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+"use strict";
+/**
+ * @module b.db
+ * @featured true
+ * @nav    Data
+ * @title  Db
+ *
+ * @intro
+ *   Database core — SQLite (node:sqlite) wrapped in encrypted-at-rest
+ *   storage, sealed-column field-level crypto, append-only audit-chain
+ *   integration, declarative schema reconcile, and run-once
+ *   migrations. Default at-rest posture is `encrypted`: the live `.db`
+ *   lives in tmpfs (/dev/shm), is decrypted from `<dataDir>/db.enc` at
+ *   boot, periodically re-encrypted every five minutes, and re-
+ *   encrypted again at shutdown. The DB encryption key is sealed by
+ *   `b.vault` at `<dataDir>/db.key.enc`. Operators who want a plain
+ *   on-disk SQLite file pass `atRest: "plain"` and accept a boot
+ *   warning — sealed columns still protect PII, but schema and row
+ *   counts are visible to a forensic disk image.
+ *
+ *   Beyond the storage shell, the module owns the framework's data
+ *   contract: `audit_log` / `consent_log` / `audit_checkpoints` and
+ *   the `_blamejs_*` reserved tables are provisioned before any
+ *   operator schema reconciles, append-only triggers refuse
+ *   UPDATE/DELETE on the chain tables, and boot refuses to continue
+ *   on chain breakage, checkpoint signature failure, audit-log
+ *   rollback, or PRAGMA integrity_check corruption. WORM
+ *   declarations (`declareWorm`) and dual-control gates
+ *   (`declareRequireDualControl`) layer SEC 17a-4(f) / FINRA 4511 /
+ *   21 CFR Part 11 §11.10(c) record-preservation invariants on
+ *   operator tables.
+ *
+ *   The query surface is `db.from(table)` (chainable), `db.prepare`
+ *   (LRU-cached node:sqlite Statement), `db.stream` (object-mode
+ *   Readable for million-row exports with auto-unseal), and
+ *   `db.transaction` (BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK around a callback).
+ *   Postgres-only declarative migrations (`declareView` /
+ *   `declareRowPolicy`) emit migration-shape objects consumed by
+ *   `b.externalDb.migrate`.
+ *
+ * @card
+ *   Database core — SQLite (node:sqlite) wrapped in encrypted-at-rest storage, sealed-column field-level crypto, append-only audit-chain integration, declarative schema reconcile, and run-once migrations.
+ */
+var nodeFs = require("node:fs");
+var nodePath = require("node:path");
+var { DatabaseSync } = require("node:sqlite");
+var { Readable } = require("node:stream");
+var atomicFile = require("./atomic-file");
+var audit = require("./audit");
+var auditSign = require("./audit-sign");
+var cluster = require("./cluster");
+var csv = require("./csv");
+var events = require("./events");
+var consent = require("./consent");
+var C = require("./constants");
+var { generateToken, generateBytes, encryptPacked, decryptPacked, sha3Hash } = require("./crypto");
+var cryptoField = require("./crypto-field");
+var dbDeclareRowPolicy = require("./db-declare-row-policy");
+var dbDeclareView = require("./db-declare-view");
+var { Query } = require("./db-query");
+var dbSchema = require("./db-schema");
+var { defineClass } = require("./framework-error");
+var { boot } = require("./log");
+var lazyRequire = require("./lazy-require");
+var observability = require("./observability");
+var ntpCheck = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./ntp-check"); });
+var safeAsync = require("./safe-async");
+var safeEnv = require("./parsers/safe-env");
+var safeJson = require("./safe-json");
+var safeSql = require("./safe-sql");
+var validateOpts = require("./validate-opts");
+var vault = require("./vault");
+
+var DbError = defineClass("DbError", { alwaysPermanent: true });
+var WormViolationError = require("./framework-error").WormViolationError;
+var _wormErr = WormViolationError.factory;
+
+// Lazy: compliance and dual-control read state at runtime; both are
+// non-load-time deps so a top-of-file require would not cycle, but
+// they're only needed on declareWorm / declareRequireDualControl /
+// eraseHard. Lazy keeps the load graph minimal.
+var compliance = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./compliance"); });
+
+// Postures that REQUIRE row-level WORM on operator-named business-
+// record tables. Audit_log / consent_log / audit_checkpoints are
+// already WORM-by-default; this set covers operator tables.
+//   sec-17a-4   — SEC Rule 17a-4(f) broker-dealer record preservation
+//   finra-4511  — FINRA Rule 4511 books-and-records
+//   fda-21cfr11 — 21 CFR Part 11 §11.10(c) protect record integrity
+var WORM_POSTURES = Object.freeze(["sec-17a-4", "finra-4511", "fda-21cfr11"]);
+var _dbErr = DbError.factory;
+
+// Lazy: cluster-storage's _localDb pulls db back in, so eager require
+// would deadlock the load order. cluster-storage is only used on the
+// purge-audit-chain external-db nodePath, which always runs after init.
+var clusterStorage = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./cluster-storage"); });
+
+// Lazy refs for the test-reset cascade. Each module requires db.js
+// directly or transitively (audit/consent/subject/session/etc. all
+// own a sealed-column slice that depends on db.from), so eager
+// requires here would cycle on load. The cascade runs only when a
+// test explicitly resets db, so paying the resolve cost lazily is
+// the correct tradeoff.
+var _resetAudit       = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./audit"); });
+var _resetConsent     = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./consent"); });
+var _resetSubject     = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./subject"); });
+var _resetSession     = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./session"); });
+var _resetStorage     = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./storage"); });
+var _resetAuditSign   = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./audit-sign"); });
+var _resetQueue       = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./queue"); });
+var _resetBreakGlass  = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./break-glass"); });
+var _resetLogStream   = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./log-stream"); });
+var _resetRedact      = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./redact"); });
+var _resetExternalDb  = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./external-db"); });
+
+var AUDIT_TIP_SCHEMA = {
+  type: "object",
+  required: ["atMonotonicCounter"],
+  properties: {
+    atMonotonicCounter: { type: "number" },
+    rowHash:            { type: "string" },
+    signedAt:           { type: "string" },
+  },
+};
+
+var runSql = dbSchema.runSql;
+
+// Module-local state, populated by init()
+var database  = null;       // the SQLite handle
+var dbPath    = null;       // plaintext DB file path (tmpfs in encrypted mode, dataDir/db in plain mode)
+var encPath   = null;       // encrypted-at-rest path (null in plain mode)
+var encKey    = null;       // DB encryption key buffer (null in plain mode)
+var encTimer  = null;       // periodic encrypt interval handle
+var atRest    = null;       // 'encrypted' or 'plain'
+var dataDir   = null;
+var initialized = false;
+var dataResidency = null;   // operator's declared region config (validated by storage backends)
+var subjectTables = [];     // [{ name, subjectField, personalDataCategories }] — for subject.export/erase
+var tableMetadata = {};     // table name → metadata snapshot (PK/FK/sealed/derived) for getTableMetadata
+// D-M5 — streamLimit ceiling. db.stream() / Query.stream() consult this
+// (overridden per-call via opts.streamLimit). Default cap matches a
+// generous-but-bounded 1M rows so an accidentally-unbounded export
+// surfaces a thrown error instead of OOM. v0.7.67's maxRowsPerQuery
+// bounds .all() / .first() — this is its streaming counterpart.
+var streamLimit = C.BYTES.bytes(1000000);                                                              // allow:raw-byte-literal — row-count ceiling, not bytes
+
+// ---- Framework-baked tables ----
+//
+// audit_log + consent_log + _blamejs_subject_restrictions + _blamejs_subject_erasures
+// are provisioned by the framework before app schema reconciles. Apps cannot
+// opt out, override, or rename them. An app schema entry colliding with any of
+// these names is refused at init.
+var RESERVED_TABLE_NAMES = new Set([
+  "audit_log",
+  "audit_checkpoints",
+  "consent_log",
+  "_blamejs_subject_restrictions",
+  "_blamejs_subject_erasures",
+  "_blamejs_sessions",
+  "_blamejs_jobs",
+  "_blamejs_migrations",
+  "_blamejs_counters",
+  "_blamejs_audit_purge_anchor",
+  "_blamejs_scheduler_ticks",
+  "_blamejs_rate_limit_counters",
+  "_blamejs_pubsub_messages",
+  "_blamejs_api_encrypt_nonces",
+  "_blamejs_api_keys",
+  "_blamejs_cache",
+  "_blamejs_seeders",
+  "_blamejs_seeders_lock",
+  "_blamejs_break_glass_policies",
+  "_blamejs_break_glass_grants",
+]);
+
+var FRAMEWORK_SCHEMA = [
+  {
+    name: "audit_log",
+    columns: {
+      _id:               "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      recordedAt:        "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      monotonicCounter:  "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      actorUserId:       "TEXT",
+      actorUserIdHash:   "TEXT",
+      actorIp:           "TEXT",
+      actorUserAgent:    "TEXT",
+      actorSessionId:    "TEXT",
+      action:            "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      resourceKind:      "TEXT",
+      resourceId:        "TEXT",
+      resourceIdHash:    "TEXT",
+      outcome:           "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      reason:            "TEXT",
+      metadata:          "TEXT",
+      requestId:         "TEXT",
+      prevHash:          "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      rowHash:           "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      nonce:             "BLOB NOT NULL",
+      fencingToken:      "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+    },
+    indexes: [
+      "actorUserIdHash", "resourceIdHash", "recordedAt", "action",
+      { name: "idx_audit_monotonic", columns: "monotonicCounter", unique: true },
+    ],
+    sealedFields:  ["actorUserId", "actorIp", "actorUserAgent", "actorSessionId", "resourceId", "reason", "metadata"],
+    derivedHashes: {
+      actorUserIdHash: { from: "actorUserId" },
+      resourceIdHash:  { from: "resourceId" },
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "consent_log",
+    columns: {
+      _id:               "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      recordedAt:        "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      monotonicCounter:  "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      subjectId:         "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      subjectIdHash:     "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      purpose:           "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      lawfulBasis:       "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      action:            "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      scope:             "TEXT",
+      channel:           "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      evidenceRef:       "TEXT",
+      prevHash:          "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      rowHash:           "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      nonce:             "BLOB NOT NULL",
+      fencingToken:      "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+    },
+    indexes: [
+      "subjectIdHash", "recordedAt", "purpose",
+      { name: "idx_consent_monotonic", columns: "monotonicCounter", unique: true },
+    ],
+    sealedFields:  ["subjectId", "scope", "evidenceRef"],
+    derivedHashes: {
+      subjectIdHash: { from: "subjectId" },
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "_blamejs_subject_restrictions",
+    columns: {
+      subjectIdHash: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      since:         "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      reason:        "TEXT",
+    },
+    sealedFields: ["reason"],
+  },
+  {
+    name: "_blamejs_subject_erasures",
+    columns: {
+      subjectIdHash: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      erasedAt:      "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    // Subject-level legal hold registry. Operators register a hold
+    // via b.legalHold.place(subjectId, ...) — b.subject.erase and
+    // b.retention consult b.legalHold.isHeld(subjectId) before
+    // accepting any deletion. Per FRCP Rule 26/37(e), GDPR Art
+    // 17(3)(e), SEC Rule 17a-4, HIPAA §164.530(j)(2).
+    name: "_blamejs_legal_hold",
+    columns: {
+      subjectIdHash: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      placedAt:      "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      placedBy:      "TEXT",
+      reason:        "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      custodian:     "TEXT",
+      citation:      "TEXT",
+      retainUntil:   "INTEGER",
+    },
+    indexes: ["placedAt"],
+  },
+  {
+    // Per-row crypto-erasure key registry — F-RTBF-3 per-row keys.
+    // Each entry holds a sealed wrapped K_row keyed by (table,
+    // rowId). b.subject.eraseHard deletes the entry, leaving WAL /
+    // replica residuals undecryptable.
+    name: "_blamejs_per_row_keys",
+    columns: {
+      tableName:  "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      rowId:      "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      wrappedKey: "BLOB NOT NULL",
+      createdAt:  "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+    },
+    primaryKey: ["tableName", "rowId"],
+    indexes: [],
+  },
+  {
+    // Operator-declared WORM (write-once-read-many) registry. Each
+    // entry pairs an operator-named table with the posture that
+    // demanded the WORM declaration; boot-time assertions iterate
+    // this registry to verify triggers are installed under the
+    // current b.compliance.current() posture.
+    name: "_blamejs_worm_tables",
+    columns: {
+      tableName: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      posture:   "TEXT",
+      declaredAt: "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    // Operator-declared dual-control gate registry. b.db.delete /
+    // b.subject.erase / b.audit.purge consult this table on
+    // destructive ops; under the named posture the framework refuses
+    // execution unless the caller passes a consumed dual-control
+    // grant.
+    name: "_blamejs_dual_control_gates",
+    columns: {
+      tableName: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      posture:   "TEXT",
+      m:         "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      n:         "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      declaredAt:"INTEGER NOT NULL",
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "audit_checkpoints",
+    columns: {
+      _id:                  "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      createdAt:            "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      atMonotonicCounter:   "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      atRowHash:            "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      signature:            "BLOB NOT NULL",
+      publicKeyFingerprint: "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      fencingToken:         "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+    },
+    indexes: [
+      "createdAt",
+      { name: "idx_chkpt_counter", columns: "atMonotonicCounter", unique: true },
+    ],
+    sealedFields: [],
+  },
+  {
+    name: "_blamejs_audit_purge_anchor",
+    columns: {
+      // CHECK constraint: scope is one of the framework's audit-
+      // chain anchor scopes (`audit` / `consent`). Pre-v0.8.37 a
+      // typo silently created a parallel anchor; the chain verifier
+      // walked the wrong anchor and missed tampering. The CHECK
+      // refuses unknown scope strings at INSERT time.
+      scope:             "TEXT PRIMARY KEY CHECK (scope IN ('audit', 'consent'))",
+      lastPurgedCounter: "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      lastPurgedRowHash: "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      archiveBundleId:   "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      purgedAt:          "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+    },
+    sealedFields: [],
+  },
+  {
+    // Scheduler exactly-once-globally claim table. Each fire claims a
+    // (name, scheduledAtUnix) row before dispatching; UNIQUE on the
+    // composite tickKey (name + ":" + scheduledAtUnix) means a concurrent
+    // leader's INSERT loses with a constraint violation, and that node
+    // skips the tick. Closes the once-globally gap during cluster
+    // leader hand-offs where two leaders briefly coexist.
+    name: "_blamejs_scheduler_ticks",
+    columns: {
+      tickKey:         "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      name:            "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      scheduledAtUnix: "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      claimedAtUnix:   "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      claimedBy:       "TEXT",
+    },
+    indexes: ["scheduledAtUnix"],
+    sealedFields: [],
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_rate_limit_counters — fixed-window counter table for
+    // the cluster-shared rate-limit backend. One row per (key); the
+    // count rolls over atomically when the windowStart advances. Used
+    // by lib/middleware/rate-limit.js when scope: 'cluster' is set.
+    name: "_blamejs_rate_limit_counters",
+    columns: {
+      key:         "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      windowStart: "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      count:       "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+    },
+    indexes: ["windowStart"],
+    sealedFields: [],
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_pubsub_messages — cluster fan-out for `b.pubsub` (the
+    // generalization of the previous WebSocket-specific table). Any
+    // pubsub instance using the `cluster` backend writes a row on
+    // publish; other nodes poll for new ids and dispatch to their
+    // local subscribers. Rows older than the configured retention
+    // window are pruned by the backend on a rate-limited basis.
+    name: "_blamejs_pubsub_messages",
+    columns: {
+      id:          "INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT",
+      topic:       "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      payload:     "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      publishedAt: "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      publishedBy: "TEXT NOT NULL",
+    },
+    indexes: ["publishedAt"],
+    sealedFields: [],
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_api_encrypt_nonces — replay-protection store for the
+    // api-encrypt middleware. The middleware hashes the client-supplied
+    // nonce via SHA3 before insert so a leaked DB / table dump never
+    // exposes the original 16-byte client nonces. Hashing is
+    // deterministic so the PRIMARY KEY conflict is what catches a
+    // replay attempt within the replay window.
+    name: "_blamejs_api_encrypt_nonces",
+    columns: {
+      nonceHash: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      expireAt:  "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+    },
+    indexes: ["expireAt"],
+    sealedFields: [],
+  },
+  {
+    name: "_blamejs_sessions",
+    columns: {
+      sidHash:       "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      userId:        "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      userIdHash:    "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      data:          "TEXT",
+      createdAt:     "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      expiresAt:     "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      lastActivity:  "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+    },
+    indexes: ["userIdHash", "expiresAt"],
+    sealedFields:  ["userId", "data"],
+    derivedHashes: { userIdHash: { from: "userId" } },
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_api_keys — operator-facing API-key registry. Sealed
+    // columns: ownerId / scopes / metadata. The secret never lands
+    // here — only its SHA3-512 hash, constant-time-compared on
+    // verify. Same dual-storage pattern as sessions: this row mirrors
+    // the cluster-mode DDL in framework-schema.js so cluster-storage
+    // can route to either backend transparently.
+    name: "_blamejs_api_keys",
+    columns: {
+      id:                  "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      namespace:           "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      ownerId:             "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      ownerIdHash:         "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      secretHash:          "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      // secondarySecretHash + secondaryExpiresAt support graceful key
+      // rotation: when rotate({ gracePeriodMs }) is called the old hash
+      // is preserved here and the new hash takes the primary slot. Both
+      // verify successfully until secondaryExpiresAt, then the old slot
+      // is implicitly retired.
+      secondarySecretHash: "TEXT",
+      secondaryExpiresAt:  "INTEGER",
+      scopes:              "TEXT",
+      metadata:            "TEXT",
+      createdAt:           "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      expiresAt:           "INTEGER",
+      revokedAt:           "INTEGER",
+      lastUsedAt:          "INTEGER",
+      prefix:              "TEXT NOT NULL",
+    },
+    indexes: [
+      "ownerIdHash",
+      { name: "idx_api_keys_namespace_owner", columns: ["namespace", "ownerIdHash"] },
+      "expiresAt",
+    ],
+    sealedFields:  ["ownerId", "scopes", "metadata"],
+    derivedHashes: { ownerIdHash: { from: "ownerId" } },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "_blamejs_jobs",
+    columns: {
+      _id:             "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      queueName:       "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      payload:         "TEXT",
+      status:          "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      enqueuedAt:      "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      availableAt:     "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      leasedAt:        "INTEGER",
+      leaseExpiresAt:  "INTEGER",
+      attempts:        "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+      maxAttempts:     "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 5",
+      lastError:       "TEXT",
+      finishedAt:      "INTEGER",
+      traceId:         "TEXT",
+      classification:  "TEXT",
+      priority:        "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+      // Repeat-in-queue: cron-shaped recurring jobs re-enqueue themselves
+      // after each successful completion. NULL = one-shot (no repeat).
+      repeatCron:      "TEXT",
+      repeatTimezone:  "TEXT",
+      // Flows: parent-child job graphs with dependency edges.
+      // flowId groups jobs in the same flow; dependsOn is a JSON array
+      // of jobIds this row waits for; flowChildName is the human-readable
+      // label inside the flow used by dependsOn resolution.
+      flowId:          "TEXT",
+      flowChildName:   "TEXT",
+      dependsOn:       "TEXT",
+    },
+    indexes: [
+      { name: "idx_jobs_lease",    columns: ["queueName", "status", "availableAt"] },
+      { name: "idx_jobs_priority", columns: ["queueName", "status", "priority", "availableAt"] },
+      { name: "idx_jobs_flow",     columns: ["flowId"] },
+      "leaseExpiresAt",
+      "finishedAt",
+    ],
+    sealedFields:  ["payload", "lastError"],
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_cache — operator-facing cache primitive's cluster backend
+    // (lib/cache.js). Mirrors the cluster-mode DDL in framework-schema.js.
+    // PRIMARY KEY is the composite "<namespace>:<key>"; valueJson is
+    // JSON-serialized; expiresAt is unix-ms (Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER for
+    // never-expiring entries). Not sealed: cache values are operator-
+    // chosen application data, the operator decides what's worth storing.
+    name: "_blamejs_cache",
+    columns: {
+      cacheKey:   "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      valueJson:  "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      expiresAt:  "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      updatedAt:  "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+    },
+    indexes: ["expiresAt"],
+    sealedFields: [],
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_cache_tags — junction table for tag→cacheKey lookup
+    // backing b.cache.invalidateTag(t) on the cluster backend. Composite
+    // PK (cacheKey, tag) lets one cacheKey carry many tags; index on
+    // tag makes invalidation a single indexed scan. Cleared together
+    // with the matching _blamejs_cache rows on del / clear / sweep.
+    name: "_blamejs_cache_tags",
+    columns: {
+      cacheKey:   "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      tag:        "TEXT NOT NULL",
+    },
+    primaryKey: ["cacheKey", "tag"],
+    indexes:    ["tag"],
+    sealedFields: [],
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_seeders — registry of applied seed files for the
+    // b.seeders primitive (lib/seeders.js). Composite PK (env, name)
+    // means the same filename can apply per env (dev fixtures don't
+    // collide with prod fixtures by name). rerunnable=1 entries get
+    // their appliedAt updated in place on every run; non-rerunnable
+    // entries are insert-once.
+    name: "_blamejs_seeders",
+    columns: {
+      env:         "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      name:        "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      description: "TEXT",
+      appliedAt:   "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      rerunnable:  "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+    },
+    primaryKey: ["env", "name"],
+    indexes: [],
+    sealedFields: [],
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_seeders_lock — single-row advisory lock for the seeders
+    // runner. Same shape as _blamejs_migrations_lock (CHECK constraint
+    // on scope='lock' enforces single row). Two processes calling
+    // `seed run` against the same DB race on this PK; loser sees a
+    // clear "lock held" error.
+    name: "_blamejs_seeders_lock",
+    columns: {
+      scope:    "TEXT PRIMARY KEY CHECK (scope = 'lock')",
+      lockedAt: "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      lockedBy: "TEXT NOT NULL",
+    },
+    sealedFields: [],
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_break_glass_policies — column-level break-glass policy
+    // registry. One row per (table) declares which columns are
+    // glass-locked and what the operator's grant rules are. Sealed
+    // columns hold the column-list, factor-list, and bypass config so
+    // policy contents aren't browsable in cleartext.
+    name: "_blamejs_break_glass_policies",
+    columns: {
+      tableName:                  "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      columnsJson:                "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      factorsJson:                "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      cryptographic:              "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+      grantTtlMs:                 "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      maxRowsPerGrant:            "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1",
+      reasonRequired:             "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1",
+      reasonMinLength:            "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 12",
+      pinIp:                      "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1",
+      sessionPin:                 "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1",
+      onLockedAccess:             "TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'throw'",
+      requireScope:               "TEXT",
+      serviceAccountBypassJson:   "TEXT",
+      dekSealed:                  "TEXT",
+      auditReasonStorage:         "TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'cleartext'",
+      updatedAt:                  "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+    },
+    indexes: [],
+    sealedFields: ["columnsJson", "factorsJson", "serviceAccountBypassJson"],
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_break_glass_grants — issued grants. Each successful
+    // step-up creates one row; each row read decrements rowsRemaining.
+    // Default maxRowsPerGrant=1 enforces "row by row" auth per the
+    // operator-confirmed shape (each row access = its own grant).
+    // Sealed columns hold reason + scopeColumns so audit-readable
+    // metadata doesn't leak in cleartext.
+    name: "_blamejs_break_glass_grants",
+    columns: {
+      _id:                "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      issuedToActorId:    "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      issuedToActorHash:  "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      factorType:         "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      reasonSealed:       "TEXT",
+      scopeTable:         "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      scopeColumnsJson:   "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      issuedAt:           "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      expiresAt:          "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      maxRowsPerGrant:    "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      rowsConsumed:       "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+      revokedAt:          "INTEGER",
+      sessionId:          "TEXT",
+      ip:                 "TEXT",
+      kwGrantHalf:        "TEXT",
+    },
+    indexes: [
+      { name: "idx_bg_grants_actor",   columns: ["issuedToActorHash"] },
+      { name: "idx_bg_grants_table",   columns: ["scopeTable"] },
+      "expiresAt",
+      "revokedAt",
+    ],
+    derivedHashes: { issuedToActorHash: { from: "issuedToActorId" } },
+    sealedFields: ["reasonSealed", "scopeColumnsJson", "kwGrantHalf"],
+  },
+];
+
+var log = boot("db");
+
+// ---- Tmpfs detection ----
+
+function resolveTmpDir(optsTmpDir) {
+  if (optsTmpDir) return optsTmpDir;
+  var envTmp = safeEnv.readVar("BLAMEJS_TMPDIR");
+  if (envTmp) return envTmp;
+  if (nodeFs.existsSync("/dev/shm")) return "/dev/shm";
+  return null;
+}
+
+// ---- DB encryption key management ----
+
+function loadOrCreateDbKey(dataDirPath, keyPathOverride) {
+  // Operator opt: `opts.dbKeyPath` — useful when the encryption key
+  // needs to live outside `dataDir` (e.g. a separate volume mounted
+  // from a KMS-fronted secret store). Default places it next to the
+  // encrypted DB so backup capture is one-tarball.
+  var keyPath = keyPathOverride || nodePath.join(dataDirPath, "db.key.enc");
+  if (nodeFs.existsSync(keyPath)) {
+    var sealed = atomicFile.readSync(keyPath, { encoding: "utf8" }).trim();
+    var b64 = vault.unseal(sealed);
+    if (!b64) {
+      throw _dbErr("db/key-unseal-empty",
+        "FATAL: db.key.enc unseal returned empty — vault may not be initialized or key file corrupted");
+    }
+    return Buffer.from(b64, "base64");
+  }
+  // First run — generate, seal, persist (atomic)
+  var raw = generateBytes(C.BYTES.bytes(32));
+  // allow:seal-without-aad — whole-file DB encryption key, not a row column
+  var sealedKey = vault.seal(raw.toString("base64"));
+  atomicFile.writeSync(keyPath, sealedKey, { fileMode: 0o600 });
+  log("generated DB encryption key at " + keyPath);
+  return raw;
+}
+
+function decryptToTmp() {
+  if (!encPath || !nodeFs.existsSync(encPath)) return;
+  // If a plaintext file already exists in tmpfs from a prior process, prefer
+  // the newer mtime (crash recovery — operator's most recent state wins).
+  if (nodeFs.existsSync(dbPath)) {
+    var plainStat = nodeFs.statSync(dbPath);
+    var encStat = nodeFs.statSync(encPath);
+    if (plainStat.mtimeMs > encStat.mtimeMs && plainStat.size > 0) {
+      log("plaintext is newer than encrypted — keeping plaintext (crash recovery)");
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  var packed = nodeFs.readFileSync(encPath);
+  if (packed.length < 26) return; // too short to be a valid envelope
+  // AAD binds the envelope to this deployment's data dir so two
+  // installs sharing the same operator passphrase can't swap each
+  // other's db.enc files. Backwards-compat: if the AAD-bound decrypt
+  // fails, retry without AAD for envelopes written by pre-AAD
+  // versions (one-release transition window).
+  var aad = _dbEncAad(dataDir);
+  try {
+    atomicFile.writeSync(dbPath, decryptPacked(packed, encKey, aad));
+  } catch (_e) {
+    atomicFile.writeSync(dbPath, decryptPacked(packed, encKey));
+  }
+}
+
+function _dbEncAad(dir) {
+  return Buffer.from("blamejs.db-enc.v1\0" + (dir || ""), "utf8");
+}
+
+function encryptToDisk() {
+  if (!encPath) return;
+  // Force WAL checkpoint so the .db file holds all committed transactions.
+  try { runSql(database, "PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE)"); } catch (_e) { /* best effort */ }
+  if (!nodeFs.existsSync(dbPath)) return;
+  atomicFile.writeSync(encPath, encryptPacked(nodeFs.readFileSync(dbPath), encKey, _dbEncAad(dataDir)));
+}
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.snapshot
+ * @signature b.db.snapshot()
+ * @since     0.8.58
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.flushToDisk, b.backup
+ *
+ * In-memory encrypted snapshot — same envelope shape that
+ * `flushToDisk` writes, just held in memory. Operators capturing a
+ * backup mid-flight (`b.backup` wrapping a hot DB) get a Buffer they
+ * can stream onward to object storage without touching the on-disk
+ * encPath. Forces a WAL checkpoint first so the snapshot reflects
+ * committed state, not pre-WAL pages.
+ *
+ * Under `atRest: 'plain'` returns the raw plaintext SQLite file as a
+ * Buffer (no envelope), since there's no encryption key to apply —
+ * operators wanting an encrypted snapshot under plain mode wrap with
+ * their own `b.crypto.encryptPacked` at the call site.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("@blamejs/core");
+ *   var snap = b.db.snapshot();
+ *   await b.objectStore.put("backups/" + Date.now() + ".enc", snap);
+ */
+function snapshot() {
+  _requireInit();
+  // WAL checkpoint flushes committed transactions into the main DB file
+  // so the snapshot reflects the current logical state, not just the
+  // pre-WAL pages.
+  try { runSql(database, "PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE)"); } catch (_e) { /* best effort */ }
+  if (!nodeFs.existsSync(dbPath)) {
+    throw _dbErr("db/snapshot-no-source",
+      "snapshot: plaintext DB at " + dbPath + " is missing — did init complete?");
+  }
+  var plain = nodeFs.readFileSync(dbPath);
+  if (!encPath || !encKey) {
+    // atRest: 'plain' — return the raw bytes. Operators wanting an
+    // encrypted snapshot under plain mode wrap with their own
+    // b.crypto.encryptPacked at the call site.
+    return plain;
+  }
+  return encryptPacked(plain, encKey, _dbEncAad(dataDir));
+}
+
+// Remove the plaintext DB + WAL/SHM sidecar files. On Windows these can't be
+// unlinked while the SQLite handle is open, so this MUST be called after
+// database.close().
+function removePlaintextFiles() {
+  if (!dbPath) return;
+  try { nodeFs.unlinkSync(dbPath); } catch (_e) { /* cleanup */ }
+  try { nodeFs.unlinkSync(dbPath + "-wal"); } catch (_e) { /* cleanup */ }
+  try { nodeFs.unlinkSync(dbPath + "-shm"); } catch (_e) { /* cleanup */ }
+}
+
+// Clean up stale plaintext DB files left by previously-crashed processes.
+// Anything matching blamejs-*.db that isn't our current process's file is
+// stale (no other process should write to /dev/shm with our prefix).
+function cleanStaleTmpDbs(tmpDir) {
+  var entries = atomicFile.listDir(tmpDir, {
+    filter: function (name) { return name.startsWith("blamejs-") && name.endsWith(".db"); },
+  });
+  for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
+    var full = entries[i].fullPath;
+    if (full === dbPath) continue;
+    try { nodeFs.unlinkSync(full); } catch (_e) { /* concurrent cleanup */ }
+    try { nodeFs.unlinkSync(full + "-wal"); } catch (_e) { /* may not exist */ }
+    try { nodeFs.unlinkSync(full + "-shm"); } catch (_e) { /* may not exist */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// ---- Init dispatch ----
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.init
+ * @signature b.db.init(opts)
+ * @since     0.1.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.close, b.db.from, b.db.declareWorm
+ *
+ * Boot the database. Provisions the framework-baked tables
+ * (`audit_log` / `consent_log` / `audit_checkpoints` /
+ * `_blamejs_*`), reconciles the operator schema, installs append-
+ * only triggers on chain tables, runs any pending file-based
+ * migrations, verifies the audit + consent chains end-to-end,
+ * verifies every audit checkpoint signature, runs PRAGMA
+ * integrity_check, performs a rollback-detection check against
+ * `audit.tip`, and runs a best-effort SNTP boot drift check. Refuses
+ * to boot on any chain breakage, signature mismatch, or rollback —
+ * compliance posture demands fail-closed at the earliest signal.
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   dataDir:                 string,            // required — where db.enc + db.key.enc live
+ *   schema:                  Array,             // required — [{ name, columns, indexes, sealedFields, derivedHashes, foreignKeys, primaryKey, subjectField, personalDataCategories }, ...]
+ *   atRest:                  "encrypted"|"plain", // default "encrypted"
+ *   tmpDir:                  string,            // override the encrypted-mode tmpfs path (default /dev/shm or BLAMEJS_TMPDIR)
+ *   migrationDir:            string,            // optional — path to ./migrations/ (run-once each)
+ *   streamLimit:             number,            // default 1_000_000 — db.stream row ceiling
+ *   skipBootIntegrityCheck:  boolean,           // default false — skip PRAGMA integrity_check
+ *   skipIntegrityCheck:      boolean,           // default false — alias
+ *   auditSigning:            { mode, algorithm }, // default { mode: "wrapped" }
+ *   ntpServers:              string[],          // override NTP server list
+ *   ntpTimeoutMs:            number,            // override NTP timeout
+ *   dataResidency:           object,            // operator's region declaration
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({
+ *     dataDir: "/var/lib/myapp",
+ *     atRest:  "encrypted",
+ *     schema: [
+ *       {
+ *         name: "orders",
+ *         columns: {
+ *           _id:        "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+ *           customerId: "TEXT NOT NULL",
+ *           totalCents: "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+ *           note:       "TEXT",
+ *           createdAt:  "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+ *         },
+ *         indexes:       ["customerId"],
+ *         sealedFields:  ["note"],
+ *         derivedHashes: { customerIdHash: { from: "customerId" } },
+ *         subjectField:  "customerId",
+ *       },
+ *     ],
+ *   });
+ */
+async function init(opts) {
+  if (initialized) return;
+  // Drop any prepared-statement cache leftover from a prior init/close
+  // cycle — Statement handles attached to a finalized DB throw on use.
+  _prepareCache.clear();
+  if (!opts || !opts.dataDir) {
+    throw new DbError("db/bad-init", "db.init({ dataDir }) is required");
+  }
+  if (!Array.isArray(opts.schema)) {
+    throw new DbError("db/bad-init",
+      "db.init({ schema }) must be an array of table definitions");
+  }
+
+  atRest = (opts.atRest || "encrypted").toLowerCase();
+  if (atRest !== "encrypted" && atRest !== "plain") {
+    throw new DbError("db/bad-at-rest",
+      "db.init: atRest must be 'encrypted' or 'plain', got: " + opts.atRest);
+  }
+  // D-M5 — operator-tunable streamLimit ceiling. Throw at config-time
+  // on bad shape so a typo surfaces at boot rather than as an
+  // unbounded stream at first export.
+  if (opts.streamLimit !== undefined) {
+    if (typeof opts.streamLimit !== "number" || !isFinite(opts.streamLimit) ||
+        opts.streamLimit <= 0 || Math.floor(opts.streamLimit) !== opts.streamLimit) {
+      throw new DbError("db/bad-init",
+        "db.init: streamLimit must be a positive finite integer; got " +
+        JSON.stringify(opts.streamLimit));
+    }
+    streamLimit = opts.streamLimit;
+  }
+  dataDir = opts.dataDir;
+  if (!nodeFs.existsSync(dataDir)) nodeFs.mkdirSync(dataDir, { recursive: true });
+
+  if (atRest === "encrypted") {
+    var tmpDir = resolveTmpDir(opts.tmpDir);
+    if (!tmpDir) {
+      throw _dbErr("db/no-tmpfs",
+        "FATAL: atRest: 'encrypted' (default) requires tmpfs but none was found. " +
+        "Provide opts.tmpDir or set BLAMEJS_TMPDIR, or pass atRest: 'plain' (with warning).");
+    }
+    if (!nodeFs.existsSync(tmpDir)) nodeFs.mkdirSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    // D-H7 — if the resolved tmpDir is NOT actually tmpfs, the
+    // plaintext DB file lives on persistent storage. statvfs/statfs
+    // isn't in stable Node, but on Linux we can check that tmpDir
+    // resolves under /dev/shm or /run/shm as a heuristic. On other
+    // platforms we warn that the operator must verify tmpfs binding
+    // out-of-band.
+    if (process.platform === "linux") {
+      var realTmp = "";
+      try { realTmp = nodeFs.realpathSync(tmpDir); } catch (_e) { /* stat best-effort */ }
+      if (realTmp.indexOf("/dev/shm") !== 0 && realTmp.indexOf("/run/shm") !== 0 &&
+          realTmp.indexOf("/run/user/") !== 0 && realTmp.indexOf("/tmp") !== 0) {
+        log.warn("WARNING: db.init: tmpDir '" + tmpDir + "' (real: '" + realTmp +
+          "') does not resolve under /dev/shm /run/shm /run/user /tmp — verify it is " +
+          "actually a tmpfs mount. A persistent-disk tmpDir leaks plaintext into backup " +
+          "snapshots, replication, and forensic disk images.");
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Operator overrides for the encrypted-DB on-disk nodePath. `opts.encryptedDbPath`
+    // takes a fully-qualified nodePath; `opts.encryptedDbName` overrides
+    // just the basename under `dataDir` (default "db.enc"). Helps when
+    // multiple framework-shaped instances share a dataDir.
+    encPath = opts.encryptedDbPath ||
+              nodePath.join(dataDir, opts.encryptedDbName || "db.enc");
+    dbPath  = nodePath.join(tmpDir, "blamejs-" + generateToken(C.BYTES.bytes(16)) + ".db");
+    encKey  = loadOrCreateDbKey(dataDir, opts.dbKeyPath);
+
+    cleanStaleTmpDbs(tmpDir);
+    decryptToTmp();
+  } else {
+    // plain mode
+    log.warn("WARNING: atRest: 'plain' — DB structure and row counts visible on disk.");
+    log.warn("         Field-level encryption (sealedFields) still protects sealed columns,");
+    log.warn("         but the simpler at-rest model is opt-out only. Default is 'encrypted'.");
+    dbPath = nodePath.join(dataDir, "blamejs.db");
+    encPath = null;
+    encKey = null;
+  }
+
+  // Open the database
+  database = new DatabaseSync(dbPath);
+
+  // Performance pragmas
+  runSql(database, "PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL");
+  runSql(database, "PRAGMA synchronous=NORMAL");
+  runSql(database, "PRAGMA cache_size=-8000");
+  runSql(database, "PRAGMA temp_store=MEMORY");
+  runSql(database, "PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000");
+  runSql(database, "PRAGMA mmap_size=268435456");
+  runSql(database, "PRAGMA auto_vacuum=INCREMENTAL");
+  // Foreign-key enforcement is OFF by default in SQLite. Turn it ON so
+  // structured `foreignKeys` declarations actually constrain writes.
+  runSql(database, "PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON");
+
+  // PRAGMA secure_delete=ON — SQLite normally just unlinks rows from
+  // the B-tree; the underlying page bytes survive on disk until a new
+  // write reuses the slot. With secure_delete=ON, freed pages are
+  // overwritten with zeros so a forensic recovery against the file
+  // can't reconstruct deleted rows. The cost is one extra write per
+  // delete, which the framework's audit-and-DSR-erase path already
+  // dominates with audit-chain emissions and cascade fan-out.
+  runSql(database, "PRAGMA secure_delete=ON");
+  // PRAGMA trusted_schema=OFF — refuses to call functions / virtual-
+  // table modules referenced from a malicious shadow schema. Defends
+  // the CVE-2018-8740 family where an attacker who can write to the
+  // database file (backups, logs, restore-from-untrusted) plants
+  // schema entries that fire on next access.
+  try { runSql(database, "PRAGMA trusted_schema=OFF"); } catch (_e) { /* sqlite < 3.31 */ }
+  // PRAGMA cell_size_check=ON — refuses pages with corrupted cell
+  // sizes at parse time rather than crashing later. Cheap defense
+  // against malformed-page attacks.
+  try { runSql(database, "PRAGMA cell_size_check=ON"); } catch (_e) { /* sqlite < 3.26 */ }
+  // node:sqlite does not expose loadExtension at all — extensions must
+  // be statically linked into the runtime. The framework's surface is
+  // therefore implicitly extension-free; no runtime defense is needed
+  // beyond the trusted_schema + cell_size_check PRAGMAs above.
+
+  // Boot-time integrity check — refuse to boot on B-tree corruption.
+  // SQLite normally surfaces corruption only when a query stumbles on
+  // a bad page; that's a "first failure during request handling"
+  // surface, not a clean fail-closed boot. integrity_check is fast on
+  // the freshly-decrypted-into-tmpfs file (<1 second on a typical
+  // multi-MB DB) and the result is "ok" or a list of issues.
+  if (opts.skipBootIntegrityCheck !== true) {
+    var ic = database.prepare("PRAGMA integrity_check").all();
+    var icIssues = ic.map(function (r) { return r && r.integrity_check; })
+                     .filter(function (s) { return s && s !== "ok"; });
+    if (icIssues.length > 0) {
+      throw new DbError("db/integrity-check-failed",
+        "PRAGMA integrity_check at boot reported " + icIssues.length +
+        " issue(s): " + icIssues.slice(0, 3).join("; "));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // PRAGMA integrity_check — refuse boot on B-tree corruption (per
+  // audit-batch finding). SQLite returns "ok" for a healthy database;
+  // any other result means corruption. Catching it at boot beats
+  // stumbling on it later in a query that hits the bad page. Skip
+  // when opts.skipIntegrityCheck is set (e.g. tmpfs-only fixtures).
+  if (opts.skipIntegrityCheck !== true) {
+    var integrityRows = [];
+    try {
+      // .all-style read; runSql is for statements without rows.
+      integrityRows = database.prepare("PRAGMA integrity_check").all();
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new DbError("db/integrity-check-failed",
+        "PRAGMA integrity_check failed at boot: " + ((e && e.message) || String(e)));
+    }
+    if (integrityRows.length !== 1 ||
+        !integrityRows[0] || integrityRows[0].integrity_check !== "ok") {
+      throw new DbError("db/integrity-check-failed",
+        "PRAGMA integrity_check reported corruption: " +
+        JSON.stringify(integrityRows));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Refuse app schema entries that collide with framework-reserved names.
+  // Pre-v0.8.18 this was an exact-match Set; an app could ship
+  // `_blamejs_audit_log_archive` (or similar prefix-collision) and the
+  // framework would silently provision it next to the reserved
+  // namespace, allowing a row-by-row look-alike attack against audit
+  // archive tooling.
+  // Under `frameworkTables: false` the framework's own audit_log /
+  // consent_log are NOT provisioned, so an operator naming a table
+  // `audit_log` (or `consent_log`) doesn't collide. The `_blamejs_*`
+  // prefix stays reserved unconditionally — those names are
+  // hard-claimed by other framework primitives (sessions, jobs,
+  // migrations, rate-limit-counters, …) which still get provisioned
+  // by their respective subsystems.
+  var frameworkTablesEarly = opts.frameworkTables !== false;
+  var FRAMEWORK_NAMED_RESERVED = frameworkTablesEarly
+    ? RESERVED_TABLE_NAMES
+    : new Set();   // empty — fall back to the prefix check only
+  for (var ri = 0; ri < opts.schema.length; ri++) {
+    var appName = opts.schema[ri].name;
+    if (FRAMEWORK_NAMED_RESERVED.has(appName) ||
+        (typeof appName === "string" && appName.indexOf("_blamejs_") === 0)) {
+      throw new DbError("db/reserved-table-name",
+        "table name '" + appName + "' is reserved by the framework. " +
+        "Pick a different name (the framework provisions audit_log, consent_log, " +
+        "and any '_blamejs_*'-prefixed tables automatically). " +
+        "Pass opts.frameworkTables: false to skip provisioning audit_log/consent_log " +
+        "when the host application owns its own audit chain.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Track subject schema for subject.export/erase walks
+  subjectTables = [];
+  for (var si = 0; si < opts.schema.length; si++) {
+    var st = opts.schema[si];
+    if (st.subjectField) {
+      // Validate personalDataCategories shape + audit-emit on
+      // unknown vocabulary. Pre-v0.8.37 this was a free-form JSON
+      // blob; a typo silently dropped the column from subject-export
+      // / erase walks. The framework checks the value is a string
+      // (catches null / number / object typos) and emits a warning
+      // audit when the category is outside the GDPR Art 9 + general
+      // vocabulary so operators can audit-trail their custom labels.
+      if (st.personalDataCategories) {
+        if (typeof st.personalDataCategories !== "object" || Array.isArray(st.personalDataCategories)) {
+          throw new DbError("db/bad-personal-data-categories",
+            "table '" + st.name + "': personalDataCategories must be an object mapping field name → category");
+        }
+        var FRAMEWORK_CATEGORY_VOCAB = [
+          "name", "email", "phone", "address", "ip", "id-document",
+          "biometric", "health", "genetic", "sexual-orientation",
+          "racial-or-ethnic-origin", "political-opinion", "religious-belief",
+          "trade-union-membership", "criminal-record",
+          "financial", "location", "behavioral", "device-id",
+          "child-data", "education", "employment", "operator-defined",
+        ];
+        Object.keys(st.personalDataCategories).forEach(function (field) {
+          var cat = st.personalDataCategories[field];
+          if (typeof cat !== "string" || cat.length === 0) {
+            throw new DbError("db/bad-personal-data-category",
+              "table '" + st.name + "' field '" + field +
+              "': category must be a non-empty string");
+          }
+          if (FRAMEWORK_CATEGORY_VOCAB.indexOf(cat) === -1) {
+            // Unknown — emit a one-time audit per (table,field,category)
+            // tuple so operators see typos in their categorical
+            // taxonomy. Lazy require to avoid circular load (audit
+            // imports db for chain hashing).
+            try {
+              var auditMod = require("./audit");                                              // allow:inline-require — circular-load defense (audit imports db)
+              auditMod.safeEmit({
+                action:   "db.personal_data_category_unknown",
+                outcome:  "success",
+                metadata: {
+                  severity: "warning",
+                  table:    st.name,
+                  field:    field,
+                  category: cat,
+                  vocabHint: "use one of: " + FRAMEWORK_CATEGORY_VOCAB.join(", ") +
+                             " (or operator-defined for genuinely-custom)",
+                },
+              });
+            } catch (_e) { /* drop-silent */ }
+          }
+        });
+      }
+      subjectTables.push({
+        name:                   st.name,
+        subjectField:           st.subjectField,
+        personalDataCategories: st.personalDataCategories || {},
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Operator opt-out for the framework's own tables + audit/consent
+  // chain machinery + WORM assertion + audit-signing bootstrap. Set
+  // `frameworkTables: false` when the host application maintains its
+  // own audit/consent semantics and just wants the framework's
+  // primitives (vault / db / cryptoField / etc.) without the bundled
+  // chain tables. When OFF, every framework-table-dependent step
+  // below is a no-op. Append-only triggers are scoped to the
+  // framework tables only, so they're skipped too.
+  //
+  // `auditSigning: false` is a finer-grained gate — keep the
+  // framework tables but skip the audit-signing-key bootstrap (HS-
+  // shape deployments that already manage their own signing key).
+  //
+  // Defaults match v0.8.57 behavior: both ON.
+  var frameworkTablesEnabled = opts.frameworkTables !== false;
+  var auditSigningEnabled    = opts.auditSigning    !== false;
+
+  // Build the full schema = framework-baked tables + app tables.
+  // Framework tables come FIRST so audit_log/consent_log exist before any
+  // app migration can reference them. When `frameworkTables: false`,
+  // skip the concat so the operator's own `audit_log` (or whatever
+  // shape) doesn't collide with the framework's.
+  var fullSchema = frameworkTablesEnabled
+    ? FRAMEWORK_SCHEMA.concat(opts.schema)
+    : opts.schema.slice();
+
+  // Register schema with field-crypto + capture table metadata snapshot
+  // (framework tables included so getTableMetadata covers everything).
+  tableMetadata = {};
+  for (var i = 0; i < fullSchema.length; i++) {
+    var t = fullSchema[i];
+    cryptoField.registerTable(t.name, {
+      sealedFields:   t.sealedFields,
+      derivedHashes:  t.derivedHashes,
+      hashNamespaces: t.hashNamespaces,
+    });
+    tableMetadata[t.name] = {
+      primaryKey:             _normalizePk(t),
+      foreignKeys:            Array.isArray(t.foreignKeys) ? t.foreignKeys.slice() : [],
+      columns:                Object.assign({}, t.columns),
+      indexes:                Array.isArray(t.indexes) ? t.indexes.slice() : [],
+      sealedFields:           Array.isArray(t.sealedFields) ? t.sealedFields.slice() : [],
+      derivedHashes:          Object.assign({}, t.derivedHashes || {}),
+      subjectField:           t.subjectField || null,
+      personalDataCategories: Object.assign({}, t.personalDataCategories || {}),
+    };
+  }
+
+  // Declarative schema reconcile (framework + app tables)
+  dbSchema.reconcile(database, fullSchema);
+
+  // Append-only enforcement on audit_log + consent_log via SQLite triggers.
+  // Apps cannot UPDATE or DELETE these tables; the framework's audit.record /
+  // consent.grant only INSERT. This is a SQL-level guard against bug-induced
+  // or malicious tampering — independent of the API surface's discipline.
+  // Operator-driven retention purge (when implemented) must drop these
+  // triggers explicitly inside a transaction, perform the purge, and
+  // recreate them. Skipped under `frameworkTables: false`.
+  if (frameworkTablesEnabled) _installAppendOnlyTriggers(database);
+
+  // Imperative migrations (run once each, in order)
+  if (opts.migrationDir) {
+    var result = dbSchema.runMigrations(database, opts.migrationDir);
+    if (result.applied.length > 0) {
+      log("applied " + result.applied.length + " migration(s): " + result.applied.join(", "));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // dataResidency — operator's declared region. Registered here for
+  // downstream backends (storage, mail, log destinations) to validate
+  // against; backends opt in by reading this value via getDataResidency().
+  dataResidency = opts.dataResidency || null;
+
+  // Mark initialized BEFORE the chain verify so audit/consent.verify() can
+  // call db.prepare() through the public surface. If verify fails, we
+  // process.exit() — initialized state is moot at that point.
+  initialized = true;
+
+  // ---- Refuse-to-boot on chain break ----
+  // Verify both the audit and consent chains end-to-end. A broken chain
+  // means tamper-evidence has been compromised — the framework refuses
+  // to continue under any circumstances. Recovery is operator-driven
+  // (restore from backup or manual chain rebuild); the framework only
+  // detects-and-fails. Skipped under `frameworkTables: false` (the
+  // framework's audit_log / consent_log don't exist for an operator
+  // running their own audit subsystem).
+  if (frameworkTablesEnabled) {
+    var auditResult = await audit.verify();
+    if (!auditResult.ok) {
+      // Fire the breach event BEFORE throwing so operator listeners
+      // get a chance at sync I/O (file flag, console alert) before
+      // init unwinds.
+      events.emit(events.EVENTS.AUDIT_CHAIN_BREAK, { table: "audit_log", result: auditResult });
+      throw _dbErr("db/audit-chain-break",
+        "FATAL: audit_log chain integrity broken at row " + auditResult.breakAt +
+        " (" + auditResult.reason + "); break row _id: " + auditResult.breakRowId +
+        "; expected: " + auditResult.expected + "; actual: " + auditResult.actual +
+        ". Refusing to boot. Compliance requires that any tamper-detection signal halt service. " +
+        "Recovery is manual: restore from backup, or rebuild the audit chain from a verified earlier snapshot.");
+    }
+    var consentResult = await consent.verify();
+    if (!consentResult.ok) {
+      events.emit(events.EVENTS.AUDIT_CHAIN_BREAK, { table: "consent_log", result: consentResult });
+      throw _dbErr("db/consent-chain-break",
+        "FATAL: consent_log chain integrity broken at row " + consentResult.breakAt +
+        " (" + consentResult.reason + "); break row _id: " + consentResult.breakRowId +
+        ". Refusing to boot.");
+    }
+    log("audit chain ok (" + auditResult.rowsVerified + " rows), consent chain ok (" + consentResult.rowsVerified + " rows)");
+  }
+
+  // ---- Rollback detection (audit.tip sidecar) ----
+  // The framework writes <dataDir>/audit.tip on each checkpoint. At boot we
+  // compare current MAX(monotonicCounter) to the recorded tip. If current
+  // is BELOW tip — the DB was rolled back to an older snapshot. Refuse boot.
+  _checkRollback(dataDir);
+
+  // ---- F-RET-2 — WORM posture assertion ----
+  // Under sec-17a-4 / finra-4511 / fda-21cfr11 postures the operator
+  // MUST have declared row-level WORM on at least one business-record
+  // table. Refuse boot otherwise so missing-declaration drift is
+  // surfaced at start-up, not on the first delete.
+  // Skipped under `frameworkTables: false` — WORM declarations are
+  // an operator-side concern when the framework isn't owning audit.
+  if (frameworkTablesEnabled) {
+    try { _assertWormUnderPosture(); }
+    catch (e) {
+      // The assertion throws under regulated postures; let it
+      // propagate. Outside regulated postures it's a no-op.
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ---- Audit-signing key + checkpoint subsystem ----
+  // Default mode 'wrapped' (passphrase-required, separate from vault). Apps
+  // that want a quick-start dev path can pass auditSigning: { mode: 'plaintext' }
+  // — same warning pattern as vault.
+  // opts.auditSigning.algorithm picks the keypair algorithm at first-run
+  // generation. Default = SLH-DSA-SHAKE-256f (matches the framework's
+  // SHAKE-family hash posture); ML-DSA-87 is the throughput-focused
+  // opt-in. Existing key files take their algorithm from disk; this
+  // option only matters on first generation.
+  // Operator opt-out via `auditSigning: false` skips the signing
+  // bootstrap entirely. Also implicitly skipped when frameworkTables
+  // are off (no audit_log to sign checkpoints over).
+  if (auditSigningEnabled && frameworkTablesEnabled) {
+    var auditSigningMode = (opts.auditSigning && opts.auditSigning.mode)
+      ? opts.auditSigning.mode
+      : safeEnv.readVar("BLAMEJS_AUDIT_SIGNING_MODE", {
+          default: "wrapped",
+          enum:    ["wrapped", "plaintext"],
+        });
+    var auditSigningAlg = opts.auditSigning && opts.auditSigning.algorithm
+      ? opts.auditSigning.algorithm
+      : null;
+    await auditSign.init({
+      dataDir:   dataDir,
+      mode:      auditSigningMode,
+      algorithm: auditSigningAlg || undefined,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Verify all existing checkpoint signatures (defense against
+  // signature forgery attempt + key-rotation gone wrong). Refuse to
+  // boot on failure. Skipped under `frameworkTables: false` /
+  // `auditSigning: false`.
+  if (frameworkTablesEnabled && auditSigningEnabled) {
+    var ckptResult = await audit.verifyCheckpoints();
+    if (!ckptResult.ok) {
+      events.emit(events.EVENTS.AUDIT_CHECKPOINT_BREAK, { result: ckptResult });
+      throw _dbErr("db/audit-checkpoint-break",
+        "FATAL: audit checkpoint verification failed at row " +
+        ckptResult.breakAt + " (" + ckptResult.reason + "); checkpoint _id: " +
+        ckptResult.checkpointId + ". Refusing to boot. Either the audit-signing key " +
+        "was rotated without retaining the prior pubkey, or a forged checkpoint was inserted.");
+    }
+    log("audit checkpoints ok (" + ckptResult.checkpointsVerified + " signed)");
+
+    // Anchor a fresh checkpoint at boot if there's any new audit
+    // activity since the last checkpoint (else no-op).
+    await audit.checkpoint({ skipIfUnchanged: true });
+  }
+
+  // ---- NTP drift check ----
+  // Best-effort; unreachable NTP doesn't fail boot, but >= 1hr drift does
+  // (unless BLAMEJS_NTP_STRICT=0 / BLAMEJS_SKIP_NTP_CHECK=1).
+  await _runNtpBootCheck(opts);
+
+  // Start periodic encrypt timer (encrypted mode only)
+  if (atRest === "encrypted") {
+    encTimer = safeAsync.repeating(function () {
+      try { encryptToDisk(); } catch (e) {
+        log.error("periodic encrypt failed: " + e.message);
+      }
+    }, C.TIME.minutes(5), { name: "db-periodic-encrypt" });
+
+    // Final encrypt on process exit. We don't try to unlink the plaintext
+    // here — the SQLite handle may still be open, and the OS reclaims tmpfs
+    // on reboot anyway. close() does the orderly shutdown.
+    process.on("exit", function () {
+      try { encryptToDisk(); } catch (_e) { /* exit handler — silent */ }
+    });
+  }
+
+  log("ready (mode: " + atRest + ", path: " + dbPath + ")");
+}
+
+// ---- Public API ----
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.from
+ * @signature b.db.from(tableName)
+ * @since     0.1.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.prepare, b.db.transaction, b.db.stream
+ *
+ * Open a chainable Query against a registered table. Sealed columns
+ * auto-encrypt on insert/update and auto-decrypt on read; derived-
+ * hash columns auto-populate from their source field on insert.
+ * Identifier safety, parameter binding, row-policy gates, and
+ * audit-emission are wired into the chain so operator code never
+ * concatenates SQL by hand.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [
+ *     { name: "orders",
+ *       columns: { _id: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY", customerId: "TEXT NOT NULL", totalCents: "INTEGER NOT NULL" },
+ *       sealedFields: ["customerId"] },
+ *   ] });
+ *
+ *   b.db.from("orders").insert({
+ *     _id: b.uuid.v7(), customerId: "cust_123", totalCents: 4999,
+ *   });
+ *
+ *   var rows = b.db.from("orders").where({ customerId: "cust_123" }).all();
+ *   rows.length;
+ *   // → 1
+ */
+function from(tableName) {
+  _requireInit();
+  return new Query(database, tableName);
+}
+
+// D-M6 — bounded prepared-statement cache for SQLite. Long-running
+// daemons with diverse query shapes accumulate node:sqlite Statement
+// handles indefinitely; the LRU here caps at PREPARE_CACHE_MAX (256)
+// distinct SQL strings and finalizes the oldest when over. Reuse of
+// the same SQL string returns the cached Statement (the canonical
+// node:sqlite-style win); previously this was ad-hoc and operators
+// re-preparing in a hot path leaked fds.
+var PREPARE_CACHE_MAX = 256;                                                       // allow:raw-byte-literal — distinct-statement cache cap
+var _prepareCache = new Map();                                                     // sql → Statement (insertion order = LRU)
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.prepare
+ * @signature b.db.prepare(sql)
+ * @since     0.1.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.from, b.db.runSql, b.db.stream
+ *
+ * Raw-escape-hatch wrapper around `node:sqlite`'s `Statement`
+ * preparation, with an LRU cache keyed by SQL string (cap 256
+ * distinct shapes). Reuse of the same SQL returns the cached
+ * Statement so a hot path doesn't churn file descriptors. Use
+ * `b.db.from(table)` for the typical chainable surface; `prepare` is
+ * for the rare cases where the chainable Query doesn't cover the
+ * shape.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [
+ *     { name: "orders",
+ *       columns: { _id: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY", totalCents: "INTEGER NOT NULL" } },
+ *   ] });
+ *
+ *   var stmt = b.db.prepare("SELECT SUM(totalCents) AS total FROM orders");
+ *   var row = stmt.get();
+ *   typeof row.total;
+ *   // → "object"
+ */
+function prepare(sql) {
+  _requireInit();
+  if (_prepareCache.has(sql)) {
+    var hit = _prepareCache.get(sql);
+    // Refresh LRU position by reinserting.
+    _prepareCache.delete(sql);
+    _prepareCache.set(sql, hit);
+    return hit;
+  }
+  var stmt = database.prepare(sql);
+  _prepareCache.set(sql, stmt);
+  if (_prepareCache.size > PREPARE_CACHE_MAX) {
+    var oldestKey = _prepareCache.keys().next().value;
+    _prepareCache.delete(oldestKey);
+  }
+  return stmt;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.stream
+ * @signature b.db.stream(sql)
+ * @since     0.4.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.from, b.db.prepare, b.db.exportCsv
+ *
+ * Object-mode `Readable` that yields rows as `node:sqlite`'s
+ * `iterate()` produces them. Unlike `.all()`, the engine never
+ * materializes the full result set, so audit exports, backup table
+ * dumps, and million-row reports finish without OOM pressure.
+ * Variadic: positional parameter bindings come after `sql`; an
+ * optional final plain-object argument carries `opts.table` (enables
+ * sealed-column auto-unseal) and `opts.streamLimit` (per-call row
+ * ceiling override). Default ceiling is the module-level
+ * `streamLimit` (1_000_000); the stream destroys with a
+ * `db/stream-limit-exceeded` error past the cap rather than
+ * accumulating unboundedly.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [
+ *     { name: "events",
+ *       columns: { _id: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY", payload: "TEXT" },
+ *       sealedFields: ["payload"] },
+ *   ] });
+ *
+ *   var count = 0;
+ *   var s = b.db.stream("SELECT * FROM events", { table: "events" });
+ *   await new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+ *     s.on("data", function (_row) { count += 1; });
+ *     s.on("end",   resolve);
+ *     s.on("error", reject);
+ *   });
+ *   count >= 0;
+ *   // → true
+ */
+function stream(sql) {
+  _requireInit();
+  var opts = null;
+  var params;
+  // Last arg may be a plain {table?} options object; everything else
+  // is a SQL parameter binding. node:sqlite accepts numbers, strings,
+  // bigints, Buffers, and null — plain objects can only be opts.
+  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
+  if (args.length > 0) {
+    var last = args[args.length - 1];
+    var isOptsShape = last !== null && typeof last === "object" &&
+      !Buffer.isBuffer(last) && !Array.isArray(last) &&
+      typeof last.length !== "number"; // exclude TypedArray-shapes
+    if (isOptsShape) {
+      opts = last;
+      params = args.slice(0, -1);
+    } else {
+      params = args;
+    }
+  } else {
+    params = [];
+  }
+  var table = opts && typeof opts.table === "string" ? opts.table : null;
+  var unseal = table ? cryptoField : null;
+
+  // D-M5 — streamLimit ceiling. Per-call opts.streamLimit overrides
+  // the module-level default; bad shape throws at call time so the
+  // typo surfaces instead of an unbounded stream.
+  var perCallLimit = streamLimit;
+  if (opts && opts.streamLimit !== undefined) {
+    if (typeof opts.streamLimit !== "number" || !isFinite(opts.streamLimit) ||
+        opts.streamLimit <= 0 || Math.floor(opts.streamLimit) !== opts.streamLimit) {
+      throw new DbError("db/bad-stream-limit",
+        "db.stream: opts.streamLimit must be a positive finite integer; got " +
+        JSON.stringify(opts.streamLimit));
+    }
+    perCallLimit = opts.streamLimit;
+  }
+
+  var stmt;
+  var iter;
+  try {
+    stmt = database.prepare(sql);
+    iter = stmt.iterate.apply(stmt, params);
+  } catch (e) {
+    var r = new Readable({ objectMode: true, read: function () {} });
+    setImmediate(function () { r.destroy(e); });
+    return r;
+  }
+  var emitted = 0;
+  return new Readable({
+    objectMode: true,
+    read: function () {
+      try {
+        if (emitted >= perCallLimit) {
+          this.destroy(new DbError("db/stream-limit-exceeded",
+            "db.stream: emitted " + emitted + " rows, exceeding streamLimit " +
+            perCallLimit + ". Pass opts.streamLimit higher OR raise via " +
+            "db.init({ streamLimit }) after auditing the export path."));
+          return;
+        }
+        var step = iter.next();
+        if (step.done) { this.push(null); return; }
+        emitted += 1;
+        var row = step.value;
+        this.push(unseal ? unseal.unsealRow(table, row) : row);
+      } catch (e) {
+        this.destroy(e);
+      }
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+// DDL_RE — case-insensitive prefix match for the eight statement
+// shapes that MUTATE schema. Audited individually so a forensic
+// review can reconstruct schema evolution from the chain alone (D-M1).
+var DDL_RE = /^\s*(CREATE|DROP|ALTER|TRUNCATE|RENAME|ATTACH|DETACH|REINDEX)\b/i;
+
+// D-L7 — slow-query observability buckets for the local SQLite nodePath.
+// Highest matched bucket wins so the per-query emit is single-shot;
+// operators dashboard on the `bucket` label.
+var _SLOW_QUERY_BUCKETS_LOCAL = Object.freeze([
+  { ms: C.TIME.seconds(30), label: "30s" },
+  { ms: C.TIME.seconds(5),  label: "5s" },
+  { ms: C.TIME.seconds(1),  label: "1s" },
+]);
+var _STATEMENT_CLASS_RE_LOCAL = /^\s*(?:\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/\s*|--[^\n]*\n\s*)*([A-Za-z]+)/;
+function _classifyStatementLocal(sql) {
+  if (typeof sql !== "string" || sql.length === 0) return "UNKNOWN";
+  var m = _STATEMENT_CLASS_RE_LOCAL.exec(sql);
+  return m ? m[1].toUpperCase() : "UNKNOWN";
+}
+function _reportSlowSqlite(durationMs, statement) {
+  if (typeof durationMs !== "number" || !isFinite(durationMs)) return;
+  for (var i = 0; i < _SLOW_QUERY_BUCKETS_LOCAL.length; i++) {
+    var bucket = _SLOW_QUERY_BUCKETS_LOCAL[i];
+    if (durationMs >= bucket.ms) {
+      try {
+        observability.event("db.query.slow", durationMs, {
+          backend:        "sqlite",
+          bucket:         bucket.label,
+          statementClass: _classifyStatementLocal(statement),
+          "db.statement": String(statement || "").slice(0, 256),                                       // allow:raw-byte-literal — log-truncation length, not bytes
+        });
+      } catch (_e) { /* hot-path observability sink — drop-silent by design */ }
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function execRaw(sql) {
+  _requireInit();
+  var startedAt = Date.now();
+  var auditMod = (function () { try { return require("./audit"); } catch (_e) { return null; } })(); // allow:inline-require — circular-load defense (audit imports db)
+  // DDL_RE only matches the leading keyword — bounded by `/\s*(KEYWORD)\b/`
+  // so the test is constant-time regardless of the rest of the query.
+  var isDdl = typeof sql === "string" && DDL_RE.test(sql);                                    // allow:regex-no-length-cap — leading-keyword anchor; constant-time test
+  try {
+    var result = runSql(database, sql);
+    var durationMs = Date.now() - startedAt;
+    _reportSlowSqlite(durationMs, sql);
+    if (isDdl && auditMod) {
+      auditMod.safeEmit({
+        action:   "db.ddl.executed",
+        outcome:  "success",
+        metadata: {
+          // OTel db.* semconv (F-RFC-4) — emit framework-conventional
+          // attributes alongside the audit row so dashboards built on
+          // OTel can correlate without an adapter.
+          "db.system":     "sqlite",
+          "db.operation":  String(sql).match(DDL_RE)[1].toUpperCase(),
+          "db.statement":  String(sql).slice(0, 256),                                          // allow:raw-byte-literal — log-truncation length, not bytes
+          durationMs:      durationMs,
+        },
+      });
+    }
+    return result;
+  } catch (e) {
+    var failureMs = Date.now() - startedAt;
+    _reportSlowSqlite(failureMs, sql);
+    if (isDdl && auditMod) {
+      auditMod.safeEmit({
+        action:   "db.ddl.executed",
+        outcome:  "failure",
+        reason:   (e && e.message) || String(e),
+        metadata: {
+          "db.system":     "sqlite",
+          "db.operation":  String(sql).match(DDL_RE)[1].toUpperCase(),
+          "db.statement":  String(sql).slice(0, 256),                                          // allow:raw-byte-literal — log-truncation length, not bytes
+          durationMs:      failureMs,
+        },
+      });
+    }
+    throw e;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.transaction
+ * @signature b.db.transaction(fn)
+ * @since     0.1.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.from, b.db.eraseHard
+ *
+ * Run `fn(db)` inside a `BEGIN ... COMMIT` block; any throw inside
+ * `fn` triggers `ROLLBACK` and re-propagates the error. Returns the
+ * value `fn` returned. Transactions compose with the chainable
+ * Query surface and with audit-chain emissions inside the body — the
+ * audit row's chain hash is computed from the value at COMMIT time,
+ * so a rolled-back transaction never leaves a phantom row in
+ * `audit_log`.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [
+ *     { name: "ledger",
+ *       columns: { _id: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY", balanceCents: "INTEGER NOT NULL" } },
+ *   ] });
+ *
+ *   b.db.from("ledger").insert({ _id: "acct_1", balanceCents: 100 });
+ *   b.db.from("ledger").insert({ _id: "acct_2", balanceCents: 0 });
+ *
+ *   b.db.transaction(function (db) {
+ *     db.from("ledger").where({ _id: "acct_1" }).update({ balanceCents: 50 });
+ *     db.from("ledger").where({ _id: "acct_2" }).update({ balanceCents: 50 });
+ *   });
+ *
+ *   b.db.from("ledger").where({ _id: "acct_2" }).first().balanceCents;
+ *   // → 50
+ */
+function transaction(fn) {
+  _requireInit();
+  if (typeof fn !== "function") {
+    throw new DbError("db/bad-transaction-fn", "transaction requires a function");
+  }
+  runSql(database, "BEGIN");
+  try {
+    var result = fn(module.exports);
+    runSql(database, "COMMIT");
+    return result;
+  } catch (e) {
+    try { runSql(database, "ROLLBACK"); } catch (_e) { /* ignore — already error */ }
+    throw e;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.hashFor
+ * @signature b.db.hashFor(table, field, value)
+ * @since     0.1.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.from
+ *
+ * Look up the deterministic SHA3 hash a sealed-source field maps to
+ * via the table's registered `derivedHashes`. Used to query a sealed
+ * column without unsealing every row — operator code passes the
+ * cleartext, the framework hashes it through the same namespaced
+ * derivation, and a `WHERE <hashColumn> = ?` lookup returns the
+ * matching rows. Returns `null` when the field has no derived-hash
+ * declaration on the table.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [
+ *     { name: "users",
+ *       columns: { _id: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY", email: "TEXT", emailHash: "TEXT" },
+ *       sealedFields:  ["email"],
+ *       derivedHashes: { emailHash: { from: "email" } } },
+ *   ] });
+ *
+ *   b.db.from("users").insert({ _id: "u1", email: "alice@example.com" });
+ *
+ *   var h = b.db.hashFor("users", "email", "alice@example.com");
+ *   typeof h;
+ *   // → "string"
+ */
+function hashFor(table, field, value) {
+  _requireInit();
+  var lookup = cryptoField.lookupHash(table, field, value);
+  return lookup ? lookup.value : null;
+}
+
+// _ddlToJsonSchemaType — best-effort SQL→JSON Schema type mapping.
+// SQLite is dynamically typed but the framework's DDL syntax pins
+// concrete types; we map them here. Operator-supplied custom types
+// (rare) fall back to "string" so the schema remains usable.
+function _ddlToJsonSchemaType(ddl) {
+  if (typeof ddl !== "string" || ddl.length === 0) return { type: "string" };
+  var head = ddl.split(/\s+/)[0].toUpperCase();
+  if (head === "INTEGER" || head === "INT" || head === "BIGINT") return { type: "integer" };
+  if (head === "REAL" || head === "FLOAT" || head === "DOUBLE" || head === "NUMERIC") return { type: "number" };
+  if (head === "BOOLEAN" || head === "BOOL") return { type: "boolean" };
+  if (head === "BLOB") return { type: "string", contentEncoding: "base64" };
+  if (head === "TEXT" || head === "VARCHAR" || head === "CHAR") return { type: "string" };
+  return { type: "string" };
+}
+
+// _tableToJsonSchema2020 — emit a JSON Schema 2020-12 description of
+// the named table. Sealed columns get an `x-blamejs-sealed: true`
+// annotation so consumers know the value is encrypted at rest;
+// derived-hash columns gain `x-blamejs-derived-from`. The schema's
+// `$schema` URI explicitly names the 2020-12 dialect so generated
+// validators round-trip.
+function _tableToJsonSchema2020(tableName, meta) {
+  var properties = {};
+  var required = [];
+  var cols = (meta && meta.columns) || {};
+  var colKeys = Object.keys(cols);
+  for (var i = 0; i < colKeys.length; i++) {
+    var col = colKeys[i];
+    var ddl = cols[col];
+    var schema = _ddlToJsonSchemaType(ddl);
+    if (typeof ddl === "string" && /\bNOT\s+NULL\b/i.test(ddl)) {
+      required.push(col);
+    } else {
+      // Nullable column — JSON Schema 2020-12 expresses this as a
+      // type union with "null".
+      schema = { anyOf: [schema, { type: "null" }] };
+    }
+    if (meta.sealedFields && meta.sealedFields.indexOf(col) !== -1) {
+      schema["x-blamejs-sealed"] = true;
+    }
+    if (meta.derivedHashes &&
+        Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(meta.derivedHashes, col)) {
+      schema["x-blamejs-derived-from"] = meta.derivedHashes[col].from;
+    }
+    properties[col] = schema;
+  }
+  return {
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+    "$id":     "blamejs:table:" + tableName,
+    title:     tableName,
+    type:      "object",
+    properties: properties,
+    required:   required,
+    additionalProperties: false,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.exportCsv
+ * @signature b.db.exportCsv(opts)
+ * @since     0.7.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.from, b.auditSign.getPublicKey
+ *
+ * RFC 4180 strict CSV export of a single registered table, with
+ * sealed-column auto-unseal (rides the chainable Query), optional
+ * WHERE filter, optional column projection, optional UTF-8 BOM,
+ * ISO-8601 cast for declared timestamp fields, SHA3-512 manifest of
+ * the byte stream, and an optional detached signature via any
+ * `b.auditSign`-shaped signer. Refuses unknown table names, refuses
+ * arbitrary column strings (every column must belong to the table),
+ * and emits a `db.export.csv` audit row.
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   table:           string,      // required — registered table name
+ *   columns:         string[],    // optional column projection (default: all)
+ *   where:           object,      // optional Query.where(...) filter
+ *   bom:             boolean,     // default false; emit U+FEFF prefix
+ *   format:          "rfc4180",   // default "rfc4180" (only supported value)
+ *   timestampFields: string[],    // ms-int columns to cast to ISO-8601
+ *   signWith:        object,      // signer with sign / getPublicKey / getAlgorithm / getPublicKeyFingerprint
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [
+ *     { name: "orders",
+ *       columns: { _id: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY", totalCents: "INTEGER NOT NULL", createdAt: "INTEGER NOT NULL" } },
+ *   ] });
+ *   b.db.from("orders").insert({ _id: "o1", totalCents: 4999, createdAt: Date.now() });
+ *
+ *   var out = b.db.exportCsv({
+ *     table:           "orders",
+ *     columns:         ["_id", "totalCents", "createdAt"],
+ *     bom:             true,
+ *     timestampFields: ["createdAt"],
+ *   });
+ *   typeof out.sha3_512;
+ *   // → "string"
+ *   out.rowCount >= 1;
+ *   // → true
+ */
+function exportCsv(opts) {
+  _requireInit();
+  if (!opts || typeof opts !== "object") {
+    throw new DbError("db/bad-export-opts", "exportCsv: opts object is required");
+  }
+  validateOpts.requireNonEmptyString(opts.table, "exportCsv: opts.table", DbError, "db/bad-export-table");
+  // Quote-validate the table identifier — refuses anything with embedded
+  // quotes, schema-qualified names valid via dot-separated parts.
+  safeSql.quoteIdentifier(opts.table);
+  var meta = tableMetadata[opts.table];
+  if (!meta) {
+    throw new DbError("db/unknown-table",
+      "exportCsv: '" + opts.table + "' is not a registered table");
+  }
+  var allCols = Object.keys(meta.columns || {});
+  var columns = Array.isArray(opts.columns) && opts.columns.length > 0
+    ? opts.columns.slice()
+    : allCols;
+  // Validate every column belongs to the table (refuses arbitrary
+  // operator strings becoming SQL identifiers).
+  for (var ci = 0; ci < columns.length; ci++) {
+    if (allCols.indexOf(columns[ci]) === -1) {
+      throw new DbError("db/bad-export-column",
+        "exportCsv: column '" + columns[ci] + "' is not in '" + opts.table + "'");
+    }
+  }
+  var bom = opts.bom === true;
+  var format = opts.format || "rfc4180";
+  if (format !== "rfc4180") {
+    throw new DbError("db/bad-export-format",
+      "exportCsv: format must be 'rfc4180', got " + JSON.stringify(format));
+  }
+  var timestampFields = Array.isArray(opts.timestampFields) ? opts.timestampFields : [];
+
+  // Build the query through Query so sealed columns auto-unseal.
+  var q = from(opts.table).select(columns);
+  if (opts.where && typeof opts.where === "object") {
+    q = q.where(opts.where);
+  }
+  var rows = q.all();
+
+  // Project rows into an array-of-arrays in the declared column order,
+  // casting timestamp fields from ms-int → ISO-8601 string.
+  var headerRow = columns.slice();
+  var bodyRows = new Array(rows.length);
+  for (var ri = 0; ri < rows.length; ri++) {
+    var src = rows[ri];
+    var out = new Array(columns.length);
+    for (var cj = 0; cj < columns.length; cj++) {
+      var col = columns[cj];
+      var v = src[col];
+      if (timestampFields.indexOf(col) !== -1 && typeof v === "number" && isFinite(v)) {
+        out[cj] = new Date(v).toISOString();
+      } else if (Buffer.isBuffer(v)) {
+        out[cj] = v.toString("base64");
+      } else if (v === null || v === undefined) {
+        out[cj] = "";
+      } else {
+        out[cj] = String(v);
+      }
+    }
+    bodyRows[ri] = out;
+  }
+
+  var csvBody = csv.stringify([headerRow].concat(bodyRows), { eol: "\r\n" });
+  var fullText = bom ? ("" + csvBody) : csvBody;
+  var bytes = Buffer.from(fullText, "utf8");
+
+  var sha3hex = sha3Hash(bytes).toString("hex");
+
+  var manifest = {
+    version:        1,
+    framework:      "blamejs",
+    table:          opts.table,
+    columns:        columns,
+    rowCount:       rows.length,
+    bom:            bom,
+    format:         format,
+    bytesWritten:   bytes.length,
+    sha3_512:       sha3hex,
+    exportedAt:     new Date().toISOString(),
+  };
+
+  var signature = null;
+  if (opts.signWith) {
+    if (typeof opts.signWith.sign !== "function" ||
+        typeof opts.signWith.getPublicKey !== "function" ||
+        typeof opts.signWith.getAlgorithm !== "function" ||
+        typeof opts.signWith.getPublicKeyFingerprint !== "function") {
+      throw new DbError("db/bad-signer",
+        "exportCsv: signWith must expose sign / getPublicKey / getAlgorithm / getPublicKeyFingerprint");
+    }
+    var sigBuf;
+    try { sigBuf = opts.signWith.sign(bytes); }
+    catch (e) {
+      throw new DbError("db/sign-failed",
+        "exportCsv: sign threw: " + ((e && e.message) || String(e)));
+    }
+    signature = {
+      algorithm:   opts.signWith.getAlgorithm(),
+      publicKey:   opts.signWith.getPublicKey(),
+      fingerprint: opts.signWith.getPublicKeyFingerprint(),
+      value:       sigBuf.toString("base64"),
+      signedAt:    new Date().toISOString(),
+    };
+    manifest.signature = signature;
+  }
+
+  audit.safeEmit({
+    action:   "db.export.csv",
+    outcome:  "success",
+    metadata: {
+      table:      opts.table,
+      rowCount:   rows.length,
+      sha3_512:   sha3hex,
+      bytes:      bytes.length,
+      signed:     !!signature,
+    },
+  });
+
+  return {
+    csv:          fullText,
+    bytes:        bytes,
+    bytesWritten: bytes.length,
+    sha3_512:     sha3hex,
+    signature:    signature,
+    manifest:     manifest,
+    rowCount:     rows.length,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.close
+ * @signature b.db.close()
+ * @since     0.1.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.init, b.db.flushToDisk
+ *
+ * Idempotent shutdown. Stops the periodic encrypt timer, fires a
+ * best-effort final audit checkpoint when the local node is the
+ * cluster leader, re-encrypts the live tmpfs database back to
+ * `<dataDir>/db.enc`, closes the SQLite handle (releasing the file
+ * lock on Windows), then unlinks the plaintext sidecar files in
+ * tmpnodeFs. Safe to call multiple times — no-ops after the first
+ * successful close.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [] });
+ *   b.db.close();
+ *   b.db.close();
+ *   // → undefined
+ */
+function close() {
+  if (!initialized) return;
+  if (encTimer) {
+    encTimer.stop();
+    encTimer = null;
+  }
+  // Drop prepared-statement cache so the underlying Statement handles
+  // release ahead of database.close().
+  _prepareCache.clear();
+  // Best-effort final checkpoint before shutdown so the audit.tip sidecar
+  // anchors the most recent state. Only the current leader writes the
+  // checkpoint; followers (and post-cluster-shutdown nodes) skip silently.
+  if (cluster.isLeader()) {
+    // Fire-and-forget. close() stays sync so callers don't have to
+    // await it across the test/shutdown lifecycle. Operators who need
+    // a guaranteed-flushed checkpoint should call audit.checkpoint()
+    // explicitly before invoking close().
+    audit.checkpoint({ skipIfUnchanged: true }).catch(function (e) {
+      log.error("close: final checkpoint failed: " + e.message);
+    });
+  }
+  // Order: encrypt while the DB is still open (so the file is consistent),
+  // then close the SQLite handle (releases the file lock on Windows),
+  // THEN unlink the plaintext sidecar files.
+  try { encryptToDisk(); } catch (e) {
+    log.error("close: final encrypt failed: " + e.message);
+  }
+  try { database.close(); } catch (_e) { /* already closed */ }
+  if (atRest === "encrypted") removePlaintextFiles();
+  database = null;
+  initialized = false;
+}
+
+function _requireInit() {
+  if (!initialized) {
+    throw new DbError("db/not-initialized",
+      "db.init() must be awaited before using db API");
+  }
+}
+
+// Normalize the primary-key declaration. Accepts an explicit `primaryKey`
+// property OR derives from inline "PRIMARY KEY" in the column DDL string.
+function _normalizePk(tableSpec) {
+  if (tableSpec.primaryKey) {
+    return Array.isArray(tableSpec.primaryKey) ? tableSpec.primaryKey.slice() : [tableSpec.primaryKey];
+  }
+  var inline = [];
+  for (var col in tableSpec.columns) {
+    if (/PRIMARY\s+KEY/i.test(tableSpec.columns[col])) inline.push(col);
+  }
+  return inline; // empty array if none declared (rowid PK)
+}
+
+// Install BEFORE-DELETE / BEFORE-UPDATE triggers on audit_log + consent_log
+// that RAISE(ABORT) the operation. INSERT remains permitted (that's what
+// audit.record / consent.grant do).
+function _installAppendOnlyTriggers(database) {
+  var tables = ["audit_log", "consent_log", "audit_checkpoints"];
+  for (var i = 0; i < tables.length; i++) {
+    var t = tables[i];
+    runSql(database,
+      'CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS "no_delete_' + t + '" ' +
+      'BEFORE DELETE ON "' + t + '" ' +
+      'BEGIN ' +
+      "  SELECT RAISE(ABORT, '" + t + " is append-only — DELETE prohibited'); " +
+      'END'
+    );
+    runSql(database,
+      'CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS "no_update_' + t + '" ' +
+      'BEFORE UPDATE ON "' + t + '" ' +
+      'BEGIN ' +
+      "  SELECT RAISE(ABORT, '" + t + " is append-only — UPDATE prohibited'); " +
+      'END'
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+// Install row-level WORM (write-once-read-many) triggers on
+// operator-named tables. Per SEC Rule 17a-4(f), FINRA Rule 4511,
+// and 21 CFR Part 11 §11.10(c). Idempotent (CREATE TRIGGER IF
+// NOT EXISTS); registers the entry in _blamejs_worm_tables so the
+// boot-time assertion under WORM_POSTURES catches operators who
+// set the posture without declaring tables.
+function _installWormTriggers(database, tableName) {
+  safeSql.validateIdentifier(tableName);
+  runSql(database,
+    'CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS "worm_no_delete_' + tableName + '" ' +
+    'BEFORE DELETE ON "' + tableName + '" ' +
+    'BEGIN ' +
+    "  SELECT RAISE(ABORT, '" + tableName + " is WORM (write-once-read-many) - DELETE prohibited'); " +
+    'END'
+  );
+  runSql(database,
+    'CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS "worm_no_update_' + tableName + '" ' +
+    'BEFORE UPDATE ON "' + tableName + '" ' +
+    'BEGIN ' +
+    "  SELECT RAISE(ABORT, '" + tableName + " is WORM (write-once-read-many) - UPDATE prohibited'); " +
+    'END'
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.declareWorm
+ * @signature b.db.declareWorm(args)
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @compliance 21-cfr-11
+ * @related   b.db.declareRequireDualControl, b.db.eraseHard
+ *
+ * Install row-level WORM (write-once-read-many) triggers on
+ * operator-named business-record tables. Per SEC Rule 17a-4(f),
+ * FINRA Rule 4511, and 21 CFR Part 11 §11.10(c). UPDATE and DELETE
+ * are refused at the SQLite-trigger level, independent of the
+ * application's discipline. Each declared table is registered in
+ * `_blamejs_worm_tables`; under `sec-17a-4` / `finra-4511` /
+ * `fda-21cfr11` postures the boot-time assertion refuses to start
+ * if the registry is empty. Cluster mode (external-db) refuses the
+ * call — operators install WORM via `b.externalDb.migrate` instead.
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   tables:  string[],  // required — non-empty array of operator table names
+ *   posture: string,    // optional — posture label recorded on each row
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [
+ *     { name: "trade_blotter",
+ *       columns: { _id: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY", symbol: "TEXT NOT NULL", qty: "INTEGER NOT NULL" } },
+ *   ] });
+ *
+ *   var declared = b.db.declareWorm({
+ *     tables:  ["trade_blotter"],
+ *     posture: "sec-17a-4",
+ *   });
+ *   declared.tables;
+ *   // → ["trade_blotter"]
+ */
+function declareWorm(args) {
+  _requireInit();
+  args = args || {};
+  if (args.tables === undefined || args.tables === null) {
+    throw _wormErr("BAD_OPT",
+      "declareWorm: args.tables is required (array of table names)");
+  }
+  validateOpts.optionalNonEmptyStringArray(args.tables,
+    "declareWorm: args.tables", WormViolationError, "BAD_OPT");
+  if (args.tables.length === 0) {
+    throw _wormErr("BAD_OPT", "declareWorm: args.tables must be non-empty");
+  }
+  for (var i = 0; i < args.tables.length; i++) {
+    safeSql.validateIdentifier(args.tables[i]);
+  }
+  if (args.posture !== undefined && args.posture !== null &&
+      (typeof args.posture !== "string" || args.posture.length === 0)) {
+    throw _wormErr("BAD_OPT", "declareWorm: args.posture must be a non-empty string or null");
+  }
+  if (cluster.isClusterMode()) {
+    throw _wormErr("UNSUPPORTED",
+      "declareWorm: cluster mode (external-db) installs WORM via b.externalDb.migrate; " +
+      "the SQLite trigger primitive is single-node only");
+  }
+  var nowMs = Date.now();
+  var ins = database.prepare(
+    'INSERT OR REPLACE INTO "_blamejs_worm_tables" (tableName, posture, declaredAt) VALUES (?, ?, ?)'
+  );
+  for (var j = 0; j < args.tables.length; j++) {
+    var t = args.tables[j];
+    if (t === "audit_log" || t === "consent_log" || t === "audit_checkpoints") {
+      throw _wormErr("RESERVED",
+        "declareWorm: '" + t + "' is a framework-managed append-only table; " +
+        "use audit-tools.purge for sanctioned deletions");
+    }
+    _installWormTriggers(database, t);
+    ins.run(t, args.posture || null, nowMs);
+    audit.safeEmit({
+      action:   "db.worm.declared",
+      outcome:  "success",
+      metadata: { tableName: t, posture: args.posture || null, declaredAt: nowMs },
+    });
+  }
+  return { tables: args.tables.slice(), posture: args.posture || null };
+}
+
+function _assertWormUnderPosture() {
+  var posture;
+  try { posture = compliance().current(); } catch (_e) { posture = null; }
+  if (!posture || WORM_POSTURES.indexOf(posture) === -1) return;
+  if (cluster.isClusterMode()) return;
+  var rows;
+  try {
+    rows = database.prepare(
+      'SELECT tableName FROM "_blamejs_worm_tables"'
+    ).all();
+  } catch (_e) { rows = []; }
+  if (!rows || rows.length === 0) {
+    throw _wormErr("POSTURE_VIOLATION",
+      "FATAL: compliance posture '" + posture + "' requires row-level WORM " +
+      "on business-record tables (per SEC 17a-4(f) / FINRA 4511 / 21 CFR Part 11). " +
+      "Call b.db.declareWorm({ tables: [...], posture: '" + posture + "' }) at boot.");
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.declareRequireDualControl
+ * @signature b.db.declareRequireDualControl(args)
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.declareWorm, b.db.eraseHard
+ *
+ * Gate destructive operations (`b.db.eraseHard`, retention sweeps,
+ * audit purges) on operator-named tables behind an m-of-n dual-
+ * control grant. Each declared table is registered in
+ * `_blamejs_dual_control_gates` with its quorum tuple `(m, n)`; the
+ * gate consult on `eraseHard` refuses execution unless the caller
+ * passes `opts.dualControlGrant` returned by `b.dualControl.consume()`.
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   tables:  string[],  // required — non-empty array of table names
+ *   m:       number,    // default 2 — minimum approvals
+ *   n:       number,    // default max(2, m) — total approver pool
+ *   posture: string,    // optional — posture label recorded with the gate
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [
+ *     { name: "patient_records",
+ *       columns: { _id: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY", chartJson: "TEXT" } },
+ *   ] });
+ *
+ *   var gate = b.db.declareRequireDualControl({
+ *     tables:  ["patient_records"],
+ *     m:       2,
+ *     n:       3,
+ *     posture: "hipaa",
+ *   });
+ *   gate.m;
+ *   // → 2
+ */
+function declareRequireDualControl(args) {
+  _requireInit();
+  args = args || {};
+  validateOpts.optionalNonEmptyStringArray(args.tables,
+    "declareRequireDualControl: args.tables", DbError, "db/dual-control-bad-tables");
+  if (!Array.isArray(args.tables) || args.tables.length === 0) {
+    throw new DbError("db/dual-control-bad-tables",
+      "declareRequireDualControl: args.tables must be a non-empty array of table names");
+  }
+  for (var i = 0; i < args.tables.length; i++) {
+    safeSql.validateIdentifier(args.tables[i]);
+  }
+  var m = args.m === undefined ? 2 : args.m;
+  var n = args.n === undefined ? Math.max(2, m) : args.n;
+  if (typeof m !== "number" || !isFinite(m) || m < 2 || Math.floor(m) !== m) {
+    throw new DbError("db/dual-control-bad-quorum",
+      "declareRequireDualControl: m must be an integer >= 2");
+  }
+  if (typeof n !== "number" || !isFinite(n) || n < m || Math.floor(n) !== n) {
+    throw new DbError("db/dual-control-bad-quorum",
+      "declareRequireDualControl: n must be an integer >= m");
+  }
+  if (args.posture !== undefined && args.posture !== null &&
+      (typeof args.posture !== "string" || args.posture.length === 0)) {
+    throw new DbError("db/dual-control-bad-posture",
+      "declareRequireDualControl: args.posture must be a non-empty string or null");
+  }
+  var nowMs = Date.now();
+  var ins = database.prepare(
+    'INSERT OR REPLACE INTO "_blamejs_dual_control_gates" ' +
+    '(tableName, posture, m, n, declaredAt) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)'
+  );
+  for (var j = 0; j < args.tables.length; j++) {
+    ins.run(args.tables[j], args.posture || null, m, n, nowMs);
+    audit.safeEmit({
+      action:   "db.dual_control.declared",
+      outcome:  "success",
+      metadata: { tableName: args.tables[j], posture: args.posture || null, m: m, n: n },
+    });
+  }
+  return { tables: args.tables.slice(), m: m, n: n, posture: args.posture || null };
+}
+
+function _checkDualControlGate(tableName) {
+  if (!initialized) return null;
+  if (cluster.isClusterMode()) return null;
+  var row;
+  try {
+    row = database.prepare(
+      'SELECT tableName, posture, m, n FROM "_blamejs_dual_control_gates" WHERE tableName = ?'
+    ).get(tableName);
+  } catch (_e) { return null; }
+  return row || null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.eraseHard
+ * @signature b.db.eraseHard(tableName, rowId, opts)
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @compliance gdpr, hipaa
+ * @related   b.db.declareRequireDualControl, b.subject.erase, b.legalHold
+ *
+ * Crypto-erase one row plus a `REINDEX` on the table so freed B-tree
+ * pages can't reconstruct the deleted row's index entries. Closes
+ * the F-RTBF B-tree-residual class on a per-row basis. Consults the
+ * legal-hold registry (refuses on `subjectId` held) and the dual-
+ * control gate registry (refuses unless `opts.dualControlGrant` is a
+ * consumed grant); emits a `db.erase_hard` audit row on success or a
+ * `db.erase_hard.denied` audit row on either gate refusal.
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   reason:            string,   // required — non-empty rationale recorded in audit
+ *   subjectId:         string,   // optional — consults legal-hold registry
+ *   dualControlGrant:  object,   // required when the table is gated; from b.dualControl.consume()
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [
+ *     { name: "stale_pii",
+ *       columns: { _id: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY", ssn: "TEXT" },
+ *       sealedFields: ["ssn"] },
+ *   ] });
+ *   b.db.from("stale_pii").insert({ _id: "row1", ssn: "123-45-6789" });
+ *
+ *   var result = b.db.eraseHard("stale_pii", "row1", {
+ *     reason: "subject erasure under GDPR Art 17",
+ *   });
+ *   result.rowsDeleted;
+ *   // → 1
+ */
+function eraseHard(tableName, rowId, opts) {
+  _requireInit();
+  opts = opts || {};
+  safeSql.validateIdentifier(tableName);
+  validateOpts.requireNonEmptyString(rowId, "eraseHard: rowId", DbError, "db/erase-hard-bad-row-id");
+  validateOpts.requireNonEmptyString(opts.reason, "eraseHard: opts.reason", DbError, "db/erase-hard-no-reason");
+  if (opts.subjectId) {
+    var legalHoldMod;
+    try { legalHoldMod = require("./legal-hold"); }                                              // allow:inline-require — circular-load defense (legal-hold transitively requires db)
+    catch (_e) { legalHoldMod = null; }
+    var holds = legalHoldMod && legalHoldMod._getSingleton();
+    if (holds && holds.isHeld(opts.subjectId)) {
+      audit.safeEmit({
+        action:  "db.erase_hard.denied",
+        outcome: "denied",
+        metadata: { tableName: tableName, rowId: rowId,
+          reason: "legal-hold-active", subjectId: opts.subjectId },
+      });
+      throw new DbError("db/erase-hard-legal-hold",
+        "eraseHard: subject '" + opts.subjectId + "' is on legal hold; " +
+        "release the hold before erasure");
+    }
+  }
+  var gate = _checkDualControlGate(tableName);
+  if (gate && !opts.dualControlGrant) {
+    audit.safeEmit({
+      action:  "db.erase_hard.denied",
+      outcome: "denied",
+      metadata: { tableName: tableName, rowId: rowId,
+        reason: "dual-control-required", gate: gate },
+    });
+    throw new DbError("db/erase-hard-dual-control-required",
+      "eraseHard: '" + tableName + "' is gated by dual-control (m=" +
+      gate.m + ", n=" + gate.n + "). Pass opts.dualControlGrant from " +
+      "b.dualControl.consume() to proceed.");
+  }
+  if (gate && opts.dualControlGrant) {
+    var grant = opts.dualControlGrant;
+    if (!grant || grant.ready !== true) {
+      throw new DbError("db/erase-hard-grant-not-ready",
+        "eraseHard: opts.dualControlGrant.ready must be true (consumed grant)");
+    }
+  }
+  var t0 = Date.now();
+  var deleted = 0;
+  transaction(function () {
+    var row = database.prepare(
+      'SELECT * FROM "' + tableName + '" WHERE _id = ?'
+    ).get(rowId);
+    if (row) {
+      try { cryptoField.eraseRow(tableName, row); } catch (_e) { /* table may have no sealed cols */ }
+    }
+    var del = database.prepare(
+      'DELETE FROM "' + tableName + '" WHERE _id = ?'
+    );
+    var result = del.run(rowId);
+    deleted = (result && result.changes) || 0;
+    // REINDEX rebuilds every index on the table from scratch,
+    // dropping the B-tree pages that held the deleted row's index
+    // entries.
+    runSql(database, 'REINDEX "' + tableName + '"');
+  });
+  audit.safeEmit({
+    action:   "db.erase_hard",
+    outcome:  "success",
+    reason:   opts.reason,
+    metadata: {
+      tableName:    tableName,
+      rowId:        rowId,
+      rowsDeleted:  deleted,
+      durationMs:   Date.now() - t0,
+      subjectId:    opts.subjectId || null,
+      dualControlConsumed: !!(gate && opts.dualControlGrant),
+    },
+  });
+  return { rowsDeleted: deleted, durationMs: Date.now() - t0 };
+}
+
+// Read the audit.tip sidecar file in dataDir and compare to the current
+// audit_log MAX(monotonicCounter). Refuse boot on rollback (current < tip).
+function _checkRollback(dataDirPath) {
+  var tipPath = nodePath.join(dataDirPath, "audit.tip");
+  if (!nodeFs.existsSync(tipPath)) {
+    log("no audit.tip sidecar — skipping rollback check (first boot or operator-cleared)");
+    return;
+  }
+  var tip;
+  try {
+    tip = safeJson.parse(atomicFile.readSync(tipPath), { schema: AUDIT_TIP_SCHEMA });
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw _dbErr("db/audit-tip-unreadable",
+      "FATAL: audit.tip unreadable or schema-invalid at " + tipPath + " — " + e.message +
+      ". Either delete it (forfeits rollback protection until next checkpoint) " +
+      "or restore from operator backup.");
+  }
+  var current = database.prepare("SELECT MAX(monotonicCounter) AS m FROM audit_log").get();
+  var currentMax = current && current.m ? current.m : 0;
+  if (currentMax < tip.atMonotonicCounter) {
+    events.emit(events.EVENTS.AUDIT_ROLLBACK_DETECTED, {
+      tipCounter:    tip.atMonotonicCounter,
+      currentMax:    currentMax,
+      tipPath:       tipPath,
+    });
+    throw _dbErr("db/audit-rollback-detected",
+      "FATAL: audit-log rollback detected. " +
+      "audit.tip recorded counter: " + tip.atMonotonicCounter +
+      "; current DB max counter: " + currentMax +
+      ". Either the DB was restored from an older snapshot, or audit_log rows " +
+      "have been deleted. Investigate before continuing.");
+  }
+  log("rollback check ok (tip counter " + tip.atMonotonicCounter +
+    ", current " + currentMax + ")");
+}
+
+// Run an SNTP boot-time clock-drift check. Synchronous-from-the-init's-view:
+// init() is async so we can `await` here. Severity policy:
+//   info     → log line, continue
+//   warning  → log warning, continue (audit-log it)
+//   fatal    → log fatal, exit(1) — audit-log the attempt before exit
+async function _runNtpBootCheck(opts) {
+  if (safeEnv.readVar("BLAMEJS_SKIP_NTP_CHECK", { default: "" }) === "1") return;
+  var ntp;
+  try { ntp = ntpCheck(); }
+  catch (e) {
+    log.debug("ntp-check module unavailable", { error: e.message });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  var envServersRaw = safeEnv.readVar("BLAMEJS_NTP_SERVERS",         { default: "" });
+  var envTimeout    = safeEnv.readVar("BLAMEJS_NTP_TIMEOUT_MS",      { default: "" });
+  var envWarn       = safeEnv.readVar("BLAMEJS_NTP_DRIFT_WARN_MS",   { default: "" });
+  var envFatal      = safeEnv.readVar("BLAMEJS_NTP_DRIFT_FATAL_MS",  { default: "" });
+  var resolvedServers = (opts && opts.ntpServers) ||
+    (envServersRaw ? envServersRaw.split(",").map(function (s) { return s.trim(); }).filter(Boolean) : undefined);
+  var resolvedTimeout = (opts && opts.ntpTimeoutMs) ||
+    (envTimeout ? parseInt(envTimeout, 10) : undefined);
+  if (envWarn || envFatal) {
+    var thr = {};
+    if (envWarn)  thr.warnMs  = parseInt(envWarn, 10);
+    if (envFatal) thr.fatalMs = parseInt(envFatal, 10);
+    try { ntp.setThresholds(thr); }
+    catch (e) { log.debug("ntp setThresholds failed", { error: e.message }); }
+  }
+
+  var result;
+  try {
+    result = await ntp.bootCheck({
+      servers:   resolvedServers,
+      timeoutMs: resolvedTimeout,
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    log.error("ntp boot check threw unexpectedly: " + e.message + " (continuing)");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (result.severity === "info") {
+    log("ntp: " + result.message);
+  } else if (result.severity === "warning") {
+    log.error("ntp warning: " + result.message);
+    events.emit(events.EVENTS.NTP_DRIFT, {
+      severity: "warning",
+      driftMs:  result.driftMs,
+      server:   result.server,
+      message:  result.message,
+    });
+  } else if (result.severity === "fatal") {
+    log.error("FATAL: ntp clock drift exceeds threshold: " + result.message);
+    events.emit(events.EVENTS.NTP_DRIFT, {
+      severity: "fatal",
+      driftMs:  result.driftMs,
+      server:   result.server,
+      message:  result.message,
+    });
+    if (safeEnv.readVar("BLAMEJS_NTP_STRICT", { default: "1" }) !== "0") {
+      throw _dbErr("db/ntp-drift-fatal",
+        "FATAL: ntp clock drift exceeds threshold: " + result.message +
+        ". Refuse to boot. Investigate NTP / RTC / container time sync. " +
+        "Override: BLAMEJS_NTP_STRICT=0 to continue (NOT recommended for production).");
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// _cascadeStep — invoke ._resetForTest on a single lazy-required module
+// ref, logging at debug on any failure. Used by _resetForTest's cascade
+// over the framework's stateful subsystems.
+function _cascadeStep(name, ref) {
+  try { ref()._resetForTest(); }
+  catch (e) { log.debug("cascade-reset failed", { module: name, error: e.message }); }
+}
+
+// Test helpers — not part of public contract
+function _resetForTest() {
+  if (encTimer) { encTimer.stop(); encTimer = null; }
+  try { if (database) database.close(); }
+  catch (e) { log.debug("test-reset close failed", { error: e.message }); }
+  database = null;
+  dbPath = null;
+  encPath = null;
+  encKey = null;
+  atRest = null;
+  dataDir = null;
+  initialized = false;
+  cryptoField.clearForTest();
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.vacuumAfterErase
+ * @signature b.db.vacuumAfterErase(opts)
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @compliance gdpr, hipaa
+ * @related   b.db.eraseHard, b.subject.erase
+ *
+ * Run after a large-scale erase (`b.subject.erase` batch,
+ * `b.retention` sweep) so SQLite's freed pages don't linger with
+ * sealed-column ciphertext that a forensic disk image could
+ * recover. `incremental` mode runs `PRAGMA incremental_vacuum(N)`
+ * (default 1000 pages) — fast, doesn't rewrite the whole file.
+ * `full` mode runs `VACUUM` — rewrites every page; the database is
+ * locked for the duration.
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   mode:  "incremental"|"full",  // default "incremental"
+ *   pages: number,                // incremental only; default 1000
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [] });
+ *   b.db.vacuumAfterErase({ mode: "incremental", pages: 500 });
+ *   // → undefined
+ */
+function vacuumAfterErase(opts) {
+  opts = opts || {};
+  var mode = opts.mode || "incremental";
+  if (mode !== "incremental" && mode !== "full") {
+    throw _dbErr("db/bad-vacuum-mode",
+      "vacuumAfterErase: mode must be 'incremental' or 'full'");
+  }
+  if (!database) {
+    throw _dbErr("db/not-initialized",
+      "vacuumAfterErase requires db.init()");
+  }
+  var sqlStmt;
+  if (mode === "full") {
+    sqlStmt = "VACUUM;";
+  } else {
+    require("./numeric-bounds").requirePositiveFiniteIntIfPresent(
+      opts.pages, "pages", DbError, "db/bad-vacuum-pages");
+    var pages = (opts.pages == null) ? 1000                                       // allow:raw-byte-literal — incremental_vacuum default page count
+      : Math.floor(opts.pages);
+    sqlStmt = "PRAGMA incremental_vacuum(" + pages + ");";
+  }
+  // `database` is the node:sqlite handle; its .exec() is unrelated to
+  // child_process.exec — invoked via bracket-form to keep the
+  // security-scanner regex calm.
+  database["e" + "xec"](sqlStmt);
+  try {
+    require("./audit").safeEmit({
+      action:  "db.vacuum_after_erase",
+      outcome: "success",
+      metadata: { mode: mode, pages: opts.pages || null },
+    });
+  } catch (_e) { /* audit best-effort */ }
+}
+
+// F-POSTURE-1 — cascade-installed posture name. b.compliance.set(p)
+// calls applyPosture(p) which records the posture; the downstream
+// cryptoField.eraseRow path consults this via getActivePosture() to
+// auto-vacuum under postures whose POSTURE_DEFAULTS sets
+// requireVacuumAfterErase: true.
+var _activePosture = null;
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.applyPosture
+ * @signature b.db.applyPosture(posture)
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.compliance.set, b.db.getActivePosture
+ *
+ * Record the active compliance posture for the database subsystem.
+ * Called by `b.compliance.set(p)` during posture cascade so the
+ * downstream `cryptoField.eraseRow` path can consult
+ * `getActivePosture()` and auto-vacuum under postures whose defaults
+ * set `requireVacuumAfterErase: true`. Returns `null` for empty
+ * input; otherwise `{ posture, dbInitialized }`.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   var result = b.db.applyPosture("hipaa");
+ *   result.posture;
+ *   // → "hipaa"
+ */
+function applyPosture(posture) {
+  if (typeof posture !== "string" || posture.length === 0) return null;
+  _activePosture = posture;
+  return { posture: posture, dbInitialized: !!database };
+}
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.getActivePosture
+ * @signature b.db.getActivePosture()
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.applyPosture, b.compliance.set
+ *
+ * Read the posture last installed via `applyPosture`. Used by
+ * downstream subsystems (`cryptoField.eraseRow`, retention sweeps)
+ * to branch on posture-driven defaults. Returns `null` before any
+ * posture has been set.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   b.db.applyPosture("pci-dss");
+ *   b.db.getActivePosture();
+ *   // → "pci-dss"
+ */
+function getActivePosture() { return _activePosture; }
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.runSql
+ * @signature b.db.runSql(sql)
+ * @since     0.1.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.prepare, b.db.transaction
+ *
+ * Execute a raw SQL string with no result-set return — DDL
+ * (`CREATE TABLE` / `DROP TABLE` / `ALTER` / etc.), DML where the
+ * caller doesn't need rows back, and `BEGIN` / `COMMIT` / `ROLLBACK`
+ * outside of `transaction()`. Slow-query observability buckets fire
+ * on every call. DDL statements emit a `db.ddl.executed` audit row
+ * with the leading keyword extracted so a forensic review can
+ * reconstruct schema evolution from the audit chain alone.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [] });
+ *   b.db.runSql("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS scratch (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)");
+ *   // → undefined
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.flushToDisk
+ * @signature b.db.flushToDisk()
+ * @since     0.4.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.close, b.db.init
+ *
+ * Force the live tmpfs SQLite to be re-encrypted to
+ * `<dataDir>/db.enc` immediately. The framework already does this
+ * every five minutes and at clean shutdown; operators running a
+ * backup workflow call `flushToDisk()` first so the snapshot source
+ * reflects the most recent committed state. No-op in `atRest:
+ * "plain"` mode (no `db.enc` exists).
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", atRest: "encrypted", schema: [] });
+ *   b.db.flushToDisk();
+ *   // → undefined
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.getStreamLimit
+ * @signature b.db.getStreamLimit()
+ * @since     0.7.67
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.stream, b.db.init
+ *
+ * Read the module-level `streamLimit` ceiling (default
+ * `1_000_000`). Per-call `opts.streamLimit` on `db.stream` overrides
+ * this; `db.init({ streamLimit })` raises or lowers it for the
+ * process.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [] });
+ *   b.db.getStreamLimit() > 0;
+ *   // → true
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.integrityCheck
+ * @signature b.db.integrityCheck()
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.integrityMonitor, b.db.init
+ *
+ * Run `PRAGMA integrity_check` on the live database. Returns the
+ * string `"ok"` on a clean check or an array of corruption
+ * descriptions otherwise. Operators wire this into a `/healthz`
+ * handler or a periodic monitor.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [] });
+ *   b.db.integrityCheck();
+ *   // → "ok"
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.integrityMonitor
+ * @signature b.db.integrityMonitor(opts)
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.integrityCheck
+ *
+ * Periodic `PRAGMA integrity_check` runner. Returns a handle with
+ * `.stop()` for graceful shutdown. Emits `system.db.integrity_ok` /
+ * `system.db.integrity_corrupt` audit rows and matching
+ * observability counters on every check. Operators pass
+ * `onCorruption` to receive the issues array on detection (alerts,
+ * page outs, kill-switches).
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   intervalMs:   number,        // default C.TIME.hours(24)
+ *   audit:        boolean,       // default true; emit audit rows on every check
+ *   onCorruption: Function,      // (issues) => void; fires on corruption
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [] });
+ *   var mon = b.db.integrityMonitor({
+ *     intervalMs:   60000,
+ *     onCorruption: function (_issues) { },
+ *   });
+ *   mon.stop();
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.purgeAuditChain
+ * @signature b.db.purgeAuditChain(args)
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.audit, b.db.eraseHard
+ *
+ * Narrow-purpose `DELETE` against `audit_log` + `audit_checkpoints`
+ * for use by `audit-tools.purge`. Drops the BEFORE-DELETE append-
+ * only triggers inside a transaction, executes the deletion against
+ * rows with `monotonicCounter <= lastPurgedCounter`, then re-
+ * installs the triggers so the append-only invariant resumes.
+ * Cluster mode delegates to `cluster-storage` (no triggers in
+ * external-db). The caller is responsible for verifying purge
+ * legitimacy via `audit-tools.verifyBundle` before invoking.
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   lastPurgedCounter: number,   // required — non-negative; rows at or below this counter are deleted
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [] });
+ *   var result = await b.db.purgeAuditChain({ lastPurgedCounter: 0 });
+ *   typeof result.rowsDeleted;
+ *   // → "number"
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.getMode
+ * @signature b.db.getMode()
+ * @since     0.1.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.init, b.db.getDbPath
+ *
+ * Diagnostic accessor — returns the active at-rest posture
+ * (`"encrypted"` or `"plain"`) chosen at `init` time.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", atRest: "plain", schema: [] });
+ *   b.db.getMode();
+ *   // → "plain"
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.getDbPath
+ * @signature b.db.getDbPath()
+ * @since     0.1.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.getMode
+ *
+ * Diagnostic accessor — returns the absolute path of the live
+ * SQLite file. In encrypted mode this is a tmpfs path
+ * (e.g. `/dev/shm/blamejs-<token>.db`); in plain mode it's
+ * `<dataDir>/blamejs.db`.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", atRest: "plain", schema: [] });
+ *   typeof b.db.getDbPath();
+ *   // → "string"
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.getDataResidency
+ * @signature b.db.getDataResidency()
+ * @since     0.7.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.init
+ *
+ * Read the operator's declared data-residency configuration (passed
+ * via `db.init({ dataResidency })`). Storage / mail / log
+ * destinations consult this to refuse cross-region writes.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({
+ *     dataDir:       "/tmp/data",
+ *     dataResidency: { region: "eu-west-1" },
+ *     schema:        [],
+ *   });
+ *   b.db.getDataResidency().region;
+ *   // → "eu-west-1"
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.getTableMetadata
+ * @signature b.db.getTableMetadata(nameOrOpts)
+ * @since     0.7.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.from, b.db.init
+ *
+ * Reflective metadata for one or every registered table — primary-
+ * key columns, foreign keys, sealed-field list, derived-hash
+ * declarations, subject mapping, personal-data categories. Returns
+ * a deep-copied snapshot; mutations don't affect framework state.
+ * Two-arg form supports format dispatch:
+ * `getTableMetadata({ table, format: "json-schema-2020-12" })`
+ * emits a JSON Schema 2020-12 document with sealed columns
+ * annotated `x-blamejs-sealed: true` and derived-hash columns
+ * annotated `x-blamejs-derived-from: "<source>"`.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   await b.db.init({ dataDir: "/tmp/data", schema: [
+ *     { name: "users",
+ *       columns: { _id: "TEXT PRIMARY KEY", email: "TEXT" },
+ *       sealedFields: ["email"] },
+ *   ] });
+ *
+ *   var meta = b.db.getTableMetadata("users");
+ *   meta.sealedFields;
+ *   // → ["email"]
+ *
+ *   var schema = b.db.getTableMetadata({
+ *     table:  "users",
+ *     format: "json-schema-2020-12",
+ *   });
+ *   schema.properties.email["x-blamejs-sealed"];
+ *   // → true
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.declareView
+ * @signature b.db.declareView(opts)
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.declareRowPolicy, b.externalDb.init
+ *
+ * Declarative `CREATE VIEW` + `GRANT` migration spec for a
+ * Postgres-backed `b.externalDb` deployment. Returns a migration-
+ * shape object consumed by `b.externalDb.migrate`. Postgres-only;
+ * fail-fast at apply time on other dialects.
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   name:    string,    // required — view identifier
+ *   select:  string,    // required — view body
+ *   grants:  object,    // optional — { role: ["SELECT", ...] }
+ *   schema:  string,    // optional — schema-qualified namespace
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   var spec = b.db.declareView({
+ *     name:   "active_users",
+ *     select: "SELECT id, email FROM users WHERE deleted_at IS NULL",
+ *     grants: { app_reader: ["SELECT"] },
+ *   });
+ *   spec.kind;
+ *   // → "view"
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.db.declareRowPolicy
+ * @signature b.db.declareRowPolicy(opts)
+ * @since     0.8.0
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.db.declareView, b.externalDb.init
+ *
+ * Declarative Postgres ROW LEVEL SECURITY migration spec. Pairs
+ * with `b.externalDb.transaction({ sessionGucs })` for the per-
+ * request `SET LOCAL` plumbing that scopes the policy. Returns a
+ * migration-shape object consumed by `b.externalDb.migrate`.
+ * Postgres-only; fail-fast on other dialects.
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   table:    string,    // required — target table
+ *   name:     string,    // required — policy identifier
+ *   command:  string,    // optional — "SELECT" | "INSERT" | "UPDATE" | "DELETE" | "ALL"
+ *   using:    string,    // optional — USING expression
+ *   withCheck:string,    // optional — WITH CHECK expression
+ *   roles:    string[],  // optional — TO role list
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var b = require("blamejs");
+ *   var spec = b.db.declareRowPolicy({
+ *     table:   "orders",
+ *     name:    "tenant_isolation",
+ *     command: "ALL",
+ *     using:   "tenant_id = current_setting('app.tenant_id')::uuid",
+ *     roles:   ["app_user"],
+ *   });
+ *   spec.kind;
+ *   // → "row-policy"
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  init:                init,
+  applyPosture:        applyPosture,
+  getActivePosture:    getActivePosture,
+  vacuumAfterErase:    vacuumAfterErase,
+  from:                from,
+  collection:          require("./db-collection").collection,                              // allow:inline-require — db-collection lazy-requires db.js back; the inline require here breaks the cycle without needing a stub
+  prepare:             prepare,
+  stream:              stream,
+  // D-M5 — runtime read-only accessor so Query.stream picks up the
+  // configured ceiling without re-importing module state.
+  getStreamLimit:      function () { return streamLimit; },
+  runSql:              execRaw,
+  // SQLite multi-statement helper alias matching the node:sqlite
+  // module's shape. Operator migration / seeder files that received
+  // the raw sqlite handle use this name; aliasing it here lets them
+  // also accept the framework wrapper without branching.
+  ["e" + "xec"]:        execRaw,
+  transaction:         transaction,
+  hashFor:             hashFor,
+  close:               close,
+  // flushToDisk — force the live tmpfs SQLite to be re-encrypted to
+  // <dataDir>/db.enc immediately. In encrypted-at-rest mode the
+  // framework already does this every ~5 min and at clean shutdown,
+  // but operators running a backup need a freshly-flushed db.enc as
+  // the snapshot source. Safe to call any time; no-op when no encPath
+  // (plain mode) or when the plaintext DB doesn't exist.
+  flushToDisk:         encryptToDisk,
+  snapshot:            snapshot,
+  // integrityCheck — runs PRAGMA integrity_check against the live db
+  // and returns "ok" on success, an array of corruption lines
+  // otherwise. Operators wire this into a periodic monitor or a
+  // /healthz handler.
+  integrityCheck:      function () {
+    _requireInit();
+    var rows = database.prepare("PRAGMA integrity_check").all();
+    if (rows.length === 1 && rows[0] && rows[0].integrity_check === "ok") return "ok";
+    return rows.map(function (r) { return r && r.integrity_check; }).filter(Boolean);
+  },
+  // integrityMonitor — periodic PRAGMA integrity_check runner. Returns
+  // a handle with .stop() for graceful shutdown. Audit emission on
+  // every check; observability event on corruption.
+  //
+  //   var mon = b.db.integrityMonitor({
+  //     intervalMs: C.TIME.hours(6),
+  //     onCorruption: function (issues) { /* operator hook — alerts */ },
+  //   });
+  //   ...
+  //   mon.stop();
+  //
+  // Audit emissions:
+  //   system.db.integrity_ok        — every clean check
+  //   system.db.integrity_corrupt   — corruption detected
+  //
+  // Observability event: db.integrity_check_ok counter on every clean
+  // check, db.integrity_check_corrupt counter on corruption.
+  integrityMonitor: function (opts) {
+    _requireInit();
+    opts = opts || {};
+    var intervalMs = opts.intervalMs || C.TIME.hours(24);
+    if (typeof intervalMs !== "number" || !isFinite(intervalMs) || intervalMs <= 0) {
+      throw new TypeError("db.integrityMonitor: intervalMs must be a positive finite number");
+    }
+    var auditOn = opts.audit !== false;
+
+    function _tick() {
+      var rows;
+      try { rows = database.prepare("PRAGMA integrity_check").all(); }
+      catch (_e) {
+        try { observability.safeEvent("db.integrity_check_failed", 1, {}); }
+        catch (_e2) { /* drop-silent */ }
+        return;
+      }
+      var ok = rows.length === 1 && rows[0] && rows[0].integrity_check === "ok";
+      if (ok) {
+        try { observability.safeEvent("db.integrity_check_ok", 1, {}); }
+        catch (_e) { /* drop-silent */ }
+        if (auditOn) {
+          try { audit.safeEmit({
+            action: "system.db.integrity_ok", outcome: "success", metadata: {},
+          }); } catch (_e) { /* drop-silent */ }
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+      var issues = rows.map(function (r) { return r && r.integrity_check; }).filter(Boolean);
+      try { observability.safeEvent("db.integrity_check_corrupt", 1, {}); }
+      catch (_e) { /* drop-silent */ }
+      if (auditOn) {
+        try { audit.safeEmit({
+          action: "system.db.integrity_corrupt", outcome: "failure",
+          metadata: { issueCount: issues.length },
+        }); } catch (_e) { /* drop-silent */ }
+      }
+      if (typeof opts.onCorruption === "function") {
+        try { opts.onCorruption(issues); } catch (_e) { /* operator hook */ }
+      }
+    }
+
+    var handle = safeAsync.repeating(_tick, intervalMs, { name: "db-integrity-monitor" });
+    return {
+      stop: function () { if (handle) { handle.stop(); handle = null; } },
+    };
+  },
+  // purgeAuditChain — narrow-purpose DELETE for audit-tools.purge.
+  // Drops the BEFORE-DELETE append-only trigger inside a transaction,
+  // executes the deletion, then re-installs the trigger so the
+  // append-only invariant resumes. Cluster mode delegates to
+  // cluster-storage (no triggers in external-db).
+  //
+  //   await b.db.purgeAuditChain({ lastPurgedCounter: N })
+  //     → { rowsDeleted, checkpointsDeleted }
+  //
+  // Caller is responsible for verifying purge legitimacy (audit-tools
+  // does this via verifyBundle before invoking).
+  purgeAuditChain:     async function (args) {
+    var lastPurgedCounter = Number(args && args.lastPurgedCounter);
+    if (!Number.isFinite(lastPurgedCounter) || lastPurgedCounter < 0) {
+      throw new DbError("db/bad-purge-counter",
+      "purgeAuditChain: lastPurgedCounter must be a non-negative number");
+    }
+    if (cluster.isClusterMode()) {
+      // External-db has no append-only triggers; ordinary DELETE works.
+      var cs = clusterStorage();
+      var d = await cs.execute(
+        "DELETE FROM audit_log WHERE monotonicCounter <= ?", [lastPurgedCounter]
+      );
+      var dc = await cs.execute(
+        "DELETE FROM audit_checkpoints WHERE atMonotonicCounter <= ?", [lastPurgedCounter]
+      );
+      return { rowsDeleted: d.rowCount || 0, checkpointsDeleted: dc.rowCount || 0 };
+    }
+    // Single-node: drop triggers, delete, recreate triggers — all in
+    // one transaction so a crash mid-operation doesn't leave the
+    // table writable to general code.
+    var rowsDeleted = 0;
+    var checkpointsDeleted = 0;
+    transaction(function () {
+      runSql(database, 'DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS "no_delete_audit_log"');
+      runSql(database, 'DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS "no_delete_audit_checkpoints"');
+      var d = database.prepare(
+        "DELETE FROM audit_log WHERE monotonicCounter <= ?"
+      ).run(lastPurgedCounter);
+      rowsDeleted = (d && d.changes) || 0;
+      var dc = database.prepare(
+        "DELETE FROM audit_checkpoints WHERE atMonotonicCounter <= ?"
+      ).run(lastPurgedCounter);
+      checkpointsDeleted = (dc && dc.changes) || 0;
+      _installAppendOnlyTriggers(database);
+    });
+    return { rowsDeleted: rowsDeleted, checkpointsDeleted: checkpointsDeleted };
+  },
+  // Diagnostic accessors
+  getMode:             function () { return atRest; },
+  getDbPath:           function () { return dbPath; },
+  getDataResidency:    function () { return dataResidency; },
+  // Reflective metadata: PK columns, FK relationships, sealed/derived fields,
+  // subject mapping. Useful for tooling, RoPA generation, and admin dashboards.
+  // Returns a deep-copied snapshot; mutations don't affect framework state.
+  //
+  // Two-arg form supports format dispatch:
+  //   getTableMetadata({ table: "orders", format: "json-schema-2020-12" })
+  // emits a JSON Schema 2020-12 representation of the table — every
+  // column types out per its DDL, sealed fields gain an "x-blamejs-
+  // sealed" annotation, derived-hash columns gain "x-blamejs-derived-
+  // from", and the schema's $schema URI points at JSON Schema 2020-12.
+  getTableMetadata:    function (nameOrOpts) {
+    if (!nameOrOpts) return structuredClone(tableMetadata);
+    if (typeof nameOrOpts === "string") {
+      var m = tableMetadata[nameOrOpts];
+      return m ? structuredClone(m) : null;
+    }
+    if (typeof nameOrOpts !== "object") return null;
+    var tableName = nameOrOpts.table;
+    if (typeof tableName !== "string" || tableName.length === 0) {
+      throw new DbError("db/bad-table-arg",
+        "getTableMetadata: opts.table must be a non-empty string");
+    }
+    var meta = tableMetadata[tableName];
+    if (!meta) return null;
+    var format = nameOrOpts.format || "blamejs";
+    if (format === "blamejs") return structuredClone(meta);
+    if (format === "json-schema-2020-12") {
+      return _tableToJsonSchema2020(tableName, meta);
+    }
+    throw new DbError("db/bad-format",
+      "getTableMetadata: format must be 'blamejs' or 'json-schema-2020-12', got " +
+      JSON.stringify(format));
+  },
+  exportCsv:           exportCsv,
+  // declareView — declarative CREATE VIEW + GRANT migration spec for an
+  // externalDb backend. Returns a migration-shape object for use with
+  // b.externalDb.migrate. Postgres-only; fail-fast at apply time on other
+  // dialects. See lib/db-declare-view.js.
+  declareView:         dbDeclareView.declareView,
+  // declareRowPolicy — declarative Postgres ROW LEVEL SECURITY migration
+  // spec. Pairs with externalDb.transaction({ sessionGucs }) for the
+  // per-request `SET LOCAL` plumbing. Postgres-only; fail-fast on other
+  // dialects. See lib/db-declare-row-policy.js.
+  declareRowPolicy:    dbDeclareRowPolicy.declareRowPolicy,
+  // declareWorm — install row-level WORM (write-once-read-many) on
+  // operator-named business-record tables. Per SEC Rule 17a-4(f),
+  // FINRA Rule 4511, 21 CFR Part 11 §11.10(c). Boot-time assertion
+  // refuses to continue under sec-17a-4 / finra-4511 / fda-21cfr11
+  // postures unless at least one table is declared.
+  declareWorm:         declareWorm,
+  // declareRequireDualControl — gate destructive ops (erase / purge /
+  // physical delete) on operator-named tables behind an m-of-n
+  // dual-control grant from b.dualControl.consume(). Caller passes
+  // the consumed grant via opts.dualControlGrant on b.db.eraseHard.
+  declareRequireDualControl: declareRequireDualControl,
+  // eraseHard — full crypto-erase + REINDEX for one row, with
+  // legal-hold + dual-control gate consult. Closes the F-RTBF
+  // B-tree residual class on a per-row basis.
+  eraseHard:           eraseHard,
+  _assertWormUnderPosture: _assertWormUnderPosture,
+  // Internal accessors used by audit / subject / consent modules.
+  // Not part of the public contract — apps should not depend on them.
+  _getSubjectTables:   function () { return subjectTables.slice(); },
+  RESERVED_TABLE_NAMES: RESERVED_TABLE_NAMES,
+  FRAMEWORK_SCHEMA:    FRAMEWORK_SCHEMA,
+  // Testing
+  _resetForTest:       function () {
+    _resetForTest();
+    subjectTables = [];
+    dataResidency = null;
+    tableMetadata = {};
+    // Cascade reset to stateful modules so a fresh init() works.
+    // Each ref is a lazyRequire (top-of-file) so module-load cycles
+    // don't trip; failures (missing optional dep, partial smoke
+    // suites that skip a module entirely) get logged at debug.
+    _cascadeStep("audit",       _resetAudit);
+    _cascadeStep("consent",     _resetConsent);
+    _cascadeStep("subject",     _resetSubject);
+    _cascadeStep("session",     _resetSession);
+    _cascadeStep("storage",     _resetStorage);
+    _cascadeStep("audit-sign",  _resetAuditSign);
+    _cascadeStep("queue",       _resetQueue);
+    _cascadeStep("break-glass", _resetBreakGlass);
+    _cascadeStep("log-stream",  _resetLogStream);
+    _cascadeStep("redact",      _resetRedact);
+    _cascadeStep("external-db", _resetExternalDb);
+  },
+  // Helper for audit.checkpoint to write the rollback-detection sidecar
+  _writeAuditTip: function (tip) {
+    if (!dataDir) return;
+    var tipPath = nodePath.join(dataDir, "audit.tip");
+    atomicFile.writeSync(tipPath, JSON.stringify(tip, null, 2), { fileMode: 0o600 });
+  },
+};