
+2. Each `build*Segment` returns a `segmentResult{value, degraded, warnings}`. Every
+   degraded segment produces a warning that **names the offending `lot_name`** and
+   states which category was written instead.
+3. `BuildResult` gains `Segments []ResultSegment{Group, Text, Recognized}`.
+   `Recognized == false` marks a segment whose token is a placeholder.
+4. `parseCPUModel` / `parseGPUModel` return `(token, ok)`; `ok == false` on the
+   last-ditch fallback path.
+5. Consumers surface it:
+   - `POST /api/configs/preview-article` returns `segments` and `warnings`; the
+     configurator's article line renders each not-`recognized` segment highlighted
+     (amber) and lists the warnings beneath it (`renderArticleDisplay` in
+     `web/templates/index.html`);
+   - create / update / rollback log `WARN "article generation degraded"` with the
+     `server_model`, article and warnings.
+6. No list of real `lot_name`s or model names is committed to the repo — not as a
+   fixture, not as a golden table. Tests use synthetic names only.
+
+## Consequences
+
+- An unrecognised LOT is always visible in the UI (highlighted token + warning) and
+  in server logs — never a silent drop or a bare `UNK`.
+- The stored `article` string still contains only the placeholder token; the
+  `recognized` flags are not persisted (regenerated on next save / preview).
+- `compressArticle` now returns `[]namedSeg` (the caller re-joins) so the degraded
+  flags survive compression.
+- Structural detection only: a wrong-but-well-formed token (e.g. a future `GTX`
+  where `RTX` was expected) still passes. Closing that needs a validation source,
+  deferred pending a server-side structured-attribute contract.
+- Covered by `TestBuild_UnparseableModel_CategoryPlaceholder` and
+  `TestParseGPUModel_VendorLetterSuffix`.
diff --git a/cmd/qfs/main.go b/cmd/qfs/main.go
index 5539d5e..c5099a5 100644
--- a/cmd/qfs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/qfs/main.go
@@ -1086,6 +1086,7 @@ func setupRouter(cfg *config.Config, local *localdb.LocalDB, connMgr *db.Connect
 				}
 				c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{
 					"article":  result.Article,
+					"segments": result.Segments,
 					"warnings": result.Warnings,
 				})
 			})
diff --git a/internal/article/categories.go b/internal/article/categories.go
index 9f22d93..b24d653 100644
--- a/internal/article/categories.go
+++ b/internal/article/categories.go
@@ -42,14 +42,17 @@ func GroupForLotCategory(cat string) (group Group, ok bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-// ResolveLotCategories returns lot_category for each lotName found in local_pricelist_items
-// for the given server pricelist. Lots not found in the pricelist are omitted from the result —
-// callers must treat a missing key as "no category" and skip that lot.
-func ResolveLotCategories(local *localdb.LocalDB, serverPricelistID uint, lotNames []string) (map[string]string, error) {
+// ResolveLotCategories returns lot_category for each lotName, read from the component
+// universe (latest active world ∪ estimate pricelists — the same source the configurator,
+// BOM and pricing tab use, see bible-local/decisions/2026-07-24-component-universe-world-union.md).
+// It must NOT be scoped to a single pricelist: a world-only LOT is a legitimate cart member
+// and still carries a real lot_category in the world pricelist. LOTs present in neither
+// pricelist are omitted — callers treat a missing key as "no category" and skip that lot.
+func ResolveLotCategories(local *localdb.LocalDB, lotNames []string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	if local == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("local db is nil")
 	}
-	cats, err := local.GetLocalLotCategoriesByServerPricelistID(serverPricelistID, lotNames)
+	cats, err := local.GetLocalComponentCategoriesByLotNames(lotNames)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/article/categories_test.go b/internal/article/categories_test.go
index 9d21cd2..bdcc8a0 100644
--- a/internal/article/categories_test.go
+++ b/internal/article/categories_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func TestResolveLotCategories_MissingLotOmitted(t *testing.T) {
 		Source:    "estimate",
 		Version:   "S-2026-02-11-001",
 		Name:      "test",
+		IsActive:  true,
 		CreatedAt: time.Now(),
 		SyncedAt:  time.Now(),
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func TestResolveLotCategories_MissingLotOmitted(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("save local items: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	cats, err := ResolveLotCategories(local, 1, []string{"CPU_A", "UNKNOWN"})
+	cats, err := ResolveLotCategories(local, []string{"CPU_A", "UNKNOWN"})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ func TestResolveLotCategories_ReturnsKnownCategories(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("save items: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	cats, err := ResolveLotCategories(local, 1, []string{"CPU_B", "MB_X", "NOT_IN_PL"})
+	cats, err := ResolveLotCategories(local, []string{"CPU_B", "MB_X", "NOT_IN_PL"})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -91,6 +92,54 @@ func TestResolveLotCategories_ReturnsKnownCategories(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestResolveLotCategories_WorldOnlyLot covers a LOT that exists only in the world
+// pricelist (never added to estimate) but is a legitimate cart member. Its real
+// lot_category must be resolved from the component universe, not dropped.
+func TestResolveLotCategories_WorldOnlyLot(t *testing.T) {
+	local, err := localdb.New(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "local.db"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init local db: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = local.Close() })
+
+	saved := func(serverID uint, source string, items []localdb.LocalPricelistItem) {
+		if err := local.SaveLocalPricelist(&localdb.LocalPricelist{
+			ServerID: serverID, Source: source, Version: source + "-v1", Name: source,
+			IsActive: true, CreatedAt: time.Now(), SyncedAt: time.Now(),
+		}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("save %s pricelist: %v", source, err)
+		}
+		pl, err := local.GetLocalPricelistByServerID(serverID)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("get %s pricelist: %v", source, err)
+		}
+		for i := range items {
+			items[i].PricelistID = pl.ID
+		}
+		if err := local.SaveLocalPricelistItems(items); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("save %s items: %v", source, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	saved(1, "estimate", []localdb.LocalPricelistItem{
+		{LotName: "CPU_INTEL_8358", LotCategory: "CPU", Price: 1},
+	})
+	saved(2, "world", []localdb.LocalPricelistItem{
+		{LotName: "CPU_INTEL_8358", LotCategory: "CPU", Price: 1},
+		{LotName: "GPU_NV_RTX_PRO_6000D_SERVER_84GB_PCIE", LotCategory: "GPU", Price: 9900},
+	})
+
+	cats, err := ResolveLotCategories(local, []string{
+		"CPU_INTEL_8358", "GPU_NV_RTX_PRO_6000D_SERVER_84GB_PCIE",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if cats["GPU_NV_RTX_PRO_6000D_SERVER_84GB_PCIE"] != "GPU" {
+		t.Fatalf("world-only LOT category not resolved: %q", cats["GPU_NV_RTX_PRO_6000D_SERVER_84GB_PCIE"])
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGroupForLotCategory(t *testing.T) {
 	if g, ok := GroupForLotCategory("cpu"); !ok || g != GroupCPU {
 		t.Fatalf("expected cpu -> GroupCPU")
diff --git a/internal/article/generator.go b/internal/article/generator.go
index e0b2a24..f17aea0 100644
--- a/internal/article/generator.go
+++ b/internal/article/generator.go
@@ -11,15 +11,25 @@ import (
 )
 
 type BuildOptions struct {
-	ServerModel     string
-	ServerPricelist *uint
+	ServerModel string
 }
 
 type BuildResult struct {
 	Article  string
+	Segments []ResultSegment
 	Warnings []string
 }
 
+// ResultSegment is one dash-separated piece of the article, tagged so the UI can
+// highlight pieces the generator could not fully parse. Recognized is false when
+// the segment contains a category placeholder (e.g. "GPU" instead of a real model
+// token) because a lot_name did not match the expected naming shape.
+type ResultSegment struct {
+	Group      string `json:"group"`
+	Text       string `json:"text"`
+	Recognized bool   `json:"recognized"`
+}
+
 var (
 	reMemGiB    = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)(\d+)\s*(GB|G)`)
 	reMemTiB    = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)(\d+)\s*(TB|T)`)
@@ -33,6 +43,17 @@ var (
 type namedSeg struct {
 	group string // "MODEL","CPU","MEM","GPU","DISK","NET","PSU","SUPPORT"
 	value string
+	// degraded marks a segment whose value contains a category placeholder instead
+	// of a parsed spec token, because some lot_name did not match the expected shape.
+	degraded bool
+}
+
+// segmentResult is what each build*Segment helper returns: the rendered value, a
+// degraded flag, and human-readable warnings that name the offending lot_names.
+type segmentResult struct {
+	value    string
+	degraded bool
+	warnings []string
 }
 
 func Build(local *localdb.LocalDB, items []models.ConfigItem, opts BuildOptions) (BuildResult, error) {
@@ -43,71 +64,59 @@ func Build(local *localdb.LocalDB, items []models.ConfigItem, opts BuildOptions)
 	if model == "" {
 		return BuildResult{}, fmt.Errorf("server_model required")
 	}
-	segs = append(segs, namedSeg{"MODEL", model})
+	segs = append(segs, namedSeg{group: "MODEL", value: model})
 
 	lotNames := make([]string, 0, len(items))
 	for _, it := range items {
 		lotNames = append(lotNames, it.LotName)
 	}
 
-	if opts.ServerPricelist == nil || *opts.ServerPricelist == 0 {
-		return BuildResult{}, fmt.Errorf("pricelist_id required for article")
-	}
-
-	cats, err := ResolveLotCategories(local, *opts.ServerPricelist, lotNames)
+	cats, err := ResolveLotCategories(local, lotNames)
 	if err != nil {
 		return BuildResult{}, err
 	}
 
-	if cpuSeg := buildCPUSegment(items, cats); cpuSeg != "" {
-		segs = append(segs, namedSeg{"CPU", cpuSeg})
-	}
-	memSeg, memWarn := buildMemSegment(items, cats)
-	if memWarn != "" {
-		warnings = append(warnings, memWarn)
-	}
-	if memSeg != "" {
-		segs = append(segs, namedSeg{"MEM", memSeg})
-	}
-	if gpuSeg := buildGPUSegment(items, cats); gpuSeg != "" {
-		segs = append(segs, namedSeg{"GPU", gpuSeg})
-	}
-	diskSeg, diskWarn := buildDiskSegment(items, cats)
-	if diskWarn != "" {
-		warnings = append(warnings, diskWarn)
-	}
-	if diskSeg != "" {
-		segs = append(segs, namedSeg{"DISK", diskSeg})
-	}
-	netSeg, netWarn := buildNetSegment(items, cats)
-	if netWarn != "" {
-		warnings = append(warnings, netWarn)
-	}
-	if netSeg != "" {
-		segs = append(segs, namedSeg{"NET", netSeg})
-	}
-	psuSeg, psuWarn := buildPSUSegment(items, cats)
-	if psuWarn != "" {
-		warnings = append(warnings, psuWarn)
-	}
-	if psuSeg != "" {
-		segs = append(segs, namedSeg{"PSU", psuSeg})
+	for _, sb := range []struct {
+		group string
+		build func([]models.ConfigItem, map[string]string) segmentResult
+	}{
+		{"CPU", buildCPUSegment},
+		{"MEM", buildMemSegment},
+		{"GPU", buildGPUSegment},
+		{"DISK", buildDiskSegment},
+		{"NET", buildNetSegment},
+		{"PSU", buildPSUSegment},
+	} {
+		res := sb.build(items, cats)
+		warnings = append(warnings, res.warnings...)
+		if res.value != "" {
+			segs = append(segs, namedSeg{group: sb.group, value: res.value, degraded: res.degraded})
+		}
 	}
 
 	if supportSeg := buildSupportSegment(items); supportSeg != "" {
-		segs = append(segs, namedSeg{"SUPPORT", supportSeg})
+		segs = append(segs, namedSeg{group: "SUPPORT", value: supportSeg})
 	}
 
 	article := strings.Join(namedSegsValues(segs), "-")
 	if len([]rune(article)) > 80 {
-		article = compressArticle(segs)
+		segs = compressArticle(segs)
+		article = strings.Join(namedSegsValues(segs), "-")
 		warnings = append(warnings, "compressed")
 	}
 	if len([]rune(article)) > 80 {
 		return BuildResult{}, fmt.Errorf("article_overflow")
 	}
 
-	return BuildResult{Article: article, Warnings: warnings}, nil
+	result := BuildResult{Article: article, Warnings: warnings}
+	for _, s := range segs {
+		result.Segments = append(result.Segments, ResultSegment{
+			Group:      s.group,
+			Text:       s.value,
+			Recognized: !s.degraded,
+		})
+	}
+	return result, nil
 }
 
 func namedSegsValues(segs []namedSeg) []string {
@@ -145,38 +154,43 @@ func buildSupportSegment(items []models.ConfigItem) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func buildCPUSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) string {
-	type agg struct {
-		qty int
+// placeholderToken returns the token used in the article when a lot's spec can't be
+// parsed: the lot_category itself (never a bare "UNK"), uppercased.
+func placeholderToken(cat string) string {
+	t := strings.ToUpper(strings.TrimSpace(cat))
+	if t == "" {
+		return "X"
 	}
-	models := map[string]*agg{}
+	return t
+}
+
+func buildCPUSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) segmentResult {
+	models := map[string]int{}
+	res := segmentResult{}
 	for _, it := range items {
 		group, ok := GroupForLotCategory(cats[it.LotName])
 		if !ok || group != GroupCPU {
 			continue
 		}
-		model := parseCPUModel(it.LotName)
-		if model == "" {
-			model = "UNK"
+		model, parsed := parseCPUModel(it.LotName)
+		if !parsed {
+			model = placeholderToken(cats[it.LotName])
+			res.degraded = true
+			res.warnings = append(res.warnings, fmt.Sprintf("CPU: не распознана модель LOT %q — в артикул записана категория %q", it.LotName, model))
 		}
-		if _, ok := models[model]; !ok {
-			models[model] = &agg{}
-		}
-		models[model].qty += it.Quantity
+		models[model] += it.Quantity
 	}
 	if len(models) == 0 {
-		return ""
+		return res
 	}
-	parts := make([]string, 0, len(models))
-	for model, a := range models {
-		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%dx%s", a.qty, model))
-	}
-	sort.Strings(parts)
-	return strings.Join(parts, "+")
+	res.value = joinQtyTokens(models)
+	return res
 }
 
-func buildMemSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) (string, string) {
+func buildMemSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) segmentResult {
 	totalGiB := 0
+	res := segmentResult{}
+	unparsed := 0
 	for _, it := range items {
 		group, ok := GroupForLotCategory(cats[it.LotName])
 		if !ok || group != GroupMEM {
@@ -184,21 +198,31 @@ func buildMemSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) (string,
 		}
 		per := parseMemGiB(it.LotName)
 		if per <= 0 {
-			return "", "mem_unknown"
+			unparsed++
+			res.degraded = true
+			res.warnings = append(res.warnings, fmt.Sprintf("MEM: не распознан объём LOT %q", it.LotName))
+			continue
 		}
 		totalGiB += per * it.Quantity
 	}
-	if totalGiB == 0 {
-		return "", ""
+	parts := make([]string, 0, 2)
+	if totalGiB > 0 {
+		if totalGiB%1024 == 0 {
+			parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%dT", totalGiB/1024))
+		} else {
+			parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%dG", totalGiB))
+		}
 	}
-	if totalGiB%1024 == 0 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dT", totalGiB/1024), ""
+	if unparsed > 0 {
+		parts = append(parts, placeholderToken("MEM"))
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%dG", totalGiB), ""
+	res.value = strings.Join(parts, "+")
+	return res
 }
 
-func buildGPUSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) string {
+func buildGPUSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) segmentResult {
 	models := map[string]int{}
+	res := segmentResult{}
 	for _, it := range items {
 		group, ok := GroupForLotCategory(cats[it.LotName])
 		if !ok || group != GroupGPU {
@@ -207,30 +231,28 @@ func buildGPUSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) string {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToUpper(it.LotName), "MB_") {
 			continue
 		}
-		model := parseGPUModel(it.LotName)
-		if model == "" {
-			model = "UNK"
+		model, parsed := parseGPUModel(it.LotName)
+		if !parsed {
+			model = placeholderToken(cats[it.LotName])
+			res.degraded = true
+			res.warnings = append(res.warnings, fmt.Sprintf("GPU: не распознана модель LOT %q — в артикул записана категория %q", it.LotName, model))
 		}
 		models[model] += it.Quantity
 	}
 	if len(models) == 0 {
-		return ""
+		return res
 	}
-	parts := make([]string, 0, len(models))
-	for model, qty := range models {
-		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%dx%s", qty, model))
-	}
-	sort.Strings(parts)
-	return strings.Join(parts, "+")
+	res.value = joinQtyTokens(models)
+	return res
 }
 
-func buildDiskSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) (string, string) {
+func buildDiskSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) segmentResult {
 	type key struct {
 		t string
 		c string
 	}
 	groupQty := map[key]int{}
-	warn := ""
+	res := segmentResult{}
 	for _, it := range items {
 		group, ok := GroupForLotCategory(cats[it.LotName])
 		if !ok || group != GroupDISK {
@@ -238,14 +260,14 @@ func buildDiskSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) (string
 		}
 		capToken := parseCapacity(it.LotName)
 		if capToken == "" {
-			warn = "disk_unknown"
+			res.degraded = true
+			res.warnings = append(res.warnings, fmt.Sprintf("DISK: не распознан объём LOT %q", it.LotName))
 		}
 		typeCode := diskTypeCode(cats[it.LotName], it.LotName)
-		k := key{t: typeCode, c: capToken}
-		groupQty[k] += it.Quantity
+		groupQty[key{t: typeCode, c: capToken}] += it.Quantity
 	}
 	if len(groupQty) == 0 {
-		return "", ""
+		return res
 	}
 	parts := make([]string, 0, len(groupQty))
 	for k, qty := range groupQty {
@@ -256,23 +278,25 @@ func buildDiskSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) (string
 		}
 	}
 	sort.Strings(parts)
-	return strings.Join(parts, "+"), warn
+	res.value = strings.Join(parts, "+")
+	return res
 }
 
-func buildNetSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) (string, string) {
-	return buildProfileSegment(items, cats, GroupNET, parsePortSpeed, "UNKNET", "net_unknown")
+func buildNetSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) segmentResult {
+	return buildProfileSegment(items, cats, GroupNET, parsePortSpeed, "NET")
 }
 
-func buildPSUSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) (string, string) {
-	return buildProfileSegment(items, cats, GroupPSU, parseWatts, "UNKPSU", "psu_unknown")
+func buildPSUSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string) segmentResult {
+	return buildProfileSegment(items, cats, GroupPSU, parseWatts, "PSU")
 }
 
 // buildProfileSegment groups items of the given category group by a profile token
-// parsed from their lot name (e.g. port speed, wattage rating), falling back to
-// unknownToken and warnCode when a lot's profile can't be determined.
-func buildProfileSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string, group Group, parseProfile func(string) string, unknownToken, warnCode string) (string, string) {
+// parsed from their lot name (e.g. port speed, wattage rating). When a lot's profile
+// can't be determined it falls back to the category placeholder and flags the segment
+// as degraded, naming the lot in a warning.
+func buildProfileSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string, group Group, parseProfile func(string) string, groupLabel string) segmentResult {
 	groupQty := map[string]int{}
-	warn := ""
+	res := segmentResult{}
 	for _, it := range items {
 		g, ok := GroupForLotCategory(cats[it.LotName])
 		if !ok || g != group {
@@ -280,20 +304,27 @@ func buildProfileSegment(items []models.ConfigItem, cats map[string]string, grou
 		}
 		profile := parseProfile(it.LotName)
 		if profile == "" {
-			profile = unknownToken
-			warn = warnCode
+			profile = placeholderToken(groupLabel)
+			res.degraded = true
+			res.warnings = append(res.warnings, fmt.Sprintf("%s: не распознан профиль LOT %q — в артикул записана категория %q", groupLabel, it.LotName, profile))
 		}
 		groupQty[profile] += it.Quantity
 	}
 	if len(groupQty) == 0 {
-		return "", ""
+		return res
 	}
-	parts := make([]string, 0, len(groupQty))
-	for profile, qty := range groupQty {
-		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%dx%s", qty, profile))
+	res.value = joinQtyTokens(groupQty)
+	return res
+}
+
+// joinQtyTokens renders {token: qty} as a sorted "NxTOKEN+MxTOKEN" string.
+func joinQtyTokens(qty map[string]int) string {
+	parts := make([]string, 0, len(qty))
+	for token, n := range qty {
+		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%dx%s", n, token))
 	}
 	sort.Strings(parts)
-	return strings.Join(parts, "+"), warn
+	return strings.Join(parts, "+")
 }
 
 func normalizeModelToken(lotName string) string {
@@ -305,18 +336,27 @@ func normalizeModelToken(lotName string) string {
 	return strings.ToUpper(strings.TrimSpace(token))
 }
 
-func parseCPUModel(lotName string) string {
+// parseCPUModel extracts the model token from a CPU lot_name (shape
+// CPU_{VENDOR}_{MODEL}, e.g. "CPU_INTEL_8592+"). The bool is false when the name
+// has no parseable {VENDOR}_{MODEL} tail — a structural failure the caller surfaces.
+// It cannot validate that the token is a real CPU model (no vendor catalog is kept
+// in the repo by design), only that the name matched the expected shape.
+func parseCPUModel(lotName string) (string, bool) {
 	parts := strings.Split(lotName, "_")
 	if len(parts) >= 2 {
 		last := strings.ToUpper(strings.TrimSpace(parts[len(parts)-1]))
 		if last != "" {
-			return last
+			return last, true
 		}
 	}
-	return normalizeModelToken(lotName)
+	return normalizeModelToken(lotName), false
 }
 
-func parseGPUModel(lotName string) string {
+// parseGPUModel extracts a "MODEL[_MEM]" token from a GPU lot_name. The bool is
+// false when no model token could be located and the result is only the last-ditch
+// last-underscore-segment fallback — a structural failure the caller surfaces.
+// Like parseCPUModel it does not validate the token against a catalog.
+func parseGPUModel(lotName string) (string, bool) {
 	upper := strings.ToUpper(lotName)
 	if idx := strings.Index(upper, "GPU_"); idx >= 0 {
 		upper = upper[idx+4:]
@@ -347,7 +387,7 @@ func parseGPUModel(lotName string) string {
 			}
 			if model == "" && i > 0 {
 				model = p
-			} else if model != "" && numSuffix == "" && isNumeric(p) {
+			} else if model != "" && numSuffix == "" && isModelNumber(p) {
 				numSuffix = p
 			}
 		}
@@ -357,20 +397,24 @@ func parseGPUModel(lotName string) string {
 		full = model + numSuffix
 	}
 	if full != "" && mem != "" {
-		return full + "_" + mem
+		return full + "_" + mem, true
 	}
 	if full != "" {
-		return full
+		return full, true
 	}
-	return normalizeModelToken(lotName)
+	return normalizeModelToken(lotName), false
 }
 
-func isNumeric(s string) bool {
-	if s == "" {
+// isModelNumber reports whether s looks like a GPU/accelerator model number token:
+// it starts with a digit and contains only digits and uppercase letters. This keeps
+// vendor-suffixed names like "6000D" (RTX PRO 6000D) intact instead of dropping the
+// letter and collapsing two distinct models to the same token.
+func isModelNumber(s string) bool {
+	if s == "" || s[0] < '0' || s[0] > '9' {
 		return false
 	}
 	for _, r := range s {
-		if r < '0' || r > '9' {
+		if (r < '0' || r > '9') && (r < 'A' || r > 'Z') {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
@@ -478,42 +522,43 @@ func atoi(v string) int {
 	return n
 }
 
-func compressArticle(segs []namedSeg) string {
+// compressArticle shortens an over-long article by progressively dropping/abbreviating
+// segments. It returns the (possibly shortened) segment list; the caller re-joins it.
+func compressArticle(segs []namedSeg) []namedSeg {
 	if len(segs) == 0 {
-		return ""
+		return segs
+	}
+	fits := func() bool {
+		return len([]rune(strings.Join(namedSegsValues(segs), "-"))) <= 80
 	}
 	for i, s := range segs {
 		segs[i].value = strings.ReplaceAll(s.value, "GbE", "G")
 	}
-	article := strings.Join(namedSegsValues(segs), "-")
-	if len([]rune(article)) <= 80 {
-		return article
+	if fits() {
+		return segs
 	}
 
 	// 1) remove PSU
 	if i := findSegGroup(segs, "PSU"); i >= 0 {
 		segs = append(segs[:i], segs[i+1:]...)
-		article = strings.Join(namedSegsValues(segs), "-")
-		if len([]rune(article)) <= 80 {
-			return article
+		if fits() {
+			return segs
 		}
 	}
 
 	// 2) compress NET/HBA/HCA
 	if i := findSegGroup(segs, "NET"); i >= 0 {
 		segs[i].value = compressNetSegment(segs[i].value)
-		article = strings.Join(namedSegsValues(segs), "-")
-		if len([]rune(article)) <= 80 {
-			return article
+		if fits() {
+			return segs
 		}
 	}
 
 	// 3) compress DISK
 	if i := findSegGroup(segs, "DISK"); i >= 0 {
 		segs[i].value = compressDiskSegment(segs[i].value)
-		article = strings.Join(namedSegsValues(segs), "-")
-		if len([]rune(article)) <= 80 {
-			return article
+		if fits() {
+			return segs
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -521,7 +566,7 @@ func compressArticle(segs []namedSeg) string {
 	if i := findSegGroup(segs, "GPU"); i >= 0 {
 		segs[i].value = compressGPUSegment(segs[i].value)
 	}
-	return strings.Join(namedSegsValues(segs), "-")
+	return segs
 }
 
 func compressNetSegment(seg string) string {
diff --git a/internal/article/generator_test.go b/internal/article/generator_test.go
index 311b15d..bca7769 100644
--- a/internal/article/generator_test.go
+++ b/internal/article/generator_test.go
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ func TestBuild_ParsesNetAndPSU(t *testing.T) {
 		{LotName: "SVC_1yW_x86", Quantity: 1},
 	}
 	result, err := Build(local, items, BuildOptions{
-		ServerModel:     "DL380GEN11",
-		ServerPricelist: &localPL.ServerID,
+		ServerModel: "DL380GEN11",
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("build article: %v", err)
@@ -118,8 +117,7 @@ func TestBuild_CompressArticle_NoGPU_PSUNotNIC(t *testing.T) {
 		{LotName: "PS_1500W_Platinum", Quantity: 2},
 	}
 	result, err := Build(local, items, BuildOptions{
-		ServerModel:     "NF5280M6",
-		ServerPricelist: &localPL.ServerID,
+		ServerModel: "NF5280M6",
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("build article: %v", err)
@@ -140,3 +138,69 @@ func TestBuild_CompressArticle_NoGPU_PSUNotNIC(t *testing.T) {
 func contains(s, sub string) bool {
 	return strings.Contains(s, sub)
 }
+
+func TestParseGPUModel_VendorLetterSuffix(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"GPU_NV_RTX_PRO_6000D_SERVER_84GB_PCIE": "RTX6000D_84GB",
+		"GPU_NV_RTX_PRO_6000_SERVER_96GB_PCIE":  "RTX6000_96GB",
+	}
+	for in, want := range cases {
+		got, ok := parseGPUModel(in)
+		if !ok || got != want {
+			t.Errorf("parseGPUModel(%q) = %q, %v, want %q, true", in, got, ok, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBuild_UnparseableModel_CategoryPlaceholder: a GPU LOT whose name does not
+// match the expected shape must not silently vanish or emit "UNK" — the article
+// carries the category token and the segment is flagged not-recognized with a
+// warning naming the lot.
+func TestBuild_UnparseableModel_CategoryPlaceholder(t *testing.T) {
+	local, err := localdb.New(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "local.db"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init local db: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = local.Close() })
+
+	if err := local.SaveLocalPricelist(&localdb.LocalPricelist{
+		ServerID: 9, Source: "estimate", Version: "v1", Name: "t",
+		IsActive: true, CreatedAt: time.Now(), SyncedAt: time.Now(),
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("save pricelist: %v", err)
+	}
+	pl, err := local.GetLocalPricelistByServerID(9)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("get pricelist: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := local.SaveLocalPricelistItems([]localdb.LocalPricelistItem{
+		{PricelistID: pl.ID, LotName: "WEIRDGPUNAME", LotCategory: "GPU", Price: 1},
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("save items: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	result, err := Build(local, models.ConfigItems{
+		{LotName: "WEIRDGPUNAME", Quantity: 4},
+	}, BuildOptions{ServerModel: "X1"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("build: %v", err)
+	}
+	if contains(result.Article, "UNK") {
+		t.Fatalf("article must not contain UNK: %s", result.Article)
+	}
+	if !contains(result.Article, "4xGPU") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected category placeholder 4xGPU in article: %s", result.Article)
+	}
+	var gpu *ResultSegment
+	for i := range result.Segments {
+		if result.Segments[i].Group == "GPU" {
+			gpu = &result.Segments[i]
+		}
+	}
+	if gpu == nil || gpu.Recognized {
+		t.Fatalf("GPU segment must be present and not recognized: %+v", result.Segments)
+	}
+	if len(result.Warnings) == 0 || !contains(strings.Join(result.Warnings, "|"), "WEIRDGPUNAME") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a warning naming WEIRDGPUNAME, got %v", result.Warnings)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/services/configuration.go b/internal/services/configuration.go
index 009f490..c963a61 100644
--- a/internal/services/configuration.go
+++ b/internal/services/configuration.go
@@ -40,5 +40,7 @@ type ArticlePreviewRequest struct {
 	Items       models.ConfigItems `json:"items"`
 	ServerModel string             `json:"server_model"`
 	SupportCode string             `json:"support_code,omitempty"`
-	PricelistID *uint              `json:"pricelist_id,omitempty"`
+	// PricelistID is accepted for backward compatibility but ignored: article
+	// categories come from the component universe (world ∪ estimate), not one pricelist.
+	PricelistID *uint `json:"pricelist_id,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/internal/services/local_configuration.go b/internal/services/local_configuration.go
index b28dae7..2e1de92 100644
--- a/internal/services/local_configuration.go
+++ b/internal/services/local_configuration.go
@@ -70,13 +70,18 @@ func (s *LocalConfigurationService) Create(ownerUsername string, req *CreateConf
 
 	if strings.TrimSpace(req.ServerModel) != "" {
 		articleResult, articleErr := article.Build(s.localDB, req.Items, article.BuildOptions{
-			ServerModel:     req.ServerModel,
-			ServerPricelist: pricelistID,
+			ServerModel: req.ServerModel,
 		})
 		if articleErr != nil {
 			return nil, articleErr
 		}
 		req.Article = articleResult.Article
+		if len(articleResult.Warnings) > 0 {
+			slog.Warn("article generation degraded",
+				"server_model", req.ServerModel,
+				"article", articleResult.Article,
+				"warnings", articleResult.Warnings)
+		}
 	}
 
 	total := req.Items.Total()
@@ -166,13 +171,18 @@ func (s *LocalConfigurationService) Update(uuid string, ownerUsername string, re
 
 	if strings.TrimSpace(req.ServerModel) != "" {
 		articleResult, articleErr := article.Build(s.localDB, req.Items, article.BuildOptions{
-			ServerModel:     req.ServerModel,
-			ServerPricelist: pricelistID,
+			ServerModel: req.ServerModel,
 		})
 		if articleErr != nil {
 			return nil, articleErr
 		}
 		req.Article = articleResult.Article
+		if len(articleResult.Warnings) > 0 {
+			slog.Warn("article generation degraded",
+				"server_model", req.ServerModel,
+				"article", articleResult.Article,
+				"warnings", articleResult.Warnings)
+		}
 	}
 
 	total := req.Items.Total()
@@ -216,13 +226,10 @@ func (s *LocalConfigurationService) Update(uuid string, ownerUsername string, re
 
 // BuildArticlePreview generates server article based on current items and server_model/support_code.
 func (s *LocalConfigurationService) BuildArticlePreview(req *ArticlePreviewRequest) (article.BuildResult, error) {
-	pricelistID, err := s.resolvePricelistID(req.PricelistID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return article.BuildResult{}, err
-	}
+	// Categories for the article come from the component universe (world ∪ estimate),
+	// not from a specific pricelist, so req.PricelistID is no longer needed here.
 	return article.Build(s.localDB, req.Items, article.BuildOptions{
-		ServerModel:     req.ServerModel,
-		ServerPricelist: pricelistID,
+		ServerModel: req.ServerModel,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -527,13 +534,18 @@ func (s *LocalConfigurationService) UpdateNoAuth(uuid string, req *CreateConfigR
 
 	if strings.TrimSpace(req.ServerModel) != "" {
 		articleResult, articleErr := article.Build(s.localDB, req.Items, article.BuildOptions{
-			ServerModel:     req.ServerModel,
-			ServerPricelist: pricelistID,
+			ServerModel: req.ServerModel,
 		})
 		if articleErr != nil {
 			return nil, articleErr
 		}
 		req.Article = articleResult.Article
+		if len(articleResult.Warnings) > 0 {
+			slog.Warn("article generation degraded",
+				"server_model", req.ServerModel,
+				"article", articleResult.Article,
+				"warnings", articleResult.Warnings)
+		}
 	}
 
 	total := req.Items.Total()
diff --git a/web/templates/index.html b/web/templates/index.html
index cc91bc9..0a3adab 100644
--- a/web/templates/index.html
+++ b/web/templates/index.html
@@ -2537,13 +2537,40 @@ async function previewArticle() {
         }
         const data = await resp.json();
         currentArticle = data.article || '';
-        el.textContent = currentArticle ? ('Артикул: ' + currentArticle) : 'Артикул: —';
+        renderArticleDisplay(el, currentArticle, data.segments, data.warnings);
     } catch(e) {
         currentArticle = '';
         el.textContent = 'Артикул: —';
     }
 }
 
+// renderArticleDisplay shows the article, colouring any segment the generator could
+// not fully parse (Recognized === false — its token is a category placeholder, not a
+// real spec) and listing the warnings that name the offending LOTs.
+function renderArticleDisplay(el, article, segments, warnings) {
+    if (!article) { el.textContent = 'Артикул: —'; return; }
+    let body;
+    if (Array.isArray(segments) && segments.length) {
+        body = segments.map(s => {
+            const t = escapeHtml(s.text);
+            return s.recognized === false
+                ? '<span class="text-amber-700 bg-amber-100 rounded px-0.5" title="не распознано — записана категория">' + t + '</span>'
+                : t;
+        }).join('-');
+    } else {
+        body = escapeHtml(article);
+    }
+    let html = 'Артикул: ' + body;
+    if (Array.isArray(warnings) && warnings.length) {
+        const list = warnings.filter(w => w !== 'compressed')
+            .map(w => '<li>' + escapeHtml(w) + '</li>').join('');
+        if (list) {
+            html += '<ul class="mt-1 text-xs text-amber-700 list-disc list-inside font-sans">' + list + '</ul>';
+        }
+    }
+    el.innerHTML = html;
+}
+
 function getCurrentArticle() {
     return currentArticle || '';
 }