@agent-custody/state 0.1.9 → 0.2.0

package/dist/pack.d.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface CustodyPack {
     /** hold and release events, in order */
     holds: LedgerEvent[];
 }
-export declare function buildPack(ledger: Ledger, receiptsDir: string, factId: string): CustodyPack;
+export declare function buildPack(ledger: Ledger, receiptsDir: string, factId: string): Promise<CustodyPack>;
 export declare function signPack(pack: CustodyPack, key: KeyPair): Envelope;
 export interface PackCheck {
     name: string;

package/dist/pack.js

@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ function receiptResult(bundle) {
         return null; // a damaged bundle; the receipt check reports it
     }
 }
-export function buildPack(ledger, receiptsDir, factId) {
+export async function buildPack(ledger, receiptsDir, factId) {
     const bundles = loadBundles(receiptsDir);
-    const history = ledger.history(factId);
-    const blast = blastRadius(ledger, loadReceipts(receiptsDir), factId);
+    const history = await ledger.history(factId);
+    const blast = await blastRadius(ledger, loadReceipts(receiptsDir), factId);
     const wanted = new Set();
     for (const e of history) {
         const src = e.kind === "assert" ? e.fact.source.receiptId : e.source.receiptId;

package/dist/server.js

@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ export function createMemoryServer(ledger, opts = {}) {
         }
         return { removedFrom, stillHeld, verification };
     }
-    async function forgetOne(factId, reason, keepDigest) {
-        const fact = ledger.facts().find((f) => f.factId === factId);
-        const ev = ledger.forget({ factId, actor: currentActor, reason, source: { receiptId: currentReceipt }, ...(keepDigest === undefined ? {} : { keepDigest }) });
+    async function forgetOne(factId, reason, keepDigest, compact = true) {
+        const fact = await ledger.get(factId);
+        const ev = await ledger.forget({ factId, actor: currentActor, reason, source: { receiptId: currentReceipt }, ...(keepDigest === undefined ? {} : { keepDigest }), compact });
         const { removedFrom, stillHeld, verification } = await removeFromStores(fact);
         return { factId: ev.factId, valueDigest: ev.valueDigest, digestKind: ev.digestKind, txTime: ev.txTime, actor: ev.actor, reason: ev.reason, source: ev.source, erasedFromLedger: true, removedFrom, stillHeld, verification };
     }
@@ -201,23 +201,23 @@ export function createMemoryServer(ledger, opts = {}) {
                     const input = { subject: a.subject, predicate: a.predicate, value: a.value ?? null, space: a.space, actor: actorFor(a.actor), source: { receiptId }, provenance: writeProvenance, ...(a.validFrom ? { validFrom: a.validFrom } : {}), ...(a.confidence !== undefined ? { confidence: a.confidence } : {}), ...(a.supersedes ? { supersedes: a.supersedes } : {}) };
                     // The stores are written first, so their ids can be recorded on the fact; the ledger's checks run beforehand
                     // so a write the ledger would refuse never reaches a store.
-                    ledger.validateAssert(input);
+                    await ledger.validateAssert(input);
                     const external = {};
                     const preview = { ...input, factId: "pending", validFrom: input.validFrom ?? new Date().toISOString(), validTo: null, confidence: input.confidence ?? null };
                     for (const store of opts.stores ?? [])
                         external[store.name] = await store.put(preview);
-                    const ev = ledger.assert({ ...input, external });
+                    const ev = await ledger.assert({ ...input, external });
                     return json({ fact: ev.fact, eventId: ev.eventId, txTime: ev.txTime, supersedes: ev.supersedes });
                 }
                 case "memory.read": {
                     const { includeClaimed, requireVerified, ...q } = Read.parse(args);
-                    const facts = ledger.asOf({ ...q, include: requireVerified ? "verified" : includeClaimed ? "all" : "attested" });
+                    const facts = await ledger.asOf({ ...q, include: requireVerified ? "verified" : includeClaimed ? "all" : "attested" });
                     return { ...json({ facts }), _meta: { [FACTS_META_KEY]: facts.map((f) => f.factId) } };
                 }
                 case "memory.retract": {
                     const a = Retract.parse(args);
-                    const fact = ledger.history(a.factId).find((e) => e.kind === "assert" && e.fact.factId === a.factId)?.fact;
-                    const ev = ledger.retract({ factId: a.factId, actor: actorFor(a.actor), reason: a.reason, source: { receiptId } });
+                    const fact = await ledger.get(a.factId);
+                    const ev = await ledger.retract({ factId: a.factId, actor: actorFor(a.actor), reason: a.reason, source: { receiptId } });
                     // The ledger is retracted first: custody must not depend on a store being up. A store that fails to remove
                     // is reported, so the caller knows recall may still serve the value.
                     const { removedFrom, stillHeld, verification } = await removeFromStores(fact);
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export function createMemoryServer(ledger, opts = {}) {
                     if (provenance !== "attested")
                         return fail("confirmation must come through the receipts gateway; a self-reported caller cannot lift a fact out of quarantine");
                     const a = Confirm.parse(args);
-                    const ev = ledger.confirm({ factId: a.factId, actor: actorFor(undefined), source: { receiptId } });
+                    const ev = await ledger.confirm({ factId: a.factId, actor: actorFor(undefined), source: { receiptId } });
                     return json({ eventId: ev.eventId, factId: ev.factId, txTime: ev.txTime, actor: ev.actor, source: ev.source });
                 }
                 case "memory.forget": {
@@ -242,34 +242,36 @@ export function createMemoryServer(ledger, opts = {}) {
                 }
                 case "memory.hold": {
                     const a = Hold.parse(args);
-                    return json(ledger.hold({ factId: a.factId, actor: actorFor(undefined), reason: a.reason, source: { receiptId } }));
+                    return json(await ledger.hold({ factId: a.factId, actor: actorFor(undefined), reason: a.reason, source: { receiptId } }));
                 }
                 case "memory.release": {
                     const a = Hold.parse(args);
-                    return json(ledger.release({ factId: a.factId, actor: actorFor(undefined), reason: a.reason, source: { receiptId } }));
+                    return json(await ledger.release({ factId: a.factId, actor: actorFor(undefined), reason: a.reason, source: { receiptId } }));
                 }
                 case "memory.sweep": {
                     const a = Sweep.parse(args);
                     if (!a.before && !opts.retention)
                         return fail("sweep needs `before`, or a server started with retention windows");
+                    // One query per space, each answered by the store's index: the facts learned before that space's cutoff.
                     const now = new Date();
-                    const cutoffFor = (space) => a.before ?? retentionCutoff(opts.retention ?? {}, space, now);
-                    const targets = ledger.facts().filter((f) => !f.forgotten && (a.space === undefined || f.space === a.space));
-                    const learnedBefore = new Set(ledger.facts().filter((f) => {
-                        const cutoff = cutoffFor(f.space);
-                        return cutoff !== null && ledger.history(f.factId).find((e) => e.kind === "assert" && e.fact.factId === f.factId).txTime < cutoff;
-                    }).map((f) => f.factId));
+                    const spaces = a.space !== undefined ? [a.space] : a.before ? [undefined] : await ledger.spaces();
+                    const targets = [];
+                    for (const space of spaces) {
+                        const cutoff = a.before ?? (space === undefined ? null : retentionCutoff(opts.retention ?? {}, space, now));
+                        if (cutoff !== null)
+                            targets.push(...(await ledger.learnedBefore(cutoff, space)));
+                    }
                     const forgotten = [];
                     const held = [];
                     for (const f of targets) {
-                        if (!learnedBefore.has(f.factId))
-                            continue;
-                        if (ledger.held(f.factId)) {
+                        if (await ledger.held(f.factId)) {
                             held.push(f.factId);
                             continue;
                         }
-                        forgotten.push(await forgetOne(f.factId, a.reason, a.keepDigest));
+                        forgotten.push(await forgetOne(f.factId, a.reason, a.keepDigest, false));
                     }
+                    if (forgotten.length > 0)
+                        await ledger.compact();
                     const stillHeld = forgotten.flatMap((o) => o.stillHeld);
                     const out = { before: a.before ?? null, retention: a.before ? null : (opts.retention ?? null), space: a.space ?? null, forgotten: forgotten.map((o) => ({ factId: o.factId, valueDigest: o.valueDigest, digestKind: o.digestKind, removedFrom: o.removedFrom, verification: o.verification })), held, stillHeld };
                     if (stillHeld.length > 0)
@@ -278,16 +280,16 @@ export function createMemoryServer(ledger, opts = {}) {
                 }
                 case "memory.get": {
                     const a = Get.parse(args);
-                    const f = ledger.facts().find((x) => x.factId === a.factId);
+                    const f = await ledger.get(a.factId);
                     if (!f)
                         return fail(`unknown fact ${a.factId}`);
-                    const retracted = ledger.history(a.factId).some((e) => e.kind === "retract");
+                    const retracted = (await ledger.history(a.factId)).some((e) => e.kind === "retract");
                     // Cedar has no null: absent fields stay absent, so a policy tests them with `has`.
                     const clean = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries({ ...f, source: f.source.receiptId ?? undefined, retracted }).filter(([, v]) => v !== null && v !== undefined));
                     return json(clean);
                 }
                 case "memory.history":
-                    return json({ events: ledger.history(History.parse(args).factId) });
+                    return json({ events: await ledger.history(History.parse(args).factId) });
                 default:
                     return fail(`unknown tool ${name}`);
             }

package/dist/storage.d.ts

@@ -1,32 +1,120 @@
 import type { AssertEvent, LedgerEvent } from "./ledger.ts";
+/** Which facts a query is about. Every field narrows; an absent field means any. */
+export interface EventQuery {
+    /** only events the ledger had recorded by this instant, inclusive; the transaction-time cut of a bitemporal read */
+    txAtMost?: string;
+    /** only facts the ledger learned of strictly before this instant; the cut of a retention sweep */
+    txBefore?: string;
+    space?: string;
+    subject?: string;
+    predicate?: string;
+}
 export interface EventStore {
-    readonly kind: "jsonl" | "sqlite";
+    readonly kind: string;
+    /** a path or a connection description, for reports; never a secret */
     readonly location: string;
     /** every event, in order */
-    load(): LedgerEvent[];
-    append(event: LedgerEvent): void;
+    events(): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    count(): Promise<number>;
+    /**
+     * Every event about the facts that match the query, in order: their asserts, the asserts that supersede them, and
+     * every retraction, confirmation, forget, hold and release citing them. What a bitemporal read needs, and no more.
+     */
+    eventsAbout(q: EventQuery): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    /** every event that touched one fact, in order: its assert, the asserts that supersede it, everything citing its id */
+    eventsFor(factId: string): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    /** every space with at least one fact */
+    spaces(): Promise<string[]>;
+    append(event: LedgerEvent): Promise<void>;
     /** replaces one assert event in place, for forget: the value is gone from the store, not merely superseded */
-    replaceAssert(event: AssertEvent): void;
-    close(): void;
+    replaceAssert(event: AssertEvent): Promise<void>;
+    /** after erasures: reclaims whatever the store may still hold of the erased values. A no-op where nothing lingers. */
+    compact(): Promise<void>;
+    close(): Promise<void>;
 }
+/** The reference semantics of eventsAbout, over an in-memory list. The SQL stores must answer identically; the ledger suite runs against all of them. */
+export declare function selectAbout(events: LedgerEvent[], q: EventQuery): LedgerEvent[];
+/** The reference semantics of eventsFor. */
+export declare function selectFor(events: LedgerEvent[], factId: string): LedgerEvent[];
 export declare class JsonlStore implements EventStore {
-    readonly kind: "jsonl";
+    readonly kind = "jsonl";
     readonly location: string;
+    private cache;
     constructor(file: string);
-    load(): LedgerEvent[];
-    append(event: LedgerEvent): void;
-    replaceAssert(event: AssertEvent): void;
-    close(): void;
+    private all;
+    events(): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    count(): Promise<number>;
+    eventsAbout(q: EventQuery): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    eventsFor(factId: string): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    spaces(): Promise<string[]>;
+    append(event: LedgerEvent): Promise<void>;
+    replaceAssert(event: AssertEvent): Promise<void>;
+    compact(): Promise<void>;
+    close(): Promise<void>;
 }
 export declare class SqliteStore implements EventStore {
-    readonly kind: "sqlite";
+    readonly kind = "sqlite";
     readonly location: string;
     private readonly db;
     constructor(file: string);
-    load(): LedgerEvent[];
-    append(event: LedgerEvent): void;
-    replaceAssert(event: AssertEvent): void;
-    close(): void;
+    private rows;
+    events(): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    count(): Promise<number>;
+    eventsAbout(q: EventQuery): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    eventsFor(factId: string): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    spaces(): Promise<string[]>;
+    append(event: LedgerEvent): Promise<void>;
+    replaceAssert(event: AssertEvent): Promise<void>;
+    compact(): Promise<void>;
+    close(): Promise<void>;
+}
+/**
+ * What the Postgres store needs from a client: the query method of a `pg` Pool or Client, and of PGlite. Pass your
+ * own pool, with whatever TLS, credentials, and sizing you already use; the store never closes a client it was given.
+ */
+export interface PostgresLike {
+    query(text: string, values?: unknown[]): Promise<{
+        rows: unknown[];
+    }>;
+}
+export interface PostgresOptions {
+    /** the table, optionally schema-qualified; default "events". Created if missing. */
+    table?: string;
+    /**
+     * Whether compact() runs VACUUM FULL on the table after erasures, so the old row image that MVCC keeps is not left
+     * in the table file. Default true. It takes an exclusive lock for the rewrite, so a very large ledger may prefer
+     * false and its own vacuum schedule; the forget certificate then rests on that schedule.
+     */
+    vacuum?: boolean;
+    /** shown as the store's location in reports; default the table name */
+    location?: string;
+}
+export declare class PostgresStore implements EventStore {
+    readonly kind = "postgres";
+    readonly location: string;
+    private readonly client;
+    private readonly table;
+    private readonly vacuum;
+    private readonly owned;
+    private ready;
+    constructor(client: PostgresLike, opts?: PostgresOptions & {
+        owned?: boolean;
+    });
+    private init;
+    private rows;
+    events(): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    count(): Promise<number>;
+    eventsAbout(q: EventQuery): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    eventsFor(factId: string): Promise<LedgerEvent[]>;
+    spaces(): Promise<string[]>;
+    append(event: LedgerEvent): Promise<void>;
+    replaceAssert(event: AssertEvent): Promise<void>;
+    compact(): Promise<void>;
+    close(): Promise<void>;
 }
-/** JSONL unless the path ends in .sqlite or .db. */
+/**
+ * A store from a location: a postgres:// or postgresql:// URL (needs the `pg` package installed beside this one;
+ * a `?table=` query parameter names the table, `?vacuum=false` skips VACUUM FULL after erasures), a path ending in
+ * .sqlite or .db, or any other path as JSONL.
+ */
 export declare function openStore(location: string): EventStore;

package/dist/storage.js

@@ -1,35 +1,129 @@
-// Where the ledger's events live. The ledger keeps every event in memory for its queries; a store makes them durable.
-// JSONL is the default and the auditable artefact: one event per line, readable by anyone, copied for an audit.
-// SQLite is for durability and shared use: transactional writes, write-ahead logging, an in-place forget that leaves
-// no copy of the value behind, and a file more than one process can open. Node ships the SQLite module; no native
-// dependency.
+// Where the ledger's events live. The ledger asks the store questions and never assumes it holds every event, so a
+// store may be a file on this machine or a database shared by many servers.
+//
+// JSONL is the default and the auditable artefact: one event per line, readable by anyone, copied for an audit. It
+// keeps the events in memory and answers from there. SQLite is for durability on one machine: transactional writes,
+// write-ahead logging, an in-place forget that leaves no copy of the value behind, and every query answered by an
+// index. Postgres is for a shared ledger: several memory servers on one table, the database your security team has
+// already approved, the same queries pushed down as SQL.
+//
+// Every store answers the same four questions: everything (for export and audits), everything about the facts that
+// match a filter (for "what is believed"), everything that touched one fact (for its history and its checks), and
+// the spaces it holds (for retention). A store that cannot answer one of these from an index is the wrong store.
 import { appendFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, renameSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import { dirname } from "node:path";
+const factIdOf = (e) => (e.kind === "assert" ? e.fact.factId : e.factId);
+/** The reference semantics of eventsAbout, over an in-memory list. The SQL stores must answer identically; the ledger suite runs against all of them. */
+export function selectAbout(events, q) {
+    const ids = new Set();
+    for (const e of events) {
+        if (e.kind !== "assert")
+            continue;
+        if (q.txAtMost !== undefined && e.txTime > q.txAtMost)
+            continue;
+        if (q.txBefore !== undefined && e.txTime >= q.txBefore)
+            continue;
+        if (q.space !== undefined && e.fact.space !== q.space)
+            continue;
+        if (q.subject !== undefined && e.fact.subject !== q.subject)
+            continue;
+        if (q.predicate !== undefined && e.fact.predicate !== q.predicate)
+            continue;
+        ids.add(e.fact.factId);
+    }
+    for (const e of events)
+        if (e.kind === "assert" && e.supersedes && ids.has(e.supersedes))
+            ids.add(e.fact.factId);
+    return events.filter((e) => ids.has(factIdOf(e)) && (q.txAtMost === undefined || e.txTime <= q.txAtMost));
+}
+/** The reference semantics of eventsFor. */
+export function selectFor(events, factId) {
+    return events.filter((e) => (e.kind === "assert" ? e.fact.factId === factId || e.supersedes === factId : e.factId === factId));
+}
 export class JsonlStore {
     kind = "jsonl";
     location;
+    cache = null;
     constructor(file) {
         this.location = file;
         if (!existsSync(file))
             mkdirSync(dirname(file), { recursive: true });
     }
-    load() {
-        if (!existsSync(this.location))
-            return [];
-        return readFileSync(this.location, "utf8").split("\n").filter((l) => l.trim()).map((l) => JSON.parse(l));
+    all() {
+        if (this.cache)
+            return this.cache;
+        this.cache = existsSync(this.location) ? readFileSync(this.location, "utf8").split("\n").filter((l) => l.trim()).map((l) => JSON.parse(l)) : [];
+        return this.cache;
+    }
+    async events() {
+        return [...this.all()];
+    }
+    async count() {
+        return this.all().length;
+    }
+    async eventsAbout(q) {
+        return selectAbout(this.all(), q);
+    }
+    async eventsFor(factId) {
+        return selectFor(this.all(), factId);
+    }
+    async spaces() {
+        return [...new Set(this.all().filter((e) => e.kind === "assert").map((e) => e.fact.space))].sort();
     }
-    append(event) {
+    async append(event) {
+        const list = this.all();
         appendFileSync(this.location, JSON.stringify(event) + "\n");
+        list.push(event);
     }
-    replaceAssert(event) {
-        const all = this.load().map((e) => (e.kind === "assert" && e.eventId === event.eventId ? event : e));
+    async replaceAssert(event) {
+        const all = this.all().map((e) => (e.kind === "assert" && e.eventId === event.eventId ? event : e));
         const tmp = `${this.location}.tmp`;
         writeFileSync(tmp, all.map((e) => JSON.stringify(e)).join("\n") + "\n");
         renameSync(tmp, this.location);
+        this.cache = all;
     }
-    close() { }
+    async compact() { }
+    async close() { }
 }
+/** The columns every SQL store keeps beside the event's JSON, so its queries are index lookups and never a scan of the JSON. */
+function columns(event) {
+    return event.kind === "assert"
+        ? { factId: event.fact.factId, space: event.fact.space, subject: event.fact.subject, predicate: event.fact.predicate, supersedes: event.supersedes }
+        : { factId: event.factId, space: null, subject: null, predicate: null, supersedes: null };
+}
+/**
+ * The query behind eventsAbout, built with only the clauses the query has, so each store's planner uses the matching
+ * index instead of a scan; `bind` turns a value into that store's placeholder.
+ */
+function aboutSql(q, table, bind) {
+    const conds = ["kind = 'assert'"];
+    if (q.txAtMost !== undefined)
+        conds.push(`tx_time <= ${bind(q.txAtMost)}`);
+    if (q.txBefore !== undefined)
+        conds.push(`tx_time < ${bind(q.txBefore)}`);
+    if (q.space !== undefined)
+        conds.push(`space = ${bind(q.space)}`);
+    if (q.subject !== undefined)
+        conds.push(`subject = ${bind(q.subject)}`);
+    if (q.predicate !== undefined)
+        conds.push(`predicate = ${bind(q.predicate)}`);
+    const outer = q.txAtMost !== undefined ? ` AND tx_time <= ${bind(q.txAtMost)}` : "";
+    return `WITH matched AS (SELECT fact_id FROM ${table} WHERE ${conds.join(" AND ")}),
+    ids AS (SELECT fact_id FROM matched UNION SELECT fact_id FROM ${table} WHERE kind = 'assert' AND supersedes IN (SELECT fact_id FROM matched))
+    SELECT json FROM ${table} WHERE fact_id IN (SELECT fact_id FROM ids)${outer} ORDER BY seq`;
+}
+/** Distinct spaces by walking the space index one key at a time, rather than reading every row; non-assert rows have no space. */
+const spacesSql = (table) => `WITH RECURSIVE s(space) AS (SELECT MIN(space) FROM ${table} UNION ALL SELECT (SELECT MIN(space) FROM ${table} WHERE space > s.space) FROM s WHERE s.space IS NOT NULL) SELECT space FROM s WHERE space IS NOT NULL`;
+const forSql = (table, ph) => `SELECT json FROM ${table} WHERE fact_id = ${ph} OR supersedes = ${ph} ORDER BY seq`;
+/** One index per question the ledger asks: by fact, by subject (and predicate), by space (and time), by what a fact supersedes, by time. */
+const INDEXES = [
+    ["fact", "(fact_id)"],
+    ["subject", "(subject, predicate)"],
+    ["space", "(space, tx_time)"],
+    ["supersedes", "(supersedes)"],
+    ["tx", "(tx_time)"],
+];
 export class SqliteStore {
     kind = "sqlite";
     location;
@@ -42,26 +136,158 @@ export class SqliteStore {
         this.db = new DatabaseSync(file);
         // secure_delete overwrites removed content with zeros, so a forgotten value does not linger in freed page space.
         this.db.exec("PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL; PRAGMA synchronous = FULL; PRAGMA secure_delete = ON;");
-        this.db.exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS events (seq INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, event_id TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE, kind TEXT NOT NULL, tx_time TEXT NOT NULL, fact_id TEXT NOT NULL, json TEXT NOT NULL)");
-        this.db.exec("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS events_fact ON events(fact_id); CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS events_tx ON events(tx_time)");
+        this.db.exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS events (seq INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, event_id TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE, kind TEXT NOT NULL, tx_time TEXT NOT NULL, fact_id TEXT NOT NULL, space TEXT, subject TEXT, predicate TEXT, supersedes TEXT, json TEXT NOT NULL)");
+        // A ledger written before the query columns existed gets them filled from its JSON, once.
+        const have = new Set(this.db.prepare("PRAGMA table_info(events)").all().map((c) => c.name));
+        if (!have.has("space")) {
+            for (const c of ["space", "subject", "predicate", "supersedes"])
+                this.db.exec(`ALTER TABLE events ADD COLUMN ${c} TEXT`);
+            this.db.exec("UPDATE events SET space = json_extract(json, '$.fact.space'), subject = json_extract(json, '$.fact.subject'), predicate = json_extract(json, '$.fact.predicate'), supersedes = json_extract(json, '$.supersedes') WHERE kind = 'assert'");
+        }
+        for (const [name, cols] of INDEXES)
+            this.db.exec(`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS events_${name} ON events ${cols}`);
+        // Without statistics the planner guesses which index to use and can pick a wide one; analyze once, then let
+        // close() refresh the statistics when the table has grown enough to matter.
+        const stats = this.db.prepare("SELECT 1 FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = 'sqlite_stat1'").get() && this.db.prepare("SELECT 1 FROM sqlite_stat1 WHERE tbl = 'events' LIMIT 1").get();
+        if (!stats)
+            this.db.exec("ANALYZE");
+    }
+    rows(sql, params = []) {
+        return this.db.prepare(sql).all(...params).map((r) => JSON.parse(r.json));
+    }
+    async events() {
+        return this.rows("SELECT json FROM events ORDER BY seq");
     }
-    load() {
-        return this.db.prepare("SELECT json FROM events ORDER BY seq").all().map((r) => JSON.parse(r.json));
+    async count() {
+        return this.db.prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM events").get().n;
     }
-    append(event) {
-        const factId = event.kind === "assert" ? event.fact.factId : event.factId;
-        this.db.prepare("INSERT INTO events (event_id, kind, tx_time, fact_id, json) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)").run(event.eventId, event.kind, event.txTime, factId, JSON.stringify(event));
+    async eventsAbout(q) {
+        const params = [];
+        const sql = aboutSql(q, "events", (v) => {
+            params.push(v);
+            return "?";
+        });
+        return this.rows(sql, params);
     }
-    replaceAssert(event) {
+    async eventsFor(factId) {
+        return this.rows(forSql("events", "?"), [factId, factId]);
+    }
+    async spaces() {
+        return this.db.prepare(spacesSql("events")).all().map((r) => r.space);
+    }
+    async append(event) {
+        const c = columns(event);
+        this.db.prepare("INSERT INTO events (event_id, kind, tx_time, fact_id, space, subject, predicate, supersedes, json) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)").run(event.eventId, event.kind, event.txTime, c.factId, c.space, c.subject, c.predicate, c.supersedes, JSON.stringify(event));
+    }
+    async replaceAssert(event) {
         this.db.prepare("UPDATE events SET json = ? WHERE event_id = ?").run(JSON.stringify(event), event.eventId);
+    }
+    async compact() {
         // The old row image would otherwise linger in the write-ahead log; a truncating checkpoint removes it.
         this.db.exec("PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE)");
     }
-    close() {
+    async close() {
+        this.db.exec("PRAGMA optimize");
         this.db.close();
     }
 }
-/** JSONL unless the path ends in .sqlite or .db. */
+export class PostgresStore {
+    kind = "postgres";
+    location;
+    client;
+    table;
+    vacuum;
+    owned;
+    ready = null;
+    constructor(client, opts = {}) {
+        const table = opts.table ?? "events";
+        if (!/^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*(\.[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)?$/.test(table))
+            throw new Error(`postgres: table name must be a plain identifier, optionally schema-qualified; got "${table}"`);
+        this.client = client;
+        this.table = table;
+        this.vacuum = opts.vacuum ?? true;
+        this.owned = opts.owned ?? false;
+        this.location = opts.location ?? `postgres table ${table}`;
+    }
+    init() {
+        if (!this.ready) {
+            const t = this.table;
+            const idx = t.replace(".", "_");
+            this.ready = (async () => {
+                await this.client.query(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ${t} (seq BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, event_id TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE, kind TEXT NOT NULL, tx_time TEXT NOT NULL, fact_id TEXT NOT NULL, space TEXT, subject TEXT, predicate TEXT, supersedes TEXT, json TEXT NOT NULL)`);
+                for (const [name, cols] of INDEXES)
+                    await this.client.query(`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ${idx}_${name} ON ${t} ${cols}`);
+            })();
+        }
+        return this.ready;
+    }
+    async rows(sql, values = []) {
+        await this.init();
+        return (await this.client.query(sql, values)).rows.map((r) => (typeof r.json === "string" ? JSON.parse(r.json) : r.json));
+    }
+    async events() {
+        return this.rows(`SELECT json FROM ${this.table} ORDER BY seq`);
+    }
+    async count() {
+        await this.init();
+        return Number((await this.client.query(`SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM ${this.table}`)).rows[0].n);
+    }
+    async eventsAbout(q) {
+        const params = [];
+        const sql = aboutSql(q, this.table, (v) => {
+            params.push(v);
+            return `$${params.length}`;
+        });
+        return this.rows(sql, params);
+    }
+    async eventsFor(factId) {
+        return this.rows(forSql(this.table, "$1"), [factId]);
+    }
+    async spaces() {
+        await this.init();
+        return (await this.client.query(spacesSql(this.table))).rows.map((r) => r.space);
+    }
+    async append(event) {
+        await this.init();
+        const c = columns(event);
+        await this.client.query(`INSERT INTO ${this.table} (event_id, kind, tx_time, fact_id, space, subject, predicate, supersedes, json) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9)`, [event.eventId, event.kind, event.txTime, c.factId, c.space, c.subject, c.predicate, c.supersedes, JSON.stringify(event)]);
+    }
+    async replaceAssert(event) {
+        await this.init();
+        await this.client.query(`UPDATE ${this.table} SET json = $1 WHERE event_id = $2`, [JSON.stringify(event), event.eventId]);
+    }
+    async compact() {
+        // An UPDATE leaves the old row image in the table until vacuum; VACUUM FULL rewrites the table without it.
+        // The write-ahead log, replicas and backups keep their own copies for as long as their retention says.
+        if (this.vacuum)
+            await this.client.query(`VACUUM FULL ${this.table}`);
+    }
+    async close() {
+        if (this.owned)
+            await this.client.end();
+    }
+}
+/**
+ * A store from a location: a postgres:// or postgresql:// URL (needs the `pg` package installed beside this one;
+ * a `?table=` query parameter names the table, `?vacuum=false` skips VACUUM FULL after erasures), a path ending in
+ * .sqlite or .db, or any other path as JSONL.
+ */
 export function openStore(location) {
+    if (/^postgres(ql)?:\/\//i.test(location)) {
+        let Pool;
+        try {
+            ({ Pool } = createRequire(import.meta.url)("pg"));
+        }
+        catch {
+            throw new Error("a postgres:// ledger needs the pg package: npm install pg");
+        }
+        const url = new URL(location);
+        const table = url.searchParams.get("table") ?? undefined;
+        const vacuum = url.searchParams.get("vacuum") !== "false";
+        url.searchParams.delete("table");
+        url.searchParams.delete("vacuum");
+        const shown = `${url.protocol}//${url.username ? `${url.username}@` : ""}${url.host}${url.pathname}`;
+        return new PostgresStore(new Pool({ connectionString: url.toString() }), { ...(table ? { table } : {}), vacuum, location: `${shown}${table ? ` table ${table}` : ""}`, owned: true });
+    }
     return /\.(sqlite|db)$/i.test(location) ? new SqliteStore(location) : new JsonlStore(location);
 }

package/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@agent-custody/state",
-  "version": "0.1.9",
-  "description": "Governed memory for AI agents: a fact ledger with provenance, valid time, rollback, and lineage, built on @agent-custody/receipts",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "description": "Governed memory for AI agents: a fact ledger with provenance, valid time, rollback, lineage, certified forget, and a store that is a JSONL file, SQLite, or Postgres, built on @agent-custody/receipts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -33,15 +33,24 @@
     "node": ">=22"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@agent-custody/receipts": "0.1.9",
+    "@agent-custody/receipts": "0.2.0",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.30.0",
     "zod": "^4.5.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@electric-sql/pglite": "0.5.8",
+    "@getzep/zep-cloud": "^3.28.0",
     "@types/node": "^26.4.1",
-    "typescript": "^7.0.2",
-    "vitest": "^5.0.0",
     "mem0ai": "^3.1.8",
-    "@getzep/zep-cloud": "^3.28.0"
+    "typescript": "^7.0.2",
+    "vitest": "^5.0.0"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "pg": ">=8"
+  },
+  "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+    "pg": {
+      "optional": true
+    }
   }
 }