diff --git a/src/fingerprint.rs b/src/fingerprint.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebc4b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fingerprint.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+//! The crate's single fingerprint path (ADR-004 decision 1).
+//!
+//! A public key's fingerprint is the SSH-shaped identity handle: the
+//! auth bridge (server) resolves it through alkcall's
+//! `IdentityProvider::resolve_from_fingerprint`, the host-key policy
+//! path (client) surfaces it at `check_server_key`, and assembly
+//! registrations store it as a string. The string format
+//! (`SSHFP`-style `SHA256:` prefix over the OpenSSH wire-key digest,
+//! unpadded base64) is a **contract invariant** — registration strings
+//! from any standard issuer (`ssh-keygen -lf`, alkcall-side
+//! computation) must compare equal to what this crate computes.
+//!
+//! Parity is proven against independent-issuer vectors
+//! (`ssh-keygen -lf`-recorded, committed under `tests/vectors/`), not
+//! assumed. There is deliberately no second formatting path in the
+//! crate: a drift here would break every identity resolution silently.
+
+use russh::keys::{HashAlg, PublicKey};
+
+/// Computes a public key's fingerprint — the single fingerprint path
+/// in the crate (ADR-004 decision 1's contract invariant).
+///
+/// The returned string is the OpenSSH fingerprint format: `SHA256:`
+/// followed by the unpadded base64 of the SHA-256 digest over the
+/// key's OpenSSH wire encoding, byte-identical to independent issuers
+/// (`ssh-keygen -lf`) — parity is proven, not assumed. Every
+/// fingerprint comparison in the crate and every registration value an
+/// assembly stores is this string; no other formatting path exists.
+pub fn fingerprint(public_key: &PublicKey) -> String {
+    public_key.fingerprint(HashAlg::Sha256).to_string()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::fingerprint;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn format_shape_is_prefixed_and_unpadded() {
+        let key = russh::keys::parse_public_key_base64(
+            "AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICS7Ub4A073+G450Nt2DUOwWyniGVU/lrlUoQZAUg1sd",
+        )
+        .expect("fixture blob parses");
+        let fp = fingerprint(&key);
+        assert_eq!(fp.split(':').count(), 1 + 1);
+        let (prefix, body) = fp.split_once(':').expect("single separator");
+        assert_eq!(prefix, "SHA256");
+        assert!(!body.contains('='), "unpadded: {fp}");
+        assert!(
+            !body.contains('-') && !body.contains('_'),
+            "not url-safe: {fp}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn determinism_same_key_same_string() {
+        let key = russh::keys::parse_public_key_base64(
+            "AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICS7Ub4A073+G450Nt2DUOwWyniGVU/lrlUoQZAUg1sd",
+        )
+        .expect("fixture blob parses");
+        assert_eq!(fingerprint(&key), fingerprint(&key));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d538b8c..8304788 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@
 //! start). See also `docs/research/` and family ADR-003.
 
 mod error;
+mod fingerprint;
 
 pub use error::KeySourceError;
+pub use fingerprint::fingerprint;
diff --git a/tasks/implementation/w1-fingerprint.md b/tasks/implementation/w1-fingerprint.md
index 5f4e8b2..7b55b8c 100644
--- a/tasks/implementation/w1-fingerprint.md
+++ b/tasks/implementation/w1-fingerprint.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 id: w1-fingerprint
 name: Wave 1 — fingerprint computation (the contract invariant)
-status: pending
+status: completed
 depends_on: [w1-manifest]
 scope: narrow
 risk: low
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ contract invariant in code:
 
 ## Acceptance Criteria
 
-- [ ] Single fingerprint function via `HashAlg::Sha256`; `SHA256:` +
+- [x] Single fingerprint function via `HashAlg::Sha256`; `SHA256:` +
       unpadded url-safe base64 output
-- [ ] Parity tests against `ssh-keygen -lf`-recorded vectors pass
+- [x] Parity tests against `ssh-keygen -lf`-recorded vectors pass
       (independent-issuer format parity proven)
-- [ ] No second fingerprint-formatting path exists in `src/`
-- [ ] `cargo test`, `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings`,
+- [x] No second fingerprint-formatting path exists in `src/`
+- [x] `cargo test`, `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings`,
       `cargo fmt --check` pass
 
 ## References
@@ -50,8 +50,52 @@ contract invariant in code:
 
 ## Notes
 
-> To be filled by implementation agent
+> Design: `src/fingerprint.rs` exposes `fingerprint(&public_key) ->
+> String` — the thin wrapper over the `ssh-key` re-export
+> (`key.fingerprint(HashAlg::Sha256).to_string()`; russh 0.65
+> re-exports `ssh_key::{PublicKey, HashAlg}` via `russh::keys`), so
+> the *computation and formatting stay ssh-key's own code* and parity
+> is structural, not re-implemented. `lib.rs` re-exports
+> `alkssh::fingerprint`; a grep over `src/` confirms no second
+> formatting path (doc mentions only). The russh 0.65 handler shape
+> feeds exactly this type: `VerifiedPublicKey.public_key: &
+> ssh_key::PublicKey` — the auth bridge (wave 2, w1-host-key-policy)
+> passes that field straight through.
+>
+> **Fact-check finding (doc correction landed):** the ADR-004 /
+> auth.md / task wording "unpadded **url-safe** base64" is a misnomer.
+> The ssh-key crate's `Fingerprint` Display emits `SHA256:` +
+> *unpadded standard* base64 (base64ct `Base64Unpadded`
+> = the standard `+/` alphabet), and OpenSSH does the same — the
+> committed `ssh-keygen -lf` vectors contain `+` and `/`. The binding
+> invariant was never "url-safe"; it is byte-parity with standard
+> issuers, which POC-1 proved and the committed vectors now pin.
+> Corrected the wording in ADR-004 and `auth.md` (the two places that
+> spell the format); the parity contract itself is unchanged on both
+> sides.
+>
+> Vectors: 4 throwaway ed25519 keys generated with local ssh-keygen
+> (OpenSSH 9.6p1), blobs committed under `tests/vectors/*.pub`,
+> expected fingerprints byte-verbatim from `ssh-keygen -lf` recorded
+> in `tests/vectors/fingerprints.txt` (provenance header included) and
+> inlined in `tests/fingerprint_parity.rs`. Tests cross-check the
+> inlined vectors against the committed files and manifest so a stale
+> fixture edit cannot silently pass. No secret material committed
+> (private halves never left the tmpdir and were discarded).
 
 ## Summary
 
-> To be filled on completion
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+> Landed `src/fingerprint.rs` — the crate's single fingerprint path
+> (`alkssh::fingerprint`), delegating computation/formatting to the
+> ssh-key re-export behind russh 0.65's keys module with
+> `HashAlg::Sha256`. Parity proven, not assumed: 4 committed
+> ed25519 fixtures with `ssh-keygen -lf` (OpenSSH 9.6p1) recorded
+> fingerprints reproduce byte-identically (`tests/
+> fingerprint_parity.rs`, incl. shape/format-of-registered-string
+> assertions). Found and corrected a misnomer in the docs: the format
+> is unpadded *standard* base64, not url-safe (OpenSSH fingerprints
+> contain `+/`; byte-parity with `ssh-keygen` is and always was the
+> contract). Verified: `cargo test` (10/10 incl. all-features),
+> `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings` (default +
+> all-features), `cargo fmt --check`, `cargo doc --no-deps` clean;
+> `taskgraph validate` clean.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/fingerprint_parity.rs b/tests/fingerprint_parity.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae967e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fingerprint_parity.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+//! Fingerprint-format parity — ADR-004 decision 1's contract
+//! invariant proven against independent-issuer vectors (POC-1 §1).
+//!
+//! Each committed fixture carries its fingerprint byte-verbatim from
+//! `ssh-keygen -lf` (OpenSSH, recorded at vector-generation time; see
+//! `tests/vectors/fingerprints.txt`). The crate's single fingerprint
+//! path must reproduce those strings exactly: registration values
+//! from any standard issuer must compare equal with what this crate
+//! computes, without cross-issuer drift.
+
+use std::fs;
+
+const VECTOR_DIR: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/tests/vectors");
+
+struct Vector {
+    name: &'static str,
+    blob: &'static str,
+    fingerprint: &'static str,
+}
+
+const VECTORS: &[Vector] = &[
+    Vector {
+        name: "alpha.pub",
+        blob: "AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICS7Ub4A073+G450Nt2DUOwWyniGVU/lrlUoQZAUg1sd",
+        fingerprint: "SHA256:yM/XYR4VM1XX3gfQqOh+wOjOCokfTSu4QqqQIeUTa+c",
+    },
+    Vector {
+        name: "bravo.pub",
+        blob: "AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMNPMofKbGRA5CXtRnGsdXK/Jbj4DDOk7OutS6cOawqn",
+        fingerprint: "SHA256:Ruj1hCyzfsM8rjZhP4c4I+lVGEaEG33/srVLOnVpB3s",
+    },
+    Vector {
+        name: "charlie.pub",
+        blob: "AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIAGJveAmhmFyBN635c/xhaveGRzafpYobIqg9J6/b8cF",
+        fingerprint: "SHA256:fIcjLEaAm4aMpWEtwHm73TiIqGCX1X75HG9hGiJZ6TQ",
+    },
+    Vector {
+        name: "delta.pub",
+        blob: "AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIDg+r/at1NqJqwN5bUEqswoHlYAUMkJxJtKNJyWXH3UX",
+        fingerprint: "SHA256:D+qcroJ1ly9fVWpDQ4Zn+ig9e0Q7e0xOrQr47ruEZWs",
+    },
+];
+
+#[test]
+fn fingerprint_parity_with_ssh_keygen_recorded_vectors() {
+    for v in VECTORS {
+        let key = russh::keys::parse_public_key_base64(v.blob)
+            .expect("committed fixture parses as OpenSSH key material");
+        assert_eq!(
+            alkssh::fingerprint(&key),
+            v.fingerprint,
+            "parity drift on {name}",
+            name = v.name
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn committed_fixture_files_match_the_recorded_blobs() {
+    for v in VECTORS {
+        let path = format!("{VECTOR_DIR}/{}", v.name);
+        let file = fs::read_to_string(&path).expect("committed fixture file readable");
+        let expected_line = format!("ssh-ed25519 {blob} ", blob = v.blob);
+        assert!(
+            file.starts_with(&expected_line),
+            "fixture file {name} does not start with the recorded blob",
+            name = v.name
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn recorded_vector_manifest_matches_the_inlined_vectors() {
+    let manifest = fs::read_to_string(format!("{VECTOR_DIR}/fingerprints.txt"))
+        .expect("fingerprint manifest readable");
+    for v in VECTORS {
+        assert!(
+            manifest.contains(&format!("{} {fp}", v.name, fp = v.fingerprint)),
+            "manifest does not record {name} at {fp}",
+            name = v.name,
+            fp = v.fingerprint
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn registered_string_compare_is_byte_identical() {
+    let key = russh::keys::parse_public_key_base64(VECTORS[0].blob).expect("fixture parses");
+    let computed = alkssh::fingerprint(&key);
+    let registered: &str = VECTORS[0].fingerprint;
+    assert_eq!(computed, registered);
+    assert_eq!(registered.len(), 50, "SHA256: + 43 unpadded base64 chars");
+    assert!(!registered.contains('=') && !registered.contains('!'));
+}
diff --git a/tests/vectors/alpha.pub b/tests/vectors/alpha.pub
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5975df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vectors/alpha.pub
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICS7Ub4A073+G450Nt2DUOwWyniGVU/lrlUoQZAUg1sd alkssh-w1-vectors-alpha
diff --git a/tests/vectors/bravo.pub b/tests/vectors/bravo.pub
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4aeb416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vectors/bravo.pub
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMNPMofKbGRA5CXtRnGsdXK/Jbj4DDOk7OutS6cOawqn alkssh-w1-vectors-bravo
diff --git a/tests/vectors/charlie.pub b/tests/vectors/charlie.pub
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..113f5cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vectors/charlie.pub
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIAGJveAmhmFyBN635c/xhaveGRzafpYobIqg9J6/b8cF alkssh-w1-vectors-charlie
diff --git a/tests/vectors/delta.pub b/tests/vectors/delta.pub
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c444741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vectors/delta.pub
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIDg+r/at1NqJqwN5bUEqswoHlYAUMkJxJtKNJyWXH3UX alkssh-w1-vectors-delta
diff --git a/tests/vectors/fingerprints.txt b/tests/vectors/fingerprints.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9ba69c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vectors/fingerprints.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Independent-issuer fingerprint vectors for the POC-1 §1 parity
+# checkpoint (ADR-004 decision 1). Each entry pairs a committed OpenSSH
+# ed25519 public key fixture (the .pub files in this directory) with the
+# fingerprint byte-verbatim from `ssh-keygen -lf` — recorded from
+# OpenSSH 9.6p1 (Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.20) at vector-generation time. The
+# keys are throwaway test fixtures; no secret material is committed.
+#
+# <fixture> <expected fingerprint>
+alpha.pub SHA256:yM/XYR4VM1XX3gfQqOh+wOjOCokfTSu4QqqQIeUTa+c
+bravo.pub SHA256:Ruj1hCyzfsM8rjZhP4c4I+lVGEaEG33/srVLOnVpB3s
+charlie.pub SHA256:fIcjLEaAm4aMpWEtwHm73TiIqGCX1X75HG9hGiJZ6TQ
+delta.pub SHA256:D+qcroJ1ly9fVWpDQ4Zn+ig9e0Q7e0xOrQr47ruEZWs
\ No newline at end of file