diff --git a/packages/SwingSet/tools/run-utils.js b/packages/SwingSet/tools/run-utils.js
index d2676f1055b..bdb1a435390 100644
--- a/packages/SwingSet/tools/run-utils.js
+++ b/packages/SwingSet/tools/run-utils.js
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import { makeQueue } from '@endo/stream';
  * @import { RunPolicy } from '../src/types-external.js'
  */
 
-/** @typedef {{ provideRunPolicy: () => RunPolicy | undefined }} RunPolicyMaker */
+/** @typedef {{ provideRunPolicy: () => RunPolicy | undefined }} RunHarness */
 
 /**
  * @param {import('../src/controller/controller.js').SwingsetController} controller
- * @param {RunPolicyMaker} [perfTool]
+ * @param {RunHarness} [harness]
  */
-export const makeRunUtils = (controller, perfTool) => {
+export const makeRunUtils = (controller, harness) => {
   const mutex = makeQueue();
   const logRunFailure = reason =>
     console.log('controller.run() failure', reason);
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const makeRunUtils = (controller, perfTool) => {
   const queueAndRun = async (deliveryThunk, voidResult = false) => {
     await mutex.get();
     const kpid = await deliveryThunk();
-    const runPolicy = perfTool && perfTool.provideRunPolicy();
+    const runPolicy = harness && harness.provideRunPolicy();
     const runResultP = controller.run(runPolicy);
     mutex.put(runResultP.catch(logRunFailure));
     await runResultP;
diff --git a/packages/boot/test/bootstrapTests/orchestration.test.ts b/packages/boot/test/bootstrapTests/orchestration.test.ts
index ec95a0c95ef..b51f13e6568 100644
--- a/packages/boot/test/bootstrapTests/orchestration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/boot/test/bootstrapTests/orchestration.test.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ import {
 } from './walletFactory.js';
 import {
   insistManagerType,
-  makeRunPolicyProvider,
+  makeSwingsetHarness,
 } from '../../tools/supports.js';
 
 const test: TestFn<
   WalletFactoryTestContext & {
-    perfTool?: ReturnType<typeof makeRunPolicyProvider>;
+    harness?: ReturnType<typeof makeSwingsetHarness>;
   }
 > = anyTest;
 
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ const {
 
 test.before(async t => {
   insistManagerType(defaultManagerType);
-  const perfTool =
-    defaultManagerType === 'xsnap' ? makeRunPolicyProvider() : undefined;
+  const harness =
+    defaultManagerType === 'xsnap' ? makeSwingsetHarness() : undefined;
   const ctx = await makeWalletFactoryContext(
     t,
     '@agoric/vm-config/decentral-itest-orchestration-config.json',
-    { slogFile, defaultManagerType, perfTool },
+    { slogFile, defaultManagerType, harness },
   );
-  t.context = { ...ctx, perfTool };
+  t.context = { ...ctx, harness };
 });
 test.after.always(t => t.context.shutdown?.());
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ test.skip('stakeOsmo - queries', async t => {
     buildProposal,
     evalProposal,
     runUtils: { EV },
-    perfTool,
+    harness,
   } = t.context;
   await evalProposal(
     buildProposal('@agoric/builders/scripts/orchestration/init-stakeOsmo.js'),
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ test.serial('stakeAtom - smart wallet', async t => {
     agoricNamesRemotes,
     bridgeUtils: { flushInboundQueue },
     readPublished,
-    perfTool,
+    harness,
   } = t.context;
 
   await evalProposal(
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ test.serial('stakeAtom - smart wallet', async t => {
     'agoric1testStakAtom',
   );
 
-  perfTool?.usePolicy(true);
+  harness?.useRunPolicy(true);
   await wd.sendOffer({
     id: 'request-account',
     invitationSpec: {
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ test.serial('stakeAtom - smart wallet', async t => {
     },
     proposal: {},
   });
-  perfTool && t.log('makeAccount computrons', perfTool.totalCount());
-  perfTool?.usePolicy(false);
+  harness && t.log('makeAccount computrons', harness.totalComputronCount());
+  harness?.useRunPolicy(false);
 
   await flushInboundQueue();
   t.like(wd.getCurrentWalletRecord(), {
diff --git a/packages/boot/test/bootstrapTests/price-feed-replace.test.ts b/packages/boot/test/bootstrapTests/price-feed-replace.test.ts
index 3e7876b694c..c9a6178f0fd 100644
--- a/packages/boot/test/bootstrapTests/price-feed-replace.test.ts
+++ b/packages/boot/test/bootstrapTests/price-feed-replace.test.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ test.serial('setupVaults; run updatePriceFeeds proposals', async t => {
     setupVaults,
     governanceDriver: gd,
     readPublished,
-    perfTool,
+    harness,
   } = t.context;
 
   await setupVaults(collateralBrandKey, managerIndex, setup);
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ test.serial('setupVaults; run updatePriceFeeds proposals', async t => {
     roundId: 1n,
   });
 
-  perfTool && perfTool.usePolicy(true);
+  harness && harness.useRunPolicy(true);
   await priceFeedDrivers[collateralBrandKey].setPrice(15.99);
-  perfTool && t.log('setPrice computrons', perfTool.totalCount());
-  perfTool && perfTool.usePolicy(false);
+  harness && t.log('setPrice computrons', harness.totalComputronCount());
+  harness && harness.useRunPolicy(false);
 
   t.like(readPublished('priceFeed.ATOM-USD_price_feed.latestRound'), {
     roundId: 2n,
diff --git a/packages/boot/tools/liquidation.ts b/packages/boot/tools/liquidation.ts
index 04fbe9e6499..6b386535ef0 100644
--- a/packages/boot/tools/liquidation.ts
+++ b/packages/boot/tools/liquidation.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from '@agoric/vats/tools/board-utils.js';
 import { Offers } from '@agoric/inter-protocol/src/clientSupport.js';
 import type { ExecutionContext } from 'ava';
-import { insistManagerType, makeRunPolicyProvider } from './supports.js';
+import { insistManagerType, makeSwingsetHarness } from './supports.js';
 import { type SwingsetTestKit, makeSwingsetTestKit } from './supports.js';
 import {
   type GovernanceDriver,
@@ -322,12 +322,12 @@ export const makeLiquidationTestContext = async (
     SWINGSET_WORKER_TYPE: defaultManagerType = 'local',
   } = env;
   assertManagerType(defaultManagerType);
-  const perfTool =
-    defaultManagerType === 'xsnap' ? makeRunPolicyProvider() : undefined;
+  const harness =
+    defaultManagerType === 'xsnap' ? makeSwingsetHarness() : undefined;
   const swingsetTestKit = await makeSwingsetTestKit(t.log, undefined, {
     slogFile,
     defaultManagerType,
-    perfTool,
+    harness,
   });
   console.time('DefaultTestContext');
 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ export const makeLiquidationTestContext = async (
     refreshAgoricNamesRemotes,
     walletFactoryDriver,
     governanceDriver,
-    perfTool,
+    harness,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/boot/tools/supports.ts b/packages/boot/tools/supports.ts
index 603b8f54cd0..0be39b19fa0 100644
--- a/packages/boot/tools/supports.ts
+++ b/packages/boot/tools/supports.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import { Fail } from '@endo/errors';
 import {
   makeRunUtils,
   type RunUtils,
-  type RunPolicyMaker,
+  type RunHarness,
 } from '@agoric/swingset-vat/tools/run-utils.js';
 import {
   boardSlottingMarshaller,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ type BootstrapEV = EProxy & {
 
 const makeBootstrapRunUtils = makeRunUtils as (
   controller: SwingsetController,
-  perfTool?: RunPolicyMaker,
+  harness?: RunHarness,
 ) => Omit<RunUtils, 'EV'> & { EV: BootstrapEV };
 
 const keysToObject = <K extends PropertyKey, V>(
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ export const matchIter = (t: AvaT, iter, valueRef) => {
  * @param [options.profileVats]
  * @param [options.debugVats]
  * @param [options.defaultManagerType]
- * @param [options.perfTool]
+ * @param [options.harness]
  */
 export const makeSwingsetTestKit = async (
   log: (..._: any[]) => void,
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export const makeSwingsetTestKit = async (
     profileVats = [] as string[],
     debugVats = [] as string[],
     defaultManagerType = 'local' as ManagerType,
-    perfTool = undefined as RunPolicyMaker | undefined,
+    harness = undefined as RunHarness | undefined,
   } = {},
 ) => {
   console.time('makeBaseSwingsetTestKit');
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ export const makeSwingsetTestKit = async (
 
   console.timeLog('makeBaseSwingsetTestKit', 'buildSwingset');
 
-  const runUtils = makeBootstrapRunUtils(controller, perfTool);
+  const runUtils = makeBootstrapRunUtils(controller, harness);
 
   const buildProposal = makeProposalExtractor({
     childProcess: childProcessAmbient,
@@ -670,7 +670,12 @@ export const makeSwingsetTestKit = async (
 };
 export type SwingsetTestKit = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof makeSwingsetTestKit>>;
 
-export const makeRunPolicyProvider = () => {
+/**
+ * Return a harness that can be dynamically configured to provide a computron-
+ * counting run policy (and queried for the count of computrons recorded since
+ * the last reset).
+ */
+export const makeSwingsetHarness = () => {
   const c2b = defaultBeansPerXsnapComputron;
   const beansPerUnit = {
     // see https://cosgov.org/agoric?msgType=parameterChangeProposal&network=main
@@ -691,14 +696,14 @@ export const makeRunPolicyProvider = () => {
       return policy;
     },
     /** @param {boolean} forceEnabled */
-    usePolicy: forceEnabled => {
+    useRunPolicy: forceEnabled => {
       policyEnabled = forceEnabled;
       if (!policyEnabled) {
         policy = undefined;
       }
     },
-    totalCount: () => (policy?.totalBeans() || 0n) / c2b,
-    resetPolicy: () => (policy = undefined),
+    totalComputronCount: () => (policy?.totalBeans() || 0n) / c2b,
+    resetRunPolicy: () => (policy = undefined),
   });
   return meter;
 };