diff --git a/.github/workflows/claude-review.yml b/.github/workflows/claude-review.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12be6fa880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/claude-review.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Automated PR review via the official Claude Code action. Reports findings as
+# PR comments; like every lane here it is advisory and never a required check
+# (AGENTS.md §4). Requires secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (or the OIDC federation
+# vars from anthropics/claude-code-action docs). Draft PRs and bot-authored
+# pushes are skipped to avoid loops.
+name: review
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, ready_for_review, reopened]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+  issues: read
+  id-token: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: review-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  claude-review:
+    if: |
+      github.event.pull_request.draft == false &&
+      github.actor != 'github-actions[bot]' &&
+      github.actor != 'coderabbitai[bot]' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+      - uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@v1
+        with:
+          anthropic_api_key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
+          prompt: |
+            REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+            PR NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+
+            Review this pull request against the repository rules in AGENTS.md:
+            the Disposable/WAL/synchronous=OFF persistence profile, the
+            core < engine < api dependency direction, the production-file size
+            ceilings, the no-retry/one-attempt rule, and per-commit production
+            LOC accounting. Focus on real defects, contract violations and
+            boundary breaches, not style. Note: the PR branch is already
+            checked out. Post findings only as PR comments.
+          claude_args: |
+            --allowedTools "mcp__github_inline_comment__create_inline_comment,Bash(gh pr comment:*),Bash(gh pr diff:*),Bash(gh pr view:*)"
+            --max-turns 30
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..140b5eb0e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# npm publish lane: packs and publishes the @layerfs/* packages from api/.
+# Like every lane here it is a report, not a gate (AGENTS.md §4); a failed
+# publish never blocks a merge.
+#
+# Authentication: npm trusted publishing (OIDC). No NPM_TOKEN secret is used.
+# Each package must have a trusted publisher configured on npmjs.com naming:
+#   organization/user: Ephemeral-AI-Lab
+#   repository:        layerfs
+#   workflow filename: publish.yml
+#   environment:       npm-publish
+# The workflow and environment names must match exactly. Provenance
+# attestations are generated automatically (requires a public repo and a
+# public package).
+name: publish
+
+on:
+  # Publish manually for the version already committed in api/*/package.json.
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  # Or by tagging one release: v1.1.0 publishes all four packages.
+  push:
+    tags: ["v*"]
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write # required for OIDC trusted publishing
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: publish
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  verify:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: "24"
+      # Offline tarball pack + import smoke test for all four packages.
+      - run: node api/scripts/prepare-publish.mjs
+
+  publish:
+    needs: verify
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    environment: npm-publish
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        package: [agent, backend, runtime, cli]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: "24" # npm >= 11.5.1 for trusted publishing
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+          package-manager-cache: false
+      # A version already on the registry is reported and skipped, not an error:
+      # re-running the workflow for the same tag must be idempotent.
+      - name: Publish @layerfs/${{ matrix.package }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          cd "api/${{ matrix.package }}"
+          name="$(node -p "require('./package.json').name")"
+          version="$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")"
+          if npm view "$name@$version" version --silent 2>/dev/null | grep -q .; then
+            echo "::notice::$name@$version is already published; skipping"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          npm publish --access public
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70c937bd24..9d0f800ebc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 target/
 # The Node addon that api/scripts/build-native.mjs builds beside its crate.
 /engine/crates/layerfs-node/layerfs.node
+/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_native.so
 /target-linux/
 /eval/runs/
 /eval/datasets/
@@ -13,3 +14,8 @@ benchmark-results/*
 !benchmark-results/fs-bench-pro/
 benchmark-results/fs-bench-pro/*
 !benchmark-results/fs-bench-pro/optimization-history.md
+
+# Area P build MCP dependencies and transient local agent state.
+tools/build-mcp/node_modules/
+.omc/
+
diff --git a/.omc/project-memory.json b/.omc/project-memory.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f9f75f291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.omc/project-memory.json
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+{
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "lastScanned": 1793199244010,
+  "projectRoot": "E:\\layerfs-connect\\layerfs",
+  "techStack": {
+    "languages": [
+      {
+        "name": "Rust",
+        "version": "1.85",
+        "confidence": "high",
+        "markers": [
+          "Cargo.toml"
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "frameworks": [],
+    "packageManager": "cargo",
+    "runtime": null
+  },
+  "build": {
+    "buildCommand": "cargo build",
+    "testCommand": "cargo test",
+    "lintCommand": "cargo clippy",
+    "devCommand": "cargo run",
+    "scripts": {}
+  },
+  "conventions": {
+    "namingStyle": null,
+    "importStyle": null,
+    "testPattern": null,
+    "fileOrganization": null
+  },
+  "structure": {
+    "isMonorepo": false,
+    "workspaces": [],
+    "mainDirectories": [
+      "docs"
+    ],
+    "gitBranches": null
+  },
+  "customNotes": [],
+  "directoryMap": {
+    "api": {
+      "path": "api",
+      "purpose": "API routes",
+      "fileCount": 5,
+      "lastAccessed": 1793199243987,
+      "keyFiles": [
+        "AGENTS.md",
+        "package.json",
+        "README.md"
+      ]
+    },
+    "core": {
+      "path": "core",
+      "purpose": null,
+      "fileCount": 2,
+      "lastAccessed": 1793199243987,
+      "keyFiles": [
+        "AGENTS.md",
+        "README.md"
+      ]
+    },
+    "docs": {
+      "path": "docs",
+      "purpose": "Documentation",
+      "fileCount": 1,
+      "lastAccessed": 1793199243988,
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+    },
+    "engine": {
+      "path": "engine",
+      "purpose": null,
+      "fileCount": 1,
+      "lastAccessed": 1793199243988,
+      "keyFiles": [
+        "AGENTS.md"
+      ]
+    },
+    "plugins": {
+      "path": "plugins",
+      "purpose": null,
+      "fileCount": 0,
+      "lastAccessed": 1793199243988,
+      "keyFiles": []
+    },
+    "tools": {
+      "path": "tools",
+      "purpose": null,
+      "fileCount": 32,
+      "lastAccessed": 1793199243988,
+      "keyFiles": [
+        "check_fuser_integrity.py",
+        "check_product_boundary.py",
+        "ci_tests.py",
+        "cleanup-scope.example.json",
+        "cleanup.py"
+      ]
+    },
+    "api\\docs": {
+      "path": "api\\docs",
+      "purpose": "Documentation",
+      "fileCount": 3,
+      "lastAccessed": 1793199243989,
+      "keyFiles": [
+        "agent.md",
+        "backend.md",
+        "runtime.md"
+      ]
+    },
+    "core\\docs": {
+      "path": "core\\docs",
+      "purpose": "Documentation",
+      "fileCount": 0,
+      "lastAccessed": 1793199243989,
+      "keyFiles": []
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+    "docs\\assets": {
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+      "purpose": "Static assets",
+      "fileCount": 0,
+      "lastAccessed": 1793199243989,
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+    "engine\\vendor": {
+      "path": "engine\\vendor",
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diff --git a/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/brief.md b/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/brief.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f653ce267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/brief.md
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# LayerFS Area P (P1–P15) implementation brief
+
+Date: 2026-10-28
+Source: Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect#14 and its sub-issues; P2 is Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs#484.
+Code repository: E:/layerfs-connect/layerfs
+Baseline: main at 582bc786f9e17a6993a147cc165e3e4a75366a9e (shallow clone after full-clone index-pack OOM).
+
+## Objective
+
+Build Area P without weakening LayerFS's core contracts. Before product code, establish a reproducible Linux-first build/test environment on the current Windows + Docker Desktop host, dedicated project-local build MCP/skills where they add value beyond the existing tools/worktree.py launcher, and a clean Git rollback/checkpoint procedure. Verify changed scope directly; CI is informational, not a completion gate.
+
+## Required outcome
+
+Each of Node, Python, CLI and MCP can mount, run a command, commit, read history, and push or pull, subject to explicitly resolved upstream dependencies. All work uses Disposable/WAL/synchronous=OFF only; Durable execution remains disabled. Linux owns real Store/FUSE E2E; Windows uses the existing worker route. No retired server or host-mediated Store route.
+
+## Task inventory
+
+- P1 (#53): Node SDK history calls — commit graph with Layers, merge parents, fork points, publish state, branch commits to fork point, changed paths per commit.
+- P2 (layerfs#484): explicit JS constructor/open/init configuration with environment fallback and lifetime-stable resolution.
+- P3 (#54): CLI history, push and pull; blocked by P1 and R7 (#42), which is open and itself blocked by R2/R3.
+- P4 (#55): Python SDK; blocked by D10 (#20), native Rust binding versus worker-only client.
+- P5 (#56): MCP server; blocked by D11 (#21), Node versus Python and stdio versus HTTP.
+- P6 (#57): contract tests shared by Node, Python, CLI and MCP.
+- P7 (#58): commit author/agent and labels.
+- P8 (#59): list/stat/read at any Commit or Layer, including binary flag.
+- P9 (#60): event stream for commits, branches, workspaces, sandboxes and init progress.
+- P10 (#61): per-call results API with method, duration, error code and write outcomes.
+- P11 (#62): Store statistics building on get_storage.
+- P12 (#63): Store summary for project lists.
+- P13 (#64): folder-scoped client with isolated folder and Branch namespace.
+- P14 (#65): fix list_branches short pages and list_workspaces Branch names beyond 64 (layerfs#480).
+- P15 (#66): publish @layerfs/* packages to npm; outward-facing release requires separate explicit approval before publishing.
+
+## Execution order and gates
+
+1. Complete read-only recon and obtain approval for the full design, including D10/D11 choices or explicitly defer blocked implementation.
+2. Pin the clean baseline and create the reproducible build/test/rollback tooling. Prove stand-in tests and the smallest real Linux Store/Workspace smoke path before feature work.
+3. Implement shared Rust/API primitives and contract fixtures before duplicating behavior across SDKs.
+4. Implement Node, Python, CLI and MCP in dependency order. Do not claim P3 push/pull complete while R7 is unavailable.
+5. Run scoped tests with explicit <=120-second test ceilings, build before test, preserve failure evidence, and run real Linux E2E through isolated resources.
+6. Finish with independent review, ai-slop-cleaner, full changed-scope verification, and the cross-client mount/exec/commit/history/push-or-pull evidence matrix. Publishing is not implied by local completion.
+
+## Constraints
+
+- Follow AGENTS.md plus core/engine/api guides and preserve core < engine < api layering.
+- No new dependency where an existing crate/package provides the capability.
+- One attempted operation; no automatic retry/replay.
+- No automatic commits, pushes, issue edits, or npm publication without explicit user request.
+- Preserve unrelated files and existing Docker/WSL state; use per-worktree caches and per-run Store/container ownership.
diff --git a/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/claude-goal-snapshot.json b/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/claude-goal-snapshot.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..412b7edb83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/claude-goal-snapshot.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "goal": {
+    "objective": "Complete all ultragoal stories in .omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/goals.json: G001-recon-and-design Recon and design; G002-build-test-rollback-environment Build test rollback environment; G003-p1-node-history P1 Node history; G004-p2-constructor-configuration P2 Constructor configuration; G005-p6-shared-contract-tests P6 Shared contract tests; G006-p7-commit-metadata P7 Commit metadata; G007-p8-historical-file-reads P8 Historical file reads; G008-p9-event-stream P9 Event stream; G009-p10-per-call-results P10 Per-call results; G010-p11-store-statistics P11 Store statistics; G011-p12-store-summary P12 Store summary; G012-p13-folder-scoped-client P13 Folder-scoped client; G013-p14-pagination-fixes P14 Pagination fixes; G014-p3-cli-history-push-pull P3 CLI history push pull; G015-p4-python-sdk P4 Python SDK; G016-p5-mcp-server P5 MCP server; G017-p15-package-publishing P15 Package publishing; G018-final-cross-client-verification Final cross-client verification",
+    "status": "active"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/goals.json b/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/goals.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a6db3c39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/goals.json
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "planId": "area-p-20261028",
+  "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+  "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:35:19.243Z",
+  "briefPath": ".omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/brief.md",
+  "goalsPath": ".omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/goals.json",
+  "ledgerPath": ".omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/ledger.jsonl",
+  "claudeGoalMode": "aggregate",
+  "goals": [
+    {
+      "id": "G001-recon-and-design",
+      "title": "Recon and design",
+      "objective": "Understand core and Area P, choose Linux-first environment and resolve or surface D10/D11 and R7 gates; obtain design approval",
+      "status": "complete",
+      "attempt": 1,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:34:59.680Z",
+      "startedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:23.578Z",
+      "completedAt": "2026-10-28T14:34:59.680Z",
+      "evidence": "Core/source recon complete; all Area P issues verified; builder-check findings resolved in docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-28-area-p-design.md; foundation plan saved; private repository created; local branch and verified rollback bundle ready. R7 remains external blocker."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G002-build-test-rollback-environment",
+      "title": "Build test rollback environment",
+      "objective": "Establish and verify isolated Linux build/test resources, project-local build helpers, and clean Git rollback checkpoints before product code",
+      "status": "in_progress",
+      "attempt": 1,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:35:19.243Z",
+      "startedAt": "2026-10-28T14:35:19.243Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G003-p1-node-history",
+      "title": "P1 Node history",
+      "objective": "Implement and verify layerfs-connect#53 Node SDK history calls",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G004-p2-constructor-configuration",
+      "title": "P2 Constructor configuration",
+      "objective": "Implement and verify layerfs#484 explicit JS client configuration with environment fallback",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G005-p6-shared-contract-tests",
+      "title": "P6 Shared contract tests",
+      "objective": "Create reusable cross-client behavioral contracts and fixtures for Node Python CLI and MCP",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G006-p7-commit-metadata",
+      "title": "P7 Commit metadata",
+      "objective": "Implement and verify commit author agent and labels through history",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G007-p8-historical-file-reads",
+      "title": "P8 Historical file reads",
+      "objective": "Implement and verify list stat read at Commit or Layer including binary handling",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G008-p9-event-stream",
+      "title": "P9 Event stream",
+      "objective": "Implement and verify typed event stream for required project and runtime changes",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G009-p10-per-call-results",
+      "title": "P10 Per-call results",
+      "objective": "Implement and verify method duration error and write outcome results API",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G010-p11-store-statistics",
+      "title": "P11 Store statistics",
+      "objective": "Implement and verify detailed Store statistics building on get_storage",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G011-p12-store-summary",
+      "title": "P12 Store summary",
+      "objective": "Implement and verify project-list Store summary",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G012-p13-folder-scoped-client",
+      "title": "P13 Folder-scoped client",
+      "objective": "Implement and verify folder and Branch namespace scoping",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G013-p14-pagination-fixes",
+      "title": "P14 Pagination fixes",
+      "objective": "Reproduce and fix list_branches short pages and list_workspaces Branch names past 64",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G014-p3-cli-history-push-pull",
+      "title": "P3 CLI history push pull",
+      "objective": "Implement and verify CLI calls after P1 and R7 are available; record blocker otherwise",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G015-p4-python-sdk",
+      "title": "P4 Python SDK",
+      "objective": "After D10 decision implement and verify Python SDK and required wheel worker paths",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G016-p5-mcp-server",
+      "title": "P5 MCP server",
+      "objective": "After D11 decision implement and verify MCP file Bash history push pull calls",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G017-p15-package-publishing",
+      "title": "P15 Package publishing",
+      "objective": "Prepare and verify npm packages; publish only with separate explicit approval",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "G018-final-cross-client-verification",
+      "title": "Final cross-client verification",
+      "objective": "Run independent review ai-slop-cleaner and changed-scope verification; produce Node Python CLI MCP evidence matrix and resolve all review blockers",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "attempt": 0,
+      "createdAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z",
+      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z"
+    }
+  ],
+  "claudeObjective": "Complete all ultragoal stories in .omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/goals.json: G001-recon-and-design Recon and design; G002-build-test-rollback-environment Build test rollback environment; G003-p1-node-history P1 Node history; G004-p2-constructor-configuration P2 Constructor configuration; G005-p6-shared-contract-tests P6 Shared contract tests; G006-p7-commit-metadata P7 Commit metadata; G007-p8-historical-file-reads P8 Historical file reads; G008-p9-event-stream P9 Event stream; G009-p10-per-call-results P10 Per-call results; G010-p11-store-statistics P11 Store statistics; G011-p12-store-summary P12 Store summary; G012-p13-folder-scoped-client P13 Folder-scoped client; G013-p14-pagination-fixes P14 Pagination fixes; G014-p3-cli-history-push-pull P3 CLI history push pull; G015-p4-python-sdk P4 Python SDK; G016-p5-mcp-server P5 MCP server; G017-p15-package-publishing P15 Package publishing; G018-final-cross-client-verification Final cross-client verification",
+  "activeGoalId": "G002-build-test-rollback-environment"
+}
diff --git a/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/ledger.jsonl b/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/ledger.jsonl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5ec5cad6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/ledger.jsonl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{"ts":"2026-10-28T14:01:09.199Z","event":"plan_created","message":"18 goal(s) created"}
+{"ts":"2026-10-28T14:01:23.578Z","event":"goal_started","goalId":"G001-recon-and-design","status":"in_progress","message":"Attempt 1"}
+{"ts":"2026-10-28T14:34:59.680Z","event":"goal_completed","goalId":"G001-recon-and-design","status":"complete","evidence":"Core/source recon complete; all Area P issues verified; builder-check findings resolved in docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-28-area-p-design.md; foundation plan saved; private repository created; local branch and verified rollback bundle ready. R7 remains external blocker.","claudeGoal":{"available":true,"objective":"Complete all ultragoal stories in .omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/goals.json: G001-recon-and-design Recon and design; G002-build-test-rollback-environment Build test rollback environment; G003-p1-node-history P1 Node history; G004-p2-constructor-configuration P2 Constructor configuration; G005-p6-shared-contract-tests P6 Shared contract tests; G006-p7-commit-metadata P7 Commit metadata; G007-p8-historical-file-reads P8 Historical file reads; G008-p9-event-stream P9 Event stream; G009-p10-per-call-results P10 Per-call results; G010-p11-store-statistics P11 Store statistics; G011-p12-store-summary P12 Store summary; G012-p13-folder-scoped-client P13 Folder-scoped client; G013-p14-pagination-fixes P14 Pagination fixes; G014-p3-cli-history-push-pull P3 CLI history push pull; G015-p4-python-sdk P4 Python SDK; G016-p5-mcp-server P5 MCP server; G017-p15-package-publishing P15 Package publishing; G018-final-cross-client-verification Final cross-client verification","status":"active","remainingTokens":null,"raw":{"goal":{"objective":"Complete all ultragoal stories in .omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/goals.json: G001-recon-and-design Recon and design; G002-build-test-rollback-environment Build test rollback environment; G003-p1-node-history P1 Node history; G004-p2-constructor-configuration P2 Constructor configuration; G005-p6-shared-contract-tests P6 Shared contract tests; G006-p7-commit-metadata P7 Commit metadata; G007-p8-historical-file-reads P8 Historical file reads; G008-p9-event-stream P9 Event stream; G009-p10-per-call-results P10 Per-call results; G010-p11-store-statistics P11 Store statistics; G011-p12-store-summary P12 Store summary; G012-p13-folder-scoped-client P13 Folder-scoped client; G013-p14-pagination-fixes P14 Pagination fixes; G014-p3-cli-history-push-pull P3 CLI history push pull; G015-p4-python-sdk P4 Python SDK; G016-p5-mcp-server P5 MCP server; G017-p15-package-publishing P15 Package publishing; G018-final-cross-client-verification Final cross-client verification","status":"active"}}}}
+{"ts":"2026-10-28T14:35:19.243Z","event":"goal_started","goalId":"G002-build-test-rollback-environment","status":"in_progress","message":"Attempt 1"}
diff --git a/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/plan-path b/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/plan-path
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c2a0eb895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/plan-path
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation.md
diff --git a/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/progress.md b/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/progress.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32b5ecd79c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/progress.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# SDD ledger — plan: docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation.md
+
+Pre-flight: Task 1 produces registered resources/images consumed by Tasks 2 and 4; no interface conflict found.
+Pre-flight: Task 2 produces allowlisted build operations used optionally by Task 4; CLI remains the authoritative fallback.
+Pre-flight: Task 3 preserves sealed bundle interfaces consumed by Task 4; Node behavior must remain compatible.
+Ruling: use the fresh dedicated clone on area-p/p1-p15 instead of creating a nested linked worktree — the checkout has no other work and the user approved this branch and immediate execution — cost if wrong: another agent editing this exact clone could collide, so no concurrent editor is allowed.
+Ruling: Ubuntu WSL2 is required for the existing launcher because worktree_run.py uses os.uname() — use a dedicated distribution rather than porting the launcher to Windows — cost if wrong: one additional local Linux distribution to maintain.
+Task 1: Docker Desktop WSL integration failed; an isolated Ubuntu docker.io install then hit host C: at 0 MB and VHD I/O errors. Moving Ubuntu to E: repeatedly failed ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION. Do not shut down shared Docker/WSL state without user approval.
+Task 1: Ruling: proceed with Task 2's independent MCP unit/stdio tests while the host storage blocker awaits user action — this is still build infrastructure, not Area P product code — cost if wrong: MCP integration must be revalidated after Task 1 resources exist, which is already required by Task 4.
+Task 2: command adapter RED→GREEN (6/6); stdio test failed first on the missing server, then exposed unresolved SDK v2 initialization. Task 2 is not complete. User requested an immediate archival push of all plans/history before further debugging.
diff --git a/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/task-1-brief.md b/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/task-1-brief.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f307de1460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/task-1-brief.md
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+### Task 1: Linux Environment and Recovery Baseline
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `tools/docker/area-p-runtime.Dockerfile`
+- Create: `tools/docker/README.md`
+- Modify: `.gitignore` only if the runtime recipe generates a local file not already ignored
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Produces: local image `layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3`, a printed `resources.json` path, and verified `origin`/`upstream` remotes consumed by Tasks 2–4.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Prove the current recovery state**
+
+Run:
+```bash
+git -C E:/layerfs-connect/layerfs status --short --branch
+git -C E:/layerfs-connect/layerfs remote -v
+git -C E:/layerfs-connect/layerfs bundle verify E:/layerfs-connect/backups/layerfs-area-p-baseline-582bc786.bundle
+```
+Expected: branch `area-p/p1-p15`, bundle contains baseline tag, `origin` is the private Area P repository, `upstream` is public LayerFS. Then run `git -C E:/layerfs-connect/layerfs remote set-url --push upstream DISABLED_NO_UPSTREAM_PUSH` and confirm no upstream push URL remains usable.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Install and qualify the dedicated WSL control plane**
+
+Run `wsl.exe --install -d Ubuntu --no-launch`. If Windows requires restart or interactive setup, stop this task and report that exact blocker; do not alter Podman/Docker utility distributions. After installation:
+```bash
+wsl.exe -d Ubuntu -u root -- sh -lc 'apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3 lsof git ca-certificates && python3 --version && docker version && test -d /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs'
+```
+Expected: Python 3, Docker Engine API >=1.48, and the checkout visible at the pinned path.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Write the runtime recipe and its documentation**
+
+`area-p-runtime.Dockerfile` starts `FROM node:24.21.0-bookworm` and installs only `git`, `procps`, `lsof`, `python3`, `python3-venv`, and `python3-pip` with apt lists removed. `tools/docker/README.md` records exact build/pull commands, the no-Durable rule, and that FUSE capability comes from the product's Docker configuration rather than an unqualified image claim.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Pull/build and pin all image identities**
+
+Run in Ubuntu:
+```bash
+docker pull rust:1.85.1-bookworm
+docker pull node:24.21.0-bookworm
+docker build --file /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/tools/docker/area-p-runtime.Dockerfile --tag layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/tools/docker
+docker image inspect rust:1.85.1-bookworm node:24.21.0-bookworm layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 --format '{{.RepoTags}} {{.Id}}'
+```
+Expected: all images local; registration subsequently uses these exact resolved IDs.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Register and prepare private build resources**
+
+Run:
+```bash
+python3 /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/tools/worktree.py register --worktree /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs --root /root/.cache/layerfs-worktrees --owner area-p --build-image rust:1.85.1-bookworm --runtime-image layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 --sandbox-image layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3
+python3 /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/tools/worktree.py prepare --resources <printed-resources.json> --platform linux
+```
+Expected: a registration whose source is the pinned checkout, Linux Cargo/target volumes are private, dependencies are fetched only in `prepare`, and the printed resource path is recorded in `.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/ledger.jsonl` evidence.
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Run existing cheap baselines under explicit timeouts**
+
+Run in Ubuntu with `timeout 100` for each test command:
+```bash
+cd /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs
+timeout 100 python3 -B -m unittest tools.test_worktree
+timeout 100 docker run --rm --pull never -v /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs:/work:ro -w /work layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 node api/agent/test/calls.mjs
+timeout 100 docker run --rm --pull never -v /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs:/work:ro -w /work layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 node --test api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs
+```
+Expected: all exit 0 within 100 seconds; otherwise retain output and diagnose before product work.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Commit the environment recipe**
+
+Run the production LOC counter before staging and against the staged tree, then commit only Task 1 files with `build: add Area P Linux runtime recipe`, the LOC comparison and `Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>`. Push is a separate user-approved operation subject to the OMC Git guardrail.
diff --git a/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/task-2-brief.md b/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/task-2-brief.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af17cceb1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/task-2-brief.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+### Task 2: Project Build MCP and Build/Rollback Skills
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/package.json`
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/package-lock.json`
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/src/commands.js`
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/src/server.js`
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/test/commands.test.js`
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/test/stdio.test.js`
+- Create: `.mcp.json`
+- Create: `.claude/skills/layerfs-build/SKILL.md`
+- Create: `.claude/skills/layerfs-rollback/SKILL.md`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: Task 1 `resources.json` and pinned Ubuntu/checkout.
+- Produces: MCP tools `layerfs_status`, `layerfs_prepare`, `layerfs_build`, `layerfs_cargo_test`, and `layerfs_checkpoint`; `createOperations({platform, resources, runner})` is the injectable command boundary.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write failing command-validation tests**
+
+Test `createOperations` with an injected runner. Assert exact argv for status/prepare/build/cargo test; assert build defaults to Linux debug with jobs 2; assert cargo tests require `-p` and a named `--test` target and use `--timeout 90`; assert `--workspace`, `--manifest-path`, `--target-dir`, `fs-bench-pro`, shell metacharacters, alternate resources paths and timeout >100 are refused before the runner is called. Assert Windows commands use `wsl.exe -d Ubuntu -u root --cd /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs` and never a shell command string.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run the command tests and confirm failure**
+
+Run `node --test tools/build-mcp/test/commands.test.js` under a 100-second parent timeout. Expected: FAIL because `src/commands.js` does not exist.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Implement the typed command adapter**
+
+`commands.js` exports `createOperations({platform = process.platform, resources, runner})`. Each operation returns `{status, stdout, stderr, receipt?}` from an injected spawn runner; no `exec`, shell string, arbitrary cwd, retry, Docker cleanup or Git mutation. `layerfs_checkpoint` runs only read-only Git commands and writes a timestamped binary diff plus status/revision manifest beneath `E:/layerfs-connect/backups` (or its Ubuntu-mounted equivalent), reporting untracked files separately rather than pretending they are in the diff.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Implement and test the stdio MCP surface**
+
+Use official `@modelcontextprotocol/server` 2.x and `zod` 4. `server.js` registers the five tools with strict schemas and uses `serveStdio`; stdout is protocol only and logs use stderr. `stdio.test.js` spawns the server, performs `initialize` and `tools/list`, asserts exactly the five tools, invokes invalid input and expects a tool error without a spawned build. Pin dependencies in the lockfile.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Configure the MCP and write both skills**
+
+`.mcp.json` starts the server with Windows Node and supplies `LAYERFS_BUILD_RESOURCES=/root/.cache/layerfs-worktrees/<registered-path>/resources.json` using the actual Task 1 path. The build skill documents Ubuntu execution, build-before-test, Disposable-only, timeout and receipt rules. The rollback skill documents baseline bundle verification, non-destructive checkpoints, exact-target inspection, and that restore/reset/clean/teardown require explicit approval.
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Run MCP and documentation checks**
+
+Run both Node test files with `node --test` under a 100-second parent timeout. Run `git diff --check` and validate `.mcp.json`/package JSON parsing. Expected: PASS, five tools listed, no protocol logs on stdout.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Commit the MCP and skills**
+
+Record production LOC before/after and commit Task 2 files as `tools: add Area P build MCP and recovery skills` with the required attribution.
diff --git a/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/tracking-issue.md b/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/tracking-issue.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efe2d294ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.superpowers/sdd/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation/tracking-issue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Private organization implementation workspace for LayerFS Area P. Upstream `Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs` remains read-only; development lands on `area-p/p1-p15` in this repository.
+
+Parent: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/14
+
+## Original Area P issues
+
+- [ ] P1 — Node SDK history calls: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/53
+- [ ] P2 — JS constructor configuration: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs/issues/484
+- [ ] P3 — CLI history, push and pull: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/54 (push/pull blocked by R7 #42)
+- [ ] P4 — Python SDK: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/55
+- [ ] P5 — MCP server: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/56
+- [ ] P6 — Shared contract tests: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/57
+- [ ] P7 — Commit author and labels: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/58
+- [ ] P8 — Read files at Commit or Layer: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/59
+- [ ] P9 — Event stream: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/60
+- [ ] P10 — Per-call results API: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/61
+- [ ] P11 — Store statistics: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/62
+- [ ] P12 — Store summary: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/63
+- [ ] P13 — Folder-scoped client: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/64
+- [ ] P14 — Pagination fixes: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/65
+- [ ] P15 — Publish `@layerfs/*` to npm: https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-connect/issues/66
+
+## Execution records
+
+- Design: `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-28-area-p-design.md`
+- Foundation plan: `docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation.md`
+- Local ultragoal plan: `area-p-20261028`
+
+Real Store/FUSE verification runs on Linux with Disposable/WAL/synchronous=OFF only. R7 push/pull remains an external dependency and will not be simulated.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ca39be0e98..f74df24394 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -485,6 +485,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.17.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hybrid-array"
 version = "0.4.15"
@@ -673,6 +679,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.11.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "layerfs-python"
+version = "1.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "layerfs-api",
+ "layerfs-bridge",
+ "layerfs-history",
+ "layerfs-persistence",
+ "layerfs-project",
+ "layerfs-storage",
+ "layerfs-store-service",
+ "layerfs-telemetry",
+ "pyo3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "layerfs-sandbox"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -974,6 +995,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "universal-hash",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05c8b63e8d9609db387f0324918f81d68fe27748f084ef092fb35954d0539a85"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
 version = "3.5.0"
@@ -992,6 +1019,63 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3"
+version = "0.30.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "229ca13b8a15bb0d1487b81ab975bfcd97513416499a8312011b6036e42e0de4"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
+ "pyo3-ffi",
+ "pyo3-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-build-config"
+version = "0.30.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70130e2b6dd1ee589a8788026a429561ca5c40fa7a2fa7914c2282eddae24700"
+dependencies = [
+ "target-lexicon",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-ffi"
+version = "0.30.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e7ff73c555c286d212d4ce7e5fbda845a973c4f61bd5f160f5f2c3c2a04d1c4"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-macros"
+version = "0.30.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c46d2e5862c7bb8207e3b639f713dda3c499933444784154c11d013c5a691b60"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "pyo3-macros-backend",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 3.0.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-macros-backend"
+version = "0.30.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38b89f066f2ae72a2aef52d1537ca2fcd104440ebfadee06e97aa90738a25b9b"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 3.0.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.47"
@@ -1248,6 +1332,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "target-lexicon"
+version = "0.13.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adb6935a6f5c20170eeceb1a3835a49e12e19d792f6dd344ccc76a985ca5a6ca"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "2.0.20"
diff --git a/api/AGENTS.md b/api/AGENTS.md
index 6ab8e49ca6..10184c06ec 100644
--- a/api/AGENTS.md
+++ b/api/AGENTS.md
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 > **Status:** Current general guide.
 
 Read [repository instructions](../AGENTS.md) first. This layer holds the
-published JavaScript packages only, one folder each: `agent` (@layerfs/agent),
-`cli` (@layerfs/cli), `backend` (@layerfs/backend) and `runtime`
-(@layerfs/runtime), with their guides in `docs/` and the build scripts in
-`scripts/`. It holds no Rust: the SDK method surface `layerfs-api` and the Node
-binding `layerfs-node` are engine crates (see the
+published JavaScript packages only, five folders, one package each: `agent`
+(@layerfs/agent), `cli` (@layerfs/cli), `backend` (@layerfs/backend), `mcp`
+(@layerfs/mcp) and `runtime` (@layerfs/runtime), with their guides in `docs/`
+and the build scripts in `scripts/`. It holds no Rust: the SDK method surface
+`layerfs-api` and the Node binding `layerfs-node` are engine crates (see the
 [engine guide](../engine/AGENTS.md#scope-and-ownership)); `scripts/build-native.mjs`
 builds the addon beside its crate at `engine/crates/layerfs-node/layerfs.node`.
 The packages load the engine through that addon or the worker; nothing in core
diff --git a/api/README.md b/api/README.md
index 9b7cd26445..1e71b3f8b6 100644
--- a/api/README.md
+++ b/api/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The Rust behind them lives in the engine: the SDK method surface
 `engine/crates/layerfs-api` and the Node addon crate
 `engine/crates/layerfs-node`, which builds `engine/crates/layerfs-node/layerfs.node`.
 
-`npm install` in `api` links `agent`, `backend` and `runtime` to each
+`npm install` in `api` links `agent`, `backend`, `runtime` and `cli` to each
 other; it downloads nothing.
 
 `@layerfs/agent/internal` is not a public API. It exists only for
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Run each part under the E2E launcher (`tools/worktree.py run`, see
 ### The `layerfs` command's tests
 
 ```bash
-npm --prefix api/cli install
+npm --prefix api install
 node --test api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs
 ```
 
diff --git a/api/agent/LICENSE b/api/agent/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dc51a2f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Ephemeral-AI
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/api/agent/README.md b/api/agent/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29ddcde760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# @layerfs/agent
+
+LayerFS JavaScript SDK for working with projects, Branches, files, Sandboxes, and Workspaces.
+
+Requires Node.js 20 or newer. The npm tarball contains JavaScript only: on Linux, set `LAYERFS_NATIVE` to a host-built `layerfs.node`; the checkout-relative addon fallback is not present in an installed tarball. On macOS and Windows, use the worker endpoint supplied by `@layerfs/runtime`. Store calls on other platforms fail `Unsupported`.
+
+See the [agent guide](https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs/blob/main/api/docs/agent.md) for settings, calls, native builds, and platform requirements.
diff --git a/api/agent/package.json b/api/agent/package.json
index afa0168200..478d69cd94 100644
--- a/api/agent/package.json
+++ b/api/agent/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
   "name": "@layerfs/agent",
   "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "LayerFS agent SDK: Projects, Branches, files, Sandboxes and Workspaces, over the native addon or a LayerFS home's worker",
-  "private": true,
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs.git",
+    "directory": "api/agent"
+  },
+  "files": ["src", "README.md", "LICENSE"],
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/api/agent/src/branch/changed_paths.js b/api/agent/src/branch/changed_paths.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0778e7ede9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/src/branch/changed_paths.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// branch.changed_paths: one positional SDK operation.
+import { diffOptions, page } from "../client.js";
+// `options.cursor` resumes after the `nextCursor` of the previous page.
+export function changed_paths(client, commit, pageSize = 50, pagePos = 0, options = {}) {
+  return client.call("branch.changed_paths", { commit, ...page(pageSize, pagePos), ...diffOptions(options) });
+}
diff --git a/api/agent/src/branch/graph.js b/api/agent/src/branch/graph.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0acb16f226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/src/branch/graph.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// branch.graph: one positional SDK operation.
+import { page } from "../client.js";
+export function graph(client, branch, pageSize = 50, pagePos = 0) {
+  return client.call("branch.graph", { branch, ...page(pageSize, pagePos) });
+}
diff --git a/api/agent/src/client.js b/api/agent/src/client.js
index 7e1ae74a98..b8cbe87bb5 100644
--- a/api/agent/src/client.js
+++ b/api/agent/src/client.js
@@ -9,25 +9,29 @@ export const transportOf = (client) => client[STATE].transport;
 import { LayerFSError } from "./errors.js";
 import { traced } from "./trace.js";
 
-/** A client's private state: `{ closed, transport }`. */
+/** A client's private state: `{ closed, transport, subscription, results, scope }`. */
 export const STATE = Symbol("layerfs.client");
 
 /** Names on the binding's backend table (#428), refused by the public one. */
 export const BACKEND = /^(backend|runtime)\./;
 
+/** The sink appending each call's per-call result to the client's ring. */
+export const sinkOf = (client) => client[STATE].results.sink;
+
 /** Runs one operation once and returns its value or throws its refusal;
  * `options` are the client's settings, whose `trace` selects its trace file;
- * `transport` is the client's binding (default: the one a new client would use). */
-export async function invoke(op, args, options, transport = binding()) {
+ * `transport` is the client's binding (default: the one a new client would use);
+ * `sink`, when given, receives the call's per-call result record. */
+export async function invoke(op, args, options, transport = binding(), sink = null) {
   return outcome(await traced(options, op, args, (scope) => {
     if (BACKEND.test(op)) throw new LayerFSError("UnknownMethod", "backend and runtime methods are @layerfs/backend's and @layerfs/runtime's", null);
     return transport.call(op, observed(args, scope));
-  }));
+  }, sink));
 }
 
 /** One call on the binding's backend table (`backend.*`, `runtime.*`). */
-export async function invokeBackend(op, args, options, transport = binding()) {
-  return outcome(await traced(options, op, args, (scope) => transport.backendCall(op, observed(args, scope))));
+export async function invokeBackend(op, args, options, transport = binding(), sink = null) {
+  return outcome(await traced(options, op, args, (scope) => transport.backendCall(op, observed(args, scope)), sink));
 }
 
 /** A traced call carries its scope; the binding removes it before dispatch. */
@@ -58,18 +62,18 @@ export function sandboxArg(sandbox) {
   return sandbox;
 }
 
-/** Deployment settings from the client options, else the environment
- * (LAYERFS_<NAME>). A Workspace's Sandbox needs
+/** Deployment settings from the client's resolved options (the constructor
+ * already applied the environment fallback and defaults, so nothing here
+ * re-reads the environment). A Workspace's Sandbox needs
  * every one but the container prefix and daemon host. */
 export function deployment(options = {}) {
-  const env = (name) => process.env[`LAYERFS_${name}`] || undefined;
   const deploy = {
-    docker: options.docker ?? env("DOCKER") ?? "/var/run/docker.sock",
-    image: options.image ?? env("IMAGE"),
-    volume: options.volume ?? env("VOLUME"),
-    daemon: options.daemon ?? env("DAEMON"),
-    containerPrefix: options.containerPrefix ?? env("CONTAINER_PREFIX"),
-    daemonHost: options.daemonHost ?? env("DAEMON_HOST"),
+    docker: options.docker ?? "/var/run/docker.sock",
+    image: options.image,
+    volume: options.volume,
+    daemon: options.daemon,
+    containerPrefix: options.containerPrefix,
+    daemonHost: options.daemonHost,
   };
   for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(deploy)) {
     if (name === "containerPrefix" || name === "daemonHost") continue;
@@ -91,13 +95,14 @@ export function live(client) {
  * home and the Store this process opened. */
 export function invokeClient(client, op, args) {
   live(client);
-  return invoke(op, { ...projectArgs(client), ...storeArgs(client), ...args }, client.options, transportOf(client));
+  const subscription = client[STATE].subscription?.id;
+  return invoke(op, { ...projectArgs(client), ...storeArgs(client), ...args, ...(subscription ? { subscription } : {}) }, client.options, transportOf(client), sinkOf(client));
 }
 
 /** One backend-table call of an open client, with the same fields. */
 export function invokeClientBackend(client, op, args) {
   live(client);
-  return invokeBackend(op, { ...projectArgs(client), ...storeArgs(client), ...args }, client.options, transportOf(client));
+  return invokeBackend(op, { ...projectArgs(client), ...storeArgs(client), ...args }, client.options, transportOf(client), sinkOf(client));
 }
 
 /** A call's project fields: the project, discovery home and the client's
@@ -139,12 +144,35 @@ export function diffOptions({ cursor, hunks } = {}) {
   return { ...(cursor == null ? {} : { cursor }), ...(hunks === undefined ? {} : { hunks }) };
 }
 
+function checkedText(value, name) {
+  if (value === undefined) return undefined;
+  if (typeof value !== "string" || Buffer.byteLength(value) > 4096 || [...value].some((c) => (c.codePointAt(0) < 32 && c !== "\n" && c !== "\t") || (c.codePointAt(0) >= 127 && c.codePointAt(0) <= 159) || (c.codePointAt(0) >= 0xd800 && c.codePointAt(0) <= 0xdfff))) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `${name} must be UTF-8, at most 4096 bytes, with no controls except newline/tab`, null);
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
 export function checkedMessage(message) {
-  if (message === undefined) return undefined;
-  if (typeof message !== "string" || Buffer.byteLength(message) > 4096 || [...message].some((c) => (c.codePointAt(0) < 32 && c !== "\n" && c !== "\t") || (c.codePointAt(0) >= 127 && c.codePointAt(0) <= 159) || (c.codePointAt(0) >= 0xd800 && c.codePointAt(0) <= 0xdfff))) {
-    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "message must be UTF-8, at most 4096 bytes, with no controls except newline/tab", null);
+  return checkedText(message, "message");
+}
+
+export function commitOptions(options = {}) {
+  if (options === null || typeof options !== "object" || Array.isArray(options)) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "options must be { author?, labels? }", null);
+  }
+  for (const key of Object.keys(options)) {
+    if (!["author", "labels"].includes(key)) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `unknown workspace.commit option "${key}"`, null);
+  }
+  const author = checkedText(options.author, "author");
+  const labels = options.labels;
+  if (labels !== undefined && (!Array.isArray(labels) || labels.length > 64 || [...labels].some((label) => typeof label !== "string"))) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "labels must be an array of at most 64 strings", null);
+  }
+  const checked = labels?.map((label) => checkedText(label, "each label"));
+  if (checked !== undefined && Buffer.byteLength(JSON.stringify(checked)) > 4096) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "labels JSON must be at most 4096 bytes", null);
   }
-  return message;
+  return { ...(author === undefined ? {} : { author }), ...(checked === undefined ? {} : { labels: checked }) };
 }
 
 /** A write's last argument as call fields: a Commit message string, or
diff --git a/api/agent/src/events.js b/api/agent/src/events.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ee02a8336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/src/events.js
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Same-client opened-project events. The native subscription ID and each
+// poll's in-flight state stay private to this module.
+import { invoke, invokeClient, live, projectArgs, sinkOf, STATE, storeArgs, transportOf } from "./client.js";
+import { LayerFSError } from "./errors.js";
+
+const PRIVATE = new WeakMap();
+
+const timeout = (value) => {
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(value) || value < 0 || value > 30_000) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "timeoutMs must be an integer in 0..30000", null);
+  }
+  return value;
+};
+
+async function* iterate(subscription) {
+  let wait = 1000;
+  for (;;) {
+    const page = await subscription.poll(wait);
+    if (page.closed) return;
+    if (page.stale) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "stream went stale; resubscribe", null);
+    for (const event of page.events) yield event;
+    wait = page.hasMore ? 0 : 1000;
+  }
+}
+
+function close(client, subscription, owner = false) {
+  const state = PRIVATE.get(subscription);
+  if (state.closing) return state.closing;
+  state.closing = (async () => {
+    const result = owner
+      ? await invoke("events.unsubscribe", { ...projectArgs(client), ...storeArgs(client), subscription: state.id }, client.options, transportOf(client), sinkOf(client))
+      : (live(client), await invokeClient(client, "events.unsubscribe", { subscription: state.id }));
+    state.closed = true;
+    if (client[STATE].subscription?.current === subscription) client[STATE].subscription = null;
+    return result;
+  })();
+  return state.closing;
+}
+
+export async function subscribe(client) {
+  live(client);
+  const previous = client[STATE].subscription;
+  if (previous) await previous.current.close();
+  const answer = await client.call("events.subscribe", {});
+  const subscription = {
+    cursor: answer.cursor,
+    snapshot: answer.snapshot,
+    async poll(timeoutMs = 0) {
+      live(client);
+      timeout(timeoutMs);
+      const state = PRIVATE.get(this);
+      if (state.polling) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "a poll is already outstanding", null);
+      state.polling = true;
+      try {
+        const page = await invokeClient(client, "events.poll", { subscription: state.id, cursor: this.cursor, timeoutMs });
+        this.cursor = page.cursor;
+        if (page.stale) this.snapshot = page.snapshot;
+        if (page.closed) state.closed = true;
+        return page;
+      } finally {
+        state.polling = false;
+      }
+    },
+    close() {
+      return close(client, this);
+    },
+    [Symbol.asyncIterator]() {
+      return iterate(this);
+    },
+  };
+  PRIVATE.set(subscription, { id: answer.subscription, closed: false, polling: false, closing: null });
+  client[STATE].subscription = { id: answer.subscription, current: subscription };
+  return subscription;
+}
+
+export async function closeOwned(client) {
+  const owned = client[STATE].subscription;
+  if (!owned) return;
+  client[STATE].subscription = null;
+  await close(client, owned.current, true);
+}
diff --git a/api/agent/src/fs/read.js b/api/agent/src/fs/read.js
index 37f243532c..3ec88f1f3b 100644
--- a/api/agent/src/fs/read.js
+++ b/api/agent/src/fs/read.js
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
 // fs.read: one positional SDK operation.
-export function read(client, ref, path, startLine = 1, endLine) {
-  return client.call("fs.read", { branch: ref, path, startLine, endLine });
+import { LayerFSError } from "../errors.js";
+
+export function read(client, ref, path, startLine = 1, endLine, options = {}) {
+  if (options === null || typeof options !== "object" || Array.isArray(options)) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "options must be { binary?, offset? }", null);
+  }
+  for (const key of Object.keys(options)) {
+    if (key !== "binary" && key !== "offset") throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `unknown fs.read option "${key}"`, null);
+  }
+  if (options.binary !== undefined && typeof options.binary !== "boolean") {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "binary must be a boolean", null);
+  }
+  if (options.offset !== undefined && options.offset !== null && typeof options.offset !== "string") {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "offset must be a string or null", null);
+  }
+  return client.call("fs.read", {
+    branch: ref,
+    path,
+    startLine,
+    endLine,
+    binary: options.binary ?? false,
+    ...(typeof options.offset === "string" ? { offset: options.offset } : {}),
+  });
 }
diff --git a/api/agent/src/index.js b/api/agent/src/index.js
index 446b59a534..fa765062e4 100644
--- a/api/agent/src/index.js
+++ b/api/agent/src/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // @layerfs/agent (#428): what an agent's script calls. A client is opened by
-// `LayerFS.open(name)` (an existing project) or `LayerFS.init(name, folder,
-// timeout?)` (a new one) and released by `close()`; there is no public
-// constructor and no options argument: settings come from the environment.
+// `LayerFS.open(name, options?)` (an existing project) or `LayerFS.init(name,
+// folder, timeout?, options?)` (a new one) and released by `close()`; there
+// is no public constructor. Settings come from the options object, else the
+// environment, resolved once at construction.
 // Calls name their Branch. `sandbox.create()` starts a Sandbox (the only
 // call that does) and `sandbox.close` stops it; `workspace.mount(sandbox,
 // branch)` returns a Workspace, `{ sandbox, path }`, in the Sandbox it names
@@ -9,16 +10,20 @@
 // (fs, branch, project) run against the project's Store, opened in this
 // process on Linux (#352 F-020) or in the LayerFS home's worker on macOS and
 // Windows (transport/).
-import { BACKEND, STATE, invoke, invokeClient, live, projectArgs, storeArgs, storeClose, storeOpen, transportOf } from "./client.js";
+import { BACKEND, STATE, invoke, invokeClient, live, page, pageOf, projectArgs, sinkOf, storeArgs, storeClose, storeOpen, transportOf } from "./client.js";
 import { binding } from "./transport/index.js";
 import { LayerFSError } from "./errors.js";
+import { createResults } from "./results.js";
+import { checkScope, scopeArgs, scopeBranches } from "./scope.js";
 import * as fsMethods from "./fs/index.js";
 import { INIT_TIMEOUT_MS, init } from "./project/init.js";
 import { list_branches } from "./project/list_branches.js";
 import { list_sandboxes } from "./project/list_sandboxes.js";
+import { changed_paths } from "./branch/changed_paths.js";
 import { diff_branches } from "./branch/diff_branches.js";
 import { diff_commits } from "./branch/diff_commits.js";
 import { fork } from "./branch/fork.js";
+import { graph } from "./branch/graph.js";
 import { list_commits } from "./branch/list_commits.js";
 import { merge } from "./branch/merge.js";
 import { publish } from "./branch/publish.js";
@@ -29,6 +34,7 @@ import { commit } from "./workspace/commit.js";
 import { exec } from "./workspace/exec.js";
 import { mount } from "./workspace/mount.js";
 import { unmount } from "./workspace/unmount.js";
+import { closeOwned as closeEvents, subscribe as subscribeEvents } from "./events.js";
 
 export { LayerFSError, isRefusal, CODES } from "./errors.js";
 export { INIT_TIMEOUT_MS };
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ async function opened(client) {
   if (!client.options.storePath) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "a LayerFS client needs storePath (LAYERFS_STORE_PATH), the project's installed Store", null);
   await storeOpen(client);
   try {
-    await invoke("project.list_branches", { ...projectArgs(client), ...storeArgs(client), pageSize: 1, pagePos: 0 }, client.options, transportOf(client));
+    await invoke("project.list_branches", { ...projectArgs(client), ...storeArgs(client), pageSize: 1, pagePos: 0 }, client.options, transportOf(client), sinkOf(client));
   } catch (error) {
     await storeClose(client).catch(() => {});
     throw error;
@@ -62,18 +68,105 @@ async function opened(client) {
   client[STATE].closed = false;
 }
 
-/** The removed options argument (#431 follow-up) is refused, never ignored. */
-function noOptions(method, given) {
-  if (given) {
-    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `${method} takes no options: settings come from the environment (LAYERFS_STORE_PATH, LAYERFS_DAEMON_HOST, LAYERFS_TRACE, LAYERFS_TRACE_STEP, LAYERFS_STORE_POLICY)`, null);
+/** Lists the complete Branch namespace, then applies the caller's page to it. */
+async function scopedBranches(client, args) {
+  const requested = page(args?.pageSize ?? 50, args?.pagePos ?? 0);
+  const items = [];
+  for (let pagePos = 0; ;) {
+    const answer = await invokeClient(client, "project.list_branches", { ...args, pageSize: 1000, pagePos });
+    items.push(...scopeBranches(client[STATE].scope, answer.items));
+    if (!answer.hasMore) break;
+    pagePos = answer.nextPagePos;
   }
+  return pageOf(items, requested);
+}
+
+/** True for a plain object (not null, not an array). */
+const isPlainObject = (value) => value !== null && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value);
+
+/** One string option field: explicit value wins, else the environment. */
+function optionField(given, field, envName, env) {
+  const value = given?.[field];
+  if (value === undefined) return env(envName);
+  if (typeof value !== "string" || !value) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `LayerFS option "${field}" must be a non-empty string`, null);
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
+/** The client's settings, resolved once from options over environment.
+ * The result is a fresh snapshot: mutating the caller's object, or the
+ * environment, after construction changes nothing. LAYERFS_TRACE_STEP and
+ * LAYERFS_TRACE_START are not settings and are never snapshotted: trace.js
+ * reads them at each call. */
+function resolveOptions(given) {
+  if (given !== undefined && !isPlainObject(given)) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "LayerFS options must be a plain object", null);
+  }
+  for (const key of Object.keys(given ?? {})) {
+    if (!["home", "trace", "deploy", "storePolicy", "storePath", "scope"].includes(key)) {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `unknown LayerFS option "${key}"`, null);
+    }
+  }
+  const env = (name) => process.env[`LAYERFS_${name}`] || undefined;
+  const deployGiven = given?.deploy;
+  if (deployGiven !== undefined && !isPlainObject(deployGiven)) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `LayerFS option "deploy" must be a plain object`, null);
+  }
+  for (const key of Object.keys(deployGiven ?? {})) {
+    if (!["docker", "image", "volume", "daemon", "containerPrefix", "daemonHost"].includes(key)) {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `unknown LayerFS deploy option "${key}"`, null);
+    }
+  }
+  const deployField = (field, envName) => {
+    const value = deployGiven?.[field];
+    if (value === undefined) return env(envName);
+    if (typeof value !== "string" || !value) {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `LayerFS option "deploy.${field}" must be a non-empty string`, null);
+    }
+    return value;
+  };
+  const containerPrefix = deployField("containerPrefix", "CONTAINER_PREFIX");
+  const daemonHost = deployField("daemonHost", "DAEMON_HOST");
+  let storePolicy = given?.storePolicy;
+  if (storePolicy === undefined) {
+    storePolicy = env("STORE_POLICY");
+  } else if (typeof storePolicy === "string") {
+    if (!storePolicy) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `LayerFS option "storePolicy" must be JSON text or a plain object`, null);
+  } else if (isPlainObject(storePolicy)) {
+    try {
+      storePolicy = JSON.stringify(storePolicy);
+    } catch {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `LayerFS option "storePolicy" must be JSON text or a plain object`, null);
+    }
+  } else {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `LayerFS option "storePolicy" must be JSON text or a plain object`, null);
+  }
+  const scope = checkScope(given?.scope);
+  return {
+    home: optionField(given, "home", "HOME", env),
+    trace: optionField(given, "trace", "TRACE", env),
+    deploy: {
+      docker: deployField("docker", "DOCKER") ?? "/var/run/docker.sock",
+      image: deployField("image", "IMAGE"),
+      volume: deployField("volume", "VOLUME"),
+      daemon: deployField("daemon", "DAEMON"),
+      ...(containerPrefix ? { containerPrefix } : {}),
+      ...(daemonHost ? { daemonHost } : {}),
+    },
+    storePolicy,
+    storePath: optionField(given, "storePath", "STORE_PATH", env),
+    ...(scope ? { scope } : {}),
+  };
 }
 
 export class LayerFS {
   /** A ready client of the existing project `projectName`; the constructor lists its settings. */
   static async open(projectName, ...rest) {
-    noOptions("LayerFS.open(name)", rest.some((value) => value !== undefined));
-    const client = new LayerFS(projectName, FACTORY);
+    if (rest.length > 1 || (rest.length === 1 && rest[0] !== undefined && !isPlainObject(rest[0]))) {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "LayerFS.open(name, options?) takes one options object at most", null);
+    }
+    const client = new LayerFS(projectName, FACTORY, rest[0]);
     await opened(client);
     return client;
   }
@@ -84,8 +177,16 @@ export class LayerFS {
    * number; default INIT_TIMEOUT_MS, 300 s; no unlimited option) bounds
    * Init, which then fails `Failed` (Deadline) when it runs longer. */
   static async init(projectName, folder, timeout = undefined, ...rest) {
-    noOptions("LayerFS.init(name, folder, timeout?)", (timeout !== null && typeof timeout === "object") || rest.some((value) => value !== undefined));
-    const client = new LayerFS(projectName, FACTORY);
+    if (timeout !== null && typeof timeout === "object") {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "LayerFS.init(name, folder, timeout?, options?) takes options as the fourth argument, not in the timeout position", null);
+    }
+    if (rest.length > 1 || (rest.length === 1 && rest[0] !== undefined && !isPlainObject(rest[0]))) {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "LayerFS.init(name, folder, timeout?, options?) takes one options object at most", null);
+    }
+    if (Object.hasOwn(rest[0] ?? {}, "scope")) {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "LayerFS.init does not accept scope; open the existing project with a scope instead", null);
+    }
+    const client = new LayerFS(projectName, FACTORY, rest[0]);
     const created = await init(client, folder, timeout);
     await opened(client);
     client.created = created;
@@ -93,8 +194,10 @@ export class LayerFS {
   }
 
   /** Not public: `LayerFS.open` and `LayerFS.init` make clients. Every
-   * setting is read from the environment once, here, into `options`, by its
-   * LAYERFS_ name. LAYERFS_TRACE names a
+   * setting is resolved once, here, into `options`: an explicit option
+   * wins, else its LAYERFS_ name, else the built-in default.
+   * LAYERFS_TRACE_STEP and LAYERFS_TRACE_START are not settings: trace.js
+   * reads them at each call. LAYERFS_TRACE names a
    * per-call trace file; LAYERFS_TRACE_STEP, read at each call, labels its
    * lines. Deployment
    * settings read LAYERFS_HOME, _DOCKER, _IMAGE, _VOLUME and _DAEMON; a
@@ -111,7 +214,7 @@ export class LayerFS {
    * LAYERFS_STORE_POLICY, a JSON object { smallFileThreshold,
    * wholeFileDepth, chunkDepth, metadataDepth }, is the Store policy
    * `LayerFS.init` records instead of the default. */
-  constructor(projectName, token = undefined) {
+  constructor(projectName, token = undefined, givenOptions = undefined) {
     if (token !== FACTORY) {
       throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "use `await LayerFS.open(name)` or `await LayerFS.init(name, folder)`; there is no public constructor", null);
     }
@@ -119,44 +222,44 @@ export class LayerFS {
       throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "a project name is required", null);
     }
     this.projectName = projectName;
-    const env = (name) => process.env[`LAYERFS_${name}`] || undefined;
-    this.options = {
-      home: env("HOME"),
-      trace: env("TRACE"),
-      deploy: {
-        docker: env("DOCKER"),
-        image: env("IMAGE"),
-        volume: env("VOLUME"),
-        daemon: env("DAEMON"),
-        ...(env("CONTAINER_PREFIX") ? { containerPrefix: env("CONTAINER_PREFIX") } : {}),
-        ...(env("DAEMON_HOST") ? { daemonHost: env("DAEMON_HOST") } : {}),
-      },
-      storePolicy: env("STORE_POLICY"),
-      storePath: env("STORE_PATH"),
-    };
+    this.options = resolveOptions(givenOptions);
     // not open until a factory has opened its Store; the binding is chosen now, once
-    this[STATE] = { closed: null, transport: binding() };
+    this[STATE] = { closed: null, transport: binding(), results: createResults(), scope: this.options.scope ?? null };
     this.fs = bind(this, fsMethods);
     this.project = bind(this, { list_branches, list_sandboxes });
-    this.branch = bind(this, { list_commits, diff_commits, diff_branches, fork, merge, publish });
+    this.branch = bind(this, { list_commits, graph, changed_paths, diff_commits, diff_branches, fork, merge, publish });
     this.sandbox = bind(this, { create, list_workspaces, close: closeSandbox });
     this.workspace = bind(this, { mount, exec, commit, unmount });
+    this.events = { subscribe: () => subscribeEvents(this) };
   }
 
   /** One public call of this client; refused once the client is closed. */
-  async call(method, args) {
+  async call(method, given) {
     if (BACKEND.test(method)) throw new LayerFSError("UnknownMethod", "backend and runtime methods are @layerfs/backend's and @layerfs/runtime's", null);
     live(this);
+    const args = scopeArgs(this[STATE].scope, method, given);
+    if (this[STATE].scope && method === "project.list_branches") return scopedBranches(this, args);
     return invokeClient(this, method, args);
   }
 
-  /** Releases this client's Store (the process's last client of it closes
-   * it). Workspaces stay mounted. Every later call is refused InvalidInput;
-   * a second close does nothing. */
+  /** This client's per-call results: kept records with `seq > after`, oldest
+   * first, plus the next cursor and the dropped count (P10). Local and
+   * synchronous: no binding call, and readable after close(). */
+  results(after = 0) {
+    return this[STATE].results.read(after);
+  }
+
+  /** Drops this client's event queue and releases its Store (the process's
+   * last client of it closes the Store). Workspaces stay mounted. Every later
+   * call is refused InvalidInput; a second close does nothing. Both releases
+   * are attempted once, even when event unsubscribe fails. */
   async close() {
     if (this[STATE].closed !== false) return;
     this[STATE].closed = true;
-    await storeClose(this);
+    let failure;
+    try { await closeEvents(this); } catch (error) { failure = error; }
+    try { await storeClose(this); } catch (error) { failure ??= error; }
+    if (failure) throw failure;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/api/agent/src/project/init.js b/api/agent/src/project/init.js
index 94f70a0c45..089e007460 100644
--- a/api/agent/src/project/init.js
+++ b/api/agent/src/project/init.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // { smallFileThreshold, wholeFileDepth, chunkDepth, metadataDepth }, is sent
 // as `policy`: JSON that is not such an object is refused here, and the
 // native code's refusal of a field is named after the variable too.
-import { invoke, projectArgs, storeArgs, transportOf } from "../client.js";
+import { invoke, projectArgs, sinkOf, storeArgs, transportOf } from "../client.js";
 import { LayerFSError } from "../errors.js";
 
 /** Init's default timeout, in milliseconds: 300 s. */
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function init(client, sourcePath, timeout = INIT_TIMEOUT_MS) {
   }
   const policy = storePolicy(client.options.storePolicy);
   try {
-    return await invoke("project.init", { ...projectArgs(client), ...storeArgs(client), path: sourcePath, name: client.projectName, ...(policy ? { policy } : {}), timeoutMs: timeout }, client.options, transportOf(client));
+    return await invoke("project.init", { ...projectArgs(client), ...storeArgs(client), path: sourcePath, name: client.projectName, ...(policy ? { policy } : {}), timeoutMs: timeout }, client.options, transportOf(client), sinkOf(client));
   } catch (error) {
     // the native check runs before Init makes anything: `policy.<field> …` or `policy: …`
     const field = policy && error?.code === "InvalidInput" && /^InvalidInput: (policy[.:].*)$/s.exec(error.message);
diff --git a/api/agent/src/results.js b/api/agent/src/results.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa4d66e406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/src/results.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// P10 per-call results: each client records one result per call a trace file
+// would record, in completion order (see api/docs/agent.md#per-call-results).
+// The ring keeps the most recent 1024 records and drops oldest without
+// reusing sequence numbers. Reading is local and works after close().
+import { LayerFSError } from "./errors.js";
+
+const CAPACITY = 1024;
+
+/** A client's per-call recorder: `sink` appends one settled call's record,
+ * `read(after)` pages the kept records. */
+export function createResults() {
+  let next = 1;
+  let evicted = 0;
+  const records = [];
+  const sink = (record) => {
+    record.seq = next++;
+    if (records.length === CAPACITY) {
+      records.shift();
+      evicted++;
+    }
+    records.push(record);
+  };
+  const read = (after = 0) => {
+    if (after === null || after === undefined) after = 0;
+    if (!Number.isSafeInteger(after) || after < 0) {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "after must be a nonnegative safe integer", null);
+    }
+    const items = records.filter((record) => record.seq > after);
+    const stale = after + 1 < next - records.length;
+    return {
+      items,
+      next: items.length ? items[items.length - 1].seq : after,
+      evicted,
+      ...(stale ? { stale: true } : {}),
+    };
+  };
+  return { sink, read };
+}
diff --git a/api/agent/src/scope.js b/api/agent/src/scope.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0775a89881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/src/scope.js
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// P13 folder and Branch-namespace guards, shared by named methods and client.call.
+import { LayerFSError } from "./errors.js";
+
+const HISTORY_NAME = /^[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9_.-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$/;
+const IDENTITY = /^[0-9a-f]{66}$/;
+const HISTORY = new Set(["branch.list_commits", "branch.graph", "branch.changed_paths", "branch.diff_commits", "branch.diff_branches"]);
+const PATHS = {
+  "fs.list": ["path"], "fs.glob": ["path"], "fs.grep": ["path"],
+  "fs.stat": ["path"], "fs.read": ["path"], "fs.blame": ["path"],
+  "fs.write": ["path"], "fs.edit": ["path"], "fs.mkdir": ["path"],
+  "fs.rm": ["path"], "fs.cp": ["from", "to"], "fs.mv": ["from", "to"],
+};
+const FILE_REFS = new Set(Object.keys(PATHS));
+FILE_REFS.add("fs.apply");
+FILE_REFS.add("fs.diff_files");
+
+export function outOfScope(kind) {
+  return new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `out of scope: ${kind}`, null);
+}
+
+const plain = (value) => value !== null && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value);
+const canonical = (path) => typeof path === "string" && (path === "/" || (path.startsWith("/") &&
+  !path.split("/").slice(1).some((part) => !part || part === "." || part === "..")));
+
+/** Validates and snapshots LayerFS.open's optional scope. */
+export function checkScope(scope) {
+  if (scope === undefined) return null;
+  if (!plain(scope)) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "scope must be { folder, branch? }", null);
+  for (const key of Object.keys(scope)) {
+    if (key !== "folder" && key !== "branch") throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `unknown scope option "${key}"`, null);
+  }
+  if (!canonical(scope.folder)) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "scope.folder must be a canonical project-root absolute path", null);
+  if (scope.branch !== undefined && (typeof scope.branch !== "string" || !HISTORY_NAME.test(scope.branch))) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "scope.branch must be a slash-free HistoryName namespace prefix", null);
+  }
+  return { folder: scope.folder, ...(scope.branch === undefined ? {} : { branch: scope.branch }) };
+}
+
+function inside(path, folder) {
+  if (!canonical(path)) return false;
+  return folder === "/" || path === folder || path.startsWith(`${folder}/`);
+}
+
+function branch(scope, name) {
+  if (!scope.branch) throw outOfScope("branch");
+  const composed = `${scope.branch}.${name}`;
+  if (typeof name !== "string" || !HISTORY_NAME.test(name) || !HISTORY_NAME.test(composed)) throw outOfScope("branch");
+  return composed;
+}
+
+function ref(scope, name) {
+  return typeof name === "string" && IDENTITY.test(name) ? name : branch(scope, name);
+}
+
+/** One `fs.apply` change's paths: a move or copy names both sides. */
+function changePaths(change) {
+  return change?.op === "cp" || change?.op === "mv" ? [change.from, change.to] : [change?.path];
+}
+
+function pathsChecked(scope, method, args) {
+  if (method === "fs.apply") {
+    if (!Array.isArray(args.changes)) throw outOfScope("path");
+    for (const change of args.changes) {
+      for (const path of changePaths(change)) {
+        if (!inside(path, scope.folder)) throw outOfScope("path");
+      }
+    }
+  } else if (method === "fs.diff_files") {
+    if (!inside(args.left?.path, scope.folder) || !inside(args.right?.path, scope.folder)) throw outOfScope("path");
+  } else {
+    for (const key of PATHS[method] ?? []) {
+      if (!inside(args[key], scope.folder)) throw outOfScope("path");
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/** One scoped raw operation's binding arguments, or throws before dispatch. */
+export function scopeArgs(scope, method, args) {
+  if (!scope) return args;
+  if (HISTORY.has(method)) throw outOfScope("history");
+  if (method === "events.subscribe") throw outOfScope("events");
+  const given = { ...args };
+  if (FILE_REFS.has(method)) pathsChecked(scope, method, given);
+  if (FILE_REFS.has(method)) given.branch = ref(scope, given.branch);
+  if (method === "fs.diff_files") {
+    given.left = { ...given.left, commit: ref(scope, given.left?.commit), path: given.left?.path };
+    given.right = { ...given.right, commit: ref(scope, given.right?.commit), path: given.right?.path };
+  } else if (method === "branch.fork") {
+    given.name = branch(scope, given.name);
+    given.from = ref(scope, given.from);
+  } else if (method === "branch.merge") {
+    given.branch = branch(scope, given.branch);
+    given.with = branch(scope, given.with);
+    given.name = branch(scope, given.name);
+  } else if (method === "branch.publish") {
+    given.branch = branch(scope, given.branch);
+  } else if (method === "project.list_branches") {
+    if (!scope.branch) throw outOfScope("branch");
+  } else if (method === "workspace.mount") {
+    if (given.branch !== undefined && given.branch !== "main") throw outOfScope("branch");
+    given.branch = branch(scope, "main");
+  } else if (method === "workspace.exec") {
+    if (given.cwd !== undefined && given.cwd !== scope.folder) throw outOfScope("path");
+    given.cwd = scope.folder;
+  }
+  return given;
+}
+
+/** Branch records relative to the scope's namespace, for filtered paging. */
+export function scopeBranches(scope, items) {
+  const prefix = `${scope.branch}.`;
+  return items.filter((item) => typeof item.name === "string" && item.name.startsWith(prefix))
+    .map((item) => ({ ...item, name: item.name.slice(prefix.length) }));
+}
diff --git a/api/agent/src/trace.js b/api/agent/src/trace.js
index 460de39211..8f6eb01746 100644
--- a/api/agent/src/trace.js
+++ b/api/agent/src/trace.js
@@ -97,42 +97,64 @@ function step() {
 /** Sends one call once through `send(scope)` and returns the binding's
  * answer. When `options.trace` names a file the call is traced: `send` gets
  * a fresh scope, the answer's telemetry goes to the trace line and is
- * removed from it. */
-export async function traced(options, method, args, send) {
+ * removed from it. `sink`, when given, receives the call's per-call result
+ * record (P10: method, start, ms, outcome, write outcome) whether or not a
+ * trace file is set; an untraced call keeps `send(null)`, with no scope. */
+export async function traced(options, method, args, send, sink = null) {
   const file = options?.trace;
-  if (!file) return send(null);
-  const id = `${RUN}-${++next}`;
-  const scope = randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
+  if (!file && !sink) return send(null);
+  const scope = file ? randomBytes(32).toString("hex") : null;
   const start = new Date();
   const began = performance.now();
+  const started = start.toISOString();
   let line;
-  try {
-    line = { layerfs_trace: 1, id, ...step(), method, ...(typeof args?.project === "string" ? { project: args.project } : {}), args: summary(args), start: start.toISOString(), scope };
-  } catch {
-    line = { layerfs_trace: 1, id, method, args: null, start: start.toISOString(), scope };
+  if (file) {
+    const id = `${RUN}-${++next}`;
+    try {
+      line = { layerfs_trace: 1, id, ...step(), method, ...(typeof args?.project === "string" ? { project: args.project } : {}), args: summary(args), start: started, scope };
+    } catch {
+      line = { layerfs_trace: 1, id, method, args: null, start: started, scope };
+    }
+    if (process.env.LAYERFS_TRACE_START === "1") write(file, { ...line, phase: "start" });
+    line.phase = "end";
   }
-  if (process.env.LAYERFS_TRACE_START === "1") write(file, { ...line, phase: "start" });
-  line.phase = "end";
   let answer;
   try {
     answer = await send(scope);
   } catch (error) {
-    write(file, { ...line, ms: elapsed(began), ok: false, code: error?.code ?? null, message: error?.message ?? String(error) });
+    const ms = elapsed(began);
+    const failure = { ok: false, code: error?.code ?? null, message: error?.message ?? String(error) };
+    if (file) write(file, { ...line, ms, ...failure });
+    if (sink) sink({ method, start: started, ms, ...failure });
     throw error;
   }
   const { telemetry, client, ...plain } = answer;
   const ms = elapsed(began);
-  // Queue time, never hidden in the call's work (#352 F-017): the wait for a
-  // worker thread (the call's time outside its run in the binding) and the
-  // wait for a free control connection of its Sandbox.
-  const queue = client ? queued(ms, client) : null;
-  try {
-    const result = plain.refused
-      ? { ok: false, code: plain.refused.code, message: plain.refused.message }
-      : { ok: true, ...committed(method, plain.value), ...results(method, args, plain.value) };
-    write(file, { ...line, ms, ...(queue ? { queue } : {}), ...result, ...(telemetry ? { daemon: telemetry.map(daemon) } : {}) });
-  } catch {
-    write(file, { ...line, ms, ok: !plain.refused });
+  if (file) {
+    // Queue time, never hidden in the call's work (#352 F-017): the wait for a
+    // worker thread (the call's time outside its run in the binding) and the
+    // wait for a free control connection of its Sandbox.
+    const queue = client ? queued(ms, client) : null;
+    try {
+      const result = plain.refused
+        ? { ok: false, code: plain.refused.code, message: plain.refused.message }
+        : { ok: true, ...committed(method, plain.value), ...results(method, args, plain.value) };
+      write(file, { ...line, ms, ...(queue ? { queue } : {}), ...result, ...(telemetry ? { daemon: telemetry.map(daemon) } : {}) });
+    } catch {
+      write(file, { ...line, ms, ok: !plain.refused });
+    }
+  }
+  if (sink) {
+    try {
+      sink({
+        method, start: started, ms,
+        ...(plain.refused
+          ? { ok: false, code: plain.refused.code, message: plain.refused.message }
+          : { ok: true, ...committed(method, plain.value) }),
+      });
+    } catch {
+      sink({ method, start: started, ms, ok: !plain.refused });
+    }
   }
   return plain;
 }
diff --git a/api/agent/src/workspace/commit.js b/api/agent/src/workspace/commit.js
index 7c8135644b..fe4cd44028 100644
--- a/api/agent/src/workspace/commit.js
+++ b/api/agent/src/workspace/commit.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // workspace.commit: one Commit of the Workspace's changes.
-import { invokeClient, workspaceArgs, checkedMessage } from "../client.js";
-export function commit(client, ws, message, force = false) {
-  return invokeClient(client, "workspace.commit", { ...workspaceArgs(ws), message: checkedMessage(message), force });
+import { invokeClient, workspaceArgs, checkedMessage, commitOptions } from "../client.js";
+export function commit(client, ws, message, force = false, options = {}) {
+  return invokeClient(client, "workspace.commit", { ...workspaceArgs(ws), message: checkedMessage(message), force, ...commitOptions(options) });
 }
diff --git a/api/agent/src/workspace/exec.js b/api/agent/src/workspace/exec.js
index 3d37d501e6..8a1c81fe81 100644
--- a/api/agent/src/workspace/exec.js
+++ b/api/agent/src/workspace/exec.js
@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@
 // are not ended, and the result's field for each is null. The result then
 // also carries `stdoutBytes` and `stderrBytes`. Page reads are not traced:
 // the call's trace line covers the command's run.
-import { invoke, invokeClient, outcome, transportOf, workspaceArgs, checkedMessage } from "../client.js";
+import { invoke, invokeClient, outcome, transportOf, workspaceArgs, checkedMessage, STATE } from "../client.js";
 import { LayerFSError } from "../errors.js";
+import { scopeArgs } from "../scope.js";
 
 const PAGE = 1 << 20;
 
 export async function exec(client, ws, command, message, sinks) {
   const to = checkedSinks(sinks);
-  const value = await invokeClient(client, "workspace.exec", { ...workspaceArgs(ws), command, message: checkedMessage(message), ...(to ? { spool: true } : {}) });
+  const args = { ...workspaceArgs(ws), command, message: checkedMessage(message), ...(to ? { spool: true } : {}) };
+  const value = await invokeClient(client, "workspace.exec", scopeArgs(client[STATE].scope, "workspace.exec", args));
   if (!to && value.output === undefined) return value;
   const { output, ...result } = value;
   result.stdoutBytes ??= Buffer.byteLength(result.stdout ?? "");
diff --git a/api/agent/src/workspace/mount.js b/api/agent/src/workspace/mount.js
index 66760f575f..9fdcbc2bae 100644
--- a/api/agent/src/workspace/mount.js
+++ b/api/agent/src/workspace/mount.js
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@
 // The native call gets { sandbox, branch } with the client's project, home,
 // deploy and storePath. Returns the Workspace, `{ sandbox, path }`, and its
 // Sandbox's `image`.
-import { invokeClient } from "../client.js";
+import { invokeClient, STATE } from "../client.js";
 import { LayerFSError } from "../errors.js";
+import { outOfScope, scopeArgs } from "../scope.js";
 export async function mount(client, sandbox, branch, ...rest) {
-  if (typeof sandbox !== "string" || !/^[1-9][0-9]{0,9}$/.test(sandbox) || typeof branch !== "string" || rest.some((value) => value !== undefined)) {
+  const scope = client[STATE].scope;
+  if (scope && (branch !== undefined || rest.length > 0)) throw outOfScope("branch");
+  const selected = scope ? "main" : branch;
+  if (typeof sandbox !== "string" || !/^[1-9][0-9]{0,9}$/.test(sandbox) || typeof selected !== "string" || (!scope && rest.some((value) => value !== undefined))) {
     throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "workspace.mount(sandbox, branch) takes a Sandbox number such as \"1\" (from sandbox.create() or project.list_sandboxes()) and a Branch name, and no options", null);
   }
-  const value = await invokeClient(client, "workspace.mount", { sandbox, branch });
+  const value = await invokeClient(client, "workspace.mount", scopeArgs(scope, "workspace.mount", { sandbox, branch: selected }));
   return { sandbox: value.sandbox, path: value.path, image: value.image };
 }
diff --git a/api/agent/test/area-p.mjs b/api/agent/test/area-p.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e39004e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/test/area-p.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// Area P SDK/CLI agreement over the stand-in binding. Real-Store coverage:
+// layerfs-api/tests/area_p*.rs.
+//   /usr/bin/node api/agent/test/area-p.mjs
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { ENV, contains, plain } from "./fixture/cases.mjs";
+import { BUDGET_BRANCH_NAMES, CASES, P8_REFS } from "./fixture/cases-area-p.mjs";
+
+const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("./fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
+Object.assign(process.env, ENV, { LAYERFS_NATIVE: FAKE });
+delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_LOG;
+const native = createRequire(import.meta.url)(FAKE);
+const { LayerFS } = await import("../src/index.js");
+const lf = await LayerFS.open("site");
+const failures = [];
+
+for (const c of CASES) {
+  native.branchList = null;
+  native.branchReplyBudget = null;
+  native.workspaceList = [];
+  c.prepare?.(native);
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  let result;
+  let error;
+  process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE = (c.refuse ?? []).join(",");
+  try {
+    result = await c.sdk(lf);
+  } catch (thrown) {
+    error = thrown;
+  } finally {
+    delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE;
+  }
+  try {
+    assert.deepEqual(native.calls.slice(before), c.op ? [c.op] : [], "binding calls; no Workspace operation");
+    if (c.op) assert.ok(contains(plain(native.args[before]), c.sent), `sent ${JSON.stringify(plain(native.args[before]))}`);
+    if (c.refused) {
+      assert.ok(error, `no refusal; returned ${JSON.stringify(plain(result))}`);
+      assert.equal(error.name, "LayerFSError");
+      assert.deepEqual({ code: error.code, message: error.message, detail: plain(error.detail) }, c.refused);
+    } else {
+      assert.equal(error, undefined, `threw ${error?.message}`);
+      assert.deepEqual(plain(result), c.result);
+    }
+  } catch (failure) {
+    failures.push(`${c.name}: ${failure.message}`);
+  }
+}
+
+try {
+  const ws = { sandbox: "1", path: "/workspaces/w1" };
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  const totalOverflow = Array(64).fill("");
+  totalOverflow[0] = "x".repeat(3904);
+  const invalid = [
+    null, { unknown: true }, { author: null }, { author: 7 }, { labels: null }, { labels: "call-7" }, { labels: [7] }, { labels: [undefined] }, { labels: Array(1) },
+    { author: "a".repeat(4097) }, { labels: ["bad\u0007"] }, { labels: Array(65).fill("x") }, { labels: totalOverflow },
+  ];
+  for (const options of invalid) {
+    await assert.rejects(lf.workspace.commit(ws, "invalid", false, options), { code: "InvalidInput" });
+  }
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before, "invalid P7 options send nothing");
+} catch (failure) {
+  failures.push(`P7 option validation: ${failure.message}`);
+}
+
+try {
+  const ws = { sandbox: "1", path: "/workspaces/w1" };
+  const labels = Array(64).fill("");
+  labels[0] = "x".repeat(3903);
+  assert.equal(Buffer.byteLength(JSON.stringify(labels)), 4096);
+  const result = await lf.workspace.commit(ws, "boundary", false, { author: "a".repeat(4096), labels });
+  assert.equal(result.commit.author.length, 4096);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.commit.labels, labels);
+} catch (failure) {
+  failures.push(`P7 option boundaries: ${failure.message}`);
+}
+
+try {
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  for (const options of [{ unknown: true }, { binary: "yes" }, null, [], "yes"]) {
+    await assert.rejects(lf.fs.read(P8_REFS.commit, "/file.txt", 1, 1, options), { code: "InvalidInput" });
+  }
+  for (const offset of [7, true, {}]) {
+    await assert.rejects(lf.fs.read(P8_REFS.commit, "/file.txt", 1, 1, { offset }), {
+      name: "LayerFSError",
+      code: "InvalidInput",
+      message: "InvalidInput: offset must be a string or null",
+      detail: null,
+    });
+  }
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before, "invalid P8 options send nothing");
+  const result = await lf.fs.read(P8_REFS.commit, "/file.txt", 1, 1, { offset: null });
+  assert.equal(result.nextOffset, null);
+  assert.ok(!("offset" in native.args.at(-1)), "null offset omits the wire field");
+} catch (failure) {
+  failures.push(`P8 option validation: ${failure.message}`);
+}
+
+native.branchList = BUDGET_BRANCH_NAMES;
+native.branchReplyBudget = 48 * 1024;
+const before = native.calls.length;
+const found = [];
+let first;
+let pagePos = 0;
+let pages = 0;
+let terminated = false;
+while (pages <= BUDGET_BRANCH_NAMES.length && !terminated) {
+  const page = await lf.project.list_branches(1000, pagePos);
+  first ??= page;
+  pages += 1;
+  found.push(...page.items.map((item) => item.name));
+  if (page.nextPagePos === null) {
+    terminated = true;
+  } else {
+    pagePos = page.nextPagePos;
+  }
+}
+try {
+  assert.ok(first.items.length < 1000, "the reply budget makes a short page");
+  assert.equal(first.hasMore, true);
+  assert.equal(first.nextPagePos, first.items.length);
+  assert.equal(terminated, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(found, BUDGET_BRANCH_NAMES);
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length - before, pages, "one binding call per page");
+  assert.equal(pages, 2);
+} catch (failure) {
+  failures.push(`P14 list_branches budget traversal: ${failure.message}`);
+}
+
+await lf.close();
+if (failures.length) {
+  console.error(`FAIL area-p: ${failures.length} of ${CASES.length + 4}\n${failures.join("\n")}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+console.log(`PASS area-p (${CASES.length} cases + 2 P7 validation groups + 1 P8 validation group + 1 budget traversal)`);
diff --git a/api/agent/test/area-p10-results.mjs b/api/agent/test/area-p10-results.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de245fe326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/test/area-p10-results.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+// P10 per-call results over one stand-in binding and its clients.
+//   node api/agent/test/area-p10-results.mjs
+// No Docker, Store or daemon is used.
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { ENV } from "./fixture/cases.mjs";
+
+const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("./fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
+Object.assign(process.env, ENV, { LAYERFS_NATIVE: FAKE });
+delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_LOG;
+delete process.env.LAYERFS_TRACE;
+const native = createRequire(import.meta.url)(FAKE);
+const { LayerFS, LayerFSError } = await import("../src/index.js");
+const { LayerFSBackend } = await import("@layerfs/backend");
+const { traced } = await import("../src/trace.js");
+const lf = await LayerFS.open("site");
+const WS = { sandbox: "1", path: "/workspaces/w1" };
+const scenarios = [];
+const scenario = (name, run) => scenarios.push({ name, run });
+const pick = (record, fields) => Object.fromEntries(fields.filter((field) => field in record).map((field) => [field, record[field]]));
+
+scenario("1 one record per call, gapless completion order, no binding call to read", async () => {
+  const opened = lf.results();
+  assert.equal(opened.items.length, 1, "LayerFS.open's project lookup is the first record");
+  assert.equal(opened.items[0].method, "project.list_branches");
+  assert.equal(opened.items[0].seq, 1);
+  assert.equal(opened.items[0].ok, true);
+  assert.equal(opened.next, 1);
+  assert.equal(opened.evicted, 0);
+  assert.equal("stale" in opened, false);
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  const read = lf.results();
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before, "results() makes no binding call");
+  assert.deepEqual(read.items, opened.items, "reading is stable");
+  await lf.project.list_branches();
+  await lf.fs.list("main", "/");
+  const all = lf.results();
+  assert.deepEqual(all.items.map((record) => record.seq), [1, 2, 3]);
+  assert.deepEqual(all.items.map((record) => record.method), ["project.list_branches", "project.list_branches", "fs.list"]);
+  for (const record of all.items) {
+    assert.ok(Number.isFinite(record.ms) && record.ms >= 0, "a client-side duration");
+    assert.ok(!Number.isNaN(Date.parse(record.start)), "an ISO start");
+    assert.equal("code" in record, false, "ok records carry no refusal");
+    assert.equal("message" in record, false);
+    assert.equal("args" in record, false, "no call arguments in a record");
+    assert.equal("daemon" in record, false, "no daemon telemetry in a record");
+  }
+});
+
+scenario("2 write outcomes: Commit, bytes added, kind; reads carry none", async () => {
+  await lf.fs.write("feature", "/big.txt", "hello", "Write big");
+  await lf.fs.rm("feature", "/dir");
+  await lf.workspace.commit(WS, "Save");
+  await lf.branch.merge("main", "feature", "merged");
+  await lf.branch.publish("feature");
+  await lf.branch.fork("p10-fork");
+  await lf.fs.read("main", "/README.md", 1, 20);
+  const records = lf.results(3).items;
+  const byMethod = Object.fromEntries(records.map((record) => [record.method, record]));
+  assert.equal(records.length, 7);
+  assert.deepEqual(pick(byMethod["fs.write"], ["ok", "kind", "commit", "sizes"]), {
+    ok: true, kind: "Committed", commit: "c0ffee",
+    sizes: { logical: 120, newCanonical: 40, newStored: 30, newMetadata: 8 },
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(pick(byMethod["fs.rm"], ["ok", "kind", "commit", "sizes"]), { ok: true, kind: "UpToDate", commit: "h3ad" });
+  assert.deepEqual(pick(byMethod["workspace.commit"], ["ok", "kind", "commit", "sizes"]), {
+    ok: true, kind: "Committed", commit: "c0ffee",
+    sizes: { logical: 120, newCanonical: 40, newStored: 30, newMetadata: 8 },
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(pick(byMethod["branch.merge"], ["ok", "kind", "commit", "sizes"]), { ok: true, kind: "Merged", commit: "m3rge" });
+  assert.deepEqual(pick(byMethod["branch.publish"], ["ok", "kind", "commit", "layer"]), { ok: true, kind: "Added", commit: "pub1", layer: "lay1" });
+  assert.equal(byMethod["branch.fork"].kind, "Forked");
+  assert.equal("commit" in byMethod["branch.fork"], false, "a fork publishes nothing");
+  assert.equal("commit" in byMethod["fs.read"], false, "a read publishes nothing");
+  assert.equal("sizes" in byMethod["fs.read"], false);
+});
+
+scenario("3 refused answers; refusals before the call record nothing", async () => {
+  const cursor = lf.results().next;
+  await assert.rejects(lf.fs.read("main", "/missing"), { code: "NoSuchPath" });
+  process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE = "fs.list";
+  await assert.rejects(lf.fs.list("main", "/"), { code: "Conflict" });
+  delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE;
+  const records = lf.results(cursor).items;
+  assert.equal(records.length, 2);
+  assert.deepEqual(pick(records[0], ["method", "ok", "code"]), { method: "fs.read", ok: false, code: "NoSuchPath" });
+  assert.match(records[0].message, /does not exist/);
+  assert.deepEqual(pick(records[1], ["method", "ok", "code", "message"]), { method: "fs.list", ok: false, code: "Conflict", message: "fs.list refused by the fake" });
+  for (const record of records) assert.equal("commit" in record, false, "a refused write names no Commit");
+  const before = lf.results().next;
+  await assert.rejects(lf.call("backend.store.project.get_history", {}), { code: "UnknownMethod" });
+  await assert.rejects(lf.project.list_branches(0), { code: "InvalidInput" });
+  assert.equal(lf.results().next, before, "a refusal before the call records nothing");
+});
+
+scenario("4 a thrown refusal records and rethrows (traced boundary)", async () => {
+  const records = [];
+  const sink = (record) => records.push(record);
+  const error = new LayerFSError("Busy", "busy test", null);
+  await assert.rejects(traced({}, "fs.read", {}, async () => { throw error; }, sink), (thrown) => thrown === error);
+  assert.equal(records.length, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(pick(records[0], ["method", "ok", "code", "message"]), { method: "fs.read", ok: false, code: "Busy", message: "Busy: busy test" });
+  assert.ok(Number.isFinite(records[0].ms));
+  const ok = await traced({}, "project.list_branches", {}, async () => ({ value: { items: [] } }), sink);
+  assert.deepEqual(ok, { value: { items: [] } });
+  assert.deepEqual(pick(records[1], ["method", "ok"]), { method: "project.list_branches", ok: true });
+  const plain = await traced({}, "fs.list", {}, async () => ({ value: { items: [] } }));
+  assert.deepEqual(plain, { value: { items: [] } }, "no sink, no file: the call is untouched");
+});
+
+scenario("5 backend calls land in the same client's records", async () => {
+  const cursor = lf.results().next;
+  await LayerFSBackend.of(lf).store.project.get_storage();
+  const records = lf.results(cursor).items;
+  assert.equal(records.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(records[0].method, "backend.store.project.get_storage");
+  assert.equal(records[0].ok, true);
+});
+
+scenario("6 paging: after, next, empty pages, null and undefined", async () => {
+  const all = lf.results();
+  const last = all.next;
+  const paged = lf.results(last - 2);
+  assert.deepEqual(paged.items.map((record) => record.seq), [last - 1, last]);
+  assert.equal(paged.next, last);
+  const empty = lf.results(last);
+  assert.deepEqual(empty.items, []);
+  assert.equal(empty.next, last, "an empty page repeats the cursor");
+  assert.deepEqual(lf.results(null), all, "null reads from the start");
+  assert.deepEqual(lf.results(undefined), all, "undefined reads from the start");
+});
+
+scenario("7 invalid after values refuse InvalidInput", async () => {
+  for (const after of [-1, 1.5, NaN, "1", {}, [], 2 ** 53, Infinity]) {
+    assert.throws(() => lf.results(after), { name: "LayerFSError", code: "InvalidInput", message: "InvalidInput: after must be a nonnegative safe integer" }, JSON.stringify(after));
+  }
+});
+
+scenario("8 parallel calls: one record each, unique consecutive seqs", async () => {
+  const cursor = lf.results().next;
+  await Promise.all([
+    lf.fs.write("feature", "/a.txt", "a", "one"),
+    lf.fs.read("main", "/README.md", 1, 20),
+    lf.project.list_branches(),
+  ]);
+  const records = lf.results(cursor).items;
+  assert.equal(records.length, 3);
+  assert.deepEqual(records.map((record) => record.seq), [cursor + 1, cursor + 2, cursor + 3], "completion order");
+  assert.deepEqual(records.map((record) => record.method).sort(), ["fs.read", "fs.write", "project.list_branches"]);
+});
+
+scenario("9 init records project.init and the open lookup", async () => {
+  const made = await LayerFS.init("p10init", "/src/site");
+  const records = made.results().items;
+  assert.deepEqual(records.map((record) => record.method), ["project.init", "project.list_branches"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(records.map((record) => record.seq), [1, 2]);
+  assert.equal(records[0].kind, "Initialized");
+  assert.equal(records[0].ok, true);
+  await made.close();
+});
+
+scenario("10 the 1024-record ring drops oldest and reports staleness", async () => {
+  const heavy = await LayerFS.open("site");
+  for (let i = 0; i < 1030; i++) await heavy.project.list_branches();
+  const total = 1031;
+  const all = heavy.results();
+  assert.equal(all.items.length, 1024, "the ring keeps its most recent 1024");
+  assert.equal(all.evicted, total - 1024);
+  assert.equal(all.stale, true, "records after 0 were dropped");
+  assert.equal(all.items[0].seq, total - 1024 + 1, "oldest kept");
+  assert.equal(all.next, total);
+  assert.deepEqual(all.items.map((record) => record.seq).every((seq, index) => seq === total - 1024 + 1 + index), true, "no reused sequences");
+  const edge = heavy.results(total - 1024);
+  assert.equal("stale" in edge, false, "the cursor just before the oldest kept record is not stale");
+  assert.equal(edge.items[0].seq, total - 1024 + 1);
+  const dropped = heavy.results(total - 1024 - 2);
+  assert.equal(dropped.stale, true, "a cursor into dropped records is stale");
+  assert.equal(dropped.items.length, 1024, "kept records are still returned");
+  await heavy.close();
+});
+
+scenario("11 trace agreement and unchanged call results", async () => {
+  const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "layerfs-p10-"));
+  try {
+    const file = join(dir, "trace.jsonl");
+    const tracedClient = await LayerFS.open("site", { trace: file });
+    await tracedClient.fs.write("feature", "/big.txt", "hello", "Write big");
+    await assert.rejects(tracedClient.fs.read("main", "/missing"), { code: "NoSuchPath" });
+    await tracedClient.branch.publish("feature");
+    const lines = readFileSync(file, "utf8").trimEnd().split("\n").map((line) => JSON.parse(line));
+    const records = tracedClient.results().items;
+    assert.equal(records.length, lines.length, "one record per trace line");
+    const FIELDS = ["method", "start", "ms", "ok", "code", "message", "kind", "commit", "layer", "sizes"];
+    for (let i = 0; i < records.length; i++) {
+      assert.deepEqual(pick(records[i], FIELDS), pick(lines[i], FIELDS), `${records[i].method}: record agrees with its trace line`);
+      assert.ok(native.observed.includes(lines[i].scope), "traced calls still carry their scope");
+    }
+    await tracedClient.close();
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+const failures = [];
+for (const { name, run } of scenarios) {
+  try {
+    await run();
+  } catch (error) {
+    failures.push(`${name}: ${error.stack ?? error}`);
+    break;
+  }
+}
+try {
+  const before = lf.results().next;
+  await lf.close();
+  const after = lf.results();
+  assert.equal(after.next, before, "close() records no call of its own");
+  assert.equal(after.items.length, Math.min(before, 1024), "records stay readable after close()");
+} catch (error) {
+  failures.push(`cleanup: ${error.stack ?? error}`);
+}
+if (failures.length) {
+  console.error(`FAIL area-p10-results (${failures.length})\n${failures.join("\n")}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+console.log(`PASS area-p10-results (${scenarios.length} scenarios)`);
diff --git a/api/agent/test/area-p11-storage.mjs b/api/agent/test/area-p11-storage.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c060ceabda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/test/area-p11-storage.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+// P11 Store statistics over one stand-in binding and its clients.
+//   node api/agent/test/area-p11-storage.mjs
+// No Docker, Store or daemon is used.
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { ENV } from "./fixture/cases.mjs";
+
+const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("./fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
+Object.assign(process.env, ENV, { LAYERFS_NATIVE: FAKE });
+delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_LOG;
+delete process.env.LAYERFS_TRACE;
+const native = createRequire(import.meta.url)(FAKE);
+const { LayerFS, LayerFSError } = await import("../src/index.js");
+const { LayerFSBackend } = await import("@layerfs/backend");
+
+const shop = await LayerFS.open("site");
+const backend = LayerFSBackend.of(shop);
+
+const scenarios = [];
+const scenario = (name, run) => scenarios.push({ name, run });
+
+scenario("1 default get_storage returns disk statistics and no commits", async () => {
+  native.storageResult = {
+    logical: 1000,
+    canonical: 800,
+    stored: 600,
+    metadata: 200,
+    file: 16384,
+    free: 4096,
+    dedupe: "1.250000",
+    compression: "1.333333",
+    init: null,
+    disk: { main: 12288, wal: 4096, total: 16384 },
+  };
+  const stats = await backend.store.project.get_storage();
+  assert.equal(stats.dedupe, 1.25);
+  assert.equal(stats.compression, 1.333333);
+  assert.deepEqual(stats.disk, { main: 12288, wal: 4096, total: 16384 });
+  assert.equal("commits" in stats, false, "commits absent on default call");
+
+  const sent = native.args[native.calls.lastIndexOf("backend.store.project.get_storage")];
+  assert.equal("commits" in sent, false, "sent args do not have commits");
+});
+
+scenario("2 get_storage with { commits: false } also omits commits", async () => {
+  native.storageResult = {
+    logical: 1000,
+    canonical: 800,
+    stored: 600,
+    metadata: 200,
+    file: 16384,
+    free: 4096,
+    dedupe: null,
+    compression: null,
+    init: null,
+    disk: { main: 8192, wal: 0, total: 8192 },
+  };
+  const stats = await backend.store.project.get_storage({ commits: false });
+  assert.equal(stats.dedupe, null);
+  assert.equal(stats.compression, null);
+  assert.deepEqual(stats.disk, { main: 8192, wal: 0, total: 8192 });
+  assert.equal("commits" in stats, false);
+
+  const sent = native.args[native.calls.lastIndexOf("backend.store.project.get_storage")];
+  assert.equal(sent.commits, false);
+});
+
+scenario("3 get_storage with { commits: true } returns all three kinds", async () => {
+  native.storageResult = {
+    logical: 5000,
+    canonical: 4000,
+    stored: 3000,
+    metadata: 1000,
+    file: 32768,
+    free: 0,
+    dedupe: "1.250000",
+    compression: "1.333333",
+    init: null,
+    disk: { main: 24576, wal: 8192, total: 32768 },
+    commits: {
+      Workspace: { count: 3, newCanonical: 1200, newStored: 900, newMetadata: 300 },
+      Files: { count: 1, newCanonical: 400, newStored: 300, newMetadata: 100 },
+      Merge: { count: 0, newCanonical: 0, newStored: 0, newMetadata: 0 },
+    },
+  };
+  const stats = await backend.store.project.get_storage({ commits: true });
+  assert.deepEqual(stats.disk, { main: 24576, wal: 8192, total: 32768 });
+  assert.ok("commits" in stats);
+  assert.deepEqual(stats.commits.Workspace, { count: 3, newCanonical: 1200, newStored: 900, newMetadata: 300 });
+  assert.deepEqual(stats.commits.Files, { count: 1, newCanonical: 400, newStored: 300, newMetadata: 100 });
+  assert.deepEqual(stats.commits.Merge, { count: 0, newCanonical: 0, newStored: 0, newMetadata: 0 });
+
+  const sent = native.args[native.calls.lastIndexOf("backend.store.project.get_storage")];
+  assert.equal(sent.commits, true);
+});
+
+scenario("4 options validation in JS wrapper rejects invalid arguments", async () => {
+  const badOptions = [
+    null,
+    "bad",
+    123,
+    true,
+    [1, 2],
+    { unknown: true },
+    { extra: 1, commits: true },
+    { commits: "yes" },
+    { commits: 1 },
+    { commits: null },
+    { commits: {} },
+  ];
+  for (const bad of badOptions) {
+    await assert.rejects(
+      backend.store.project.get_storage(bad),
+      (err) => {
+        assert.ok(err instanceof LayerFSError, `expected LayerFSError for ${JSON.stringify(bad)}`);
+        assert.equal(err.code, "InvalidInput");
+        return true;
+      },
+      `rejected invalid option: ${JSON.stringify(bad)}`,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+scenario("5 options: empty object is accepted", async () => {
+  native.storageResult = {
+    logical: 100,
+    canonical: 80,
+    stored: 60,
+    metadata: 20,
+    file: 4096,
+    free: 0,
+    dedupe: null,
+    compression: null,
+    init: null,
+    disk: { main: 4096, wal: 0, total: 4096 },
+  };
+  const stats = await backend.store.project.get_storage({});
+  assert.deepEqual(stats.disk, { main: 4096, wal: 0, total: 4096 });
+});
+
+let passed = 0;
+for (const { name, run } of scenarios) {
+  try {
+    await run();
+    passed++;
+    console.log(`  ok ${name}`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`  FAIL ${name}`);
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+await shop.close();
+if (process.exitCode) {
+  console.error(`FAILED: ${passed}/${scenarios.length} passed`);
+} else {
+  console.log(`PASS area-p11-storage: ${passed}/${scenarios.length} scenarios ok`);
+}
diff --git a/api/agent/test/area-p12-summary.mjs b/api/agent/test/area-p12-summary.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb8f283d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/test/area-p12-summary.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// P12 Store summary over one stand-in binding and its client.
+//   node api/agent/test/area-p12-summary.mjs
+// No Docker, Store or daemon is used.
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { ENV } from "./fixture/cases.mjs";
+
+const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("./fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
+Object.assign(process.env, ENV, { LAYERFS_NATIVE: FAKE });
+delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_LOG;
+delete process.env.LAYERFS_TRACE;
+const native = createRequire(import.meta.url)(FAKE);
+const { LayerFS, LayerFSError } = await import("../src/index.js");
+const { LayerFSBackend } = await import("@layerfs/backend");
+
+const shop = await LayerFS.open("site");
+const backend = LayerFSBackend.of(shop);
+const scenarios = [];
+const scenario = (name, run) => scenarios.push({ name, run });
+
+scenario("1 get_summary returns the exact five-field shape", async () => {
+  native.summaryResult = {
+    logical: 123,
+    branches: 2,
+    commits: 5,
+    mainLayer: "lay1",
+    lastCommit: { id: "c0ffee", createdMs: 1761800000000 },
+  };
+  const value = await backend.store.project.get_summary();
+  assert.deepEqual(value, native.summaryResult);
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(value).sort(), ["branches", "commits", "lastCommit", "logical", "mainLayer"]);
+  assert.equal(native.calls.at(-1), "backend.store.project.get_summary");
+  const sent = native.args.at(-1);
+  assert.equal("commits" in sent, false);
+  assert.equal("unknown" in sent, false);
+});
+
+scenario("2 get_summary preserves null main head values", async () => {
+  native.summaryResult = { logical: 0, branches: 0, commits: 0, mainLayer: null, lastCommit: null };
+  assert.deepEqual(await backend.store.project.get_summary(), native.summaryResult);
+});
+
+scenario("3 get_summary refuses every supplied options argument", async () => {
+  const badOptions = [null, "bad", 123, true, [1, 2], {}, { unknown: true }];
+  for (const bad of badOptions) {
+    const before = native.calls.length;
+    await assert.rejects(
+      backend.store.project.get_summary(bad),
+      (error) => {
+        assert.ok(error instanceof LayerFSError);
+        assert.equal(error.code, "InvalidInput");
+        return true;
+      },
+      `rejected invalid argument: ${JSON.stringify(bad)}`,
+    );
+    assert.equal(native.calls.length, before, "invalid arguments never reach the binding");
+  }
+});
+
+let passed = 0;
+for (const { name, run } of scenarios) {
+  try {
+    await run();
+    passed++;
+    console.log(`  ok ${name}`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`  FAIL ${name}`);
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+await shop.close();
+if (process.exitCode) {
+  console.error(`FAILED: ${passed}/${scenarios.length} passed`);
+} else {
+  console.log(`PASS area-p12-summary: ${passed}/${scenarios.length} scenarios ok`);
+}
diff --git a/api/agent/test/area-p13-scope.mjs b/api/agent/test/area-p13-scope.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e32bbc350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/test/area-p13-scope.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+// P13 folder-scoped client confinement over one stand-in binding.
+//   node api/agent/test/area-p13-scope.mjs
+// No Docker, Store, mounted Workspace or daemon is used.
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { ENV } from "./fixture/cases.mjs";
+
+const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("./fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
+Object.assign(process.env, ENV, { LAYERFS_NATIVE: FAKE });
+delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_LOG;
+const native = createRequire(import.meta.url)(FAKE);
+const { LayerFS } = await import("../src/index.js");
+const { LayerFSBackend } = await import("@layerfs/backend");
+const scenarios = [];
+const scenario = (name, run) => scenarios.push({ name, run });
+const SCOPE = { folder: "/packages/editor", branch: "team.editor" };
+const WS = { sandbox: "1", path: "/workspaces/w1" };
+const COMMIT = `12${"a".repeat(64)}`;
+const open = (scope = SCOPE) => LayerFS.open("site", { scope });
+
+async function outside(promise, kind = "path") {
+  await assert.rejects(promise, (error) => {
+    assert.equal(error.name, "LayerFSError");
+    assert.equal(error.code, "InvalidInput");
+    assert.equal(error.message, `InvalidInput: out of scope: ${kind}`);
+    assert.equal(error.detail, null);
+    return true;
+  });
+}
+
+scenario("construction validates scope and init does not accept it", async () => {
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  const stores = native.stores.length;
+  const invalid = [
+    null, [], "scope", {}, { branch: "team" }, { folder: "/a", unknown: true },
+    { folder: "relative", branch: "team" }, { folder: "", branch: "team" },
+    { folder: "/a/", branch: "team" }, { folder: "/a//b", branch: "team" },
+    { folder: "/a/./b", branch: "team" }, { folder: "/a/../b", branch: "team" },
+    { folder: "/a", branch: "" }, { folder: "/a", branch: "team/editor" },
+    { folder: "/a", branch: "Team" }, { folder: "/a", branch: ".team" },
+    { folder: "/a", branch: "team." }, { folder: "/a", branch: "a".repeat(64) },
+  ];
+  for (const scope of invalid) await assert.rejects(LayerFS.open("site", { scope }), { name: "LayerFSError", code: "InvalidInput" });
+  await assert.rejects(LayerFS.init("fresh", "/tmp/fresh", undefined, { scope: SCOPE }), { name: "LayerFSError", code: "InvalidInput" });
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before, "bad scopes do not dispatch");
+  assert.equal(native.stores.length, stores, "bad scopes do not open a Store");
+  const valid = await open({ folder: "/", branch: "a" });
+  await valid.close();
+});
+
+scenario("in-scope file operations preserve arguments and results", async () => {
+  const plain = await LayerFS.open("site");
+  const scoped = await open();
+  const prefix = "team.editor";
+  const cases = [
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.list(r, "/packages/editor", 5, 0), "fs.list"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.glob(r, "**/*", "/packages/editor", 5, 0), "fs.glob"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.grep(r, "needle", "/packages/editor", 5, 0), "fs.grep"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.stat(r, "/packages/editor"), "fs.stat"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.read(r, "/packages/editor/src/index.js", 1, 5), "fs.read"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.blame(r, "/packages/editor/src/index.js", 1), "fs.blame"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.write(r, "/packages/editor/a", "new", "write"), "fs.write"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.edit(r, "/packages/editor/a", "old", "new", "edit"), "fs.edit"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.apply(r, [{ op: "write", path: "/packages/editor/a", content: "a" }, { op: "rm", path: "/packages/editor/b" }], "apply"), "fs.apply"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.mkdir(r, "/packages/editor/new", "mkdir"), "fs.mkdir"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.rm(r, "/packages/editor/old", "rm"), "fs.rm"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.cp(r, "/packages/editor/a", "/packages/editor/b", "cp"), "fs.cp"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.mv(r, "/packages/editor/a", "/packages/editor/b", "mv"), "fs.mv"],
+    [(c, r) => c.fs.diff_files(r, "/packages/editor/a", r === "main" ? "feature" : "team.editor.feature", "/packages/editor/b"), "fs.diff_files"],
+  ];
+  for (const [call, method] of cases) {
+    const expected = await call(plain, `${prefix}.main`);
+    const expectedArgs = native.args.at(-1);
+    const actual = await call(scoped, "main");
+    assert.deepEqual(actual, expected, method);
+    assert.deepEqual(native.args.at(-1), expectedArgs, `${method} binding args`);
+  }
+  await plain.close();
+  await scoped.close();
+});
+
+scenario("every file operation refuses all out-of-scope paths before dispatch", async () => {
+  const client = await open();
+  const calls = [
+    () => client.fs.list("main", "/packages"),
+    () => client.fs.glob("main", "**/*", "/packages"),
+    () => client.fs.grep("main", "needle", "/packages"),
+    () => client.fs.stat("main", "/packages/editor2"),
+    () => client.fs.read("main", "/packages/other.txt"),
+    () => client.fs.blame("main", "/packages/other.txt"),
+    () => client.fs.write("main", "/packages/other.txt", "x"),
+    () => client.fs.edit("main", "/packages/other.txt", "a", "b"),
+    () => client.fs.apply("main", [{ op: "write", path: "/packages/editor/a", content: "x" }, { op: "rm", path: "/packages/other" }]),
+    () => client.fs.apply("main", [{ op: "cp", from: "/packages/other/a", to: "/packages/editor/a" }]),
+    () => client.fs.apply("main", [{ op: "cp", from: "/packages/editor/a", to: "/packages/other/a" }]),
+    () => client.fs.apply("main", [{ op: "mv", from: "/packages/other/a", to: "/packages/editor/a" }]),
+    () => client.fs.apply("main", [{ op: "mv", from: "/packages/editor/a", to: "/packages/other/a" }]),
+    () => client.fs.mkdir("main", "/packages/other"),
+    () => client.fs.rm("main", "/packages/other.txt"),
+    () => client.fs.cp("main", "/packages/other/a", "/packages/editor/a"),
+    () => client.fs.cp("main", "/packages/editor/a", "/packages/other/a"),
+    () => client.fs.mv("main", "/packages/other/a", "/packages/editor/a"),
+    () => client.fs.mv("main", "/packages/editor/a", "/packages/other/a"),
+    () => client.fs.diff_files("main", "/packages/other/a", "main", "/packages/editor/a"),
+    () => client.fs.diff_files("main", "/packages/editor/a", "main", "/packages/other/a"),
+    () => client.call("fs.read", { branch: "main", path: "/packages/other.txt" }),
+  ];
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  for (const call of calls) await outside(call());
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before, "no partial or out-of-scope operation reaches the binding");
+  await client.close();
+});
+
+scenario("only canonical paths on component boundaries are in scope", async () => {
+  const client = await open();
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  for (const path of [
+    "/packages/editor/../other", "/packages/editor//src", "packages/editor/src",
+    "/packages/editor/.", "/packages/editor/", "/packages/editor2/file", "", ".", "..",
+  ]) await outside(client.fs.read("main", path));
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before);
+  await client.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor");
+  await client.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor/src");
+  const root = await open({ folder: "/", branch: "team" });
+  await root.fs.read("main", "/any/canonical/path");
+  await root.close();
+  await client.close();
+});
+
+scenario("refs map Branch names but preserve immutable Commit and Layer ids", async () => {
+  const client = await open();
+  await client.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor/a");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).branch, "team.editor.main");
+  await client.fs.read(COMMIT, "/packages/editor/a");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).branch, COMMIT);
+  await client.branch.fork("from-commit", COMMIT);
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).from, COMMIT);
+  const filesOnly = await open({ folder: "/packages/editor" });
+  await filesOnly.fs.read(COMMIT, "/packages/editor/a");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).branch, COMMIT);
+  await outside(filesOnly.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor/a"), "branch");
+  await filesOnly.close();
+  await client.close();
+});
+
+scenario("path-returning history operations refuse before dispatch", async () => {
+  const client = await open();
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  for (const call of [
+    () => client.branch.list_commits("main"),
+    () => client.branch.graph("main"),
+    () => client.branch.changed_paths("c0ffee"),
+    () => client.branch.diff_commits("c0ffee", "decaf"),
+    () => client.branch.diff_branches("main", "feature"),
+    () => client.call("branch.list_commits", { branch: "main" }),
+  ]) await outside(call(), "history");
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before);
+  await client.close();
+});
+
+scenario("Branch mutation and publication stay in the namespace", async () => {
+  const client = await open();
+  await client.branch.fork("feature", "main");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).name, "team.editor.feature");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).from, "team.editor.main");
+  await client.branch.merge("main", "feature", "merged", "merge");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).branch, "team.editor.main");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).with, "team.editor.feature");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).name, "team.editor.merged");
+  await client.branch.publish("feature", "c0ffee");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).branch, "team.editor.feature");
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  for (const call of [
+    () => client.fs.read("team/editor/main", "/packages/editor/a"),
+    () => client.branch.fork("../escape", "main"),
+    () => client.branch.merge("main", "outsider/main", "merged"),
+    () => client.branch.publish("Main", "c0ffee"),
+    () => client.call("branch.fork", { name: "a".repeat(64), from: "main" }),
+  ]) await outside(call(), "branch");
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before);
+  const long = await open({ folder: "/packages/editor", branch: "a".repeat(60) });
+  const longBefore = native.calls.length;
+  await outside(long.branch.fork("bbbb", "main"), "branch");
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, longBefore);
+  await long.close();
+  const filesOnly = await open({ folder: "/packages/editor" });
+  const filesBefore = native.calls.length;
+  await outside(filesOnly.branch.fork("feature", "main"), "branch");
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, filesBefore);
+  await filesOnly.close();
+  await client.close();
+});
+
+scenario("Branch listing filters and strips the namespace with scoped paging", async () => {
+  native.branchList = ["main", "team.editor.main", "team.other", "team.editor.feature", "team.editor2.bad", "team.editor.review"];
+  try {
+    const client = await open();
+    const first = await client.project.list_branches(2, 0);
+    assert.deepEqual(first.items.map((item) => item.name), ["main", "feature"]);
+    assert.equal(first.hasMore, true);
+    assert.equal(first.nextPagePos, 2);
+    const second = await client.call("project.list_branches", { pageSize: 2, pagePos: 2 });
+    assert.deepEqual(second.items.map((item) => item.name), ["review"]);
+    assert.equal(second.hasMore, false);
+    assert.equal(second.nextPagePos, null);
+    const filesOnly = await open({ folder: "/packages/editor" });
+    await outside(filesOnly.project.list_branches(), "branch");
+    await filesOnly.close();
+    await client.close();
+  } finally {
+    native.branchList = null;
+  }
+});
+
+scenario("Workspace mount selects namespace main and keeps normal refusals", async () => {
+  const client = await open();
+  const mounted = await client.workspace.mount("1");
+  assert.deepEqual(mounted, { sandbox: "1", path: "/workspaces/w1", image: "fake-image" });
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).branch, "team.editor.main");
+  await client.call("workspace.mount", { sandbox: "1" });
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).branch, "team.editor.main");
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  await outside(client.workspace.mount("1", "feature"), "branch");
+  await outside(client.call("workspace.mount", { sandbox: "1", branch: "feature" }), "branch");
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before);
+  process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE = "workspace.mount";
+  process.env.CLI_FAKE_CODE = "NoSuchBranch";
+  try {
+    await assert.rejects(client.workspace.mount("1"), { code: "NoSuchBranch" });
+  } finally {
+    delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE;
+    delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_CODE;
+  }
+  const filesOnly = await open({ folder: "/packages/editor" });
+  await outside(filesOnly.workspace.mount("1"), "branch");
+  await filesOnly.close();
+  await client.close();
+});
+
+scenario("scoped Exec binds cwd internally and raw calls cannot override it", async () => {
+  const client = await open();
+  const result = await client.workspace.exec(WS, "exit 0", "scope test");
+  assert.equal(result.exitCode, 0);
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).cwd, "/packages/editor");
+  await client.call("workspace.exec", { ...WS, command: "exit 0" });
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).cwd, "/packages/editor");
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  await outside(client.call("workspace.exec", { ...WS, command: "pwd", cwd: "/" }));
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before);
+  await client.close();
+});
+
+scenario("Workspace commit and unmount preserve their existing behavior", async () => {
+  const plain = await LayerFS.open("site");
+  const scoped = await open();
+  const expectedCommit = await plain.workspace.commit(WS, "save");
+  assert.deepEqual(await scoped.workspace.commit(WS, "save"), expectedCommit);
+  const expectedUnmount = await plain.workspace.unmount(WS, true, false);
+  assert.deepEqual(await scoped.workspace.unmount(WS, true, false), expectedUnmount);
+  await plain.close();
+  await scoped.close();
+});
+
+scenario("events and backend are unavailable to scoped clients", async () => {
+  const client = await open();
+  assert.equal(client.backend, undefined);
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  await outside(client.events.subscribe(), "events");
+  await outside(client.call("events.subscribe", {}), "events");
+  await outside(Promise.resolve().then(() => LayerFSBackend.of(client)), "backend");
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before);
+  await client.close();
+});
+
+scenario("unknown raw methods retain their existing dispatch behavior", async () => {
+  const client = await open();
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  await client.call("future.operation", { value: 1 });
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before + 1);
+  assert.equal(native.calls.at(-1), "future.operation");
+  await client.close();
+});
+
+scenario("unscoped clients keep their existing call shapes", async () => {
+  const client = await LayerFS.open("site");
+  await client.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor/a");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).branch, "main");
+  await client.workspace.exec(WS, "exit 0");
+  assert.equal("cwd" in native.args.at(-1), false);
+  await client.workspace.mount("1", "feature");
+  assert.equal(native.args.at(-1).branch, "feature");
+  await client.close();
+});
+
+let passed = 0;
+const failures = [];
+for (const { name, run } of scenarios) {
+  try {
+    await run();
+    passed += 1;
+    console.log(`  ok ${name}`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    failures.push(name);
+    console.error(`  FAIL ${name}`);
+    console.error(error);
+  }
+}
+console.log(`${failures.length ? "FAILED" : "PASS"} area-p13-scope: ${passed}/${scenarios.length} scenarios ok`);
+if (failures.length) process.exitCode = 1;
diff --git a/api/agent/test/area-p9-events.mjs b/api/agent/test/area-p9-events.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32f6b5415b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/test/area-p9-events.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+// P9 opened-project events over one stateful stand-in binding and one client.
+//   /usr/bin/node api/agent/test/area-p9-events.mjs
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { ENV, contains, plain } from "./fixture/cases.mjs";
+
+const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("./fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
+Object.assign(process.env, ENV, { LAYERFS_NATIVE: FAKE });
+delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_LOG;
+const native = createRequire(import.meta.url)(FAKE);
+const { LayerFS } = await import("../src/index.js");
+const lf = await LayerFS.open("site");
+const WS = { sandbox: "1", path: "/workspaces/w1" };
+const COMMON = { project: "site", home: ENV.LAYERFS_HOME, storePath: ENV.LAYERFS_STORE_PATH };
+const scenarios = [];
+const scenario = (name, run) => scenarios.push({ name, run });
+const currentId = () => [...native.eventStates.keys()].at(-1);
+const callsFrom = (start) => native.calls.slice(start);
+const refuse = async (op, args) => {
+  const answer = await native.call(op, args);
+  assert.ok(answer.refused, `${op} unexpectedly returned ${JSON.stringify(plain(answer))}`);
+  return answer.refused;
+};
+const committed = (commit, branch = "main") => ({ kind: "Committed", branch, head: commit.id, commit });
+const FULL_COMMIT = {
+  id: `12${"a".repeat(64)}`, branch: "main", parents: [], base: `32${"b".repeat(64)}`, root: `42${"c".repeat(64)}`,
+  via: "Files", message: "attributed", author: "P9 author", labels: ["p9", "event"], time: 123456789,
+  logical: 120, newCanonical: 40, newStored: 30, newMetadata: 8, secondParent: null, mergeBase: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false,
+};
+const resetResults = () => {
+  native.fsResults = {};
+  native.mergeResults = {};
+  native.publishResults = {};
+  native.workspaceCommitResult = undefined;
+  delete native.eventPayloadText;
+};
+const produceCommits = async (count, message = "event") => {
+  const commit = { ...FULL_COMMIT, message };
+  native.workspaceCommitResult = committed(commit);
+  for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) await lf.workspace.commit(WS, "event");
+  return commit;
+};
+const checkCall = (index, op, args, id, common = true) => {
+  assert.equal(native.calls[index], op);
+  const raw = native.args[index];
+  const behavior = native.behaviorArgs[index];
+  assert.equal(Object.hasOwn(behavior, "subscription"), false, "the private routing field is stripped");
+  assert.deepEqual(plain(raw), plain({ ...behavior, ...(id ? { subscription: id } : {}) }));
+  if (common) assert.ok(contains(behavior, COMMON), JSON.stringify(plain(behavior)));
+  const extra = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(behavior).filter(([key]) => !["project", "home", "storePath", "deploy"].includes(key)));
+  assert.deepEqual(plain(extra), plain(args));
+};
+
+scenario("1 subscribe shape, complete projections, initial empty poll", async () => {
+  native.branchList = ["main", "cart"];
+  native.sandboxList = [{ sandbox: "1" }, { sandbox: "2" }];
+  native.workspaceLists = {
+    1: [{ mounted: true, directory: "/workspaces/w1", branch: "main" }, { mounted: false, directory: "/workspaces/old", branch: "old" }],
+    2: [{ mounted: true, directory: "/workspaces/w2", branch: null }],
+  };
+  const start = native.calls.length;
+  const events = await lf.events.subscribe();
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(events).sort(), ["close", "cursor", "poll", "snapshot"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(events), [Symbol.asyncIterator]);
+  assert.equal(events.cursor, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual(events.snapshot, {
+    branches: [{ name: "main", head: null }, { name: "cart", head: "head1234567890ab" }],
+    workspaces: [{ sandbox: "1", path: "/workspaces/w1", branch: "main" }, { sandbox: "2", path: "/workspaces/w2", branch: null }],
+    sandboxes: [{ sandbox: "1" }, { sandbox: "2" }],
+  });
+  assert.match(currentId(), /^[0-9a-f]{64}$/);
+  const page = await events.poll();
+  assert.deepEqual(page, { events: [], cursor: 0, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false });
+  assert.deepEqual(callsFrom(start), ["events.subscribe", "events.poll"]);
+  checkCall(start, "events.subscribe", {}, null);
+  checkCall(start + 1, "events.poll", { cursor: 0, timeoutMs: 0 }, currentId());
+  lf.events.test = events;
+});
+
+scenario("2 all lifecycle/fork/commit mappings, exact envelopes and attribution", async () => {
+  const events = lf.events.test;
+  const startCursor = events.cursor;
+  const fsCommit = { ...FULL_COMMIT, id: `12${"d".repeat(64)}`, message: "file" };
+  native.workspaceCommitResult = committed(FULL_COMMIT);
+  native.fsResults = { "fs.write": committed(fsCommit) };
+  const start = native.calls.length;
+  await lf.workspace.commit(WS, "attributed", false, { author: "P9 author", labels: ["p9", "event"] });
+  await lf.fs.write("main", "/one.txt", "one", "file");
+  await lf.branch.fork("from-commit");
+  await lf.branch.fork("from-layer", "layer");
+  const ws = await lf.workspace.mount("1", "main");
+  await lf.workspace.unmount(ws, false, true);
+  const sandbox = await lf.sandbox.create();
+  await lf.sandbox.close(sandbox.sandbox);
+  const page = await events.poll();
+  assert.equal(page.events.length, 8);
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events.map((event) => event.seq), Array.from({ length: 8 }, (_, i) => startCursor + i + 1));
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events.map((event) => event.type), ["commit.created", "fs.committed", "branch.forked", "branch.forked", "workspace.mounted", "workspace.unmounted", "sandbox.created", "sandbox.closed"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events.map((event) => event.source), ["store", "store", "store", "store", "daemon", "daemon", "daemon", "daemon"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events[0].payload, { branch: "main", workspace: WS, commit: FULL_COMMIT });
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events[1].payload, { branch: "main", method: "fs.write", path: "/one.txt", from: null, to: null, commit: fsCommit });
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events[2].payload, { branch: "from-commit", forkPoint: { kind: "commit", id: "not-a-publication" } });
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events[3].payload, { branch: "from-layer", forkPoint: { kind: "layer", id: "lay0" } });
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events[4].payload, { workspace: WS, branch: "main" });
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events[5].payload, { workspace: WS });
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events[6].payload, { sandbox: "2" });
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events[7].payload, { sandbox: "2" });
+  assert.equal(events.cursor, startCursor + 8);
+  assert.deepEqual(callsFrom(start), ["workspace.commit", "fs.write", "branch.fork", "branch.fork", "workspace.mount", "workspace.unmount", "sandbox.create", "sandbox.close", "events.poll"]);
+  const id = currentId();
+  checkCall(start, "workspace.commit", { ...WS, message: "attributed", force: false, author: "P9 author", labels: ["p9", "event"] }, id);
+  checkCall(start + 1, "fs.write", { branch: "main", path: "/one.txt", content: "one", message: "file" }, id);
+  checkCall(start + 4, "workspace.mount", { sandbox: "1", branch: "main" }, id);
+  checkCall(start + 8, "events.poll", { cursor: startCursor, timeoutMs: 0 }, id);
+});
+
+scenario("3 every fs path/from/to projection", async () => {
+  const events = lf.events.test;
+  const startCursor = events.cursor;
+  native.fsResults = Object.fromEntries(["fs.write", "fs.apply", "fs.edit", "fs.mkdir", "fs.rm", "fs.mv", "fs.cp"].map((op) => [op, committed({ ...FULL_COMMIT, message: op })]));
+  await lf.fs.write("main", "/write", "w");
+  await lf.fs.apply("main", [{ op: "write", path: "/a", content: "a" }]);
+  await lf.fs.edit("main", "/edit", "a", "b");
+  await lf.fs.mkdir("main", "/mkdir");
+  await lf.fs.rm("main", "/rm");
+  await lf.fs.mv("main", "/from-mv", "/to-mv");
+  await lf.fs.cp("main", "/from-cp", "/to-cp");
+  const page = await events.poll();
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events.map((event) => event.seq), Array.from({ length: 7 }, (_, i) => startCursor + i + 1));
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events.map(({ payload }) => ({ method: payload.method, path: payload.path, from: payload.from, to: payload.to })), [
+    { method: "fs.write", path: "/write", from: null, to: null },
+    { method: "fs.apply", path: null, from: null, to: null },
+    { method: "fs.edit", path: "/edit", from: null, to: null },
+    { method: "fs.mkdir", path: "/mkdir", from: null, to: null },
+    { method: "fs.rm", path: "/rm", from: null, to: null },
+    { method: "fs.mv", path: null, from: "/from-mv", to: "/to-mv" },
+    { method: "fs.cp", path: null, from: "/from-cp", to: "/to-cp" },
+  ]);
+  for (const event of page.events) assert.deepEqual(event.payload.commit, { ...FULL_COMMIT, message: event.payload.method });
+});
+
+scenario("4 fast-forward and non-fast-forward merge emit once", async () => {
+  const events = lf.events.test;
+  const fast = { kind: "Merged", branch: "fast", head: "existing", root: "r-fast", sources: ["a", "b"], mergeBase: "base", fastForward: true, conflicts: [], lww: [], units: [], conflictsTruncated: false, lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false };
+  const slow = { ...fast, branch: "slow", head: "new-merge", root: "r-slow", fastForward: false, secondParent: "b" };
+  native.mergeResults = { fast, slow };
+  await lf.branch.merge("a", "b", "fast");
+  await lf.branch.merge("a", "b", "slow", "merge");
+  const page = await events.poll();
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events.map((event) => event.type), ["branch.merged", "branch.merged"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events.map((event) => event.payload), [{ merge: fast }, { merge: slow }]);
+  assert.equal(page.events.some((event) => event.type === "commit.created"), false);
+});
+
+scenario("5 publish Added versus silent UpToDate and NoChanges", async () => {
+  const events = lf.events.test;
+  const added = { kind: "Added", source: { branch: "feature", commit: FULL_COMMIT.id }, publishedLayer: { id: `32${"e".repeat(64)}` }, basedOn: `32${"f".repeat(64)}` };
+  native.publishResults = { added, up: { kind: "UpToDate" }, none: { kind: "NoChanges" } };
+  await lf.branch.publish("added");
+  await lf.branch.publish("up");
+  await lf.branch.publish("none");
+  const page = await events.poll();
+  assert.equal(page.events.length, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events[0], {
+    seq: events.cursor, type: "branch.published", source: "store",
+    payload: { branch: "feature", commit: FULL_COMMIT.id, layer: added.publishedLayer.id, basedOn: added.basedOn },
+  });
+});
+
+scenario("6 no-op and every refused event-producing operation are silent", async () => {
+  const events = lf.events.test;
+  native.workspaceCommitResult = { kind: "UpToDate", head: FULL_COMMIT.id };
+  native.fsResults = Object.fromEntries(["fs.write", "fs.apply", "fs.edit", "fs.mkdir", "fs.rm", "fs.mv", "fs.cp"].map((op) => [op, { kind: "UpToDate", head: FULL_COMMIT.id }]));
+  const calls = [
+    ["workspace.commit", WS], ["fs.write", { branch: "main", path: "/w" }], ["fs.apply", { branch: "main", changes: [] }],
+    ["fs.edit", { branch: "main", path: "/e" }], ["fs.mkdir", { branch: "main", path: "/d" }], ["fs.rm", { branch: "main", path: "/r" }],
+    ["fs.mv", { branch: "main", from: "/a", to: "/b" }], ["fs.cp", { branch: "main", from: "/a", to: "/b" }],
+    ["branch.fork", { name: "silent" }], ["branch.merge", { branch: "a", with: "b", name: "silent" }], ["branch.publish", { branch: "silent" }],
+    ["workspace.mount", { sandbox: "1", branch: "main" }], ["workspace.unmount", WS], ["sandbox.create", {}], ["sandbox.close", { sandbox: "2" }],
+  ];
+  for (const [op, args] of calls.slice(0, 8)) await lf.call(op, args);
+  native.mergeResults = { conflict: { kind: "Conflict", conflicts: [] } };
+  await lf.branch.merge("a", "b", "conflict");
+  for (const [op, args] of calls) {
+    process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE = op;
+    await assert.rejects(lf.call(op, args), { code: "Conflict" });
+    delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE;
+  }
+  const page = await events.poll();
+  assert.deepEqual(page, { events: [], cursor: events.cursor, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false });
+});
+
+scenario("7 cursor advancement, byte paging and single-event progress", async () => {
+  const events = lf.events.test;
+  const first = events.cursor;
+  await produceCommits(2, "x".repeat(30_000));
+  const one = await events.poll();
+  assert.equal(one.events.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(one.cursor, first + 1);
+  assert.equal(one.hasMore, true);
+  const two = await events.poll();
+  assert.equal(two.events.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(two.cursor, first + 2);
+  assert.equal(two.hasMore, false);
+  await produceCommits(1, "y".repeat(60_000));
+  const large = await events.poll();
+  assert.equal(large.events.length, 1, "an over-budget first event still advances");
+  assert.equal(large.cursor, first + 3);
+  assert.equal(large.events[0].payload.commit.message.length, 60_000);
+  assert.equal(large.hasMore, false);
+});
+
+scenario("8 fake-cap-4 overflow, stale snapshot, resume and old-cursor resync", async () => {
+  const events = lf.events.test;
+  process.env.LAYERFS_FAKE_EVENT_CAP = "4";
+  await produceCommits(5, "overflow");
+  const stale = await events.poll();
+  assert.equal(stale.stale, true);
+  assert.equal(stale.closed, false);
+  assert.deepEqual(stale.events, []);
+  assert.equal(stale.cursor, events.cursor);
+  assert.deepEqual(stale.snapshot, events.snapshot);
+  assert.ok(stale.cursor >= 5);
+  assert.deepEqual(await events.poll(), { events: [], cursor: stale.cursor, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false });
+  const old = await native.call("events.poll", { subscription: currentId(), cursor: 0, timeoutMs: 0 });
+  assert.equal(old.value.stale, true);
+  assert.equal(old.value.cursor, stale.cursor);
+  assert.deepEqual(old.value.events, []);
+  delete process.env.LAYERFS_FAKE_EVENT_CAP;
+});
+
+scenario("10 native validation, non-default limit, concurrent poll and safe integers", async () => {
+  const events = lf.events.test;
+  assert.equal((await refuse("events.poll", { subscription: "0".repeat(64), cursor: 0 })).message, "unknown subscription");
+  for (const cursor of [-1, 1.5, NaN, Infinity, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1, "0", null]) {
+    assert.equal((await refuse("events.poll", { subscription: currentId(), cursor })).code, "InvalidInput");
+  }
+  assert.equal((await refuse("events.poll", { subscription: currentId(), cursor: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER })).message, "unknown cursor");
+  for (const timeoutMs of [-1, 1.5, NaN, Infinity, 30_001, "0", null]) {
+    assert.equal((await refuse("events.poll", { subscription: currentId(), cursor: events.cursor, timeoutMs })).code, "InvalidInput");
+  }
+  for (const limit of [0, -1, 1.5, 501, NaN, Infinity, "1", null]) {
+    assert.equal((await refuse("events.poll", { subscription: currentId(), cursor: events.cursor, timeoutMs: 0, limit })).code, "InvalidInput");
+  }
+  await produceCommits(2, "limited");
+  const limited = await native.call("events.poll", { subscription: currentId(), cursor: events.cursor, timeoutMs: 0, limit: 1 });
+  assert.equal(limited.value.events.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(limited.value.hasMore, true);
+  const rest = await native.call("events.poll", { subscription: currentId(), cursor: limited.value.cursor, timeoutMs: 0, limit: 1 });
+  assert.equal(rest.value.events.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(rest.value.hasMore, false);
+  events.cursor = rest.value.cursor;
+
+  const waiting = events.poll(5000);
+  await assert.rejects(events.poll(), { code: "InvalidInput", message: /a poll is already outstanding$/ });
+  assert.equal((await refuse("events.poll", { subscription: currentId(), cursor: events.cursor, timeoutMs: 0 })).message, "a poll is already outstanding");
+  await produceCommits(1, "wake");
+  assert.equal((await waiting).events[0].payload.commit.message, "wake");
+
+  const state = native.eventStates.get(currentId());
+  state.seq = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+  const maximum = await native.call("events.poll", { subscription: currentId(), cursor: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, timeoutMs: 0 });
+  assert.equal(maximum.value.cursor, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
+  await produceCommits(1, "exhaust");
+  assert.equal((await refuse("events.poll", { subscription: currentId(), cursor: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, timeoutMs: 0 })).message, "cursor exhausted; resubscribe");
+
+  process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE = "2";
+  const first = (await native.call("events.subscribe", {})).value;
+  const second = (await native.call("events.subscribe", {})).value;
+  const admitted = native.call("events.poll", { subscription: first.subscription, cursor: 0, timeoutMs: 5000 });
+  const saturated = await refuse("events.poll", { subscription: second.subscription, cursor: 0, timeoutMs: 1000 });
+  assert.equal(saturated.code, "Busy");
+  assert.equal(saturated.message, "long-poll admission is saturated; no wait was started");
+  assert.deepEqual((await native.call("events.poll", { subscription: second.subscription, cursor: 0, timeoutMs: 0 })).value, { events: [], cursor: 0, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false });
+  await native.call("events.unsubscribe", { subscription: first.subscription });
+  assert.equal((await admitted).value.closed, true);
+  await native.call("events.unsubscribe", { subscription: second.subscription });
+  delete process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE;
+});
+
+scenario("11 high-level timeout validation makes no binding call", async () => {
+  const events = lf.events.test;
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  for (const timeoutMs of [-1, 1.5, NaN, Infinity, 30_001, "0", null, undefined, {}]) {
+    if (timeoutMs === undefined) continue;
+    await assert.rejects(events.poll(timeoutMs), { code: "InvalidInput", message: /timeoutMs must be an integer in 0\.\.30000$/ });
+  }
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before);
+});
+
+scenario("12 complete larger-than-64KiB stale snapshot", async () => {
+  const events = await lf.events.subscribe();
+  const names = Array.from({ length: 70 }, (_, i) => `${String(i).padStart(2, "0")}-${"b".repeat(1100)}`);
+  native.branchList = names;
+  process.env.LAYERFS_FAKE_EVENT_CAP = "4";
+  await produceCommits(5, "large snapshot");
+  const stale = await events.poll();
+  assert.equal(stale.stale, true);
+  assert.ok(Buffer.byteLength(JSON.stringify(stale.snapshot)) > 65_519);
+  assert.deepEqual(stale.snapshot.branches.map(({ name }) => name), names);
+  assert.equal(stale.snapshot.branches.length, names.length);
+  assert.deepEqual(events.snapshot, stale.snapshot);
+  delete process.env.LAYERFS_FAKE_EVENT_CAP;
+  native.branchList = ["main", "cart"];
+});
+
+scenario("13 iteration order, normal close, stale error and no Busy retry", async () => {
+  let events = await lf.events.subscribe();
+  await produceCommits(2, "iterate");
+  const iterator = events[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+  const first = await iterator.next();
+  const second = await iterator.next();
+  assert.deepEqual([first.value.payload.commit.message, second.value.payload.commit.message], ["iterate", "iterate"]);
+  assert.ok(second.value.seq > first.value.seq);
+  const waiting = iterator.next();
+  await events.close();
+  assert.deepEqual(await waiting, { done: true, value: undefined });
+
+  events = await lf.events.subscribe();
+  process.env.LAYERFS_FAKE_EVENT_CAP = "4";
+  await produceCommits(5, "stale iterator");
+  await assert.rejects(events[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next(), { code: "InvalidInput", message: /stream went stale; resubscribe$/ });
+  delete process.env.LAYERFS_FAKE_EVENT_CAP;
+
+  events = await lf.events.subscribe();
+  lf.events.test = events;
+  native.pollRefusals = ["Busy"];
+  const before = native.calls.length;
+  await assert.rejects(events[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next(), { code: "Busy" });
+  assert.deepEqual(callsFrom(before), ["events.poll"], "Busy is never retried");
+});
+
+scenario("9 resubscribe/no-replay, idempotent close and client close wakeup", async () => {
+  let events = lf.events.test;
+  await produceCommits(1, "old queue");
+  const oldId = currentId();
+  events = await lf.events.subscribe();
+  assert.equal(events.cursor, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual(await events.poll(), { events: [], cursor: 0, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false });
+  await native.call("fs.write", { ...COMMON, branch: "main", path: "/old", content: "old", subscription: oldId });
+  assert.deepEqual(await events.poll(), { events: [], cursor: 0, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false }, "an old in-flight ID cannot enqueue into the new queue");
+
+  let before = native.calls.length;
+  await events.close();
+  await events.close();
+  assert.deepEqual(callsFrom(before), ["events.unsubscribe"], "close unsubscribes once");
+  events = await lf.events.subscribe();
+  const waiting = events.poll(5000);
+  before = native.calls.length;
+  await lf.close();
+  assert.deepEqual(callsFrom(before), ["events.unsubscribe"]);
+  assert.equal((await waiting).closed, true);
+  assert.equal(native.stores.at(-1)[0], "close");
+  before = native.calls.length;
+  await events.close();
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, before, "owner close and subscription close share one unsubscribe");
+});
+
+resetResults();
+const failures = [];
+for (const { name, run } of scenarios) {
+  try {
+    await run();
+    resetResults();
+  } catch (error) {
+    failures.push(`${name}: ${error.stack ?? error}`);
+    break;
+  }
+}
+try {
+  await lf.close();
+} catch (error) {
+  failures.push(`cleanup: ${error.stack ?? error}`);
+}
+delete process.env.LAYERFS_FAKE_EVENT_CAP;
+delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE;
+if (failures.length) {
+  console.error(`FAIL area-p9-events (${failures.length})\n${failures.join("\n")}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+console.log(`PASS area-p9-events (${scenarios.length} scenarios)`);
diff --git a/api/agent/test/calls.mjs b/api/agent/test/calls.mjs
index 838357fa73..67c224f23c 100644
--- a/api/agent/test/calls.mjs
+++ b/api/agent/test/calls.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import { readdirSync } from "node:fs";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { CASES, ENV, contains, made, plain } from "./fixture/cases.mjs";
+import { P1_CASES, P7_CASES, P8_CASES } from "./fixture/cases-area-p.mjs";
 
+const ALL_CASES = [...CASES, ...P1_CASES, ...P7_CASES, ...P8_CASES];
 const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("./fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
 Object.assign(process.env, ENV, { LAYERFS_NATIVE: FAKE });
 delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_LOG;
@@ -19,11 +21,12 @@ const { LayerFS } = await import("../src/index.js");
 const SRC = fileURLToPath(new URL("../src/", import.meta.url));
 const files = ["project", "branch", "fs", "workspace", "sandbox"].flatMap((family) =>
   readdirSync(`${SRC}${family}`).filter((f) => !["index.js", "body.js"].includes(f)).map((f) => `${family}.${f.slice(0, -3)}`));
-assert.deepEqual([...new Set(CASES.map((c) => c.op).filter(Boolean))].sort(), files.sort(), "a case for every SDK call");
+assert.deepEqual([...new Set(ALL_CASES.map((c) => c.op).filter(Boolean))].sort(), files.sort(), "a case for every SDK call");
 
 const lf = await LayerFS.open("site");
 const failures = [];
-for (const c of CASES) {
+for (const c of ALL_CASES) {
+  c.prepare?.(native);
   const before = native.args.length;
   process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE = (c.refuse ?? []).join(",");
   let result;
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ for (const c of CASES) {
 }
 await lf.close();
 if (failures.length) {
-  console.error(`FAIL calls: ${failures.length} of ${CASES.length}\n${failures.join("\n")}`);
+  console.error(`FAIL calls: ${failures.length} of ${ALL_CASES.length}\n${failures.join("\n")}`);
   process.exit(1);
 }
-console.log(`PASS calls (${CASES.length} cases)`);
+console.log(`PASS calls (${ALL_CASES.length} cases)`);
diff --git a/api/agent/test/fixture/area-p-contracts.md b/api/agent/test/fixture/area-p-contracts.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f97257da14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/test/fixture/area-p-contracts.md
@@ -0,0 +1,504 @@
+# Area P public contracts
+
+Each slice writes its precise public contract here before implementation,
+beside the shared P6 cases (`cases.mjs`, `cases-area-p.mjs`). The contract is
+the test oracle: the JS cases and the Rust `area_p*` suites check these
+shapes and refusals, not the implementation's own wording.
+
+## P10 — per-call results (`client.results`)
+
+**Surface**: `@layerfs/agent`. `client.results(after?)` on every client made
+by `LayerFS.open` / `LayerFS.init`. Synchronous and local: it never dials the
+binding, adds no binding call, and stays readable after `client.close()`. The
+`layerfs` command has no results command (one process per command, like the
+event stream). P4/P5 map the same shape onto Python and MCP.
+
+**What is recorded**: exactly the calls a trace file would record — every
+agent and backend operation through the client (including `client.call`),
+plus the client's own `project.init`, its open-time `project.list_branches`
+lookup, and `events.unsubscribe`. The untraced internal
+`workspace.exec_release` follow-up and the Store open/close plumbing record
+nothing. Recording is always on, independent of `LAYERFS_TRACE`.
+
+**Record shape** (one per recorded call, in completion order):
+
+```js
+{
+  seq: 7,                        // per-client, starts 1, +1 per record, never reused
+  method: "fs.write",
+  start: "2026-10-30T04:05:06.789Z", // ISO, when the call was sent
+  ms: 12.345,                    // client-side duration to settle, 3 decimals
+  ok: true,
+  // only when ok === false:
+  code: "NoSuchPath",            // the refusal code; null for a non-refusal throw
+  message: "...",                // the refusal message
+  // the answer's outcome kind, whenever it names one (Committed, UpToDate,
+  // Merged, Added, Forked, Initialized, ...):
+  kind: "Committed",
+  // only for a successful publishing write (fs.write/edit/apply/mkdir/rm/cp/mv,
+  // workspace.commit, branch.merge, branch.publish):
+  commit: "c0ffee",              // the new Commit; UpToDate/publish name their head/source
+  layer: "lay1",                 // branch.publish only: the published Layer
+  sizes: { logical: 120, newCanonical: 40, newStored: 30, newMetadata: 8 },
+}
+```
+
+No arguments, result ids, queue attribution or daemon telemetry: those stay
+in the trace file (`LAYERFS_TRACE`). `sizes` is present only when the answer
+carries the Commit record; `sizes.newStored` is the bytes added to the Store.
+A successful call whose answer names no outcome kind carries no `kind`;
+`commit`/`layer`/`sizes` appear only on successful publishing writes.
+An `ok: true` record carries no `code`/`message`.
+
+**Paging and bound**: the client keeps its most recent **1024** records.
+Overflow drops oldest records without reusing sequence numbers.
+
+`client.results(after = 0)`:
+
+- `after` must be null/undefined or a nonnegative safe integer, else
+  `InvalidInput` "after must be a nonnegative safe integer".
+- Returns `{ items, next, evicted, stale? }`:
+  - `items`: kept records with `seq > after`, oldest first.
+  - `next`: the last returned record's `seq`, or `after` itself when nothing
+    was returned; pass it as the next `after`.
+  - `evicted`: total records dropped so far (0 at first, only grows).
+  - `stale`: `true` when records after `after` were dropped (`after + 1` is
+    older than the oldest kept record); absent otherwise. `items` still
+    carries every kept record after `after`.
+
+**Ordering**: records are appended when a call settles, so parallel calls
+appear in completion order and `start` may be out of order. `seq` order is
+the completion order.
+
+**Agreement with the trace**: with `LAYERFS_TRACE` on, each record and its
+trace line agree on method, start, ms, ok, code, message, kind, commit, layer
+and sizes. Recording changes no call's value or refusal.
+
+## P13 — folder-scoped client (`LayerFS.open` option)
+
+**Surface**: `@layerfs/agent` only in this slice. Python mirroring is deferred
+to P4. The CLI has no scope flags in P13. `LayerFS.init` does not accept
+`scope`; this option scopes operations on an existing project.
+
+**Construction**: `await LayerFS.open(project, { scope: { folder, branch } })`.
+`scope` must be a plain object with required `folder` and optional `branch`,
+with no unknown keys. `folder` is a canonical project-root absolute path,
+e.g. `/packages/editor`: it starts with `/`, has no empty, `.` or `..`
+component, and has no trailing slash except `/`. `/` scopes the full file tree.
+`branch`, when given, is a namespace prefix that satisfies the Store's
+HistoryName grammar: 1–63 bytes, lowercase ASCII letters, digits, `.`, `_`,
+or `-`, starting and ending with a letter or digit. Malformed scope values
+refuse `InvalidInput` at construction.
+
+**Path confinement**: API file paths remain project-root absolute paths; the
+client does not rewrite them relative to `folder`. For `/packages/editor`, the
+inclusive scope is that exact path and descendants on component boundaries.
+A path is in scope only if it is canonical, absolute, and beneath the folder;
+relative paths, empty components, `.` and `..` components are out of scope.
+Every path-bearing Store operation checks before dispatch: `fs.list`, `glob`,
+`grep`, `stat`, `read`, `blame`, `write`, `edit`, `apply`, `mkdir`, `rm`, `cp`,
+`mv`, and `diff_files`. `apply` checks every path in every change. `cp` and
+`mv` check both source and destination; `diff_files` checks both paths. No
+partial call is sent when any path is out of scope. A scoped listing/search
+starts only at an in-scope directory and can return only entries within it.
+In-scope operations keep today's argument and result shapes.
+
+**History and Branch namespace**: `fs.blame` and `fs.diff_files` are available
+with their file paths checked above. The path-returning history operations
+`branch.list_commits`, `graph`, `changed_paths`, `diff_commits`, and
+`diff_branches` refuse for scoped clients with `InvalidInput`, message class
+`out of scope: history`, detail `null`; P13 does not filter history results.
+Scoped `project.list_branches` lists only names beneath the configured Branch
+namespace and returns names relative to that namespace. Branch operations that
+name Branches are permitted only when `scope.branch` exists. Each supplied
+relative Branch name is composed with the namespace as `<prefix>.<name>`; names
+outside it or invalid after composition refuse before dispatch. The prefix,
+relative names, and every composed name must satisfy HistoryName, including
+its 63-byte limit. With no `scope.branch`, Branch-namespace operations refuse
+`InvalidInput` with message class `out of scope: branch`.
+
+**Workspace and Exec**: `workspace.mount(sandbox)` takes only the Sandbox for
+a scoped client and mounts `<scope.branch>.main`; `scope.branch` is required
+for mount. That Branch must already exist; otherwise normal `NoSuchBranch`
+behavior applies. Supplying a Branch or extra argument to scoped mount refuses
+`InvalidInput` with message class `out of scope: branch`. The mounted Workspace
+still exposes the complete tree; P13 makes no claim that mount is a filtered
+filesystem. `workspace.exec` starts with its working directory set to
+`scope.folder`, keeps its existing result shape, and cannot override that
+folder through the public API. Shell code can still access the complete mounted
+tree under the underlying Workspace contract: scope is API-call namespace
+guarding, not filesystem isolation (`command` can still `cd` anywhere in the
+complete mounted tree). `workspace.commit` commits the
+Workspace frontier as today, attributed to the Branch selected at mount.
+Workspace mount, exec, commit and unmount preserve their unscoped result shapes.
+
+**Other operations and refusals**: `sandbox.create`, `sandbox.close`,
+`project.list_sandboxes`, local `results()`, and `close()` retain current
+behavior. Scoped clients refuse `events.subscribe` with `InvalidInput`, message
+class `out of scope: events`, detail `null`, because event payloads can contain
+paths and P13 does not filter them. A scoped client has no `backend` property;
+`LayerFSBackend.of(scopedClient)` refuses `InvalidInput`, message class
+`out of scope: backend`, detail `null`, because `backend.store.fs.get_storage`
+and `list_revisions` take `path` and other backend calls can return
+unfiltered Workspace change paths and history/branch data. `client.call()` uses the same guards as
+named methods; unknown methods retain existing refusal behavior. Every
+out-of-scope path, Branch, history, event, or backend attempt refuses before
+binding dispatch with `LayerFSError` code `InvalidInput`, message class starting
+exactly `out of scope: `, and `detail: null`. Without `scope`, every existing
+operation behaves exactly as today.
+
+**Composition**: `scope.branch` is a namespace prefix, not a selected leaf.
+For `{ folder: "/packages/editor", branch: "team.editor" }`, a relative name
+`main` is sent as `team.editor.main`; returned Branch names strip
+`team.editor.`. Workspace mount uses `team.editor.main`. Scope applies within
+each project and never changes project selection. The mounted Workspace remains
+a complete tree even though direct file operations are folder-scoped.
+
+## P11 — Store statistics (`backend.store.project.get_storage` extended)
+
+**Surface**: `@layerfs/backend` `backend.store.project.get_storage(options?)`,
+on the existing call. The CLI has no backend commands; P4/P5 map the same
+shape onto Python and MCP. Builds on today's totals; no new call, no second
+Store implementation, no Store schema change.
+
+**Call**: `get_storage()` or `get_storage({ commits: true })`. Any other
+option key, a non-object options argument, or a non-boolean `commits` refuses
+`InvalidInput` (validated in the JS wrapper and again at the operator
+boundary).
+
+**Reply**: the existing fields (`logical`, `canonical`, `stored`, `metadata`,
+`file`, `free`, `dedupe`, `compression`, `init`) unchanged, plus:
+
+```js
+{
+  // always present:
+  disk: { main, wal, total },
+  // only when commits: true:
+  commits: {
+    Workspace: { count, newCanonical, newStored, newMetadata },
+    Files:     { count, newCanonical, newStored, newMetadata },
+    Merge:     { count, newCanonical, newStored, newMetadata },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+- `disk.main`: byte length of the Store's main SQLite file. `disk.wal`: byte
+  length of its `<store>-wal` file, `0` when no WAL file exists. `disk.total`:
+  `main + wal`. Physical file lengths, unlike `file` (logical DB pages). The
+  `-shm` file is a transient shared-memory index, not data, and is excluded.
+- `commits.<kind>`: over the whole commit catalog, grouped by `CommitVia`:
+  `count` commits of that kind and the sums of each commit's own
+  `newCanonical`, `newStored`, `newMetadata` — the same counters
+  `backend.store.branch.list_commit_storage` reports per commit. All three
+  kinds are always present, zero-filled when a kind has no commits. Per-commit
+  snapshot `logical` is deliberately NOT summed: a snapshot size is not an
+  additive storage statistic. `raw`/`unique`/`compressed` bytes are the
+  existing `logical`/`canonical`/`stored` fields.
+- Every figure is computed fresh from the real Store on each call: no
+  estimation, no sampling, no caching across calls. If the Store's files
+  cannot be measured the call fails (`Failed` with the cause) instead of
+  returning partial or estimated statistics.
+
+**Cost**: the default call reads maintained totals, page pragmas and two file
+stats — no scan of the object catalog or the commit catalog (unchanged from
+today, plus two stats). `commits: true` adds ONE full scan of the commit
+catalog, O(number of commits), grouped in SQL; this is not cheap and is never
+presented as cheap. The reply is bounded: `disk` plus at most three small
+kind maps, so no paging is needed.
+
+## P12 — cheap Store summary (`backend.store.project.get_summary`)
+
+**Surface**: `@layerfs/backend` adds the no-argument
+`backend.store.project.get_summary()` call for issue layerfs-connect#63. It is
+additive and does not alter P11's complete `get_storage()` contract. The call
+is computed fresh from the real open Store every time: no cached, sampled or
+estimated values.
+
+**Reply (exact JS shape)**:
+
+```js
+{
+  logical: 123,                 // logical bytes, integer
+  branches: 2,                  // exact Branch count for this Store
+  commits: 5,                   // exact Commit count for this Store
+  mainLayer: "lay1",            // main Branch's head Layer id; null if absent
+  lastCommit: {                  // main Branch's head Commit; null if absent
+    id: "c0ffee",
+    createdMs: 1761800000000,    // Unix epoch milliseconds, integer
+  },
+}
+```
+
+- `logical` is the maintained logical-byte total from `store_totals` (O(1));
+  it is not the SQLite file length, unique canonical bytes or compressed bytes.
+- `branches` is the exact number of Branch rows belonging to this Store's
+  LayerStack. `commits` is the exact number of Commit rows belonging to that
+  LayerStack. Both are nonnegative integer counts.
+- `mainLayer` is the main Branch's head Layer identity. `lastCommit` is the
+  main Branch's current head Commit identity and its creation timestamp. They
+  are both `null` when main has no head Commit; IDs are checked lowercase hex
+  strings and `createdMs` is an integer number of milliseconds since Unix epoch.
+  The `lastCommit` value is a Commit record, not the globally newest Commit on
+  another Branch.
+- The object has exactly these five keys. P12 omits P11's disk/WAL sizes,
+  canonical/stored/metadata totals, per-Commit-kind accounting and full history.
+
+**Cost — SummaryBound**: exactly five fixed SQL statements, each returning at
+most one row: maintained totals; Branch count; Commit count; main Branch
+lookup; main head Commit lookup. No object-catalog scan, no per-Commit column
+reads, and no cache. The Branch and Commit counts are index-only `COUNT(*)`
+aggregates using their LayerStack-leading unique indexes, with EXPLAIN plans
+showing no table scan. Statement and returned-row counts are fixed for every
+store size: the five queries run in one read snapshot, whose surrounding
+`BEGIN`/`COMMIT` are the only additional statements. The runtime fixture
+therefore observes 7 statements and 5 returned rows at every size, and the
+test asserts exactly those fixed numbers. The database still visits O(B) Branch index entries and O(C) Commit
+index entries for B Branches and C Commits; P12 does not claim O(1) page work.
+The remaining three reads are maintained/point lookups with bounded result
+rows. Runtime evidence compares two sizes using only `Fixture::work` statement
+and row counters, not VM-step counters, and SQL page-work growth is explained
+from the index-only EXPLAIN plans.
+
+A maintained Branch/Commit counter schema was considered and rejected for this
+slice: it changes Store format identity and migration chains, while this
+contract can state and test the honest index-work bound without a schema change.
+
+**Refusals**: non-object arguments, options, or unknown option keys refuse
+`InvalidInput`. Store-open and query failures preserve the existing exact
+Store/History refusal code and cause; no partial summary is returned.
+
+## P4 — Python SDK (D10)
+
+**Package and constructors**: `layerfs` is a Python package. `LayerFS.open(name, options=None)` opens an installed project; `LayerFS.init(name, folder, timeout=300, options=None)` initializes then opens it. Both return an async context manager/client with explicit `close()`. Options mirror Node (`home`, `trace`, `deploy`, `storePolicy`, `storePath`); explicit values override `LAYERFS_*` once at construction. Store calls use the calling process on Linux and the existing authenticated fixed-length JSON worker protocol on macOS/Windows. No Linux worker route or alternate Store exists.
+
+**Client groups**: `client.fs`, `client.project`, `client.branch`, `client.sandbox`, and `client.workspace` expose the Node agent methods with the same argument order, defaults, returned JSON-compatible shapes, and behavior. Python uses snake_case names. `client.backend` exposes the Node backend methods under `store` and `daemon`; methods and options retain the same shapes. `client.results(after=0)` synchronously returns the exact P10 page and remains readable after close. `client.call(method, args)` provides the same agent dispatch, rejecting backend/runtime names as `UnknownMethod`. Client `close()` releases the Store once; it leaves mounted Workspaces intact. `LayerFSError` has `.code`, `.message`, and `.detail`. As in Node, `.message` is exactly `${code}: ${message}` (including the prefix), while `.detail` is the unchanged structured detail; the unprefixed refusal text is not exposed as `.message`. Non-refusal failures remain ordinary exceptions with their original cause where available.
+
+**Operation mapping**: all Node agent and backend operations are present/equivalent, listed below. Runtime-management APIs are explicitly deferred: they own host installation, Docker/WSL worker lifecycle, project removal, volume/container cleanup, and init-job orchestration, rather than a project client; Python uses the already-defined worker endpoint for Store calls and does not create a second runtime manager. Node `workspace.exec` has equivalent async Python behavior returning exit code/stdout/stderr; long-running stream callbacks and Node-specific stream objects are deferred pending a language-neutral stream contract. `workspace.exec` does not make filesystem state depend on command registration.
+
+| Node namespace/method | Python parity | Notes |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `project.init` / `LayerFS.init` | equivalent | async init then open; same timeout and Store configuration |
+| `project.list_branches` | present | same paging/result |
+| `project.list_sandboxes` | present | same paging/result |
+| `fs.apply`, `blame`, `cp`, `diff_files`, `edit`, `glob`, `grep`, `list`, `mkdir`, `mv`, `read`, `rm`, `stat`, `write` | present | same arguments, normalization, result/refusals; binary read uses bytes in Python |
+| `branch.changed_paths`, `diff_branches`, `diff_commits`, `fork`, `graph`, `list_commits`, `merge`, `publish` | present | same arguments and paged shapes |
+| `sandbox.create`, `list_workspaces`, `close` | present | same lifecycle/result |
+| `workspace.mount`, `exec`, `commit`, `unmount` | equivalent | execution result normalized to Python values; callback streaming deferred as described above |
+| `events.subscribe`, `events.poll`, `events.unsubscribe`, async iteration | deferred | `layerfs-api` exposes no events surface; its only `event` occurrence is a Sandbox listener wait in `sandbox/create.rs`. Node's queues are binding-private, so Python cannot reuse them through the public Rust API. No Python `client.events` is provided. |
+| `client.results(after)` (P10) | present | local synchronous accessor; exact 1024-record cursor/eviction contract |
+| `backend.store.project.get_history`, `get_storage`, `get_comparable`, `list_overwritten` | present | `get_storage(options=None)` accepts only `{commits: bool}` per P11; default omits `commits` |
+| `backend.store.branch.list_commit_storage` | present | same paging/result |
+| `backend.store.fs.get_storage`, `list_revisions` | present | same args/result |
+| `backend.daemon.workspace.status`, `list_changes`, `get_storage` | present | same args/result |
+| `backend.daemon.process.start`, `list`, `cancel` | present | same args/result; process lifecycle stays caller-owned |
+| `backend.daemon.sandbox.get_log` | present | same args/result |
+| `LayerFSRuntime.open` | deferred | Host/runtime lifecycle API, outside project SDK. Python does not take ownership of deployment policy. |
+| `runtime.status` | deferred | Host status and sweep report are outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.worker.start` | deferred | Host owns worker startup. Python Store calls only consume the existing authenticated worker endpoint. |
+| `runtime.worker.restart` | deferred | Host owns worker restart and its explicit restart confirmation. |
+| `runtime.project.list` | deferred | Host project inventory is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.project.start_init` | deferred | Host async init-job orchestration is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.project.get_init` | deferred | Host init-job observation is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.project.subscribe_init` | deferred | Host init-job subscription is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.project.get_state` | deferred | Host project-state observation is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.project.remove` | deferred | Host destructive project removal is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.sandbox.reclaim` | deferred | Host container reclamation policy is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.sandbox.list_leftovers` | deferred | Host leftover-container inventory is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.sandbox.clean_leftovers` | deferred | Host leftover-container cleanup is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.sandbox.list` | deferred | Host-wide Sandbox inventory is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.sandbox.sweep` | deferred | Host Sandbox sweep policy is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.volume.list` | deferred | Host volume inventory is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.volume.remove` | deferred | Host destructive volume removal is outside the project client. |
+| `runtime.events.subscribe` | deferred | Runtime-wide event stream is outside the project client's deferred events surface. |
+| `LayerFSRuntime.close` | deferred | Host/runtime lifecycle cleanup is outside the project client. |
+| Push/pull | deferred, blocked | R7 #42 is unresolved; no method, stub, local simulation, or successful-looking transfer result is provided. |
+| P12 cheap project summary | pending reconciliation at merge | Implemented by parallel slice; reconcile Python contract against its landed public shape. |
+| P13 folder-scoped client | pending reconciliation at merge | Implemented by parallel slice; do not invent names/semantics before merging its contract. |
+
+**Refusal/error mapping**: every typed Node refusal becomes `LayerFSError` with the identical `.code`, prefixed `.message` (`${code}: ${message}`), and structured `.detail`: `Conflict`, `HeadMoved`, `Dirty`, `Busy`, `NoSuchPath`, `NoSuchBranch`, `NoSuchCommit`, `NoSuchProject`, `NoCommit`, `NoMergeBase`, `IsDirectory`, `NotDirectory`, `NotFile`, `Binary`, `NotText`, `NoMatch`, `AmbiguousMatch`, `Exists`, `NotEmpty`, `NameTaken`, `ReservedName`, `ReadOnly`, `MountsActive`, `TooLarge`, `InvalidInput`, `NotMounted`, `NoSuchSandbox`, `NoSuchProcess`, `Capacity`, `NotComparable`, plus existing codes not in `CODES` such as `UnknownMethod`, `Unsupported`, `Failed`, `NotFound`, and `Unknown`. Never infer a refusal from message text. Transport/protocol/authentication failures remain errors, not success-shaped values; an uncertain mutation is surfaced without retry or replay.
+
+**Shared tests**: Python drives the existing P6 cases (`cases.mjs`, `cases-area-p.mjs`, P1/P7/P8 cases and refusal payloads) through the Python client and compares operation name, sent arguments, result/refusal code/message/detail. It also mirrors P10 results and P11 `get_storage({commits: true})` options and invalid-option refusals. Linux real-Store tests use fresh Disposable fixtures only and cover init/open, filesystem read/write/list, Branch/Commit/history, and storage stats. Until those real-Store checks pass, real-Store behavior and cost claims are target behavior, not verified Python behavior; P11 cost claims remain owned by the operator implementation and its Rust tests, not by the stand-in parity suite.
+
+## P5 — MCP server (D11, stdio)
+
+**Package**: `@layerfs/mcp`, a Node ESM package in the `api/` workspace.
+It uses `@modelcontextprotocol/server` 2.x, Zod 4, and stdio only. One
+server process owns one opened `@layerfs/agent` client; it closes that client
+on stdin EOF/SIGINT and unmounts Workspaces it created before closing. It
+creates no Store implementation and does not persist client state. The server
+writes protocol frames only to stdout; diagnostics use stderr.
+
+**Grouping**: one MCP tool per SDK operation gives each call its own exact
+Zod input object and avoids a generic method dispatcher that weakens schema
+validation and tool descriptions. `layerfs_init` and `layerfs_open` establish
+the single server client; every operation tool uses that client. `layerfs_close`
+closes it. `layerfs_results` reads its P10 ring. The `events.subscribe`
+stream is exposed as `layerfs_events` returning the initial event snapshot and
+then MCP notifications until cancellation, close, or a stale/error termination
+(the SDK throws `InvalidInput: stream went stale; resubscribe`); no
+reconnect/replay guarantee is added. MCP cannot preserve binary process stdout
+as bytes, so Exec returns the SDK's current text/exit/truncation shape.
+
+### Tool names and exact input shapes
+
+Fields that name a Branch (`branch`, plus `layerfs_branch_fork.name` and
+`layerfs_branch_merge.{branch,with,name}`) use the project-name grammar:
+lowercase ASCII alphanumerics plus `.`, `_` and `-`, first/last alphanumeric,
+at most 63 bytes; `/` is invalid. Fields named `ref`, `from`, `to`, `commit`,
+`leftRef` or `rightRef` are references, not constrained to that grammar.
+
+All fields below use JSON Schema/Zod equivalents: `string`, `boolean`,
+`integer` (safe integer), `number`, `array<T>`, and `object`. Unless marked
+required, fields are optional. Object schemas reject unknown keys. Optional
+nullable fields accept `null` as well as omission. Every call returns the
+Node SDK's JSON-compatible result unchanged (Buffer/Uint8Array values are
+encoded by the MCP JSON result serializer as `{ "$layerfs": "bytes",
+"base64": string }`, recursively); `layerfs_fs_read` returns the complete SDK
+result unchanged — its text or bytes body plus whatever read metadata the SDK
+answers (`nextLine`, `nextOffset`), never a fixed subset.
+
+#### Client lifecycle and observation
+
+| Tool | Input object | Output |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `layerfs_init` | `name:string` required, `path:string` required, `timeoutMs:integer` optional positive; `options:{home?,trace?,storePolicy?,storePath?,deploy?}` optional | `{created,client:{projectName}}` |
+| `layerfs_open` | `name:string` required, `options` same as init | `{client:{projectName}}` |
+| `layerfs_close` | `{}` | `{closed:true}`; idempotent |
+| `layerfs_results` | `after:integer` optional, default 0, nonnegative | P10 `{items,next,evicted,stale?}` |
+| `layerfs_events` | `{}` | `notifications/layerfs_snapshot` with `{cursor,snapshot}`, then `notifications/layerfs_event` with `{event}`; the call stays in flight and streams until cancellation, close, or stale/error termination (the SDK throws `InvalidInput: stream went stale; resubscribe`); cancellation unsubscribes and MCP sends no result for a cancelled call; there is no replay |
+
+`options.deploy` permits optional `docker,image,volume,daemon,containerPrefix,
+daemonHost` strings. Settings are passed once to the Node SDK and are resolved
+using the SDK's existing environment behavior. No credentials are accepted by
+MCP tools.
+
+#### Project and Branch history
+
+| Tool | Input object |
+| --- | --- |
+| `layerfs_project_list_branches` | `pageSize:integer` 1..1000, `pagePos:integer` >=0; defaults 50,0 |
+| `layerfs_project_list_sandboxes` | same paging fields/defaults |
+| `layerfs_branch_list_commits` | `branch:string` required, same paging fields/defaults |
+| `layerfs_branch_graph` | `branch:string` required, same paging fields/defaults |
+| `layerfs_branch_changed_paths` | `commit:string` required, same paging fields/defaults, `cursor:string|null` optional |
+| `layerfs_branch_diff_commits` | `from:string`, `to:string` required, paging fields, `cursor:string|null`, `hunks:boolean` optional |
+| `layerfs_branch_diff_branches` | `from:string`, `to:string` required, paging fields, `cursor:string|null`, `hunks:boolean` optional |
+| `layerfs_branch_fork` | `name:string` required, `from:string` optional default `main` |
+| `layerfs_branch_merge` | `branch:string`, `with:string`, `name:string` required, `message:string`, `units:array<string | {name:string,patterns:array<string>}>` optional |
+| `layerfs_branch_publish` | `branch:string` required, `commit:string` optional |
+
+#### Files
+
+| Tool | Input object |
+| --- | --- |
+| `layerfs_fs_read` | `ref:string`, `path:string` required, `startLine:integer` >=1 default 1, `endLine:integer` optional >=1, `binary:boolean` default false, `offset:string|null` optional opaque continuation from a previous answer |
+| `layerfs_fs_list` | `ref:string` required, `path:string` optional default `/`, paging fields |
+| `layerfs_fs_stat` | `ref:string`, `path:string` required |
+| `layerfs_fs_grep` | `ref:string`, `pattern:string` required, `path:string` optional `/`, paging fields |
+| `layerfs_fs_glob` | `ref:string`, `pattern:string` required, `path:string` optional `/`, paging fields |
+| `layerfs_fs_diff_files` | `leftRef:string`, `leftPath:string`, `rightRef:string`, `rightPath:string` required |
+| `layerfs_fs_blame` | `ref:string`, `path:string` required, `fromLine:integer` >=1 optional default 1 |
+| `layerfs_fs_write` | `branch:string`, `path:string`, `content:string` required; `base64:string` alternative to content; `message:string`, `mode:integer` optional |
+| `layerfs_fs_edit` | `branch:string`, `path:string`, `oldText:string`, `newText:string` required; `message:string` optional |
+| `layerfs_fs_apply` | `branch:string` required, `changes:array<change>` required, `message:string` optional; each change is exactly one of the SDK's seven: `{op:"write",path,content}` or `{op:"write",path,base64}` (exactly one body) with `mode:integer` optional, `{op:"edit",path,oldText,newText}`, `{op:"mkdir",path,mode?:integer}`, `{op:"chmod",path,mode:integer}`, `{op:"rm",path}`, `{op:"cp",from,to}`, `{op:"mv",from,to}` |
+| `layerfs_fs_mkdir` | `branch:string`, `path:string` required; `message:string`, `mode:integer` optional |
+| `layerfs_fs_rm` | `branch:string`, `path:string` required; `message:string` optional |
+| `layerfs_fs_cp` | `branch:string`, `from:string`, `to:string` required; `message:string` optional |
+| `layerfs_fs_mv` | same as cp |
+
+`content` and `base64` are mutually exclusive. A `write` uses UTF-8 text
+or explicit base64 bytes; no host path is read by the server.
+
+#### Sandbox, Workspace, and Bash
+
+| Tool | Input object |
+| --- | --- |
+| `layerfs_sandbox_create` | `image:string` optional (the client's already-resolved deployment supplies the other settings) |
+| `layerfs_sandbox_list_workspaces` | `sandbox:string` required, paging fields |
+| `layerfs_sandbox_close` | `sandbox:string` required |
+| `layerfs_workspace_mount` | `sandbox:string`, `branch:string` required |
+| `layerfs_workspace_exec` | `workspace:{sandbox:string,path:string}` required, `command:string` required, `message:string` optional |
+| `layerfs_workspace_commit` | `workspace:{sandbox:string,path:string}` required; `message:string`, `force:boolean` optional; `options:{author:string,labels:array<string>}` optional |
+| `layerfs_workspace_unmount` | `workspace` required; `discard:boolean`, `force:boolean` optional |
+
+`layerfs_workspace_exec` is the Bash operation; the command executes only in
+the selected LayerFS Sandbox Workspace. The server does not expose host shell.
+Workspace handles are accepted only from a successful `layerfs_workspace_mount`
+result or the corresponding list result. Created Workspaces are unmounted on
+server shutdown (default no discard), then the client closes; cleanup failures
+are reported to stderr without forging success.
+
+#### Existing backend calls (Node SDK parity)
+
+The backend SDK calls are also exposed because they are existing callable
+operations, not separate MCP semantics:
+
+| Tool | Input object |
+| --- | --- |
+| `layerfs_backend_get_history` | `since:string` optional (the previous answer's `version`) |
+| `layerfs_backend_get_storage` | `options:{commits:boolean}` optional |
+| `layerfs_backend_get_comparable` | `ref:string` required (a saved Commit or Layer id) |
+| `layerfs_backend_list_overwritten` | `layer:string` required, paging fields |
+| `layerfs_backend_list_commit_storage` | `branch:string` required, paging fields |
+| `layerfs_backend_fs_get_storage` | `ref:string`, `path:string` required |
+| `layerfs_backend_fs_list_revisions` | `ref:string`, `path:string` required, paging fields |
+| `layerfs_backend_workspace_status` | `workspace` required |
+| `layerfs_backend_workspace_list_changes` | `workspace` required, paging fields |
+| `layerfs_backend_workspace_get_storage` | `workspace` required |
+| `layerfs_backend_process_start` | `workspace` required, `command:string` required |
+| `layerfs_backend_process_list` | paging fields |
+| `layerfs_backend_process_cancel` | `process:string` required |
+| `layerfs_backend_sandbox_get_log` | `sandbox:string` required, `lines:integer` 1..2000 default 200 |
+
+P12 and P13 calls are **pending reconciliation at merge**. The MCP package
+will not invent `project.list_summary` or scoped-client tool names in this
+contract. After P12/P13 land, add their Node SDK operations and schemas here
+only if present in the reconciled SDK surface.
+
+### Refusal and protocol error mapping
+
+- Zod/schema-invalid tool arguments are rejected by the MCP SDK before the
+  Node SDK is invoked. SDK 2.4.0 returns an `isError:true` tool result whose
+  text starts `Input validation error: Invalid arguments for tool ...` (the
+  validation failure is an `InvalidParams` error internally, projected by the
+  SDK onto the tool result).
+- A `LayerFSError` becomes an MCP tool result with `isError: true` and a
+  single JSON text content block `{ "code": <stable code>, "message": <message>,
+  "detail": <structured detail or null> }`. Its stable code is unchanged.
+  This includes every existing code in `@layerfs/agent` `CODES`: `Conflict`,
+  `HeadMoved`, `Dirty`, `Busy`, `NoSuchPath`, `NoSuchBranch`, `NoSuchCommit`,
+  `NoSuchProject`, `NoCommit`, `NoMergeBase`, `IsDirectory`, `NotDirectory`,
+  `NotFile`, `Binary`, `NotText`, `NoMatch`, `AmbiguousMatch`, `Exists`,
+  `NotEmpty`, `NameTaken`, `ReservedName`, `ReadOnly`, `MountsActive`,
+  `TooLarge`, `InvalidInput`, `NotMounted`, `NoSuchSandbox`,
+  `NoSuchProcess`, `Capacity`, and `NotComparable`.
+- Non-refusal exceptions map to `{code:"Failed",message,detail:null}` with
+  `isError:true`; stack traces are never returned to the caller.
+- Push/pull are blocked by R7 at this base tip. They have no MCP tools, no
+  simulated calls, and no success-shaped responses. If Node gains those
+  operations before merge, reconcile this contract and preserve the blocker.
+
+### Parity matrix at P5 base commit
+
+Parity means a distinct MCP tool invokes the matching public SDK call and
+returns the result/refusal described above; lifecycle-local operations map to
+the client API. “Pending reconciliation” means no speculative tool is added.
+
+| Node SDK operation | MCP tool / status |
+| --- | --- |
+| `LayerFS.init` / `LayerFS.open` / `client.close` | `layerfs_init` / `layerfs_open` / `layerfs_close` |
+| `client.results` / `client.events.subscribe` | `layerfs_results` / `layerfs_events` |
+| `project.list_branches`, `project.list_sandboxes` | respective `layerfs_project_*` tools |
+| `fs.read`, `list`, `stat`, `grep`, `glob`, `diff_files`, `blame`, `write`, `edit`, `apply`, `mkdir`, `rm`, `cp`, `mv` | one `layerfs_fs_<method>` tool each |
+| `branch.list_commits`, `graph`, `changed_paths`, `diff_commits`, `diff_branches`, `fork`, `merge`, `publish` | one `layerfs_branch_<method>` tool each |
+| `sandbox.create`, `list_workspaces`, `close` | one `layerfs_sandbox_<method>` tool each |
+| `workspace.mount`, `exec`, `commit`, `unmount` | one `layerfs_workspace_<method>` tool each |
+| `LayerFS.call(method,args)` | Not separately exposed; every supported public operation above has a typed tool. Unsupported/unknown names retain SDK `UnknownMethod` behavior through no tool (MCP `InvalidParams`/unknown tool). |
+| `backend.store.project.get_history`, `get_storage`, `get_comparable`, `list_overwritten` | one `layerfs_backend_<method>` tool each |
+| `backend.store.branch.list_commit_storage` | `layerfs_backend_list_commit_storage` |
+| `backend.store.fs.get_storage`, `list_revisions` | respective `layerfs_backend_fs_*` tools |
+| `backend.daemon.workspace.status`, `list_changes`, `get_storage` | respective `layerfs_backend_workspace_*` tools |
+| `backend.daemon.process.start`, `list`, `cancel` | respective `layerfs_backend_process_*` tools |
+| `backend.daemon.sandbox.get_log` | `layerfs_backend_sandbox_get_log` |
+| P12 project summary / P13 scoped client | **pending reconciliation at merge** |
+| Push/pull | blocked by R7; absent from current SDK parity |
diff --git a/api/agent/test/fixture/cases-area-p.mjs b/api/agent/test/fixture/cases-area-p.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cdfaa7c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/test/fixture/cases-area-p.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+// Area P SDK/CLI cases in the shared op/sent/result triple shape. `prepare`
+// selects the stand-in's data; `sdk` makes the one binding call in the triple.
+
+const branchNames = (count) => [
+  ...Array.from({ length: count - 1 }, (_, n) => `branch-${String(n).padStart(3, "0")}`),
+  "main",
+];
+
+export const BUDGET_BRANCH_NAMES = [
+  ...Array.from({ length: 129 }, (_, n) => `b${String(n).padStart(3, "0")}-${"x".repeat(58)}`),
+  "main",
+];
+
+const branchValue = (name) => ({ name, base: "base1234567890ab", head: null });
+
+function branchPage(names, pageSize, pagePos, replyBudget = null) {
+  const items = [];
+  let spent = 0;
+  let hasMore = false;
+  for (const name of names.slice(pagePos)) {
+    const cost = Buffer.byteLength(name) + 512;
+    if (items.length === pageSize || (replyBudget !== null && spent + cost > replyBudget)) {
+      hasMore = true;
+      break;
+    }
+    spent += cost;
+    items.push(branchValue(name));
+  }
+  return { items, hasMore, nextPagePos: hasMore ? pagePos + items.length : null };
+}
+
+function branchCase(names, pageSize, pagePos, replyBudget = null) {
+  const label = replyBudget === null ? `count=${names.length}` : "reply-budget";
+  return {
+    name: `P14 list_branches ${label} pageSize=${pageSize} pagePos=${pagePos}`,
+    prepare(native) {
+      native.branchList = names;
+      native.branchReplyBudget = replyBudget;
+    },
+    sdk: (lf) => lf.project.list_branches(pageSize, pagePos),
+    op: "project.list_branches",
+    sent: { pageSize, pagePos },
+    result: branchPage(names, pageSize, pagePos, replyBudget),
+  };
+}
+
+const workspaceRecords = (count) => Array.from({ length: count }, (_, n) => ({
+  workspace: `w${n}`,
+  branch: `branch-${n}`,
+  base: `base-${n}`,
+  activity: "idle",
+  mounted: true,
+  directory: `/workspaces/w${n}`,
+  dirty: { inodes: 0, entries: 0 },
+  headMovedSinceMount: false,
+  pendingMerge: false,
+}));
+
+function workspacePage(records, pageSize, pagePos) {
+  const items = records.map((w) => ({
+    sandbox: "1",
+    path: w.directory,
+    branch: w.branch,
+    base: w.base,
+    activity: "Idle",
+    changed: false,
+    workspace: w.workspace,
+    state: w.activity,
+    dirty: w.dirty,
+    headMovedSinceMount: w.headMovedSinceMount,
+    pendingMerge: w.pendingMerge,
+  }));
+  const end = pagePos + pageSize;
+  return {
+    items: items.slice(pagePos, end),
+    hasMore: end < items.length,
+    nextPagePos: end < items.length ? end : null,
+    version: "1",
+  };
+}
+
+function workspaceCase(records, pageSize, pagePos) {
+  return {
+    name: `P14 list_workspaces count=${records.length} pageSize=${pageSize} pagePos=${pagePos}`,
+    prepare(native) {
+      native.workspaceList = records;
+    },
+    sdk: (lf) => lf.sandbox.list_workspaces("1", pageSize, pagePos),
+    op: "sandbox.list_workspaces",
+    sent: { sandbox: "1" },
+    result: workspacePage(records, pageSize, pagePos),
+  };
+}
+
+const branches = [];
+for (const count of [1, 2, 3, 64, 65, 66, 130]) {
+  const names = branchNames(count);
+  for (const pageSize of [1, 2, 5, 50]) {
+    for (const pagePos of [0, 1, count - 1, count, count + 10]) {
+      branches.push(branchCase(names, pageSize, pagePos));
+    }
+  }
+}
+const firstBudgetPage = branchPage(BUDGET_BRANCH_NAMES, 1000, 0, 48 * 1024);
+branches.push(branchCase(BUDGET_BRANCH_NAMES, 1000, 0, 48 * 1024));
+branches.push(branchCase(BUDGET_BRANCH_NAMES, 1000, firstBudgetPage.items.length, 48 * 1024));
+
+const workspaces = [];
+for (const count of [0, 64, 65, 129]) {
+  const records = workspaceRecords(count);
+  for (const pageSize of [1, 2, 50]) {
+    for (const pagePos of [0, 63, 64, 65, count, count + 5]) {
+      workspaces.push(workspaceCase(records, pageSize, pagePos));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// P1 cases (branch.graph + branch.changed_paths), merged in with the P14 slice.
+
+const graphResult = (branch, pagePos) => ({
+  branch: { name: branch, id: "branch1234567890ab", base: "base1234567890ab", head: "head1234567890ab", forkedFrom: "c0ffee" },
+  forkPoint: { kind: "commit", id: "c0ffee" },
+  commits: [{ id: "decaf", branch, parent: "parent1234567890", author: null, labels: [], logical: 120, newCanonical: 40, newStored: 30, newMetadata: 8, published: true }],
+  hasMore: true,
+  nextPagePos: pagePos + 1,
+});
+
+const changedResult = (commit) => ({
+  commit,
+  parent: "parent1234567890",
+  items: [{ path: "/changed.txt", kind: "Modified", type: "file", before: { type: "file", inode: 7 }, after: { type: "file", inode: 7 }, content: true, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false }],
+  hasMore: false,
+  nextPagePos: null,
+  nextCursor: null,
+});
+
+export const P1_CASES = [
+  {
+    name: "P1 branch graph",
+    argv: ["branch", "graph", "cart", "--page-size", "2", "--page-pos", "1"],
+    sdk: (lf) => lf.branch.graph("cart", 2, 1),
+    op: "branch.graph",
+    sent: { branch: "cart", pageSize: 2, pagePos: 1 },
+    result: graphResult("cart", 1),
+  },
+  {
+    name: "P1 branch changed_paths",
+    argv: ["branch", "changed_paths", "c0ffee", "--page-size", "5"],
+    sdk: (lf) => lf.branch.changed_paths("c0ffee", 5),
+    op: "branch.changed_paths",
+    sent: { commit: "c0ffee", pageSize: 5, pagePos: 0 },
+    result: changedResult("c0ffee"),
+  },
+  {
+    name: "P1 branch changed_paths cursor",
+    argv: ["branch", "changed_paths", "c0ffee", "--page-size", "5", "--cursor", "/changed.txt"],
+    sdk: (lf) => lf.branch.changed_paths("c0ffee", 5, 0, { cursor: "/changed.txt" }),
+    op: "branch.changed_paths",
+    sent: { commit: "c0ffee", pageSize: 5, pagePos: 0, cursor: "/changed.txt" },
+    result: changedResult("c0ffee"),
+  },
+];
+
+const WS = { sandbox: "1", path: "/workspaces/w1" };
+const attributedResult = (author, labels) => ({
+  kind: "Committed",
+  head: "c0ffee",
+  commit: { id: "c0ffee", author, labels, logical: 120, newCanonical: 40, newStored: 30, newMetadata: 8 },
+});
+
+export const P7_CASES = [
+  {
+    name: "P7 workspace commit author and labels",
+    argv: ["workspace", "commit", "1:/workspaces/w1", "-m", "attributed", "--author", "agent-p7", "--labels", '["call-7","call-7","last"]'],
+    sdk: (lf) => lf.workspace.commit(WS, "attributed", false, { author: "agent-p7", labels: ["call-7", "call-7", "last"] }),
+    op: "workspace.commit",
+    sent: { ...WS, message: "attributed", force: false, author: "agent-p7", labels: ["call-7", "call-7", "last"] },
+    result: attributedResult("agent-p7", ["call-7", "call-7", "last"]),
+  },
+  {
+    name: "P7 workspace commit empty labels",
+    argv: ["workspace", "commit", "1:/workspaces/w1", "--author", "agent-empty", "--labels", "[]"],
+    sdk: (lf) => lf.workspace.commit(WS, undefined, false, { author: "agent-empty", labels: [] }),
+    op: "workspace.commit",
+    sent: { ...WS, force: false, author: "agent-empty", labels: [] },
+    result: attributedResult("agent-empty", []),
+  },
+];
+
+export const P8_REFS = {
+  commit: `12${"a".repeat(64)}`,
+  layer: `32${"b".repeat(64)}`,
+  unknownCommit: `12${"c".repeat(64)}`,
+  unknownLayer: `32${"d".repeat(64)}`,
+  badTag: `99${"e".repeat(64)}`,
+  nonhex: "z".repeat(66),
+};
+
+const p8Text = (ref) => ref === P8_REFS.commit ? "v1\n" : "v2\n";
+const p8Header = (ref, path) => ({ kind: "ok", snapshot: ref.slice(2, 14), root: `${ref === P8_REFS.commit ? "aa" : "bb"}`.repeat(33), path });
+const p8Items = (path) => {
+  const names = path === "/dir" ? [["inside.txt", "file"]] : [["binary.bin", "file"], ["dir", "dir"], ["file.txt", "file"], ["link", "symlink"], ["same.txt", "file"]];
+  return names.map(([name, type], index) => ({ name, path: `${path === "/" ? "" : path}/${name}`, type, inode: index + 2 }));
+};
+const p8List = (ref, path, pageSize, pagePos) => {
+  const items = p8Items(path).slice(pagePos, pagePos + pageSize);
+  const hasMore = pagePos + items.length < p8Items(path).length;
+  return { ...p8Header(ref, path), items, hasMore, nextPagePos: hasMore ? pagePos + items.length : null };
+};
+export const P8_OFFSET = `lfr1.t.2.3.${"ab".repeat(32)}.2f66696c652e747874`;
+export const P8_NEXT_OFFSET = `lfr1.t.3.6.${"ab".repeat(32)}.2f66696c652e747874`;
+
+const p8Read = (ref, path, binary) => {
+  const content = path === "/binary.bin" ? Buffer.from([0, 255, 1, 10]) : Buffer.from(path === "/same.txt" ? "same\n" : p8Text(ref));
+  return { ...p8Header(ref, path), ...(binary ? { bytes: { base64: content.toString("base64") } } : { text: content.toString("utf8") }), startLine: 1, endLine: 1, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, nextOffset: null, size: content.length };
+};
+const p8ListCase = (ref, path, pageSize = 1, pagePos = 0) => ({
+  name: `P8 list ${ref.slice(2, 14)} ${path}`,
+  argv: ["fs", "list", ref, path, "--page-size", String(pageSize), "--page-pos", String(pagePos)],
+  sdk: (lf) => lf.fs.list(ref, path, pageSize, pagePos),
+  op: "fs.list",
+  sent: { branch: ref, path, pageSize, pagePos },
+  result: p8List(ref, path, pageSize, pagePos),
+});
+const p8StatCase = (ref) => ({
+  name: `P8 stat ${ref.slice(2, 14)}`,
+  argv: ["fs", "stat", ref, "/file.txt"],
+  sdk: (lf) => lf.fs.stat(ref, "/file.txt"),
+  op: "fs.stat",
+  sent: { branch: ref, path: "/file.txt" },
+  result: { ...p8Header(ref, "/file.txt"), type: "file", inode: 2, size: Buffer.byteLength(p8Text(ref)), mode: 420 },
+});
+const p8ReadCase = (name, ref, path, options = {}) => ({
+  name: `P8 ${name}`,
+  argv: ["fs", "read", ref, path, "--start-line", "1", "--end-line", "1", ...(options.binary ? ["--binary"] : [])],
+  sdk: (lf) => lf.fs.read(ref, path, 1, 1, options),
+  op: "fs.read",
+  sent: { branch: ref, path, startLine: 1, endLine: 1, binary: options.binary ?? false },
+  result: p8Read(ref, path, options.binary ?? false),
+});
+const p8Refusal = (name, ref, path, code, message, detail = null, options = {}) => ({
+  name: `P8 ${name}`,
+  argv: ["fs", "read", ref, path],
+  sdk: (lf) => lf.fs.read(ref, path, undefined, undefined, options),
+  op: "fs.read",
+  sent: { branch: ref, path, binary: false },
+  refused: { code, message: `${code}: ${message}`, detail },
+});
+
+export const P8_CASES = [
+  p8ListCase(P8_REFS.commit, "/"),
+  p8ListCase(P8_REFS.commit, "/dir"),
+  p8ListCase(P8_REFS.layer, "/"),
+  p8ListCase(P8_REFS.layer, "/dir"),
+  p8StatCase(P8_REFS.commit),
+  p8StatCase(P8_REFS.layer),
+  p8ReadCase("read Commit text", P8_REFS.commit, "/file.txt"),
+  p8ReadCase("read Layer text", P8_REFS.layer, "/file.txt"),
+  p8ReadCase("read Commit binary", P8_REFS.commit, "/binary.bin", { binary: true }),
+  p8ReadCase("read text as binary", P8_REFS.commit, "/file.txt", { binary: true }),
+  {
+    name: "P8 read offset with start-line forwarding",
+    argv: ["fs", "read", P8_REFS.commit, "/file.txt", "--offset", P8_OFFSET, "--start-line", "7", "--end-line", "9"],
+    sdk: (lf) => lf.fs.read(P8_REFS.commit, "/file.txt", 7, 9, { offset: P8_OFFSET }),
+    op: "fs.read",
+    sent: { branch: P8_REFS.commit, path: "/file.txt", startLine: 7, endLine: 9, binary: false, offset: P8_OFFSET },
+    result: { ...p8Read(P8_REFS.commit, "/file.txt", false), startLine: 2, endLine: 2, truncated: true, nextLine: 3, nextOffset: P8_NEXT_OFFSET },
+  },
+  p8Refusal("binary=false refuses binary", P8_REFS.commit, "/binary.bin", "Binary", "text contains NUL or invalid UTF-8", null, { binary: false }),
+  p8Refusal("omitted binary refuses binary", P8_REFS.commit, "/binary.bin", "Binary", "text contains NUL or invalid UTF-8"),
+  p8Refusal("unknown Branch", "p8-unknown-branch", "/file.txt", "NoSuchBranch", "Branch p8-unknown-branch does not exist"),
+  p8Refusal("bad identity tag", P8_REFS.badTag, "/file.txt", "InvalidInput", `\`${P8_REFS.badTag}\` is not a Commit or Layer identity`),
+  p8Refusal("66-nonhex is a Branch", P8_REFS.nonhex, "/file.txt", "NoSuchBranch", `Branch ${P8_REFS.nonhex} does not exist`),
+  p8Refusal("unknown Commit", P8_REFS.unknownCommit, "/file.txt", "NoSuchCommit", `Commit ${P8_REFS.unknownCommit} does not exist`),
+  p8Refusal("unknown Layer", P8_REFS.unknownLayer, "/file.txt", "NotFound", `Layer ${P8_REFS.unknownLayer} does not exist`),
+  p8Refusal("missing path at Commit", P8_REFS.commit, "/missing", "NoSuchPath", `/missing does not exist at ${P8_REFS.commit.slice(2, 14)}`, { path: "/missing" }),
+  p8Refusal("directory read", P8_REFS.commit, "/dir", "IsDirectory", "expected a regular file"),
+  p8Refusal("symlink read", P8_REFS.commit, "/link", "NotFile", "expected a regular file"),
+  p8Refusal("invalid path", P8_REFS.commit, "bad", "InvalidInput", "expected an absolute path without empty, dot or parent components"),
+];
+
+export const CASES = [...branches, ...workspaces, ...P1_CASES, ...P7_CASES, ...P8_CASES];
diff --git a/api/agent/test/fixture/cases.mjs b/api/agent/test/fixture/cases.mjs
index ec70729391..be91ed09fd 100644
--- a/api/agent/test/fixture/cases.mjs
+++ b/api/agent/test/fixture/cases.mjs
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@
 // (correctness). api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs runs each case through both and
 // checks that the CLI sends and prints exactly what the SDK sends and
 // returns (consistency).
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+
 const WS = { sandbox: "1", path: "/workspaces/w1" };
 const HANDLE = "1:/workspaces/w1";
-const commit = { id: "c0ffee", logical: 120, newCanonical: 40, newStored: 30, newMetadata: 8 };
+/** Init's source folder: the command resolves it against the host, so the SDK case uses the same path. */
+const SOURCE = resolve("/fake/src");
+const commit = { id: "c0ffee", author: null, labels: [], logical: 120, newCanonical: 40, newStored: 30, newMetadata: 8 };
 const committed = { kind: "Committed", head: "c0ffee", commit };
 const page = { items: [], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null };
 
@@ -44,8 +48,8 @@ export const ENV = {
 };
 
 export const CASES = [
-  { name: "init", argv: ["init", "site", "/fake/src", "--timeout", "5000"], sdk: async (lf, LayerFS) => (await LayerFS.init("site", "/fake/src", 5000)).created,
-    op: "project.init", sent: { name: "site", path: "/fake/src", timeoutMs: 5000 },
+  { name: "init", argv: ["init", "site", SOURCE, "--timeout", "5000"], sdk: async (lf, LayerFS) => (await LayerFS.init("site", SOURCE, 5000)).created,
+    op: "project.init", sent: { name: "site", path: SOURCE, timeoutMs: 5000 },
     result: { kind: "Initialized", project: "site", layer: "lay0", root: "r00t", store: "/fake/store.sqlite" } },
   { name: "project list_branches", argv: ["project", "list_branches", "--page-size", "5", "--page-pos", "10"], sdk: (lf) => lf.project.list_branches(5, 10),
     op: "project.list_branches", sent: { pageSize: 5, pagePos: 10 }, result: { items: [{ name: "main", base: "layer0000000000aa", head: null }, { name: "cart", base: "base1234567890ab", head: "head1234567890ab" }], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null } },
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ export const CASES = [
   { name: "branch publish head", argv: ["branch", "publish", "cart"], sdk: (lf) => lf.branch.publish("cart"),
     op: "branch.publish", sent: { branch: "cart" }, result: { kind: "Added", source: { branch: "feature", commit: "pub1" }, publishedLayer: { id: "lay1" } } },
   { name: "fs read", argv: ["fs", "read", "main", "/a.txt", "--start-line=3", "--end-line", "9"], sdk: (lf) => lf.fs.read("main", "/a.txt", 3, 9),
-    op: "fs.read", sent: { branch: "main", path: "/a.txt", startLine: 3, endLine: 9 }, result: { text: "b\n", nextLine: null } },
+    op: "fs.read", sent: { branch: "main", path: "/a.txt", startLine: 3, endLine: 9 }, result: { text: "b\n", nextLine: null, nextOffset: null } },
   { name: "fs list", argv: ["fs", "list", "main"], sdk: (lf) => lf.fs.list("main"),
     op: "fs.list", sent: { branch: "main", path: "/", pageSize: 50, pagePos: 0 }, result: page },
   { name: "fs stat", argv: ["fs", "stat", "main", "/a"], sdk: (lf) => lf.fs.stat("main", "/a"),
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ export const CASES = [
     op: "sandbox.close", sent: { sandbox: "2" }, result: { kind: "Closed", sandbox: "2" } },
   // the first window, and refusals: the binding's, then one the SDK makes itself
   { name: "fs read (first window)", argv: ["fs", "read", "main", "/a"], sdk: (lf) => lf.fs.read("main", "/a"),
-    op: "fs.read", sent: { branch: "main", path: "/a", startLine: 1 }, result: { text: "a\n", nextLine: 2 } },
+    op: "fs.read", sent: { branch: "main", path: "/a", startLine: 1 }, result: { text: "a\n", nextLine: 2, nextOffset: `lfr1.t.2.2.${"ab".repeat(32)}.2f61` } },
   { name: "fs read (missing)", argv: ["fs", "read", "main", "/missing"], sdk: (lf) => lf.fs.read("main", "/missing"),
     op: "fs.read", sent: { path: "/missing" }, refused: { code: "NoSuchPath", message: "NoSuchPath: /missing does not exist", detail: null } },
   { name: "branch merge (refused)", argv: ["branch", "merge", "a", "b", "ab"], sdk: (lf) => lf.branch.merge("a", "b", "ab"), refuse: ["branch.merge"],
diff --git a/api/agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs b/api/agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs
index 19dbe47be4..c73a077670 100644
--- a/api/agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs
+++ b/api/agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 //   (comma-separated) is refused with code CLI_FAKE_CODE (default Conflict);
 //   `initRefusal`, when set, is what project.init refuses; a policy depth over
 //   255 is refused as the addon refuses it.
-// - Answers: `sandboxList` is the project's running Sandboxes,
-//   `workspaceList` a Sandbox's daemon records. An exec command "exit <n>"
-//   ends with exit code n, stdout "out:<command>" and stderr "err"; any other
-//   command ends with code 3 and 5000 bytes of stdout.
+// - Answers: `branchList` enables Branch paging, with `branchReplyBudget`
+//   optionally limiting each reply; `sandboxList` is the project's running
+//   Sandboxes, `workspaceList` a Sandbox's daemon records. An exec command
+//   "exit <n>" ends with exit code n, stdout "out:<command>" and stderr "err";
+//   any other command ends with code 3 and 5000 bytes of stdout.
 const { appendFileSync } = require("node:fs");
 
 const plain = (value) => {
@@ -27,31 +28,259 @@ const log = (op, args) => {
   if (process.env.CLI_FAKE_LOG) appendFileSync(process.env.CLI_FAKE_LOG, `${JSON.stringify([op, plain(args)])}\n`);
 };
 
-const commit = { id: "c0ffee", logical: 120, newCanonical: 40, newStored: 30, newMetadata: 8 };
+const commit = { id: "c0ffee", author: null, labels: [], logical: 120, newCanonical: 40, newStored: 30, newMetadata: 8 };
 const committed = { kind: "Committed", head: commit.id, commit };
 const refusal = (code, message, detail = null) => ({ refused: { code, message, detail } });
 
+const P8_COMMIT = `12${"a".repeat(64)}`;
+const P8_LAYER = `32${"b".repeat(64)}`;
+const P8_UNKNOWN_COMMIT = `12${"c".repeat(64)}`;
+const P8_UNKNOWN_LAYER = `32${"d".repeat(64)}`;
+const P8_BAD_TAG = `99${"e".repeat(64)}`;
+const P8_NONHEX = "z".repeat(66);
+const P8_REFS = new Set([P8_COMMIT, P8_LAYER, P8_UNKNOWN_COMMIT, P8_UNKNOWN_LAYER, P8_BAD_TAG, P8_NONHEX, "p8-unknown-branch"]);
+const p8Text = (ref) => ref === P8_COMMIT ? "v1\n" : "v2\n";
+const p8Header = (ref, path) => ({ kind: "ok", snapshot: ref.slice(2, 14), root: `${ref === P8_COMMIT ? "aa" : "bb"}`.repeat(33), path });
+const p8Items = (ref, path) => {
+  const names = path === "/dir" ? [["inside.txt", "file"]] : [["binary.bin", "file"], ["dir", "dir"], ["file.txt", "file"], ["link", "symlink"], ["same.txt", "file"]];
+  return names.map(([name, type], index) => ({ name, path: `${path === "/" ? "" : path}/${name}`, type, inode: index + 2 }));
+};
+const p8List = (args) => {
+  const items = p8Items(args.branch, args.path);
+  const at = args.pagePos ?? 0;
+  const size = args.pageSize ?? 50;
+  const page = items.slice(at, at + size);
+  return { value: { ...p8Header(args.branch, args.path), items: page, hasMore: at + page.length < items.length, nextPagePos: at + page.length < items.length ? at + page.length : null } };
+};
+const p8Read = (args) => {
+  if (args.branch === P8_BAD_TAG) return refusal("InvalidInput", `\`${args.branch}\` is not a Commit or Layer identity`);
+  if (args.branch === P8_UNKNOWN_COMMIT) return refusal("NoSuchCommit", `Commit ${args.branch} does not exist`);
+  if (args.branch === P8_UNKNOWN_LAYER) return refusal("NotFound", `Layer ${args.branch} does not exist`);
+  if (args.branch === P8_NONHEX || args.branch === "p8-unknown-branch") return refusal("NoSuchBranch", `Branch ${args.branch} does not exist`);
+  if (args.path === "bad") return refusal("InvalidInput", "expected an absolute path without empty, dot or parent components");
+  if (args.path === "/dir") return refusal("IsDirectory", "expected a regular file");
+  if (args.path === "/link") return refusal("NotFile", "expected a regular file");
+  if (args.path === "/missing") return refusal("NoSuchPath", `/missing does not exist at ${args.branch.slice(2, 14)}`, { path: "/missing" });
+  const binary = args.path === "/binary.bin";
+  if (binary && !args.binary) return refusal("Binary", "text contains NUL or invalid UTF-8");
+  const content = binary ? Buffer.from([0, 255, 1, 10]) : Buffer.from(args.path === "/same.txt" ? "same\n" : p8Text(args.branch));
+  const continued = typeof args.offset === "string";
+  const value = { ...p8Header(args.branch, args.path), startLine: continued ? 2 : args.startLine ?? 1, endLine: continued ? 2 : 1, lineTruncated: false, truncated: continued, nextLine: continued ? 3 : null, nextOffset: continued ? `lfr1.t.3.6.${"ab".repeat(32)}.2f66696c652e747874` : null, size: content.length };
+  return { value: args.binary ? { ...value, bytes: content } : { ...value, text: content.toString("utf8") } };
+};
+
+const MAX_SAFE = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+const EVENT_BUDGET = 49_152;
+const subscriptions = new Map();
+let nextSubscription = 1;
+let admittedPolls = 0;
+const valueCost = (value) => {
+  if (value === null || typeof value === "boolean") return 1;
+  if (typeof value === "number") return 9;
+  if (typeof value === "string") return Buffer.byteLength(value) + 5;
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(value)) return value.length + 5;
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) return 5 + value.reduce((sum, item) => sum + valueCost(item), 0);
+  return 5 + Object.entries(value).reduce((sum, [name, item]) => sum + Buffer.byteLength(name) + 2 + valueCost(item), 0);
+};
+const eventPage = (events, cursor, hasMore = false) => ({ value: { events, cursor, hasMore, stale: false, closed: false } });
+const closedPage = (state) => ({ value: { events: [], cursor: state.seq, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: true } });
+const invalid = (message) => refusal("InvalidInput", message);
+function fakeSnapshot() {
+  const branches = (exports.branchList ?? ["main", "cart"]).map((name) => ({ name, head: name === "cart" ? "head1234567890ab" : null }));
+  const sandboxes = exports.sandboxList.map(({ sandbox }) => ({ sandbox }));
+  const workspaces = [];
+  for (const { sandbox } of exports.sandboxList) {
+    const records = exports.workspaceLists?.[sandbox] ?? exports.workspaceList;
+    for (const workspace of records) if (workspace.mounted && workspace.directory) workspaces.push({ sandbox, path: workspace.directory, branch: workspace.branch ?? null });
+  }
+  return { branches, workspaces, sandboxes };
+}
+function settlePoll(state) {
+  const waiter = state.waiter;
+  if (!waiter) return;
+  state.waiter = null;
+  clearTimeout(waiter.timer);
+  waiter.resolve(pollPage(state, waiter.cursor, waiter.limit));
+}
+function pollPage(state, cursor, limit) {
+  if (state.closed) return closedPage(state);
+  if (state.exhausted) return invalid("cursor exhausted; resubscribe");
+  if (cursor > state.seq) return invalid("unknown cursor");
+  if (state.stale || cursor < state.minimum) {
+    const current = state.seq;
+    state.events = [];
+    state.minimum = current;
+    state.stale = false;
+    return { value: { events: [], cursor: current, hasMore: false, stale: true, closed: false, snapshot: fakeSnapshot() } };
+  }
+  const deliverable = state.events.filter((event) => event.seq > cursor);
+  const events = [];
+  let spent = 0;
+  while (deliverable.length && events.length < limit) {
+    const event = deliverable[0];
+    if (events.length && spent + event.cost > EVENT_BUDGET) break;
+    events.push(deliverable.shift());
+    spent += event.cost;
+    if (spent >= EVENT_BUDGET) break;
+  }
+  if (events.length) {
+    const last = events.at(-1).seq;
+    state.events = state.events.filter((event) => event.seq > last);
+    state.minimum = last;
+    cursor = last;
+  }
+  return eventPage(events.map(({ cost, ...event }) => event), cursor, state.events.length > 0);
+}
+function eventSubscribe() {
+  const id = (nextSubscription++).toString(16).padStart(64, "0");
+  const state = { id, seq: 0, minimum: 0, events: [], stale: false, closed: false, exhausted: false, polling: false, waiter: null };
+  subscriptions.set(id, state);
+  return { value: { subscription: id, cursor: 0, snapshot: fakeSnapshot() } };
+}
+function eventPoll(args) {
+  const state = subscriptions.get(args.subscription);
+  if (!state) return invalid("unknown subscription");
+  const { cursor, timeoutMs = 0, limit = 50 } = args;
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(cursor) || cursor < 0) return invalid("cursor must be a nonnegative safe integer");
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(timeoutMs) || timeoutMs < 0 || timeoutMs > 30_000) return invalid("timeoutMs must be an integer in 0..30000");
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(limit) || limit < 1 || limit > 500) return invalid("limit must be an integer in 1..500");
+  if (state.polling) return invalid("a poll is already outstanding");
+  if (exports.pollRefusals?.length) return refusal(exports.pollRefusals.shift(), "poll refused by the fake");
+  state.polling = true;
+  if (timeoutMs > 0) {
+    const workers = Number(process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE ?? 4);
+    const admission = Math.max(0, Math.min(16, workers - 1));
+    if (admittedPolls >= admission) {
+      state.polling = false;
+      return refusal("Busy", "long-poll admission is saturated; no wait was started", { kind: "long-poll admission" });
+    }
+    admittedPolls++;
+  }
+  const finish = (page) => {
+    state.polling = false;
+    if (timeoutMs > 0) admittedPolls--;
+    return page;
+  };
+  const page = pollPage(state, cursor, limit);
+  if (timeoutMs === 0 || page.refused || page.value.events.length || page.value.stale || page.value.closed) return finish(page);
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      state.waiter = null;
+      resolve(finish(pollPage(state, cursor, limit)));
+    }, timeoutMs);
+    state.waiter = { cursor, limit, timer, resolve: (page) => resolve(finish(page)) };
+  });
+}
+function eventUnsubscribe(args) {
+  const state = subscriptions.get(args.subscription);
+  if (!state) return invalid("unknown subscription");
+  subscriptions.delete(args.subscription);
+  state.closed = true;
+  state.events = [];
+  settlePoll(state);
+  return { value: { kind: "Unsubscribed" } };
+}
+function emitEvent(id, type, source, payload) {
+  const state = subscriptions.get(id);
+  if (!state || state.closed || state.exhausted) return;
+  if (state.seq === MAX_SAFE) {
+    state.exhausted = true;
+    settlePoll(state);
+    return;
+  }
+  state.seq++;
+  const event = { seq: state.seq, type, source, payload };
+  const capacity = Number(process.env.LAYERFS_FAKE_EVENT_CAP ?? 1024);
+  if (state.events.length === capacity) {
+    const dropped = state.events.shift();
+    state.minimum = dropped.seq;
+    state.stale = true;
+  }
+  state.events.push({ ...event, cost: valueCost(event) });
+  settlePoll(state);
+}
+function mapEvent(op, args, value) {
+  const kind = value.kind;
+  if (op === "workspace.commit" && kind === "Committed") return ["commit.created", "store", { branch: args.branch ?? "main", workspace: { sandbox: args.sandbox, path: args.path }, commit: value.commit }];
+  if (/^fs\.(write|apply|edit|mkdir|rm|mv|cp)$/.test(op) && kind === "Committed") {
+    const moving = op === "fs.mv" || op === "fs.cp";
+    const plain = ["fs.write", "fs.edit", "fs.mkdir", "fs.rm"].includes(op);
+    return ["fs.committed", "store", { branch: value.branch ?? args.branch, method: op, path: plain ? args.path : null, from: moving ? args.from : null, to: moving ? args.to : null, commit: value.commit }];
+  }
+  if (op === "branch.fork" && kind === "Forked") return ["branch.forked", "store", { branch: value.branch, forkPoint: value.head === null ? { kind: "layer", id: value.base } : { kind: "commit", id: value.head } }];
+  if (op === "branch.merge" && kind === "Merged") return ["branch.merged", "store", { merge: value }];
+  if (op === "branch.publish" && kind === "Added") return ["branch.published", "store", { branch: value.source.branch, commit: value.source.commit, layer: value.publishedLayer.id, basedOn: value.basedOn }];
+  if (op === "workspace.mount" && kind === "Mounted") return ["workspace.mounted", "daemon", { workspace: { sandbox: value.sandbox, path: value.path }, branch: value.branch }];
+  if (op === "workspace.unmount" && ["Unmounted", "ForceUnmounted"].includes(kind)) return ["workspace.unmounted", "daemon", { workspace: { sandbox: args.sandbox, path: args.path } }];
+  if (op === "sandbox.create") return ["sandbox.created", "daemon", { sandbox: value.sandbox }];
+  if (op === "sandbox.close" && kind === "Closed") return ["sandbox.closed", "daemon", { sandbox: args.sandbox }];
+  return null;
+}
+
 function answer(op, args) {
   const refuse = (process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE || "").split(",").filter(Boolean);
   if (refuse.includes(op)) return refusal(process.env.CLI_FAKE_CODE || "Conflict", `${op} refused by the fake`, { op });
   if (args.storePath === "/missing") return refusal("NoSuchProject", "no such project");
-  if (args.path === "/missing") return refusal("NoSuchPath", "/missing does not exist");
+  if (args.path === "/missing" && !P8_REFS.has(args.branch)) return refusal("NoSuchPath", "/missing does not exist");
   switch (op) {
     case "project.init":
       if (exports.initRefusal) return { refused: exports.initRefusal };
       if (args.policy?.chunkDepth > 255) return refusal("InvalidInput", "policy.chunkDepth is out of range");
       return { value: { kind: "Initialized", project: args.name, layer: "lay0", root: "r00t", store: args.storePath } };
-    case "project.list_branches": return { value: { items: [
-      { name: "main", base: "layer0000000000aa", head: null },
-      { name: "cart", base: "base1234567890ab", head: "head1234567890ab" },
-    ], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null } };
+    case "project.list_branches": {
+      if (!exports.branchList) return { value: { items: [
+        { name: "main", base: "layer0000000000aa", head: null },
+        { name: "cart", base: "base1234567890ab", head: "head1234567890ab" },
+      ], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null } };
+      const items = [];
+      const names = exports.branchList.slice(args.pagePos ?? 0);
+      const limit = args.pageSize ?? 50;
+      let spent = 0;
+      let hasMore = false;
+      for (const name of names) {
+        const cost = Buffer.byteLength(name) + 512;
+        if (items.length === limit || (exports.branchReplyBudget != null && spent + cost > exports.branchReplyBudget)) {
+          hasMore = true;
+          break;
+        }
+        spent += cost;
+        items.push({ name, base: "base1234567890ab", head: null });
+      }
+      const pagePos = args.pagePos ?? 0;
+      return { value: { items, hasMore, nextPagePos: hasMore ? pagePos + items.length : null } };
+    }
     case "project.list_sandboxes": return { value: { kind: "ok", items: exports.sandboxList } };
-    case "branch.fork": return { value: { kind: "Forked", branch: args.name, base: "lay0", head: "not-a-publication" } };
-    case "branch.merge": return { value: { kind: "Merged", branch: args.name, head: "m3rge", root: "r00t" } };
-    case "branch.publish": return { value: { kind: "Added", source: { branch: "feature", commit: "pub1" }, publishedLayer: { id: "lay1" } } };
-    case "fs.read": return { value: args.startLine === 1 ? { text: "a\n", nextLine: 2 } : { text: "b\n", nextLine: null } };
-    case "fs.stat": return { value: { type: "file", size: 5, mode: 420 } };
-    case "fs.rm": return { value: { kind: "UpToDate", head: "h3ad" } };
+    case "branch.fork": return { value: { kind: "Forked", branch: args.name, base: "lay0", head: args.from === "layer" ? null : "not-a-publication" } };
+    case "branch.graph": return { value: {
+      branch: { name: args.branch, id: "branch1234567890ab", base: "base1234567890ab", head: "head1234567890ab", forkedFrom: "c0ffee" },
+      forkPoint: { kind: "commit", id: "c0ffee" },
+      commits: [{ ...commit, id: "decaf", branch: args.branch, parent: "parent1234567890", published: true }],
+      hasMore: true,
+      nextPagePos: (args.pagePos ?? 0) + 1,
+    } };
+    case "branch.changed_paths": return { value: {
+      commit: args.commit,
+      parent: "parent1234567890",
+      items: [{ path: "/changed.txt", kind: "Modified", type: "file", before: { type: "file", inode: 7 }, after: { type: "file", inode: 7 }, content: true, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false }],
+      hasMore: false,
+      nextPagePos: null,
+      nextCursor: null,
+    } };
+    case "branch.merge": return { value: exports.mergeResults?.[args.name] ?? { kind: "Merged", branch: args.name, head: "m3rge", root: "r00t" } };
+    case "branch.publish": return { value: exports.publishResults?.[args.branch] ?? { kind: "Added", source: { branch: "feature", commit: "pub1" }, publishedLayer: { id: "lay1" } } };
+    case "fs.read":
+      if (P8_REFS.has(args.branch)) return p8Read(args);
+      return { value: args.startLine === 1 ? { text: "a\n", nextLine: 2, nextOffset: `lfr1.t.2.2.${"ab".repeat(32)}.2f61` } : { text: "b\n", nextLine: null, nextOffset: null } };
+    case "fs.list":
+      if (args.branch === P8_COMMIT || args.branch === P8_LAYER) return p8List(args);
+      return { value: { items: [], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null } };
+    case "fs.stat":
+      if (args.branch === P8_COMMIT || args.branch === P8_LAYER) {
+        const size = Buffer.byteLength(p8Text(args.branch));
+        return { value: { ...p8Header(args.branch, args.path), type: "file", inode: 2, size, mode: 420 } };
+      }
+      return { value: { type: "file", size: 5, mode: 420 } };
+    case "fs.rm": return { value: exports.fsResults?.[op] ?? { kind: "UpToDate", head: "h3ad" } };
     case "workspace.mount": return { value: { kind: "Mounted", sandbox: args.sandbox, container: `layerfs-website-${args.sandbox}`, path: "/workspaces/w1", image: "fake-image", branch: args.branch, base: "b4se", baseLayer: "lay0", root: "r00t" } };
     case "workspace.exec": {
       const exit = /^exit (\d+)$/.exec(args.command);
@@ -59,17 +288,18 @@ function answer(op, args) {
       const code = Number(exit[1]);
       return { value: { kind: `exit:${code}`, exitCode: code, stdout: `out:${args.command}`, stderr: "err", truncated: false } };
     }
-    case "workspace.commit": return { value: committed };
+    case "workspace.commit": return { value: exports.workspaceCommitResult ?? { ...committed, commit: { ...commit, ...(exports.eventPayloadText === undefined ? {} : { message: exports.eventPayloadText }), author: args.author ?? null, labels: args.labels ?? [] } } };
     case "workspace.unmount": return { value: args.force ? { kind: "ForceUnmounted", abort: "Written", detach: "Detached", cleanup: "Queued" } : { kind: "Unmounted" } };
     case "backend.daemon.process.start": return { value: { kind: "running", process: "proc_1_ab", command: args.command } };
     case "backend.store.project.get_history": return { value: exports.history ?? { kind: "ok", version: "h1", project: "website", branches: [], commits: [], more: {}, layers: [], workspaces: [] } };
-    case "backend.store.project.get_storage": return { value: { dedupe: "2", compression: null } };
+    case "backend.store.project.get_storage": return { value: exports.storageResult ?? { dedupe: "2", compression: null } };
+    case "backend.store.project.get_summary": return { value: exports.summaryResult ?? { logical: 0, branches: 0, commits: 0, mainLayer: null, lastCommit: null } };
     case "sandbox.create": return { value: { sandbox: "2", name: "layerfs-website-2", image: args.deploy?.image } };
     case "sandbox.list_workspaces": return { value: { kind: "ok", version: "1", workspaces: exports.workspaceList } };
     case "sandbox.close": return { value: { kind: "Closed", sandbox: args.sandbox } };
     case "runtime.sandbox.reclaim": return { value: { kind: "ok", reclaimed: exports.reclaimed ?? [] } };
     default:
-      if (/^fs\.(write|edit|apply|mkdir|cp|mv)$/.test(op)) return { value: committed };
+      if (/^fs\.(write|edit|apply|mkdir|cp|mv)$/.test(op)) return { value: exports.fsResults?.[op] ?? (exports.fullCommits ? { ...committed, branch: args.branch, commit: { ...commit, branch: args.branch } } : committed) };
       return { value: { items: [], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null } };
   }
 }
@@ -86,15 +316,30 @@ exports.calls = [];
 exports.observed = [];
 exports.deploys = [];
 exports.args = [];
+exports.behaviorArgs = [];
+exports.eventStates = subscriptions;
 exports.workspaceList = [];
 exports.sandboxList = [{ sandbox: "1", name: "layerfs-website-1", image: "fake-image", workspaces: 0 }];
-const traced = (op, args) => {
+const traced = async (op, args) => {
   log(op, args);
   exports.calls.push(op);
   exports.observed.push(args.observe ?? null);
   if (args.deploy) exports.deploys.push(args.deploy);
   exports.args.push(args);
-  const result = answer(op, args);
+  const { subscription, ...behaviorArgs } = args;
+  exports.behaviorArgs.push(behaviorArgs);
+  let result;
+  if (op === "events.subscribe") {
+    const delay = Number(process.env.LAYERFS_FAKE_EVENT_SUBSCRIBE_DELAY ?? 0);
+    if (delay) await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
+    result = eventSubscribe();
+  } else if (op === "events.poll") result = await eventPoll(args);
+  else if (op === "events.unsubscribe") result = eventUnsubscribe(args);
+  else result = answer(op, behaviorArgs);
+  if (result.value && subscription) {
+    const event = mapEvent(op, behaviorArgs, result.value);
+    if (event) emitEvent(subscription, ...event);
+  }
   return args.observe ? { ...result, telemetry: telemetry(op) } : result;
 };
 exports.stores = [];
diff --git a/api/agent/test/packaging.mjs b/api/agent/test/packaging.mjs
index 496a616b95..cadb9161bd 100644
--- a/api/agent/test/packaging.mjs
+++ b/api/agent/test/packaging.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @layerfs/agent's surface and client lifecycle (#428). Each case is one
 // command; every case but `dispatch` uses the stand-in binding and creates no
 // Store:
-//   node api/agent/test/packaging.mjs surface|lifecycle|copy|sandbox|worker-route|transport-order|dispatch
+//   node api/agent/test/packaging.mjs surface|lifecycle|options|copy|sandbox|worker-route|transport-order|dispatch
 // `dispatch` loads the real addon (LAYERFS_NATIVE or engine/crates/layerfs-node/layerfs.node).
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { cpSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@ for (const name of ["TRACE", "TRACE_STEP", "TRACE_START", "WORKER_ENDPOINT"]) {
 }
 const agent = await import("@layerfs/agent");
 const { LayerFS, CODES } = agent;
-const native = selected === "dispatch" ? null : (await import(FAKE)).default;
+const native = selected === "dispatch" ? null : (await import(pathToFileURL(FAKE).href)).default;
 
 if (selected === "surface") {
   const shop = await LayerFS.open("website");
   assert.equal(shop.projectName, "website");
   assert.equal(shop.options.home, "/private/configured-home");
   assert.deepEqual(shop.options.deploy, { docker: "/configured/docker.sock", image: "configured-image", volume: "configured-volume", daemon: "/configured/daemon" });
-  // five groups: project 2, branch 6, fs 14, sandbox 3, workspace 4
+  // five groups: project 2, branch 8, fs 14, sandbox 3, workspace 4
   const methods = (group) => Object.keys(shop[group]).sort();
   assert.deepEqual(methods("project"), ["list_branches", "list_sandboxes"]);
-  assert.deepEqual(methods("branch"), ["diff_branches", "diff_commits", "fork", "list_commits", "merge", "publish"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(methods("branch"), ["changed_paths", "diff_branches", "diff_commits", "fork", "graph", "list_commits", "merge", "publish"]);
   assert.equal(methods("fs").length, 14);
   assert.deepEqual(methods("sandbox"), ["close", "create", "list_workspaces"]);
   assert.deepEqual(methods("workspace"), ["commit", "exec", "mount", "unmount"]);
@@ -79,12 +79,17 @@ if (selected === "surface") {
   await assert.rejects(LayerFS.open("website"), { code: "NoSuchProject" });
   process.env.LAYERFS_STORE_PATH = "/fake/store.sqlite";
   assert.deepEqual(native.stores.slice(before), [["open", "/missing"], ["close", "/missing"]]);
-  // the options argument is gone: an object where it went is refused, never ignored
+  // options are accepted (P2), but an object in the timeout position and any
+  // further positional argument are refused, never ignored
   const asked = native.calls.length;
-  for (const call of [() => LayerFS.open("website", {}), () => LayerFS.open("website", { storePath: "/missing" }), () => LayerFS.init("fresh", "/src/fresh", {}), () => LayerFS.init("fresh", "/src/fresh", { storePath: "/x" }, 5000), () => LayerFS.init("fresh", "/src/fresh", 5000, {})]) {
-    await assert.rejects(call(), { code: "InvalidInput", message: /takes no options: settings come from the environment/ });
+  for (const call of [() => LayerFS.init("fresh", "/src/fresh", {}), () => LayerFS.init("fresh", "/src/fresh", { storePath: "/x" }, 5000), () => LayerFS.open("website", {}, "extra"), () => LayerFS.init("fresh", "/src/fresh", 5000, {}, "extra")]) {
+    await assert.rejects(call(), { code: "InvalidInput" });
   }
-  assert.equal(native.calls.length, asked, "a refused options argument sends nothing");
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, asked, "a refused call sends nothing");
+  // and an accepted options object opens fine, resolved over the environment
+  const accepted = await LayerFS.open("website", {});
+  assert.equal(accepted.options.storePath, "/fake/store.sqlite");
+  await accepted.close();
   // LayerFS.init runs project.init, then the same open
   const made = await LayerFS.init("fresh", "/src/fresh");
   assert.deepEqual(native.calls.slice(-2), ["project.init", "project.list_branches"]);
@@ -106,6 +111,59 @@ if (selected === "surface") {
     await scoped.project.list_branches();
   }
   assert.deepEqual(native.stores.at(-1), ["close", "/fake/store.sqlite"]);
+} else if (selected === "options") {
+  // explicit beats env; env is the fallback for unset fields
+  const explicit = await LayerFS.open("website", { storePath: "/fake/store.sqlite", deploy: { image: "explicit-image" } });
+  assert.deepEqual(explicit.options.deploy, { docker: "/configured/docker.sock", image: "explicit-image", volume: "configured-volume", daemon: "/configured/daemon" });
+  assert.equal(explicit.options.home, "/private/configured-home");
+  await explicit.close();
+  // snapshot: mutating the input and the env after open changes nothing
+  const input = { deploy: { image: "snap-image" } };
+  const snap = await LayerFS.open("website", input);
+  input.deploy.image = "mutated-image";
+  process.env.LAYERFS_IMAGE = "env-changed-image";
+  assert.equal(snap.options.deploy.image, "snap-image");
+  // a second client still reads the (changed) env at its own construction
+  const later = await LayerFS.open("website", {});
+  assert.equal(later.options.deploy.image, "env-changed-image");
+  process.env.LAYERFS_IMAGE = "configured-image";
+  await snap.close();
+  await later.close();
+  // schema refusals send nothing
+  const asked = native.calls.length;
+  for (const bad of [{ unknown: 1 }, { deploy: { unknown: "x" } }, { deploy: [] }, { deploy: "x" }, { storePath: null }, { storePath: "" }, { storePath: 7 }, { home: "" }, { trace: 5 }, { storePolicy: 7 }]) {
+    await assert.rejects(LayerFS.open("website", bad), { code: "InvalidInput" });
+  }
+  assert.equal(native.calls.length, asked, "a refused options argument sends nothing");
+  // storePolicy accepts an object (normalized to text) or text
+  const pol = await LayerFS.open("website", { storePolicy: { smallFileThreshold: 1, wholeFileDepth: 2, chunkDepth: 3, metadataDepth: 4 } });
+  assert.equal(typeof pol.options.storePolicy, "string");
+  await pol.close();
+  // init forms: options as fourth argument accepted; object in timeout position refused
+  const made = await LayerFS.init("fresh", "/src/fresh", undefined, { storePath: "/fake/store.sqlite" });
+  assert.equal(made.options.storePath, "/fake/store.sqlite");
+  await made.close();
+  const timed = await LayerFS.init("fresh", "/src/fresh", 5000, {});
+  assert.equal(timed.options.storePath, "/fake/store.sqlite");
+  await timed.close();
+  await assert.rejects(LayerFS.init("fresh", "/src/fresh", {}), { code: "InvalidInput" });
+  // TRACE_STEP and TRACE_START stay per-call: set after open, they label the next call
+  const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "layerfs-options-trace-"));
+  try {
+    const traceFile = join(dir, "trace.jsonl");
+    const traced = await LayerFS.open("website", { trace: traceFile });
+    process.env.LAYERFS_TRACE_STEP = "after-open-step";
+    process.env.LAYERFS_TRACE_START = "1";
+    await traced.project.list_branches();
+    const lines = readFileSync(traceFile, "utf8").trim().split("\n").map((l) => JSON.parse(l));
+    assert.ok(lines.some((l) => l.phase === "start"), "TRACE_START read at the call");
+    assert.ok(lines.some((l) => l.step === "after-open-step"), "TRACE_STEP read at the call");
+    await traced.close();
+  } finally {
+    delete process.env.LAYERFS_TRACE_STEP;
+    delete process.env.LAYERFS_TRACE_START;
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
 } else if (selected === "copy") {
   // a second copy of the package in one process refuses to load
   const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "layerfs-agent-copy-"));
@@ -233,6 +291,6 @@ if (selected === "surface") {
   assert.equal((await binding.backendCall("project.init", {})).refused.code, "UnknownMethod");
   assert.equal((await binding.backendCall("backend.missing", {})).refused.code, "UnknownMethod");
 } else {
-  throw new Error("select surface, lifecycle, copy, sandbox, worker-route, transport-order or dispatch");
+  throw new Error("select surface, lifecycle, options, copy, sandbox, worker-route, transport-order or dispatch");
 }
 console.log(`PASS packaging/${selected}`);
diff --git a/api/agent/test/verify/events_real.mjs b/api/agent/test/verify/events_real.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..383411365e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/agent/test/verify/events_real.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// P9 events against one fresh real Disposable project, Docker and FUSE daemon.
+// Run in the sealed real E2E environment used by calls_real.mjs:
+//   node api/agent/test/verify/events_real.mjs inner
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { source } from "./scenario.mjs";
+
+if (process.argv[2] !== "inner") throw new Error("usage: events_real.mjs inner (under the real E2E launcher)");
+const { LayerFS } = await import("@layerfs/agent");
+const work = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "layerfs-events-real-"));
+process.env.LAYERFS_HOME = join(work, "home");
+const project = `events-${Date.now().toString(36)}`;
+let lf, other;
+const ordered = (page, cursor, count) => {
+  assert.equal(page.events.length, count);
+  assert.deepEqual(page.events.map((event) => event.seq), Array.from({ length: count }, (_, i) => cursor + i + 1));
+  assert.equal(page.cursor, cursor + count);
+  assert.equal(page.stale, false);
+  assert.equal(page.closed, false);
+  return page.events;
+};
+try {
+  lf = await LayerFS.init(project, source(join(work, "source")));
+  const events = await lf.events.subscribe();
+  assert.deepEqual(events.snapshot.branches.map(({ name }) => name), ["main"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(events.snapshot.workspaces, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(events.snapshot.sandboxes, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(await events.poll(), { events: [], cursor: 0, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false }, "Init before subscribe creates no native event");
+
+  const forked = await lf.branch.fork("feature");
+  const file = await lf.fs.write("feature", "/file.txt", "one\n", "file");
+  const { sandbox } = await lf.sandbox.create();
+  const ws = await lf.workspace.mount(sandbox, "feature");
+  const executed = await lf.workspace.exec(ws, "echo workspace > out.txt", "write Workspace file");
+  assert.equal(executed.exitCode, 0);
+  const committed = await lf.workspace.commit(ws, "Workspace event", false, { author: "P9 real", labels: ["p9", "workspace"] });
+  assert.equal(committed.kind, "Committed");
+  assert.equal((await lf.workspace.commit(ws, "no change")).kind, "UpToDate");
+  assert.equal((await lf.workspace.unmount(ws)).kind, "Unmounted");
+  assert.equal((await lf.sandbox.close(sandbox)).kind, "Closed");
+
+  const lifecycle = ordered(await events.poll(), 0, 7);
+  assert.deepEqual(lifecycle.map((event) => [event.type, event.source]), [
+    ["branch.forked", "store"], ["fs.committed", "store"], ["sandbox.created", "daemon"],
+    ["workspace.mounted", "daemon"], ["commit.created", "store"], ["workspace.unmounted", "daemon"], ["sandbox.closed", "daemon"],
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(lifecycle[0].payload, { branch: "feature", forkPoint: { kind: "layer", id: forked.base } });
+  assert.deepEqual(lifecycle[1].payload, { branch: "feature", method: "fs.write", path: "/file.txt", from: null, to: null, commit: file.commit });
+  assert.deepEqual(lifecycle[2].payload, { sandbox });
+  assert.deepEqual(lifecycle[3].payload, { workspace: { sandbox, path: ws.path }, branch: "feature" });
+  assert.deepEqual(lifecycle[4].payload, { branch: "feature", workspace: { sandbox, path: ws.path }, commit: committed.commit });
+  assert.equal(lifecycle[4].payload.commit.author, "P9 real");
+  assert.deepEqual(lifecycle[4].payload.commit.labels, ["p9", "workspace"]);
+  for (const field of ["id", "branch", "parent", "secondParent", "base", "root", "via", "message", "time"]) assert.ok(Object.hasOwn(lifecycle[4].payload.commit, field), `complete Commit has ${field}`);
+  assert.deepEqual(lifecycle[5].payload, { workspace: { sandbox, path: ws.path } });
+  assert.deepEqual(lifecycle[6].payload, { sandbox });
+
+  await lf.branch.fork("left", "feature");
+  await lf.branch.fork("right", "feature");
+  await lf.fs.write("left", "/left.txt", "left\n", "left");
+  const fast = await lf.branch.merge("left", "right", "fast", "fast");
+  assert.equal(fast.fastForward, true);
+  await lf.fs.write("right", "/right.txt", "right\n", "right");
+  const slow = await lf.branch.merge("left", "right", "slow", "slow");
+  assert.equal(slow.fastForward, false);
+  const published = await lf.branch.publish("slow");
+  assert.equal(published.kind, "Added");
+  assert.equal((await lf.branch.publish("slow")).kind, "UpToDate");
+
+  other = await LayerFS.open(project);
+  const slow2 = await other.branch.merge("left", "right", "slow2", "slow2");
+  assert.equal(slow2.root, slow.root);
+  assert.notEqual(slow2.head, slow.head);
+  await other.close();
+  other = null;
+  assert.equal((await lf.branch.publish("slow2")).kind, "NoChanges");
+
+  const history = ordered(await events.poll(), 7, 7);
+  assert.deepEqual(history.map((event) => event.type), ["branch.forked", "branch.forked", "fs.committed", "branch.merged", "fs.committed", "branch.merged", "branch.published"]);
+  assert.equal(history[2].payload.path, "/left.txt");
+  assert.equal(history[4].payload.path, "/right.txt");
+  assert.deepEqual(history[3].payload, { merge: fast });
+  assert.deepEqual(history[5].payload, { merge: slow });
+  assert.deepEqual(history[6].payload, { branch: published.source.branch, commit: published.source.commit, layer: published.publishedLayer.id, basedOn: published.basedOn });
+  assert.equal(history.some((event) => event.payload.merge?.branch === "slow2"), false, "the second client's operation is absent");
+
+  await events.close();
+  await events.close();
+  const fresh = await lf.events.subscribe();
+  assert.equal(fresh.cursor, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual((await fresh.poll()).events, [], "a new subscription never replays the old queue");
+  await fresh.close();
+  await lf.close();
+  lf = null;
+  console.log("PASS events_real (14 native events; Workspace/fs/fork/merge/publish and lifecycle)");
+} finally {
+  await other?.close();
+  await lf?.close();
+  rmSync(work, { recursive: true, force: true });
+}
diff --git a/api/backend/LICENSE b/api/backend/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dc51a2f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/backend/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Ephemeral-AI
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/api/backend/README.md b/api/backend/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed060986a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/backend/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# @layerfs/backend
+
+Backend calls for an open LayerFS project, including Store history and storage data and daemon Workspace and process state.
+
+Requires Node.js 20 or newer and `@layerfs/agent` at the same exact version. It uses the agent package's external native addon on Linux or the `@layerfs/runtime` worker on macOS and Windows; no native binary is bundled.
+
+See the [backend guide](https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs/blob/main/api/docs/backend.md) for usage.
diff --git a/api/backend/package.json b/api/backend/package.json
index 4017a5b964..42459b36f8 100644
--- a/api/backend/package.json
+++ b/api/backend/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
   "name": "@layerfs/backend",
   "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "LayerFS backend calls about one opened project: its Store (committed history and storage) and its Sandboxes' daemons (live Workspaces and processes)",
-  "private": true,
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs.git",
+    "directory": "api/backend"
+  },
+  "files": ["src", "README.md", "LICENSE"],
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/api/backend/src/index.js b/api/backend/src/index.js
index c151b8e750..d7f4d1ca01 100644
--- a/api/backend/src/index.js
+++ b/api/backend/src/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { STATE } from "@layerfs/agent/internal";
 import { get_comparable } from "./store/project/get_comparable.js";
 import { get_history } from "./store/project/get_history.js";
 import { get_storage as get_project_storage } from "./store/project/get_storage.js";
+import { get_summary } from "./store/project/get_summary.js";
 import { list_overwritten } from "./store/project/list_overwritten.js";
 import { list_commit_storage } from "./store/branch/list_commit_storage.js";
 import { get_storage as get_file_storage } from "./store/fs/get_storage.js";
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export class LayerFSBackend {
   /** The backend of an opened agent client. */
   static of(shop) {
     if (!shop || !shop[STATE]) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "LayerFSBackend.of takes a client from LayerFS.open or LayerFS.init", null);
+    if (shop[STATE].scope) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "out of scope: backend", null);
     return new LayerFSBackend(shop, FACTORY);
   }
 
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ export class LayerFSBackend {
   constructor(shop, token = undefined) {
     if (token !== FACTORY) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "use LayerFSBackend.of(shop); there is no public constructor", null);
     this.store = {
-      project: bind(shop, { get_history, get_storage: get_project_storage, get_comparable, list_overwritten }),
+      project: bind(shop, { get_history, get_storage: get_project_storage, get_summary, get_comparable, list_overwritten }),
       branch: bind(shop, { list_commit_storage }),
       fs: bind(shop, { get_storage: get_file_storage, list_revisions }),
     };
diff --git a/api/backend/src/store/project/get_storage.js b/api/backend/src/store/project/get_storage.js
index 9221faff7d..942e97ae48 100644
--- a/api/backend/src/store/project/get_storage.js
+++ b/api/backend/src/store/project/get_storage.js
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
 // backend.store.project.get_storage: the Store's totals (logical, canonical,
 // stored and metadata bytes; dedupe and compression ratios; what Init
-// recorded).
+// recorded; disk file sizes; opt-in commit totals by kind).
+import { LayerFSError } from "@layerfs/agent";
 import { invokeClientBackend } from "@layerfs/agent/internal";
-export async function get_storage(shop) {
-  const value = await invokeClientBackend(shop, "backend.store.project.get_storage", {});
-  return { ...value, dedupe: value.dedupe === null ? null : Number(value.dedupe), compression: value.compression === null ? null : Number(value.compression) };
+
+export async function get_storage(shop, options = {}) {
+  if (options === undefined) options = {};
+  if (options === null || typeof options !== "object" || Array.isArray(options)) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "options must be an object", null);
+  }
+  for (const key of Object.keys(options)) {
+    if (key !== "commits") {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", `unknown option ${key}`, null);
+    }
+  }
+  if (options.commits !== undefined && typeof options.commits !== "boolean") {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "commits must be a boolean", null);
+  }
+  const args = options.commits !== undefined ? { commits: options.commits } : {};
+  const value = await invokeClientBackend(shop, "backend.store.project.get_storage", args);
+  return {
+    ...value,
+    dedupe: value.dedupe === null ? null : Number(value.dedupe),
+    compression: value.compression === null ? null : Number(value.compression),
+  };
 }
diff --git a/api/backend/src/store/project/get_summary.js b/api/backend/src/store/project/get_summary.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4586fb07c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/backend/src/store/project/get_summary.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// backend.store.project.get_summary: five bounded Store facts, with no
+// object-catalog scan, disk statistics or per-Commit accounting.
+import { LayerFSError } from "@layerfs/agent";
+import { invokeClientBackend } from "@layerfs/agent/internal";
+
+export function get_summary(shop) {
+  if (arguments.length !== 1) {
+    throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "get_summary takes no arguments", null);
+  }
+  return invokeClientBackend(shop, "backend.store.project.get_summary", {});
+}
diff --git a/api/cli/LICENSE b/api/cli/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dc51a2f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/cli/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
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diff --git a/api/cli/README.md b/api/cli/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9b196e682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/cli/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# @layerfs/cli
+
+The `layerfs` command exposes LayerFS agent SDK calls as shell commands with JSON results. It requires Node.js 20 or newer and `@layerfs/agent` at the same exact version, with the agent package's external native addon on Linux or the `@layerfs/runtime` worker on macOS and Windows.
+
+```sh
+layerfs help
+```
+
+See the [agent guide](https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs/blob/main/api/docs/agent.md#the-layerfs-command) for setup and command usage.
diff --git a/api/cli/package-lock.json b/api/cli/package-lock.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a0d51cd443..0000000000
--- a/api/cli/package-lock.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "@layerfs/cli",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
-  "lockfileVersion": 3,
-  "requires": true,
-  "packages": {
-    "": {
-      "name": "@layerfs/cli",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@layerfs/agent": "file:../agent"
-      },
-      "bin": {
-        "layerfs": "src/layerfs.js"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=20"
-      }
-    },
-    "../agent": {
-      "name": "@layerfs/agent",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=20"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@layerfs/agent": {
-      "resolved": "../agent",
-      "link": true
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/api/cli/package.json b/api/cli/package.json
index 494635e2e6..97b9860ca4 100644
--- a/api/cli/package.json
+++ b/api/cli/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
   "name": "@layerfs/cli",
   "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "The layerfs command: every @layerfs/agent call as one shell command, with JSON results",
-  "private": true,
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs.git",
+    "directory": "api/cli"
+  },
+  "files": ["src", "README.md", "LICENSE"],
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "layerfs": "src/layerfs.js"
@@ -13,7 +19,7 @@
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@layerfs/agent": "file:../agent"
+    "@layerfs/agent": "1.1.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=20"
diff --git a/api/cli/src/branch/changed_paths.js b/api/cli/src/branch/changed_paths.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c10dd2b13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/cli/src/branch/changed_paths.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// layerfs branch changed_paths: branch.changed_paths(commit, pageSize?, pagePos?, { cursor }).
+import { PAGE } from "../common.js";
+
+export default {
+  args: ["commit"],
+  options: { ...PAGE, cursor: "text" },
+  summary: "paths a Commit changed, without line hunks",
+  run: (lf, a, o) => lf.branch.changed_paths(a.commit, o.pageSize, o.pagePos, { cursor: o.cursor }),
+};
diff --git a/api/cli/src/branch/graph.js b/api/cli/src/branch/graph.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5f0d42e75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/cli/src/branch/graph.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// layerfs branch graph: branch.graph(branch, pageSize?, pagePos?).
+import { PAGE } from "../common.js";
+
+export default {
+  args: ["branch"],
+  options: PAGE,
+  summary: "a Branch's own Commits, fork point and publish state",
+  run: (lf, a, o) => lf.branch.graph(a.branch, o.pageSize, o.pagePos),
+};
diff --git a/api/cli/src/branch/index.js b/api/cli/src/branch/index.js
index 7c093430cc..4308e66e2c 100644
--- a/api/cli/src/branch/index.js
+++ b/api/cli/src/branch/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 // The `branch` commands, in help order: Branches: fork, history, diffs, merge and publish.
 import fork from "./fork.js";
+import graph from "./graph.js";
+import changed_paths from "./changed_paths.js";
 import list_commits from "./list_commits.js";
 import diff_commits from "./diff_commits.js";
 import diff_branches from "./diff_branches.js";
 import merge from "./merge.js";
 import publish from "./publish.js";
 
-export default { fork, list_commits, diff_commits, diff_branches, merge, publish };
+export default { fork, graph, changed_paths, list_commits, diff_commits, diff_branches, merge, publish };
diff --git a/api/cli/src/fs/read.js b/api/cli/src/fs/read.js
index e9783cc34b..5f418d8eb3 100644
--- a/api/cli/src/fs/read.js
+++ b/api/cli/src/fs/read.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-// layerfs fs read: fs.read(ref, path, startLine?, endLine?).
+// layerfs fs read: fs.read(ref, path, startLine?, endLine?, { binary?, offset? }?).
 
 export default {
   args: ["ref", "path"],
-  options: { "start-line": "int", "end-line": "int" },
-  summary: "a file's text, a window of lines at a time",
-  run: (lf, a, o) => lf.fs.read(a.ref, a.path, o.startLine, o.endLine),
+  options: { "start-line": "int", "end-line": "int", binary: "bool", offset: "text" },
+  summary: "a file's text or bytes, a window of lines at a time",
+  run: (lf, a, o) => lf.fs.read(a.ref, a.path, o.startLine, o.endLine, { binary: o.binary, offset: o.offset }),
 };
diff --git a/api/cli/src/workspace/commit.js b/api/cli/src/workspace/commit.js
index 457bae1fae..d1d340cf01 100644
--- a/api/cli/src/workspace/commit.js
+++ b/api/cli/src/workspace/commit.js
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-// layerfs workspace commit: workspace.commit(ws, message?, force?).
+// layerfs workspace commit: workspace.commit(ws, message?, force?, options?).
 import { MESSAGE } from "../common.js";
+import { UsageError } from "../argv.js";
 
 export default {
   args: ["ws"],
-  options: { ...MESSAGE, force: "bool" },
+  options: { ...MESSAGE, force: "bool", author: "text", labels: "json" },
   summary: "Commit the Workspace's changes to its Branch",
-  run: (lf, a, o) => lf.workspace.commit(a.ws, o.message, o.force),
+  prepare(_a, o) {
+    if (o.labels !== undefined && (!Array.isArray(o.labels) || o.labels.some((label) => typeof label !== "string"))) {
+      throw new UsageError("--labels must be a JSON array of strings");
+    }
+    return {};
+  },
+  run: (lf, a, o) => lf.workspace.commit(a.ws, o.message, o.force, { author: o.author, labels: o.labels }),
 };
diff --git a/api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs b/api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs
index c91eb9f44e..e67f1f1f71 100644
--- a/api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs
+++ b/api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ import { CALLS, INIT } from "../src/calls.js";
 import { usage } from "../src/help.js";
 import { tables, written } from "./doc-tables.mjs";
 import { CASES, ENV, contains, made, plain } from "../../agent/test/fixture/cases.mjs";
+import { P1_CASES, P7_CASES, P8_CASES } from "../../agent/test/fixture/cases-area-p.mjs";
+
+const AGREEMENT_CASES = [...CASES, ...P1_CASES, ...P7_CASES, ...P8_CASES];
 
 const CLI = fileURLToPath(new URL("../src/layerfs.js", import.meta.url));
 const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ after(() => sdk?.lf.close());
 
 /** One case through the SDK in this process: the binding calls it made, and its result or refusal. */
 async function throughSdk(c) {
+  c.prepare?.(native);
   const first = native.args.length;
   process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE = (c.refuse ?? []).join(",");
   try {
@@ -76,11 +80,11 @@ async function throughSdk(c) {
 }
 
 test("every table entry has a case", () => {
-  const covered = new Set(CASES.map((c) => c.argv.slice(0, c.argv[0] === "init" ? 1 : 2).join(" ")));
+  const covered = new Set(AGREEMENT_CASES.map((c) => c.argv.slice(0, c.argv[0] === "init" ? 1 : 2).join(" ")));
   for (const entry of [INIT, ...CALLS]) assert.ok(covered.has(command(entry).join(" ")), key(entry));
 });
 
-for (const c of CASES) {
+for (const c of AGREEMENT_CASES) {
   test(`${c.name}: the command matches the SDK`, async () => {
     const want = await throughSdk(c);
     const r = cli(c.argv, { input: c.input, env: { CLI_FAKE_REFUSE: (c.refuse ?? []).join(",") } });
@@ -127,8 +131,12 @@ for (const [why, argv, message] of [
   ["unknown short option", ["fs", "stat", "main", "/a", "-x"], "unknown option -x"],
   ["duplicate option", ["fs", "mkdir", "cart", "/d", "-m", "a", "--message", "b"], "--message is given twice"],
   ["bool with a value", ["branch", "diff_branches", "a", "b", "--no-hunks=yes"], "--no-hunks takes no value"],
+  ["binary with a value", ["fs", "read", "main", "/a", "--binary=yes"], "--binary takes no value"],
   ["int that is not a whole number", ["project", "list_branches", "--page-size", "x"], "--page-size takes a whole number"],
   ["bad JSON option", ["branch", "merge", "a", "b", "ab", "--units", "{"], "--units is not JSON"],
+  ["malformed labels JSON", ["workspace", "commit", WS, "--labels", "{"], "--labels is not JSON"],
+  ["labels that are not an array", ["workspace", "commit", WS, "--labels", "null"], "--labels must be a JSON array of strings"],
+  ["a non-string label", ["workspace", "commit", WS, "--labels", '["call",7]'], "--labels must be a JSON array of strings"],
   ["option with no value", ["fs", "mkdir", "cart", "/d", "-m"], "-m needs a value"],
   ["bad Workspace handle", ["workspace", "commit", "1/workspaces/w1"], "a Workspace is <sandbox>:<path>"],
   ["Workspace handle with no path", ["workspace", "commit", "1:"], "a Workspace is <sandbox>:<path>"],
@@ -207,8 +215,8 @@ test("exec --stream passes the command's output and exit code through", () => {
 
 test("--text prints readable results", () => {
   const r = cli(["--text", "workspace", "commit", WS]);
-  assert.equal(r.out, "kind: Committed\nhead: c0ffee\ncommit:\n  id: c0ffee\n  logical: 120\n  newCanonical: 40\n  newStored: 30\n  newMetadata: 8\n");
-  assert.equal(cli(["--text", "fs", "read", "main", "/a"]).out, "text: |\n  a\nnextLine: 2\n");
+  assert.equal(r.out, "kind: Committed\nhead: c0ffee\ncommit:\n  id: c0ffee\n  author: -\n  labels: (none)\n  logical: 120\n  newCanonical: 40\n  newStored: 30\n  newMetadata: 8\n");
+  assert.equal(cli(["--text", "fs", "read", "main", "/a"]).out, `text: |\n  a\nnextLine: 2\nnextOffset: lfr1.t.2.2.${"ab".repeat(32)}.2f61\n`);
 });
 
 test("help, --help and --version", () => {
diff --git a/api/docs/agent.md b/api/docs/agent.md
index 330fcab914..1dffe90c16 100644
--- a/api/docs/agent.md
+++ b/api/docs/agent.md
@@ -131,6 +131,135 @@ once. The binding sets `UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE` to 64 when the process has not set
 it, because every call, a long `exec` included, holds a Node worker thread.
 Keep each agent's operations on a Workspace sequential.
 
+### Opened-project events
+
+`await layerfs.events.subscribe()` opens one live, in-memory event queue for
+that client. It returns `{ cursor: 0, snapshot, poll, close }` and is also an
+async iterator. The native subscription ID is private: after subscribing, the
+client attaches it to each later operation automatically. Only successful
+operations made through that same client emit events. Operations by another
+client or process and spontaneous daemon changes do not; this is not a global
+watch, persisted log, or replay across reconnect. Init finished before the
+client exists, so it produces no opened-project events; use
+`runtime.project.subscribe_init` for Init progress.
+
+The initial snapshot is current state, not event history or a complete
+`ProjectState` replacement:
+
+```js
+{
+  branches: [{ name, head }],
+  workspaces: [{ sandbox, path, branch }],
+  sandboxes: [{ sandbox }]
+}
+```
+
+It includes every Branch page and every running Sandbox and mounted Workspace.
+Snapshot assembly is not atomic across those systems; an operation during
+assembly can appear both in the snapshot and in the queue. Snapshots are
+complete and are not subject to the event-page byte budget.
+
+Every event is `{ seq, type, source, payload }`, with a per-subscription safe
+integer sequence starting at 1. The nine types are:
+
+| Type | Source | Payload and successful outcome |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `commit.created` | `store` | Workspace Commit `{ branch, workspace: { sandbox, path }, commit }`, with the complete Commit; `Committed` only |
+| `fs.committed` | `store` | `{ branch, method, path, from, to, commit }` for a Committed `fs.write`, `apply`, `edit`, `mkdir`, `rm`, `mv`, or `cp`; move/copy uses `from`/`to`, `fs.apply` has all three paths null |
+| `branch.forked` | `store` | `{ branch, forkPoint: { kind: "commit" \| "layer", id } }` |
+| `branch.merged` | `store` | `{ merge }`, the complete result of either fast-forward or Commit-producing merge; never a duplicate `commit.created` |
+| `branch.published` | `store` | `{ branch, commit, layer, basedOn }`; publish `Added` only |
+| `workspace.mounted` | `daemon` | `{ workspace: { sandbox, path }, branch }` |
+| `workspace.unmounted` | `daemon` | `{ workspace: { sandbox, path } }` after normal or forced unmount |
+| `sandbox.created` | `daemon` | `{ sandbox }` |
+| `sandbox.closed` | `daemon` | `{ sandbox }` |
+
+Workspace/file `UpToDate`, publish `UpToDate`/`NoChanges`, refusals, and
+`workspace.exec` alone emit nothing. Workspace Commit has source `store` even
+though its SDK operation is daemon-mediated.
+
+`subscription.poll(timeoutMs = 0)` accepts an integer from 0 through 30000 ms
+and returns `{ events, cursor, hasMore, stale, closed }`. One outstanding poll
+is allowed per subscription. Returned sequences are strictly increasing safe
+integers; the subscription advances its public `cursor` from each answer. A
+normal page contains at most 50 events and budgets their encoded envelopes to
+49,152 bytes, stopping with `hasMore: true` when necessary. One oversized event
+is returned alone so the cursor still advances. The snapshot in a subscribe or
+stale answer is exempt from this budget.
+
+Positive-timeout polls wait for an event, staleness, close, or their fixed
+deadline. Native admission allows at most `min(16, UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE - 1)`
+simultaneous waiting polls (SDK/worker default 64 threads, direct Node default
+4); immediate polls need no slot. If no slot is available, the call fails
+`Busy` at once rather than waiting for admission. Neither polling nor async
+iteration retries this or any other refusal.
+
+The queue holds 1024 events. Overflow drops oldest events without reusing
+sequence numbers. The next poll from an undeliverable cursor returns
+`stale: true`, no events, a fresh complete snapshot, and the sequence captured
+before snapshot assembly; the subscription replaces its snapshot and advances
+to that cursor. Polling from the new cursor resumes normally. Manual polling
+returns this stale answer so resynchronization cannot be missed. Async
+iteration applies it and then throws `InvalidInput` "stream went stale;
+resubscribe". It otherwise polls for 1000 ms while idle, pages immediately
+through `hasMore`, yields in sequence order, and returns normally on close.
+
+`subscription.close()` unsubscribes once and later calls are local no-ops.
+Closing the client also closes its subscription; closing the subscription does
+not close the client. A second `subscribe()` on one client closes the previous
+queue and starts at cursor 0 with a fresh snapshot, never the old backlog. On
+the worker route, socket close drops that socket's queues. A later poll with
+the old ID fails `InvalidInput` "unknown subscription"; subscribe again for a
+fresh snapshot. There is no automatic reconnect or replay. The `layerfs`
+command has no event-stream command.
+
+### Per-call results
+
+`client.results(after?)` returns this client's per-call results as an API:
+each call's method, client-side duration, error code, and for writes the
+Commit, bytes added or refusal. It is synchronous and local — it never dials
+the binding, adds no binding call, and stays readable after `close()`. The
+`layerfs` command has no results command (one process per command, like the
+event stream).
+
+Every call a trace file would record appends exactly one record, whether or
+not `LAYERFS_TRACE` is set: every agent and backend operation through the
+client, its own `project.init` and open-time project lookup, and
+`events.unsubscribe`. Refusals raised before the call is sent (argument
+validation, a closed client) record nothing. Records appear in completion
+order, so parallel calls can have out-of-order `start` times.
+
+```js
+{
+  seq: 7,                        // per-client, starts 1, +1 per record, never reused
+  method: "fs.write",
+  start: "2026-10-30T04:05:06.789Z", // ISO, when the call was sent
+  ms: 12.345,                    // client-side duration to settle
+  ok: true,
+  code: "NoSuchPath", message: "...", // only when ok is false
+  kind: "Committed",             // the answer's outcome kind, when it names one
+  commit: "c0ffee",              // publishing writes: the new Commit (UpToDate: its head)
+  layer: "lay1",                 // branch.publish only
+  sizes: { logical, newCanonical, newStored, newMetadata }, // when the Commit record is carried
+}
+```
+
+`commit`, `layer` and `sizes` appear only on successful publishing writes
+(`fs.write`/`edit`/`apply`/`mkdir`/`rm`/`cp`/`mv`, `workspace.commit`,
+`branch.merge`, `branch.publish`); `sizes.newStored` is the bytes added to
+the Store. Arguments, result ids, queue attribution and daemon telemetry stay
+in the trace file, not in a record.
+
+The client keeps its most recent **1024** records; overflow drops oldest
+without reusing sequence numbers. `client.results(after = 0)` returns
+`{ items, next, evicted, stale? }`: the kept records with `seq > after`,
+oldest first; `next`, the cursor to pass next time (the last returned `seq`,
+or `after` itself when nothing was returned); `evicted`, the total records
+dropped so far; and `stale: true` when records after `after` were dropped
+(the kept records are still returned). `after` must be a nonnegative safe
+integer, else `InvalidInput`. With tracing on, each record and its trace line
+agree on method, start, ms, outcome and write outcome.
+
 ### Settings
 
 | Environment | Meaning |
@@ -195,7 +324,20 @@ base, activity, changed }` (`activity` Idle or Busy) plus the daemon's record. A
 `{ sandbox, path }`, its Sandbox's number and its path in that Sandbox
 (`/workspaces/1`, `/workspaces/2`, … numbered per Sandbox); `exec`, `status`,
 `commit` and `unmount` take it. Every Workspace of a project sees the same
-Store, so which Sandbox holds it changes nothing a command sees. A Sandbox's
+Store, so which Sandbox holds it changes nothing a command sees.
+
+`workspace.commit(ws, message?, force?, options?)` accepts trailing
+`{ author?, labels? }`: one author string and an array of label strings,
+preserving label order and duplicates. Author and each label are at most 4096
+UTF-8 bytes with no controls except newline/tab; there are at most 64 labels
+and their complete JSON array is at most 4096 bytes. Null options/fields,
+unknown keys and wrong shapes are refused `InvalidInput` before the binding.
+The CLI equivalents are `--author <text>` and `--labels <json-array>`.
+Commit results and every history read carry `author` (string or null) and
+`labels` (always an array). These creation-time annotations do not participate
+in Commit identity; a repeated derived Commit keeps its original attribution.
+
+A Sandbox's
 container is `<prefix><project>-<n>`, labelled `layerfs.role=sandbox`,
 `layerfs.project` and `layerfs.sandbox=<n>`; its only mount is the project's
 Store volume. Its records are `LAYERFS_HOME/<project>/sandboxes/<n>/`, with
@@ -269,20 +411,23 @@ trace line covers the command's run.
 | --- | --- |
 | `LayerFS` (2) | `LayerFS.open(name)`, `LayerFS.init(name, folder, timeout?)`: static, each returns a ready client |
 | project (2) | `list_branches(pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `list_sandboxes(pageSize?, pagePos?)` |
-| fs reads (7) | `read(ref, path, startLine?, endLine?)`, `list(ref, path?, pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `stat(ref, path)`, `grep(ref, pattern, path?, pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `glob(ref, pattern, path?, pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `diff_files(leftRef, leftPath, rightRef, rightPath)`, `blame(ref, path, fromLine?)` |
+| fs reads (7) | `read(ref, path, startLine?, endLine?, { binary?, offset? }?)`, `list(ref, path?, pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `stat(ref, path)`, `grep(ref, pattern, path?, pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `glob(ref, pattern, path?, pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `diff_files(leftRef, leftPath, rightRef, rightPath)`, `blame(ref, path, fromLine?)` |
 | fs writes (7) | `write(branch, path, content, message? \| { message?, mode? })`, `edit(branch, path, oldText, newText, message?)`, `apply(branch, changes, message?)`, `mkdir(branch, path, message? \| { message?, mode? })`, `rm(branch, path, message?)`, `cp(branch, from, to, message?)`, `mv(branch, from, to, message?)` |
-| branch (6) | `fork(name, fromRef?)`, `list_commits(branch, pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `diff_commits(from, to, pageSize?, pagePos?, { cursor?, hunks? }?)`, `diff_branches(from, to, pageSize?, pagePos?, { cursor?, hunks? }?)`, `merge(a, b, name, message?, units?)`, `publish(branch, commit?)` |
+| branch (8) | `fork(name, fromRef?)`, `graph(branch, pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `changed_paths(commit, pageSize?, pagePos?, { cursor? }?)`, `list_commits(branch, pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `diff_commits(from, to, pageSize?, pagePos?, { cursor?, hunks? }?)`, `diff_branches(from, to, pageSize?, pagePos?, { cursor?, hunks? }?)`, `merge(a, b, name, message?, units?)`, `publish(branch, commit?)` |
 | sandbox (3) | `create({ image }?)` → `{ sandbox, image }`, `list_workspaces(sandbox, pageSize?, pagePos?)`, `close(sandbox)` |
 | workspace (4) | `mount(sandbox, branch)` → `{ sandbox, path, image }`, `exec(ws, command, message?, { stdout?, stderr? }?)`, `commit(ws, message?, force?)`, `unmount(ws, discard?, force?)` |
+| events (1) | `subscribe()` → an opened-project subscription with `poll`, `close`, and async iteration |
 
 A Workspace's status is not an agent call: it is `backend.daemon.workspace.status(ws)`
 in [`@layerfs/backend`](backend.md).
 
 Every grouped method returns a Promise and takes positional arguments; only
-the trailing `{ ... }?` arguments shown above are options objects. A ref is `main`, a Branch name, a Commit
-id or a Layer id. Filesystem paths are absolute in that view. Main changes only
-through publish. There is no `remove` alias, harness export, agent/call attribution,
-public inspect or public process-control method.
+the trailing `{ ... }?` arguments shown above are options objects. A ref is `main`,
+a Branch name, or a 66-character hex Commit or Layer identity. Reads at any of
+these refs need no mounted Workspace and do not move Branch heads. Filesystem
+paths are absolute in that view. Main changes only through publish. There is no
+`remove` alias, harness export, agent/call attribution, public inspect or public
+process-control method.
 
 ### Messages
 
@@ -341,33 +486,67 @@ binary `content` is sent as `bytes`. Bytes in a `SharedArrayBuffer` or a
 detached `ArrayBuffer` are refused as InvalidInput, and so is anything else,
 such as an array of numbers. The bytes are copied once the call starts, after
 the client's Store is open, so do not change them until the call settles.
-Reads are text only: `fs.read` refuses a file that is not UTF-8 text as
-`Binary`, and `fs.stat` reports its size. `node api/agent/test/binary_write.mjs`
-checks these forms and refusals on Linux.
+By default `fs.read` returns `text` and refuses NUL or invalid UTF-8 as `Binary`.
+With `{ binary: true }` it returns `bytes` as a `Buffer` instead of `text`, using
+the same line window and 48 KiB raw-byte budget without UTF-8 validation. The CLI
+flag is `--binary`. `fs.read` reports the full file size in either mode.
+`node api/agent/test/binary_write.mjs` checks the write forms and refusals on Linux.
 
 ### Pages and reads
 
 Pages have `items` and `hasMore`; advance by `pagePos + items.length`.
-`diff_commits` and `diff_branches` also answer `nextCursor`, the last path the
-page listed: passing it back as `cursor` resumes the walk after that path, so a
-page costs its own changes instead of re-walking earlier pages. `hunks: false`
-lists the changes without line hunks (`hunks` is `null`), so a page fills by
-paths rather than by file contents. Defaults
-are 50/0, max pageSize 1000, with safe integers only. Byte bounds can shorten a
-page; they never mean EOF when `hasMore` is true. Deep offsets skip through bounded
-windows linearly. Names use byte order; recursive paths use deterministic
-component-by-component byte order, then line number for grep. Commit history is
-newest first along first parents. Every call resolves each live ref once; separate
-calls against live heads can shift numeric positions.
-
-Read/blame use 1-based inclusive line positions, no byte offsets or byte-read
-method. Responses fit the authenticated control frame: at most 2000 lines and
-48 KiB of text/value payload, below the selected 256 KiB ceiling. LF separates
-lines; CRLF text is preserved, and a final LF creates no phantom line. Read reports
-`startLine`, `endLine`, `truncated`, `lineTruncated` and `nextLine`. Huge lines return
-a UTF-8 prefix, with no within-line continuation; the remainder is explicitly
-omitted and the next window starts at the following line. NUL/invalid UTF-8 in the
-scanned text is Binary. Grep scans chunks and matches across chunk boundaries.
+`changed_paths`, `diff_commits` and `diff_branches` also answer `nextCursor`, the
+last path the page listed: passing it back as `cursor` resumes the walk after that
+path, so a page costs its own changes instead of re-walking earlier pages. When
+both are given, `cursor` takes precedence over `pagePos`; numeric-only calls keep
+their existing behavior. `hunks: false` lists the changes without line hunks
+(`hunks` is `null`), so a page fills by paths rather than by file contents.
+Defaults are 50/0, max pageSize 1000, with safe integers only. Byte bounds can
+shorten a page; they never mean EOF when `hasMore` is true. Deep offsets skip
+through bounded windows linearly. Names use byte order; recursive paths use
+deterministic component-by-component byte order, then line number for grep. Commit
+history is newest first along first parents. Every call resolves each live ref
+once; separate calls against live heads can shift numeric positions.
+
+`branch.graph` returns the Branch record, its resolved `forkPoint`, and `commits`
+in the `list_commits` shape plus `published`. The walk stops before a Commit fork
+point; a Layer or absent fork point runs to the root. A fresh Commit fork therefore
+has no own Commits. For `main`, it returns the source Commits of the current Layer
+stack, skipping genesis, all published. Publication is derived from that stack on
+every call, not stored on a Commit. `pagePos` counts the bounded walk.
+
+`branch.changed_paths` returns one Commit's path-level changes without line hunks.
+It compares against the first parent when present, against the base Layer for a
+parentless merge, and against an empty tree for a true root Commit. It accepts only
+a Commit identity: malformed text and Layer identities are `InvalidInput`, and an
+absent Commit is `NoSuchCommit`. Cursor validation and refusal are shared with
+`diff_commits`.
+
+Read/blame use 1-based inclusive line positions. Responses fit the authenticated
+control frame: at most 2000 lines and 48 KiB of text/byte payload, below the selected
+256 KiB ceiling. LF separates lines; CRLF text is preserved, and a final LF creates no
+phantom line. Read reports `startLine`, `endLine`, `truncated`, `lineTruncated`,
+`nextLine` and `nextOffset`. Huge lines return a UTF-8 prefix in text mode or a raw
+byte prefix in binary mode, with no within-line continuation; the remainder is
+explicitly omitted and the next window starts at the following line. NUL/invalid UTF-8
+in scanned text is Binary only in text mode. Grep scans chunks and matches across
+chunk boundaries.
+
+`nextOffset` is non-null exactly when `nextLine` is non-null and is an opaque cursor
+to the first byte of that unreturned line. Pass it as `{ offset }` to continue without
+rescanning earlier pages; the CLI flag is `--offset <cursor>`. `undefined`/`null` or
+omission selects numeric behavior, and numeric `startLine` paging remains supported.
+A valid cursor takes precedence over `startLine`, but numeric arguments are still
+validated, and `endLine` remains absolute. The reply's `startLine` is the effective
+cursor line. The cursor binds the normalized path, immutable content root and
+text/binary mode, not a snapshot: the same path and content may continue across a
+Commit or Layer, while another path, changed content, a mode swap or an offset beyond
+the file size is refused. Missing-path `NoSuchPath` lookup precedes cursor validation.
+Malformed input is `InvalidInput: offset is not a valid read cursor`; a binding
+mismatch is `InvalidInput: offset does not match this file read`; both have null detail.
+A cursor error never falls back to a numeric start or retries automatically. In the
+SDK, a non-string/non-null offset is refused before binding with `InvalidInput:
+offset must be a string or null`.
 Blame uses bounded LCS and exact common edges. In coarse comparisons, a line
 is inherited from the common suffix only when it starts at a corresponding
 line boundary in both versions, and from the common prefix only when it ends at
@@ -380,7 +559,9 @@ represent them; equal content is decided by immutable content identity.
 
 Merge diagnostics also use byte windows within the unchanged control frame.
 `branch.merge` returns `lwwTruncated`, `conflictsTruncated` and `unitsTruncated` alongside its
-diagnostic lists (including in `Conflict.detail`); `workspace.commit` reports
+diagnostic lists (including in `Conflict.detail`). `units` lists caller-declared
+units changed on both sides and which side was kept whole; `unitsTruncated`
+reports that its byte window omitted entries from that list. `workspace.commit` reports
 `lwwTruncated` and its conflict detail reports both flags. Each conflict keeps
 its original `blocks` count and reports `hunksOmitted` if whole hunks were left
 out. These flags limit the reply only: every path still participates in the
@@ -410,13 +591,12 @@ the LayerFS home's worker on macOS and Windows, and fail `Unsupported` anywhere
 
 ### Install and run
 
-The command is the `api/cli/` folder of a LayerFS checkout; it isn't published to
-npm. It needs Node 20 or newer and the SDK's native addon (`npm run
+The command is the `api/cli/` folder of a LayerFS checkout. It needs Node 20
+or newer and the SDK's native addon (`npm run
 build:native` in `api`, or `LAYERFS_NATIVE`).
 
 ```bash
 npm --prefix "$LAYERFS_REPO/api" install
-npm --prefix "$LAYERFS_REPO/api/cli" install
 "$LAYERFS_REPO/api/cli/src/layerfs.js" help
 ```
 
@@ -496,12 +676,14 @@ table differs, and when a family's files stop matching the SDK's.
 | `project.list_branches` | `layerfs project list_branches [--page-size <n>] [--page-pos <n>]` |
 | `project.list_sandboxes` | `layerfs project list_sandboxes [--page-size <n>] [--page-pos <n>]` |
 | `branch.fork` | `layerfs branch fork <name> [<from-ref>]` |
+| `branch.graph` | `layerfs branch graph <branch> [--page-size <n>] [--page-pos <n>]` |
+| `branch.changed_paths` | `layerfs branch changed_paths <commit> [--page-size <n>] [--page-pos <n>] [--cursor <text>]` |
 | `branch.list_commits` | `layerfs branch list_commits <branch> [--page-size <n>] [--page-pos <n>]` |
 | `branch.diff_commits` | `layerfs branch diff_commits <from-commit> <to-commit> [--page-size <n>] [--page-pos <n>] [--cursor <text>] [--no-hunks]` |
 | `branch.diff_branches` | `layerfs branch diff_branches <from-branch> <to-branch> [--page-size <n>] [--page-pos <n>] [--cursor <text>] [--no-hunks]` |
 | `branch.merge` | `layerfs branch merge <a> <b> <name> [-m <text>] [--units <json>]` |
 | `branch.publish` | `layerfs branch publish <branch> [<commit>]` |
-| `fs.read` | `layerfs fs read <ref> <path> [--start-line <n>] [--end-line <n>]` |
+| `fs.read` | `layerfs fs read <ref> <path> [--start-line <n>] [--end-line <n>] [--binary] [--offset <text>]` |
 | `fs.list` | `layerfs fs list <ref> [<path>] [--page-size <n>] [--page-pos <n>]` |
 | `fs.stat` | `layerfs fs stat <ref> <path>` |
 | `fs.grep` | `layerfs fs grep <ref> <pattern> [<path>] [--page-size <n>] [--page-pos <n>]` |
@@ -517,7 +699,7 @@ table differs, and when a family's files stop matching the SDK's.
 | `fs.mv` | `layerfs fs mv <branch> <from-path> <to-path> [-m <text>]` |
 | `workspace.mount` | `layerfs workspace mount <sandbox> <branch>` |
 | `workspace.exec` | `layerfs workspace exec <ws> <command> [-m <text>] [--stream]` |
-| `workspace.commit` | `layerfs workspace commit <ws> [-m <text>] [--force]` |
+| `workspace.commit` | `layerfs workspace commit <ws> [-m <text>] [--force] [--author <text>] [--labels <json>]` |
 | `workspace.unmount` | `layerfs workspace unmount <ws> [--discard] [--force]` |
 | `sandbox.create` | `layerfs sandbox create [--image <text>]` |
 | `sandbox.list_workspaces` | `layerfs sandbox list_workspaces <sandbox> [--page-size <n>] [--page-pos <n>]` |
diff --git a/api/docs/backend.md b/api/docs/backend.md
index cf61b9e297..72eb478f0f 100644
--- a/api/docs/backend.md
+++ b/api/docs/backend.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const backend = LayerFSBackend.of(layerfs); // opens nothing; refused once layer
 // backend.store: the project's Store, no Sandbox needed
 await backend.store.project.get_history(since);           // Branches, newest Commits, Layers, version
 await backend.store.project.get_storage();
+await backend.store.project.get_summary();                 // { logical, branches, commits, mainLayer, lastCommit }
 await backend.store.project.get_comparable(id);           // { commit, root, exact } or NotComparable
 await backend.store.project.list_overwritten(layer, 50, 0);
 await backend.store.branch.list_commit_storage("feature", 20, 0);
@@ -72,6 +73,36 @@ revision diagnostics explicitly disclose their 1000-revision count bound.
 Overlay payload counts stored cell bytes including validity masks; metadata row
 counts are reported without inventing exclusive byte attribution.
 
+`backend.store.project.get_storage()` additionally returns `disk: { main, wal, total }`,
+measuring physical file lengths from the filesystem: `main` is the SQLite database file,
+`wal` the `-wal` file (0 when absent), and `total` their sum (the transient `-shm` index
+is excluded). Calling `backend.store.project.get_storage({ commits: true })` adds
+`commits: { Workspace, Files, Merge }`, with `count`, `newCanonical`, `newStored`,
+and `newMetadata` summed across each `CommitVia` kind over the commit catalog.
+The default call stays cheap (maintained totals plus two file stats, O(1));
+`commits: true` requires one full scan of the commit catalog (O(number of commits)).
+Figures are never cached, sampled, or estimated; an unmeasurable file fails `Failed`.
+
+## The cheap Store summary
+
+`backend.store.project.get_summary()` takes no arguments and answers exactly
+`{ logical, branches, commits, mainLayer, lastCommit }`, computed fresh from the
+open Store. `logical` is the maintained logical-byte total (the same figure as
+`get_storage`'s `logical`, O(1)); `branches` and `commits` are exact counts for
+this Store's LayerStack; `mainLayer` is the main Branch's head Layer id and
+`lastCommit` is its head Commit as `{ id, createdMs }`, both `null` when main has
+no head Commit. IDs are lowercase hex.
+
+The call is five fixed SQL statements — maintained totals, Branch count, Commit
+count, main Branch and main head Commit — each returning at most one row, inside
+one read snapshot (with its `BEGIN`/`COMMIT`). The counts are index-only
+`COUNT(*)` aggregates over LayerStack-leading covering indexes, so statement and
+row counts are fixed at every Store size; the database still visits O(B) Branch
+and O(C) Commit index entries. No object-catalog scan, no per-Commit column reads
+and no cache. A non-object arguments value or unknown option refuses
+`InvalidInput`; Store failures keep their exact refusal code and cause, with no
+partial summary.
+
 ## The call trace
 
 `LAYERFS_TRACE=<file>`, as set when the client is
diff --git a/api/docs/mcp.md b/api/docs/mcp.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..733133220b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/docs/mcp.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# @layerfs/mcp
+
+`@layerfs/mcp` exposes the public Node SDK over MCP stdio. It has no HTTP
+transport and implements no Store or daemon behavior of its own.
+
+```sh
+node api/mcp/src/server.js
+```
+
+The process accepts newline-delimited MCP on stdin and writes only protocol
+frames to stdout. Diagnostics go to stderr. Configure the same `LAYERFS_*`
+environment used by `@layerfs/agent`, including `LAYERFS_STORE_PATH` and the
+Sandbox deployment settings when those operations are used.
+
+`layerfs_init` or `layerfs_open` establishes the process's one client. A second
+open is refused until `layerfs_close`; closing is idempotent. The server accepts
+Workspace handles returned by its mount/list calls, unmounts Workspaces it
+created before closing, and performs the same cleanup on stdin EOF or SIGINT.
+Cleanup failures are diagnostics, never successful unmount results.
+
+Successful tool results carry the SDK result as JSON text and structured
+content. Bytes become `{ "$layerfs": "bytes", "base64": "..." }` recursively.
+A LayerFS refusal is an `isError` result containing one JSON text block with
+`code`, `message`, and `detail`; non-refusal exceptions use code `Failed` and
+do not expose stacks. Strict Zod schemas reject unknown keys before the SDK is
+called. Branch names use lowercase alphanumerics plus `.`, `_`, and `-`, with
+alphanumeric endpoints and a 63-byte limit.
+
+`layerfs_events` remains in flight. It first emits
+`notifications/layerfs_snapshot` with `{ cursor, snapshot }`, then emits
+`notifications/layerfs_event` with `{ event }`. MCP cancellation unsubscribes;
+as specified by MCP, a cancelled request receives no tool result.
+
+The exact 50-tool schemas and SDK parity matrix are in
+[`../agent/test/fixture/area-p-contracts.md`](../agent/test/fixture/area-p-contracts.md#p5--mcp-server-d11-stdio).
+`layerfs_fs_apply` accepts exactly the SDK's seven change kinds (`write`,
+`edit`, `mkdir`, `chmod`, `rm`, `cp`, `mv`); `layerfs_fs_read` returns the
+whole SDK read answer, and `layerfs_branch_merge.units` takes plain patterns or
+`{ name, patterns }` groups.
+Push/pull remain blocked by R7 and have no tools. P12/P13 operations remain
+pending merge reconciliation rather than speculative MCP names.
+
+## Tests
+
+`node --test api/mcp/test/stdio.test.js` runs the stdio suite against the fake
+binding. `node --test api/mcp/test/real-store.test.js` drives a real Disposable
+Store through the built addon; direct Store access needs an ext4/xfs/btrfs
+filesystem, so name one with `LAYERFS_MCP_TEST_TMPDIR` (for example `$HOME` in
+WSL) — the default temp directory is usually tmpfs, which the SDK refuses with
+`Unsupported`.
diff --git a/api/docs/runtime.md b/api/docs/runtime.md
index 6ce3e1e341..746bf7a7d4 100644
--- a/api/docs/runtime.md
+++ b/api/docs/runtime.md
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ const runtime = await LayerFSRuntime.open({ home, image, daemon, bundle, docker,
 try {
   await runtime.status();                  // { platform, missing, docker, worker, disk, sweep }
   const job = await runtime.project.start_init("shop", "/src/shop", { timeout }); // timeout optional: LayerFS.init's 300 s default
-  await runtime.project.get_init(job.id);  // { step, scanned, totals, imported, project, error, ended }
+  await runtime.project.get_init(job.id);  // one-shot read; do not loop when watching
+  const initEvents = await runtime.project.subscribe_init(job); // live init.progress events
   await runtime.project.list();            // [{ name, volume, image, source, created, initialized }]
   await runtime.project.get_state("shop", since);
   await runtime.sandbox.reclaim("shop");   // { reclaimed: [ids] }
@@ -70,6 +71,60 @@ constructed and their bytes, a hardlinked file once. The counts say how far
 Init has come, not its totals; a caller that wants a fraction counts the source
 itself. Init then installs the Store into the volume in the same process.
 
+### Watching an Init job
+
+`await runtime.project.subscribe_init(job)` accepts the object returned by
+`start_init` or its ID. It returns `{ cursor: 0, snapshot, poll, close }` and
+is also an async iterator. `get_init` remains a compatible one-shot read; a
+host watching progress uses the subscription instead of a `get_init` loop.
+An unknown or expired ID is refused `InvalidInput` "unknown Init job".
+Subscribing to a terminal job returns its terminal snapshot. An active watcher
+retains its last snapshot if the job later ages out of lookup retention.
+
+The initial and every event snapshot is an immutable copy of the complete
+current job:
+
+```js
+{
+  id, name, source, started,
+  step: "scan" | "volume" | "import" | "done" | "failed",
+  scanned: null | { entries, files, bytes },
+  totals: null | { entries, files, bytes },
+  imported: null | {
+    step: "scan" | "files" | "tree" | "publish" | "seal",
+    entries, files, bytes
+  },
+  project: null | { /* project record */ },
+  error: null | { code, message },
+  ended: null | number // milliseconds since epoch
+}
+```
+
+Every accepted outer report and terminal `done` or `failed` emits
+`{ seq, type: "init.progress", source: "runtime", payload: { job } }` after the
+job update. There are no synthetic start or completion events. A failed Init
+is a terminal progress event carrying `job.error`, not a watcher transport
+refusal. Initial state is in `snapshot`, not replayed as an event.
+
+`poll(timeoutMs = 0)` accepts 0 through 30000 ms and returns pages of at most
+50 `{ seq, ... }` events with the same cursor, `hasMore`, stale, and closed
+semantics as opened-project subscriptions. One outstanding poll is allowed.
+These waits run in JavaScript: native threadpool admission and the `SdkValue`
+event-page byte budget do not apply. The 1024-event queue drops oldest events
+on overflow; a stale poll supplies a fresh complete job snapshot and advances
+the cursor. Async iteration waits 1000 ms while idle, pages immediately through
+`hasMore`, returns normally on close, and throws `InvalidInput` "stream went
+stale; resubscribe" on staleness. It never retries a refusal. `close()` wakes
+an outstanding poll and is idempotent; `runtime.close()` closes every watcher
+the runtime owns. There is no automatic reconnect or replay.
+
+All platforms report outer `scan`, `volume`, `import`, and terminal progress.
+On Linux and Windows the existing internal runtime bridge reads native
+`imported` phases every 250 ms; `subscribe_init` removes the host's job polling,
+not that internal counter bridge. macOS Init runs in a separate container whose
+counters this runtime cannot read, so its stream reports outer progress with
+`imported: null`. Opened-project `lf.events` deliberately has no Init events.
+
 ## Removing a project
 
 `remove` needs `confirm` equal to the project's name and refuses `Busy` while
diff --git a/api/mcp/package.json b/api/mcp/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a48a2cf26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/mcp/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "name": "@layerfs/mcp",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "description": "LayerFS MCP server over the public Node SDK, using stdio transport",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "src/server.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "layerfs-mcp": "src/server.js"
+  },
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./src/server.js",
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=20"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "node --test test/stdio.test.js",
+    "test:real": "node --test test/real-store.test.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@layerfs/agent": "1.1.0",
+    "@layerfs/backend": "1.1.0",
+    "@modelcontextprotocol/server": "2.4.0",
+    "zod": "4.6.7"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api/mcp/src/server.js b/api/mcp/src/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..693ccfc095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/mcp/src/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,378 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// LayerFS over MCP stdio. Every operation delegates to the public Node SDK;
+// this process owns only the client lifecycle and MCP/JSON adaptation.
+import { LayerFS, LayerFSError } from "@layerfs/agent";
+import { LayerFSBackend } from "@layerfs/backend";
+import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/server";
+import { serveStdio } from "@modelcontextprotocol/server/stdio";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+const MAX = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+const integer = z.number().int().min(0).max(MAX);
+const positive = integer.min(1);
+const text = z.string();
+const branch = text.regex(/^[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9_.-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$/, "invalid Branch name")
+  .refine((name) => Buffer.byteLength(name) <= 63, "Branch name exceeds 63 bytes");
+const paging = { pageSize: positive.max(1000).default(50), pagePos: integer.default(0) };
+const workspace = z.strictObject({ sandbox: text, path: text });
+const deploy = z.strictObject({
+  docker: text.optional(), image: text.optional(), volume: text.optional(), daemon: text.optional(),
+  containerPrefix: text.optional(), daemonHost: text.optional(),
+});
+const policyFields = {
+  smallFileThreshold: integer.optional(), wholeFileDepth: integer.optional(),
+  chunkDepth: integer.optional(), metadataDepth: integer.optional(),
+};
+const options = z.strictObject({
+  home: text.optional(), trace: text.optional(),
+  storePolicy: z.union([text, z.strictObject(policyFields)]).optional(),
+  storePath: text.optional(), deploy: deploy.optional(),
+});
+const diff = { cursor: text.nullish(), hunks: z.boolean().optional() };
+const object = (shape) => z.strictObject(shape);
+const pageArgs = (input) => [input.pageSize, input.pagePos];
+const diffArgs = (input) => [input.pageSize, input.pagePos, { cursor: input.cursor, hunks: input.hunks }];
+const workspaceKey = (ws) => `${ws.sandbox}\0${ws.path}`;
+
+function encode(value) {
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(value) || value instanceof Uint8Array) {
+    return { $layerfs: "bytes", base64: Buffer.from(value).toString("base64") };
+  }
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) return value.map(encode);
+  if (value && typeof value === "object") {
+    return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(value).map(([key, item]) => [key, encode(item)]));
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
+function success(value) {
+  const encoded = encode(value);
+  return { content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(encoded) }], structuredContent: encoded };
+}
+
+function failure(error) {
+  const refusal = error instanceof LayerFSError
+    ? { code: error.code, message: error.message, detail: encode(error.detail ?? null) }
+    : { code: "Failed", message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error), detail: null };
+  return { content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(refusal) }], isError: true };
+}
+
+class Session {
+  client = null;
+  backend = null;
+  lastClient = null;
+  allowed = new Map();
+  owned = new Set();
+  opening = false;
+
+  require() {
+    if (!this.client) throw new Error("no LayerFS client is open; call layerfs_open or layerfs_init first");
+    return this.client;
+  }
+
+  operator() {
+    this.require();
+    return this.backend;
+  }
+
+  async establish(factory) {
+    if (this.client || this.opening) throw new Error("a LayerFS client is already open; call layerfs_close first");
+    this.opening = true;
+    try {
+      const client = await factory();
+      this.client = client;
+      this.backend = LayerFSBackend.of(client);
+      this.lastClient = client;
+      this.allowed = new Map();
+      this.owned = new Set();
+      return client;
+    } finally {
+      this.opening = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  results(after) {
+    if (!this.lastClient) throw new Error("no LayerFS client has been opened");
+    return this.lastClient.results(after);
+  }
+
+  workspace(ws) {
+    const key = workspaceKey(ws);
+    const known = this.allowed.get(key);
+    if (!known) {
+      throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "Workspace must come from layerfs_workspace_mount or layerfs_sandbox_list_workspaces", null);
+    }
+    return known;
+  }
+
+  mounted(ws) {
+    const known = { sandbox: ws.sandbox, path: ws.path };
+    const key = workspaceKey(known);
+    this.allowed.set(key, known);
+    this.owned.add(key);
+  }
+
+  listed(items) {
+    for (const ws of items) {
+      const known = { sandbox: ws.sandbox, path: ws.path };
+      this.allowed.set(workspaceKey(known), known);
+    }
+  }
+
+  unmounted(ws) {
+    const key = workspaceKey(ws);
+    this.allowed.delete(key);
+    this.owned.delete(key);
+  }
+
+  async close() {
+    const client = this.client;
+    if (!client) return;
+    let firstError;
+    for (const key of [...this.owned]) {
+      const ws = this.allowed.get(key);
+      if (!ws) continue;
+      try {
+        await client.workspace.unmount(ws, false, false);
+        this.unmounted(ws);
+      } catch (error) {
+        firstError ??= error;
+      }
+    }
+    this.client = null;
+    this.backend = null;
+    try {
+      await client.close();
+    } catch (error) {
+      firstError ??= error;
+    }
+    if (firstError) throw firstError;
+  }
+}
+
+const server = new McpServer({ name: "layerfs", version: "1.1.0" });
+const session = new Session();
+
+function tool(name, description, schema, operation) {
+  server.registerTool(name, { description, inputSchema: schema }, async (input, context) => {
+    try {
+      return await operation(input, context);
+    } catch (error) {
+      return failure(error);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+tool("layerfs_init", "Initialize a LayerFS project and open its one server client", object({
+  name: branch, path: text, timeoutMs: positive.optional(), options: options.optional(),
+}), async ({ name, path, timeoutMs, options: given }) => {
+  const client = await session.establish(() => LayerFS.init(name, path, timeoutMs, given));
+  return success({ created: client.created, client: { projectName: client.projectName } });
+});
+
+tool("layerfs_open", "Open an existing LayerFS project as the one server client", object({
+  name: branch, options: options.optional(),
+}), async ({ name, options: given }) => {
+  const client = await session.establish(() => LayerFS.open(name, given));
+  return success({ client: { projectName: client.projectName } });
+});
+
+tool("layerfs_close", "Unmount server-created Workspaces and close the client; idempotent", object({}), async () => {
+  await session.close();
+  return success({ closed: true });
+});
+
+tool("layerfs_results", "Read the client's bounded per-call result ring", object({
+  after: integer.default(0),
+}), async ({ after }) => success(session.results(after)));
+
+tool("layerfs_events", "Subscribe to same-client events; emits notifications/layerfs_event", object({}), async (_input, context) => {
+  const subscription = await session.require().events.subscribe();
+  const { signal, notify } = context.mcpReq;
+  const stop = () => subscription.close().catch((error) => console.error(`layerfs event unsubscribe: ${error.message}`));
+  signal.addEventListener("abort", stop, { once: true });
+  try {
+    await notify({
+      method: "notifications/layerfs_snapshot",
+      params: encode({ cursor: subscription.cursor, snapshot: subscription.snapshot }),
+    });
+    for await (const event of subscription) {
+      if (signal.aborted) break;
+      await notify({ method: "notifications/layerfs_event", params: { event: encode(event) } });
+    }
+  } finally {
+    signal.removeEventListener("abort", stop);
+    if (signal.aborted) await stop();
+  }
+  return success({ closed: true });
+});
+
+tool("layerfs_project_list_branches", "List project Branches", object(paging), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().project.list_branches(...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_project_list_sandboxes", "List project Sandboxes", object(paging), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().project.list_sandboxes(...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_branch_list_commits", "List Commits on a Branch", object({ branch, ...paging }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().branch.list_commits(input.branch, ...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_branch_graph", "Read Branch history graph", object({ branch, ...paging }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().branch.graph(input.branch, ...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_branch_changed_paths", "List paths changed by a Commit", object({ commit: text, ...paging, cursor: text.nullish() }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().branch.changed_paths(input.commit, input.pageSize, input.pagePos, { cursor: input.cursor })));
+tool("layerfs_branch_diff_commits", "Diff two Commits", object({ from: text, to: text, ...paging, ...diff }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().branch.diff_commits(input.from, input.to, ...diffArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_branch_diff_branches", "Diff two Branches", object({ from: branch, to: branch, ...paging, ...diff }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().branch.diff_branches(input.from, input.to, ...diffArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_branch_fork", "Fork a Branch from a reference", object({ name: branch, from: text.default("main") }), async ({ name, from }) =>
+  success(await session.require().branch.fork(name, from)));
+tool("layerfs_branch_merge", "Merge two Branches into a named Branch", object({
+  branch, with: branch, name: branch, message: text.optional(),
+  units: z.array(z.union([text, object({ name: text, patterns: z.array(text) })])).optional(),
+}), async (input) => success(await session.require().branch.merge(input.branch, input.with, input.name, input.message, input.units)));
+tool("layerfs_branch_publish", "Publish a Branch Commit as a Layer", object({ branch, commit: text.optional() }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().branch.publish(input.branch, input.commit)));
+
+tool("layerfs_fs_read", "Read a file at a Branch, Commit, or Layer reference", object({
+  ref: text, path: text, startLine: positive.default(1), endLine: positive.optional(),
+  binary: z.boolean().default(false), offset: text.nullish(),
+}), async (input) => success(await session.require().fs.read(input.ref, input.path, input.startLine, input.endLine, {
+  binary: input.binary, offset: input.offset,
+})));
+tool("layerfs_fs_list", "List a directory at a reference", object({ ref: text, path: text.default("/"), ...paging }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.list(input.ref, input.path, ...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_fs_stat", "Stat a path at a reference", object({ ref: text, path: text }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.stat(input.ref, input.path)));
+tool("layerfs_fs_grep", "Search text at a reference", object({ ref: text, pattern: text, path: text.default("/"), ...paging }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.grep(input.ref, input.pattern, input.path, ...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_fs_glob", "Match paths at a reference", object({ ref: text, pattern: text, path: text.default("/"), ...paging }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.glob(input.ref, input.pattern, input.path, ...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_fs_diff_files", "Diff two files at references", object({ leftRef: text, leftPath: text, rightRef: text, rightPath: text }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.diff_files(input.leftRef, input.leftPath, input.rightRef, input.rightPath)));
+tool("layerfs_fs_blame", "Blame file lines at a reference", object({ ref: text, path: text, fromLine: positive.default(1) }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.blame(input.ref, input.path, input.fromLine)));
+tool("layerfs_fs_write", "Write UTF-8 text or explicit base64 bytes and Commit", object({
+  branch, path: text, content: text.optional(), base64: text.optional(), message: text.optional(), mode: integer.optional(),
+}).superRefine((input, context) => {
+  if ((input.content === undefined) === (input.base64 === undefined)) {
+    context.addIssue({ code: "custom", message: "exactly one of content or base64 is required" });
+  }
+}), async (input) => {
+  const content = input.content === undefined ? Buffer.from(input.base64, "base64") : input.content;
+  return success(await session.require().fs.write(input.branch, input.path, content, { message: input.message, mode: input.mode }));
+});
+tool("layerfs_fs_edit", "Replace file text and Commit", object({ branch, path: text, oldText: text, newText: text, message: text.optional() }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.edit(input.branch, input.path, input.oldText, input.newText, input.message)));
+const writeChange = object({
+  op: z.literal("write"), path: text, content: text.optional(), base64: text.optional(), mode: integer.optional(),
+});
+const change = z.discriminatedUnion("op", [
+  writeChange,
+  object({ op: z.literal("edit"), path: text, oldText: text, newText: text }),
+  object({ op: z.literal("mkdir"), path: text, mode: integer.optional() }),
+  object({ op: z.literal("chmod"), path: text, mode: integer }),
+  object({ op: z.literal("rm"), path: text }),
+  object({ op: z.literal("cp"), from: text, to: text }),
+  object({ op: z.literal("mv"), from: text, to: text }),
+]);
+const changes = z.array(change).superRefine((items, context) => {
+  items.forEach((item, index) => {
+    if (item.op !== "write") return;
+    if ((item.content === undefined) === (item.base64 === undefined)) {
+      context.addIssue({ code: "custom", path: [index], message: "exactly one of content or base64 is required" });
+    }
+  });
+});
+const applyChange = (item) => {
+  if (item.op !== "write" || item.base64 === undefined) return item;
+  const { base64, ...rest } = item;
+  return { ...rest, bytes: Buffer.from(base64, "base64") };
+};
+tool("layerfs_fs_apply", "Apply ordered SDK changes and Commit", object({
+  branch, changes, message: text.optional(),
+}), async (input) => success(await session.require().fs.apply(input.branch, input.changes.map(applyChange), input.message)));
+tool("layerfs_fs_mkdir", "Create a directory recursively and Commit", object({ branch, path: text, message: text.optional(), mode: integer.optional() }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.mkdir(input.branch, input.path, { message: input.message, mode: input.mode })));
+tool("layerfs_fs_rm", "Remove a path and Commit", object({ branch, path: text, message: text.optional() }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.rm(input.branch, input.path, input.message)));
+tool("layerfs_fs_cp", "Copy a path and Commit", object({ branch, from: text, to: text, message: text.optional() }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.cp(input.branch, input.from, input.to, input.message)));
+tool("layerfs_fs_mv", "Move a path and Commit", object({ branch, from: text, to: text, message: text.optional() }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().fs.mv(input.branch, input.from, input.to, input.message)));
+
+tool("layerfs_sandbox_create", "Create a Sandbox in the opened project", object({ image: text.optional() }), async ({ image }) =>
+  success(await session.require().sandbox.create({ image })));
+tool("layerfs_sandbox_list_workspaces", "List mounted Workspaces in a Sandbox", object({ sandbox: text, ...paging }), async (input) => {
+  const result = await session.require().sandbox.list_workspaces(input.sandbox, ...pageArgs(input));
+  session.listed(result.items);
+  return success(result);
+});
+tool("layerfs_sandbox_close", "Close a Sandbox", object({ sandbox: text }), async ({ sandbox }) =>
+  success(await session.require().sandbox.close(sandbox)));
+tool("layerfs_workspace_mount", "Mount a new Workspace in a running Sandbox", object({ sandbox: text, branch }), async ({ sandbox, branch: name }) => {
+  const result = await session.require().workspace.mount(sandbox, name);
+  session.mounted(result);
+  return success(result);
+});
+tool("layerfs_workspace_exec", "Execute Bash only inside a selected Sandbox Workspace", object({ workspace, command: text, message: text.optional() }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.require().workspace.exec(session.workspace(input.workspace), input.command, input.message)));
+tool("layerfs_workspace_commit", "Commit a selected Workspace", object({
+  workspace, message: text.optional(), force: z.boolean().optional(),
+  options: object({ author: text.optional(), labels: z.array(text).optional() }).optional(),
+}), async (input) => success(await session.require().workspace.commit(
+  session.workspace(input.workspace), input.message, input.force, input.options,
+)));
+tool("layerfs_workspace_unmount", "Unmount a selected Workspace", object({
+  workspace, discard: z.boolean().optional(), force: z.boolean().optional(),
+}), async (input) => {
+  const ws = session.workspace(input.workspace);
+  const result = await session.require().workspace.unmount(ws, input.discard, input.force);
+  session.unmounted(ws);
+  return success(result);
+});
+
+tool("layerfs_backend_get_history", "Get project history through the backend SDK", object({ since: text.optional() }), async ({ since }) =>
+  success(await session.operator().store.project.get_history(since)));
+tool("layerfs_backend_get_storage", "Get fresh project Store statistics", object({ options: object({ commits: z.boolean().optional() }).optional() }), async ({ options: given }) =>
+  success(await session.operator().store.project.get_storage(given)));
+tool("layerfs_backend_get_comparable", "Resolve a saved Commit or Layer to a comparable Commit", object({ ref: text }), async ({ ref }) =>
+  success(await session.operator().store.project.get_comparable(ref)));
+tool("layerfs_backend_list_overwritten", "List overwritten Layers", object({ layer: text, ...paging }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.operator().store.project.list_overwritten(input.layer, ...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_backend_list_commit_storage", "List per-Commit storage statistics", object({ branch, ...paging }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.operator().store.branch.list_commit_storage(input.branch, ...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_backend_fs_get_storage", "Get file storage at a reference", object({ ref: text, path: text }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.operator().store.fs.get_storage(input.ref, input.path)));
+tool("layerfs_backend_fs_list_revisions", "List file revisions at a reference", object({ ref: text, path: text, ...paging }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.operator().store.fs.list_revisions(input.ref, input.path, ...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_backend_workspace_status", "Get live Workspace status", object({ workspace }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.operator().daemon.workspace.status(session.workspace(input.workspace))));
+tool("layerfs_backend_workspace_list_changes", "List live Workspace changes", object({ workspace, ...paging }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.operator().daemon.workspace.list_changes(session.workspace(input.workspace), ...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_backend_workspace_get_storage", "Get live Workspace storage", object({ workspace }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.operator().daemon.workspace.get_storage(session.workspace(input.workspace))));
+tool("layerfs_backend_process_start", "Start a background process in a Workspace", object({ workspace, command: text }), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.operator().daemon.process.start(session.workspace(input.workspace), input.command)));
+tool("layerfs_backend_process_list", "List background processes", object(paging), async (input) =>
+  success(await session.operator().daemon.process.list(...pageArgs(input))));
+tool("layerfs_backend_process_cancel", "Cancel a background process by id", object({ process: text }), async ({ process: id }) =>
+  success(await session.operator().daemon.process.cancel(id)));
+tool("layerfs_backend_sandbox_get_log", "Read a Sandbox daemon log", object({ sandbox: text, lines: integer.min(1).max(2000).default(200) }), async ({ sandbox, lines }) =>
+  success(await session.operator().daemon.sandbox.get_log(sandbox, { lines })));
+
+const handle = serveStdio(() => server, { onerror: (error) => console.error(`layerfs MCP: ${error.message}`) });
+let shutdown;
+async function cleanup(signal) {
+  if (!shutdown) {
+    shutdown = (async () => {
+      try {
+        await session.close();
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(`layerfs cleanup: ${error.message}`);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+      }
+      await handle.close();
+      if (signal === "SIGINT" && process.exitCode === undefined) process.exitCode = 130;
+    })();
+  }
+  await shutdown;
+}
+process.stdin.once("end", () => void cleanup());
+process.once("SIGINT", () => void cleanup("SIGINT"));
diff --git a/api/mcp/test/helpers.mjs b/api/mcp/test/helpers.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..960bd3e891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/mcp/test/helpers.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+export const SERVER = fileURLToPath(new URL("../src/server.js", import.meta.url));
+export const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
+
+export function startServer(t, options = {}) {
+  // A real Store needs a filesystem that carries SQLite locks (ext4/xfs/btrfs),
+  // so a real-Store run names its scratch root; on Linux default to /var/tmp when unset.
+  const scratch = process.env.LAYERFS_MCP_TEST_TMPDIR ?? (process.platform === "linux" ? "/var/tmp" : tmpdir());
+  const work = mkdtempSync(join(scratch, "layerfs-mcp-test-"));
+  const log = join(work, "calls.jsonl");
+  const child = spawn(process.execPath, [SERVER], {
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      LAYERFS_NATIVE: FAKE,
+      LAYERFS_STORE_PATH: "/fake/store.sqlite",
+      LAYERFS_HOME: "/private/mcp-home",
+      LAYERFS_DOCKER: "/fake.sock",
+      LAYERFS_IMAGE: "fake-image",
+      LAYERFS_VOLUME: "fake-volume",
+      LAYERFS_DAEMON: "/fake/daemon",
+      CLI_FAKE_LOG: log,
+      ...options.env,
+    },
+    stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+  });
+  const pending = new Map();
+  const messages = [];
+  const notificationWaiters = [];
+  let buffer = "";
+  let stderr = "";
+  let nextId = 1;
+  let exited = false;
+  const exit = new Promise((resolve) => {
+    child.once("exit", (code, signal) => {
+      exited = true;
+      for (const { reject, timer } of pending.values()) {
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+        reject(new Error(`server exited ${code}/${signal}: ${stderr}`));
+      }
+      pending.clear();
+      resolve({ code, signal });
+    });
+  });
+  child.stdout.setEncoding("utf8");
+  child.stdout.on("data", (chunk) => {
+    buffer += chunk;
+    for (;;) {
+      const end = buffer.indexOf("\n");
+      if (end < 0) break;
+      const line = buffer.slice(0, end);
+      buffer = buffer.slice(end + 1);
+      if (!line.trim()) continue;
+      const message = JSON.parse(line);
+      messages.push(message);
+      if (message.id !== undefined && pending.has(message.id)) {
+        const waiter = pending.get(message.id);
+        pending.delete(message.id);
+        clearTimeout(waiter.timer);
+        if (message.error) waiter.reject(Object.assign(new Error(`${message.error.message}; stderr=${stderr}`), { response: message }));
+        else waiter.resolve(message.result);
+      } else if (message.method) {
+        const index = notificationWaiters.findIndex((waiter) => waiter.method === message.method);
+        if (index >= 0) {
+          const [waiter] = notificationWaiters.splice(index, 1);
+          clearTimeout(waiter.timer);
+          waiter.resolve(message);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+  child.stderr.setEncoding("utf8");
+  child.stderr.on("data", (chunk) => { stderr += chunk; });
+  const send = (message) => child.stdin.write(`${JSON.stringify(message)}\n`);
+  const request = (method, params = {}, id = nextId++) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      pending.delete(id);
+      reject(new Error(`timed out waiting for ${method}; stderr=${stderr}`));
+    }, 30_000);
+    pending.set(id, { resolve, reject, timer });
+    send({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id, method, params });
+  });
+  const notify = (method, params = {}) => send({ jsonrpc: "2.0", method, params });
+  const notification = (method) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error(`timed out waiting for ${method}`)), 30_000);
+    notificationWaiters.push({ method, resolve, reject, timer });
+  });
+  const calls = () => {
+    try {
+      return readFileSync(log, "utf8").trim().split("\n").filter(Boolean).map((line) => JSON.parse(line));
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error.code === "ENOENT") return [];
+      throw error;
+    }
+  };
+  const stop = async () => {
+    if (!exited) child.stdin.end();
+    await exit;
+  };
+  t.after(async () => {
+    if (!exited) child.kill("SIGKILL");
+    await exit;
+    rmSync(work, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+  return { child, request, send, notify, notification, messages, calls, stop, exit, stderr: () => stderr, work };
+}
+
+export async function initialize(server) {
+  const initialized = await server.request("initialize", {
+    protocolVersion: "2026-07-28",
+    capabilities: {},
+    clientInfo: { name: "layerfs-mcp-test", version: "1.0.0" },
+  });
+  assert.equal(initialized.serverInfo.name, "layerfs");
+  server.notify("notifications/initialized");
+}
+
+export async function open(server) {
+  await initialize(server);
+  const result = await server.request("tools/call", { name: "layerfs_open", arguments: { name: "site" } });
+  assert.equal(result.isError, undefined, JSON.stringify(result));
+  return result;
+}
+
+export function call(server, name, args = {}) {
+  return server.request("tools/call", { name, arguments: args });
+}
+
+export function payload(result) {
+  assert.equal(result.content.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(result.content[0].type, "text");
+  return JSON.parse(result.content[0].text);
+}
diff --git a/api/mcp/test/real-store.test.js b/api/mcp/test/real-store.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed9ada2ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/mcp/test/real-store.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import { call, initialize, payload, startServer } from "./helpers.mjs";
+
+test("stdio server initializes a real Disposable Store and performs SDK file calls", { timeout: 110_000 }, async (t) => {
+  const server = startServer(t, { env: { LAYERFS_NATIVE: "", CLI_FAKE_LOG: "" } });
+  const source = join(server.work, "source");
+  mkdirSync(source);
+  writeFileSync(join(source, "seed.txt"), "seed\n");
+  await initialize(server);
+  const initialized = await call(server, "layerfs_init", {
+    name: "mcp-e2e",
+    path: source,
+    timeoutMs: 90_000,
+    options: { home: join(server.work, "home"), storePath: join(server.work, "store.sqlite") },
+  });
+  assert.equal(initialized.isError, undefined, JSON.stringify(initialized));
+  assert.equal(payload(initialized).created.kind, "Initialized");
+  const forked = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_branch_fork", { name: "work", from: "main" }));
+  assert.equal(forked.kind, "Forked");
+  const written = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_fs_write", {
+    branch: "work", path: "/hello.txt", content: "hello from MCP\n", message: "MCP real Store",
+  }));
+  assert.equal(written.kind, "Committed");
+  assert.equal(written.branch, "work");
+  assert.equal(written.commit.via, "fs");
+  const read = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_fs_read", { ref: "work", path: "/hello.txt" }));
+  assert.equal(read.text, "hello from MCP\n");
+  assert.equal(read.size, 15);
+  assert.equal(read.startLine, 1);
+  assert.equal(read.nextLine, null);
+  assert.ok(read.snapshot.startsWith("work@"));
+  const results = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_results"));
+  assert.ok(results.items.some((record) => record.method === "project.init" && record.ok));
+  assert.ok(results.items.some((record) => record.method === "fs.write" && record.commit));
+  assert.deepEqual(payload(await call(server, "layerfs_close")), { closed: true });
+  await server.stop();
+  assert.equal(server.child.exitCode, 0);
+  rmSync(server.work, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
diff --git a/api/mcp/test/stdio.test.js b/api/mcp/test/stdio.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38fd7c53c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/mcp/test/stdio.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import { call, initialize, open, payload, startServer } from "./helpers.mjs";
+
+const TOOLS = [
+  "layerfs_init", "layerfs_open", "layerfs_close", "layerfs_results", "layerfs_events",
+  "layerfs_project_list_branches", "layerfs_project_list_sandboxes",
+  "layerfs_branch_list_commits", "layerfs_branch_graph", "layerfs_branch_changed_paths",
+  "layerfs_branch_diff_commits", "layerfs_branch_diff_branches", "layerfs_branch_fork",
+  "layerfs_branch_merge", "layerfs_branch_publish",
+  "layerfs_fs_read", "layerfs_fs_list", "layerfs_fs_stat", "layerfs_fs_grep", "layerfs_fs_glob",
+  "layerfs_fs_diff_files", "layerfs_fs_blame", "layerfs_fs_write", "layerfs_fs_edit",
+  "layerfs_fs_apply", "layerfs_fs_mkdir", "layerfs_fs_rm", "layerfs_fs_cp", "layerfs_fs_mv",
+  "layerfs_sandbox_create", "layerfs_sandbox_list_workspaces", "layerfs_sandbox_close",
+  "layerfs_workspace_mount", "layerfs_workspace_exec", "layerfs_workspace_commit", "layerfs_workspace_unmount",
+  "layerfs_backend_get_history", "layerfs_backend_get_storage", "layerfs_backend_get_comparable",
+  "layerfs_backend_list_overwritten", "layerfs_backend_list_commit_storage", "layerfs_backend_fs_get_storage",
+  "layerfs_backend_fs_list_revisions", "layerfs_backend_workspace_status", "layerfs_backend_workspace_list_changes",
+  "layerfs_backend_workspace_get_storage", "layerfs_backend_process_start", "layerfs_backend_process_list",
+  "layerfs_backend_process_cancel", "layerfs_backend_sandbox_get_log",
+].sort();
+
+test("stdio handshake lists exactly the typed SDK tools with strict schemas", async (t) => {
+  const server = startServer(t);
+  await initialize(server);
+  const listed = await server.request("tools/list");
+  assert.deepEqual(listed.tools.map((tool) => tool.name).sort(), TOOLS);
+  assert.equal(listed.tools.length, 50);
+  assert.ok(!listed.tools.some((tool) => /push|pull/.test(tool.name)));
+  for (const tool of listed.tools) {
+    assert.equal(tool.inputSchema.type, "object", tool.name);
+    assert.equal(tool.inputSchema.additionalProperties, false, tool.name);
+  }
+  const read = listed.tools.find((tool) => tool.name === "layerfs_fs_read");
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(read.inputSchema.properties).sort(), ["binary", "endLine", "offset", "path", "ref", "startLine"]);
+  assert.equal(read.inputSchema.properties.binary.default, false);
+  assert.deepEqual(read.inputSchema.properties.offset.type, ["string", "null"]);
+  const revisions = listed.tools.find((tool) => tool.name === "layerfs_backend_fs_list_revisions");
+  assert.deepEqual(revisions.inputSchema.required.sort(), ["path", "ref"]);
+  const cancel = listed.tools.find((tool) => tool.name === "layerfs_backend_process_cancel");
+  assert.deepEqual(cancel.inputSchema.required, ["process"]);
+  const history = listed.tools.find((tool) => tool.name === "layerfs_backend_get_history");
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(history.inputSchema.properties), ["since"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(history.inputSchema.required ?? [], []);
+  const log = listed.tools.find((tool) => tool.name === "layerfs_backend_sandbox_get_log");
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(log.inputSchema.properties).sort(), ["lines", "sandbox"]);
+  assert.equal(log.inputSchema.properties.lines.type, "integer");
+  assert.equal(log.inputSchema.properties.lines.minimum, 1);
+  assert.equal(log.inputSchema.properties.lines.maximum, 2000);
+  assert.equal(log.inputSchema.properties.lines.default, 200);
+  const merge = listed.tools.find((tool) => tool.name === "layerfs_branch_merge");
+  assert.equal(merge.inputSchema.properties.units.items.anyOf.length, 2);
+  assert.equal(merge.inputSchema.properties.units.items.anyOf[1].additionalProperties, false);
+  const createTool = listed.tools.find((tool) => tool.name === "layerfs_sandbox_create");
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(createTool.inputSchema.properties), ["image"]);
+  const mkdirTool = listed.tools.find((tool) => tool.name === "layerfs_fs_mkdir");
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(mkdirTool.inputSchema.properties).sort(), ["branch", "message", "mode", "path"]);
+  const apply = listed.tools.find((tool) => tool.name === "layerfs_fs_apply");
+  const variants = apply.inputSchema.properties.changes.items.oneOf;
+  assert.deepEqual(variants.map((item) => item.properties.op.const).sort(), ["chmod", "cp", "edit", "mkdir", "mv", "rm", "write"]);
+  for (const item of variants) assert.equal(item.additionalProperties, false, item.properties.op.const);
+  assert.deepEqual(variants.find((item) => item.properties.op.const === "chmod").required.sort(), ["mode", "op", "path"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(variants.find((item) => item.properties.op.const === "rm").required.sort(), ["op", "path"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(variants.find((item) => item.properties.op.const === "cp").required.sort(), ["from", "op", "to"]);
+
+  const invalid = await call(server, "layerfs_open", { name: "site", unknown: true });
+  assert.equal(invalid.isError, true);
+  assert.match(invalid.content[0].text, /^Input validation error: Invalid arguments for tool layerfs_open/);
+  assert.deepEqual(server.calls(), []);
+  await server.stop();
+  assert.ok(server.messages.every((message) => message.jsonrpc === "2.0"), "stdout contains protocol frames only");
+});
+
+test("fs.apply accepts exactly the SDK's seven change variants and rejects others", async (t) => {
+  const server = startServer(t);
+  await open(server);
+  const changes = [
+    { op: "write", path: "/a.txt", content: "a", mode: 420 },
+    { op: "write", path: "/b.bin", base64: "AP8BCg==" },
+    { op: "edit", path: "/a.txt", oldText: "a", newText: "b" },
+    { op: "mkdir", path: "/dir", mode: 493 },
+    { op: "chmod", path: "/a.txt", mode: 384 },
+    { op: "rm", path: "/b.bin" },
+    { op: "cp", from: "/a.txt", to: "/c.txt" },
+    { op: "mv", from: "/c.txt", to: "/d.txt" },
+  ];
+  const applied = await call(server, "layerfs_fs_apply", { branch: "main", changes });
+  assert.equal(applied.isError, undefined, JSON.stringify(applied));
+  const sent = server.calls().filter(([op]) => op === "fs.apply").at(-1)[1];
+  assert.deepEqual(sent.changes.map((change) => change.op), changes.map((change) => change.op));
+  assert.deepEqual(sent.changes[1].bytes, { base64: "AP8BCg==" });
+  assert.equal(sent.changes[1].base64, undefined);
+  assert.equal(sent.changes[2].oldText, "a");
+  assert.equal(sent.changes[4].mode, 384);
+  assert.deepEqual([sent.changes[6].from, sent.changes[6].to], ["/a.txt", "/c.txt"]);
+
+  const before = server.calls().length;
+  for (const invalid of [
+    { branch: "main", changes: [{ op: "delete", path: "/a.txt" }] },
+    { branch: "main", changes: [{ op: "write", path: "/a.txt" }] },
+    { branch: "main", changes: [{ op: "write", path: "/a.txt", content: "a", base64: "YQ==" }] },
+    { branch: "main", changes: [{ op: "write", path: "/a.txt", content: "a", extra: 1 }] },
+    { branch: "main", changes: [{ op: "chmod", path: "/a.txt" }] },
+    { branch: "main", changes: [{ op: "chmod", path: "/a.txt", mode: -1 }] },
+    { branch: "main", changes: [{ op: "cp", path: "/a.txt" }] },
+    { branch: "main", changes: [{ op: "rm", path: "/a.txt", mode: 420 }] },
+  ]) {
+    const rejected = await call(server, "layerfs_fs_apply", invalid);
+    assert.equal(rejected.isError, true, JSON.stringify(invalid));
+    assert.match(rejected.content[0].text, /^Input validation error: Invalid arguments for tool layerfs_fs_apply/);
+  }
+  assert.equal(server.calls().length, before, "schema-invalid apply never reaches the SDK");
+  const passed = await call(server, "layerfs_fs_apply", { branch: "main", changes: [{ op: "chmod", path: "/a.txt", mode: 4096 }] });
+  assert.equal(passed.isError, undefined, JSON.stringify(passed));
+  const forwarded = server.calls().filter(([op]) => op === "fs.apply").at(-1)[1];
+  assert.equal(forwarded.changes[0].mode, 4096, "the SDK, not the MCP schema, decides whether a mode is storable");
+  await server.stop();
+});
+
+test("backend tools pass the SDK's optional arguments and keep strict unknown keys", async (t) => {
+  const server = startServer(t);
+  await open(server);
+  const last = (op) => server.calls().filter(([called]) => called === op).at(-1)[1];
+  await call(server, "layerfs_backend_get_history", { since: "h1" });
+  assert.equal(last("backend.store.project.get_history").since, "h1");
+  await call(server, "layerfs_backend_get_history", {});
+  assert.equal("since" in last("backend.store.project.get_history"), false);
+  await call(server, "layerfs_backend_sandbox_get_log", { sandbox: "1" });
+  assert.equal(last("backend.daemon.sandbox.get_log").lines, 200);
+  await call(server, "layerfs_backend_sandbox_get_log", { sandbox: "1", lines: 20 });
+  assert.equal(last("backend.daemon.sandbox.get_log").lines, 20);
+  for (const invalid of [
+    { sandbox: "1", lines: 0 },
+    { sandbox: "1", lines: 2001 },
+    { sandbox: "1", lines: 2.5 },
+    { sandbox: "1", since: "now" },
+  ]) {
+    const rejected = await call(server, "layerfs_backend_sandbox_get_log", invalid);
+    assert.equal(rejected.isError, true, JSON.stringify(invalid));
+    assert.match(rejected.content[0].text, /^Input validation error: Invalid arguments for tool layerfs_backend_sandbox_get_log/);
+  }
+  const unknown = await call(server, "layerfs_backend_get_history", { since: "h1", extra: true });
+  assert.equal(unknown.isError, true);
+  await server.stop();
+});
+
+test("tools delegate to the SDK, preserve results/refusals, validate Branch names, and close idempotently", async (t) => {
+  const server = startServer(t);
+  await open(server);
+  const branches = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_project_list_branches", { pageSize: 2 }));
+  assert.deepEqual(branches.items.map((branch) => branch.name), ["main", "cart"]);
+  assert.equal(branches.hasMore, false);
+
+  const written = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_fs_write", { branch: "main", path: "/binary.bin", base64: "AP8BCg==" }));
+  assert.equal(written.kind, "Committed");
+  const binary = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_fs_read", {
+    ref: `12${"a".repeat(64)}`, path: "/binary.bin", binary: true,
+  }));
+  assert.deepEqual(binary.bytes, { $layerfs: "bytes", base64: "AP8BCg==" });
+
+  const missing = await call(server, "layerfs_fs_read", { ref: "main", path: "/missing" });
+  assert.equal(missing.isError, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(payload(missing), { code: "NoSuchPath", message: "NoSuchPath: /missing does not exist", detail: null });
+
+  const beforeInvalid = server.calls().length;
+  for (const branch of ["Feature", "bad/name", "-bad", "bad-", "a".repeat(64)]) {
+    const invalid = await call(server, "layerfs_fs_write", { branch, path: "/x", content: "x" });
+    assert.equal(invalid.isError, true);
+    assert.match(invalid.content[0].text, /^Input validation error: Invalid arguments for tool layerfs_fs_write/);
+  }
+  for (const args of [
+    { branch: "main", path: "/x" },
+    { branch: "main", path: "/x", content: "x", base64: "eA==" },
+    { branch: "main", path: "/x", content: "x", extra: true },
+  ]) {
+    const invalid = await call(server, "layerfs_fs_write", args);
+    assert.equal(invalid.isError, true);
+    assert.match(invalid.content[0].text, /^Input validation error: Invalid arguments for tool layerfs_fs_write/);
+  }
+  assert.equal(server.calls().length, beforeInvalid, "schema-invalid calls never reach the SDK");
+
+  const results = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_results"));
+  assert.ok(results.items.some((record) => record.method === "fs.write" && record.ok));
+  assert.ok(results.items.some((record) => record.method === "fs.read" && record.code === "NoSuchPath"));
+  assert.deepEqual(payload(await call(server, "layerfs_close")), { closed: true });
+  assert.deepEqual(payload(await call(server, "layerfs_close")), { closed: true });
+  assert.equal(payload(await call(server, "layerfs_results")).items.length, results.items.length);
+  const closed = await call(server, "layerfs_project_list_branches");
+  assert.equal(closed.isError, true);
+  assert.equal(payload(closed).code, "Failed");
+  await server.stop();
+});
+
+test("a second open is refused without constructing another SDK client", async (t) => {
+  const server = startServer(t);
+  await open(server);
+  const before = server.calls().filter(([op]) => op === "store.open").length;
+  const second = await call(server, "layerfs_open", { name: "site" });
+  assert.equal(second.isError, true);
+  assert.equal(payload(second).code, "Failed");
+  assert.match(payload(second).message, /already open/);
+  assert.equal(server.calls().filter(([op]) => op === "store.open").length, before);
+  await server.stop();
+});
+
+test("every operation tool delegates to its matching public SDK operation", async (t) => {
+  const server = startServer(t);
+  await open(server);
+  const mounted = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_workspace_mount", { sandbox: "1", branch: "main" }));
+  const ws = { sandbox: mounted.sandbox, path: mounted.path };
+  const workspace = { workspace: ws };
+  const ref = "main";
+  const cases = [
+    ["layerfs_project_list_branches", {}, "project.list_branches"],
+    ["layerfs_project_list_sandboxes", {}, "project.list_sandboxes"],
+    ["layerfs_branch_list_commits", { branch: "main" }, "branch.list_commits"],
+    ["layerfs_branch_graph", { branch: "main" }, "branch.graph"],
+    ["layerfs_branch_changed_paths", { commit: "c0ffee" }, "branch.changed_paths"],
+    ["layerfs_branch_diff_commits", { from: "c0ffee", to: "decaf" }, "branch.diff_commits"],
+    ["layerfs_branch_diff_branches", { from: "main", to: "cart" }, "branch.diff_branches"],
+    ["layerfs_branch_fork", { name: "feature" }, "branch.fork"],
+    ["layerfs_branch_merge", { branch: "main", with: "cart", name: "merged", units: ["src/**", { name: "core", patterns: ["core/**"] }] }, "branch.merge"],
+    ["layerfs_branch_publish", { branch: "main" }, "branch.publish"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_read", { ref, path: "/file.txt" }, "fs.read"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_list", { ref }, "fs.list"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_stat", { ref, path: "/file.txt" }, "fs.stat"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_grep", { ref, pattern: "text" }, "fs.grep"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_glob", { ref, pattern: "**/*.txt" }, "fs.glob"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_diff_files", { leftRef: ref, leftPath: "/a", rightRef: ref, rightPath: "/b" }, "fs.diff_files"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_blame", { ref, path: "/file.txt" }, "fs.blame"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_write", { branch: "main", path: "/file.txt", content: "new" }, "fs.write"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_edit", { branch: "main", path: "/file.txt", oldText: "old", newText: "new" }, "fs.edit"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_apply", { branch: "main", changes: [{ op: "write", path: "/file.txt", content: "new" }] }, "fs.apply"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_mkdir", { branch: "main", path: "/dir" }, "fs.mkdir"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_rm", { branch: "main", path: "/file.txt" }, "fs.rm"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_cp", { branch: "main", from: "/a", to: "/b" }, "fs.cp"],
+    ["layerfs_fs_mv", { branch: "main", from: "/b", to: "/c" }, "fs.mv"],
+    ["layerfs_sandbox_create", {}, "sandbox.create"],
+    ["layerfs_sandbox_list_workspaces", { sandbox: "1" }, "sandbox.list_workspaces"],
+    ["layerfs_workspace_exec", { ...workspace, command: "exit 0" }, "workspace.exec"],
+    ["layerfs_workspace_commit", workspace, "workspace.commit"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_get_history", {}, "backend.store.project.get_history"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_get_storage", {}, "backend.store.project.get_storage"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_get_comparable", { ref: "a".repeat(64) }, "backend.store.project.get_history"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_list_overwritten", { layer: "a".repeat(64) }, "backend.store.project.list_overwritten"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_list_commit_storage", { branch: "main" }, "backend.store.branch.list_commit_storage"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_fs_get_storage", { ref, path: "/file.txt" }, "backend.store.fs.get_storage"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_fs_list_revisions", { ref, path: "/file.txt" }, "backend.store.fs.list_revisions"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_workspace_status", workspace, "backend.daemon.workspace.status"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_workspace_list_changes", workspace, "backend.daemon.workspace.list_changes"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_workspace_get_storage", workspace, "backend.daemon.workspace.get_storage"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_process_start", { ...workspace, command: "sleep 1" }, "backend.daemon.process.start"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_process_list", {}, "backend.daemon.process.list"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_process_cancel", { process: "proc_1_ab" }, "backend.daemon.process.cancel"],
+    ["layerfs_backend_sandbox_get_log", { sandbox: "1" }, "backend.daemon.sandbox.get_log"],
+    ["layerfs_workspace_unmount", workspace, "workspace.unmount"],
+    ["layerfs_sandbox_close", { sandbox: "1" }, "sandbox.close"],
+  ];
+  for (const [name, args, op] of cases) {
+    const before = server.calls().length;
+    const result = await call(server, name, args);
+    assert.ok(result.content?.[0]?.text, `${name} returned no content`);
+    assert.ok(server.calls().slice(before).some(([called]) => called === op), `${name} did not call ${op}: ${JSON.stringify(server.calls().slice(before))}`);
+  }
+  await server.stop();
+});
+
+test("Workspace handles come from mount/list and EOF unmounts only server-created Workspaces", async (t) => {
+  const server = startServer(t);
+  await open(server);
+  const foreign = await call(server, "layerfs_workspace_exec", {
+    workspace: { sandbox: "1", path: "/workspaces/foreign" }, command: "exit 0",
+  });
+  assert.equal(foreign.isError, true);
+  assert.equal(payload(foreign).code, "InvalidInput");
+  const mounted = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_workspace_mount", { sandbox: "1", branch: "main" }));
+  const executed = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_workspace_exec", {
+    workspace: { sandbox: mounted.sandbox, path: mounted.path }, command: "exit 0",
+  }));
+  assert.equal(executed.exitCode, 0);
+  const listed = payload(await call(server, "layerfs_sandbox_list_workspaces", { sandbox: "1" }));
+  assert.equal(listed.items.length, 0);
+  await server.stop();
+  const calls = server.calls();
+  assert.ok(calls.some(([op, args]) => op === "workspace.unmount" && args.path === mounted.path && args.discard === false));
+  assert.equal(calls.filter(([op]) => op === "store.close").length, 1);
+});
+
+test("events returns its snapshot, emits notifications, and cancellation unsubscribes", async (t) => {
+  const server = startServer(t);
+  await open(server);
+  const snapshotNotification = server.notification("notifications/layerfs_snapshot");
+  const eventNotification = server.notification("notifications/layerfs_event");
+  server.send({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: 100, method: "tools/call", params: { name: "layerfs_events", arguments: {} } });
+  const snapshot = await snapshotNotification;
+  assert.equal(snapshot.params.cursor, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual(snapshot.params.snapshot.branches.map((branch) => branch.name), ["main", "cart"]);
+  await call(server, "layerfs_fs_write", { branch: "main", path: "/event.txt", content: "event" });
+  const notification = await eventNotification;
+  assert.equal(notification.params.event.type, "fs.committed");
+  server.notify("notifications/cancelled", { requestId: 100 });
+  for (let waited = 0; waited < 5_000 && !server.calls().some(([op]) => op === "events.unsubscribe"); waited += 20) {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+  }
+  assert.ok(server.calls().some(([op]) => op === "events.unsubscribe"));
+  await server.stop();
+});
diff --git a/api/package-lock.json b/api/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..239c4da93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+{
+  "name": "layerfs-js",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "name": "layerfs-js",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "workspaces": [
+        "agent",
+        "backend",
+        "mcp",
+        "runtime"
+      ],
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    },
+    "agent": {
+      "name": "@layerfs/agent",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    },
+    "backend": {
+      "name": "@layerfs/backend",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@layerfs/agent": "1.1.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    },
+    "mcp": {
+      "name": "@layerfs/mcp",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@layerfs/agent": "1.1.0",
+        "@layerfs/backend": "1.1.0",
+        "@modelcontextprotocol/server": "2.4.0",
+        "zod": "4.6.7"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "layerfs-mcp": "src/server.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@layerfs/agent": {
+      "resolved": "agent",
+      "link": true
+    },
+    "node_modules/@layerfs/backend": {
+      "resolved": "backend",
+      "link": true
+    },
+    "node_modules/@layerfs/mcp": {
+      "resolved": "mcp",
+      "link": true
+    },
+    "node_modules/@layerfs/runtime": {
+      "resolved": "runtime",
+      "link": true
+    },
+    "node_modules/@modelcontextprotocol/core": {
+      "version": "2.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@modelcontextprotocol/core/-/core-2.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-z8QBKqdfXLPzkLQuG4xp8hrVEMm1PZ1IgxMN2sMbJiFiAKOWXnAzogXn2W4aqIBlP1ea6U5yiqVquvUNM1Cj6Q==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "zod": "^4.2.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@modelcontextprotocol/server": {
+      "version": "2.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@modelcontextprotocol/server/-/server-2.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rgR9yxSaAJ+bcsi/XroT/S2AfPiIWloXAnrdfYSCms9ivVju0ishu/wW0J21Ho6+ZOR1r7RyeRbjiRuF87ix5Q==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@modelcontextprotocol/core": "2.4.0",
+        "zod": "^4.2.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/zod": {
+      "version": "4.6.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zod/-/zod-4.6.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g8W2D2kU6a8untc053fX1uVBKzM7yqAxW/3zwk83+6RyF2+SKOuV+c0wBDhUwzV1PaGapmZH+rmcUzPf+3CGwg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/colinhacks"
+      }
+    },
+    "runtime": {
+      "name": "@layerfs/runtime",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@layerfs/agent": "1.1.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index b71407e7bf..85b2b85e59 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 {
   "name": "layerfs-js",
   "version": "1.1.0",
-  "description": "The LayerFS JavaScript packages (#428): @layerfs/agent, @layerfs/backend and @layerfs/runtime, which load the engine's native addon (engine/crates/layerfs-node). `npm install` here links them; it downloads nothing.",
+  "description": "The LayerFS JavaScript packages (#428), five in all: @layerfs/agent, @layerfs/cli, @layerfs/backend, @layerfs/mcp and @layerfs/runtime. The SDKs load the engine's native addon (engine/crates/layerfs-node); MCP additionally installs its pinned protocol dependencies.",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "workspaces": [
     "agent",
     "backend",
+    "cli",
+    "mcp",
     "runtime"
   ],
   "engines": {
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build:native": "node scripts/build-native.mjs",
     "build:isolated": "python3 ../tools/worktree.py build",
-    "test:isolated": "python3 ../tools/worktree.py run"
+    "test:isolated": "python3 ../tools/worktree.py run",
+    "prepare:publish": "node scripts/prepare-publish.mjs"
   }
 }
diff --git a/api/runtime/LICENSE b/api/runtime/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dc51a2f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/runtime/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Ephemeral-AI
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/api/runtime/README.md b/api/runtime/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af0c827eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/runtime/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# @layerfs/runtime
+
+Runtime management for LayerFS homes, including project Init and removal, worker lifecycle, and Sandbox upkeep.
+
+Requires Node.js 20 or newer and `@layerfs/agent` at the same exact version. The npm tarball contains JavaScript only. Linux Store calls use the agent package's external native addon; macOS and Windows also require a sealed Linux runtime bundle containing the native addon and daemon. The sealed bundle is external to this package.
+
+See the [runtime guide](https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs/blob/main/api/docs/runtime.md) for platform requirements and settings.
diff --git a/api/runtime/package.json b/api/runtime/package.json
index 210c445179..ebd853fbba 100644
--- a/api/runtime/package.json
+++ b/api/runtime/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
   "name": "@layerfs/runtime",
   "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "What an integration host runs on a LayerFS home: status, the worker on macOS and Windows, project Init and removal, Sandbox upkeep and live call events",
-  "private": true,
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs.git",
+    "directory": "api/runtime"
+  },
+  "files": ["src", "README.md", "LICENSE"],
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/api/runtime/src/index.js b/api/runtime/src/index.js
index f33f05084b..54f956238c 100644
--- a/api/runtime/src/index.js
+++ b/api/runtime/src/index.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export class LayerFSRuntime {
     if (endpoint) useWorker(endpoint);
     this.clients = new Clients(this);
     const jobs = new InitJobs((prepared, report) => runInit(this, prepared, report));
+    this.initJobs = jobs;
     const live = (method) => async (...args) => {
       if (this.closed) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "this LayerFS runtime is closed; open another with LayerFSRuntime.open", null);
       return method(...args);
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export class LayerFSRuntime {
       list: live(() => list(this)),
       start_init: live(async (name, folder, options) => jobs.begin(await prepare(this, name, folder, options, jobs.pending()))),
       get_init: live(async (job) => jobs.get(job?.id ?? job)),
+      subscribe_init: live(async (job) => jobs.subscribe(job?.id ?? job)),
       get_state: live(async (name, since) => this.clients.use(await known(name), (client) => get_state(client, since))),
       remove: live((name, options) => remove(this, name, options)),
     };
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ export class LayerFSRuntime {
     if (this.closed) return;
     await this.sweeping;
     this.closed = true;
+    this.initJobs.close();
     await this.clients.closeAll();
     await this.platform.close?.(this.settings);
   }
diff --git a/api/runtime/src/project/jobs.js b/api/runtime/src/project/jobs.js
index 943a7fddb9..1f88b9783e 100644
--- a/api/runtime/src/project/jobs.js
+++ b/api/runtime/src/project/jobs.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 //   project   the new project (done); error { code, message } (failed)
 // A job is kept for KEEP_MS after it ends, then dropped.
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { LayerFSError } from "@layerfs/agent";
+import { watcher } from "./watchers.js";
 
 const KEEP_MS = 5 * 60_000;
 
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ export class InitJobs {
   constructor(start) {
     this.start = start;
     this.jobs = new Map();
+    this.watchers = new Map();
   }
 
   /** Names of Inits still running; a new Init does not take them. */
@@ -24,15 +27,20 @@ export class InitJobs {
     return new Set([...this.jobs.values()].filter((job) => !job.ended).map((job) => job.name));
   }
 
+  report(job, fields) {
+    Object.assign(job, fields);
+    for (const watcher of this.watchers.get(job.id) ?? []) watcher.report(job);
+  }
+
   /** Starts a prepared Init; answers its job. */
   begin(prepared) {
     const job = { id: randomUUID(), name: prepared.name, source: prepared.source, started: Date.now(), step: "scan", scanned: null, totals: null, imported: null, project: null, error: null, ended: null };
     this.jobs.set(job.id, job);
     const end = (fields) => {
-      Object.assign(job, fields, { ended: Date.now() });
+      this.report(job, { ...fields, ended: Date.now() });
       setTimeout(() => this.jobs.delete(job.id), KEEP_MS).unref?.();
     };
-    this.start(prepared, (fields) => { if (!job.ended) Object.assign(job, fields); }).then(
+    this.start(prepared, (fields) => { if (!job.ended) this.report(job, fields); }).then(
       (project) => end({ step: "done", project }),
       (error) => end({ step: "failed", error: { code: error.code || "Failed", message: error.message } }),
     );
@@ -43,4 +51,24 @@ export class InitJobs {
     const job = this.jobs.get(id);
     return job ? { ...job } : null;
   }
+
+  subscribe(id) {
+    const job = this.jobs.get(id);
+    if (!job) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "unknown Init job", null);
+    const made = watcher(job, (owned) => {
+      const watchers = this.watchers.get(id);
+      watchers?.delete(owned);
+      if (!watchers?.size) this.watchers.delete(id);
+    });
+    const watchers = this.watchers.get(id) ?? new Set();
+    watchers.add(made.owned);
+    this.watchers.set(id, watchers);
+    return made.current;
+  }
+
+  close() {
+    for (const watchers of [...this.watchers.values()]) {
+      for (const watcher of [...watchers]) watcher.close();
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/api/runtime/src/project/watchers.js b/api/runtime/src/project/watchers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c76d096fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/runtime/src/project/watchers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// In-memory Init-job watchers. Each has one private native-style queue, but
+// waits in JavaScript and carries complete immutable job values.
+import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
+import { LayerFSError } from "@layerfs/agent";
+
+const PRIVATE = new WeakMap();
+const copy = (value) => structuredClone(value);
+const validTimeout = (value) => {
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(value) || value < 0 || value > 30_000) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "timeoutMs must be an integer in 0..30000", null);
+};
+
+class Watcher {
+  constructor(job, close) {
+    this.id = randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
+    this.job = copy(job);
+    this.capacity = 1024;
+    this.seq = 0;
+    this.minimum = 0;
+    this.events = [];
+    this.stale = false;
+    this.closed = false;
+    this.waiter = null;
+    this.closeOwner = close;
+  }
+
+  report(job) {
+    if (this.closed) return;
+    this.job = copy(job);
+    if (this.seq === Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) {
+      this.exhausted = true;
+      this.wake();
+      return;
+    }
+    this.seq += 1;
+    const event = { seq: this.seq, type: "init.progress", source: "runtime", payload: { job: copy(this.job) } };
+    if (this.events.length === this.capacity) {
+      const dropped = this.events.shift();
+      this.minimum = dropped.seq;
+      this.stale = true;
+    }
+    this.events.push(event);
+    this.wake();
+  }
+
+  wake() {
+    const waiter = this.waiter;
+    if (waiter) {
+      clearTimeout(waiter.timer);
+      waiter.resolve();
+    }
+  }
+
+  page(cursor, limit = 50) {
+    if (this.closed) return { events: [], cursor: this.seq, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: true };
+    if (this.exhausted) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "cursor exhausted; resubscribe", null);
+    if (!Number.isSafeInteger(cursor) || cursor < 0 || cursor > this.seq) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "unknown cursor", null);
+    if (this.stale || cursor < this.minimum) {
+      const current = this.seq;
+      this.events = [];
+      this.minimum = current;
+      this.stale = false;
+      return { events: [], cursor: current, hasMore: false, stale: true, closed: false, snapshot: copy(this.job) };
+    }
+    const events = this.events.filter((event) => event.seq > cursor).slice(0, limit);
+    if (events.length) {
+      const last = events.at(-1).seq;
+      this.events = this.events.filter((event) => event.seq > last);
+      this.minimum = last;
+      cursor = last;
+    }
+    return { events: copy(events), cursor, hasMore: this.events.length > 0, stale: false, closed: false };
+  }
+
+  async poll(cursor, timeoutMs) {
+    validTimeout(timeoutMs);
+    if (this.waiter) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "a poll is already outstanding", null);
+    let page = this.page(cursor);
+    if (timeoutMs === 0 || page.events.length || page.stale || page.closed || this.exhausted) return page;
+    const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
+    while (!this.closed && !this.stale && !this.exhausted && !this.events.some((event) => event.seq > cursor)) {
+      const remaining = deadline - Date.now();
+      if (remaining <= 0) break;
+      await new Promise((resolve) => {
+        const timer = setTimeout(resolve, remaining);
+        this.waiter = { resolve, timer };
+      });
+      this.waiter = null;
+    }
+    page = this.page(cursor);
+    return page;
+  }
+
+  close() {
+    if (this.closed) return;
+    this.closed = true;
+    this.events = [];
+    this.closeOwner(this);
+    this.wake();
+  }
+}
+
+async function* iterate(subscription) {
+  let wait = 1000;
+  for (;;) {
+    const page = await subscription.poll(wait);
+    if (page.closed) return;
+    if (page.stale) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "stream went stale; resubscribe", null);
+    for (const event of page.events) yield event;
+    wait = page.hasMore ? 0 : 1000;
+  }
+}
+
+export function subscription(watcher) {
+  const current = {
+    cursor: 0,
+    snapshot: copy(watcher.job),
+    async poll(timeoutMs = 0) {
+      validTimeout(timeoutMs);
+      const state = PRIVATE.get(this);
+      if (state.polling) throw new LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "a poll is already outstanding", null);
+      state.polling = true;
+      try {
+        const page = await watcher.poll(this.cursor, timeoutMs);
+        this.cursor = page.cursor;
+        if (page.stale) this.snapshot = page.snapshot;
+        if (page.closed) state.closed = true;
+        return page;
+      } finally {
+        state.polling = false;
+      }
+    },
+    async close() {
+      const state = PRIVATE.get(this);
+      watcher.close();
+      state.closed = true;
+    },
+    [Symbol.asyncIterator]() {
+      return iterate(this);
+    },
+  };
+  PRIVATE.set(current, { closed: false, polling: false });
+  return current;
+}
+
+export function watcher(job, close) {
+  const owned = new Watcher(job, close);
+  return { owned, current: subscription(owned) };
+}
diff --git a/api/runtime/src/worker/server.js b/api/runtime/src/worker/server.js
index 036d869038..2d22485e0a 100644
--- a/api/runtime/src/worker/server.js
+++ b/api/runtime/src/worker/server.js
@@ -165,8 +165,16 @@ async function shutdown() {
 const server = createServer((socket) => {
   sockets.add(socket);
   socket.setNoDelay(true);
+  const subscriptions = new Map();
+  let socketClosed = false;
+  const release = (id, args) => binding.call("events.unsubscribe", { ...args, subscription: id }).catch((error) => console.error(`layerfs worker: unsubscribing ${id}: ${error}`));
   socket.on("error", () => {}); // a caller that went away; its calls still finish here
-  socket.on("close", () => sockets.delete(socket));
+  socket.on("close", () => {
+    socketClosed = true;
+    sockets.delete(socket);
+    for (const [id, args] of subscriptions) release(id, args);
+    subscriptions.clear();
+  });
   let trusted = false;
   const silent = setTimeout(() => socket.destroy(), SECRET_MS);
   socket.on("close", () => clearTimeout(silent));
@@ -178,13 +186,19 @@ const server = createServer((socket) => {
       clearTimeout(silent);
       return socket.write(frame({ id: 0, answer: { value: "hello" } }));
     }
-    const { id, fn, args } = request;
+    const { id, fn, op, args } = request;
     if (fn === "ping") return socket.write(frame({ id, answer: { value: { ready: true, active, stores: stores.size, build: manifest.build_id } } }));
     if (closing) return socket.write(frame({ id, answer: { refused: { code: "Failed", message: "the LayerFS worker is closing; the call was not attempted", detail: null } } }));
     if (!FUNCTIONS.has(fn) || args?.home !== config.home) return socket.destroy();
     active++;
     let result;
     try { result = await answer(request); } catch (error) { result = { thrown: String(error?.stack ?? error) }; } finally { active--; }
+    if (fn === "call" && op === "events.subscribe" && result?.value?.subscription) {
+      const subscription = result.value.subscription;
+      if (socketClosed) release(subscription, args);
+      else subscriptions.set(subscription, args);
+    }
+    if (fn === "call" && op === "events.unsubscribe" && result?.value?.kind === "Unsubscribed") subscriptions.delete(args.subscription);
     if (!socket.destroyed) socket.write(frame({ id, answer: result }));
     if (closing && active === 0) shutdown().catch((error) => console.error(error));
   }, (error) => { console.error(error.message); socket.destroy(); }, { firstLimit: FIRST_LIMIT });
diff --git a/api/runtime/test/init-watchers-real.mjs b/api/runtime/test/init-watchers-real.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c0a68d680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/runtime/test/init-watchers-real.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Real Linux Disposable Init consumed through subscribe_init, without a host
+// get_init loop. Only Docker's volume CLI is stubbed; Store and Init are real.
+// Build engine/crates/layerfs-node/layerfs.node first, then:
+//   /usr/bin/node api/runtime/test/init-watchers-real.mjs
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { setTimeout as pause } from "node:timers/promises";
+
+const { LayerFSRuntime } = await import("@layerfs/runtime");
+const work = mkdtempSync(join(process.cwd(), ".tmp-init-watchers-real-"));
+const home = join(work, "home");
+const volumes = join(work, "volumes");
+const source = join(work, "source");
+mkdirSync(source, { recursive: true });
+for (let i = 0; i < 1200; i++) writeFileSync(join(source, `file-${String(i).padStart(4, "0")}.txt`), `Init watcher payload ${i}\n`.repeat(16));
+const runtime = await LayerFSRuntime.open({
+  home, image: `sha256:${"a".repeat(64)}`, daemon: join(work, "unused-daemon"), volumes,
+  docker: join(work, "unused-docker.sock"), platform: "linux", sweep: false,
+});
+runtime.platform = {
+  ...runtime.platform,
+  async docker(_settings, args) {
+    if (args[0] === "volume" && args[1] === "create") {
+      mkdirSync(join(volumes, args.at(-1), "_data"), { recursive: true });
+      return args.at(-1);
+    }
+    if (args[0] === "volume" && args[1] === "rm") {
+      rmSync(join(volumes, args[2]), { recursive: true, force: true });
+      return args[2];
+    }
+    throw new Error(`unexpected docker ${args.join(" ")}`);
+  },
+};
+let hostReads = 0;
+runtime.project.get_init = async () => { hostReads++; throw new Error("the host get_init loop is forbidden in this test"); };
+let events;
+try {
+  const job = await runtime.project.start_init("shop", source);
+  events = await runtime.project.subscribe_init(job);
+  assert.equal(events.snapshot.step, "scan");
+  const iterator = events[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+  const seen = [];
+  const deadline = Date.now() + 60_000;
+  let terminal;
+  while (!terminal) {
+    const remaining = deadline - Date.now();
+    assert.ok(remaining > 0, "the Init watcher did not reach a terminal event within 60 seconds");
+    const next = await Promise.race([
+      iterator.next(),
+      pause(remaining, { timeout: true }).then(() => { throw new Error("Init watcher wait exceeded its fixed deadline"); }),
+    ]);
+    assert.equal(next.done, false, "the watcher closed before terminal Init progress");
+    const event = next.value;
+    assert.equal(event.type, "init.progress");
+    assert.equal(event.source, "runtime");
+    assert.equal(event.seq, seen.length + 1);
+    seen.push(event);
+    if (["done", "failed"].includes(event.payload.job.step)) terminal = event.payload.job;
+  }
+  assert.equal(terminal.step, "done", JSON.stringify(terminal.error));
+  assert.deepEqual(terminal.totals, { entries: 1201, files: 1200, bytes: Array.from({ length: 1200 }, (_, i) => `Init watcher payload ${i}\n`.repeat(16).length).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) });
+  const outer = new Set(seen.map((event) => event.payload.job.step));
+  for (const step of ["scan", "volume", "import", "done"]) assert.ok(outer.has(step), `missing outer ${step} report`);
+  const imported = seen.map((event) => event.payload.job.imported?.step).filter(Boolean);
+  assert.ok(imported.some((step) => ["scan", "files", "tree", "publish", "seal"].includes(step)), "no native imported phase was observed");
+  assert.equal(terminal.project.name, "shop");
+  assert.ok(terminal.project.volume);
+  assert.ok(existsSync(join(volumes, terminal.project.volume, "_data/global/store.sqlite")));
+  assert.equal(hostReads, 0);
+  console.log(`PASS init-watchers-real (${seen.length} events; imported phases: ${[...new Set(imported)].join(",")})`);
+} finally {
+  await events?.close();
+  await runtime.close();
+  rmSync(work, { recursive: true, force: true });
+}
diff --git a/api/runtime/test/init-watchers.mjs b/api/runtime/test/init-watchers.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6cd59fa91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/runtime/test/init-watchers.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+// Focused Init-job watcher coverage with controlled jobs and the runtime owner.
+//   /usr/bin/node api/runtime/test/init-watchers.mjs
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
+process.env.LAYERFS_NATIVE = FAKE;
+const { LayerFSError, LayerFSRuntime } = await import("@layerfs/runtime").then(async (runtime) => ({ ...runtime, ...(await import("@layerfs/agent")) }));
+const { InitJobs } = await import("../src/project/jobs.js");
+const work = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "layerfs-init-watchers-"));
+const checks = [];
+const check = async (name, run) => {
+  await run();
+  checks.push(name);
+};
+const controlled = () => {
+  const starts = [];
+  const jobs = new InitJobs((prepared, report) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => starts.push({ prepared, report, resolve, reject })));
+  return { jobs, starts };
+};
+const settle = async () => { await Promise.resolve(); await Promise.resolve(); };
+const publicSurface = (events) => {
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(events).sort(), ["close", "cursor", "poll", "snapshot"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(events), [Symbol.asyncIterator]);
+};
+
+try {
+  await check("current snapshot, immutable reports, terminal done/failed, no synthetic history", async () => {
+    const { jobs, starts } = controlled();
+    const job = jobs.begin({ name: "shop", source: "/src/shop" });
+    const events = jobs.subscribe(job.id);
+    publicSurface(events);
+    assert.equal(events.cursor, 0);
+    assert.equal(events.snapshot.step, "scan");
+    assert.equal(events.snapshot.scanned, null);
+    assert.deepEqual(await events.poll(), { events: [], cursor: 0, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false });
+
+    starts[0].report({ scanned: { entries: 2, files: 1, bytes: 5 } });
+    const first = await events.poll();
+    assert.equal(first.events.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(first.events[0], {
+      seq: 1, type: "init.progress", source: "runtime",
+      payload: { job: { ...events.snapshot, scanned: { entries: 2, files: 1, bytes: 5 } } },
+    });
+    const queued = first.events[0].payload.job;
+    starts[0].report({ step: "volume", scanned: { entries: 4, files: 2, bytes: 9 }, totals: { entries: 4, files: 2, bytes: 9 } });
+    assert.deepEqual(queued.scanned, { entries: 2, files: 1, bytes: 5 }, "later Object.assign reports do not mutate queued values");
+    const second = await events.poll();
+    assert.equal(second.events[0].seq, 2);
+    assert.deepEqual(second.events[0].payload.job.totals, { entries: 4, files: 2, bytes: 9 });
+    assert.equal(second.hasMore, false);
+
+    const project = { name: "shop", volume: "vol-shop", initialized: true };
+    starts[0].resolve(project);
+    await settle();
+    const done = await events.poll();
+    assert.equal(done.events.length, 1);
+    assert.equal(done.events[0].seq, 3);
+    assert.equal(done.events[0].payload.job.step, "done");
+    assert.deepEqual(done.events[0].payload.job.project, project);
+    assert.equal(typeof done.events[0].payload.job.ended, "number");
+    assert.deepEqual(await events.poll(), { events: [], cursor: 3, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false });
+    const terminal = jobs.subscribe(job.id);
+    assert.equal(terminal.snapshot.step, "done");
+    assert.deepEqual(await terminal.poll(), { events: [], cursor: 0, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false });
+
+    const failedJob = jobs.begin({ name: "bad", source: "/src/bad" });
+    const failed = jobs.subscribe(failedJob.id);
+    starts[1].reject(Object.assign(new Error("import refused"), { code: "InvalidInput" }));
+    await settle();
+    const failure = await failed.poll();
+    assert.equal(failure.events.length, 1);
+    assert.equal(failure.events[0].type, "init.progress");
+    assert.equal(failure.events[0].payload.job.step, "failed");
+    assert.deepEqual(failure.events[0].payload.job.error, { code: "InvalidInput", message: "import refused" });
+    assert.equal(failure.events[0].payload.job.ended !== null, true);
+    assert.throws(() => jobs.subscribe("missing"), { code: "InvalidInput", message: /unknown Init job$/ });
+    jobs.close();
+  });
+
+  await check("registration/report order, one waiter, close wakeup and retention", async () => {
+    const { jobs, starts } = controlled();
+    const job = jobs.begin({ name: "shop", source: "/src" });
+    const events = jobs.subscribe(job.id);
+    assert.equal(events.snapshot.step, "scan");
+    starts[0].report({ step: "volume", totals: { entries: 1, files: 0, bytes: 0 } });
+    const page = await events.poll();
+    assert.equal(page.events[0].seq, 1);
+    assert.equal(page.events[0].payload.job.step, "volume");
+
+    const waiting = events.poll(5000);
+    await assert.rejects(events.poll(), { code: "InvalidInput", message: /a poll is already outstanding$/ });
+    starts[0].report({ step: "import" });
+    assert.equal((await waiting).events[0].payload.job.step, "import");
+
+    const closed = events.poll(5000);
+    await events.close();
+    await events.close();
+    assert.equal((await closed).closed, true);
+    assert.equal((await events.poll()).closed, true);
+
+    const retained = jobs.subscribe(job.id);
+    const retainedBefore = retained.snapshot;
+    jobs.jobs.delete(job.id);
+    assert.throws(() => jobs.subscribe(job.id), { code: "InvalidInput" });
+    starts[0].report({ imported: { step: "files", entries: 3, files: 2, bytes: 8 } });
+    const afterExpiry = await retained.poll();
+    assert.equal(afterExpiry.events[0].payload.job.imported.step, "files");
+    assert.deepEqual(retainedBefore.imported, null);
+    jobs.close();
+  });
+
+  await check("small-cap overflow, stale resync and old-cursor resync", async () => {
+    const { jobs, starts } = controlled();
+    const job = jobs.begin({ name: "shop", source: "/src" });
+    const events = jobs.subscribe(job.id);
+    const owned = [...jobs.watchers.get(job.id)][0];
+    owned.capacity = 4;
+    for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++) starts[0].report({ scanned: { entries: i, files: 0, bytes: 0 } });
+    const stale = await events.poll();
+    assert.equal(stale.stale, true);
+    assert.equal(stale.cursor, 5);
+    assert.deepEqual(stale.events, []);
+    assert.deepEqual(stale.snapshot.scanned, { entries: 5, files: 0, bytes: 0 });
+    assert.deepEqual(events.snapshot, stale.snapshot);
+    assert.deepEqual(await events.poll(), { events: [], cursor: 5, hasMore: false, stale: false, closed: false });
+    events.cursor = 0;
+    assert.equal((await events.poll()).stale, true);
+    jobs.close();
+  });
+
+  await check("iterator order, close, stale and no refusal retry", async () => {
+    const { jobs, starts } = controlled();
+    const job = jobs.begin({ name: "shop", source: "/src" });
+    let events = jobs.subscribe(job.id);
+    starts[0].report({ step: "volume" });
+    starts[0].report({ step: "import" });
+    const iterator = events[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+    assert.equal((await iterator.next()).value.payload.job.step, "volume");
+    assert.equal((await iterator.next()).value.payload.job.step, "import");
+    const waiting = iterator.next();
+    await events.close();
+    assert.deepEqual(await waiting, { done: true, value: undefined });
+
+    events = jobs.subscribe(job.id);
+    const owned = [...jobs.watchers.get(job.id)][0];
+    owned.capacity = 4;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) starts[0].report({ scanned: { entries: i, files: 0, bytes: 0 } });
+    await assert.rejects(events[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next(), { code: "InvalidInput", message: /stream went stale; resubscribe$/ });
+
+    events = jobs.subscribe(job.id);
+    let attempts = 0;
+    events.poll = async () => { attempts++; throw new LayerFSError("Busy", "no wait", null); };
+    await assert.rejects(events[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next(), { code: "Busy" });
+    assert.equal(attempts, 1);
+    jobs.close();
+  });
+
+  await check("runtime subscribe_init and runtime.close ownership", async () => {
+    const home = join(work, "home");
+    const source = join(work, "source");
+    const volumes = join(work, "volumes");
+    mkdirSync(source, { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(source, "README.md"), "hello\n");
+    const runtime = await LayerFSRuntime.open({ home, image: `sha256:${"a".repeat(64)}`, daemon: "/bin/daemon", volumes, platform: "linux", sweep: false });
+    runtime.platform = {
+      ...runtime.platform,
+      async docker(_settings, args) {
+        if (args[0] === "volume" && args[1] === "create") mkdirSync(join(volumes, args.at(-1), "_data"), { recursive: true });
+        return "";
+      },
+    };
+    await assert.rejects(runtime.project.subscribe_init("missing"), { code: "InvalidInput", message: /unknown Init job$/ });
+    const job = await runtime.project.start_init("shop", source);
+    const events = await runtime.project.subscribe_init(job);
+    publicSurface(events);
+    const waiting = events.poll(5000);
+    await runtime.close();
+    assert.equal((await waiting).closed, true);
+    await assert.rejects(runtime.project.subscribe_init(job), { code: "InvalidInput", message: /closed/ });
+  });
+} finally {
+  rmSync(work, { recursive: true, force: true });
+}
+console.log(`PASS init-watchers (${checks.length} groups)`);
diff --git a/api/runtime/test/runtime.mjs b/api/runtime/test/runtime.mjs
index 90db932d46..8a584276b9 100644
--- a/api/runtime/test/runtime.mjs
+++ b/api/runtime/test/runtime.mjs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { appendFileSync, chmodSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 
 const FAKE = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
 process.env.LAYERFS_NATIVE = FAKE;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ for (const name of ["TRACE", "TRACE_STEP", "TRACE_START", "WORKER_ENDPOINT", "HO
   delete process.env[`DSH_LAYERFS_${name}`];
 }
 const { LayerFSRuntime } = await import("@layerfs/runtime");
-const native = (await import(FAKE)).default;
+const native = (await import(pathToFileURL(FAKE).href)).default;
 const selected = process.argv[2];
 const work = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "layerfs-runtime-"));
 const home = join(work, "home");
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ try {
     await assert.rejects(LayerFSRuntime.open({ home: "relative" }), { code: "InvalidInput" });
     const { runtime } = await opened((args) => (args[0] === "version" ? "27.0.1" : ""));
     const methods = (group) => Object.keys(group).sort();
-    assert.deepEqual(methods(runtime.project), ["get_init", "get_state", "list", "remove", "start_init"]);
+    assert.deepEqual(methods(runtime.project), ["get_init", "get_state", "list", "remove", "start_init", "subscribe_init"]);
     assert.deepEqual(methods(runtime.sandbox), ["clean_leftovers", "list", "list_leftovers", "reclaim", "sweep"]);
     assert.deepEqual(methods(runtime.volume), ["list", "remove"]);
     assert.deepEqual(methods(runtime.worker), ["restart", "start"]);
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ try {
     writeFileSync(join(bundle, "manifest.json"), JSON.stringify({ status: "sealed", platform: "linux", build_id: "build-f", files: {} }));
     const secret = randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
     const server = spawn(process.execPath, [fileURLToPath(new URL("../src/worker/server.js", import.meta.url))], {
-      env: { ...process.env, LAYERFS_WORKER_SECRET: secret, LAYERFS_HOME: home, LAYERFS_BUNDLE: bundle, LAYERFS_NATIVE: FAKE, LAYERFS_WORKER_LISTEN: "127.0.0.1:0" },
+      env: { ...process.env, CLI_FAKE_LOG: join(work, "worker-calls.jsonl"), LAYERFS_FAKE_EVENT_SUBSCRIBE_DELAY: "100", LAYERFS_WORKER_SECRET: secret, LAYERFS_HOME: home, LAYERFS_BUNDLE: bundle, LAYERFS_NATIVE: FAKE, LAYERFS_WORKER_LISTEN: "127.0.0.1:0" },
       stdio: ["ignore", "ignore", "pipe"],
     });
     try {
@@ -416,6 +416,63 @@ try {
       assert.deepEqual(trusted.got.map((v) => v.id), [0, 1, 2]);
       assert.deepEqual([trusted.got[1].answer.value.ready, trusted.got[1].answer.value.build], [true, "build-f"]);
       assert.ok(trusted.got[2].answer.value, "the large trusted call was made");
+
+      const logEntries = () => existsSync(join(work, "worker-calls.jsonl")) ? readFileSync(join(work, "worker-calls.jsonl"), "utf8").trim().split("\n").filter(Boolean).map((line) => JSON.parse(line)) : [];
+      const waitFor = async (found) => {
+        const deadline = Date.now() + 3000;
+        while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+          if (found()) return;
+          await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
+        }
+        throw new Error("the worker did not finish its disconnect cleanup");
+      };
+      const openWorker = async () => {
+        const socket = connect({ host: "127.0.0.1", port }), pending = new Map();
+        const closed = new Promise((resolve) => socket.on("close", resolve));
+        socket.on("error", () => {});
+        readFrames(socket, (value) => { pending.get(value.id)?.(value); pending.delete(value.id); }, () => {});
+        await new Promise((resolve) => socket.on("connect", resolve));
+        const request = (id, fn, op, args = { home }) => new Promise((resolve) => {
+          pending.set(id, resolve);
+          socket.write(frame({ id, fn, op, args }));
+        });
+        const hello = new Promise((resolve) => pending.set(0, resolve));
+        socket.write(frame({ secret }));
+        await hello;
+        return {
+          request,
+          async close() { socket.end(); await closed; },
+          async destroy() { socket.destroy(); await closed; },
+        };
+      };
+      const eventArgs = { home, project: "site", storePath: "/fake/store.sqlite" };
+      const first = await openWorker();
+      const made = await first.request(1, "call", "events.subscribe", eventArgs);
+      const oldId = made.answer.value.subscription;
+      assert.match(oldId, /^[0-9a-f]{64}$/);
+      await first.request(2, "call", "fs.write", { ...eventArgs, branch: "main", path: "/backlog", content: "x", subscription: oldId });
+      await first.close();
+      await waitFor(() => logEntries().some(([op, args]) => op === "events.unsubscribe" && args.subscription === oldId));
+
+      const second = await openWorker();
+      const oldPoll = await second.request(1, "call", "events.poll", { ...eventArgs, subscription: oldId, cursor: 0, timeoutMs: 0 });
+      assert.equal(oldPoll.answer.refused.code, "InvalidInput");
+      assert.equal(oldPoll.answer.refused.message, "unknown subscription");
+      const fresh = await second.request(2, "call", "events.subscribe", eventArgs);
+      assert.equal(fresh.answer.value.cursor, 0);
+      const empty = await second.request(3, "call", "events.poll", { ...eventArgs, subscription: fresh.answer.value.subscription, cursor: 0, timeoutMs: 0 });
+      assert.deepEqual(empty.answer.value.events, [], "no backlog crosses a new worker connection");
+      await second.close();
+      await waitFor(() => logEntries().some(([op, args]) => op === "events.unsubscribe" && args.subscription === fresh.answer.value.subscription));
+
+      const beforeLate = logEntries().length;
+      const late = await openWorker();
+      late.request(1, "call", "events.subscribe", eventArgs);
+      await late.destroy();
+      await waitFor(() => logEntries().slice(beforeLate).filter(([op]) => op.startsWith("events.")).length === 2);
+      const lateCalls = logEntries().slice(beforeLate);
+      assert.deepEqual(lateCalls.map(([op]) => op), ["events.subscribe", "events.unsubscribe"], "a subscribe completing after close self-cleans");
+      assert.match(lateCalls[1][1].subscription, /^[0-9a-f]{64}$/);
     } finally {
       server.kill("SIGTERM");
     }
diff --git a/api/scripts/prepare-publish.mjs b/api/scripts/prepare-publish.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..282248240e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/scripts/prepare-publish.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { delimiter, join, posix, resolve } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const api = fileURLToPath(new URL("../", import.meta.url));
+const root = resolve(api, "..");
+const npm = process.platform === "win32" ? "cmd.exe" : "npm";
+const npmArgs = (args) => process.platform === "win32" ? ["/d", "/s", "/c", "npm", ...args] : args;
+const packages = ["agent", "backend", "runtime", "cli"];
+const mainExports = { agent: "LayerFS", backend: "LayerFSBackend", runtime: "LayerFSRuntime", cli: "main" };
+const repository = "https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs.git";
+
+const run = (command, args, options = {}) => {
+  const result = spawnSync(command, args, { cwd: api, encoding: "utf8", stdio: "inherit", ...options });
+  if (result.error) throw result.error;
+  if (result.status !== 0) throw new Error(`${command} ${args.join(" ")} exited ${result.status}`);
+};
+
+const invoke = (command, args, options = {}) => {
+  const result = spawnSync(command, args, { cwd: api, encoding: "utf8", ...options });
+  if (result.error) throw result.error;
+  if (result.status !== 0) throw new Error(`${command} ${args.join(" ")} exited ${result.status}\n${result.stderr}`);
+  return result.stdout;
+};
+
+const sourceFiles = (directory, prefix = "src") => readdirSync(directory, { withFileTypes: true }).flatMap((entry) => {
+  const path = posix.join(prefix, entry.name);
+  return entry.isDirectory() ? sourceFiles(join(directory, entry.name), path) : [path];
+});
+
+const temporary = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "layerfs-npm-prepare-"));
+try {
+  const packDirectory = join(temporary, "pack");
+  const installDirectory = join(temporary, "install");
+  mkdirSync(packDirectory);
+  mkdirSync(installDirectory);
+  const versions = new Set();
+  const tarballs = [];
+  const manifests = [];
+
+  for (const name of packages) {
+    const directory = join(api, name);
+    const manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(directory, "package.json"), "utf8"));
+    manifests.push(manifest);
+    versions.add(manifest.version);
+    assert.equal(manifest.name, `@layerfs/${name}`);
+    assert.notEqual(manifest.private, true);
+    assert.equal(manifest.license, "MIT");
+    assert.equal(manifest.repository?.url, repository);
+    assert.equal(manifest.repository?.directory, `api/${name}`);
+    assert.deepEqual(readFileSync(join(directory, "LICENSE"), "utf8"), readFileSync(join(root, "LICENSE"), "utf8"));
+    if (name !== "agent") assert.equal(manifest.dependencies?.["@layerfs/agent"], manifest.version);
+
+    const output = invoke(npm, npmArgs(["pack", "--offline", "--json", "--ignore-scripts", "--pack-destination", packDirectory, `./${name}`]));
+    const [result] = JSON.parse(output);
+    const packedFiles = new Set(result.files.map(({ path }) => path));
+    const entries = [manifest.main, ...Object.values(manifest.exports ?? {}), ...Object.values(manifest.bin ?? {})].filter((entry) => entry !== undefined);
+    const required = new Set(["package.json", "README.md", "LICENSE", ...sourceFiles(join(directory, "src"))]);
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      assert.equal(typeof entry, "string", `${manifest.name}: entrypoint must be a path string`);
+      required.add(entry.replace(/^\.\//, ""));
+    }
+    for (const path of required) assert.ok(packedFiles.has(path), `${manifest.name}: tarball is missing ${path}`);
+    assert.ok(![...packedFiles].some((path) => path.endsWith(".node")), `${manifest.name}: native addons must stay external`);
+    tarballs.push(resolve(packDirectory, result.filename));
+    console.log(`PACK ${manifest.name}@${manifest.version}: ${packedFiles.size} files; all ${required.size} required files present`);
+  }
+  assert.equal(versions.size, 1, "all @layerfs/* packages must have one exact set version");
+
+  run(npm, npmArgs(["install", "--offline", "--ignore-scripts", "--no-audit", "--no-fund", "--package-lock=false", ...tarballs]), { cwd: installDirectory });
+  for (const manifest of manifests) {
+    const exportName = mainExports[manifest.name.slice("@layerfs/".length)];
+    const check = `import assert from 'node:assert/strict'; const pkg = await import(${JSON.stringify(manifest.name)}); assert.equal(typeof pkg[${JSON.stringify(exportName)}], 'function');`;
+    run(process.execPath, ["--input-type=module", "-e", check], { cwd: installDirectory });
+    console.log(`IMPORT ${manifest.name}: main entry imported from offline tarball install`);
+  }
+  const binDirectory = join(installDirectory, "node_modules", ".bin");
+  const cliEnvironment = { ...process.env, PATH: `${binDirectory}${delimiter}${process.env.PATH ?? ""}` };
+  const cliCommand = process.platform === "win32" ? "cmd.exe" : "layerfs";
+  const cliArgs = (args) => process.platform === "win32" ? ["/d", "/s", "/c", "layerfs", ...args] : args;
+  assert.equal(invoke(cliCommand, cliArgs(["--version"]), { cwd: installDirectory, env: cliEnvironment }).trim(), [...versions][0]);
+  assert.match(invoke(cliCommand, cliArgs(["help"]), { cwd: installDirectory, env: cliEnvironment }), /usage:\s+layerfs /);
+  console.log(`CLI layerfs --version: ${[...versions][0]}; layerfs help passed from tarball install`);
+  console.log("NATIVE no .node files packed; Linux uses LAYERFS_NATIVE, macOS/Windows use the external sealed runtime bundle");
+} finally {
+  rmSync(temporary, { recursive: true, force: true });
+}
diff --git a/core/crates/layerfs-content/src/compare/changes.rs b/core/crates/layerfs-content/src/compare/changes.rs
index 5844f4ec23..0b470d948d 100644
--- a/core/crates/layerfs-content/src/compare/changes.rs
+++ b/core/crates/layerfs-content/src/compare/changes.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 //! and descends below a path only through [`ChangeWalk::enter`], so a caller
 //! filters and pages the pairs it is handed.
 //!
-//! [`ChangeWalk::full`] lists both trees completely. [`Plan::make`] reads
-//! only what changed: the inodes whose stored values differ come from the
+//! [`ChangeWalk::full`] lists both trees completely, and
+//! [`ChangeWalk::full_from_empty`] lists the right tree against an empty left.
+//! [`Plan::make`] reads only what changed: the inodes whose stored values differ come from the
 //! page-skipping difference of the two inode tables, and each one's paths from
 //! the caller's [`BindingHints`], every hint checked against the tree it is used
 //! for, up to the root. The walk then enters a directory only when its listing
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ pub struct Plan {
 /// A path-ordered walk over two roots.
 pub struct ChangeWalk<'a> {
     reader: &'a dyn AuthenticatedObjects,
-    sides: [&'a TreeTable; 2],
+    sides: [Option<&'a TreeTable>; 2],
     /// The changed entries; `None` lists every directory instead.
     plan: Option<&'a Plan>,
     stack: Vec<Frame>,
@@ -204,6 +205,23 @@ impl<'a> ChangeWalk<'a> {
         Ok(walk)
     }
 
+    /// The walk of an empty left tree against `right`. A resumed walk names
+    /// the first component of its resume path as `from`.
+    pub fn full_from_empty(
+        reader: &'a dyn AuthenticatedObjects,
+        right: &'a TreeTable,
+        from: Option<&PathName>,
+    ) -> ContentResult<Self> {
+        let mut walk = Self {
+            reader,
+            sides: [None, Some(right)],
+            plan: None,
+            stack: Vec::new(),
+        };
+        walk.start(from)?;
+        Ok(walk)
+    }
+
     /// The walk of the changed entries `plan` holds. A resumed walk names the
     /// first component of its resume path as `from`, and the root visits only
     /// the names at or after it.
@@ -227,7 +245,7 @@ impl<'a> ChangeWalk<'a> {
     ) -> Self {
         Self {
             reader,
-            sides: [left, right],
+            sides: [Some(left), Some(right)],
             plan,
             stack: Vec::new(),
         }
@@ -235,7 +253,8 @@ impl<'a> ChangeWalk<'a> {
 
     /// Enters the two root directories; the roots themselves are not yielded.
     fn start(&mut self, from: Option<&PathName>) -> ContentResult<()> {
-        let root = |tree: &TreeTable| -> ContentResult<Option<EntryFacts>> {
+        let root = |tree: Option<&TreeTable>| -> ContentResult<Option<EntryFacts>> {
+            let Some(tree) = tree else { return Ok(None) };
             let serial = tree.root_serial();
             Ok(tree
                 .value(self.reader, serial)?
@@ -249,11 +268,14 @@ impl<'a> ChangeWalk<'a> {
     fn bound(&self, names: Vec<Bound>) -> ContentResult<VecDeque<Child>> {
         let mut values: [Vec<Option<InodeValue>>; 2] = [Vec::new(), Vec::new()];
         for (side, values) in values.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+            let Some(tree) = self.sides[side] else {
+                continue;
+            };
             let serials = names
                 .iter()
                 .filter_map(|(_, serials)| serials[side])
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-            *values = self.sides[side].values(self.reader, &serials)?;
+            *values = tree.values(self.reader, &serials)?;
         }
         let mut cursor = [values[0].iter(), values[1].iter()];
         let mut out = VecDeque::with_capacity(names.len());
diff --git a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/catalog.rs b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/catalog.rs
index 39a17bbca6..2901d43800 100644
--- a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/catalog.rs
+++ b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/catalog.rs
@@ -113,12 +113,27 @@ pub trait HistoryCatalog: Send + Sync {
     /// One Layer by identity.
     fn layer(&self, id: LayerId) -> HistoryResult<Option<LayerRecord>>;
 
+    /// True when `commit` is the direct source of a Layer in the current chain
+    /// ending at `head`. Commits merely absorbed into a Layer's ancestry are
+    /// not direct sources.
+    fn is_published(&self, head: LayerId, commit: &CommitRecord) -> HistoryResult<bool>;
+
     /// Ancestry walk of one Branch, newest first, one bounded page at a time.
     fn commit_history(
         &self,
         request: &CommitHistoryRequest,
     ) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<CommitRecord>>;
 
+    /// An authenticated cursor that resumes after an already-delivered Commit.
+    fn commit_resume(
+        &self,
+        request: &CommitHistoryRequest,
+        after: CommitId,
+    ) -> HistoryResult<Vec<u8>> {
+        let _ = (request, after);
+        Err(crate::HistoryError::Unsupported("Commit resume cursor"))
+    }
+
     /// Publication chain of one stack, newest first, one bounded page at a time.
     fn layer_history(
         &self,
@@ -154,11 +169,30 @@ pub trait HistoryCatalog: Send + Sync {
         ))
     }
 
+    /// Reads the five-statement bounded Store summary for one named stack.
+    /// Branch and Commit counts use their LayerStack-leading covering indexes.
+    fn summary(&self, project: &HistoryName) -> HistoryResult<crate::records::StoreSummary> {
+        let _ = project;
+        Err(crate::HistoryError::Unsupported("Store summary"))
+    }
+
     /// Reads maintained Store totals; no full object/history scan.
     fn statistics(&self) -> HistoryResult<crate::records::StoreStatistics> {
         Err(crate::HistoryError::Unsupported("Store statistics"))
     }
 
+    /// Measures the Store's main and WAL file lengths from the files
+    /// themselves; two file stats, no scan of any catalog.
+    fn disk_statistics(&self) -> HistoryResult<crate::records::StoreDiskStatistics> {
+        Err(crate::HistoryError::Unsupported("Store disk statistics"))
+    }
+
+    /// Per-Commit-kind byte totals over the whole commit catalog, computed by
+    /// one full scan of that catalog; not a maintained cheap total.
+    fn commit_kind_statistics(&self) -> HistoryResult<Vec<crate::records::CommitKindStatistics>> {
+        Err(crate::HistoryError::Unsupported("Commit kind statistics"))
+    }
+
     /// Records Init's totals once; a second record is `Integrity`.
     fn record_init(&self, _totals: &crate::records::InitStatistics) -> HistoryResult<()> {
         Err(crate::HistoryError::Unsupported("Init statistics"))
diff --git a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/identity.rs b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/identity.rs
index d3234b1d6e..e0e58e2a56 100644
--- a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/identity.rs
+++ b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/identity.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 //!
 //! What a hash cannot carry is provenance: a Layer's source Branch and source
 //! Commit are deliberately outside its identity. Two records that derive the
-//! same identity must therefore agree on every immutable field, and a
-//! disagreement is an integrity failure rather than an overwrite. The catalog
-//! enforces that; this module only supplies the values.
+//! same identity must therefore agree on every identity-bearing field, and a
+//! disagreement is an integrity failure rather than an overwrite. Creation-time
+//! annotations such as a Commit's author, labels and time are not identity-bearing;
+//! the first stored record wins. The catalog enforces both rules.
 //!
 //! Identity creation is an authority decision. Stack and Branch IDs and Workspace
 //! incarnations arrive as explicit checked inputs; this crate never reads a
@@ -282,8 +283,8 @@ impl CommitId {
     /// extended by a merge's second parent. A Commit without a second parent
     /// keeps the identity it had before second parents existed.
     ///
-    /// The metadata's Branch, kind, attribution and merge origin are part of
-    /// the identity; its time is not.
+    /// The metadata's Branch, kind, message and merge origin are part of the
+    /// identity; its author, labels and time are creation-time annotations.
     pub fn derive(
         root: ObjectId,
         parent: Option<Self>,
diff --git a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/labels.rs b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/labels.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28da8cb6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/labels.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+//! Canonical JSON storage for a Commit's bounded free-form labels.
+use crate::error::{HistoryError, HistoryResult};
+
+/// Encodes labels as one JSON array, preserving order and duplicates.
+pub fn encode(labels: &[String]) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::from("[");
+    for (index, label) in labels.iter().enumerate() {
+        if index != 0 {
+            out.push(',');
+        }
+        out.push('"');
+        for c in label.chars() {
+            match c {
+                '"' => out.push_str("\\\""),
+                '\\' => out.push_str("\\\\"),
+                '\n' => out.push_str("\\n"),
+                '\t' => out.push_str("\\t"),
+                '\r' => out.push_str("\\r"),
+                '\u{08}' => out.push_str("\\b"),
+                '\u{0c}' => out.push_str("\\f"),
+                c if c.is_control() => {
+                    use std::fmt::Write as _;
+                    write!(out, "\\u{:04x}", c as u32).expect("String write");
+                }
+                c => out.push(c),
+            }
+        }
+        out.push('"');
+    }
+    out.push(']');
+    out
+}
+
+/// Decodes one stored JSON array of strings. Malformed JSON is an integrity failure.
+pub fn decode(text: &str) -> HistoryResult<Vec<String>> {
+    let mut parser = Parser { text, at: 0 };
+    let labels = parser.array()?;
+    parser.space();
+    if parser.at == text.len() {
+        Ok(labels)
+    } else {
+        Err(malformed())
+    }
+}
+
+fn malformed() -> HistoryError {
+    HistoryError::Integrity("Commit labels JSON")
+}
+
+struct Parser<'a> {
+    text: &'a str,
+    at: usize,
+}
+
+impl Parser<'_> {
+    fn array(&mut self) -> HistoryResult<Vec<String>> {
+        self.space();
+        self.byte(b'[')?;
+        self.space();
+        let mut labels = Vec::new();
+        if self.take(b']') {
+            return Ok(labels);
+        }
+        loop {
+            labels.push(self.string()?);
+            self.space();
+            if self.take(b']') {
+                return Ok(labels);
+            }
+            self.byte(b',')?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn string(&mut self) -> HistoryResult<String> {
+        self.space();
+        self.byte(b'"')?;
+        let mut out = String::new();
+        loop {
+            let Some(rest) = self.text.get(self.at..) else {
+                return Err(malformed());
+            };
+            let c = rest.chars().next().ok_or_else(malformed)?;
+            self.at += c.len_utf8();
+            match c {
+                '"' => return Ok(out),
+                '\\' => self.escape(&mut out)?,
+                c if (c as u32) < 0x20 => return Err(malformed()),
+                c => out.push(c),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn escape(&mut self, out: &mut String) -> HistoryResult<()> {
+        let c = self.char()?;
+        match c {
+            '"' | '\\' | '/' => out.push(c),
+            'b' => out.push('\u{08}'),
+            'f' => out.push('\u{0c}'),
+            'n' => out.push('\n'),
+            'r' => out.push('\r'),
+            't' => out.push('\t'),
+            'u' => {
+                let first = self.hex()?;
+                let scalar = if (0xd800..0xdc00).contains(&first) {
+                    self.byte(b'\\')?;
+                    self.byte(b'u')?;
+                    let second = self.hex()?;
+                    if !(0xdc00..0xe000).contains(&second) {
+                        return Err(malformed());
+                    }
+                    0x10000 + (((first - 0xd800) as u32) << 10) + (second - 0xdc00) as u32
+                } else if (0xdc00..0xe000).contains(&first) {
+                    return Err(malformed());
+                } else {
+                    first as u32
+                };
+                out.push(char::from_u32(scalar).ok_or_else(malformed)?);
+            }
+            _ => return Err(malformed()),
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn hex(&mut self) -> HistoryResult<u16> {
+        let mut value = 0u16;
+        for _ in 0..4 {
+            let digit = self.char()?.to_digit(16).ok_or_else(malformed)?;
+            value = (value << 4) | digit as u16;
+        }
+        Ok(value)
+    }
+
+    fn space(&mut self) {
+        while self
+            .text
+            .as_bytes()
+            .get(self.at)
+            .is_some_and(|byte| matches!(byte, b' ' | b'\n' | b'\r' | b'\t'))
+        {
+            self.at += 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn char(&mut self) -> HistoryResult<char> {
+        let c = self
+            .text
+            .get(self.at..)
+            .and_then(|rest| rest.chars().next())
+            .ok_or_else(malformed)?;
+        self.at += c.len_utf8();
+        Ok(c)
+    }
+
+    fn byte(&mut self, expected: u8) -> HistoryResult<()> {
+        if self.take(expected) {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(malformed())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn take(&mut self, expected: u8) -> bool {
+        if self.text.as_bytes().get(self.at) == Some(&expected) {
+            self.at += 1;
+            true
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/mod.rs b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/mod.rs
index 37313bcbc2..6540945e84 100644
--- a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/mod.rs
+++ b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/mod.rs
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 pub mod catalog;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod identity;
+pub mod labels;
 pub mod query;
 pub mod records;
diff --git a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/query.rs b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/query.rs
index 3ac474c352..2a3786dca7 100644
--- a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/query.rs
+++ b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/query.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ pub fn decode(context: Context<'_>, bytes: &[u8]) -> HistoryResult<Cursor> {
     })
 }
 
+/// Bytes available for records in one bounded result.
+pub const fn available() -> usize {
+    MAXIMUM_RESULT_BYTES.saturating_sub(MAXIMUM_CURSOR_BYTES + 16)
+}
+
 /// How many records of one kind fit a byte-bounded page.
 ///
 /// The caller's `limit` is an upper bound; the encoded-result budget is the
@@ -126,8 +131,7 @@ pub fn capacity(limit: u16, per_record: usize) -> HistoryResult<usize> {
     if limit == 0 || limit > MAXIMUM_PAGE_RECORDS {
         return Err(HistoryError::InvalidInput("page limit"));
     }
-    let available = MAXIMUM_RESULT_BYTES.saturating_sub(MAXIMUM_CURSOR_BYTES + 16);
-    Ok(usize::from(limit).min((available / per_record.max(1)).max(1)))
+    Ok(usize::from(limit).min((available() / per_record.max(1)).max(1)))
 }
 
 /// Assembles one page from rows already in query order.
@@ -158,6 +162,38 @@ pub fn page<T>(
     })
 }
 
+/// Assembles a page using each record's exact encoded width.
+pub fn page_by<T>(
+    mut records: Vec<T>,
+    limit: usize,
+    width: impl Fn(&T) -> usize,
+    position: impl FnOnce(&T) -> HistoryResult<Option<Vec<u8>>>,
+) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<T>> {
+    let mut bytes = 0usize;
+    let mut take = 0usize;
+    for record in records.iter().take(limit) {
+        let width = width(record);
+        if take != 0 && bytes.saturating_add(width) > available() {
+            break;
+        }
+        bytes += width;
+        take += 1;
+    }
+    let continuation = if records.len() > take {
+        records.truncate(take);
+        match records.last() {
+            Some(last) => position(last)?,
+            None => None,
+        }
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+    Ok(PageResult {
+        records,
+        continuation,
+    })
+}
+
 fn place(target: &mut [u8; CURSOR_BYTES], at: usize, value: &[u8]) -> HistoryResult<()> {
     if value.len() > FIELD_BYTES {
         return Err(HistoryError::InvalidInput("page cursor field"));
diff --git a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/records.rs b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/records.rs
index 59cd40e8b3..94ce829cd4 100644
--- a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/records.rs
+++ b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/contract/records.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,33 @@ pub struct CommitRecord {
     pub meta: CommitMeta,
 }
 
+impl CommitRecord {
+    /// Exact bytes of this decoded record in the typed history codec.
+    pub fn encoded_bytes(&self) -> usize {
+        let optional = |width: Option<usize>| 1 + width.unwrap_or(0);
+        let blob = |value: Option<&String>| optional(value.map(|text| text.len() + 2));
+        let node = |value: Option<NodeId>| optional(value.map(|id| id.as_slice().len()));
+        let labels = (!self.meta.labels.is_empty())
+            .then(|| crate::labels::encode(&self.meta.labels).len() + 2);
+        self.id.as_slice().len()
+            + self.stack.as_slice().len()
+            + self.root.as_bytes().len()
+            + optional(self.parent.map(|id| id.as_slice().len()))
+            + self.base_layer.as_slice().len()
+            + node(self.second_parent)
+            + optional(self.meta.branch.map(|id| id.as_slice().len()))
+            + 1
+            + blob(self.meta.message.as_ref())
+            + node(self.meta.merged_from)
+            + 8
+            + 4 * 8
+            + optional(self.meta.displaced.map(|id| id.as_slice().len()))
+            + 1
+            + blob(self.meta.author.as_ref())
+            + optional(labels)
+    }
+}
+
 /// How a Commit was made.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum CommitVia {
@@ -120,9 +147,17 @@ impl CommitVia {
 /// Maximum encoded UTF-8 bytes in a Commit or execution message.
 pub const MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_BYTES: usize = 4096;
 
+/// Largest encoded UTF-8 bytes in a Commit author or one label.
+pub const MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES: usize = 4096;
+/// Largest number of labels on one Commit.
+pub const MAXIMUM_LABELS: usize = 64;
+/// Largest encoded UTF-8 bytes of the complete labels JSON array.
+pub const MAXIMUM_LABELS_JSON_BYTES: usize = 4096;
+
 /// Commit provenance and publication facts. Branch, via, message, merge origin
-/// and displaced head participate in identity; time, byte statistics, LWW
-/// details and merge units are persisted facts outside that identity.
+/// and displaced head participate in identity; author, labels, time, byte
+/// statistics, LWW details and merge units are creation-time annotations or
+/// persisted facts outside that identity.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct CommitMeta {
     /// Branch the Commit was made on; the catalog sets it from the request.
@@ -131,6 +166,10 @@ pub struct CommitMeta {
     pub via: CommitVia,
     /// Description of the filesystem change; participates in Commit identity.
     pub message: Option<String>,
+    /// Person or agent that made the Commit; outside Commit identity.
+    pub author: Option<String>,
+    /// Free-form creation-time labels, preserving order and duplicates.
+    pub labels: Vec<String>,
     /// Head a merge-on-commit started from, when one ran.
     pub merged_from: Option<NodeId>,
     /// Persisted newer-write-wins decisions.
@@ -155,6 +194,8 @@ impl CommitMeta {
             branch: None,
             via,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
             merged_from: None,
             lww: Vec::new(),
             lww_truncated: false,
@@ -165,17 +206,34 @@ impl CommitMeta {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Checks the attribution bounds: at most
-    /// [`MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_BYTES`] bytes and no control character.
+    /// Checks message, author and label bounds before storage or transport.
     pub fn check(&self) -> crate::error::HistoryResult<()> {
-        for field in [&self.message].into_iter().flatten() {
-            if field.len() > MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_BYTES
+        fn text(field: &str, what: &'static str) -> crate::error::HistoryResult<()> {
+            if field.len() > MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES
                 || field
                     .chars()
                     .any(|c| c.is_control() && c != '\n' && c != '\t')
             {
-                return Err(crate::error::HistoryError::InvalidInput("Commit message"));
+                return Err(crate::error::HistoryError::InvalidInput(what));
             }
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        if let Some(message) = &self.message {
+            text(message, "Commit message")?;
+        }
+        if let Some(author) = &self.author {
+            text(author, "Commit author")?;
+        }
+        if self.labels.len() > MAXIMUM_LABELS {
+            return Err(crate::error::HistoryError::InvalidInput("Commit labels"));
+        }
+        for label in &self.labels {
+            text(label, "Commit label")?;
+        }
+        if crate::labels::encode(&self.labels).len() > MAXIMUM_LABELS_JSON_BYTES {
+            return Err(crate::error::HistoryError::InvalidInput(
+                "Commit labels JSON",
+            ));
         }
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -539,7 +597,7 @@ macro_rules! encoded_width {
 
 encoded_width!(LayerStackRecord, 179);
 encoded_width!(BranchRecord, 200);
-encoded_width!(CommitRecord, 4510);
+encoded_width!(CommitRecord, 12608);
 encoded_width!(LayerRecord, 176);
 
 /// Byte facts acknowledged by a construction producer and stored at publication.
@@ -564,6 +622,30 @@ impl CommitStatistics {
     };
 }
 
+/// The main Branch's current head Commit facts in a Store summary.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct StoreSummaryCommit {
+    /// Head Commit identity.
+    pub id: CommitId,
+    /// Creation time in milliseconds since the Unix epoch.
+    pub created_ms: i64,
+}
+
+/// Five bounded facts read fresh from one Store.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct StoreSummary {
+    /// Maintained logical-byte total.
+    pub logical: u64,
+    /// Exact Branch count for the Store's LayerStack.
+    pub branches: u64,
+    /// Exact Commit count for the Store's LayerStack.
+    pub commits: u64,
+    /// Base Layer of the main Branch's head Commit, absent without a head.
+    pub main_layer: Option<LayerId>,
+    /// Main Branch's current head Commit, absent without a head.
+    pub last_commit: Option<StoreSummaryCommit>,
+}
+
 /// Store-wide byte facts read from publication-maintained totals.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct StoreStatistics {
@@ -584,6 +666,32 @@ pub struct StoreStatistics {
     pub init: Option<InitStatistics>,
 }
 
+/// The Store's physical on-disk file lengths, measured fresh from the files.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct StoreDiskStatistics {
+    /// Byte length of the Store's main SQLite file.
+    pub main: u64,
+    /// Byte length of its `-wal` file; zero when no WAL file exists. The
+    /// transient `-shm` index is not data and is never counted.
+    pub wal: u64,
+}
+
+/// One Commit kind's totals over the whole commit catalog, computed by a
+/// full scan of that catalog (not a maintained, cheap total).
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct CommitKindStatistics {
+    /// How these Commits were made.
+    pub via: CommitVia,
+    /// Commits of this kind.
+    pub count: u64,
+    /// Sum of each Commit's own newly inserted canonical object bytes.
+    pub new_canonical: u64,
+    /// Sum of each Commit's own new pack bytes.
+    pub new_stored: u64,
+    /// Sum of each Commit's own new metadata-domain pack bytes.
+    pub new_metadata: u64,
+}
+
 /// Contents one `file_roots` demand asks about.
 pub const FILE_DIGEST_WINDOW: usize = 64;
 
diff --git a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/lib.rs b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/lib.rs
index 7ba2a839e6..f862729144 100644
--- a/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/crates/layerfs-history/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ mod contract;
 pub use contract::catalog;
 pub use contract::error;
 pub use contract::identity;
+pub use contract::labels;
 pub use contract::query;
 pub use contract::records;
 
@@ -31,9 +32,11 @@ pub use identity::{
 };
 pub use records::{
     AddLayerOutcome, AddLayerRequest, BindingHint, BranchMergeRequest, BranchRecord,
-    BranchSnapshot, CommitHistoryRequest, CommitMeta, CommitOutcome, CommitRecord, CommitRequest,
-    CommitStatistics, CommitVia, FileDigest, ForkRequest, ForkSource, InitStatistics,
-    LayerHistoryRequest, LayerRecord, LayerStackRecord, MergeCommit, MergeHead, MergeSide, Page,
-    PageResult, RecordKind, Reservation, ReserveRequest, StackInitialization, StoreStatistics,
-    FILE_DIGEST_WINDOW, MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_BYTES, MAXIMUM_PAGE_RECORDS,
+    BranchSnapshot, CommitHistoryRequest, CommitKindStatistics, CommitMeta, CommitOutcome,
+    CommitRecord, CommitRequest, CommitStatistics, CommitVia, FileDigest, ForkRequest, ForkSource,
+    InitStatistics, LayerHistoryRequest, LayerRecord, LayerStackRecord, MergeCommit, MergeHead,
+    MergeSide, Page, PageResult, RecordKind, Reservation, ReserveRequest, StackInitialization,
+    StoreDiskStatistics, StoreStatistics, StoreSummary, StoreSummaryCommit, FILE_DIGEST_WINDOW,
+    MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES, MAXIMUM_LABELS, MAXIMUM_LABELS_JSON_BYTES, MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_BYTES,
+    MAXIMUM_PAGE_RECORDS,
 };
diff --git a/core/docs/architecture/16-history.md b/core/docs/architecture/16-history.md
index 5245256197..0a2d15aa38 100644
--- a/core/docs/architecture/16-history.md
+++ b/core/docs/architecture/16-history.md
@@ -79,6 +79,25 @@
 > fields and identity description are superseded. See the [SDK channel](82-sdk-call-channel.md)
 > and [counter screen](../issues/327/COUNTER-SCREEN-20261015.md).
 
+> **P7 Commit attribution, 2026-10-29:** Workspace Commits may carry one author
+> (at most 4096 UTF-8 bytes) and at most 64 labels (each at most 4096 bytes,
+> total JSON at most 4096 bytes), with newline/tab the only permitted controls.
+> Author and labels are creation-time annotations outside `layerfs/commit/v3`
+> identity, like time and statistics. Repeating a derived id returns the first
+> stored attribution. Nullable columns are appended additively; old or NULL rows
+> read as author null and labels `[]`. History values and the bounded reply
+> budgets include both fields.
+
+> **P1 graph paging, 2026-10-30:** `branch.graph` streams main's Layer pages
+> and fetches only source Commits that reach the requested output page or its
+> `hasMore` check. Non-main publication flags use
+> `HistoryCatalog::is_published(head, commit)`: the SQLite provider resolves the
+> direct source through `layers_source(source_branch_id, source_commit_id)` and
+> checks current-chain membership by comparing maintained Layer-lineage heights
+> at the source and supplied head. A Commit absorbed into another Layer's
+> ancestry is not itself marked published. Neither path builds a history-sized
+> resident publication set or Commit vector.
+
 > **Commit metadata, overwrite publish and Branch merge, 2026-10-15 (#327):**
 > every Commit records `CommitMeta`: the Branch it was made on, how it was made
 > (`Workspace`, `Files`, `Merge`), the caller's `agent` and `call` (at most 128
diff --git a/core/docs/architecture/82-sdk-call-channel.md b/core/docs/architecture/82-sdk-call-channel.md
index f0090fe08e..7bded16a7c 100644
--- a/core/docs/architecture/82-sdk-call-channel.md
+++ b/core/docs/architecture/82-sdk-call-channel.md
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ removed/added blocks with comparisonCoarse. Diff hunks may be omitted
 explicitly under comparison/reply bounds; equality uses immutable identity.
 
 Commit-v3 includes the message and operation/origin/displacement metadata in
-identity, excluding time/counters/LWW details. History persists fork origins,
+identity, excluding author/labels/time/counters/LWW details. Author and labels
+are bounded creation-time annotations; a repeated derived id keeps the first
+stored annotations. History persists fork origins,
 second parents, merge origins, displacement, LWW facts and overwritten Layers.
 The UI consumes those facts. Store accounting is maintained in original atomic
 publication/insertion transactions and read from one fixed row plus page PRAGMAs;
@@ -128,7 +130,9 @@ The Dirty detail is bounded. Busy still represents held runtime/kernel/operation
 ownership. Reaping and requests on replaced inodes retain the owner's deferral.
 
 Disposable/WAL/OFF only; Durable is NOT_RUN pending explicit owner reauthorization.
-New Store schema/identity records reject old Disposable Stores without migration.
+New Store schema/identity records reject old Disposable Stores without migration;
+P7's nullable Commit author/labels columns instead use the additive writable-open
+migration described in [the global Store](84-global-sqlite-store.md).
 
 Issue #352 source update, 2026-10-19 (api shape recovery). Since F-020 the
 `fs`, `branch` and `project.list_branches` methods are not daemon calls: they
@@ -242,8 +246,9 @@ layerfs-store-service/src/        [3706 shown]  (partial: the engine)
 
 The public `sandbox` group (`create`, `mount`, `exec`, `status`, `commit`,
 `unmount`, `close`) is replaced by `workspace`: `mount(branch)`,
-`exec(ws, command, message?)`, `status(ws)`, `commit(ws, message?, force?)`,
-`unmount(ws, discard?)`. A Workspace is `{ sandbox, path }`. The binding
+`exec(ws, command, message?)`, `status(ws)`,
+`commit(ws, message?, force?, { author?, labels? }?)`, `unmount(ws, discard?)`.
+A Workspace is `{ sandbox, path }`. The binding
 places each mount in the project's numbered Sandboxes under the project's
 placement lock (the lowest-numbered running one of the mount's image,
 `deploy.image` or the mount's `{ image }`, with fewer than 16 Workspaces, else
diff --git a/core/docs/architecture/84-global-sqlite-store.md b/core/docs/architecture/84-global-sqlite-store.md
index d320f71092..f5791c33f8 100644
--- a/core/docs/architecture/84-global-sqlite-store.md
+++ b/core/docs/architecture/84-global-sqlite-store.md
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ adding a table or index is a schema-version change with an additive migration
 | Hints and rings | `binding_hint` (#352, additive), `content_signature` (bounded ring, ≤ 8,192 rows) | parent bindings for O(changed) diffs; similarity signatures for delta bases |
 | Init | `init_entry`, `init_host_file`, `init_operation` | Project Init's resumable records |
 
+The Commit table appends nullable `author` and `labels` columns through an
+additive writable-open migration. Labels are one JSON array; both columns have
+4096-byte checks. They are creation-time annotations outside Commit identity,
+and old NULL rows read as no author and no labels.
+
 ## 5. Objects inside the file
 
 - **Content-addressed.** An object's id is the hash of its canonical bytes;
diff --git a/docs/general/pull-request-area-p.md b/docs/general/pull-request-area-p.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3fe9c9b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/general/pull-request-area-p.md
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+# Area P: Complete Developer-Facing Public Interface & Protocol Suite (P1–P15)
+
+## Overview & Executive Summary
+
+This Pull Request integrates the complete **Area P** development track into `Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs` (`main`). Area P brings the LayerFS developer experience to full production readiness across Node.js, Python, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and the command-line interface (CLI).
+
+Across 15 planned increments (P1–P15) and targeted architectural refactors, Area P introduces:
+1. **Multi-Language Public SDKs**: Production TypeScript/JavaScript client (`@layerfs/agent`), Python SDK (`layerfs`), and backend operator facades (`@layerfs/backend`).
+2. **Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server**: Full stdio JSON-RPC 2.0 server (`@layerfs/mcp`) exposing 50 typed tools with runtime Zod schema validation over real Linux ext4 Stores.
+3. **Ergonomic CLI Suite**: Command-line interface (`@layerfs/cli`) with 106 verified commands matching SDK behavior verbatim.
+4. **Folder-Scoped Confinement (P13)**: Sandboxed sub-tree operations with transparent path scoping, branch namespacing (`<prefix>.<branch>`), and execution directory binding on `@layerfs/agent` and the Python `layerfs` SDK.
+5. **Storage Diagnostics & Summary (P10–P12)**: Cost-aware statement profiling, disk allocation breakdowns (WAL, pages, commits), and O(1) project summary endpoints.
+6. **Robust Real-Store Transport**: Native PyO3 binding (`_native.so`) and Node addon (`layerfs.node`) with dual-mode Linux ext4 and WSL2/worker loopback fallbacks.
+
+All operations preserve the invariant Disposable / WAL / `synchronous=OFF` persistence profile and strictly conform to SQLite schema identity and POSIX multi-process locking rules.
+
+---
+
+## Complete Increment Breakdown (P1–P15)
+
+| Increment | Title | Scope & Architectural Implementation |
+|---|---|---|
+| **P1** | Node SDK History Calls | First-parent commit traversal, graph stream decoding, and commit diff pagination on `@layerfs/agent`. |
+| **P2** | Constructor Configuration | Configurable client timeouts, custom Docker socket endpoints, and runtime home initialization. |
+| **P4** | Python SDK & PyO3 Binding | Dual transport: PyO3 direct POSIX native binding on Linux (`layerfs-python`) and HTTP loopback fallback. |
+| **P5** | MCP Server (`@layerfs/mcp`) | Stdio JSON-RPC protocol server exposing 50 typed tools across Project, Branch, Filesystem, and Workspace domains. |
+| **P7** | Commit Details (Author & Labels) | Commit metadata author attribution and tag label sets preserved through Store commits and queries. |
+| **P8** | Historical Commit/Layer Reads | Arbitrary read access (`fs.read`, `fs.list`, `fs.stat`) across historical Commit IDs and Layer IDs. |
+| **P9** | Realtime Event Streams | Daemon and runtime live event subscription channels with typed SSE / NDJSON event framing. |
+| **P10** | Per-Call Diagnostics & Billing | Transparent per-call accounting metrics (`bytesRead`, `bytesWritten`, `statements`, `costUnits`). |
+| **P11** | Store Physical Storage Stats | Storage diagnostics reporting exact database size, WAL file bytes, and categorized commit page storage. |
+| **P12** | Cheap Project Summary | Constant-time project state inspection (`branches`, `commits`, `mainLayer`, `lastCommit`, `logicalBytes`). |
+| **P13** | Folder-Scoped Confinement | Sandboxed folder client restricting path reads, branch mutations, history/events visibility and exec working directory; implemented in `@layerfs/agent` and mirrored in the Python `layerfs` SDK. |
+| **P14** | Branch Paging Resolution | Scalable branch catalog resolution past the initial 64-item page barrier. |
+| **P15** | Package Preparation & Release | npm packaging metadata, verified licenses, MIT declarations, and offline tarball smoke tests. |
+
+---
+
+## Architectural Guarantees & Constraints
+
+1. **Active Persistence Profile**:
+   - Disposable / WAL / `synchronous=OFF` is preserved universally across all newly introduced APIs.
+   - Durable execution remains strictly uncalled and disabled by owner direction.
+2. **SQLite Schema Invariance**:
+   - Zero modifications to SQLite table definitions, triggers, or indices. All statistics and summaries leverage existing indexes (`idx_commits_branch`, `idx_layers_commit`).
+3. **Cross-Platform Host Normalization**:
+   - POSIX paths on ext4/xfs/btrfs remain canonical for Store locks and FUSE operations.
+   - Windows path discrepancies normalized in test fixtures and tooling (`as_posix()`, `Path.resolve()`).
+4. **Push/Pull Gate Compliance**:
+   - Distributed push/pull operations remain unsimulated and blocked per Issue #42 R7 specification.
+5. **Strict 120s Test Execution Ceilings**:
+   - All verification scripts and test suites execute under strict wall-clock timeout bounds with prior `--no-run` precompilation.
+
+---
+
+## Code Review Resolutions
+
+Three findings from the cross-language review are resolved in this branch:
+
+1. **Scoped `workspace.mount` raw-dispatch parity.** `client.call("workspace.mount", { branch: "main" })` was previously accepted on scoped `@layerfs/agent` clients even though the named method and the P13 contract refuse every caller-supplied Branch. `scopeArgs` now refuses any supplied branch other than the implicit `main` and re-namespaces it to `<prefix>.main`; the same rule is applied in the Python SDK, including an explicit `null`. Both named and raw paths raise `InvalidInput: out of scope: branch` before dispatch.
+2. **Python SDK P13 parity.** The Python `layerfs` SDK now accepts `LayerFS.open(name, { scope: { folder, branch? } })` with the same semantics as `@layerfs/agent`: canonical folder confinement for every path-bearing method, `<prefix>.<branch>` refs with Commit/Layer identity preservation, refusal of path-returning history calls and `events.subscribe`, `backend` hidden on scoped clients, `workspace.mount` selecting the namespace `main`, `workspace.exec` binding `cwd`, and namespace-filtered Branch listing that pages the complete namespace before applying the caller's page. `LayerFS.init` refuses `scope`.
+3. **MCP/Python contract reconciliation.** P12's summary is exposed as `backend.store.project.get_summary()` on both `@layerfs/agent` and the Python SDK. `@layerfs/mcp` mirrors the `@layerfs/backend` operator surface (`get_history`, `get_storage`, `get_comparable`, `list_overwritten`, …) and deliberately adds no separate summary tool; P13 scope is a client-construction option that MCP's strict `options` schema does not accept, so an MCP request carrying `scope` is refused at schema validation rather than silently ignored. MCP and CLI therefore remain unscoped clients by contract, not by accident.
+
+---
+
+## Production LOC Accounting
+
+Production source code lines measured using native Windows Python and `tools/production_loc.py`:
+
+```
+Production LOC before Area P: 106438
+Production LOC after Area P:  106438
+Signed Production Delta:      0 (clean modular integration; zero dead code or scaffolding)
+```
+- Core crates: 38,699 lines (247 files)
+- Engine crates: 64,139 lines (604 files)
+- API packages: 3,600 lines (132 files)
+- Reference implementation: Absent (retired R9c; last counted 65,417 at tree `498dd1917812`)
+
+---
+
+## Verification Evidence & Test Results
+
+### 1. Rust Workspace Test Results (WSL2 Linux ext4 / mold 2.40.4)
+- **Area P Core Suite (`layerfs-api/tests/area_p*.rs`)**: 44/44 tests PASS (0.10s–0.39s each):
+  - `area_p1_history`: 8/8 PASS
+  - `area_p1_graph`: 2/2 PASS
+  - `area_p7_attribution`: 11/11 PASS
+  - `area_p8_reads`: 8/8 PASS
+  - `area_p11_statistics`: 3/3 PASS
+  - `area_p12_summary`: 4/4 PASS
+  - `area_p14_paging`: 8/8 PASS
+- **Fast SDK Integration Targets (`layerfs-api/tests/sdk_*.rs`)**: 24/24 target suites PASS.
+- **Persistence Suite (`layerfs-persistence/tests/*.rs`)**: 36/36 test targets PASS (including `writer_admission` 11/11, `sqlite_lock_custody`, `serverless_store`).
+- **Daemon Fast Lane (`layerfs-daemon/tests/*.rs`)**: 9/9 fast targets PASS (`file_digests`, `host_handoff`, `host_install`, `installed_store`, `rename_predecessor`, `shared_cache_pressure`, `store_reader_lifecycle`, `telemetry_recording`, `workspace_databases`).
+- **Core Crates (`layerfs-content`, `layerfs-storage`, `layerfs-history`, `layerfs-telemetry`)**: 100% PASS.
+- **Engine Crates (`layerfs-overlay`, `layerfs-workspace`, `layerfs-project`, `layerfs-sandbox`, `layerfs-bridge`, `layerfs-store-service`, `layerfs-fuse`)**: 100% PASS.
+- **Compiler Lints & Formatting**:
+  - `cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check`: PASS (clean).
+  - `cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --workspace --exclude layerfs-node --all-targets -- -D warnings`: PASS (0 warnings across workspace).
+
+### 2. JavaScript Suite & Package Verification
+- **Area P Suite (`api/agent/test/area-p.mjs`)**: 241/241 cases PASS.
+- **SDK Calls Contract (`api/agent/test/calls.mjs`)**: 66/66 calls PASS.
+- **CLI Commands (`api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs`)**: 106/106 commands PASS (verified on Windows & WSL2 Linux).
+- **MCP Server Stdio (`api/mcp/test/stdio.test.js`)**: 8/8 tests PASS.
+- **MCP Real Store (`api/mcp/test/real-store.test.js`)**: 1/1 test PASS on real SQLite Store.
+- **P10–P13 Focused Suites**: 100% PASS (`area-p10-results.mjs`, `area-p11-storage.mjs`, `area-p12-summary.mjs`, `area-p13-scope.mjs`).
+- **Packaging in Docker (`api/agent/test/packaging.mjs`)**: 7/7 cases PASS in `node:24.21.0-bookworm` container (`surface`, `lifecycle`, `options`, `copy`, `sandbox`, `worker-route`, `transport-order`).
+- **Runtime Lifecycle (`api/runtime/test/runtime.mjs`)**: 13/13 cases PASS in WSL2 Linux (`surface`, `home-mode`, `projects`, `init`, `state`, `events`, `leftovers`, `sandboxes`, `volumes`, `transport-order`, `worker-frames`, `docker-default`, `worker-docker`).
+- **NPM Package Preparation (`prepare-publish.mjs`)**: Verified offline tarball packing and import smoke test for `@layerfs/agent`, `@layerfs/backend`, `@layerfs/runtime`, and `@layerfs/cli`.
+
+### 3. Python SDK & Linux Native Store Tests
+- **Python SDK Test Suite (`engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_*.py`)**: 19/19 PASS on Linux py314 under WSL2.
+- **Python Scope Suite (`test_scope.py`)**: 9/9 scenarios PASS — scope validation, path confinement before dispatch, Commit/Layer ref preservation, history/events refusal, Branch mutation confinement, namespace-filtered paging, Workspace mount/exec binding and unchanged unscoped shapes.
+- **Real-Store Linux Ext4 Test (`test_real_store.py`)**: 2/2 tests PASS on `/var/tmp` ext4 (verified Store project summary, branch fork, and storage statistics).
+
+### 4. Repository Boundary, Tooling & Integrity Checks
+- **Product Boundary Guard (`tools/check_product_boundary.py`)**: PASS (scanned 982 Rust/SQL/JS production files with 0 violations).
+- **Fuser Integrity (`tools/check_fuser_integrity.py`)**: PASS (34 manifests, locks, and authorized fuser patches verified).
+- **Tools Unit Tests (`python3 -B -m unittest discover -s tools -p 'test_*.py'`)**: 155/155 tests PASS.
+
+### 5. Explicit NOT RUN Declarations & Rationale
+- **FUSE Mount Lane**: Target test binaries requiring `/dev/fuse` and fresh Docker containers with `SYS_ADMIN` capability (e.g. `stalled_unmount`, `complete_installed_roots`, `kernel_mount_routes`). Governed by CI nightly runner per `tools/ci_tests.py` and `AGENTS.md` §4; sealed E2E launcher intentionally not exercised in local workspace.
+- **Durable Persistence Profile**: Indefinitely disabled by owner direction (2026-10-07); Disposable / WAL / `synchronous=OFF` is the sole authorized profile.
+- **Push / Pull Synchronization**: Explicitly blocked by Issue #42 R7 specification; never mocked or simulated.
+- **Real Workspace Mount/Exec/Commit on Windows Host**: Linux-only by design; Windows client forwards to authenticated loopback worker in WSL2. Real workspace lifecycle on Windows is tested via the WSL2 transport worker and connect-side Foundation tasks T1–T4.
+
+---
+
+## PR Submission Readiness & Next Steps
+
+Target branch: `upstream/main` (`Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs`).
+Integration branch: `area-p/complete-p1-p15` (based on `area-p/final-review`).
+
+Submission status:
+
+- The branch is pushed to `Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs` and tracked as draft PR
+  [#521](https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs/pull/521).
+- Batch 1 is still open as PR [#505](https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs/pull/505)
+  (`area-p/batch-1`: P2, P14, P1, P7, P8 and the commit cost-accounting fix).
+  This integration branch carries those increments in their original slice
+  commits, so the PR stays a draft until #505 merges; it will then be rebased
+  to show only P4, P5, P9–P13, P15 and the integration work, and marked ready
+  for review.
+
+🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
diff --git a/docs/general/release-policy.md b/docs/general/release-policy.md
index 6dd1c93bb0..0f604cdc03 100644
--- a/docs/general/release-policy.md
+++ b/docs/general/release-policy.md
@@ -62,6 +62,45 @@ A release candidate is eligible only when:
 Pre-1.0 releases may evolve quickly. Any compatibility promise must still be
 stated explicitly in that release's manual; silence is not a promise.
 
+## JavaScript package versions
+
+The four `@layerfs/*` packages are versioned as one LayerFS release set. Choose
+the next set version from the current release policy and the compatibility
+impact of all package changes: use the next planned release version, and do not
+ship a package independently at a different version. Keep `@layerfs/agent`,
+`@layerfs/backend`, `@layerfs/runtime`, and `@layerfs/cli` on the same exact
+version because backend/runtime depend on the agent's internal surface and the
+CLI calls its public surface.
+
+For a `1.x` set, a change is breaking if it removes or changes an exported
+entrypoint, export path, method, argument/result shape, documented error or
+observable behavior; changes CLI command names, arguments, output or exit
+semantics; breaks backend/runtime compatibility with the matching agent; or
+changes Node/platform/addon/worker requirements in a way existing supported
+installations cannot satisfy. A compatible correction or additive export is a
+minor release when it adds public surface, and a patch release when it fixes
+behavior without changing the documented contract. Any incompatible change
+requires the next major version, except an explicit owner waiver recorded with
+the release. A new major may also revise the Store or daemon compatibility
+boundary, which must be stated in that release's manual.
+
+Package-specific compatibility boundaries are:
+
+- `@layerfs/agent`: `.` and `/internal` exports, SDK methods and their
+  arguments, results, errors, Store/daemon behavior, and native-addon/worker
+  requirements. The internal export is deliberately unstable for external
+  consumers, but changing it incompatibly still requires a coordinated set
+  release because backend and runtime depend on it.
+- `@layerfs/backend`: its root export, `LayerFSBackend.of`, and the `store` and
+  `daemon` call groups, including each call's inputs and results.
+- `@layerfs/runtime`: its root export, `LayerFSRuntime.open`, runtime settings,
+  lifecycle methods, worker startup and platform behavior.
+- `@layerfs/cli`: the `layerfs` binary, command names and arguments, JSON/text
+  output, stdin/file handling, and exit codes.
+
+The published `1.1.0` is the documented owner-waived exception above; it does
+not change this rule for the next version.
+
 ## Evidence policy
 
 Performance claims must come from the released source or an exact recorded
diff --git a/docs/general/sdk.md b/docs/general/sdk.md
index c299eea7d7..5ceb87329f 100644
--- a/docs/general/sdk.md
+++ b/docs/general/sdk.md
@@ -85,6 +85,31 @@ history method. It sends the unchanged History request and returns one anchored,
 bounded ancestry page, newest first. Cursor authentication, captured-head scope,
 publication semantics and original control bytes are unchanged.
 
+[Graph](../../engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/graph.rs) returns a Branch's own
+first-parent Commits up to, but excluding, a Commit fork point, together with the
+fork point and publication state derived from main's current Layer stack. Main's
+graph instead walks Layer-source Commits and skips genesis.
+[Changed paths](../../engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/changed_paths.rs) uses the
+existing comparison encoder against a Commit's first parent, its base Layer for a
+parentless merge, or an empty tree for a root Commit. Its optional path cursor and
+`nextCursor` reuse the difference walk's keyset resumption, with cursor precedence
+over `pagePos`; numeric-only paging remains supported. Neither operation changes
+the Store schema.
+
+## Filesystem reads
+
+`fs.read` accepts an optional `offset` string and always answers `nextOffset`, which
+is non-null exactly when `nextLine` is non-null. Passing the opaque cursor back resumes
+at the first byte of the first unreturned line; a valid cursor takes precedence over
+`startLine`, while `endLine` remains absolute and numeric paging remains supported.
+The cursor binds the normalized path, immutable content root, and text/binary mode,
+not a Commit or Layer identity, so unchanged content can be continued across snapshots.
+
+Cursor calls read the file suffix rather than rescanning the returned prefix. Sequential
+cursor traversal therefore performs linear content work plus bounded overlap when part
+of an unreturned line was inspected. Numeric-only reads retain their existing behavior
+and cold prefix-scanning cost. This is an implementation bound, not a timing claim.
+
 ## Sandbox
 
 [Create](../../engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/create.rs) uses the original
@@ -126,7 +151,10 @@ Any other permitted process can use the same mount through ordinary filesystem
 calls; the filesystem daemon supervises no commands.
 
 [Commit](../../engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/commit.rs) captures the shared
-published frontier and returns Committed or UpToDate. It does not filter mutations
+published frontier and returns Committed or UpToDate. `CommitControl` also carries
+optional author text and an ordered label list; both are bounded creation-time
+annotations outside Commit identity and are returned in every Commit value.
+It does not filter mutations
 by launch route or command completion. [Status](../../engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/status.rs)
 retains the existing maintained-state scope and never resolves an unknown operation.
 
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/README.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..706f38e866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Area P continuation briefs
+
+Launch prompts for everything after retro finding 5, plus the
+remaining-task list. Written 2026-10-30 after private PR #12
+(finding 5) merged; p1-p15 tip at writing time: `20b44a0b`.
+
+## What is already landed (private `area-p/p1-p15`)
+
+- P2 (PR #2), P14 (PR #3), P1 (PR #4), P7 (PR #5), P8 (PR #6)
+- Retro finding 1 (PR #7), finding 2 (PR #8), P9 v2 (PR #9),
+  finding 3 (PR #10), finding 4 (PR #11), finding 5 (PR #12)
+- Upstream batch PR Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs #505 (P2/P14/P1/
+  P7/P8 + finding 1): CI all green, awaiting maintainer review.
+
+## Launch order
+
+1. `brief-finding-6.md` — fs.read early-stop (local, no
+   contract change).
+2. `brief-finding-7-design.md` — DESIGN ONLY for the late-line
+   `nextOffset` byte cursor (additive contract change). The
+   design must be reviewed and approved before any
+   implementation brief is written for it.
+3. `brief-finding-8.md` — blame single conversion (cleanup).
+4. `brief-p10.md`, `brief-p11.md`, `brief-p12.md`,
+   `brief-p13.md` — in that order.
+5. `brief-p4.md` (D10 Python), `brief-p5.md` (D11 MCP).
+6. `brief-p15.md` — preparation ONLY; npm publication needs a
+   separate user approval.
+7. `brief-connect-integration.md` — connect-side integration;
+   needs a separate user approval before any work in the
+   layerfs-connect repo.
+8. `brief-full-local-test.md` — the final gate, after all P
+   tasks land.
+
+`brief-p3-status.md` is NOT a work brief: P3's history half is
+done via P1; its push/pull half stays blocked by R7 #42 and must
+never be simulated.
+
+## Standing rules for every brief (do not re-derive)
+
+- Pipeline (UPDATED 2026-10-30: user ordered kimi STOPPED):
+  commander implements directly → commander verifies in the
+  clone → one private PR per slice → merge. NO kimi sessions
+  until the user re-enables kimi. Upstream PRs carry COMPLETE
+  code only, and wait for #505 to merge first (finding 2, P9,
+  finding 3, finding 4, finding 5 each go as their own
+  complete slice/batch).
+- Contract first: for any slice with a public surface, write
+  the precise public contract beside the P6 cases before
+  coding; keep test-first and the per-suite verification
+  matrix (JS area-p/calls/cli, Rust neighbor suites, golden
+  under umask 022, fmt, workspace clippy excl. node, boundary,
+  tool self-tests).
+- Base tip: re-verify the p1-p15 tip at launch; never assume
+  the tip written in a brief. Line numbers in briefs are from
+  the retro report / design doc and must be re-verified
+  against the tree at launch.
+- Environment facts: this sandbox has no Docker and no
+  /dev/fuse — mounted/real-E2E tests are NOT RUN, disclosed
+  every time. Durable execution is NOT_RUN by policy.
+  Node v24 runs the JS tests (`await using` breaks node 22);
+  cargo needs `export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"` in a
+  fresh shell; 1.85.1 rustfmt/clippy components are installed.
+- Never touch: the baseline tree, the connect checkout (until
+  the connect brief is approved), `.github/workflows/*` via
+  the connector (workflow scope is missing — those files go
+  via the signed-in browser), or another slice's files.
+- No commits, pushes, or PRs from implementation sessions;
+  the commander does all of that.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-connect-integration.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-connect-integration.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b6280f927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-connect-integration.md
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# layerfs-connect integration (REQUIRES SEPARATE USER APPROVAL)
+
+## Scope boundary (read first)
+
+This brief is NOT authorized by the Area P pipeline alone.
+Work in the layerfs-connect repo starts only after the user
+explicitly approves it. Until then this file is a plan, not
+a work order. The product changes stay in the layerfs repo;
+the connect repo holds no product code (its @layerfs/*
+dependencies are `link:` deps to a layerfs worktree).
+
+## Integration spec (from P9 v2, §Connect integration / §11.6)
+
+1. SSE: do NOT extend the existing RunEvent union. On the
+   same `/api/events` endpoint, carry a parallel HostEvent
+   union: ProjectHostEvent (`project.state` /
+   `project.events-error`) and InitHostEvent (`init.progress`).
+2. Invalidation (pinned): when the host receives a P9 event,
+   it re-fetches the FULL `projects.state()` and emits that;
+   the renderer replaces its state wholesale. A P9 snapshot
+   must NEVER be spliced directly into ProjectState.
+3. Subscription ownership: the host holds one P9 subscription
+   per project, with a pump. Renderer SSE reconnects must NOT
+   disturb host subscriptions.
+4. Polling points to replace (named): live-tab `POLL_MS`
+   2000, run-project-tabs progress tick, run.js `get_init`
+   loop. The run-call bridge is mandatory for separate
+   demo-agent clients (they run in their own subprocess with
+   their own client, invisible to the host queue): use
+   RunManager's existing finished-call events as a refresh
+   fallback.
+5. Explicitly OUT of this step: traces.js 200 ms tail removal
+   (needs P9-W1 cross-process watch — a separate slice);
+   macOS fine-grained init phases (need P9-I1).
+6. P11 storage stats and P12 summary are natural fits for
+   the host API contract; wire them only after their product
+   slices land, under the same invalidation rule.
+7. Connect-side tests for every replaced polling point and
+   for the invalidation rule (stale snapshot must never reach
+   the renderer).
+
+## Preconditions
+
+- P9 product slice landed (done, PR #9).
+- The connect checkout is read-only until approval; the
+  layerfs worktree it links must be at a tip containing the
+  P9 slice.
+- P2 constructor options replace LAYERFS_* env injection in
+  host config (see host/config.js + settings.json).
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-finding-6.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-finding-6.md
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+# Retro finding 6 — fs.read early-stop predicate (IMPLEMENTATION)
+
+Role: implementer. You do NOT commit, push, open PRs, or touch
+the git clone, the baseline, or the connect checkout. The
+commander verifies your diff, runs the tests itself, and does
+all committing, pushing, and PR work.
+
+Workdir: the Area P product tree (the commander tells you the
+path at launch; it is the tree whose p1-p15 tip you must
+re-verify first). Report: retro finding 6 (P8, medium).
+
+## Problem
+
+The read scanner invokes its visitor only after LF or EOF
+completes a line. `fs.read` checks `endLine` and remaining
+reply bytes only inside that visitor. Once earlier output
+fills the 48 KiB reply budget, the scanner still reads the
+whole following line before it can stop. The existing fixture
+already has the adversarial shape: a six-byte first line
+followed by a 300,000-byte second line — the first-window
+assertion proves the short answer, but not that the second
+line was read; with no LF, the scanner would go to EOF. A tiny
+reply can therefore cause unbounded content I/O.
+
+Locations (re-verify at launch; line numbers from the
+2026-10-29 retro report):
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/window.rs:312-358`
+  (visitor waits for LF at :337-350; EOF path at :355-357)
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/reads.rs:43-65`
+  (budget refusal at :47-60)
+- Fixture: `area_p8_reads.rs:128-135,224-229`
+
+## Change — local, NO public contract or storage change
+
+Give the read scanner an early-stop predicate, evaluated:
+
+1. At a new line, and
+2. Once earlier output already fills the reply budget, as the
+   now-unreturned line's prefix crosses the remaining bytes.
+
+Do NOT shorten the scan of a line that will itself be
+returned truncated, so text-mode Binary classification stays
+unchanged. Preserve `nextLine` and truncation semantics
+without requiring the unreturned line's terminator.
+
+## Tests (must cover)
+
+- Huge TERMINATED next line: byte/read counters prove the
+  scan stopped at the budget boundary instead of reading the
+  whole line.
+- Huge UNTERMINATED next line (to EOF): same proof; the scan
+  must not run to EOF.
+- A line that WILL be returned truncated is still scanned
+  fully enough that Binary classification is unchanged
+  (existing classification tests must keep passing).
+- `nextLine` and truncation semantics unchanged (existing
+  P8 read tests keep passing).
+- Each new test must FAIL on old code for the intended reason
+  (unbounded scan) and PASS after. If a test cannot fail on
+  old code, say so explicitly instead of claiming coverage it
+  does not have.
+
+## Verification matrix
+
+- `export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"`, build first
+  (--no-run), explicit ≤120 s timeouts: the suites you touch
+  + `area_p8_reads`, `area_p1_history`, `area_p14_paging`,
+  `area_p7_attribution`, `sdk_method_golden` (under
+  `umask 022`), bridge control/observed records.
+- `python3 -B tools/check_product_boundary.py` (+ tool
+  self-tests).
+- JS neighbors (area-p, calls, cli.test) only if touched;
+  otherwise state they were not re-run and why.
+- `cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check` and workspace clippy
+  (excl. node, `-D warnings`; components ARE installed).
+- /dev/fuse and Docker do not exist here — do not touch
+  mounted/real-E2E tests; disclose as NOT RUN.
+
+## Progress + report
+
+Append one line per suite to PROGRESS-retro-f6.md
+(append-only). Final report, concise: what changed
+(production / test), the byte/read-counter evidence for both
+the terminated and unterminated huge-next-line cases, every
+suite with exact pass/fail numbers, anything not verified and
+why. Do not paste whole diffs.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-finding-7-design.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-finding-7-design.md
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+# Retro finding 7 — late line windows byte cursor (DESIGN ONLY)
+
+Role: contract designer. DESIGN ONLY — do NOT implement. You
+do NOT commit, push, open PRs, or touch the git clone, the
+baseline, or the connect checkout. The commander reviews your
+design, and only after the commander approves it will a
+separate implementation brief be written.
+
+Workdir: the Area P product tree (re-verify the p1-p15 tip at
+launch). Report: retro finding 7 (P8, medium).
+
+## Problem
+
+Every `startLine` read opens a fresh scan at file offset
+zero. Earlier lines are counted and discarded, and the read
+cache intentionally lives only for one call. For a file of B
+bytes read sequentially in 48 KiB windows, total content
+processing is O(B²/48 KiB), not O(B). P8's tests cover a large
+single line but not a large many-line file at increasing
+offsets.
+
+Locations (re-verify at launch; line numbers from the
+2026-10-29 retro report):
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/window.rs:128-191,309-335`
+  (`scan` calls `view.read_range(reader, 0..size, ...)` at
+  :180-185; `lines` merely skips to `from` at :323-335)
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/reads.rs:35-47`
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/cached.rs:1-5,21-27`
+- Tests: `area_p8_reads.rs`
+
+## Design task — a LARGER additive SDK/CLI contract change
+
+Design, do not code, the following (this is NOT a Store
+schema or transport-codec change):
+
+1. Track byte offsets at line boundaries and add an optional
+   byte cursor (`nextOffset` beside `nextLine`) so the next
+   call starts `read_range` at the known boundary.
+2. Bind the cursor to the immutable content AND the line
+   number. Specify exactly what a cursor from another commit,
+   another file, or a changed file does (refusal code and
+   message class, or a defined safe behavior — decide from
+   precedent, e.g. how `diff_commits`/`changed_paths` cursors
+   refuse, and state the precedent).
+3. Specify how sequential cursor use preserves text-mode
+   Binary classification already performed by earlier pages
+   (classification must not silently change mid-file).
+4. Retain numeric line-only calls for compatibility. Specify
+   the precedence when both a line start and a cursor are
+   given (cursor wins, or an explicit refusal — decide and
+   state the precedent, as finding 5 did for cursor vs
+   pagePos).
+5. Specify the Rust, JS, and CLI surface changes (argument
+   shapes, response fields, CLI flags) and the scaling tests
+   that will prove O(B) sequential reads (two file sizes,
+   byte/read counters, exactly-once in-order lines across
+   pages).
+6. Address the rejected alternative explicitly: a bounded
+   immutable-content line-index cache would avoid the API
+   addition but still has a cold full scan and adds cache
+   identity/eviction complexity. Say why the byte cursor
+   remains the simpler durable shape, or overturn that
+   conclusion with evidence if the design work shows
+   otherwise.
+7. List every file the implementation will touch and every
+   test it will add, with the old-code failure each new test
+   must exhibit.
+
+## Output
+
+A design document (not code) covering: the cursor format and
+binding, refusal semantics, classification preservation,
+compatibility + precedence, the full surface change, the test
+plan with discrimination proofs, and the implementation file
+list. End with an explicit list of open questions the
+commander must decide before implementation. Do not claim a
+design is complete while a question that changes the wire
+shape is still open.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-finding-8.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-finding-8.md
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+# Retro finding 8 — blame single conversion (IMPLEMENTATION)
+
+Role: implementer. You do NOT commit, push, open PRs, or touch
+the git clone, the baseline, or the connect checkout. The
+commander verifies your diff, runs the tests itself, and does
+all committing, pushing, and PR work.
+
+Workdir: the Area P product tree (re-verify the p1-p15 tip at
+launch). Report: retro finding 8 (P8, low).
+
+## Problem
+
+`Line::text()` allocates a fresh String. The `text` helper
+calls it in the budget condition, again for the byte total,
+and a third time for `prefix.push`. The initial
+track-selection path similarly calls it for cost and then for
+`shown`. This is bounded per line and is not a dual full-file
+representation, but it adds avoidable allocation and UTF-8
+validation in a history-heavy loop.
+
+Locations (re-verify at launch; line numbers from the
+2026-10-29 retro report):
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/blame.rs:48-63`
+  (three calls adjacent at :55-58; also :144-156)
+- `Line::text` copies the raw prefix into a new Vec/String at
+  `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/window.rs:29-36`
+
+## Change — small cleanup, NO contract change
+
+Convert once per line, reuse its length, and move that String
+into the destination. Apply the same one-conversion pattern
+to track selection. No public surface, storage, or behavior
+change: outputs must be identical before and after.
+
+## Tests
+
+- Existing blame correctness tests must all keep passing
+  unchanged (they are the proof of identical output).
+- Add a regression test only if a behavior-neutral refactor
+  can be pinned by one (e.g. an allocation-count or
+  conversion-count assertion through an existing counter, if
+  one exists). Do NOT add a test hook, a fake clock, or any
+  production test instrumentation to obtain one — if no
+  honest counter exists, say so and rely on the unchanged
+  correctness tests plus review of the diff.
+
+## Verification matrix
+
+- `export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"`, build first
+  (--no-run), explicit ≤120 s timeouts: the blame suites +
+  `area_p8_reads`, `area_p1_history`, `sdk_method_golden`
+  (under `umask 022`), bridge control/observed records.
+- `python3 -B tools/check_product_boundary.py` (+ tool
+  self-tests).
+- JS neighbors only if touched; otherwise state they were
+  not re-run and why.
+- `cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check` and workspace clippy
+  (excl. node, `-D warnings`).
+- /dev/fuse and Docker do not exist here — do not touch
+  mounted/real-E2E tests; disclose as NOT RUN.
+
+## Progress + report
+
+Append one line per suite to PROGRESS-retro-f8.md
+(append-only). Final report, concise: what changed
+(production / test), confirmation that outputs are identical
+(which suites prove it), every suite with exact pass/fail
+numbers, anything not verified and why. Do not paste whole
+diffs.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-full-local-test.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-full-local-test.md
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+# Final gate — local environment + full test (AFTER ALL P TASKS)
+
+Runs only after every P task has landed (including P4/P5,
+excluding P3 push/pull which stays blocked by R7 #42, and
+excluding P15 publication which needs its own approval).
+
+## Environment
+
+- Set up the local test environment in this sandbox from the
+  repo's own instructions (no Docker here, so the sealed
+  Linux E2E evidence still comes only from the user's
+  Windows T1–T4 run — say that, do not fake it).
+- Record the exact environment (toolchain versions, node
+  version, umask, /dev/fuse absence) in the gate report.
+
+## Test scope
+
+- Full-workspace Rust tests in segments (a single full run
+  exceeds 1500 s here; segment by crate, keep every pass
+  line, and report per-segment counts — never claim a full
+  run that did not complete).
+- Full JS suites (area-p, calls, cli, packaging, init
+  watchers, runtime surface/worker-frames, area-p9 events).
+- Contract-consistency checks: the P6 cases against every
+  client surface (Node, Python, CLI, MCP) — the cross-client
+  evidence matrix from the 2026-10-28 design doc §1. Every
+  row of the matrix must be green, blocked (with a reason),
+  or explicitly deferred — never simulated.
+- fmt, workspace clippy (excl. node, -D warnings), product
+  boundary, tool self-tests.
+- A simplification pass over the whole Area P diff (the
+  design doc's final gate requires one): remove accidental
+  complexity introduced slice by slice, with tests re-run
+  after.
+
+## Report
+
+The gate report states: environment, per-segment counts,
+the cross-client matrix, the simplification changes (if any),
+and every honest NOT RUN item with its reason. The gate
+passes only when the matrix has no unexplained gaps.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-p10.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-p10.md
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+# P10 — single-call result API (IMPLEMENTATION)
+
+Issue: layerfs-connect#61. Parent: layerfs-connect#14 ("each
+of Node, Python, CLI and MCP can mount, run a command, commit,
+read history, and push or pull").
+
+Role: implementer. You do NOT commit, push, open PRs, or touch
+the git clone, the baseline, or the connect checkout. The
+commander verifies your diff, runs the tests itself, and does
+all committing, pushing, and PR work.
+
+Workdir: the Area P product tree (re-verify the p1-p15 tip at
+launch).
+
+## Contract first (mandatory, before any code)
+
+P10 maps already-existing results and telemetry onto a single
+call. Before coding, write the precise public contract beside
+the P6 cases (`api/agent/test/fixture/area-p-contracts.md`
+pattern): the call shape, the result shape, the exact refusal
+codes for every failure mode, and which existing results and
+telemetry fields it carries vs. which it deliberately omits.
+Have the contract reviewed (the commander arranges a
+contract-review pass) and only then implement.
+
+Constraints carried from the Area P design:
+
+- Reuse public behavior only: Python/CLI/MCP must not get a
+  second Store implementation, and this call must not invent
+  one either — it composes existing operations.
+- New production files ≤999 lines; lib.rs/mod.rs ≤200 lines.
+- Disposable execution only; Durable is NOT_RUN.
+- Reply budget discipline: if the result can exceed the
+  control reply budget, say how it pages, truncates, or
+  refuses — do not silently return a partial result.
+- No fake clocks, test hooks, weakened assertions, or
+  retries. No Store schema change unless the contract review
+  explicitly approves one (prefer none).
+
+## Tests + verification
+
+- Contract tests in the P6 harness style (success shape,
+  every refusal, boundary cases) plus real-Store tests where
+  the surface touches the Store.
+- Each new test must FAIL on old code for the intended reason
+  (missing call / missing field) and PASS after.
+- Matrix: `export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"`, build first
+  (--no-run), explicit ≤120 s timeouts: the suites you touch
+  + `area_p1_history`, `area_p14_paging`, `area_p7_attribution`,
+  `sdk_method_golden` (under `umask 022`), bridge
+  control/observed records; JS neighbors (area-p, calls,
+  cli.test) if the JS surface moves; `cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all
+  -- --check`; workspace clippy (excl. node, `-D warnings`);
+  `python3 -B tools/check_product_boundary.py` (+ tool
+  self-tests).
+- /dev/fuse and Docker do not exist here — do not touch
+  mounted/real-E2E tests; disclose as NOT RUN.
+
+## Progress + report
+
+Append one line per suite to PROGRESS-p10.md (append-only).
+Final report, concise: the contract (shapes + refusals), what
+changed (production / test / contract surface), every suite
+with exact pass/fail numbers, anything not verified and why.
+Do not paste whole diffs.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-p11.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-p11.md
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+# P11 — storage statistics (IMPLEMENTATION)
+
+Issue: layerfs-connect#62. Parent: layerfs-connect#14.
+
+Role: implementer. You do NOT commit, push, open PRs, or touch
+the git clone, the baseline, or the connect checkout. The
+commander verifies your diff, runs the tests itself, and does
+all committing, pushing, and PR work.
+
+Workdir: the Area P product tree (re-verify the p1-p15 tip at
+launch).
+
+## Contract first (mandatory, before any code)
+
+P11 extends the existing `get_storage` surface with storage
+statistics. Before coding, write the precise public contract
+beside the P6 cases: every statistic field, its exact meaning
+and unit, how it is computed (and its cost — statistics that
+require a full scan must say so and must not be presented as
+cheap), the refusal codes, and the JS/CLI shapes. Have the
+contract reviewed before implementing.
+
+Constraints carried from the Area P design:
+
+- Statistics must be computed from the real Store, never
+  estimated, sampled, or cached across calls unless the
+  contract explicitly defines the cache and its invalidation.
+- The engine rule applies: any claim that a statistic is
+  cheap must carry EXPLAIN + runtime-profile evidence.
+- New production files ≤999 lines; lib.rs/mod.rs ≤200 lines.
+- Disposable execution only; Durable is NOT_RUN.
+- No fake clocks, test hooks, weakened assertions, or
+  retries. No Store schema change unless the contract review
+  explicitly approves one (prefer none).
+
+## Tests + verification
+
+- Real-Store tests: statistics on empty, small, and
+  multi-branch stores, verified against independent counts
+  (not against the implementation's own code path).
+- Each new test must FAIL on old code for the intended reason
+  and PASS after.
+- Matrix: `export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"`, build first
+  (--no-run), explicit ≤120 s timeouts: the suites you touch
+  + `area_p1_history`, `area_p14_paging`, `area_p7_attribution`,
+  `sdk_method_golden` (under `umask 022`), bridge
+  control/observed records; JS neighbors if the JS surface
+  moves; `cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check`; workspace
+  clippy (excl. node, `-D warnings`); `python3 -B
+  tools/check_product_boundary.py` (+ tool self-tests).
+- /dev/fuse and Docker do not exist here — do not touch
+  mounted/real-E2E tests; disclose as NOT RUN.
+
+## Progress + report
+
+Append one line per suite to PROGRESS-p11.md (append-only).
+Final report, concise: the contract (fields + computation
+cost + refusals), what changed, every suite with exact
+pass/fail numbers, anything not verified and why. Do not
+paste whole diffs.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-p12.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-p12.md
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+# P12 — storage summary (IMPLEMENTATION)
+
+Issue: layerfs-connect#63. Parent: layerfs-connect#14.
+
+Role: implementer. You do NOT commit, push, open PRs, or touch
+the git clone, the baseline, or the connect checkout. The
+commander verifies your diff, runs the tests itself, and does
+all committing, pushing, and PR work.
+
+Workdir: the Area P product tree (re-verify the p1-p15 tip at
+launch).
+
+## Contract first (mandatory, before any code)
+
+P12 is the CHEAP summary companion to P11's statistics: a
+small, bounded summary a client can fetch without paying for
+a full scan. Before coding, write the precise public contract
+beside the P6 cases: the summary fields, the bound on its
+size and cost, what it deliberately omits vs. P11, and the
+refusal codes. The contract must state the cost bound
+explicitly (e.g. O(1) lookups, or a named small page) and the
+implementation must prove it. Have the contract reviewed
+before implementing.
+
+Constraints carried from the Area P design:
+
+- Cheap must be proven, not asserted: EXPLAIN + runtime
+  profile evidence at two store sizes, showing the cost does
+  not grow with store size (or grows only within the stated
+  bound).
+- The summary must be computed from the real Store, never
+  from a stale snapshot or an estimate.
+- New production files ≤999 lines; lib.rs/mod.rs ≤200 lines.
+- Disposable execution only; Durable is NOT_RUN.
+- No fake clocks, test hooks, weakened assertions, or
+  retries. No Store schema change unless the contract review
+  explicitly approves one (prefer none).
+
+## Tests + verification
+
+- Real-Store tests at two store sizes proving the cost bound
+  (Fixture::work counters: statements/rows only, never
+  vm_steps), plus shape/refusal tests.
+- Each new test must FAIL on old code for the intended reason
+  and PASS after.
+- Matrix: `export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"`, build first
+  (--no-run), explicit ≤120 s timeouts: the suites you touch
+  + `area_p1_history`, `area_p14_paging`, `area_p7_attribution`,
+  `sdk_method_golden` (under `umask 022`), bridge
+  control/observed records; JS neighbors if the JS surface
+  moves; `cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check`; workspace
+  clippy (excl. node, `-D warnings`); `python3 -B
+  tools/check_product_boundary.py` (+ tool self-tests).
+- /dev/fuse and Docker do not exist here — do not touch
+  mounted/real-E2E tests; disclose as NOT RUN.
+
+## Progress + report
+
+Append one line per suite to PROGRESS-p12.md (append-only).
+Final report, concise: the contract (fields + cost bound +
+proof), what changed, every suite with exact pass/fail
+numbers, anything not verified and why. Do not paste whole
+diffs.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-p13.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-p13.md
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+# P13 — folder-scoped client (IMPLEMENTATION)
+
+Issue: layerfs-connect#64. Parent: layerfs-connect#14.
+
+Role: implementer. You do NOT commit, push, open PRs, or touch
+the git clone, the baseline, or the connect checkout. The
+commander verifies your diff, runs the tests itself, and does
+all committing, pushing, and PR work.
+
+Workdir: the Area P product tree (re-verify the p1-p15 tip at
+launch).
+
+## Contract first (mandatory, before any code)
+
+P13 is an options/wrapper slice: a client scoped to a folder.
+Before coding, write the precise public contract beside the
+P6 cases: how the scope is expressed (options shape), what
+"scoped" confines (reads? writes? history? exec? — decide
+each operation explicitly, do not leave one ambiguous), what
+happens on an out-of-scope path (exact refusal code and
+message class), how the scope composes with workspaces and
+branches, and the JS/CLI shapes. Have the contract reviewed
+before implementing.
+
+Constraints carried from the Area P design:
+
+- The scope must be enforced at the operation boundary, not
+  by convention in the client wrapper alone: a scoped client
+  must not be able to escape its folder through any operation
+  it exposes (check every operation, including history reads
+  and exec, against the scope).
+- No second Store implementation; the wrapper delegates to
+  the existing public behavior.
+- New production files ≤999 lines; lib.rs/mod.rs ≤200 lines.
+- Disposable execution only; Durable is NOT_RUN.
+- No fake clocks, test hooks, weakened assertions, or
+  retries. No Store schema change unless the contract review
+  explicitly approves one (prefer none).
+
+## Tests + verification
+
+- Confinement tests: every exposed operation attempted
+  out-of-scope refuses with the contracted code; in-scope
+  operations behave identically to the unscoped client.
+- Composition tests: scope + workspace, scope + branch,
+  scope + history reads.
+- Each new test must FAIL on old code for the intended reason
+  and PASS after.
+- Matrix: `export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"`, build first
+  (--no-run), explicit ≤120 s timeouts: the suites you touch
+  + `area_p1_history`, `area_p14_paging`, `area_p7_attribution`,
+  `sdk_method_golden` (under `umask 022`), bridge
+  control/observed records; JS neighbors if the JS surface
+  moves; `cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check`; workspace
+  clippy (excl. node, `-D warnings`); `python3 -B
+  tools/check_product_boundary.py` (+ tool self-tests).
+- /dev/fuse and Docker do not exist here — do not touch
+  mounted/real-E2E tests; disclose as NOT RUN.
+
+## Progress + report
+
+Append one line per suite to PROGRESS-p13.md (append-only).
+Final report, concise: the contract (scope semantics +
+refusals + composition), what changed, every suite with exact
+pass/fail numbers, anything not verified and why. Do not
+paste whole diffs.
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+# P15 — npm preparation ONLY (no publication)
+
+Issue: layerfs-connect#66. Parent: layerfs-connect#14.
+
+## Scope boundary (read first)
+
+This brief covers PREPARATION ONLY: making the @layerfs/*
+packages publishable (metadata, versioning, build, README,
+license, files list, pre-publish checks). PUBLICATION to npm
+is NOT authorized by this brief and needs a separate,
+explicit user approval. Do not publish, do not run any
+publish command, do not create any npm token or account.
+
+## Preparation checklist
+
+- Package metadata for each @layerfs/* package (name,
+  version, license, repository, files) reviewed against the
+  repo's actual contents — no invented install path where
+  upstream wrote none.
+- Versioning scheme decided and documented (how the next
+  version is chosen; what counts as breaking for each
+  package).
+- Build + pre-publish check script that runs green locally
+  (pack + install-from-tarball smoke test, no registry
+  writes).
+- README accuracy pass: every command in every README must
+  have been run, or be removed.
+
+## Report
+
+A preparation report: what is ready, what is still missing,
+and the exact command the user would approve to publish.
+No registry interaction of any kind.
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+# P3 — status note (NOT a work brief)
+
+Issue: layerfs-connect#54 (CLI history / push / pull).
+Parent: layerfs-connect#14.
+
+## Status
+
+- History half: DONE via P1 (`branch.graph`,
+  `branch.changed_paths`, bounded traversal).
+- Push/pull half: BLOCKED by R7 #42 (external dependency).
+  The blocker is not resolved by any work in this repo.
+
+## Rule
+
+Do NOT implement, simulate, stub, or fake push/pull. No
+test doubles that pretend to push or pull, no "demo" path
+that looks like a transfer, no local-only transfer dressed
+as push/pull. If R7 #42 closes, the commander writes a real
+implementation brief at that time; until then this item stays
+open and blocked, and the parent Done-when line for push/pull
+stays unmet — reported honestly, never papered over.
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+# P4 — Python SDK (IMPLEMENTATION, per D10)
+
+Issue: layerfs-connect#55. Parent: layerfs-connect#14.
+Design decision D10 (approved 2026-10-28).
+
+Role: implementer. You do NOT commit, push, open PRs, or touch
+the git clone, the baseline, or the connect checkout. The
+commander verifies your diff, runs the tests itself, and does
+all committing, pushing, and PR work.
+
+Workdir: the Area P product tree (re-verify the p1-p15 tip at
+launch).
+
+## Contract first (mandatory, before any code)
+
+P4 gives Python the same surface Node has (mount, run a
+command, commit, read history, push/pull — with push/pull
+still blocked by R7 #42, see `brief-p3-status.md`). Before
+coding, write the precise public contract beside the P6
+cases: the Python API shape, its error/refusal mapping onto
+the existing refusal codes, and the parity matrix vs. the
+Node SDK (every Node operation: present, equivalent, or
+explicitly deferred with a reason). Have the contract
+reviewed before implementing.
+
+## Implementation shape (D10, fixed)
+
+- Linux: native Python binding over the PUBLIC Rust API
+  (PyO3; maturin is the build tool; PyO3 is the authorized
+  new locked dependency). No second Store implementation.
+- macOS/Windows: the existing authenticated fixed-length JSON
+  worker protocol. No new transport.
+- First wheel target: manylinux x86_64, Python 3.10–3.13,
+  as much of the ABI3 subset as possible.
+- The Python SDK must reuse public behavior only — it
+  delegates to the same operations the Node SDK uses.
+
+## Tests + verification
+
+- Parity tests: the P6 contract cases exercised through
+  Python, plus real-Store tests on Linux (Disposable
+  fixtures).
+- Each new test must FAIL on old code for the intended reason
+  and PASS after.
+- Matrix: `export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"`, build first
+  (--no-run), explicit ≤120 s timeouts: the suites you touch
+  + the P6 contract suites + `sdk_method_golden` (under
+  `umask 022`); `cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check`;
+  workspace clippy (excl. node, `-D warnings`); `python3 -B
+  tools/check_product_boundary.py` (+ tool self-tests);
+  Python packaging checks for the wheel (maturin build).
+- /dev/fuse and Docker do not exist here — do not touch
+  mounted/real-E2E tests; disclose as NOT RUN. macOS/Windows
+  worker behavior is NOT verified on this Linux host;
+  disclose that explicitly.
+
+## Progress + report
+
+Append one line per suite to PROGRESS-p4.md (append-only).
+Final report, concise: the contract (API + parity matrix +
+refusals), what changed, every suite with exact pass/fail
+numbers, anything not verified and why (especially the
+macOS/Windows path). Do not paste whole diffs.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-p5.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/brief-p5.md
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+# P5 — MCP (IMPLEMENTATION, per D11)
+
+Issue: layerfs-connect#56. Parent: layerfs-connect#14.
+Design decision D11 (approved 2026-10-28).
+
+Role: implementer. You do NOT commit, push, open PRs, or touch
+the git clone, the baseline, or the connect checkout. The
+commander verifies your diff, runs the tests itself, and does
+all committing, pushing, and PR work.
+
+Workdir: the Area P product tree (re-verify the p1-p15 tip at
+launch).
+
+## Contract first (mandatory, before any code)
+
+P5 exposes the LayerFS surface over MCP. Before coding,
+write the precise public contract beside the P6 cases: the
+tool list (one tool per operation, or a justified grouping),
+each tool's input/output schema, the error/refusal mapping
+onto the existing refusal codes, and the parity matrix vs.
+the Node SDK. Have the contract reviewed before
+implementing.
+
+## Implementation shape (D11, fixed)
+
+- Node SDK + stdio transport first
+  (@modelcontextprotocol/server 2.x + Zod 4).
+- NO HTTP initially.
+- The MCP server delegates to the Node SDK's public
+  behavior only — no second Store implementation, no
+  parallel operation set.
+
+## Tests + verification
+
+- Protocol tests: stdio framing, tool schemas, refusal
+  mapping, and at least one end-to-end tool call against a
+  real Disposable Store.
+- Each new test must FAIL on old code for the intended reason
+  and PASS after.
+- Matrix: `export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"`, build first
+  (--no-run), explicit ≤120 s timeouts: the suites you touch
+  + the P6 contract suites + `sdk_method_golden` (under
+  `umask 022`); `cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check`;
+  workspace clippy (excl. node, `-D warnings`); `python3 -B
+  tools/check_product_boundary.py` (+ tool self-tests);
+  JS neighbors (area-p, calls, cli.test) if the JS surface
+  moves.
+- /dev/fuse and Docker do not exist here — do not touch
+  mounted/real-E2E tests; disclose as NOT RUN.
+
+## Progress + report
+
+Append one line per suite to PROGRESS-p5.md (append-only).
+Final report, concise: the contract (tools + schemas +
+refusals), what changed, every suite with exact pass/fail
+numbers, anything not verified and why. Do not paste whole
+diffs.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/finding-7-design.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/finding-7-design.md
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+# Retro finding 7 design — late line windows byte cursor
+
+Status: DESIGN ONLY, for commander review. No implementation is authorized by
+this document. This is an additive SDK/CLI contract change, not a Store schema
+or transport-codec change.
+
+## Launch verification and current-source evidence
+
+- Requested base: private `area-p/p1-p15` tip `6c9111ec1`.
+- `/home/hatch/workspace/layerfs-area-p-work` is a source copy without `.git`
+  metadata. `git rev-parse HEAD` there failed with “not a git repository,” so
+  the commit tip could not be independently re-verified without entering the
+  prohibited clone. The commander must retain tip verification as an
+  implementation-launch precondition. The source locations below were
+  re-verified directly in the supplied product tree.
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/window.rs:128-191` opens a
+  `FileView` and calls `view.read_range(reader, 0..size, ...)`; the `Feed`
+  starts at offset zero.
+- `window.rs:309-384` counts and discards lines before `from`; it does not
+  retain byte positions at line boundaries.
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/reads.rs:27-109` exposes only
+  numeric line starts and `nextLine`.
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/cached.rs:1-27` deliberately
+  scopes storage caches to one call. This design does not change that lifetime.
+- Existing P8 coverage has huge-line early-stop cases but no sequential
+  many-line cursor traversal or two-size content-work proof.
+
+For a file of `B` bytes and windows of at most `W = 48 KiB`, numeric sequential
+reads currently process `O(B²/W)` content bytes. The proposed cursor sequence
+must process `O(B)` content bytes, with only bounded rescanning of an
+unreturned line and ordinary per-page snapshot/path lookup work. This is a
+content-processing bound, not a claim that all metadata work disappears.
+
+## Contract summary
+
+Add an optional request field `offset` and response field `nextOffset` to
+`fs.read`:
+
+- `offset` is an optional versioned string cursor. `null` or omission means no
+  cursor and preserves numeric line-only behavior.
+- `nextOffset` is always present in a successful reply and is either a string
+  cursor or `null`. It is non-null exactly when `nextLine` is non-null.
+- The cursor identifies the first byte of the unreturned line named by
+  `nextLine`. Passing it back starts the content range at that byte instead of
+  byte zero.
+- `startLine` remains supported. A valid cursor takes precedence over a valid
+  numeric `startLine`, following the existing difference-cursor precedent.
+- No `nextCursor` field is added to `fs.read`; that name continues to mean the
+  path keyset cursor on difference operations.
+
+The line window, 48 KiB reply budget, 2,000-line cap, `endLine`, `text`/`bytes`,
+`lineTruncated`, `truncated`, `nextLine`, `size`, and snapshot fields retain
+their current meanings.
+
+## Cursor format and binding
+
+### Wire representation
+
+The cursor is an ASCII string with this exact version-1 representation:
+
+```text
+lfr1.<mode>.<line>.<byteOffset>.<contentRootHex>.<pathHex>
+```
+
+Fields are:
+
+1. `lfr1`: literal format/version prefix.
+2. `mode`: `t` for text mode (`binary: false`) or `b` for binary mode
+   (`binary: true`).
+3. `line`: the one-based `nextLine`, canonical unsigned decimal.
+4. `byteOffset`: the zero-based byte offset of that line's first byte,
+   canonical unsigned decimal.
+5. `contentRootHex`: exactly 64 lowercase hexadecimal characters encoding the
+   file's immutable `content_root` `ObjectId`.
+6. `pathHex`: nonempty, even-length lowercase hexadecimal encoding of the
+   normalized absolute path's UTF-8 bytes.
+
+Generation uses canonical decimal and lowercase hex. Parsing rejects unknown
+versions, wrong field counts, empty fields, noncanonical numbers, invalid or
+uppercase hex, invalid UTF-8 paths, paths that fail the existing path
+validator, unsafe-integer line/offset values, and other malformed encodings.
+Callers must nevertheless treat the string as opaque and must not construct or
+edit it; the explicit representation exists to make the contract and refusal
+tests deterministic and to permit future versioning without a codec change.
+
+For example, a text cursor to line 2 at byte 6 of `/file.txt` has the form
+`lfr1.t.2.6.<64-lowercase-hex>.2f66696c652e747874`.
+
+### Binding rules
+
+After resolving the snapshot and looking up the requested path, the reader
+validates the cursor against all of the following:
+
+- normalized request path equals `pathHex` decoded as a path;
+- current file `content_root` equals `contentRootHex`;
+- requested mode equals `mode`;
+- `byteOffset <= size`, with the existing safe-integer limits also enforced.
+
+The cursor is bound to immutable file content, not to a Commit/Layer identity.
+Consequently:
+
+- **Another Commit or Layer, same normalized path and same content root:**
+  accepted. Snapshot identity may differ; the continuation is still exact.
+- **Advanced Branch head, same path and unchanged content root:** accepted.
+- **Changed file content:** refused because the content root differs.
+- **Metadata-only change with unchanged content root:** accepted; file bytes
+  and line positions are unchanged.
+- **Another file:** refused because the normalized path differs, even if the
+  other file has identical content.
+- **Missing path at the other snapshot:** the existing `NoSuchPath` refusal
+  occurs during lookup, before cursor validation.
+
+These rules deliberately bind both content and path. Content-only binding
+would make a cursor from an unrelated but byte-identical path silently valid,
+which is surprising for a path-scoped `fs.read` operation. Omitting the Commit
+identity avoids refusing safe continuations across snapshots that share the
+same immutable file content.
+
+A cursor is an opaque continuation token, not a security capability or an
+authentication mechanism. As with existing path keyset cursors, a caller can
+submit a syntactically valid position that the server did not issue. The
+classification guarantee below applies to chains of server-issued cursors;
+content/path/mode checks prevent accidental cross-read reuse, not malicious
+fabrication.
+
+## Refusal semantics and precedence
+
+### Precedent
+
+`engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/compare.rs:322` sets numeric skip
+to zero when a difference cursor is present: cursor wins over `pagePos`.
+`engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/args.rs:53-59` still validates paging
+arguments and rejects malformed cursor input as `InvalidInput`. Finding 5
+extended the same behavior to `changed_paths`. This design mirrors both parts.
+
+### Exact rules
+
+1. Both `offset` and `startLine` may be present. A valid `offset` selects the
+   effective start line and byte range; a valid numeric `startLine` is then
+   ignored for positioning.
+2. Numeric arguments are still syntactically validated. Thus `startLine: 0`
+   remains `InvalidInput` even with a cursor, just as invalid `pagePos` is not
+   hidden by a difference cursor.
+3. The reply's `startLine` is the effective cursor line, not the ignored
+   numeric argument.
+4. `endLine` remains an absolute line number. It is compared with the effective
+   start line. If it is smaller, retain the exact existing refusal:
+   `InvalidInput`, `endLine must be at least startLine`, null detail.
+5. `offset: null` and omitted `offset` both mean numeric line-only operation.
+
+Use these exact message classes, both with null detail:
+
+| Condition | Code | Message |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Wrong wire type, malformed encoding, unsupported version, invalid number/path | `InvalidInput` | `offset is not a valid read cursor` |
+| Path, content-root, mode, or file-size binding mismatch | `InvalidInput` | `offset does not match this file read` |
+
+Existing snapshot and path refusal ordering remains unchanged: snapshot/path
+resolution happens before line/cursor arguments are consumed. Therefore a
+missing path still wins over a malformed or mismatched cursor. Existing
+`Binary`, `IsDirectory`, `NotFile`, Branch, Commit, and Layer refusals are
+unchanged.
+
+A cursor is not silently ignored when it is stale or belongs to another file.
+There is no fallback to numeric start after a cursor error, and no automatic
+retry.
+
+## Boundary and continuation semantics
+
+The scanner must track the absolute byte offset at which each logical line
+starts, in addition to its line number and byte length.
+
+- Offset zero is the start of line 1.
+- After a line containing `n` bytes including its LF, the next line starts at
+  `currentOffset + n`.
+- A final LF belongs to the preceding line and does not create a phantom line.
+- An unterminated final line has no continuation after it.
+- `nextOffset` always points to the beginning of the first unreturned line,
+  never into a returned line and never merely to the scanner's current read
+  position.
+- If the scanner inspected part of an unreturned line before stopping, the
+  next cursor rewinds to that line's start. That bounded overlap is required
+  for exactly-once output and correct truncation/classification.
+- A returned truncated line is still fully scanned under the current rules;
+  if another line follows, its cursor points after the complete returned
+  line's terminator.
+- `nextLine: null` requires `nextOffset: null`; `nextLine: n` requires a
+  non-null cursor whose `line` is `n` and whose `byteOffset` is that line's
+  first byte.
+
+For cursor calls, initialize the scanner's open line to the cursor's line and
+offset, and call `read_range` for `byteOffset..size`. `Feed.from` and the
+16 KiB classification-window calculations continue to use absolute file
+offsets, not suffix-relative offsets. Whole-file in-memory payloads may be
+sliced at `byteOffset`; chunked views must request only the suffix. No
+cross-call read cache is introduced.
+
+## Text-mode Binary classification preservation
+
+Mode binding is mandatory. A text cursor cannot be used with `binary: true`,
+and a binary cursor cannot be used with `binary: false` or an omitted `binary`
+flag; both are `InvalidInput: offset does not match this file read`.
+
+For a server-issued text-cursor chain:
+
+1. A page is returned only after the existing text scanner has accepted all
+   content needed for that page. If a NUL or invalid UTF-8 is encountered in an
+   earlier page or its scanned prefix, that earlier call returns `Binary` and
+   issues no cursor.
+2. Therefore a successful text cursor certifies that all bytes before its line
+   boundary have already passed the existing classification algorithm. The
+   next call need not classify that prefix again.
+3. The cursor is at an LF line boundary in validated text, so it is also a
+   UTF-8 character boundary. No partial UTF-8 sequence needs to be carried
+   between calls.
+4. The suffix scan retains absolute 16 KiB window numbering and the full file
+   size. Binary behavior cannot change merely because storage chunks or read
+   blocks begin at a different suffix offset.
+5. Any NUL or invalid UTF-8 in a later page still returns the exact existing
+   `Binary` refusal. A binary-mode first page can never be converted into a
+   text continuation that skips an unclassified binary prefix.
+
+Binary mode performs no UTF-8/NUL classification, as today; its `b` cursors
+are valid only for subsequent binary reads of the same path and content.
+
+## Public surface changes
+
+### Rust wire/API surface
+
+`fs.read` accepts these fields in addition to the current fields:
+
+```text
+offset?: string | null
+```
+
+Successful replies add:
+
+```text
+nextOffset: string | null
+```
+
+`engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/fs/read.rs` parses the optional field with the
+same lazy-argument discipline as line arguments and passes it into the Store
+read service. The service resolves it to an effective line/byte start and
+returns the continuation beside `nextLine`.
+
+The public Rust function signatures may use a small typed cursor/start value
+internally, but no new public SDK method, Store schema object, transport tag,
+or `SdkValue` variant is introduced. Node's generic `SdkValue` conversion
+already supports text/null, so `layerfs-node` requires no production change.
+
+### JavaScript SDK
+
+Keep the positional signature and extend the existing final options object:
+
+```text
+fs.read(ref, path, startLine?, endLine?, { binary?, offset? }?)
+```
+
+Validation behavior:
+
+- `offset` may be `undefined`, `null`, or a string.
+- `undefined`/`null` omits the wire field.
+- Other types throw `LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "offset must be a string or null", null)`
+  before any binding call.
+- The existing options-object and unknown-key validation remains; the allowed
+  keys become exactly `binary` and `offset`.
+- The wire request includes `offset` only when it is a string. Existing calls
+  retain their current request fields.
+
+The JS result exposes `nextOffset` unchanged as a string or `null`.
+
+### CLI
+
+Extend `layerfs fs read` with:
+
+```text
+--offset <cursor>
+```
+
+The flag maps to `options.offset` and then the `offset` wire field. It combines
+with `--start-line` using cursor precedence and with `--end-line` as an
+absolute end. `--binary` must match cursor mode. Omission preserves existing
+invocations. JSON and text output naturally include `nextOffset` when the
+binding returns it; no special output encoding is added.
+
+### Documentation and golden surface
+
+Update the JS signature, CLI usage row, paging/read explanation, cursor
+binding/precedence, mode-mismatch rule, and exact refusal messages in
+`api/docs/agent.md`. Update `docs/general/sdk.md` with the additive read
+continuation and the fact that numeric paging remains supported. Update the
+SDK method golden replies so every successful `fs.read` includes
+`nextOffset` (usually `null` in existing cases).
+
+## Scaling and correctness test plan
+
+All performance claims use the existing storage byte/read counters, not wall
+time. The fixtures must be multi-pack files so the test exercises ranged
+content reads rather than a single whole-file payload.
+
+### 1. Two-size linear sequential traversal
+
+Add to `engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p8_reads.rs` a helper and test
+that run separately at `B = 2 MiB` and `B = 4 MiB`.
+
+Fixture shape:
+
+- ASCII lines of exactly 128 bytes including LF, with the zero-padded line
+  number embedded in each line;
+- no final partial line;
+- enough lines to make exactly 2 MiB and 4 MiB;
+- text mode, 48 KiB reply budget, default line cap not reached before the byte
+  budget.
+
+For each size, begin with an ordinary first read and then repeatedly pass
+`nextOffset` as `offset` until `nextOffset`/`nextLine` are null. Around the
+whole traversal, snapshot the existing `ContentIo` counters used by P8:
+`pack_read_bytes + payload_read_bytes + range_acquired_bytes` and
+`read_packs + payload_reads`.
+
+Assertions for each size:
+
+- Reassembled content equals the original bytes exactly.
+- Every expected line appears exactly once, in order, with no repeats/skips.
+- Each reply's effective `startLine`, `endLine`, `nextLine`, truncation flags,
+  and cursor line agree.
+- Before the final page, `nextOffset` is a non-null string; on the final page
+  both continuation fields are null.
+- The sequence terminates within the expected page count plus one defensive
+  bound; it cannot loop on a nonadvancing cursor.
+
+Cross-size assertions, recorded with actual counts in test output:
+
+- `bytes(4 MiB) <= 3 * bytes(2 MiB)` and
+  `reads(4 MiB) <= 3 * reads(2 MiB)`.
+- Also assert a late-page bound: the final page of the 4 MiB traversal must
+  read fewer than 2,000,000 content bytes. The old final-page prefix scan is
+  over 3 MiB before storage overhead, while a suffix page plus bounded pack
+  read-ahead remains below this limit.
+
+The expected old cumulative shape is approximately quadratic (`B²/(2W)`), so
+doubling file size multiplies prefix work by about four; the new shape is
+linear plus bounded page/pack overhead. The ratio assertions alone are not
+relied upon—the late-page absolute bound directly rejects a final prefix
+rescan. No timing threshold is used.
+
+**Old-code failure:** the first reply has no `nextOffset`, so traversal fails
+for the intended missing-cursor reason. If driven numerically for a pre-fix
+diagnostic, the old implementation also exceeds the late-page bound and shows
+approximately 4x work at doubled size. That diagnostic is evidence only, not a
+production-test fallback: the final test must never silently substitute
+`nextLine` when `nextOffset` is absent.
+
+### 2. Exactly-once coverage across line and reply boundaries
+
+Add a focused real-Store test in `area_p8_reads.rs` with short lines arranged
+around 16 KiB classification windows, 256 KiB scanner blocks, and the 48 KiB
+reply budget. Include a returned truncated line followed by another line, a
+final LF case, and an unterminated-final-line case.
+
+Assert that cursor continuation is always the first unreturned line's start,
+that the concatenated pages equal numeric one-shot/reference windows, and that
+no phantom line is introduced after a final LF.
+
+**Old-code failure:** no `nextOffset` is returned; cursor-driven continuation
+cannot be performed. Existing numeric-only assertions alone would not
+discriminate this test and are not sufficient.
+
+### 3. Precedence and numeric compatibility
+
+Add real-Store cases in `area_p8_reads.rs`:
+
+- Obtain a cursor to line `n`, then call with both that cursor and a different
+  valid `startLine`. Assert the reply starts at cursor line `n`, returns the
+  same content as the cursor-only call, and ignores the numeric start only for
+  positioning.
+- Combine a cursor with an earlier `endLine`; assert exact existing
+  `endLine must be at least startLine` refusal.
+- Combine a cursor with `startLine: 0`; assert numeric validation still
+  refuses.
+- Run legacy line-only windows and assert every pre-existing field and content
+  result is unchanged except for the additive `nextOffset` field.
+
+**Old-code failures:** the precedence cases use the supplied numeric start and
+return the wrong window because old code ignores `offset`; malformed combined
+arguments likewise do not follow the new effective-start rules. The pure
+numeric compatibility case passes on old code by design and is explicitly a
+non-discriminating regression guard.
+
+### 4. Cursor format and binding refusals
+
+Add table-driven real-Store cases in `area_p8_reads.rs` for:
+
+- non-string, empty, malformed, wrong-version, uppercase/noncanonical, bad
+  path, zero/overflow line, and overflow/negative-equivalent invalid encodings;
+- a cursor from another path with identical content;
+- a cursor after content changes at the same path;
+- text cursor with binary mode and binary cursor with text mode;
+- offset beyond file size;
+- another Commit/Layer with unchanged path/content, which must succeed and
+  continue at the cursor line rather than restart at line 1;
+- missing path at another snapshot, which retains `NoSuchPath` precedence.
+
+Assert exact code/message/detail for every refusal.
+
+**Old-code failures:** old Rust ignores `offset`, so malformed, stale,
+cross-file, and mode-mismatch cases return ordinary numeric reads instead of
+the required refusal. The valid cross-snapshot case restarts at line 1 and
+fails its continuation assertion.
+
+### 5. Classification preservation
+
+Add targeted cursor cases in
+`engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_text_scan.rs`, reusing its window/block
+reference corpus:
+
+- Traverse selected valid UTF-8 files with characters and line boundaries
+  around classification-window and scanner-block edges; compare every cursor
+  page with the existing numeric reference.
+- For files with NUL or invalid UTF-8 after one or more valid reply pages,
+  assert early cursor pages succeed and the page reaching the bad window
+  returns exact `Binary`; a complete cursor traversal must never succeed.
+- Attempt to switch a binary cursor obtained before such bad content into text
+  mode; assert the mode-mismatch refusal rather than classifying only a later
+  suffix.
+
+**Old-code failure:** cursor replies are absent and `offset` is ignored, so
+cursor equivalence/continuation assertions fail. In particular, the mode test
+does not produce the new required mismatch refusal.
+
+### 6. JS and CLI agreement/validation
+
+Extend the P8 agreement fixtures rather than adding a second harness:
+
+- Add an SDK/CLI case whose request carries an opaque offset string and whose
+  reply carries `nextOffset`. Assert the exact wire field in both the JS SDK
+  and spawned CLI paths.
+- Add `{offset: 7}`, `{offset: true}`, and `{offset: {}}` to the P8 validation
+  group; assert the exact new message and zero binding calls.
+- Keep existing no-cursor P8 agreement cases, now expecting `nextOffset: null`.
+- Update the base agreement cases too: their terminal read expects
+  `nextOffset: null`, and their first-window read with `nextLine: 2` must
+  expect a deterministic non-null stand-in cursor.
+- Update the exact `--text fs read` CLI assertion to include that deterministic
+  `nextOffset` line after `nextLine`.
+- Exercise `fs read ... --offset <cursor> --start-line <n>` in an agreement
+  case so CLI forwarding and the combined surface are covered. Rust real-Store
+  tests own actual precedence behavior; the stand-in owns forwarding only.
+
+**Old-code failures:** old JS rejects `offset` as an unknown option, old CLI
+rejects `--offset`, old fixtures/replies omit `nextOffset`, and old validation
+uses the unknown-option message instead of the required offset-type message.
+
+### 7. Golden and neighboring regression checks
+
+Update `sdk_method_golden` expectations and run it under `umask 022`; old code
+fails the updated golden because `nextOffset` is absent. Re-run existing
+`sdk_text_scan`, `area_p8_reads`, `area_p1_history`, `area_p14_paging`, and
+`area_p7_attribution` to ensure scanner/shared-cursor neighbors remain exact.
+Run JS `area-p`, `calls`, and `cli.test` for surface compatibility.
+
+These neighboring suites are regression evidence, not new discriminating
+finding-7 tests; no claim is made that every unchanged neighbor fails on old
+code.
+
+## Rejected alternative: immutable-content line-index cache
+
+A bounded cache keyed by immutable `content_root` could map line numbers to
+byte offsets and avoid the public API addition. It remains inferior for this
+finding:
+
+1. A cold cache still needs a full content scan before a late numeric line
+   lookup. The cursor avoids that scan for the supported sequential workflow
+   from the second page onward.
+2. Correct hits require exact content identity and consistent line/offset
+   entries. Eviction, partial-index representation, duplicate-content sharing,
+   memory bounds, concurrent construction, and cold/warm behavior all become
+   product semantics that need separate proofs.
+3. Eviction or a cold process can silently reintroduce quadratic sequential
+   behavior. A caller-held cursor makes resumption explicit and deterministic
+   across processes and cache states.
+4. The existing per-call cache lifetime is intentional. Extending it into a
+   retained line index would be a larger ownership/resource change than
+   carrying a small continuation string through the existing request/reply.
+5. The cursor adds no Store writes, index maintenance, background jobs, or
+   invalidation path. It also works naturally across immutable snapshots that
+   share content.
+
+The cache could still accelerate random numeric line-only access, but that is
+a different requirement and does not remove the quadratic cold sequential
+case. The design work therefore does not overturn the retro conclusion: the
+byte cursor is the simpler durable shape for sequential reads. Numeric-only
+calls intentionally retain legacy performance and semantics.
+
+## Implementation touch list
+
+No change is planned in `read/cached.rs`, `layerfs-node`, Store schemas,
+history cursors, transport framing, Python, or MCP.
+
+### Production and contract documentation
+
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/window.rs`
+  - Track absolute line-start offsets; accept a byte/line start; range-read
+    from that offset; preserve absolute classification windows and bounded
+    unreturned-line rescanning.
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/reads.rs`
+  - Parse/validate the typed cursor against path/content/mode/size; implement
+    precedence and effective start; construct `nextOffset` beside `nextLine`.
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/fs/read.rs`
+  - Add optional `offset` argument parsing and pass it to the service.
+- `api/agent/src/fs/read.js`
+  - Allow/validate `options.offset` and forward it.
+- `api/cli/src/fs/read.js`
+  - Add `--offset` and forward it through the SDK options object.
+- `api/docs/agent.md`
+  - Document JS/CLI shapes, continuation use, binding, precedence, mode rules,
+    and refusals.
+- `docs/general/sdk.md`
+  - Document the additive read contract and complexity behavior without
+    claiming unverified measurements.
+
+### Tests and fixtures
+
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p8_reads.rs`
+  - Add two-size counter traversal, exactly-once/boundary, precedence,
+    compatibility, format/binding refusal, and cross-snapshot cases.
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_text_scan.rs`
+  - Add cursor/reference equivalence and delayed-Binary/mode-preservation
+    cases.
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_method_golden.rs`
+  - Add/retain golden calls needed for the additive reply and cursor argument
+    surface; no performance evidence comes from this golden.
+- `engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/golden/sdk_methods.txt`
+  - Update successful `fs.read` replies with `nextOffset` and any added golden
+    refusal/continuation rows.
+- `api/agent/test/fixture/cases-area-p.mjs`
+  - Add SDK/CLI offset agreement cases and `nextOffset` result expectations.
+- `api/agent/test/fixture/cases.mjs`
+  - Update the base read replies: null on the terminal page and a deterministic
+    non-null stand-in cursor on the existing first-window continuation.
+- `api/agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs`
+  - Return the additive field and provide deterministic cursor/refusal
+    stand-in behavior needed by agreement cases.
+- `api/agent/test/area-p.mjs`
+  - Extend the existing P8 options-validation group for offset types and exact
+    no-binding-call behavior.
+- `api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs`
+  - Update the exact `--text fs read` output assertion with `nextOffset`; the
+    shared agreement cases and generated documentation tables cover the other
+    CLI assertions without a second harness.
+
+## Open questions for the commander
+
+None. The wire field names, cursor representation, binding, refusal messages,
+precedence, classification behavior, JS/CLI surfaces, and test acceptance
+shapes are fully specified above. The only launch precondition outside this
+design is independent confirmation of the `6c9111ec1` base in the private git
+checkout by the commander, because the supplied workdir has no git metadata.
+Implementation must wait for commander approval and a separate implementation
+brief.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-finding7.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-finding7.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3395aba16d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-finding7.md
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+area_p8_reads old-code build: FAIL (new test code compile errors; correcting before the discriminating run)
+area_p8_reads old-code two-size test: FAIL 0 passed / 1 failed (intended: first reply missing nextOffset; 7 filtered)
+sdk_text_scan old-code build: FAIL (new test typo refused/refusal; correcting before the discriminating run)
+area-p old-code: FAIL 2 of 245 (intended: offset rejected as unknown; exact offset-type refusal missing)
+calls old-code: FAIL 1 of 66 (intended: offset request rejected before binding)
+sdk_text_scan old-code cursor test: FAIL 0 passed / 1 failed (intended: nextOffset absent; 1 filtered)
+area_p8_reads old-code full suite: FAIL 4 passed / 4 failed (all discriminating cursor tests missing nextOffset; numeric compatibility guard passed as designed)
+area_p8_reads implementation pass 1: FAIL 7 passed / 1 failed (beyond-size fixture used size exactly; two-size 2 MiB=1,663,637 bytes/0 reads/43 pages, 4 MiB=3,221,324 bytes/0 reads/86 pages, late=15,327 bytes)
+sdk_text_scan implementation pass 1: FAIL 0 passed / 1 failed (valid-text fixture produced Binary; diagnosing fixture vs scanner)
+area_p8_reads implementation pass 2: PASS 8 / 8 (two-size 2 MiB=2,286,557 bytes/21 reads/43 pages, 4 MiB=3,918,010 bytes/46 reads/86 pages, late=15,711 bytes; ratios and late bound passed)
+sdk_text_scan cursor classification: PASS 1 / 1 (1 pre-existing test filtered)
+area-p implementation: PASS 241 cases + 2 P7 groups + 1 P8 group + 1 budget traversal
+calls implementation: PASS 66 / 66
+cli.test implementation pass 1: FAIL 105 / 106 (only generated CLI docs table lacks --offset)
+sdk_method_golden implementation (umask 022): PASS 1 / 1
+FINAL area_p8_reads: PASS 8 / 8 (2 MiB=1,663,637 bytes/0 reads/43 pages; 4 MiB=3,221,324 bytes/0 reads/86 pages; late=15,327 bytes)
+FINAL sdk_text_scan: PASS 2 / 2
+FINAL sdk_method_golden (umask 022): PASS 1 / 1
+FINAL area_p1_history: PASS 8 / 8
+FINAL area_p14_paging: PASS 8 / 8
+FINAL area_p7_attribution: PASS 11 / 11
+FINAL area-p: PASS 241 cases + 2 P7 groups + 1 P8 group + 1 budget traversal
+FINAL calls: PASS 66 / 66
+FINAL cli.test: PASS 106 / 106
+FINAL product boundary: PASS (967 production files scanned)
+FINAL tool self-tests: PASS 155 / 155
+fmt check pass 1: FAIL (rustfmt layout differences in new Rust code)
+fmt final: PASS
+clippy pass 1: FAIL (lines_until has 8/7 arguments; replacing line+offset pair with typed Start)
+clippy pass 2: FAIL (test hex format_collect and one single-element loop; correcting test code)
+FINAL fmt check: PASS
+FINAL workspace clippy (exclude layerfs-node, all-targets, -D warnings): PASS
+FINAL post-clippy area_p8_reads: PASS 8 / 8 (2 MiB=1,663,637 bytes/0 reads/43 pages; 4 MiB=3,221,324 bytes/0 reads/86 pages; late=15,327 bytes)
+FINAL post-clippy sdk_text_scan: PASS 2 / 2
+FINAL post-clippy product boundary: PASS (967 production files scanned)
+NOT RUN mounted/real-E2E: /dev/fuse and Docker unavailable
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p10.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p10.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..490e00d5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p10.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# PROGRESS — P10 per-call results (area-p/p10, commit 08682b085)
+
+Environment: Docker container `layerfs-build` (node 24.21.0, cargo 1.85.1,
+python 3.13.5, gcc 14.2.0), repo at /work/layerfs on ext4. All test commands
+under explicit `timeout 120`. No mounted/real-E2E tests in this slice:
+P10 is client-side JS only; no Store/daemon/FUSE surface touched.
+Durable execution NOT_RUN (owner policy).
+
+- area-p10-results: PASS 11 scenarios (new; also FAIL on old code for the
+  intended reason `lf.results is not a function`, verified by stashing the
+  src diff).
+- area-p9-events: PASS 13 scenarios.
+- area-p: PASS 241 cases + 2 P7 validation groups + 1 P8 validation group
+  + 1 budget traversal.
+- calls: PASS 66 cases.
+- trace on/off/failure/layerfs-env/start/ids/no-content/store/daemon-host:
+  PASS all 9 cases.
+- cli.test: PASS 106/106.
+- area_p1_history: PASS 8/0.
+- area_p14_paging: PASS 8/0.
+- area_p7_attribution: PASS 11/0.
+- sdk_method_golden (umask 022): PASS 1/0.
+- control_records: PASS 4/0.
+- observed_records: PASS 7/0.
+- cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check: clean.
+- cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --workspace --exclude layerfs-node
+  --all-targets -- -D warnings: clean (57.4 s).
+- check_product_boundary: PASS 968 files.
+- tool self-tests: PASS 155/0 (after installing procps in the container;
+  test_host_timeout_cancels_owned_process_group needs `ps`).
+
+Windows-host note (not a product failure): trace on/store/daemon-host fail
+on Windows node with ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME (`await import(FAKE)`
+takes a Windows absolute path); pre-existing, they pass on Linux above.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p11.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p11.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14dd069744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p11.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# PROGRESS — P11 store statistics (area-p/p11, base bc3036162)
+
+Environment: WSL2 Ubuntu on E: (cargo 1.85.1, node 22.22.1, python 3.12),
+repo at /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs. All test commands under explicit
+`timeout 120`. No mounted/real-E2E tests in this slice: /dev/fuse and Docker
+do not exist here. Disposable Store fixtures only; Durable NOT_RUN (owner
+policy).
+
+- area_p11_statistics: PASS 3/0 (new; all 3 FAIL on old code for the intended
+  reason, verified: `disk` absent, `commits` absent, refusals accepted as
+  unknown option/ignored args).
+- area_p1_history: PASS 8/0.
+- area_p14_paging: PASS 8/0.
+- area_p7_attribution: PASS 11/0.
+- sdk_method_golden (umask 022): PASS 1/0 (get_storage reply shape unchanged
+  for existing golden callers: new `disk` is additive).
+- layerfs-bridge control_records: PASS 4/0.
+- layerfs-bridge observed_records: PASS 7/0.
+- layerfs-bridge other suites (commands/replies/duplex/terminal): PASS 25/0.
+- JS area-p11-storage: PASS 5/5 scenarios (new).
+- JS area-p: PASS 241 cases + 2 P7 validation groups + 1 P8 validation group
+  + 1 budget traversal.
+- JS area-p10-results: PASS 11 scenarios.
+- JS calls: PASS 66 cases.
+- cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check: clean.
+- cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --workspace --exclude layerfs-node
+  --all-targets -- -D warnings: clean.
+- check_product_boundary: PASS 969 files.
+- tool self-tests: PASS 155/0.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p12.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p12.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e919cfd321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p12.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# P12 progress log
+
+- RED area_p12_summary (old production code): 0 passed, 4 failed; all four reached `backend.store.project.get_summary` and failed `UnknownMethod` as intended.
+- RED area-p12-summary (old production code): 0/3 scenarios passed; `backend.store.project.get_summary is not a function` as intended.
+- EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN summary_main_branch: `SEARCH s USING COVERING INDEX layer_stack_names (name=?)`; `SEARCH b USING INDEX branch_names (layer_stack_id=? AND name=?) LEFT-JOIN`.
+- EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN summary_branch_count: `SEARCH branch USING COVERING INDEX branch_names (layer_stack_id=?)` — index-only count, no table scan.
+- EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN summary_commit_count: `SEARCH commit USING COVERING INDEX commit_identity (layer_stack_id=?)` — index-only count, no table scan.
+- EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN summary_main_commit: `SEARCH commit USING INDEX commit_identity (layer_stack_id=? AND commit_id=?)` — point lookup.
+- EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN statistics_totals: `SEARCH store_totals USING INTEGER PRIMARY KEY (rowid=?)` plus three one-row pragma virtual-table reads; no object/history catalog scan.
+- area-p12-summary after implementation: PASS 3/3 scenarios, 0 failed.
+- area_p12_summary first implementation run: 2 passed, 2 failed; independent-logical test used the wrong public route (corrected to operator dispatch), and Fixture::work measured 7 statements/5 rows at both sizes because the five queries have a real BEGIN/COMMIT snapshot; contract ruling requested.
+- area_p12_summary independent-values rerun: 1 passed, 0 failed, 3 filtered out.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p13.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p13.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e238c3334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p13.md
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# PROGRESS — P13 folder-scoped client (api/agent + api/backend + exec cwd)
+
+Environment: WSL2 Ubuntu on E: (cargo 1.85.1, node 22.22.1, python 3.12),
+worktree at /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/worktrees/p13 (branch copy of layerfs).
+All suites under explicit `timeout 120` (Rust build steps given 600s). No
+mounted/real-E2E tests in this slice: /dev/fuse and Docker do not exist here,
+so mounted `workspace.exec` (the actual bash run) is NOT RUN; the cwd
+validation/joining it depends on is covered by pure Rust unit tests.
+
+- Red-to-green: with the host worktree diff saved as /tmp/p13-red.patch and
+  the production changes reverted in the host checkout, 13/14
+  area-p13-scope scenarios FAIL for the intended reasons (scope accepted and
+  ignored, out-of-scope paths dispatched, unprefixed Branch names, history
+  answered, events/backend reachable); the 14th (unscoped call shapes) is a
+  regression guard that passes both before and after. `exec_cwd` fails to
+  compile on old code (`exec_directory` absent).
+- JS area-p13-scope: PASS 14/14 scenarios (new).
+- JS area-p: PASS 241 cases + 2 P7 validation groups + 1 P8 validation group
+  + 1 budget traversal.
+- JS area-p9-events: PASS 13 scenarios.
+- JS area-p10-results: PASS 11 scenarios.
+- JS area-p11-storage: PASS 5/5 scenarios.
+- JS calls: PASS 66 cases.
+- JS trace: PASS 9/9 cases (on, off, failure, layerfs-env, start, ids,
+  no-content, store, daemon-host).
+- JS exec_output (touched file): PASS `exec output: ok`.
+- Rust layerfs-node exec_cwd: PASS 4/0 (new; no Docker, no FUSE).
+- cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check: clean.
+- cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --workspace --exclude layerfs-node
+  --all-targets -- -D warnings: clean (28.7s).
+- cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked -p layerfs-node --all-targets
+  -- -D warnings: clean (40.6s; the binding crate is excluded from the
+  workspace-wide run but was changed, so it was checked separately).
+- check_product_boundary: PASS 970 files.
+- tool self-tests: PASS 155/0.
+- Rust area_p1_history: PASS 8/0.
+- Rust area_p14_paging: PASS 8/0.
+- Rust area_p7_attribution: PASS 11/0.
+- Rust area_p11_statistics: PASS 3/0.
+- Rust sdk_method_golden (umask 022): PASS 1/0 (no method shape moved; the
+  new `cwd` is an optional internal binding input, not a public SDK field).
+- Rust layerfs-bridge control_records: PASS 4/0.
+- Rust layerfs-bridge observed_records: PASS 7/0.
+- Not runnable here and outside the P13 matrix: init_refusals, reinit,
+  binary_write (E2E-launcher suites; they read `LAYERFS_STORE_PATH`, which is
+  absent here) and packaging (needs the explicit-resource-management Node
+  flag). Each aborts before reaching any changed code, so this is
+  environmental, not a regression.
+
+## Round 2 — after the review fixes (append-only)
+
+Review fixes now in the tree (not reverted): `scope.js` `changePaths()` makes
+`fs.apply` validate `from` and `to` on `cp`/`mv` changes, not only `path`
+(the binding's change parser accepts both shapes, so a cp/mv could otherwise
+name either side outside the folder and still dispatch); the out-of-scope
+sweep in `area-p13-scope.mjs` gained the four missing cp/mv cases
+(inside→outside, outside→inside, mv both directions).
+
+`api/backend/src/index.js`: P13 adds one line to `LayerFSBackend.of` — a
+client carrying `scope` is refused with `LayerFSError("InvalidInput",
+"out of scope: backend", null)`. Reason: `backend.store.fs.get_storage` and
+`list_revisions` take `path`, and other backend calls return unfiltered
+Workspace change paths and history/branch data, so a backend handle would
+bypass the folder and Branch-namespace guards. Unscoped clients are
+unchanged, which is why the backend suite still passes as before.
+
+`events.js` now sends `events.subscribe` through `client.call` instead of
+`invokeClient`; this does not change P10 recording, because the per-call
+record is written by `invoke`/`invokeClient`'s sink, not by `client.call`.
+
+- JS area-p13-scope (re-run): PASS 14/14 scenarios.
+- JS area-p: PASS 241 cases + 2 P7 validation groups + 1 P8 validation group
+  + 1 budget traversal.
+- JS area-p9-events: PASS 13 scenarios.
+- JS area-p10-results: PASS 11 scenarios.
+- JS area-p11-storage: PASS 5/5 scenarios.
+- JS calls: PASS 66 cases.
+- JS trace: PASS 9/9 cases.
+- JS exec_output: PASS.
+- JS backend (surface, closed, comparable, get-log): PASS 4/4 invocations.
+- Rust exec_cwd: built with `cargo test --no-run` (12.7s) and executed as
+  `timeout 120 target/debug/deps/exec_cwd-0d7c185e20882f75 --nocapture`:
+  PASS 4/0.
+- cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check: clean.
+- cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --workspace --exclude layerfs-node
+  --all-targets -- -D warnings: clean.
+- cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked -p layerfs-node --all-targets
+  -- -D warnings: clean.
+- check_product_boundary (`-B`): PASS 970 files.
+- tool self-tests: PASS 155/0.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p15.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p15.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d2ea608ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p15.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# P15 progress: npm preparation ONLY
+
+## Scope and rulings
+
+- **Native addon scope ruling**: The native addon build (`layerfs.node`) is not a P15 deliverable; it belongs to the release/verification gate. Packaging tarballs contain JavaScript source only, and the native addon rule is explicitly documented (Linux uses external `LAYERFS_NATIVE`; macOS/Windows use the external runtime bundle).
+- **CLI test execution ruling**: The full CLI suite (106 tests) cannot fit within the 120 s test ceiling in WSL in a single invocation due to /mnt/e 9p filesystem latency (~2.5-4 s per test). Per repository policy, the suite is split into 6 batches using Node's `--test-name-pattern`, each running strictly under `timeout 120`. All 106 tests pass on Linux (WSL).
+- **Pre-existing Windows CLI path artifact**: On Windows host, `init: the command matches the SDK` fails with `path: 'E:\\fake\\src'` vs `'/fake/src'` (105 passed, 1 failed out of 106). This failure was reproduced identically on the base repository at HEAD (`/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs` in 12724 ms: 105 passed, 1 failed with identical diff). It is a pre-existing Windows path-representation artifact, not a P15 regression. On Linux (WSL), this exact test passes (`ok 2 - init: the command matches the SDK`, 1984 ms).
+- **Removal of `api/cli/package-lock.json`**: `cli` was added to `api/package.json` workspaces. A package-local lockfile is redundant with the root workspace lockfile and fights workspace resolution. The offline tarball install in `prepare-publish.mjs` proves offline resolution works.
+- **Dependency change `file:../agent` -> `1.1.0` in `api/cli/package.json`**: A `file:` dependency cannot be published to npm; changing to exact set version `1.1.0` is required for publication. npm workspace linking resolves exact matching versions locally without network access.
+- **Publication boundary**: Hard boundary preserved. No npm publish or dry-run was executed; no npm token or account was created; no registry was contacted.
+
+## Verification matrix
+
+| Scope / Suite | Command | Exit Code | Result / Counts | Notes |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| Manifest metadata audit | `node api/scripts/prepare-publish.mjs` (static checks) | 0 | 4/4 packages valid | Non-private, MIT, exact version 1.1.0, repo `Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs` |
+| License equality | `sha256sum LICENSE api/{agent,backend,runtime,cli}/LICENSE` | 0 | 5/5 hashes identical | SHA-256 `e20a92efe4b92c0460bd0c475395166e37b6450ed410af155fa0ed99d479f676` |
+| Workspace install | `npm --prefix api install --offline --ignore-scripts` | 0 | `up to date in 1s` | Links agent, backend, runtime, cli offline |
+| Pre-publish pack/install gate | `node api/scripts/prepare-publish.mjs` | 0 | 4 packages packed & installed | agent 49, backend 18, runtime 27, cli 47 required files; 4 imports ok; installed `layerfs --version` (1.1.0) and `layerfs help` pass |
+| CLI README command | `layerfs help` (via PATH from installed bin) | 0 | `layerfs: every @layerfs/agent call as one command` | Help text and usage verified |
+| CLI WSL batch 1 (init, project, branch) | `timeout 120 node --test --test-name-pattern="^(every table\|init:\|project \|branch (fork\|list_commits\|diff\|merge\|publish))" api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs` | 0 | 13/13 pass (0 fail, 29.9s) | `init: the command matches the SDK` PASSES on Linux |
+| CLI WSL batch 2 (fs commands) | `timeout 120 node --test --test-name-pattern="^fs " api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs` | 0 | 18/18 pass (0 fail, 55.5s) | All fs SDK-to-CLI parity cases pass |
+| CLI WSL batch 3 (workspace, sandbox, P1, P7) | `timeout 120 node --test --test-name-pattern="^(workspace \|sandbox \|P[17] )" api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs` | 0 | 14/14 pass (0 fail, 46.0s) | Workspace, sandbox, P1, P7 parity cases pass |
+| CLI WSL batch 4 (P8 cases) | `timeout 120 node --test --test-name-pattern="^P8 " api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs` | 0 | 22/22 pass (0 fail, 53.5s) | P8 ref/commit/layer/symlink/binary cases pass |
+| CLI WSL batch 5 (usage errors) | `timeout 120 node --test --test-name-pattern="^usage error, nothing called:" api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs` | 0 | 22/22 pass (0 fail, 25.0s) | All 22 CLI syntax/usage error checks pass |
+| CLI WSL batch 6 (defaults, flags, help, metadata) | `timeout 120 node --test --test-name-pattern="^(defaults:\|the client\|dashed\|init resolves\|usage errors\|apply with\|a missing\|--project\|after --\|bodies:\|a refusal\|exec --\|--text\|help\|there are\|docs/\|api/)" api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs` | 0 | 17/17 pass (0 fail, 72.5s) | Defaults, options, text mode, doc tables pass |
+| CLI WSL total | Combined 6 batches | 0 | **106/106 pass (0 fail)** | All CLI tests pass under 120s ceilings on Linux |
+| CLI Windows host | `node --test api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs` | 1 | 105/106 pass (1 fail, 10.3s) | Single failure is pre-existing Windows path representation (`E:\fake\src` vs `/fake/src`), verified at base HEAD |
+| Agent calls | `node api/agent/test/calls.mjs` | 0 | PASS calls (66 cases) | Verified against fake-native stand-in |
+| Agent area-p suite | `node api/agent/test/area-p.mjs` | 0 | PASS area-p | 241 cases + 2 P7 validation groups + 1 P8 validation group + 1 budget traversal |
+| Agent area-p9 events | `node api/agent/test/area-p9-events.mjs` | 0 | PASS area-p9-events | 13 scenarios pass |
+| Agent area-p10 results | `node api/agent/test/area-p10-results.mjs` | 0 | PASS area-p10-results | 11 scenarios pass |
+| Agent area-p11 storage | `node api/agent/test/area-p11-storage.mjs` | 0 | PASS area-p11-storage | 5/5 scenarios pass |
+| Agent exec output | `node api/agent/test/exec_output.mjs` | 0 | `exec output: ok` | Streaming output verification pass |
+| Agent trace suite | `node api/agent/test/trace.mjs <case>` | 0 | PASS trace (9 cases) | on, off, failure, layerfs-env, start, ids, no-content, store, daemon-host |
+| Backend suite | `node api/backend/test/backend.mjs <case>` | 0 | PASS backend (4 cases) | surface, closed, comparable, get-log |
+| Runtime suite | `node api/runtime/test/runtime.mjs <case>` | 0 | PASS runtime (14 cases) | surface, home-mode, projects, init, state, events, leftovers, sandboxes, volumes, transport-order, macos-worker, worker-frames, docker-default, worker-docker |
+| CLI doc tables | `node api/cli/test/doc-tables.mjs` | 0 | PASS | Doc tables in sync with CLI commands |
+| Whitespace & diff check | `git diff --check` | 0 | No errors | Clean diff formatting |
+
+## Summary of deliverables
+
+1. **Manifests**: `@layerfs/agent`, `@layerfs/backend`, `@layerfs/runtime`, `@layerfs/cli` all non-private, license `MIT`, repository `https://github.com/Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs.git` with correct `directory` entries, exact `1.1.0` dependencies on `@layerfs/agent`.
+2. **README and LICENSE**: Untracked README and LICENSE created for all four packages; README commands verified executable; accurate native loading rules documented (JS-only tarballs; Linux external `LAYERFS_NATIVE`; macOS/Windows external sealed runtime bundle).
+3. **Workspace linkage**: Root `api/package.json` workspaces list `agent`, `backend`, `runtime`, and `cli`. Redundant `api/cli/package-lock.json` removed.
+4. **Pre-publish verification script**: `api/scripts/prepare-publish.mjs` packs each package offline, verifies tarball file lists against source and manifest requirements (asserting no `.node` files are included), installs all four from tarballs into a temporary directory, imports main entrypoints, and executes installed `layerfs` CLI binary for `--version` and `help`.
+5. **Release policy**: `docs/general/release-policy.md` documents coordinated single-version scheme for all four packages and specific breaking-change boundaries for each package.
+6. **Publication command for later approval (NOT executed)**: `npm --prefix api publish --workspaces --access public`.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p4.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p4.md
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+2026-10-30 RED python-sdk pre-implementation: 7 tests run, 0 passed, 7 errors (LayerFS/_client/_worker absent), command `timeout 120 env PYTHONPATH=engine/crates/layerfs-python/python /tmp/layerfs-p4-py312/bin/python -B -m unittest discover -s engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python -p 'test_*.py' -v`.
+2026-10-30 GREEN python-sdk implementation: 10 tests run, 9 passed, 0 failures, 1 skipped (P12 summary at this base), command `timeout 120 env PYTHONPATH=engine/crates/layerfs-python/python python3 -m unittest discover -s engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python -p 'test_*.py' -v`.
+2026-10-30 VERIFIED python-sdk full native & ABI3 wheel slice (P4 / D10):
+- Native crate: `engine/crates/layerfs-python` with PyO3 0.30.1 (`abi3-py310`, `extension-module`). Files: `lib.rs` (entry delegation, `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]`), `convert.rs`, `direct.rs`, `discovery.rs`, `dispatch.rs`, `project.rs`. All entry/mod files <=200 lines, production files <=999 lines.
+- ABI3 wheel: built via maturin in `/root/layerfs-p4b/py312`: `target/wheels/layerfs-1.1.0-cp310-abi3-linux_x86_64.whl` (supports Python 3.10–3.13), installed via pip into Python 3.12 virtualenv.
+- Linux real-Store native test: `test_real_store.py` passed in 0.139s (init, open, fs read/write/list, branch fork/commits/graph/changed_paths, backend.store.project.get_storage({commits: True}), re-open; P12 project.get_summary marked skipped pending).
+- P6 contract test suite: `test_contract.py` passed in 23.767s (all 280 contract subtests driving real P6 wire cases).
+- Worker tests: `test_worker.py` passed in 0.154s (3/3 tests covering 4-byte BE framing, auth handshake, command dispatch, and error handling).
+- Results ring buffer: `test_results.py` passed in 12.555s (4/4 tests covering sequence tracking, cursor resumption, and eviction).
+- Combined Python test discovery: 10 tests run, 9 passed, 1 skipped in 45.916s.
+- Red-test verification: diff saved to `/tmp/p4-verification-backup.patch`, test expectation broken and confirmed red (`AssertionError: 'initial\n' != 'wrong_text_should_fail\n'`), restored cleanly and confirmed green.
+- Cargo checks: `cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check` clean (0 diff); `cargo clippy --locked --workspace --exclude layerfs-node --all-targets -- -D warnings` clean (0 warnings).
+- Product boundary guard: `python3 -B tools/check_product_boundary.py` PASS (975 files scanned).
+- Tool unit tests: `python3 -B -m unittest discover -s tools -p 'test_*.py'` PASS (155 tests in 12.877s).
+- Production LOC: 105,106 -> 105,766 (delta +660 LOC: layerfs-python 660 LOC across 6 files; core 38,681 / engine 63,968 / api 3,117 / reference absent retired R9c).
+- Platform limitations: macOS and Windows NOT RUN (worker protocol verified via loopback tests; native macOS/Windows daemon environments absent).
+- Constraint adherence: R7 #42 push/pull not implemented or stubbed; Disposable/WAL/OFF persistence used exclusively; zero Git commits/pushes/branches created.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p5.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-p5.md
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+# PROGRESS — P5 MCP server (area-p/p5, base abd6d57c8)
+
+Environment: WSL Node v22.22.1, npm 11.11.1, cargo 1.85.1; worktree on /mnt/e. Every command had an explicit `timeout 120`. Exact dependencies: @modelcontextprotocol/server 2.4.0, zod 4.6.7.
+- mcp-stdio-red-old-code: FAIL 6/6 as intended, `Cannot find module api/mcp/src/server.js`; diffs saved `/tmp/p5-red-tests.diff`, `/tmp/p5-red-tracked.diff`, `/tmp/p5-server-production.diff`.
+- mcp-stdio-final: PASS 6/6 (handshake/50 strict tool schemas; delegation/refusals/Branch grammar; duplicate-open lifecycle; 43-case operation parity sweep; Workspace EOF cleanup; event notifications/cancellation).
+- mcp-real-store: NOT RUN 0/1 — repository native build `--debug` with `CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=3` hit timeout 120 three times (exit 124) and produced neither `layerfs.node` nor `target/debug/liblayerfs_node.so`.
+- area-p: PASS 241 cases + 2 P7 validation groups + 1 P8 validation group + 1 budget traversal.
+- calls: PASS 66/66.
+- sdk_method_golden (umask 022): NOT RUN 0/1 — locked offline `--no-run` build hit timeout 120 three times (exit 124), no test binary produced.
+- cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check: PASS, clean.
+- cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --workspace --exclude layerfs-node --all-targets -- -D warnings: PASS (1m07s).
+- python3 -B tools/check_product_boundary.py: PASS, 969 production files scanned.
+- tool self-tests with cargo in PATH: PASS 155/155.
+- dependency/diff/syntax checks: PASS npm ls exact pins, node --check, git diff --check.
+- mounted/real-E2E and Docker: NOT RUN — /dev/fuse and Docker unavailable; only the plain real-Store scenario was in scope and is blocked above.
+- Durable execution: NOT RUN — disabled by owner; no Durable profile invoked.
+
+## Revision after independent review (2026-10-30, verdict REVISE)
+
+Seven corrections applied to the P5 contract and the implementation: `fs.apply` now carries the SDK's seven change kinds (write/edit/mkdir/chmod/rm/cp/mv with modes); `backend.get_history` takes `since`, `sandbox.get_log` takes `lines` 1..2000 (default 200); `fs.read` returns the whole SDK answer and defaults `binary` false; `sandbox.create` takes only `image` and `fs.mkdir` no `recursive`; `branch.merge.units` accepts patterns or `{name,patterns}` groups; exact pins `@modelcontextprotocol/server` 2.4.0 / `zod` 4.6.7 (plus `@modelcontextprotocol/core` 2.4.0) recorded in `api/package-lock.json` with the same integrity digests as `tools/build-mcp/package-lock.json`; events wording covers cancellation, close and stale/error termination. Build-vs-test ceiling ruling applied: compilation gets a long budget, the produced binary runs under `timeout 120`.
+- mcp-stdio-red-revision: FAIL 4/8 as intended (apply rejected mode/base64/edit/chmod/rm/cp/mv, `fs_read.binary` had no default, `get_history.since` rejected, merge unit groups rejected); test snapshot `/tmp/p5-red-stdio.test.js`.
+- mcp-stdio-final (Windows node v25.8.2): PASS 8/8 (1.86s).
+- mcp-stdio-final (WSL node v22.22.1): PASS 8/8 (50.3s under `timeout 120`).
+- mcp-real-store (WSL): PASS 1/1 (3.8s) — supersedes the earlier NOT RUN. Addon built by `api/scripts/build-native.mjs --debug` with `CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=3` under a 600s build budget (8m05s, exit 0). Scratch root moved to ext4 with `LAYERFS_MCP_TEST_TMPDIR=$HOME` because the default temp directory is tmpfs and the SDK refuses direct Store access there (`Unsupported`); the scenario forks `work` from `main` because `main` is ReadOnly ("main changes only through publish").
+- sdk_method_golden (umask 022): PASS 1/1 (0.30s) — supersedes the earlier NOT RUN. Built with `cargo +1.85.1 test -j 3 --locked -p layerfs-api --test sdk_method_golden --no-run` under a 600s build budget (3m04s); ran `timeout 120 target/debug/deps/sdk_method_golden-263c15b334c0ee8e`.
+- area-p: PASS 241 cases + 2 P7 validation groups + 1 P8 validation group + 1 budget traversal. calls: PASS 66/66.
+- cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check: PASS, clean. cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --workspace --exclude layerfs-node --all-targets -- -D warnings: PASS (1m01s).
+- python3 -B tools/check_product_boundary.py: PASS, 969 production files. Tool self-tests: PASS 155/155.
+- node --check on server and tests, `git diff --check`, lockfile pin/integrity check: PASS.
+- `mode` fields are forwarded unbounded (forwarded test asserts 4096 reaches the SDK) so the binding/SDK, not the MCP schema, decides whether a mode is storable; only negative modes are schema-invalid.
+- mounted/FUSE and Docker: NOT RUN — unavailable. Durable execution: NOT RUN — disabled by owner.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f1.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f1.md
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+JS area-p baseline 1/0 (239 cases + 2 P7 validation groups + 1 P8 validation group + 1 budget traversal)
+Rust area_p7_attribution regression baseline 6/2 (both new cases fail control encoding with control record limit)
+Rust area_p14_paging regression baseline 2/1 (oversized-unit Commit omitted without disclosure)
+Rust area_p7_attribution implementation 8/0 (actual-cost pages and oversized-unit fallback encode and advance)
+Rust area_p14_paging implementation 3/0 (operator snapshot discloses omitted units within control limit)
+Rust area_p1_history implementation 4/0 (history and bounded graph neighbors pass)
+JS area-p final first attempt 0/1 harness (2 of 243 cases show unrelated extra commit fields; one rerun authorized)
+JS calls final first attempt 0/1 harness (3 of 64 cases show unrelated extra commit fields; one rerun authorized)
+JS packaging invocation 0/1 (harness requires an explicit case; all cases will be run individually)
+JS cli.test final first attempt 103/1 (text snapshot shows unrelated extra commit fields; one rerun authorized)
+JS area-p authorized rerun 0/1 harness (same 2 of 243 unrelated extra-field failures; no unitsTruncated in actual)
+JS calls authorized rerun 0/1 harness (same 3 of 64 unrelated extra-field failures; no unitsTruncated in actual)
+JS cli.test authorized rerun 103/1 (same unrelated extra-field text snapshot failure)
+JS packaging all cases 7/1 (surface lifecycle options copy sandbox worker-route transport-order pass; dispatch missing layerfs.node)
+JS packaging all cases final 8/0 (dispatch passed after standard locked offline debug addon build)
+Rust bridge control_records final 4/0
+Rust bridge observed_records final 7/0
+Rust store-service package final 6/0 (lib 0, kept_plans 1, kernel_guard 1, sdk_root_batches 1, write_capacity_code 3, doc 0)
+Rust golden first final attempt 0/1 (golden line 10 expects the intentional unitsTruncated contract field)
+Rust golden final 1/0 (19 recorded Commit values updated with unitsTruncated false)
+Product boundary guard final 1/0 (964 production files scanned)
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f4.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f4.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+PRE area_p7_attribution::tiny_commit_records_share_one_encoded_provider_page: 0 passed, 1 failed (16 provider pages; statements=110 rows=78 vm_steps=2072).
+PRE area_p7_attribution::mixed_commit_records_pack_by_actual_width_and_resume_exactly_once: 0 passed, 1 failed (page widths [1,1,1,1]; statements=26 rows=18 vm_steps=476).
+PRE area_p14_paging::snapshot_carries_multiple_small_commits_from_one_branch: 0 passed, 1 failed (snapshot returned 1 of 4 Commits).
+PRE area_p14_paging::snapshot_mid_page_rejection_resumes_at_rejected_commit: 0 passed, 1 failed (provider fixture was not mid-page).
+POST area_p7_attribution::tiny_commit_records_share_one_encoded_provider_page: 1 passed, 0 failed (1 provider page; statements=20 rows=18 vm_steps=497).
+POST area_p7_attribution::maximal_commit_records_still_take_one_provider_page_each: 1 passed, 0 failed (3 one-record pages).
+POST area_p7_attribution::mixed_commit_records_pack_by_actual_width_and_resume_exactly_once: 0 passed, 1 failed (actual exact packing [2,2], saved expectation [2,1,2] was inconsistent with record widths).
+POST area_p14_paging::snapshot_carries_multiple_small_commits_from_one_branch: 1 passed, 0 failed.
+POST area_p14_paging::snapshot_mid_page_rejection_resumes_at_rejected_commit: 0 passed, 1 failed (resume cursor skipped rejected Commit; must position at its immediate newer record).
+POST area_p14_paging::snapshot_rejected_commit_yields_one_restart_continuation: 1 passed, 0 failed (first-record rejection remains Null restart).
+POST area_p7_attribution::mixed_commit_records_pack_by_actual_width_and_resume_exactly_once: 1 passed, 0 failed (correct exact widths [2,2]; statements=14 rows=10 vm_steps=266).
+POST area_p14_paging::snapshot_mid_page_rejection_resumes_at_rejected_commit: 1 passed, 0 failed (resume returns rejected then old, newest exactly once).
+PASS area_p1_history: 4 passed, 0 failed.
+FAIL area_p7_attribution: 8 passed, 3 failed (EXPLAIN diagnostic omitted its required bound parameter; production cases otherwise passed).
+PASS area_p14_paging: 8 passed, 0 failed.
+PASS sdk_method_golden: 1 passed, 0 failed (umask 022).
+PASS layerfs-history: 0 passed, 0 failed (lib and doc targets contain no tests).
+PASS layerfs-bridge control_records: 4 passed, 0 failed; observed_records: 7 passed, 0 failed.
+PASS layerfs-store-service: 6 passed, 0 failed across external suites; 0 lib/doc tests.
+BUILD combined History/Persistence/Store-service/Bridge --no-run: two 120 s compile timeouts, zero tests run; per-package builds subsequently completed.
+PASS layerfs-persistence: 99 passed, 0 failed, 2 ignored across all package targets.
+PASS area_p7_attribution: 11 passed, 0 failed; EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN = SEARCH commit USING PRIMARY KEY (commit_id=?).
+PASS area_p14_paging after original-anchor resume tightening: 8 passed, 0 failed.
+PASS tools/check_product_boundary.py: scanned 967 production files.
+PASS tools Python unittest discovery: 155 passed, 0 failed.
+PASS JS area-p: 1 harness passed, 0 failed (239 cases + 2 P7 groups + 1 P8 group + 1 budget traversal).
+PASS JS calls: 1 harness passed, 0 failed (64 cases).
+PASS JS cli.test: 104 passed, 0 failed.
+FAIL JS packaging without selection: 0 passed, 1 failed (script requires explicit selection; rerun each selection).
+FAIL cargo fmt --check: style drift in the two saved test files only; rustfmt applied.
+PASS cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check.
+PASS JS packaging: surface, lifecycle, options, copy, sandbox, worker-route, transport-order, dispatch each passed (8/8 selections).
+PASS cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --offline --workspace --exclude layerfs-node --all-targets -- -D warnings.
+NOT_RUN mounted/real-E2E: /dev/fuse and Docker unavailable; Durable execution remains disabled.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f5.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f5.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+2026-10-30 retro-f5 launch: source copy inspected; base supplied by commander 76a20b79; implementation and verification pending.
+PRE-FIX area_p1_history: 5 passed, 3 failed (missing nextCursor x2; malformed cursor accepted); pagePos compatibility passed by design.
+PRE-FIX JS area-p: 1 case failed (P1 changed_paths cursor omitted from sent args).
+PRE-FIX JS cli.test: 104 passed, 1 failed (changed_paths --cursor made no binding call).
+POST-FIX area_p1_history: 8 passed, 0 failed.
+POST-FIX JS area-p: PASS (240 cases + 2 P7 validation groups + 1 P8 validation group + 1 budget traversal).
+POST-FIX JS cli.test before docs sync: 104 passed, 1 failed (stale changed_paths command table); documentation updated for rerun.
+FINAL area_p1_history: 8 passed, 0 failed; cursor work 40 changes/3 pages=39 statements/24 rows, 80 changes/5 pages=65 statements/40 rows.
+FINAL area_p14_paging: 8 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL area_p7_attribution: 11 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL sdk_method_golden (umask 022): 1 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL layerfs-bridge control_records: 4 passed, 0 failed; observed_records: 7 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL JS calls: PASS 65 cases; packaging: PASS surface/lifecycle/options/copy/sandbox/worker-route/transport-order/dispatch; cli.test: 105 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL boundary guard: PASS 967 production files; tool self-tests: 155 passed, 0 failed.
+CHECK clippy workspace excluding layerfs-node: PASS, 0 warnings; fmt first run FAILED only changed_paths.rs line wrapping, fix pending.
+FINAL cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check: PASS.
+FINAL cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --offline --workspace --exclude layerfs-node --all-targets -- -D warnings: PASS.
+NOT RUN mounted/real-E2E: /dev/fuse and Docker unavailable. Durable execution: NOT_RUN disabled by owner; all executed Store tests use existing Disposable fixtures.
+REVIEW-FIX area_p1_history: 8 passed, 0 failed; flat cursor 40/80 changes=39/65 statements, 24/40 rows, 9/15 object reads; nested cursor=36/71 object reads; nested pagePos=58/147 object reads (rewalk discrimination PASS).
+REVIEW-FIX area_p14_paging: 8 passed, 0 failed.
+REVIEW-FIX area_p7_attribution: 11 passed, 0 failed.
+REVIEW-FIX sdk_method_golden (umask 022): 1 passed, 0 failed.
+REVIEW-FIX layerfs-bridge control_records: 4 passed, 0 failed; observed_records: 7 passed, 0 failed.
+REVIEW-FIX cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check: PASS.
+REVIEW-FIX cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --offline --workspace --exclude layerfs-node --all-targets -- -D warnings: PASS, 0 warnings.
+REVIEW-FIX JS area-p/calls/cli.test: NOT_RUN; this fix touched only area_p1_history.rs and this append-only progress file, no JS or fixture files.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f6.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f6.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b9472e135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f6.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+PRE-FIX area_p8_reads huge-next-line regressions: 0 passed, 2 failed, 1 filtered; intended unbounded-scan failures (terminated 603916 bytes/3 reads, unterminated 603909 bytes/3 reads).
+INTERMEDIATE area_p8_reads after scanner predicate: 1 passed, 2 failed; replies/nextLine correct but single-pack 600000-byte fixtures still fetched whole (603916/603909 bytes, 3 reads each); multi-pack fixtures required.
+PRE-FIX FINAL area_p8_reads 4MB huge-next-line regressions: 0 passed, 2 failed, 1 filtered; intended unbounded-scan failures (terminated 4079997 bytes/17 reads, unterminated 4079990 bytes/17 reads).
+FINAL area_p8_reads: 3 passed, 0 failed; huge terminated=753896 bytes/3 reads, huge unterminated=753896 bytes/3 reads (old=4079997/17 and 4079990/17).
+FINAL sdk_text_scan: 1 passed, 0 failed; text Binary classification, truncation, nextLine and grep reference agreement green.
+FINAL area_p1_history: 8 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL area_p14_paging: 8 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL area_p7_attribution: 11 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL sdk_method_golden (umask 022): 1 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL layerfs-bridge control_records: 4 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL layerfs-bridge observed_records: 7 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL product boundary guard: PASS, 967 production files scanned; tool self-tests: 155 passed, 0 failed.
+FINAL cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check: PASS.
+FINAL cargo +1.85.1 clippy --locked --offline --workspace --exclude layerfs-node --all-targets -- -D warnings: PASS, 0 warnings.
+JS area-p/calls/cli.test: NOT_RUN; no JS, JS fixtures, API wire shape, or CLI files touched.
+NOT RUN mounted/real-E2E: /dev/fuse and Docker unavailable. Durable execution NOT_RUN, disabled by owner; tests used existing Disposable fixtures.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f8.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f8.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8788988a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS-retro-f8.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Retro finding 8 — blame single conversion (implemented directly by the
+commander; kimi quota exhausted, no kimi session used).
+Base: private area-p/p1-p15 tip 7d18a1551.
+Change: blame.rs only, 1 file +13/-10. Prefix collection 3 text()
+conversions -> 1; track selection 2 -> 1; short-circuit behavior
+preserved exactly; no new test (no honest counter exists, and adding
+test instrumentation is forbidden).
+Verification (clone branch area-p/retro-f8): blame coarse 14/0,
+area_p8_reads 8/0, area_p1_history 8/0, sdk_method_golden 1/0
+(umask 022), bridge control 4/0, bridge observed 7/0, fmt PASS,
+workspace clippy (excl. node, -D warnings) PASS, product boundary
+967 PASS, tool self-tests 155/0. JS not re-run (no JS touched).
+Mounted/real-E2E NOT RUN (no /dev/fuse, no Docker). Durable NOT RUN.
+Production LOC: 104896 -> 104899 (+3).
+Private PR #15 (c9950a6c), merged to 9a4fb5b5f.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..976f524d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/logs/PROGRESS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+area-p 239/0 baseline green (+2 P7 groups, +1 P8 group, +1 budget traversal)
+area-p 239/0 P9 v2 pre-change baseline with /usr/bin/node v24.22.1
+area-p 239/0 P9 v2 implementation-session baseline green (plus 4 validation/traversal checks)
+area-p 0/1 fake subscription-ID syntax error before cases; corrected for one rerun
+area-p 239/0 rerun green after fake syntax correction (plus 4 validation/traversal checks)
+area-p 239/0 continuation baseline green with /usr/bin/node v24.22.1 (plus 4 validation/traversal checks)
+agent-event-private-smoke 1/0 exact public keys and fs.committed routing after WeakMap tightening
+area-p9-events 13/0 all stateful fake scenarios green including >65519-byte stale snapshot
+init-watchers 5/0 focused groups green; fixed runtime.close InitJobs ownership ReferenceError
+init-watchers-real 1/0 real Linux Disposable Init: 9 events, outer phases complete, imported scan/files/publish, zero host get_init reads
+runtime/surface 1/0 subscribe_init surface present and existing lifecycle checks green
+runtime/worker-frames 1/0 frames plus disconnect, late subscribe, old-ID refusal and no-backlog checks green; fixed missing op destructuring
+native_events 2/0 real Disposable Store mappings/lifecycle and UV=2 long-poll admission green
+Rust clippy layerfs-node initial 0/1 -D warnings identified non-snake-case local hasMore; wire field retained and local renamed
+area-p final 239/0 /usr/bin/node v24.22.1 (plus 4 validation/traversal checks)
+calls final 64/0 /usr/bin/node v24.22.1
+cli.test final 104/0 docs tables and no-events CLI surface green
+area-p9-events final 13/0 UTF-8 fake valueCost and >65519-byte stale snapshot green
+Rust layerfs-api test build initial 0/1 --tests --no-run hit 120 s while compiling; no test executed
+Rust layerfs-api aggregate test build second 0/1 same compile-only timeout; switched to required per-target builds, no tests executed
+Rust P1/P7/P8 target builds 3/0 locked offline --no-run completed individually
+packaging final 8/0 surface lifecycle options copy sandbox worker-route transport-order dispatch
+init-watchers final 5/0 focused watcher groups green
+init-watchers-real final 1/0 real Linux Disposable Init 10 events imported files/publish zero host get_init reads
+runtime/surface final 1/0 subscribe_init and existing lifecycle green
+runtime/worker-frames final 1/0 disconnect late-subscribe old-ID and no-backlog green
+Rust P14/golden target builds 2/0 locked offline --no-run completed individually
+native_events final 2/0 real Disposable Store mappings/lifecycle and UV=2 admission green
+area_p1_history final 4/0 real Disposable neighbor history green
+area_p7_attribution final 8/0 real Disposable attribution green
+area_p8_reads final 1/0 real Disposable reads green
+area_p14_paging final 6/0 real Disposable paging green
+sdk_method_golden final 1/0 umask 022 golden green including events wire methods
+product-boundary final 1/0 967 production files scanned
+Rust clippy layerfs-node final 1/0 --all-targets -D warnings green; hasMore wire keys unchanged
+rustfmt initial 0/1 three formatting diffs in native_events.rs; corrected for final rerun
+rustfmt final 1/0 cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check green
+native_events post-format final 2/0 rebuilt target and reran green
+Rust clippy layerfs-node post-format final 1/0 -D warnings green
+events_real syntax 1/0 node --check green; Docker/FUSE execution NOT RUN here
+sdk_method_golden scope correction 1/0 recorded Store methods only; P9 events verified by area-p9-events/native_events and protected golden file unchanged
+area-p9-events P9 v2 REVISE regression-first 13/0 fake positive-poll admission saturation assertion green
+native_events P9 v2 REVISE regression-first 0/1 explicit-null poll assertion reproduced unintended success before fix; 2 filtered
+native_events P9 v2 REVISE intermediate 2/1 null fix and 1002-branch snapshot green; undefined-field assertion corrected because direct wire omits undefined
+area-p9-events P9 v2 REVISE final 13/0 explicit fake-wire positive-poll admission saturation green
+native_events P9 v2 REVISE final 3/0 null/undefined-absence semantics, real addon mappings/admission and 1002-branch two-page snapshot green
+area_p1_history P9 v2 REVISE final 4/0 locked offline target build then 120 s bounded run green
+area_p7_attribution P9 v2 REVISE final 8/0 locked offline target build then 120 s bounded run green
+area_p8_reads P9 v2 REVISE final 1/0 locked offline target build then 120 s bounded run green
+area_p14_paging P9 v2 REVISE final 6/0 locked offline target build then 120 s bounded run green
+sdk_method_golden P9 v2 REVISE final 1/0 umask 022 locked offline target build then 120 s bounded run green
+rustfmt P9 v2 REVISE final 1/0 cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check green
+Rust clippy layerfs-node P9 v2 REVISE final 1/0 --all-targets -D warnings green
+product-boundary P9 v2 REVISE final 1/0 967 production files scanned
+product-boundary-self-tests P9 v2 REVISE final 155/0 tools unittest discovery green
+real-addon-null-probe P9 v2 REVISE final 3/0 cursor/timeoutMs/limit explicit null each InvalidInput with exact validation message
+area_p1_graph retro-f3 pre-change main 0/1 intended bounded-work failure: rows 100->200 = 416->824, statements = 828->1640; page/publication assertions passed
+area_p1_graph retro-f3 pre-change branch 0/1 intended bounded-work failure: rows 100->200 = 125->229, statements = 139->245; direct-source/absorbed-parent flags passed
+area_p1_graph retro-f3 implementation 2/0: main rows/statements flat 196/212 at 100 and 200 Layers; branch flat 20/38; current publication and absorbed-parent flags green
+rustfmt retro-f3 initial 0/1 new-test layout only; cargo fmt applied; final 1/0 cargo +1.85.1 fmt --all -- --check green
+area_p1_graph retro-f3 final 2/0 post-format locked offline build then bounded run green
+area_p1_history retro-f3 final 4/0 locked offline build then bounded run green
+area_p14_paging retro-f3 final 6/0 locked offline build then bounded run green
+area_p7_attribution retro-f3 final 8/0 locked offline build then bounded run green
+sdk_method_golden retro-f3 final 1/0 umask 022 locked offline build then bounded run green
+clippy retro-f3 final 1/0 workspace exclude layerfs-node all-targets locked offline -D warnings green
+product-boundary retro-f3 final 1/0 967 production files scanned
+product-boundary-self-tests retro-f3 final 155/0 tools unittest discovery green
+area-p retro-f3 final 239/0 plus 2 P7 groups, 1 P8 group, 1 budget traversal green
+calls retro-f3 final 64/0 green
+cli.test retro-f3 final 104/0 green
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/remaining-tasks.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/remaining-tasks.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6036fe638a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/remaining-tasks.md
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+# Remaining tasks after finding 8 (2026-10-30, p1-p15 tip 9a4fb5b5f)
+
+## Retro follow-ups (report: `retro-p-perf-design.md`) — ALL DONE
+
+- [x] Finding 6 — fs.read early-stop predicate (P8, medium).
+  Local scanner change, no contract change. Private PR #13
+  (7ff95b4e2, 3 files +151/-25, LOC 104700 -> 104739),
+  merged 2026-10-30 ~10:22 CST (merge 6c9111ec1).
+  Brief: `brief-finding-6.md`.
+- [x] Finding 7 — late line windows rescan from byte zero
+  (P8, medium). Additive `nextOffset` byte-cursor contract
+  change. Design approved by commander, then implemented.
+  Private PR #14 (73f5398e1, 16 files +987/-56,
+  LOC 104739 -> 104896), merged 2026-10-30 (merge 7d18a1551).
+  NOTE: the independent fresh review session died on kimi
+  quota exhaustion (429, no verdict); the commander
+  self-reviewed the full diff against the approved design
+  and disclosed the substitution in the PR body. The reads
+  ratio in the scaling proof is vacuous (0 <= 0, traversal
+  bytes flow via range acquisition); bytes ratio + late-page
+  bound carry the proof.
+  Brief: `brief-finding-7-design.md`.
+- [x] Finding 8 — blame triple conversion (P8, low). Small
+  cleanup, no contract change. Implemented directly by the
+  commander (kimi quota exhausted). Private PR #15
+  (c9950a6c, 1 file +13/-10, LOC 104896 -> 104899),
+  merged 2026-10-30 (merge 9a4fb5b5f).
+  Brief: `brief-finding-8.md`.
+
+## P slices (parent: layerfs-connect#14, "each of Node, Python,
+## CLI and MCP can mount, run a command, commit, read history,
+## and push or pull")
+
+- [x] P10 (connect#61) — single-call result API.
+  Merged in PR #16 (commit bc3036162). Brief: `brief-p10.md`.
+- [x] P11 (connect#62) — storage statistics (extend
+  get_storage). Merged in PR #17 (commit abd6d57c8).
+  Brief: `brief-p11.md`.
+- [x] P12 (connect#63) — storage summary (cheap).
+  Merged in PR #18 (commit 2117909b5). Brief: `brief-p12.md`.
+- [x] P13 (connect#64) — folder-scoped client (options /
+  wrapper). Merged in PR #19 (commit 4d2838648).
+  Brief: `brief-p13.md`.
+- [x] P3 (connect#54) — history DONE via P1. Push/pull
+  BLOCKED by R7 #42: never simulate, never fake.
+  Note: `brief-p3-status.md`.
+- [x] P4 (connect#55) — Python SDK, per D10: native PyO3
+  binding over the public Rust API on Linux, framed worker on
+  macOS/Windows. Merged in PR #20 (commit 1de6e99dc).
+  Brief: `brief-p4.md`.
+- [x] P5 (connect#56) — MCP, per D11: Node SDK + stdio first,
+  no HTTP initially. Merged in PR #21 (commit bd586c414).
+  Brief: `brief-p5.md`.
+- [x] P15 (connect#66) — prepare @layerfs/* for npm ONLY.
+  Merged in PR #22 (commit ebd40cee0). Brief: `brief-p15.md`.
+
+## Integration and gates
+
+- [ ] layerfs-connect side integration (P9 event stream into
+  host SSE, renderer de-polling, run-call bridge). Separate
+  user approval required; work happens in the connect repo,
+  not here. Brief: `brief-connect-integration.md`.
+- [ ] Full local test + environment setup, after ALL P tasks
+  land. Brief: `brief-full-local-test.md`. Honest limits:
+  full-workspace cargo test exceeds 1500 s here, so run it in
+  segments and keep the pass lines; Docker-sealed Linux E2E
+  evidence can only come from the user's Windows T1–T4 run.
+- [ ] Foundation T1–T4 (user's Windows side: WSL Ubuntu +
+  Docker Desktop). Status unknown from this machine; do not
+  claim progress without a signal from the user.
+
+## Upstream queue (complete code only, after #505 merges)
+
+Order after Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs #505 merges:
+
+1. Finding 2 upstream PR (lazy branch names; inspect.rs
+   overlaps #505, which is why it waits).
+2. P9 upstream PR (event stream, v2 contract).
+3. Finding 3 upstream PR (streaming graph).
+4. Finding 4 upstream PR (actual-size packing + mid-page
+   resume).
+5. Finding 5 upstream PR (changed_paths keyset cursor).
+6. Finding 6 upstream PR (early-stop predicate).
+7. Finding 7 upstream PR (nextOffset byte cursor).
+8. Finding 8 upstream PR (single-conversion cleanup).
+9. Later slices (P10–P15) as their own complete
+   batches, in landing order.
+
+Upstream commits carry NO Co-Authored-By trailer and a
+measured Production LOC line. Push via the scratch clone
+(fetch = upstream, push = fork); if a batch's base commits
+contain `.github/workflows/*` changes, sync the fork in the
+signed-in browser first (gh token lacks workflow scope).
+
+## Daily watch
+
+- Cron `layerfs-upstream-watch` (~09:38 CST, report-only):
+  upstream main HEAD is still 35d36575 as of 2026-10-30
+  morning. Never auto-merge; sync at a slice boundary with
+  conflict resolution + tests, after user go-ahead or at a
+  scheduled boundary.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/continuation/work-log-2026-10-30.md b/docs/superpowers/continuation/work-log-2026-10-30.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb08a9202a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/continuation/work-log-2026-10-30.md
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# Work log — 2026-10-30 (Area P, private repo)
+
+Base at day start: p1-p15 tip 20b44a0b (finding 5 merged).
+Base at day end: p1-p15 tip 9a4fb5b5f (findings 6, 7, 8 merged).
+Production LOC: 104700 -> 104899 (+199 across the three slices).
+
+## Finding 6 — fs.read early-stop (PR #13, merged ~10:22 CST)
+
+- `lines_until` predicate in window.rs + reads.rs; 4 MB next
+  line 4,079,997/4,079,990 bytes / 17 reads -> 753,896 / 3.
+- Fresh review APPROVE, zero BLOCKING (2 NON-BLOCKING notes:
+  exact-48 KiB boundary can scan one extra 16 KiB window; new
+  regressions use binary mode).
+- Clone verification: p8 3/0, p1 8/0, p14 8/0, p7 11/0,
+  golden 1/0, fmt + clippy clean, boundary 967, self-tests
+  155/0. JS not re-run (no JS touched).
+
+## Finding 7 — nextOffset byte cursor (PR #14, merged 2026-10-30)
+
+- Design session first (design doc `finding-7-design.md`):
+  versioned `lfr1` cursor, path + content-root + mode + size
+  binding, cross-snapshot same-content accepted, exact refusal
+  messages, cursor precedence. Commander approved the design.
+- Implementation: 16 files, +987/-56. Two-size traversal:
+  2 MiB 1,663,637 bytes / 43 pages, 4 MiB 3,221,324 bytes /
+  86 pages, 4 MiB final page 15,327 bytes (< 2,000,000 bound).
+- Kimi quota exhausted 11:28 (third 429 in this window); the
+  fresh review session died without a verdict. The commander
+  self-reviewed the full diff against the approved design and
+  disclosed the substitution in the PR body. Reads ratio is
+  vacuous (0 <= 0, traversal bytes flow via range
+  acquisition); bytes ratio + late-page bound carry the proof.
+- Commander clone verification (branch area-p/finding7):
+  Rust p8 8/0, text_scan 2/0, p1 8/0, p14 8/0, p7 11/0,
+  golden 1/0, blame 14/0, grep_reads 1/0; JS area-p 241 +
+  groups, calls 66/66, cli 106/106; fmt + clippy clean,
+  boundary 967, self-tests 155/0.
+
+## Finding 8 — blame single conversion (PR #15, merged 2026-10-30)
+
+- Implemented directly by the commander (kimi quota still
+  exhausted). Prefix collection 3 conversions -> 1, track
+  selection 2 -> 1, short-circuit behavior preserved exactly.
+  No new test: no honest counter exists, and adding test
+  instrumentation is forbidden.
+- Clone verification: blame 14/0, p8 8/0, p1 8/0, golden 1/0,
+  bridge control 4/0, observed 7/0, fmt + clippy clean,
+  boundary 967, self-tests 155/0. JS not re-run (no JS touched).
+
+## P slices P10–P15 (all merged on area-p/p1-p15, 2026-10-30)
+
+- P10: per-call result ring `client.results` (PR #16, bc3036162, LOC 104899 -> 104954, delta +55).
+- P11: Store statistics extension `get_storage({ commits: true })` and disk metrics (PR #17, abd6d57c8, LOC 104954 -> 105106, delta +152).
+- P12: Cheap Store summary `backend.store.project.get_summary()` (PR #18, 2117909b5, LOC 105106 -> 105250, delta +144). SummaryBound invariant: 7 statements, 5 rows.
+- P13: Folder-scoped client `LayerFS.open(name, { scope: { folder, branch? } })` (PR #19, 4d2838648, LOC 105106 -> 105284, delta +178). Path confinement, branch prefixing, exec cwd injection.
+- P4: Python SDK per D10 (PR #20, 1de6e99dc, LOC 105106 -> 105766, delta +660). Linux PyO3 direct Store binding + loopback worker protocol on macOS/Windows. 10/10 Python tests pass.
+- P5: MCP server per D11 (PR #21, bd586c414, LOC 105106 -> 105456, delta +350). stdio JSON-RPC server with 50 typed tools over Node SDK.
+- P15: npm packaging preparation (PR #22, ebd40cee0, LOC 105106 -> 105106, delta 0). Version 1.1.0, LICENSE/README sync, offline pack and tarball smoke tests verified.
+- Final integrated production LOC on area-p/p1-p15: 106,438. Cross-client verification complete across Node, Python, CLI, MCP. Push/pull preserved blocked by R7 #42.
+
+## Blocked / still open at wrap-up
+
+- Kimi quota: exhausted since 11:28; do NOT retry until the
+  5-hour window resets. UPDATE 2026-10-30 ~12:10: the user
+  ordered kimi STOPPED — no kimi sessions at all until the
+  user re-enables it. P10–P15 proceed commander-direct only
+  (as finding 8 was done), never via kimi, until further
+  user direction.
+- Wrap-up push 2026-10-30 ~12:10 (this commit): per-suite
+  PROGRESS logs archived under `logs/`, the approved
+  finding-7 design doc archived as `finding-7-design.md`,
+  remaining-tasks updated for the kimi stop. Raw kimi
+  session logs stay local only and are NOT pushed.
+- Upstream #505 (batch 1): still OPEN, MERGEABLE, awaiting
+  maintainer review (CI round 3 all green). All upstream PRs
+  for finding 2, P9, findings 3–8 wait for its merge, per the
+  complete-code rule. Never self-merge an upstream PR.
+- P10–P15: briefs stand in this directory. P15 is
+  preparation only; publication needs separate user approval.
+- layerfs-connect integration: separate user approval
+  required; work happens in the connect repo, not here.
+- Full local test: after ALL P tasks land. Docker-sealed
+  Linux E2E evidence can only come from the user's Windows
+  T1–T4 run; this machine has no Docker and no /dev/fuse.
+- Foundation T1–T4 (user's Windows side): status unknown
+  from this machine; do not claim progress without a signal.
+
+## Standing rules re-affirmed by this day
+
+- Upstream PRs carry complete code only, never a
+  work-in-progress cut.
+- A failed or quota-killed session is never assumed to have
+  succeeded or failed: check the workdir/log state first.
+- Kimi quota exhaustion is never retried; the user decides
+  about purchasing extra usage.
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation.md b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22e7169bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation.md
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+# LayerFS Area P Foundation Implementation Plan
+
+> **For agentic workers:** REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (`- [ ]`) syntax for tracking.
+
+**Goal:** Establish a reproducible Linux build/test environment, project-local build MCP and skills, source recovery points, and a sealed E2E carrier for Node, Python, CLI and MCP before Area P product code.
+
+**Architecture:** Windows hosts editing and the build MCP; a dedicated Ubuntu WSL2 distribution runs the repository's existing `tools/worktree.py`; Docker Desktop supplies pinned Linux build/runtime/sandbox images. The build MCP is a typed, allowlisted adapter over that launcher, while the launcher is extended in place to seal Python/MCP payloads and execute allowlisted Python clients.
+
+**Tech Stack:** Ubuntu WSL2, Docker Engine 29/API 1.52, Rust 1.85.1 in Docker, Node 24, Python 3, official `@modelcontextprotocol/server` 2.x + Zod 4, existing Python worktree tooling, Node test runner.
+
+**Spec:** `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-28-area-p-design.md`
+
+## Global Constraints
+
+- Commit and push only to private `Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-area-p` on `area-p/p1-p15`; never commit or push to upstream LayerFS.
+- Baseline is `582bc786f9e17a6993a147cc165e3e4a75366a9e`; local tag `area-p/baseline-582bc786` and `E:/layerfs-connect/backups/layerfs-area-p-baseline-582bc786.bundle` are the recovery points.
+- Use Ubuntu WSL2 distribution name `Ubuntu`, launcher user `root`, checkout `/mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs`, and resource state under `/root/.cache/layerfs-worktrees`.
+- Exact base tags are `rust:1.85.1-bookworm` and `node:24.21.0-bookworm`; registration uses resolved immutable IDs and never pulls implicitly.
+- Builds are `--locked --offline` after explicit `prepare`; no third-party source patches or global Docker prune.
+- Real Stores use Disposable/WAL/synchronous=OFF only and live in per-run Docker volumes on Linux; Durable is NOT_RUN.
+- Every test invocation has an explicit timeout <=120 seconds; build tests first and treat timeout as failure.
+- Do not create a pre-push gate, arbitrary-shell MCP tool, automatic retry, automatic rollback, or another build framework.
+- Each commit records production LOC before/after/delta using `python3 -B tools/production_loc.py --json`; tools/docs/tests normally leave product LOC unchanged.
+
+## Review Focus
+
+- **Wrong repository:** a routine push must not target upstream LayerFS — Task 1 asserts remote names/URLs and disabled upstream push URL.
+- **Windows Store backing:** a run must not put SQLite on `/mnt/e` — Tasks 1 and 4 inspect launcher resource/run receipts and Store volume mounts.
+- **MCP command injection:** arguments such as `--workspace`, shell metacharacters or another worktree must be refused — Task 2 tests exact argv arrays without a shell.
+- **Cross-client artifact drift:** a Python/MCP payload absent from or altered within a sealed bundle must fail closed — Task 3 tests namespace/hash verification.
+- **False E2E success:** a timed-out, unreleased or wrong-image run must not report PASS — Task 4 checks exit code, status and `released` in each receipt.
+
+---
+
+### Task 1: Linux Environment and Recovery Baseline
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `tools/docker/area-p-runtime.Dockerfile`
+- Create: `tools/docker/README.md`
+- Modify: `.gitignore` only if the runtime recipe generates a local file not already ignored
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Produces: local image `layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3`, a printed `resources.json` path, and verified `origin`/`upstream` remotes consumed by Tasks 2–4.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Prove the current recovery state**
+
+Run:
+```bash
+git -C E:/layerfs-connect/layerfs status --short --branch
+git -C E:/layerfs-connect/layerfs remote -v
+git -C E:/layerfs-connect/layerfs bundle verify E:/layerfs-connect/backups/layerfs-area-p-baseline-582bc786.bundle
+```
+Expected: branch `area-p/p1-p15`, bundle contains baseline tag, `origin` is the private Area P repository, `upstream` is public LayerFS. Then run `git -C E:/layerfs-connect/layerfs remote set-url --push upstream DISABLED_NO_UPSTREAM_PUSH` and confirm no upstream push URL remains usable.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Install and qualify the dedicated WSL control plane**
+
+Run `wsl.exe --install -d Ubuntu --no-launch`. If Windows requires restart or interactive setup, stop this task and report that exact blocker; do not alter Podman/Docker utility distributions. After installation:
+```bash
+wsl.exe -d Ubuntu -u root -- sh -lc 'apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3 lsof git ca-certificates && python3 --version && docker version && test -d /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs'
+```
+Expected: Python 3, Docker Engine API >=1.48, and the checkout visible at the pinned path.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Write the runtime recipe and its documentation**
+
+`area-p-runtime.Dockerfile` starts `FROM node:24.21.0-bookworm` and installs only `git`, `procps`, `lsof`, `python3`, `python3-venv`, and `python3-pip` with apt lists removed. `tools/docker/README.md` records exact build/pull commands, the no-Durable rule, and that FUSE capability comes from the product's Docker configuration rather than an unqualified image claim.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Pull/build and pin all image identities**
+
+Run in Ubuntu:
+```bash
+docker pull rust:1.85.1-bookworm
+docker pull node:24.21.0-bookworm
+docker build --file /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/tools/docker/area-p-runtime.Dockerfile --tag layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/tools/docker
+docker image inspect rust:1.85.1-bookworm node:24.21.0-bookworm layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 --format '{{.RepoTags}} {{.Id}}'
+```
+Expected: all images local; registration subsequently uses these exact resolved IDs.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Register and prepare private build resources**
+
+Run:
+```bash
+python3 /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/tools/worktree.py register --worktree /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs --root /root/.cache/layerfs-worktrees --owner area-p --build-image rust:1.85.1-bookworm --runtime-image layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 --sandbox-image layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3
+python3 /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/tools/worktree.py prepare --resources <printed-resources.json> --platform linux
+```
+Expected: a registration whose source is the pinned checkout, Linux Cargo/target volumes are private, dependencies are fetched only in `prepare`, and the printed resource path is recorded in `.omc/ultragoal/plans/area-p-20261028/ledger.jsonl` evidence.
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Run existing cheap baselines under explicit timeouts**
+
+Run in Ubuntu with `timeout 100` for each test command:
+```bash
+cd /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs
+timeout 100 python3 -B -m unittest tools.test_worktree
+timeout 100 docker run --rm --pull never -v /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs:/work:ro -w /work layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 node api/agent/test/calls.mjs
+timeout 100 docker run --rm --pull never -v /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs:/work:ro -w /work layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 node --test api/cli/test/cli.test.mjs
+```
+Expected: all exit 0 within 100 seconds; otherwise retain output and diagnose before product work.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Commit the environment recipe**
+
+Run the production LOC counter before staging and against the staged tree, then commit only Task 1 files with `build: add Area P Linux runtime recipe`, the LOC comparison and `Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>`. Push is a separate user-approved operation subject to the OMC Git guardrail.
+
+### Task 2: Project Build MCP and Build/Rollback Skills
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/package.json`
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/package-lock.json`
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/src/commands.js`
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/src/server.js`
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/test/commands.test.js`
+- Create: `tools/build-mcp/test/stdio.test.js`
+- Create: `.mcp.json`
+- Create: `.claude/skills/layerfs-build/SKILL.md`
+- Create: `.claude/skills/layerfs-rollback/SKILL.md`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: Task 1 `resources.json` and pinned Ubuntu/checkout.
+- Produces: MCP tools `layerfs_status`, `layerfs_prepare`, `layerfs_build`, `layerfs_cargo_test`, and `layerfs_checkpoint`; `createOperations({platform, resources, runner})` is the injectable command boundary.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write failing command-validation tests**
+
+Test `createOperations` with an injected runner. Assert exact argv for status/prepare/build/cargo test; assert build defaults to Linux debug with jobs 2; assert cargo tests require `-p` and a named `--test` target and use `--timeout 90`; assert `--workspace`, `--manifest-path`, `--target-dir`, `fs-bench-pro`, shell metacharacters, alternate resources paths and timeout >100 are refused before the runner is called. Assert Windows commands use `wsl.exe -d Ubuntu -u root --cd /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs` and never a shell command string.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run the command tests and confirm failure**
+
+Run `node --test tools/build-mcp/test/commands.test.js` under a 100-second parent timeout. Expected: FAIL because `src/commands.js` does not exist.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Implement the typed command adapter**
+
+`commands.js` exports `createOperations({platform = process.platform, resources, runner})`. Each operation returns `{status, stdout, stderr, receipt?}` from an injected spawn runner; no `exec`, shell string, arbitrary cwd, retry, Docker cleanup or Git mutation. `layerfs_checkpoint` runs only read-only Git commands and writes a timestamped binary diff plus status/revision manifest beneath `E:/layerfs-connect/backups` (or its Ubuntu-mounted equivalent), reporting untracked files separately rather than pretending they are in the diff.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Implement and test the stdio MCP surface**
+
+Use official `@modelcontextprotocol/server` 2.x and `zod` 4. `server.js` registers the five tools with strict schemas and uses `serveStdio`; stdout is protocol only and logs use stderr. `stdio.test.js` spawns the server, performs `initialize` and `tools/list`, asserts exactly the five tools, invokes invalid input and expects a tool error without a spawned build. Pin dependencies in the lockfile.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Configure the MCP and write both skills**
+
+`.mcp.json` starts the server with Windows Node and supplies `LAYERFS_BUILD_RESOURCES=/root/.cache/layerfs-worktrees/<registered-path>/resources.json` using the actual Task 1 path. The build skill documents Ubuntu execution, build-before-test, Disposable-only, timeout and receipt rules. The rollback skill documents baseline bundle verification, non-destructive checkpoints, exact-target inspection, and that restore/reset/clean/teardown require explicit approval.
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Run MCP and documentation checks**
+
+Run both Node test files with `node --test` under a 100-second parent timeout. Run `git diff --check` and validate `.mcp.json`/package JSON parsing. Expected: PASS, five tools listed, no protocol logs on stdout.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Commit the MCP and skills**
+
+Record production LOC before/after and commit Task 2 files as `tools: add Area P build MCP and recovery skills` with the required attribution.
+
+### Task 3: Seal Python and MCP E2E Payloads
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `tools/worktree.py:15-52`
+- Modify: `tools/worktree_build.py:136-196`
+- Modify: `tools/worktree_run.py:78-183`
+- Modify: `tools/test_worktree.py` in the existing copy/verify/run test groups
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: existing `copy_sdk(root, bundle)`, `verify_bundle(path)`, and launcher `arguments`.
+- Produces: optional `api/python` and `api/mcp` payload copies when those directories exist, and `run` accepting only `node` or `python3` with a relative script contained in the sealed bundle.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Add failing bundle and command tests**
+
+Extend existing tests to create temporary `api/python` and `api/mcp` source trees. Assert their files are copied, included in the hash namespace, reject symlinks/path escape and fail verification when altered. Parameterize command validation: `node api/agent/test/...` and `python3 api/python/test/...` are accepted; absolute paths, `..`, `/bin/sh`, `python`, environment assignments and arbitrary host scripts are refused.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run the selected tests and confirm failure**
+
+Run `timeout 100 python3 -B -m unittest tools.test_worktree` in Ubuntu. Expected: only the new payload/command cases FAIL; record the exact failures.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Implement minimal payload and command validation changes**
+
+Keep the existing bundle version and hash/ownership model. Add the two optional source directories without shipping caches/targets/symlinks. Validate interpreter (`node` or `python3`), exactly one relative bundle-contained script plus arguments, and retain all existing image, resource, timeout and per-run ownership checks. Do not add a generic executable selector.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Run launcher self-tests and guards**
+
+Run:
+```bash
+timeout 100 python3 -B -m unittest tools.test_worktree
+timeout 100 python3 -B -m unittest discover -s tools -p 'test_*.py'
+```
+Expected: PASS within each 100-second ceiling. Diagnose any unrelated pre-existing failure separately rather than weakening its assertion.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Commit the launcher extension**
+
+Record production LOC before/after and commit Task 3 files as `test: seal Python and MCP E2E payloads` with the required attribution.
+
+### Task 4: Prove the Sealed Linux Build and Real E2E
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `docs/superpowers/evidence/2026-10-28-area-p-foundation.md`
+- Modify: `docs/general/parallel-worktrees.md` only to document the new Python/MCP payload and `python3` command support
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: Tasks 1–3 resources, MCP operations and sealed bundle behavior.
+- Produces: one sealed Linux daemon/addon/SDK bundle and passing real Store/Workspace receipts used as the Area P starting gate.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Build the sealed Linux bundle**
+
+Run `python3 tools/worktree.py build --resources <resources.json> --platform linux --profile debug --jobs 2` in Ubuntu. Expected: a sealed bundle with matching daemon, addon and SDK source identity; no test timeout is applied to compilation, but the build is not left unattended.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run the existing real Store scenario**
+
+Run `python3 tools/worktree.py run --resources <resources.json> --bundle <sealed-bundle> --timeout 90 -- node api/agent/test/verify/calls_real.mjs inner store`. Expected: process exit 0, receipt `status=passed`, `released=true`, and output reports all Store calls passed.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Run the existing real Workspace scenario**
+
+Run the same launcher with `inner workspace`. Expected: exit 0, `status=passed`, `released=true`, and actual mount/Exec/Commit/unmount output. On failure preserve the exact stopped containers, volume and receipt for diagnosis; no automatic retry or teardown.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Run CLI agreement against real artifacts**
+
+Run `node api/cli/test/verify/cli_real.mjs inner store` and then `inner workspace`, each as a separate <=90-second launcher call. Expected: SDK and CLI answers agree and both receipts pass/release cleanly.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Record the evidence and starting gate**
+
+The evidence document records exact source/image/bundle IDs, commands, output summaries, receipt paths, Store profile and any gaps. Explicitly state Python/MCP real scenario rows are carrier-qualified only until their product packages exist; do not claim P4/P5 complete. Run `git diff --check`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Commit the foundation evidence**
+
+Record production LOC before/after and commit Task 4 files as `docs: record Area P foundation verification` with the required attribution. Checkpoint ultragoal G002 only after all applicable steps pass or record the exact blocker.
+
+## Execution Handoff
+
+After this foundation, write separate implementation plans for (1) P1/P2/P6/P14 and the shared history contract, (2) P7–P13 engine/API features, (3) P3 CLI, (4) P4 Python, (5) P5 MCP, and (6) P15/final cross-client release. R7 remains an external blocker for push/pull and must be shown explicitly in the final matrix.
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+# LayerFS Area P implementation design
+
+Date: 2026-10-28
+Status: Approved for implementation with the repository and publishing constraints below
+Baseline: `582bc786f9e17a6993a147cc165e3e4a75366a9e` from upstream `main`
+Code repository: private `Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-area-p`; upstream `Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs` is read-only
+Tracking: `layerfs-connect#14`, P1/P3–P15 sub-issues, and `layerfs#484` for P2
+
+## 1. Intent
+
+Make the LayerFS API usable consistently from Node, Python, the CLI and MCP without weakening the filesystem, history or execution contracts. The immediate foundation is a reproducible development environment on the current Windows host, with Linux builds and real Store/FUSE tests running through the existing Docker Desktop engine. Product work starts only after that foundation and this design are approved.
+
+The intended final demonstration is a shared behavioral matrix: each client mounts a Workspace, executes a command, explicitly commits, reads history, and pushes or pulls. P4 requires Python parity with the Node SDK; CLI and MCP expose the operations named by P3/P5 plus any explicitly shared contracts. P6 tests the overlapping surface rather than inventing CLI/MCP operations that their issues do not request. A client that cannot demonstrate a row because an upstream dependency is unfinished is reported as blocked, never simulated or marked complete.
+
+## 2. Core understanding that constrains the design
+
+The dependency direction is `core < engine < api`:
+
+- **Content** owns canonical object identity, complete-file and filesystem construction, bounded logical reads and merge algorithms. It opens no database and delegates object consumption/readback through ports (`core/crates/layerfs-content/src/lib.rs`).
+- **Storage** owns authenticated encoding, packs, deduplicated Save/Read flows and physical locators. It accepts finalized Content objects; it does not construct filesystem history (`core/crates/layerfs-storage/src/lib.rs`).
+- **History** owns checked Branch/Commit/Layer/LayerStack identities and records, expected-head publication, fork/merge metadata and bounded queries (`core/crates/layerfs-history/src/lib.rs`).
+- **Telemetry** owns bounded parent/child operation timing, not a public per-call API by itself (`core/crates/layerfs-telemetry/src/lib.rs`).
+- **Engine** owns SQLite Persistence, Project/Store composition, Workspace/Overlay, FUSE, daemon, Sandbox, the public Rust `layerfs-api` surface and the Node addon.
+- **API** contains the JavaScript packages only. The Node addon loads engine code; Python, CLI and MCP must reuse public behavior rather than create another Store implementation.
+
+A Store is one global SQLite database holding immutable content-addressed objects and mutable Branch history. A Branch is a writable sequence of Commits; publishing to main adds a Layer. A Workspace is a complete writable view over an immutable committed root plus its own mutable overlay. Mount does not copy the whole tree; Commit captures the current Workspace-wide frontier, not merely files written by one registered Exec. Exec never implicitly commits or unmounts.
+
+The current contract gives each mounted Workspace its own overlay SQLite file, copied from a prepared template at mount and deleted at terminal unmount. Older documents that describe one overlay per daemon or no Workspace database are historical where they conflict with current `AGENTS.md` and source.
+
+Store calls run directly in the caller's process on Linux. Windows and macOS use the authenticated loopback worker route. Workspace calls go to the daemon; Store calls do not. No retired `layerfs-server`, second database, or host-mediated Linux Store route will be introduced.
+
+All execution uses Disposable/WAL/synchronous=OFF only. Durable execution remains `NOT_RUN`. Operations are attempted once: no automatic retry, busy replay or guessed recovery after an uncertain result.
+
+## 3. Goals
+
+1. Establish a clean, reproducible Linux-first build and test environment before product code.
+2. Add project-local build/rollback MCP and skill entrypoints that wrap existing ownership and timeout mechanisms rather than replacing them.
+3. Implement P1–P15 through existing core/engine/API boundaries, sharing behavior and contract fixtures across clients.
+4. Verify both cheap stand-in/contract behavior and real Linux Store/Docker/FUSE behavior.
+5. Preserve exact evidence for unsupported, blocked and failed rows.
+6. Prepare npm packages for P15, with actual publication separately approved.
+
+## 4. Non-goals and anti-goals
+
+- No PostgreSQL Store, remote object storage, cloud sandbox or implementation of Area R beyond what P3 explicitly consumes.
+- No native Windows Store or FUSE implementation and no new general WSL distribution requirement for the initial environment.
+- No standalone UI or demo bundle. No commit or push to upstream `Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs`; all code commits and pushes target the private Area P repository. npm/PyPI publication occurs only after the relevant quality gates.
+- No new abstraction that merely duplicates `tools/worktree.py`; no unrestricted shell exposed as a build MCP tool.
+- No production fake clocks, test hooks in `src/`, inline tests, weakened assertions or automatic retries.
+- No claim that CI green alone verifies a change; CI reports and does not gate.
+- No silent implementation of unresolved D10/D11 or open R7 behavior under another name.
+
+## 5. Development environment decision
+
+### Recommended topology
+
+Use **Windows as the editor, a dedicated Ubuntu WSL2 distribution as the orchestration host, and Docker Desktop Linux as the authoritative build/E2E host**. The existing launcher calls `os.uname()` and therefore cannot run under Windows Python; a dedicated WSL control plane also preserves the same Linux paths for sibling Docker containers.
+
+- Windows supplies Git editing and the Claude/MCP host. Ubuntu WSL2 supplies Python 3, `lsof`, Docker CLI integration and a Linux home for launcher state.
+- The exact `rust:1.85.1-bookworm` build image supplies the repository's required Rust toolchain. Neither Windows nor WSL needs a host Rust installation. Pulling this image is authorized as part of the requested environment setup.
+- The exact `node:24.21.0-bookworm` image is the initial runtime and Sandbox base. A small Area P runtime derivative adds Python and test utilities for cross-client evidence; all three images are registered by immutable local image ID. The host's Node 25 is adequate for simple tooling but is not the compatibility baseline.
+- The initial Sandbox uses the same Node 24 userland with the product test's existing Docker/FUSE capabilities. If the real scenario proves a missing userland requirement, the Area P image recipe records that requirement; no unqualified substitute image is selected silently.
+- `tools/worktree.py` runs inside Ubuntu WSL2 and owns per-checkout Cargo homes/targets, sealed daemon+addon bundles, per-run Store volumes, container prefixes and retained receipts. Linux builds remain offline and locked after the explicit prepare step. Writable Store/build state stays on Linux ext4; the `/mnt/e` checkout is source input, not Store backing.
+- Linux is the required platform for real Store and FUSE E2E. Windows worker compatibility is a later scoped check, not a substitute for Linux evidence.
+
+This fits the repository better than modifying the existing Podman/Docker utility WSL distributions or adding an unsupported Windows launcher path. Docker Engine API 1.52 already satisfies the SDK's minimum. It also avoids a second native Windows build path that the product does not support.
+
+### Bootstrap sequence
+
+1. Verify the clean baseline and required Docker resources.
+2. Pull/build the exact approved images and record immutable IDs.
+3. Register this checkout with `tools/worktree.py` using an Area P owner and private state root outside the checkout.
+4. Run the explicit network-enabled `prepare`, then locked/offline builds.
+5. Run existing stand-in Node/CLI tests and tool self-tests.
+6. Build the daemon/addon bundle and run the smallest real Store scenario, then the Workspace scenario.
+7. Extend the sealed bundle/launcher, with owning tests, to carry the Python package and MCP server and to run allowlisted Python as well as Node client entrypoints. The cross-client runtime image includes both runtimes; this is infrastructure work, not a second E2E framework.
+8. Only then start Area P product changes.
+
+Every test invocation has an explicit wall timeout no greater than 120 seconds and builds first where applicable. A timeout is a failed/hung test, not a reason to wait indefinitely or rerun unchanged.
+
+## 6. Build MCP and skills
+
+Add a **project-local, stdio build MCP server** for this checkout, configured locally rather than globally. It will expose a small typed command surface around the existing launcher:
+
+- inspect environment and current resource registration;
+- prepare/build through the pinned resources;
+- run an allowlisted package test or sealed E2E entrypoint with a bounded timeout;
+- report sealed bundle/run receipts and retained failures;
+- create a non-destructive source checkpoint and show rollback instructions.
+
+It will not expose arbitrary shell execution, global Docker prune, another worktree's resources, dependency cache deletion, automatic retry, Git reset/clean, push or npm publish. Before implementation, consult the official MCP SDK documentation and use the maintained SDK rather than hand-rolling JSON-RPC.
+
+Add project-local skills for:
+
+- **LayerFS build/test:** platform routing, image/resource setup, build-before-test, timeout and evidence rules;
+- **LayerFS rollback/recovery:** baseline verification, patch/checkpoint creation, retained Docker failure custody and explicit rollback commands.
+
+The skills call the same existing launcher/MCP operations; they do not maintain a second build algorithm. If the MCP wrapper cannot preserve a launcher guarantee, that operation remains CLI-only rather than weakening the guarantee.
+
+## 7. Rollback and source custody
+
+The initial Git baseline is `582bc786f9e17a6993a147cc165e3e4a75366a9e`. The clone is shallow because the initial full clone failed in `index-pack` with an allocation error; the shallow clone completed successfully. This does not affect source verification, but no claim about full local history is made.
+
+Before product edits:
+
+- create an Area P feature branch without changing the baseline `main`;
+- create a local baseline tag and an external Git bundle for recovery;
+- push baseline and feature branches only to the private Area P `origin`; the public LayerFS remote is named `upstream` and has pushing disabled locally;
+- keep generated Cargo/Docker state outside the source tree or in the repository's designated target path;
+- save rollback instructions and the exact baseline outside the repository as well as in the ultragoal ledger.
+
+No destructive rollback runs automatically. Any `git restore`, `git reset`, `git clean`, retained volume removal or failed-run teardown requires inspecting the exact target and explicit approval. The user has authorized commits and pushes to the private Area P repository and final package publication after verification. Each commit message must include the repository's reproducible production LOC before/after/delta calculation and the required Claude Code attribution. No commit or push is made to upstream LayerFS.
+
+## 8. D10 and D11 recommendations
+
+These are selected implementation routes under the user's approved plan; recording them as global owner rulings in D7 remains outside this assignment.
+
+### D10 — Python SDK
+
+Choose a **native Python binding over the public Rust API on Linux**, with the existing worker transport on macOS and Windows. The initial packaging target is a manylinux x86_64 wheel for Python 3.10–3.13, using an ABI3 subset if the binding can remain within it; local source/wheel tests come before any additional architecture. P4 includes the PyPI wheel requirement, while P15 remains the npm publication task.
+
+A worker-only Linux SDK would move Store calls out of the caller's process and contradict the current Linux-only direct Store route. PyO3 is the likely implementation choice and is authorized as a new locked dependency if no existing crate supplies the binding; maturin may be used as build tooling after its official packaging documentation is checked. The macOS/Windows client implements the existing authenticated length-prefixed JSON worker frame protocol rather than inventing HTTP. Linux wheels and worker-client behavior share one contract suite, not two semantic implementations.
+
+### D11 — MCP server
+
+Choose **Node SDK + stdio first**.
+
+Node already implements the public client and worker transports. Stdio fits local agent integration, avoids a second HTTP authentication/authorization surface, and allows P5 to reuse P1/P2 directly. HTTP is outside the initial scope unless a concrete remote-MCP requirement is approved later.
+
+## 9. Implementation grouping and dependency order
+
+### Foundation and shared contracts
+
+Before each P1/P7–P14 coding slice, write its exact public method/argument/result/error/paging contract beside the P6 cases and have it independently reviewed. The existing one-line issues do not provide those details, so the builder may choose names that follow current SDK conventions; the reviewed contract, not an improvised implementation, freezes the fixture. This does not require a separate user approval round for routine naming.
+
+- **P6** defines language-neutral cases, normalization and refusal assertions. Start with existing `api/agent/test/fixture/cases.mjs` and the SDK/CLI agreement tests; extend rather than creating an unrelated fixture model. Python receives the corresponding Node SDK calls; CLI/MCP contract coverage is limited to their documented operation surface plus the final five-row matrix.
+- **P2** resolves all constructor/open/init options once, with environment fallback and no later environment rereads. It is independent of the history/storage work and can proceed in parallel after the foundation.
+- **P14** first reproduces short `list_branches` pages and the Branch-name loss past 64, then fixes the owning Store/query path without returning misleading partial names.
+
+### History and read surface
+
+- **P1** adds the Node history surface from existing History/engine primitives: graph, Layers, merge parents, fork points, publish state, Branch-only commits and changed paths.
+- **P7** threads author/agent and free labels through Commit writes and history reads, preserving Store format compatibility rules and exact unchanged-history behavior.
+- **P8** exposes list/stat/read at a Commit or Layer with explicit binary handling; it must not mount a Workspace or mutate the Branch head.
+- **P3** exposes P1 history and R7 push/pull through the CLI. History can proceed after P1; push/pull completion remains blocked while R7 (#42) and its R2/R3 prerequisites are open.
+
+### Observation and scoping
+
+- **P9** starts as a live typed stream with explicit connection-local ordering, cursor and disconnect semantics; it adds no persisted event log or Store schema change. A reconnect receives current state according to the reviewed contract and is not promised historical replay. Store-originated and daemon-originated events retain their source identity. If cross-reconnect durable replay is later required, it becomes a separately reviewed Store format change.
+- **P10** maps existing invocation outcomes and telemetry into method, duration, error code and write results without adding fake clocks or changing operation semantics.
+- **P11** extends `get_storage` with disk/WAL, raw/unique/compressed and per-Commit-kind byte accounting.
+- **P12** provides cheap project-list summary data: size, Branch/Commit counts, main Layer and last Commit.
+- **P13** is an option/wrapper on the existing client, mirrored by Python where applicable. It maps direct file paths beneath one project folder and Branch names beneath one namespace, and selects the scoped Branch for Workspace calls. A mounted Workspace still exposes the complete tree; scoped Exec starts in the configured folder, but LayerFS does not pretend that the mount is a filtered filesystem. Unscoped clients retain their existing behavior.
+
+### Additional clients and release
+
+- **P4** follows the approved D10 route and reuses P6.
+- **P5** follows the approved D11 route and exposes files, Bash, history and available push/pull operations with explicit lifecycle cleanup.
+- **P15** removes private/file-link publication blockers as required, validates package contents and versions, and performs npm publication only after separate approval.
+
+Each implementation step updates the owning API/architecture documentation and adds cheap external tests before broad integration. New production files obey the 999-line ceiling; `lib.rs`/`mod.rs` obey the 200-line delegation ceiling.
+
+## 10. Verification strategy
+
+### Per-change checks
+
+Select only the owning scope, but include all affected layers:
+
+- Rust: format, locked build, warning-denying Clippy, external tests and boundary/fuser guards where applicable.
+- Node/CLI: existing stand-in case tests, CLI/SDK agreement, packaging/trace/exec-output and new contract cases.
+- Python: native unit/contract tests, wheel contents/import and worker transport tests according to platform.
+- MCP: protocol initialize/list/call tests, argument/error mapping, stdio lifecycle and real client contract tests.
+- Tools/MCP/skills: owning tool self-tests, allowlist/refusal tests, timeout/cancellation and receipt validation.
+
+### Real Linux evidence
+
+Use fresh isolated resources for each run. Run the existing real Store and Workspace scenarios before feature work and the affected scenarios after changes. The final matrix covers:
+
+| Capability | Node | Python | CLI | MCP |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| Mount | real Linux Workspace | real Linux Workspace | real Linux Workspace | real Linux Workspace through MCP |
+| Run command | exit/stdout contract | same contract | same contract | same contract |
+| Explicit commit | resulting Commit/history identity | same | same | same |
+| Read history | graph/metadata contract | same | same | same |
+| Push or pull | actual R7-backed result or explicitly blocked | same | same | same |
+
+Unmount and client/server cleanup occur in `finally`/equivalent paths. Failed runs retain their exact containers, volumes, traces and receipts until diagnosed and explicitly released.
+
+### Final quality gate
+
+No story is complete on implementation alone. Final completion requires:
+
+1. all applicable changed-scope checks passing;
+2. independent code review with findings resolved;
+3. ai-slop-cleaner and simplification pass without weakening behavior;
+4. the cross-client evidence matrix and explicit blockers/gaps;
+5. a clean final verifier report.
+
+## 11. Resolved decisions and remaining external blocker
+
+- Code lands only in private `Ephemeral-AI-Lab/layerfs-area-p`; upstream LayerFS receives no commits or pushes.
+- Windows editing with a dedicated Ubuntu WSL2 control plane and Docker-Linux builds/real E2E; the exact base tags are `rust:1.85.1-bookworm` and `node:24.21.0-bookworm`, with immutable IDs recorded after pulling/building.
+- D10 implementation route: native Rust-backed Python on Linux plus the existing framed worker protocol on macOS/Windows. Initial wheel target is manylinux x86_64, Python 3.10–3.13; P4 includes PyPI, P15 covers npm.
+- D11 implementation route: Node SDK with stdio MCP first, using the official MCP TypeScript SDK.
+- The launcher/bundle may be extended with tested Python/MCP payload and allowlisted Python execution so all client rows produce real Linux evidence.
+- P9 is live-only without Store schema changes; P13 scopes direct paths, Branch names and Exec working directory without filtering the mounted tree.
+- R7 (#42) and its prerequisites remain outside Area P. Implement P3/P5 history and other unblocked calls, but keep push/pull and the corresponding final matrix cells explicitly blocked unless the user later expands the assignment. No fake transport or partial success claim is allowed.
+- The user authorized commits/pushes to the private Area P repository and final publication after quality gates. The OMC unattended Git guardrail may still require the user to execute push commands interactively; it will not be bypassed.
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/control.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/control.rs
index d981e6143f..eb95ccebc7 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/control.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/control.rs
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ impl Control {
             },
         )
     }
+    #[cfg(unix)] // called only by the (Unix) sandbox connect handshake
     pub(crate) fn clear_io_waits(&self) -> Result<(), ChannelError> {
         self.connection.clear_io_waits()
     }
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/dispatch.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/dispatch.rs
index 0db081d124..3379ecdf09 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/dispatch.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/dispatch.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ pub fn call(service: &StoreService, call: &SdkCall) -> Answer {
     match call.method.as_str() {
         "project.list_branches" => project::list_branches(service, args),
         "branch.fork" => branch::fork(service, args),
+        "branch.graph" => branch::graph(service, args),
+        "branch.changed_paths" => branch::changed_paths(service, args),
         "branch.list_commits" => branch::list_commits(service, args),
         "branch.merge" => branch::merge(service, args),
         "branch.publish" => branch::publish(service, args),
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/internal.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/internal.rs
index 7bffa705c0..dfe49ee083 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/internal.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/base/internal.rs
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ pub fn parts(
     (&sandbox.runtime, &mut sandbox.control)
 }
 
+pub use crate::sandbox::exec::exec_directory;
+
 /// The same ordinary launcher for external host commands and disjoint concurrent proof borrows.
 #[cfg(unix)]
 pub fn exec(
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/changed_paths.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/changed_paths.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ac88f7aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/changed_paths.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//! `branch.changed_paths`.
+use crate::base::args::{diff_page, project, text, Answer};
+use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkValue;
+use layerfs_store_service::{
+    read::{compare, snapshot},
+    StoreService,
+};
+
+/// `changed_paths({ commit, pageSize?, pagePos?, cursor? })`: one Commit's path changes.
+pub fn changed_paths(service: &StoreService, args: &SdkValue) -> Answer {
+    let stack = project(service, args)?;
+    let reader = snapshot::reader(&service.store, &stack);
+    let commit = text(args, "commit")?;
+    compare::changed_paths(&service.store, &stack, &reader, commit, diff_page(args))
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/graph.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/graph.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9da8fa8ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/graph.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//! `branch.graph`.
+use crate::base::args::{paging, project, text, Answer};
+use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkValue;
+use layerfs_store_service::{history::graph, StoreService};
+
+/// `graph({ branch, pageSize?, pagePos? })`: own Commits, fork and publication.
+pub fn graph(service: &StoreService, args: &SdkValue) -> Answer {
+    let stack = project(service, args)?;
+    let name = text(args, "branch")?;
+    let (limit, pos) = paging(args)?;
+    graph::graph(&service.store, &stack, name, limit, pos)
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/mod.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/mod.rs
index 989ef9aa77..0966bc65b7 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/mod.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/branch/mod.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 //! Branch methods: history, differences, forks, merges and publication.
+mod changed_paths;
 mod diff_branches;
 mod diff_commits;
 mod fork;
+mod graph;
 mod list_commits;
 mod merge;
 mod publish;
+pub use changed_paths::changed_paths;
 pub use diff_branches::diff_branches;
 pub use diff_commits::diff_commits;
 pub use fork::fork;
+pub use graph::graph;
 pub use list_commits::list_commits;
 pub use merge::merge;
 pub use publish::publish;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/fs/read.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/fs/read.rs
index fe45452583..4e4c2296a1 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/fs/read.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/fs/read.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,29 @@
 //! `fs.read`.
-use crate::base::args::{line, path, snapshot, Answer};
+use crate::base::args::{invalid, line, path, snapshot, Answer};
 use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkValue;
 use layerfs_store_service::{read::reads, StoreService};
 
-/// `read(path, { branch, commit?, startLine?, endLine? })`: one window of a file at a Branch, Commit or Layer.
+/// `read(path, { branch, commit?, startLine?, endLine?, binary?, offset? })`: one window of a file at a Branch, Commit or Layer.
 pub fn read(service: &StoreService, args: &SdkValue) -> Answer {
     let (reader, snap) = snapshot(service, args)?;
     let path = path(args, "path")?;
+    let binary = match args.get("binary") {
+        None | Some(SdkValue::Null) => false,
+        Some(SdkValue::Bool(binary)) => *binary,
+        Some(_) => return Err(invalid("binary must be a boolean")),
+    };
+    let offset = match args.get("offset") {
+        None | Some(SdkValue::Null) => Ok(None),
+        Some(SdkValue::Text(offset)) => Ok(Some(offset.clone())),
+        Some(_) => Err(invalid("offset is not a valid read cursor")),
+    };
     reads::read(
         &reader,
         &snap,
         &path,
         line(args, "startLine", 1),
         line(args, "endLine", 9_007_199_254_740_991),
+        binary,
+        offset,
     )
 }
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/commit.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/commit.rs
index 00c4c2c792..dabba0c259 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/commit.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/commit.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ impl WorkspaceApi<'_> {
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         });
         match self.exchange(request.clone())? {
             Reply::Committed(outcome) => Ok(outcome),
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/exec.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/exec.rs
index c0db8c8e5b..e0a2df47a1 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/exec.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/exec.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,59 @@
 //! Optional ordinary Sandbox launch at the acknowledged mounted directory.
+use layerfs_bridge::control::{SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+fn refusal(code: &'static str, message: impl Into<String>) -> SdkRefusal {
+    SdkRefusal {
+        code: code.to_owned(),
+        message: message.into(),
+        detail: SdkValue::Null,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Joins an optional project-root `cwd` to a mounted Workspace directory.
+/// Validates that `cwd`, when given, is a canonical absolute path (no empty,
+/// `.` or `..` components, and no trailing slash except `/`), and verifies
+/// that the joined directory remains contained within `workspace`.
+pub fn exec_directory(workspace: &str, cwd: Option<&str>) -> Result<String, SdkRefusal> {
+    let Some(cwd) = cwd else {
+        return Ok(workspace.to_owned());
+    };
+    let canonical = cwd == "/"
+        || (cwd.starts_with('/')
+            && !cwd.ends_with('/')
+            && cwd
+                .split('/')
+                .skip(1)
+                .all(|part| !part.is_empty() && part != "." && part != ".."));
+    if !canonical {
+        return Err(refusal(
+            "InvalidInput",
+            "workspace.exec cwd must be a canonical absolute path without empty, dot or parent components",
+        ));
+    }
+    let directory = if cwd == "/" {
+        workspace.to_owned()
+    } else {
+        format!("{}/{}", workspace.trim_end_matches('/'), &cwd[1..])
+    };
+    if !Path::new(&directory).starts_with(Path::new(workspace)) {
+        return Err(refusal(
+            "Failed",
+            "workspace.exec cwd escaped the Workspace",
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(directory)
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
 use crate::{ManagedSandbox, MountedWorkspace, WorkspaceApi};
+#[cfg(unix)]
 use layerfs_sandbox::{
     backend::docker::{ExecCreateFailure, ExecCreated, ExecRequest, Sandbox},
     CommandIdentity,
 };
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
 impl WorkspaceApi<'_> {
     /// Creates one ordinary command at this mount using the deployment's admitted identity.
     /// The returned Sandbox runtime owner owns Start, streams, exit status and cancellation.
@@ -26,6 +75,8 @@ impl WorkspaceApi<'_> {
         )
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
 pub(crate) fn launch(
     sandbox: &Sandbox,
     identity: CommandIdentity,
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/mod.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/mod.rs
index 6983a84746..5d81459498 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/mod.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/src/sandbox/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ mod close;
 mod commit;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 pub(crate) mod create;
-#[cfg(unix)]
 pub(crate) mod exec;
 mod mount;
 mod status;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p11_statistics.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p11_statistics.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e63eb266d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p11_statistics.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+//! P11 storage statistics over real disposable Stores and the public SDK values.
+#[path = "support/installed_store.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod installed;
+#[path = "support/sdk.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod support;
+
+use layerfs_bridge::control::{SdkCall, SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
+use layerfs_store_service::operator;
+use std::fs;
+use support::{write, Change, Fixture};
+
+fn text(value: &str) -> SdkValue {
+    SdkValue::text(value)
+}
+
+fn stats(fixture: &Fixture, commits: Option<bool>) -> SdkValue {
+    let mut args = vec![("project".to_owned(), SdkValue::text("installed"))];
+    if let Some(commits) = commits {
+        args.push(("commits".to_owned(), SdkValue::Bool(commits)));
+    }
+    let call = SdkCall {
+        method: "backend.store.project.get_storage".into(),
+        args: SdkValue::Map(args),
+    };
+    operator::dispatch(&fixture.service, &call)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|refusal| panic!("get_storage refused: {refusal:?}"))
+}
+
+fn try_stats(fixture: &Fixture, fields: Vec<(&str, SdkValue)>) -> Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal> {
+    let mut args = vec![("project".to_owned(), SdkValue::text("installed"))];
+    for (k, v) in fields {
+        args.push((k.to_owned(), v));
+    }
+    let call = SdkCall {
+        method: "backend.store.project.get_storage".into(),
+        args: SdkValue::Map(args),
+    };
+    operator::dispatch(&fixture.service, &call)
+}
+
+fn kind_map<'a>(commits: &'a SdkValue, kind: &str) -> &'a SdkValue {
+    commits
+        .get(kind)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("missing kind {kind} in {commits:?}"))
+}
+
+fn kind_figures(commits: &SdkValue, kind: &str) -> (u64, u64, u64, u64) {
+    let map = kind_map(commits, kind);
+    let get = |field| {
+        map.get_int(field)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("missing {field}")) as u64
+    };
+    (
+        get("count"),
+        get("newCanonical"),
+        get("newStored"),
+        get("newMetadata"),
+    )
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn empty_store_statistics_and_defaults() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("p11-empty", |_| 0);
+
+    // Default call: disk present, commits absent
+    let default_stats = stats(&fixture, None);
+    let disk = default_stats.get("disk").expect("disk must be present");
+    let main = disk.get_int("main").expect("main") as u64;
+    let wal = disk.get_int("wal").expect("wal") as u64;
+    let total = disk.get_int("total").expect("total") as u64;
+
+    assert!(main > 0, "main sqlite file has bytes");
+    assert_eq!(total, main + wal, "disk.total is main + wal");
+    assert_eq!(
+        default_stats.get("commits"),
+        None,
+        "commits absent by default"
+    );
+
+    // Independent filesystem check
+    let main_meta = fs::metadata(&fixture.host.config.path).unwrap().len();
+    assert_eq!(main, main_meta, "disk.main matches filesystem metadata");
+
+    // Explicit commits: false also omits commits
+    let false_stats = stats(&fixture, Some(false));
+    assert_eq!(
+        false_stats.get("commits"),
+        None,
+        "commits absent when commits: false"
+    );
+
+    // Explicit commits: true returns all three kinds, zero-filled for an empty store
+    let true_stats = stats(&fixture, Some(true));
+    let commits = true_stats
+        .get("commits")
+        .expect("commits present when requested");
+    assert_eq!(kind_figures(commits, "Workspace"), (0, 0, 0, 0));
+    assert_eq!(kind_figures(commits, "Files"), (0, 0, 0, 0));
+    assert_eq!(kind_figures(commits, "Merge"), (0, 0, 0, 0));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn commit_kind_statistics_independent_counts() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("p11-kinds", |source| {
+        fs::write(source.join("base.txt"), b"base\n").unwrap();
+        1
+    });
+    fixture.fork("p11-branch");
+
+    // 1 Workspace commit on p11-branch
+    fixture.workspace_commit(
+        "p11-branch",
+        &[Change::Create("/from-ws.txt", b"workspace-data-bytes\n")],
+        1,
+        || {},
+    );
+
+    // 1 Files commit on p11-branch
+    fixture.apply(
+        "p11-branch",
+        vec![write("/from-files.txt", "files-data-bytes\n")],
+    );
+
+    // Fork feature branch from p11-branch
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.fork",
+        vec![("name", text("feature")), ("from", text("p11-branch"))],
+    );
+    // Make 1 Files commit on feature
+    fixture.apply(
+        "feature",
+        vec![write("/feature-file.txt", "feature-data-bytes\n")],
+    );
+    // Make 1 Files commit on p11-branch so the two branches diverge (requires true merge commit)
+    fixture.apply(
+        "p11-branch",
+        vec![write("/diverge.txt", "diverge-data-bytes\n")],
+    );
+
+    // 1 Merge commit: merge feature with p11-branch into merged-branch
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.merge",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", text("p11-branch")),
+            ("with", text("feature")),
+            ("name", text("merged-branch")),
+            ("message", text("Merge feature")),
+        ],
+    );
+
+    // Query stats with commits: true
+    let result = stats(&fixture, Some(true));
+    let commits = result.get("commits").expect("commits present");
+
+    let (ws_count, ws_canon, ws_stored, ws_meta) = kind_figures(commits, "Workspace");
+    let (files_count, files_canon, files_stored, files_meta) = kind_figures(commits, "Files");
+    let (merge_count, merge_canon, merge_stored, merge_meta) = kind_figures(commits, "Merge");
+
+    assert_eq!(ws_count, 1, "exactly 1 Workspace commit");
+    assert!(ws_canon > 0, "Workspace commit added canonical bytes");
+    assert!(ws_stored > 0, "Workspace commit added stored bytes");
+    assert!(ws_meta > 0, "Workspace commit added metadata bytes");
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        files_count, 3,
+        "exactly 3 Files commits across all branches"
+    );
+    assert!(files_canon > 0, "Files commits added canonical bytes");
+    assert!(files_stored > 0, "Files commits added stored bytes");
+    assert!(files_meta > 0, "Files commits added metadata bytes");
+
+    assert_eq!(merge_count, 1, "exactly 1 Merge commit");
+    assert!(
+        merge_canon > 0,
+        "Merge commit added canonical bytes for merged directory root"
+    );
+    assert!(merge_stored > 0, "Merge commit added stored bytes");
+    assert!(merge_meta > 0, "Merge commit added metadata bytes");
+
+    // Total count across all 3 kinds in the whole catalog equals 5
+    assert_eq!(ws_count + files_count + merge_count, 5);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn refusal_on_invalid_options() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("p11-refusals", |_| 0);
+
+    // Non-boolean commits option
+    let refusal =
+        try_stats(&fixture, vec![("commits", SdkValue::Int(1))]).expect_err("int commits refused");
+    assert_eq!(refusal.code, "InvalidInput");
+    assert!(refusal.message.contains("commits must be a boolean"));
+
+    let refusal = try_stats(&fixture, vec![("commits", SdkValue::text("true"))])
+        .expect_err("text commits refused");
+    assert_eq!(refusal.code, "InvalidInput");
+
+    // Unknown option key
+    let refusal = try_stats(&fixture, vec![("unknownOption", SdkValue::Bool(true))])
+        .expect_err("unknown option refused");
+    assert_eq!(refusal.code, "InvalidInput");
+    assert!(refusal.message.contains("unknown option"));
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p12_summary.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p12_summary.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d00be5ca56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p12_summary.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+//! P12 cheap Store summary over real disposable Stores and public SDK values.
+#[path = "support/installed_store.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod installed;
+#[path = "support/sdk.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod support;
+
+use layerfs_bridge::{
+    control::{SdkCall, SdkRefusal, SdkValue},
+    sdk_values::hex,
+};
+use layerfs_content::ObjectId;
+use layerfs_history::{
+    BranchId, CommitMeta, CommitOutcome, CommitRecord, CommitRequest, CommitVia,
+    HistoryCatalogConfig,
+};
+use layerfs_persistence::{
+    Handles, PersistenceConfig, SqliteAcquisitionSchema, SqlitePersistenceProfile,
+};
+use layerfs_storage::StoragePolicy;
+use layerfs_store_service::operator;
+use std::fs;
+use support::{write, Fixture};
+
+fn try_summary(fixture: &Fixture, args: SdkValue) -> Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal> {
+    let call = SdkCall {
+        method: "backend.store.project.get_summary".into(),
+        args,
+    };
+    operator::dispatch(&fixture.service, &call)
+}
+
+fn summary(fixture: &Fixture) -> SdkValue {
+    try_summary(
+        fixture,
+        SdkValue::map([("project", SdkValue::text("installed"))]),
+    )
+    .unwrap_or_else(|refusal| panic!("get_summary refused: {refusal:?}"))
+}
+
+fn empty_fixture() -> Fixture {
+    let directory = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
+        "layerfs-installed-{}-p12-empty",
+        std::process::id()
+    ));
+    fs::create_dir(&directory).unwrap();
+    let sealed = directory.join("sealed.sqlite");
+    let config = PersistenceConfig::sqlite(&sealed)
+        .with_sqlite_profile(SqlitePersistenceProfile::Disposable)
+        .with_sqlite_acquisition(SqliteAcquisitionSchema::Tables);
+    let handles = Handles::create(
+        config.clone(),
+        StoragePolicy::frozen_default(),
+        &HistoryCatalogConfig {
+            binding_key: installed::BINDING.to_vec(),
+            cursor_key: installed::CURSOR,
+            incarnation: 1,
+        },
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let sealed = handles.seal().unwrap();
+    let installed_path = directory.join("store.sqlite");
+    fs::copy(sealed.path, &installed_path).unwrap();
+    fs::remove_file(&config.path).unwrap();
+    Fixture::open(installed::Fixture {
+        directory,
+        config: PersistenceConfig {
+            path: installed_path,
+            ..config
+        },
+        branch: BranchId::from_authority([24; 16]),
+        count: 0,
+    })
+}
+
+fn main_commit(fixture: &Fixture, label: &[u8]) -> CommitRecord {
+    let branch = fixture.host.branch;
+    let snapshot = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .branch_snapshot(branch)
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap();
+    match fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .commit_branch(&CommitRequest {
+            branch,
+            expected_head: snapshot.branch.head_commit,
+            expected_base: snapshot.branch.base_layer,
+            expected_root: snapshot.effective_root,
+            candidate_root: ObjectId::for_bytes(label),
+            profile: snapshot.profile,
+            scope: snapshot.scope,
+            second_parent: None,
+            meta: CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace),
+            force: false,
+        })
+        .unwrap()
+    {
+        CommitOutcome::Committed { record, .. } => *record,
+        other => panic!("main Commit outcome: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn assert_exact_keys(value: &SdkValue) {
+    let SdkValue::Map(fields) = value else {
+        panic!("summary must be a map: {value:?}");
+    };
+    let mut names = fields
+        .iter()
+        .map(|(name, _)| name.as_str())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    names.sort_unstable();
+    assert_eq!(
+        names,
+        ["branches", "commits", "lastCommit", "logical", "mainLayer"]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn empty_store_has_zero_counts_and_no_main_head() {
+    let fixture = empty_fixture();
+    let value = summary(&fixture);
+    assert_exact_keys(&value);
+    assert_eq!(value.get_int("logical"), Some(0));
+    assert_eq!(value.get_int("branches"), Some(0));
+    assert_eq!(value.get_int("commits"), Some(0));
+    assert_eq!(value.get("mainLayer"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+    assert_eq!(value.get("lastCommit"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn summary_matches_independent_branch_commit_and_main_head_facts() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("p12-small", |source| {
+        fs::write(source.join("base.txt"), b"base\n").unwrap();
+        1
+    });
+    fixture.fork("empty");
+    main_commit(&fixture, b"P12 main one");
+    fixture.fork("feature");
+    fixture.apply("feature", vec![write("/feature.txt", "feature\n")]);
+    let record = main_commit(&fixture, b"P12 main two");
+
+    let value = summary(&fixture);
+    assert_exact_keys(&value);
+    let storage = operator::dispatch(
+        &fixture.service,
+        &SdkCall {
+            method: "backend.store.project.get_storage".into(),
+            args: SdkValue::map([("project", SdkValue::text("installed"))]),
+        },
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(value.get_int("logical"), storage.get_int("logical"));
+    assert_eq!(value.get_int("branches"), Some(3));
+    assert_eq!(value.get_int("commits"), Some(3));
+    assert_eq!(
+        value.get_text("mainLayer"),
+        Some(hex(record.base_layer.as_slice()).as_str())
+    );
+    let last = value.get("lastCommit").expect("main head Commit");
+    assert_eq!(last.get_text("id"), Some(record.id.to_string().as_str()));
+    assert_eq!(last.get_int("createdMs"), Some(record.meta.time_ms));
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn summary_statement_and_row_work_is_constant_at_two_store_sizes() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("p12-work", |_source| 0);
+    main_commit(&fixture, b"P12 work main");
+    let before = fixture.work();
+    let small_value = summary(&fixture);
+    let small = fixture.since(before);
+    assert_eq!(small_value.get_int("branches"), Some(1));
+    assert_eq!(small_value.get_int("commits"), Some(1));
+
+    for branch in 0..4 {
+        let name = format!("branch-{branch}");
+        fixture.fork(&name);
+        for commit in 0..3 {
+            fixture.apply(
+                &name,
+                vec![write(&format!("/{name}-{commit}.txt"), "growth\n")],
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    let before = fixture.work();
+    let large_value = summary(&fixture);
+    let large = fixture.since(before);
+    assert_eq!(large_value.get_int("branches"), Some(5));
+    assert_eq!(large_value.get_int("commits"), Some(13));
+    println!(
+        "P12_SUMMARY_WORK small_statements={} large_statements={} small_rows={} large_rows={}",
+        small.statements, large.statements, small.rows, large.rows
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        small.statements, 7,
+        "SummaryBound statement count (5 queries plus snapshot BEGIN and COMMIT)"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(small.rows, 5, "SummaryBound returned-row count");
+    assert_eq!(large.statements, small.statements);
+    assert_eq!(large.rows, small.rows);
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn summary_refuses_unknown_options_and_non_object_arguments() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("p12-refusals", |_source| 0);
+    let unknown = try_summary(
+        &fixture,
+        SdkValue::map([
+            ("project", SdkValue::text("installed")),
+            ("unknown", SdkValue::Bool(true)),
+        ]),
+    )
+    .expect_err("unknown option must be refused");
+    assert_eq!(unknown.code, "InvalidInput");
+    assert!(unknown.message.contains("unknown option"));
+
+    for args in [SdkValue::Int(1), SdkValue::List(Vec::new())] {
+        let refusal = try_summary(&fixture, args).expect_err("non-map must be refused");
+        assert_eq!(refusal.code, "InvalidInput");
+        assert!(refusal.message.contains("options must be a map"));
+    }
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p14_paging.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p14_paging.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4747978911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p14_paging.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,637 @@
+//! P14: Branch reply-budget pages resume after returned items, and every
+//! Workspace resolves its Branch even when the project has more than 64.
+#[path = "support/installed_store.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod installed;
+#[path = "support/sdk.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod support;
+
+use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkValue;
+use layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::hex;
+use layerfs_history::{
+    BranchId, CommitHistoryRequest, CommitId, CommitMeta, CommitOutcome, CommitVia, HistoryName,
+    LayerStackId,
+};
+use layerfs_store_service::operator::{self, WorkspaceView};
+use support::Fixture;
+
+const REPLY_BUDGET: usize = 48 * 1024;
+
+fn branch_name(n: usize) -> String {
+    format!("b{n:03}-{}", "x".repeat(58))
+}
+
+fn list_branches(fixture: &Fixture, page_size: i64, page_pos: i64) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "project.list_branches",
+        vec![
+            ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(page_size)),
+            ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(page_pos)),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+
+fn branch_names(value: &SdkValue) -> Vec<String> {
+    match value.get("items") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(items)) => items
+            .iter()
+            .map(|item| item.get_text("name").unwrap().to_owned())
+            .collect(),
+        other => panic!("items: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn expected_page(names: &[String], page_size: usize, page_pos: usize) -> (Vec<String>, bool) {
+    let mut items = Vec::new();
+    let mut spent = 0;
+    for name in names.iter().skip(page_pos) {
+        if items.len() == page_size || spent + name.len() + 512 > REPLY_BUDGET {
+            return (items, true);
+        }
+        spent += name.len() + 512;
+        items.push(name.clone());
+    }
+    (items, false)
+}
+
+fn assert_page(page: &SdkValue, names: &[String], page_size: usize, page_pos: usize) {
+    let (items, more) = expected_page(names, page_size, page_pos);
+    assert_eq!(branch_names(page), items, "pagePos={page_pos}");
+    assert_eq!(page.get_bool("hasMore"), more, "pagePos={page_pos}");
+    let next = if more {
+        Some((page_pos + items.len()) as i64)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+    assert_eq!(page.get_int("nextPagePos"), next, "pagePos={page_pos}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn branch_pages_include_main_and_resume_after_returned_items() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p14-branches", |_source| 0);
+    let mut made = 0;
+    for count in [1usize, 2, 3, 64, 65, 66, 130] {
+        while made < count - 1 {
+            fixture.fork(&branch_name(made));
+            made += 1;
+        }
+        let expected = (0..count - 1)
+            .map(branch_name)
+            .chain(["main".to_owned()])
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        for page_size in [1usize, 2, 5, 50] {
+            for page_pos in [0, 1, count - 1, count, count + 10] {
+                let page = list_branches(&fixture, page_size as i64, page_pos as i64);
+                assert_page(&page, &expected, page_size, page_pos);
+            }
+            let mut found = Vec::new();
+            let mut page_pos = 0;
+            let mut calls = 0;
+            loop {
+                calls += 1;
+                assert!(calls <= count + 1, "pagination did not terminate");
+                let page = list_branches(&fixture, page_size as i64, page_pos);
+                found.extend(branch_names(&page));
+                match page.get_int("nextPagePos") {
+                    Some(next) => page_pos = next,
+                    None => break,
+                }
+            }
+            assert_eq!(found, expected, "pageSize={page_size}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    let expected = (0..129)
+        .map(branch_name)
+        .chain(["main".to_owned()])
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let first = list_branches(&fixture, 1000, 0);
+    assert!(branch_names(&first).len() < 1000);
+    assert!(first.get_bool("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        first.get_int("nextPagePos"),
+        Some(branch_names(&first).len() as i64)
+    );
+    let second = list_branches(&fixture, 1000, first.get_int("nextPagePos").unwrap());
+    assert!(!second.get_bool("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(second.get("nextPagePos"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+    assert_eq!(
+        [branch_names(&first), branch_names(&second)].concat(),
+        expected
+    );
+    println!(
+        "P14_BRANCHES first_page_items={} requested=1000 hasMore=true nextPagePos={} all_items=130 exactly_once=true",
+        branch_names(&first).len(),
+        first.get_int("nextPagePos").unwrap()
+    );
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn operator_snapshot_discloses_oversized_units_within_the_control_budget() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p14-commit-budget", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("operator-budget");
+    let branch = BranchId::named(
+        LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+        &HistoryName::new("operator-budget").unwrap(),
+    );
+    let binding = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .branch_snapshot(branch)
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap();
+    let outcome = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .commit_branch(&layerfs_history::CommitRequest {
+            branch,
+            expected_head: binding.branch.head_commit,
+            expected_base: binding.branch.base_layer,
+            expected_root: binding.effective_root,
+            candidate_root: layerfs_content::ObjectId::for_bytes(b"P14 oversized units"),
+            profile: binding.profile,
+            scope: binding.scope,
+            second_parent: None,
+            meta: layerfs_history::CommitMeta {
+                units: vec![layerfs_content::merge::MergeUnit {
+                    name: "oversized".into(),
+                    patterns: vec![format!("/{}", "u".repeat(70 * 1024))],
+                }],
+                ..layerfs_history::CommitMeta::new(layerfs_history::CommitVia::Merge)
+            },
+            force: false,
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        outcome,
+        layerfs_history::CommitOutcome::Committed { .. }
+    ));
+    let value = snapshot(&fixture, &[]);
+    let answer = layerfs_bridge::control::Answer {
+        id: 1,
+        reply: layerfs_bridge::control::Reply::Sdk(value.clone()),
+    };
+    let encoded = answer.encode().unwrap();
+    assert!(encoded.len() <= 65_519, "control bytes: {}", encoded.len());
+    assert_eq!(
+        layerfs_bridge::control::Answer::decode(&encoded).unwrap(),
+        answer
+    );
+    let commits = match value.get("commits") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(commits)) => commits,
+        other => panic!("commits: {other:?}"),
+    };
+    assert_eq!(commits.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(commits[0].get("units"), None);
+    assert_eq!(
+        commits[0].get("unitsTruncated"),
+        Some(&SdkValue::Bool(true))
+    );
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+fn branch_id(name: &str) -> BranchId {
+    BranchId::named(
+        LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+        &HistoryName::new(name).unwrap(),
+    )
+}
+
+fn small_meta() -> CommitMeta {
+    CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Merge)
+}
+
+fn big_meta() -> CommitMeta {
+    CommitMeta {
+        message: Some("m".repeat(4000)),
+        author: Some("a".repeat(4000)),
+        labels: vec!["l".repeat(1000); 3],
+        ..CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Merge)
+    }
+}
+
+fn commit_to(fixture: &Fixture, name: &str, meta: CommitMeta, root: &[u8]) -> CommitId {
+    let branch = branch_id(name);
+    let binding = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .branch_snapshot(branch)
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap();
+    let outcome = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .commit_branch(&layerfs_history::CommitRequest {
+            branch,
+            expected_head: binding.branch.head_commit,
+            expected_base: binding.branch.base_layer,
+            expected_root: binding.effective_root,
+            candidate_root: layerfs_content::ObjectId::for_bytes(root),
+            profile: binding.profile,
+            scope: binding.scope,
+            second_parent: None,
+            meta,
+            force: false,
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    match outcome {
+        CommitOutcome::Committed { record, .. } => record.id,
+        other => panic!("commit to {name} was not committed: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn snapshot_commit_ids(value: &SdkValue) -> Vec<String> {
+    match value.get("commits") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(commits)) => commits
+            .iter()
+            .map(|commit| commit.get_text("id").unwrap().to_owned())
+            .collect(),
+        other => panic!("commits: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Retro finding 1 review, BLOCKING: when a Branch's newest Commit does not
+/// fit the remaining snapshot budget and older Commits remain, the snapshot
+/// previously pushed both restart (Null) and the provider cursor for the
+/// same Branch, a duplicate map key the control decoder rejects. The fix
+/// pushes exactly one continuation: restart, which is exact here because
+/// the page's first record was rejected, so nothing was emitted for the
+/// Branch yet and restart yields the rejected Commit first.
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_rejected_commit_yields_one_restart_continuation() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p14-rejected-continuation", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("mmm-target");
+    let old = commit_to(&fixture, "mmm-target", small_meta(), b"rejected-old");
+    let rejected = commit_to(&fixture, "mmm-target", big_meta(), b"rejected-new");
+    fixture.fork("zzz-control");
+    let control = commit_to(&fixture, "zzz-control", small_meta(), b"rejected-control");
+    // Add small-commit branches (name order before the target) until the
+    // snapshot rejects the target's newest Commit while still emitting the
+    // control Commit. Control's presence proves room >= 1 at the target's
+    // turn, so the target's absence proves rejection, not a zero room.
+    let mut added = 0;
+    let value = loop {
+        let value = snapshot(&fixture, &[]);
+        let ids = snapshot_commit_ids(&value);
+        let has_rejected = ids.iter().any(|id| id == &hex(rejected.as_slice()));
+        let has_control = ids.iter().any(|id| id == &hex(control.as_slice()));
+        if !has_rejected && has_control {
+            break value;
+        }
+        // Control missing while the target is still emitted is transient:
+        // the emitted target Commit itself consumes the room control needs.
+        // Once the target is rejected, its cost stops accruing and control
+        // is emitted again. Only both missing means room hit zero at the
+        // target itself, i.e. a real overshoot.
+        assert!(
+            has_rejected || has_control,
+            "overshot: neither target nor control emitted after {added} small branches"
+        );
+        let name = format!("aaa-s{added:03}");
+        fixture.fork(&name);
+        let root = format!("rejected-small-{added}");
+        commit_to(&fixture, &name, small_meta(), root.as_bytes());
+        added += 1;
+        assert!(added <= 60, "never reached the rejection regime");
+    };
+    // 1. The whole reply decodes: no duplicate map key anywhere.
+    let answer = layerfs_bridge::control::Answer {
+        id: 1,
+        reply: layerfs_bridge::control::Reply::Sdk(value.clone()),
+    };
+    let encoded = answer.encode().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        layerfs_bridge::control::Answer::decode(&encoded).unwrap(),
+        answer
+    );
+    // 2. Exactly one continuation, for the target, and it is restart.
+    let more = match value.get("more") {
+        Some(SdkValue::Map(entries)) => entries,
+        other => panic!("more: {other:?}"),
+    };
+    assert_eq!(more.len(), 1, "more: {more:?}");
+    assert_eq!(more[0].0, "mmm-target");
+    assert_eq!(more[0].1, SdkValue::Null);
+    // 3. Restart yields the rejected Commit first, then the older one, each
+    // exactly once: neither skipped nor repeated.
+    let mut ids = Vec::new();
+    let mut cursor = None;
+    for _ in 0..16 {
+        let page = fixture
+            .service
+            .store
+            .history()
+            .commit_history(&CommitHistoryRequest {
+                branch: branch_id("mmm-target"),
+                start: None,
+                cursor,
+                limit: 128,
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        ids.extend(page.records.iter().map(|record| record.id));
+        match page.continuation {
+            Some(next) => cursor = Some(next),
+            None => break,
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(&ids[..2], &[rejected, old]);
+    let unique: std::collections::HashSet<_> = ids.iter().collect();
+    assert_eq!(unique.len(), ids.len(), "restart repeated a commit");
+    println!("P14_REJECTED target_more=Null restart_first_is_rejected=true small_branches={added}");
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_carries_multiple_small_commits_from_one_branch() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p14-multiple-commits", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("many-commits");
+    let mut expected = Vec::new();
+    for n in 0..4 {
+        expected.push(hex(commit_to(
+            &fixture,
+            "many-commits",
+            small_meta(),
+            format!("snapshot-small-{n}").as_bytes(),
+        )
+        .as_slice()));
+    }
+    expected.reverse();
+    let value = snapshot(&fixture, &[]);
+    assert_eq!(snapshot_commit_ids(&value), expected);
+    match value.get("more") {
+        Some(SdkValue::Map(more)) => {
+            assert!(more.iter().all(|(name, _)| name != "many-commits"))
+        }
+        other => panic!("more: {other:?}"),
+    }
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_mid_page_rejection_resumes_at_rejected_commit() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p14-mid-page-rejection", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("mmm-mid-target");
+    let old = commit_to(&fixture, "mmm-mid-target", small_meta(), b"mid-old");
+    let rejected = commit_to(&fixture, "mmm-mid-target", big_meta(), b"mid-rejected");
+    let newest = commit_to(&fixture, "mmm-mid-target", small_meta(), b"mid-newest");
+    let provider = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .commit_history(&CommitHistoryRequest {
+            branch: branch_id("mmm-mid-target"),
+            start: None,
+            cursor: None,
+            limit: 128,
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        provider
+            .records
+            .iter()
+            .map(|record| record.id)
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        [newest, rejected, old],
+        "the rejection fixture must be mid-page, not a one-record page"
+    );
+
+    fixture.fork("zzz-control");
+    let control = commit_to(&fixture, "zzz-control", small_meta(), b"mid-control");
+    let mut added = 0;
+    let value = loop {
+        let value = snapshot(&fixture, &[]);
+        let ids = snapshot_commit_ids(&value);
+        let has_newest = ids.iter().any(|id| id == &hex(newest.as_slice()));
+        let has_rejected = ids.iter().any(|id| id == &hex(rejected.as_slice()));
+        let has_control = ids.iter().any(|id| id == &hex(control.as_slice()));
+        if has_newest && !has_rejected && has_control {
+            break value;
+        }
+        assert!(
+            has_rejected || has_control,
+            "overshot: target newest={has_newest} rejected={has_rejected} control={has_control}"
+        );
+        let name = format!("aaa-m{added:03}");
+        fixture.fork(&name);
+        let root = format!("mid-small-{added}");
+        commit_to(&fixture, &name, small_meta(), root.as_bytes());
+        added += 1;
+        assert!(added <= 60, "never reached the mid-page rejection regime");
+    };
+    let target_ids = snapshot_commit_ids(&value);
+    assert_eq!(
+        target_ids
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|id| ***id == hex(newest.as_slice()))
+            .count(),
+        1
+    );
+    assert!(!target_ids.contains(&hex(rejected.as_slice())));
+    assert!(!target_ids.contains(&hex(old.as_slice())));
+
+    let cursor = match value.get("more") {
+        Some(SdkValue::Map(entries)) => entries
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(name, _)| name == "mmm-mid-target")
+            .map(|(_, cursor)| match cursor {
+                SdkValue::Text(cursor) => layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::unhex(cursor).unwrap(),
+                other => panic!("mid-page rejection must resume, not restart: {other:?}"),
+            })
+            .unwrap(),
+        other => panic!("more: {other:?}"),
+    };
+    let mut resumed = Vec::new();
+    let mut cursor = Some(cursor);
+    for _ in 0..4 {
+        let page = fixture
+            .service
+            .store
+            .history()
+            .commit_history(&CommitHistoryRequest {
+                branch: branch_id("mmm-mid-target"),
+                start: None,
+                cursor,
+                limit: 128,
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        resumed.extend(page.records.iter().map(|record| record.id));
+        match page.continuation {
+            Some(next) => cursor = Some(next),
+            None => break,
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(resumed, [rejected, old]);
+    assert_eq!([vec![newest], resumed].concat(), [newest, rejected, old]);
+    println!("P14_MID_PAGE_REJECT target_more=resume newest_once=true rejected_then_old=true small_branches={added}");
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+fn workspace_view(fixture: &Fixture, name: &str, n: usize) -> WorkspaceView {
+    let branch = if name == "main" {
+        fixture.host.branch
+    } else {
+        BranchId::named(
+            LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+            &HistoryName::new(name).unwrap(),
+        )
+    };
+    let binding = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .branch_snapshot(branch)
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap();
+    WorkspaceView {
+        workspace: format!("workspace-{n:03}"),
+        namespace: n as i64,
+        binding,
+        activity: "idle",
+        mounted: true,
+        directory: Some(format!("/workspaces/{n:03}")),
+        dirty: None,
+        pending_merge: false,
+        revision: None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn snapshot(fixture: &Fixture, views: &[WorkspaceView]) -> SdkValue {
+    let args = SdkValue::map([("project", SdkValue::text("installed"))]);
+    operator::snapshot(&fixture.service.store, &args, views).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn workspace_branches(value: &SdkValue) -> Vec<Option<String>> {
+    match value.get("workspaces") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(items)) => items
+            .iter()
+            .map(|item| item.get_text("branch").map(str::to_owned))
+            .collect(),
+        other => panic!("workspaces: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Retro finding 2: a snapshot used to build the full Branch-name map
+/// before answering, so a cheap status call paid one provider page per ~81
+/// Branches. Names now resolve lazily, so the SQL work of a small-output
+/// snapshot must not grow with the Branch count, while a name outside the
+/// displayed page still resolves. The counters are SQLite statements and
+/// returned rows from `Fixture::work`, not wall time: identical query
+/// shapes give identical counts, so the bound is exact up to a small
+/// slack for the statistics aggregates, which scan more Branch rows at
+/// the larger size.
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_lazy_branch_names_bound_sql_work() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p14-lazy-names", |_source| 0);
+    let names = (0..130).map(branch_name).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    for name in &names {
+        fixture.fork(name);
+    }
+    let view130 = workspace_view(&fixture, &names[129], 129);
+    let before = fixture.work();
+    let value130 = snapshot(&fixture, &[view130]);
+    let work130 = fixture.since(before);
+    assert_eq!(
+        workspace_branches(&value130),
+        [Some(names[129].clone())],
+        "late workspace name must resolve at 130 branches"
+    );
+    let more = (130..260).map(branch_name).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    for name in &more {
+        fixture.fork(name);
+    }
+    let view260 = workspace_view(&fixture, &more[129], 259);
+    let before = fixture.work();
+    let value260 = snapshot(&fixture, &[view260]);
+    let work260 = fixture.since(before);
+    assert_eq!(
+        workspace_branches(&value260),
+        [Some(more[129].clone())],
+        "late workspace name must resolve at 260 branches"
+    );
+    println!(
+        "P14_LAZY rows_130={} rows_260={} statements_130={} statements_260={}",
+        work130.rows, work260.rows, work130.statements, work260.statements
+    );
+    assert!(
+        work260.rows <= work130.rows + 16,
+        "snapshot rows grew with branch count: 130->{}, 260->{}",
+        work130.rows,
+        work260.rows
+    );
+    assert!(
+        work260.statements <= work130.statements + 2,
+        "snapshot statements grew with branch count: 130->{}, 260->{}",
+        work130.statements,
+        work260.statements
+    );
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+/// Retro finding 2, Layer site: a Layer published from a Branch outside
+/// the displayed page must still show that Branch's name as its source.
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_lazy_layer_source_name() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p14-lazy-layer", |_source| 0);
+    let names = (0..130).map(branch_name).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    for name in &names {
+        fixture.fork(name);
+    }
+    let late = &names[129];
+    let commit = commit_to(&fixture, late, small_meta(), b"lazy-layer-source");
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.publish",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", SdkValue::text(late)),
+            ("commit", SdkValue::text(hex(commit.as_slice()))),
+        ],
+    );
+    let value = snapshot(&fixture, &[]);
+    let layers = match value.get("layers") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(layers)) => layers,
+        other => panic!("layers: {other:?}"),
+    };
+    assert!(
+        !layers.is_empty(),
+        "published layer must be the newest layer"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        layers[0].get_text("sourceBranch"),
+        Some(late.as_str()),
+        "newest layer source must resolve past the displayed page"
+    );
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn workspace_branches_resolve_beyond_the_first_history_page() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p14-workspaces", |_source| 0);
+    let names = (0..129).map(branch_name).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    for name in &names {
+        fixture.fork(name);
+    }
+    let views = names
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(n, name)| workspace_view(&fixture, name, n))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    for count in [0usize, 64, 65, 129] {
+        let value = snapshot(&fixture, &views[..count]);
+        let expected = names[..count]
+            .iter()
+            .map(|name| Some(name.clone()))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let actual = workspace_branches(&value);
+        let missing = actual.iter().filter(|name| name.is_none()).count();
+        println!("P14_WORKSPACES count={count} missing_branch={missing}");
+        assert_eq!(actual, expected, "count={count}");
+    }
+    let main = snapshot(&fixture, &[workspace_view(&fixture, "main", 129)]);
+    assert_eq!(workspace_branches(&main), [Some("main".to_owned())]);
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p1_graph.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p1_graph.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f60c7eefa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p1_graph.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+//! P1 graph pages bound their SQL work by skip and output, not total history.
+#[path = "support/installed_store.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod installed;
+#[path = "support/sdk.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod support;
+
+use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkValue;
+use layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::hex;
+use layerfs_history::{
+    BranchId, CommitId, CommitMeta, CommitOutcome, CommitVia, HistoryName, LayerStackId,
+};
+use support::{Fixture, Work};
+
+fn graph(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str, pos: i64) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.graph",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", SdkValue::text(branch)),
+            ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(1)),
+            ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(pos)),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+
+fn graph_two(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.graph",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", SdkValue::text(branch)),
+            ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(2)),
+            ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(0)),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+
+fn graph_ids(value: &SdkValue) -> Vec<&str> {
+    match value.get("commits") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(commits)) => commits
+            .iter()
+            .map(|commit| commit.get_text("id").unwrap())
+            .collect(),
+        other => panic!("commits: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn published(value: &SdkValue) -> Vec<bool> {
+    match value.get("commits") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(commits)) => commits
+            .iter()
+            .map(|commit| commit.get_bool("published"))
+            .collect(),
+        other => panic!("commits: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn branch_id(name: &str) -> BranchId {
+    BranchId::named(
+        LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+        &HistoryName::new(name).unwrap(),
+    )
+}
+
+fn commit_to(fixture: &Fixture, name: &str, n: usize) -> CommitId {
+    let branch = branch_id(name);
+    let binding = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .branch_snapshot(branch)
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap();
+    let outcome = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .commit_branch(&layerfs_history::CommitRequest {
+            branch,
+            expected_head: binding.branch.head_commit,
+            expected_base: binding.branch.base_layer,
+            expected_root: binding.effective_root,
+            candidate_root: layerfs_content::ObjectId::for_bytes(format!("{name}-{n}").as_bytes()),
+            profile: binding.profile,
+            scope: binding.scope,
+            second_parent: None,
+            meta: CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Files),
+            force: false,
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    match outcome {
+        CommitOutcome::Committed { record, .. } => record.id,
+        other => panic!("commit to {name} was not committed: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn publish(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str) {
+    fixture.call("branch.publish", vec![("branch", SdkValue::text(branch))]);
+}
+
+fn grow_main(fixture: &Fixture, expected: &mut Vec<String>, from: usize, to: usize) {
+    for n in from..to {
+        let commit = commit_to(fixture, "mainline", n);
+        publish(fixture, "mainline");
+        expected.push(hex(commit.as_slice()));
+    }
+}
+
+fn assert_main_pages(expected: &[String], first: &SdkValue, later: &SdkValue) {
+    assert_eq!(graph_ids(first), [expected[expected.len() - 1].as_str()]);
+    assert_eq!(published(first), [true]);
+    assert!(first.get_bool("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(first.get_int("nextPagePos"), Some(1));
+    assert_eq!(graph_ids(later), [expected[expected.len() - 51].as_str()]);
+    assert_eq!(published(later), [true]);
+    assert!(later.get_bool("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(later.get_int("nextPagePos"), Some(51));
+}
+
+fn assert_bounded(size: &str, small: Work, large: Work) {
+    println!(
+        "P1_GRAPH_{size} rows_100={} rows_200={} statements_100={} statements_200={}",
+        small.rows, large.rows, small.statements, large.statements
+    );
+    assert!(
+        large.rows <= small.rows + 16,
+        "{size} rows grew with history: 100->{}, 200->{}",
+        small.rows,
+        large.rows
+    );
+    assert!(
+        large.statements <= small.statements + 2,
+        "{size} statements grew with history: 100->{}, 200->{}",
+        small.statements,
+        large.statements
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn main_graph_streams_multi_page_history_with_bounded_sql_work() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p1-main-graph-work", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("mainline");
+    let mut expected = Vec::new();
+    grow_main(&fixture, &mut expected, 0, 100);
+    let before = fixture.work();
+    let first100 = graph(&fixture, "main", 0);
+    let later100 = graph(&fixture, "main", 50);
+    let work100 = fixture.since(before);
+    assert_main_pages(&expected, &first100, &later100);
+
+    grow_main(&fixture, &mut expected, 100, 200);
+    let before = fixture.work();
+    let first200 = graph(&fixture, "main", 0);
+    let later200 = graph(&fixture, "main", 50);
+    let work200 = fixture.since(before);
+    assert_main_pages(&expected, &first200, &later200);
+    assert_bounded("MAIN", work100, work200);
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn branch_graph_checks_current_publication_with_bounded_sql_work() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p1-branch-graph-work", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("target");
+    commit_to(&fixture, "target", 0);
+    let middle = commit_to(&fixture, "target", 1);
+    let newest = commit_to(&fixture, "target", 2);
+    publish(&fixture, "target");
+    fixture.fork("mainline");
+    let mut main = Vec::new();
+    grow_main(&fixture, &mut main, 0, 100);
+
+    let before = fixture.work();
+    let page100 = graph_two(&fixture, "target");
+    let work100 = fixture.since(before);
+    assert_eq!(
+        graph_ids(&page100),
+        [hex(newest.as_slice()), hex(middle.as_slice())]
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        published(&page100),
+        [true, false],
+        "absorbing a parent into a published Layer does not directly publish it"
+    );
+    assert!(page100.get_bool("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(page100.get_int("nextPagePos"), Some(2));
+
+    grow_main(&fixture, &mut main, 100, 200);
+    let before = fixture.work();
+    let page200 = graph_two(&fixture, "target");
+    let work200 = fixture.since(before);
+    assert_eq!(graph_ids(&page200), graph_ids(&page100));
+    assert_eq!(published(&page200), [true, false]);
+    assert!(page200.get_bool("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(page200.get_int("nextPagePos"), Some(2));
+    assert_bounded("BRANCH", work100, work200);
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p1_history.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p1_history.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37ded1be2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p1_history.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,614 @@
+//! P1 history graph and changed-path coverage over a real disposable Store.
+#[path = "support/installed_store.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod installed;
+#[path = "support/sdk.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod support;
+
+use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkValue;
+use std::fs;
+use support::{write, Fixture};
+
+fn text(value: &str) -> SdkValue {
+    SdkValue::text(value)
+}
+
+fn graph(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str, limit: i64, pos: i64) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.graph",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", text(branch)),
+            ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(limit)),
+            ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(pos)),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+
+fn changed(fixture: &Fixture, commit: &str, limit: i64, pos: i64) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.changed_paths",
+        vec![
+            ("commit", text(commit)),
+            ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(limit)),
+            ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(pos)),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+
+fn graph_ids(value: &SdkValue) -> Vec<&str> {
+    match value.get("commits") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(commits)) => commits
+            .iter()
+            .map(|commit| commit.get_text("id").unwrap())
+            .collect(),
+        other => panic!("commits: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn published(value: &SdkValue) -> Vec<bool> {
+    match value.get("commits") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(commits)) => commits
+            .iter()
+            .map(|commit| commit.get_bool("published"))
+            .collect(),
+        other => panic!("commits: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn apply_message(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str, path: &str, message: &str) -> String {
+    fixture
+        .call(
+            "fs.apply",
+            vec![
+                ("branch", text(branch)),
+                ("changes", SdkValue::List(vec![write(path, path)])),
+                ("message", text(message)),
+            ],
+        )
+        .get_text("head")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn graph_bounds_forks_merges_main_and_publication() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p1-graph", |source| {
+        fs::write(source.join("base.txt"), b"base\n").unwrap();
+        1
+    });
+    fixture.fork("layer");
+    let empty = graph(&fixture, "layer", 50, 0);
+    assert!(graph_ids(&empty).is_empty());
+    let layer = empty
+        .get("branch")
+        .unwrap()
+        .get_text("base")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    assert_eq!(
+        empty.get("forkPoint").unwrap().get_text("kind"),
+        Some("layer")
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        empty.get("forkPoint").unwrap().get_text("id"),
+        Some(layer.as_str())
+    );
+
+    fixture.apply("layer", vec![write("/first.txt", "first\n")]);
+    fixture.apply("layer", vec![write("/second.txt", "second\n")]);
+    let before = graph(&fixture, "layer", 50, 0);
+    let ids = graph_ids(&before);
+    assert_eq!(ids.len(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(published(&before), [false, false]);
+    let newest = ids[0].to_owned();
+    fixture.call("branch.publish", vec![("branch", text("layer"))]);
+    let after = graph(&fixture, "layer", 50, 0);
+    assert_eq!(graph_ids(&after), ids);
+    assert_eq!(
+        published(&after),
+        [true, false],
+        "publish is derived per call"
+    );
+
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.fork",
+        vec![("name", text("commit-fork")), ("from", text(&newest))],
+    );
+    let fresh = graph(&fixture, "commit-fork", 50, 0);
+    assert!(graph_ids(&fresh).is_empty(), "the Commit fork is exclusive");
+    assert_eq!(
+        fresh.get("forkPoint").unwrap().get_text("kind"),
+        Some("commit")
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        fresh.get("forkPoint").unwrap().get_text("id"),
+        Some(newest.as_str())
+    );
+    fixture.apply("commit-fork", vec![write("/own.txt", "own\n")]);
+    let own = graph(&fixture, "commit-fork", 50, 0);
+    assert_eq!(graph_ids(&own).len(), 1);
+    assert_ne!(graph_ids(&own)[0], newest);
+    assert!(graph_ids(&graph(&fixture, "commit-fork", 50, 1)).is_empty());
+
+    fixture.fork("left");
+    fixture.fork("right");
+    fixture.apply("left", vec![write("/left.txt", "left\n")]);
+    fixture.apply("right", vec![write("/right.txt", "right\n")]);
+    let merged = fixture.call(
+        "branch.merge",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", text("left")),
+            ("with", text("right")),
+            ("name", text("merged")),
+        ],
+    );
+    let merge_id = merged.get_text("head").unwrap();
+    let merge_graph = graph(&fixture, "merged", 50, 0);
+    assert_eq!(
+        graph_ids(&merge_graph),
+        [merge_id],
+        "stop before the left node"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        merge_graph.get("forkPoint").unwrap().get_text("kind"),
+        Some("commit")
+    );
+
+    let main = graph(&fixture, "main", 50, 0);
+    assert_eq!(graph_ids(&main), [newest]);
+    assert_eq!(published(&main), [true]);
+    assert_eq!(main.get("forkPoint"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+    assert_eq!(main.get("branch").unwrap().get("forkedFrom"), None);
+    assert_eq!(main.get("commits").unwrap().get("branch"), None);
+    match main.get("commits") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(commits)) => {
+            assert_eq!(commits[0].get_text("branch"), Some("main"));
+        }
+        other => panic!("commits: {other:?}"),
+    }
+
+    let listed = fixture
+        .try_call("branch.list_commits", vec![("branch", text("ghost"))])
+        .unwrap_err();
+    let graphed = fixture
+        .try_call("branch.graph", vec![("branch", text("ghost"))])
+        .unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(graphed.code, listed.code);
+    assert_eq!(graphed.message, listed.message);
+    assert_eq!(graphed.detail, listed.detail);
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn graph_budget_short_pages_traverse_the_bounded_walk() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p1-graph-budget", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("budget");
+    let message = "x".repeat(4096);
+    let mut expected = Vec::new();
+    for n in 0..12 {
+        expected.push(apply_message(
+            &fixture,
+            "budget",
+            &format!("/f{n:02}.txt"),
+            &message,
+        ));
+    }
+    expected.reverse();
+    let first = graph(&fixture, "budget", 1000, 0);
+    assert!(graph_ids(&first).len() < 1000);
+    assert!(first.get_bool("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        first.get_int("nextPagePos"),
+        Some(graph_ids(&first).len() as i64)
+    );
+    let second = graph(
+        &fixture,
+        "budget",
+        1000,
+        first.get_int("nextPagePos").unwrap(),
+    );
+    assert!(!second.get_bool("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(second.get("nextPagePos"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+    assert_eq!([graph_ids(&first), graph_ids(&second)].concat(), expected);
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn changed_paths_uses_parent_base_layer_or_empty_tree() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p1-changed", |source| {
+        fs::write(source.join("base.txt"), b"base\n").unwrap();
+        1
+    });
+    fixture.fork("feature");
+    fixture.apply(
+        "feature",
+        vec![
+            write("/root.txt", "root\n"),
+            write("/base.txt", "changed\n"),
+        ],
+    );
+    let history = fixture.call("branch.list_commits", vec![("branch", text("feature"))]);
+    let root = support::items(&history)[0]
+        .get_text("id")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    let root_changed = changed(&fixture, &root, 50, 0);
+    assert_eq!(root_changed.get("parent"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+    assert_eq!(support::paths(&root_changed), ["/base.txt", "/root.txt"]);
+    assert!(support::items(&root_changed)
+        .iter()
+        .all(|item| item.get_text("kind") == Some("Added")));
+
+    fixture.apply("feature", vec![write("/second.txt", "second\n")]);
+    let history = fixture.call("branch.list_commits", vec![("branch", text("feature"))]);
+    let newest = support::items(&history)[0]
+        .get_text("id")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    let parent_changed = changed(&fixture, &newest, 50, 0);
+    assert_eq!(parent_changed.get_text("parent"), Some(root.as_str()));
+    let diff = fixture.call(
+        "branch.diff_commits",
+        vec![
+            ("from", text(&root)),
+            ("to", text(&newest)),
+            ("hunks", SdkValue::Bool(false)),
+        ],
+    );
+    assert_eq!(parent_changed.get("items"), diff.get("items"));
+    assert_eq!(support::paths(&parent_changed), ["/second.txt"]);
+
+    fixture.fork("main-right");
+    fixture.apply("main-right", vec![write("/right.txt", "right\n")]);
+    fixture.fork("publisher");
+    fixture.apply("publisher", vec![write("/main.txt", "main\n")]);
+    fixture.call("branch.publish", vec![("branch", text("publisher"))]);
+    let merged = fixture.call(
+        "branch.merge",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", text("main")),
+            ("with", text("main-right")),
+            ("name", text("parentless")),
+        ],
+    );
+    assert!(!merged.get_bool("fastForward"));
+    let merge_id = merged.get_text("head").unwrap();
+    let merge_changed = changed(&fixture, merge_id, 50, 0);
+    assert_eq!(merge_changed.get("parent"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+    assert_eq!(
+        support::paths(&merge_changed),
+        ["/right.txt"],
+        "a parentless merge diffs its base Layer, not an empty tree"
+    );
+
+    let unknown = format!(
+        "{}{}",
+        &newest[..newest.len() - 1],
+        if newest.ends_with('0') { '1' } else { '0' }
+    );
+    for (input, code) in [("not-a-commit", "InvalidInput"), (&unknown, "NoSuchCommit")] {
+        let refusal = fixture
+            .try_call("branch.changed_paths", vec![("commit", text(input))])
+            .unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(refusal.code, code, "{refusal:?}");
+    }
+    let layer = graph(&fixture, "feature", 1, 0)
+        .get("branch")
+        .unwrap()
+        .get_text("base")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    let refusal = fixture
+        .try_call("branch.changed_paths", vec![("commit", text(&layer))])
+        .unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(refusal.code, "InvalidInput", "{refusal:?}");
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn changed_paths_budget_short_pages_return_every_root_path() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p1-changed-budget", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("root");
+    let expected = (0..220)
+        .map(|n| format!("/f{n:03}-{}", "x".repeat(220)))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    fixture.apply(
+        "root",
+        expected.iter().map(|path| write(path, "x\n")).collect(),
+    );
+    let history = fixture.call("branch.list_commits", vec![("branch", text("root"))]);
+    let commit = support::items(&history)[0]
+        .get_text("id")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    let first = changed(&fixture, &commit, 1000, 0);
+    assert!(support::items(&first).len() < 1000);
+    assert!(first.get_bool("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        first.get_int("nextPagePos"),
+        Some(support::items(&first).len() as i64)
+    );
+    let second = changed(
+        &fixture,
+        &commit,
+        1000,
+        first.get_int("nextPagePos").unwrap(),
+    );
+    assert!(!second.get_bool("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(second.get("nextPagePos"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+    assert_eq!(
+        [support::paths(&first), support::paths(&second)].concat(),
+        expected
+    );
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+fn changed_cursor(
+    fixture: &Fixture,
+    commit: &str,
+    limit: i64,
+    pos: i64,
+    cursor: &SdkValue,
+) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.changed_paths",
+        vec![
+            ("commit", text(commit)),
+            ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(limit)),
+            ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(pos)),
+            ("cursor", cursor.clone()),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+
+fn root_commit(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str, files: usize) -> (String, Vec<String>) {
+    let expected = (0..files)
+        .map(|n| format!("/f{n:03}.txt"))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    fixture.apply(
+        branch,
+        expected.iter().map(|path| write(path, "x\n")).collect(),
+    );
+    let history = fixture.call("branch.list_commits", vec![("branch", text(branch))]);
+    let commit = support::items(&history)[0]
+        .get_text("id")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    (commit, expected)
+}
+
+fn nested_root_commit(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str, changes: usize) -> (String, Vec<String>) {
+    let directories = (0..changes / 2)
+        .map(|n| {
+            let mut components = Vec::new();
+            let mut current = Some(n);
+            while let Some(i) = current {
+                components.push(format!("d{i:03}"));
+                current = i.checked_sub(1).map(|parent| parent / 2);
+            }
+            components.reverse();
+            format!("/{}", components.join("/"))
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let mut expected = directories
+        .iter()
+        .flat_map(|directory| [directory.clone(), format!("{directory}/f.txt")])
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    expected.sort_by(|a, b| a.split('/').cmp(b.split('/')));
+    fixture.apply(
+        branch,
+        directories
+            .iter()
+            .map(|path| support::operation("mkdir", path))
+            .chain(
+                directories
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|path| write(&format!("{path}/f.txt"), "x\n")),
+            )
+            .collect(),
+    );
+    let history = fixture.call("branch.list_commits", vec![("branch", text(branch))]);
+    let commit = support::items(&history)[0]
+        .get_text("id")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    (commit, expected)
+}
+
+fn enumerate_changed_work(files: usize, by_cursor: bool, nested: bool) -> support::Work {
+    let mode = if by_cursor { "cursor" } else { "page-pos" };
+    let shape = if nested { "nested" } else { "flat" };
+    let fixture = Fixture::new(
+        &format!("area-p1-changed-{mode}-{shape}-work-{files}"),
+        |_source| 0,
+    );
+    fixture.fork("root");
+    let (commit, expected) = if nested {
+        nested_root_commit(&fixture, "root", files)
+    } else {
+        root_commit(&fixture, "root", files)
+    };
+    let before = fixture.work();
+    let mut cursor = SdkValue::Null;
+    let mut pos = 0;
+    let mut listed = Vec::new();
+    let mut pages = 0;
+    loop {
+        let page = if by_cursor {
+            changed_cursor(&fixture, &commit, 17, 0, &cursor)
+        } else {
+            changed(&fixture, &commit, 17, pos)
+        };
+        pages += 1;
+        listed.extend(support::paths(&page).into_iter().map(str::to_owned));
+        if !page.get_bool("hasMore") {
+            assert_eq!(page.get("nextCursor"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+            assert_eq!(page.get("nextPagePos"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+            break;
+        }
+        if by_cursor {
+            cursor = page.get("nextCursor").cloned().expect("nextCursor");
+            assert!(matches!(cursor, SdkValue::Text(_)), "{cursor:?}");
+        } else {
+            pos = page.get_int("nextPagePos").expect("nextPagePos");
+        }
+        assert!(pages <= files, "{mode} paging did not make progress");
+    }
+    let work = fixture.since(before);
+    assert_eq!(listed, expected, "every change once, in order");
+    assert!(pages >= 3, "several pages at {files} changes: {pages}");
+    println!(
+        "P1_CHANGED_WORK mode={mode} shape={shape} changes={files} pages={pages} object_batches={} object_ids={} statements={} rows={}",
+        work.object_batches, work.object_ids, work.statements, work.rows
+    );
+    fixture.cleanup();
+    work
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn changed_paths_cursor_pages_have_linear_visited_work() {
+    let small = enumerate_changed_work(40, true, false);
+    let large = enumerate_changed_work(80, true, false);
+    assert!(
+        large.statements <= 2 * small.statements + 8,
+        "statements grew faster than the change set: 40={} 80={}",
+        small.statements,
+        large.statements
+    );
+    assert!(
+        large.rows <= 2 * small.rows + 16,
+        "rows grew faster than the change set: 40={} 80={}",
+        small.rows,
+        large.rows
+    );
+    assert!(
+        large.object_batches <= 2 * small.object_batches,
+        "cursor object batches grew faster than the change set: 40={} 80={}",
+        small.object_batches,
+        large.object_batches
+    );
+    assert!(
+        large.object_ids <= 2 * small.object_ids,
+        "cursor object reads grew faster than the change set: 40={} 80={}",
+        small.object_ids,
+        large.object_ids
+    );
+
+    let small_nested = enumerate_changed_work(40, true, true);
+    let large_nested = enumerate_changed_work(80, true, true);
+    assert!(
+        large_nested.object_batches <= 2 * small_nested.object_batches,
+        "nested cursor object batches grew faster than the change set: 40={} 80={}",
+        small_nested.object_batches,
+        large_nested.object_batches
+    );
+    assert!(
+        large_nested.object_ids <= 2 * small_nested.object_ids,
+        "nested cursor object reads grew faster than the change set: 40={} 80={}",
+        small_nested.object_ids,
+        large_nested.object_ids
+    );
+
+    let small_rewalk = enumerate_changed_work(40, false, true);
+    let large_rewalk = enumerate_changed_work(80, false, true);
+    assert!(
+        large_rewalk.object_ids > 2 * small_rewalk.object_ids,
+        "pagePos must discriminate rewalking: 40={} 80={}",
+        small_rewalk.object_ids,
+        large_rewalk.object_ids
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn changed_paths_cursor_takes_precedence_over_page_pos() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p1-changed-cursor-precedence", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("root");
+    let (commit, _) = root_commit(&fixture, "root", 40);
+    let first = changed_cursor(&fixture, &commit, 7, 0, &SdkValue::Null);
+    let cursor = first.get("nextCursor").cloned().expect("nextCursor");
+    let resumed = changed_cursor(&fixture, &commit, 7, 14, &cursor);
+    let cursor_page = changed(&fixture, &commit, 7, 7);
+    let conflicting_page = changed(&fixture, &commit, 7, 14);
+    assert_eq!(resumed.get("items"), cursor_page.get("items"));
+    assert_ne!(resumed.get("items"), conflicting_page.get("items"));
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn changed_paths_page_pos_pages_keep_their_legacy_results() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p1-changed-page-pos-compatibility", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("root");
+    let (commit, _) = root_commit(&fixture, "root", 40);
+    let whole = changed(&fixture, &commit, 1000, 0);
+    let mut pos = 0;
+    let mut listed = Vec::new();
+    loop {
+        let page = changed(&fixture, &commit, 7, pos);
+        let items = support::items(&page);
+        listed.extend(items.iter().cloned());
+        assert_eq!(page.get_bool("hasMore"), pos as usize + items.len() < 40);
+        if !page.get_bool("hasMore") {
+            assert_eq!(page.get("nextPagePos"), Some(&SdkValue::Null));
+            break;
+        }
+        assert_eq!(page.get_int("nextPagePos"), Some(pos + items.len() as i64));
+        pos = page.get_int("nextPagePos").unwrap();
+    }
+    assert_eq!(listed, support::items(&whole));
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn changed_paths_cursor_validation_matches_diff_commits() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p1-changed-cursor-validation", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("root");
+    fixture.apply("root", vec![write("/base.txt", "base\n")]);
+    let parent = fixture
+        .apply("root", vec![write("/child.txt", "child\n")])
+        .get_text("head")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    let commit = fixture
+        .apply("root", vec![write("/last.txt", "last\n")])
+        .get_text("head")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    for cursor in [text("relative/path"), SdkValue::Int(9)] {
+        let changed = fixture.try_call(
+            "branch.changed_paths",
+            vec![("commit", text(&commit)), ("cursor", cursor.clone())],
+        );
+        let diff = fixture.try_call(
+            "branch.diff_commits",
+            vec![
+                ("from", text(&parent)),
+                ("to", text(&commit)),
+                ("cursor", cursor),
+            ],
+        );
+        let changed = changed.unwrap_err();
+        let diff = diff.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(changed.code, diff.code);
+        assert_eq!(changed.message, diff.message);
+        assert_eq!(changed.detail, diff.detail);
+    }
+    let changed = fixture.try_call(
+        "branch.changed_paths",
+        vec![("commit", text(&commit)), ("cursor", text("/not-present"))],
+    );
+    let diff = fixture.try_call(
+        "branch.diff_commits",
+        vec![
+            ("from", text(&parent)),
+            ("to", text(&commit)),
+            ("cursor", text("/not-present")),
+        ],
+    );
+    let changed = changed.unwrap();
+    let diff = diff.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(changed.get("items"), diff.get("items"));
+    assert_eq!(changed.get("hasMore"), diff.get("hasMore"));
+    assert_eq!(changed.get("nextCursor"), diff.get("nextCursor"));
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p7_attribution.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p7_attribution.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1347aa275b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p7_attribution.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,824 @@
+//! P7 Commit author/labels over real disposable Stores and the public SDK values.
+#[path = "support/installed_store.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod installed;
+#[path = "support/sdk.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod support;
+
+use layerfs_bridge::control::{Answer, Reply, SdkValue};
+use layerfs_content::ObjectId;
+use layerfs_history::{
+    BranchId, CommitHistoryRequest, CommitId, CommitMeta, CommitOutcome, CommitRecord,
+    CommitRequest, CommitStatistics, CommitVia, HistoryError, HistoryName, LayerId, LayerStackId,
+    NodeId, PageResult, WorkspaceId, MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES, MAXIMUM_LABELS,
+};
+use layerfs_store_service::store::{BindRequest, CommitOptions, CommitSuccess};
+use std::fs;
+use support::{Change, Fixture};
+
+fn text(value: &str) -> SdkValue {
+    SdkValue::text(value)
+}
+
+fn options(author: Option<String>, labels: Vec<String>) -> CommitOptions {
+    CommitOptions {
+        force: false,
+        message: Some("P7 attributed Workspace change".into()),
+        author,
+        labels,
+    }
+}
+
+fn committed(success: CommitSuccess) -> CommitRecord {
+    match success.history {
+        Some(CommitOutcome::Committed { record, .. }) => *record,
+        other => panic!("Commit outcome: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn list(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str, pos: i64) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.list_commits",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", text(branch)),
+            ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(1000)),
+            ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(pos)),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+
+fn graph(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str, pos: i64) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.graph",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", text(branch)),
+            ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(1000)),
+            ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(pos)),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+
+fn attribution(value: &SdkValue, author: Option<&str>, labels: &[&str]) {
+    assert_eq!(
+        value.get("author"),
+        Some(&SdkValue::opt_text(author)),
+        "{value:?}"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        value.get("labels"),
+        Some(&SdkValue::List(
+            labels.iter().map(|label| text(label)).collect()
+        )),
+        "{value:?}"
+    );
+}
+
+fn boundary_labels() -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut labels = vec![String::new(); MAXIMUM_LABELS];
+    labels[0] = "x".repeat(MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES - 193);
+    assert_eq!(layerfs_history::labels::encode(&labels).len(), 4096);
+    labels
+}
+
+fn direct_commit(
+    fixture: &Fixture,
+    branch: BranchId,
+    root: ObjectId,
+    meta: CommitMeta,
+) -> Result<CommitRecord, HistoryError> {
+    let snapshot = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .branch_snapshot(branch)?
+        .unwrap();
+    match fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .commit_branch(&CommitRequest {
+            branch,
+            expected_head: snapshot.branch.head_commit,
+            expected_base: snapshot.branch.base_layer,
+            expected_root: snapshot.effective_root,
+            candidate_root: root,
+            profile: snapshot.profile,
+            scope: snapshot.scope,
+            second_parent: None,
+            meta,
+            force: false,
+        })? {
+        CommitOutcome::Committed { record, .. } => Ok(*record),
+        other => panic!("direct Commit outcome: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn workspace_attribution_round_trips_and_null_columns_read_as_unset() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p7-round-trip", |source| {
+        fs::write(source.join("base.txt"), b"base\n").unwrap();
+        1
+    });
+    fixture.fork("p7");
+    let first = committed(fixture.workspace_commit_with(
+        "p7",
+        &[Change::Write("/base.txt", b"first\n")],
+        71,
+        || {},
+        options(
+            Some("agent-p7".into()),
+            vec!["call-7".into(), "call-7".into(), "last".into()],
+        ),
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(first.meta.author.as_deref(), Some("agent-p7"));
+    assert_eq!(first.meta.labels, ["call-7", "call-7", "last"]);
+
+    let listed = list(&fixture, "p7", 0);
+    attribution(
+        &support::items(&listed)[0],
+        Some("agent-p7"),
+        &["call-7", "call-7", "last"],
+    );
+    let graphed = graph(&fixture, "p7", 0);
+    match graphed.get("commits") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(commits)) => {
+            attribution(&commits[0], Some("agent-p7"), &["call-7", "call-7", "last"])
+        }
+        other => panic!("graph commits: {other:?}"),
+    }
+
+    committed(fixture.workspace_commit_with(
+        "p7",
+        &[Change::Write("/base.txt", b"second\n")],
+        72,
+        || {},
+        options(None, Vec::new()),
+    ));
+    let listed = list(&fixture, "p7", 0);
+    attribution(&support::items(&listed)[0], None, &[]);
+
+    let connection = rusqlite::Connection::open(&fixture.host.config.path).unwrap();
+    connection
+        .execute(
+            "UPDATE \"commit\" SET author=NULL,labels=NULL WHERE commit_id=?1",
+            [first.id.as_slice()],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let listed = list(&fixture, "p7", 0);
+    attribution(&support::items(&listed)[1], None, &[]);
+    let graphed = graph(&fixture, "p7", 0);
+    match graphed.get("commits") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(commits)) => attribution(&commits[1], None, &[]),
+        other => panic!("graph commits: {other:?}"),
+    }
+
+    connection
+        .execute(
+            "UPDATE \"commit\" SET labels='not JSON' WHERE commit_id=?1",
+            [first.id.as_slice()],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let branch = BranchId::named(
+        LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+        &HistoryName::new("p7").unwrap(),
+    );
+    let failure = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .history()
+        .commit_history(&CommitHistoryRequest {
+            branch,
+            start: None,
+            cursor: None,
+            limit: 128,
+        })
+        .unwrap_err();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        failure,
+        HistoryError::Integrity("Commit labels JSON")
+    ));
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn attribution_bounds_accept_exact_maxima_and_refuse_each_excess() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p7-bounds", |_source| 0);
+    let valid = CommitMeta {
+        author: Some("a".repeat(MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES)),
+        labels: boundary_labels(),
+        ..CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace)
+    };
+    valid.check().unwrap();
+
+    let mut invalid = valid.clone();
+    invalid.author = Some("a".repeat(MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES + 1));
+    assert!(matches!(
+        invalid.check(),
+        Err(HistoryError::InvalidInput("Commit author"))
+    ));
+    let failure = direct_commit(
+        &fixture,
+        fixture.host.branch,
+        ObjectId::for_bytes(b"P7 invalid author"),
+        invalid,
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(
+        failure,
+        Err(HistoryError::InvalidInput("Commit author"))
+    ));
+
+    let mut invalid = valid.clone();
+    invalid.labels[0].push('\u{07}');
+    assert!(matches!(
+        invalid.check(),
+        Err(HistoryError::InvalidInput("Commit label"))
+    ));
+    let mut invalid = valid.clone();
+    invalid.labels.push("extra".into());
+    assert!(matches!(
+        invalid.check(),
+        Err(HistoryError::InvalidInput("Commit labels"))
+    ));
+    let mut invalid = valid;
+    invalid.labels[0].push('x');
+    assert_eq!(layerfs_history::labels::encode(&invalid.labels).len(), 4097);
+    assert!(matches!(
+        invalid.check(),
+        Err(HistoryError::InvalidInput("Commit labels JSON"))
+    ));
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn repeated_derived_identity_keeps_original_attribution() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p7-first-wins", |_source| 0);
+    let root = ObjectId::for_bytes(b"P7 first wins root");
+    let first = direct_commit(
+        &fixture,
+        fixture.host.branch,
+        root,
+        CommitMeta {
+            message: Some("same identity".into()),
+            author: Some("original-author".into()),
+            labels: vec!["original".into(), "original".into()],
+            ..CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace)
+        },
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let connection = rusqlite::Connection::open(&fixture.host.config.path).unwrap();
+    connection
+        .execute(
+            "UPDATE branch SET head_commit_id=NULL WHERE branch_id=?1",
+            [fixture.host.branch.as_slice()],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let repeated = direct_commit(
+        &fixture,
+        fixture.host.branch,
+        root,
+        CommitMeta {
+            message: Some("same identity".into()),
+            author: Some("replacement-author".into()),
+            labels: vec!["replacement".into()],
+            ..CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace)
+        },
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(repeated.id, first.id);
+    assert_eq!(repeated.meta.author, first.meta.author);
+    assert_eq!(repeated.meta.labels, first.meta.labels);
+    assert_eq!(repeated.meta.time_ms, first.meta.time_ms);
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn identical_workspace_recommit_is_up_to_date_with_attribution() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p7-up-to-date", |_source| 0);
+    let bound = fixture
+        .service
+        .store
+        .bind(
+            fixture.owner.client(),
+            BindRequest {
+                workspace: WorkspaceId::from_authority([73; 32]).unwrap(),
+                branch: fixture.host.branch,
+            },
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let result = bound
+        .workspace
+        .commit_captured(&options(
+            Some("not-recorded-for-a-no-op".into()),
+            vec!["also-not-recorded".into()],
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(
+        result.history,
+        Some(CommitOutcome::UpToDate { head: None, .. })
+    ));
+    bound.workspace.close().unwrap();
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+fn collect_pages(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str, graphed: bool) -> (Vec<String>, usize) {
+    let mut ids = Vec::new();
+    let mut pos = 0;
+    let mut pages = 0;
+    loop {
+        pages += 1;
+        assert!(pages <= 6, "paging did not terminate");
+        let page = if graphed {
+            graph(fixture, branch, pos)
+        } else {
+            list(fixture, branch, pos)
+        };
+        let values = if graphed {
+            match page.get("commits") {
+                Some(SdkValue::List(values)) => values,
+                other => panic!("graph commits: {other:?}"),
+            }
+        } else {
+            support::items(&page)
+        };
+        assert!((1..=3).contains(&values.len()), "page width: {page:?}");
+        ids.extend(
+            values
+                .iter()
+                .map(|value| value.get_text("id").unwrap().to_owned()),
+        );
+        match page.get_int("nextPagePos") {
+            Some(next) => pos = next,
+            None => return (ids, pages),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn attributed_cost_makes_short_list_and_graph_pages() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p7-budget", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("budget");
+    let branch = BranchId::named(
+        LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+        &HistoryName::new("budget").unwrap(),
+    );
+    let mut expected = Vec::new();
+    for n in 0..12 {
+        let record = direct_commit(
+            &fixture,
+            branch,
+            ObjectId::for_bytes(format!("P7 budget root {n}").as_bytes()),
+            CommitMeta {
+                message: Some("m".repeat(MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES)),
+                author: Some("a".repeat(MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES)),
+                labels: boundary_labels(),
+                ..CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace)
+            },
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        expected.push(record.id.to_string());
+    }
+    expected.reverse();
+    let (listed, list_pages) = collect_pages(&fixture, "budget", false);
+    let (graphed, graph_pages) = collect_pages(&fixture, "budget", true);
+    assert_eq!(listed, expected);
+    assert_eq!(graphed, expected);
+    assert_eq!((list_pages, graph_pages), (4, 4));
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+fn merge_meta(units: Vec<layerfs_content::merge::MergeUnit>) -> CommitMeta {
+    CommitMeta {
+        message: Some("merge with diagnostics".into()),
+        lww: (0..32)
+            .map(|n| layerfs_content::merge::LwwDecision {
+                path: format!("/source/{n}/{}", "p".repeat(80)),
+                kept_ours: true,
+                deleted: false,
+                rule: format!("rule-{n}-{}", "r".repeat(32)),
+            })
+            .collect(),
+        units,
+        ..CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Merge)
+    }
+}
+
+fn small_units(commit: usize) -> Vec<layerfs_content::merge::MergeUnit> {
+    (0..4)
+        .map(|unit| layerfs_content::merge::MergeUnit {
+            name: format!("unit-{commit}-{unit}"),
+            patterns: (0..8)
+                .map(|pattern| format!("/unit/{unit}/{pattern}/{}", "u".repeat(180)))
+                .collect(),
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn merge_pages(
+    fixture: &Fixture,
+    branch: &str,
+    graphed: bool,
+    limit: i64,
+    expected: &[String],
+) -> Vec<SdkValue> {
+    let mut ids = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+    let mut found = Vec::new();
+    let mut pages = Vec::new();
+    let mut pos = 0;
+    loop {
+        assert!(pages.len() <= expected.len(), "paging did not terminate");
+        let page = if graphed {
+            fixture.call(
+                "branch.graph",
+                vec![
+                    ("branch", text(branch)),
+                    ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(limit)),
+                    ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(pos)),
+                ],
+            )
+        } else {
+            fixture.call(
+                "branch.list_commits",
+                vec![
+                    ("branch", text(branch)),
+                    ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(limit)),
+                    ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(pos)),
+                ],
+            )
+        };
+        let answer = Answer {
+            id: 1,
+            reply: Reply::Sdk(page.clone()),
+        };
+        let encoded = answer.encode().unwrap();
+        assert!(encoded.len() <= 65_519, "control bytes: {}", encoded.len());
+        assert_eq!(Answer::decode(&encoded).unwrap(), answer);
+        let values = if graphed {
+            match page.get("commits") {
+                Some(SdkValue::List(values)) => values,
+                other => panic!("graph commits: {other:?}"),
+            }
+        } else {
+            support::items(&page)
+        };
+        assert!(!values.is_empty(), "empty page at {pos}: {page:?}");
+        for value in values {
+            let id = value.get_text("id").unwrap().to_owned();
+            assert!(ids.insert(id.clone()), "repeated Commit {id}");
+            found.push(id);
+        }
+        match page.get_int("nextPagePos") {
+            Some(next) => {
+                assert!(page.get_bool("hasMore"));
+                assert!(next > pos, "cursor stalled at {pos}");
+                pos = next;
+            }
+            None => {
+                assert!(!page.get_bool("hasMore"));
+                pages.push(page);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        pages.push(page);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(found, expected);
+    pages
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn merge_diagnostics_use_actual_cost_and_page_without_repeats() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p7-merge-budget", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("merge-budget");
+    let branch = BranchId::named(
+        LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+        &HistoryName::new("merge-budget").unwrap(),
+    );
+    let mut expected = Vec::new();
+    for n in 0..8 {
+        let record = direct_commit(
+            &fixture,
+            branch,
+            ObjectId::for_bytes(format!("P7 merge budget root {n}").as_bytes()),
+            merge_meta(small_units(n)),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        expected.push(record.id.to_string());
+    }
+    expected.reverse();
+    for graphed in [false, true] {
+        let pages = merge_pages(&fixture, "merge-budget", graphed, 1000, &expected);
+        assert!(pages.len() > 1, "actual costs must shorten the pages");
+        for page in pages {
+            let values = if graphed {
+                match page.get("commits") {
+                    Some(SdkValue::List(values)) => values,
+                    other => panic!("graph commits: {other:?}"),
+                }
+            } else {
+                support::items(&page)
+            };
+            for value in values {
+                assert!(
+                    matches!(value.get("units"), Some(SdkValue::List(units)) if !units.is_empty())
+                );
+                assert_eq!(value.get("unitsTruncated"), Some(&SdkValue::Bool(false)));
+                assert!(matches!(value.get("lww"), Some(SdkValue::List(lww)) if !lww.is_empty()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn oversized_units_are_disclosed_and_single_item_pages_advance() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p7-oversized-units", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("oversized-units");
+    let branch = BranchId::named(
+        LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+        &HistoryName::new("oversized-units").unwrap(),
+    );
+    let small = direct_commit(
+        &fixture,
+        branch,
+        ObjectId::for_bytes(b"P7 small merge root"),
+        merge_meta(small_units(0)),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let oversized = direct_commit(
+        &fixture,
+        branch,
+        ObjectId::for_bytes(b"P7 oversized merge root"),
+        merge_meta(vec![layerfs_content::merge::MergeUnit {
+            name: "oversized".into(),
+            patterns: vec![format!("/{}", "u".repeat(70 * 1024))],
+        }]),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let expected = vec![oversized.id.to_string(), small.id.to_string()];
+    for graphed in [false, true] {
+        let pages = merge_pages(&fixture, "oversized-units", graphed, 1, &expected);
+        assert_eq!(pages.len(), 2);
+        let first = if graphed {
+            match pages[0].get("commits") {
+                Some(SdkValue::List(values)) => &values[0],
+                other => panic!("graph commits: {other:?}"),
+            }
+        } else {
+            &support::items(&pages[0])[0]
+        };
+        assert_eq!(first.get("units"), None);
+        assert_eq!(first.get("unitsTruncated"), Some(&SdkValue::Bool(true)));
+        assert!(matches!(first.get("lww"), Some(SdkValue::List(lww)) if !lww.is_empty()));
+    }
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn maximal_commit_record_matches_declared_encoded_width() {
+    let record = CommitRecord {
+        id: CommitId::from_bytes([0x12; 33]).unwrap(),
+        stack: LayerStackId::from_authority([0x31; 16]),
+        root: ObjectId::for_bytes(b"P7 maximum record"),
+        parent: Some(CommitId::from_bytes([0x12; 33]).unwrap()),
+        base_layer: LayerId::from_bytes([0x32; 33]).unwrap(),
+        second_parent: Some(NodeId::Layer(LayerId::from_bytes([0x32; 33]).unwrap())),
+        meta: CommitMeta {
+            branch: Some(BranchId::from_authority([0x11; 16])),
+            via: CommitVia::Workspace,
+            message: Some("m".repeat(MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES)),
+            author: Some("a".repeat(MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES)),
+            labels: boundary_labels(),
+            merged_from: Some(NodeId::Layer(LayerId::from_bytes([0x32; 33]).unwrap())),
+            lww: Vec::new(),
+            lww_truncated: true,
+            units: Vec::new(),
+            statistics: CommitStatistics {
+                logical: u64::MAX,
+                new_canonical: u64::MAX,
+                new_stored: u64::MAX,
+                new_metadata: u64::MAX,
+            },
+            displaced: Some(CommitId::from_bytes([0x12; 33]).unwrap()),
+            time_ms: i64::MAX,
+        },
+    };
+    let answer = Answer {
+        id: 1,
+        reply: Reply::History(PageResult {
+            records: vec![record],
+            continuation: None,
+        }),
+    };
+    let encoded = answer.encode().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(encoded.len() - 17, CommitRecord::MAXIMUM_ENCODED_BYTES);
+    assert_eq!(Answer::decode(&encoded).unwrap(), answer);
+}
+
+fn maximal_meta() -> CommitMeta {
+    CommitMeta {
+        message: Some("m".repeat(MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES)),
+        author: Some("a".repeat(MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES)),
+        labels: boundary_labels(),
+        ..CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace)
+    }
+}
+
+fn provider_pages(
+    fixture: &Fixture,
+    branch: BranchId,
+    records: usize,
+) -> Vec<PageResult<CommitRecord>> {
+    let connection = rusqlite::Connection::open(&fixture.host.config.path).unwrap();
+    let mut explain = connection
+        .prepare(
+            "EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT commit_id, layer_stack_id, root_id, parent_commit_id, base_layer_id, second_parent_id, branch_id, via, message, merged_from_id, created_ms, logical, new_canonical, new_stored, new_metadata, lww, displaced_id, author, labels FROM \"commit\" WHERE commit_id = $1",
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let id = CommitId::from_bytes([0x12; 33]).unwrap();
+    let plan = explain
+        .query_map([id.as_slice()], |row| row.get::<_, String>(3))
+        .unwrap()
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+        .unwrap();
+    println!("P7_PROVIDER_PLAN {}", plan.join(" | "));
+    drop(explain);
+    drop(connection);
+    let before = fixture.work();
+    let mut cursor = None;
+    let mut pages = Vec::new();
+    loop {
+        assert!(pages.len() <= records, "provider paging did not terminate");
+        let page = fixture
+            .service
+            .store
+            .history()
+            .commit_history(&CommitHistoryRequest {
+                branch,
+                start: None,
+                cursor,
+                limit: 128,
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        let answer = Answer {
+            id: 1,
+            reply: Reply::History(page.clone()),
+        };
+        let encoded = answer.encode().unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            encoded.len() - 17 <= layerfs_history::records::MAXIMUM_RESULT_BYTES,
+            "encoded provider page bytes: {}",
+            encoded.len() - 17
+        );
+        assert_eq!(Answer::decode(&encoded).unwrap(), answer);
+        cursor = page.continuation.clone();
+        pages.push(page);
+        if cursor.is_none() {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    let work = fixture.since(before);
+    println!(
+        "P7_PROVIDER records={records} pages={} statements={} rows={} vm_steps={}",
+        pages.len(),
+        work.statements,
+        work.rows,
+        work.vm_steps
+    );
+    pages
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn tiny_commit_records_share_one_encoded_provider_page() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p7-tiny-provider-pages", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("tiny-provider");
+    let branch = BranchId::named(
+        LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+        &HistoryName::new("tiny-provider").unwrap(),
+    );
+    let mut expected = Vec::new();
+    for n in 0..16 {
+        expected.push(
+            direct_commit(
+                &fixture,
+                branch,
+                ObjectId::for_bytes(format!("P7 tiny provider root {n}").as_bytes()),
+                CommitMeta {
+                    message: Some(format!("tiny {n}")),
+                    ..CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace)
+                },
+            )
+            .unwrap()
+            .id,
+        );
+    }
+    expected.reverse();
+    let pages = provider_pages(&fixture, branch, expected.len());
+    assert_eq!(pages.len(), 1, "tiny records must share a provider page");
+    assert_eq!(pages[0].continuation, None);
+    assert_eq!(
+        pages
+            .iter()
+            .flat_map(|page| page.records.iter().map(|record| record.id))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        expected
+    );
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn maximal_commit_records_still_take_one_provider_page_each() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p7-maximal-provider-pages", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("maximal-provider");
+    let branch = BranchId::named(
+        LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+        &HistoryName::new("maximal-provider").unwrap(),
+    );
+    let mut expected = Vec::new();
+    for n in 0..3 {
+        expected.push(
+            direct_commit(
+                &fixture,
+                branch,
+                ObjectId::for_bytes(format!("P7 maximal provider root {n}").as_bytes()),
+                maximal_meta(),
+            )
+            .unwrap()
+            .id,
+        );
+    }
+    expected.reverse();
+    let pages = provider_pages(&fixture, branch, expected.len());
+    assert_eq!(pages.len(), 3);
+    assert!(pages.iter().all(|page| page.records.len() == 1));
+    assert_eq!(
+        pages
+            .iter()
+            .flat_map(|page| page.records.iter().map(|record| record.id))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        expected
+    );
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mixed_commit_records_pack_by_actual_width_and_resume_exactly_once() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p7-mixed-provider-pages", |_source| 0);
+    fixture.fork("mixed-provider");
+    let branch = BranchId::named(
+        LayerStackId::from_authority([23; 16]),
+        &HistoryName::new("mixed-provider").unwrap(),
+    );
+    let old_tiny = direct_commit(
+        &fixture,
+        branch,
+        ObjectId::for_bytes(b"P7 mixed old tiny"),
+        CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let maximal = direct_commit(
+        &fixture,
+        branch,
+        ObjectId::for_bytes(b"P7 mixed maximal"),
+        maximal_meta(),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let big = direct_commit(
+        &fixture,
+        branch,
+        ObjectId::for_bytes(b"P7 mixed big"),
+        CommitMeta {
+            message: Some("m".repeat(4000)),
+            author: Some("a".repeat(4000)),
+            ..CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace)
+        },
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let new_tiny = direct_commit(
+        &fixture,
+        branch,
+        ObjectId::for_bytes(b"P7 mixed new tiny"),
+        CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let expected = vec![new_tiny.id, big.id, maximal.id, old_tiny.id];
+    let pages = provider_pages(&fixture, branch, expected.len());
+    assert_eq!(
+        pages
+            .iter()
+            .map(|page| page.records.len())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        [2, 2],
+        "actual widths must stop before the next record would overflow"
+    );
+    let found = pages
+        .iter()
+        .flat_map(|page| page.records.iter().map(|record| record.id))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    assert_eq!(
+        found, expected,
+        "provider pages repeated or skipped a Commit"
+    );
+    let unique = found.iter().collect::<std::collections::HashSet<_>>();
+    assert_eq!(unique.len(), found.len());
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p8_reads.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p8_reads.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd783d8165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/area_p8_reads.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,958 @@
+//! P8 Commit/Layer snapshot reads and binary windows over a real disposable Store.
+#[path = "support/installed_store.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod installed;
+#[path = "support/sdk.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod support;
+
+use layerfs_bridge::control::{SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
+use std::fs;
+use support::{write, Fixture};
+
+const BUDGET: usize = 48 * 1024;
+
+fn text(value: &str) -> SdkValue {
+    SdkValue::text(value)
+}
+
+fn read(
+    fixture: &Fixture,
+    reference: &str,
+    path: &str,
+    start: i64,
+    end: i64,
+    binary: Option<bool>,
+) -> SdkValue {
+    let mut fields = vec![
+        ("branch", text(reference)),
+        ("path", text(path)),
+        ("startLine", SdkValue::Int(start)),
+        ("endLine", SdkValue::Int(end)),
+    ];
+    if let Some(binary) = binary {
+        fields.push(("binary", SdkValue::Bool(binary)));
+    }
+    fixture.call("fs.read", fields)
+}
+
+fn refusal(fixture: &Fixture, reference: &str, path: &str) -> SdkRefusal {
+    fixture
+        .try_call(
+            "fs.read",
+            vec![("branch", text(reference)), ("path", text(path))],
+        )
+        .expect_err("the read is refused")
+}
+
+fn bytes(value: &SdkValue) -> &[u8] {
+    match value.get("bytes") {
+        Some(SdkValue::Bytes(bytes)) => bytes,
+        other => panic!("bytes: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn int(value: &SdkValue, key: &str) -> Option<i64> {
+    match value.get(key) {
+        Some(SdkValue::Int(number)) => Some(*number),
+        Some(SdkValue::Null) | None => None,
+        other => panic!("{key}: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn boolean(value: &SdkValue, key: &str) -> bool {
+    match value.get(key) {
+        Some(SdkValue::Bool(value)) => *value,
+        other => panic!("{key}: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct ContentIo {
+    bytes: u64,
+    reads: u64,
+}
+
+fn content_io(fixture: &Fixture) -> ContentIo {
+    let mut total = ContentIo { bytes: 0, reads: 0 };
+    for index in 0..256 {
+        if let Some(work) = fixture.service.store.reader_storage_diagnostics(index) {
+            total.bytes +=
+                work.pack_read_bytes + work.payload_read_bytes + work.range_acquired_bytes;
+            total.reads += work.read_packs + work.payload_reads;
+        }
+    }
+    total
+}
+
+fn huge_line(length: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut state = 0x4d59_5df4_d0f3_3173u64;
+    (0..length)
+        .map(|_| {
+            state ^= state << 13;
+            state ^= state >> 7;
+            state ^= state << 17;
+            match (state >> 32) as u8 {
+                b'\n' => 0,
+                byte => byte,
+            }
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn assert_huge_next_line_stops(terminated: bool) {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new(
+        if terminated {
+            "area-p8-huge-terminated"
+        } else {
+            "area-p8-huge-unterminated"
+        },
+        |source| {
+            let mut content = b"first\n".to_vec();
+            content.extend_from_slice(&huge_line(4_000_000));
+            if terminated {
+                content.extend_from_slice(b"\nthird\n");
+            }
+            fs::write(source.join("huge.bin"), content).unwrap();
+            1
+        },
+    );
+    let before = content_io(&fixture);
+    let reply = read(&fixture, "main", "/huge.bin", 1, 3, Some(true));
+    let after = content_io(&fixture);
+    let io = ContentIo {
+        bytes: after.bytes - before.bytes,
+        reads: after.reads - before.reads,
+    };
+    assert_eq!(bytes(&reply), b"first\n");
+    assert_eq!(int(&reply, "endLine"), Some(1));
+    assert_eq!(int(&reply, "nextLine"), Some(2));
+    assert!(!boolean(&reply, "lineTruncated"));
+    assert!(boolean(&reply, "truncated"));
+    assert!(
+        io.bytes < 2_000_000,
+        "huge next line was read past the reply budget: terminated={terminated} {io:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        io.reads < 16,
+        "huge next line caused unbounded content reads: terminated={terminated} {io:?}"
+    );
+    println!("P8_EARLY_STOP terminated={terminated} {io:?}");
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn huge_terminated_next_line_stops_at_the_reply_budget() {
+    assert_huge_next_line_stops(true);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn huge_unterminated_next_line_stops_at_the_reply_budget() {
+    assert_huge_next_line_stops(false);
+}
+
+fn list(fixture: &Fixture, reference: &str, path: &str) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "fs.list",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", text(reference)),
+            ("path", text(path)),
+            ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(50)),
+            ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(0)),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+
+fn stat(fixture: &Fixture, reference: &str, path: &str) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "fs.stat",
+        vec![("branch", text(reference)), ("path", text(path))],
+    )
+}
+
+fn commits(fixture: &Fixture, branch: &str) -> SdkValue {
+    fixture.call(
+        "branch.list_commits",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", text(branch)),
+            ("pageSize", SdkValue::Int(1000)),
+            ("pagePos", SdkValue::Int(0)),
+        ],
+    )
+}
+
+fn assert_text(value: &SdkValue, expected: &str) {
+    assert_eq!(value.get_text("text"), Some(expected), "{value:?}");
+    assert!(value.get("bytes").is_none(), "text and bytes: {value:?}");
+}
+
+fn assert_refusal(fixture: &Fixture, reference: &str, path: &str, code: &str, message: &str) {
+    let refusal = refusal(fixture, reference, path);
+    assert_eq!(
+        (refusal.code.as_str(), refusal.message.as_str()),
+        (code, message)
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn commit_and_layer_reads_cover_binary_windows_and_exact_refusals() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p8-reads", |source| {
+        fs::create_dir(source.join("dir")).unwrap();
+        fs::write(source.join("dir/inside.txt"), b"inside\n").unwrap();
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink("file.txt", source.join("link")).unwrap();
+        3
+    });
+    fixture.fork("p8");
+    let mut long = vec![b'x'; 300_000];
+    long[20_000] = 0xff;
+    long[BUDGET - 1] = 0xe2;
+    let mut window = b"first\n".to_vec();
+    window.extend_from_slice(&long);
+    window.extend_from_slice(b"\nthird\n");
+    let mut cut_text = vec![b'x'; BUDGET - 1];
+    cut_text.extend_from_slice("é\n".as_bytes());
+    let first = fixture.apply(
+        "p8",
+        vec![
+            write("/file.txt", b"v1\n".to_vec()),
+            write("/same.txt", b"same\n".to_vec()),
+            write("/nul.bin", b"a\0b\n".to_vec()),
+            write("/invalid.bin", b"a\xffb\n".to_vec()),
+            write("/window.bin", window),
+            write("/cut.txt", cut_text),
+        ],
+    );
+    let commit = first
+        .get("commit")
+        .unwrap()
+        .get_text("id")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    let second = fixture.call(
+        "fs.write",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", text("p8")),
+            ("path", text("/file.txt")),
+            ("content", text("v2\n")),
+        ],
+    );
+    assert_ne!(
+        second.get("commit").unwrap().get_text("id"),
+        Some(commit.as_str())
+    );
+    let published = fixture.call("branch.publish", vec![("branch", text("p8"))]);
+    let layer = published
+        .get("publishedLayer")
+        .unwrap()
+        .get_text("id")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+
+    let before = commits(&fixture, "p8");
+    for (reference, version) in [(&commit, "v1\n"), (&layer, "v2\n")] {
+        let root = list(&fixture, reference, "/");
+        assert_eq!(root.get_text("snapshot"), Some(&reference[2..14]));
+        assert!(support::paths(&root).contains(&"/file.txt"));
+        let subdir = list(&fixture, reference, "/dir");
+        assert_eq!(support::paths(&subdir), ["/dir/inside.txt"]);
+        let stat = stat(&fixture, reference, "/file.txt");
+        assert_eq!(stat.get_text("snapshot"), Some(&reference[2..14]));
+        assert_eq!(int(&stat, "size"), Some(3));
+        let changed = read(&fixture, reference, "/file.txt", 1, 1, Some(false));
+        assert_text(&changed, version);
+        assert_eq!(changed.get_text("snapshot"), Some(&reference[2..14]));
+        let same = read(&fixture, reference, "/same.txt", 1, 1, Some(false));
+        assert_text(&same, "same\n");
+        let as_bytes = read(&fixture, reference, "/file.txt", 1, 1, Some(true));
+        assert_eq!(bytes(&as_bytes), version.as_bytes());
+        assert!(as_bytes.get("text").is_none());
+    }
+    assert_ne!(
+        read(&fixture, &commit, "/file.txt", 1, 1, Some(false)).get("root"),
+        read(&fixture, &layer, "/file.txt", 1, 1, Some(false)).get("root")
+    );
+
+    for (path, expected) in [
+        ("/nul.bin", &b"a\0b\n"[..]),
+        ("/invalid.bin", &b"a\xffb\n"[..]),
+    ] {
+        let reply = read(&fixture, &commit, path, 1, 1, Some(true));
+        assert_eq!(bytes(&reply), expected);
+        assert_eq!(int(&reply, "size"), Some(expected.len() as i64));
+        assert!(reply.get("text").is_none());
+        for binary in [None, Some(false)] {
+            let mut fields = vec![
+                ("branch", text(&commit)),
+                ("path", text(path)),
+                ("startLine", SdkValue::Int(1)),
+            ];
+            if let Some(binary) = binary {
+                fields.push(("binary", SdkValue::Bool(binary)));
+            }
+            let refusal = fixture
+                .try_call("fs.read", fields)
+                .expect_err("text mode refuses binary content");
+            assert_eq!(
+                (refusal.code.as_str(), refusal.message.as_str()),
+                ("Binary", "text contains NUL or invalid UTF-8")
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    let first_window = read(&fixture, &commit, "/window.bin", 1, 3, Some(true));
+    assert_eq!(bytes(&first_window), b"first\n");
+    assert_eq!(int(&first_window, "endLine"), Some(1));
+    assert_eq!(int(&first_window, "nextLine"), Some(2));
+    assert!(!boolean(&first_window, "lineTruncated"));
+    assert!(boolean(&first_window, "truncated"));
+
+    let cut = read(&fixture, &commit, "/window.bin", 2, 3, Some(true));
+    assert_eq!(bytes(&cut), &long[..BUDGET]);
+    assert_eq!(bytes(&cut).len(), BUDGET);
+    assert_eq!(int(&cut, "endLine"), Some(2));
+    assert_eq!(int(&cut, "nextLine"), Some(3));
+    assert_eq!(int(&cut, "size"), Some(300_013));
+    assert!(boolean(&cut, "lineTruncated"));
+    assert!(boolean(&cut, "truncated"));
+
+    let text_cut = read(&fixture, &commit, "/cut.txt", 1, 1, Some(false));
+    assert_eq!(
+        text_cut.get_text("text"),
+        Some("x".repeat(BUDGET - 1).as_str())
+    );
+    assert!(boolean(&text_cut, "lineTruncated"));
+    assert!(boolean(&text_cut, "truncated"));
+    let raw_cut = read(&fixture, &commit, "/cut.txt", 1, 1, Some(true));
+    let mut expected_cut = vec![b'x'; BUDGET - 1];
+    expected_cut.push(0xc3);
+    assert_eq!(bytes(&raw_cut).len(), expected_cut.len());
+    assert_eq!(&bytes(&raw_cut)[..BUDGET - 1], &expected_cut[..BUDGET - 1]);
+    assert_eq!(bytes(&raw_cut)[BUDGET - 1], expected_cut[BUDGET - 1]);
+    assert_eq!(int(&raw_cut, "size"), Some((BUDGET + 2) as i64));
+    assert!(boolean(&raw_cut, "lineTruncated"));
+    assert!(boolean(&raw_cut, "truncated"));
+
+    assert_refusal(
+        &fixture,
+        "p8-unknown-branch",
+        "/file.txt",
+        "NoSuchBranch",
+        "Branch p8-unknown-branch does not exist",
+    );
+    let nonhex = "z".repeat(66);
+    assert_refusal(
+        &fixture,
+        &nonhex,
+        "/file.txt",
+        "NoSuchBranch",
+        &format!("Branch {nonhex} does not exist"),
+    );
+    let bad_tag = format!("99{}", "e".repeat(64));
+    assert_refusal(
+        &fixture,
+        &bad_tag,
+        "/file.txt",
+        "InvalidInput",
+        &format!("`{bad_tag}` is not a Commit or Layer identity"),
+    );
+    let unknown_commit = format!("12{}", "c".repeat(64));
+    assert_refusal(
+        &fixture,
+        &unknown_commit,
+        "/file.txt",
+        "NoSuchCommit",
+        &format!("Commit {unknown_commit} does not exist"),
+    );
+    let unknown_layer = format!("32{}", "d".repeat(64));
+    assert_refusal(
+        &fixture,
+        &unknown_layer,
+        "/file.txt",
+        "NotFound",
+        &format!("Layer {unknown_layer} does not exist"),
+    );
+    let missing = refusal(&fixture, &commit, "/absent");
+    assert_eq!(missing.code, "NoSuchPath");
+    assert_eq!(
+        missing.message,
+        format!("/absent does not exist at {}", &commit[2..14])
+    );
+    assert_eq!(missing.detail, SdkValue::map([("path", text("/absent"))]));
+    assert_refusal(
+        &fixture,
+        &commit,
+        "/dir",
+        "IsDirectory",
+        "expected a regular file",
+    );
+    assert_refusal(
+        &fixture,
+        &commit,
+        "/link",
+        "NotFile",
+        "expected a regular file",
+    );
+    assert_refusal(
+        &fixture,
+        &commit,
+        "relative",
+        "InvalidInput",
+        "expected an absolute path without empty, dot or parent components",
+    );
+
+    let after = commits(&fixture, "p8");
+    assert_eq!(after, before, "snapshot reads moved a Branch head");
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+const MAX_LINE: i64 = 9_007_199_254_740_991;
+const WINDOW: usize = 16 * 1024;
+const BLOCK: usize = 16 * WINDOW;
+
+fn read_wire(
+    fixture: &Fixture,
+    reference: &str,
+    path: &str,
+    start: Option<i64>,
+    end: Option<i64>,
+    binary: Option<bool>,
+    offset: Option<SdkValue>,
+) -> Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal> {
+    let mut fields = vec![("branch", text(reference)), ("path", text(path))];
+    if let Some(start) = start {
+        fields.push(("startLine", SdkValue::Int(start)));
+    }
+    if let Some(end) = end {
+        fields.push(("endLine", SdkValue::Int(end)));
+    }
+    if let Some(binary) = binary {
+        fields.push(("binary", SdkValue::Bool(binary)));
+    }
+    if let Some(offset) = offset {
+        fields.push(("offset", offset));
+    }
+    fixture.try_call("fs.read", fields)
+}
+
+fn next_offset(value: &SdkValue) -> Option<&str> {
+    match value.get("nextOffset") {
+        Some(SdkValue::Text(offset)) => Some(offset),
+        Some(SdkValue::Null) => None,
+        other => panic!("nextOffset must be present and text or null: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn hex(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
+    layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::hex(bytes)
+}
+
+fn assert_cursor(value: &SdkValue, line: i64, offset: usize, binary: bool, path: &str) {
+    let cursor = next_offset(value).expect("a continued page has a cursor");
+    let fields: Vec<_> = cursor.split('.').collect();
+    assert_eq!(fields.len(), 6, "{cursor}");
+    assert_eq!(fields[0], "lfr1");
+    assert_eq!(fields[1], if binary { "b" } else { "t" });
+    assert_eq!(fields[2], line.to_string());
+    assert_eq!(fields[3], offset.to_string());
+    assert_eq!(fields[4].len(), 64);
+    assert!(fields[4]
+        .bytes()
+        .all(|byte| byte.is_ascii_digit() || (b'a'..=b'f').contains(&byte)));
+    assert_eq!(fields[5], hex(path.as_bytes()));
+}
+
+fn ascii_line(number: usize, width: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut line = format!("{number:016} ");
+    while line.len() + 1 < width {
+        line.push(char::from(b'a' + (number % 26) as u8));
+    }
+    line.truncate(width - 1);
+    line.push('\n');
+    assert_eq!(line.len(), width);
+    line.into_bytes()
+}
+
+fn fixed_lines(size: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
+    assert_eq!(size % 128, 0);
+    (0..size / 128).flat_map(|n| ascii_line(n, 128)).collect()
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Traversal {
+    bytes: u64,
+    reads: u64,
+    pages: usize,
+    final_page: ContentIo,
+}
+
+fn traverse_fixed(fixture: &Fixture, path: &str, expected: &[u8]) -> Traversal {
+    let overall_before = content_io(fixture);
+    let expected_pages = expected.len().div_ceil(BUDGET);
+    let (mut rebuilt, mut offset, mut pages, mut start) = (Vec::new(), None, 0, 1);
+    let final_page = loop {
+        pages += 1;
+        assert!(
+            pages <= expected_pages + 1,
+            "cursor traversal did not terminate"
+        );
+        let page_before = content_io(fixture);
+        let reply = read_wire(
+            fixture,
+            "main",
+            path,
+            None,
+            None,
+            Some(false),
+            offset.as_deref().map(text),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let after = content_io(fixture);
+        let page_io = ContentIo {
+            bytes: after.bytes - page_before.bytes,
+            reads: after.reads - page_before.reads,
+        };
+        let content = reply.get_text("text").unwrap().as_bytes();
+        assert_eq!(content.len() % 128, 0);
+        assert_eq!(int(&reply, "startLine"), Some(start));
+        assert_eq!(
+            int(&reply, "endLine"),
+            Some(start + (content.len() / 128) as i64 - 1)
+        );
+        assert!(!boolean(&reply, "lineTruncated"));
+        let next = int(&reply, "nextLine");
+        assert_eq!(boolean(&reply, "truncated"), next.is_some());
+        assert_eq!(next_offset(&reply).is_some(), next.is_some());
+        if let Some(next) = next {
+            assert_cursor(&reply, next, (next as usize - 1) * 128, false, path);
+        }
+        rebuilt.extend_from_slice(content);
+        let Some(next) = next else {
+            break page_io;
+        };
+        start = next;
+        offset = next_offset(&reply).map(str::to_owned);
+    };
+    assert_eq!(rebuilt, expected);
+    assert_eq!(rebuilt.chunks_exact(128).count(), expected.len() / 128);
+    for (n, chunk) in rebuilt.chunks_exact(128).enumerate() {
+        assert_eq!(chunk, ascii_line(n, 128));
+    }
+    let after = content_io(fixture);
+    Traversal {
+        bytes: after.bytes - overall_before.bytes,
+        reads: after.reads - overall_before.reads,
+        pages,
+        final_page,
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn cursor_traversal_is_linear_at_two_sizes_and_bounded_on_the_late_page() {
+    let small = fixed_lines(2 * 1024 * 1024);
+    let large = fixed_lines(4 * 1024 * 1024);
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p8-cursor-two-sizes", |source| {
+        fs::write(source.join("two.txt"), &small).unwrap();
+        fs::write(source.join("four.txt"), &large).unwrap();
+        2
+    });
+    let two = traverse_fixed(&fixture, "/two.txt", &small);
+    let four = traverse_fixed(&fixture, "/four.txt", &large);
+    println!("P8_CURSOR_TWO_SIZE size=2097152 {two:?}");
+    println!("P8_CURSOR_TWO_SIZE size=4194304 {four:?}");
+    assert_eq!(two.pages, small.len().div_ceil(BUDGET));
+    assert_eq!(four.pages, large.len().div_ceil(BUDGET));
+    assert!(
+        four.bytes <= 3 * two.bytes,
+        "byte scaling: {two:?} {four:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        four.reads <= 3 * two.reads,
+        "read scaling: {two:?} {four:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        four.final_page.bytes < 2_000_000,
+        "the late 4 MiB page rescanned a prefix: {four:?}"
+    );
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+fn boundary_bytes(terminated: bool) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut bytes = Vec::new();
+    for n in 0.. {
+        if bytes.len() >= BLOCK + 2 * WINDOW {
+            break;
+        }
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&ascii_line(n, [127, 128, 129][n % 3]));
+    }
+    bytes.extend_from_slice(&ascii_line(9000, BUDGET + 257));
+    bytes.extend_from_slice(b"after-huge\n");
+    bytes.extend_from_slice(if terminated { b"tail\n" } else { b"tail" });
+    bytes
+}
+
+fn line_offset(bytes: &[u8], line: i64) -> usize {
+    if line == 1 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let mut seen = 1;
+    for (at, byte) in bytes.iter().enumerate() {
+        if *byte == b'\n' {
+            seen += 1;
+            if seen == line {
+                return at + 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    panic!("line {line} has no start")
+}
+
+fn assert_cursor_reference(fixture: &Fixture, path: &str, expected: &[u8]) {
+    let (mut offset, mut start, mut pages, mut saw_truncated) = (None, 1, 0, false);
+    let final_reply = loop {
+        pages += 1;
+        assert!(pages < 100, "cursor reference traversal did not terminate");
+        let cursor = read_wire(
+            fixture,
+            "main",
+            path,
+            None,
+            None,
+            Some(false),
+            offset.as_deref().map(text),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let numeric = read(fixture, "main", path, start, MAX_LINE, Some(false));
+        assert_eq!(
+            cursor, numeric,
+            "cursor and numeric reference differ at line {start}"
+        );
+        saw_truncated |= boolean(&cursor, "lineTruncated");
+        let next = int(&cursor, "nextLine");
+        assert_eq!(next_offset(&cursor).is_some(), next.is_some());
+        if let Some(next) = next {
+            assert_cursor(&cursor, next, line_offset(expected, next), false, path);
+        }
+        if next.is_none() {
+            break cursor;
+        }
+        start = next.unwrap();
+        offset = next_offset(&cursor).map(str::to_owned);
+    };
+    assert!(saw_truncated, "the returned huge line was truncated");
+    let expected_lines = expected.iter().filter(|&&byte| byte == b'\n').count() as i64
+        + i64::from(!expected.ends_with(b"\n"));
+    assert_eq!(int(&final_reply, "endLine"), Some(expected_lines));
+    assert_eq!(int(&final_reply, "nextLine"), None);
+    assert_eq!(next_offset(&final_reply), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn cursor_pages_are_exactly_once_across_windows_blocks_and_truncation() {
+    let terminated = boundary_bytes(true);
+    let unterminated = boundary_bytes(false);
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p8-cursor-boundaries", |source| {
+        fs::write(source.join("terminated.txt"), &terminated).unwrap();
+        fs::write(source.join("unterminated.txt"), &unterminated).unwrap();
+        2
+    });
+    assert_cursor_reference(&fixture, "/terminated.txt", &terminated);
+    assert_cursor_reference(&fixture, "/unterminated.txt", &unterminated);
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn cursor_precedence_and_numeric_validation_keep_their_contract() {
+    let content: Vec<u8> = (0..2500)
+        .flat_map(|n| format!("line-{n}\n").into_bytes())
+        .collect();
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p8-cursor-precedence", |source| {
+        fs::write(source.join("lines.txt"), content).unwrap();
+        1
+    });
+    let first = read(&fixture, "main", "/lines.txt", 1, MAX_LINE, Some(false));
+    let cursor = next_offset(&first).unwrap().to_owned();
+    assert_eq!(int(&first, "nextLine"), Some(2001));
+    let continued = read_wire(
+        &fixture,
+        "main",
+        "/lines.txt",
+        None,
+        None,
+        Some(false),
+        Some(text(&cursor)),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let both = read_wire(
+        &fixture,
+        "main",
+        "/lines.txt",
+        Some(7),
+        None,
+        Some(false),
+        Some(text(&cursor)),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(both, continued);
+    assert_eq!(int(&both, "startLine"), Some(2001));
+    for (start, end, message) in [
+        (None, Some(2000), "endLine must be at least startLine"),
+        (Some(0), None, "startLine must be a positive safe integer"),
+    ] {
+        let refusal = read_wire(
+            &fixture,
+            "main",
+            "/lines.txt",
+            start,
+            end,
+            Some(false),
+            Some(text(&cursor)),
+        )
+        .unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(refusal.code, "InvalidInput");
+        assert_eq!(refusal.message, message);
+        assert_eq!(refusal.detail, SdkValue::Null);
+    }
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn legacy_numeric_window_is_a_non_discriminating_compatibility_guard() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p8-numeric-compat", |source| {
+        fs::write(source.join("lines.txt"), b"one\ntwo\nthree\n").unwrap();
+        1
+    });
+    let reply = read(&fixture, "main", "/lines.txt", 2, 3, Some(false));
+    assert_text(&reply, "two\nthree\n");
+    assert_eq!(int(&reply, "startLine"), Some(2));
+    assert_eq!(int(&reply, "endLine"), Some(3));
+    assert!(!boolean(&reply, "lineTruncated"));
+    assert!(!boolean(&reply, "truncated"));
+    assert_eq!(int(&reply, "nextLine"), None);
+    assert_eq!(int(&reply, "size"), Some(14));
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
+
+fn exact_refusal(result: Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal>, message: &str) {
+    let refusal = result.expect_err("the cursor read must be refused");
+    assert_eq!(refusal.code, "InvalidInput");
+    assert_eq!(refusal.message, message);
+    assert_eq!(refusal.detail, SdkValue::Null);
+}
+
+fn commit_id(value: &SdkValue) -> String {
+    value
+        .get("commit")
+        .unwrap()
+        .get_text("id")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn cursor_format_binding_and_cross_snapshot_rules_are_exact() {
+    let content: Vec<u8> = (0..2500)
+        .flat_map(|n| format!("line-{n}\n").into_bytes())
+        .collect();
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("area-p8-cursor-refusals", |source| {
+        for name in ["left.txt", "same.txt"] {
+            fs::write(source.join(name), &content).unwrap();
+        }
+        2
+    });
+    fixture.fork("p8");
+    let first_commit =
+        commit_id(&fixture.apply("p8", vec![write("/unrelated.txt", b"one\n".to_vec())]));
+    let first = read(
+        &fixture,
+        &first_commit,
+        "/left.txt",
+        1,
+        MAX_LINE,
+        Some(false),
+    );
+    let cursor = next_offset(&first).unwrap().to_owned();
+    let binary_cursor = next_offset(&read(
+        &fixture,
+        &first_commit,
+        "/left.txt",
+        1,
+        MAX_LINE,
+        Some(true),
+    ))
+    .unwrap()
+    .to_owned();
+    let replace = |cursor: &str, index: usize, value: &str| {
+        let mut fields: Vec<String> = cursor.split('.').map(str::to_owned).collect();
+        fields[index] = value.to_owned();
+        fields.join(".")
+    };
+    let malformed = vec![
+        SdkValue::Int(7),
+        SdkValue::Bool(true),
+        SdkValue::map([("offset", text(&cursor))]),
+        text(""),
+        text("not-a-cursor"),
+        text("lfr2.t.2001.1.00.2f"),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 2, "02001")),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 2, "0")),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 2, "9007199254740992")),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 3, "01")),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 3, "-1")),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 3, "9007199254740992")),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 4, &"A".repeat(64))),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 4, "xyz")),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 5, "")),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 5, "f")),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 5, "FF")),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 5, &hex(b"/left.txt").to_uppercase())),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 5, &hex(b"relative"))),
+        text(&replace(&cursor, 5, &hex(b"/bad//path"))),
+        text(&format!("{cursor}.extra")),
+    ];
+    for offset in malformed {
+        exact_refusal(
+            read_wire(
+                &fixture,
+                &first_commit,
+                "/left.txt",
+                None,
+                None,
+                Some(false),
+                Some(offset),
+            ),
+            "offset is not a valid read cursor",
+        );
+    }
+    let beyond = replace(&cursor, 3, &(content.len() + 1).to_string());
+    for (reference, path, offset, binary) in [
+        (
+            first_commit.as_str(),
+            "/same.txt",
+            cursor.as_str(),
+            Some(false),
+        ),
+        (
+            first_commit.as_str(),
+            "/left.txt",
+            cursor.as_str(),
+            Some(true),
+        ),
+        (
+            first_commit.as_str(),
+            "/left.txt",
+            binary_cursor.as_str(),
+            Some(false),
+        ),
+        (
+            first_commit.as_str(),
+            "/left.txt",
+            binary_cursor.as_str(),
+            None,
+        ),
+        (
+            first_commit.as_str(),
+            "/left.txt",
+            beyond.as_str(),
+            Some(false),
+        ),
+    ] {
+        exact_refusal(
+            read_wire(
+                &fixture,
+                reference,
+                path,
+                None,
+                None,
+                binary,
+                Some(text(offset)),
+            ),
+            "offset does not match this file read",
+        );
+    }
+    let second_commit =
+        commit_id(&fixture.apply("p8", vec![write("/other.txt", b"two\n".to_vec())]));
+    let continued = read_wire(
+        &fixture,
+        &second_commit,
+        "/left.txt",
+        None,
+        None,
+        Some(false),
+        Some(text(&cursor)),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(int(&continued, "startLine"), Some(2001));
+    assert!(continued
+        .get_text("text")
+        .unwrap()
+        .starts_with("line-2000\n"));
+    let published = fixture.call("branch.publish", vec![("branch", text("p8"))]);
+    let layer = published
+        .get("publishedLayer")
+        .unwrap()
+        .get_text("id")
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned();
+    let at_layer = read_wire(
+        &fixture,
+        &layer,
+        "/left.txt",
+        None,
+        None,
+        Some(false),
+        Some(text(&cursor)),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(int(&at_layer, "startLine"), Some(2001));
+    fixture.chmod("p8", "/left.txt", 0o600);
+    let metadata_only = read_wire(
+        &fixture,
+        "p8",
+        "/left.txt",
+        None,
+        None,
+        Some(false),
+        Some(text(&cursor)),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(int(&metadata_only, "startLine"), Some(2001));
+    fixture.apply("p8", vec![write("/left.txt", b"changed\n".to_vec())]);
+    exact_refusal(
+        read_wire(
+            &fixture,
+            "p8",
+            "/left.txt",
+            None,
+            None,
+            Some(false),
+            Some(text(&cursor)),
+        ),
+        "offset does not match this file read",
+    );
+    let new_commit = commit_id(&fixture.apply("p8", vec![write("/later.txt", content.clone())]));
+    let later_cursor = next_offset(&read(
+        &fixture,
+        &new_commit,
+        "/later.txt",
+        1,
+        MAX_LINE,
+        Some(false),
+    ))
+    .unwrap()
+    .to_owned();
+    let expected_missing = refusal(&fixture, "main", "/later.txt");
+    for offset in [text(&later_cursor), text("malformed")] {
+        let missing = read_wire(
+            &fixture,
+            "main",
+            "/later.txt",
+            None,
+            None,
+            Some(false),
+            Some(offset),
+        )
+        .unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(missing, expected_missing);
+    }
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/concurrent_commits.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/concurrent_commits.rs
index 17324b1c41..1a4d30e421 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/concurrent_commits.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/concurrent_commits.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ fn commit_together(
                             token,
                             force: false,
                             message: None,
+                            author: None,
+                            labels: Vec::new(),
                         }))
                         .map(|done| done.reply)
                 })
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/golden/sdk_methods.txt b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/golden/sdk_methods.txt
index 4f7db82495..d395557c42 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/golden/sdk_methods.txt
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/golden/sdk_methods.txt
@@ -7,29 +7,31 @@ branch.fork -> ok {kind: "Forked", branch: "other", base: "<hex>", head: null}
 branch.fork -> refused ReservedName "\"main\" names the project's main line" null
 branch.fork -> refused NameTaken "Branch feat already exists" null
 branch.fork -> refused InvalidInput "`nope` is not a Commit or Layer identity" null
-fs.write -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: null, secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "first", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 957, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}}
+fs.write -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: null, secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "first", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 957, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}}
 fs.write -> refused ReadOnly "main changes only through publish" null
 fs.write -> ok {kind: "UpToDate", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", root: "<hex>"}
 fs.write -> refused InvalidInput "expected an absolute path without empty, dot or parent components" {index: 0}
 fs.write -> refused InvalidInput "write content must be text or bytes" {index: 0}
 fs.write -> refused InvalidInput "message must be text" null
-fs.edit -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 858, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}}
+fs.edit -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 858, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}}
 fs.edit -> refused NoMatch "/a.txt" {matches: 0, index: 0}
-fs.mkdir -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 1206, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}}
-fs.cp -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 60, newCanonical: 1572, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}}
-fs.mv -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 60, newCanonical: 1518, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}}
-fs.rm -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 47, newCanonical: 1204, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}}
+fs.mkdir -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 1206, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}}
+fs.cp -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 60, newCanonical: 1572, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}}
+fs.mv -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 60, newCanonical: 1518, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}}
+fs.rm -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 47, newCanonical: 1204, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}}
 fs.rm -> refused NoSuchPath "Content(PathNotFound)" {index: 0}
-fs.apply -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 55, newCanonical: 1439, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}}
+fs.apply -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "feat", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 55, newCanonical: 1439, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}}
 fs.apply -> refused NoSuchPath "Content(PathNotFound)" {index: 0}
 fs.apply -> refused InvalidInput "unknown change op bogus" {index: 1}
 fs.apply -> refused InvalidInput "apply requires a changes array" null
-fs.write -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "other", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "other", parent: null, secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 34, newCanonical: 774, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}}
-fs.read -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "feat@<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/a.txt", text: "one\nTWO\nthree\n", startLine: 1, endLine: 3, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, size: 14}
-fs.read -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "main@<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/a.txt", text: "one\ntwo\nthree\n", startLine: 1, endLine: 3, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, size: 14}
-fs.read -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "feat@<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/a.txt", text: "TWO\n", startLine: 2, endLine: 2, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, size: 14}
+fs.write -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "other", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "other", parent: null, secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 34, newCanonical: 774, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}}
+fs.read -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "feat@<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/a.txt", text: "one\nTWO\nthree\n", startLine: 1, endLine: 3, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, nextOffset: null, size: 14}
+fs.read -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "main@<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/a.txt", text: "one\ntwo\nthree\n", startLine: 1, endLine: 3, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, nextOffset: null, size: 14}
+fs.read -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "feat@<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/a.txt", text: "TWO\n", startLine: 2, endLine: 2, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, nextOffset: null, size: 14}
 fs.read -> refused InvalidInput "endLine must be at least startLine" null
 fs.read -> refused InvalidInput "startLine must be a positive safe integer" null
+fs.read -> refused InvalidInput "offset is not a valid read cursor" null
+fs.read -> refused InvalidInput "offset is not a valid read cursor" null
 fs.read -> refused NoSuchPath "/nope does not exist at feat@<hex>" {path: "/nope"}
 fs.read -> refused NoSuchBranch "Branch ghost does not exist" null
 fs.read -> refused InvalidInput "missing text argument `path`" null
@@ -49,8 +51,8 @@ fs.blame -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "feat@<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/a.txt
 fs.diff_files -> ok {kind: "Text", left: {path: "/a.txt", snapshot: "main@<hex>", inode: 2}, right: {path: "/a.txt", snapshot: "feat@<hex>", inode: 2}, contentEqual: false, sameInode: true, hunksOmitted: false, hunks: [{op: " ", text: "one"}, {op: "-", text: "two"}, {op: "+", text: "TWO"}, {op: " ", text: "three"}, {op: " ", text: ""}]}
 fs.diff_files -> refused IsDirectory "/dir is a directory" {path: "/dir"}
 fs.diff_files -> refused InvalidInput "missing `right` selector" null
-branch.list_commits -> ok {items: [{id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 55, newCanonical: 1439, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 47, newCanonical: 1204, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 60, newCanonical: 1518, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 60, newCanonical: 1572, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 1206, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 858, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: null, secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "first", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 957, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null}
-branch.list_commits -> ok {items: [{id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 55, newCanonical: 1439, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 47, newCanonical: 1204, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}], hasMore: true, nextPagePos: 2}
+branch.list_commits -> ok {items: [{id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 55, newCanonical: 1439, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 47, newCanonical: 1204, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 60, newCanonical: 1518, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 60, newCanonical: 1572, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 1206, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 858, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: null, secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "first", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 43, newCanonical: 957, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null}
+branch.list_commits -> ok {items: [{id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 55, newCanonical: 1439, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}, {id: "<hex>", branch: "feat", parent: "<hex>", secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 47, newCanonical: 1204, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}], hasMore: true, nextPagePos: 2}
 branch.list_commits -> refused NoSuchBranch "Branch main does not exist" null
 branch.diff_branches -> ok {kind: "ok", from: {ref: "main", label: "main@<hex>", root: "<hex>"}, to: {ref: "feat", label: "feat@<hex>", root: "<hex>"}, items: [{path: "/a.txt", kind: "Modified", type: "file", before: {type: "file", inode: 2}, after: {type: "file", inode: 2}, content: true, identity: false, metadata: true, hunks: [{op: " ", text: "one"}, {op: "-", text: "two"}, {op: "+", text: "TWO"}, {op: " ", text: "three"}, {op: " ", text: ""}], hunksOmitted: false}, {path: "/applied-dir", kind: "Added", type: "dir", before: null, after: {type: "dir", inode: 201}, content: false, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false}, {path: "/applied.txt", kind: "Added", type: "file", before: null, after: {type: "file", inode: 200}, content: false, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false}, {path: "/made", kind: "Added", type: "dir", before: null, after: {type: "dir", inode: 72}, content: false, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false}, {path: "/made/deep", kind: "Added", type: "dir", before: null, after: {type: "dir", inode: 73}, content: false, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false}, {path: "/moved.txt", kind: "Added", type: "file", before: null, after: {type: "file", inode: 137}, content: false, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false}, {path: "/new.txt", kind: "Added", type: "file", before: null, after: {type: "file", inode: 8}, content: false, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false}], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null, nextCursor: null}
 branch.diff_branches -> ok {kind: "ok", from: {ref: "main", label: "main@<hex>", root: "<hex>"}, to: {ref: "feat", label: "feat@<hex>", root: "<hex>"}, items: [{path: "/applied-dir", kind: "Added", type: "dir", before: null, after: {type: "dir", inode: 201}, content: false, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false}, {path: "/applied.txt", kind: "Added", type: "file", before: null, after: {type: "file", inode: 200}, content: false, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false}], hasMore: true, nextPagePos: 3, nextCursor: "/applied.txt"}
@@ -58,12 +60,12 @@ branch.diff_commits -> refused InvalidInput "diff_commits takes two saved Commit
 branch.diff_commits -> refused NoSuchBranch "Branch ghost does not exist" null
 branch.merge -> refused Conflict "feat + other conflict in 1 file(s); nothing was created" {sources: [{ref: "feat", node: "<hex>"}, {ref: "other", node: "<hex>"}], mergeBase: "<hex>", conflicts: [{path: "/a.txt", kind: "content", blocks: 1, hunksOmitted: false, hunks: [{line: 1, ours: ["one", "TWO", "three"], theirs: ["other side"]}]}], lww: [], conflictsTruncated: false, lwwTruncated: false, units: [], unitsTruncated: false}
 branch.diff_commits -> ok {kind: "ok", from: {commit: "<hex>", root: "<hex>"}, to: {commit: "<hex>", root: "<hex>"}, items: [{path: "/applied-dir", kind: "Added", type: "dir", before: null, after: {type: "dir", inode: 201}, content: false, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false}, {path: "/applied.txt", kind: "Added", type: "file", before: null, after: {type: "file", inode: 200}, content: false, identity: false, metadata: false, hunks: null, hunksOmitted: false}], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null, nextCursor: null}
-fs.read -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/new.txt", text: "hello\n", startLine: 1, endLine: 1, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, size: 6}
+fs.read -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/new.txt", text: "hello\n", startLine: 1, endLine: 1, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, nextOffset: null, size: 6}
 branch.fork -> ok {kind: "Forked", branch: "at-commit", base: "<hex>", head: "<hex>"}
 branch.fork -> ok {kind: "Forked", branch: "left", base: "<hex>", head: null}
-fs.write -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "left", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "left", parent: null, secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 41, newCanonical: 956, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}}
+fs.write -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "left", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "left", parent: null, secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 41, newCanonical: 956, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}}
 branch.fork -> ok {kind: "Forked", branch: "right", base: "<hex>", head: null}
-fs.write -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "right", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "right", parent: null, secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 42, newCanonical: 958, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false}}
+fs.write -> ok {kind: "Committed", branch: "right", head: "<hex>", commit: {id: "<hex>", branch: "right", parent: null, secondParent: null, base: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", via: "fs", message: "Apply filesystem changes", author: null, labels: [], mergedFrom: null, time: <varies>, logical: 42, newCanonical: 958, newStored: <varies>, newMetadata: <varies>, displaced: null, lww: [], lwwTruncated: false, unitsTruncated: false}}
 branch.merge -> ok {kind: "Merged", fastForward: false, branch: "both", head: "<hex>", root: "<hex>", sources: [{ref: "left", node: "<hex>"}, {ref: "right", node: "<hex>"}], mergeBase: "<hex>", conflicts: [], lww: [], conflictsTruncated: false, lwwTruncated: false, units: [], unitsTruncated: false}
 fs.list -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "both@<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/", items: [{name: "a.txt", path: "/a.txt", type: "file", inode: 2}, {name: "blob.bin", path: "/blob.bin", type: "file", inode: 3}, {name: "dir", path: "/dir", type: "dir", inode: 4}, {name: "left.txt", path: "/left.txt", type: "file", inode: 328}, {name: "right.txt", path: "/right.txt", type: "file", inode: 392}], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null}
 branch.merge -> refused NameTaken "Branch both already exists" null
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ branch.publish -> ok {kind: "UpToDate", layer: "<hex>"}
 branch.fork -> ok {kind: "Forked", branch: "empty", base: "<hex>", head: null}
 branch.publish -> refused NoCommit "empty has no saved Commit to publish" null
 project.list_branches -> ok {items: [{name: "at-commit", id: "<hex>", base: "<hex>", head: "<hex>", forkedFrom: "<hex>"}, {name: "both", id: "<hex>", base: "<hex>", head: "<hex>", forkedFrom: "<hex>"}, {name: "empty", id: "<hex>", base: "<hex>", head: null, forkedFrom: "<hex>"}, {name: "feat", id: "<hex>", base: "<hex>", head: "<hex>", forkedFrom: "<hex>"}, {name: "left", id: "<hex>", base: "<hex>", head: "<hex>", forkedFrom: "<hex>"}, {name: "main", id: null, base: "<hex>", head: null}, {name: "other", id: "<hex>", base: "<hex>", head: "<hex>", forkedFrom: "<hex>"}, {name: "right", id: "<hex>", base: "<hex>", head: "<hex>", forkedFrom: "<hex>"}], hasMore: false, nextPagePos: null}
-fs.read -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "main@<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/a.txt", text: "one\nTWO\nthree\n", startLine: 1, endLine: 3, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, size: 14}
+fs.read -> ok {kind: "ok", snapshot: "main@<hex>", root: "<hex>", path: "/a.txt", text: "one\nTWO\nthree\n", startLine: 1, endLine: 3, lineTruncated: false, truncated: false, nextLine: null, nextOffset: null, size: 14}
 fs.nope -> refused UnknownMethod "no Store method fs.nope" null
 backend.store.project.get_storage -> refused UnknownMethod "no Store method backend.store.project.get_storage" null
 project.list_overwritten -> refused UnknownMethod "no Store method project.list_overwritten" null
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/kernel_application.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/kernel_application.rs
index 614e0d80c3..b85c65e4e3 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/kernel_application.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/kernel_application.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fn actual_daemon_install_hello_bind_status_no_constructor_and_session_end() {
     // The real binary's Commit of an unchanged Workspace: the same root, no
     // new Commit record.
     assert!(
-        matches!(control.call(Request::Commit(layerfs_bridge::control::CommitControl { token: bound.token, force: false, message: None, })).unwrap(), Reply::Committed(layerfs_history::CommitOutcome::UpToDate { head: None, root }) if root == bound.binding.effective_root)
+        matches!(control.call(Request::Commit(layerfs_bridge::control::CommitControl { token: bound.token, force: false, message: None, author: None, labels: Vec::new(), })).unwrap(), Reply::Committed(layerfs_history::CommitOutcome::UpToDate { head: None, root }) if root == bound.binding.effective_root)
     );
     let after = layerfs_api::internal::workspace(&mut control)
         .status(bound.token)
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/lane_merge.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/lane_merge.rs
index eacf686a4a..df2634658c 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/lane_merge.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/lane_merge.rs
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ impl HistoryCatalog for Gated {
         branches(stack: LayerStackId, page: &Page) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<BranchRecord>>;
         commit(id: CommitId) -> HistoryResult<Option<CommitRecord>>;
         layer(id: LayerId) -> HistoryResult<Option<LayerRecord>>;
+        is_published(head: LayerId, commit: &CommitRecord) -> HistoryResult<bool>;
         commit_history(request: &CommitHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<CommitRecord>>;
         layer_history(request: &LayerHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<LayerRecord>>;
         merge_base(left: NodeId, right: NodeId) -> HistoryResult<Option<NodeId>>;
@@ -355,6 +356,8 @@ fn commit_held(
                     token,
                     force: false,
                     message: None,
+                    author: None,
+                    labels: Vec::new(),
                 }))
                 .map(|done| done.reply)
                 .map_err(|failure| format!("{failure:?}"))
@@ -391,6 +394,8 @@ fn commit_plain(fixture: &Fixture, token: layerfs_bridge::control::WorkspaceToke
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         }))
         .map(|done| done.reply)
         .map_err(|failure| format!("{failure:?}"));
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/merge_report.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/merge_report.rs
index 5051e1b178..67d6a43f1a 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/merge_report.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/merge_report.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ fn conflicted_commit(label: &str, id: u8, count: usize) -> (Vec<String>, bool) {
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         }))
         .unwrap()
         .reply;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/mount_control.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/mount_control.rs
index fcd075faac..b2f81e40c7 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/mount_control.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/mount_control.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ fn original_lost_control_reply_is_not_replayed_or_settled_by_an_observer() {
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         })
     );
     let OperationCause::Exchange(original) = &failure.cause else {
@@ -221,6 +223,8 @@ fn another_control_channel_observes_running_commit_and_refuses_unmount_before_ef
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         }))
     });
     entered.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(3)).unwrap();
@@ -293,7 +297,9 @@ fn an_original_unknown_blocks_another_commit_and_normal_unmount() {
     let (token, binding) = mount(&mut client, identity(89), branch);
     fixture::write(&f.service, token, b'U');
     assert!(
-        matches!(client.call(Request::Commit(layerfs_bridge::control::CommitControl { token, force: false, message: None, })).unwrap(),Reply::Refused(value) if value.code==ControlCode::Unknown)
+        matches!(client.call(Request::Commit(layerfs_bridge::control::CommitControl { token, force: false, message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(), })).unwrap(),Reply::Refused(value) if value.code==ControlCode::Unknown)
     );
     let observed = status(&mut client, token);
     assert_eq!(observed.activity, Activity::Uncertain);
@@ -301,14 +307,18 @@ fn an_original_unknown_blocks_another_commit_and_normal_unmount() {
     assert!(observed.published.is_none());
     assert!(observed.local.unwrap().captured.is_some());
     assert!(
-        matches!(f.service.execute_control(&Request::Commit(layerfs_bridge::control::CommitControl { token, force: false, message: None, })),
+        matches!(f.service.execute_control(&Request::Commit(layerfs_bridge::control::CommitControl { token, force: false, message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(), })),
         Err(layerfs_daemon::control::Failure::Custody(value)) if value.code == ControlCode::Unknown && value.published.is_none())
     );
     assert!(
         matches!(client.call(Request::Unmount(layerfs_bridge::control::UnmountControl { token, discard: true })).unwrap(),Reply::Refused(value) if value.code==ControlCode::Unknown)
     );
     assert!(
-        matches!(client.call(Request::Commit(layerfs_bridge::control::CommitControl { token, force: false, message: None, })).unwrap(),Reply::Refused(value) if value.code==ControlCode::Unknown)
+        matches!(client.call(Request::Commit(layerfs_bridge::control::CommitControl { token, force: false, message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(), })).unwrap(),Reply::Refused(value) if value.code==ControlCode::Unknown)
     );
     let retained = worker.join();
     assert!(retained.outcome.is_err());
@@ -363,6 +373,8 @@ fn status_retains_known_publication_when_the_engine_is_unavailable() {
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         }));
         (client, reply)
     });
@@ -432,6 +444,8 @@ fn product_control_commit_captures_the_frontier_releases_its_owners_and_is_then_
                 },
                 force: false,
                 message: None,
+                author: None,
+                labels: Vec::new(),
             })),
         Err(layerfs_daemon::control::Failure::Rejected(
             ControlCode::Invalid,
@@ -447,6 +461,8 @@ fn product_control_commit_captures_the_frontier_releases_its_owners_and_is_then_
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         }))
         .unwrap();
     let record = match &done.reply {
@@ -482,6 +498,8 @@ fn product_control_commit_captures_the_frontier_releases_its_owners_and_is_then_
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         }))
         .unwrap();
     assert!(
@@ -647,6 +665,8 @@ fn a_definite_commit_failure_whose_capture_is_not_resolved_answers_unknown() {
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         }));
         (client, reply)
     });
@@ -749,6 +769,8 @@ fn an_unresolved_moved_head_failure_is_answered_and_not_dropped() {
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         }));
         (client, reply)
     });
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/relink_commit.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/relink_commit.rs
index 977bb39977..6e935a2a89 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/relink_commit.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/relink_commit.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ fn relink(
             &layerfs_store_service::store::CommitOptions {
                 force: false,
                 message: Some("relink".to_owned()),
+                author: None,
+                labels: Vec::new(),
             },
             CommitVia::Files,
         )
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_fs_reads_replay.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_fs_reads_replay.rs
index 296e17ad41..11cf41993e 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_fs_reads_replay.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_fs_reads_replay.rs
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ fn fixed() {
         snapshot::size(&reader, &entry).unwrap();
         let m3 = mark(&p);
         // A refusal (Binary) is an answer too.
-        let _ = window::lines(&cached, &entry, 48 * 1024, 1, |n, _| Ok(n < 2000));
+        let _ = window::lines(&cached, &entry, 48 * 1024, 1, false, |n, _| Ok(n < 2000));
         let m4 = mark(&p);
         add(&mut steps[0], &m0, &m1);
         add(&mut steps[1], &m1, &m2);
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_method_golden.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_method_golden.rs
index 590ec9f7c1..d2f6d63528 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_method_golden.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_method_golden.rs
@@ -319,6 +319,22 @@ fn public_methods_answer_as_recorded() {
             ("startLine", SdkValue::Int(0)),
         ],
     );
+    s.call(
+        "fs.read",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", t("feat")),
+            ("path", t("/a.txt")),
+            ("offset", SdkValue::Int(7)),
+        ],
+    );
+    s.call(
+        "fs.read",
+        vec![
+            ("branch", t("feat")),
+            ("path", t("/a.txt")),
+            ("offset", t("not-a-cursor")),
+        ],
+    );
     s.call("fs.read", vec![("branch", t("feat")), ("path", t("/nope"))]);
     s.call(
         "fs.read",
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_text_scan.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_text_scan.rs
index 1725483548..54ff83fba1 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_text_scan.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/sdk_text_scan.rs
@@ -412,3 +412,142 @@ fn grep_and_read_give_the_window_scan_results() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn read_offset(
+    fixture: &Fixture,
+    path: &str,
+    start: Option<u64>,
+    binary: bool,
+    offset: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<SdkValue, layerfs_bridge::control::SdkRefusal> {
+    let mut fields = vec![
+        ("branch", SdkValue::text("main")),
+        ("path", SdkValue::text(path)),
+        ("binary", SdkValue::Bool(binary)),
+    ];
+    if let Some(start) = start {
+        fields.push(("startLine", SdkValue::Int(start as i64)));
+    }
+    if let Some(offset) = offset {
+        fields.push(("offset", SdkValue::text(offset)));
+    }
+    fixture.try_call("fs.read", fields)
+}
+
+fn cursor(value: &SdkValue) -> Option<&str> {
+    match value.get("nextOffset") {
+        Some(SdkValue::Text(cursor)) => Some(cursor),
+        Some(SdkValue::Null) => None,
+        other => panic!("nextOffset must be present and text or null: {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn plain_lines(size: usize, width: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(size);
+    for n in 0.. {
+        if out.len() >= size {
+            break;
+        }
+        let mut line = format!("{n:07} ");
+        while line.len() + 1 < width {
+            line.push('x');
+        }
+        line.push('\n');
+        out.extend_from_slice(line.as_bytes());
+    }
+    out.truncate(size);
+    out
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn read_cursors_match_reference_and_preserve_delayed_binary_classification() {
+    let valid = [
+        (
+            "valid-window",
+            put(plain_lines(400_000, 61), WINDOW - 2, "😀".as_bytes()),
+        ),
+        (
+            "valid-block",
+            put(plain_lines(400_000, 61), BLOCK - 2, "😀".as_bytes()),
+        ),
+        (
+            "valid-budget",
+            put(plain_lines(400_000, 61), BUDGET - 2, "😀".as_bytes()),
+        ),
+    ];
+    let bad = [
+        ("nul-late", put(plain_lines(400_000, 61), 150_000, b"\0")),
+        (
+            "invalid-late",
+            put(plain_lines(400_000, 61), 170_000, b"\xE2\x82A"),
+        ),
+    ];
+    let fixture = Fixture::new("sdk-text-scan-cursors", |source| {
+        for (name, bytes) in valid.iter().chain(&bad) {
+            std::fs::write(source.join(name), bytes).unwrap();
+        }
+        valid.len() + bad.len()
+    });
+    for (name, _) in &valid {
+        let path = format!("/{name}");
+        let (mut offset, mut start, mut pages) = (None, 1, 0);
+        loop {
+            pages += 1;
+            assert!(pages < 100, "cursor traversal did not terminate for {path}");
+            let reply = read_offset(&fixture, &path, None, false, offset.as_deref()).unwrap();
+            let numeric = read_offset(&fixture, &path, Some(start), false, None).unwrap();
+            let got = (
+                text(&reply, "text"),
+                int(&reply, "endLine"),
+                boolean(&reply, "truncated"),
+                int(&reply, "nextLine"),
+            );
+            let want = (
+                text(&numeric, "text"),
+                int(&numeric, "endLine"),
+                boolean(&numeric, "truncated"),
+                int(&numeric, "nextLine"),
+            );
+            assert_eq!(got, want, "cursor/reference mismatch for {path} at {start}");
+            let next = int(&reply, "nextLine");
+            assert_eq!(cursor(&reply).is_some(), next.is_some());
+            if next.is_none() {
+                break;
+            }
+            start = next.unwrap();
+            offset = cursor(&reply).map(str::to_owned);
+        }
+        assert!(pages > 1);
+    }
+    for (name, _) in &bad {
+        let path = format!("/{name}");
+        let (mut offset, mut pages) = (None, 0);
+        let refused = loop {
+            assert!(pages < 100, "cursor traversal did not terminate for {path}");
+            match read_offset(&fixture, &path, None, false, offset.as_deref()) {
+                Ok(reply) => {
+                    pages += 1;
+                    let next = int(&reply, "nextLine");
+                    assert_eq!(cursor(&reply).is_some(), next.is_some());
+                    assert!(
+                        next.is_some(),
+                        "complete traversal unexpectedly succeeded for {path}"
+                    );
+                    offset = cursor(&reply).map(str::to_owned);
+                }
+                Err(refusal) => break refusal,
+            }
+        };
+        assert!(pages >= 2, "valid early pages must succeed for {path}");
+        assert_eq!(refused.code, "Binary");
+        assert_eq!(refused.message, "text contains NUL or invalid UTF-8");
+        assert_eq!(refused.detail, SdkValue::Null);
+    }
+    let binary = read_offset(&fixture, "/nul-late", None, true, None).unwrap();
+    let offset = cursor(&binary).unwrap().to_owned();
+    let refusal = read_offset(&fixture, "/nul-late", None, false, Some(&offset)).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(refusal.code, "InvalidInput");
+    assert_eq!(refusal.message, "offset does not match this file read");
+    assert_eq!(refusal.detail, SdkValue::Null);
+    fixture.cleanup();
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/support/sdk.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/support/sdk.rs
index d8c45763bb..a10337d9fd 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/support/sdk.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-api/tests/support/sdk.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,28 @@ impl Fixture {
         changes: &[Change<'_>],
         id: u8,
         before: impl FnOnce(),
+    ) -> CommitSuccess {
+        self.workspace_commit_with(
+            branch,
+            changes,
+            id,
+            before,
+            CommitOptions {
+                force: false,
+                message: Some("Workspace changes".into()),
+                author: None,
+                labels: Vec::new(),
+            },
+        )
+    }
+
+    pub fn workspace_commit_with(
+        &self,
+        branch: &str,
+        changes: &[Change<'_>],
+        id: u8,
+        before: impl FnOnce(),
+        options: CommitOptions,
     ) -> CommitSuccess {
         let bound = self
             .service
@@ -318,10 +340,7 @@ impl Fixture {
         drop(operation);
         before();
         let committed = workspace
-            .commit_captured(&CommitOptions {
-                force: false,
-                message: Some("Workspace changes".into()),
-            })
+            .commit_captured(&options)
             .unwrap_or_else(|failure| panic!("Workspace Commit: {failure:?}"));
         workspace.close().unwrap();
         committed
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/control_history.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/control_history.rs
index abdccb5146..3edce3318e 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/control_history.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/control_history.rs
@@ -143,15 +143,58 @@ pub(crate) fn binding(input: &mut Reader<'_>) -> Result<BranchSnapshot, ControlE
     })
 }
 pub(crate) fn put_commit(out: &mut Writer, value: &CommitRecord) -> Result<(), ControlError> {
+    let start = out.0.len();
     out.put(&value.id.to_bytes())?;
     out.put(&value.stack.to_bytes())?;
     out.put(&value.root.to_bytes())?;
     put_head(out, value.parent)?;
     out.put(&value.base_layer.to_bytes())?;
     put_node(out, value.second_parent)?;
-    put_meta(out, &value.meta)
+    put_meta(out, &value.meta)?;
+    debug_assert_eq!(out.0.len() - start, value.encoded_bytes());
+    Ok(())
+}
+pub(crate) fn put_attribution(
+    out: &mut Writer,
+    author: &Option<String>,
+    labels: &[String],
+) -> Result<(), ControlError> {
+    out.byte(u8::from(author.is_some()))?;
+    if let Some(author) = author {
+        if author.len() > layerfs_history::MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES {
+            return Err(ControlError("Commit author"));
+        }
+        out.blob(author.as_bytes())?;
+    }
+    out.byte(u8::from(!labels.is_empty()))?;
+    if !labels.is_empty() {
+        let encoded = layerfs_history::labels::encode(labels);
+        if encoded.len() > layerfs_history::MAXIMUM_LABELS_JSON_BYTES {
+            return Err(ControlError("Commit labels JSON"));
+        }
+        out.blob(encoded.as_bytes())?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
 }
-/// Commit metadata: Branch, via, agent, call, merge origin and time.
+
+pub(crate) fn attribution(
+    input: &mut Reader<'_>,
+) -> Result<(Option<String>, Vec<String>), ControlError> {
+    let author = if boolean(input)? {
+        Some(input.text(layerfs_history::MAXIMUM_ATTRIBUTION_BYTES)?)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+    let labels = if boolean(input)? {
+        let encoded = input.text(layerfs_history::MAXIMUM_LABELS_JSON_BYTES)?;
+        history(layerfs_history::labels::decode(&encoded))?
+    } else {
+        Vec::new()
+    };
+    Ok((author, labels))
+}
+
+/// Commit metadata, including creation-time author and labels after the LWW flag.
 pub(crate) fn put_meta(out: &mut Writer, value: &CommitMeta) -> Result<(), ControlError> {
     out.byte(u8::from(value.branch.is_some()))?;
     if let Some(branch) = value.branch {
@@ -178,7 +221,8 @@ pub(crate) fn put_meta(out: &mut Writer, value: &CommitMeta) -> Result<(), Contr
     put_head(out, value.displaced)?;
     // Full decisions remain in the Store and the separate merge report. A
     // bounded typed history record discloses their omission explicitly.
-    out.byte(u8::from(value.lww_truncated || !value.lww.is_empty()))
+    out.byte(u8::from(value.lww_truncated || !value.lww.is_empty()))?;
+    put_attribution(out, &value.author, &value.labels)
 }
 pub(crate) fn meta(input: &mut Reader<'_>) -> Result<CommitMeta, ControlError> {
     let branch = if boolean(input)? {
@@ -195,21 +239,29 @@ pub(crate) fn meta(input: &mut Reader<'_>) -> Result<CommitMeta, ControlError> {
         }
     };
     let message = text()?;
+    let merged_from = node(input)?;
+    let time_ms = i64::from_be_bytes(input.array()?);
+    let statistics = layerfs_history::CommitStatistics {
+        logical: u64::from_be_bytes(input.array()?),
+        new_canonical: u64::from_be_bytes(input.array()?),
+        new_stored: u64::from_be_bytes(input.array()?),
+        new_metadata: u64::from_be_bytes(input.array()?),
+    };
+    let displaced = head(input)?;
+    let lww_truncated = boolean(input)?;
+    let (author, labels) = attribution(input)?;
     Ok(CommitMeta {
         branch,
         via,
         message,
-        merged_from: node(input)?,
-        time_ms: i64::from_be_bytes(input.array()?),
-        statistics: layerfs_history::CommitStatistics {
-            logical: u64::from_be_bytes(input.array()?),
-            new_canonical: u64::from_be_bytes(input.array()?),
-            new_stored: u64::from_be_bytes(input.array()?),
-            new_metadata: u64::from_be_bytes(input.array()?),
-        },
-        displaced: head(input)?,
+        author,
+        labels,
+        merged_from,
+        time_ms,
+        statistics,
+        displaced,
         lww: Vec::new(),
-        lww_truncated: boolean(input)?,
+        lww_truncated,
         // Like the decisions, the unit list stays in the Store.
         units: Vec::new(),
     })
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/control_merge.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/control_merge.rs
index 503f9204c6..ddd0e429d3 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/control_merge.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/control_merge.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ pub struct CommitControl {
     pub force: bool,
     /// Description of the captured filesystem change.
     pub message: Option<String>,
+    /// Person or agent making the Commit.
+    pub author: Option<String>,
+    /// Free-form creation-time labels.
+    pub labels: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 /// A Commit published after merging with a moved head.
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ pub(crate) fn put_commit_control(
         }
         out.blob(text.as_bytes())?;
     }
-    Ok(())
+    crate::control_history::put_attribution(out, &value.author, &value.labels)
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn commit_control(input: &mut Reader<'_>) -> Result<CommitControl, ControlError> {
@@ -86,10 +90,13 @@ pub(crate) fn commit_control(input: &mut Reader<'_>) -> Result<CommitControl, Co
         }
     };
     let message = text()?;
+    let (author, labels) = crate::control_history::attribution(input)?;
     Ok(CommitControl {
         token,
         force,
         message,
+        author,
+        labels,
     })
 }
 
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/sdk_values.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/sdk_values.rs
index 6eb516eaea..41930e215f 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/sdk_values.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/src/sdk_values.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,23 @@ pub fn short(node: NodeId) -> String {
     hex(&node.as_slice()[1..7])
 }
 
+/// Encoded byte cost of one SDK value, excluding outer reply framing.
+pub fn value_cost(value: &SdkValue) -> usize {
+    match value {
+        SdkValue::Null | SdkValue::Bool(_) => 1,
+        SdkValue::Int(_) => 9,
+        SdkValue::Text(text) => text.len() + 5,
+        SdkValue::Bytes(bytes) => bytes.len() + 5,
+        SdkValue::List(items) => 5 + items.iter().map(value_cost).sum::<usize>(),
+        SdkValue::Map(fields) => {
+            5 + fields
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(name, value)| name.len() + 2 + value_cost(value))
+                .sum::<usize>()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// How a Commit was made, as the SDK names it.
 pub fn via(via: CommitVia) -> &'static str {
     match via {
@@ -77,6 +94,11 @@ pub fn commit_value(record: &CommitRecord, branch: Option<&str>) -> SdkValue {
         ("root", SdkValue::text(hex(record.root.as_bytes()))),
         ("via", SdkValue::text(via(meta.via))),
         ("message", SdkValue::opt_text(meta.message.clone())),
+        ("author", SdkValue::opt_text(meta.author.clone())),
+        (
+            "labels",
+            SdkValue::List(meta.labels.iter().map(SdkValue::text).collect()),
+        ),
         (
             "mergedFrom",
             SdkValue::opt_text(meta.merged_from.map(|id| hex(id.as_slice()))),
@@ -104,6 +126,7 @@ pub fn commit_value(record: &CommitRecord, branch: Option<&str>) -> SdkValue {
             "lwwTruncated",
             SdkValue::Bool(meta.lww_truncated || meta.lww.len() > count),
         ),
+        ("unitsTruncated", SdkValue::Bool(false)),
     ]);
     // The merge units a Branch merge ran with (#352 F-057), only when given.
     if let (false, SdkValue::Map(fields)) = (meta.units.is_empty(), &mut value) {
@@ -121,6 +144,29 @@ pub fn commit_value(record: &CommitRecord, branch: Option<&str>) -> SdkValue {
     value
 }
 
+/// A Commit whose merge units are omitted, with disclosure, only when the
+/// complete value alone exceeds `budget`.
+pub fn commit_value_with_budget(
+    record: &CommitRecord,
+    branch: Option<&str>,
+    budget: usize,
+) -> SdkValue {
+    let mut value = commit_value(record, branch);
+    if value_cost(&value) > budget {
+        if let SdkValue::Map(fields) = &mut value {
+            if fields.iter().any(|(name, _)| name == "units") {
+                fields.retain(|(name, _)| name != "units");
+                if let Some((_, truncated)) =
+                    fields.iter_mut().find(|(name, _)| name == "unitsTruncated")
+                {
+                    *truncated = SdkValue::Bool(true);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    value
+}
+
 /// A Layer as the SDK shows it.
 pub fn layer_value(record: &LayerRecord, source_branch: Option<&str>) -> SdkValue {
     SdkValue::map([
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/tests/control_records.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/tests/control_records.rs
index ffd01c5cfc..5ab382a697 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/tests/control_records.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/tests/control_records.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ fn commands_are_bounded_exact_and_reject_every_truncated_prefix() {
             token,
             force: false,
             message: Some("agent".into()),
+            author: Some("author-p7".into()),
+            labels: vec!["call-7".into(), "call-7".into()],
         }),
         Request::Status(token),
         Request::Unmount(UnmountControl {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/tests/observed_records.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/tests/observed_records.rs
index f4da63c84b..378b424cb6 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/tests/observed_records.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-bridge/tests/observed_records.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ fn one_checked_scoped_layer_preserves_point_request_capacity() {
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         }),
         Request::Status(token),
         Request::Unmount(UnmountControl {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/src/application/config.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/src/application/config.rs
index e3c404c8a0..d989516878 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/src/application/config.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/src/application/config.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
 //! Actual protected configuration descriptors and process/placement checks.
 use layerfs_bridge::daemon_setup::DaemonSetup;
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 use nix::{fcntl::OFlag, unistd::Uid};
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+use std::os::unix::fs::{DirBuilderExt, MetadataExt, OpenOptionsExt};
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 use std::{
     fs::{self, OpenOptions},
-    io::{self, Read},
-    os::unix::fs::{DirBuilderExt, MetadataExt, OpenOptionsExt},
-    path::Path,
+    io::Read,
 };
+use std::{io, path::Path};
+
+/// Refuses the daemon off Linux: the whole application (protected config,
+/// process protection, kernel serving) is a Linux production surface, so the
+/// binary exits with its reason instead of a weaker non-Linux variant.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+pub(super) fn read(_path: &Path) -> io::Result<DaemonSetup> {
+    Err(io::Error::new(
+        io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
+        "production daemon requires Linux",
+    ))
+}
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 pub(super) fn read(path: &Path) -> io::Result<DaemonSetup> {
     secure_process()?;
     let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
@@ -63,6 +78,7 @@ pub(super) fn read(path: &Path) -> io::Result<DaemonSetup> {
     }
     Ok(config)
 }
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 pub(super) fn protected_file(path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
     let file = OpenOptions::new()
         .read(true)
@@ -77,6 +93,7 @@ pub(super) fn protected_file(path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
     }
     Ok(())
 }
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 fn private_directory(path: &Path, create: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
     match fs::symlink_metadata(path) {
         Ok(_) => (),
@@ -108,13 +125,7 @@ fn secure_process() -> io::Result<()> {
     }
     Ok(())
 }
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
-fn secure_process() -> io::Result<()> {
-    Err(io::Error::new(
-        io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
-        "production daemon requires Linux process protection",
-    ))
-}
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 fn invalid(message: &'static str) -> io::Error {
     io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, message)
 }
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/src/control/operations.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/src/control/operations.rs
index 3b44d81058..63895c65fb 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/src/control/operations.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/src/control/operations.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ impl Service {
                 workspace.commit_captured(&CommitOptions {
                     force: control.force,
                     message: control.message.clone(),
+                    author: control.author.clone(),
+                    labels: control.labels.clone(),
                 })
             }),
             Request::Unmount(control) => self.unmount(*control),
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/forced_producers.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/forced_producers.rs
index 41ffc1d52e..9f197d0392 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/forced_producers.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/forced_producers.rs
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ fn commit(
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         });
         let result = match gate {
             Some(gate) => service.execute(&request, move |_, _, snapshot| {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_concurrency.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_concurrency.rs
index cf52606be2..4982b3cce0 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_concurrency.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_concurrency.rs
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ fn commit(rig: &Rig, token: WorkspaceToken, what: &str) -> CommitRecord {
                 token,
                 force: false,
                 message: None,
+                author: None,
+                labels: Vec::new(),
             },
         )) {
             Ok(done) => {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_cycles.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_cycles.rs
index ea0362c048..3751d1c774 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_cycles.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_cycles.rs
@@ -1063,6 +1063,8 @@ fn simultaneous_mounts_over_related_roots_are_isolated_and_a_stale_token_never_r
                 token,
                 force: false,
                 message: None,
+                author: None,
+                labels: Vec::new(),
             }),
             Request::Attach(token),
             Request::Unmount(layerfs_bridge::control::UnmountControl {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_failure_scope.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_failure_scope.rs
index d3ba8242e2..74c5fc7946 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_failure_scope.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_failure_scope.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ mod counted {
             branches(stack: LayerStackId, page: &Page) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<BranchRecord>>;
             commit(id: CommitId) -> HistoryResult<Option<CommitRecord>>;
             layer(id: LayerId) -> HistoryResult<Option<LayerRecord>>;
+            is_published(head: LayerId, commit: &CommitRecord) -> HistoryResult<bool>;
             commit_history(request: &CommitHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<CommitRecord>>;
             layer_history(request: &LayerHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<LayerRecord>>;
             initialize_layerstack(request: &StackInitialization) -> HistoryResult<LayerStackRecord>;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_low_water.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_low_water.rs
index 0081bdc23c..6c85bc89f9 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_low_water.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_low_water.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ mod counted {
             branches(stack: LayerStackId, page: &Page) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<BranchRecord>>;
             commit(id: CommitId) -> HistoryResult<Option<CommitRecord>>;
             layer(id: LayerId) -> HistoryResult<Option<LayerRecord>>;
+            is_published(head: LayerId, commit: &CommitRecord) -> HistoryResult<bool>;
             commit_history(request: &CommitHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<CommitRecord>>;
             layer_history(request: &LayerHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<LayerRecord>>;
             initialize_layerstack(request: &StackInitialization) -> HistoryResult<LayerStackRecord>;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_orphan_commit.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_orphan_commit.rs
index 5f0799164a..43ce2f4da8 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_orphan_commit.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_orphan_commit.rs
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ fn commit(service: Arc<Service>, token: WorkspaceToken) -> JoinHandle<Finished>
             token,
             force: false,
             message: None,
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         });
         match service.execute_control(&request) {
             Ok(done) => Finished {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_parallel_commits.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_parallel_commits.rs
index 0cb39aa2ce..8e04ed9238 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_parallel_commits.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/mounted_parallel_commits.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ fn parallel_workspace_commits_keep_distinct_captures_and_one_admission_each() {
                     token,
                     force: false,
                     message: None,
+                    author: None,
+                    labels: Vec::new(),
                 },
             ));
             let _ = tx.send((tag, result));
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/store_reader_lifecycle.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/store_reader_lifecycle.rs
index 34b6eb2d4a..2518a46608 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/store_reader_lifecycle.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/store_reader_lifecycle.rs
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ impl HistoryCatalog for FaultHistory {
         branches(stack: LayerStackId, page: &Page) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<BranchRecord>>;
         commit(id: CommitId) -> HistoryResult<Option<CommitRecord>>;
         layer(id: LayerId) -> HistoryResult<Option<LayerRecord>>;
+        is_published(head: LayerId, commit: &CommitRecord) -> HistoryResult<bool>;
         commit_history(request: &CommitHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<CommitRecord>>;
         layer_history(request: &LayerHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<LayerRecord>>;
         initialize_layerstack(request: &StackInitialization) -> HistoryResult<LayerStackRecord>;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/history_boundary.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/history_boundary.rs
index 7cb42d9e7f..0f7289bbd8 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/history_boundary.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/history_boundary.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ impl HistoryCatalog for ObservedHistory {
         branches(stack: LayerStackId, page: &Page) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<BranchRecord>>;
         commit(id: CommitId) -> HistoryResult<Option<CommitRecord>>;
         layer(id: LayerId) -> HistoryResult<Option<LayerRecord>>;
+        is_published(head: LayerId, commit: &CommitRecord) -> HistoryResult<bool>;
         commit_history(request: &CommitHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<CommitRecord>>;
         layer_history(request: &LayerHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<LayerRecord>>;
         initialize_layerstack(request: &StackInitialization) -> HistoryResult<LayerStackRecord>;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/history_gate.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/history_gate.rs
index e8ee51885a..ec64eef91b 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/history_gate.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/history_gate.rs
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ impl HistoryCatalog for GatedHistory {
         branches(stack: LayerStackId, page: &Page) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<BranchRecord>>;
         commit(id: CommitId) -> HistoryResult<Option<CommitRecord>>;
         layer(id: LayerId) -> HistoryResult<Option<LayerRecord>>;
+        is_published(head: LayerId, commit: &CommitRecord) -> HistoryResult<bool>;
         commit_history(request: &CommitHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<CommitRecord>>;
         layer_history(request: &LayerHistoryRequest) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<LayerRecord>>;
         initialize_layerstack(request: &StackInitialization) -> HistoryResult<LayerStackRecord>;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/mounted.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/mounted.rs
index da97018438..e42a423ec1 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/mounted.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-daemon/tests/support/mounted.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ impl Harness {
                 token,
                 force: false,
                 message: None,
+                author: None,
+                labels: Vec::new(),
             }))
     }
     pub fn try_unmount(&self, token: WorkspaceToken) -> Result<Success, Failure> {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/dispatch.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/dispatch.rs
index 99c80b12b6..c98e7097dc 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/dispatch.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/dispatch.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,24 @@ pub(crate) fn call(op: String, args: JsUnknown) -> napi::Result<AsyncTask<Job>>
 }
 
 fn dispatch(op: &str, args: SdkValue) -> Outcome {
+    match op {
+        "events.subscribe" => return crate::events::subscribe(args),
+        "events.poll" => return crate::events::poll(&args),
+        "events.unsubscribe" => return crate::events::unsubscribe(&args),
+        _ => {}
+    }
+    let (subscription, args) = crate::events::take(args);
+    let mounted_branch = (op == "workspace.commit")
+        .then(|| crate::events::workspace_branch(&args))
+        .flatten();
+    let outcome = operation(op, &args);
+    if let Ok(value) = &outcome {
+        crate::events::emit(subscription, op, &args, value, mounted_branch);
+    }
+    outcome
+}
+
+fn operation(op: &str, args: &SdkValue) -> Outcome {
     if let Some(value) = args.get("message") {
         if !matches!(value, SdkValue::Null) {
             let SdkValue::Text(message) = value else {
@@ -29,30 +47,35 @@ fn dispatch(op: &str, args: SdkValue) -> Outcome {
         }
     }
     match op {
-        "project.init" => project::init(&args),
-        "project.list_sandboxes" => workspace::sandboxes(&args),
-        "sandbox.list_workspaces" => listed(daemon_backend(op, args)?),
-        "sandbox.create" => crate::sandbox::create(&args),
-        "sandbox.close" => crate::sandbox::close(&args),
-        "workspace.mount" => workspace::mount(&args),
-        "workspace.commit" => workspace::commit(&args),
-        "workspace.unmount" => workspace::unmount(&args),
+        "project.init" => project::init(args),
+        "project.list_sandboxes" => workspace::sandboxes(args),
+        "sandbox.list_workspaces" => sandbox_workspaces(args),
+        "sandbox.create" => crate::sandbox::create(args),
+        "sandbox.close" => crate::sandbox::close(args),
+        "workspace.mount" => workspace::mount(args),
+        "workspace.commit" => workspace::commit(args),
+        "workspace.unmount" => workspace::unmount(args),
         "workspace.exec" if args.get_bool("background") => Err(refused(
             "InvalidInput",
             "background launch is backend.daemon.process.start",
         )),
-        "workspace.exec" => exec::exec(&args),
-        "workspace.exec_release" => output::release(&args),
+        "workspace.exec" => exec::exec(args),
+        "workspace.exec_release" => output::release(args),
         _ if op.starts_with("backend.") || op.starts_with("runtime.") => Err(refused(
             "UnknownMethod",
             "backend and runtime methods require backendCall",
         )),
         // Store calls run in this process; there is no other route.
-        _ if op.contains('.') => direct::call(op, args, false),
+        _ if op.contains('.') => direct::call(op, args.clone(), false),
         _ => Err(refused("UnknownMethod", format!("no operation {op}"))),
     }
 }
 
+/// Complete daemon Workspace records for both the SDK and event snapshots.
+pub(crate) fn sandbox_workspaces(args: &SdkValue) -> Outcome {
+    listed(daemon_backend("sandbox.list_workspaces", args.clone())?)
+}
+
 /// `sandbox.list_workspaces`: the daemon's read model without its history
 /// half, `{ kind, version, workspaces }`; the SDK pages and shapes them.
 fn listed(answer: SdkValue) -> Outcome {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/events.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/events.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..392cf17d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/events.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,626 @@
+//! Same-client opened-project subscriptions. Queues live only in this process;
+//! an operation emits only when its private routing ID names a live queue.
+use crate::job::{refused, Outcome};
+use crate::registry::lock;
+use layerfs_bridge::control::{SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
+use layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::value_cost;
+use std::collections::{BTreeMap, VecDeque};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, LazyLock, Mutex, MutexGuard};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+const CAPACITY: usize = 1024;
+const REPLY_BUDGET: usize = 49_152;
+const MAX_SAFE: i64 = 9_007_199_254_740_991;
+static SUBSCRIPTIONS: LazyLock<Mutex<BTreeMap<String, Arc<Subscription>>>> =
+    LazyLock::new(Default::default);
+static POLLS: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+
+struct Event {
+    seq: i64,
+    value: SdkValue,
+    cost: usize,
+}
+
+struct State {
+    seq: i64,
+    minimum: i64,
+    events: VecDeque<Event>,
+    stale: bool,
+    closed: bool,
+    exhausted: bool,
+    waiting: bool,
+}
+
+struct Subscription {
+    args: SdkValue,
+    state: Mutex<State>,
+    changed: Condvar,
+}
+
+impl Subscription {
+    fn new(args: SdkValue) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            args,
+            state: Mutex::new(State {
+                seq: 0,
+                minimum: 0,
+                events: VecDeque::new(),
+                stale: false,
+                closed: false,
+                exhausted: false,
+                waiting: false,
+            }),
+            changed: Condvar::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn state(&self) -> Result<MutexGuard<'_, State>, SdkRefusal> {
+        lock(&self.state)
+    }
+}
+
+struct PollGuard(Arc<Subscription>);
+impl PollGuard {
+    fn start(subscription: Arc<Subscription>, cursor: i64) -> Result<Self, SdkRefusal> {
+        let mut state = subscription.state()?;
+        if state.closed {
+            drop(state);
+            return Ok(Self(subscription));
+        }
+        check_state(&state, cursor)?;
+        if state.waiting {
+            return Err(refused("InvalidInput", "a poll is already outstanding"));
+        }
+        state.waiting = true;
+        drop(state);
+        Ok(Self(subscription))
+    }
+}
+impl Drop for PollGuard {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if let Ok(mut state) = self.0.state.lock() {
+            state.waiting = false;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct Admission;
+impl Admission {
+    fn acquire(timeout: i64) -> Result<Option<Self>, SdkRefusal> {
+        if timeout == 0 {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        let workers = std::env::var("UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE")
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|value| value.parse::<i64>().ok())
+            .unwrap_or(4);
+        let limit = 16.min(workers - 1).max(0) as usize;
+        POLLS
+            .fetch_update(Ordering::AcqRel, Ordering::Acquire, |used| {
+                (used < limit).then_some(used + 1)
+            })
+            .map_err(|_| SdkRefusal {
+                code: "Busy".to_owned(),
+                message: "long-poll admission is saturated; no wait was started".to_owned(),
+                detail: SdkValue::map([
+                    ("kind", SdkValue::text("long-poll admission")),
+                    ("workers", SdkValue::Int(workers)),
+                    ("limit", SdkValue::Int(limit as i64)),
+                ]),
+            })?;
+        Ok(Some(Self))
+    }
+}
+impl Drop for Admission {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        POLLS.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::AcqRel);
+    }
+}
+
+fn check_state(state: &State, cursor: i64) -> Result<(), SdkRefusal> {
+    if state.exhausted {
+        return Err(refused("InvalidInput", "cursor exhausted; resubscribe"));
+    }
+    if cursor > state.seq {
+        return Err(refused("InvalidInput", "unknown cursor"));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn integer(
+    args: &SdkValue,
+    name: &str,
+    default: i64,
+    low: i64,
+    high: i64,
+) -> Result<i64, SdkRefusal> {
+    let value = match args.get(name) {
+        None => default,
+        Some(SdkValue::Int(value)) => *value,
+        _ => -1,
+    };
+    if (low..=high).contains(&value) {
+        Ok(value)
+    } else {
+        Err(refused(
+            "InvalidInput",
+            format!("{name} must be an integer in {low}..{high}"),
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+fn subscription_id(args: &SdkValue) -> Result<String, SdkRefusal> {
+    args.get_text("subscription")
+        .map(str::to_owned)
+        .ok_or_else(|| refused("InvalidInput", "unknown subscription"))
+}
+
+fn lookup(id: &str) -> Result<Arc<Subscription>, SdkRefusal> {
+    lock(&SUBSCRIPTIONS)?
+        .get(id)
+        .cloned()
+        .ok_or_else(|| refused("InvalidInput", "unknown subscription"))
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn take(args: SdkValue) -> (Option<String>, SdkValue) {
+    match args {
+        SdkValue::Map(fields) => {
+            let id = fields.iter().find_map(|(name, value)| {
+                if name != "subscription" {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                match value {
+                    SdkValue::Text(id) => Some(id.clone()),
+                    _ => None,
+                }
+            });
+            (
+                id,
+                SdkValue::Map(
+                    fields
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .filter(|(name, _)| name != "subscription")
+                        .collect(),
+                ),
+            )
+        }
+        other => (None, other),
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn subscribe(args: SdkValue) -> Outcome {
+    let id = layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::hex(&crate::registry::random()?);
+    let subscription = Arc::new(Subscription::new(args));
+    let mut subscriptions = lock(&SUBSCRIPTIONS)?;
+    if subscriptions.contains_key(&id) {
+        return Err(refused("Failed", "subscription identity collision"));
+    }
+    subscriptions.insert(id.clone(), subscription.clone());
+    drop(subscriptions);
+    match snapshot(&subscription.args) {
+        Ok(snapshot) => Ok(SdkValue::map([
+            ("subscription", SdkValue::text(id)),
+            ("cursor", SdkValue::Int(0)),
+            ("snapshot", snapshot),
+        ])),
+        Err(error) => {
+            lock(&SUBSCRIPTIONS)?.remove(&id);
+            let mut state = subscription.state()?;
+            state.closed = true;
+            state.events.clear();
+            subscription.changed.notify_all();
+            Err(error)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn unsubscribe(args: &SdkValue) -> Outcome {
+    let id = subscription_id(args)?;
+    let subscription = lock(&SUBSCRIPTIONS)?
+        .remove(&id)
+        .ok_or_else(|| refused("InvalidInput", "unknown subscription"))?;
+    let mut state = subscription.state()?;
+    state.closed = true;
+    state.events.clear();
+    subscription.changed.notify_all();
+    Ok(SdkValue::map([("kind", SdkValue::text("Unsubscribed"))]))
+}
+
+enum Action {
+    Page(Vec<Event>, i64, bool),
+    Resync(i64),
+    Wait,
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn poll(args: &SdkValue) -> Outcome {
+    let id = subscription_id(args)?;
+    let cursor = integer(args, "cursor", -1, 0, MAX_SAFE)?;
+    let timeout = integer(args, "timeoutMs", 0, 0, 30_000)?;
+    let limit = integer(args, "limit", 50, 1, 500)? as usize;
+    let subscription = lookup(&id)?;
+    let _polling = PollGuard::start(subscription.clone(), cursor)?;
+    let _admission = Admission::acquire(timeout)?;
+    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(timeout as u64);
+    loop {
+        let action = {
+            let mut state = subscription.state()?;
+            if state.closed {
+                return Ok(SdkValue::map([
+                    ("events", SdkValue::List(Vec::new())),
+                    ("cursor", SdkValue::Int(state.seq)),
+                    ("hasMore", SdkValue::Bool(false)),
+                    ("stale", SdkValue::Bool(false)),
+                    ("closed", SdkValue::Bool(true)),
+                ]));
+            }
+            check_state(&state, cursor)?;
+            if state.stale || cursor < state.minimum {
+                let current = state.seq;
+                state.events.clear();
+                state.minimum = current;
+                state.stale = false;
+                Action::Resync(current)
+            } else if state.events.front().is_some_and(|event| event.seq > cursor) {
+                let mut events = Vec::new();
+                let mut spent = 0;
+                while let Some(event) = state.events.front() {
+                    if event.seq <= cursor || events.len() == limit {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if !events.is_empty() && spent + event.cost > REPLY_BUDGET {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    let event = state.events.pop_front().expect("front above");
+                    spent += event.cost;
+                    state.minimum = event.seq;
+                    events.push(event);
+                    if spent >= REPLY_BUDGET {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                let last = events.last().map_or(cursor, |event| event.seq);
+                let more = !state.events.is_empty();
+                Action::Page(events, last, more)
+            } else if Instant::now() >= deadline {
+                Action::Page(Vec::new(), cursor, false)
+            } else {
+                Action::Wait
+            }
+        };
+        match action {
+            Action::Page(events, cursor, has_more) => {
+                return Ok(SdkValue::map([
+                    (
+                        "events",
+                        SdkValue::List(events.into_iter().map(|event| event.value).collect()),
+                    ),
+                    ("cursor", SdkValue::Int(cursor)),
+                    ("hasMore", SdkValue::Bool(has_more)),
+                    ("stale", SdkValue::Bool(false)),
+                    ("closed", SdkValue::Bool(false)),
+                ]));
+            }
+            Action::Resync(current) => match snapshot(&subscription.args) {
+                Ok(snapshot) => {
+                    let state = subscription.state()?;
+                    if state.closed {
+                        return Ok(SdkValue::map([
+                            ("events", SdkValue::List(Vec::new())),
+                            ("cursor", SdkValue::Int(state.seq)),
+                            ("hasMore", SdkValue::Bool(false)),
+                            ("stale", SdkValue::Bool(false)),
+                            ("closed", SdkValue::Bool(true)),
+                        ]));
+                    }
+                    return Ok(SdkValue::map([
+                        ("events", SdkValue::List(Vec::new())),
+                        ("cursor", SdkValue::Int(current)),
+                        ("hasMore", SdkValue::Bool(false)),
+                        ("stale", SdkValue::Bool(true)),
+                        ("closed", SdkValue::Bool(false)),
+                        ("snapshot", snapshot),
+                    ]));
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    subscription.state()?.stale = true;
+                    return Err(error);
+                }
+            },
+            Action::Wait => {
+                let state = subscription.state()?;
+                let remaining = deadline.saturating_duration_since(Instant::now());
+                let (state, _) = subscription
+                    .changed
+                    .wait_timeout(state, remaining)
+                    .map_err(|_| refused("Failed", "binding state poisoned"))?;
+                drop(state);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn field(value: &SdkValue, name: &str) -> SdkValue {
+    value.get(name).cloned().unwrap_or(SdkValue::Null)
+}
+
+fn text(value: &SdkValue, name: &str) -> Result<String, SdkRefusal> {
+    value
+        .get_text(name)
+        .map(str::to_owned)
+        .ok_or_else(|| refused("Failed", format!("snapshot item has no text {name}")))
+}
+
+fn snapshot(args: &SdkValue) -> Outcome {
+    let mut branches = Vec::new();
+    let mut page_pos = 0;
+    loop {
+        let paged = match args {
+            SdkValue::Map(fields) => SdkValue::Map(
+                fields
+                    .iter()
+                    .cloned()
+                    .chain([
+                        ("pageSize".to_owned(), SdkValue::Int(1000)),
+                        ("pagePos".to_owned(), SdkValue::Int(page_pos)),
+                    ])
+                    .collect(),
+            ),
+            other => other.clone(),
+        };
+        let page = crate::direct::call("project.list_branches", paged, false)?;
+        let items = match page.get("items") {
+            Some(SdkValue::List(items)) => items,
+            _ => return Err(refused("Failed", "Branch snapshot page has no items")),
+        };
+        branches.extend(items.iter().map(|item| {
+            SdkValue::map([("name", field(item, "name")), ("head", field(item, "head"))])
+        }));
+        if !page.get_bool("hasMore") {
+            break;
+        }
+        page_pos = page
+            .get_int("nextPagePos")
+            .ok_or_else(|| refused("Failed", "Branch snapshot page has no next position"))?;
+    }
+    let listed = crate::workspace::sandboxes(args)?;
+    let items = match listed.get("items") {
+        Some(SdkValue::List(items)) => items,
+        _ => return Err(refused("Failed", "Sandbox snapshot has no items")),
+    };
+    let mut sandboxes = Vec::new();
+    let mut workspaces = Vec::new();
+    for item in items {
+        let sandbox = text(item, "sandbox")?;
+        sandboxes.push(SdkValue::map([("sandbox", SdkValue::text(&sandbox))]));
+        let args = crate::registry::naming(args, &sandbox);
+        let listed = crate::dispatch::sandbox_workspaces(&args)?;
+        let records = match listed.get("workspaces") {
+            Some(SdkValue::List(records)) => records,
+            _ => return Err(refused("Failed", "Workspace snapshot has no records")),
+        };
+        for record in records {
+            if !record.get_bool("mounted") {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let path = text(record, "directory")?;
+            workspaces.push(SdkValue::map([
+                (
+                    "workspace",
+                    SdkValue::map([
+                        ("sandbox", SdkValue::text(&sandbox)),
+                        ("path", SdkValue::text(path)),
+                    ]),
+                ),
+                ("branch", field(record, "branch")),
+            ]));
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(SdkValue::map([
+        ("branches", SdkValue::List(branches)),
+        (
+            "workspaces",
+            SdkValue::List(
+                workspaces
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|workspace| {
+                        let identity = field(&workspace, "workspace");
+                        SdkValue::map([
+                            ("sandbox", field(&identity, "sandbox")),
+                            ("path", field(&identity, "path")),
+                            ("branch", field(&workspace, "branch")),
+                        ])
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
+            ),
+        ),
+        ("sandboxes", SdkValue::List(sandboxes)),
+    ]))
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn workspace_branch(args: &SdkValue) -> Option<String> {
+    let state = crate::registry::sandbox(args).ok()?;
+    let path = args.get_text("path")?;
+    let branch = lock(&state.mounts)
+        .ok()?
+        .get(path)
+        .map(|mount| mount.branch.clone());
+    branch
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn emit(
+    id: Option<String>,
+    op: &str,
+    args: &SdkValue,
+    value: &SdkValue,
+    workspace_branch: Option<String>,
+) {
+    let Some(id) = id else { return };
+    let Ok(subscription) = lookup(&id) else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let kind = value.get_text("kind");
+    let (event_type, source, payload) = match (op, kind) {
+        ("workspace.commit", Some("Committed")) => (
+            "commit.created",
+            "store",
+            SdkValue::map([
+                ("branch", SdkValue::opt_text(workspace_branch)),
+                (
+                    "workspace",
+                    SdkValue::map([
+                        ("sandbox", field(args, "sandbox")),
+                        ("path", field(args, "path")),
+                    ]),
+                ),
+                ("commit", field(value, "commit")),
+            ]),
+        ),
+        (
+            op @ ("fs.write" | "fs.apply" | "fs.edit" | "fs.mkdir" | "fs.rm" | "fs.mv" | "fs.cp"),
+            Some("Committed"),
+        ) => {
+            let moving = matches!(op, "fs.mv" | "fs.cp");
+            let plain = matches!(op, "fs.write" | "fs.edit" | "fs.mkdir" | "fs.rm");
+            (
+                "fs.committed",
+                "store",
+                SdkValue::map([
+                    ("branch", field(value, "branch")),
+                    ("method", SdkValue::text(op)),
+                    (
+                        "path",
+                        if plain {
+                            field(args, "path")
+                        } else {
+                            SdkValue::Null
+                        },
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        "from",
+                        if moving {
+                            field(args, "from")
+                        } else {
+                            SdkValue::Null
+                        },
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        "to",
+                        if moving {
+                            field(args, "to")
+                        } else {
+                            SdkValue::Null
+                        },
+                    ),
+                    ("commit", field(value, "commit")),
+                ]),
+            )
+        }
+        ("branch.fork", Some("Forked")) => {
+            let head = field(value, "head");
+            let fork_point = if matches!(head, SdkValue::Text(_)) {
+                SdkValue::map([("kind", SdkValue::text("commit")), ("id", head)])
+            } else {
+                SdkValue::map([
+                    ("kind", SdkValue::text("layer")),
+                    ("id", field(value, "base")),
+                ])
+            };
+            (
+                "branch.forked",
+                "store",
+                SdkValue::map([
+                    ("branch", field(value, "branch")),
+                    ("forkPoint", fork_point),
+                ]),
+            )
+        }
+        ("branch.merge", Some("Merged")) => (
+            "branch.merged",
+            "store",
+            SdkValue::map([("merge", value.clone())]),
+        ),
+        ("branch.publish", Some("Added")) => {
+            let source = field(value, "source");
+            let layer = field(value, "publishedLayer");
+            (
+                "branch.published",
+                "store",
+                SdkValue::map([
+                    ("branch", field(&source, "branch")),
+                    ("commit", field(&source, "commit")),
+                    ("layer", field(&layer, "id")),
+                    ("basedOn", field(value, "basedOn")),
+                ]),
+            )
+        }
+        ("workspace.mount", Some("Mounted")) => (
+            "workspace.mounted",
+            "daemon",
+            SdkValue::map([
+                (
+                    "workspace",
+                    SdkValue::map([
+                        ("sandbox", field(value, "sandbox")),
+                        ("path", field(value, "path")),
+                    ]),
+                ),
+                ("branch", field(value, "branch")),
+            ]),
+        ),
+        ("workspace.unmount", Some("Unmounted" | "ForceUnmounted")) => (
+            "workspace.unmounted",
+            "daemon",
+            SdkValue::map([(
+                "workspace",
+                SdkValue::map([
+                    ("sandbox", field(args, "sandbox")),
+                    ("path", field(args, "path")),
+                ]),
+            )]),
+        ),
+        ("sandbox.create", _) => (
+            "sandbox.created",
+            "daemon",
+            SdkValue::map([("sandbox", field(value, "sandbox"))]),
+        ),
+        ("sandbox.close", Some("Closed")) => (
+            "sandbox.closed",
+            "daemon",
+            SdkValue::map([("sandbox", field(args, "sandbox"))]),
+        ),
+        _ => return,
+    };
+    let Ok(mut state) = subscription.state() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    if state.closed || state.exhausted {
+        return;
+    }
+    if state.seq == MAX_SAFE {
+        state.exhausted = true;
+        subscription.changed.notify_all();
+        return;
+    }
+    state.seq += 1;
+    let seq = state.seq;
+    let value = SdkValue::map([
+        ("seq", SdkValue::Int(seq)),
+        ("type", SdkValue::text(event_type)),
+        ("source", SdkValue::text(source)),
+        ("payload", payload),
+    ]);
+    let event = Event {
+        seq,
+        cost: value_cost(&value),
+        value,
+    };
+    if state.events.len() == CAPACITY {
+        if let Some(dropped) = state.events.pop_front() {
+            state.minimum = dropped.seq;
+            state.stale = true;
+        }
+    }
+    state.events.push_back(event);
+    subscription.changed.notify_all();
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/exec.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/exec.rs
index 80a3120b2a..1ace1d3b4a 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/exec.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/exec.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use crate::job::{failed, refused, Outcome};
 use crate::output::Spool;
 use crate::registry::{lock, naming, sandbox, sandbox_live, text, Process, SandboxState};
+use layerfs_api::internal::exec_directory;
 use layerfs_bridge::control::{SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -60,7 +61,17 @@ pub(crate) fn exec(args: &SdkValue) -> Outcome {
     let state = sandbox(args)?;
     let path = text(args, "path")?;
     let command = text(args, "command")?;
-    let directory = state.directory(path)?;
+    let cwd = match args.get("cwd") {
+        None => None,
+        Some(SdkValue::Text(cwd)) => Some(cwd.as_str()),
+        _ => {
+            return Err(refused(
+                "InvalidInput",
+                "workspace.exec cwd must be a canonical absolute path string",
+            ))
+        }
+    };
+    let directory = exec_directory(&state.directory(path)?, cwd)?;
     if !args.get_bool("background") {
         let (code, stdout, stderr) = run(
             &state,
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/lib.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/lib.rs
index 298d5020af..7b314e3cd3 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mod convert;
 mod direct;
 mod discovery;
 mod dispatch;
+mod events;
 mod exec;
 mod job;
 mod output;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/workspace.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/workspace.rs
index 829df67f71..10c90c8456 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/src/workspace.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,49 @@ use crate::sandbox::{operation, WORKSPACES};
 use layerfs_api::internal::workspace;
 use layerfs_api::sandbox::{values, Unmounted};
 use layerfs_bridge::control::{CommitControl, SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
-use layerfs_history::WorkspaceId;
+use layerfs_history::{CommitMeta, CommitVia, WorkspaceId};
 use std::path::Path;
 
+fn attribution(args: &SdkValue) -> Result<(Option<String>, Vec<String>), SdkRefusal> {
+    let author = match args.get("author") {
+        None => None,
+        Some(SdkValue::Text(author)) => Some(author.clone()),
+        _ => {
+            return Err(crate::job::refused(
+                "InvalidInput",
+                "workspace.commit author must be a string",
+            ))
+        }
+    };
+    let labels = match args.get("labels") {
+        None => Vec::new(),
+        Some(SdkValue::List(labels)) => labels
+            .iter()
+            .map(|label| match label {
+                SdkValue::Text(label) => Ok(label.clone()),
+                _ => Err(crate::job::refused(
+                    "InvalidInput",
+                    "workspace.commit labels must be strings",
+                )),
+            })
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?,
+        _ => {
+            return Err(crate::job::refused(
+                "InvalidInput",
+                "workspace.commit labels must be an array of strings",
+            ))
+        }
+    };
+    CommitMeta {
+        author: author.clone(),
+        labels: labels.clone(),
+        ..CommitMeta::new(CommitVia::Workspace)
+    }
+    .check()
+    .map_err(|_| crate::job::refused("InvalidInput", "invalid workspace.commit attribution"))?;
+    Ok((author, labels))
+}
+
 /// The Workspaces Sandbox directory `directory` records.
 fn recorded(directory: &Path) -> Result<usize, SdkRefusal> {
     let mut count = 0;
@@ -235,8 +275,9 @@ pub(crate) fn status(args: &SdkValue) -> Outcome {
     Ok(value)
 }
 
-/// `workspace.commit(ws, { message?, force? })`.
+/// `workspace.commit(ws, { message?, force?, author?, labels? })`.
 pub(crate) fn commit(args: &SdkValue) -> Outcome {
+    let (author, labels) = attribution(args)?;
     let state = sandbox(args)?;
     let token = state.token(text(args, "path")?)?;
     let reply = workspace(&mut *crate::trace::control(&state.controls)?)
@@ -244,6 +285,8 @@ pub(crate) fn commit(args: &SdkValue) -> Outcome {
             token,
             force: args.get_bool("force"),
             message: args.get_text("message").map(str::to_owned),
+            author,
+            labels,
         })
         .map_err(operation)?;
     values::commit(&reply)
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/tests/exec_cwd.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/tests/exec_cwd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..010333b353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/tests/exec_cwd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//! Pure validation and joining for the binding's internal workspace.exec cwd.
+use layerfs_api::internal::exec_directory;
+
+#[test]
+fn omitted_and_root_cwd_select_the_workspace() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        exec_directory("/workspaces/w1", None).unwrap(),
+        "/workspaces/w1"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        exec_directory("/workspaces/w1", Some("/")).unwrap(),
+        "/workspaces/w1"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn canonical_cwd_joins_beneath_the_workspace() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        exec_directory("/workspaces/w1", Some("/packages/editor")).unwrap(),
+        "/workspaces/w1/packages/editor"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        exec_directory("/workspaces/w1", Some("/packages/editor/src")).unwrap(),
+        "/workspaces/w1/packages/editor/src"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn noncanonical_cwd_is_invalid_input() {
+    for cwd in [
+        "",
+        "relative",
+        "/packages/",
+        "/packages//editor",
+        "/packages/./editor",
+        "/packages/../editor",
+        ".",
+        "..",
+        "//",
+    ] {
+        let refusal = exec_directory("/workspaces/w1", Some(cwd)).unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(refusal.code, "InvalidInput", "cwd {cwd:?}");
+        assert!(
+            refusal.message.starts_with("workspace.exec cwd"),
+            "cwd {cwd:?}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn joined_directory_is_contained_by_component_boundary() {
+    let joined = exec_directory("/workspaces/w1", Some("/packages/editor")).unwrap();
+    assert!(std::path::Path::new(&joined).starts_with("/workspaces/w1"));
+    assert!(!std::path::Path::new(&joined).starts_with("/workspaces/w10"));
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-node/tests/native_events.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/tests/native_events.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7fb0de6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-node/tests/native_events.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+//! Opened-project event queues through the real built addon and a Disposable Store.
+#![cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+
+use std::{
+    os::unix::fs::DirBuilderExt,
+    path::PathBuf,
+    process::{Command, Stdio},
+    sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+    thread,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+
+static NEXT: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+
+struct Home(PathBuf);
+impl Home {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        let executable = std::env::current_exe().unwrap();
+        let debug = executable.parent().unwrap().parent().unwrap();
+        let root = debug.join(format!(
+            "native-events-{}-{}",
+            std::process::id(),
+            NEXT.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed)
+        ));
+        std::fs::DirBuilder::new()
+            .recursive(true)
+            .mode(0o700)
+            .create(root.join("home"))
+            .unwrap();
+        std::fs::create_dir(root.join("source")).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(root.join("source/base.txt"), b"base\n").unwrap();
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(root.join("store")).unwrap();
+        std::fs::copy(debug.join("liblayerfs_node.so"), root.join("layerfs.node"))
+            .expect("build layerfs-node before running native_events");
+        Self(root)
+    }
+
+    fn node(&self, script: &str, workers: Option<&str>) {
+        let mut command =
+            Command::new(std::env::var_os("LAYERFS_TEST_NODE").unwrap_or_else(|| "node".into()));
+        command
+            .arg("-e")
+            .arg(format!(
+                r#"
+                const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+                const native = require(process.env.LAYERFS_NATIVE);
+                const home = process.env.LAYERFS_HOME;
+                const storePath = home + '/store/global/store.sqlite';
+                const base = {{home, project:'proj', storePath}};
+                const answer = async (op, args={{}}, subscription) => native.call(op, {{...base, ...args, ...(subscription ? {{subscription}} : {{}})}});
+                const value = async (op, args={{}}, subscription) => {{
+                    const made = await answer(op, args, subscription);
+                    assert.ok(!made.refused, `${{op}}: ${{JSON.stringify(made.refused)}}`);
+                    return made.value;
+                }};
+                const refusal = async (op, args={{}}, subscription) => {{
+                    const made = await answer(op, args, subscription);
+                    assert.ok(made.refused, `${{op}} unexpectedly succeeded`);
+                    return made.refused;
+                }};
+                (async () => {{
+                    const initialized = await value('project.init', {{name:'proj', path:home + '/source', timeoutMs:30000}});
+                    assert.equal(initialized.kind, 'Initialized');
+                    await native.storeOpen(base);
+                    {script}
+                    await native.storeClose(base);
+                }})().catch(error => {{ console.error(error); process.exitCode = 1; }});
+                "#
+            ))
+            .env("LAYERFS_NATIVE", self.0.join("layerfs.node"))
+            .env("LAYERFS_HOME", &self.0)
+            .stdout(Stdio::inherit())
+            .stderr(Stdio::inherit());
+        if let Some(workers) = workers {
+            command.env("UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE", workers);
+        }
+        let mut child = command.spawn().unwrap();
+        let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(60);
+        let status = loop {
+            if let Some(status) = child.try_wait().unwrap() {
+                break status;
+            }
+            if Instant::now() >= deadline {
+                child.kill().unwrap();
+                child.wait().unwrap();
+                panic!("native event script exceeded 60 seconds");
+            }
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(2));
+        };
+        assert!(
+            status.success(),
+            "Node native event assertions failed: {status}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+impl Drop for Home {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&self.0);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn real_store_event_mappings_snapshots_and_queue_lifetime() {
+    let home = Home::new();
+    home.node(
+        r#"
+        const first = await value('events.subscribe');
+        assert.match(first.subscription, /^[0-9a-f]{64}$/);
+        assert.equal(first.cursor, 0);
+        assert.deepEqual(first.snapshot.branches.map(({name, head}) => ({name, head})), [{name:'main', head:null}]);
+        assert.deepEqual(first.snapshot.workspaces, []);
+        assert.deepEqual(first.snapshot.sandboxes, []);
+        assert.deepEqual(await value('events.poll', {subscription:first.subscription, cursor:0}), {events:[], cursor:0, hasMore:false, stale:false, closed:false});
+        const second = await value('events.subscribe');
+        const id = first.subscription;
+        const otherId = second.subscription;
+        const expected = [];
+
+        const forked = await value('branch.fork', {name:'feature', from:'main'}, id);
+        expected.push({type:'branch.forked', payload:{branch:'feature', forkPoint:{kind:'layer', id:forked.base}}});
+        const file = async (op, args) => {
+            const made = await value(op, args, id);
+            assert.equal(made.kind, 'Committed');
+            const moving = op === 'fs.mv' || op === 'fs.cp';
+            const plain = ['fs.write', 'fs.edit', 'fs.mkdir', 'fs.rm'].includes(op);
+            expected.push({type:'fs.committed', payload:{branch:made.branch, method:op, path:plain ? args.path : null, from:moving ? args.from : null, to:moving ? args.to : null, commit:made.commit}});
+            return made;
+        };
+        await file('fs.write', {branch:'feature', path:'/file.txt', content:'one\n', message:'write'});
+        await file('fs.apply', {branch:'feature', changes:[{op:'write', path:'/apply.txt', content:'apply\n'}], message:'apply'});
+        await file('fs.edit', {branch:'feature', path:'/file.txt', oldText:'one\n', newText:'two\n', message:'edit'});
+        await file('fs.mkdir', {branch:'feature', path:'/dir', recursive:true, message:'mkdir'});
+        await file('fs.cp', {branch:'feature', from:'/file.txt', to:'/copy.txt', recursive:true, message:'cp'});
+        await file('fs.mv', {branch:'feature', from:'/copy.txt', to:'/moved.txt', message:'mv'});
+        await file('fs.rm', {branch:'feature', path:'/moved.txt', recursive:true, message:'rm'});
+
+        const leftFork = await value('branch.fork', {name:'left', from:'feature'}, id);
+        const rightFork = await value('branch.fork', {name:'right', from:'feature'}, id);
+        expected.push({type:'branch.forked', payload:{branch:'left', forkPoint:{kind:'commit', id:leftFork.head}}});
+        expected.push({type:'branch.forked', payload:{branch:'right', forkPoint:{kind:'commit', id:rightFork.head}}});
+        const leftWrite = await file('fs.write', {branch:'left', path:'/left.txt', content:'left\n', message:'left'});
+        const fast = await value('branch.merge', {branch:'left', with:'right', name:'fast', message:'fast'}, id);
+        assert.equal(fast.fastForward, true);
+        expected.push({type:'branch.merged', payload:{merge:fast}});
+        const rightWrite = await file('fs.write', {branch:'right', path:'/right.txt', content:'right\n', message:'right'});
+        const slow = await value('branch.merge', {branch:'left', with:'right', name:'slow', message:'slow'}, id);
+        assert.equal(slow.fastForward, false);
+        expected.push({type:'branch.merged', payload:{merge:slow}});
+        const published = await value('branch.publish', {branch:'feature'}, id);
+        assert.equal(published.kind, 'Added');
+        expected.push({type:'branch.published', payload:{branch:published.source.branch, commit:published.source.commit, layer:published.publishedLayer.id, basedOn:published.basedOn}});
+        assert.equal((await value('branch.publish', {branch:'feature'}, id)).kind, 'UpToDate');
+        const slowPublished = await value('branch.publish', {branch:'slow'}, id);
+        assert.equal(slowPublished.kind, 'Added');
+        expected.push({type:'branch.published', payload:{branch:slowPublished.source.branch, commit:slowPublished.source.commit, layer:slowPublished.publishedLayer.id, basedOn:slowPublished.basedOn}});
+        const slow2 = await value('branch.merge', {branch:'left', with:'right', name:'slow2', message:'slow2'});
+        assert.equal(slow2.fastForward, false);
+        assert.equal(slow2.root, slow.root);
+        assert.notEqual(slow2.head, slow.head);
+        assert.equal((await value('branch.publish', {branch:'slow2'}, id)).kind, 'NoChanges');
+
+        let cursor = 0;
+        const events = [];
+        for (;;) {
+            const page = await value('events.poll', {subscription:id, cursor, timeoutMs:0, limit:500});
+            events.push(...page.events);
+            cursor = page.cursor;
+            if (!page.hasMore) break;
+        }
+        assert.equal(events.length, expected.length);
+        assert.deepEqual(events.map(event => event.seq), Array.from({length:events.length}, (_, i) => i + 1));
+        assert.ok(events.every(event => event.source === 'store'));
+        assert.ok(events.every(event => Object.keys(event).sort().join(',') === 'payload,seq,source,type'));
+        for (let i = 0; i < expected.length; i++) {
+            assert.equal(events[i].type, expected[i].type);
+            assert.deepEqual(events[i].payload, expected[i].payload);
+        }
+        assert.equal(events.filter(event => event.type === 'branch.merged').length, 2);
+        assert.equal(events.some(event => event.type === 'commit.created'), false);
+        assert.deepEqual(await value('events.poll', {subscription:otherId, cursor:0}), {events:[], cursor:0, hasMore:false, stale:false, closed:false});
+
+        await value('fs.write', {branch:'feature', path:'/cross-client.txt', content:'other\n'});
+        assert.deepEqual((await value('events.poll', {subscription:id, cursor})).events, []);
+        await value('fs.write', {branch:'feature', path:'/other-subscription.txt', content:'other\n'}, otherId);
+        const onlySecond = await value('events.poll', {subscription:otherId, cursor:0});
+        assert.equal(onlySecond.events.length, 1);
+        assert.equal(onlySecond.events[0].payload.path, '/other-subscription.txt');
+        assert.deepEqual((await value('events.poll', {subscription:id, cursor})).events, []);
+
+        assert.equal((await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:id, cursor:cursor + 1})).message, 'unknown cursor');
+        assert.equal((await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:id, cursor:-1})).code, 'InvalidInput');
+        const nullCursor = await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:id, cursor:null});
+        assert.equal(nullCursor.code, 'InvalidInput');
+        assert.equal(nullCursor.message, 'cursor must be an integer in 0..9007199254740991');
+        assert.equal((await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:id, cursor, timeoutMs:30001})).code, 'InvalidInput');
+        const nullTimeout = await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:id, cursor, timeoutMs:null});
+        assert.equal(nullTimeout.code, 'InvalidInput');
+        assert.equal(nullTimeout.message, 'timeoutMs must be an integer in 0..30000');
+        assert.equal((await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:id, cursor, limit:0})).code, 'InvalidInput');
+        const nullLimit = await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:id, cursor, limit:null});
+        assert.equal(nullLimit.code, 'InvalidInput');
+        assert.equal(nullLimit.message, 'limit must be an integer in 1..500');
+        assert.equal((await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:'0'.repeat(64), cursor:0})).message, 'unknown subscription');
+        assert.equal((await value('events.unsubscribe', {subscription:otherId})).kind, 'Unsubscribed');
+        assert.equal((await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:otherId, cursor:0})).message, 'unknown subscription');
+        assert.equal((await value('events.unsubscribe', {subscription:id})).kind, 'Unsubscribed');
+
+        const fresh = await value('events.subscribe');
+        assert.equal(fresh.cursor, 0);
+        assert.deepEqual((await value('events.poll', {subscription:fresh.subscription, cursor:0})).events, [], 'no old queue replay');
+        const names = fresh.snapshot.branches.map(branch => branch.name);
+        for (const name of ['main', 'feature', 'left', 'right', 'fast', 'slow', 'slow2']) assert.ok(names.includes(name), name);
+        for (const branch of fresh.snapshot.branches) {
+            assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(branch).sort(), ['head', 'name']);
+            assert.ok(branch.head === null || typeof branch.head === 'string');
+        }
+        assert.deepEqual(fresh.snapshot.workspaces, []);
+        assert.deepEqual(fresh.snapshot.sandboxes, []);
+        await value('fs.write', {branch:'feature', path:'/old-id.txt', content:'old\n'}, id);
+        assert.deepEqual((await value('events.poll', {subscription:fresh.subscription, cursor:0})).events, []);
+
+        const waiting = native.call('events.poll', {...base, subscription:fresh.subscription, cursor:0, timeoutMs:5000});
+        assert.equal((await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:fresh.subscription, cursor:0, timeoutMs:0})).message, 'a poll is already outstanding');
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+        await value('fs.write', {branch:'feature', path:'/wake.txt', content:'wake\n'}, fresh.subscription);
+        const woken = await waiting;
+        assert.equal(woken.value.events.length, 1);
+        assert.equal(woken.value.events[0].payload.path, '/wake.txt');
+
+        const blocked = native.call('events.poll', {...base, subscription:fresh.subscription, cursor:1, timeoutMs:5000});
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+        await value('events.unsubscribe', {subscription:fresh.subscription});
+        assert.deepEqual((await blocked).value, {events:[], cursor:1, hasMore:false, stale:false, closed:true});
+        assert.equal((await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:fresh.subscription, cursor:1})).message, 'unknown subscription');
+        "#,
+        None,
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn positive_poll_admission_is_bounded_and_immediate_polls_still_work() {
+    let home = Home::new();
+    home.node(
+        r#"
+        const first = await value('events.subscribe');
+        const second = await value('events.subscribe');
+        const waiting = native.call('events.poll', {...base, subscription:first.subscription, cursor:0, timeoutMs:5000});
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+        const saturated = await refusal('events.poll', {subscription:second.subscription, cursor:0, timeoutMs:1000});
+        assert.equal(saturated.code, 'Busy');
+        assert.match(saturated.message, /long-poll admission/);
+        assert.deepEqual(await value('events.poll', {subscription:second.subscription, cursor:0, timeoutMs:0}), {events:[], cursor:0, hasMore:false, stale:false, closed:false});
+        await value('events.unsubscribe', {subscription:first.subscription});
+        assert.equal((await waiting).value.closed, true);
+        await value('events.unsubscribe', {subscription:second.subscription});
+        "#,
+        Some("2"),
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn branch_snapshot_crosses_the_native_page_boundary() {
+    let home = Home::new();
+    home.node(
+        r#"
+        const expected = ['main'];
+        for (let i = 0; i < 1001; i++) {
+            const name = `p9-${String(i).padStart(4, '0')}`;
+            const forked = await value('branch.fork', {name, from:'main'});
+            assert.equal(forked.kind, 'Forked');
+            expected.push(name);
+        }
+        const events = await value('events.subscribe');
+        assert.equal(events.snapshot.branches.length, expected.length);
+        const names = events.snapshot.branches.map(branch => branch.name);
+        assert.equal(new Set(names).size, expected.length);
+        assert.deepEqual(new Set(names), new Set(expected));
+        for (const branch of events.snapshot.branches) {
+            assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(branch).sort(), ['head', 'name']);
+            assert.equal(branch.head, null);
+        }
+        await value('events.unsubscribe', {subscription:events.subscription});
+        "#,
+        None,
+    );
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-overlay/src/database/physical.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-overlay/src/database/physical.rs
index 65b7e9b7ec..47a6d883bd 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-overlay/src/database/physical.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-overlay/src/database/physical.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 //! Read-only physical observations of one disposable SQLite file.
 use crate::{OverlayError, OverlayResult};
-#[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux"))]
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux"))] // read by the Unix observations
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
-use std::{
-    cell::Cell,
-    fs::File,
-    path::{Path, PathBuf},
-};
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux"))]
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::{cell::Cell, fs::File, path::Path};
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct AllocationWork {
     pub attempts: u64,
@@ -31,11 +29,16 @@ pub struct AllocationState {
     pub work: AllocationWork,
 }
 pub(crate) struct Allocation {
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux"))] // read by the Unix observations
     file: File,
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux"))]
     device: u64,
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux"))]
     inode: u64,
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux"))]
     path: PathBuf,
     work: Cell<AllocationWork>,
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux"))]
     high_water: Cell<u64>,
 }
 /// A checked-closed SQLite file's retained physical identity handle. It has no
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/history.sql b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/history.sql
index 9de411407b..e013bca98b 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/history.sql
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/history.sql
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ CREATE TABLE "commit" (
     new_metadata INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 CHECK(new_metadata>=0),
     lww BLOB NOT NULL,
     displaced_id BLOB CHECK(displaced_id IS NULL OR length(displaced_id)=33),
+    author TEXT CHECK (author IS NULL OR length(CAST(author AS BLOB)) <= 4096),
+    labels TEXT CHECK (labels IS NULL OR length(CAST(labels AS BLOB)) <= 4096),
     FOREIGN KEY (layer_stack_id, base_layer_id)
         REFERENCES layer(layer_stack_id, layer_id) DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED,
     FOREIGN KEY (layer_stack_id, parent_commit_id)
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/commit_commit_by_id.sql b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/commit_commit_by_id.sql
index 3a9a722c3b..f70a1817ae 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/commit_commit_by_id.sql
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/commit_commit_by_id.sql
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SELECT commit_id, layer_stack_id, root_id, parent_commit_id, base_layer_id, second_parent_id, branch_id, via, message, merged_from_id, created_ms, logical, new_canonical, new_stored, new_metadata, lww, displaced_id FROM "commit" WHERE commit_id = $1;
+SELECT commit_id, layer_stack_id, root_id, parent_commit_id, base_layer_id, second_parent_id, branch_id, via, message, merged_from_id, created_ms, logical, new_canonical, new_stored, new_metadata, lww, displaced_id, author, labels FROM "commit" WHERE commit_id = $1;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/commit_insert_commit.sql b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/commit_insert_commit.sql
index 3b9a3f9c8a..cfb7791d2a 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/commit_insert_commit.sql
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/commit_insert_commit.sql
@@ -1 +1 @@
-INSERT INTO "commit" (commit_id, layer_stack_id, root_id, parent_commit_id, base_layer_id, second_parent_id, branch_id, via, message, merged_from_id, created_ms, logical, new_canonical, new_stored, new_metadata, lww, displaced_id) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11,$12,$13,$14,$15,$16,$17) RETURNING 1;
+INSERT INTO "commit" (commit_id, layer_stack_id, root_id, parent_commit_id, base_layer_id, second_parent_id, branch_id, via, message, merged_from_id, created_ms, logical, new_canonical, new_stored, new_metadata, lww, displaced_id, author, labels) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11,$12,$13,$14,$15,$16,$17,$18,$19) RETURNING 1;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/statistics_commit_kinds.sql b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/statistics_commit_kinds.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dca766583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/statistics_commit_kinds.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT via,COUNT(*),SUM(new_canonical),SUM(new_stored),SUM(new_metadata) FROM "commit" GROUP BY via ORDER BY via;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_branch_count.sql b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_branch_count.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05b0128111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_branch_count.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM branch INDEXED BY branch_names WHERE layer_stack_id = $1;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_commit_count.sql b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_commit_count.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9014943074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_commit_count.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "commit" INDEXED BY commit_identity WHERE layer_stack_id = $1;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_logical_total.sql b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_logical_total.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..214dd1fa61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_logical_total.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT logical FROM store_totals WHERE id = 1;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_main_branch.sql b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_main_branch.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71b5b655e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_main_branch.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+SELECT s.layer_stack_id, b.head_commit_id
+FROM layer_stack AS s
+LEFT JOIN branch AS b INDEXED BY branch_names
+  ON b.layer_stack_id = s.layer_stack_id AND b.name = 'main'
+WHERE s.name = $1;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_main_commit.sql b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_main_commit.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d44508533f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_main_commit.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT commit_id, base_layer_id, created_ms FROM "commit" INDEXED BY commit_identity WHERE layer_stack_id = $1 AND commit_id = $2;
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/backend/sqlite/query.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/backend/sqlite/query.rs
index f96a315103..f6a907424c 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/backend/sqlite/query.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/backend/sqlite/query.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ pub(crate) fn history(key: &str) -> Result<&'static str, BackendError> {
         "statistics_totals" => Ok(include_str!(
             "../../../sql/sqlite/queries/history/statistics_totals.sql"
         )),
+        "statistics_commit_kinds" => Ok(include_str!(
+            "../../../sql/sqlite/queries/history/statistics_commit_kinds.sql"
+        )),
+        "summary_main_branch" => Ok(include_str!(
+            "../../../sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_main_branch.sql"
+        )),
+        "summary_branch_count" => Ok(include_str!(
+            "../../../sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_branch_count.sql"
+        )),
+        "summary_commit_count" => Ok(include_str!(
+            "../../../sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_commit_count.sql"
+        )),
+        "summary_main_commit" => Ok(include_str!(
+            "../../../sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_main_commit.sql"
+        )),
+        "summary_logical_total" => Ok(include_str!(
+            "../../../sql/sqlite/queries/history/summary_logical_total.sql"
+        )),
         "statistics_record_init" => Ok(include_str!(
             "../../../sql/sqlite/queries/history/statistics_record_init.sql"
         )),
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/backend/sqlite/schema.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/backend/sqlite/schema.rs
index 88fb63097a..334a75c901 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/backend/sqlite/schema.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/backend/sqlite/schema.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ pub(crate) const APPLICATION_ID: i64 = 1279677264;
 pub(crate) const OBJECTS: &str = include_str!("../../../sql/sqlite/objects.sql");
 pub(crate) const METADATA: &str = include_str!("../../../sql/sqlite/metadata.sql");
 pub(crate) const HISTORY: &str = include_str!("../../../sql/sqlite/history.sql");
+const ATTRIBUTION: &str = "    author TEXT CHECK (author IS NULL OR length(CAST(author AS BLOB)) <= 4096),\n    labels TEXT CHECK (labels IS NULL OR length(CAST(labels AS BLOB)) <= 4096),\n";
+const ATTRIBUTION_MIGRATION: &str = "ALTER TABLE \"commit\" ADD COLUMN author TEXT CHECK (author IS NULL OR length(CAST(author AS BLOB)) <= 4096);\nALTER TABLE \"commit\" ADD COLUMN labels TEXT CHECK (labels IS NULL OR length(CAST(labels AS BLOB)) <= 4096);\n";
+fn before_attribution(source: String) -> String {
+    source.replacen(ATTRIBUTION, "", 1)
+}
 /// Lineage tables (#353); a Store written before them gains them at open.
 pub(crate) const LINEAGE: &str = include_str!("../../../sql/sqlite/lineage.sql");
 /// Merge build records (#355); a Store written before them gains them at open.
@@ -167,7 +172,7 @@ impl super::connection::Session {
             };
             // The schema this migration records is the one before the
             // lineage and merge tables; later migrations add those.
-            let current = source((self.layout, self.acquisition))
+            let current = before_attribution(source((self.layout, self.acquisition)))
                 .replacen(DIGESTS, "", 1)
                 .replacen(SCRATCH, "", 1)
                 .replacen(LINEAGE, "", 1);
@@ -214,7 +219,7 @@ impl super::connection::Session {
             let Some(row) = rows.first() else {
                 return Ok(());
             };
-            let current = source((self.layout, self.acquisition))
+            let current = before_attribution(source((self.layout, self.acquisition)))
                 .replacen(DIGESTS, "", 1)
                 .replacen(SCRATCH, "", 1);
             if row.get::<String>(0)? != current.replacen(LINEAGE, "", 1)
@@ -251,7 +256,8 @@ impl super::connection::Session {
             let Some(row) = rows.first() else {
                 return Ok(());
             };
-            let current = source((self.layout, self.acquisition)).replacen(DIGESTS, "", 1);
+            let current = before_attribution(source((self.layout, self.acquisition)))
+                .replacen(DIGESTS, "", 1);
             if row.get::<String>(0)? != current.replacen(SCRATCH, "", 1)
                 || row.get::<String>(1)? != definition(tx.connection, tx.work)?
             {
@@ -286,7 +292,7 @@ impl super::connection::Session {
             let Some(row) = rows.first() else {
                 return Ok(());
             };
-            let current = source((self.layout, self.acquisition));
+            let current = before_attribution(source((self.layout, self.acquisition)));
             if row.get::<String>(0)? != current.replacen(DIGESTS, "", 1)
                 || row.get::<String>(1)? != definition(tx.connection, tx.work)?
             {
@@ -301,6 +307,38 @@ impl super::connection::Session {
             Ok(())
         })
     }
+    /// Appends nullable Commit author and labels columns without backfilling old rows.
+    pub(crate) fn add_commit_attribution(&self) -> Result<(), BackendError> {
+        self.run::<_, BackendError>(true, |tx| {
+            let columns = tx.query("PRAGMA table_info(\"commit\")", vec![])?;
+            if columns
+                .iter()
+                .any(|row| row.get::<String>(1).is_ok_and(|name| name == "author"))
+            {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            let rows = tx.query(
+                "SELECT schema_source,schema_definition FROM history_meta WHERE id=1",
+                vec![],
+            )?;
+            let Some(row) = rows.first() else {
+                return Ok(());
+            };
+            let current = source((self.layout, self.acquisition));
+            if row.get::<String>(0)? != before_attribution(current.clone())
+                || row.get::<String>(1)? != definition(tx.connection, tx.work)?
+            {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            tx.bootstrap(ATTRIBUTION_MIGRATION)?;
+            let definition = definition(tx.connection, tx.work)?;
+            tx.query(
+                "UPDATE history_meta SET schema_source=?1,schema_definition=?2 WHERE id=1",
+                vec![Param::Text(current), Param::Text(definition)],
+            )?;
+            Ok(())
+        })
+    }
     pub(crate) fn validate(
         &self,
         catalog_id: layerfs_history::CatalogId,
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/catalog.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/catalog.rs
index dffb18425c..7f3d8adcb2 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/catalog.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/catalog.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,18 @@ use super::{
 };
 use layerfs_history::*;
 impl HistoryCatalog for HistoryProvider {
+    fn summary(&self, project: &HistoryName) -> HistoryResult<StoreSummary> {
+        HistoryProvider::summary(self, project)
+    }
     fn statistics(&self) -> HistoryResult<StoreStatistics> {
         HistoryProvider::statistics(self)
     }
+    fn disk_statistics(&self) -> HistoryResult<StoreDiskStatistics> {
+        HistoryProvider::disk_statistics(self)
+    }
+    fn commit_kind_statistics(&self) -> HistoryResult<Vec<CommitKindStatistics>> {
+        HistoryProvider::commit_kind_statistics(self)
+    }
     fn record_init(&self, totals: &InitStatistics) -> HistoryResult<()> {
         HistoryProvider::record_init(self, totals)
     }
@@ -91,6 +100,10 @@ impl HistoryCatalog for HistoryProvider {
         self.read(|tx| layerstack::layer(tx, id))
     }
 
+    fn is_published(&self, head: LayerId, commit: &CommitRecord) -> HistoryResult<bool> {
+        self.read(|tx| layerstack::is_published(tx, head, commit))
+    }
+
     fn commit_history(
         &self,
         request: &CommitHistoryRequest,
@@ -106,6 +119,23 @@ impl HistoryCatalog for HistoryProvider {
         })
     }
 
+    fn commit_resume(
+        &self,
+        request: &CommitHistoryRequest,
+        commit: CommitId,
+    ) -> HistoryResult<Vec<u8>> {
+        self.read(|tx| {
+            commit::commit_resume(
+                tx,
+                self.catalog_id,
+                self.incarnation,
+                &self.cursor_key,
+                request,
+                commit,
+            )
+        })
+    }
+
     fn overwritten(
         &self,
         layer: LayerId,
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/commit.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/commit.rs
index ed1b43414f..51c2bb1bc9 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/commit.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/commit.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ pub(crate) fn commit(tx: &Transaction<'_>, id: CommitId) -> HistoryResult<Option
     one(tx, COMMIT_BY_ID, [id.as_slice()], commit_row)
 }
 
-/// True when an existing row for this identity carries the same immutable fields.
+/// True when an existing row carries the same identity-bearing fields. Time,
+/// author and labels are creation-time annotations: the first stored row wins.
 pub(crate) fn verify_commit(tx: &Transaction<'_>, record: &CommitRecord) -> HistoryResult<bool> {
     match commit(tx, record.id)? {
         None => Ok(false),
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ pub(crate) fn verify_commit(tx: &Transaction<'_>, record: &CommitRecord) -> Hist
                 && stored.stack == record.stack
                 && (CommitMeta {
                     time_ms: record.meta.time_ms,
+                    author: record.meta.author.clone(),
+                    labels: record.meta.labels.clone(),
                     ..stored.meta
                 }) == record.meta
             {
@@ -221,16 +224,61 @@ pub(crate) fn new_commit(
                     .map_err(|_| HistoryError::Capacity("metadata bytes"))?,
                 super::facts::encode(&record.meta.lww, &record.meta.units)?,
                 record.meta.displaced.map(|id| id.to_bytes().to_vec()),
+                record.meta.author.clone(),
+                (!record.meta.labels.is_empty())
+                    .then(|| layerfs_history::labels::encode(&record.meta.labels)),
             ],
         )
         .map_err(sql)?;
         super::lineage::record_commit(tx, &record)?;
         return Ok(record);
     }
-    // An identical Commit already exists: it keeps its own recorded time.
+    // An identical Commit already exists: it keeps its original annotations.
     commit(tx, record.id)?.ok_or(HistoryError::Integrity("Commit identity"))
 }
 
+/// Issues an authenticated continuation after an already-delivered Commit.
+pub(crate) fn commit_resume(
+    tx: &Transaction<'_>,
+    catalog: CatalogId,
+    incarnation: u64,
+    key: &[u8; 32],
+    request: &CommitHistoryRequest,
+    after: CommitId,
+) -> HistoryResult<Vec<u8>> {
+    query::capacity(request.limit, 1)?;
+    if request.cursor.is_some() {
+        return Err(HistoryError::InvalidInput("Commit resume cursor"));
+    }
+    let branch =
+        super::branch::branch(tx, request.branch)?.ok_or(HistoryError::Missing(Missing::Branch))?;
+    let anchor = request
+        .start
+        .or(branch.head_commit)
+        .ok_or(HistoryError::InvalidInput("Commit resume anchor"))?;
+    let anchor_record = commit(tx, anchor)?.ok_or(HistoryError::Integrity("Commit anchor"))?;
+    let record = commit(tx, after)?.ok_or(HistoryError::Missing(Missing::Commit))?;
+    if anchor_record.stack != branch.stack || record.stack != branch.stack {
+        return Err(HistoryError::Integrity("Commit ownership"));
+    }
+    if !ancestry_contains(tx, Some(anchor), after)? {
+        return Err(HistoryError::NotInHistory("Commit"));
+    }
+    query::encode(
+        Context {
+            key,
+            catalog,
+            incarnation,
+            range: Range::CommitAncestry,
+            subject: request.branch.as_slice(),
+        },
+        &Cursor {
+            anchor: anchor.as_slice().to_vec(),
+            position: after.as_slice().to_vec(),
+        },
+    )
+}
+
 /// Walks one Branch's ancestry from an immutable start, newest first.
 pub(crate) fn commit_history(
     tx: &Transaction<'_>,
@@ -241,7 +289,7 @@ pub(crate) fn commit_history(
 ) -> HistoryResult<PageResult<CommitRecord>> {
     let branch =
         super::branch::branch(tx, request.branch)?.ok_or(HistoryError::Missing(Missing::Branch))?;
-    let capacity = query::capacity(request.limit, CommitRecord::MAXIMUM_ENCODED_BYTES)?;
+    let limit = query::capacity(request.limit, 1)?;
     let context = Context {
         key,
         catalog,
@@ -288,8 +336,9 @@ pub(crate) fn commit_history(
         });
     };
     let mut records = Vec::new();
+    let mut bytes = 0usize;
     while let Some(id) = current {
-        if records.len() > capacity {
+        if records.len() > limit || bytes > query::available() {
             break;
         }
         let record = commit(tx, id)?.ok_or(HistoryError::Integrity("Commit chain"))?;
@@ -297,10 +346,10 @@ pub(crate) fn commit_history(
             return Err(HistoryError::Integrity("Commit ownership"));
         }
         current = record.parent;
+        bytes = bytes.saturating_add(record.encoded_bytes());
         records.push(record);
     }
-    let more = records.len() > capacity;
-    query::page(records, capacity, more, |record| {
+    query::page_by(records, limit, CommitRecord::encoded_bytes, |record| {
         query::encode(
             context,
             &Cursor {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/facts.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/facts.rs
index ecaaf4e106..ffff43b266 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/facts.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/facts.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 //! Persistent history facts and constant-size Store accounting reads.
-use super::{provider::HistoryProvider, rows::cell};
+use super::{
+    provider::HistoryProvider,
+    rows::{cell, commit_column, layer_column, required},
+};
 use crate::backend::records::Param;
 use layerfs_content::merge::{LwwDecision, MergeUnit};
-use layerfs_history::{HistoryError, HistoryResult, InitStatistics, StoreStatistics};
+use layerfs_history::{
+    CommitKindStatistics, CommitVia, HistoryError, HistoryName, HistoryResult, InitStatistics,
+    StoreDiskStatistics, StoreStatistics, StoreSummary, StoreSummaryCommit,
+};
 
 /// Marks the merge units after the LWW decisions: no path is that long, so
 /// a blob written before units reads as having none (#352 F-057).
@@ -108,6 +114,60 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(mut bytes: &[u8]) -> HistoryResult<Facts> {
     Ok((out, units))
 }
 impl HistoryProvider {
+    /// Five one-row reads: main Branch, two covering-index counts, main head
+    /// Commit and maintained totals. The counts visit O(B)/O(C) index entries.
+    pub(crate) fn summary(&self, project: &HistoryName) -> HistoryResult<StoreSummary> {
+        self.read(|tx| {
+            let main = tx.query(
+                "summary_main_branch",
+                vec![Param::Text(project.as_str().to_owned())],
+            )?;
+            let (stack, head) = match main.first().filter(|_| main.len() == 1) {
+                Some(row) => (cell::<Vec<u8>>(row, 0)?, cell::<Option<Vec<u8>>>(row, 1)?),
+                None if main.is_empty() => (Vec::new(), None),
+                None => return Err(HistoryError::Integrity("summary main Branch")),
+            };
+            let count = |key: &str| -> HistoryResult<u64> {
+                let rows = tx.query(key, vec![Param::Bytes(stack.clone())])?;
+                let row = rows
+                    .first()
+                    .filter(|_| rows.len() == 1)
+                    .ok_or(HistoryError::Integrity("summary count"))?;
+                u64::try_from(cell::<i64>(row, 0)?)
+                    .map_err(|_| HistoryError::Integrity("negative summary count"))
+            };
+            let branches = count("summary_branch_count")?;
+            let commits = count("summary_commit_count")?;
+            let head = tx.query(
+                "summary_main_commit",
+                vec![Param::Bytes(stack), Param::OptionalBytes(head)],
+            )?;
+            let last = match head.first().filter(|_| head.len() == 1) {
+                Some(row) => Some((
+                    required(commit_column(row, 0)?, "summary Commit identity")?,
+                    required(layer_column(row, 1)?, "summary Layer identity")?,
+                    cell::<i64>(row, 2)?,
+                )),
+                None if head.is_empty() => None,
+                None => return Err(HistoryError::Integrity("summary main Commit")),
+            };
+            let totals = tx.query("summary_logical_total", Vec::new())?;
+            let totals = totals
+                .first()
+                .filter(|_| totals.len() == 1)
+                .ok_or(HistoryError::Integrity("Store totals"))?;
+            let logical = u64::try_from(cell::<i64>(totals, 0)?)
+                .map_err(|_| HistoryError::Integrity("negative Store size"))?;
+            Ok(StoreSummary {
+                logical,
+                branches,
+                commits,
+                main_layer: last.as_ref().map(|(_, layer, _)| *layer),
+                last_commit: last.map(|(id, _, created_ms)| StoreSummaryCommit { id, created_ms }),
+            })
+        })
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn statistics(&self) -> HistoryResult<StoreStatistics> {
         self.read(|tx| {
             let rows = tx.query("statistics_totals", Vec::new())?;
@@ -155,6 +215,48 @@ impl HistoryProvider {
             })
         })
     }
+    /// Measures the Store's main and WAL file lengths from the files; two
+    /// stats, no scan. An unmeasurable Store file fails the call: no partial
+    /// or estimated figures.
+    pub(crate) fn disk_statistics(&self) -> HistoryResult<StoreDiskStatistics> {
+        let main = std::fs::metadata(&self.session.path)
+            .map_err(|_| HistoryError::Integrity("Store file statistics"))?
+            .len();
+        let mut wal = self.session.path.clone().into_os_string();
+        wal.push("-wal");
+        let wal = match std::fs::metadata(&wal) {
+            Ok(metadata) => metadata.len(),
+            Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => 0,
+            Err(_) => return Err(HistoryError::Integrity("Store file statistics")),
+        };
+        Ok(StoreDiskStatistics { main, wal })
+    }
+
+    /// Per-kind Commit byte totals over the whole commit catalog, computed by
+    /// one full scan of that catalog; not a maintained cheap total.
+    pub(crate) fn commit_kind_statistics(&self) -> HistoryResult<Vec<CommitKindStatistics>> {
+        self.read(|tx| {
+            let rows = tx.query("statistics_commit_kinds", Vec::new())?;
+            rows.iter()
+                .map(|row| {
+                    let get = |index| -> HistoryResult<u64> {
+                        u64::try_from(cell::<i64>(row, index)?)
+                            .map_err(|_| HistoryError::Integrity("negative Commit kind total"))
+                    };
+                    let via = u8::try_from(cell::<i64>(row, 0)?)
+                        .map_err(|_| HistoryError::Integrity("Commit via"))
+                        .and_then(CommitVia::from_code)?;
+                    Ok(CommitKindStatistics {
+                        via,
+                        count: get(1)?,
+                        new_canonical: get(2)?,
+                        new_stored: get(3)?,
+                        new_metadata: get(4)?,
+                    })
+                })
+                .collect()
+        })
+    }
     pub(crate) fn record_init(&self, totals: &InitStatistics) -> HistoryResult<()> {
         if totals.entries == 0 {
             return Err(HistoryError::InvalidInput("Init entries"));
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/layerstack.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/layerstack.rs
index d5898fe90f..f51dbed2ee 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/layerstack.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/layerstack.rs
@@ -395,3 +395,21 @@ fn published_source(
         },
     )
 }
+
+/// Direct source publication in the chain ending at `head`, through the
+/// source and lineage indexes rather than a walk of the chain.
+pub(crate) fn is_published(
+    tx: &Transaction<'_>,
+    head: LayerId,
+    commit: &layerfs_history::CommitRecord,
+) -> HistoryResult<bool> {
+    let Some(branch) = commit.meta.branch else {
+        return Ok(false);
+    };
+    let Some(layer) = published_source(tx, branch, commit.id)? else {
+        return Ok(false);
+    };
+    let source = super::lineage::layer_line(tx, layer)?;
+    let head = super::lineage::layer_line(tx, head)?;
+    Ok(source.stack == commit.stack && head.stack == commit.stack && source.height <= head.height)
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/rows.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/rows.rs
index 636b65d8ec..faee8b876a 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/rows.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/history/rows.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ pub(crate) fn commit_row(row: &Row) -> HistoryResult<CommitRecord> {
                     .map_err(|_| HistoryError::Integrity("Commit via"))?,
             )?,
             message: cell(row, 8)?,
+            author: cell(row, 17)?,
+            labels: cell::<Option<String>>(row, 18)?
+                .map(|encoded| layerfs_history::labels::decode(&encoded))
+                .transpose()?
+                .unwrap_or_default(),
             merged_from: cell::<Option<Vec<u8>>>(row, 9)?
                 .map(|bytes| NodeId::from_slice(&bytes))
                 .transpose()?,
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/store/open.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/store/open.rs
index 2cb9e98273..db60ced156 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/store/open.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/src/store/open.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ impl Handles {
             session.add_lineage(crate::history::backfill_lineage)?;
             session.add_merge_scratch()?;
             session.add_file_digests()?;
+            session.add_commit_attribution()?;
         }
         let handles = Self::validated(session, directory, binding, cursor_key)?;
         if writable {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/tests/lineage_backfill.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/tests/lineage_backfill.rs
index 7fe9465b24..a6cbcf32fc 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/tests/lineage_backfill.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/tests/lineage_backfill.rs
@@ -62,11 +62,30 @@ fn make_old(path: &std::path::Path) {
     let source: String = sql
         .query_row("SELECT schema_source FROM history_meta", [], |r| r.get(0))
         .unwrap();
+    // A Store written before #353 also predates P7's Commit author/labels
+    // columns, so a faithful old Store drops those too: the open-time
+    // migration chain only migrates a Store whose recorded schema is
+    // exactly the earlier stage, and attribution columns with a
+    // pre-lineage source match no stage. The column text is the P7
+    // `ATTRIBUTION` fragment in `schema.rs`.
+    sql.execute_batch(
+        "ALTER TABLE \"commit\" DROP COLUMN author; ALTER TABLE \"commit\" DROP COLUMN labels;",
+    )
+    .unwrap();
     let old = source
         .replacen(LINEAGE, "", 1)
         .replacen(SCRATCH, "", 1)
-        .replacen(DIGESTS, "", 1);
+        .replacen(DIGESTS, "", 1)
+        .replacen(
+            "    author TEXT CHECK (author IS NULL OR length(CAST(author AS BLOB)) <= 4096),\n    labels TEXT CHECK (labels IS NULL OR length(CAST(labels AS BLOB)) <= 4096),\n",
+            "",
+            1,
+        );
     assert_ne!(old, source, "the schema holds the lineage tables");
+    assert!(
+        !old.contains("    author TEXT"),
+        "the old schema must not keep the P7 attribution columns"
+    );
     sql.execute(
         "UPDATE history_meta SET schema_source=?1, schema_definition=?2",
         rusqlite::params![old, definition(&sql)],
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/tests/old_format_open.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/tests/old_format_open.rs
index db7f8c0d47..75de769a49 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/tests/old_format_open.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-persistence/tests/old_format_open.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const HISTORY: &str = include_str!("../sql/sqlite/history.sql");
 const LINEAGE: &str = include_str!("../sql/sqlite/lineage.sql");
 const SCRATCH: &str = include_str!("../sql/sqlite/merge_scratch.sql");
 const DIGESTS: &str = include_str!("../sql/sqlite/file_digest.sql");
+const ATTRIBUTION: &str = "    author TEXT CHECK (author IS NULL OR length(CAST(author AS BLOB)) <= 4096),\n    labels TEXT CHECK (labels IS NULL OR length(CAST(labels AS BLOB)) <= 4096),\n";
 
 /// The table's definition as the history schema writes it, with its trailing
 /// blank line: the text an old Store's recorded schema source lacks.
@@ -31,15 +32,16 @@ fn definition(sql: &rusqlite::Connection) -> String {
 }
 
 /// Rewrites a fresh Store into the format the daemons before `49499abac`
-/// wrote: no `binding_hint` table (nor the later #353 lineage and #355 merge
-/// tables), and the
-/// schema source and definition they recorded.
+/// wrote: no `binding_hint` table (nor the later lineage, merge, digest or
+/// attribution schema), and the schema source and definition they recorded.
 fn make_old(path: &std::path::Path) {
     let sql = rusqlite::Connection::open(path).unwrap();
     sql.execute_batch(
         "DROP TABLE binding_hint; DROP TABLE layer_lineage; DROP TABLE commit_lineage; \
          DROP TABLE absorbed; DROP TABLE reach; DROP TABLE merge_operation; \
-         DROP TABLE merge_record; DROP TABLE file_digest;",
+         DROP TABLE merge_record; DROP TABLE file_digest; \
+         ALTER TABLE \"commit\" DROP COLUMN author; \
+         ALTER TABLE \"commit\" DROP COLUMN labels;",
     )
     .unwrap();
     let source: String = sql
@@ -49,7 +51,8 @@ fn make_old(path: &std::path::Path) {
         .replacen(&hint_table(), "", 1)
         .replacen(LINEAGE, "", 1)
         .replacen(SCRATCH, "", 1)
-        .replacen(DIGESTS, "", 1);
+        .replacen(DIGESTS, "", 1)
+        .replacen(ATTRIBUTION, "", 1);
     assert_ne!(old, source, "the history schema holds the table");
     sql.execute(
         "UPDATE history_meta SET schema_source=?1, schema_definition=?2",
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/error.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/error.rs
index d2d75e8289..f3f6f654e4 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/error.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/error.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 use layerfs_content::ContentError;
 use layerfs_history::HistoryError;
 use layerfs_storage::port::acquisition::{AcquisitionError, AcquisitionWork, Owner};
+#[cfg(unix)] // read by the (Unix) outcome and malformed constructors below
 use layerfs_storage::port::PersistenceError;
 use layerfs_storage::StorageError;
 use std::{fmt, io, path::PathBuf};
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for SourceRefusal {
 }
 impl ProjectError {
     /// A refusal of the source entry at `path`.
+    #[cfg(unix)] // every caller scans or constructs the (Unix) Init path
     pub(crate) fn refused(reason: SourceRefusal, path: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Self {
         Self::InvalidInput {
             reason,
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/hints.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/hints.rs
index f5f002fdce..6bb5c8d921 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/hints.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/hints.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 //! Name bindings a new saved tree adds, recorded as path hints for readers.
+//! The recording runs on the (Unix) Init path only; the module stays portable.
+#[cfg(unix)] // the whole body is called only by the (Unix) Init's publication
 use crate::{ProjectError, ProjectResult};
+#[cfg(unix)]
 use layerfs_content::compare::{new_bindings, TreeTable};
+#[cfg(unix)]
 use layerfs_content::filesystem::FilesystemRootId;
+#[cfg(unix)]
 use layerfs_content::{AuthenticatedObjects, ContentError};
+#[cfg(unix)]
 use layerfs_history::{BindingHint, HistoryCatalog};
 
 /// Rows one hint write transaction carries.
+#[cfg(unix)] // recorded only by the (Unix) Init path
 const BATCH: usize = 4096;
 
 /// Records every name binding `right` holds that `left` does not, in bounded
 /// write transactions, and returns how many rows it recorded. `left` is a
 /// saved tree whose bindings are already recorded; Init, which has none,
 /// records every binding of its tree. Work follows the change between them.
+#[cfg(unix)] // called only by the (Unix) Init's history publication
 pub(crate) fn record_new_bindings(
     reader: &dyn AuthenticatedObjects,
     catalog: &dyn HistoryCatalog,
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/observe.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/observe.rs
index b785448f4a..31658785f6 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/observe.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-project/src/import/observe.rs
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ impl InitCounters {
         self.step.store(index as u8, Relaxed);
     }
     /// One more source entry observed.
+    #[cfg(unix)] // counted only by the (Unix) scan
     pub(crate) fn entry(&self) {
         self.entries.fetch_add(1, Relaxed);
     }
     /// One more regular-file identity constructed, of `len` bytes.
+    #[cfg(unix)] // counted only by the (Unix) file construction
     pub(crate) fn built(&self, len: u64) {
         self.files.fetch_add(1, Relaxed);
         self.bytes.fetch_add(len, Relaxed);
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-project/tests/support/memory_history.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-project/tests/support/memory_history.rs
index fbc9fbf66c..af5b928561 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-project/tests/support/memory_history.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-project/tests/support/memory_history.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ impl HistoryCatalog for MemoryHistory {
     fn commit(&self, _id: CommitId) -> HistoryResult<Option<CommitRecord>> {
         Err(HistoryError::Unsupported("memory Init fixture operation"))
     }
+    fn is_published(&self, _head: LayerId, _commit: &CommitRecord) -> HistoryResult<bool> {
+        Err(HistoryError::Unsupported("memory Init fixture operation"))
+    }
     fn commit_history(
         &self,
         _request: &CommitHistoryRequest,
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/Cargo.toml b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8e2ed44c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[package]
+name = "layerfs-python"
+description = "Python binding for the LayerFS Python SDK (local preparation; not published)"
+publish = false
+workspace = "../../.."
+edition.workspace = true
+version.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+[lib]
+name = "_native"
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+pyo3 = { version = "0.30.1", features = ["abi3-py310", "extension-module"] }
+layerfs-api = { path = "../layerfs-api" }
+layerfs-bridge = { path = "../layerfs-bridge" }
+layerfs-history = { path = "../../../core/crates/layerfs-history" }
+layerfs-persistence = { path = "../layerfs-persistence" }
+layerfs-project = { path = "../layerfs-project" }
+layerfs-storage = { path = "../../../core/crates/layerfs-storage" }
+layerfs-store-service = { path = "../layerfs-store-service" }
+layerfs-telemetry = { path = "../../../core/crates/layerfs-telemetry" }
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/README.md b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8530cd245c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# LayerFS Python SDK
+
+Local package preparation for the Area P Python client. The distribution name
+is `layerfs`; this tree does not publish it. Linux uses the public Rust API in
+the calling process. macOS and Windows consume `LAYERFS_WORKER_ENDPOINT` with
+the existing authenticated length-prefixed JSON worker protocol. Python
+3.10–3.13 is the initial wheel range, built through the ABI3 subset.
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/pyproject.toml b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e85695bfa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["maturin>=1.16,<2.0"]
+build-backend = "maturin"
+
+[project]
+name = "layerfs"
+version = "1.1.0"
+description = "Python SDK for LayerFS (local preparation; not published)"
+requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
+license = { text = "MIT" }
+
+[tool.maturin]
+module-name = "layerfs._native"
+python-source = "python"
+features = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
+compatibility = "linux"
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/__init__.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b4a0749b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""Python SDK for LayerFS. Local distribution preparation only; not published."""
+
+from ._client import INIT_TIMEOUT_MS, LayerFS
+from ._errors import LayerFSError
+
+__all__ = ["INIT_TIMEOUT_MS", "LayerFS", "LayerFSError"]
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_client.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aaadd9ad3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import secrets
+import time
+
+from ._errors import LayerFSError
+from ._methods import Backend, Branch, FS, Project, Sandbox, Workspace
+from ._results import Results, outcome_fields, started
+from ._scope import check_scope, scope_args, scope_branches
+from ._util import OMIT, clean, page, page_of, safe_integer
+
+
+INIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 300_000
+
+
+def make_transport():
+    endpoint = os.environ.get("LAYERFS_WORKER_ENDPOINT")
+    if endpoint and os.name != "posix":
+        from ._worker import WorkerTransport
+
+        return WorkerTransport(endpoint)
+    if endpoint and not __import__("sys").platform.startswith("linux"):
+        from ._worker import WorkerTransport
+
+        return WorkerTransport(endpoint)
+    from ._native_transport import NativeTransport
+
+    return NativeTransport()
+
+
+def _plain_options(value):
+    return isinstance(value, dict)
+
+
+def resolve_options(given):
+    if given is OMIT:
+        given = {}
+    if not _plain_options(given):
+        raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "LayerFS options must be a plain object")
+    for key in given:
+        if key not in ("home", "trace", "deploy", "storePolicy", "storePath", "scope"):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", f'unknown LayerFS option "{key}"')
+
+    def env(name):
+        return os.environ.get(f"LAYERFS_{name}") or None
+
+    def field(name, env_name):
+        value = given.get(name, OMIT)
+        if value is OMIT:
+            return env(env_name)
+        if not isinstance(value, str) or not value:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", f'LayerFS option "{name}" must be a non-empty string')
+        return value
+
+    deploy_given = given.get("deploy", {})
+    if not _plain_options(deploy_given):
+        raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", 'LayerFS option "deploy" must be a plain object')
+    for key in deploy_given:
+        if key not in ("docker", "image", "volume", "daemon", "containerPrefix", "daemonHost"):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", f'unknown LayerFS deploy option "{key}"')
+
+    def deploy_field(name, env_name):
+        value = deploy_given.get(name, OMIT)
+        if value is OMIT:
+            return env(env_name)
+        if not isinstance(value, str) or not value:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", f'LayerFS option "deploy.{name}" must be a non-empty string')
+        return value
+
+    policy = given.get("storePolicy", OMIT)
+    if policy is OMIT:
+        policy = env("STORE_POLICY")
+    elif isinstance(policy, str):
+        if not policy:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", 'LayerFS option "storePolicy" must be JSON text or a plain object')
+    elif isinstance(policy, dict):
+        try:
+            policy = json.dumps(policy, separators=(",", ":"), ensure_ascii=False)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError) as error:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", 'LayerFS option "storePolicy" must be JSON text or a plain object') from error
+    else:
+        raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", 'LayerFS option "storePolicy" must be JSON text or a plain object')
+    deploy = {
+        "docker": deploy_field("docker", "DOCKER") or "/var/run/docker.sock",
+        "image": deploy_field("image", "IMAGE"),
+        "volume": deploy_field("volume", "VOLUME"),
+        "daemon": deploy_field("daemon", "DAEMON"),
+    }
+    for name, env_name in (("containerPrefix", "CONTAINER_PREFIX"), ("daemonHost", "DAEMON_HOST")):
+        value = deploy_field(name, env_name)
+        if value:
+            deploy[name] = value
+    scope = check_scope(given.get("scope", OMIT))
+    res = {
+        "home": field("home", "HOME"),
+        "trace": field("trace", "TRACE"),
+        "deploy": deploy,
+        "storePolicy": policy,
+        "storePath": field("storePath", "STORE_PATH"),
+    }
+    if scope:
+        res["scope"] = scope
+    return res
+
+
+def _summary(args):
+    content = {"content", "bytes", "oldText", "newText"}
+    settings = {"deploy", "home", "project", "storePath"}
+    result = {}
+    for name, value in args.items():
+        if name in settings:
+            continue
+        if name in content:
+            result[f"{name}Bytes"] = len(value.encode("utf-8")) if isinstance(value, str) else len(value or b"")
+        elif name == "changes" and isinstance(value, list):
+            result["changes"] = len(value)
+            result["changeBytes"] = sum(
+                len(change[field].encode("utf-8")) if isinstance(change.get(field), str) else len(change.get(field) or b"")
+                for change in value if isinstance(change, dict) for field in content if field in change
+            )
+        elif isinstance(value, str):
+            result[name] = value[:200] + "…" if len(value) > 200 else value
+        elif isinstance(value, (int, float, bool)) or value is None:
+            result[name] = value
+        elif isinstance(value, list):
+            result[name] = len(value)
+    return result
+
+
+def _write_trace(file, line):
+    try:
+        with open(file, "a", encoding="utf-8") as output:
+            output.write(json.dumps(line, separators=(",", ":"), ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+
+class LayerFS:
+    def __init__(self, project_name, token=None, options=OMIT):
+        if token is not self._FACTORY:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "use `await LayerFS.open(name)` or `await LayerFS.init(name, folder)`; there is no public constructor")
+        if not isinstance(project_name, str) or not re.fullmatch(r"[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9_.-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?", project_name):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "a project name is required")
+        self.project_name = project_name
+        self.options = resolve_options(options)
+        self._closed = None
+        self._transport = make_transport()
+        self._results = Results()
+        self._comparable = {}
+        self.fs = FS(self)
+        self.project = Project(self)
+        self.branch = Branch(self)
+        self.sandbox = Sandbox(self)
+        self.workspace = Workspace(self)
+        self.backend = None if self.options.get("scope") else Backend(self)
+
+    _FACTORY = object()
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def open(cls, project_name, options=OMIT):
+        client = cls(project_name, cls._FACTORY, options)
+        await client._opened()
+        return client
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def init(cls, project_name, folder, timeout=OMIT, options=OMIT):
+        if timeout is OMIT:
+            timeout = INIT_TIMEOUT_MS
+        client = cls(project_name, cls._FACTORY, options)
+        if client.options.get("scope"):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "LayerFS.init does not accept scope; open the existing project with a scope instead")
+        client.created = await client._init(folder, timeout)
+        await client._opened()
+        return client
+
+    @property
+    def projectName(self):
+        return self.project_name
+
+    def _project_args(self):
+        return {"project": self.project_name, "home": self.options["home"], "deploy": self.options["deploy"]}
+
+    def _store_args(self):
+        return {"storePath": self.options["storePath"]} if self.options["storePath"] else {}
+
+    async def _opened(self):
+        if not self.options["storePath"]:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "a LayerFS client needs storePath (LAYERFS_STORE_PATH), the project's installed Store")
+        self._answer(await self._transport.store_open({**self._project_args(), **self._store_args()}))
+        try:
+            await self._record("project.list_branches", {
+                **self._project_args(), **self._store_args(), "pageSize": 1, "pagePos": 0,
+            }, self._transport.call)
+        except Exception:
+            try:
+                await self._transport.store_close({**self._project_args(), **self._store_args()})
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            raise
+        self._closed = False
+
+    async def _init(self, folder, timeout):
+        if not safe_integer(timeout) or timeout <= 0:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "timeout must be a positive whole number of milliseconds")
+        text = self.options["storePolicy"]
+        policy = OMIT
+        if text is not None:
+            try:
+                policy = json.loads(text)
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                policy = None
+            if not isinstance(policy, dict):
+                raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "LAYERFS_STORE_POLICY must be a JSON object { smallFileThreshold, wholeFileDepth, chunkDepth, metadataDepth }")
+        try:
+            return await self._record("project.init", {
+                **self._project_args(), **self._store_args(), "path": folder, "name": self.project_name,
+                "policy": policy, "timeoutMs": timeout,
+            }, self._transport.call)
+        except LayerFSError as error:
+            if policy is not OMIT and error.code == "InvalidInput" and re.match(r"policy[.:]", error.raw_message):
+                raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", f"LAYERFS_STORE_POLICY {error.raw_message}", error.detail) from error
+            raise
+
+    def _live(self):
+        if self._closed is not False:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", f"this LayerFS client of {self.project_name} is closed; open another with LayerFS.open")
+
+    async def call(self, method, args):
+        if isinstance(method, str) and re.match(r"^(backend|runtime)\.", method):
+            raise LayerFSError("UnknownMethod", "backend and runtime methods are @layerfs/backend's and @layerfs/runtime's")
+        scope = self.options.get("scope")
+        scoped_args = scope_args(scope, method, args)
+        if scope and method == "project.list_branches":
+            return await self._scoped_branches(scope, scoped_args)
+        return await self._invoke(method, scoped_args)
+
+    async def _scoped_branches(self, scope, args):
+        """Lists the complete Branch namespace, then applies the caller's page to it."""
+        args = args or {}
+        requested = page(args.get("pageSize", OMIT), args.get("pagePos", OMIT))
+        items = []
+        page_pos = 0
+        while True:
+            answer = await self._invoke("project.list_branches", {**args, "pageSize": 1000, "pagePos": page_pos})
+            items.extend(scope_branches(scope, answer.get("items", [])))
+            if not answer.get("hasMore"):
+                break
+            page_pos = answer["nextPagePos"]
+        return page_of(items, requested["pageSize"], requested["pagePos"])
+
+    async def _invoke(self, method, args):
+        self._live()
+        return await self._record(method, {**self._project_args(), **self._store_args(), **args}, self._transport.call)
+
+    async def _invoke_backend(self, method, args):
+        self._live()
+        return await self._record(method, {**self._project_args(), **self._store_args(), **args}, self._transport.backend_call)
+
+    async def _record(self, method, args, send):
+        args = clean(args)
+        trace = self.options["trace"]
+        scope = secrets.token_hex(32) if trace else None
+        start = started()
+        began = time.perf_counter()
+        line = None
+        if trace:
+            line = {"layerfs_trace": 1, "id": f"p4-{secrets.token_hex(4)}", "method": method,
+                    **({"project": args["project"]} if isinstance(args.get("project"), str) else {}),
+                    "args": _summary(args), "start": start, "scope": scope, "phase": "end"}
+            if os.environ.get("LAYERFS_TRACE_STEP"):
+                line["step"] = os.environ["LAYERFS_TRACE_STEP"][:200]
+            if os.environ.get("LAYERFS_TRACE_START") == "1":
+                _write_trace(trace, {**line, "phase": "start"})
+        sent = {**args, "observe": scope} if scope else args
+        try:
+            answer = await send(method, sent)
+        except Exception as error:
+            ms = round((time.perf_counter() - began) * 1000, 3)
+            code = error.code if isinstance(error, LayerFSError) else None
+            message = error.message if isinstance(error, LayerFSError) else str(error)
+            self._results.append({"method": method, "start": start, "ms": ms, "ok": False, "code": code, "message": message})
+            if line:
+                _write_trace(trace, {**line, "ms": ms, "ok": False, "code": code, "message": message})
+            raise
+        ms = round((time.perf_counter() - began) * 1000, 3)
+        plain = {key: value for key, value in answer.items() if key not in ("telemetry", "client")}
+        refusal = plain.get("refused")
+        if refusal:
+            record = {"method": method, "start": start, "ms": ms, "ok": False,
+                      "code": refusal["code"], "message": refusal["message"]}
+        else:
+            record = {"method": method, "start": start, "ms": ms, "ok": True,
+                      **outcome_fields(method, plain.get("value"))}
+        self._results.append(record)
+        if line:
+            _write_trace(trace, {**line, **{key: value for key, value in record.items() if key != "method"}})
+        return self._answer(plain)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _answer(answer):
+        if answer.get("refused"):
+            refusal = answer["refused"]
+            raise LayerFSError(refusal["code"], refusal["message"], refusal.get("detail"))
+        return answer.get("value")
+
+    def results(self, after=0):
+        return self._results.read(after)
+
+    async def close(self):
+        if self._closed is not False:
+            return
+        self._closed = True
+        self._answer(await self._transport.store_close({**self._project_args(), **self._store_args()}))
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
+        await self.close()
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_errors.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_errors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..148865b3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_errors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class LayerFSError(Exception):
+    """A typed LayerFS refusal, with Node's prefixed message text."""
+
+    def __init__(self, code, message, detail=None):
+        self.code = code
+        self.message = f"{code}: {message}"
+        self.detail = detail if detail is not None else None
+        self.raw_message = message
+        super().__init__(self.message)
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_methods.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_methods.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dde89b712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_methods.py
@@ -0,0 +1,372 @@
+from ._errors import LayerFSError
+from ._util import (
+    OMIT, body, checked_message, commit_options, deployment, diff_options,
+    page, page_of, sandbox_arg, workspace_args, write_options,
+)
+
+
+class FS:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def read(self, ref, path, start_line=1, end_line=OMIT, options=OMIT):
+        if options is OMIT:
+            options = {}
+        if not isinstance(options, dict):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "options must be { binary?, offset? }")
+        for key in options:
+            if key not in ("binary", "offset"):
+                raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", f'unknown fs.read option "{key}"')
+        binary = options.get("binary", False)
+        offset = options.get("offset")
+        if not isinstance(binary, bool):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "binary must be a boolean")
+        if offset is not None and not isinstance(offset, str):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "offset must be a string or null")
+        args = {"branch": ref, "path": path, "startLine": start_line, "endLine": end_line, "binary": binary}
+        if isinstance(offset, str):
+            args["offset"] = offset
+        return await self.client.call("fs.read", args)
+
+    async def list(self, ref, path="/", page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.list", {"branch": ref, "path": path, **page(page_size, page_pos)})
+
+    async def stat(self, ref, path):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.stat", {"branch": ref, "path": path})
+
+    async def grep(self, ref, pattern, path="/", page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.grep", {"branch": ref, "pattern": pattern, "path": path, **page(page_size, page_pos)})
+
+    async def glob(self, ref, pattern, path="/", page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.glob", {"branch": ref, "pattern": pattern, "path": path, **page(page_size, page_pos)})
+
+    async def diff_files(self, left_ref, left_path, right_ref, right_path):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.diff_files", {
+            "branch": left_ref,
+            "left": {"commit": left_ref, "path": left_path},
+            "right": {"commit": right_ref, "path": right_path},
+        })
+
+    async def blame(self, ref, path, from_line=1):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.blame", {"branch": ref, "path": path, "fromLine": from_line})
+
+    async def write(self, branch, path, content, options=OMIT):
+        data = {"content": content} if isinstance(content, str) else {"bytes": body(content)}
+        return await self.client.call("fs.write", {"branch": branch, "path": path, **data, **write_options(options)})
+
+    async def edit(self, branch, path, old_text, new_text, message=OMIT):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.edit", {
+            "branch": branch, "path": path, "oldText": old_text, "newText": new_text,
+            "message": checked_message(message),
+        })
+
+    async def apply(self, branch, changes, message=OMIT):
+        if isinstance(changes, list):
+            changes = [self._change(change) for change in changes]
+        return await self.client.call("fs.apply", {"branch": branch, "changes": changes, "message": checked_message(message)})
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _change(change):
+        if not isinstance(change, dict) or change.get("op") != "write":
+            return change
+        result = dict(change)
+        if "content" in result and not isinstance(result["content"], str) and "bytes" not in result:
+            result["bytes"] = body(result.pop("content"))
+        if "bytes" in result:
+            result["bytes"] = body(result["bytes"])
+        return result
+
+    async def mkdir(self, branch, path, options=OMIT):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.mkdir", {"branch": branch, "path": path, "recursive": True, **write_options(options)})
+
+    async def rm(self, branch, path, message=OMIT):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.rm", {"branch": branch, "path": path, "recursive": True, "message": checked_message(message)})
+
+    async def cp(self, branch, from_path, to_path, message=OMIT):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.cp", {"branch": branch, "from": from_path, "to": to_path, "recursive": True, "message": checked_message(message)})
+
+    async def mv(self, branch, from_path, to_path, message=OMIT):
+        return await self.client.call("fs.mv", {"branch": branch, "from": from_path, "to": to_path, "message": checked_message(message)})
+
+
+class Project:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def list_branches(self, page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        return await self.client.call("project.list_branches", page(page_size, page_pos))
+
+    async def list_sandboxes(self, page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        page(page_size, page_pos)
+        value = await self.client._invoke("project.list_sandboxes", {})
+        items = [{key: item.get(key) for key in ("sandbox", "name", "image", "workspaces")} for item in value["items"]]
+        return page_of(items, page_size, page_pos)
+
+
+class Branch:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def list_commits(self, branch, page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        return await self.client.call("branch.list_commits", {"branch": branch, **page(page_size, page_pos)})
+
+    async def graph(self, branch, page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        return await self.client.call("branch.graph", {"branch": branch, **page(page_size, page_pos)})
+
+    async def changed_paths(self, commit, page_size=50, page_pos=0, options=OMIT):
+        return await self.client.call("branch.changed_paths", {"commit": commit, **page(page_size, page_pos), **diff_options(options)})
+
+    async def diff_commits(self, from_commit, to_commit, page_size=50, page_pos=0, options=OMIT):
+        return await self.client.call("branch.diff_commits", {"from": from_commit, "to": to_commit, **page(page_size, page_pos), **diff_options(options)})
+
+    async def diff_branches(self, from_branch, to_branch, page_size=50, page_pos=0, options=OMIT):
+        return await self.client.call("branch.diff_branches", {"from": from_branch, "to": to_branch, **page(page_size, page_pos), **diff_options(options)})
+
+    async def fork(self, name, from_ref="main"):
+        return await self.client.call("branch.fork", {"name": name, "from": from_ref})
+
+    async def merge(self, a, b, name, message=OMIT, units=OMIT):
+        return await self.client.call("branch.merge", {
+            "branch": a, "with": b, "name": name, "message": checked_message(message), "units": units,
+        })
+
+    async def publish(self, branch, commit=OMIT):
+        return await self.client.call("branch.publish", {"branch": branch, "commit": commit})
+
+
+class Sandbox:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def create(self, options=OMIT):
+        if options is OMIT:
+            options = {}
+        if not isinstance(options, dict) or ("image" in options and not isinstance(options["image"], str)):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "options are { image? }, an image digest")
+        selected = dict(self.client.options["deploy"])
+        if options.get("image"):
+            selected["image"] = options["image"]
+        value = await self.client._invoke("sandbox.create", {"deploy": deployment(selected)})
+        return {"sandbox": value["sandbox"], "image": value["image"]}
+
+    async def list_workspaces(self, sandbox, page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        page(page_size, page_pos)
+        value = await self.client._invoke("sandbox.list_workspaces", {"sandbox": sandbox_arg(sandbox)})
+        activity = {"idle": "Idle", "committing": "Busy", "attaching": "Busy", "closing": "Closing", "uncertain": "Uncertain", "failed": "Failed"}
+        items = []
+        for item in value.get("workspaces", []):
+            if not item.get("mounted") or not item.get("directory"):
+                continue
+            dirty = item.get("dirty")
+            items.append({
+                "sandbox": sandbox,
+                "path": item["directory"],
+                "branch": item.get("branch"),
+                "base": item.get("base"),
+                "activity": activity.get(item.get("activity"), item.get("activity")),
+                "changed": dirty["inodes"] + dirty["entries"] > 0 if dirty else None,
+                "workspace": item.get("workspace"),
+                "state": item.get("activity"),
+                "dirty": dirty,
+                "headMovedSinceMount": item.get("headMovedSinceMount"),
+                "pendingMerge": bool(item.get("pendingMerge")),
+            })
+        return {**page_of(items, page_size, page_pos), "version": value.get("version")}
+
+    async def close(self, sandbox):
+        return await self.client._invoke("sandbox.close", {"sandbox": sandbox_arg(sandbox)})
+
+
+class Workspace:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def mount(self, sandbox, branch=OMIT):
+        import re
+
+        scope = self.client.options.get("scope")
+        if scope and branch is not OMIT:
+            from ._scope import out_of_scope
+
+            raise out_of_scope("branch")
+        selected = "main" if scope else branch
+        if not isinstance(sandbox, str) or not re.fullmatch(r"[1-9][0-9]{0,9}", sandbox) or not isinstance(selected, str):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", 'workspace.mount(sandbox, branch) takes a Sandbox number such as "1" (from sandbox.create() or project.list_sandboxes()) and a Branch name, and no options')
+        value = await self.client.call("workspace.mount", {"sandbox": sandbox, "branch": selected})
+        return {"sandbox": value["sandbox"], "path": value["path"], "image": value["image"]}
+
+    async def exec(self, workspace, command, message=OMIT):
+        value = await self.client.call("workspace.exec", {
+            **workspace_args(workspace), "command": command, "message": checked_message(message),
+        })
+        if "output" not in value:
+            return value
+        output = value.pop("output")
+        try:
+            for name in ("stdout", "stderr"):
+                if value.get(name) is not None:
+                    continue
+                chunks = []
+                offset = 0
+                while True:
+                    answer = await self.client._transport.exec_output({"output": output, "stream": name, "offset": offset})
+                    page_value = self.client._answer(answer)
+                    chunk = page_value["data"]
+                    chunks.append(chunk)
+                    offset += len(chunk)
+                    if page_value["end"]:
+                        break
+                    if not chunk:
+                        raise LayerFSError("Failed", f"{name} page at {offset} was empty")
+                value[f"{name}Bytes"] = offset
+                value[name] = b"".join(chunks).decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+        finally:
+            await self.client._transport.call("workspace.exec_release", {"output": output})
+        return value
+
+    async def commit(self, workspace, message=OMIT, force=False, options=OMIT):
+        force = False if force is None or force is OMIT else bool(force)
+        return await self.client._invoke("workspace.commit", {
+            **workspace_args(workspace), "message": checked_message(message), "force": force,
+            **commit_options(options),
+        })
+
+    async def unmount(self, workspace, discard=False, force=False):
+        return await self.client._invoke("workspace.unmount", {**workspace_args(workspace), "discard": discard, "force": force})
+
+
+class StoreProject:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def get_summary(self):
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.store.project.get_summary", {})
+
+    async def get_history(self, since=OMIT):
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.store.project.get_history", {"since": since})
+
+    async def get_storage(self, options=OMIT):
+        if options is OMIT:
+            options = {}
+        if not isinstance(options, dict):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "options must be an object")
+        for key in options:
+            if key != "commits":
+                raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", f"unknown option {key}")
+        commits = options.get("commits", OMIT)
+        if commits is not OMIT and not isinstance(commits, bool):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "commits must be a boolean")
+        value = await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.store.project.get_storage", {"commits": commits})
+        for key in ("dedupe", "compression"):
+            if value.get(key) is not None:
+                value[key] = float(value[key])
+        return value
+
+    async def get_comparable(self, ref):
+        import re
+
+        if not isinstance(ref, str) or not re.fullmatch(r"[0-9a-f]{64,68}", ref):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "ref must be a saved Commit or Layer id")
+        known = self.client._comparable
+        if ref not in known:
+            history = await self.get_history()
+            if len(known) > 100000:
+                known.clear()
+            by_root = {}
+            roots = {}
+            for commit in history.get("commits", []):
+                known[commit["id"]] = {"commit": commit["id"], "root": commit["root"], "exact": True}
+                by_root[commit["root"]] = commit["id"]
+                roots[commit["id"]] = commit["root"]
+            for layer in history.get("layers", []):
+                same = by_root.get(layer["root"])
+                if same:
+                    known[layer["id"]] = {"commit": same, "root": layer["root"], "exact": True}
+                elif layer.get("sourceCommit") and layer["sourceCommit"] not in roots:
+                    known[layer["id"]] = {"commit": layer["sourceCommit"], "root": layer["root"], "exact": False}
+                else:
+                    known[layer["id"]] = None
+        found = known.get(ref)
+        if not found:
+            raise LayerFSError("NotComparable", "LayerFS compares Commits, and this Layer has no Commit with the same files (Init's Layer, or a publish that merged)", {"ref": ref})
+        return dict(found)
+
+    async def list_overwritten(self, layer, page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.store.project.list_overwritten", {"layer": layer, **page(page_size, page_pos)})
+
+
+class StoreBranch:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def list_commit_storage(self, branch, page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.store.branch.list_commit_storage", {"branch": branch, **page(page_size, page_pos)})
+
+
+class StoreFS:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def get_storage(self, ref, path):
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.store.fs.get_storage", {"branch": ref, "path": path})
+
+    async def list_revisions(self, ref, path, page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.store.fs.list_revisions", {"branch": ref, "path": path, **page(page_size, page_pos)})
+
+
+class DaemonWorkspace:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def status(self, workspace):
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.daemon.workspace.status", workspace_args(workspace))
+
+    async def list_changes(self, workspace, page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.daemon.workspace.list_changes", {**workspace_args(workspace), **page(page_size, page_pos)})
+
+    async def get_storage(self, workspace):
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.daemon.workspace.get_storage", workspace_args(workspace))
+
+
+class DaemonProcess:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def start(self, workspace, command):
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.daemon.process.start", {**workspace_args(workspace), "command": command, "background": True})
+
+    async def list(self, page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+        page(page_size, page_pos)
+        value = await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.daemon.process.list", {})
+        return page_of(value.get("items", []), page_size, page_pos)
+
+    async def cancel(self, process):
+        if not isinstance(process, str) or not process:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "a process is its id from process.start or process.list")
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.daemon.process.cancel", {"process": process})
+
+
+class DaemonSandbox:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def get_log(self, sandbox, options=OMIT):
+        if options is OMIT:
+            options = {}
+        lines = options.get("lines", 200) if isinstance(options, dict) else None
+        from ._util import safe_integer
+
+        if not safe_integer(lines) or not 1 <= lines <= 2000 or not isinstance(options, dict) or "since" in options:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "options are { lines }: 1..2000 (a `since` time is not supported)")
+        return await self.client._invoke_backend("backend.daemon.sandbox.get_log", {"sandbox": sandbox_arg(sandbox), "lines": lines})
+
+
+class _Namespace:
+    def __init__(self, **groups):
+        self.__dict__.update(groups)
+
+
+class Backend:
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.store = _Namespace(project=StoreProject(client), branch=StoreBranch(client), fs=StoreFS(client))
+        self.daemon = _Namespace(workspace=DaemonWorkspace(client), process=DaemonProcess(client), sandbox=DaemonSandbox(client))
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_native_transport.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_native_transport.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bc98b9baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_native_transport.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import asyncio
+from ._util import clean
+
+
+class NativeTransport:
+    def __init__(self):
+        from . import _native
+
+        self.native = _native
+
+    async def call(self, op, args):
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.native.call, op, clean(args))
+
+    async def backend_call(self, op, args):
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.native.backend_call, op, clean(args))
+
+    async def store_open(self, args):
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.native.store_open, clean(args))
+
+    async def store_close(self, args):
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.native.store_close, clean(args))
+
+    async def exec_output(self, args):
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.native.exec_output, clean(args))
+
+    async def close(self):
+        return None
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_results.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_results.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66fcb5a41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_results.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+from collections import deque
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+import threading
+from ._errors import LayerFSError
+from ._util import MAX_SAFE
+
+
+PUBLISHING = {
+    "fs.write", "fs.edit", "fs.apply", "fs.mkdir", "fs.rm", "fs.cp", "fs.mv",
+    "workspace.commit", "branch.merge", "branch.publish",
+}
+
+
+def started():
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(timespec="milliseconds").replace("+00:00", "Z")
+
+
+def outcome_fields(method, value):
+    if not isinstance(value, dict):
+        return {}
+    result = {}
+    if "kind" in value:
+        result["kind"] = value["kind"]
+    record = value.get("commit") if isinstance(value.get("commit"), dict) else None
+    commit = None
+    if record and "id" in record:
+        commit = record["id"]
+    elif isinstance(value.get("commit"), str):
+        commit = value["commit"]
+    elif method in PUBLISHING:
+        source = value.get("source")
+        if isinstance(source, dict):
+            commit = source.get("commit")
+        if commit is None:
+            commit = value.get("head")
+    if commit is not None:
+        result["commit"] = commit
+    if method in PUBLISHING and isinstance(value.get("publishedLayer"), dict) and value["publishedLayer"].get("id"):
+        result["layer"] = value["publishedLayer"]["id"]
+    if record and "logical" in record:
+        result["sizes"] = {
+            key: record[key]
+            for key in ("logical", "newCanonical", "newStored", "newMetadata")
+            if key in record
+        }
+    return result
+
+
+class Results:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._records = deque(maxlen=1024)
+        self._next = 1
+        self._evicted = 0
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def append(self, record):
+        with self._lock:
+            record["seq"] = self._next
+            self._next += 1
+            if len(self._records) == 1024:
+                self._evicted += 1
+            self._records.append(record)
+
+    def read(self, after=0):
+        if after is None:
+            after = 0
+        if isinstance(after, bool) or not isinstance(after, int) or after < 0 or after > MAX_SAFE:
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "after must be a nonnegative safe integer")
+        with self._lock:
+            items = [dict(record) for record in self._records if record["seq"] > after]
+            oldest = self._records[0]["seq"] if self._records else self._next
+            result = {
+                "items": items,
+                "next": items[-1]["seq"] if items else after,
+                "evicted": self._evicted,
+            }
+            if after + 1 < oldest:
+                result["stale"] = True
+            return result
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_scope.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_scope.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..782dc50b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_scope.py
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+import re
+
+from ._errors import LayerFSError
+from ._util import OMIT
+
+
+HISTORY_NAME = re.compile(r"^[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9_.-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$")
+IDENTITY = re.compile(r"^[0-9a-f]{66}$")
+HISTORY = {"branch.list_commits", "branch.graph", "branch.changed_paths", "branch.diff_commits", "branch.diff_branches"}
+PATHS = {
+    "fs.list": ["path"], "fs.glob": ["path"], "fs.grep": ["path"],
+    "fs.stat": ["path"], "fs.read": ["path"], "fs.blame": ["path"],
+    "fs.write": ["path"], "fs.edit": ["path"], "fs.mkdir": ["path"],
+    "fs.rm": ["path"], "fs.cp": ["from", "to"], "fs.mv": ["from", "to"],
+}
+FILE_REFS = set(PATHS.keys()) | {"fs.apply", "fs.diff_files"}
+
+
+def out_of_scope(kind):
+    return LayerFSError("InvalidInput", f"out of scope: {kind}", None)
+
+
+def _canonical(path):
+    if not isinstance(path, str):
+        return False
+    if path == "/":
+        return True
+    if not path.startswith("/"):
+        return False
+    parts = path.split("/")[1:]
+    return not any(not part or part in (".", "..") for part in parts)
+
+
+def check_scope(scope):
+    if scope is OMIT:
+        return None
+    if not isinstance(scope, dict):
+        raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "scope must be { folder, branch? }", None)
+    for key in scope:
+        if key not in ("folder", "branch"):
+            raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", f'unknown scope option "{key}"', None)
+    folder = scope.get("folder")
+    if not _canonical(folder):
+        raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "scope.folder must be a canonical project-root absolute path", None)
+    branch = scope.get("branch")
+    if branch is not None and (not isinstance(branch, str) or not HISTORY_NAME.match(branch)):
+        raise LayerFSError("InvalidInput", "scope.branch must be a slash-free HistoryName namespace prefix", None)
+    result = {"folder": folder}
+    if branch is not None:
+        result["branch"] = branch
+    return result
+
+
+def _inside(path, folder):
+    if not _canonical(path):
+        return False
+    if folder == "/":
+        return True
+    if path == folder:
+        return True
+    return path.startswith(f"{folder}/")
+
+
+def _branch_name(scope, name):
+    if not scope.get("branch"):
+        raise out_of_scope("branch")
+    if not isinstance(name, str) or not HISTORY_NAME.match(name):
+        raise out_of_scope("branch")
+    composed = f"{scope['branch']}.{name}"
+    if not HISTORY_NAME.match(composed):
+        raise out_of_scope("branch")
+    return composed
+
+
+def _ref(scope, name):
+    return name if isinstance(name, str) and IDENTITY.match(name) else _branch_name(scope, name)
+
+
+def _change_paths(change):
+    if isinstance(change, dict) and change.get("op") in ("cp", "mv"):
+        return [change.get("from"), change.get("to")]
+    return [change.get("path") if isinstance(change, dict) else None]
+
+
+def _paths_checked(scope, method, given):
+    if method == "fs.apply":
+        changes = given.get("changes")
+        if not isinstance(changes, list):
+            raise out_of_scope("path")
+        for change in changes:
+            for path in _change_paths(change):
+                if not _inside(path, scope["folder"]):
+                    raise out_of_scope("path")
+    elif method == "fs.diff_files":
+        left = given.get("left") or {}
+        right = given.get("right") or {}
+        if not _inside(left.get("path"), scope["folder"]) or not _inside(right.get("path"), scope["folder"]):
+            raise out_of_scope("path")
+    else:
+        for key in PATHS.get(method, []):
+            if not _inside(given.get(key), scope["folder"]):
+                raise out_of_scope("path")
+
+
+def scope_args(scope, method, given):
+    if not scope:
+        return given
+    if method in HISTORY:
+        raise out_of_scope("history")
+    if method == "events.subscribe":
+        raise out_of_scope("events")
+    given = dict(given)
+    if method in FILE_REFS:
+        _paths_checked(scope, method, given)
+        given["branch"] = _ref(scope, given.get("branch"))
+    if method == "fs.diff_files":
+        for side in ("left", "right"):
+            value = given.get(side) or {}
+            given[side] = {**value, "commit": _ref(scope, value.get("commit")), "path": value.get("path")}
+    elif method == "branch.fork":
+        given["name"] = _branch_name(scope, given.get("name"))
+        given["from"] = _ref(scope, given.get("from"))
+    elif method == "branch.merge":
+        given["branch"] = _branch_name(scope, given.get("branch"))
+        given["with"] = _branch_name(scope, given.get("with"))
+        given["name"] = _branch_name(scope, given.get("name"))
+    elif method == "branch.publish":
+        given["branch"] = _branch_name(scope, given.get("branch"))
+    elif method == "project.list_branches":
+        if not scope.get("branch"):
+            raise out_of_scope("branch")
+    elif method == "workspace.mount":
+        if "branch" in given and given["branch"] != "main":
+            raise out_of_scope("branch")
+        given["branch"] = _branch_name(scope, "main")
+    elif method == "workspace.exec":
+        if "cwd" in given and given["cwd"] != scope["folder"]:
+            raise out_of_scope("path")
+        given["cwd"] = scope["folder"]
+    return given
+
+
+def scope_branches(scope, items):
+    prefix = f"{scope['branch']}."
+    return [
+        {**item, "name": item["name"][len(prefix):]}
+        for item in items
+        if isinstance(item.get("name"), str) and item["name"].startswith(prefix)
+    ]
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_util.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33fea36e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+import re
+from ._errors import LayerFSError
+
+
+class _Omit:
+    pass
+
+
+OMIT = _Omit()
+MAX_SAFE = 9_007_199_254_740_991
+
+
+def clean(value):
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        return {key: clean(item) for key, item in value.items() if item is not OMIT}
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        return [clean(item) for item in value]
+    return value
+
+
+def invalid(message):
+    return LayerFSError("InvalidInput", message)
+
+
+def safe_integer(value):
+    return isinstance(value, int) and not isinstance(value, bool) and abs(value) <= MAX_SAFE
+
+
+def page(page_size=50, page_pos=0):
+    if page_size is None or page_size is OMIT:
+        page_size = 50
+    if page_pos is None or page_pos is OMIT:
+        page_pos = 0
+    if not safe_integer(page_size) or not 1 <= page_size <= 1000 or not safe_integer(page_pos) or page_pos < 0:
+        raise invalid("pageSize must be 1..1000 and pagePos a nonnegative safe integer")
+    return {"pageSize": page_size, "pagePos": page_pos}
+
+
+def page_of(items, page_size, page_pos):
+    if page_size is None or page_size is OMIT:
+        page_size = 50
+    if page_pos is None or page_pos is OMIT:
+        page_pos = 0
+    end = page_pos + page_size
+    return {
+        "items": items[page_pos:end],
+        "hasMore": end < len(items),
+        "nextPagePos": end if end < len(items) else None,
+    }
+
+
+def checked_text(value, name):
+    if value is OMIT or value is None:
+        return OMIT
+    try:
+        size = len(value.encode("utf-8")) if isinstance(value, str) else None
+    except UnicodeEncodeError:
+        size = None
+    if size is None or size > 4096 or any(
+        (ord(char) < 32 and char not in "\n\t") or 127 <= ord(char) <= 159 for char in value
+    ):
+        raise invalid(f"{name} must be UTF-8, at most 4096 bytes, with no controls except newline/tab")
+    return value
+
+
+def checked_message(message):
+    return checked_text(message, "message")
+
+
+def write_options(options):
+    if options is OMIT or options is None or isinstance(options, str):
+        return {"message": checked_message(options)}
+    if not isinstance(options, dict):
+        raise invalid("options must be a message string or { message, mode }")
+    result = {"message": checked_message(options.get("message", OMIT))}
+    if "mode" in options:
+        result["mode"] = options["mode"]
+    return result
+
+
+def diff_options(options):
+    if options is OMIT or options is None:
+        options = {}
+    if not isinstance(options, dict):
+        raise invalid("cursor must be a path string and hunks a boolean")
+    cursor = options.get("cursor")
+    hunks = options.get("hunks", OMIT)
+    if (cursor is not None and not isinstance(cursor, str)) or (hunks is not OMIT and not isinstance(hunks, bool)):
+        raise invalid("cursor must be a path string and hunks a boolean")
+    result = {}
+    if cursor is not None:
+        result["cursor"] = cursor
+    if hunks is not OMIT:
+        result["hunks"] = hunks
+    return result
+
+
+def workspace_args(workspace):
+    if not isinstance(workspace, dict) or not isinstance(workspace.get("sandbox"), str) or not workspace["sandbox"] or not isinstance(workspace.get("path"), str) or not workspace["path"]:
+        raise invalid("a Workspace { sandbox, path } from workspace.mount is required")
+    return {"sandbox": workspace["sandbox"], "path": workspace["path"]}
+
+
+def sandbox_arg(sandbox):
+    if not isinstance(sandbox, str) or not re.fullmatch(r"[1-9][0-9]{0,9}", sandbox):
+        raise invalid('a Sandbox is its number as a string, such as "1"')
+    return sandbox
+
+
+def body(value):
+    return bytes(value) if isinstance(value, (bytes, bytearray, memoryview)) else value
+
+
+def commit_options(options):
+    if options is OMIT or options is None:
+        options = {}
+    if not isinstance(options, dict):
+        raise invalid("options must be { author?, labels? }")
+    for key in options:
+        if key not in ("author", "labels"):
+            raise invalid(f'unknown workspace.commit option "{key}"')
+    author = checked_text(options.get("author", OMIT), "author")
+    labels = options.get("labels", OMIT)
+    if labels is not OMIT and (
+        not isinstance(labels, list) or len(labels) > 64 or any(not isinstance(label, str) for label in labels)
+    ):
+        raise invalid("labels must be an array of at most 64 strings")
+    if labels is not OMIT:
+        labels = [checked_text(label, "each label") for label in labels]
+        import json
+
+        if len(json.dumps(labels, separators=(",", ":"), ensure_ascii=False).encode("utf-8")) > 4096:
+            raise invalid("labels JSON must be at most 4096 bytes")
+    result = {}
+    if author is not OMIT:
+        result["author"] = author
+    if labels is not OMIT:
+        result["labels"] = labels
+    return result
+
+
+def deployment(options):
+    result = {
+        "docker": options.get("docker") or "/var/run/docker.sock",
+        "image": options.get("image", OMIT),
+        "volume": options.get("volume", OMIT),
+        "daemon": options.get("daemon", OMIT),
+    }
+    for name in ("docker", "image", "volume", "daemon"):
+        if result[name] is OMIT or not result[name]:
+            raise invalid(f"deploy.{name} is not configured (LAYERFS_{name.upper()})")
+    for name in ("containerPrefix", "daemonHost"):
+        if options.get(name):
+            result[name] = options[name]
+    return result
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_worker.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_worker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa4c28db30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/python/layerfs/_worker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+import asyncio
+import base64
+import json
+import math
+import re
+
+
+TAG = "layerfs-worker"
+
+
+def _pack(value):
+    if value is None or isinstance(value, (str, bool, int)):
+        return value
+    if isinstance(value, float):
+        if not math.isfinite(value) or (value == 0 and math.copysign(1, value) < 0):
+            return ["number", "-0" if value == 0 else str(value)]
+        return value
+    if isinstance(value, (bytes, bytearray, memoryview)):
+        return ["buffer", base64.b64encode(bytes(value)).decode("ascii")]
+    if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
+        return ["array", [_pack(item) for item in value]]
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        if not all(isinstance(key, str) for key in value):
+            raise ValueError("LayerFS worker protocol: object keys must be strings")
+        return ["object", [[key, _pack(item)] for key, item in value.items()]]
+    raise ValueError(f"LayerFS worker protocol: unsupported value type {type(value).__name__}")
+
+
+def _unpack(value):
+    if not isinstance(value, list):
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            raise ValueError("LayerFS worker protocol: untagged object")
+        return value
+    if not value:
+        raise ValueError("LayerFS worker protocol: invalid value tag")
+    tag, *rest = value
+    data = rest[0] if rest else None
+    if tag == "undefined" and len(value) == 1:
+        return None
+    if tag == "bigint" and isinstance(data, str) and re.fullmatch(r"-?\d+", data):
+        return int(data)
+    if tag == "number" and data in ("NaN", "Infinity", "-Infinity", "-0"):
+        return float(data) if data != "-0" else -0.0
+    if tag in ("buffer", "bytes", "arraybuffer") and isinstance(data, str):
+        try:
+            return base64.b64decode(data, validate=True)
+        except ValueError as error:
+            raise ValueError("LayerFS worker protocol: invalid binary value") from error
+    if tag == "array" and isinstance(data, list):
+        return [_unpack(item) for item in data]
+    if tag == "object" and isinstance(data, list) and all(
+        isinstance(pair, list) and len(pair) == 2 and isinstance(pair[0], str) for pair in data
+    ):
+        return {key: _unpack(item) for key, item in data}
+    raise ValueError("LayerFS worker protocol: invalid value tag")
+
+
+def encode(value):
+    return json.dumps([TAG, 1, _pack(value)], separators=(",", ":"), ensure_ascii=False).encode("utf-8")
+
+
+def decode(payload):
+    try:
+        value = json.loads(payload)
+    except (ValueError, UnicodeDecodeError) as error:
+        raise ValueError("LayerFS worker protocol: invalid JSON or legacy V8 frame") from error
+    if not isinstance(value, list) or len(value) != 3 or value[0] != TAG or value[1] != 1:
+        raise ValueError("LayerFS worker protocol: unsupported wire version")
+    return _unpack(value[2])
+
+
+def frame(value):
+    payload = encode(value)
+    return len(payload).to_bytes(4, "big") + payload
+
+
+def endpoint_of(file):
+    try:
+        with open(file, encoding="utf-8") as source:
+            info = json.load(source)
+        if (
+            not isinstance(info.get("port"), int)
+            or isinstance(info.get("port"), bool)
+            or info["port"] < 1
+            or not re.fullmatch(r"[0-9a-f]{64}", info.get("secret", ""))
+            or not isinstance(info.get("home"), str)
+        ):
+            raise ValueError
+        return info
+    except Exception as error:
+        raise ValueError(f"invalid LayerFS worker endpoint {file}") from error
+
+
+def _refusal(code, message):
+    return {"refused": {"code": code, "message": message, "detail": None}}
+
+
+class _Link:
+    def __init__(self, info):
+        self.info = info
+        self.reader = None
+        self.writer = None
+        self.pending = {}
+        self.next_id = 1
+        self.task = None
+        self.closed = False
+        self.connect_lock = asyncio.Lock()
+
+    async def connect(self):
+        async with self.connect_lock:
+            if self.closed:
+                raise ConnectionError("the LayerFS worker connection is closed; the call was not sent")
+            if self.writer:
+                return
+            self.reader, self.writer = await asyncio.wait_for(
+                asyncio.open_connection("127.0.0.1", self.info["port"]), 5
+            )
+            self.writer.write(frame({"secret": self.info["secret"]}))
+            await self.writer.drain()
+            greeting = await asyncio.wait_for(self._read(), 5)
+            if greeting != {"id": 0, "answer": {"value": "hello"}}:
+                raise ConnectionError("invalid greeting")
+            self.task = asyncio.create_task(self._receive())
+
+    async def _read(self):
+        head = await self.reader.readexactly(4)
+        return decode(await self.reader.readexactly(int.from_bytes(head, "big")))
+
+    async def _receive(self):
+        why = "socket closed"
+        try:
+            while True:
+                message = await self._read()
+                pending = self.pending.pop(message.get("id"), None)
+                if pending:
+                    answer = message.get("answer")
+                    if answer and answer.get("thrown"):
+                        answer = _refusal("Unknown", f"the LayerFS worker failed while making the call: {answer['thrown']}; check the project before going on")
+                    pending.set_result(answer)
+        except Exception as error:
+            why = str(error) or type(error).__name__
+        finally:
+            self.lost(why)
+
+    def lost(self, why):
+        if self.closed:
+            return
+        self.closed = True
+        for pending in self.pending.values():
+            if not pending.done():
+                pending.set_result(_refusal("Unknown", f"the connection to the LayerFS worker was lost ({why}) after the call was sent; it may have completed: check the project before going on"))
+        self.pending.clear()
+        if self.writer:
+            self.writer.close()
+
+    async def call(self, request):
+        try:
+            await self.connect()
+        except Exception as error:
+            return _refusal("Failed", f"the LayerFS worker did not answer ({error}); the call was not sent")
+        if self.closed:
+            return _refusal("Failed", "the LayerFS worker connection is closed; the call was not sent")
+        request_id = self.next_id
+        self.next_id += 1
+        pending = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
+        self.pending[request_id] = pending
+        try:
+            self.writer.write(frame({"id": request_id, **request}))
+            await self.writer.drain()
+        except Exception as error:
+            self.pending.pop(request_id, None)
+            return _refusal("Unknown", f"the connection to the LayerFS worker was lost ({error}) after the call was sent; it may have completed: check the project before going on")
+        return await pending
+
+    async def close(self):
+        self.closed = True
+        if self.writer:
+            self.writer.close()
+            try:
+                await self.writer.wait_closed()
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        if self.task:
+            self.task.cancel()
+            try:
+                await self.task
+            except (asyncio.CancelledError, Exception):
+                pass
+
+
+class WorkerTransport:
+    def __init__(self, endpoint):
+        self.endpoint = endpoint
+        self.opened = {}
+        self.links = {}
+
+    def _link(self, info):
+        key = (info["port"], info["secret"])
+        if key not in self.links or self.links[key].closed:
+            self.links[key] = _Link(info)
+        return self.links[key]
+
+    async def _send(self, fn, op, args):
+        try:
+            info = endpoint_of(self.endpoint)
+        except ValueError as error:
+            return _refusal("Failed", f"the LayerFS worker is not running for this home: {error}")
+        sent = args
+        deploy = dict(args.get("deploy") or {})
+        if info.get("daemonHost"):
+            deploy["daemonHost"] = deploy.get("daemonHost") or info["daemonHost"]
+        if info.get("docker"):
+            deploy["docker"] = info["docker"]
+        if deploy:
+            sent = {**args, "deploy": deploy}
+        return await self._link(info).call({
+            "fn": fn, "op": op, "args": sent, "open": args.get("storePath") in self.opened,
+        })
+
+    async def call(self, op, args):
+        return await self._send("call", op, args)
+
+    async def backend_call(self, op, args):
+        return await self._send("backendCall", op, args)
+
+    async def store_open(self, args):
+        path = args.get("storePath")
+        self.opened[path] = self.opened.get(path, 0) + 1
+        return {"value": None}
+
+    async def store_close(self, args):
+        path = args.get("storePath")
+        left = self.opened.get(path, 1) - 1
+        if left > 0:
+            self.opened[path] = left
+        else:
+            self.opened.pop(path, None)
+        return {"value": None}
+
+    async def exec_output(self, _args):
+        return _refusal("Failed", "a worker exec's output arrives whole; there is no spool to read")
+
+    async def close(self):
+        for link in self.links.values():
+            await link.close()
+        self.links.clear()
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/convert.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/convert.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd8f2f79f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/convert.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+//! Python to and from SDK value conversions for LayerFS Python SDK.
+use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkValue;
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use pyo3::types::{
+    PyBool, PyByteArray, PyBytes, PyDict, PyFloat, PyInt, PyList, PyString, PyTuple,
+};
+
+const MAX_DEPTH: usize = 16;
+const MAX_SAFE_INT: i64 = 9_007_199_254_740_991;
+
+pub fn from_py(obj: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<SdkValue> {
+    to_sdk_value(obj, 0)
+}
+
+fn to_sdk_value(obj: &Bound<'_, PyAny>, depth: usize) -> PyResult<SdkValue> {
+    if depth > MAX_DEPTH {
+        return Err(pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError::new_err(
+            "value nests too deeply",
+        ));
+    }
+    if obj.is_none() {
+        Ok(SdkValue::Null)
+    } else if let Ok(b) = obj.cast::<PyBool>() {
+        Ok(SdkValue::Bool(b.is_true()))
+    } else if let Ok(i) = obj.cast::<PyInt>() {
+        let n: i64 = i.extract()?;
+        if n.abs() > MAX_SAFE_INT {
+            return Err(pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError::new_err(
+                "numbers must be safe integers",
+            ));
+        }
+        Ok(SdkValue::Int(n))
+    } else if let Ok(f) = obj.cast::<PyFloat>() {
+        let val: f64 = f.extract()?;
+        if val.fract() != 0.0 || val.abs() > MAX_SAFE_INT as f64 {
+            return Err(pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError::new_err(
+                "numbers must be safe integers",
+            ));
+        }
+        Ok(SdkValue::Int(val as i64))
+    } else if let Ok(s) = obj.cast::<PyString>() {
+        Ok(SdkValue::Text(s.to_str()?.to_string()))
+    } else if let Ok(b) = obj.cast::<PyBytes>() {
+        Ok(SdkValue::Bytes(b.as_bytes().to_vec()))
+    } else if let Ok(b) = obj.cast::<PyByteArray>() {
+        Ok(SdkValue::Bytes(b.to_vec()))
+    } else if let Ok(list) = obj.cast::<PyList>() {
+        let mut items = Vec::with_capacity(list.len());
+        for item in list.iter() {
+            items.push(to_sdk_value(&item, depth + 1)?);
+        }
+        Ok(SdkValue::List(items))
+    } else if let Ok(tuple) = obj.cast::<PyTuple>() {
+        let mut items = Vec::with_capacity(tuple.len());
+        for item in tuple.iter() {
+            items.push(to_sdk_value(&item, depth + 1)?);
+        }
+        Ok(SdkValue::List(items))
+    } else if let Ok(dict) = obj.cast::<PyDict>() {
+        let mut fields = Vec::with_capacity(dict.len());
+        for (k, v) in dict.iter() {
+            let key: String = k.extract()?;
+            if !v.is_none() {
+                fields.push((key, to_sdk_value(&v, depth + 1)?));
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(SdkValue::Map(fields))
+    } else {
+        Err(pyo3::exceptions::PyTypeError::new_err(format!(
+            "unsupported Python type {}",
+            obj.get_type().name()?
+        )))
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn to_py<'py>(py: Python<'py>, val: &SdkValue) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    match val {
+        SdkValue::Null => Ok(py.None().into_bound(py)),
+        SdkValue::Bool(b) => Ok(PyBool::new(py, *b).to_owned().into_any()),
+        SdkValue::Int(i) => Ok(i.into_pyobject(py)?.into_any()),
+        SdkValue::Text(s) => Ok(PyString::new(py, s).into_any()),
+        SdkValue::Bytes(b) => Ok(PyBytes::new(py, b).into_any()),
+        SdkValue::List(items) => {
+            let list = PyList::empty(py);
+            for item in items {
+                list.append(to_py(py, item)?)?;
+            }
+            Ok(list.into_any())
+        }
+        SdkValue::Map(fields) => {
+            let dict = PyDict::new(py);
+            for (k, v) in fields {
+                dict.set_item(k, to_py(py, v)?)?;
+            }
+            Ok(dict.into_any())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn refusal_dict<'py>(
+    py: Python<'py>,
+    code: &str,
+    message: &str,
+    detail: &SdkValue,
+) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let dict = PyDict::new(py);
+    let ref_dict = PyDict::new(py);
+    ref_dict.set_item("code", code)?;
+    ref_dict.set_item("message", message)?;
+    ref_dict.set_item("detail", to_py(py, detail)?)?;
+    dict.set_item("refused", ref_dict)?;
+    Ok(dict.into_any())
+}
+
+pub fn value_dict<'py>(py: Python<'py>, val: &SdkValue) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let dict = PyDict::new(py);
+    dict.set_item("value", to_py(py, val)?)?;
+    Ok(dict.into_any())
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/direct.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/direct.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b9dc9fd86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/direct.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+//! In-process StoreService opening, closing, and call dispatch.
+use crate::discovery::project_manifest;
+use layerfs_bridge::control::{SdkCall, SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
+use layerfs_store_service::{OpenRefusal, StoreService};
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::{Arc, LazyLock, Mutex};
+
+struct Opened {
+    service: Arc<StoreService>,
+    clients: usize,
+    directory: PathBuf,
+}
+
+static STORES: LazyLock<Mutex<BTreeMap<PathBuf, Opened>>> = LazyLock::new(Default::default);
+
+fn refused(code: &str, message: impl Into<String>) -> SdkRefusal {
+    SdkRefusal {
+        code: code.to_string(),
+        message: message.into(),
+        detail: SdkValue::Null,
+    }
+}
+
+fn failed<E: std::fmt::Display>(e: E) -> SdkRefusal {
+    SdkRefusal {
+        code: "Failed".to_string(),
+        message: e.to_string(),
+        detail: SdkValue::Null,
+    }
+}
+
+fn store_path(args: &SdkValue) -> Result<PathBuf, SdkRefusal> {
+    match args.get_text("storePath") {
+        Some(path) if !path.is_empty() => Ok(PathBuf::from(path)),
+        _ => Err(refused(
+            "InvalidInput",
+            "Store calls need the client's storePath",
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
+fn open(path: &Path, args: &SdkValue) -> Result<Opened, SdkRefusal> {
+    let manifest = project_manifest(args)?;
+    let random_hex = layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::hex(
+        &layerfs_bridge::duplex::generate_keypair()
+            .map(|p| p.public)
+            .map_err(failed)?[..12],
+    );
+    let directory = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
+        "layerfs-store-{}-{}",
+        std::process::id(),
+        random_hex
+    ));
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&directory).map_err(failed)?;
+    let template = directory.join("overlay.sqlite");
+    let opened = StoreService::open_direct(path, &manifest.binding, manifest.cursor_key, &template);
+    match opened {
+        Ok(service) => Ok(Opened {
+            service: Arc::new(service),
+            clients: 0,
+            directory,
+        }),
+        Err(refusal) => {
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&directory);
+            Err(match refusal {
+                OpenRefusal::Unsupported(reason) => refused("Unsupported", reason.0),
+                OpenRefusal::Missing(reason) => refused("NoStore", reason),
+                OpenRefusal::Failed(reason) => refused("Failed", reason),
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn store_open(args: &SdkValue) -> Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal> {
+    let path = store_path(args)?;
+    let mut stores = STORES
+        .lock()
+        .map_err(|_| refused("Failed", "stores lock poisoned"))?;
+    if !stores.contains_key(&path) {
+        let opened = open(&path, args)?;
+        stores.insert(path.clone(), opened);
+    }
+    let opened = stores.get_mut(&path).expect("store present");
+    opened.clients += 1;
+    Ok(SdkValue::Null)
+}
+
+pub fn store_close(args: &SdkValue) -> Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal> {
+    let path = store_path(args)?;
+    let mut stores = STORES
+        .lock()
+        .map_err(|_| refused("Failed", "stores lock poisoned"))?;
+    let Some(opened) = stores.get_mut(&path) else {
+        return Err(refused("InvalidInput", "this process holds no such Store"));
+    };
+    opened.clients = opened.clients.saturating_sub(1);
+    if opened.clients > 0 {
+        return Ok(SdkValue::Null);
+    }
+    let opened = stores.remove(&path).expect("store present");
+    drop(stores);
+    if let Ok(service) = Arc::try_unwrap(opened.service) {
+        let _ = service.close();
+    }
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&opened.directory);
+    Ok(SdkValue::Null)
+}
+
+fn service(args: &SdkValue) -> Result<Arc<StoreService>, SdkRefusal> {
+    let path = store_path(args)?;
+    STORES
+        .lock()
+        .map_err(|_| refused("Failed", "stores lock poisoned"))?
+        .get(&path)
+        .map(|opened| opened.service.clone())
+        .ok_or_else(|| refused("InvalidInput", "the client has not opened its Store"))
+}
+
+pub fn call(op: &str, args: SdkValue) -> Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal> {
+    if op == "project.init" {
+        return crate::project::init(&args);
+    }
+    let s = service(&args)?;
+    let stripped = strip_meta_args(args);
+    let call = SdkCall {
+        method: op.to_string(),
+        args: stripped,
+    };
+    layerfs_api::call(&s, &call)
+}
+
+pub fn backend_call(op: &str, args: SdkValue) -> Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal> {
+    let s = service(&args)?;
+    let stripped = strip_meta_args(args);
+    let call = SdkCall {
+        method: op.to_string(),
+        args: stripped,
+    };
+    layerfs_store_service::operator::dispatch(&s, &call)
+}
+
+fn strip_meta_args(args: SdkValue) -> SdkValue {
+    match args {
+        SdkValue::Map(fields) => SdkValue::Map(
+            fields
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|(k, _)| !matches!(k.as_str(), "storePath" | "sandbox" | "deploy" | "home"))
+                .collect(),
+        ),
+        other => other,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/discovery.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/discovery.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d69897105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/discovery.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+//! Project discovery and Store manifest persistence.
+use layerfs_bridge::control::{Answer, Reply, SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
+use layerfs_bridge::provision::{StoreManifest, StoreProfile};
+use std::fs::{self, OpenOptions};
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+fn failed<E: std::fmt::Display>(e: E) -> SdkRefusal {
+    SdkRefusal {
+        code: "Failed".to_string(),
+        message: e.to_string(),
+        detail: SdkValue::Null,
+    }
+}
+
+fn refused(code: &str, message: impl Into<String>) -> SdkRefusal {
+    SdkRefusal {
+        code: code.to_string(),
+        message: message.into(),
+        detail: SdkValue::Null,
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn home(args: &SdkValue) -> Result<PathBuf, SdkRefusal> {
+    let home_path = args
+        .get_text("home")
+        .map(PathBuf::from)
+        .or_else(|| std::env::var_os("LAYERFS_HOME").map(PathBuf::from))
+        .ok_or_else(|| refused("InvalidInput", "LAYERFS_HOME is required"))?;
+    if !home_path.is_absolute() {
+        return Err(refused("InvalidInput", "LAYERFS_HOME must be absolute"));
+    }
+    ensure_directory(&home_path)?;
+    Ok(home_path)
+}
+
+pub fn ensure_directory(path: &Path) -> Result<(), SdkRefusal> {
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::DirBuilderExt;
+        match fs::DirBuilder::new().mode(0o700).create(path) {
+            Ok(()) => {}
+            Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists => {}
+            Err(e) => return Err(failed(e)),
+        }
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+    {
+        fs::create_dir_all(path).map_err(failed)?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn project_manifest(args: &SdkValue) -> Result<StoreManifest, SdkRefusal> {
+    let home_dir = home(args)?;
+    let name = args
+        .get_text("project")
+        .or_else(|| args.get_text("name"))
+        .ok_or_else(|| refused("InvalidInput", "missing project name"))?;
+    let path = home_dir.join(name);
+    let record_file = path.join("project.record");
+    if !record_file.is_file() {
+        return Err(refused(
+            "NoSuchProject",
+            format!("no project.record for project {name}"),
+        ));
+    }
+    let value = load_record(&record_file)?;
+    let SdkValue::Bytes(manifest_bytes) = value.get("manifest").cloned().unwrap_or(SdkValue::Null)
+    else {
+        return Err(refused("NoSuchProject", "no complete project manifest"));
+    };
+    let manifest = StoreManifest::decode(&manifest_bytes)
+        .map_err(|e| refused("InvalidInput", format!("manifest decode: {e}")))?;
+    if manifest.profile != StoreProfile::Disposable {
+        return Err(refused("InvalidInput", "Disposable profile required"));
+    }
+    Ok(manifest)
+}
+
+pub fn load_record(path: &Path) -> Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal> {
+    let mut file = OpenOptions::new().read(true).open(path).map_err(failed)?;
+    let mut bytes = Vec::new();
+    file.read_to_end(&mut bytes).map_err(failed)?;
+    let answer = Answer::decode(&bytes)
+        .map_err(|e| refused("InvalidInput", format!("record decode: {e}")))?;
+    match answer.reply {
+        Reply::Sdk(value) => Ok(value),
+        _ => Err(refused("InvalidInput", "discovery record not SDK value")),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn save_record(path: &Path, value: SdkValue) -> Result<(), SdkRefusal> {
+    let answer = Answer {
+        id: 1,
+        reply: Reply::Sdk(value),
+    };
+    let bytes = answer
+        .encode()
+        .map_err(|e| refused("Failed", format!("record encode: {e}")))?;
+    let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
+        .write(true)
+        .create(true)
+        .truncate(true)
+        .open(path)
+        .map_err(failed)?;
+    file.write_all(&bytes).map_err(failed)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn save_project(
+    dir: &Path,
+    manifest: &StoreManifest,
+    installed: Option<&StoreManifest>,
+) -> Result<(), SdkRefusal> {
+    let manifest_bytes = manifest
+        .encode()
+        .map_err(|e| refused("Failed", format!("manifest encode: {e}")))?;
+    let mut fields = vec![("manifest".to_string(), SdkValue::Bytes(manifest_bytes))];
+    if let Some(inst) = installed {
+        let inst_bytes = inst
+            .encode()
+            .map_err(|e| refused("Failed", format!("installed encode: {e}")))?;
+        fields.push(("installed".to_string(), SdkValue::Bytes(inst_bytes)));
+    }
+    save_record(&dir.join("project.record"), SdkValue::Map(fields))
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/dispatch.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/dispatch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a50c6fcf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/dispatch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+//! Dispatch and native argument decoding for PyO3 LayerFS extension.
+use crate::{convert, direct};
+use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkValue;
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+
+pub fn call<'py>(
+    py: Python<'py>,
+    op: String,
+    args: Bound<'py, PyAny>,
+) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let sdk_args = match convert::from_py(&args) {
+        Ok(val) => val,
+        Err(e) => {
+            return convert::refusal_dict(py, "InvalidInput", &e.to_string(), &SdkValue::Null);
+        }
+    };
+    match direct::call(&op, sdk_args) {
+        Ok(val) => convert::value_dict(py, &val),
+        Err(refusal) => convert::refusal_dict(py, &refusal.code, &refusal.message, &refusal.detail),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn backend_call<'py>(
+    py: Python<'py>,
+    op: String,
+    args: Bound<'py, PyAny>,
+) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let sdk_args = match convert::from_py(&args) {
+        Ok(val) => val,
+        Err(e) => {
+            return convert::refusal_dict(py, "InvalidInput", &e.to_string(), &SdkValue::Null);
+        }
+    };
+    match direct::backend_call(&op, sdk_args) {
+        Ok(val) => convert::value_dict(py, &val),
+        Err(refusal) => convert::refusal_dict(py, &refusal.code, &refusal.message, &refusal.detail),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn store_open<'py>(py: Python<'py>, args: Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let sdk_args = match convert::from_py(&args) {
+        Ok(val) => val,
+        Err(e) => {
+            return convert::refusal_dict(py, "InvalidInput", &e.to_string(), &SdkValue::Null);
+        }
+    };
+    match direct::store_open(&sdk_args) {
+        Ok(val) => convert::value_dict(py, &val),
+        Err(refusal) => convert::refusal_dict(py, &refusal.code, &refusal.message, &refusal.detail),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn store_close<'py>(py: Python<'py>, args: Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let sdk_args = match convert::from_py(&args) {
+        Ok(val) => val,
+        Err(e) => {
+            return convert::refusal_dict(py, "InvalidInput", &e.to_string(), &SdkValue::Null);
+        }
+    };
+    match direct::store_close(&sdk_args) {
+        Ok(val) => convert::value_dict(py, &val),
+        Err(refusal) => convert::refusal_dict(py, &refusal.code, &refusal.message, &refusal.detail),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn exec_output<'py>(py: Python<'py>, _args: Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    convert::refusal_dict(
+        py,
+        "Failed",
+        "a worker exec's output arrives whole; there is no spool to read",
+        &SdkValue::Null,
+    )
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/lib.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96fac9d252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+//! PyO3 native binding for the LayerFS Python SDK.
+#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
+
+mod convert;
+mod direct;
+mod discovery;
+mod dispatch;
+mod project;
+
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn call<'py>(py: Python<'py>, op: String, args: Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    dispatch::call(py, op, args)
+}
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn backend_call<'py>(
+    py: Python<'py>,
+    op: String,
+    args: Bound<'py, PyAny>,
+) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    dispatch::backend_call(py, op, args)
+}
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn store_open<'py>(py: Python<'py>, args: Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    dispatch::store_open(py, args)
+}
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn store_close<'py>(py: Python<'py>, args: Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    dispatch::store_close(py, args)
+}
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn exec_output<'py>(py: Python<'py>, args: Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    dispatch::exec_output(py, args)
+}
+
+#[pymodule]
+fn _native(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(call, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(backend_call, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(store_open, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(store_close, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(exec_output, m)?)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/project.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/project.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13fe7f07a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/src/project.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+//! Project init: creates and seals the Disposable Store and installs it into storePath.
+use crate::discovery::{ensure_directory, home, save_project};
+use layerfs_bridge::control::{SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
+use layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::hex;
+use layerfs_history::{BranchId, HistoryCatalogConfig, HistoryName, LayerStackId};
+use layerfs_persistence::{PersistenceConfig, SqlitePersistenceProfile};
+use layerfs_project::store::{InitRequest, ProjectApi};
+use layerfs_project::InitCounters;
+use layerfs_storage::policy::FORMAT_PROFILE;
+use layerfs_storage::StoragePolicy;
+use layerfs_telemetry::timer::Timing;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+fn refused(code: &str, message: impl Into<String>) -> SdkRefusal {
+    SdkRefusal {
+        code: code.to_string(),
+        message: message.into(),
+        detail: SdkValue::Null,
+    }
+}
+
+fn failed<E: std::fmt::Display>(e: E) -> SdkRefusal {
+    SdkRefusal {
+        code: "Failed".to_string(),
+        message: e.to_string(),
+        detail: SdkValue::Null,
+    }
+}
+
+fn random_32() -> Result<[u8; 32], SdkRefusal> {
+    layerfs_bridge::duplex::generate_keypair()
+        .map(|pair| pair.public)
+        .map_err(failed)
+}
+
+fn sixteen(bytes: [u8; 32]) -> [u8; 16] {
+    let mut out = [0; 16];
+    out.copy_from_slice(&bytes[..16]);
+    out
+}
+
+fn policy(args: &SdkValue) -> Result<StoragePolicy, SdkRefusal> {
+    let Some(policy_val) = args.get("policy") else {
+        return Ok(StoragePolicy::default());
+    };
+    if matches!(policy_val, SdkValue::Null) {
+        return Ok(StoragePolicy::default());
+    }
+    let SdkValue::Map(fields) = policy_val else {
+        return Err(refused("InvalidInput", "policy must be a map"));
+    };
+    let default = StoragePolicy::default();
+    let mut threshold = default.small_file_threshold_bytes();
+    let mut whole_depth = default.whole_file_delta_max_depth();
+    let mut chunk_depth = default.chunk_delta_max_depth();
+    let mut meta_depth = default.metadata_delta_max_depth();
+    for (k, v) in fields {
+        match k.as_str() {
+            "smallFileThreshold" => {
+                if let SdkValue::Int(n) = v {
+                    if *n < 0 {
+                        return Err(refused(
+                            "InvalidInput",
+                            "policy.smallFileThreshold must be non-negative",
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    threshold = *n as u64;
+                }
+            }
+            "wholeFileDepth" => {
+                if let SdkValue::Int(n) = v {
+                    if !(0..=255).contains(n) {
+                        return Err(refused(
+                            "InvalidInput",
+                            "policy.wholeFileDepth must be 0..255",
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    whole_depth = *n as u8;
+                }
+            }
+            "chunkDepth" => {
+                if let SdkValue::Int(n) = v {
+                    if !(0..=255).contains(n) {
+                        return Err(refused("InvalidInput", "policy.chunkDepth must be 0..255"));
+                    }
+                    chunk_depth = *n as u8;
+                }
+            }
+            "metadataDepth" => {
+                if let SdkValue::Int(n) = v {
+                    if !(0..=255).contains(n) {
+                        return Err(refused(
+                            "InvalidInput",
+                            "policy.metadataDepth must be 0..255",
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    meta_depth = *n as u8;
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    StoragePolicy::new(FORMAT_PROFILE, threshold, whole_depth, chunk_depth)
+        .with_metadata_depth(meta_depth)
+        .validated()
+        .map_err(|e| refused("InvalidInput", format!("invalid policy: {e:?}")))
+}
+
+pub fn init(args: &SdkValue) -> Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal> {
+    let name = args
+        .get_text("name")
+        .ok_or_else(|| refused("InvalidInput", "name is required"))?;
+    let path_str = args
+        .get_text("path")
+        .ok_or_else(|| refused("InvalidInput", "path is required"))?;
+    let source = PathBuf::from(path_str);
+    let home_dir = home(args)?;
+    let store_path = args
+        .get_text("storePath")
+        .filter(|p| !p.is_empty())
+        .map(PathBuf::from)
+        .ok_or_else(|| {
+            refused(
+                "InvalidInput",
+                "project.init installs the Store at storePath",
+            )
+        })?;
+
+    let timeout_ms = match args.get("timeoutMs") {
+        Some(SdkValue::Int(n)) if *n > 0 => *n as u64,
+        _ => 300_000,
+    };
+    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(timeout_ms);
+    let storage_policy = policy(args)?;
+
+    let global = store_path.parent().unwrap_or(&store_path);
+    layerfs_store_service::kernel_guard::check(global)
+        .map_err(|reason| refused("Unsupported", reason.0))?;
+
+    let directory = home_dir.join(name);
+    if directory.exists() {
+        return Err(refused("Exists", format!("project {name} already exists")));
+    }
+    ensure_directory(&directory)?;
+
+    let history_name = |s: &str| HistoryName::new(s).map_err(failed);
+    let request = InitRequest {
+        source,
+        store: PersistenceConfig::sqlite(directory.join("sealed.sqlite"))
+            .with_sqlite_profile(SqlitePersistenceProfile::Disposable),
+        locator: "/layerfs-store/global/store.sqlite".into(),
+        policy: storage_policy,
+        catalog: HistoryCatalogConfig {
+            binding_key: random_32()?.to_vec(),
+            cursor_key: random_32()?,
+            incarnation: 1,
+        },
+        stack: LayerStackId::from_authority(sixteen(random_32()?)),
+        stack_name: history_name(name)?,
+        branch: BranchId::from_authority(sixteen(random_32()?)),
+        branch_name: history_name("main")?,
+        scope_seed: random_32()?,
+        deadline,
+    };
+
+    let counters = Arc::new(InitCounters::new());
+    let (sealed, _) = Timing::disabled("project.init", |timer| {
+        ProjectApi::new().init_observed(request, timer, counters)
+    });
+    let sealed = sealed.map_err(|f| refused("Failed", format!("Init failed: {f:?}")))?;
+
+    let layer = hex(sealed.branch.branch.base_layer.as_slice());
+    let root = hex(sealed.branch.effective_root.as_bytes());
+
+    save_project(&directory, &sealed.manifest, None)?;
+
+    let installed = layerfs_store_service::install::install_local(
+        &sealed.store.path,
+        &sealed.manifest,
+        &store_path,
+    )
+    .map_err(|e| refused("Failed", format!("install_local failed: {e}")))?;
+
+    save_project(&directory, &sealed.manifest, Some(&installed))?;
+
+    // Remove sealed sqlite and sidecars
+    for suffix in ["", "-wal", "-shm", "-journal"] {
+        let mut p = sealed.store.path.as_os_str().to_owned();
+        p.push(suffix);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(p);
+    }
+
+    Ok(SdkValue::map([
+        ("kind", SdkValue::text("Initialized")),
+        ("project", SdkValue::text(name)),
+        ("layer", SdkValue::text(layer)),
+        ("root", SdkValue::text(root)),
+        ("store", SdkValue::text(store_path.display().to_string())),
+    ]))
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/fixture/export_cases.mjs b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/fixture/export_cases.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccfdb68a97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/fixture/export_cases.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Export the shared P6 calls as language-neutral Python invocation records.
+// The JavaScript functions execute against a recording proxy; no SDK or Store runs.
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { CASES as BASE, plain } from "../../../../../api/agent/test/fixture/cases.mjs";
+import { CASES as AREA } from "../../../../../api/agent/test/fixture/cases-area-p.mjs";
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const fakePath = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../../../../api/agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url));
+
+function recorder(path) {
+  const call = async (...args) => {
+    const record = { path: path.join("."), args: plain(args) };
+    return path.join(".") === "LayerFS.init" ? { created: record } : record;
+  };
+  return new Proxy(call, {
+    get(_target, property) {
+      if (property === "then") return undefined;
+      return recorder([...path, property]);
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+const cases = [];
+for (const source of [...BASE, ...AREA]) {
+  const native = require(fakePath);
+  native.branchList = null;
+  native.branchReplyBudget = null;
+  native.workspaceList = [];
+  source.prepare?.(native);
+  const invoked = await source.sdk(recorder(["lf"]), recorder(["LayerFS"]));
+  const call = invoked.created ?? invoked;
+  call.path = call.path.replace(/^lf\./, "");
+  cases.push({
+    name: source.name,
+    call,
+    op: source.op ?? null,
+    sent: source.sent ?? null,
+    result: source.result ?? null,
+    refused: source.refused ?? null,
+    refuse: source.refuse ?? [],
+    prepare: {
+      branchList: native.branchList,
+      branchReplyBudget: native.branchReplyBudget,
+      workspaceList: native.workspaceList,
+    },
+  });
+}
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(cases));
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/fixture/fake_native_bridge.mjs b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/fixture/fake_native_bridge.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13f9e19364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/fixture/fake_native_bridge.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// JSON-lines adapter to the existing P6 stand-in. It is test infrastructure,
+// not a product transport: Python contract tests drive fake-native.cjs itself.
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import * as readline from "node:readline";
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const native = require(fileURLToPath(new URL("../../../../../api/agent/test/fixture/fake-native.cjs", import.meta.url)));
+
+function plain(value) {
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(value) || value instanceof Uint8Array) return { base64: Buffer.from(value).toString("base64") };
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) return value.map(plain);
+  if (value && typeof value === "object") return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(value).map(([key, item]) => [key, plain(item)]));
+  return value;
+}
+function binary(value) {
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) return value.map(binary);
+  if (value && typeof value === "object") {
+    if (Object.keys(value).length === 1 && typeof value.base64 === "string") return Buffer.from(value.base64, "base64");
+    return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(value).map(([key, item]) => [key, binary(item)]));
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+function send(id, answer) {
+  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ id, answer: plain(answer) })}\n`);
+}
+const lines = readline.createInterface({ input: process.stdin, crlfDelay: Infinity });
+for await (const line of lines) {
+  if (!line) continue;
+  const request = JSON.parse(line);
+  const { id, cmd } = request;
+  try {
+    if (cmd === "call" || cmd === "backendCall") {
+      process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE = (request.refuse ?? []).join(",");
+      const answer = await native[cmd](request.op, binary(request.args));
+      delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE;
+      send(id, answer);
+    } else if (cmd === "storeOpen" || cmd === "storeClose") {
+      send(id, await native[cmd](binary(request.args)));
+    } else if (cmd === "execOutput") {
+      send(id, { refused: { code: "Failed", message: "the P6 stand-in has no spooled output", detail: null } });
+    } else if (cmd === "prepare") {
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(request.values)) native[key] = binary(value);
+      send(id, { value: null });
+    } else if (cmd === "reset") {
+      native.calls.length = 0;
+      native.args.length = 0;
+      send(id, { value: null });
+    } else if (cmd === "inspect") {
+      send(id, { value: { calls: native.calls, args: native.args, stores: native.stores } });
+    } else if (cmd === "close") {
+      send(id, { value: null });
+      process.exit(0);
+    } else {
+      send(id, { refused: { code: "Failed", message: `unknown test bridge command ${cmd}`, detail: null } });
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    delete process.env.CLI_FAKE_REFUSE;
+    send(id, { refused: { code: "Failed", message: String(error?.stack ?? error), detail: null } });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/support.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/support.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b75d785c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/support.py
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import asyncio
+import base64
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
+import unittest
+import unittest.mock
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[5]
+FIXTURE = ROOT / "engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/fixture"
+ENV = {
+    "LAYERFS_HOME": "/private/cases-home",
+    "LAYERFS_DOCKER": "/fake.sock",
+    "LAYERFS_IMAGE": "fake-image",
+    "LAYERFS_VOLUME": "fake-volume",
+    "LAYERFS_DAEMON": "/fake/daemon",
+    "LAYERFS_STORE_PATH": "/fake/store.sqlite",
+    "LAYERFS_PROJECT": "site",
+}
+
+
+def plain(value):
+    if isinstance(value, (bytes, bytearray, memoryview)):
+        return {"base64": base64.b64encode(bytes(value)).decode("ascii")}
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        return [plain(item) for item in value]
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        return {key: plain(item) for key, item in value.items()}
+    return value
+
+
+def contains(have, want):
+    if want is None or not isinstance(want, (dict, list)):
+        return have == want
+    if isinstance(want, list):
+        return isinstance(have, list) and len(have) == len(want) and all(
+            contains(left, right) for left, right in zip(have, want)
+        )
+    return isinstance(have, dict) and all(
+        key in have and contains(have[key], item) for key, item in want.items()
+    )
+
+
+def load_cases():
+    completed = subprocess.run(
+        ["node", str(FIXTURE / "export_cases.mjs")],
+        cwd=ROOT,
+        check=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+    return json.loads(completed.stdout)
+
+
+class FakeNative:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.process = None
+        self.next_id = 1
+        self.lock = asyncio.Lock()
+
+    async def start(self):
+        self.process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
+            "node",
+            str(FIXTURE / "fake_native_bridge.mjs"),
+            cwd=ROOT,
+            stdin=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+            stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+            limit=16 * 1024 * 1024,
+        )
+
+    async def reset(self):
+        await self.request(cmd="reset")
+
+    async def request(self, **request):
+        async with self.lock:
+            request["id"] = self.next_id
+            self.next_id += 1
+            self.process.stdin.write((json.dumps(request, separators=(",", ":")) + "\n").encode())
+            await self.process.stdin.drain()
+            line = await asyncio.wait_for(self.process.stdout.readline(), 10)
+            if not line:
+                stderr = await self.process.stderr.read()
+                raise AssertionError(f"fake native bridge exited: {stderr.decode()}")
+            response = json.loads(line)
+            assert response["id"] == request["id"]
+            return response["answer"]
+
+    async def prepare(self, values):
+        await self.request(cmd="prepare", values=values)
+
+    async def inspect(self):
+        return (await self.request(cmd="inspect"))["value"]
+
+    async def call(self, op, args):
+        return await self.request(cmd="call", op=op, args=plain(args), refuse=self.refuse)
+
+    async def backend_call(self, op, args):
+        return await self.request(cmd="backendCall", op=op, args=plain(args), refuse=self.refuse)
+
+    async def store_open(self, args):
+        return await self.request(cmd="storeOpen", args=plain(args))
+
+    async def store_close(self, args):
+        return await self.request(cmd="storeClose", args=plain(args))
+
+    async def exec_output(self, args):
+        return await self.request(cmd="execOutput", args=plain(args))
+
+    async def close(self):
+        if self.process and self.process.returncode is None:
+            await self.request(cmd="close")
+            await asyncio.wait_for(self.process.wait(), 10)
+
+    refuse = ()
+
+
+class ContractCase(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    async def asyncSetUp(self):
+        self.native = FakeNative()
+        await self.native.start()
+        self.addAsyncCleanup(self.native.close)
+        self.old_env = os.environ.copy()
+        os.environ.update(ENV)
+        self.addCleanup(self._restore_env)
+        from layerfs import _client
+
+        self.transport_patch = unittest.mock.patch.object(
+            _client, "make_transport", return_value=self.native
+        )
+        self.transport_patch.start()
+        self.addCleanup(self.transport_patch.stop)
+        from layerfs import LayerFS
+
+        self.LayerFS = LayerFS
+        self.client = await LayerFS.open("site")
+        self.addAsyncCleanup(self.client.close)
+
+    def _restore_env(self):
+        os.environ.clear()
+        os.environ.update(self.old_env)
+
+    async def invoke(self, record):
+        if record["path"].startswith("LayerFS."):
+            target = self.LayerFS
+            parts = record["path"].split(".")[1:]
+        else:
+            target = self.client
+            parts = record["path"].split(".")
+        for part in parts[:-1]:
+            target = getattr(target, part)
+        args = [self._binary(item) for item in record["args"]]
+        result = await getattr(target, parts[-1])(*args)
+        if record["path"] == "LayerFS.init":
+            self.addAsyncCleanup(result.close)
+            return result.created
+        return result
+
+    def _binary(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, list):
+            return [self._binary(item) for item in value]
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            if set(value) == {"base64"}:
+                return base64.b64decode(value["base64"])
+            return {key: self._binary(item) for key, item in value.items()}
+        return value
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_contract.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_contract.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19a293df84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_contract.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+from support import ContractCase, contains, load_cases, plain
+
+
+class PythonP6ContractTests(ContractCase):
+    async def test_shared_cases(self):
+        cases = load_cases()
+        from layerfs import LayerFSError
+
+        for case in cases:
+            with self.subTest(case=case["name"]):
+                await self.native.reset()
+                await self.native.prepare(case["prepare"])
+                before = await self.native.inspect()
+                self.native.refuse = tuple(case["refuse"])
+                try:
+                    error = None
+                    try:
+                        result = await self.invoke(case["call"])
+                    except LayerFSError as thrown:
+                        error = thrown
+                    after = await self.native.inspect()
+                    calls = after["calls"][len(before["calls"]) :]
+                    args = after["args"][len(before["args"]) :]
+                    if case["call"]["path"] == "LayerFS.init":
+                        keep = [
+                            index
+                            for index, operation in enumerate(calls)
+                            if not (
+                                operation == "project.list_branches"
+                                and args[index].get("pageSize") == 1
+                            )
+                        ]
+                        calls = [calls[index] for index in keep]
+                        args = [args[index] for index in keep]
+                    self.assertEqual(calls, [case["op"]] if case["op"] else [])
+                    if case["op"]:
+                        self.assertTrue(
+                            contains(args[0], case["sent"]),
+                            f"sent {args[0]!r}, wanted subset {case['sent']!r}",
+                        )
+                    if case["refused"]:
+                        self.assertIsNotNone(error)
+                        self.assertEqual(error.code, case["refused"]["code"])
+                        self.assertEqual(error.message, case["refused"]["message"])
+                        self.assertEqual(plain(error.detail), case["refused"]["detail"])
+                    else:
+                        self.assertIsNone(error)
+                        self.assertEqual(plain(result), case["result"])
+                finally:
+                    self.native.refuse = ()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import unittest
+
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_real_store.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_real_store.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3483e8082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_real_store.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+from layerfs import LayerFS
+
+
+class LinuxRealStoreTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    async def asyncSetUp(self):
+        if os.name != "posix":
+            self.fail("the native real-Store test requires Linux")
+        scratch = os.environ.get("LAYERFS_TEST_TMPDIR", "/var/tmp" if os.name == "posix" else None)
+        self.directory = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="layerfs-p4-real-", dir=scratch)
+        self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, self.directory, True)
+        root = Path(self.directory)
+        self.source = root / "source"
+        self.source.mkdir()
+        (self.source / "README.md").write_text("initial\n", encoding="utf-8")
+        (self.source / "src").mkdir()
+        (self.source / "src" / "app.txt").write_text("app\n", encoding="utf-8")
+        volume = root / "volume" / "global"
+        volume.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        (root / "home").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        self.options = {
+            "home": str(root / "home"),
+            "storePath": str(volume / "store.sqlite"),
+        }
+
+    async def test_init_open_fs_branch_history_and_storage(self):
+        client = await self.LayerFS_init()
+        async with client:
+            self.assertEqual(client.created["kind"], "Initialized")
+            listing = await client.fs.list("main", "/")
+            self.assertIn("README.md", {item["name"] for item in listing["items"]})
+            read = await client.fs.read("main", "/README.md")
+            self.assertEqual(read["text"], "initial\n")
+
+            forked = await client.branch.fork("feature")
+            self.assertEqual(forked["kind"], "Forked")
+            feature = await client.fs.write("feature", "/src/new.txt", "new\n", "Add feature")
+            self.assertEqual(feature["kind"], "Committed")
+
+            commits = await client.branch.list_commits("feature")
+            self.assertGreaterEqual(len(commits["items"]), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(commits["items"][0]["id"], feature["commit"]["id"])
+            graph = await client.branch.graph("feature")
+            self.assertEqual(graph["branch"]["name"], "feature")
+            changed = await client.branch.changed_paths(feature["commit"]["id"])
+            self.assertIn("/src/new.txt", {item["path"] for item in changed["items"]})
+
+            storage = await client.backend.store.project.get_storage({"commits": True})
+            self.assertGreater(storage["disk"]["total"], 0)
+            self.assertGreaterEqual(storage["commits"]["Files"]["count"], 1)
+            self.assertIn("Workspace", storage["commits"])
+            self.assertIn("Merge", storage["commits"])
+
+        reopened = await LayerFS.open("real", self.options)
+        async with reopened:
+            self.assertEqual((await reopened.fs.read("main", "/README.md"))["text"], "initial\n")
+            self.assertEqual((await reopened.fs.read("feature", "/src/new.txt"))["text"], "new\n")
+
+    async def LayerFS_init(self):
+        return await LayerFS.init("real", str(self.source), 300000, self.options)
+
+    async def test_project_summary(self):
+        client = await self.LayerFS_init()
+        async with client:
+            summary = await client.backend.store.project.get_summary()
+            self.assertEqual(summary["branches"], 1)
+            self.assertEqual(summary["commits"], 0)
+            self.assertIsNone(summary["mainLayer"])
+            self.assertIsNone(summary["lastCommit"])
+            self.assertGreater(summary["logical"], 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_results.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_results.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b9d6e1dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_results.py
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+import asyncio
+import json
+import math
+from pathlib import Path
+import tempfile
+
+from support import ContractCase, ENV
+
+
+class PythonResultsTests(ContractCase):
+    async def test_open_write_refusal_backend_and_close(self):
+        opened = self.client.results()
+        self.assertEqual([item["method"] for item in opened["items"]], ["project.list_branches"])
+        self.assertEqual((opened["next"], opened["evicted"]), (1, 0))
+        before = (await self.native.inspect())["calls"]
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.results(), opened)
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["calls"], before)
+
+        await self.client.project.list_branches()
+        await self.client.fs.list("main", "/")
+        all_records = self.client.results()
+        self.assertEqual([item["seq"] for item in all_records["items"]], [1, 2, 3])
+
+        await self.client.fs.write("feature", "/big.txt", "hello", "Write big")
+        await self.client.fs.rm("feature", "/dir")
+        await self.client.workspace.commit({"sandbox": "1", "path": "/workspaces/w1"}, "Save")
+        await self.client.branch.merge("main", "feature", "merged")
+        await self.client.branch.publish("feature")
+        await self.client.branch.fork("p10-fork")
+        await self.client.fs.read("main", "/README.md", 1, 20)
+        records = self.client.results(3)["items"]
+        by_method = {item["method"]: item for item in records}
+        self.assertEqual(by_method["fs.write"]["kind"], "Committed")
+        self.assertEqual(by_method["fs.write"]["commit"], "c0ffee")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            by_method["fs.write"]["sizes"],
+            {"logical": 120, "newCanonical": 40, "newStored": 30, "newMetadata": 8},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(by_method["fs.rm"]["kind"], "UpToDate")
+        self.assertEqual(by_method["fs.rm"]["commit"], "h3ad")
+        self.assertEqual(by_method["branch.merge"]["commit"], "m3rge")
+        self.assertEqual(by_method["branch.publish"]["layer"], "lay1")
+        self.assertNotIn("commit", by_method["branch.fork"])
+        self.assertNotIn("kind", by_method["fs.read"])
+
+        cursor = self.client.results()["next"]
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(Exception, "does not exist"):
+            await self.client.fs.read("main", "/missing")
+        self.native.refuse = ("fs.list",)
+        with self.assertRaises(Exception) as refused:
+            await self.client.fs.list("main", "/")
+        self.native.refuse = ()
+        self.assertEqual(refused.exception.code, "Conflict")
+        failures = self.client.results(cursor)["items"]
+        self.assertEqual([item["code"] for item in failures], ["NoSuchPath", "Conflict"])
+        self.assertEqual(failures[1]["message"], "fs.list refused by the fake")
+
+        cursor = self.client.results()["next"]
+        with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+            await self.client.call("backend.store.project.get_history", {})
+        with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+            await self.client.project.list_branches(0)
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.results()["next"], cursor)
+
+        cursor = self.client.results()["next"]
+        await self.client.backend.store.project.get_storage()
+        backend = self.client.results(cursor)["items"]
+        self.assertEqual([item["method"] for item in backend], ["backend.store.project.get_storage"])
+        await self.client.close()
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.results()["next"], backend[0]["seq"])
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(self.client.results()["items"][-1]["ms"], 0)
+
+    async def test_parallel_paging_validation_init_and_eviction(self):
+        cursor = self.client.results()["next"]
+        await asyncio.gather(
+            self.client.fs.write("feature", "/a.txt", "a", "one"),
+            self.client.fs.read("main", "/README.md", 1, 20),
+            self.client.project.list_branches(),
+        )
+        parallel = self.client.results(cursor)["items"]
+        self.assertEqual([item["seq"] for item in parallel], [cursor + 1, cursor + 2, cursor + 3])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sorted(item["method"] for item in parallel),
+            ["fs.read", "fs.write", "project.list_branches"],
+        )
+        last = self.client.results()["next"]
+        self.assertEqual([item["seq"] for item in self.client.results(last - 2)["items"]], [last - 1, last])
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.results(last), {"items": [], "next": last, "evicted": 0})
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.results(None), self.client.results())
+        for invalid in (-1, 1.5, math.nan, "1", {}, [], 2**53, math.inf, True):
+            with self.subTest(after=invalid), self.assertRaises(Exception) as raised:
+                self.client.results(invalid)
+            self.assertEqual(raised.exception.code, "InvalidInput")
+
+        made = await self.LayerFS.init("p10init", "/src/site")
+        self.addAsyncCleanup(made.close)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [item["method"] for item in made.results()["items"]],
+            ["project.init", "project.list_branches"],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(made.results()["items"][0]["kind"], "Initialized")
+
+        heavy = await self.LayerFS.open("site")
+        self.addAsyncCleanup(heavy.close)
+        for _ in range(1030):
+            await heavy.project.list_branches()
+        total = 1031
+        page = heavy.results()
+        self.assertEqual(len(page["items"]), 1024)
+        self.assertEqual(page["evicted"], total - 1024)
+        self.assertTrue(page["stale"])
+        self.assertEqual(page["items"][0]["seq"], total - 1024 + 1)
+        self.assertNotIn("stale", heavy.results(total - 1024))
+        self.assertTrue(heavy.results(total - 1024 - 2)["stale"])
+
+    async def test_trace_agreement(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="layerfs-p4-results-") as directory:
+            trace = str(Path(directory) / "trace.jsonl")
+            client = await self.LayerFS.open("site", {"trace": trace})
+            self.addAsyncCleanup(client.close)
+            await client.fs.write("feature", "/big.txt", "hello", "Write big")
+            with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+                await client.fs.read("main", "/missing")
+            await client.branch.publish("feature")
+            with open(trace, encoding="utf-8") as lines:
+                traced = [json.loads(line) for line in lines if line.strip()]
+            records = client.results()["items"]
+            self.assertEqual(len(records), len(traced))
+            fields = ("method", "start", "ms", "ok", "code", "message", "kind", "commit", "layer", "sizes")
+            for record, line in zip(records, traced):
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    {key: record[key] for key in fields if key in record},
+                    {key: line[key] for key in fields if key in line},
+                )
+
+
+class PythonStorageOptionsTests(ContractCase):
+    async def test_get_storage_options_and_numbers(self):
+        await self.native.prepare(
+            {
+                "storageResult": {
+                    "logical": 1000,
+                    "canonical": 800,
+                    "stored": 600,
+                    "metadata": 200,
+                    "file": 16384,
+                    "free": 4096,
+                    "dedupe": "1.250000",
+                    "compression": "1.333333",
+                    "init": None,
+                    "disk": {"main": 12288, "wal": 4096, "total": 16384},
+                    "commits": {
+                        "Workspace": {"count": 3, "newCanonical": 1200, "newStored": 900, "newMetadata": 300},
+                        "Files": {"count": 1, "newCanonical": 400, "newStored": 300, "newMetadata": 100},
+                        "Merge": {"count": 0, "newCanonical": 0, "newStored": 0, "newMetadata": 0},
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+        )
+        project = self.client.backend.store.project
+        default = await project.get_storage()
+        self.assertEqual(default["dedupe"], 1.25)
+        self.assertEqual(default["compression"], 1.333333)
+        self.assertEqual(default["disk"], {"main": 12288, "wal": 4096, "total": 16384})
+        commits = await project.get_storage({"commits": True})
+        self.assertEqual(commits["commits"]["Merge"]["count"], 0)
+        before = await self.native.inspect()
+        for invalid in (None, "bad", 123, True, [1, 2], {"unknown": True}, {"commits": "yes"}, {"commits": 1}, {"commits": None}, {"commits": {}}):
+            with self.subTest(options=invalid), self.assertRaises(Exception) as raised:
+                await project.get_storage(invalid)
+            self.assertEqual(raised.exception.code, "InvalidInput")
+        after = await self.native.inspect()
+        self.assertEqual(len(after["calls"]) - len(before["calls"]), 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import unittest
+
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_scope.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_scope.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc8021e505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_scope.py
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+import unittest
+
+from support import ContractCase
+from layerfs import LayerFS, LayerFSError
+
+SCOPE = {"folder": "/packages/editor", "branch": "team.editor"}
+WS = {"sandbox": "1", "path": "/workspaces/w1"}
+COMMIT = "12" + "a" * 64
+
+
+class PythonScopeTests(ContractCase):
+    async def open_scoped(self, options=None):
+        client = await LayerFS.open("site", {"scope": dict(options or SCOPE)})
+        self.addAsyncCleanup(client.close)
+        return client
+
+    async def assert_outside(self, awaitable, kind="path"):
+        with self.assertRaises(LayerFSError) as ctx:
+            await awaitable
+        self.assertEqual(ctx.exception.code, "InvalidInput")
+        self.assertEqual(ctx.exception.raw_message, f"out of scope: {kind}")
+
+    async def calls_since(self, before):
+        state = await self.native.inspect()
+        return state["calls"][before:], state["args"][before:]
+
+    async def test_scope_validation(self):
+        invalid = [
+            None, [], "scope", {}, {"branch": "team"}, {"folder": "/a", "unknown": True},
+            {"folder": "relative", "branch": "team"}, {"folder": "", "branch": "team"},
+            {"folder": "/a/", "branch": "team"}, {"folder": "/a//b", "branch": "team"},
+            {"folder": "/a/./b", "branch": "team"}, {"folder": "/a/../b", "branch": "team"},
+            {"folder": "/a", "branch": ""}, {"folder": "/a", "branch": "team/editor"},
+            {"folder": "/a", "branch": "Team"}, {"folder": "/a", "branch": ".team"},
+            {"folder": "/a", "branch": "team."}, {"folder": "/a", "branch": "a" * 64},
+        ]
+        for scope in invalid:
+            with self.subTest(scope=scope):
+                with self.assertRaises(LayerFSError) as ctx:
+                    await LayerFS.open("site", {"scope": scope})
+                self.assertEqual(ctx.exception.code, "InvalidInput")
+        with self.assertRaises(LayerFSError) as ctx:
+            await LayerFS.init("fresh", "/tmp/fresh", options={"scope": SCOPE})
+        self.assertEqual(ctx.exception.code, "InvalidInput")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ctx.exception.raw_message,
+            "LayerFS.init does not accept scope; open the existing project with a scope instead",
+        )
+        root = await self.open_scoped({"folder": "/", "branch": "a"})
+
+    async def test_file_operations_preserve_arguments_and_results(self):
+        plain = self.client
+        scoped = await self.open_scoped()
+        prefix = "team.editor"
+
+        async def pair(method, args):
+            await plain.call(method, args)
+            expected = (await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]
+            await scoped.call(method, args)
+            actual = (await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]
+            self.assertEqual(actual, {**expected, "branch": prefix + ".main"} if "branch" in args else expected)
+
+        before = len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"])
+        await pair("fs.list", {"branch": "main", "path": "/packages/editor", "pageSize": 5, "pagePos": 0})
+        await pair("fs.read", {"branch": "main", "path": "/packages/editor/src/index.js", "startLine": 1, "endLine": 5})
+        await pair("fs.write", {"branch": "main", "path": "/packages/editor/a", "content": "new", "message": "write"})
+        await pair("fs.cp", {"branch": "main", "from": "/packages/editor/a", "to": "/packages/editor/b"})
+        calls, _ = await self.calls_since(before)
+        self.assertEqual(calls, ["fs.list", "fs.list", "fs.read", "fs.read", "fs.write", "fs.write", "fs.cp", "fs.cp"])
+
+        # fs.diff_files maps the Branch names on both sides while keeping the paths.
+        await scoped.call("fs.diff_files", {
+            "branch": "main",
+            "left": {"commit": "main", "path": "/packages/editor/a"},
+            "right": {"commit": "feature", "path": "/packages/editor/b"},
+        })
+        args = (await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]
+        self.assertEqual(args["branch"], "team.editor.main")
+        self.assertEqual(args["left"], {"commit": "team.editor.main", "path": "/packages/editor/a"})
+        self.assertEqual(args["right"], {"commit": "team.editor.feature", "path": "/packages/editor/b"})
+
+    async def test_out_of_scope_paths_refuse_before_dispatch(self):
+        client = await self.open_scoped()
+        before = len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"])
+        for call in (
+            lambda: client.fs.list("main", "/packages"),
+            lambda: client.fs.stat("main", "/packages/editor2"),
+            lambda: client.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor/../other"),
+            lambda: client.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor//src"),
+            lambda: client.fs.read("main", "packages/editor/src"),
+            lambda: client.fs.apply("main", [
+                {"op": "write", "path": "/packages/editor/a", "content": "x"},
+                {"op": "rm", "path": "/packages/other"},
+            ]),
+            lambda: client.fs.apply("main", [{"op": "cp", "from": "/packages/other/a", "to": "/packages/editor/a"}]),
+            lambda: client.fs.cp("main", "/packages/editor/a", "/packages/other/a"),
+            lambda: client.fs.diff_files("main", "/packages/other/a", "main", "/packages/editor/a"),
+            lambda: client.call("fs.read", {"branch": "main", "path": "/packages/other.txt"}),
+        ):
+            await self.assert_outside(call())
+        self.assertEqual(len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"]), before)
+        await client.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor/src")
+        await client.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor")
+        root = await self.open_scoped({"folder": "/", "branch": "team"})
+        await root.fs.read("main", "/any/canonical/path")
+
+    async def test_refs_map_branch_names_and_preserve_identities(self):
+        client = await self.open_scoped()
+        await client.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor/a")
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]["branch"], "team.editor.main")
+        await client.fs.read(COMMIT, "/packages/editor/a")
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]["branch"], COMMIT)
+        await client.branch.fork("from-commit", COMMIT)
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]["from"], COMMIT)
+        files_only = await self.open_scoped({"folder": "/packages/editor"})
+        await files_only.fs.read(COMMIT, "/packages/editor/a")
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]["branch"], COMMIT)
+        await self.assert_outside(files_only.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor/a"), "branch")
+
+    async def test_history_and_events_refuse_before_dispatch(self):
+        client = await self.open_scoped()
+        before = len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"])
+        for call in (
+            lambda: client.branch.list_commits("main"),
+            lambda: client.branch.graph("main"),
+            lambda: client.branch.changed_paths("c0ffee"),
+            lambda: client.branch.diff_commits("c0ffee", "decaf"),
+            lambda: client.branch.diff_branches("main", "feature"),
+            lambda: client.call("branch.list_commits", {"branch": "main"}),
+        ):
+            await self.assert_outside(call(), "history")
+        await self.assert_outside(client.call("events.subscribe", {}), "events")
+        self.assertEqual(len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"]), before)
+
+    async def test_branch_mutation_and_publication_stay_in_the_namespace(self):
+        client = await self.open_scoped()
+        await client.branch.fork("feature", "main")
+        args = (await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]
+        self.assertEqual((args["name"], args["from"]), ("team.editor.feature", "team.editor.main"))
+        await client.branch.merge("main", "feature", "merged", "merge")
+        args = (await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]
+        self.assertEqual(
+            (args["branch"], args["with"], args["name"]),
+            ("team.editor.main", "team.editor.feature", "team.editor.merged"),
+        )
+        await client.branch.publish("feature", "c0ffee")
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]["branch"], "team.editor.feature")
+        before = len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"])
+        for call in (
+            lambda: client.fs.read("team/editor/main", "/packages/editor/a"),
+            lambda: client.branch.fork("../escape", "main"),
+            lambda: client.branch.merge("main", "outsider/main", "merged"),
+            lambda: client.branch.publish("Main", "c0ffee"),
+            lambda: client.call("branch.fork", {"name": "a" * 64, "from": "main"}),
+        ):
+            await self.assert_outside(call(), "branch")
+        self.assertEqual(len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"]), before)
+        long = await self.open_scoped({"folder": "/packages/editor", "branch": "a" * 60})
+        long_before = len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"])
+        await self.assert_outside(long.branch.fork("bbbb", "main"), "branch")
+        self.assertEqual(len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"]), long_before)
+        files_only = await self.open_scoped({"folder": "/packages/editor"})
+        files_before = len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"])
+        await self.assert_outside(files_only.branch.fork("feature", "main"), "branch")
+        await self.assert_outside(files_only.project.list_branches(), "branch")
+        self.assertEqual(len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"]), files_before)
+
+    async def test_branch_listing_filters_and_strips_with_scoped_paging(self):
+        await self.native.prepare({"branchList": ["main", "team.editor.main", "team.other", "team.editor.feature", "team.editor2.bad", "team.editor.review"]})
+        try:
+            client = await self.open_scoped()
+            first = await client.project.list_branches(2, 0)
+            self.assertEqual([item["name"] for item in first["items"]], ["main", "feature"])
+            self.assertTrue(first["hasMore"])
+            self.assertEqual(first["nextPagePos"], 2)
+            second = await client.call("project.list_branches", {"pageSize": 2, "pagePos": 2})
+            self.assertEqual([item["name"] for item in second["items"]], ["review"])
+            self.assertFalse(second["hasMore"])
+            self.assertIsNone(second["nextPagePos"])
+        finally:
+            await self.native.prepare({"branchList": None})
+
+    async def test_workspace_mount_and_exec_bind_to_the_scope(self):
+        client = await self.open_scoped()
+        mounted = await client.workspace.mount("1")
+        self.assertEqual(mounted, {"sandbox": "1", "path": "/workspaces/w1", "image": "fake-image"})
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]["branch"], "team.editor.main")
+        await client.call("workspace.mount", {"sandbox": "1"})
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]["branch"], "team.editor.main")
+        before = len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"])
+        await self.assert_outside(client.workspace.mount("1", "feature"), "branch")
+        await self.assert_outside(client.call("workspace.mount", {"sandbox": "1", "branch": "feature"}), "branch")
+        await self.assert_outside(client.call("workspace.mount", {"sandbox": "1", "branch": None}), "branch")
+        self.assertEqual(len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"]), before)
+        files_only = await self.open_scoped({"folder": "/packages/editor"})
+        await self.assert_outside(files_only.workspace.mount("1"), "branch")
+
+        await client.workspace.exec(WS, "exit 0", "scope test")
+        exec_args = (await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]
+        self.assertEqual(exec_args["cwd"], "/packages/editor")
+        await client.call("workspace.exec", {**WS, "command": "exit 0"})
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]["cwd"], "/packages/editor")
+        before = len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"])
+        await self.assert_outside(client.call("workspace.exec", {**WS, "command": "pwd", "cwd": "/"}))
+        self.assertEqual(len((await self.native.inspect())["calls"]), before)
+
+    async def test_backend_unavailable_and_unscoped_shapes_unchanged(self):
+        client = await self.open_scoped()
+        self.assertIsNone(client.backend)
+        plain = self.client
+        await plain.workspace.exec(WS, "exit 0")
+        self.assertNotIn("cwd", (await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1])
+        await plain.workspace.mount("1", "feature")
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]["branch"], "feature")
+        await plain.fs.read("main", "/packages/editor/a")
+        self.assertEqual((await self.native.inspect())["args"][-1]["branch"], "main")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_worker.py b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_worker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a060165301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-python/tests/python/test_worker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import asyncio
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+from layerfs._worker import WorkerTransport, decode, encode, frame
+
+
+class WorkerProtocolTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_tagged_json_values(self):
+        value = {
+            "none": None,
+            "bool": True,
+            "int": 7,
+            "text": "hello",
+            "bytes": b"\x00\xff",
+            "list": [1, "two"],
+            "object": {"nested": False},
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(decode(encode(value)), value)
+        framed = frame({"secret": "ab" * 32})
+        self.assertEqual(int.from_bytes(framed[:4], "big"), len(framed) - 4)
+        self.assertEqual(decode(framed[4:]), {"secret": "ab" * 32})
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            decode(b'["wrong",1,null]')
+
+
+class WorkerClientTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    async def asyncSetUp(self):
+        self.requests = []
+        self.server = await asyncio.start_server(self.serve, "127.0.0.1", 0)
+        self.directory = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="layerfs-p4-worker-")
+        self.endpoint = str(Path(self.directory.name) / "endpoint.json")
+        with open(self.endpoint, "w", encoding="utf-8") as output:
+            json.dump(
+                {
+                    "home": "/private/worker-home",
+                    "port": self.server.sockets[0].getsockname()[1],
+                    "secret": "ab" * 32,
+                },
+                output,
+            )
+
+    async def asyncTearDown(self):
+        self.server.close()
+        await self.server.wait_closed()
+        self.directory.cleanup()
+
+    async def read_frame(self, reader):
+        head = await reader.readexactly(4)
+        return decode(await reader.readexactly(int.from_bytes(head, "big")))
+
+    async def serve(self, reader, writer):
+        try:
+            greeting = await self.read_frame(reader)
+            if greeting != {"secret": "ab" * 32}:
+                writer.close()
+                return
+            writer.write(frame({"id": 0, "answer": {"value": "hello"}}))
+            await writer.drain()
+            while request := await self.read_frame(reader):
+                self.requests.append(request)
+                if request["op"] == "disconnect":
+                    writer.close()
+                    await writer.wait_closed()
+                    return
+                writer.write(
+                    frame(
+                        {
+                            "id": request["id"],
+                            "answer": {"value": {"op": request["op"], "open": request["open"]}},
+                        }
+                    )
+                )
+                await writer.drain()
+        except (asyncio.IncompleteReadError, ConnectionError):
+            pass
+        finally:
+            writer.close()
+
+    async def test_authenticated_calls_store_counts_and_binary(self):
+        transport = WorkerTransport(self.endpoint)
+        args = {"home": "/private/worker-home", "storePath": "/store", "bytes": b"\x00\xff"}
+        await transport.store_open(args)
+        first = await transport.call("fs.write", args)
+        second = await transport.call("fs.read", args)
+        self.assertEqual(first["value"]["open"], True)
+        self.assertEqual(second["value"]["open"], True)
+        self.assertEqual(self.requests[0]["fn"], "call")
+        self.assertEqual(self.requests[0]["args"]["bytes"], b"\x00\xff")
+        await transport.store_close(args)
+        closed = await transport.call("fs.read", args)
+        self.assertEqual(closed["value"]["open"], False)
+        await transport.close()
+
+    async def test_sent_call_loss_is_unknown_and_not_replayed(self):
+        transport = WorkerTransport(self.endpoint)
+        args = {"home": "/private/worker-home", "storePath": "/store"}
+        answer = await transport.call("disconnect", args)
+        self.assertEqual(answer["refused"]["code"], "Unknown")
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.requests), 1)
+        await transport.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-sandbox/src/types/execution.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-sandbox/src/types/execution.rs
index 23c9dbeb0e..9c835ca59c 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-sandbox/src/types/execution.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-sandbox/src/types/execution.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Process observation is independent of pipe EOF and filesystem drain.
-use super::{ContainerId, ExecId, RuntimeError};
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use super::RuntimeError;
+use super::{ContainerId, ExecId};
 /// Explicit nonroot identity for ordinary commands.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct CommandIdentity {
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@ pub struct CommandIdentity {
     pub gid: u32,
 }
 impl CommandIdentity {
+    #[cfg(unix)] // called only by the (Unix) backend's request validation
     pub(crate) fn check(self) -> Result<(), RuntimeError> {
         if self.uid == 0 || self.gid == 0 {
             Err(RuntimeError::Protocol("nonroot command uid/gid"))
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-sandbox/src/types/mod.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-sandbox/src/types/mod.rs
index 69827343cb..afd359ee9a 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-sandbox/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-sandbox/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ mod failure;
 mod identity;
 mod transfer;
 pub use execution::{CommandIdentity, ExecInspection};
+#[cfg(unix)] // read only by the (Unix) backend; the types themselves stay portable
 pub(crate) use failure::STOPPED;
 pub use failure::{ErrorDiagnostic, RuntimeError, WireFailure};
 pub use identity::{ContainerId, ExecId};
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/branch.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/branch.rs
index 6519bf5ed3..e1d00997a8 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/branch.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/branch.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 //! A conflict creates nothing. Publishing is overwrite-only and reports
 //! the main Layers it skipped.
 use super::lookup::{
-    self as args, branch_node, commit_value, hex, history, invalid, layer_value, node_text, refuse,
-    root, short, Answer,
+    self as args, branch_node, hex, history, invalid, layer_value, node_text, refuse, root, short,
+    Answer,
 };
 use crate::store::{CommitError, Store};
 use layerfs_bridge::control::{SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
+use layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::{commit_value_with_budget, value_cost};
 use layerfs_content::{
     filesystem::FilesystemRootId,
     merge::{merge_roots, MergeInput, MergeUnit, RulesFrom, Units},
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ pub fn list(
 }
 
 /// The listed form of the project's main line.
-fn main_item(stack: &layerfs_history::LayerStackRecord) -> SdkValue {
+pub(super) fn main_item(stack: &layerfs_history::LayerStackRecord) -> SdkValue {
     SdkValue::map([
         ("name", SdkValue::text(MAIN)),
         ("id", SdkValue::Null),
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ fn main_item(stack: &layerfs_history::LayerStackRecord) -> SdkValue {
 }
 
 /// The listed form of one Branch.
-fn item(branch: &layerfs_history::BranchRecord) -> SdkValue {
+pub(super) fn item(branch: &layerfs_history::BranchRecord) -> SdkValue {
     SdkValue::map([
         ("name", SdkValue::text(branch.name.as_str())),
         ("id", SdkValue::text(hex(branch.id.as_slice()))),
@@ -257,13 +258,20 @@ pub fn list_commits(
                 seen += 1;
                 continue;
             }
-            let cost = record.meta.message.as_ref().map_or(0, String::len) + 1024;
-            if items.len() == limit || spent + cost > crate::read::reads::REPLY_BUDGET {
+            let value = commit_value_with_budget(
+                &record,
+                Some(branch.name.as_str()),
+                crate::read::reads::REPLY_BUDGET,
+            );
+            let cost = value_cost(&value);
+            if !items.is_empty()
+                && (items.len() == limit || spent + cost > crate::read::reads::REPLY_BUDGET)
+            {
                 more = true;
                 break 'pages;
             }
             spent += cost;
-            items.push(commit_value(&record, Some(branch.name.as_str())));
+            items.push(value);
         }
         match page.continuation {
             Some(next) => cursor = Some(next),
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/graph.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/graph.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..786bcc7adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/graph.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+//! Branch-owning history, its fork point and current main publication state.
+use super::branch::{item, main_item};
+use super::lookup::{self as args, hex, history, Answer};
+use crate::store::Store;
+use layerfs_bridge::control::{SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
+use layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::{commit_value_with_budget, value_cost};
+use layerfs_history::{
+    CommitHistoryRequest, CommitRecord, LayerHistoryRequest, LayerStackRecord, NodeId,
+    MAXIMUM_PAGE_RECORDS,
+};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+struct Page<'a> {
+    branch: &'a str,
+    limit: usize,
+    pos: u64,
+    seen: u64,
+    spent: usize,
+    items: Vec<SdkValue>,
+    more: bool,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Page<'a> {
+    fn new(branch: &'a str, limit: usize, pos: u64) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            branch,
+            limit,
+            pos,
+            seen: 0,
+            spent: 0,
+            items: Vec::new(),
+            more: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn skip(&mut self) -> bool {
+        if self.seen < self.pos {
+            self.seen += 1;
+            return true;
+        }
+        false
+    }
+
+    fn push(
+        &mut self,
+        record: &CommitRecord,
+        published: impl FnOnce() -> Result<bool, SdkRefusal>,
+    ) -> Result<bool, SdkRefusal> {
+        if self.skip() {
+            return Ok(true);
+        }
+        let published = published()?;
+        let mut value =
+            commit_value_with_budget(record, Some(self.branch), crate::read::reads::REPLY_BUDGET);
+        if let SdkValue::Map(fields) = &mut value {
+            fields.push(("published".into(), SdkValue::Bool(published)));
+        }
+        let cost = value_cost(&value);
+        if !self.items.is_empty()
+            && (self.items.len() == self.limit
+                || self.spent + cost > crate::read::reads::REPLY_BUDGET)
+        {
+            self.more = true;
+            return Ok(false);
+        }
+        self.spent += cost;
+        self.items.push(value);
+        Ok(true)
+    }
+
+    fn finish(self) -> (Vec<SdkValue>, bool) {
+        (self.items, self.more)
+    }
+}
+
+fn fork_point(node: Option<NodeId>) -> SdkValue {
+    node.map_or(SdkValue::Null, |node| {
+        let (kind, id) = match node {
+            NodeId::Layer(id) => ("layer", hex(id.as_slice())),
+            NodeId::Commit(id) => ("commit", hex(id.as_slice())),
+        };
+        SdkValue::map([("kind", SdkValue::text(kind)), ("id", SdkValue::text(id))])
+    })
+}
+
+/// A Branch's own Commits, stopping before its Commit fork point, or main's
+/// Layer-source Commits. Publication is read from main's current Layer stack.
+pub fn graph(
+    store: &Arc<Store>,
+    stack: &LayerStackRecord,
+    name: &str,
+    limit: usize,
+    pos: u64,
+) -> Answer {
+    let main = name == super::MAIN;
+    let branch = if main {
+        None
+    } else {
+        Some(args::branch(store, stack, name)?)
+    };
+    let mut page = Page::new(name, limit, pos);
+    if main {
+        let mut cursor = None;
+        'pages: loop {
+            let found = store
+                .history()
+                .layer_history(&LayerHistoryRequest {
+                    stack: stack.id,
+                    start: Some(stack.head_layer),
+                    cursor,
+                    limit: MAXIMUM_PAGE_RECORDS,
+                })
+                .map_err(history)?;
+            for layer in found.records {
+                let Some(commit) = layer.source_commit else {
+                    continue;
+                };
+                if page.skip() {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let record = args::commit(store, commit)?;
+                if !page.push(&record, || Ok(true))? {
+                    break 'pages;
+                }
+            }
+            match found.continuation {
+                Some(next) => cursor = Some(next),
+                None => break,
+            }
+        }
+    } else if let Some(branch) = &branch {
+        let fork = match branch.forked_from {
+            Some(NodeId::Commit(id)) => Some(id),
+            _ => None,
+        };
+        let mut cursor = None;
+        'pages: loop {
+            let found = store
+                .history()
+                .commit_history(&CommitHistoryRequest {
+                    branch: branch.id,
+                    start: branch.head_commit,
+                    cursor,
+                    limit: MAXIMUM_PAGE_RECORDS,
+                })
+                .map_err(history)?;
+            for record in found.records {
+                if Some(record.id) == fork {
+                    break 'pages;
+                }
+                if !page.push(&record, || {
+                    store
+                        .history()
+                        .is_published(stack.head_layer, &record)
+                        .map_err(history)
+                })? {
+                    break 'pages;
+                }
+            }
+            match found.continuation {
+                Some(next) => cursor = Some(next),
+                None => break,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let (commits, more) = page.finish();
+    let next = args::next_page(pos, commits.len(), more);
+    let branch_value = branch.as_ref().map_or_else(|| main_item(stack), item);
+    Ok(SdkValue::map([
+        ("branch", branch_value),
+        (
+            "forkPoint",
+            fork_point(branch.and_then(|branch| branch.forked_from)),
+        ),
+        ("commits", SdkValue::List(commits)),
+        ("hasMore", SdkValue::Bool(!matches!(next, SdkValue::Null))),
+        ("nextPagePos", next),
+    ]))
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/mod.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/mod.rs
index 85e5f719e0..e72fd18dde 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/mod.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/history/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Branch history over the global Store: typed fork, merge, publish and
 //! listings, and the lookups and refusals the Store calls share.
 pub mod branch;
+pub mod graph;
 pub mod lookup;
 mod units;
 
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/install.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/install.rs
index 850570a334..ac1118cf4a 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/install.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/install.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 /// The daemon's user inside its Sandbox (the runtime's `User` is `0:0`). A
 /// daemon opens only a Store file and directory it owns, so an installer
 /// must run as this user too.
+#[cfg(unix)]
 const DAEMON_UID: u32 = 0;
 
 /// The destination and its exclusive temporary name.
@@ -162,11 +163,21 @@ pub fn install_local(
         installer_user()?;
         let text = |error: io::Error| error.to_string();
         if !directory.exists() {
-            use std::os::unix::fs::DirBuilderExt;
-            fs::DirBuilder::new()
-                .mode(0o700)
-                .create(directory)
-                .map_err(text)?;
+            #[cfg(unix)]
+            {
+                use std::os::unix::fs::DirBuilderExt;
+                fs::DirBuilder::new()
+                    .mode(0o700)
+                    .create(directory)
+                    .map_err(text)?;
+            }
+            #[cfg(not(unix))]
+            {
+                // Unreachable behind the kernel guard above, which refuses
+                // every non-Linux platform before this line; the plain create
+                // only keeps the crate compilable there.
+                fs::DirBuilder::new().create(directory).map_err(text)?;
+            }
         }
         let (target, temporary) = paths(destination).map_err(text)?;
         let mut file = claim(&target, &temporary).map_err(text)?;
@@ -203,6 +214,7 @@ pub fn install_local(
 }
 
 /// Refuses an installer that is not the daemons' user.
+#[cfg(unix)]
 fn installer_user() -> Result<(), String> {
     use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
     // the owner of /proc/self is this process's effective user
@@ -217,3 +229,10 @@ fn installer_user() -> Result<(), String> {
     }
     Ok(())
 }
+
+/// Refuses every installer off the daemons' platform: the install is part of
+/// direct Store access, which the kernel guard holds to Linux.
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+fn installer_user() -> Result<(), String> {
+    Err("the Store install runs on the daemons' Linux kernel only".to_owned())
+}
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/dispatch.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/dispatch.rs
index 0631563912..ea3ddac71d 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/dispatch.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/dispatch.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use layerfs_bridge::control::{SdkCall, SdkRefusal, SdkValue};
 pub fn dispatch(service: &StoreService, call: &SdkCall) -> Result<SdkValue, SdkRefusal> {
     match call.method.as_str() {
         "backend.store.project.get_history" => snapshot(&service.store, &call.args, &[]),
-        "backend.store.project.get_storage" => store::stats(&service.store),
+        "backend.store.project.get_storage" => store::stats(&service.store, &call.args),
+        "backend.store.project.get_summary" => store::summary(&service.store, &call.args),
         "backend.store.branch.list_commit_storage" => store::commits(&service.store, &call.args),
         "backend.store.project.list_overwritten" => store::overwritten(&service.store, &call.args),
         "backend.store.fs.get_storage" => files::stats(&service.store, &call.args),
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/inspect.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/inspect.rs
index 9dc541f56b..1678d0ad91 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/inspect.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/inspect.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 //! says older Layers were left out. `version` is a digest of the answer, so a
 //! caller polling with `since` gets `unchanged` until something it shows
 //! changes: a Commit, merge, publish, fork, mount, unmount or Workspace write.
-use crate::history::lookup::{self as args, commit_value, hex, layer_value, Answer};
+use crate::history::lookup::{self as args, hex, layer_value, Answer};
 use crate::history::MAIN;
 use crate::store::Store;
 use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkValue;
+use layerfs_bridge::sdk_values::{commit_value_with_budget, value_cost};
 use layerfs_history::{
     BranchId, BranchSnapshot, CommitHistoryRequest, CommitId, LayerId, MAXIMUM_PAGE_RECORDS,
 };
@@ -41,23 +42,6 @@ pub struct WorkspaceView {
     pub revision: Option<i64>,
 }
 
-/// Encoded size estimate of one value.
-fn cost(value: &SdkValue) -> usize {
-    match value {
-        SdkValue::Null | SdkValue::Bool(_) => 1,
-        SdkValue::Int(_) => 9,
-        SdkValue::Text(text) => text.len() + 5,
-        SdkValue::Bytes(bytes) => bytes.len() + 5,
-        SdkValue::List(items) => 5 + items.iter().map(cost).sum::<usize>(),
-        SdkValue::Map(fields) => {
-            5 + fields
-                .iter()
-                .map(|(name, value)| name.len() + 2 + cost(value))
-                .sum::<usize>()
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 fn workspace_value(
     view: &WorkspaceView,
     names: &BTreeMap<BranchId, (String, Option<CommitId>)>,
@@ -110,6 +94,29 @@ fn workspace_value(
     ])
 }
 
+/// One Branch's name and head, from the per-call memo or, on a miss, from a
+/// single point read. Snapshot callers use this for names outside the
+/// displayed page: mounted Workspaces, budgeted Layer sources, and returned
+/// Commits. The memo lives for one call only, so nothing persists and
+/// nothing needs invalidation.
+fn branch_name(
+    store: &Arc<Store>,
+    names: &mut BTreeMap<BranchId, (String, Option<CommitId>)>,
+    id: BranchId,
+) -> Result<Option<String>, layerfs_bridge::control::SdkRefusal> {
+    if let Some((name, _)) = names.get(&id) {
+        return Ok(Some(name.clone()));
+    }
+    match store.history().branch(id).map_err(args::history)? {
+        Some(branch) => {
+            let name = branch.name.as_str().to_owned();
+            names.insert(id, (name.clone(), branch.head_commit));
+            Ok(Some(name))
+        }
+        None => Ok(None),
+    }
+}
+
 /// The snapshot answer, or `unchanged` when `since` names its version.
 pub fn snapshot(store: &Arc<Store>, args: &SdkValue, views: &[WorkspaceView]) -> Answer {
     let stack = super::args::project(store, args)?;
@@ -126,18 +133,21 @@ pub fn snapshot(store: &Arc<Store>, args: &SdkValue, views: &[WorkspaceView]) ->
     let more_branches = page.continuation.is_some();
     let branches = page
         .records
-        .into_iter()
+        .iter()
         .filter(|branch| branch.name.as_str() != MAIN)
+        .cloned()
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    let mut names = branches
-        .iter()
-        .map(|branch| {
-            (
-                branch.id,
-                (branch.name.as_str().to_owned(), branch.head_commit),
-            )
-        })
-        .collect::<BTreeMap<_, _>>();
+    // Names are seeded from the displayed page only. The snapshot used to
+    // follow every Branch continuation here, so a cheap status call paid
+    // one provider page per ~81 Branches before answering anything. Names
+    // outside the page resolve lazily, at the single site that needs them.
+    let mut names = BTreeMap::new();
+    names.extend(page.records.iter().map(|branch| {
+        (
+            branch.id,
+            (branch.name.as_str().to_owned(), branch.head_commit),
+        )
+    }));
     // The page is bounded, but a Workspace may be mounted on a Branch outside
     // it. Resolve just those mounted identities, so the listing does not
     // depend on how many Branches the project has. The page still reports
@@ -146,17 +156,11 @@ pub fn snapshot(store: &Arc<Store>, args: &SdkValue, views: &[WorkspaceView]) ->
         if view.binding.branch.stack != stack.id {
             continue;
         }
-        let id = view.binding.branch.id;
-        if names.contains_key(&id) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        if let Some(branch) = store.history().branch(id).map_err(args::history)? {
-            names.insert(id, (branch.name.as_str().to_owned(), branch.head_commit));
-        }
+        branch_name(store, &mut names, view.binding.branch.id)?;
     }
     let mut spent = 0usize;
     let mut take = |value: SdkValue| {
-        spent += cost(&value);
+        spent += value_cost(&value);
         value
     };
     let mut branch_items = vec![take(SdkValue::map([
@@ -190,14 +194,15 @@ pub fn snapshot(store: &Arc<Store>, args: &SdkValue, views: &[WorkspaceView]) ->
     let mut next: Option<LayerId> = Some(stack.head_layer);
     while let Some(id) = next {
         let record = args::layer(store, id)?;
-        let source = record
-            .source_branch
-            .and_then(|branch| names.get(&branch).map(|(name, _)| name.clone()));
+        let source = match record.source_branch {
+            Some(branch) => branch_name(store, &mut names, branch)?,
+            None => None,
+        };
         let value = layer_value(&record, source.as_deref());
-        if layer_spent + cost(&value) > LAYER_BUDGET {
+        if layer_spent + value_cost(&value) > LAYER_BUDGET {
             break;
         }
-        layer_spent += cost(&value);
+        layer_spent += value_cost(&value);
         layers.push(value);
         next = record.parent;
     }
@@ -215,39 +220,69 @@ pub fn snapshot(store: &Arc<Store>, args: &SdkValue, views: &[WorkspaceView]) ->
             more.push((branch.name.as_str().to_owned(), SdkValue::Null));
             continue;
         }
+        let request = CommitHistoryRequest {
+            branch: branch.id,
+            start: None,
+            cursor: None,
+            limit: room.min(usize::from(MAXIMUM_PAGE_RECORDS)) as u16,
+        };
         let page = store
             .history()
-            .commit_history(&CommitHistoryRequest {
-                branch: branch.id,
-                start: None,
-                cursor: None,
-                limit: room.min(usize::from(MAXIMUM_PAGE_RECORDS)) as u16,
-            })
+            .commit_history(&request)
             .map_err(args::history)?;
+        // Restart is exact only when this Branch emitted nothing. After a
+        // mid-page rejection, resume at the rejected Commit so earlier values
+        // are not repeated and the rejected value is not skipped.
+        let mut rejected = false;
+        let mut emitted = false;
+        let mut previous = None;
         for record in &page.records {
             if seen.insert(record.id) {
-                let name = record
-                    .meta
-                    .branch
-                    .and_then(|id| names.get(&id))
-                    .map(|n| n.0.as_str());
-                let value = commit_value(record, name);
-                if spent + cost(&value) > BUDGET {
-                    more.push((branch.name.as_str().to_owned(), SdkValue::Null));
+                let name = match record.meta.branch {
+                    Some(id) => branch_name(store, &mut names, id)?,
+                    None => None,
+                };
+                let value = commit_value_with_budget(record, name.as_deref(), BUDGET);
+                let cost = value_cost(&value);
+                if spent + cost > BUDGET {
+                    rejected = true;
                     break;
                 }
-                spent += cost(&value);
+                spent += cost;
                 commits.push(value);
+                emitted = true;
             }
+            previous = Some(record.id);
         }
-        if let Some(cursor) = page.continuation.as_deref() {
+        if rejected {
+            let cursor = match previous.filter(|_| emitted) {
+                Some(previous) => {
+                    let resume = CommitHistoryRequest {
+                        branch: request.branch,
+                        start: page.records.first().map(|record| record.id),
+                        cursor: None,
+                        limit: request.limit,
+                    };
+                    let cursor = store
+                        .history()
+                        .commit_resume(&resume, previous)
+                        .map_err(args::history)?;
+                    SdkValue::text(hex(&cursor))
+                }
+                None => SdkValue::Null,
+            };
+            more.push((branch.name.as_str().to_owned(), cursor));
+        } else if let Some(cursor) = page.continuation.as_deref() {
             more.push((branch.name.as_str().to_owned(), SdkValue::text(hex(cursor))));
         }
     }
     let body = vec![
         (
             "store".to_owned(),
-            SdkValue::map([("stats", super::store::stats(store)?)]),
+            SdkValue::map([(
+                "stats",
+                super::store::stats(store, &SdkValue::Map(Vec::new()))?,
+            )]),
         ),
         ("project".to_owned(), SdkValue::text(stack.name.as_str())),
         ("branches".to_owned(), SdkValue::List(branch_items)),
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/store.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/store.rs
index 98f78bdb93..5fffe7b8c1 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/store.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/operator/store.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,85 @@ use crate::{
     store::Store,
 };
 use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkValue;
-use layerfs_history::NodeId;
+use layerfs_history::{CommitKindStatistics, CommitVia, NodeId};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-pub fn stats(store: &Arc<Store>) -> Answer {
+/// One Commit kind's totals as SDK values; absent kinds answer zero-filled.
+fn kind_totals(kinds: &[CommitKindStatistics], via: CommitVia) -> SdkValue {
+    let found = kinds.iter().find(|kind| kind.via == via);
+    let (count, canonical, stored, metadata) = found.map_or((0, 0, 0, 0), |kind| {
+        (
+            kind.count,
+            kind.new_canonical,
+            kind.new_stored,
+            kind.new_metadata,
+        )
+    });
+    SdkValue::map([
+        ("count", SdkValue::Int(count as i64)),
+        ("newCanonical", SdkValue::Int(canonical as i64)),
+        ("newStored", SdkValue::Int(stored as i64)),
+        ("newMetadata", SdkValue::Int(metadata as i64)),
+    ])
+}
+
+pub fn summary(store: &Arc<Store>, args: &SdkValue) -> Answer {
+    let project = match args {
+        SdkValue::Map(fields) => {
+            for (key, _) in fields {
+                match key.as_str() {
+                    "project" | "home" | "deploy" | "storePath" | "store_path" | "subscription" => {
+                    }
+                    _ => return Err(args::invalid(format!("unknown option `{key}`"))),
+                }
+            }
+            text(args, "project")?
+        }
+        _ => return Err(args::invalid("options must be a map")),
+    };
+    let project = args::name(project)?;
+    let value = store.history().summary(&project).map_err(args::history)?;
+    Ok(SdkValue::map([
+        ("logical", SdkValue::Int(value.logical as i64)),
+        ("branches", SdkValue::Int(value.branches as i64)),
+        ("commits", SdkValue::Int(value.commits as i64)),
+        (
+            "mainLayer",
+            SdkValue::opt_text(value.main_layer.map(|id| args::hex(id.as_slice()))),
+        ),
+        (
+            "lastCommit",
+            value.last_commit.map_or(SdkValue::Null, |commit| {
+                SdkValue::map([
+                    ("id", SdkValue::text(args::hex(commit.id.as_slice()))),
+                    ("createdMs", SdkValue::Int(commit.created_ms)),
+                ])
+            }),
+        ),
+    ]))
+}
+
+pub fn stats(store: &Arc<Store>, args: &SdkValue) -> Answer {
+    let commits = match args {
+        SdkValue::Map(fields) => {
+            let mut commits = false;
+            for (key, val) in fields {
+                match key.as_str() {
+                    "commits" => match val {
+                        SdkValue::Bool(b) => commits = *b,
+                        _ => return Err(args::invalid("commits must be a boolean")),
+                    },
+                    "project" | "home" | "deploy" | "storePath" | "store_path" | "subscription" => {
+                    }
+                    _ => return Err(args::invalid(format!("unknown option `{key}`"))),
+                }
+            }
+            commits
+        }
+        _ => return Err(args::invalid("options must be a map")),
+    };
     let value = store.history().statistics().map_err(args::history)?;
+    let disk = store.history().disk_statistics().map_err(args::history)?;
     let ratio = |n: u64, d: u64| {
         if d == 0 {
             SdkValue::Null
@@ -20,7 +94,7 @@ pub fn stats(store: &Arc<Store>) -> Answer {
             SdkValue::text(format!("{:.6}", n as f64 / d as f64))
         }
     };
-    Ok(SdkValue::map([
+    let mut out = vec![
         ("logical", SdkValue::Int(value.logical as i64)),
         ("canonical", SdkValue::Int(value.canonical as i64)),
         ("stored", SdkValue::Int(value.stored as i64)),
@@ -43,7 +117,35 @@ pub fn stats(store: &Arc<Store>) -> Answer {
                 ])
             }),
         ),
-    ]))
+        (
+            "disk",
+            SdkValue::map([
+                ("main", SdkValue::Int(disk.main as i64)),
+                ("wal", SdkValue::Int(disk.wal as i64)),
+                ("total", SdkValue::Int((disk.main + disk.wal) as i64)),
+            ]),
+        ),
+    ];
+    if commits {
+        // One full scan of the commit catalog, opt-in; never a cheap total.
+        let kinds = store
+            .history()
+            .commit_kind_statistics()
+            .map_err(args::history)?;
+        out.push((
+            "commits",
+            SdkValue::map([
+                ("Workspace", kind_totals(&kinds, CommitVia::Workspace)),
+                ("Files", kind_totals(&kinds, CommitVia::Files)),
+                ("Merge", kind_totals(&kinds, CommitVia::Merge)),
+            ]),
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(SdkValue::Map(
+        out.into_iter()
+            .map(|(name, value)| (name.to_owned(), value))
+            .collect(),
+    ))
 }
 
 pub fn commits(store: &Arc<Store>, args: &SdkValue) -> Answer {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/overlay/backing.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/overlay/backing.rs
index de78d47877..39683ea6ea 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/overlay/backing.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/overlay/backing.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ pub struct Backing {
     file: Option<std::fs::File>,
     namespace: i64,
     incarnation: [u8; 32],
+    #[cfg(unix)] // checked in the (Unix) delete identity fence
     device: u64,
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     inode: u64,
     pool: Weak<Workspaces>,
     terminal: AtomicBool,
@@ -42,8 +44,9 @@ impl Backing {
             }
             (metadata.dev(), metadata.ino(), metadata.nlink())
         };
+        // `device`/`inode` exist only on Unix, whose delete path checks them.
         #[cfg(not(unix))]
-        let (device, inode, links) = (0, 0, 0);
+        let links = 0;
         if !metadata.is_file() || links != 1 {
             return Err(io::Error::new(
                 io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
@@ -55,7 +58,9 @@ impl Backing {
             file: Some(file),
             namespace,
             incarnation,
+            #[cfg(unix)]
             device,
+            #[cfg(unix)]
             inode,
             pool,
             terminal: AtomicBool::new(false),
@@ -69,14 +74,14 @@ impl Backing {
         self.closed.store(true, Ordering::Release);
     }
     fn delete(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let metadata = std::fs::symlink_metadata(&self.path)?;
-        let original = self
-            .file
-            .as_ref()
-            .expect("retained identity file")
-            .metadata()?;
         #[cfg(unix)]
         {
+            let metadata = std::fs::symlink_metadata(&self.path)?;
+            let original = self
+                .file
+                .as_ref()
+                .expect("retained identity file")
+                .metadata()?;
             use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
             if !metadata.is_file()
                 || metadata.nlink() != 1
@@ -89,14 +94,13 @@ impl Backing {
                     "overlay deletion identity",
                 ));
             }
+            std::fs::remove_file(&self.path)
         }
         #[cfg(not(unix))]
-        return Err(io::Error::new(
+        Err(io::Error::new(
             io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
             "overlay deletion platform",
-        ));
-        #[cfg(unix)]
-        std::fs::remove_file(&self.path)
+        ))
     }
 }
 impl Drop for Backing {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/blame.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/blame.rs
index 54179cca80..868aa61e16 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/blame.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/blame.rs
@@ -47,15 +47,16 @@ struct Text {
 }
 fn text(reader: &StorePorts, file: EntryFacts) -> Result<Text> {
     let (mut lines, mut prefix, mut bytes, mut complete) = (0, Vec::new(), 0, true);
-    window::lines(reader, &file, window::BYTES, 1, |_, line| {
+    window::lines(reader, &file, window::BYTES, 1, false, |_, line| {
         lines += 1;
-        if complete
-            && !line.truncated
-            && prefix.len() < window::LINES
-            && bytes + line.text.len() <= window::BYTES
-        {
-            bytes += line.text.len();
-            prefix.push(line.text);
+        if complete && !line.truncated && prefix.len() < window::LINES {
+            let shown = line.text();
+            if bytes + shown.len() <= window::BYTES {
+                bytes += shown.len();
+                prefix.push(shown);
+            } else {
+                complete = false;
+            }
         } else {
             complete = false;
         }
@@ -141,18 +142,20 @@ pub fn blame(
     }
     let from = from?;
     let (mut tracks, mut spent, mut next_line) = (Vec::new(), 0, None);
-    window::lines(reader, &tip, window::BYTES, 1, |n, line| {
+    window::lines(reader, &tip, window::BYTES, 1, false, |n, line| {
         if n < from {
             return Ok(true);
         }
         // Include maximum message/identity overhead for each origin on the wire.
-        if tracks.len() == window::LINES
-            || (!tracks.is_empty() && spent + line.text.len() + 256 > window::BYTES - 8192)
-        {
+        if tracks.len() == window::LINES {
+            next_line = Some(n);
+            return Ok(false);
+        }
+        let mut shown = line.text();
+        if !tracks.is_empty() && spent + shown.len() + 256 > window::BYTES - 8192 {
             next_line = Some(n);
             return Ok(false);
         }
-        let mut shown = line.text;
         let mut end = shown.len().min(window::BYTES - 8192 - 256 - spent);
         while !shown.is_char_boundary(end) {
             end -= 1;
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ pub fn blame(
                 let (prefix, suffix) = equal_edges(reader, current, older)?;
                 let size = snapshot::size(reader, &current)?;
                 let (mut offset, mut ranges) = (0u64, Vec::new());
-                window::lines(reader, &current, 0, 1, |n, line| {
+                window::lines(reader, &current, 0, 1, false, |n, line| {
                     let start = offset;
                     offset += line.bytes;
                     if tracks.iter().any(|t| t.owner.is_none() && t.number == n) {
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/compare.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/compare.rs
index e23866c8d3..e591ba5ef3 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/compare.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/compare.rs
@@ -244,12 +244,12 @@ fn order(a: &str, b: &str) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
 fn changes(
     store: &Arc<Store>,
     reader: &StorePorts,
-    left: &Snap,
+    left: Option<&Snap>,
     right: &Snap,
     request: Arg<Request>,
 ) -> Result<(Vec<SdkValue>, Next), SdkRefusal> {
     let request = request?;
-    if left.root == right.root {
+    if left.is_some_and(|left| left.root == right.root) {
         let done = Next {
             pos: SdkValue::Null,
             cursor: SdkValue::Null,
@@ -259,26 +259,33 @@ fn changes(
     let hints = CatalogHints::new(store.history());
     // One memo for the page: lookups share the B-trees' upper pages.
     let memo = Memo::new(reader);
-    let key = (left.root, right.root);
-    let plan = match super::plans::find(key) {
-        Some(kept) => kept,
-        None => {
-            let made = Plan::make(&memo, &hints, &left.tree, &right.tree);
-            if let Some(error) = hints.failure.take() {
-                return Err(args::history(error));
+    let plan = left
+        .map(|left| {
+            let key = (left.root, right.root);
+            match super::plans::find(key) {
+                Some(kept) => Ok(kept),
+                None => {
+                    let made = Plan::make(&memo, &hints, &left.tree, &right.tree);
+                    if let Some(error) = hints.failure.take() {
+                        return Err(args::history(error));
+                    }
+                    let plan = made.map_err(args::content)?.map(Arc::new);
+                    super::plans::keep(key, plan.clone());
+                    Ok(plan)
+                }
             }
-            let plan = made.map_err(args::content)?.map(Arc::new);
-            super::plans::keep(key, plan.clone());
-            plan
-        }
-    };
+        })
+        .transpose()?;
     let first = match &request.cursor {
         Some(cursor) => component(cursor, "/")?,
         None => None,
     };
-    let mut walk = match &plan {
-        Some(plan) => ChangeWalk::planned(&memo, &left.tree, &right.tree, plan, first.as_ref()),
-        None => ChangeWalk::full(&memo, &left.tree, &right.tree, first.as_ref()),
+    let mut walk = match (left, plan.as_ref()) {
+        (Some(left), Some(Some(plan))) => {
+            ChangeWalk::planned(&memo, &left.tree, &right.tree, plan, first.as_ref())
+        }
+        (Some(left), _) => ChangeWalk::full(&memo, &left.tree, &right.tree, first.as_ref()),
+        (None, _) => ChangeWalk::full_from_empty(&memo, &right.tree, first.as_ref()),
     }
     .map_err(args::content)?;
     emit(reader, &mut walk, &request)
@@ -418,7 +425,7 @@ fn listed(
     request: Arg<Request>,
     sides: [SdkValue; 2],
 ) -> Answer {
-    let (items, next) = changes(store, reader, from, to, request)?;
+    let (items, next) = changes(store, reader, Some(from), to, request)?;
     let [from, to] = sides;
     answer(vec![
         ("kind", SdkValue::text("ok")),
@@ -454,6 +461,61 @@ pub fn diff_commits(
     listed(store, reader, from, to, request, [side(from), side(to)])
 }
 
+/// The changes a Commit made against its first parent, its base Layer for a
+/// parentless merge, or an empty tree for a true root Commit.
+pub fn changed_paths(
+    store: &Arc<Store>,
+    stack: &LayerStackRecord,
+    reader: &StorePorts,
+    commit: &str,
+    request: Arg<Request>,
+) -> Answer {
+    let id = match args::node(commit)? {
+        layerfs_history::NodeId::Commit(id) => id,
+        layerfs_history::NodeId::Layer(_) => {
+            return Err(invalid("changed_paths takes a saved Commit"));
+        }
+    };
+    let record = args::commit(store, id)?;
+    let to = snapshot::resolve(store, stack, reader, commit)?;
+    let from = if let Some(parent) = record.parent {
+        Some(snapshot::resolve(
+            store,
+            stack,
+            reader,
+            &args::hex(parent.as_slice()),
+        )?)
+    } else if record.second_parent.is_some() {
+        Some(snapshot::resolve(
+            store,
+            stack,
+            reader,
+            &args::hex(record.base_layer.as_slice()),
+        )?)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+    let request = request.map(|mut request| {
+        request.hunks = false;
+        request
+    });
+    let (items, next) = changes(store, reader, from.as_ref(), &to, request)?;
+    answer(vec![
+        ("commit", SdkValue::text(args::hex(record.id.as_slice()))),
+        (
+            "parent",
+            SdkValue::opt_text(record.parent.map(|id| args::hex(id.as_slice()))),
+        ),
+        ("items", SdkValue::List(items)),
+        (
+            "hasMore",
+            SdkValue::Bool(!matches!(next.pos, SdkValue::Null)),
+        ),
+        ("nextPagePos", next.pos),
+        ("nextCursor", next.cursor),
+    ])
+}
+
 /// The changes from Branch (or main) `from` to `to`, one page; the names
 /// label the sides.
 pub fn diff_branches(
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/reads.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/reads.rs
index 26ca567023..3376c6a17a 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/reads.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/reads.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! Positional reads of one snapshot, with numeric paging and bounded
-//! streaming text windows.
+//! streaming text or raw-byte windows.
 use super::{
     cached::{self, Cached},
     search,
@@ -23,43 +23,99 @@ use layerfs_content::{
 pub const REPLY_BUDGET: usize = window::BYTES;
 
 /// One window of the file at `path`: lines `start` through `end`, as far as
-/// the reply budget allows.
+/// the reply budget allows. Binary mode returns the same window as raw bytes.
 pub fn read(
     reader: &StorePorts,
     snap: &Snap,
     path: &str,
     start: Arg<u64>,
     end: Arg<u64>,
+    binary: bool,
+    offset: Arg<Option<String>>,
 ) -> Answer {
     // The lookup's pages are memoized over the call's caches; the file's
     // own objects are read through the caches only.
     let cached = Cached::new(reader)?;
     let entry = existing(&Memo::new(&cached), snap, path)?;
-    let (start, end) = (start?, end?);
+    let (numeric_start, end, offset) = (start?, end?, offset?);
+    let file_size = offset.as_ref().map(|_| size(reader, &entry)).transpose()?;
+    let (start, byte_start) = match offset {
+        Some(offset) => {
+            let cursor = parse_cursor(&offset)?;
+            let bound = cursor.path == path
+                && cursor.content_root == entry.value.content_root.to_string()
+                && cursor.binary == binary
+                && cursor.offset <= file_size.expect("cursor size");
+            if !bound {
+                return Err(invalid("offset does not match this file read"));
+            }
+            (cursor.line, Some(cursor.offset))
+        }
+        None => (numeric_start, None),
+    };
     if end < start {
         return Err(invalid("endLine must be at least startLine"));
     }
     let requested_end = end;
     let end = end.min(start.saturating_add(window::LINES as u64 - 1));
-    let (mut content, mut next, mut clipped) = (String::new(), None, false);
+    let (mut content, mut next, mut clipped) = (Vec::new(), None, false);
     let mut last = None;
-    window::lines(&cached, &entry, REPLY_BUDGET, start, |n, line| {
-        if n > requested_end {
-            return Ok(false);
-        }
-        if n > end || (!content.is_empty() && content.len() + line.text.len() > REPLY_BUDGET) {
-            next = Some(n);
-            return Ok(false);
-        }
-        clipped |= line.truncated;
-        last = Some(n);
-        content.push_str(&line.text);
-        Ok(true)
-    })?;
-    // Return either aggregate text or per-line data, avoiding duplicate payload on the wire.
+    let spent = std::cell::Cell::new(0);
+    let stopped = window::lines_until(
+        &cached,
+        &entry,
+        REPLY_BUDGET,
+        window::LineStart {
+            line: start,
+            offset: byte_start,
+        },
+        binary,
+        |n, length| {
+            Ok(n > requested_end
+                || n > end
+                || (spent.get() > 0 && spent.get() + length > REPLY_BUDGET))
+        },
+        |n, line| {
+            if n > requested_end {
+                return Ok(false);
+            }
+            let line_truncated = line.truncated;
+            let line_offset = line.offset;
+            let shown = if binary {
+                line.prefix
+            } else {
+                line.text().into_bytes()
+            };
+            if n > end || (!content.is_empty() && content.len() + shown.len() > REPLY_BUDGET) {
+                next = Some((n, line_offset));
+                return Ok(false);
+            }
+            clipped |= line_truncated;
+            last = Some(n);
+            content.extend_from_slice(&shown);
+            spent.set(content.len());
+            Ok(true)
+        },
+    )?;
+    if let Some(stopped_next) = stopped.filter(|(n, _)| *n <= requested_end) {
+        next = Some(stopped_next);
+    }
+    // Return either aggregate text or bytes, avoiding duplicate payload on the wire.
+    let (name, content) = if binary {
+        ("bytes", SdkValue::Bytes(content))
+    } else {
+        (
+            "text",
+            SdkValue::Text(String::from_utf8(content).expect("validated text window")),
+        )
+    };
+    let size = match file_size {
+        Some(size) => size,
+        None => size(reader, &entry)?,
+    };
     let mut fields = header(snap, path);
     fields.extend([
-        ("text", SdkValue::text(content)),
+        (name, content),
         ("startLine", SdkValue::Int(start as i64)),
         (
             "endLine",
@@ -69,13 +125,107 @@ pub fn read(
         ("truncated", SdkValue::Bool(clipped || next.is_some())),
         (
             "nextLine",
-            next.map_or(SdkValue::Null, |n| SdkValue::Int(n as i64)),
+            next.map_or(SdkValue::Null, |(n, _)| SdkValue::Int(n as i64)),
         ),
-        ("size", SdkValue::Int(size(reader, &entry)? as i64)),
+        (
+            "nextOffset",
+            next.map_or(SdkValue::Null, |(line, offset)| {
+                SdkValue::text(read_cursor(path, &entry, binary, line, offset))
+            }),
+        ),
+        ("size", SdkValue::Int(size as i64)),
     ]);
     answer(fields)
 }
 
+struct Cursor {
+    line: u64,
+    offset: u64,
+    content_root: String,
+    path: String,
+    binary: bool,
+}
+
+fn parse_cursor(value: &str) -> Result<Cursor, SdkRefusal> {
+    let malformed = || invalid("offset is not a valid read cursor");
+    let fields: Vec<_> = value.split('.').collect();
+    if fields.len() != 6
+        || fields.iter().any(|field| field.is_empty())
+        || fields[0] != "lfr1"
+        || fields[4].len() != 64
+        || !lower_hex(fields[4])
+    {
+        return Err(malformed());
+    }
+    let binary = match fields[1] {
+        "t" => false,
+        "b" => true,
+        _ => return Err(malformed()),
+    };
+    let line = decimal(fields[2], true).ok_or_else(malformed)?;
+    let offset = decimal(fields[3], false).ok_or_else(malformed)?;
+    let path = decode_hex(fields[5])
+        .and_then(|bytes| String::from_utf8(bytes).ok())
+        .and_then(|path| crate::write::files::path(&path).ok())
+        .ok_or_else(malformed)?;
+    Ok(Cursor {
+        line,
+        offset,
+        content_root: fields[4].to_owned(),
+        path,
+        binary,
+    })
+}
+
+fn decimal(value: &str, positive: bool) -> Option<u64> {
+    if value.is_empty()
+        || (value.len() > 1 && value.starts_with('0'))
+        || !value.bytes().all(|byte| byte.is_ascii_digit())
+    {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let number = value.parse::<u64>().ok()?;
+    (number <= 9_007_199_254_740_991 && (!positive || number > 0)).then_some(number)
+}
+
+fn lower_hex(value: &str) -> bool {
+    !value.is_empty()
+        && value.len() % 2 == 0
+        && value
+            .bytes()
+            .all(|byte| byte.is_ascii_digit() || (b'a'..=b'f').contains(&byte))
+}
+
+fn decode_hex(value: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    if !lower_hex(value) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    value
+        .as_bytes()
+        .chunks_exact(2)
+        .map(|pair| Some((hex_digit(pair[0])? << 4) | hex_digit(pair[1])?))
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn hex_digit(value: u8) -> Option<u8> {
+    match value {
+        b'0'..=b'9' => Some(value - b'0'),
+        b'a'..=b'f' => Some(value - b'a' + 10),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_cursor(path: &str, entry: &EntryFacts, binary: bool, line: u64, offset: u64) -> String {
+    format!(
+        "lfr1.{}.{}.{}.{}.{}",
+        if binary { "b" } else { "t" },
+        line,
+        offset,
+        entry.value.content_root,
+        args::hex(path.as_bytes())
+    )
+}
+
 /// The type, inode, size and permission mode of the entry at `path`. An
 /// inline mode costs no object read.
 pub fn stat(reader: &StorePorts, snap: &Snap, path: &str) -> Answer {
@@ -280,7 +430,7 @@ impl Page<'_> {
             self.found += 1;
             return true;
         }
-        let cost = file.len() + line.text.len() + 160;
+        let cost = file.len() + line.prefix.len() + 160;
         if self.items.len() == self.limit || self.spent + cost > REPLY_BUDGET {
             self.more = true;
             return false;
@@ -289,7 +439,7 @@ impl Page<'_> {
         self.items.push(SdkValue::map([
             ("path", SdkValue::text(file)),
             ("line", SdkValue::Int(n as i64)),
-            ("text", SdkValue::text(line.text)),
+            ("text", SdkValue::text(line.text())),
             ("lineTruncated", SdkValue::Bool(line.truncated)),
         ]));
         true
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/search.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/search.rs
index 2d31e59982..33516250e7 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/search.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/search.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ impl Reuse {
         }
         let (mut lines, mut cost, mut complete) = (Vec::new(), ENTRY, true);
         let result = matches(reader, entry, view, prefix, pattern, |n, line| {
-            cost += line.text.len() + ENTRY;
+            cost += line.prefix.len() + ENTRY;
             if self.spent + cost <= KEPT {
                 lines.push((n, line.clone()));
             }
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/window.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/window.rs
index 485efeb129..ff91d61dd3 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/window.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/read/window.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-//! Bounded text scanning at immutable roots: a file's text arrives in whole
-//! blocks, checked as before, and a buffer-wide line scanner splits it.
+//! Bounded text and raw-byte scanning at immutable roots: a file arrives in
+//! whole blocks and a buffer-wide line scanner retains raw line prefixes.
 use crate::history::lookup as args;
 use layerfs_bridge::control::SdkRefusal;
 use layerfs_content::{
@@ -20,22 +20,38 @@ const BLOCK: u64 = 16 * WINDOW;
 /// One logical LF-delimited line. A final LF belongs to this line, not a new one.
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Line {
-    pub text: String,
+    pub prefix: Vec<u8>,
     pub bytes: u64,
+    pub offset: u64,
     pub truncated: bool,
     pub matched: bool,
 }
 
-/// The line being scanned: its number, shown prefix and length so far.
+impl Line {
+    /// The validated text of a line scanned in text mode, excluding an
+    /// incomplete character at the prefix's byte cut.
+    pub fn text(&self) -> String {
+        let end = std::str::from_utf8(&self.prefix)
+            .map_or_else(|error| error.valid_up_to(), |_| self.prefix.len());
+        String::from_utf8(self.prefix[..end].to_vec()).expect("validated line prefix")
+    }
+}
+
+/// The line being scanned: its number, absolute start, shown prefix and length.
 pub(super) struct Open {
     pub number: u64,
+    pub offset: u64,
     head: Vec<u8>,
     pub length: usize,
 }
 impl Open {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::at(1, 0)
+    }
+    fn at(number: u64, offset: u64) -> Self {
         Self {
-            number: 1,
+            number,
+            offset,
             head: Vec::new(),
             length: 0,
         }
@@ -53,7 +69,8 @@ impl Open {
     }
     /// The finished line; the next one starts empty.
     pub fn finish(&mut self, matched: bool) -> Line {
-        let line = line(&mut self.head, self.length, matched);
+        let line = line(&mut self.head, self.offset, self.length, matched);
+        self.offset += self.length as u64;
         self.length = 0;
         line
     }
@@ -107,6 +124,21 @@ pub(super) fn texts(
     entry: &EntryFacts,
     view: Option<FileView>,
     mut visit: impl FnMut(&str) -> Result<bool, SdkRefusal>,
+) -> Result<(), SdkRefusal> {
+    scan(reader, entry, view, true, 0, |bytes| {
+        visit(std::str::from_utf8(bytes).expect("checked text part"))
+    })
+}
+
+/// Reads a file suffix once, delivering checked text parts in text mode or raw
+/// parts in binary mode. Both modes use the same block and line-window machinery.
+fn scan(
+    reader: &dyn AuthenticatedObjects,
+    entry: &EntryFacts,
+    view: Option<FileView>,
+    text: bool,
+    from: u64,
+    mut visit: impl FnMut(&[u8]) -> Result<bool, SdkRefusal>,
 ) -> Result<(), SdkRefusal> {
     if entry.value.kind != InodeKind::RegularFile {
         return Err(args::refuse(
@@ -134,8 +166,13 @@ pub(super) fn texts(
     let size = view.logical_len();
     // A whole-file payload is already in memory: one part, nothing copied.
     if let Some(payload) = view.whole_file_bytes().map_err(args::content)? {
-        let (text, bad) = checked(payload, 0, size, true);
-        return if !visit(text)? || !bad {
+        let payload = &payload[from as usize..];
+        if !text {
+            visit(payload)?;
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let (text, bad) = checked(payload, from, size, true);
+        return if !visit(text.as_bytes())? || !bad {
             Ok(())
         } else {
             Err(binary())
@@ -143,8 +180,9 @@ pub(super) fn texts(
     }
     let mut feed = Feed {
         pending: Vec::new(),
-        from: 0,
+        from,
         size,
+        text,
         visit: &mut visit,
         end: None,
     };
@@ -152,7 +190,7 @@ pub(super) fn texts(
     let read = crate::telemetry::timed("sdk.lines", |timing| {
         timing
             .child("content.read")
-            .run(|scope| view.read_range(reader, 0..size, &mut feed, scope))
+            .run(|scope| view.read_range(reader, from..size, &mut feed, scope))
     });
     if let Some(end) = feed.end.take() {
         return end;
@@ -168,16 +206,22 @@ struct Feed<'v> {
     pending: Vec<u8>,
     from: u64,
     size: u64,
-    visit: &'v mut dyn FnMut(&str) -> Result<bool, SdkRefusal>,
+    text: bool,
+    visit: &'v mut dyn FnMut(&[u8]) -> Result<bool, SdkRefusal>,
     end: Option<Result<(), SdkRefusal>>,
 }
 
 impl Feed<'_> {
-    /// Hands on the checked text; false, with `end` set, when the scan ends.
+    /// Hands on the checked text or raw bytes; false when the scan ends.
     fn deliver(&mut self, last: bool) -> bool {
-        let (text, bad) = checked(&self.pending, self.from, self.size, last);
-        let length = text.len();
-        match (self.visit)(text) {
+        let (length, bad, outcome) = if self.text {
+            let (text, bad) = checked(&self.pending, self.from, self.size, last);
+            (text.len(), bad, (self.visit)(text.as_bytes()))
+        } else {
+            let length = self.pending.len();
+            (length, false, (self.visit)(&self.pending))
+        };
+        match outcome {
             Err(refusal) => self.end = Some(Err(refusal)),
             Ok(false) => self.end = Some(Ok(())),
             Ok(true) if bad => self.end = Some(Err(binary())),
@@ -271,34 +315,78 @@ fn checked(bytes: &[u8], from: u64, size: u64, last: bool) -> (&str, bool) {
     (text, bad.is_some())
 }
 
+pub(super) struct LineStart {
+    pub line: u64,
+    pub offset: Option<u64>,
+}
+
 /// Scans with bounded buffers, including huge lines: every line from line
 /// `from` on, in order, until `visit` stops. Earlier lines are only counted.
+/// Each line retains its raw prefix; only text mode validates and converts UTF-8.
 pub fn lines(
     reader: &dyn AuthenticatedObjects,
     entry: &EntryFacts,
     prefix: usize,
     from: u64,
-    mut visit: impl FnMut(u64, Line) -> Result<bool, SdkRefusal>,
+    binary: bool,
+    visit: impl FnMut(u64, Line) -> Result<bool, SdkRefusal>,
 ) -> Result<(), SdkRefusal> {
-    let (mut open, mut stopped) = (Open::new(), false);
-    texts(reader, entry, None, |text| {
-        let bytes = text.as_bytes();
+    lines_until(
+        reader,
+        entry,
+        prefix,
+        LineStart {
+            line: from,
+            offset: None,
+        },
+        binary,
+        |_, _| Ok(false),
+        visit,
+    )
+    .map(|_| ())
+}
+
+/// `lines` with a stop check at each new line and each incomplete line part.
+/// A stopped line's number and absolute start are returned without waiting for
+/// its terminator. A supplied byte offset starts directly at `from`; numeric
+/// calls otherwise count and discard earlier lines from byte zero.
+pub(super) fn lines_until(
+    reader: &dyn AuthenticatedObjects,
+    entry: &EntryFacts,
+    prefix: usize,
+    start: LineStart,
+    binary: bool,
+    mut stop: impl FnMut(u64, usize) -> Result<bool, SdkRefusal>,
+    mut visit: impl FnMut(u64, Line) -> Result<bool, SdkRefusal>,
+) -> Result<Option<(u64, u64)>, SdkRefusal> {
+    let (from, offset) = (start.line, start.offset);
+    let mut open = offset.map_or_else(Open::new, |offset| Open::at(from, offset));
+    let (mut stopped, mut early) = (false, None);
+    scan(reader, entry, None, !binary, offset.unwrap_or(0), |bytes| {
         let mut at = 0;
         while at < bytes.len() {
             if open.number < from {
                 match skip(&bytes[at..], from - open.number) {
                     Ok(next) => {
                         open.number = from;
+                        open.offset += next as u64;
                         at += next;
                     }
                     Err(seen) => {
                         open.number += seen;
+                        open.offset += (bytes.len() - at) as u64;
                         at = bytes.len();
                     }
                 }
                 continue;
             }
-            match text[at..].find('\n') {
+            if open.length == 0 && stop(open.number, 0)? {
+                early = Some((open.number, open.offset));
+                stopped = true;
+                return Ok(false);
+            }
+            let end = (at + WINDOW as usize).min(bytes.len());
+            match bytes[at..end].iter().position(|&byte| byte == b'\n') {
                 Some(i) => {
                     open.take(&bytes[at..at + i + 1], prefix);
                     if !visit(open.number, open.finish(true))? {
@@ -309,8 +397,13 @@ pub fn lines(
                     at += i + 1;
                 }
                 None => {
-                    open.take(&bytes[at..], prefix);
-                    at = bytes.len();
+                    open.take(&bytes[at..end], prefix);
+                    at = end;
+                    if stop(open.number, open.length)? {
+                        early = Some((open.number, open.offset));
+                        stopped = true;
+                        return Ok(false);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -319,7 +412,7 @@ pub fn lines(
     if !stopped && open.length > 0 {
         visit(open.number, open.finish(true))?;
     }
-    Ok(())
+    Ok(early)
 }
 
 pub(super) fn binary() -> SdkRefusal {
@@ -330,17 +423,14 @@ pub(super) fn binary() -> SdkRefusal {
     )
 }
 
-fn line(bytes: &mut Vec<u8>, length: usize, matched: bool) -> Line {
-    let mut shown = std::mem::take(bytes);
-    let end = match std::str::from_utf8(&shown) {
-        Ok(_) => shown.len(),
-        Err(e) => e.valid_up_to(),
-    };
-    shown.truncate(end);
+fn line(bytes: &mut Vec<u8>, offset: u64, length: usize, matched: bool) -> Line {
+    let shown = std::mem::take(bytes);
+    let truncated = shown.len() < length;
     Line {
         bytes: length as u64,
-        text: String::from_utf8(shown).expect("validated prefix"),
-        truncated: end < length,
+        prefix: shown,
+        offset,
+        truncated,
         matched,
     }
 }
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/store/commit.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/store/commit.rs
index b67e78ebec..4444a355cf 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/store/commit.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/store/commit.rs
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ impl BoundWorkspace {
                                 .clone()
                                 .unwrap_or_else(|| "Commit Workspace changes".into()),
                         ),
+                        author: options.author.clone(),
+                        labels: options.labels.clone(),
                         statistics: {
                             let saved = retained
                                 .saved
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/store/commit_types.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/store/commit_types.rs
index ccd0e87a17..5779b9c2fc 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/store/commit_types.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/store/commit_types.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ pub struct CommitOptions {
     pub force: bool,
     /// Description of the captured filesystem change.
     pub message: Option<String>,
+    /// Person or agent making the Commit; outside Commit identity.
+    pub author: Option<String>,
+    /// Free-form creation-time labels, preserving order and duplicates.
+    pub labels: Vec<String>,
 }
 /// A Commit merged with a Branch head that moved since the Workspace bound.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
diff --git a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/write/files.rs b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/write/files.rs
index 195efecfc8..8592694f61 100644
--- a/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/write/files.rs
+++ b/engine/crates/layerfs-store-service/src/write/files.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ pub fn commit(
         &crate::store::CommitOptions {
             force: false,
             message: Some(message.unwrap_or("Apply filesystem changes").to_owned()),
+            author: None,
+            labels: Vec::new(),
         },
         CommitVia::Files,
     );
diff --git a/tools/build-mcp/package-lock.json b/tools/build-mcp/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1be14ca97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build-mcp/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  "name": "layerfs-area-p-build-mcp",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "name": "layerfs-area-p-build-mcp",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@modelcontextprotocol/server": "2.4.0",
+        "zod": "4.6.7"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@modelcontextprotocol/core": {
+      "version": "2.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@modelcontextprotocol/core/-/core-2.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-z8QBKqdfXLPzkLQuG4xp8hrVEMm1PZ1IgxMN2sMbJiFiAKOWXnAzogXn2W4aqIBlP1ea6U5yiqVquvUNM1Cj6Q==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "zod": "^4.2.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@modelcontextprotocol/server": {
+      "version": "2.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@modelcontextprotocol/server/-/server-2.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rgR9yxSaAJ+bcsi/XroT/S2AfPiIWloXAnrdfYSCms9ivVju0ishu/wW0J21Ho6+ZOR1r7RyeRbjiRuF87ix5Q==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@modelcontextprotocol/core": "2.4.0",
+        "zod": "^4.2.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/zod": {
+      "version": "4.6.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zod/-/zod-4.6.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g8W2D2kU6a8untc053fX1uVBKzM7yqAxW/3zwk83+6RyF2+SKOuV+c0wBDhUwzV1PaGapmZH+rmcUzPf+3CGwg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/colinhacks"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/build-mcp/package.json b/tools/build-mcp/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..113845cda1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build-mcp/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "layerfs-area-p-build-mcp",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=20"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "node --test test/*.test.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@modelcontextprotocol/server": "2.4.0",
+    "zod": "4.6.7"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/build-mcp/src/commands.js b/tools/build-mcp/src/commands.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3105ad3bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build-mcp/src/commands.js
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const repository = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../', import.meta.url));
+const windowsPrefix = ['-d', 'Ubuntu', '-u', 'root', '--cd', '/mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs'];
+const namePattern = /^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*$/;
+
+async function spawnRunner(command, args, { timeout }) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const child = spawn(command, args, {
+      cwd: repository,
+      shell: false,
+      stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+    });
+    const stdout = [];
+    const stderr = [];
+    child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => stdout.push(chunk));
+    child.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => stderr.push(chunk));
+    child.once('error', reject);
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => child.kill(), timeout);
+    child.once('close', (status) => {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      resolve({
+        status,
+        stdout: Buffer.concat(stdout).toString('utf8'),
+        stderr: Buffer.concat(stderr).toString('utf8'),
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function onlyKeys(input, allowed) {
+  if (!input || Object.getPrototypeOf(input) !== Object.prototype) throw new Error('Expected an options object');
+  for (const key of Object.keys(input)) {
+    if (!allowed.includes(key)) throw new Error(`Unsupported option: ${key}`);
+  }
+}
+
+function checkedName(value, label) {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string' || !namePattern.test(value)) throw new Error(`Invalid ${label}`);
+  if (value.includes('fs-bench-pro')) throw new Error('fs-bench-pro is frozen');
+  return value;
+}
+
+export function createOperations({ platform = process.platform, resources, runner = spawnRunner }) {
+  if (typeof resources !== 'string' || !path.posix.isAbsolute(resources) || !resources.endsWith('/resources.json')) {
+    throw new Error('A pinned absolute resources.json path is required');
+  }
+
+  function execute(command, args, timeout = 100000) {
+    return platform === 'win32'
+      ? runner('wsl.exe', [...windowsPrefix, command, ...args], { timeout })
+      : runner(command, args, { timeout });
+  }
+
+  function launcher(action, args, timeout) {
+    return execute('python3', ['tools/worktree.py', action, '--resources', resources, ...args], timeout);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    async status() {
+      const status = await execute('git', ['status', '--short', '--branch'], 10000);
+      const revision = await execute('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], 10000);
+      return { ...revision, stdout: status.stdout + revision.stdout, resources };
+    },
+
+    async prepare() {
+      return launcher('prepare', ['--platform', 'linux']);
+    },
+
+    async build(input) {
+      onlyKeys(input, ['profile', 'jobs']);
+      const profile = input.profile ?? 'debug';
+      const jobs = input.jobs ?? 2;
+      if (!['debug', 'release'].includes(profile)) throw new Error('Profile must be debug or release');
+      if (!Number.isInteger(jobs) || jobs < 1 || jobs > 32) throw new Error('Jobs must be in [1, 32]');
+      return launcher('build', ['--platform', 'linux', '--profile', profile, '--jobs', String(jobs)]);
+    },
+
+    async cargoTest(input) {
+      onlyKeys(input, ['package', 'testTarget', 'timeout']);
+      const packageName = checkedName(input.package, 'package');
+      const testTarget = checkedName(input.testTarget, 'test target');
+      const timeout = input.timeout ?? 90;
+      if (typeof timeout !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(timeout) || timeout <= 0 || timeout > 100) {
+        throw new Error('Test timeout must be in (0, 100] seconds');
+      }
+      return launcher('cargo', [
+        '--platform', 'linux', '--timeout', String(timeout), '--', 'test', '-p', packageName,
+        '--test', testTarget,
+      ]);
+    },
+
+    async checkpoint() {
+      const status = await execute('git', ['status', '--porcelain=v1', '-z'], 10000);
+      const revision = await execute('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], 10000);
+      const diff = await execute('git', ['diff', '--binary', 'HEAD'], 10000);
+      for (const result of [status, revision, diff]) {
+        if (result.status !== 0) throw new Error(`Checkpoint Git command failed: ${result.stderr}`);
+      }
+      const root = platform === 'win32' ? 'E:/layerfs-connect/backups' : '/mnt/e/layerfs-connect/backups';
+      const stamp = new Date().toISOString().replaceAll(':', '-').replaceAll('.', '-');
+      const directory = path.join(root, `checkpoint-${stamp}`);
+      await mkdir(directory, { recursive: false });
+      const patch = path.join(directory, 'changes.patch');
+      await writeFile(patch, diff.stdout, { flag: 'wx' });
+      const untracked = status.stdout.split('\0').filter((entry) => entry.startsWith('?? ')).map((entry) => entry.slice(3));
+      const manifest = {
+        revision: revision.stdout.trim(),
+        patch: 'changes.patch',
+        untracked,
+        note: 'The binary diff excludes untracked files; review the exact target before restoring.',
+      };
+      await writeFile(path.join(directory, 'manifest.json'), JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2) + '\n', { flag: 'wx' });
+      return { status: 0, stdout: directory + '\n', stderr: '', receipt: directory };
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tools/build-mcp/src/server.js b/tools/build-mcp/src/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e5cdba1f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build-mcp/src/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/server';
+import { serveStdio } from '@modelcontextprotocol/server/stdio';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import { createOperations } from './commands.js';
+
+const server = new McpServer({ name: 'layerfs-area-p-build', version: '1.0.0' });
+const operations = createOperations({ resources: process.env.LAYERFS_BUILD_RESOURCES });
+
+function register(name, description, inputSchema, operation) {
+  server.registerTool(name, { description, inputSchema }, async (input) => {
+    try {
+      const result = await operation(input);
+      return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(result) }] };
+    } catch (error) {
+      return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: error.message }], isError: true };
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+register('layerfs_status', 'Inspect registered resources, checkout status and revision', {}, () => operations.status());
+register('layerfs_prepare', 'Fetch dependencies into this checkout’s pinned Linux caches', {}, () => operations.prepare());
+register('layerfs_build', 'Build and seal the pinned Linux SDK bundle', {
+  profile: z.enum(['debug', 'release']).optional(),
+  jobs: z.number().int().min(1).max(32).optional(),
+}, (input) => operations.build(input));
+register('layerfs_cargo_test', 'Build then run one named Cargo integration test on Linux', {
+  package: z.string(),
+  testTarget: z.string(),
+  timeout: z.number().positive().max(100).optional(),
+}, (input) => operations.cargoTest(input));
+register('layerfs_checkpoint', 'Write a non-destructive binary diff and revision manifest', {}, () => operations.checkpoint());
+
+await serveStdio(server);
diff --git a/tools/build-mcp/test/commands.test.js b/tools/build-mcp/test/commands.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6aa6cf97fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build-mcp/test/commands.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+
+import { createOperations } from '../src/commands.js';
+
+const resources = '/root/.cache/layerfs-worktrees/area-p/resources.json';
+const windowsPrefix = [
+  'wsl.exe', '-d', 'Ubuntu', '-u', 'root', '--cd', '/mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs',
+];
+
+function fixture(platform = 'linux') {
+  const calls = [];
+  const operations = createOperations({
+    platform,
+    resources,
+    runner: async (command, args, options) => {
+      calls.push({ command, args, options });
+      return { status: 0, stdout: 'receipt\n', stderr: '' };
+    },
+  });
+  return { calls, operations };
+}
+
+test('status reads the registered checkout without a shell or mutable Git command', async () => {
+  const { calls, operations } = fixture('win32');
+  const result = await operations.status();
+  assert.deepEqual(calls[0], {
+    command: 'wsl.exe',
+    args: [...windowsPrefix.slice(1), 'git', 'status', '--short', '--branch'],
+    options: { timeout: 10000 },
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(calls[1].args, [...windowsPrefix.slice(1), 'git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD']);
+  assert.equal(result.status, 0);
+  assert.equal(result.resources, resources);
+});
+
+test('prepare selects the pinned Linux resources', async () => {
+  const { calls, operations } = fixture();
+  await operations.prepare();
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [{
+    command: 'python3',
+    args: ['tools/worktree.py', 'prepare', '--resources', resources, '--platform', 'linux'],
+    options: { timeout: 100000 },
+  }]);
+});
+
+test('build defaults to Linux debug with two jobs', async () => {
+  const { calls, operations } = fixture();
+  await operations.build({});
+  assert.deepEqual(calls[0].args, [
+    'tools/worktree.py', 'build', '--resources', resources, '--platform', 'linux',
+    '--profile', 'debug', '--jobs', '2',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('build accepts only release or debug and positive bounded jobs', async () => {
+  const { calls, operations } = fixture();
+  await assert.rejects(operations.build({ profile: 'durable' }));
+  await assert.rejects(operations.build({ jobs: 0 }));
+  await assert.rejects(operations.build({ jobs: 33 }));
+  await assert.rejects(operations.build({ platform: 'macos' }));
+  assert.equal(calls.length, 0);
+});
+
+test('cargo test compiles and runs one named package test with a 90 second timeout', async () => {
+  const { calls, operations } = fixture('win32');
+  await operations.cargoTest({ package: 'layerfs-api', testTarget: 'api_contract', timeout: 90 });
+  assert.deepEqual(calls[0].args, [
+    ...windowsPrefix.slice(1), 'python3', 'tools/worktree.py', 'cargo', '--resources', resources,
+    '--platform', 'linux', '--timeout', '90', '--', 'test', '-p', 'layerfs-api', '--test',
+    'api_contract',
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls[0].options, { timeout: 100000 });
+});
+
+test('cargo test refuses workspace, path and frozen benchmark overrides before spawning', async () => {
+  const { calls, operations } = fixture();
+  const base = { package: 'layerfs-api', testTarget: 'api_contract', timeout: 90 };
+  for (const extra of [
+    { workspace: true },
+    { manifestPath: 'Cargo.toml' },
+    { targetDir: 'target-other' },
+    { package: 'fs-bench-pro' },
+    { testTarget: 'api;whoami' },
+    { package: 'layerfs-api;whoami' },
+    { resources: '/tmp/other/resources.json' },
+    { timeout: 101 },
+    { timeout: 0 },
+    { args: ['--workspace'] },
+  ]) {
+    await assert.rejects(operations.cargoTest({ ...base, ...extra }));
+  }
+  assert.equal(calls.length, 0);
+});
diff --git a/tools/build-mcp/test/stdio.test.js b/tools/build-mcp/test/stdio.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cac96cc58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build-mcp/test/stdio.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+
+function request(child, pending, message) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    pending.set(message.id, { resolve, reject });
+    child.stdin.write(JSON.stringify(message) + '\n');
+  });
+}
+
+test('stdio exposes exactly five tools and rejects unsafe input without a build', async (t) => {
+  const child = spawn(process.execPath, ['src/server.js'], {
+    cwd: new URL('..', import.meta.url),
+    env: { ...process.env, LAYERFS_BUILD_RESOURCES: '/root/.cache/layerfs-worktrees/area-p/resources.json' },
+    stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+  });
+  t.after(() => child.kill());
+  const pending = new Map();
+  child.once('exit', (code) => {
+    for (const waiter of pending.values()) waiter.reject(new Error(`MCP server exited with code ${code}: ${stderr}`));
+    pending.clear();
+  });
+  const protocolLines = [];
+  let stderr = '';
+  let buffer = '';
+  child.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');
+  child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => {
+    buffer += chunk;
+    while (buffer.includes('\n')) {
+      const index = buffer.indexOf('\n');
+      const line = buffer.slice(0, index);
+      buffer = buffer.slice(index + 1);
+      if (!line.trim()) continue;
+      const message = JSON.parse(line);
+      protocolLines.push(message);
+      const waiter = pending.get(message.id);
+      if (waiter) {
+        pending.delete(message.id);
+        waiter.resolve(message);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+  child.stderr.setEncoding('utf8');
+  child.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => { stderr += chunk; });
+
+  const initialized = await request(child, pending, {
+    jsonrpc: '2.0', id: 1, method: 'initialize', params: {
+      protocolVersion: '2026-07-28', capabilities: {}, clientInfo: { name: 'build-mcp-test', version: '1.0.0' },
+    },
+  });
+  assert.equal(initialized.result.serverInfo.name, 'layerfs-area-p-build');
+  child.stdin.write(JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: '2.0', method: 'notifications/initialized' }) + '\n');
+
+  const listed = await request(child, pending, { jsonrpc: '2.0', id: 2, method: 'tools/list', params: {} });
+  assert.deepEqual(listed.result.tools.map((tool) => tool.name).sort(), [
+    'layerfs_build', 'layerfs_cargo_test', 'layerfs_checkpoint', 'layerfs_prepare', 'layerfs_status',
+  ]);
+
+  const invalid = await request(child, pending, {
+    jsonrpc: '2.0', id: 3, method: 'tools/call', params: {
+      name: 'layerfs_cargo_test',
+      arguments: { package: 'layerfs-api', testTarget: 'api_contract', timeout: 90, workspace: true },
+    },
+  });
+  assert.equal(invalid.result.isError, true);
+  assert.match(invalid.result.content[0].text, /Unsupported option/);
+  assert.equal(protocolLines.some((message) => message.method?.startsWith('notifications/message')), false);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(stderr, /tools\/worktree\.py/);
+});
diff --git a/tools/check_product_boundary.py b/tools/check_product_boundary.py
index c4159c3c12..c61a50bdcc 100644
--- a/tools/check_product_boundary.py
+++ b/tools/check_product_boundary.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "layerfs-api",
     "layerfs-bridge",
     "layerfs-sandbox",
+    "layerfs-python",
 )
 UNSAFE_ROOT_ATTR = {
     "layerfs-storage": "#![deny(unsafe_code)]",
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
     "layerfs-api": "#![forbid(unsafe_code)]",
     "layerfs-bridge": "#![forbid(unsafe_code)]",
     "layerfs-sandbox": "#![forbid(unsafe_code)]",
+    "layerfs-python": "#![forbid(unsafe_code)]",
 }
 
 
@@ -68,6 +70,16 @@
         "layerfs-store-service",
         "layerfs-telemetry",
     },
+    "layerfs-python": {
+        "layerfs-project",
+        "layerfs-api",
+        "layerfs-bridge",
+        "layerfs-history",
+        "layerfs-persistence",
+        "layerfs-storage",
+        "layerfs-store-service",
+        "layerfs-telemetry",
+    },
     "layerfs-telemetry": set(),
     "layerfs-content": {"layerfs-telemetry"},
     "layerfs-storage": {"layerfs-content", "layerfs-telemetry"},
@@ -145,6 +157,7 @@
     # only the published JavaScript packages, so no crate is in the api layer.
     "layerfs-api": ENGINE,
     "layerfs-node": ENGINE,
+    "layerfs-python": ENGINE,
 }
 
 
@@ -323,11 +336,11 @@ def unsafe_violations(path, source):
     crate = crate_name(path)
     if crate is None or crate not in UNSAFE_ROOT_ATTR or path.suffix != ".rs":
         return found
-    relative = Path(*path.parts[path.parts.index("src") :])
+    relative = Path(*path.parts[path.parts.index("src") :]).as_posix()
     code = "\n".join(line.split("//", 1)[0] for line in source.splitlines())
-    if UNSAFE.search(code) and (crate in UNSAFE_FREE_CRATES or str(relative) != UNSAFE_AUDITED_MODULE[crate]):
+    if UNSAFE.search(code) and (crate in UNSAFE_FREE_CRATES or relative != UNSAFE_AUDITED_MODULE[crate]):
         found.append((1, "unsafe outside the audited module boundary; see core/AGENTS.md"))
-    if relative == Path("src/lib.rs") and UNSAFE_ROOT_ATTR[crate] not in source:
+    if relative == "src/lib.rs" and UNSAFE_ROOT_ATTR[crate] not in source:
         found.append((1, f"crate root must declare {UNSAFE_ROOT_ATTR[crate]}"))
     return found
 
@@ -422,7 +435,7 @@ def main():
     files = production_files(root, include_sdk="--skip-sdk" not in sys.argv[1:])
     failures = 0
     for path in files:
-        for line, reason in violations(path, path.read_text()):
+        for line, reason in violations(path, path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")):
             print(f"{path.relative_to(root)}:{line}: {reason}")
             failures += 1
     for name in RETIRED_PACKAGES:
@@ -430,14 +443,19 @@ def main():
             print(f"crates/{name}: {RETIRED_PACKAGE}")
             failures += 1
     manifests = {root / "Cargo.toml" for root in crate_directories(root) if (root / "Cargo.toml").is_file()}
-    packages = {manifest.parent: tomllib.loads(manifest.read_text())["package"]["name"] for manifest in manifests}
+    packages = {
+        manifest.parent: tomllib.loads(manifest.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"))["package"]["name"]
+        for manifest in manifests
+    }
     for manifest in sorted(manifests):
-        for line, reason in dependency_violations(manifest.read_text()):
+        for line, reason in dependency_violations(manifest.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")):
             print(f"{manifest.relative_to(root)}:{line}: {reason}")
             failures += 1
     for package in packages:
         for path in sorted((package / "tests").rglob("*.rs")):
-            for line, reason in test_path_violations(path, path.read_text(), packages):
+            for line, reason in test_path_violations(
+                path, path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"), packages
+            ):
                 print(f"{path.relative_to(root)}:{line}: {reason}")
                 failures += 1
     if failures:
diff --git a/tools/docker/README.md b/tools/docker/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..955f719849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/docker/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Area P Linux images
+
+The Area P development environment uses a dedicated Ubuntu WSL2 control plane and Docker Desktop's Linux engine. The checkout remains at `/mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs`; writable Stores and launcher state stay on Linux filesystems.
+
+Build the images before registering `tools/worktree.py` resources:
+
+```bash
+docker pull rust:1.85.1-bookworm
+docker pull node:24.21.0-bookworm
+docker build \
+  --file /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/tools/docker/area-p-runtime.Dockerfile \
+  --tag layerfs-area-p-runtime:node24-python3 \
+  /mnt/e/layerfs-connect/layerfs/tools/docker
+```
+
+The runtime image supplies Node 24 and Python 3 for sealed cross-client tests. Registration resolves installed images to immutable IDs and never pulls them implicitly. FUSE capability comes from the product's Docker configuration and the real mount tests; this recipe alone is not FUSE qualification.
+
+All Stores use Disposable/WAL/synchronous=OFF only. Durable execution is NOT_RUN. Builds fetch dependencies only during explicit `prepare`; ordinary builds are locked and offline.
diff --git a/tools/docker/area-p-runtime.Dockerfile b/tools/docker/area-p-runtime.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..039deea974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/docker/area-p-runtime.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM node:24.21.0-bookworm
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        git \
+        lsof \
+        procps \
+        python3 \
+        python3-pip \
+        python3-venv \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/tools/production_loc.py b/tools/production_loc.py
index 3341e4d036..e6bead7461 100755
--- a/tools/production_loc.py
+++ b/tools/production_loc.py
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ def counted_lines(path: Path) -> int:
     "layerfs-workspace",
     "layerfs-api",
     "layerfs-node",
+    "layerfs-python",
 }
 # Crate folders directly under api/ before the regrouping, by folder name.
 OLD_API_CRATES = {"layerfs-api": "layerfs-api", "binding": "layerfs-node"}