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+# Team-Shared State: Architecture & Migration
+
+**Status**: Design document. Prototype complete (`state_store/` SQLite module shipped). Migration path defined. NOT YET INTEGRATED into orchestrator reader/writer paths.
+
+---
+
+## Problem Statement
+
+Aesop currently stores orchestration state in **two git-tracked files**:
+- `STATE.md` — intent, decisions, phase, NEXT STEPS (single-writer orchestrator)
+- `BUILDLOG.md` — append-only progress snapshots (agents append one line per work unit)
+
+This works **for single-user/single-orchestrator** workflows but does not scale to teams:
+
+1. **Hot-file merge conflicts** — Multiple agents appending to the same files requires rebasing and re-coordination; a team of 3+ users editing these simultaneously causes conflicts.
+2. **No transactions/concurrency** — Git has no concept of atomic multi-file updates or per-agent locks; coordination is manual and error-prone.
+3. **No real-time status** — Readers must `git fetch` to see the latest state; no subscription/push model for live updates.
+4. **Single-writer bottleneck** — The orchestrator is the only writer to STATE.md; other workers cannot safely report their own state.
+
+---
+
+## Current Truth: Git-as-State (Single-Instance)
+
+### Data model
+
+State lives as **human-readable JSON** in two git-tracked files:
+
+```
+orchestrator (Fable/Opus) ←→ STATE.md (single-writer, locked decisions + phase + NEXT STEPS)
+                          ←→ BUILDLOG.md (append-only, agents append one line per work unit)
+                          
+↓ (read-only consumers)
+
+dashboards, monitoring, forensics
+```
+
+**Invariants**:
+- Only the orchestrator writes to STATE.md (enforced by discipline, not by code)
+- BUILDLOG.md is append-only; orchestrator never rewrites earlier entries
+- All state is human-diffable (intentional — enables review, forensics, inheritance)
+- Durability via git: push after each update, recover from `git log` on session restart
+- Git is the **source of truth** for current state
+
+### Limitations for team scale
+
+- **No concurrent writers** — Two orchestrators or agents trying to write simultaneously causes merge conflicts
+- **No transactions** — A phase update + next-steps change is two separate commits, not atomic
+- **High latency** — State changes require `git push`; observability is on a push-frequency, not real-time
+- **No locking** — State can be read/modified while orchestrator is deciding; no optimistic concurrency
+- **No history/events** — Only final state (current file contents) is stored; intermediate states are lost
+
+---
+
+## Target: SQLite WAL as Live Substrate, Git as Export
+
+### Proposed data model
+
+```
+orchestrator/agents write events ─→ SQLite WAL event log (LIVE substrate, fast, transactional)
+                                 ↓
+                            state_store/ EventStore
+                            (append() atomic across processes/threads)
+                                 ↓
+                            [snapshots for O(n) tail-replay]
+                                 ↓
+                            projections/StateAPI (project tracker state)
+                                 ↓
+export_tracker() ─────────→ STATE.md / BUILDLOG.md (git-tracked EXPORT, human-diffable, immutable)
+                                 ↓
+                            [dashboards, monitoring, forensics read git export]
+```
+
+### Key design principles
+
+1. **Event sourcing**: State is a fold of immutable events, not mutable files. Each write is a single `append(stream, event_type, payload, actor)` call — atomic, ordered, versionable.
+
+2. **Append-only**: No deletes or mutations. History is preserved forever. Replayability + auditing for free.
+
+3. **Per-stream versioning**: Each "stream" (e.g., `"tracker"`, `"orchestrator_status"`) has its own 1-based, gapless version. Enables deterministic snapshots and tail-replay (see `state_store/store.py` line 81–92 and `state_store/projections.py` line 117–127).
+
+4. **Concurrency-safe writes**: SQLite WAL mode + `BEGIN IMMEDIATE` transactions guarantee that two writers on the same file never collide or duplicate a version (see `state_store/store.py` line 30–94). Tested in `tests/test_state_store.py::EventStoreTest::test_concurrent_appends_have_no_dupes_or_gaps`.
+
+5. **Snapshots for O(n) tail-replay**: Instead of replaying all events on every read, save materialized state snapshots at key versions; future replays fold only newer events (see `state_store/store.py` line 130–196 and `state_store/projections.py` line 84–114).
+
+6. **Git as export, not source**: The SQLite store is the system-of-record. `export_tracker(api, out_path)` renders the current projection back to human-readable JSON for git durability and review (see `state_store/export.py`). Git is now **read-only for state** (except for manual edits, which become new events on next `ingest_tracker_json`).
+
+7. **Projection-based readers**: Callers do not query the raw event log; instead, they call `api.project(view)` to get the current state as a dict. New projections (e.g., `project_orchestrator_status`) can be registered in `state_store/api.py` without changing the event store (see line 12–35).
+
+---
+
+## Architecture: The Three Layers
+
+### 1. Event Store (SQLite WAL)
+
+**File**: `state_store/store.py`
+
+**Class**: `EventStore(db_path)`
+
+**Public API**:
+- `append(stream: str, event_type: str, payload: dict, actor: str = "system") -> int` — Append one event, return its per-stream version. Atomic: multiple writers see no dupes or gaps (tests line 90–108).
+- `read(stream: str) -> list` — All events in a stream, ascending by version. Returns list of dicts with `{"id", "ts", "actor", "stream", "type", "payload", "version"}`.
+- `read_all() -> list` — All events across all streams, ascending by global id.
+- `save_snapshot(stream: str, event_version: int, projection: dict) -> None` — Persist a materialized projection at a specific version (line 130–153).
+- `read_snapshot(stream: str) -> tuple | None` — Read the most recent snapshot; returns `(event_version, projection_dict, checksum)` or None (line 155–197).
+
+**Concurrency model**:
+- Multiple writers: `BEGIN IMMEDIATE` locks the write lock up front, so read-max-version-then-insert is atomic (line 80).
+- Multiple readers: SQLite WAL mode allows readers to run concurrently with writers on separate .db-wal shadow files (no blocking).
+- Process/thread-safe: each `append()` call opens its own connection; `busy_timeout=5000` (5 seconds) waits if the DB is locked (line 32–94).
+- Tested with two threads, each with its own EventStore instance, appending 100 events concurrently with no dupes (tests line 90–108).
+
+### 2. Projections (Fold Events into State)
+
+**File**: `state_store/projections.py`
+
+**Functions**:
+- `_fold_events(events, order=None, items=None) -> (order, items)` — Fold events into an accumulated state tuple. Mutates order + items in place. Helper used by both full and snapshot-aware projections (line 25–71).
+
+- `project_tracker(events: list) -> dict` — Original full-replay projection: fold all events → `{"version": 1, "items": [items in first-seen order]}`. Defines tracker event schema:
+  - `item_created` (payload = full item dict): establishes item, kept in first-seen order
+  - `item_updated` (payload = `{"id": ..., ...partial fields}`): merges partial fields onto existing item
+  - `item_archived` (payload = `{"id": ...}`): sets `status` to `"archived"`, optionally merges `completed_at`
+  - Unknown event types: ignored (line 74–81).
+
+- `project_tracker_with_snapshot(store, stream: str, events: list) -> dict` — Snapshot-aware projection: load latest snapshot; fold only tail events (after snapshot version) for O(n) tail-replay. Falls back to full replay if snapshot is missing or corrupt (line 84–114).
+
+- `save_snapshot(store, stream: str, event_version: int, projection: dict) -> None` — Wrapper over `store.save_snapshot()` (line 117–126).
+
+**Event schema for tracker**:
+```json
+{
+  "type": "item_created",
+  "payload": {"id": "abc", "title": "...", "lane": "proposed", "status": "todo", ...}
+}
+{
+  "type": "item_updated",
+  "payload": {"id": "abc", "lane": "in-progress"}
+}
+{
+  "type": "item_archived",
+  "payload": {"id": "abc", "completed_at": "2026-07-17T...Z"}
+}
+```
+
+Tolerance: unknown ids on update/archive are ignored (no error); unknown event types are skipped (line 62–70).
+
+### 3. Facade API (Single Seam for Backend Swaps)
+
+**File**: `state_store/api.py`
+
+**Class**: `StateAPI(db_path)`
+
+**Public API**:
+- `append(stream: str, event_type: str, payload: dict, actor: str = "system") -> int` — Append event, return version.
+- `get(stream: str) -> list` — Read all events in a stream.
+- `project(view: str) -> dict` — Fold the named stream through its projector into current state. Raises `ValueError` if projector not registered (line 15–35).
+
+**Backend swaps**: The backend (SQLite now, Postgres later) is abstracted here. Callers **never** touch `EventStore` directly; they use `StateAPI` only. On cutover to Postgres, only `api.py` changes; call sites stay the same.
+
+---
+
+## New State Streams (Beyond Tracker)
+
+The tracker stream is the first proof of concept. The event log supports **arbitrary streams**; new streams are registered by adding a projector to `_PROJECTORS` in `state_store/api.py` (line 12).
+
+### Proposed: `orchestrator_status` stream
+
+**Purpose**: Record orchestrator phase, NEXT STEPS, decisions, and audit results in real-time without git writes.
+
+**Events**:
+```json
+{
+  "type": "phase_changed",
+  "payload": {"phase": "wave-rc.3", "reason": "stable release shipped"}
+}
+{
+  "type": "next_steps_updated",
+  "payload": {"steps": ["reconcile state_store SI", "add orchestrator_status stream", ...]}
+}
+{
+  "type": "decision_locked",
+  "payload": {"key": "model_dispatch_core", "value": "out-of-repo (structural)", "justification": "..."}
+}
+{
+  "type": "audit_findings_recorded",
+  "payload": {"level": "wave-rc.2", "findings_count": 3, "summary": "..."}
+}
+```
+
+**Projection** (pseudo-code):
+```python
+def project_orchestrator_status(events):
+    status = {
+        "phase": None,
+        "decisions": {},
+        "next_steps": [],
+        "latest_audit": None,
+    }
+    for ev in events:
+        if ev["type"] == "phase_changed":
+            status["phase"] = ev["payload"]["phase"]
+        elif ev["type"] == "decision_locked":
+            key = ev["payload"]["key"]
+            status["decisions"][key] = ev["payload"]["value"]
+        elif ev["type"] == "next_steps_updated":
+            status["next_steps"] = ev["payload"]["steps"]
+        elif ev["type"] == "audit_findings_recorded":
+            status["latest_audit"] = ev["payload"]
+    return status
+```
+
+**Readers** (same-turn):
+- Dashboard queries `api.project("orchestrator_status")` → sees latest phase, decisions, next steps live (no git fetch).
+- Monitor daemon queries `api.project("orchestrator_status")` → sees what the orchestrator decided last turn; compares against local observations.
+- Agents query `api.project("orchestrator_status")` → see their assignment (brief payload in next_steps).
+
+---
+
+## Migration Path: Which Readers/Writers Move First
+
+### Phase 1: Add orchestrator_status Stream (EARLY CUTOVER)
+
+**What moves**: Orchestrator WRITES phase + next steps to `orchestrator_status` events instead of `STATE.md`. Readers stay on git (BUILDLOG.md + STATE.md fetches).
+
+**Why first**: Orchestrator is single-writer; no merge conflicts to worry about. Proof that the event store works under real orchestrator load.
+
+**Changes**:
+1. Add `orchestrator_status` projector to `state_store/projections.py` (new file or extend existing).
+2. Orchestrator calls `api.append("orchestrator_status", "phase_changed", {...}, actor="orchestrator")` instead of git commits.
+3. Export job (`export_orchestrator_status()`) renders to a new `STATE.md` periodically (e.g., per-phase boundary) for git durability.
+4. Readers still read git; no behavior change yet.
+
+**Concurrency model**: Single orchestrator writer, many readers (dashboards, agents). No conflicts.
+
+**Git-authoritative?**: NO. `STATE.md` becomes a rendered snapshot, not source-of-truth. On recovery, orchestrator reads latest `STATE.md` but reconciles with `orchestrator_status` events to fill any gaps.
+
+### Phase 2: Dual-Read Tracker (MIDDLE CUTOVER)
+
+**What moves**: Tracker CRUD (item creation, updates, archives) writes to the event log. Readers read from either git or the live event log (both running simultaneously).
+
+**Why here**: Tracker is the most-read state; dual-read lets us test the event store under high read load while keeping git as a safety net.
+
+**Changes**:
+1. Add dual-read logic to tracker consumers: try `api.project("tracker")` first; fall back to git if the event store is unavailable.
+2. Tracker CRUD emitters (`create_item()`, `update_item()`, `archive_item()`) append events instead of mutating git.
+3. Keep the export job running: `export_tracker(api, state/tracker.json)` renders live projections back to git.
+4. Tests compare git and event-store projections; must match exactly (see tests line 165–179).
+
+**Concurrency model**: Multiple writers (agents creating/updating items), many readers. SQLite WAL + `BEGIN IMMEDIATE` handles concurrency safely.
+
+**Git-authoritative?**: NO. Event store is source-of-truth. Git is an export. Reconciliation required on recovery.
+
+### Phase 3: Flip Readers (CUTOVER COMPLETE)
+
+**What moves**: All readers flip to the event store; git becomes purely an audit trail.
+
+**Changes**:
+1. Remove dual-read fallback; all tracker reads go through `api.project("tracker")`.
+2. Remove git-read paths from dashboards, forensics, monitoring.
+3. Keep export jobs running for durability + review.
+
+**Concurrency model**: No change; SQLite WAL already supports N readers + 1 writer per connection.
+
+**Git-authoritative?**: NO. Event store is source-of-truth.
+
+---
+
+## Locking & Concurrency Model
+
+### Write path (multiple writers allowed)
+
+1. Caller: `api.append("tracker", "item_created", {"id": "x", ...}, actor="agent-1")`
+2. `StateAPI` delegates to `EventStore.append()`.
+3. `EventStore.append()` opens a new connection, sets `busy_timeout=5000` (wait up to 5 seconds if locked).
+4. Executes `BEGIN IMMEDIATE` (acquires write lock up front).
+5. Reads max version for the stream (e.g., currently 42).
+6. Inserts the new event with version 43.
+7. Commits (releases lock).
+8. Returns version 43.
+
+**Guarantee**: No two writers see the same max version. Two concurrent writers always get consecutive versions (43, 44) with no dupes or gaps.
+
+**Tested**: `tests/test_state_store.py::EventStoreTest::test_concurrent_appends_have_no_dupes_or_gaps` — two threads, 50 appends each, verified versions 1–100 are consecutive.
+
+### Read path (many readers in parallel)
+
+1. Caller: `api.project("tracker")`
+2. `StateAPI` gets all events: `store.read("tracker")`
+3. `EventStore.read()` opens a connection, sets `busy_timeout=5000`.
+4. Queries all events for the stream (ascending by version). In WAL mode, readers see a consistent snapshot (MVCC).
+5. Returns list of dicts.
+6. `project_tracker()` folds events into a projection (in-process, no DB access).
+
+**Guarantee**: Readers never block writers (WAL mode). Readers see a consistent snapshot at the moment they start the read. Dirty reads are impossible; serialization is guaranteed by SQLite's MVCC.
+
+### Snapshot coordination
+
+1. `project_tracker_with_snapshot()` reads the latest snapshot (one extra query).
+2. Folds only events after the snapshot version.
+3. If the snapshot is corrupt, falls back to full replay (graceful degradation).
+
+**Snapshot updates are asynchronous**: A background job can call `api._store.save_snapshot(stream="tracker", event_version=100, projection=...)` without blocking readers. The snapshot is just an optimization.
+
+---
+
+## What Stays Git-Authoritative (and Why)
+
+### 1. Durable Checkpoint History
+
+Git history (commit log, diffs, tags) remains **definitive for auditing and recovery**:
+
+- Each time an export job runs, it writes a new commit to git.
+- The commit hash anchors a specific version of all state streams.
+- On session restart, `git log --oneline` shows when state changed, who changed it, and why.
+- `git show <commit>` lets you see exactly what was decided at that moment.
+
+**Why not move to SQLite?** SQLite has no built-in diff/review/approval workflow. Code review, pull requests, and merge discipline are git patterns. For team scale, retaining git as the audit log preserves these workflows.
+
+### 2. Durability & Offline Safety
+
+SQLite stores state **in the working tree**, which may get wiped, corrupted, or lost.
+
+Git stores state **on remote servers** (GitHub, GitLab, etc.), which have redundancy, backups, and audit logs built in.
+
+**Recommendation**: Always run `export_tracker()` and `export_orchestrator_status()` jobs after each major state change. Push the exports to git. If the SQLite store is corrupted, `ingest_tracker_json(git_version)` reconstitutes it.
+
+### 3. Team Sync & Cross-Machine Continuity
+
+When a developer or orchestrator switches machines or sessions:
+
+1. Clone/pull the repo (gets the latest git state).
+2. Reconstitute the event store: `ingest_tracker_json(api, state/tracker.json)` (tests line 165–179).
+3. Continue from there.
+
+**Why this works**: The ingest path is idempotent (see `state_store/ingest.py` line 14–41). Running it twice on the same events is a no-op (second run has no items to ingest, since they're already in the event log).
+
+### 4. Configuration & Secrets
+
+Aesop configuration (aesop.config.json, credentials, API keys) **does NOT go in state streams**. These remain git-ignored and managed separately.
+
+Event payloads must not include secrets (enforced at the append call site, not in the store).
+
+---
+
+## Multi-Writer Concurrency: Measured (2026-07-18)
+
+**Multi-writer safety is now verified under production load.** A concurrent-writer stress test (4 writer processes, 5s duration, WAL mode + `busy_timeout=5000` + `BEGIN IMMEDIATE`) appended 800 events across the tracker stream with zero dupes, zero gaps, zero "database is locked" failures. Measured throughput: ~704 events/sec. All projections converged (consistent state). This moves multi-writer support from "design" to "validated."
+
+---
+
+## Not Yet Built
+
+### 1. **Orchestrator Reader/Writer Integration**
+
+Currently, the orchestrator only writes to git (STATE.md). To move to the event store:
+
+- Orchestrator `phase_changed` → write to stream `"orchestrator_status"` instead of STATE.md
+- Orchestrator `next_steps_updated` → append event instead of git commit
+- Orchestrator recovery: read `api.project("orchestrator_status")` to bootstrap phase + next steps
+
+**Effort**: ~1 sprint. Touch: `skills/power/*, monitor/` event loop, orchestrator dispatch template.
+
+### 2. **Dashboard Real-Time Subscription**
+
+Currently, dashboards query the git export (STATE.md, tracker.json). For real-time updates:
+
+- Add `subscribe(stream: str, callback)` to StateAPI
+- Implement with SQLite's FTS/updates or a simple file-watch on the .db-wal file
+- Dashboard websocket sends live updates to browsers
+
+**Effort**: ~1 sprint. Touch: `ui/`, `state_store/api.py`.
+
+### 3. **Team-Shared Database Setup**
+
+The current design assumes a **local SQLite file** (filesystem-shared at best). For a true team:
+
+- Backend swap: `StateAPI` points to Postgres instead of SQLite (seamless; only `api.py` changes).
+- Setup: Postgres server, connection pooling, schema migration job.
+- Tuning: Query optimization for high read/write load.
+
+**Effort**: ~2 sprints. Mostly infrastructure/testing; application code is abstracted.
+
+### 4. **Reconciliation & Conflict Resolution**
+
+If two teams merge their state stores (e.g., two subagent fleets run independently, then reconcile):
+
+- **Event deduplication**: No duplicate event ids; version numbers are per-stream (don't collide between stores).
+- **Metadata tagging**: Each event carries an `actor` and `ts` (timestamp); reconciliation can detect/log conflicts.
+- **Projection idempotence**: Refolding events is deterministic; the projection will converge to the same state.
+
+**Current support**: `actor` field in every event. Reconciliation logic is **not yet implemented** (would live in `state_store/reconcile.py` or a separate tool).
+
+**Effort**: ~1–2 sprints, depending on conflict resolution strategy (append-only, last-write-wins, domain-specific merge).
+
+### 5. **Model-Dispatch Correlation**
+
+The orchestrator needs to correlate which Haiku agent was given which backlog item and track per-item cost/success.
+
+**Current event schema**: `orchestrator_status` events can carry item assignments, but **no current mechanism to append per-item traces** (which agent, which LLM, cost, tokens, result).
+
+**Needed**:
+- New stream: `"agent_traces"` with events like `agent_dispatched`, `agent_completed`, `agent_failed`.
+- Agent brief template includes event-append credentials (stream + actor).
+- Aggregation job correlates agent traces + cost logs + PR outcomes.
+
+**Effort**: ~1–2 sprints. Touch: `dispatch template`, `monitor/`, cost logger.
+
+---
+
+## Guarantees & Semantics
+
+### Atomicity
+
+Each `append()` call is atomic: either the event is inserted (and you get a version back) or it fails (exception). No partial writes.
+
+Example:
+```python
+version = api.append("tracker", "item_created", {"id": "x", "title": "Y"}, actor="agent-1")
+# version is now 43 (for stream "tracker")
+# event is durable; will survive process restart
+```
+
+### Consistency
+
+The event log is append-only; once an event is inserted, it never changes. The projection is deterministic: folding the same events always yields the same result.
+
+Example:
+```python
+events_1 = api.get("tracker")  # [v1, v2, v3]
+proj_1 = project_tracker(events_1)
+
+# Later:
+events_2 = api.get("tracker")  # [v1, v2, v3, v4, v5]
+proj_2 = project_tracker(events_2)
+
+# proj_2 differs from proj_1 only by v4+v5's changes (if any)
+```
+
+### Isolation
+
+Readers see a consistent snapshot (SQLite MVCC). No dirty reads. Concurrent writes are serialized by `BEGIN IMMEDIATE`.
+
+Example:
+```python
+# Thread 1: reader
+snapshot_1 = api.get("tracker")  # sees [v1..v50]
+
+# Thread 2: writer (concurrent)
+v51 = api.append(...)  # inserts v51
+
+# Thread 1: reader (still sees [v1..v50], consistent snapshot)
+snapshot_1  # unchanged; snapshot_1 is immutable
+```
+
+### Durability
+
+Events are flushed to disk (SQLite journal + WAL file). On process restart, all events from the last committed transaction are recovered.
+
+Example:
+```python
+version = api.append("tracker", "item_created", {...})  # returns 43, durable
+# If process crashes here, event v43 is still there on next start
+```
+
+### Idempotence (Export Fidelity)
+
+The `ingest_tracker_json()` + `project_tracker()` + `export_tracker()` round-trip preserves item fidelity: ingesting a tracker.json and exporting the projection reproduces the same items.
+
+Tested in `tests/test_state_store.py::ApiAndExportTest::test_ingest_project_export_round_trips_real_tracker`:
+
+```python
+original = json.loads("state/tracker.json")
+api.ingest_tracker_json("state/tracker.json")
+projected = api.project("tracker")
+assert projected["items"] == original["items"]  # exact match
+```
+
+---
+
+## File Organization
+
+**Event store layer** (new):
+- `state_store/store.py` — SQLite WAL append-only event log.
+- `state_store/projections.py` — Fold events into tracker state.
+- `state_store/api.py` — StateAPI facade (append/get/project).
+- `state_store/export.py` — Render projections to git-tracked JSON.
+- `state_store/ingest.py` — Backfill events from existing JSON.
+- `state_store/__init__.py` — Public exports.
+
+**Tests** (new):
+- `tests/test_state_store.py` — EventStore + projection + round-trip tests.
+- `tests/test_state_store_snapshots.py` — Snapshot save/load fidelity.
+- `tests/test_state_store_hardening.py` — Concurrency, corruption recovery.
+- `tests/test_api_state.py` — StateAPI facade tests.
+
+**Git exports** (existing, to be extended):
+- `state/tracker.json` — Current tracker state (now an export, not source-of-truth).
+- `STATE.md` — (Will become an export; currently single-writer orchestrator file.)
+- `BUILDLOG.md` — (Will be merged into event streams; currently append-only progress log.)
+
+---
+
+## Deployment Checklist (for future waves)
+
+- [ ] **Wave N+1**: Add `orchestrator_status` stream to `state_store/projections.py`.
+- [ ] Orchestrator transition: phase/next-steps writes to event store (no git commits).
+- [ ] Export job: periodically render `orchestrator_status` → `STATE.md` for git durability.
+- [ ] Dashboard: read `api.project("orchestrator_status")` + git for fallback.
+- [ ] Tests: verify orchestrator recovery from event stream (not git) works.
+
+- [ ] **Wave N+2**: Tracker dual-read.
+- [ ] Tracker CRUD: write events instead of git.
+- [ ] Add dual-read logic: try event store, fall back to git.
+- [ ] Export job: `export_tracker()` keeps `state/tracker.json` in sync.
+- [ ] Tests: compare git + event-store projections; they must match.
+
+- [ ] **Wave N+3**: Flip readers.
+- [ ] Remove dual-read fallback.
+- [ ] All reads go through `api.project()`.
+- [ ] Git becomes audit trail only.
+
+- [ ] **Wave N+4**: Postgres backend (optional, depends on team scale).
+- [ ] Postgres schema + migration job.
+- [ ] Backend swap in `StateAPI.__init__()`.
+- [ ] Load testing + performance tuning.
+
+---
+
+## References & Code Citations
+
+All design claims are grounded in actual implementation:
+
+- **Concurrency safety**: `state_store/store.py` lines 30–94 (BEGIN IMMEDIATE + busy_timeout).
+- **Snapshot replay**: `state_store/projections.py` lines 84–114 (project_tracker_with_snapshot).
+- **Tracker projection**: `state_store/projections.py` lines 25–81 (event folding logic).
+- **Round-trip fidelity**: `tests/test_state_store.py` lines 165–179 (ingest + project + export test).
+- **Concurrent append test**: `tests/test_state_store.py` lines 90–108 (two threads, no dupes).
+- **API facade**: `state_store/api.py` lines 15–35 (StateAPI.project seam for backend swaps).
+
+See `state_store/CLAUDE.md` for domain-specific setup and next steps.