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@@ -188,3 +188,56 @@ CLI 使用上面的完整 JSON 和 preview/apply/inspect/bootstrap 命令；App
 删除 fence 或重新开放旧 writer。既有 Goal 升级仍需备份、停止写入、结算租约和
 审核计划；反向迁移须保留新增写入。受支持的旧备份、格式和原回执恢复能力保留。
 此路径不代表完整升级、D2 长期资格或发布默认已通过。
+
+## Retirement boundaries before changing the release default
+
+SQLite adoption and Python retirement need separate evidence. A canonical Goal
+can bypass a source writer while supported unmigrated Goals still call it.
+Changing the creation default does not migrate those Goals or settle their
+capture history. Use the existing [retirement cadence](../architecture/rfcs/ledger/shared-goal-authority-state-provider-v0/2026-09-28-retirement-cadence.md)
+to qualify each last caller family independently.
+
+| Retained boundary | Current value and owner | Evidence needed before removal |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `todos.py`, `bootstrap.py`, `todos/line_update.py` | Unmigrated source creation and Todo edits still use Markdown writes. Canonical lifecycle decisions belong to the typed provider transactions. | Migrate the corresponding supported callers; run creation, update and recovery with the old writer physically absent. Keep Markdown display projection and supported import/export. |
+| `runtime_shadow_writer_adapter.py`, `local_authority_shadow_outbox.py` | Source writers prepare capture before the primary write and record commit afterward; outbox records preserve interrupted operations. Typed coordination owners interpret the captured mutations. | Stop the corresponding source producers, classify every pending prepared/committed entry against its source and exact receipt, and prove recovery after producer removal. Clearing configuration cannot cancel an active capture obligation. |
+| `local_authority_shadow_projection.py` | Python transports full source artifacts, rejects floats and unsafe integers before Python/JS digest comparison, and checks identity, size, digest and regular-file readback. `coordination.source.project` remains the typed projection owner. | Preserve exact-byte and malformed-input behavior in the replacement, including symlink rejection, bounded transfer and ambiguous-operation errors. A language-only rewrite is insufficient. |
+| `runtime_shadow.py`, `local_authority_shadow_adapter.py` | Explicit bootstrap, inspect, candidate read, drain and recovery still consume full source snapshots, cursor history and digest comparison. | Qualify the replacement management/recovery entrypoints and supported historical evidence; a canonical write passing does not establish these readers are unused. |
+| `authority_core.py` | Live Todo adapters delegate to typed mutation/ownership rules; scope overlap delegates to the typed lease owner. The lease-mode input compatibility contract is explicitly retained. | Trace direct, internal, dynamic and exported callers separately. Review registered historical input support before retiring its vocabulary; do not infer a fresh grant from old `legacy` inputs. |
+
+Paths in the table are under `loopx/` or its `control_plane/coordination/` and
+`control_plane/todos/` subdirectories. Keep host locking, atomic replacement,
+process cleanup, private validation declarations and supported backup/original
+receipt readers where they still serve real callers. Their I/O or recovery
+value is distinct from a duplicated decision owner.
+
+For each proposed deletion, record the supported caller, replacement owner,
+persisted obligations and rollback. Search references and exports, then exercise
+the real CLI and installed package in a disposable runtime with the retired
+path absent. Include interrupted writes, restart/replay, malformed evidence and
+unavailable selected-provider cases. The provider must fail visibly without
+falling back to a Markdown writer. Keep historical recovery coverage; reverse
+cutover must retain writes made after the original migration.
+
+Useful existing regressions include `test_source_projection.py`,
+`test_source_transfer.py`, `test_local_authority_shadow_outbox.py`,
+`test_runtime_shadow_bounded_e2e.py`, `test_shadow_writer_boundaries.py` and
+`test_shadow_cursor_recovery_e2e.py` under `tests/control_plane/`. Transport
+fault tests use injected faults; source/recovery tests also run real CLI/native
+writers against disposable File stores. These are bounded regression evidence,
+not sustained SQLite, PostgreSQL, packaged App or release-default qualification.
+
+### 切换发布默认前的退役边界
+
+canonical 写入绕过旧 writer，不代表未迁移 Goal 的调用方已消失。默认值修改也不
+迁移已有 Goal 或结算 capture 历史。按调用族分别验收，不把整项迁移设成所有小批
+退役的前置依赖；仍有调用的 writer/producer 在对应迁移后删，已无调用的内部桥接
+可先删，受支持的备份、格式、原回执恢复与 Markdown 展示继续保留。
+
+上表中的精确数字与摘要校验、安全文件传输、prepare→主写入→commit 顺序、游标
+恢复和 Host I/O 都有实际价值。替代实现须保留它们；Python 行数减少不能代替语义
+验收。静态引用、内部调用、动态入口、导出兼容与安装态要分别核验。删除前在隔离
+环境中让旧路径实际不存在，验证创建、修改、中断、重启、原操作重放及 provider
+不可用时明确失败；不降级到 Markdown writer，不破坏历史恢复，回退保留迁移后的
+新写入。现有回归覆盖不等于长期 SQLite、真实 PostgreSQL、打包 App 或发布默认
+已通过，trial 与正式默认的资格继续分别记录。