diff --git a/docs/v0.3.md b/docs/v0.3.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Grossular 0.3
+
+Grossular 0.3 replaces the initial record header with Tsavorite's two packed
+metadata words and uses the first record-state flag to implement deletion with
+tombstones.
+
+## Record layout
+
+The header remains 16 bytes:
+
+```text
+┌───────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────┐
+│ RecordInfo: 8 bytes       │ RecordDataHeader: 8 bytes │
+└───────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┘
+│ key bytes │ value bytes │ alignment padding │
+```
+
+`RecordInfo` stores the previous logical address and record state:
+
+```text
+63       53 52     51       50      49    48 47              0
+┌─────────┬───────┬────────┬───────┬─────┬────┬────────────────┐
+│reserved │sealed │modified│version│valid│tomb│ previous addr  │
+└─────────┴───────┴────────┴───────┴─────┴────┴────────────────┘
+```
+
+`RecordDataHeader` describes the payload:
+
+```text
+63      56 55       48 47             24 23       14 13         6 5      0
+┌─────────┬───────────┬─────────────────┬───────────┬────────────┬────────┐
+│namespace│record type│ value length    │ key length│filler words│ flags  │
+└─────────┴───────────┴─────────────────┴───────────┴────────────┴────────┘
+```
+
+Only inline byte keys and values are supported. The inline flags tell the
+decoder that the actual bytes follow the header rather than living in external
+object storage. Keys are limited to 1,022 bytes and values to 16,777,214 bytes
+until overflow storage is implemented.
+
+## Tombstones
+
+Delete is represented by appending another record, not removing old bytes:
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+    I[index entry] --> T["foo tombstone"]
+    T --> B["bar = value"]
+    B --> O["foo = old value"]
+```
+
+`Store::get` stops at the first matching key. If that record is a tombstone, the
+key is absent; it must not continue to an older value.
+
+`Store::delete`:
+
+```text
+find the newest matching record
+if missing or already tombstoned, return false
+append a tombstone whose previous address is the current tag-chain head
+replace the index head and return true
+```
+
+The tombstone links to the tag-chain head rather than directly to the matching
+record so colliding keys between them remain reachable. A later upsert appends a
+normal value above the tombstone and makes the key visible again.
+
+## What changed from v0.2
+
+- The record header still occupies 16 bytes, but now carries a Tsavorite-shaped
+  inline subset of its layout and state fields.
+- Record lengths are derived from `RecordDataHeader` and include alignment and
+  filler capacity.
+- `RecordRef` exposes semantic accessors for previous address and tombstone
+  state; record extent is derived internally from `RecordDataHeader`.
+- `Log` can append value records and tombstone records.
+- `Store` now supports `delete` and avoids decoding the matching record twice.
+- The cache-line hash index and global append-only log are otherwise unchanged.
+
+## Invariants
+
+1. `RecordInfo` and `RecordDataHeader` are each exactly 8 bytes.
+2. Record state bits never overlap the 48-bit previous-address field.
+3. A newly appended tombstone contains a key and no value; a future in-place
+   tombstone may retain its old allocation as filler.
+4. An empty value record is not a tombstone.
+5. A matching tombstone hides every older value for that key.
+6. Record extent remains 8-byte aligned and includes explicit filler words.
+
+## Completion
+
+Unit tests cover both packed words, exact bit positions, inline limits, aligned
+record lengths, filler, value/tombstone round trips, deletion, reinsertion, and
+colliding keys. The reference-model suite mixes get, upsert, and delete across
+1, 16, and 1,024 index buckets and compares Grossular with `HashMap`.
+
+## Deferred
+
+- overflow key and value storage;
+- in-place updates and filler consumption;
+- mutable and read-only log regions;
+- fixed-size pages;
+- atomic valid/sealed transitions;
+- checkpoint versions;
+- expiration, ETags, record types, and namespaces.
diff --git a/tests/store_correctness.rs b/tests/store_correctness.rs
index c8946cc..c21e442 100644
--- a/tests/store_correctness.rs
+++ b/tests/store_correctness.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
 use grossular::Store;
 
@@ -12,26 +12,40 @@ fn next_random(state: &mut u64) -> u64 {
 fn run_trace(bucket_count: usize) {
     let mut store = Store::new(bucket_count);
     let mut expected = HashMap::<Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>>::new();
+    let mut seen = HashSet::<Vec<u8>>::new();
     let mut random = 0x4d59_5df4_d0f3_3173;
 
     for _ in 0..10_000 {
         let key = (next_random(&mut random) % 256).to_le_bytes();
+        seen.insert(key.to_vec());
 
-        if next_random(&mut random).is_multiple_of(4) {
-            assert_eq!(
-                store.get(&key),
-                expected.get(key.as_slice()).map(Vec::as_slice)
-            );
-        } else {
-            let value = next_random(&mut random).to_le_bytes();
+        match next_random(&mut random) % 5 {
+            0 => {
+                assert_eq!(
+                    store.get(&key),
+                    expected.get(key.as_slice()).map(Vec::as_slice)
+                );
+            }
+            1 => {
+                assert_eq!(
+                    store.delete(&key),
+                    expected.remove(key.as_slice()).is_some()
+                );
+            }
+            _ => {
+                let value = next_random(&mut random).to_le_bytes();
 
-            store.upsert(&key, &value);
-            expected.insert(key.to_vec(), value.to_vec());
+                store.upsert(&key, &value);
+                expected.insert(key.to_vec(), value.to_vec());
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    for (key, expected_value) in &expected {
-        assert_eq!(store.get(key), Some(expected_value.as_slice()));
+    for key in seen {
+        assert_eq!(
+            store.get(&key),
+            expected.get(key.as_slice()).map(Vec::as_slice)
+        );
     }
 }