Every persisted projection artifact (metadata field indexes + column
segments, HNSW node records, graph adjacency LSM trees) now carries a
stamp asserting 'this state reflects every committed generation ≤ W,
atomically' — written LAST in each owner's flush (stamp-after-data: a
crash between data and stamp = unstamped = rescan, never trust). At load,
each owner computes the three-way verdict: stamped==committed → adopt
(zero work) · behind → catchup (gap reported) · above/unstamped → RESCAN,
loudly. Legacy artifacts re-derive once, then are stamped forever. Shared
law in projectionWatermark.ts (the aggregation verdict machinery,
generalized); vector artifacts carry model dimensions. Verdicts are
computed and exposed (watermark()/watermarkVerdict()/watermarkGap());
rebuild triggers unchanged — acting on 'catchup' is the fold train.
Pins: 22 unit (7 metadata · 8 hnsw · 7 graph, incl. spy-order
stamp-after-data) + the end-to-end reopen-adopts pin.
David Snelling
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