diff --git a/docs/plans/implementation.md b/docs/plans/implementation.md
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--- a/docs/plans/implementation.md
+++ b/docs/plans/implementation.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 status: draft
-last_updated: "2026-10-11 (wave 2 decomposed into tasks/)"
+last_updated: "2026-10-11 (wave 3 decomposed into tasks/)"
 ---
 
 # alkblobs — Implementation plan
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ops payload surfaces; release readiness is last.
 |---|---|---|---|
 | [1](#wave-1--foundations) | Crate/feature scaffold; hashing & keys (the one-way door); error model; Backend trait + I/O seams + engine-state seam shape; facade value types; conformance-suite convention | — | decomposed (2026-10-11) |
 | [2](#wave-2--the-store-works-dependency-free-mem--local) | mem + local engines; facade put/read paths + dispatch + constructor modes; in-process GC protocol; suite's first columns | wave 1 | decomposed (2026-10-11) |
-| [3](#wave-3--sqlite-engine) | sqlite kv engine (default): WAL posture, prepared statements, engine-state window family, suite column | wave 2 | pending |
+| [3](#wave-3--sqlite-engine) | sqlite kv engine (default): WAL posture, prepared statements, engine-state window family, suite column | wave 2 | decomposed (2026-10-11) |
 | [4](#wave-4--postgres-kv-engine) | postgres kv engine: schema, pool, CAS rows, stable-cursor list, full engine-state clause families, suite column | wave 2 | pending |
 | [5](#wave-5--pg-lo-large-engine) | pg-lo large engine: LO staged put, descriptorless lo_get windows, companion rows, window-family seam clauses, suite column | wave 4 | pending |
 | [6](#wave-6--fleet-gc) | Fleet GC mechanism: DB-backed pins, joint entry+pin tx, sweep lease, SQL delete arbitration, fleet-validity predicate + constructor declarations | waves 4 + 5 | pending |
diff --git a/tasks/engine-sqlite-window.md b/tasks/engine-sqlite-window.md
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+---
+id: engine-sqlite-window
+name: sqlite engine-state window family — the durable single-node delete window
+status: pending
+depends_on: [engine-sqlite]
+scope: narrow
+risk: low
+impact: component
+level: implementation
+tags: [wave-3, engines, sqlite, gc]
+---
+
+## Description
+
+Implement the engine-state companion seam's **window family** on the
+sqlite backend (`src/sqlite.rs` or its seam module): the
+`EngineWindowState` impl per ADR-010 §2 **as reduced by ADR-012 §5** —
+the window family only. The pin clauses and the sweep-lock body are
+**dropped dead machinery** for sqlite (ADR-012 §5's table: pin clauses
+**no**, sweep-lock clause **no** — the single-flighter is the
+in-process lock; a sqlite fleet is a recorded non-option, ADR-010 §3).
+Nothing of `EngineFleetState` may exist on this engine.
+
+- **`ensure_gc_schema`** — creates **`gc_window` only**
+  (`gc_window (key BLOB PRIMARY KEY, visible_after INTEGER)`; the
+  timestamp encoding — `SystemTime` ↔ integer, sub-second precision
+  for the test tunings — is a recorded design point). Never `gc_pins`;
+  the embedder's liveness table is never created here (ADR-008's
+  schema-ownership rule — the sweep reads it and never owns it).
+  Called at store construction by the store core
+  (`store-sqlite-construction` wires the call); the clause body is
+  engine-side.
+- **`window_stage`** — stage candidates into the durable window,
+  **idempotent per `(key, deadline)`** (`INSERT OR IGNORE` semantics —
+  the body's discipline; the store stages each candidate once per
+  sweep, and a re-stage of the same key at a new deadline updates the
+  row). Virgin store: tolerated (the table exists from construction;
+  a no-tables-yet database stages lazily or errors nothing — the
+  Backend trait's engine posture carries here).
+- **`window_take(now)`** — take overdue candidates
+  (`visible_after <= now`): the rows **leave the window table and
+  return as keys** for the calling sweep to re-arbitrate and delete —
+  the executor is the next sweep (ADR-012 §6.7). Empty when nothing is
+  overdue; virgin store: empty. The take is one atomic step (selected
+  rows removed and returned together — a row is never handed out
+  twice).
+- **Contract tests** per the applicability row (ADR-012 §5's table is
+  the contract-test matrix): the schema creates the window table only
+  (assert `gc_pins` does not exist); stage idempotence per
+  `(key, deadline)` incl. the re-stage-at-new-deadline form; take
+  returns exactly the overdue set, removes it, leaves future rows;
+  empty/virgin shapes; the timestamp encoding's boundary
+  (`visible_after == now` is overdue — `<=` per the seam doc).
+
+The store core drives these clauses (`store-sweep-durable-window`);
+this task ships the clauses and their engine-level contract tests.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [ ] The sqlite backend implements `EngineWindowState` — the window
+      family only; no pin-clause or sweep-lock body exists anywhere in
+      the sqlite engine
+- [ ] `ensure_gc_schema` creates `gc_window` only; `gc_pins` is never
+      created by sqlite (contract-tested)
+- [ ] `window_stage` is idempotent per `(key, deadline)`; a re-stage
+      at a new deadline updates the row
+- [ ] `window_take` returns exactly the overdue set (`<= now`
+      boundary), removes it atomically, leaves future rows; empty on
+      none/virgin
+- [ ] Clause contract tests green; `cargo test` (default) green;
+      `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings` and
+      `cargo fmt --check` green
+
+## References
+
+- src/gc.rs (`EngineWindowState` — the seam contract and its clause docs)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/010-backend-io-seams-and-fleet-state.md §2
+- docs/architecture/decisions/012-pre-decomposition-consistency-rulings.md §5 (the applicability table; the sqlite reduction), §6.7 (the executor)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/008-trait-size-probe-fleet-gc-and-large-engines.md §2 (the durable window's semantics)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/005-pooled-cas-and-gc-mechanism.md (the delete-window protocol)
+
+## Notes
+
+> To be filled by implementation agent
+
+## Summary
+
+> To be filled on completion
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diff --git a/tasks/engine-sqlite.md b/tasks/engine-sqlite.md
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+---
+id: engine-sqlite
+name: sqlite kv engine — the default engine
+status: pending
+depends_on: []
+scope: narrow
+risk: medium
+impact: component
+level: implementation
+tags: [wave-3, engines, sqlite]
+---
+
+## Description
+
+Implement the `sqlite` kv-tier engine (feature `sqlite`, **default-on**;
+ADR-007; REQ-1) against the wave-1 trait (`src/backend.rs`) — the first
+SQL-backed engine and the default build's kv engine.
+
+- **Backend impl** (`src/sqlite.rs`, behind `#[cfg(feature = "sqlite")]`):
+  the seven methods plus `put_staged`, opaque byte keys/values,
+  `name() -> "sqlite"`.
+  - **Schema** — the POC #5 finding B5 row shape adapted to sqlite:
+    `blobs (key BLOB PRIMARY KEY, value BLOB, size INTEGER NOT NULL)`.
+    The dedicated `size` column is what makes the **indexed `size`
+    column probe** metadata-only: `SELECT size … WHERE key = ?` rides
+    the key's index and never loads the value blob (ADR-008's size
+    discipline).
+  - **WAL posture** — `journal_mode=WAL` + `synchronous=NORMAL` set at
+    open: the shipped durability tier (ADR-003; the posture honker
+    ships and iroh's store measured). The **single-writer ceiling is a
+    documented posture, not a defect** (REQ-1's economics — the module
+    doc records it; ~1.2k objects/s under contention is an order above
+    single-node push rates).
+  - **Prepared statements** — rusqlite's `prepare_cached` discipline
+    per the backends spec's "prepared statements" requirement.
+  - `has` — an **EXISTS probe** (`SELECT EXISTS(…)`) — never a value
+    load.
+  - `get` — the **materializing cursor body** (kv family): the whole
+    value loaded once (bounded by tier policy — the kv tier holds only
+    ≤ threshold content), `len()` from the row's size column, reads
+    slice the materialized value composing `backend.rs`'s `clamped`.
+    This body is also what the facade's verification-on-get re-derives
+    over (store.rs's kv design point — no engine change needed).
+  - `put` — CAS first-writer-wins (`INSERT OR IGNORE`); a re-put of an
+    existing key is a no-op, never an overwrite.
+  - `put_staged` — the **degenerate in-memory stage** (ADR-010 §1: kv
+    bodies stage in memory and commit through the whole-value row
+    write); `append` extends the buffer, `commit` publishes via the
+    same `INSERT OR IGNORE` clause and self-discards on failure,
+    `discard` drops the buffer with zero residue.
+  - `delete` — `Err(Error::Missing)` when absent (rows-affected
+    discipline); `list` — complete and well-formed (`SELECT key`);
+    `size` — the indexed column probe above.
+  - **Virgin-store no-tables-yet tolerance** — read paths treat a
+    missing table as absent/empty, never "table does not exist" errors
+    (POC #1 finding 2; store-api.md §Error model's virgin-store
+    semantics). Schema creation timing (constructor `CREATE TABLE IF
+    NOT EXISTS` vs lazy) is a recorded design point; the tolerance is
+    unit-tested against a tableless database file either way.
+- **Blocking discipline**: rusqlite is synchronous — **all engine I/O
+  runs in `spawn_blocking`** (AGENTS convention 3; store-api.md
+  §Concurrency posture). The connection posture (the expected shape: a
+  single connection behind a short-held lock, the single-writer
+  posture; a pool is not required solo) is a recorded design point.
+  No blocking I/O on the async path; no `unwrap`/`expect` outside
+  tests.
+- **Unit tests** in-module: the method contract (virgin-store no-ops
+  incl. the no-tables-yet form, CAS re-put, Missing discipline, size
+  exactness + metadata-only), the staged-put happy path and both
+  hygiene forms (discard → zero residue; commit failure →
+  self-discard — a `#[cfg(test)]` fail-commit knob standing in for
+  media failure, the mem engine's pattern), the pragma posture.
+
+The engine-state window family (`EngineWindowState`) is
+`engine-sqlite-window` (separate task); the constructor wiring is
+`store-sqlite-construction`. This task ships the engine and its
+in-module unit tests only.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [ ] `src/sqlite.rs` implements `Backend` completely (seven methods +
+      `put_staged`) behind feature `sqlite` (default-on), with the
+      materializing cursor body and the degenerate staging body
+- [ ] WAL + `synchronous=NORMAL` set at open; prepared-statement
+      discipline; `has` is an EXISTS probe; the single-writer ceiling
+      recorded as posture in the module doc
+- [ ] `size` reads the dedicated size column via the key index, never
+      the value blob (metadata-only, unit-tested)
+- [ ] CAS first-writer-wins on both put forms; re-put never overwrites
+- [ ] Stage hygiene holds in both forms (discard → zero residue;
+      failed commit → self-discard), unit-tested
+- [ ] Virgin-store reads are no-ops including the no-tables-yet form
+      (unit-tested against a tableless database file)
+- [ ] All engine I/O in `spawn_blocking`; connection posture recorded
+- [ ] `cargo test` (default — sqlite is default-on) green;
+      `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings` and
+      `cargo fmt --check` green
+
+## References
+
+- docs/architecture/backends-and-dispatch.md (§kv tier — sqlite engine)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/007-two-kv-engines-sqlite-and-postgres.md
+- docs/architecture/decisions/003-backend-contract-and-dispatch.md (the
+  shipped durability tier; the three numbered put rules' kv side)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/010-backend-io-seams-and-fleet-state.md §1
+- docs/architecture/requirements.md (REQ-1's economics)
+- docs/research/poc-postgres-kv-findings.md (finding B5's row shape)
+- docs/research/poc-largeblob-findings.md (finding A4's economics)
+- src/backend.rs (the trait + seam contracts this implements)
+- src/mem.rs (the contract-reference engine's shapes this mirrors)
+
+## Notes
+
+> To be filled by implementation agent
+
+## Summary
+
+> To be filled on completion
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diff --git a/tasks/review-wave-3.md b/tasks/review-wave-3.md
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+---
+id: review-wave-3
+name: Wave 3 review gate — the sqlite engine vs the contract
+status: pending
+depends_on: [suite-column-sqlite]
+scope: narrow
+risk: low
+impact: phase
+level: review
+tags: [wave-3, review]
+---
+
+## Description
+
+The wave-3 review gate — the engine-wave review shape
+(docs/plans/implementation.md §Review gates: "engine-vs-contract
+conformance"), before wave 4 decomposes. The gate reads the
+implementation against the pinned ADR text line by line (the wave-1/2
+gates' method).
+
+Gate checks:
+
+- **Engine-vs-contract conformance**: the suite column green
+  server-less; the engine-state window family contract-tested per its
+  applicability row (ADR-012 §5's table — window family yes, pin
+  clauses no, sweep-lock body no); virgin-store semantics including
+  the no-tables-yet form; the `size` metadata-only discipline (the
+  indexed column probe never loads the value blob).
+- **The sqlite posture vs ADR-003/007**: WAL + `synchronous=NORMAL`
+  as the shipped durability tier; the single-writer ceiling documented
+  as posture, not hedged (REQ-1's economics); prepared-statement
+  discipline; `has` as an EXISTS probe; the B5 row shape (key/value/
+  size); bounded reads.
+- **The durable-window sweep vs ADR-008 §2 / ADR-012 §5/§6.7**:
+  candidates staged at `visible_after = mark_end + window` (the
+  constructor-tunable delay, shipped default 5 min); the executor is
+  the next sweep; execution-time re-arbitration; report counts exact
+  relative to the schedule; the inline form preserved verbatim for
+  non-SQL engines; the single-node posture unchanged (pins/liveness/
+  arbitration lock in-process — only the window's persistence is
+  engine rows); the one-window-host posture recorded.
+- **The seam reduction honored**: no pin rows, no sweep-lock body
+  anywhere in the sqlite engine (dead machinery per ADR-012 §5);
+  `ensure_gc_schema` creates `gc_window` only; the embedder's
+  liveness table never created by the engine.
+- **Blocking discipline**: all rusqlite work off the async path
+  (`spawn_blocking`); no blocking I/O under internal locks; the
+  connection posture recorded.
+- **Named design points audited as resolved** (each recorded in its
+  task's Notes): the connection posture; the timestamp encoding;
+  schema-creation timing vs the no-tables-yet tolerance; the kv cursor
+  dispatch shape over multiple kv engines; the protect-consult posture
+  on overdue execution; the delay-0 test tuning's legality.
+- **Family conventions**: no comments in code (doc comments on public
+  API fine), thiserror, tokio-only async, no unwrap/expect outside
+  tests, naming, one-module-per-file re-export shape, the
+  `#![allow(dead_code)]` scope notes matching their remaining scope.
+- **Gates green**: `cargo test` (default — the sqlite column runs
+  here), `cargo test --features mem`, `cargo test --all-features`,
+  `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings`,
+  `cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings`,
+  `cargo fmt --check`.
+
+Findings are fixed inline where cheap, or recorded as wave-4
+amendments where they shape the next decomposition. The gate's
+completion is what unblocks wave 4's decomposition.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [ ] Every gate check above read and verified against the cited ADR
+      text (not from memory of it)
+- [ ] Named design points each decided, recorded, and consistent with
+      the specs
+- [ ] Findings fixed inline or recorded as wave-4 amendments with
+      owners
+- [ ] All gates re-run green after any fixes
+- [ ] Wave 4 decomposition unblocked (recorded in this task's Summary)
+
+## References
+
+- docs/plans/implementation.md (§Wave 3, §Review gates — engine wave reviews)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/003-backend-contract-and-dispatch.md
+- docs/architecture/decisions/007-two-kv-engines-sqlite-and-postgres.md
+- docs/architecture/decisions/008-trait-size-probe-fleet-gc-and-large-engines.md §2
+- docs/architecture/decisions/010-backend-io-seams-and-fleet-state.md §2
+- docs/architecture/decisions/012-pre-decomposition-consistency-rulings.md §1/§5/§6.7
+- docs/architecture/store-api.md
+- tasks/review-wave-2.md (the gate method)
+
+## Notes
+
+> To be filled by the review agent
+
+## Summary
+
+> To be filled on completion
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diff --git a/tasks/store-sqlite-construction.md b/tasks/store-sqlite-construction.md
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+---
+id: store-sqlite-construction
+name: sqlite constructor wiring — the default-build store shapes
+status: pending
+depends_on: [engine-sqlite, engine-sqlite-window]
+scope: narrow
+risk: low
+impact: component
+level: implementation
+tags: [wave-3, store, sqlite, construction]
+---
+
+## Description
+
+Slot sqlite into the facade's engine representation — the slotting-in
+pattern `src/store.rs`'s module doc pinned ("adding an enum variant and
+a named constructor is slotting in"):
+
+- **`KvEngine::Sqlite`** variant behind `#[cfg(feature = "sqlite")]` +
+  the dispatch arms (`put`/`get`/`has`/`size`/`delete`/`list`). The kv
+  cursor dispatch (`AnyCursor`'s kv arm) carries the sqlite
+  materializing body — the kv-arm shape over multiple kv engines (a
+  `KvCursor` sub-enum vs per-engine variants) is a recorded design
+  point. The `#[allow(unused_variables)]` empty-set scaffolding on the
+  `KvEngine` methods shrinks (the kv set is no longer empty in default
+  builds); `backend.rs`'s `#![allow(dead_code)]` scope note about "the
+  kv engines' whole-value `put` before wave 3" is updated to the
+  landed state.
+- **Named constructors**, feature-gated on `sqlite` (default-on — the
+  default build constructs them):
+  - **dual-tier** `kv = sqlite + large = local` — the default-build
+    production shape; fallible (file I/O: opening/creating the
+    database, creating the local root). Size-threshold dispatch at the
+    constructor-tunable threshold as in the mem+local shape.
+  - **kv-only(sqlite)** — no large tier; `threshold` is the put-time
+    rejection point (ADR-012 §6.2; the rejection machinery is the put
+    seam's, already landed — only the constructor slots in).
+  - Both take the **delete-window delay** parameter (ADR-008 §2: the
+    delete window's delay, **default 5 min, constructor-tunable per
+    deployment** — a named shipped-default constant; `Duration`).
+    This is the durable window's cadence knob the sweep's SQL-backed
+    form consumes (`store-sweep-durable-window`); `0` is a legal
+    degenerate tuning (execute-on-next-sweep — the test tuning). The
+    mem/local constructors are unchanged: the inline form has no delay
+    in effect.
+- **`ensure_gc_schema` at construction** — the store-core call
+  (engine-neutral; sqlite's body creates `gc_window` only). A
+  construction failure is `Err(Error::Io)` per the fallible-constructor
+  pattern `dual_tier_mem_local` set.
+- **The one-window-host rule's store-core posture** (ADR-012 §5): the
+  durable window hosts on **the kv engine when it is SQL-backed** —
+  sqlite hosts. Recorded (code shape or doc note) so wave 5's pg-lo
+  dormancy (the dual-SQL instance stages on the kv engine only) slots
+  in without reshaping.
+- **Constructor unit tests**: the modes construct and introspect
+  correctly (`mode()`/`threshold()`), `ensure_gc_schema` ran (the
+  window table exists in the fresh database), the window-delay default
+  is the pinned constant, kv-only rejection wiring unchanged, the
+  dual-tier shape round-trips end-to-end (a smoke put/get through both
+  tiers).
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [ ] `KvEngine::Sqlite` slots in; all six kv ops dispatch; the kv
+      cursor body dispatches (design point recorded)
+- [ ] `dual_tier_sqlite_local` + `kv_only_sqlite` constructors exist
+      behind feature `sqlite`, take threshold + window delay, fallible
+      where I/O is fallible
+- [ ] `ensure_gc_schema` runs at construction; the window-delay
+      shipped default is 5 min (pinned constant) and
+      constructor-tunable; `0` legal
+- [ ] The one-window-host posture recorded (sqlite hosts when the kv
+      engine is SQL-backed)
+- [ ] The stale empty-set scaffolding/allow notes updated to the
+      landed state
+- [ ] `cargo test` (default) green — the default build constructs and
+      exercises sqlite stores; `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D
+      warnings` and `cargo fmt --check` green
+
+## References
+
+- src/store.rs (the engine-representation design point; the
+  constructor modes; the slotting-in pattern)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/011-vocabulary-tiers-engines-and-fleet-state.md §4 (modes)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/012-pre-decomposition-consistency-rulings.md §6.3 (dual-tier shapes), §5 (the one-window-host rule)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/008-trait-size-probe-fleet-gc-and-large-engines.md §2 (the window delay, default 5 min)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/013-family-composition-reactive-boundary-and-feature-graph.md §4 (the feature graph)
+
+## Notes
+
+> To be filled by implementation agent
+
+## Summary
+
+> To be filled on completion
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diff --git a/tasks/store-sweep-durable-window.md b/tasks/store-sweep-durable-window.md
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+---
+id: store-sweep-durable-window
+name: the sweep's durable-window form — staged candidates, next-sweep execution
+status: pending
+depends_on: [store-sqlite-construction]
+scope: moderate
+risk: medium
+impact: phase
+level: implementation
+tags: [wave-3, store, gc, sweep]
+---
+
+## Description
+
+Grow the sweep's **SQL-backed form** (ADR-008 §2; ADR-012 §5/§6.7)
+beside the inline form in `src/store.rs` — the first durable delete
+window, single-node:
+
+- **The branch**: the sweep runs the durable form when the kv engine
+  hosts the window (sqlite — the one-window-host posture); the inline
+  form is preserved **verbatim** for non-SQL engines (mem/local — the
+  wave-2 sweep tests stay green unchanged). The branch keys off the
+  engine representation (the `KvEngine` match), never off a flag.
+- **The single-node posture is unchanged** (ADR-008 §2): pins, RAII
+  guards, and the arbitration lock stay in-process (`GcHome`) — only
+  the *persistence* of the delete window (the staged-candidate table)
+  is engine rows.
+- **The durable form's protocol** (per sweep, under the lease):
+  1. **Execute overdue** (before/alongside marking — ADR-012 §6.7):
+     `window_take(now)` returns the overdue keys; each is
+     **re-arbitrated at execution time** through the same
+     `arbitrated_delete` path and deleted in batches. The protect-
+     consult posture on this path is a recorded design point (the
+     sweep's protect consult covers its execution phase — the same
+     reasoning that keeps the inline form's candidates at
+     `consult_protect = false`). A vanished candidate (deleted during
+     the delay by a direct delete) settles into the cancelled count —
+     the vanished-candidate accounting carries over.
+  2. **Mark**: enumerate the pool, compute the live set, compute the
+     candidate-dead set (unchanged).
+  3. **Stage**: `window_stage(candidates)` at
+     `visible_after = mark_end + window` — the constructor-tunable
+     delay (ADR-008 §2; the store carries the value its constructor
+     took).
+  4. **Report**: `candidates_staged` = candidates staged this sweep;
+     `deleted`/`cancelled_by_arbitration` = the executed overdue set.
+     **Exact-count invariants are asserted relative to this schedule**
+     (ADR-012 §6.7) — staged-this-sweep and executed-this-sweep are
+     different sets (the delay separates them); the suite's sqlite
+     column asserts the two-sweep shapes (`suite-column-sqlite`).
+- **Abort shapes unchanged**: `NoLivenessSources`/`ProtectFailed`/
+  `SweeperLock` abort before anything is staged or executed (nothing
+  deleted, `Ok(SweepReport)`); operational failures (engine I/O) are
+  the `Err` half (ADR-012 §1).
+- **The sweep-vs-put race under the durable form**: a put landing
+  during the window delay pins in-process (pin-before-publish); the
+  execution-time re-arbitration sees the pin and cancels the candidate
+  — the test-asserted property (a visible entry is never deleted while
+  liveness protects it; an in-flight put is never deleted by a sweep
+  started before it committed) holds **across the delay**, and is
+  unit-tested in that form.
+- **Unit tests** in `store.rs`: two-sweep exact-count shapes (sweep 1
+  stages N at delay 0 → sweep 2 executes exactly N — deleted +
+  cancelled == N against the staged set); the race across the delay
+  (put during the window survives; the unpinned twin deletes); the
+  abort shapes on a sqlite store; the vanished-candidate form; the
+  inline form untouched (the mem/local suites stay green).
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [ ] The sweep branches on window hosting; the inline form's behavior
+      and its wave-2 tests unchanged
+- [ ] Durable form: overdue rows execute with execution-time
+      re-arbitration before/alongside marking; candidates stage at
+      `visible_after = mark_end + window`
+- [ ] Report counts exact relative to the schedule (unit-tested
+      two-sweep shapes); aborts delete nothing
+- [ ] The race property unit-tested across the delay (a put landing
+      during the window survives the next sweep's execution)
+- [ ] The protect-consult posture on overdue execution recorded
+- [ ] `cargo test` (default) green; `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D
+      warnings` and `cargo fmt --check` green
+
+## References
+
+- src/store.rs (the sweep — `sweep`/`sweep_window`/`arbitrated_delete`)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/005-pooled-cas-and-gc-mechanism.md (§Sweep — the protocol)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/008-trait-size-probe-fleet-gc-and-large-engines.md §2 (the staged re-arbitrated delete; the delay)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/012-pre-decomposition-consistency-rulings.md §1 (abort-as-data), §5 (single-node posture unchanged), §6.7 (the executor is the next sweep)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/013-family-composition-reactive-boundary-and-feature-graph.md §2 (the lease semantics)
+- src/gc.rs (`GcHome` arbitration; `EngineWindowState` the store core calls)
+
+## Notes
+
+> To be filled by implementation agent
+
+## Summary
+
+> To be filled on completion
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+---
+id: suite-column-sqlite
+name: Conformance suite — the sqlite column (the first SQL-backed column)
+status: pending
+depends_on: [store-sweep-durable-window]
+scope: moderate
+risk: medium
+impact: phase
+level: implementation
+tags: [wave-3, suite, sqlite]
+---
+
+## Description
+
+Grow the **sqlite column** — the suite's first SQL-backed column,
+server-less (never skips; README §SKIP posture: server-less engines'
+columns must always be green in every environment). The column runs in
+the default build (feature `sqlite` is default-on).
+
+- **Factories** (`tests/conformance/sqlite_column.rs`):
+  - dual-tier `kv = sqlite + large = local` at a column-declared
+    threshold and the **test tuning of the window delay (`0` —
+    execute-on-next-sweep)**;
+  - `kv-only(sqlite)` at a column-declared threshold (the rejection
+    row's host; threshold materializable per the README's
+    configuration contract).
+  Fresh isolated sqlite file per `open()` (temp file), idempotent
+  teardown (remove the file), panicking-row-safe — the local column's
+  instance-tracks-its-own-root pattern.
+- **Mirror the form-independent reference rows** (README §The
+  reference row set): INV-1 round-trips (content matrix × both put
+  paths, in-body), INV-2 dedup (same-path + cross-path legs), INV-3
+  stage hygiene (the degenerate kv stage form via the injectable
+  failure modes — mid-stream `Io`, declared-len `Verification`), INV-6
+  stat discipline, and the kv-only rejection row (threshold-agnostic
+  by discovery, unchanged).
+- **The sweep rows are schedule-relative on this column.** The
+  reference set's single-sweep exact-count rows are the inline-form
+  host's (mem); the durable form's semantics differ (staged this
+  sweep, executed by the next — ADR-012 §6.7). The sqlite column grows
+  its own **durable-schedule rows** (concrete-factory per README
+  §Columns beyond the reference set, ADR-stamped, traced):
+  - exact counts across two sweeps (sweep 1 stages N, deletes nothing;
+    sweep 2 executes exactly N — `deleted + cancelled == N` against
+    the staged set) over the full protection set;
+  - the sweep-vs-put race across the window delay (a put landing
+    during the window survives the executing sweep; the unpinned twin
+    deletes);
+  - the abort shapes (`NoLivenessSources`/`ProtectFailed`/
+    `SweeperLock` — form-independent, abort before staging; these
+    mirror directly);
+  - INV-5 list correctness through durable-schedule outcomes (exact
+    counts, never list comparison).
+- **The dual-tier dispatch rows** mirror the local column's family
+  (pure-function routing, threshold boundaries, fall-through per op)
+  with the placement oracle adapted: both tiers are on disk now — kv
+  entries live in the sqlite file, large entries under the local root;
+  the oracle distinguishes by medium (the sqlite file vs the root's
+  committed files).
+- **Virgin-store rows**: reads are no-ops on a fresh file; the
+  no-tables-yet tolerance form.
+- **README amendments** (the convention's normative test-side home):
+  - the **schedule-relative reading of INV-4/INV-5 for SQL-backed
+    columns** — the durable form's exact counts are asserted relative
+    to the staged schedule (ADR-012 §6.7); the reference set's
+    single-sweep rows are the inline-form host's, and SQL-backed
+    columns run the durable-schedule equivalents (the mirror
+    convention's recorded amendment);
+  - the column inventory (§Columns beyond the reference set grows the
+    sqlite rows table);
+  - current state (three columns; the default-build column).
+- **Structural factory tests** (the mem column's pattern): factory
+  isolation (fresh file per open, nothing shared) and
+  teardown-against-a-panicking-row.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [ ] The sqlite column green server-less: the mirrored
+      form-independent reference rows + the durable-schedule sweep
+      rows + the dispatch rows + the virgin-store rows, every row
+      ADR-stamped and traceable to the backlog
+- [ ] The schedule-relative INV-4/INV-5 reading recorded in README
+      (the mirror convention's amendment, citing ADR-012 §6.7)
+- [ ] Factory isolation + idempotent teardown hold (fresh file per
+      open; teardown safe against a panicking row), structurally
+      exercised
+- [ ] `cargo test` (default) green — the column runs in the default
+      build; `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings` and
+      `cargo fmt --check` green
+
+## References
+
+- tests/conformance/README.md (the conventions this grows against;
+  §SKIP posture, §Columns beyond the reference set)
+- tests/conformance/rows.rs (the reference row set being mirrored)
+- tests/conformance/local_column.rs (the dual-tier column pattern)
+- tests/conformance/backlog.rs (INV-1…7 entries)
+- docs/architecture/store-api.md (§Invariants — the test gate)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/012-pre-decomposition-consistency-rulings.md §6.7 (the schedule the sweep rows assert against)
+- docs/architecture/decisions/011-vocabulary-tiers-engines-and-fleet-state.md §2 (mem's reference role; INV-7)
+
+## Notes
+
+> To be filled by implementation agent
+
+## Summary
+
+> To be filled on completion
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