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+---
+'@objectstack/spec': minor
+'@objectstack/objectql': minor
+'@objectstack/driver-sql': minor
+'@objectstack/driver-sqlite-wasm': minor
+'@objectstack/platform-objects': minor
+'@objectstack/metadata-core': minor
+'@objectstack/service-messaging': minor
+'@objectstack/service-automation': minor
+'@objectstack/plugin-audit': minor
+---
+
+ADR-0057 data lifecycle P1–P4 (#2786): platform-generated data is now bounded by construction.
+
+- **P1 — contract**: new `lifecycle` object property (`class: record | audit | telemetry | transient | event` + `retention` / `ttl` / `storage(rotation)` / `archive` / `reclaim`), enforced by the platform-owned **LifecycleService** registered by `ObjectQLPlugin` (default-on; disable via `OS_LIFECYCLE_DISABLED=1` or plugin `lifecycle.enabled=false`). The Reaper batch-deletes rows past `retention.maxAge` / `ttl` under a system context and reclaims space (`SqlDriver.reclaimSpace()` → SQLite `PRAGMA incremental_vacuum`). Non-`record` classes must declare a bounding policy (parse-time invariant + spec-liveness gate + dogfood storage-growth gate).
+- **P2 — rotation**: `storage: { strategy: 'rotation', shards, unit }` physically time-shards the table on SQLite — writes land in the current shard, reads go through a UNION-ALL view under the base name, expiry is an O(1) `DROP` of shards past the window. A legacy table is adopted as the first shard on upgrade. Other dialects fall back to an equivalent age-based reap.
+- **P3 — separation + Archiver**: registering a datasource named `telemetry` routes telemetry/event/audit objects to it (opt-in by existence; `transient` deliberately stays on the primary). Audit objects with `archive` declared get retain → archive → delete once the archive datasource exists; without it rows are retained, never dropped unarchived.
+- **P4 — governance**: new `lifecycle` settings namespace — runtime enable switch, per-object retention overrides (tenant-scoped: regulated tenants set years, dev sets days), per-object/per-class row quotas and growth alerts (observe-and-alert only).
+
+**Behavior change**: 11 platform objects now carry lifecycle declarations and their telemetry is bounded by default — `sys_activity` 14d (rotated), `sys_audit_log` 90d hot → archive (retained forever until an `archive` datasource is registered), `sys_metadata_audit` 365d → archive, `sys_job_run` / `sys_automation_run` / `sys_http_delivery` 30d, notification pipeline (`sys_notification`, delivery, receipt, inbox) 90d, `sys_device_code` expires_at + 1d. Extend windows per environment/tenant via the `lifecycle.retention_overrides` setting.
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ADR-0057: System data has a lifecycle — declarative retention, rotation, and reclamation for platform-generated objects
 
-**Status**: Proposed (2026-06-20)
+**Status**: Accepted — **P0–P4 implemented** (P0 shipped with this ADR, [#2079](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/framework/pull/2079); P1–P4 in [#2791](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/framework/pull/2791), tracked in [#2786](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/framework/issues/2786)) (proposed 2026-06-20 · implemented 2026-07-10)
 **Deciders**: ObjectStack Protocol Architects
 **Builds on**: [ADR-0052](./0052-audit-is-not-the-activity-feed.md) (decomposed audit / activity / collaboration into bounded contexts — this ADR adds the *orthogonal* axis those contexts never specified: **how long each one lives and how its space is reclaimed**), [ADR-0049](./0049-no-unenforced-security-properties.md) (enforce-or-remove — a declared `retention` that drives no sweeper is dead surface; this ADR wires it to a runtime consumer), [ADR-0030](./0030-notification-platform-convergence.md) (notification objects are messaging-owned with their own lifecycle), [ADR-0021](./0021-analytics-dataset-semantic-layer.md) (precedent for moving event-shaped data off the primary OLTP store)
 **Consumers**: `@objectstack/spec` (`lifecycle` object property + `LifecycleClass`), `@objectstack/objectql` (LifecycleService: Reaper / Rotator / Archiver), `@objectstack/plugin-audit` (audit/activity exclusion of telemetry objects — shipped P0), `@objectstack/driver-sql` (`auto_vacuum=INCREMENTAL` default + incremental-vacuum hook — shipped P0), `@objectstack/dogfood` (storage-growth regression gate), platform spec-liveness gate
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ activity-logged** (otherwise cleanup re-feeds the tables it is draining — the
 same self-audit trap ADR-0052 already guards). Aggregate one summary row at
 most.
 
+Second hard rule (implementation): **an object that declares `archive` is
+never hot-deleted before the archive copy succeeded.** No archive datasource
+registered ⇒ rows are retained (today's behavior), reported as
+`archive-pending` — a compliance ledger cannot be destroyed by declaring a
+lifecycle.
+
 ### 3.4 Reclaim — driver space hygiene
 
 SQLite driver defaults to `auto_vacuum=INCREMENTAL` (shipped P0); the Reaper
@@ -192,15 +198,25 @@ the store can later be swapped for an append-only log / time-series / object
 store. This is the ADR-0021 dataset-migration pattern applied to event-shaped
 system data.
 
+*Implemented as*: registering a datasource named **`telemetry`** routes every
+`telemetry`/`event`/`audit`-classed object to it (engine `getDriver` step 3 —
+after explicit `datasource`/`datasourceMapping`, before the manifest
+`defaultDatasource`). Opt-in purely by the datasource's existence.
+`transient` deliberately stays on the primary: those objects are user-session
+data and some (better-auth's `sys_device_code`) are accessed outside the
+engine — splitting their storage would split their brain.
+
 ## 4. Rollout
 
+P1–P4 are tracked in [#2786](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/framework/issues/2786).
+
 | Phase | Scope | Status |
 |---|---|---|
-| **P0 — stop the bleed** | (a) exclude operational/plumbing objects from the audit+activity writer (`plugin-audit` `SKIP_OBJECTS`); (b) SQLite `auto_vacuum=INCREMENTAL` driver default; (c) showcase digest interval 20s→60s, flagged demo-only | **this ADR ships P0** |
-| **P1 — contract** | `lifecycleClass` + `lifecycle` spec; LifecycleService Reaper; spec-liveness enforcement; dogfood growth gate | proposed |
-| **P2 — rotation/TTL** | Rotator (shard + DROP) for high-freq telemetry; transient TTL expiry | proposed |
-| **P3 — separation** | telemetry/audit on a dedicated datasource; Archiver cold-store | proposed |
-| **P4 — governance** | per-table storage quotas, growth alerts, tenant-level retention overrides | proposed |
+| **P0 — stop the bleed** | (a) exclude operational/plumbing objects from the audit+activity writer (`plugin-audit` `SKIP_OBJECTS`); (b) SQLite `auto_vacuum=INCREMENTAL` driver default; (c) showcase digest interval 20s→60s, flagged demo-only | **shipped with this ADR ([#2079](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/framework/pull/2079))** |
+| **P1 — contract** | `lifecycleClass` + `lifecycle` spec; LifecycleService Reaper; spec-liveness enforcement; dogfood growth gate | **implemented ([#2791](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/framework/pull/2791))** |
+| **P2 — rotation/TTL** | Rotator (shard + DROP) for high-freq telemetry; transient TTL expiry | **implemented ([#2791](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/framework/pull/2791))** |
+| **P3 — separation** | telemetry/audit on a dedicated datasource; Archiver cold-store | **implemented ([#2791](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/framework/pull/2791))** |
+| **P4 — governance** | per-table storage quotas, growth alerts, tenant-level retention overrides | **implemented ([#2791](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/framework/pull/2791))** |
 
 P0 alone removes ~76 % of the row growth (audit/activity exclusion) and a
 further 3× (interval), and lets space be reclaimed — without any schema change
 
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+//
+// STORAGE GROWTH — ADR-0057 data lifecycle, exercised end-to-end through a real
+// showcase boot (#2786 P1). The 260 MB dev.db regression happened because
+// platform-generated rows had NO retention contract: every append-only table
+// grew forever. This gate makes that class of regression revert-provable:
+//
+// @proof: adr0057-lifecycle-bounded-growth
+//
+//   • CONTRACT — every registered object declaring a non-`record` lifecycle
+//     class carries a bounding policy (retention / ttl / rotation), and the
+//     shipped sys_* declarations are present in a real boot (deleting one
+//     turns this red).
+//   • REAPER — rows older than the declared window are deleted by
+//     `lifecycle.sweep()`; fresh rows and record-class/business data are
+//     untouched; space reclaim runs on the touched datasource.
+//   • ARCHIVE SAFETY — an audit-class object with `archive` declared is NEVER
+//     hot-deleted before the Archiver has copied it out (no archive
+//     datasource registered ⇒ rows are retained, not dropped).
+//
+// The runaway writer is simulated with direct driver inserts (backdated
+// `created_at`) rather than waiting on scheduled flow ticks — deterministic,
+// and it exercises the exact path the Reaper sweeps.
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest';
+import { bootStack, type VerifyStack } from '@objectstack/verify';
+import showcaseStack from '@objectstack/example-showcase';
+
+const DAY_MS = 86_400_000;
+
+interface EngineLike {
+  registry: {
+    getAllObjects(): Array<{ name: string; lifecycle?: Record<string, any> }>;
+    registerObject(obj: Record<string, unknown>): void;
+    getObject(name: string): { name: string; lifecycle?: Record<string, any> } | undefined;
+  };
+  syncObjectSchema(name: string): Promise<void>;
+  getDriverForObject(name: string): DriverLike | undefined;
+}
+
+interface DriverLike {
+  create(object: string, data: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<Record<string, unknown>>;
+  count(object: string, query?: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<number>;
+  reclaimSpace?(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+interface LifecycleLike {
+  sweep(): Promise<{
+    swept: Array<{ object: string; policy: string; deleted?: number }>;
+    skipped: Array<{ object: string; reason: string }>;
+    errors: Array<{ object: string; error: string }>;
+    reclaimed: string[];
+  }>;
+}
+
+describe('objectstack verify LIFECYCLE (ADR-0057): declared policies bound growth (#adr0057-lifecycle-bounded-growth)', () => {
+  let stack: VerifyStack;
+  let engine: EngineLike;
+  let lifecycle: LifecycleLike;
+  let driver: DriverLike;
+
+  // Platform storage convention: `created_at` is registry-injected as a
+  // `datetime` field, stored as epoch-ms INTEGER on SQLite (a JS Date through
+  // the driver) — and filter cutoffs are coerced to match. Backdate with Date
+  // objects, exactly like the real write paths, or the rows land as TEXT and
+  // no temporal filter ever matches them.
+  const backdated = (days: number) => new Date(Date.now() - days * DAY_MS);
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    stack = await bootStack(showcaseStack);
+    engine = stack.kernel.getService('objectql') as unknown as EngineLike;
+    lifecycle = stack.kernel.getService('lifecycle') as unknown as LifecycleLike;
+    expect(lifecycle?.sweep, 'the ObjectQLPlugin must register the ADR-0057 lifecycle service').toBeTruthy();
+
+    // Fixture objects: a telemetry stream, a record-class sibling, and an
+    // audit ledger with a declared (but unresolvable) archive target.
+    engine.registry.registerObject({
+      name: 'growth_probe_event',
+      label: 'Growth Probe Event',
+      lifecycle: { class: 'telemetry', retention: { maxAge: '30d' } },
+      fields: { payload: { type: 'text', label: 'Payload' } },
+    });
+    engine.registry.registerObject({
+      name: 'growth_probe_record',
+      label: 'Growth Probe Record',
+      lifecycle: { class: 'record' },
+      fields: { payload: { type: 'text', label: 'Payload' } },
+    });
+    engine.registry.registerObject({
+      name: 'growth_probe_ledger',
+      label: 'Growth Probe Ledger',
+      lifecycle: {
+        class: 'audit',
+        retention: { maxAge: '90d' },
+        archive: { after: '90d', to: 'archive_missing' },
+      },
+      fields: { payload: { type: 'text', label: 'Payload' } },
+    });
+    await engine.syncObjectSchema('growth_probe_event');
+    await engine.syncObjectSchema('growth_probe_record');
+    await engine.syncObjectSchema('growth_probe_ledger');
+
+    driver = engine.getDriverForObject('growth_probe_event') as DriverLike;
+    expect(driver?.create, 'a driver must back the probe objects').toBeTruthy();
+  }, 60_000);
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await stack?.stop();
+  });
+
+  it('CONTRACT: every non-record lifecycle declaration in a real boot carries a bounding policy', () => {
+    const declared = engine.registry
+      .getAllObjects()
+      .filter((o) => o.lifecycle && o.lifecycle.class !== 'record');
+
+    // A platform boot with ZERO lifecycle-declared objects would mean the
+    // shipped sys_* annotations were dropped — exactly the regression this
+    // gate exists to catch.
+    expect(declared.length, 'no lifecycle-declared objects registered — sys_* annotations were dropped').toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+    for (const obj of declared) {
+      const lc = obj.lifecycle!;
+      expect(
+        Boolean(lc.retention || lc.ttl || lc.storage),
+        `${obj.name} declares lifecycle.class='${lc.class}' with NO bounding policy (retention/ttl/storage) — ADR-0057 §3.5`,
+      ).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('CONTRACT: the shipped sys_metadata_audit declaration survives (audit + archive-then-delete)', () => {
+    const meta = engine.registry.getObject('sys_metadata_audit');
+    expect(meta, 'sys_metadata_audit must be registered in a platform boot').toBeTruthy();
+    expect(meta!.lifecycle?.class).toBe('audit');
+    expect(meta!.lifecycle?.retention?.maxAge).toBe('365d');
+    expect(meta!.lifecycle?.archive?.to).toBe('archive');
+  });
+
+  it('REAPER: past-window telemetry is reaped, fresh telemetry and record-class data survive, space is reclaimed', async () => {
+    // Simulate a runaway writer: 40 telemetry rows spread over ~200 days,
+    // 10 of them inside the 30d window; plus record-class rows older than
+    // any window (must never be touched).
+    for (let i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
+      await driver.create('growth_probe_event', {
+        payload: `tick-${i}`,
+        created_at: backdated(5 + i * 5), // 5d … 200d
+      });
+    }
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+      await driver.create('growth_probe_record', {
+        payload: `business-${i}`,
+        created_at: backdated(400),
+      });
+    }
+
+    const before = await driver.count('growth_probe_event', { object: 'growth_probe_event' });
+    expect(before).toBe(40);
+
+    const report = await lifecycle.sweep();
+
+    // Errors first — a failed delete otherwise shows up as a confusing
+    // "expected 40 to be 5" count mismatch.
+    expect(report.errors, `sweep reported errors: ${JSON.stringify(report.errors)}`).toEqual([]);
+    expect(
+      report.swept.map((e) => e.object),
+      `sweep applied no policy — report: ${JSON.stringify(report)}`,
+    ).toContain('growth_probe_event');
+
+    // The telemetry table is now bounded by its declared 30d window:
+    // rows at 5,10,15,20,25d survive (5 rows), everything older is gone.
+    const after = await driver.count('growth_probe_event', { object: 'growth_probe_event' });
+    expect(after, 'telemetry rows past retention.maxAge must be reaped').toBe(5);
+
+    // Record-class/business data is sacrosanct — same age, still alive.
+    const records = await driver.count('growth_probe_record', { object: 'growth_probe_record' });
+    expect(records, 'record-class rows must NEVER be reaped').toBe(5);
+
+    // The sweep reported the reap and reclaimed the datasource.
+    const entry = report.swept.find((e) => e.object === 'growth_probe_event');
+    expect(entry?.policy).toBe('retention');
+    expect(report.errors).toEqual([]);
+    expect(report.reclaimed.length, 'reclaimSpace must run on the touched datasource').toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it('ROTATOR (P2): a rotation-declared stream is physically sharded through the real engine → driver path', async () => {
+    engine.registry.registerObject({
+      name: 'growth_probe_stream',
+      label: 'Growth Probe Stream',
+      lifecycle: {
+        class: 'telemetry',
+        storage: { strategy: 'rotation', shards: 3, unit: 'day' },
+      },
+      fields: { payload: { type: 'text', label: 'Payload' } },
+    });
+    await engine.syncObjectSchema('growth_probe_stream');
+
+    // The base name is now a read view; writes land in the current shard.
+    const streamDriver = engine.getDriverForObject('growth_probe_stream') as DriverLike & {
+      execute(sql: string): Promise<unknown>;
+    };
+    const master = (await streamDriver.execute(
+      "SELECT name, type FROM sqlite_master WHERE name LIKE 'growth_probe_stream%' AND name NOT LIKE '%autoindex%'",
+    )) as Array<{ name: string; type: string }>;
+    const types = Object.fromEntries(master.map((r) => [r.name, r.type]));
+    expect(types['growth_probe_stream'], 'rotation must turn the base name into a view').toBe('view');
+    const shardNames = master.filter((r) => /__r\d{6,8}$/.test(r.name)).map((r) => r.name);
+    expect(shardNames.length, 'a current shard table must exist').toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+    // Round-trip: write through the driver, read through the view, and a
+    // sweep applies the 'rotation' policy without touching the rows inside
+    // the window.
+    await streamDriver.create('growth_probe_stream', { payload: 'tick' });
+    expect(await streamDriver.count('growth_probe_stream', { object: 'growth_probe_stream' })).toBe(1);
+
+    const report = await lifecycle.sweep();
+    const entry = report.swept.find((e) => e.object === 'growth_probe_stream');
+    expect(entry?.policy).toBe('rotation');
+    expect(await streamDriver.count('growth_probe_stream', { object: 'growth_probe_stream' })).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('ARCHIVE SAFETY: an audit ledger with a declared archive is never hot-deleted unarchived', async () => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      await driver.create('growth_probe_ledger', {
+        payload: `ledger-${i}`,
+        created_at: backdated(365), // far past the 90d hot window
+      });
+    }
+
+    const report = await lifecycle.sweep();
+
+    // No archive datasource named 'archive_missing' exists ⇒ the rows are
+    // RETAINED (today's behavior), not dropped. Compliance data cannot be
+    // destroyed by declaring a lifecycle.
+    const ledger = await driver.count('growth_probe_ledger', { object: 'growth_probe_ledger' });
+    expect(ledger, 'archive-declared audit rows must be retained until archived').toBe(3);
+    expect(report.skipped).toContainEqual({ object: 'growth_probe_ledger', reason: 'archive-pending' });
+  });
+
+  it('ARCHIVER (P3): once the archive datasource exists, cold rows move there and leave the hot store', async () => {
+    // Provision a real second SQL store under the datasource name the ledger
+    // declares, then re-run the sweep: retain → archive → delete.
+    const { SqlDriver } = await import('@objectstack/driver-sql');
+    const cold = new SqlDriver({
+      client: 'better-sqlite3',
+      connection: { filename: ':memory:' },
+      useNullAsDefault: true,
+    } as any);
+    Object.defineProperty(cold, 'name', { value: 'archive_missing' });
+    await cold.connect();
+    (engine as unknown as { registerDriver(d: unknown): void }).registerDriver(cold);
+
+    const report = await lifecycle.sweep();
+
+    const entry = report.swept.find((e) => e.object === 'growth_probe_ledger');
+    expect(entry?.policy).toBe('archive');
+    expect((entry as { archived?: number })?.archived).toBe(3);
+
+    // Hot store drained, cold store holds the ledger.
+    const hot = await driver.count('growth_probe_ledger', { object: 'growth_probe_ledger' });
+    expect(hot, 'archived rows must leave the hot store').toBe(0);
+    const coldRows = await cold.count('growth_probe_ledger', { object: 'growth_probe_ledger' });
+    expect(coldRows, 'archived rows must land in the cold store').toBe(3);
+    await cold.disconnect();
+  });
+});