@llblab/pi-telegram 0.27.12 → 0.29.0

package/lib/updates.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,56 @@
 /**
  * Telegram updates domain helpers
  * Zones: telegram inbound, authorization, routing plans
- * Owns update extraction, authorization, classification, execution planning, runtime execution, and the public update-handler registry
+ * Owns update extraction, authorization, execution planning, generation-fenced journal draining, and the public update-handler registry
  */
 
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+
 import {
   createTelegramPrivateTarget,
   createTelegramThreadTarget,
   type TelegramTarget,
 } from "./target.ts";
+import type {
+  TelegramBusEnvelope,
+  TelegramBusFollowerView,
+  TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement,
+  TelegramProcessLiveness,
+} from "./bus.ts";
 import type { TelegramMessageOwnershipStore } from "./ownership.ts";
+import {
+  TELEGRAM_UPDATE_JOURNAL_FAILURE_CLASS_MAX_LENGTH,
+  TELEGRAM_UPDATE_JOURNAL_FAILURE_SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH,
+  TELEGRAM_UPDATE_JOURNAL_QUEUE_OWNER_ID_MAX_LENGTH,
+  areTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnersEqual,
+  getTelegramUpdateJournalBindingPath,
+  isTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerProcess,
+  parseTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner,
+  type TelegramJournaledUpdate,
+  type TelegramUpdateJournalDeadQueueOwnerRecoveryResult,
+  type TelegramUpdateJournalOperatorDispositionInput,
+  type TelegramUpdateJournalOperatorDispositionResult,
+  type TelegramUpdateJournalQueueDiscardResult,
+  type TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffAcceptResult,
+  type TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffCancelResult,
+  type TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffInput,
+  type TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffOfferResult,
+  type TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner,
+  type TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity,
+} from "./journal.ts";
+import {
+  areTelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptsEqual,
+  createTelegramQueueHandoff,
+  removeTelegramQueueItemByReceipt,
+  type PendingTelegramControlItem,
+  type TelegramControlQueueHandoffPayload,
+  type TelegramQueueAdmissionReceipt,
+  type TelegramQueueHandoffPayload,
+  type TelegramQueueHandoffStageResult,
+  type TelegramQueueReactionDisposition,
+  type TelegramQueueHandoffStagingRuntime,
+  type TelegramQueueItem,
+} from "./queue.ts";
 import {
   createTelegramUserPairingRuntime,
   getTelegramAuthorizationState,
@@ -67,38 +108,49 @@ export function normalizeTelegramReactionEmoji(emoji: string): string {
 export function collectTelegramReactionEmojis(
   reactions: TelegramReactionType[],
 ): Set<string> {
-  return new Set(
-    reactions
-      .filter(
-        (reaction): reaction is TelegramReactionTypeEmoji =>
-          reaction.type === "emoji",
-      )
-      .map((reaction) => normalizeTelegramReactionEmoji(reaction.emoji)),
-  );
+  const emojis = new Set<string>();
+  for (const reaction of reactions) {
+    if (reaction.type === "emoji") {
+      const emojiReaction = reaction as TelegramReactionTypeEmoji;
+      emojis.add(normalizeTelegramReactionEmoji(emojiReaction.emoji));
+    }
+  }
+  return emojis;
 }
 
-function hasAnyTelegramReactionEmoji(
+function getTelegramReactionEmoji(
   emojis: Set<string>,
   candidates: readonly string[],
-): boolean {
-  return candidates.some((emoji) => emojis.has(emoji));
+): string | undefined {
+  return candidates.find((emoji) => emojis.has(emoji));
 }
 
-function getAddedTelegramReactionEmoji(
-  oldEmojis: Set<string>,
-  newEmojis: Set<string>,
-  candidates: readonly string[],
-): string | undefined {
-  return candidates.find(
-    (emoji) => !oldEmojis.has(emoji) && newEmojis.has(emoji),
+export function getTelegramQueueReactionDisposition(
+  reactions: TelegramReactionType[],
+): TelegramQueueReactionDisposition {
+  const emojis = collectTelegramReactionEmojis(reactions);
+  const suppressionEmoji = getTelegramReactionEmoji(
+    emojis,
+    TELEGRAM_REMOVAL_REACTION_EMOJIS,
   );
+  if (suppressionEmoji) return { kind: "suppressed", emoji: suppressionEmoji };
+  const priorityEmoji = getTelegramReactionEmoji(
+    emojis,
+    TELEGRAM_PRIORITY_REACTION_EMOJIS,
+  );
+  if (priorityEmoji) return { kind: "priority", emoji: priorityEmoji };
+  return { kind: "default" };
 }
-function hasAddedTelegramReactionEmoji(
-  oldEmojis: Set<string>,
-  newEmojis: Set<string>,
-  candidates: readonly string[],
+
+function areTelegramQueueReactionDispositionsEqual(
+  left: TelegramQueueReactionDisposition,
+  right: TelegramQueueReactionDisposition,
 ): boolean {
-  return !!getAddedTelegramReactionEmoji(oldEmojis, newEmojis, candidates);
+  return (
+    left.kind === right.kind &&
+    (left.kind === "default" ||
+      (right.kind !== "default" && left.emoji === right.emoji))
+  );
 }
 
 export function extractDeletedTelegramMessageIds(
@@ -251,6 +303,7 @@ export function getAuthorizedTelegramGuestMessage(
 export interface TelegramMessageOwnershipView {
   instanceId: string;
   ownerGeneration?: string;
+  recipientBindingKey?: string;
 }
 
 export type TelegramMessageOwnershipLookup = (
@@ -261,6 +314,7 @@ export type TelegramMessageOwnershipLookup = (
 export interface TelegramTargetOwnershipView {
   instanceId: string;
   ownerGeneration?: string;
+  recipientBindingKey?: string;
 }
 
 export type TelegramTargetOwnershipLookup = (
@@ -278,22 +332,77 @@ export interface TelegramForeignOwnedUpdateForwarder<
     query: TCallbackQuery;
     ownership: TelegramMessageOwnershipView;
     ctx: TContext;
-  }) => Promise<boolean> | boolean;
+  }) =>
+    | Promise<TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement>
+    | TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement;
   forwardReaction?: (input: {
     reactionUpdate: TReactionUpdate;
     ownership: TelegramMessageOwnershipView;
     ctx: TContext;
-  }) => Promise<boolean> | boolean;
+  }) =>
+    | Promise<TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement>
+    | TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement;
   forwardMessage?: (input: {
     message: TMessage;
     ownership: TelegramTargetOwnershipView;
     ctx: TContext;
-  }) => Promise<boolean> | boolean;
+  }) =>
+    | Promise<TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement>
+    | TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement;
   forwardEditedMessage?: (input: {
     message: TMessage;
     ownership: TelegramTargetOwnershipView;
     ctx: TContext;
-  }) => Promise<boolean> | boolean;
+  }) =>
+    | Promise<TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement>
+    | TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement;
+}
+
+type TelegramForeignUpdateSettlementFailure =
+  | Exclude<TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement, { status: "accepted" }>
+  | {
+      status: "terminal-rejected";
+      failureClass: "forwarder-unavailable";
+      message: string;
+      sourceUpdateId?: number;
+    };
+
+export class TelegramForeignUpdateSettlementError extends Error {
+  readonly settlement: TelegramForeignUpdateSettlementFailure;
+
+  constructor(
+    operation: string,
+    settlement: TelegramForeignUpdateSettlementFailure,
+  ) {
+    super(
+      `Telegram ${operation} forwarding did not settle: ${settlement.failureClass}.`,
+    );
+    this.name = "TelegramForeignUpdateSettlementError";
+    this.settlement = settlement;
+  }
+}
+
+function rejectTelegramForeignUpdateSettlement(
+  settlement: TelegramBusForeignUpdateSettlement | undefined,
+  operation: string,
+  source: unknown,
+): never {
+  const sourceUpdateId =
+    source && typeof source === "object"
+      ? Reflect.get(source, "pi_telegram_source_update_id")
+      : undefined;
+  const failure: TelegramForeignUpdateSettlementFailure =
+    settlement && settlement.status !== "accepted"
+      ? settlement
+      : {
+          status: "terminal-rejected",
+          failureClass: "forwarder-unavailable",
+          message: `Telegram ${operation} forwarding is unavailable.`,
+          ...(Number.isSafeInteger(sourceUpdateId) && sourceUpdateId >= 0
+            ? { sourceUpdateId }
+            : {}),
+        };
+  throw new TelegramForeignUpdateSettlementError(operation, failure);
 }
 
 export interface TelegramMessageReactionUpdated {
@@ -314,6 +423,191 @@ export interface TelegramUpdateFlow
   [TELEGRAM_INTERNAL_AGENT_MESSAGE]?: true;
 }
 
+export type TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome =
+  | { kind: "complete" }
+  | { kind: "deferred" }
+  | {
+      kind: "queued";
+      queueKind: "prompt" | "control";
+      receiptId: string;
+      sourceUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+    };
+
+type TelegramQueuedUpdateAdmissionOutcome = Extract<
+  TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome,
+  { kind: "queued" }
+>;
+
+const TELEGRAM_UPDATE_ADMISSION_BINDING = Symbol(
+  "telegram.update-admission.binding",
+);
+
+interface TelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding {
+  sourceUpdateId: number;
+  report: (
+    outcome: Extract<
+      TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome,
+      { kind: "deferred" | "queued" }
+    >,
+  ) => void;
+}
+
+export type TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike = TelegramQueueAdmissionReceipt;
+
+function bindTelegramUpdateAdmissionCarrier<TValue>(
+  value: TValue | undefined,
+  binding: TelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding,
+): TValue | undefined {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") return value;
+  return {
+    ...(value as Record<PropertyKey, unknown>),
+    pi_telegram_source_update_id: binding.sourceUpdateId,
+    [TELEGRAM_UPDATE_ADMISSION_BINDING]: binding,
+  } as TValue;
+}
+
+function getTelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding(
+  value: unknown,
+): TelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding | undefined {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") return undefined;
+  const binding = Reflect.get(value, TELEGRAM_UPDATE_ADMISSION_BINDING) as
+    | TelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding
+    | undefined;
+  return binding &&
+    Number.isSafeInteger(binding.sourceUpdateId) &&
+    binding.sourceUpdateId >= 0 &&
+    typeof binding.report === "function"
+    ? binding
+    : undefined;
+}
+
+export function bindTelegramUpdateAdmissionSource<
+  TUpdate extends TelegramUpdateFlow & { update_id: number },
+>(
+  update: TUpdate,
+  report: TelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding["report"],
+): TUpdate {
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(update.update_id) || update.update_id < 0) {
+    throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+      "Telegram update admission requires a safe update_id.",
+    );
+  }
+  const binding: TelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding = {
+    sourceUpdateId: update.update_id,
+    report,
+  };
+  const callbackQuery = update.callback_query
+    ? bindTelegramUpdateAdmissionCarrier(
+        {
+          ...update.callback_query,
+          message: bindTelegramUpdateAdmissionCarrier(
+            update.callback_query.message,
+            binding,
+          ),
+        },
+        binding,
+      )
+    : undefined;
+  return {
+    ...update,
+    ...(update.message
+      ? { message: bindTelegramUpdateAdmissionCarrier(update.message, binding) }
+      : {}),
+    ...(update.edited_message
+      ? {
+          edited_message: bindTelegramUpdateAdmissionCarrier(
+            update.edited_message,
+            binding,
+          ),
+        }
+      : {}),
+    ...(callbackQuery ? { callback_query: callbackQuery } : {}),
+    ...(update.guest_message
+      ? {
+          guest_message: bindTelegramUpdateAdmissionCarrier(
+            update.guest_message,
+            binding,
+          ),
+        }
+      : {}),
+    ...(update.message_reaction
+      ? {
+          message_reaction: bindTelegramUpdateAdmissionCarrier(
+            update.message_reaction,
+            binding,
+          ),
+        }
+      : {}),
+  } as TUpdate;
+}
+
+export function collectTelegramAdmissionSourceUpdateIds(
+  values: readonly unknown[],
+): number[] {
+  const sourceUpdateIds = new Set<number>();
+  for (const value of values) {
+    const binding = getTelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding(value);
+    if (binding) sourceUpdateIds.add(binding.sourceUpdateId);
+  }
+  return [...sourceUpdateIds].sort((left, right) => left - right);
+}
+
+export function reportTelegramUpdateDeferred(value: unknown): boolean {
+  const binding = getTelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding(value);
+  if (!binding) return false;
+  binding.report({ kind: "deferred" });
+  return true;
+}
+
+export function reportTelegramQueueAdmission(
+  values: readonly unknown[],
+  receipts: readonly TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike[],
+): boolean {
+  const bindings = new Map<number, TelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding>();
+  for (const value of values) {
+    const binding = getTelegramUpdateAdmissionBinding(value);
+    if (!binding) continue;
+    const existing = bindings.get(binding.sourceUpdateId);
+    if (existing && existing !== binding) {
+      throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+        `Telegram update ${binding.sourceUpdateId} has conflicting admission bindings.`,
+      );
+    }
+    bindings.set(binding.sourceUpdateId, binding);
+  }
+  if (bindings.size === 0) return false;
+  const receiptsByUpdateId = new Map<
+    number,
+    { receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike; count: number }
+  >();
+  for (const receipt of receipts) {
+    for (const sourceUpdateId of new Set(receipt.sourceUpdateIds)) {
+      const existing = receiptsByUpdateId.get(sourceUpdateId);
+      if (existing) existing.count += 1;
+      else receiptsByUpdateId.set(sourceUpdateId, { receipt, count: 1 });
+    }
+  }
+  const reports = [...bindings].map(([sourceUpdateId, binding]) => {
+    const match = receiptsByUpdateId.get(sourceUpdateId);
+    if (!match || match.count !== 1) {
+      throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+        `Telegram update ${sourceUpdateId} requires one exact queue receipt.`,
+      );
+    }
+    return {
+      binding,
+      outcome: {
+        kind: "queued" as const,
+        queueKind: match.receipt.queueKind,
+        receiptId: match.receipt.receiptId,
+        sourceUpdateIds: [...match.receipt.sourceUpdateIds],
+      },
+    };
+  });
+  for (const report of reports) report.binding.report(report.outcome);
+  return true;
+}
+
 export type TelegramUpdateFlowAction<
   TReactionUpdate extends TelegramMessageReactionUpdated =
     TelegramMessageReactionUpdated,
@@ -563,6 +857,7 @@ export interface TelegramUpdateRuntimeDeps<
   TMessage extends TelegramUpdateMessage = TelegramUpdateMessage,
 > {
   ctx: TContext;
+  execution?: TelegramUpdateExecutionFence;
   getCurrentInstanceId?: () => string | undefined;
   getMessageOwnership?: TelegramMessageOwnershipLookup;
   getTargetOwnership?: TelegramTargetOwnershipLookup;
@@ -586,7 +881,11 @@ export interface TelegramUpdateRuntimeDeps<
     lifecycle: TelegramTopicLifecycleUpdate<TMessage>,
     ctx: TContext,
   ) => Promise<void> | void;
-  pairTelegramUserIfNeeded: (userId: number, ctx: TContext) => Promise<boolean>;
+  pairTelegramUserIfNeeded: (
+    userId: number,
+    ctx: TContext,
+    assertExecutionCurrent?: () => void,
+  ) => Promise<boolean>;
   answerCallbackQuery: (
     callbackQueryId: string,
     text?: string,
@@ -638,23 +937,24 @@ export interface TelegramUpdateRuntimeControllerDeps<
     TMessage
   >;
   removePendingMediaGroupMessages: (messageIds: number[]) => void;
+  flushPendingMediaGroupMessage?: (messageId: number) => Promise<boolean>;
+  flushPendingTextGroupMessage?: (messageId: number) => Promise<boolean>;
   removeQueuedTelegramTurnsByMessageIds: (
     messageIds: number[],
     ctx: TContext,
     scope?: { chatId?: number; threadId?: number },
   ) => number;
-  clearQueuedTelegramTurnPriorityByMessageId: (
+  applyQueuedTelegramTurnReactionByMessageId: (
     messageId: number,
+    disposition: TelegramQueueReactionDisposition,
     ctx: TContext,
     scope?: { chatId?: number; threadId?: number },
   ) => boolean;
-  prioritizeQueuedTelegramTurnByMessageId: (
-    messageId: number,
+  pairTelegramUserIfNeeded: (
+    userId: number,
     ctx: TContext,
-    priorityEmoji?: string,
-    scope?: { chatId?: number; threadId?: number },
-  ) => boolean;
-  pairTelegramUserIfNeeded: (userId: number, ctx: TContext) => Promise<boolean>;
+    assertExecutionCurrent?: () => void,
+  ) => Promise<boolean>;
   answerCallbackQuery: (
     callbackQueryId: string,
     text?: string,
@@ -701,7 +1001,11 @@ export interface TelegramUpdateRuntimeController<
     reactionUpdate: NonNullable<TUpdate["message_reaction"]>,
     ctx: TContext,
   ) => Promise<void>;
-  handleUpdate: (update: TUpdate, ctx: TContext) => Promise<void>;
+  handleUpdate: (
+    update: TUpdate,
+    ctx: TContext,
+    execution?: TelegramUpdateExecutionFence,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 function getTelegramCallbackQueryId(
@@ -850,18 +1154,19 @@ export function createTelegramPairedUpdateRuntime<
     handleTelegramTopicLifecycleUpdate: deps.handleTelegramTopicLifecycleUpdate,
     foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder: deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder,
     removePendingMediaGroupMessages: deps.removePendingMediaGroupMessages,
+    flushPendingMediaGroupMessage: deps.flushPendingMediaGroupMessage,
+    flushPendingTextGroupMessage: deps.flushPendingTextGroupMessage,
     removeQueuedTelegramTurnsByMessageIds:
       deps.removeQueuedTelegramTurnsByMessageIds,
-    clearQueuedTelegramTurnPriorityByMessageId:
-      deps.clearQueuedTelegramTurnPriorityByMessageId,
-    prioritizeQueuedTelegramTurnByMessageId:
-      deps.prioritizeQueuedTelegramTurnByMessageId,
-    pairTelegramUserIfNeeded: createTelegramUserPairingRuntime({
-      getAllowedUserId: deps.getAllowedUserId,
-      setAllowedUserId: deps.setAllowedUserId,
-      persistConfig: deps.persistConfig,
-      updateStatus: deps.updateStatus,
-    }).pairIfNeeded,
+    applyQueuedTelegramTurnReactionByMessageId:
+      deps.applyQueuedTelegramTurnReactionByMessageId,
+    pairTelegramUserIfNeeded: (userId, ctx, assertExecutionCurrent) =>
+      createTelegramUserPairingRuntime({
+        getAllowedUserId: deps.getAllowedUserId,
+        setAllowedUserId: deps.setAllowedUserId,
+        persistConfig: deps.persistConfig,
+        updateStatus: deps.updateStatus,
+      }).pairIfNeeded(userId, ctx, assertExecutionCurrent),
     answerCallbackQuery: deps.answerCallbackQuery,
     answerGuestQuery: deps.answerGuestQuery,
     handleAuthorizedTelegramCallbackQuery:
@@ -893,23 +1198,24 @@ export function createTelegramUpdateRuntime<
     await handleAuthorizedTelegramReactionUpdate(reactionUpdate, {
       allowedUserId: deps.getAllowedUserId(),
       ctx,
-      removePendingMediaGroupMessages: deps.removePendingMediaGroupMessages,
-      removeQueuedTelegramTurnsByMessageIds:
-        deps.removeQueuedTelegramTurnsByMessageIds,
+      flushPendingMediaGroupMessage: deps.flushPendingMediaGroupMessage,
+      flushPendingTextGroupMessage: deps.flushPendingTextGroupMessage,
       getCurrentInstanceId: deps.getCurrentInstanceId,
       getMessageOwnership: deps.getMessageOwnership,
       foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder: deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder,
-      clearQueuedTelegramTurnPriorityByMessageId:
-        deps.clearQueuedTelegramTurnPriorityByMessageId,
-      prioritizeQueuedTelegramTurnByMessageId:
-        deps.prioritizeQueuedTelegramTurnByMessageId,
+      assertExecutionCurrent: createTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceGuard(
+        reactionUpdate,
+      ),
+      applyQueuedTelegramTurnReactionByMessageId:
+        deps.applyQueuedTelegramTurnReactionByMessageId,
     });
   };
   return {
     handleAuthorizedReactionUpdate,
-    handleUpdate: (update, ctx) =>
+    handleUpdate: (update, ctx, execution) =>
       executeTelegramUpdate(update, deps.getAllowedUserId(), {
         ctx,
+        execution,
         getCurrentInstanceId: deps.getCurrentInstanceId,
         getMessageOwnership: deps.getMessageOwnership,
         getTargetOwnership: deps.getTargetOwnership,
@@ -944,21 +1250,13 @@ export interface AuthorizedTelegramReactionUpdateDeps<TContext> {
   getCurrentInstanceId?: () => string | undefined;
   getMessageOwnership?: TelegramMessageOwnershipLookup;
   foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?: TelegramForeignOwnedUpdateForwarder<TContext>;
-  removePendingMediaGroupMessages: (messageIds: number[]) => void;
-  removeQueuedTelegramTurnsByMessageIds: (
-    messageIds: number[],
-    ctx: TContext,
-    scope?: { chatId?: number; threadId?: number },
-  ) => number;
-  clearQueuedTelegramTurnPriorityByMessageId: (
-    messageId: number,
-    ctx: TContext,
-    scope?: { chatId?: number; threadId?: number },
-  ) => boolean;
-  prioritizeQueuedTelegramTurnByMessageId: (
+  assertExecutionCurrent?: () => void;
+  flushPendingMediaGroupMessage?: (messageId: number) => Promise<boolean>;
+  flushPendingTextGroupMessage?: (messageId: number) => Promise<boolean>;
+  applyQueuedTelegramTurnReactionByMessageId: (
     messageId: number,
+    disposition: TelegramQueueReactionDisposition,
     ctx: TContext,
-    priorityEmoji?: string,
     scope?: { chatId?: number; threadId?: number },
   ) => boolean;
 }
@@ -972,11 +1270,21 @@ export async function handleAuthorizedTelegramReactionUpdate<TContext>(
     deps,
   );
   if (foreignOwnership) {
-    await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardReaction?.({
-      reactionUpdate,
-      ownership: foreignOwnership,
-      ctx: deps.ctx,
-    });
+    deps.assertExecutionCurrent?.();
+    const settlement =
+      await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardReaction?.({
+        reactionUpdate,
+        ownership: foreignOwnership,
+        ctx: deps.ctx,
+      });
+    deps.assertExecutionCurrent?.();
+    if (settlement?.status !== "accepted") {
+      rejectTelegramForeignUpdateSettlement(
+        settlement,
+        "reaction",
+        reactionUpdate,
+      );
+    }
     return;
   }
   const reactionUser = reactionUpdate.user;
@@ -991,48 +1299,26 @@ export async function handleAuthorizedTelegramReactionUpdate<TContext>(
     typeof reactionUpdate.chat.id === "number"
       ? { chatId: reactionUpdate.chat.id }
       : undefined;
-  const oldEmojis = collectTelegramReactionEmojis(reactionUpdate.old_reaction);
-  const newEmojis = collectTelegramReactionEmojis(reactionUpdate.new_reaction);
+  const oldDisposition = getTelegramQueueReactionDisposition(
+    reactionUpdate.old_reaction,
+  );
+  const newDisposition = getTelegramQueueReactionDisposition(
+    reactionUpdate.new_reaction,
+  );
   if (
-    hasAddedTelegramReactionEmoji(
-      oldEmojis,
-      newEmojis,
-      TELEGRAM_REMOVAL_REACTION_EMOJIS,
-    )
+    areTelegramQueueReactionDispositionsEqual(oldDisposition, newDisposition)
   ) {
-    deps.removePendingMediaGroupMessages([reactionUpdate.message_id]);
-    deps.removeQueuedTelegramTurnsByMessageIds(
-      [reactionUpdate.message_id],
-      deps.ctx,
-      reactionScope,
-    );
     return;
   }
-  const hadPriorityReaction = hasAnyTelegramReactionEmoji(
-    oldEmojis,
-    TELEGRAM_PRIORITY_REACTION_EMOJIS,
-  );
-  const hasPriorityReaction = hasAnyTelegramReactionEmoji(
-    newEmojis,
-    TELEGRAM_PRIORITY_REACTION_EMOJIS,
-  );
-  if (hadPriorityReaction && !hasPriorityReaction) {
-    deps.clearQueuedTelegramTurnPriorityByMessageId(
-      reactionUpdate.message_id,
-      deps.ctx,
-      reactionScope,
-    );
-  }
-  const addedPriorityEmoji = getAddedTelegramReactionEmoji(
-    oldEmojis,
-    newEmojis,
-    TELEGRAM_PRIORITY_REACTION_EMOJIS,
-  );
-  if (!addedPriorityEmoji) return;
-  deps.prioritizeQueuedTelegramTurnByMessageId(
+  deps.assertExecutionCurrent?.();
+  await deps.flushPendingMediaGroupMessage?.(reactionUpdate.message_id);
+  deps.assertExecutionCurrent?.();
+  await deps.flushPendingTextGroupMessage?.(reactionUpdate.message_id);
+  deps.assertExecutionCurrent?.();
+  deps.applyQueuedTelegramTurnReactionByMessageId(
     reactionUpdate.message_id,
+    newDisposition,
     deps.ctx,
-    addedPriorityEmoji,
     reactionScope,
   );
 }
@@ -1061,20 +1347,26 @@ export async function executeTelegramUpdatePlan<
   >,
 ): Promise<void> {
   try {
+    const assertExecutionCurrent = (): void =>
+      deps.execution?.assertCurrent();
     if (plan.kind === "ignore") return;
     if (plan.kind === "deleted") {
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       deps.removePendingMediaGroupMessages(plan.messageIds);
       deps.removeQueuedTelegramTurnsByMessageIds(plan.messageIds, deps.ctx);
       return;
     }
     if (plan.kind === "reaction") {
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       await deps.handleAuthorizedTelegramReactionUpdate(
         plan.reactionUpdate,
         deps.ctx,
       );
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       return;
     }
     if (plan.kind === "topic-lifecycle") {
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       await deps.handleTelegramTopicLifecycleUpdate?.(plan.lifecycle, deps.ctx);
       return;
     }
@@ -1084,29 +1376,46 @@ export async function executeTelegramUpdatePlan<
         deps,
       );
       if (foreignOwnership) {
-        const forwarded =
-          (await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardCallback?.({
+        assertExecutionCurrent();
+        const settlement =
+          await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardCallback?.({
             query: plan.query,
             ownership: foreignOwnership,
             ctx: deps.ctx,
-          })) ?? false;
-        if (!forwarded) {
+          });
+        if (settlement?.status !== "accepted") {
           const callbackQueryId = getTelegramCallbackQueryId(plan.query);
-          if (callbackQueryId) {
-            await deps.answerCallbackQuery(
-              callbackQueryId,
-              "This Telegram message belongs to another Pi instance.",
+          try {
+            if (callbackQueryId) {
+              assertExecutionCurrent();
+              await deps.answerCallbackQuery(
+                callbackQueryId,
+                "This Telegram message belongs to another Pi instance.",
+              );
+            }
+          } finally {
+            rejectTelegramForeignUpdateSettlement(
+              settlement,
+              "callback",
+              plan.query,
             );
           }
         }
+        assertExecutionCurrent();
         return;
       }
       if (plan.shouldPair) {
-        await deps.pairTelegramUserIfNeeded(plan.query.from.id, deps.ctx);
+        assertExecutionCurrent();
+        await deps.pairTelegramUserIfNeeded(
+          plan.query.from.id,
+          deps.ctx,
+          assertExecutionCurrent,
+        );
       }
       if (plan.shouldDeny) {
         const callbackQueryId = getTelegramCallbackQueryId(plan.query);
         if (callbackQueryId) {
+          assertExecutionCurrent();
           await deps.answerCallbackQuery(
             callbackQueryId,
             "This bot is not authorized for your account.",
@@ -1114,11 +1423,14 @@ export async function executeTelegramUpdatePlan<
         }
         return;
       }
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       await deps.handleAuthorizedTelegramCallbackQuery(plan.query, deps.ctx);
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       return;
     }
     if (plan.kind === "guest") {
       if (plan.shouldDeny) {
+        assertExecutionCurrent();
         await deps.answerGuestQuery(
           plan.guestMessage.guest_query_id,
           "🚫 Access denied.",
@@ -1126,10 +1438,12 @@ export async function executeTelegramUpdatePlan<
         return;
       }
       if (deps.handleAuthorizedTelegramGuestMessage) {
+        assertExecutionCurrent();
         await deps.handleAuthorizedTelegramGuestMessage(
           plan.guestMessage,
           deps.ctx,
         );
+        assertExecutionCurrent();
       }
       return;
     }
@@ -1138,19 +1452,27 @@ export async function executeTelegramUpdatePlan<
       deps,
     );
     if (foreignMessageOwnership) {
-      if (plan.kind === "edited-message") {
-        await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardEditedMessage?.({
-          message: plan.message,
-          ownership: foreignMessageOwnership,
-          ctx: deps.ctx,
-        });
-      } else {
-        await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardMessage?.({
-          message: plan.message,
-          ownership: foreignMessageOwnership,
-          ctx: deps.ctx,
-        });
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
+      const settlement =
+        plan.kind === "edited-message"
+          ? await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardEditedMessage?.({
+              message: plan.message,
+              ownership: foreignMessageOwnership,
+              ctx: deps.ctx,
+            })
+          : await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardMessage?.({
+              message: plan.message,
+              ownership: foreignMessageOwnership,
+              ctx: deps.ctx,
+            });
+      if (settlement?.status !== "accepted") {
+        rejectTelegramForeignUpdateSettlement(
+          settlement,
+          plan.kind,
+          plan.message,
+        );
       }
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       return;
     }
     const messageTarget = getTelegramMessageTarget(plan.message);
@@ -1160,6 +1482,7 @@ export async function executeTelegramUpdatePlan<
     );
     if (foreignTargetOwnership) {
       if (typeof plan.message.message_id === "number") {
+        assertExecutionCurrent();
         deps.recordMessageOwnership?.({
           chatId: messageTarget!.chatId,
           messageId: plan.message.message_id,
@@ -1167,19 +1490,27 @@ export async function executeTelegramUpdatePlan<
           instanceId: foreignTargetOwnership.instanceId,
         });
       }
-      if (plan.kind === "edited-message") {
-        await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardEditedMessage?.({
-          message: plan.message,
-          ownership: foreignTargetOwnership,
-          ctx: deps.ctx,
-        });
-      } else {
-        await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardMessage?.({
-          message: plan.message,
-          ownership: foreignTargetOwnership,
-          ctx: deps.ctx,
-        });
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
+      const settlement =
+        plan.kind === "edited-message"
+          ? await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardEditedMessage?.({
+              message: plan.message,
+              ownership: foreignTargetOwnership,
+              ctx: deps.ctx,
+            })
+          : await deps.foreignOwnedUpdateForwarder?.forwardMessage?.({
+              message: plan.message,
+              ownership: foreignTargetOwnership,
+              ctx: deps.ctx,
+            });
+      if (settlement?.status !== "accepted") {
+        rejectTelegramForeignUpdateSettlement(
+          settlement,
+          plan.kind,
+          plan.message,
+        );
       }
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       return;
     }
     if (
@@ -1187,11 +1518,18 @@ export async function executeTelegramUpdatePlan<
       messageTarget?.threadId != null &&
       deps.handleUnboundTelegramTopicMessage
     ) {
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       await deps.handleUnboundTelegramTopicMessage(plan.message, deps.ctx);
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       return;
     }
+    if (plan.shouldPair) assertExecutionCurrent();
     const pairedNow = plan.shouldPair
-      ? await deps.pairTelegramUserIfNeeded(plan.message.from.id, deps.ctx)
+      ? await deps.pairTelegramUserIfNeeded(
+          plan.message.from.id,
+          deps.ctx,
+          assertExecutionCurrent,
+        )
       : false;
     const replyTarget = getTelegramMessageReplyTarget(plan.message);
     if (
@@ -1200,15 +1538,18 @@ export async function executeTelegramUpdatePlan<
       plan.shouldNotifyPaired &&
       replyTarget
     ) {
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       await deps.sendTextReply(
         replyTarget.chatId,
         replyTarget.messageId,
         "Telegram bridge paired with this account.",
         { target: replyTarget },
       );
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
     }
     if (plan.shouldDeny) {
       if (replyTarget) {
+        assertExecutionCurrent();
         await deps.sendTextReply(
           replyTarget.chatId,
           replyTarget.messageId,
@@ -1219,111 +1560,1816 @@ export async function executeTelegramUpdatePlan<
       return;
     }
     if (plan.kind === "edited-message") {
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       await deps.handleAuthorizedTelegramEditedMessage(plan.message, deps.ctx);
+      assertExecutionCurrent();
       return;
     }
+    assertExecutionCurrent();
     await deps.handleAuthorizedTelegramMessage(plan.message, deps.ctx);
+    assertExecutionCurrent();
   } catch (error) {
     if (!isTelegramStaleContextError(error)) throw error;
   }
 }
 
-// --- Public update handler registry ---
+// --- Durable update worker ---
 
-/**
- * Verdict returned by a public Telegram update handler.
- *
- * - `"consume"` — the handler processed this update; pi-telegram skips default routing.
- * - `"pass"` (or `void`/`undefined`) — pi-telegram routes the update normally.
- */
-export type TelegramUpdateHandlerVerdict = "consume" | "pass";
+export const TELEGRAM_UPDATE_RETRY_BASE_DELAY_MS = 1_000;
+export const TELEGRAM_UPDATE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY_MS = 60_000;
+export const TELEGRAM_UPDATE_WORKER_BATCH_SIZE = 64;
 
-export type TelegramUpdateHandler = (
-  update: unknown,
-) =>
-  | TelegramUpdateHandlerVerdict
-  | void
-  | Promise<TelegramUpdateHandlerVerdict | void>;
+export type TelegramUpdateWorkerPhase =
+  | "stopped"
+  | "idle"
+  | "executing"
+  | "retry-wait"
+  | "failed"
+  | "deferred"
+  | "queued"
+  | "blocked";
 
-export interface TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry {
-  /** Schema version of this registry shape. */
-  readonly version: 1;
-  /**
-   * Register an update handler. Returns a disposer that removes it.
-   *
-   * Handlers are invoked in registration order on every Telegram update,
-   * before pi-telegram's own routing. The first handler that returns
-   * `"consume"` wins and stops the chain for that update.
-   */
-  add: (handler: TelegramUpdateHandler) => () => void;
-  /**
-   * Run all registered handlers against an update.
-   *
-   * Used by pi-telegram's polling runtime; extension consumers should call
-   * {@link registerTelegramUpdateHandler} or `add` instead of dispatching directly.
-   */
-  dispatch: (update: unknown) => Promise<TelegramUpdateHandlerVerdict>;
+export type TelegramUpdateWorkerBlockedReason =
+  | "authority-lost"
+  | "authority-check"
+  | "journal-read"
+  | "journal-write"
+  | "execution"
+  | "prior-generation-executing"
+  | "invalid-outcome";
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateWorkerStateSnapshot {
+  phase: TelegramUpdateWorkerPhase;
+  generation: number;
+  phaseStartedAtMs?: number;
+  currentUpdateId?: number;
+  blockedReason?: TelegramUpdateWorkerBlockedReason;
+  journalEntryCount: number;
+  journalSerializedBytes: number;
+  oldestAdmittedAtMs?: number;
+  deferredClaimCount: number;
+  queuedClaimCount: number;
+  foreignQueuedCount: number;
+  foreignQueuedOwner?: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+  foreignQueuedOwnerLiveness?: TelegramProcessLiveness;
+  retryWaitCount: number;
+  failedCount: number;
+  nextRetryUpdateId?: number;
+  nextRetryAtMs?: number;
+  nextRetryAttemptCount?: number;
+  nextRetryFailureClass?: string;
+  failedUpdateId?: number;
+  failedFailureId?: string;
+  failedAttemptCount?: number;
+  failedClass?: string;
+  failedSummary?: string;
+  terminalFailureAtMs?: number;
+  unsettledExecutionCount: number;
+  lastCompletedUpdateId?: number;
+  lastCompletedAtMs?: number;
+  lastFailureAtMs?: number;
+  lastFailurePhase?: string;
 }
 
-const UPDATE_HANDLER_REGISTRY_KEY = "__piTelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry__";
+export interface TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalSnapshot {
+  entries: readonly {
+    updateId: number;
+    update: TelegramJournaledUpdate;
+    admittedAtMs: number;
+    state: "pending" | "retry-wait" | "queued" | "failed";
+    queueKind?: "prompt" | "control";
+    queueReceiptId?: string;
+    queueOwner?: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+    queueHandoff?: {
+      handoffId: string;
+      offeredAtMs: number;
+      recipientOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+    };
+    failure?: {
+      attemptCount: number;
+      failedAtMs: number;
+      failureClass: string;
+      summary: string;
+    };
+    nextRetryAtMs?: number;
+    terminalAtMs?: number;
+    terminalReason?: string;
+    terminalFailureId?: string;
+  }[];
+  serializedBytes: number;
+}
 
-function isValidV1UpdateHandlerRegistry(
-  candidate: unknown,
-): candidate is TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry {
-  if (!candidate || typeof candidate !== "object") return false;
-  const r = candidate as Partial<TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry>;
-  return (
-    r.version === 1 &&
-    typeof r.add === "function" &&
-    typeof r.dispatch === "function"
+export interface TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalPort {
+  read: () => TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalSnapshot;
+  markQueued: (receipt: {
+    queueKind: "prompt" | "control";
+    receiptId: string;
+    sourceUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+    owner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+  }) => {
+    queuedUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+    duplicateUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+    queueOwner?: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+  };
+  completeQueued: (
+    receipts: readonly {
+      queueKind: "prompt" | "control";
+      receiptId: string;
+      sourceUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+      queueOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+    }[],
+  ) => {
+    removedUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+  };
+  markExecutionFailure: (input: {
+    updateId: number;
+    expectedAttemptCount: number;
+    failedAtMs: number;
+    failureClass: string;
+    summary: string;
+    disposition: "retry-wait" | "failed";
+    nextRetryAtMs?: number;
+    terminalReason?: string;
+  }) => {
+    entry: TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalSnapshot["entries"][number];
+  };
+  removeCompleted: (updateIds: readonly number[]) => {
+    removedUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateRetryPolicy {
+  baseDelayMs: number;
+  maxDelayMs: number;
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateExecutionFailureClassification {
+  disposition: "retryable" | "terminal";
+  failureClass: string;
+  summary: string;
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntimeDeps<TContext> {
+  journal: TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalPort;
+  executeUpdate: (
+    update: TelegramJournaledUpdate,
+    ctx: TContext,
+    signal: AbortSignal,
+  ) => Promise<TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome> | TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome;
+  hasAuthority: (ctx: TContext) => boolean;
+  getJournalBindingKey?: () => string | undefined;
+  getQueueOwnerIdentity?: (
+    ctx: TContext,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+  isContextCurrent?: (ctx: TContext) => boolean;
+  createAbortController?: () => AbortController;
+  getNowMs?: () => number;
+  retryPolicy?: Partial<TelegramUpdateRetryPolicy>;
+  classifyExecutionFailure?: (
+    error: unknown,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateExecutionFailureClassification;
+  scheduleRetry?: (callback: () => void, delayMs: number) => unknown;
+  cancelRetry?: (handle: unknown) => void;
+  batchSize?: number;
+  yieldToEventLoop?: () => Promise<void>;
+  onStateChange?: (state: TelegramUpdateWorkerStateSnapshot) => void;
+  onQueueReceiptCommitted?: (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike,
+    ctx: TContext,
+  ) => void;
+  onUpdateCompleted?: (updateId: number, ctx: TContext) => void;
+  recordRuntimeEvent?: (
+    category: string,
+    error: unknown,
+    details?: Record<string, unknown>,
+  ) => void;
+}
+
+export type TelegramQueueReceiptCompletionReason =
+  | "prompt-handoff"
+  | "control-settlement"
+  | "discard";
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntime<TContext> {
+  start: (ctx: TContext) => void;
+  signal: () => void;
+  settleDeferred: (input: {
+    updateId: number;
+    outcome: Extract<
+      TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome,
+      { kind: "deferred" | "queued" }
+    >;
+    signal: AbortSignal;
+  }) => void;
+  isQueueReceiptCommitted: (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike,
+  ) => boolean;
+  getQueueReceiptOwner: (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner | undefined;
+  completeQueueReceipts: (input: {
+    receipts: readonly TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike[];
+    ctx: TContext;
+    reason: TelegramQueueReceiptCompletionReason;
+  }) => void;
+  stop: () => Promise<void>;
+  waitForDrain: () => Promise<void>;
+  getState: () => TelegramUpdateWorkerStateSnapshot;
+}
+
+export class TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError extends Error {
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError";
+  }
+}
+
+interface TelegramUpdateWorkerOwner<TContext> {
+  generation: number;
+  ctx: TContext;
+  controller: AbortController;
+  queueOwnerIdentity: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+}
+
+type TelegramUpdateWorkerClaim = "deferred" | "queued";
+type TelegramUpdateWorkerDrainResult = "idle" | "blocked" | "aborted";
+type TelegramUpdateWorkerExecutionSettlement =
+  | { ok: true; outcome: TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome }
+  | { ok: false; error: unknown };
+
+const TELEGRAM_UPDATE_WORKER_EXECUTION_ABORTED = Symbol(
+  "telegram.update-worker.execution-aborted",
+);
+
+function getTelegramUpdateWorkerStateSnapshot(
+  state: TelegramUpdateWorkerStateSnapshot,
+): TelegramUpdateWorkerStateSnapshot {
+  return { ...state };
+}
+
+function isTelegramUpdateAdmissionRecord(
+  value: unknown,
+): value is Record<string, unknown> {
+  return !!value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value);
+}
+
+function isTelegramUpdateAdmissionString(value: unknown): value is string {
+  return typeof value === "string" && value.length > 0;
+}
+
+function validateTelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome(
+  value: unknown,
+  currentUpdateId: number,
+  claimableUpdateIds: ReadonlySet<number>,
+): TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome {
+  if (!isTelegramUpdateAdmissionRecord(value)) {
+    throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+      `Telegram update ${currentUpdateId} returned no admission outcome.`,
+    );
+  }
+  if (value.kind === "complete") return { kind: "complete" };
+  if (value.kind === "deferred") return { kind: "deferred" };
+  if (value.kind === "queued") {
+    if (
+      (value.queueKind !== "prompt" && value.queueKind !== "control") ||
+      !isTelegramUpdateAdmissionString(value.receiptId) ||
+      !Array.isArray(value.sourceUpdateIds) ||
+      value.sourceUpdateIds.length === 0 ||
+      !value.sourceUpdateIds.every(
+        (updateId) =>
+          Number.isSafeInteger(updateId) &&
+          (updateId as number) >= 0 &&
+          claimableUpdateIds.has(updateId as number),
+      )
+    ) {
+      throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+        `Telegram update ${currentUpdateId} returned an invalid queue receipt.`,
+      );
+    }
+    const sourceUpdateIds = [...new Set(value.sourceUpdateIds as number[])];
+    if (
+      sourceUpdateIds.length !== value.sourceUpdateIds.length ||
+      !sourceUpdateIds.includes(currentUpdateId)
+    ) {
+      throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+        `Telegram update ${currentUpdateId} returned a mismatched queue receipt.`,
+      );
+    }
+    return {
+      kind: "queued",
+      queueKind: value.queueKind,
+      receiptId: value.receiptId,
+      sourceUpdateIds,
+    };
+  }
+  throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+    `Telegram update ${currentUpdateId} returned an unknown admission outcome.`,
   );
 }
 
-function getOrCreateUpdateHandlerRegistry(): TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry {
-  const g = globalThis as Record<string, unknown>;
-  const existing = g[UPDATE_HANDLER_REGISTRY_KEY];
-  if (isValidV1UpdateHandlerRegistry(existing)) return existing;
-  const handlers = new Set<TelegramUpdateHandler>();
-  const registry: TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry = {
-    version: 1,
-    add(handler) {
-      handlers.add(handler);
-      return () => handlers.delete(handler);
-    },
-    async dispatch(update) {
-      for (const handler of handlers) {
-        try {
-          const result = await handler(update);
-          if (result === "consume") return "consume";
-        } catch {
-          // Update handler errors must not break polling.
-        }
-      }
-      return "pass";
-    },
+function normalizeTelegramUpdateRetryPolicy(
+  input: Partial<TelegramUpdateRetryPolicy> | undefined,
+): TelegramUpdateRetryPolicy {
+  const policy = {
+    baseDelayMs: input?.baseDelayMs ?? TELEGRAM_UPDATE_RETRY_BASE_DELAY_MS,
+    maxDelayMs: input?.maxDelayMs ?? TELEGRAM_UPDATE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY_MS,
   };
-  g[UPDATE_HANDLER_REGISTRY_KEY] = registry;
-  return registry;
+  if (
+    !Number.isSafeInteger(policy.baseDelayMs) ||
+    policy.baseDelayMs <= 0 ||
+    !Number.isSafeInteger(policy.maxDelayMs) ||
+    policy.maxDelayMs < policy.baseDelayMs
+  ) {
+    throw new Error("Telegram update retry policy is invalid.");
+  }
+  return policy;
 }
 
-/**
- * Called by pi-telegram's own runtime to obtain the registry it dispatches
- * through. Extension consumers should not call this; use
- * {@link registerTelegramUpdateHandler} instead.
- */
-export function getTelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry(): TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry {
-  return getOrCreateUpdateHandlerRegistry();
+function normalizeTelegramUpdateFailureClass(value: string): string {
+  const normalized = value
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9._:-]+/gu, "-")
+    .replace(/^-+|-+$/gu, "")
+    .slice(0, TELEGRAM_UPDATE_JOURNAL_FAILURE_CLASS_MAX_LENGTH);
+  return normalized || "execution-error";
 }
 
-export interface TelegramUpdateHandlerWrapDeps<TUpdate, TContext> {
-  defaultHandle: (update: TUpdate, ctx: TContext) => Promise<void>;
-  registry?: TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry;
+function normalizeTelegramUpdateFailureSummary(value: string): string {
+  const normalized = value
+    .trim()
+    .slice(0, TELEGRAM_UPDATE_JOURNAL_FAILURE_SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH);
+  return normalized || "Telegram update execution failed.";
 }
 
-/**
- * Wrap a default polling `handleUpdate` with the public update handler registry.
- */
-export function createTelegramUpdateHandle<TUpdate, TContext>(
+function classifyTelegramUpdateExecutionFailure(
+  error: unknown,
+): TelegramUpdateExecutionFailureClassification {
+  if (error instanceof TelegramForeignUpdateSettlementError) {
+    return {
+      disposition:
+        error.settlement.status === "retryable" ? "retryable" : "terminal",
+      failureClass: normalizeTelegramUpdateFailureClass(
+        error.settlement.failureClass,
+      ),
+      summary: normalizeTelegramUpdateFailureSummary(
+        error.settlement.message,
+      ),
+    };
+  }
+  const errorName =
+    error instanceof Error && error.name ? error.name : "UnknownError";
+  return {
+    disposition: "retryable",
+    failureClass: normalizeTelegramUpdateFailureClass(
+      `execution-${errorName}`,
+    ),
+    summary: normalizeTelegramUpdateFailureSummary(
+      `${errorName}: Telegram update execution failed.`,
+    ),
+  };
+}
+
+function getTelegramUpdateRetryDelayMs(
+  attemptCount: number,
+  policy: TelegramUpdateRetryPolicy,
+): number {
+  const multiplier = 2 ** Math.max(0, attemptCount - 1);
+  return Math.min(policy.maxDelayMs, policy.baseDelayMs * multiplier);
+}
+
+function scheduleTelegramUpdateRetry(
+  callback: () => void,
+  delayMs: number,
+): ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> {
+  const handle = setTimeout(callback, delayMs);
+  handle.unref?.();
+  return handle;
+}
+
+function normalizeTelegramUpdateQueueOwnerIdentity(
+  value: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity,
+): TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity {
+  if (
+    typeof value.instanceId !== "string" ||
+    value.instanceId.length === 0 ||
+    value.instanceId.length >
+      TELEGRAM_UPDATE_JOURNAL_QUEUE_OWNER_ID_MAX_LENGTH ||
+    !Number.isSafeInteger(value.processId) ||
+    value.processId <= 0 ||
+    typeof value.processBirthId !== "string" ||
+    value.processBirthId.length === 0 ||
+    value.processBirthId.length >
+      TELEGRAM_UPDATE_JOURNAL_QUEUE_OWNER_ID_MAX_LENGTH ||
+    !Number.isSafeInteger(value.sessionGeneration) ||
+    value.sessionGeneration <= 0
+  ) {
+    throw new Error("Telegram update queue owner identity is invalid.");
+  }
+  return { ...value };
+}
+
+export function createTelegramUpdateWorkerRuntime<TContext>(
+  deps: TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntimeDeps<TContext>,
+): TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntime<TContext> {
+  if (
+    (deps.scheduleRetry === undefined) !==
+    (deps.cancelRetry === undefined)
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "Telegram update retry scheduling requires matching schedule and cancel ports.",
+    );
+  }
+  const getNowMs = deps.getNowMs ?? Date.now;
+  const batchSize = deps.batchSize ?? TELEGRAM_UPDATE_WORKER_BATCH_SIZE;
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(batchSize) || batchSize <= 0) {
+    throw new Error("Telegram update worker batch size must be positive.");
+  }
+  const yieldToEventLoop = deps.yieldToEventLoop ??
+    (() => new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0)));
+  const fallbackQueueOwnerInstanceId = `worker-${randomUUID()}`;
+  const fallbackQueueOwnerProcessId = process.pid > 0 ? process.pid : 1;
+  const createAbortController =
+    deps.createAbortController ?? (() => new AbortController());
+  const retryPolicy = normalizeTelegramUpdateRetryPolicy(deps.retryPolicy);
+  const scheduleRetry = deps.scheduleRetry ?? scheduleTelegramUpdateRetry;
+  const cancelRetry =
+    deps.cancelRetry ??
+    ((handle: unknown) =>
+      clearTimeout(handle as ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>));
+  const resolveQueueOwnerIdentity = (
+    ctx: TContext,
+    generation: number,
+  ): TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity =>
+    normalizeTelegramUpdateQueueOwnerIdentity(
+      deps.getQueueOwnerIdentity?.(ctx) ?? {
+        instanceId: fallbackQueueOwnerInstanceId,
+        processId: fallbackQueueOwnerProcessId,
+        processBirthId: `${fallbackQueueOwnerProcessId}:${fallbackQueueOwnerInstanceId}`,
+        sessionGeneration: generation,
+      },
+    );
+  const state: TelegramUpdateWorkerStateSnapshot = {
+    phase: "stopped",
+    generation: 0,
+    journalEntryCount: 0,
+    journalSerializedBytes: 0,
+    deferredClaimCount: 0,
+    queuedClaimCount: 0,
+    foreignQueuedCount: 0,
+    retryWaitCount: 0,
+    failedCount: 0,
+    unsettledExecutionCount: 0,
+  };
+  const claims = new Map<number, TelegramUpdateWorkerClaim>();
+  const unsettledExecutionsByUpdateId = new Map<
+    number,
+    Set<Promise<TelegramUpdateWorkerExecutionSettlement>>
+  >();
+  const committedQueueReceipts = new Map<
+    string,
+    {
+      receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike;
+      queueOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+    }
+  >();
+  const unsettledExecutions =
+    new Set<Promise<TelegramUpdateWorkerExecutionSettlement>>();
+  let owner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwner<TContext> | undefined;
+  let drainPromise: Promise<void> | undefined;
+  let pendingSignal = false;
+  let blocked = false;
+  let nextGeneration = 0;
+  let retryTimer: unknown;
+  let retryTimerAtMs: number | undefined;
+  let retryTimerToken: object | undefined;
+  let launchDrain: () => void = () => {};
+
+  const recordRuntimeEvent = (
+    error: unknown,
+    details: Record<string, unknown>,
+  ): void => {
+    try {
+      deps.recordRuntimeEvent?.("inbound-worker", error, details);
+    } catch {
+      // Diagnostics cannot own or terminate worker progress.
+    }
+  };
+
+  const notifyStateChange = (): void => {
+    try {
+      deps.onStateChange?.(getTelegramUpdateWorkerStateSnapshot(state));
+    } catch (error) {
+      recordRuntimeEvent(error, { phase: "state-observer" });
+    }
+  };
+
+  const updateClaimCounts = (): void => {
+    let deferredClaimCount = 0;
+    let queuedClaimCount = 0;
+    for (const claim of claims.values()) {
+      if (claim === "queued") queuedClaimCount += 1;
+      else deferredClaimCount += 1;
+    }
+    state.deferredClaimCount = deferredClaimCount;
+    state.queuedClaimCount = queuedClaimCount;
+  };
+
+  const releaseDeferredClaims = (updateIds: readonly number[]): void => {
+    let changed = false;
+    for (const updateId of updateIds) {
+      if (claims.get(updateId) !== "deferred") continue;
+      claims.delete(updateId);
+      changed = true;
+    }
+    if (!changed) return;
+    updateClaimCounts();
+    notifyStateChange();
+  };
+
+  const transition = (
+    phase: TelegramUpdateWorkerPhase,
+    currentUpdateId?: number,
+    blockedReason?: TelegramUpdateWorkerBlockedReason,
+  ): void => {
+    state.phase = phase;
+    state.phaseStartedAtMs = getNowMs();
+    state.currentUpdateId = currentUpdateId;
+    state.blockedReason = phase === "blocked" ? blockedReason : undefined;
+    state.unsettledExecutionCount = unsettledExecutions.size;
+    updateClaimCounts();
+    notifyStateChange();
+  };
+
+  const blockWithFailure = (
+    blockedReason: Exclude<TelegramUpdateWorkerBlockedReason, "authority-lost">,
+    failurePhase: string,
+    error: unknown,
+    currentUpdateId?: number,
+  ): "blocked" => {
+    blocked = true;
+    state.lastFailureAtMs = getNowMs();
+    state.lastFailurePhase = failurePhase;
+    recordRuntimeEvent(error, {
+      phase: failurePhase,
+      generation: owner?.generation,
+      ...(currentUpdateId !== undefined ? { updateId: currentUpdateId } : {}),
+    });
+    transition("blocked", currentUpdateId, blockedReason);
+    return "blocked";
+  };
+
+  const normalizeQueueReceipt = (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike,
+  ): TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike => ({
+    queueKind: receipt.queueKind,
+    receiptId: receipt.receiptId,
+    sourceUpdateIds: [...receipt.sourceUpdateIds].sort(
+      (left, right) => left - right,
+    ),
+    ...(receipt.journalBindingKey
+      ? { journalBindingKey: receipt.journalBindingKey }
+      : {}),
+  });
+  const bindQueueReceiptToJournal = (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike,
+  ): TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike => ({
+    ...normalizeQueueReceipt(receipt),
+    ...(deps.getJournalBindingKey?.()
+      ? { journalBindingKey: deps.getJournalBindingKey() }
+      : {}),
+  });
+
+  const publishCommittedQueueReceipt = (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike,
+    queueOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner,
+    ctx: TContext,
+  ): boolean => {
+    const normalized = bindQueueReceiptToJournal(receipt);
+    const existing = committedQueueReceipts.get(receipt.receiptId);
+    if (existing) {
+      if (
+        !areTelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptsEqual(
+          existing.receipt,
+          normalized,
+        ) ||
+        !areTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnersEqual(
+          existing.queueOwner,
+          queueOwner,
+        )
+      ) {
+        throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+          `Telegram queue receipt ${receipt.receiptId} has conflicting committed authority.`,
+        );
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+    committedQueueReceipts.set(receipt.receiptId, {
+      receipt: normalized,
+      queueOwner: { ...queueOwner },
+    });
+    try {
+      deps.onQueueReceiptCommitted?.(normalized, ctx);
+    } catch (error) {
+      recordRuntimeEvent(error, {
+        phase: "queue-receipt-observer",
+        receiptId: normalized.receiptId,
+      });
+    }
+    return true;
+  };
+
+  const clearRetryTimer = (): void => {
+    if (retryTimer !== undefined) cancelRetry(retryTimer);
+    retryTimer = undefined;
+    retryTimerAtMs = undefined;
+    retryTimerToken = undefined;
+  };
+
+  const scheduleNextRetry = (
+    nextRetryAtMs: number | undefined,
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwner<TContext>,
+  ): void => {
+    if (nextRetryAtMs === undefined) {
+      clearRetryTimer();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (retryTimer !== undefined && retryTimerAtMs === nextRetryAtMs) {
+      return;
+    }
+    clearRetryTimer();
+    const token = {};
+    retryTimerAtMs = nextRetryAtMs;
+    retryTimerToken = token;
+    retryTimer = scheduleRetry(() => {
+      if (retryTimerToken !== token) return;
+      retryTimer = undefined;
+      retryTimerAtMs = undefined;
+      retryTimerToken = undefined;
+      if (
+        owner !== expectedOwner ||
+        expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+      pendingSignal = true;
+      launchDrain();
+    }, Math.max(0, nextRetryAtMs - getNowMs()));
+  };
+
+  const refreshJournalState = (
+    snapshot: TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalSnapshot,
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwner<TContext>,
+  ): number | undefined => {
+    const availableUpdateIds = new Set<number>();
+    const queuedReceiptEntries = new Map<
+      string,
+      {
+        queueKind: "prompt" | "control";
+        sourceUpdateIds: number[];
+        queueOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+      }
+    >();
+    const locallyOwnedQueuedUpdateIds = new Set<number>();
+    let foreignQueuedCount = 0;
+    let foreignQueuedOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner | undefined;
+    let oldestAdmittedAtMs: number | undefined;
+    let retryWaitCount = 0;
+    let scheduledRetryAtMs: number | undefined;
+    let nextRetry: TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalSnapshot["entries"][number] | undefined;
+    let failedCount = 0;
+    let latestFailure: TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalSnapshot["entries"][number] | undefined;
+    for (const entry of snapshot.entries) {
+      availableUpdateIds.add(entry.updateId);
+      oldestAdmittedAtMs =
+        oldestAdmittedAtMs === undefined
+          ? entry.admittedAtMs
+          : Math.min(oldestAdmittedAtMs, entry.admittedAtMs);
+      if (entry.state === "retry-wait" && entry.nextRetryAtMs !== undefined) {
+        scheduledRetryAtMs =
+          scheduledRetryAtMs === undefined
+            ? entry.nextRetryAtMs
+            : Math.min(scheduledRetryAtMs, entry.nextRetryAtMs);
+      }
+      if (
+        entry.state === "retry-wait" &&
+        entry.failure !== undefined &&
+        entry.nextRetryAtMs !== undefined
+      ) {
+        retryWaitCount += 1;
+        if (
+          !nextRetry ||
+          nextRetry.nextRetryAtMs === undefined ||
+          entry.nextRetryAtMs < nextRetry.nextRetryAtMs ||
+          (entry.nextRetryAtMs === nextRetry.nextRetryAtMs &&
+            entry.updateId < nextRetry.updateId)
+        ) {
+          nextRetry = entry;
+        }
+      }
+      if (
+        entry.state === "failed" &&
+        entry.failure !== undefined &&
+        entry.terminalAtMs !== undefined
+      ) {
+        failedCount += 1;
+        if (
+          !latestFailure ||
+          latestFailure.terminalAtMs === undefined ||
+          entry.terminalAtMs > latestFailure.terminalAtMs ||
+          (entry.terminalAtMs === latestFailure.terminalAtMs &&
+            entry.updateId > latestFailure.updateId)
+        ) {
+          latestFailure = entry;
+        }
+      }
+      if (entry.state !== "queued") continue;
+      if (!entry.queueKind || !entry.queueReceiptId) {
+        throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+          `Telegram queued update ${entry.updateId} has no receipt metadata.`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (
+        entry.queueHandoff ||
+        !entry.queueOwner ||
+        !isTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerProcess(
+          entry.queueOwner,
+          expectedOwner.queueOwnerIdentity,
+        )
+      ) {
+        foreignQueuedCount += 1;
+        foreignQueuedOwner ??= entry.queueOwner;
+        continue;
+      }
+      locallyOwnedQueuedUpdateIds.add(entry.updateId);
+      claims.set(entry.updateId, "queued");
+      const receipt = queuedReceiptEntries.get(entry.queueReceiptId);
+      if (
+        receipt &&
+        (receipt.queueKind !== entry.queueKind ||
+          !areTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnersEqual(
+            receipt.queueOwner,
+            entry.queueOwner,
+          ))
+      ) {
+        throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+          `Telegram queue receipt ${entry.queueReceiptId} has conflicting authority.`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (receipt) receipt.sourceUpdateIds.push(entry.updateId);
+      else {
+        queuedReceiptEntries.set(entry.queueReceiptId, {
+          queueKind: entry.queueKind,
+          sourceUpdateIds: [entry.updateId],
+          queueOwner: { ...entry.queueOwner },
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    for (const [updateId, claim] of claims) {
+      if (
+        !availableUpdateIds.has(updateId) ||
+        (claim === "queued" && !locallyOwnedQueuedUpdateIds.has(updateId))
+      ) {
+        claims.delete(updateId);
+      }
+    }
+    for (const [receiptId, receipt] of queuedReceiptEntries) {
+      publishCommittedQueueReceipt(
+        {
+          queueKind: receipt.queueKind,
+          receiptId,
+          sourceUpdateIds: receipt.sourceUpdateIds,
+        },
+        receipt.queueOwner,
+        expectedOwner.ctx,
+      );
+    }
+    for (const [receiptId] of committedQueueReceipts) {
+      if (!queuedReceiptEntries.has(receiptId)) {
+        committedQueueReceipts.delete(receiptId);
+      }
+    }
+    state.foreignQueuedCount = foreignQueuedCount;
+    if (foreignQueuedOwner) state.foreignQueuedOwner = foreignQueuedOwner;
+    else delete state.foreignQueuedOwner;
+    state.journalEntryCount = snapshot.entries.length;
+    state.journalSerializedBytes = snapshot.serializedBytes;
+    state.oldestAdmittedAtMs = oldestAdmittedAtMs;
+    state.retryWaitCount = retryWaitCount;
+    state.nextRetryUpdateId = nextRetry?.updateId;
+    state.nextRetryAtMs = nextRetry?.nextRetryAtMs;
+    state.nextRetryAttemptCount = nextRetry?.failure?.attemptCount;
+    state.nextRetryFailureClass = nextRetry?.failure?.failureClass;
+    state.failedCount = failedCount;
+    state.failedUpdateId = latestFailure?.updateId;
+    state.failedFailureId = latestFailure?.terminalFailureId;
+    state.failedAttemptCount = latestFailure?.failure?.attemptCount;
+    state.failedClass = latestFailure?.failure?.failureClass;
+    state.failedSummary = latestFailure?.failure?.summary;
+    state.terminalFailureAtMs = latestFailure?.terminalAtMs;
+    state.unsettledExecutionCount = unsettledExecutions.size;
+    updateClaimCounts();
+    return scheduledRetryAtMs;
+  };
+
+  const checkAuthority = (
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwner<TContext>,
+    currentUpdateId?: number,
+  ):
+    | Exclude<TelegramUpdateWorkerDrainResult, "idle">
+    | undefined => {
+    if (blocked) return "blocked";
+    if (owner !== expectedOwner || expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted) {
+      return "aborted";
+    }
+    try {
+      if (deps.hasAuthority(expectedOwner.ctx)) return undefined;
+    } catch (error) {
+      return blockWithFailure(
+        "authority-check",
+        "authority-check",
+        error,
+        currentUpdateId,
+      );
+    }
+    transition("blocked", currentUpdateId, "authority-lost");
+    return "blocked";
+  };
+
+  const executeWithinOwner = async (
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwner<TContext>,
+    update: TelegramJournaledUpdate,
+  ): Promise<
+    | TelegramUpdateWorkerExecutionSettlement
+    | typeof TELEGRAM_UPDATE_WORKER_EXECUTION_ABORTED
+  > => {
+    if (expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted) {
+      return TELEGRAM_UPDATE_WORKER_EXECUTION_ABORTED;
+    }
+    const execution = Promise.resolve().then(() =>
+      deps.executeUpdate(
+        update,
+        expectedOwner.ctx,
+        expectedOwner.controller.signal,
+      ),
+    );
+    const settlement: Promise<TelegramUpdateWorkerExecutionSettlement> =
+      execution.then(
+        (outcome) => ({ ok: true, outcome }),
+        (error: unknown) => ({ ok: false, error }),
+      );
+    unsettledExecutions.add(settlement);
+    const updateExecutions =
+      unsettledExecutionsByUpdateId.get(update.update_id) ?? new Set();
+    updateExecutions.add(settlement);
+    unsettledExecutionsByUpdateId.set(update.update_id, updateExecutions);
+    state.unsettledExecutionCount = unsettledExecutions.size;
+    notifyStateChange();
+    void settlement.then((result) => {
+      unsettledExecutions.delete(settlement);
+      const currentExecutions = unsettledExecutionsByUpdateId.get(
+        update.update_id,
+      );
+      currentExecutions?.delete(settlement);
+      if (currentExecutions?.size === 0) {
+        unsettledExecutionsByUpdateId.delete(update.update_id);
+      }
+      state.unsettledExecutionCount = unsettledExecutions.size;
+      if (owner !== expectedOwner || expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted) {
+        recordRuntimeEvent(
+          result.ok
+            ? "Superseded Telegram update execution settled successfully."
+            : result.error,
+          {
+            phase: result.ok ? "late-execution-success" : "late-execution",
+            generation: expectedOwner.generation,
+            updateId: update.update_id,
+          },
+        );
+      }
+      notifyStateChange();
+    });
+    let removeAbortListener = (): void => {};
+    const aborted = new Promise<typeof TELEGRAM_UPDATE_WORKER_EXECUTION_ABORTED>(
+      (resolve) => {
+        const onAbort = () => resolve(TELEGRAM_UPDATE_WORKER_EXECUTION_ABORTED);
+        removeAbortListener = () =>
+          expectedOwner.controller.signal.removeEventListener(
+            "abort",
+            onAbort,
+          );
+        expectedOwner.controller.signal.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, {
+          once: true,
+        });
+        if (expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted) onAbort();
+      },
+    );
+    try {
+      return await Promise.race([settlement, aborted]);
+    } finally {
+      removeAbortListener();
+    }
+  };
+
+  const commitQueuedOutcome = (
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwner<TContext>,
+    currentUpdateId: number,
+    outcome: TelegramQueuedUpdateAdmissionOutcome,
+  ):
+    | "committed"
+    | "duplicate"
+    | Exclude<TelegramUpdateWorkerDrainResult, "idle"> => {
+    const normalized = normalizeQueueReceipt(outcome);
+    const existing = committedQueueReceipts.get(normalized.receiptId);
+    if (existing) {
+      if (
+        !areTelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptsEqual(
+          existing.receipt,
+          normalized,
+        ) ||
+        !isTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerProcess(
+          existing.queueOwner,
+          expectedOwner.queueOwnerIdentity,
+        )
+      ) {
+        return blockWithFailure(
+          "invalid-outcome",
+          "queue-receipt-conflict",
+          new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+            `Telegram queue receipt ${normalized.receiptId} conflicts with committed authority.`,
+          ),
+          currentUpdateId,
+        );
+      }
+      return "duplicate";
+    }
+    const commitAuthority = checkAuthority(expectedOwner, currentUpdateId);
+    if (commitAuthority) return commitAuthority;
+    let queueOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+    try {
+      const committed = deps.journal.markQueued({
+        ...normalized,
+        owner: expectedOwner.queueOwnerIdentity,
+      });
+      const committedUpdateIds = new Set([
+        ...committed.queuedUpdateIds,
+        ...committed.duplicateUpdateIds,
+      ]);
+      if (
+        normalized.sourceUpdateIds.some(
+          (updateId) => !committedUpdateIds.has(updateId),
+        )
+      ) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Telegram queue receipt ${normalized.receiptId} did not commit every source update.`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (
+        !committed.queueOwner ||
+        !isTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerProcess(
+          committed.queueOwner,
+          expectedOwner.queueOwnerIdentity,
+        )
+      ) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Telegram queue receipt ${normalized.receiptId} belongs to another live process.`,
+        );
+      }
+      queueOwner = committed.queueOwner;
+    } catch (error) {
+      return blockWithFailure(
+        "journal-write",
+        "queue-receipt-commit",
+        error,
+        currentUpdateId,
+      );
+    }
+    for (const sourceUpdateId of normalized.sourceUpdateIds) {
+      claims.set(sourceUpdateId, "queued");
+    }
+    try {
+      publishCommittedQueueReceipt(
+        normalized,
+        queueOwner,
+        expectedOwner.ctx,
+      );
+    } catch (error) {
+      return blockWithFailure(
+        "invalid-outcome",
+        "queue-receipt-publish",
+        error,
+        currentUpdateId,
+      );
+    }
+    return "committed";
+  };
+
+  const persistExecutionFailure = (
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwner<TContext>,
+    entry: TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalSnapshot["entries"][number],
+    error: unknown,
+  ):
+    | "retry-wait"
+    | "failed"
+    | Exclude<TelegramUpdateWorkerDrainResult, "idle"> => {
+    const authorityResult = checkAuthority(expectedOwner, entry.updateId);
+    if (authorityResult) return authorityResult;
+    let rawClassification: TelegramUpdateExecutionFailureClassification;
+    try {
+      rawClassification = deps.classifyExecutionFailure
+        ? deps.classifyExecutionFailure(error)
+        : classifyTelegramUpdateExecutionFailure(error);
+      if (
+        (rawClassification.disposition !== "retryable" &&
+          rawClassification.disposition !== "terminal") ||
+        typeof rawClassification.failureClass !== "string" ||
+        typeof rawClassification.summary !== "string"
+      ) {
+        throw new Error("Telegram update failure classifier returned invalid data.");
+      }
+    } catch (classificationError) {
+      return blockWithFailure(
+        "execution",
+        "failure-classification",
+        classificationError,
+        entry.updateId,
+      );
+    }
+    const failureClass = normalizeTelegramUpdateFailureClass(
+      rawClassification.failureClass,
+    );
+    const summary = normalizeTelegramUpdateFailureSummary(
+      rawClassification.summary,
+    );
+    const expectedAttemptCount = entry.failure?.attemptCount ?? 0;
+    const attemptCount = expectedAttemptCount + 1;
+    const failedAtMs = getNowMs();
+    const disposition = "retry-wait" as const;
+    const nextRetryAtMs =
+      failedAtMs + getTelegramUpdateRetryDelayMs(attemptCount, retryPolicy);
+    try {
+      const result = deps.journal.markExecutionFailure({
+        updateId: entry.updateId,
+        expectedAttemptCount,
+        failedAtMs,
+        failureClass,
+        summary,
+        disposition,
+        nextRetryAtMs,
+      });
+      if (result.entry.state !== disposition) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Telegram update ${entry.updateId} failure disposition did not persist.`,
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (journalError) {
+      return blockWithFailure(
+        "journal-write",
+        "execution-failure-commit",
+        journalError,
+        entry.updateId,
+      );
+    }
+    state.lastFailureAtMs = failedAtMs;
+    state.lastFailurePhase = "execute";
+    recordRuntimeEvent(error, {
+      phase: "execute",
+      generation: expectedOwner.generation,
+      updateId: entry.updateId,
+      failureClass,
+      attemptCount,
+      disposition,
+      nextRetryAtMs,
+    });
+    transition(disposition, entry.updateId);
+    return disposition;
+  };
+
+  const commitCompletedBatch = (
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwner<TContext>,
+    updateIds: readonly number[],
+  ): Exclude<TelegramUpdateWorkerDrainResult, "idle"> | undefined => {
+    if (updateIds.length === 0) return undefined;
+    const commitAuthority = checkAuthority(
+      expectedOwner,
+      updateIds[updateIds.length - 1],
+    );
+    if (commitAuthority) return commitAuthority;
+    try {
+      const removed = deps.journal.removeCompleted(updateIds);
+      const removedIds = new Set(removed.removedUpdateIds);
+      if (updateIds.some((updateId) => !removedIds.has(updateId))) {
+        throw new Error(
+          "Telegram update batch changed before completion commit.",
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      return blockWithFailure(
+        "journal-write",
+        "completion-commit",
+        error,
+        updateIds[updateIds.length - 1],
+      );
+    }
+    const completedAtMs = getNowMs();
+    for (const updateId of updateIds) {
+      claims.delete(updateId);
+      state.lastCompletedUpdateId = updateId;
+      state.lastCompletedAtMs = completedAtMs;
+      try {
+        deps.onUpdateCompleted?.(updateId, expectedOwner.ctx);
+      } catch (error) {
+        recordRuntimeEvent(error, {
+          phase: "update-completion-observer",
+          updateId,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  };
+
+  const drain = async (
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwner<TContext>,
+  ): Promise<TelegramUpdateWorkerDrainResult> => {
+    while (owner === expectedOwner && !expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted) {
+      const authorityResult = checkAuthority(expectedOwner);
+      if (authorityResult) return authorityResult;
+      let snapshot: TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalSnapshot;
+      let scheduledRetryAtMs: number | undefined;
+      try {
+        snapshot = deps.journal.read();
+        scheduledRetryAtMs = refreshJournalState(snapshot, expectedOwner);
+      } catch (error) {
+        return blockWithFailure("journal-read", "journal-read", error);
+      }
+      const nowMs = getNowMs();
+      const entries: TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalSnapshot["entries"][number][] =
+        [];
+      let hasMoreEntries = false;
+      for (const candidate of snapshot.entries) {
+        if (
+          !claims.has(candidate.updateId) &&
+          (candidate.state === "pending" ||
+            (candidate.state === "retry-wait" &&
+              candidate.nextRetryAtMs !== undefined &&
+              candidate.nextRetryAtMs <= nowMs))
+        ) {
+          if (entries.length === batchSize) {
+            hasMoreEntries = true;
+            break;
+          }
+          entries.push(candidate);
+        }
+      }
+      if (entries.length === 0) {
+        scheduleNextRetry(scheduledRetryAtMs, expectedOwner);
+        transition("idle");
+        return "idle";
+      }
+      const completedUpdateIds: number[] = [];
+      let snapshotInvalidated = false;
+      for (const entry of entries) {
+        const priorExecutions = unsettledExecutionsByUpdateId.get(entry.updateId);
+        if (priorExecutions?.size) {
+          const completionResult = commitCompletedBatch(
+            expectedOwner,
+            completedUpdateIds,
+          );
+          if (completionResult) return completionResult;
+          transition("blocked", entry.updateId, "prior-generation-executing");
+          await Promise.allSettled([...priorExecutions]);
+          if (
+            owner !== expectedOwner ||
+            expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted
+          ) {
+            return "aborted";
+          }
+          snapshotInvalidated = true;
+          break;
+        }
+        clearRetryTimer();
+        transition("executing", entry.updateId);
+        const execution = await executeWithinOwner(expectedOwner, entry.update);
+        if (execution === TELEGRAM_UPDATE_WORKER_EXECUTION_ABORTED) {
+          return "aborted";
+        }
+        if (!execution.ok) {
+          const completionResult = commitCompletedBatch(
+            expectedOwner,
+            completedUpdateIds,
+          );
+          if (completionResult) return completionResult;
+          const failureResult = persistExecutionFailure(
+            expectedOwner,
+            entry,
+            execution.error,
+          );
+          if (failureResult === "blocked" || failureResult === "aborted") {
+            return failureResult;
+          }
+          snapshotInvalidated = true;
+          break;
+        }
+        const postExecutionAuthority = checkAuthority(
+          expectedOwner,
+          entry.updateId,
+        );
+        if (postExecutionAuthority) return postExecutionAuthority;
+        const claimableUpdateIds = new Set<number>([
+          entry.updateId,
+          ...claims.keys(),
+        ]);
+        let outcome: TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome;
+        try {
+          outcome = validateTelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome(
+            execution.outcome,
+            entry.updateId,
+            claimableUpdateIds,
+          );
+        } catch (error) {
+          return blockWithFailure(
+            "invalid-outcome",
+            "invalid-outcome",
+            error,
+            entry.updateId,
+          );
+        }
+        if (outcome.kind === "deferred") {
+          claims.set(entry.updateId, "deferred");
+          transition("deferred", entry.updateId);
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (outcome.kind === "queued") {
+          const completionResult = commitCompletedBatch(
+            expectedOwner,
+            completedUpdateIds,
+          );
+          if (completionResult) return completionResult;
+          const queuedResult = commitQueuedOutcome(
+            expectedOwner,
+            entry.updateId,
+            outcome,
+          );
+          if (queuedResult === "blocked" || queuedResult === "aborted") {
+            return queuedResult;
+          }
+          transition("queued", entry.updateId);
+          snapshotInvalidated = true;
+          break;
+        }
+        completedUpdateIds.push(entry.updateId);
+      }
+      const completionResult = commitCompletedBatch(
+        expectedOwner,
+        completedUpdateIds,
+      );
+      if (completionResult) return completionResult;
+      if (!snapshotInvalidated && !hasMoreEntries) continue;
+      await yieldToEventLoop();
+      if (
+        owner !== expectedOwner ||
+        expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted
+      ) {
+        return "aborted";
+      }
+    }
+    return "aborted";
+  };
+
+  launchDrain = (): void => {
+    const expectedOwner = owner;
+    if (!expectedOwner || drainPromise) return;
+    const run = async (): Promise<void> => {
+      while (
+        pendingSignal &&
+        owner === expectedOwner &&
+        !expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted
+      ) {
+        pendingSignal = false;
+        const result = await drain(expectedOwner);
+        if (result !== "idle") {
+          pendingSignal = false;
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    const operation = run();
+    let tracked: Promise<void>;
+    const finish = (): void => {
+      if (owner === expectedOwner && drainPromise === tracked) {
+        drainPromise = undefined;
+        if (pendingSignal && !expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted) {
+          launchDrain();
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    tracked = operation.then(
+      () => finish(),
+      (error: unknown) => {
+        pendingSignal = false;
+        if (owner === expectedOwner) {
+          blockWithFailure("execution", "worker-loop", error);
+        }
+        finish();
+      },
+    );
+    drainPromise = tracked;
+  };
+
+  return {
+    start(ctx) {
+      if (owner) {
+        if (!owner.controller.signal.aborted) {
+          pendingSignal = true;
+          launchDrain();
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+      clearRetryTimer();
+      const nowMs = getNowMs();
+      const generation = ++nextGeneration;
+      const queueOwnerIdentity = resolveQueueOwnerIdentity(ctx, generation);
+      owner = {
+        generation,
+        ctx,
+        controller: createAbortController(),
+        queueOwnerIdentity,
+      };
+      claims.clear();
+      committedQueueReceipts.clear();
+      blocked = false;
+      pendingSignal = true;
+      state.phase = "idle";
+      state.generation = generation;
+      state.phaseStartedAtMs = nowMs;
+      state.currentUpdateId = undefined;
+      state.blockedReason = undefined;
+      state.journalEntryCount = 0;
+      state.journalSerializedBytes = 0;
+      state.oldestAdmittedAtMs = undefined;
+      state.deferredClaimCount = 0;
+      state.queuedClaimCount = 0;
+      state.foreignQueuedCount = 0;
+      delete state.foreignQueuedOwner;
+      state.retryWaitCount = 0;
+      state.failedCount = 0;
+      state.nextRetryUpdateId = undefined;
+      state.nextRetryAtMs = undefined;
+      state.nextRetryAttemptCount = undefined;
+      state.nextRetryFailureClass = undefined;
+      state.failedUpdateId = undefined;
+      state.failedFailureId = undefined;
+      state.failedAttemptCount = undefined;
+      state.failedClass = undefined;
+      state.failedSummary = undefined;
+      state.terminalFailureAtMs = undefined;
+      state.unsettledExecutionCount = unsettledExecutions.size;
+      state.lastCompletedUpdateId = undefined;
+      state.lastCompletedAtMs = undefined;
+      state.lastFailureAtMs = undefined;
+      state.lastFailurePhase = undefined;
+      notifyStateChange();
+      launchDrain();
+    },
+    signal() {
+      if (!owner || owner.controller.signal.aborted) return;
+      blocked = false;
+      pendingSignal = true;
+      launchDrain();
+    },
+    settleDeferred(input) {
+      const expectedOwner = owner;
+      if (
+        !expectedOwner ||
+        expectedOwner.controller.signal !== input.signal ||
+        input.signal.aborted
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const authorityResult = checkAuthority(expectedOwner, input.updateId);
+      if (authorityResult) {
+        if (authorityResult === "blocked") {
+          releaseDeferredClaims(
+            input.outcome.kind === "queued"
+              ? input.outcome.sourceUpdateIds
+              : [input.updateId],
+          );
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+      const claim = claims.get(input.updateId);
+      if (input.outcome.kind === "deferred") {
+        if (claim === "queued") return;
+        if (claim !== "deferred") {
+          blockWithFailure(
+            "invalid-outcome",
+            "late-outcome-unclaimed",
+            new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+              `Telegram update ${input.updateId} reported a late deferred outcome without a live claim.`,
+            ),
+            input.updateId,
+          );
+          return;
+        }
+        transition("deferred", input.updateId);
+        return;
+      }
+      let outcome: TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome;
+      try {
+        outcome = validateTelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome(
+          input.outcome,
+          input.updateId,
+          new Set([input.updateId, ...claims.keys()]),
+        );
+      } catch (error) {
+        blockWithFailure(
+          "invalid-outcome",
+          "late-invalid-outcome",
+          error,
+          input.updateId,
+        );
+        releaseDeferredClaims(input.outcome.sourceUpdateIds);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (outcome.kind !== "queued") {
+        blockWithFailure(
+          "invalid-outcome",
+          "late-invalid-outcome",
+          new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+            `Telegram update ${input.updateId} reported a non-queue late outcome.`,
+          ),
+          input.updateId,
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+      if (claim !== "deferred" && claim !== "queued") {
+        blockWithFailure(
+          "invalid-outcome",
+          "late-outcome-unclaimed",
+          new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+            `Telegram update ${input.updateId} reported a late queue outcome without a live claim.`,
+          ),
+          input.updateId,
+        );
+        releaseDeferredClaims(outcome.sourceUpdateIds);
+        return;
+      }
+      const result = commitQueuedOutcome(
+        expectedOwner,
+        input.updateId,
+        outcome,
+      );
+      if (result === "blocked") {
+        releaseDeferredClaims(outcome.sourceUpdateIds);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (result === "aborted") return;
+      transition("queued", input.updateId);
+    },
+    isQueueReceiptCommitted(receipt) {
+      const committed = committedQueueReceipts.get(receipt.receiptId);
+      return (
+        committed !== undefined &&
+        areTelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptsEqual(
+          committed.receipt,
+          normalizeQueueReceipt(receipt),
+        )
+      );
+    },
+    getQueueReceiptOwner(receipt) {
+      const committed = committedQueueReceipts.get(receipt.receiptId);
+      return committed &&
+        areTelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptsEqual(
+          committed.receipt,
+          normalizeQueueReceipt(receipt),
+        )
+        ? { ...committed.queueOwner }
+        : undefined;
+    },
+    completeQueueReceipts(input) {
+      const expectedOwner = owner;
+      if (
+        !expectedOwner ||
+        expectedOwner.controller.signal.aborted ||
+        !(deps.isContextCurrent?.(input.ctx) ?? expectedOwner.ctx === input.ctx)
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (input.receipts.length === 0) return;
+      const normalizedReceipts = input.receipts.map(normalizeQueueReceipt);
+      const receiptIds = new Set<string>();
+      const sourceUpdateIds = new Set<number>();
+      const queuedCompletions: Array<{
+        queueKind: "prompt" | "control";
+        receiptId: string;
+        sourceUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+        queueOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+      }> = [];
+      for (const receipt of normalizedReceipts) {
+        const committed = committedQueueReceipts.get(receipt.receiptId);
+        if (!committed) continue;
+        if (
+          receiptIds.has(receipt.receiptId) ||
+          !areTelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptsEqual(
+            committed.receipt,
+            receipt,
+          ) ||
+          !isTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerProcess(
+            committed.queueOwner,
+            expectedOwner.queueOwnerIdentity,
+          ) ||
+          receipt.sourceUpdateIds.some((updateId) =>
+            sourceUpdateIds.has(updateId),
+          )
+        ) {
+          blockWithFailure(
+            "invalid-outcome",
+            "queue-receipt-completion-invalid",
+            new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+              `Telegram ${input.reason} requested invalid queue receipt ${receipt.receiptId}.`,
+            ),
+          );
+          return;
+        }
+        receiptIds.add(receipt.receiptId);
+        queuedCompletions.push({
+          ...receipt,
+          queueOwner: { ...committed.queueOwner },
+        });
+        for (const updateId of receipt.sourceUpdateIds) {
+          sourceUpdateIds.add(updateId);
+        }
+      }
+      if (receiptIds.size === 0) return;
+      let removedUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+      try {
+        removedUpdateIds = deps.journal.completeQueued(
+          queuedCompletions,
+        ).removedUpdateIds;
+      } catch (error) {
+        blockWithFailure(
+          "journal-write",
+          "queue-receipt-completion",
+          error,
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+      const removed = new Set(removedUpdateIds);
+      if (
+        removed.size !== sourceUpdateIds.size ||
+        [...sourceUpdateIds].some((updateId) => !removed.has(updateId))
+      ) {
+        blockWithFailure(
+          "journal-write",
+          "queue-receipt-completion",
+          new Error(
+            `Telegram ${input.reason} did not complete every receipt source.`,
+          ),
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+      for (const updateId of sourceUpdateIds) claims.delete(updateId);
+      for (const receiptId of receiptIds) {
+        committedQueueReceipts.delete(receiptId);
+      }
+      const completedUpdateIds = [...sourceUpdateIds];
+      state.lastCompletedUpdateId = Math.max(
+        state.lastCompletedUpdateId ?? -1,
+        ...completedUpdateIds,
+      );
+      state.lastCompletedAtMs = getNowMs();
+      state.journalEntryCount = Math.max(
+        0,
+        state.journalEntryCount - completedUpdateIds.length,
+      );
+      updateClaimCounts();
+      notifyStateChange();
+      pendingSignal = true;
+      launchDrain();
+    },
+    async stop() {
+      const expectedOwner = owner;
+      if (!expectedOwner) return;
+      pendingSignal = false;
+      clearRetryTimer();
+      expectedOwner.controller.abort();
+      await drainPromise?.catch(() => undefined);
+      if (owner !== expectedOwner) return;
+      owner = undefined;
+      drainPromise = undefined;
+      claims.clear();
+      committedQueueReceipts.clear();
+      blocked = false;
+      state.phase = "stopped";
+      state.phaseStartedAtMs = getNowMs();
+      state.currentUpdateId = undefined;
+      state.blockedReason = undefined;
+      state.deferredClaimCount = 0;
+      state.queuedClaimCount = 0;
+      state.foreignQueuedCount = 0;
+      delete state.foreignQueuedOwner;
+      state.retryWaitCount = 0;
+      state.failedCount = 0;
+      state.nextRetryUpdateId = undefined;
+      state.nextRetryAtMs = undefined;
+      state.nextRetryAttemptCount = undefined;
+      state.nextRetryFailureClass = undefined;
+      state.failedUpdateId = undefined;
+      state.failedFailureId = undefined;
+      state.failedAttemptCount = undefined;
+      state.failedClass = undefined;
+      state.failedSummary = undefined;
+      state.terminalFailureAtMs = undefined;
+      state.unsettledExecutionCount = unsettledExecutions.size;
+      notifyStateChange();
+    },
+    waitForDrain() {
+      return drainPromise ?? Promise.resolve();
+    },
+    getState() {
+      return getTelegramUpdateWorkerStateSnapshot(state);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+// --- Public update handler registry ---
+
+/**
+ * Verdict returned by a public Telegram update handler.
+ *
+ * - `"consume"` — the handler processed this update; pi-telegram skips default routing.
+ * - `"pass"` (or `void`/`undefined`) — pi-telegram routes the update normally.
+ */
+export type TelegramUpdateHandlerVerdict = "consume" | "pass";
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateExecutionFence {
+  readonly generation: number;
+  readonly updateId: number;
+  readonly signal: AbortSignal;
+  isCurrent: () => boolean;
+  assertCurrent: () => void;
+}
+
+const TELEGRAM_UPDATE_EXECUTION_FENCE = Symbol(
+  "pi-telegram.update-execution-fence",
+);
+
+type TelegramExecutionFencedUpdate = {
+  [TELEGRAM_UPDATE_EXECUTION_FENCE]?: TelegramUpdateExecutionFence;
+};
+
+export function getTelegramUpdateExecutionFence(
+  update: unknown,
+): TelegramUpdateExecutionFence | undefined {
+  if (!update || typeof update !== "object") return undefined;
+  return (update as TelegramExecutionFencedUpdate)[
+    TELEGRAM_UPDATE_EXECUTION_FENCE
+  ];
+}
+
+function bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceCarrier<TValue>(
+  value: TValue | undefined,
+  execution: TelegramUpdateExecutionFence,
+): TValue | undefined {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") return value;
+  Object.defineProperty(value, TELEGRAM_UPDATE_EXECUTION_FENCE, {
+    configurable: true,
+    enumerable: false,
+    value: execution,
+  });
+  return value;
+}
+
+function bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFence<
+  TUpdate extends TelegramUpdateFlow & object,
+>(
+  update: TUpdate,
+  execution: TelegramUpdateExecutionFence,
+): TUpdate {
+  bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceCarrier(update, execution);
+  bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceCarrier(update.message, execution);
+  bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceCarrier(update.edited_message, execution);
+  bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceCarrier(update.callback_query, execution);
+  bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceCarrier(
+    update.callback_query?.message,
+    execution,
+  );
+  bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceCarrier(update.guest_message, execution);
+  bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceCarrier(update.message_reaction, execution);
+  return update;
+}
+
+export function assertTelegramUpdateExecutionCurrent(update: unknown): void {
+  getTelegramUpdateExecutionFence(update)?.assertCurrent();
+}
+
+export function createTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceGuard(
+  update: unknown,
+): () => void {
+  const execution = getTelegramUpdateExecutionFence(update);
+  return (): void => execution?.assertCurrent();
+}
+
+export function carryTelegramUpdateExecutionFence<TTarget extends object>(
+  source: unknown,
+  target: TTarget,
+): TTarget {
+  const execution = getTelegramUpdateExecutionFence(source);
+  return execution
+    ? bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFenceCarrier(target, execution)!
+    : target;
+}
+
+export type TelegramUpdateHandler = (
+  update: unknown,
+  execution?: TelegramUpdateExecutionFence,
+) =>
+  | TelegramUpdateHandlerVerdict
+  | void
+  | Promise<TelegramUpdateHandlerVerdict | void>;
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry {
+  /** Schema version of this registry shape. */
+  readonly version: 1;
+  /**
+   * Register an update handler. Returns a disposer that removes it.
+   *
+   * Handlers are invoked in registration order on every Telegram update,
+   * before pi-telegram's own routing. The first handler that returns
+   * `"consume"` wins and stops the chain for that update.
+   */
+  add: (handler: TelegramUpdateHandler) => () => void;
+  /**
+   * Run all registered handlers against an update.
+   *
+   * Used by pi-telegram's polling runtime; extension consumers should call
+   * {@link registerTelegramUpdateHandler} or `add` instead of dispatching directly.
+   */
+  dispatch: (
+    update: unknown,
+    execution?: TelegramUpdateExecutionFence,
+  ) => Promise<TelegramUpdateHandlerVerdict>;
+}
+
+const UPDATE_HANDLER_REGISTRY_KEY = "__piTelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry__";
+
+function isValidV1UpdateHandlerRegistry(
+  candidate: unknown,
+): candidate is TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry {
+  if (!candidate || typeof candidate !== "object") return false;
+  const r = candidate as Partial<TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry>;
+  return (
+    r.version === 1 &&
+    typeof r.add === "function" &&
+    typeof r.dispatch === "function"
+  );
+}
+
+function getOrCreateUpdateHandlerRegistry(): TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry {
+  const g = globalThis as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const existing = g[UPDATE_HANDLER_REGISTRY_KEY];
+  if (isValidV1UpdateHandlerRegistry(existing)) return existing;
+  const handlers = new Set<TelegramUpdateHandler>();
+  const registry: TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry = {
+    version: 1,
+    add(handler) {
+      handlers.add(handler);
+      return () => handlers.delete(handler);
+    },
+    async dispatch(update, execution) {
+      for (const handler of handlers) {
+        execution?.assertCurrent();
+        try {
+          const result = await handler(update, execution);
+          if (result === "consume") return "consume";
+        } catch {
+          // Update handler errors must not break polling.
+        }
+      }
+      return "pass";
+    },
+  };
+  g[UPDATE_HANDLER_REGISTRY_KEY] = registry;
+  return registry;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Called by pi-telegram's own runtime to obtain the registry it dispatches
+ * through. Extension consumers should not call this; use
+ * {@link registerTelegramUpdateHandler} instead.
+ */
+export function getTelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry(): TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry {
+  return getOrCreateUpdateHandlerRegistry();
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateHandlerWrapDeps<TUpdate, TContext> {
+  defaultHandle: (update: TUpdate, ctx: TContext) => Promise<void>;
+  registry?: TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wrap a default polling `handleUpdate` with the public update handler registry.
+ */
+export function createTelegramUpdateHandle<TUpdate, TContext>(
   deps: TelegramUpdateHandlerWrapDeps<TUpdate, TContext>,
 ): (update: TUpdate, ctx: TContext) => Promise<void> {
   const registry = deps.registry ?? getOrCreateUpdateHandlerRegistry();
@@ -1335,6 +3381,1508 @@ export function createTelegramUpdateHandle<TUpdate, TContext>(
   };
 }
 
+export interface TelegramUpdateAdmissionHandleDeps<
+  TUpdate extends TelegramUpdateFlow & { update_id: number },
+  TContext,
+> {
+  defaultHandle: (
+    update: TUpdate,
+    ctx: TContext,
+    execution?: TelegramUpdateExecutionFence,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
+  registry?: TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry;
+  onLateOutcome?: (
+    outcome: Extract<
+      TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome,
+      { kind: "deferred" | "queued" }
+    >,
+    details: {
+      updateId: number;
+      ctx: TContext;
+      signal: AbortSignal;
+    },
+  ) => void | Promise<void>;
+  onLateOutcomeError?: (error: unknown, updateId: number) => void;
+}
+
+function mergeTelegramReportedAdmissionOutcome(
+  current:
+    | Extract<
+        TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome,
+        { kind: "deferred" | "queued" }
+      >
+    | undefined,
+  next: Extract<
+    TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome,
+    { kind: "deferred" | "queued" }
+  >,
+  updateId: number,
+): Extract<
+  TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome,
+  { kind: "deferred" | "queued" }
+> {
+  if (!current || current.kind === "deferred") return next;
+  if (next.kind === "deferred") return current;
+  if (areTelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptsEqual(current, next)) return current;
+  throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+    `Telegram update ${updateId} reported conflicting queue outcomes.`,
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compose the stable public handler registry with source-bound semantic
+ * admission. Production polling switches to this only with the journal worker.
+ */
+export function createTelegramUpdateAdmissionHandle<
+  TUpdate extends TelegramUpdateFlow & { update_id: number },
+  TContext,
+>(
+  deps: TelegramUpdateAdmissionHandleDeps<TUpdate, TContext>,
+): (
+  update: TUpdate,
+  ctx: TContext,
+  signal: AbortSignal,
+) => Promise<TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome> {
+  if (deps.onLateOutcome && !deps.onLateOutcomeError) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "Telegram late admission outcomes require a diagnostic error sink.",
+    );
+  }
+  const registry = deps.registry ?? getOrCreateUpdateHandlerRegistry();
+  let nextExecutionGeneration = 0;
+  return async (update, ctx, signal) => {
+    const generation = ++nextExecutionGeneration;
+    const execution: TelegramUpdateExecutionFence = {
+      generation,
+      updateId: update.update_id,
+      signal,
+      isCurrent: () => !signal.aborted,
+      assertCurrent() {
+        if (signal.aborted) {
+          throw signal.reason ?? new DOMException("Aborted", "AbortError");
+        }
+      },
+    };
+    execution.assertCurrent();
+    const verdict = await registry.dispatch(update, execution);
+    execution.assertCurrent();
+    if (verdict === "consume") return { kind: "complete" };
+    let immediate = true;
+    let outcome:
+      | Extract<
+          TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcome,
+          { kind: "deferred" | "queued" }
+        >
+      | undefined;
+    const boundUpdate = bindTelegramUpdateExecutionFence(
+      bindTelegramUpdateAdmissionSource(update, (next) => {
+        if (immediate) {
+          outcome = mergeTelegramReportedAdmissionOutcome(
+            outcome,
+            next,
+            update.update_id,
+          );
+          return;
+        }
+        if (!deps.onLateOutcome) {
+          throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+            `Telegram update ${update.update_id} reported a late outcome without an owner.`,
+          );
+        }
+        void Promise.resolve()
+          .then(() =>
+            deps.onLateOutcome!(next, {
+              updateId: update.update_id,
+              ctx,
+              signal,
+            }),
+          )
+          .catch((error) => {
+            try {
+              deps.onLateOutcomeError?.(error, update.update_id);
+            } catch {
+              // Diagnostic sinks must not create an unhandled late Promise.
+            }
+          });
+      }),
+      execution,
+    );
+    try {
+      execution.assertCurrent();
+      await deps.defaultHandle(boundUpdate, ctx, execution);
+    } finally {
+      immediate = false;
+    }
+    return outcome ?? { kind: "complete" };
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramQueueAdmissionItemLike {
+  admissionReceipts?: readonly TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike[];
+}
+
+export interface TelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime<TContext> {
+  isItemReady: (item: TelegramQueueAdmissionItemLike) => boolean;
+  getQueueReceiptOwner: (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner | undefined;
+  onPromptHandedOff: (
+    item: TelegramQueueAdmissionItemLike,
+    ctx: TContext,
+  ) => void;
+  onControlSettled: (
+    item: TelegramQueueAdmissionItemLike,
+    ctx: TContext,
+  ) => void;
+  onItemsDiscarded: (
+    items: readonly TelegramQueueAdmissionItemLike[],
+    ctx: TContext,
+  ) => void;
+}
+
+export function createTelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementMuxRuntime<TContext>(
+  runtimes: readonly TelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime<TContext>[],
+): TelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime<TContext> {
+  const settle = (
+    operation: (
+      runtime: TelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime<TContext>,
+    ) => void,
+  ): void => {
+    for (const runtime of runtimes) operation(runtime);
+  };
+  return {
+    isItemReady: (item) =>
+      (item.admissionReceipts ?? []).every((receipt) =>
+        runtimes.some((runtime) =>
+          runtime.isItemReady({ admissionReceipts: [receipt] }),
+        ),
+      ),
+    getQueueReceiptOwner(receipt) {
+      let owner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner | undefined;
+      for (const runtime of runtimes) {
+        const candidate = runtime.getQueueReceiptOwner(receipt);
+        if (!candidate) continue;
+        if (
+          owner &&
+          !areTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnersEqual(owner, candidate)
+        ) {
+          throw new TelegramUpdateAdmissionOutcomeError(
+            `Telegram queue receipt ${receipt.receiptId} has multiple live owners.`,
+          );
+        }
+        owner = candidate;
+      }
+      return owner ? { ...owner } : undefined;
+    },
+    onPromptHandedOff: (item, ctx) =>
+      settle((runtime) => runtime.onPromptHandedOff(item, ctx)),
+    onControlSettled: (item, ctx) =>
+      settle((runtime) => runtime.onControlSettled(item, ctx)),
+    onItemsDiscarded: (items, ctx) =>
+      settle((runtime) => runtime.onItemsDiscarded(items, ctx)),
+  };
+}
+
+export function createTelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime<TContext>(
+  worker: TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntime<TContext>,
+): TelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime<TContext> {
+  const complete = (
+    items: readonly TelegramQueueAdmissionItemLike[],
+    ctx: TContext,
+    reason: TelegramQueueReceiptCompletionReason,
+  ): void => {
+    const receipts: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike[] = [];
+    for (const item of items) {
+      if (item.admissionReceipts) receipts.push(...item.admissionReceipts);
+    }
+    worker.completeQueueReceipts({ receipts, ctx, reason });
+  };
+  return {
+    isItemReady: (item) =>
+      (item.admissionReceipts ?? []).every(
+        worker.isQueueReceiptCommitted,
+      ),
+    getQueueReceiptOwner: worker.getQueueReceiptOwner,
+    onPromptHandedOff: (item, ctx) =>
+      complete([item], ctx, "prompt-handoff"),
+    onControlSettled: (item, ctx) =>
+      complete([item], ctx, "control-settlement"),
+    onItemsDiscarded: (items, ctx) =>
+      complete(items, ctx, "discard"),
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleJournalBinding {
+  runtimeKey: string;
+  recoveryKey: string;
+  journal: TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalPort & {
+    appendBatch: (updates: readonly TelegramJournaledUpdate[]) => unknown;
+    applyOperatorDisposition?: (
+      input: TelegramUpdateJournalOperatorDispositionInput,
+    ) => TelegramUpdateJournalOperatorDispositionResult;
+    discardQueued?: (input: {
+      queueKind: "prompt" | "control";
+      receiptId: string;
+      sourceUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+      expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+    }) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueDiscardResult;
+    offerQueuedHandoff?: (
+      input: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffInput,
+    ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffOfferResult;
+    acceptQueuedHandoff?: (
+      input: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffInput,
+    ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffAcceptResult;
+    cancelQueuedHandoff?: (
+      input: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffInput,
+    ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffCancelResult;
+    recoverDeadQueueOwner?: (input: {
+      queueKind: "prompt" | "control";
+      receiptId: string;
+      sourceUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+      deadOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+      recoveryOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+    }) => TelegramUpdateJournalDeadQueueOwnerRecoveryResult;
+  };
+  hasAuthority?: () => boolean;
+}
+
+export interface TelegramQueueHandoffControlExecutionDeps<TContext> {
+  isContextCurrent: (ctx: TContext) => boolean;
+  showStatus: (
+    chatId: number,
+    replyToMessageId: number,
+    ctx: TContext,
+    threadId?: number,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
+  openModelMenu: (
+    chatId: number,
+    replyToMessageId: number,
+    ctx: TContext,
+    threadId?: number,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export function createTelegramQueueHandoffControlExecutionFactory<TContext>(
+  deps: TelegramQueueHandoffControlExecutionDeps<TContext>,
+): (
+  payload: TelegramControlQueueHandoffPayload,
+) => PendingTelegramControlItem<TContext>["execute"] {
+  return (payload) => async (ctx) => {
+    if (!deps.isContextCurrent(ctx)) return;
+    if (payload.controlType === "status") {
+      await deps.showStatus(
+        payload.chatId,
+        payload.replyToMessageId,
+        ctx,
+        payload.target?.threadId,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    await deps.openModelMenu(
+      payload.chatId,
+      payload.replyToMessageId,
+      ctx,
+      payload.target?.threadId,
+    );
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramQueueHandoffCoordinatorInput<TContext> {
+  item: TelegramQueueItem<TContext>;
+  expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+  recipientOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+  handoffToken: string;
+  stageRemote: (input: {
+    handoffToken: string;
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+    recipientOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+    payload: TelegramQueueHandoffPayload;
+  }) => Promise<TelegramQueueHandoffStageResult>;
+  lifecycle: Pick<
+    TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext>,
+    | "offerQueueReceiptHandoff"
+    | "acceptQueueReceiptHandoff"
+    | "cancelQueueReceiptHandoff"
+  >;
+  removeDonorItem: (receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceipt) => boolean;
+}
+
+export type TelegramQueueHandoffCoordinatorResult =
+  | {
+      status: "transferred";
+      receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceipt;
+      queueOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+    }
+  | {
+      status: "retained";
+      receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceipt;
+      error: unknown;
+      cancelled: boolean;
+    };
+
+function assertTelegramQueueHandoffStageMatches(
+  stage: TelegramQueueHandoffStageResult,
+  receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceipt,
+): void {
+  if (
+    stage.status !== "staged" ||
+    stage.receiptId !== receipt.receiptId ||
+    stage.sourceUpdateIds.length !== receipt.sourceUpdateIds.length ||
+    stage.sourceUpdateIds.some(
+      (updateId, index) => updateId !== receipt.sourceUpdateIds[index],
+    )
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "Telegram queue handoff staging returned a mismatched receipt.",
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export async function coordinateTelegramQueueHandoff<TContext>(
+  input: TelegramQueueHandoffCoordinatorInput<TContext>,
+): Promise<TelegramQueueHandoffCoordinatorResult> {
+  const handoff = createTelegramQueueHandoff({
+    handoffToken: input.handoffToken,
+    item: input.item,
+  });
+  const receipt = handoff.payload.admissionReceipts[0];
+  if (!receipt || handoff.payload.admissionReceipts.length !== 1) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "Telegram queue handoff requires exactly one complete receipt.",
+    );
+  }
+  const handoffInput: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffInput = {
+    queueKind: receipt.queueKind,
+    receiptId: receipt.receiptId,
+    sourceUpdateIds: receipt.sourceUpdateIds,
+    expectedOwner: input.expectedOwner,
+    recipientOwner: input.recipientOwner,
+    handoffToken: input.handoffToken,
+  };
+  input.lifecycle.offerQueueReceiptHandoff(handoffInput);
+  let stage: TelegramQueueHandoffStageResult;
+  try {
+    stage = await input.stageRemote({
+      handoffToken: input.handoffToken,
+      expectedOwner: input.expectedOwner,
+      recipientOwner: input.recipientOwner,
+      payload: handoff.payload,
+    });
+    assertTelegramQueueHandoffStageMatches(stage, receipt);
+  } catch (error) {
+    let cancelled = false;
+    try {
+      input.lifecycle.cancelQueueReceiptHandoff(handoffInput);
+      cancelled = true;
+    } catch {
+      return {
+        status: "retained",
+        receipt: { ...receipt, sourceUpdateIds: [...receipt.sourceUpdateIds] },
+        error,
+        cancelled: false,
+      };
+    }
+    return {
+      status: "retained",
+      receipt: { ...receipt, sourceUpdateIds: [...receipt.sourceUpdateIds] },
+      error,
+      cancelled,
+    };
+  }
+  let donorRemoved = false;
+  try {
+    donorRemoved = input.removeDonorItem(receipt);
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Telegram queue handoff donor removal failed after acceptance: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
+    );
+  }
+  if (!donorRemoved) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Telegram queue handoff donor item ${receipt.receiptId} disappeared after acceptance.`,
+    );
+  }
+  return {
+    status: "transferred",
+    receipt: { ...receipt, sourceUpdateIds: [...receipt.sourceUpdateIds] },
+    queueOwner: { ...stage.queueOwner },
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramQueueHandoffReconciliationBinding<TContext> {
+  request: (ctx: TContext) => void;
+  set: (reconcile: (ctx: TContext) => Promise<void>) => void;
+}
+
+export function createTelegramQueueHandoffReconciliationBinding<TContext>(
+  recordFailure?: (error: unknown) => void,
+): TelegramQueueHandoffReconciliationBinding<TContext> {
+  let reconcile: ((ctx: TContext) => Promise<void>) | undefined;
+  return {
+    request(ctx) {
+      void reconcile?.(ctx).catch((error) => recordFailure?.(error));
+    },
+    set(next) {
+      reconcile = next;
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramQueueHandoffRecipientRuntimeDeps<TContext> {
+  staging: TelegramQueueHandoffStagingRuntime;
+  getRecipientOwner: () => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+  getLifecycleForBinding: (
+    journalBindingKey: string,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  isTransportStampActive?: (
+    stamp: TelegramQueueHandoffPayload["transportStamp"],
+  ) => boolean;
+  dispatchNext: (ctx: TContext) => void;
+}
+
+export function createTelegramQueueHandoffRecipientRuntime<TContext>(
+  deps: TelegramQueueHandoffRecipientRuntimeDeps<TContext>,
+): (
+  envelope: Extract<
+    TelegramBusEnvelope,
+    { kind: "leader.offerQueueHandoff" }
+  >,
+  ctx: TContext,
+) => Promise<TelegramQueueHandoffStageResult> {
+  return async (envelope, ctx) => {
+    const stage = deps.staging.stage(envelope.payload);
+    const receipt = envelope.payload.admissionReceipts[0];
+    if (!receipt || envelope.payload.admissionReceipts.length !== 1) {
+      deps.staging.cancel(
+        receipt ?? {
+          queueKind: envelope.payload.kind,
+          receiptId: stage.receiptId,
+          sourceUpdateIds: stage.sourceUpdateIds,
+        },
+      );
+      throw new Error(
+        "Telegram queue handoff requires exactly one complete receipt.",
+      );
+    }
+    const journalBindingKey = receipt.journalBindingKey;
+    if (!journalBindingKey) {
+      deps.staging.cancel(receipt);
+      throw new Error(
+        "Telegram queue handoff receipt omitted its journal binding.",
+      );
+    }
+    if (
+      deps.isTransportStampActive &&
+      !deps.isTransportStampActive(envelope.payload.transportStamp)
+    ) {
+      deps.staging.cancel(receipt);
+      throw new Error(
+        "Telegram queue handoff payload belongs to an inactive transport generation.",
+      );
+    }
+    const lifecycle = deps.getLifecycleForBinding(journalBindingKey);
+    if (!lifecycle) {
+      deps.staging.cancel(receipt);
+      throw new Error(
+        "Telegram queue handoff journal binding is not active.",
+      );
+    }
+    const donorOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner = {
+      instanceId: envelope.donorInstanceId,
+      processId: envelope.donorProcessId,
+      processBirthId: envelope.donorProcessBirthId,
+      sessionGeneration: envelope.donorSessionGeneration,
+      acquisitionId: envelope.donorAcquisitionId,
+      acquiredAtMs: envelope.donorAcquiredAtMs,
+    };
+    let accepted: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffAcceptResult;
+    try {
+      accepted = lifecycle.acceptQueueReceiptHandoff({
+        queueKind: receipt.queueKind,
+        receiptId: receipt.receiptId,
+        sourceUpdateIds: receipt.sourceUpdateIds,
+        expectedOwner: donorOwner,
+        recipientOwner: deps.getRecipientOwner(),
+        handoffToken: envelope.handoffToken,
+      });
+      await lifecycle.publishAcceptedQueueReceipt({
+        receipt,
+        queueOwner: accepted.queueOwner,
+        ctx,
+      });
+      if (!deps.staging.accept(receipt)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          "Telegram queue handoff payload disappeared before readiness publication.",
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      deps.staging.cancel(receipt);
+      throw error;
+    }
+    deps.dispatchNext(ctx);
+    return { ...stage, queueOwner: { ...accepted.queueOwner } };
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramQueueHandoffReconcilerDeps<TContext> {
+  ownsDirect: () => boolean;
+  isFollowerRegistered: () => boolean;
+  isBusEnabled: () => boolean;
+  canHandoffWithLeader?: () => boolean;
+  listFollowers: () => readonly TelegramBusFollowerView[];
+  createRecipientJournalBindingKey: (
+    recipient: TelegramBusFollowerView,
+  ) => string | undefined;
+  getQueuedItems: () => readonly TelegramQueueItem<TContext>[];
+  getReceiptOwner: (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceipt,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner | undefined;
+  getLifecycleForReceipt: (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceipt,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  createHandoffToken: () => string;
+  createRequestId: () => string;
+  donorInstanceId: string;
+  authSecret?: string;
+  stageThroughFollower: (input: {
+    recipient: TelegramBusFollowerView;
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+    handoffToken: string;
+    payload: TelegramQueueHandoffPayload;
+  }) => Promise<TelegramQueueHandoffStageResult>;
+  routeThroughLeader: (input: {
+    requestId: string;
+    auth?: string;
+    recipientInstanceId: string;
+    recipientRegistrationGeneration: string;
+    donorInstanceId: string;
+    donorProcessId: number;
+    donorProcessBirthId: string;
+    donorSessionGeneration: number;
+    donorAcquisitionId: string;
+    donorAcquiredAtMs: number;
+    handoffToken: string;
+    payload: TelegramQueueHandoffPayload;
+    sentAtMs: number;
+  }) => Promise<TelegramBusEnvelope>;
+  removeDonorItem: (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceipt,
+    ctx: TContext,
+  ) => boolean;
+  recordFailure?: (
+    error: unknown,
+    details: Record<string, unknown>,
+  ) => void;
+}
+
+export interface TelegramQueueHandoffReconciliationRuntimeAssemblyDeps<
+  TContext,
+> {
+  ownsDirect: () => boolean;
+  isFollowerRegistered: () => boolean;
+  isBusEnabled: () => boolean;
+  canHandoffWithLeader?: () => boolean;
+  listFollowers: () => readonly TelegramBusFollowerView[];
+  createRecipientJournalResolver: (
+    profileKey: string,
+  ) => (() => { recoveryKey: string } | undefined);
+  queueStore: {
+    getQueuedItems: () => TelegramQueueItem<TContext>[];
+    setQueuedItems: (items: TelegramQueueItem<TContext>[]) => void;
+  };
+  admission: Pick<
+    TelegramUpdateAdmissionRuntimeBinding<TContext>,
+    "getSettlement" | "getLifecycleForJournalBinding"
+  >;
+  createHandoffToken: () => string;
+  createRequestId: () => string;
+  donorInstanceId: string;
+  authSecret?: string;
+  stageThroughFollower: (input: {
+    recipientInstanceId: string;
+    recipientRegistrationGeneration: string;
+    donorProcessId: number;
+    donorProcessBirthId: string;
+    donorSessionGeneration: number;
+    donorAcquisitionId: string;
+    donorAcquiredAtMs: number;
+    handoffToken: string;
+    payload: TelegramQueueHandoffPayload;
+  }) => Promise<TelegramQueueHandoffStageResult>;
+  routeThroughLeader: TelegramQueueHandoffReconcilerDeps<TContext>["routeThroughLeader"];
+  recordRuntimeEvent?: (
+    category: string,
+    error: unknown,
+    details?: Record<string, unknown>,
+  ) => void;
+}
+
+/** Own queue-handoff projections over journals, admission, IPC, and live queue state. */
+export function createTelegramQueueHandoffReconciliationRuntimeAssembly<
+  TContext,
+>(
+  deps: TelegramQueueHandoffReconciliationRuntimeAssemblyDeps<TContext>,
+): (ctx: TContext) => Promise<void> {
+  return createTelegramQueueHandoffReconciler({
+    ownsDirect: deps.ownsDirect,
+    isFollowerRegistered: deps.isFollowerRegistered,
+    isBusEnabled: deps.isBusEnabled,
+    canHandoffWithLeader: deps.canHandoffWithLeader,
+    listFollowers: deps.listFollowers,
+    createRecipientJournalBindingKey(recipient) {
+      if (!recipient.profileKey) return undefined;
+      return deps.createRecipientJournalResolver(recipient.profileKey)()
+        ?.recoveryKey;
+    },
+    getQueuedItems: deps.queueStore.getQueuedItems,
+    getReceiptOwner(receipt) {
+      return deps.admission.getSettlement()?.getQueueReceiptOwner(receipt);
+    },
+    getLifecycleForReceipt(receipt) {
+      const bindingKey = receipt.journalBindingKey;
+      return bindingKey
+        ? deps.admission.getLifecycleForJournalBinding(bindingKey)
+        : undefined;
+    },
+    createHandoffToken: deps.createHandoffToken,
+    createRequestId: deps.createRequestId,
+    donorInstanceId: deps.donorInstanceId,
+    authSecret: deps.authSecret,
+    stageThroughFollower(input) {
+      const registrationGeneration = input.recipient.registrationGeneration;
+      if (!registrationGeneration) {
+        throw new Error(
+          "Telegram queue handoff recipient registration generation is unavailable.",
+        );
+      }
+      return deps.stageThroughFollower({
+        recipientInstanceId: input.recipient.instanceId,
+        recipientRegistrationGeneration: registrationGeneration,
+        donorProcessId: input.expectedOwner.processId,
+        donorProcessBirthId: input.expectedOwner.processBirthId,
+        donorSessionGeneration: input.expectedOwner.sessionGeneration,
+        donorAcquisitionId: input.expectedOwner.acquisitionId,
+        donorAcquiredAtMs: input.expectedOwner.acquiredAtMs,
+        handoffToken: input.handoffToken,
+        payload: input.payload,
+      });
+    },
+    routeThroughLeader: deps.routeThroughLeader,
+    removeDonorItem(receipt) {
+      return removeTelegramQueueItemByReceipt({
+        receipt,
+        store: deps.queueStore,
+      });
+    },
+    recordFailure(error, details) {
+      deps.recordRuntimeEvent?.("inbound-worker", error, details);
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+export function createTelegramQueueHandoffReconciler<TContext>(
+  deps: TelegramQueueHandoffReconcilerDeps<TContext>,
+): (ctx: TContext) => Promise<void> {
+  let operation: Promise<void> | undefined;
+  const reconcile = async (ctx: TContext): Promise<void> => {
+    const followerRegistered = deps.isFollowerRegistered();
+    if (
+      (!deps.ownsDirect() && !followerRegistered) ||
+      !deps.isBusEnabled() ||
+      (followerRegistered && deps.canHandoffWithLeader?.() === false)
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const followers = deps.listFollowers().filter(
+      (follower) => follower.instanceId !== deps.donorInstanceId,
+    );
+    if (followers.length === 0) return;
+    for (const item of [...deps.getQueuedItems()]) {
+      const target = item.target;
+      const recipient = target
+        ? followers.find(
+            (candidate) =>
+              candidate.target?.chatId === target.chatId &&
+              candidate.target?.threadId === target.threadId,
+          )
+        : undefined;
+      if (!recipient) continue;
+      const receipt = item.admissionReceipts?.[0];
+      if (!receipt || item.admissionReceipts?.length !== 1) continue;
+      if (
+        !receipt.journalBindingKey ||
+        !getTelegramUpdateJournalBindingPath(receipt.journalBindingKey)
+      ) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const recipientJournalBindingKey =
+        deps.createRecipientJournalBindingKey(recipient);
+      if (!recipientJournalBindingKey) continue;
+      const recipientItem = structuredClone(item);
+      recipientItem.admissionReceipts = [
+        { ...receipt, journalBindingKey: recipientJournalBindingKey },
+      ];
+      const expectedOwner = deps.getReceiptOwner(receipt);
+      const lifecycle = deps.getLifecycleForReceipt(receipt);
+      if (
+        !expectedOwner ||
+        !lifecycle ||
+        !recipient.registrationGeneration ||
+        !recipient.pid ||
+        !recipient.processBirthId ||
+        !recipient.sessionGeneration
+      ) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const handoffToken = deps.createHandoffToken();
+      const result = await coordinateTelegramQueueHandoff({
+        item,
+        expectedOwner,
+        recipientOwner: {
+          instanceId: recipient.instanceId,
+          processId: recipient.pid,
+          processBirthId: recipient.processBirthId,
+          sessionGeneration: recipient.sessionGeneration,
+        },
+        handoffToken,
+        lifecycle,
+        stageRemote: async () => {
+          const payload = createTelegramQueueHandoff({
+            handoffToken,
+            item: recipientItem,
+          }).payload;
+          if (followerRegistered) {
+            return deps.stageThroughFollower({
+              recipient,
+              expectedOwner,
+              handoffToken,
+              payload,
+            });
+          }
+          const response = await deps.routeThroughLeader({
+            requestId: deps.createRequestId(),
+            auth: deps.authSecret,
+            recipientInstanceId: recipient.instanceId,
+            recipientRegistrationGeneration:
+              recipient.registrationGeneration!,
+            donorInstanceId: deps.donorInstanceId,
+            donorProcessId: expectedOwner.processId,
+            donorProcessBirthId: expectedOwner.processBirthId,
+            donorSessionGeneration: expectedOwner.sessionGeneration,
+            donorAcquisitionId: expectedOwner.acquisitionId,
+            donorAcquiredAtMs: expectedOwner.acquiredAtMs,
+            handoffToken,
+            payload,
+            sentAtMs: Date.now(),
+          });
+          const queueOwner =
+            response.kind === "bus.ack" &&
+            response.result &&
+            typeof response.result === "object"
+              ? parseTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner(
+                  (response.result as Record<string, unknown>).queueOwner,
+                )
+              : undefined;
+          if (
+            response.kind !== "bus.ack" ||
+            !response.ok ||
+            !response.result ||
+            typeof response.result !== "object" ||
+            !queueOwner
+          ) {
+            throw new Error(
+              response.kind === "bus.ack"
+                ? response.message ?? "Telegram queue handoff was rejected."
+                : "Telegram queue handoff returned no acknowledgement.",
+            );
+          }
+          return {
+            ...(response.result as Omit<TelegramQueueHandoffStageResult, "queueOwner">),
+            queueOwner,
+          };
+        },
+        removeDonorItem: (exactReceipt) =>
+          deps.removeDonorItem(exactReceipt, ctx),
+      });
+      if (result.status === "retained") {
+        deps.recordFailure?.(result.error, {
+          phase: "queue-handoff-retained",
+          receiptId: result.receipt.receiptId,
+          recipientInstanceId: recipient.instanceId,
+          cancelled: result.cancelled,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  return (ctx) => {
+    if (operation) return operation;
+    const current = reconcile(ctx).finally(() => {
+      if (operation === current) operation = undefined;
+    });
+    operation = current;
+    return current;
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramQueueMutationDependencyItem {
+  chatId: number;
+  target?: { chatId: number };
+  replyToMessageId: number;
+  sourceMessageIds?: readonly number[];
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntimeDeps<TContext> {
+  resolveBinding: () =>
+    | TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleJournalBinding
+    | undefined;
+  getQueueOwnerIdentity?: (
+    ctx: TContext,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+  createWorker: (
+    journal: TelegramUpdateWorkerJournalPort,
+    binding: TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleJournalBinding,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntime<TContext>;
+  recordRuntimeEvent?: TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntimeDeps<TContext>["recordRuntimeEvent"];
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext>
+  extends TelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime<TContext> {
+  onSessionStart: (ctx: TContext) => Promise<void>;
+  onSessionShutdown: () => Promise<void>;
+  onTransportChanged: (ctx?: TContext) => Promise<void>;
+  appendBatch: (updates: readonly TelegramJournaledUpdate[]) => unknown;
+  discardQueueReceipt: (input: {
+    queueKind: "prompt" | "control";
+    receiptId: string;
+    sourceUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+    expectedOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+  }) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueDiscardResult;
+  recoverDeadQueueReceipt: (input: {
+    queueKind: "prompt" | "control";
+    receiptId: string;
+    sourceUpdateIds: readonly number[];
+    deadOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+    recoveryOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+  }) => TelegramUpdateJournalDeadQueueOwnerRecoveryResult;
+  offerQueueReceiptHandoff: (
+    input: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffInput,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffOfferResult;
+  acceptQueueReceiptHandoff: (
+    input: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffInput,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffAcceptResult;
+  cancelQueueReceiptHandoff: (
+    input: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffInput,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueHandoffCancelResult;
+  publishAcceptedQueueReceipt: (input: {
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike;
+    queueOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+    ctx: TContext;
+  }) => Promise<void>;
+  getQueueReceiptOwner: (
+    receipt: TelegramQueueAdmissionReceiptLike,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner | undefined;
+  getJournalBindingKey: () => string | undefined;
+  getJournalPath: () => string | undefined;
+  ownsJournalBinding: (journalBindingKey: string) => boolean;
+  getJournalEntryCount: () => number;
+  getForeignQueueOwnerLiveness: () => TelegramProcessLiveness | undefined;
+  hasPendingQueueMutationForItem: (
+    item: TelegramQueueMutationDependencyItem,
+  ) => boolean;
+  signal: () => void;
+  getState: () => TelegramUpdateWorkerStateSnapshot | undefined;
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateWorkerOwnerRuntime<TContext> {
+  getQueueOwnerIdentity: () => TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerIdentity;
+  onQueueReceiptCommitted: (receipt: unknown, ctx: TContext) => void;
+  onUpdateCompleted: (updateId: number, ctx: TContext) => void;
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateWorkerOwnerRuntimeDeps<TContext> {
+  instanceId: string;
+  processId: number;
+  processBirthId: string;
+  getSessionGeneration: () => number;
+  isContextCurrent: (ctx: TContext) => boolean;
+  dispatchNext: (ctx: TContext) => void;
+  requestQueueHandoffReconciliation: (ctx: TContext) => void;
+}
+
+export function createTelegramUpdateWorkerOwnerRuntime<TContext>(
+  deps: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwnerRuntimeDeps<TContext>,
+): TelegramUpdateWorkerOwnerRuntime<TContext> {
+  return {
+    getQueueOwnerIdentity() {
+      return {
+        instanceId: deps.instanceId,
+        processId: deps.processId,
+        processBirthId: deps.processBirthId,
+        sessionGeneration: deps.getSessionGeneration(),
+      };
+    },
+    onQueueReceiptCommitted(_receipt, ctx) {
+      if (!deps.isContextCurrent(ctx)) return;
+      deps.dispatchNext(ctx);
+      deps.requestQueueHandoffReconciliation(ctx);
+    },
+    onUpdateCompleted(_updateId, ctx) {
+      if (deps.isContextCurrent(ctx)) deps.dispatchNext(ctx);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateAdmissionRuntimeBinding<TContext> {
+  bind: (input: {
+    leader: TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext>;
+    follower: TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext>;
+  }) => void;
+  getLeader: () => TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  getFollower: () => TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  getActive: () => TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  getSettlement: () => TelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  getLifecycleForJournalBinding: (
+    journalBindingKey: string,
+  ) => TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  hasPendingQueueMutationForItem: (
+    item: TelegramQueueMutationDependencyItem,
+  ) => boolean;
+  onSessionShutdown: () => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export function createTelegramUpdateAdmissionRuntimeBinding<TContext>(deps: {
+  isFollowerRegistered: () => boolean;
+}): TelegramUpdateAdmissionRuntimeBinding<TContext> {
+  let leader: TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  let follower: TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  let settlement: TelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  return {
+    bind(input) {
+      leader = input.leader;
+      follower = input.follower;
+      settlement = createTelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementMuxRuntime([
+        leader,
+        follower,
+      ]);
+    },
+    getLeader: () => leader,
+    getFollower: () => follower,
+    getActive: () => (deps.isFollowerRegistered() ? follower : leader),
+    getSettlement: () => settlement,
+    getLifecycleForJournalBinding(journalBindingKey) {
+      if (follower?.ownsJournalBinding(journalBindingKey)) return follower;
+      return leader?.ownsJournalBinding(journalBindingKey) ? leader : undefined;
+    },
+    hasPendingQueueMutationForItem(item) {
+      return Boolean(
+        leader?.hasPendingQueueMutationForItem(item) ||
+          follower?.hasPendingQueueMutationForItem(item),
+      );
+    },
+    async onSessionShutdown() {
+      await Promise.all([
+        leader?.onSessionShutdown(),
+        follower?.onSessionShutdown(),
+      ]);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function isTelegramReactionDependencyForQueueItem(
+  update: TelegramJournaledUpdate,
+  item: TelegramQueueMutationDependencyItem,
+): boolean {
+  const reaction = update.message_reaction;
+  if (!isTelegramUpdateAdmissionRecord(reaction)) return false;
+  const chat = reaction.chat;
+  if (
+    !isTelegramUpdateAdmissionRecord(chat) ||
+    !Number.isSafeInteger(chat.id) ||
+    !Number.isSafeInteger(reaction.message_id)
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const itemMessageIds = new Set([
+    item.replyToMessageId,
+    ...(item.sourceMessageIds ?? []),
+  ]);
+  return (
+    chat.id === (item.target?.chatId ?? item.chatId) &&
+    itemMessageIds.has(reaction.message_id as number)
+  );
+}
+
+/** Own one worker per active transport identity without assuming queued-owner death. */
+export function createTelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext>(
+  deps: TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntimeDeps<TContext>,
+): TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext> {
+  let activeRuntimeKey: string | undefined;
+  let journal: TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleJournalBinding["journal"] | undefined;
+  let worker: TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  let settlement: TelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  let journalBindingKey: string | undefined;
+  let operation: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
+  let foreignQueueOwnerLiveness: TelegramProcessLiveness | undefined;
+
+  const stopCurrent = async (forget: boolean): Promise<void> => {
+    await worker?.stop();
+    if (!forget) return;
+    journal = undefined;
+    worker = undefined;
+    settlement = undefined;
+    journalBindingKey = undefined;
+    activeRuntimeKey = undefined;
+    foreignQueueOwnerLiveness = undefined;
+  };
+  const bind = async (ctx: TContext): Promise<void> => {
+    const binding = deps.resolveBinding();
+    if (!binding) {
+      await stopCurrent(true);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!worker || activeRuntimeKey !== binding.runtimeKey) {
+      await stopCurrent(true);
+      journal = binding.journal;
+      worker = deps.createWorker(binding.journal, binding);
+      settlement = createTelegramQueueAdmissionSettlementRuntime(worker);
+      journalBindingKey = binding.recoveryKey;
+      activeRuntimeKey = binding.runtimeKey;
+    }
+    if (binding.journal.applyOperatorDisposition) {
+      for (const entry of binding.journal.read().entries) {
+        if (entry.state !== "failed" || !entry.terminalFailureId) continue;
+        const result = binding.journal.applyOperatorDisposition({
+          action: "retry",
+          updateId: entry.updateId,
+          failureId: entry.terminalFailureId,
+        });
+        if (result.duplicate) continue;
+        try {
+          deps.recordRuntimeEvent?.(
+            "inbound-worker",
+            "Resumed legacy terminal update under automatic retry policy.",
+            {
+              phase: "automatic-terminal-retry",
+              updateId: entry.updateId,
+              attemptCount: result.disposition.attemptCount,
+            },
+          );
+        } catch {
+          // Diagnostics cannot revoke the committed retry.
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (deps.getQueueOwnerIdentity && binding.journal.recoverDeadQueueOwner) {
+      const recoveryOwner = deps.getQueueOwnerIdentity(ctx);
+      const foreignReceipts = new Map<
+        string,
+        {
+          queueKind: "prompt" | "control";
+          sourceUpdateIds: number[];
+          deadOwner: TelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwner;
+        }
+      >();
+      for (const entry of binding.journal.read().entries) {
+        if (
+          entry.state !== "queued" ||
+          !entry.queueKind ||
+          !entry.queueReceiptId ||
+          !entry.queueOwner ||
+          isTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnerProcess(
+            entry.queueOwner,
+            recoveryOwner,
+          )
+        ) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        const receipt = foreignReceipts.get(entry.queueReceiptId);
+        if (receipt) receipt.sourceUpdateIds.push(entry.updateId);
+        else {
+          foreignReceipts.set(entry.queueReceiptId, {
+            queueKind: entry.queueKind,
+            sourceUpdateIds: [entry.updateId],
+            deadOwner: { ...entry.queueOwner },
+          });
+        }
+      }
+      for (const [receiptId, receipt] of foreignReceipts) {
+        const result = binding.journal.recoverDeadQueueOwner({
+          queueKind: receipt.queueKind,
+          receiptId,
+          sourceUpdateIds: receipt.sourceUpdateIds,
+          deadOwner: receipt.deadOwner,
+          recoveryOwner,
+        });
+        foreignQueueOwnerLiveness =
+          result.status === "recovered"
+            ? "dead"
+            : result.status === "owner-alive"
+              ? "alive"
+              : "unverifiable";
+        if (result.status !== "recovered") continue;
+        try {
+          deps.recordRuntimeEvent?.(
+            "inbound-worker",
+            "Recovered queued authority from a confirmed-dead process.",
+            {
+              phase: "dead-queue-owner-recovery",
+              receiptId,
+              recoveredUpdateCount: result.recoveredUpdateIds.length,
+            },
+          );
+        } catch {
+          // Diagnostics cannot revoke the committed recovery.
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    worker.start(ctx);
+  };
+  const runExclusive = (task: () => Promise<void>): Promise<void> => {
+    const next = operation.then(task, task);
+    operation = next.catch(() => undefined);
+    return next;
+  };
+  return {
+    onSessionStart: (ctx) => runExclusive(() => bind(ctx)),
+    onSessionShutdown: () => runExclusive(() => stopCurrent(false)),
+    onTransportChanged: (ctx) =>
+      runExclusive(async () => {
+        await stopCurrent(true);
+        if (ctx !== undefined) await bind(ctx);
+      }),
+    appendBatch(updates) {
+      if (!journal || !worker) {
+        throw new Error("Telegram update admission worker is not active.");
+      }
+      return journal.appendBatch(updates);
+    },
+    discardQueueReceipt(input) {
+      if (!journal || !worker || !journal.discardQueued) {
+        throw new Error(
+          "Telegram update journal queue discard is not available.",
+        );
+      }
+      const result = journal.discardQueued(input);
+      worker.signal();
+      return result;
+    },
+    recoverDeadQueueReceipt(input) {
+      if (!journal || !worker || !journal.recoverDeadQueueOwner) {
+        throw new Error(
+          "Telegram update journal dead-owner recovery is not available.",
+        );
+      }
+      const result = journal.recoverDeadQueueOwner(input);
+      worker.signal();
+      return result;
+    },
+    offerQueueReceiptHandoff(input) {
+      if (!journal || !worker || !journal.offerQueuedHandoff) {
+        throw new Error(
+          "Telegram update journal queue handoff offer is not available.",
+        );
+      }
+      const result = journal.offerQueuedHandoff(input);
+      worker.signal();
+      return result;
+    },
+    acceptQueueReceiptHandoff(input) {
+      if (!journal || !worker || !journal.acceptQueuedHandoff) {
+        throw new Error(
+          "Telegram update journal queue handoff acceptance is not available.",
+        );
+      }
+      return journal.acceptQueuedHandoff(input);
+    },
+    cancelQueueReceiptHandoff(input) {
+      if (!journal || !worker || !journal.cancelQueuedHandoff) {
+        throw new Error(
+          "Telegram update journal queue handoff cancellation is not available.",
+        );
+      }
+      const result = journal.cancelQueuedHandoff(input);
+      worker.signal();
+      return result;
+    },
+    async publishAcceptedQueueReceipt(input) {
+      if (!worker || !journal) {
+        throw new Error("Telegram update admission worker is not active.");
+      }
+      const entry = journal
+        .read()
+        .entries.find(
+          (candidate) =>
+            candidate.state === "queued" &&
+            candidate.queueReceiptId === input.receipt.receiptId &&
+            candidate.queueOwner?.acquisitionId ===
+              input.queueOwner.acquisitionId,
+        );
+      if (!entry) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Telegram queue handoff receipt ${input.receipt.receiptId} is not owned by this journal.`,
+        );
+      }
+      worker.signal();
+      await worker.waitForDrain();
+      const currentOwner = worker.getQueueReceiptOwner(input.receipt);
+      if (
+        !currentOwner ||
+        !areTelegramUpdateJournalQueueOwnersEqual(
+          currentOwner,
+          input.queueOwner,
+        )
+      ) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Telegram queue handoff receipt ${input.receipt.receiptId} is not owned by this runtime.`,
+        );
+      }
+    },
+    getQueueReceiptOwner(receipt) {
+      if (
+        !journalBindingKey ||
+        receipt.journalBindingKey !== journalBindingKey
+      ) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+      return worker?.getQueueReceiptOwner(receipt);
+    },
+    getJournalBindingKey: () => journalBindingKey,
+    getJournalPath: () =>
+      journalBindingKey
+        ? getTelegramUpdateJournalBindingPath(journalBindingKey)
+        : undefined,
+    ownsJournalBinding: (candidate) =>
+      journalBindingKey !== undefined && journalBindingKey === candidate,
+    getForeignQueueOwnerLiveness: () => foreignQueueOwnerLiveness,
+    getJournalEntryCount() {
+      if (!journal || !worker) {
+        throw new Error("Telegram update admission worker is not active.");
+      }
+      return journal.read().entries.length;
+    },
+    hasPendingQueueMutationForItem(item) {
+      return Boolean(
+        journal &&
+          worker &&
+          journal
+            .read()
+            .entries.some(
+              (entry) =>
+                entry.state !== "queued" &&
+                isTelegramReactionDependencyForQueueItem(
+                  entry.update,
+                  item,
+                ),
+            ),
+      );
+    },
+    signal: () => worker?.signal(),
+    getState: () => {
+      const state = worker?.getState();
+      if (!state) return undefined;
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        ...(state.foreignQueuedOwner && foreignQueueOwnerLiveness
+          ? { foreignQueuedOwnerLiveness: foreignQueueOwnerLiveness }
+          : {}),
+      };
+    },
+    isItemReady: (item) =>
+      settlement?.isItemReady(item) ??
+      (item.admissionReceipts?.length ?? 0) === 0,
+    onPromptHandedOff: (item, ctx) =>
+      settlement?.onPromptHandedOff(item, ctx),
+    onControlSettled: (item, ctx) =>
+      settlement?.onControlSettled(item, ctx),
+    onItemsDiscarded: (items, ctx) =>
+      settlement?.onItemsDiscarded(items, ctx),
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleAssembly<TContext> {
+  leader: TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext>;
+  follower: TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime<TContext>;
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleAssemblyDeps<
+  TUpdate extends TelegramJournaledUpdate & TelegramUpdateFlow,
+  TContext,
+> {
+  runtimeBinding: TelegramUpdateAdmissionRuntimeBinding<TContext>;
+  worker: Omit<
+    TelegramUpdateAdmissionWorkerRuntimeDeps<TUpdate, TContext>,
+    | "journal"
+    | "getJournalBindingKey"
+    | "hasAuthority"
+    | "prepareUpdateForExecution"
+  >;
+  leader: {
+    resolveBinding: () =>
+      | TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleJournalBinding
+      | undefined;
+    hasAuthority: (ctx: TContext) => boolean;
+  };
+  follower: {
+    resolveBinding: () =>
+      | TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleJournalBinding
+      | undefined;
+    isRegistered: () => boolean;
+    getGeneration: () => string | undefined;
+    prepareUpdateForExecution: (update: TUpdate) => TUpdate;
+  };
+  recordRuntimeEvent?: TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntimeDeps<TContext>["recordRuntimeEvent"];
+}
+
+export type TelegramUpdateAdmissionWorkerRuntimeDeps<
+  TUpdate extends TelegramJournaledUpdate & TelegramUpdateFlow,
+  TContext,
+> = Omit<TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntimeDeps<TContext>, "executeUpdate"> & {
+  defaultHandle: (
+    update: TUpdate,
+    ctx: TContext,
+    execution?: TelegramUpdateExecutionFence,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
+  prepareUpdateForExecution?: (update: TUpdate) => TUpdate;
+  registry?: TelegramUpdateHandlerRegistry;
+};
+
+/** Compose source-bound routing and late grouped settlement under one worker. */
+export function createTelegramUpdateAdmissionWorkerRuntime<
+  TUpdate extends TelegramJournaledUpdate & TelegramUpdateFlow,
+  TContext,
+>(
+  deps: TelegramUpdateAdmissionWorkerRuntimeDeps<TUpdate, TContext>,
+): TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntime<TContext> {
+  let worker: TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntime<TContext> | undefined;
+  const executeUpdate = createTelegramUpdateAdmissionHandle<TUpdate, TContext>({
+    defaultHandle: deps.defaultHandle,
+    registry: deps.registry,
+    onLateOutcome(outcome, details) {
+      worker?.settleDeferred({
+        updateId: details.updateId,
+        outcome,
+        signal: details.signal,
+      });
+    },
+    onLateOutcomeError(error, updateId) {
+      deps.recordRuntimeEvent?.("inbound-worker", error, {
+        phase: "late-admission-handler",
+        updateId,
+      });
+    },
+  });
+  worker = createTelegramUpdateWorkerRuntime({
+    ...deps,
+    executeUpdate: (update, ctx, signal) => {
+      const typedUpdate = update as TUpdate;
+      return executeUpdate(
+        deps.prepareUpdateForExecution?.(typedUpdate) ?? typedUpdate,
+        ctx,
+        signal,
+      );
+    },
+  });
+  return worker;
+}
+
+/** Own leader/follower journal lifecycle construction and generation fencing. */
+export function createTelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleAssembly<
+  TUpdate extends TelegramJournaledUpdate & TelegramUpdateFlow,
+  TContext,
+>(
+  deps: TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleAssemblyDeps<TUpdate, TContext>,
+): TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleAssembly<TContext> {
+  const leader = createTelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime({
+    resolveBinding: deps.leader.resolveBinding,
+    getQueueOwnerIdentity: deps.worker.getQueueOwnerIdentity,
+    createWorker(journal, binding) {
+      return createTelegramUpdateAdmissionWorkerRuntime({
+        ...deps.worker,
+        journal,
+        getJournalBindingKey: () => binding.recoveryKey,
+        hasAuthority: deps.leader.hasAuthority,
+      });
+    },
+    recordRuntimeEvent: deps.recordRuntimeEvent,
+  });
+  const follower = createTelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleRuntime({
+    getQueueOwnerIdentity: deps.worker.getQueueOwnerIdentity,
+    resolveBinding() {
+      const generation = deps.follower.getGeneration();
+      if (!deps.follower.isRegistered() || !generation) return undefined;
+      const binding = deps.follower.resolveBinding();
+      if (!binding) return undefined;
+      return {
+        ...binding,
+        runtimeKey: `${binding.runtimeKey}\u0000${generation}`,
+        hasAuthority() {
+          return (
+            deps.follower.isRegistered() &&
+            deps.follower.getGeneration() === generation
+          );
+        },
+      };
+    },
+    createWorker(journal, binding) {
+      return createTelegramUpdateAdmissionWorkerRuntime({
+        ...deps.worker,
+        journal,
+        getJournalBindingKey: () => binding.recoveryKey,
+        hasAuthority: () => binding.hasAuthority?.() ?? false,
+        prepareUpdateForExecution: deps.follower.prepareUpdateForExecution,
+      });
+    },
+    recordRuntimeEvent: deps.recordRuntimeEvent,
+  });
+  deps.runtimeBinding.bind({ leader, follower });
+  return { leader, follower };
+}
+
+export interface TelegramUpdateAdmissionRuntimeAssembly<TContext>
+  extends TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleAssembly<TContext> {
+  owner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwnerRuntime<TContext>;
+}
+
+export type TelegramUpdateAdmissionRuntimeAssemblyDeps<
+  TUpdate extends TelegramJournaledUpdate & TelegramUpdateFlow,
+  TContext,
+> = Omit<
+  TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleAssemblyDeps<TUpdate, TContext>,
+  "worker" | "recordRuntimeEvent"
+> & {
+  owner: TelegramUpdateWorkerOwnerRuntimeDeps<TContext>;
+  worker: Omit<
+    TelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleAssemblyDeps<TUpdate, TContext>["worker"],
+    | keyof TelegramUpdateWorkerOwnerRuntime<TContext>
+    | "isContextCurrent"
+    | "recordRuntimeEvent"
+  >;
+  recordRuntimeEvent?: TelegramUpdateWorkerRuntimeDeps<TContext>["recordRuntimeEvent"];
+};
+
+/** Own queue-owner projection and shared leader/follower worker composition. */
+export function createTelegramUpdateAdmissionRuntimeAssembly<
+  TUpdate extends TelegramJournaledUpdate & TelegramUpdateFlow,
+  TContext,
+>(
+  deps: TelegramUpdateAdmissionRuntimeAssemblyDeps<TUpdate, TContext>,
+): TelegramUpdateAdmissionRuntimeAssembly<TContext> {
+  const owner = createTelegramUpdateWorkerOwnerRuntime(deps.owner);
+  const lifecycle = createTelegramUpdateAdmissionLifecycleAssembly({
+    runtimeBinding: deps.runtimeBinding,
+    worker: {
+      ...deps.worker,
+      ...owner,
+      isContextCurrent: deps.owner.isContextCurrent,
+      recordRuntimeEvent: deps.recordRuntimeEvent,
+    },
+    leader: deps.leader,
+    follower: deps.follower,
+    recordRuntimeEvent: deps.recordRuntimeEvent,
+  });
+  return { owner, ...lifecycle };
+}
+
 /**
  * Register a handler that runs before pi-telegram routes a Telegram update
  * through its built-in handlers.