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+/**
+ * lib/judgment-writer.js — the typed writer for judgment canon (S05).
+ *
+ * The six operations of design Decision 4, transport-free `(cwd, args)`
+ * (journal-writer template): position create/amend, joint add, transition,
+ * ledger append, and the read op. All writes:
+ *   - validate synchronously BEFORE the idempotency wrapper (feature-writer
+ *     ordering);
+ *   - run under the judgment advisory lock (`.compose/data/judgment.lock`,
+ *     journal-writer recipe: mkdir lock, stale recovery, bounded retry);
+ *   - replay pending intents first (the reconciler runs on every write and
+ *     on getJudgmentState);
+ *   - stamp provenance themselves — no caller can set any provenance field;
+ *   - regenerate projections, with compensating rollback on failure
+ *     (`JUDGMENT_PARTIAL_WRITE` carries the cause);
+ *   - append a best-effort audit event AFTER commit (feature-events);
+ *   - return small typed results (AUDIT-19), errors carrying `code`/`cause`.
+ *
+ * Transitions are intent-first (design D4, rounds 2–3): the COMPLETE
+ * mutation (joint + atomic ledger events + spawned predictions) is persisted
+ * as a pending-intent record BEFORE the guard call; on a verdict it is
+ * applied and the intent cleared; the reconciler replays incomplete intents
+ * idempotently — guard state authoritative for the edge, the intent
+ * authoritative for the payload. Where `capabilities.guard` is true the
+ * Stratum guard (via the untouched `guardedTransition` adapter, mode
+ * 'judgment' — a data-only LIFECYCLE_MODES entry) is the single lifecycle
+ * authority; where absent, the write-guard's identical edge table enforces
+ * (graph parity is contract-tested).
+ *
+ * ONE-UNDER-TEST is enforced writer-locally inside the advisory lock (the
+ * floor). Guard-predicate expressibility: STRAT-GUARD edge predicates are
+ * per-resource deterministic file checks (`server_file_exists`); a
+ * population invariant across joints is not expressible today — probed
+ * against the predicate surface in lifecycle-guard.js (edgePredicates’
+ * `deterministic` statements), noted in the implementation report, and the
+ * upstream population-invariant ask is filed in Stratum's tracker either way.
+ */
+import {
+  readFileSync, writeFileSync, renameSync, unlinkSync,
+  mkdirSync, rmSync, statSync, existsSync, utimesSync,
+} from 'node:fs';
+import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';
+
+import { checkOrInsert } from './idempotency.js';
+import { appendEvent } from './feature-events.js';
+import { createJudgmentStore } from './judgment/store/index.js';
+import { regenerateProjections } from './judgment-gen.js';
+import {
+  assertValidRecord,
+  assertGrounding,
+  assertEdgeArtifact,
+  assertMethodGate,
+} from './judgment-write-guard.js';
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Errors
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function typedError(code, message, cause) {
+  const err = new Error(message);
+  err.code = code;
+  if (cause !== undefined) err.cause = cause;
+  return err;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Advisory lock (journal-writer recipe: mkdir lock + stale recovery)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// A judgment critical section can legitimately span a guard subprocess call
+// (Stratum client timeout: 10s), so unlike the journal recipe the lock is
+// HEARTBEATED: the holder refreshes the dir mtime every second, and only a
+// lock whose heartbeat has stopped for LOCK_STALE_MS is stealable. An owner
+// token inside the dir makes release/steal safe against the ABA case (my
+// stale lock was stolen; I must not delete the thief's lock on release).
+// The heartbeat runs on the event loop, so a SYNCHRONOUS block longer than
+// LOCK_STALE_MS would defeat it — the threshold is therefore set well above
+// any sync section this codebase can produce (sync work here is small-file
+// fs I/O; the long operations — guard subprocess calls — are async and keep
+// the loop free). 20s of contiguous sync blocking is the documented bound.
+const LOCK_STALE_MS = 20000;
+const LOCK_ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MS = 30000;
+const LOCK_HEARTBEAT_MS = 1000;
+const LOCK_RETRY_MS = 25;
+
+function judgmentLockPath(cwd) {
+  return join(cwd, '.compose', 'data', 'judgment.lock');
+}
+
+async function acquireJudgmentLock(cwd) {
+  const path = judgmentLockPath(cwd);
+  const ownerFile = join(path, 'owner');
+  mkdirSync(dirname(path), { recursive: true });
+  const token = `${process.pid}-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`;
+  const start = Date.now();
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-constant-condition
+  while (true) {
+    try {
+      mkdirSync(path);
+      writeFileSync(ownerFile, token);
+      const heartbeat = setInterval(() => {
+        try { utimesSync(path, new Date(), new Date()); } catch { /* lock stolen/gone — release will no-op */ }
+      }, LOCK_HEARTBEAT_MS);
+      heartbeat.unref?.();
+      return () => {
+        clearInterval(heartbeat);
+        try {
+          if (readFileSync(ownerFile, 'utf8') === token) rmSync(path, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        } catch { /* not ours anymore — leave it */ }
+      };
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err.code !== 'EEXIST') throw err;
+      try {
+        const { mtimeMs } = statSync(path);
+        if (Date.now() - mtimeMs > LOCK_STALE_MS) {
+          rmSync(path, { recursive: true, force: true });
+          continue;
+        }
+      } catch { /* stat raced; loop and retry */ }
+      if (Date.now() - start > LOCK_ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_LOCK_TIMEOUT', `judgment-writer lock timeout after ${LOCK_ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MS}ms: ${path}`);
+      }
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, LOCK_RETRY_MS));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Provenance + config
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Writer-stamped provenance. `session` is best-effort diagnostic garnish
+ * (cross-process MCP reality — nothing may depend on it); the load-bearing
+ * stamps are `actor` and `written_at`. `via`/`writtenAt` are INTERNAL opts
+ * for the importer only — never reachable through the MCP surface.
+ */
+function stampProvenance(internal = {}) {
+  const provenance = {
+    actor: 'agent',
+    session: process.env.CLAUDE_SESSION_ID || null,
+    written_at: internal.writtenAt ?? new Date().toISOString(),
+  };
+  if (internal.via) provenance.via = internal.via;
+  return provenance;
+}
+
+function guardEnabled(cwd) {
+  try {
+    const config = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(cwd, '.compose', 'compose.json'), 'utf8'));
+    return config?.capabilities?.guard === true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Compensating rollback
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function atomicWrite(path, content) {
+  const tmp = `${path}.tmp.${process.pid}`;
+  try {
+    writeFileSync(tmp, content);
+    renameSync(tmp, path);
+  } catch (err) {
+    try { unlinkSync(tmp); } catch { /* tmp may not exist */ }
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
+
+class UndoLog {
+  constructor() { this.entries = []; }
+
+  /** Record a file's prior bytes (null = did not exist) before it is touched. */
+  note(path) {
+    this.entries.push({ path, prior: existsSync(path) ? readFileSync(path, 'utf8') : null });
+  }
+
+  restore() {
+    for (const { path, prior } of [...this.entries].reverse()) {
+      try {
+        if (prior === null) { try { unlinkSync(path); } catch { /* gone */ } } else atomicWrite(path, prior);
+      } catch { /* best-effort compensation */ }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run record mutations + projection regen with compensating rollback: on any
+ * failure the touched records are restored, projections re-regenerated from
+ * the restored records, and JUDGMENT_PARTIAL_WRITE surfaces the cause.
+ */
+function commitWithProjections(cwd, undo, mutate) {
+  try {
+    mutate();
+    regenerateProjections(cwd);
+  } catch (err) {
+    undo.restore();
+    try { regenerateProjections(cwd); } catch { /* projections follow restored records on next regen */ }
+    throw typedError('JUDGMENT_PARTIAL_WRITE', `judgment write rolled back: ${err.message}`, err);
+  }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Intent replay (the reconciler)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+let _intentCounter = 0;
+function newIntentId() {
+  _intentCounter += 1;
+  return `intent-${Date.now()}-${process.pid}-${_intentCounter}`;
+}
+
+async function callGuard(cwd, { slug, from, to }) {
+  // Lazy import: keeps this module leaf-light and cycle-free; the adapter is
+  // only loaded where capabilities.guard is on.
+  const { guardedTransition } = await import('../server/lifecycle-guard.js');
+  return guardedTransition({ featureCode: slug, from, to, workspaceRoot: cwd, mode: 'judgment' });
+}
+
+/** Apply an intent payload idempotently (joint write, deduped events, predictions). */
+function applyPayload(store, payload) {
+  if (payload.joint) store.writeJoint(payload.joint);
+  if (Array.isArray(payload.events) && payload.events.length > 0) {
+    const existing = new Set(store.readLedgerEvents().map((e) => JSON.stringify(e)));
+    for (const event of payload.events) {
+      if (!existing.has(JSON.stringify(event))) store.appendLedgerEvent(event);
+    }
+  }
+  for (const prediction of payload.predictions ?? []) store.writePrediction(prediction);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Replay every pending intent. MUST be called with the judgment lock held.
+ * Guard state is authoritative for the edge (re-issuing the transition:
+ * applied/replayed → apply payload; refused → drop intent, divergence
+ * surfaced; unreachable → keep intent for the next replay); the intent is
+ * authoritative for the payload — recovery restores the WHOLE mutation,
+ * never a bare state flip.
+ */
+/**
+ * Drop an intent DURABLY: the ledger note lands (idempotent on its title,
+ * which embeds the intent id) BEFORE the intent is cleared. If the append
+ * fails the intent survives and the error propagates — a dropped divergence
+ * must never silently vanish.
+ */
+function dropIntentDurably(store, intent, reason, detail) {
+  const payload = intent.payload ?? {};
+  const title = `intent dropped (${intent.id}): ${payload.slug} ${payload.from} → ${payload.to} — ${reason}`;
+  const already = store.readLedgerEvents().some((e) => e.kind === 'note' && e.title === title);
+  if (!already) {
+    store.appendLedgerEvent({
+      kind: 'note',
+      title,
+      body: JSON.stringify(detail),
+      anchor: `joint:${payload.slug}`,
+      provenance: stampProvenance(),
+    });
+  }
+  store.clearIntent(intent.id);
+}
+
+async function replayIntentsLocked(cwd) {
+  const store = createJudgmentStore(cwd);
+  const intents = store.readIntents();
+  let replayed = 0;
+  let mutated = false;
+  const divergences = [];
+  for (const intent of intents) {
+    const payload = intent.payload ?? {};
+    // Population invariant FIRST — before any guard call, so recovery can
+    // never advance the authoritative guard for an intent it is about to
+    // drop (stacked intents must not split guard state from records).
+    if (payload.to === 'under_test') {
+      const occupant = store.listJoints().find((j) => j.slug !== payload.slug && j.state === 'under_test');
+      if (occupant) {
+        dropIntentDurably(store, intent, `ONE-UNDER-TEST refused on replay (${occupant.slug} already under test)`, { occupant: occupant.slug });
+        divergences.push({ intent: intent.id, slug: payload.slug, refused: true, oneUnderTest: occupant.slug });
+        mutated = true;
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+    if (guardEnabled(cwd) && payload.to && payload.from !== payload.to) {
+      const guard = await callGuard(cwd, { slug: payload.slug, from: payload.from, to: payload.to });
+      if (!guard.applied) {
+        // guard unreachable → keep the intent; the next replay retries
+        if (guard.error) continue;
+        // The crash window: the guard ALREADY advanced this edge in the
+        // interrupted attempt, so re-issuing is refused with currentState at
+        // the target. Guard state is authoritative for the edge — the intent
+        // is authoritative for the payload: roll the whole mutation forward.
+        const alreadyAdvanced = guard.currentState === payload.to;
+        if (!alreadyAdvanced) {
+          if (!guard.refused) continue; // ambiguous non-verdict → retry later
+          dropIntentDurably(store, intent, 'refused by guard', {
+            verdict: guard.verdict ?? null, currentState: guard.currentState ?? null,
+          });
+          divergences.push({ intent: intent.id, slug: payload.slug, refused: true, verdict: guard.verdict ?? null });
+          mutated = true;
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    applyPayload(store, payload);
+    store.clearIntent(intent.id);
+    replayed += 1;
+    mutated = true;
+  }
+  if (mutated) regenerateProjections(cwd);
+  return { replayed, divergences };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Public reconciler: replay pending intents under the lock. Also runs
+ * automatically at the head of every write op and getJudgmentState.
+ */
+export async function replayPendingIntents(cwd) {
+  const release = await acquireJudgmentLock(cwd);
+  try {
+    return await replayIntentsLocked(cwd);
+  } finally {
+    release();
+  }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Op wrapper: validate → (idempotency) → lock → replay → execute → audit
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function runOp(cwd, args, { tool, validate, execute }) {
+  if (args?.provenance !== undefined) {
+    throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', `${tool}: provenance is writer-stamped and cannot be set by the caller`);
+  }
+  const prepared = validate ? validate() : undefined; // sync, BEFORE idempotency (A1/A4)
+
+  const doWrite = async () => {
+    const release = await acquireJudgmentLock(cwd);
+    try {
+      await replayIntentsLocked(cwd);
+      return await execute(prepared);
+    } finally {
+      release();
+    }
+  };
+
+  let result;
+  let cached = false;
+  if (args?.idempotency_key) {
+    ({ result, cached } = await checkOrInsert(cwd, `${tool}:${args.idempotency_key}`, doWrite));
+  } else {
+    result = await doWrite();
+  }
+
+  if (!cached) {
+    // Best-effort audit AFTER commit (A5) — never let audit failure surface.
+    try { appendEvent(cwd, { tool, result }); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// judgment_position_create
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Create a position revision: a new chain, a new revision on an existing
+ * chain (P1b update), a superseding revision (`supersedes: <slug>#r<N>`), or
+ * a tombstone (`retracted: true`). Always a NEW immutable r<N>.json.
+ */
+export async function judgmentPositionCreate(cwd, args, internal = {}) {
+  return runOp(cwd, args, {
+    tool: 'judgment_position_create',
+    validate: () => {
+      const record = {
+        slug: args.slug,
+        claims: Array.isArray(args.claims) ? args.claims : [],
+        conviction: args.conviction,
+        provenance: stampProvenance(internal),
+      };
+      if (args.rejected_alternatives !== undefined) record.rejected_alternatives = args.rejected_alternatives;
+      if (args.supersedes !== undefined) record.supersedes = args.supersedes;
+      if (args.retracted !== undefined) record.retracted = args.retracted;
+      if (args.provider_ids !== undefined) record.provider_ids = args.provider_ids;
+      assertGrounding(record, { via: internal.via });
+      assertValidRecord('position_revision', record);
+      return record;
+    },
+    execute: (record) => {
+      const store = createJudgmentStore(cwd);
+      if (record.supersedes) {
+        const [targetSlug, revPart] = record.supersedes.split('#r');
+        if (!store.readPositionRevision(targetSlug, Number(revPart))) {
+          throw typedError('JUDGMENT_NOT_FOUND', `supersedes target ${record.supersedes} does not exist`);
+        }
+      }
+      const undo = new UndoLog();
+      let written;
+      commitWithProjections(cwd, undo, () => {
+        written = store.writePositionRevision(record);
+        undo.note(written.path); // written before noted? note AFTER write would store new bytes —
+        // the file is brand new, so restore() must delete it: record prior=null explicitly.
+        undo.entries[undo.entries.length - 1].prior = null;
+      });
+      return { slug: record.slug, rev: written.rev, ref: written.ref, status: store.derivePositionStatus(record.slug) };
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// judgment_position_amend
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const AMEND_ALLOWED_KEYS = new Set(['slug', 'claim_id', 'grounding', 'elicitation', 'conviction', 'idempotency_key']);
+
+/**
+ * Scoped amendment (P6 SHAKE-GROUNDING): a new revision whose delta is
+ * restricted to one claim's grounding and/or the conviction block. Anything
+ * else — claim text, branches, rejected alternatives — is supersession.
+ */
+export async function judgmentPositionAmend(cwd, args, internal = {}) {
+  return runOp(cwd, args, {
+    tool: 'judgment_position_amend',
+    validate: () => {
+      const illegal = Object.keys(args ?? {}).filter((k) => !AMEND_ALLOWED_KEYS.has(k));
+      if (illegal.length > 0) {
+        throw typedError(
+          'JUDGMENT_INPUT',
+          `judgment_position_amend: delta is restricted to grounding/conviction (illegal: ${illegal.join(', ')}) — for any other change create a superseding revision via judgment_position_create with supersedes: <slug>#r<N> (supersession path)`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (!args.grounding && !args.conviction) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_position_amend: nothing to amend — provide grounding (with claim_id) and/or conviction');
+      }
+      if (args.grounding && !args.claim_id) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_position_amend: grounding amendment requires claim_id');
+      }
+      // Sync shape validation BEFORE idempotency (A1/A4).
+      if (args.grounding !== undefined && !['EXT', 'INT', 'ASSERT', 'DERIVED', 'AGENT'].includes(args.grounding)) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', `judgment_position_amend: unknown grounding "${args.grounding}"`);
+      }
+      if (args.conviction !== undefined) assertValidRecord('conviction', args.conviction);
+      if (args.elicitation !== undefined) assertValidRecord('elicitation', args.elicitation);
+      return null;
+    },
+    execute: async () => {
+      const store = createJudgmentStore(cwd);
+      const latest = store.latestPositionRevision(args.slug);
+      if (!latest) throw typedError('JUDGMENT_NOT_FOUND', `position ${args.slug} does not exist`);
+      if (latest.retracted) throw typedError('JUDGMENT_CONFLICT', `position ${args.slug} is retracted — a tombstone cannot be amended`);
+
+      const record = { ...latest };
+      delete record.rev;
+      record.claims = latest.claims.map((c) => ({ ...c }));
+      if (args.grounding) {
+        const claim = record.claims.find((c) => c.id === args.claim_id);
+        if (!claim) throw typedError('JUDGMENT_NOT_FOUND', `claim ${args.claim_id} not found on ${args.slug}`);
+        claim.grounding = args.grounding;
+        if (args.elicitation) claim.elicitation = args.elicitation;
+        if (args.grounding !== 'ASSERT') delete claim.elicitation;
+      }
+      if (args.conviction) record.conviction = args.conviction;
+      record.provenance = stampProvenance(internal);
+
+      assertGrounding(record, { via: internal.via });
+      assertValidRecord('position_revision', record);
+
+      const undo = new UndoLog();
+      let written;
+      commitWithProjections(cwd, undo, () => {
+        written = store.writePositionRevision(record);
+        undo.entries.push({ path: written.path, prior: null });
+      });
+      return { slug: args.slug, rev: written.rev, ref: written.ref };
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// judgment_joint_add
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Add a joint. State is writer-stamped 'open' — never caller-set. Exception:
+ * the importer (`internal.via === 'import'`, unreachable through MCP) may
+ * transcribe a joint in its historical state with its resolution/dissolution
+ * artifacts — import is transcription, not replayed transitions.
+ */
+export async function judgmentJointAdd(cwd, args, internal = {}) {
+  const importing = internal.via === 'import';
+  return runOp(cwd, args, {
+    tool: 'judgment_joint_add',
+    validate: () => {
+      if (args.state !== undefined && !importing) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_joint_add: state is the transition artifact — joints are born open');
+      }
+      const record = {
+        slug: args.slug,
+        question: args.question,
+        branch_true: args.branch_true,
+        branch_false: args.branch_false,
+        resolve_by: args.resolve_by,
+        cost: args.cost,
+        rank: args.rank,
+        state: importing ? (args.state ?? 'open') : 'open',
+        provenance: stampProvenance(internal),
+      };
+      if (args.ext !== undefined) record.ext = args.ext;
+      if (args.straddle !== undefined) record.straddle = args.straddle;
+      if (args.flags !== undefined) record.flags = args.flags;
+      if (importing) {
+        if (args.resolution !== undefined) record.resolution = args.resolution;
+        if (args.dissolution !== undefined) record.dissolution = args.dissolution;
+      }
+      assertValidRecord('joint', record);
+      return record;
+    },
+    execute: (record) => {
+      const store = createJudgmentStore(cwd);
+      if (store.readJoint(record.slug)) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_CONFLICT', `joint ${record.slug} already exists`);
+      }
+      const undo = new UndoLog();
+      commitWithProjections(cwd, undo, () => {
+        undo.entries.push({ path: store._jointPath(record.slug), prior: null });
+        store.writeJoint(record);
+      });
+      return { slug: record.slug, state: record.state, rank: record.rank };
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// judgment_transition
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function noteEvent(slug, title, body, provenance) {
+  return { kind: 'note', title, body, anchor: `joint:${slug}`, provenance };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Joint state machine + rank changes. Intent-first: the complete mutation is
+ * persisted before the guard call; guard refusal/unavailability never leaves
+ * a half-applied write. Rank changes (alone or alongside an edge) atomically
+ * emit their `rank` ledger event in the same locked operation.
+ */
+const JOINT_STATES = ['open', 'under_test', 'resolved', 'inconclusive', 'superseded', 'dissolved'];
+const RESOLVE_METHODS = ['EXT', 'INT', 'CONSTRUCT', 'ASSERT', 'STRADDLE'];
+
+export async function judgmentTransition(cwd, args, internal = {}) {
+  return runOp(cwd, args, {
+    tool: 'judgment_transition',
+    validate: () => {
+      // Full sync shape validation BEFORE the idempotency wrapper (A1/A4):
+      // a cached key must never mask malformed input.
+      if (!args.slug) throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_transition: slug is required');
+      if (!args.to && !args.rank) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_transition: provide a target state (to) and/or a rank change');
+      }
+      if (args.to !== undefined && !JOINT_STATES.includes(args.to)) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', `judgment_transition: unknown target state "${args.to}"`);
+      }
+      if (args.resolution !== undefined) assertValidRecord('resolution', args.resolution);
+      if (args.dissolution !== undefined) assertValidRecord('dissolution', args.dissolution);
+      if (args.ext !== undefined) assertValidRecord('ext_package', args.ext);
+      if (args.straddle !== undefined) assertValidRecord('straddle_package', args.straddle);
+      if (args.reopen !== undefined && typeof args.reopen.shaken_evidence_ref !== 'string') {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_transition: reopen requires { shaken_evidence_ref }');
+      }
+      if (args.redispose !== undefined) {
+        if (!RESOLVE_METHODS.includes(args.redispose.new_resolve_by)) {
+          throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_transition: redispose requires new_resolve_by (EXT|INT|CONSTRUCT|ASSERT|STRADDLE)');
+        }
+        if (args.redispose.ext !== undefined) assertValidRecord('ext_package', args.redispose.ext);
+        if (args.redispose.straddle !== undefined) assertValidRecord('straddle_package', args.redispose.straddle);
+      }
+      if (args.rank !== undefined && !['high', 'medium'].includes(args.rank.to)) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_transition: rank change requires rank.to (high|medium)');
+      }
+      return null;
+    },
+    execute: async () => {
+      const store = createJudgmentStore(cwd);
+      const joint = store.readJoint(args.slug);
+      if (!joint) throw typedError('JUDGMENT_NOT_FOUND', `joint ${args.slug} does not exist`);
+      const from = joint.state;
+      const provenance = stampProvenance(internal);
+      const events = [];
+      const mutated = { ...joint };
+
+      const isEdge = args.to !== undefined && args.to !== from;
+      if (args.to !== undefined && args.to === from) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', `judgment_transition: joint ${args.slug} is already ${from}`);
+      }
+
+      if (isEdge) {
+        assertEdgeArtifact(from, args.to, args);
+
+        // Method packages attach ONLY at dispose (open → under_test) or via
+        // the re-dispose input — never on resolution edges, where a supplied
+        // package could silently erase a stored judgment-dispatch stamp.
+        if ((args.ext || args.straddle) && !(from === 'open' && args.to === 'under_test')) {
+          throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_transition: ext/straddle packages attach at dispose (open → under_test) or inside redispose — not on this edge');
+        }
+        // Re-dispose is exclusively the inconclusive → under_test|open input;
+        // on any other edge it would swap the method and erase the stored
+        // package (incl. a judgment-dispatch stamp) before the gates run.
+        if (args.redispose && from !== 'inconclusive') {
+          throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_transition: redispose is only legal on inconclusive → under_test|open (P3 retry-with-different-method)');
+        }
+        if (args.redispose) {
+          mutated.resolve_by = args.redispose.new_resolve_by;
+          delete mutated.ext;
+          delete mutated.straddle;
+          if (args.redispose.ext) mutated.ext = args.redispose.ext;
+          if (args.redispose.straddle) mutated.straddle = args.redispose.straddle;
+        }
+        if (args.ext) mutated.ext = args.ext;
+        if (args.straddle) mutated.straddle = args.straddle;
+
+        assertMethodGate(mutated, args.to, args);
+
+        // ONE-UNDER-TEST, inside the advisory lock (the writer-local floor).
+        // A pending intent targeting under_test (kept alive by a guard
+        // outage) occupies the slot too — recovery must not roll past one.
+        if (args.to === 'under_test') {
+          const other = store.listJoints().find((j) => j.slug !== args.slug && j.state === 'under_test');
+          if (other) {
+            throw typedError('JUDGMENT_CONFLICT', `ONE-UNDER-TEST: joint ${other.slug} is already under test`);
+          }
+          const pending = store.readIntents().find((i) => i.payload?.to === 'under_test' && i.payload?.slug !== args.slug);
+          if (pending) {
+            throw typedError('JUDGMENT_CONFLICT', `ONE-UNDER-TEST: pending intent ${pending.id} already targets under_test for ${pending.payload.slug}`);
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Per-edge apply semantics.
+        if (['resolved', 'inconclusive', 'superseded'].includes(args.to)) {
+          mutated.resolution = args.resolution;
+        } else if (args.to === 'dissolved') {
+          mutated.dissolution = args.dissolution;
+        } else if (args.to === 'open' || (args.to === 'under_test' && args.redispose)) {
+          // open-returning edges + re-dispose: the artifact is ledgered, the
+          // stale resolution must not survive on the joint.
+          if (args.resolution) {
+            events.push(noteEvent(args.slug, `failed_to_run: ${args.slug}`, args.resolution.reason, provenance));
+          }
+          if (args.reopen) {
+            events.push(noteEvent(
+              args.slug,
+              `reopened: ${args.slug}`,
+              `shaken evidence: ${args.reopen.shaken_evidence_ref}${joint.resolution ? `; prior resolution: ${JSON.stringify(joint.resolution)}` : ''}`,
+              provenance,
+            ));
+          }
+          if (args.redispose) {
+            events.push(noteEvent(
+              args.slug,
+              `re-disposed: ${args.slug}`,
+              `new method: ${args.redispose.new_resolve_by}${joint.resolution ? `; prior resolution: ${JSON.stringify(joint.resolution)}` : ''}`,
+              provenance,
+            ));
+          }
+          delete mutated.resolution;
+        }
+        mutated.state = args.to;
+      }
+
+      let rankChange = null;
+      if (args.rank) {
+        if (!args.rank.to) throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', 'judgment_transition: rank change requires rank.to');
+        if (args.rank.to !== joint.rank) {
+          rankChange = { joint: args.slug, from: joint.rank, to: args.rank.to };
+          mutated.rank = args.rank.to;
+          events.push({
+            kind: 'rank',
+            title: `rank ${args.slug}: ${rankChange.from} → ${rankChange.to}`,
+            refs: [args.slug],
+            rank_change: rankChange,
+            provenance,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+      if (!isEdge && !rankChange) {
+        throw typedError('JUDGMENT_INPUT', `judgment_transition: rank is already ${joint.rank} — nothing to do`);
+      }
+
+      assertValidRecord('joint', mutated);
+      for (const event of events) assertValidRecord('ledger_event', event);
+
+      // Intent-first: persist the COMPLETE mutation before the guard call.
+      const intent = {
+        id: newIntentId(),
+        op: 'judgment_transition',
+        payload: { slug: args.slug, from, to: mutated.state, joint: mutated, events, predictions: [] },
+        created_at: provenance.written_at,
+      };
+      assertValidRecord('pending_intent', intent);
+      store.persistIntent(intent);
+
+      let guardInfo = null;
+      if (isEdge && guardEnabled(cwd)) {
+        const guard = await callGuard(cwd, { slug: args.slug, from, to: args.to });
+        if (!guard.applied) {
+          if (guard.refused) {
+            // Local graph said legal, guard said no — surfaced, never hidden,
+            // and DURABLY: the drop lands as a ledger note before the intent
+            // clears, so the refusal survives even if the caller drops the
+            // transient result.
+            dropIntentDurably(store, intent, 'refused by guard', {
+              verdict: guard.verdict ?? null, currentState: guard.currentState ?? null,
+            });
+            regenerateProjections(cwd);
+            return {
+              applied: false,
+              refused: true,
+              slug: args.slug,
+              from,
+              to: args.to,
+              guard: { verdict: guard.verdict ?? null, ledgerRef: guard.ledgerRef ?? null, currentState: guard.currentState ?? null },
+              divergence: true,
+            };
+          }
+          // Guard ERROR (unreachable/timeout) is ambiguous — the guard may
+          // have advanced before the response was lost. KEEP the intent: the
+          // reconciler resolves it on the next write/read (fresh verdict →
+          // roll forward; currentState at target → roll forward; genuine
+          // refusal → durable drop).
+          throw typedError('JUDGMENT_GUARD_UNAVAILABLE', `guard transition failed closed (intent ${intent.id} kept for replay): ${guard.error?.message ?? JSON.stringify(guard.error)}`, guard.error);
+        }
+        guardInfo = { verdict: guard.verdict ?? null, ledgerRef: guard.ledgerRef ?? null, currentState: guard.currentState ?? null };
+      }
+
+      const undo = new UndoLog();
+      commitWithProjections(cwd, undo, () => {
+        undo.note(store._jointPath(args.slug));
+        undo.note(store._ledgerPath());
+        for (const p of intent.payload.predictions) undo.note(store._predictionPath(p.id));
+        applyPayload(store, intent.payload);
+      });
+      store.clearIntent(intent.id);
+
+      const result = { applied: true, slug: args.slug, from, to: mutated.state, state: mutated.state, rank: mutated.rank };
+      if (guardInfo) result.guard = guardInfo;
+      return result;
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// judgment_ledger_append
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const LEDGER_PASSTHROUGH_KEYS = [
+  'kind', 'title', 'body', 'refs', 'rejected', 'conviction', 'trigger',
+  'open_joints', 'prediction', 'disposition', 'recall_verdict', 'attribution',
+  'prediction_ref', 'prediction_grade', 'reason', 'anchor', 'rank_change',
+  'elicitation',
+];
+
+function nextPredictionId(store) {
+  return `p-${store.listPredictions().length + 1}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Append a ledger event (kind-specific required fields enforced by the
+ * schema). Writer-internal side-effects: a commit-moment `decide` (kind
+ * decide + trigger) and a CONSTRUCT-disposition event spawn prediction
+ * records from their embedded prediction; a `postmortem` carrying
+ * prediction_ref + prediction_grade flips that prediction to graded.
+ */
+export async function judgmentLedgerAppend(cwd, args, internal = {}) {
+  return runOp(cwd, args, {
+    tool: 'judgment_ledger_append',
+    validate: () => {
+      const event = { provenance: stampProvenance(internal) };
+      for (const key of LEDGER_PASSTHROUGH_KEYS) {
+        if (args[key] !== undefined) event[key] = args[key];
+      }
+      assertValidRecord('ledger_event', event);
+      return event;
+    },
+    execute: (event) => {
+      const store = createJudgmentStore(cwd);
+
+      let spawned = null;
+      const isCommitDecide = event.kind === 'decide' && event.trigger !== undefined;
+      const isConstructDisposition = event.disposition === 'CONSTRUCT';
+      if ((isCommitDecide || isConstructDisposition) && event.prediction) {
+        spawned = {
+          id: nextPredictionId(store),
+          text: event.prediction.text,
+          outcome_criteria: event.prediction.outcome_criteria,
+          made_at: event.provenance.written_at,
+          context: isCommitDecide ? 'commit' : 'construct',
+          refs: event.refs ?? [],
+          status: 'open',
+          provenance: event.provenance,
+        };
+        assertValidRecord('prediction', spawned);
+      }
+
+      let graded = null;
+      if (event.kind === 'postmortem' && event.prediction_ref) {
+        const prediction = store.readPrediction(event.prediction_ref);
+        if (!prediction) throw typedError('JUDGMENT_NOT_FOUND', `prediction ${event.prediction_ref} does not exist`);
+        graded = { ...prediction, status: 'graded', grade: event.prediction_grade };
+        assertValidRecord('prediction', graded);
+      }
+
+      const undo = new UndoLog();
+      let seq;
+      commitWithProjections(cwd, undo, () => {
+        undo.note(store._ledgerPath());
+        if (spawned) undo.entries.push({ path: store._predictionPath(spawned.id), prior: null });
+        if (graded) undo.note(store._predictionPath(graded.id));
+        ({ seq } = store.appendLedgerEvent(event));
+        if (spawned) store.writePrediction(spawned);
+        if (graded) store.writePrediction(graded);
+      });
+
+      const result = { seq, kind: event.kind };
+      if (spawned) result.prediction_id = spawned.id;
+      if (graded) result.graded = graded.id;
+      return result;
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// get_judgment_state (read)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Session-load / P6-sweep read: register + under-test + open predictions +
+ * recent ledger. Small result (AUDIT-19) — titles and refs, never full
+ * document text. Replays pending intents first (reconciler-on-read).
+ */
+export async function getJudgmentState(cwd) {
+  const release = await acquireJudgmentLock(cwd);
+  let replay;
+  try {
+    replay = await replayIntentsLocked(cwd);
+  } finally {
+    release();
+  }
+  const store = createJudgmentStore(cwd);
+  const positions = store.listPositionSlugs().map((slug) => {
+    const latest = store.latestPositionRevision(slug);
+    return {
+      slug,
+      ref: `${slug}#r${latest.rev}`,
+      status: store.derivePositionStatus(slug),
+      conviction: latest.conviction?.level ?? null,
+    };
+  });
+  const joints = store.listJoints().map((j) => ({
+    slug: j.slug,
+    state: j.state,
+    resolve_by: j.resolve_by,
+    cost: j.cost,
+    rank: j.rank,
+  }));
+  const openPredictions = store.listPredictions({ status: 'open' })
+    .map((p) => ({ id: p.id, text: p.text, context: p.context }));
+  const recentLedger = store.readLedgerEvents().slice(-10)
+    .map((e) => ({ kind: e.kind, title: e.title }));
+  return {
+    positions,
+    joints,
+    under_test: joints.filter((j) => j.state === 'under_test').map((j) => j.slug),
+    open_predictions: openPredictions,
+    recent_ledger: recentLedger,
+    intents_replayed: replay.replayed,
+    divergences: replay.divergences,
+  };
+}