diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e1ab051d7..0483ad77b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ PastureStack is an independent community effort to preserve, audit, and moderniz
 
 ## Project status
 
+Candidate `1.6.173` repairs empty environment-template choice labels. These
+choices are native `ProjectTemplate` resources, not Catalog templates: their
+authoritative label is `name`, and selection remains bound to the template ID.
+The focused regression covers the actual model, rendered choices, renaming and
+selection. Official validation, immutable publication, Server packaging and
+packaged native acceptance are pending; this candidate does not promote any
+historical HOLD or claim the complete permission matrix is finished. See the
+[release note](docs/releases/web-console-1.6.173.md).
+
 Published `1.6.172` preserves API-key create-only first delivery when a redacted
 subscribe model arrives before POST/201. Only the API-key editor opts into a
 request-private, Schema-bound delivery to its detached clone; newer canonical
diff --git a/app/components/view-edit-project/component.js b/app/components/view-edit-project/component.js
index 4ce2c49f4b..07f50a298a 100644
--- a/app/components/view-edit-project/component.js
+++ b/app/components/view-edit-project/component.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export default Component.extend(NewOrEdit, Sortable, {
     var active = this.get('project.projectTemplateId');
 
     var choices = this.get('projectTemplates').map((tpl) => {
-      return {id: tpl.id, name: tpl.get('localizedName'), image: tpl.get('orchestrationIcon')};
+      return {id: tpl.id, name: tpl.get('name'), image: tpl.get('orchestrationIcon')};
     });
 
     if ( !choices.length ) {
diff --git a/docs/baselines/npm-package-lock.sass-replacement.node24-ignore-scripts.json b/docs/baselines/npm-package-lock.sass-replacement.node24-ignore-scripts.json
index 1d8631e649..70f107e71c 100644
--- a/docs/baselines/npm-package-lock.sass-replacement.node24-ignore-scripts.json
+++ b/docs/baselines/npm-package-lock.sass-replacement.node24-ignore-scripts.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@pasturestack/web-console",
-  "version": "1.6.172",
+  "version": "1.6.173",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@pasturestack/web-console",
-      "version": "1.6.172",
+      "version": "1.6.173",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "sass": "1.103.1"
diff --git a/docs/releases/web-console-1.6.173.md b/docs/releases/web-console-1.6.173.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5808e39b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/web-console-1.6.173.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Web Console 1.6.173
+
+Candidate; official validation and publication are pending.
+
+## Root cause and minimal repair
+
+The environment-create form maps native `ProjectTemplate` resources to choice
+cards. It incorrectly read `localizedName`, a Catalog Template property which
+the native model does not implement, leaving labels empty. Read the native
+resource's `name` instead. Preserve the existing name-dependent sorting and
+selection by exact template ID; do not translate user-defined names or add a
+fallback which conceals a missing model contract.
+
+The bounded consumer review found this incorrect native-model lookup only in
+`app/components/view-edit-project/component.js`. Catalog templates legitimately
+use `localizedName` and are unchanged. No API, permission, membership, save-hook,
+OIDC, MFA, session-generation or WebSocket contract changes.
+
+## Verification and release boundaries
+
+Regressions must use the real native model without an invented `localizedName`,
+verify rendered labels and sorting, rename reactivity and exact-ID card
+selection. Existing environment permission tests remain applicable. Packaged
+native creation, owner/member Host acceptance and the fresh API-key delivery
+acceptance remain separate gates. Historical HOLD receipts remain HOLD and
+the full permission/resource/locale matrix remains INCOMPLETE.
+
+Use a new immutable numeric component tag and a new immutable Server patch
+image. Preserve existing Compose options, volumes, HTTPS origin and prior image
+for rollback. Do not deploy the company instance as part of this QA repair.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1d8631e649..70f107e71c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@pasturestack/web-console",
-  "version": "1.6.172",
+  "version": "1.6.173",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@pasturestack/web-console",
-      "version": "1.6.172",
+      "version": "1.6.173",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "sass": "1.103.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 22851ccf29..9ed5e6b3ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@pasturestack/web-console",
-  "version": "1.6.172",
+  "version": "1.6.173",
   "private": true,
   "description": "PastureStack browser console for the compatible control platform.",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/scripts/check-modernization-blockers b/scripts/check-modernization-blockers
index 40caa864f2..5252a4815d 100755
--- a/scripts/check-modernization-blockers
+++ b/scripts/check-modernization-blockers
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ with open('package.json', encoding='utf-8') as f:
     print(json.load(f).get('version', ''))
 PY
 )
-if [[ "$version" != "1.6.172" ]]; then
-  echo "UNEXPECTED_UI_ARTIFACT_VERSION version=$version expected=1.6.172"
+if [[ "$version" != "1.6.173" ]]; then
+  echo "UNEXPECTED_UI_ARTIFACT_VERSION version=$version expected=1.6.173"
   failures=$((failures + 1))
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/check-ui-console-workspace b/scripts/check-ui-console-workspace
index 35d05d92c9..19e8ab7bc4 100755
--- a/scripts/check-ui-console-workspace
+++ b/scripts/check-ui-console-workspace
@@ -141,4 +141,4 @@ if [[ -n ${PASTURESTACK_PRIVATE_MARKER:-} ]] && grep -RInF -- "$PASTURESTACK_PRI
 fi
 
 printf 'UI_CONSOLE_WORKSPACE_OK version=%s persistence=%s cross_tab=%s\n' \
-  1.6.172 browser-session broker-broadcast
+  1.6.173 browser-session broker-broadcast
diff --git a/scripts/check-ui-critical-high-dependencies b/scripts/check-ui-critical-high-dependencies
index 0b2c02ef9b..6d93fa02fe 100755
--- a/scripts/check-ui-critical-high-dependencies
+++ b/scripts/check-ui-critical-high-dependencies
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if lock_bytes != baseline_bytes:
 lock = json.loads(lock_bytes)
 packages = lock.get("packages", {})
 root = packages.get("", {})
-if package.get("version") != "1.6.172":
+if package.get("version") != "1.6.173":
     fail(f"unexpected Web Console version: {package.get('version')}")
 if root.get("version") != package.get("version"):
     fail(f"lock root version differs: {root.get('version')}")
diff --git a/tests/integration/components/view-edit-project-permissions-test.js b/tests/integration/components/view-edit-project-permissions-test.js
index 55d48aac83..bcca300866 100644
--- a/tests/integration/components/view-edit-project-permissions-test.js
+++ b/tests/integration/components/view-edit-project-permissions-test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import { click, find, findAll, render, settled, setupContext, setupRenderingCont
 import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 
 import { initialize as initializePodLayouts } from 'ui/initializers/pod-component-layouts';
+import ProjectTemplate from 'ui/models/projecttemplate';
 import Router from 'ui/router';
+import { destroyOwned } from '../../helpers/owned-subject';
 import resolver from '../../helpers/resolver';
 
 module('Integration | Component | view edit project permissions', function(hooks) {
@@ -61,9 +63,65 @@ module('Integration | Component | view edit project permissions', function(hooks
 
   hooks.afterEach(async function() {
     await teardownContext(this);
+    (this.nativeTemplates || []).forEach((template) => destroyOwned(template));
     this.testRoot.remove();
   });
 
+  test('new environment cards render real native names and select the same ID after a rename', async function(assert) {
+    this.app = EmberObject.create({baseAssets: '/'});
+    let zulu = ProjectTemplate.create({id: '1pt-zulu', name: 'Zulu environment', stacks: A([]), app: this.app});
+    let alpha = ProjectTemplate.create({id: '1pt-alpha', name: 'alpha environment', stacks: A([]), app: this.app});
+    this.nativeTemplates = [zulu, alpha];
+    this.projectTemplates = A(this.nativeTemplates);
+    this.project.setProperties({id: null, projectTemplateId: zulu.id});
+    assert.strictEqual(alpha.get('localizedName'), undefined, 'the real native model supplies no catalog name alias');
+
+    await render(precompileTemplate(`{{view-edit-project
+      project=this.project originalProject=this.originalProject projectTemplates=this.projectTemplates
+      app=this.app network=this.network policyManager=this.policyManager userStore=this.userStore
+      showEdit=true editing=false
+    }}`));
+
+    assert.deepEqual(findAll('.orchestration-driver .clip').map((label) => label.textContent.trim()),
+      ['alpha environment', 'Zulu environment'], 'native user-defined labels render in case-insensitive order');
+    assert.strictEqual(findAll('.orchestration-driver.active').length, 1, 'one native ID is selected');
+    assert.strictEqual(find('.orchestration-driver.active .clip').textContent.trim(), 'Zulu environment');
+
+    await click(findAll('.orchestration-driver')[0]);
+    assert.strictEqual(this.project.get('projectTemplateId'), alpha.id, 'the real card action stores its exact model ID');
+    assert.strictEqual(find('.orchestration-driver.active .clip').textContent.trim(), 'alpha environment');
+
+    alpha.set('name', 'zz renamed environment');
+    await settled();
+    assert.deepEqual(findAll('.orchestration-driver .clip').map((label) => label.textContent.trim()),
+      ['Zulu environment', 'zz renamed environment'], 'renaming updates the rendered label and card order');
+    assert.strictEqual(this.project.get('projectTemplateId'), alpha.id, 'the selected ID survives reordering');
+    assert.strictEqual(findAll('.orchestration-driver.active').length, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(find('.orchestration-driver.active .clip').textContent.trim(), 'zz renamed environment');
+  });
+
+  test('new environment renders and selects the None card for an empty native template list', async function(assert) {
+    this.app = EmberObject.create({baseAssets: '/'});
+    this.projectTemplates = A([]);
+    this.project.setProperties({id: null, projectTemplateId: '1pt-stale'});
+
+    await render(precompileTemplate(`{{view-edit-project
+      project=this.project originalProject=this.originalProject projectTemplates=this.projectTemplates
+      app=this.app network=this.network policyManager=this.policyManager userStore=this.userStore
+      showEdit=true editing=false
+    }}`));
+
+    assert.strictEqual(findAll('.orchestration-driver').length, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(find('.orchestration-driver .clip').textContent.trim(), 'None');
+    assert.strictEqual(find('.orchestration-driver img').getAttribute('src'), '/assets/images/logos/pasturestack-mark.svg');
+    assert.strictEqual(findAll('.orchestration-driver.active').length, 0, 'a stale ID is not selected');
+    assert.ok(find('.well .text-center').textContent.includes('viewEditProject.nativeEngine'), 'the empty-list summary stays native');
+
+    await click('.orchestration-driver');
+    assert.strictEqual(this.project.get('projectTemplateId'), null, 'the native fallback action clears the stale ID');
+    assert.strictEqual(findAll('.orchestration-driver.active').length, 1, 'the null-ID card becomes selected');
+  });
+
   test('direct edit URL follows member, metadata, and network links independently', async function(assert) {
     let cancelled = 0;
     this.cancel = () => { cancelled++; };
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/view-edit-project-permissions-test.js b/tests/unit/components/view-edit-project-permissions-test.js
index 3afc96563e..ce77e9afab 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/view-edit-project-permissions-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/components/view-edit-project-permissions-test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { resolve } from 'rsvp';
 import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 
 import ViewEditProject from 'ui/components/view-edit-project/component';
+import ProjectTemplate from 'ui/models/projecttemplate';
 import inertRenderer from '../../helpers/inert-renderer';
 import { createOwned, destroyOwned } from '../../helpers/owned-subject';
 
@@ -25,6 +26,62 @@ function makeComponent(project, network, options = {}) {
   }, 'component');
 }
 
+test('native project template choices use names, keep IDs, and react to renames', function(assert) {
+  let app = EmberObject.create({baseAssets: '/'});
+  let zulu = ProjectTemplate.create({id: '1pt-zulu', name: 'Zulu environment', stacks: A([]), app});
+  let alpha = ProjectTemplate.create({id: '1pt-alpha', name: 'alpha environment', stacks: A([]), app});
+  let project = EmberObject.create({id: null, projectTemplateId: zulu.id, projectMembers: A([])});
+  let component = makeComponent(project, null, {app, editing: false, projectTemplates: A([zulu, alpha])});
+
+  try {
+    assert.strictEqual(zulu.get('localizedName'), undefined, 'the real native model has no catalog localizedName');
+    assert.strictEqual(alpha.get('localizedName'), undefined, 'no fixture alias hides a missing native name');
+    assert.deepEqual(component.get('templateChoices').map(({id, name, image}) => ({id, name, image})), [
+      {id: alpha.id, name: 'alpha environment', image: alpha.get('orchestrationIcon')},
+      {id: zulu.id, name: 'Zulu environment', image: zulu.get('orchestrationIcon')},
+    ], 'user-defined names are sorted case-insensitively without losing IDs or icons');
+
+    component.send('selectTemplate', alpha.id);
+    assert.strictEqual(project.get('projectTemplateId'), alpha.id, 'the action stores the selected native ID, not its name');
+    assert.strictEqual(component.get('selectedProjectTemplate'), alpha, 'the selection resolves the actual native model');
+
+    alpha.set('name', 'zz renamed environment');
+    assert.deepEqual(component.get('templateChoices').map(({id, name}) => ({id, name})), [
+      {id: zulu.id, name: 'Zulu environment'},
+      {id: alpha.id, name: 'zz renamed environment'},
+    ], 'the existing name dependency refreshes both labels and order');
+    assert.strictEqual(project.get('projectTemplateId'), alpha.id, 'renaming does not replace the selected ID');
+  } finally {
+    destroyOwned(component);
+    destroyOwned(zulu);
+    destroyOwned(alpha);
+  }
+});
+
+test('an empty native project template list keeps the None choice', function(assert) {
+  let project = EmberObject.create({id: null, projectTemplateId: '1pt-stale', projectMembers: A([])});
+  let component = makeComponent(project, null, {
+    app: EmberObject.create({baseAssets: '/'}),
+    editing: false,
+    projectTemplates: A([]),
+  });
+
+  try {
+    let choices = component.get('templateChoices');
+    assert.strictEqual(choices.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual({id: choices[0].id, name: choices[0].name, image: choices[0].image}, {
+      id: null,
+      name: 'None',
+      image: '/assets/images/logos/pasturestack-mark.svg',
+    }, 'the no-template fallback remains a null-ID native choice');
+    component.send('selectTemplate', choices[0].id);
+    assert.strictEqual(project.get('projectTemplateId'), null, 'the fallback clears a stale template ID');
+    assert.strictEqual(component.get('selectedProjectTemplate'), undefined);
+  } finally {
+    destroyOwned(component);
+  }
+});
+
 test('existing environment writes only resources advertised by their own capabilities', async function(assert) {
   let cases = [
     {name: 'readonly', project: false, members: false, network: false},