diff --git a/crates/session-store/README.md b/crates/session-store/README.md
index 1aecdad4a..4a3b9bbd3 100644
--- a/crates/session-store/README.md
+++ b/crates/session-store/README.md
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ checks or Runtime catalog lifecycle management.
 - [`worker_session_store`]: storage boundary for a Session bound to a Worker
 - [`worker_metadata`]: current Worker state and active Segment switching
 - [`system_item`]: records of system input presented to the model
+- [`capture`]: Worker-independent immutable public values and bounded body transport;
+  authorization, source I/O, and delivery lifecycle stay with the Host
 - [`public_snapshot`] / [`public_index`]: public projections of stored history
 - [`event_trace`]: diagnostic records independent of history replay
diff --git a/crates/session-store/src/capture.rs b/crates/session-store/src/capture.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c9b4d3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/session-store/src/capture.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,948 @@
+//! Exploration domain for immutable Session captures, with no Workspace/Memory mutation capability.
+//!
+//! A capture is an ordered projection of committed entries; exploration excludes reasoning and
+//! system prompts, including Host compaction summaries and other derived context. Full inherited
+//! summary input belongs to compaction, not public observation or Memory evidence. Overview,
+//! search, bounded reads, and evidence conversion share `SessionEntryRef`.
+//! `SessionEntryRef` is a contextual UI reference. `ScopedSessionEntryRef` additionally binds
+//! the Session and exact immutable capture, and is required for portable checked operations.
+//! Appends preserve existing entry identities. Sparse real user/assistant anchors and intervening
+//! entry counts index long histories. Search with an empty filter also provides bounded range lists.
+//!
+//! Host-fixed snapshot exploration, Memory candidate evidence validation, and current Worker
+//! observation share only this domain; they do not enable or modify each other's Features.
+//! The provider owns authorization to recapture a current Worker. A capture itself proves neither
+//! completion nor approval and grants no business-mutation authority.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::{
+    LoggedSessionHistoryMetadata as SessionHistoryMetadata,
+    LoggedSessionHistoryOrigin as HistoryOrigin,
+};
+mod body;
+use agen::{HistoryEntry, Item, Role};
+pub use body::*;
+use protocol::{
+    SessionContentPart, SessionEntryProvenance, SessionMessageRole, SessionSnapshot,
+    SessionSnapshotEntryData,
+};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+const DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT: usize = 20;
+const MAX_SEARCH_LIMIT: usize = 50;
+const DEFAULT_READ_MAX_ITEMS: usize = 40;
+const MAX_READ_MAX_ITEMS: usize = 80;
+const DEFAULT_READ_MAX_BYTES: usize = 32 * 1024;
+const OVERVIEW_ANCHOR_STRIDE: usize = 8;
+
+/// Append-stable contextual UI reference derived from a logical entry identity.
+/// Portable consumers must bind it with `SessionCapture::scoped_ref` before use.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(transparent)]
+pub struct SessionEntryRef(String);
+
+impl SessionEntryRef {
+    pub fn from_history_entry_id(entry_id: &crate::LoggedSessionHistoryEntryId) -> Self {
+        Self(format!("E{}", entry_id.0))
+    }
+
+    pub fn parse(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        let suffix = value.strip_prefix('E')?;
+        if suffix.is_empty()
+            || suffix.len() > 64
+            || !suffix
+                .bytes()
+                .all(|byte| byte.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || byte == b'-')
+        {
+            return None;
+        }
+        Some(Self(value.to_string()))
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for SessionEntryRef {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        formatter.write_str(&self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ReferenceKind {
+    User,
+    Assistant,
+    System,
+    Tool,
+}
+
+impl ReferenceKind {
+    pub fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::User => "user",
+            Self::Assistant => "assistant",
+            Self::System => "system",
+            Self::Tool => "tool",
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn parse(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        match value {
+            "user" => Some(Self::User),
+            "assistant" | "agent" => Some(Self::Assistant),
+            "system" => Some(Self::System),
+            "tool" => Some(Self::Tool),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ToolPart {
+    Input,
+    Output,
+    Both,
+}
+
+impl ToolPart {
+    pub fn parse(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        match value {
+            "input" => Some(Self::Input),
+            "output" => Some(Self::Output),
+            "both" => Some(Self::Both),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Input => "input",
+            Self::Output => "output",
+            Self::Both => "both",
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn matches(self, actual: ToolPart) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, ToolPart::Both) || self == actual
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct OverviewItem {
+    pub id: SessionEntryRef,
+    pub origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
+    pub entry_range: [u64; 2],
+    pub kind: ReferenceKind,
+    pub label: String,
+    pub text: String,
+    pub intervening_entries: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ReferenceEntry {
+    pub attachment_count: usize,
+    use_policy: Option<protocol::SessionEntryUsePolicy>,
+    pub id: SessionEntryRef,
+    pub origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
+    pub entry_range: [u64; 2],
+    pub kind: ReferenceKind,
+    pub tool_part: Option<ToolPart>,
+    pub tool_name: Option<String>,
+    pub label: String,
+    pub summary: String,
+    search_text: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct SearchOptions {
+    pub query: String,
+    pub kind: Option<ReferenceKind>,
+    pub tool_part: Option<ToolPart>,
+    pub tool_name: Option<String>,
+    pub limit: Option<usize>,
+    pub min_entry_index: Option<u64>,
+    pub from: Option<SessionEntryRef>,
+    pub through: Option<SessionEntryRef>,
+    pub offset: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct SearchHit {
+    pub id: SessionEntryRef,
+    pub origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
+    pub kind: ReferenceKind,
+    pub tool_part: Option<ToolPart>,
+    pub tool_name: Option<String>,
+    pub entry_range: [u64; 2],
+    pub label: String,
+    pub summary: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum ReadSelector<'a> {
+    Id(&'a str),
+    EntryRange([u64; 2]),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ReadDetail {
+    Compact,
+    Full,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ReadOptions {
+    pub include_tools: bool,
+    pub tool_part: ToolPart,
+    pub detail: ReadDetail,
+    pub max_items: usize,
+    pub max_bytes: usize,
+}
+
+impl Default for ReadOptions {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            include_tools: true,
+            tool_part: ToolPart::Both,
+            detail: ReadDetail::Compact,
+            max_items: DEFAULT_READ_MAX_ITEMS,
+            max_bytes: DEFAULT_READ_MAX_BYTES,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ReadEntry {
+    pub id: SessionEntryRef,
+    pub origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
+    pub kind: ReferenceKind,
+    pub tool_part: Option<ToolPart>,
+    pub tool_name: Option<String>,
+    pub entry_range: [u64; 2],
+    pub label: String,
+    pub text: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ReadResult {
+    pub entries: Vec<ReadEntry>,
+    pub truncated: bool,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct SessionEntryEvidence {
+    pub segment_id: String,
+    pub entry_ref: SessionEntryRef,
+    pub origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
+    pub entry_range: [u64; 2],
+    pub kind: ReferenceKind,
+    pub tool_part: Option<ToolPart>,
+    pub label: String,
+    pub summary: String,
+    pub excerpt: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+struct CapturedHistoryEntry {
+    use_policy: Option<protocol::SessionEntryUsePolicy>,
+    item: Item,
+    entry_id: crate::LoggedSessionHistoryEntryId,
+    origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
+    dto: CaptureEntryDto,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct SessionCapture {
+    session_id: String,
+    segment_id: String,
+    capture_id: String,
+    entries: Arc<Vec<CapturedHistoryEntry>>,
+    overview: Vec<OverviewItem>,
+    index: Vec<ReferenceEntry>,
+}
+
+impl SessionCapture {
+    pub fn from_session_snapshot(
+        session_id: impl Into<String>,
+        segment_id: impl Into<String>,
+        snapshot: SessionSnapshot,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let segment_id = segment_id.into();
+        let entries = snapshot
+            .entries
+            .into_iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter_map(|(index, entry)| {
+                let policy = CaptureUsePolicy {
+                    recording_material: false,
+                    memory_evidence: entry.use_policy.is_none_or(|p| p.memory_evidence),
+                    observation_readable: entry.use_policy.is_none_or(|p| p.observation_readable),
+                };
+                let explicit = entry.use_policy.is_some();
+                let item = match entry.data {
+                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::UserInput { segments } => {
+                        Item::user_message(protocol::Segment::flatten_to_text(&segments))
+                    }
+                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::Message { role, content } => Item::Message {
+                        id: None,
+                        status: None,
+                        role: match role {
+                            SessionMessageRole::User => Role::User,
+                            SessionMessageRole::Assistant => Role::Assistant,
+                        },
+                        content: content
+                            .into_iter()
+                            .map(|part| match part {
+                                SessionContentPart::Text { text } => {
+                                    agen::ContentPart::Text { text }
+                                }
+                                SessionContentPart::Refusal { refusal } => {
+                                    agen::ContentPart::Refusal { refusal }
+                                }
+                            })
+                            .collect(),
+                    },
+                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::ToolCall {
+                        call_id,
+                        name,
+                        arguments,
+                    } => Item::tool_call(call_id, name, arguments),
+                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::ToolResult {
+                        call_id,
+                        summary,
+                        content,
+                        is_error,
+                        ..
+                    } => Item::tool_result_item(call_id, summary, content, is_error),
+                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::SystemItem { content, .. } if explicit => {
+                        Item::system_message(content)
+                    }
+                    _ => return None,
+                };
+                let body = CaptureBody::project(&item, &entry.provenance, explicit)?;
+                if !policy.any() {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                Some(CaptureEntryDto {
+                    entry_id: entry.entry_id,
+                    order: index as u64,
+                    source: CaptureSource {
+                        segment_id: segment_id.clone(),
+                        entry_index: index as u64,
+                        provenance: entry.provenance,
+                        history_origin: None,
+                        derived_from: entry.derived_from,
+                    },
+                    policy,
+                    body,
+                })
+            })
+            .collect();
+        Self::from_projected(session_id.into(), segment_id, entries)
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(
+        session_id: impl Into<String>,
+        segment_id: impl Into<String>,
+        items: Vec<Item>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let segment_id = segment_id.into();
+        let entries = items
+            .into_iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter_map(|(index, item)| {
+                let origin = SessionEntryProvenance::LegacyUnknown;
+                let body = CaptureBody::project(&item, &origin, false)?;
+                Some(CaptureEntryDto {
+                    entry_id: format!("{index:08}"),
+                    order: index as u64,
+                    source: CaptureSource {
+                        segment_id: segment_id.clone(),
+                        entry_index: index as u64,
+                        provenance: origin,
+                        history_origin: None,
+                        derived_from: Vec::new(),
+                    },
+                    policy: CaptureUsePolicy::PUBLIC,
+                    body,
+                })
+            })
+            .collect();
+        Self::from_projected(session_id.into(), segment_id, entries)
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_history_entries(
+        session_id: impl Into<String>,
+        segment_id: impl Into<String>,
+        entries: Vec<HistoryEntry<SessionHistoryMetadata>>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let segment_id = segment_id.into();
+        let entries = entries
+            .into_iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter_map(|(index, entry)| {
+                let origin = public_provenance(&entry.annotation.origin);
+                let mut item = entry.item;
+                let mut explicit = false;
+                let policy = if let Some(input) = entry.annotation.input_metadata {
+                    explicit = true;
+                    if matches!(
+                        item,
+                        Item::Message {
+                            role: Role::System,
+                            ..
+                        }
+                    ) {
+                        // Only the explicit public projection crosses this boundary.
+                        let public = input.public_item()?;
+                        item = Item::system_message(public.body.clone());
+                    } else if input.feature_payload().is_some() || input.public_item().is_some() {
+                        return None;
+                    }
+                    CaptureUsePolicy::from(input.usage())
+                } else {
+                    if matches!(entry.annotation.origin, HistoryOrigin::Provided { .. }) {
+                        return None;
+                    }
+                    CaptureUsePolicy::PUBLIC
+                };
+                if !policy.any() {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                let body = CaptureBody::project(&item, &origin, explicit)?;
+                Some(CaptureEntryDto {
+                    entry_id: entry.annotation.entry_id.0,
+                    order: index as u64,
+                    source: CaptureSource {
+                        segment_id: segment_id.clone(),
+                        entry_index: index as u64,
+                        provenance: origin,
+                        history_origin: Some(entry.annotation.origin),
+                        derived_from: entry
+                            .annotation
+                            .derivation
+                            .map(|d| d.sources.into_iter().map(|id| id.0).collect())
+                            .unwrap_or_default(),
+                    },
+                    policy,
+                    body,
+                })
+            })
+            .collect();
+        Self::from_projected(session_id.into(), segment_id, entries)
+    }
+
+    fn from_projected(session_id: String, segment_id: String, dtos: Vec<CaptureEntryDto>) -> Self {
+        let dto = CaptureDto {
+            version: CAPTURE_VERSION,
+            session_id: session_id.clone(),
+            segment_id: segment_id.clone(),
+            entries: dtos,
+        };
+        let capture_id = dto.fingerprint();
+        let entries: Vec<_> = dto
+            .entries
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|dto| CapturedHistoryEntry {
+                use_policy: Some(protocol::SessionEntryUsePolicy {
+                    observation_readable: dto.policy.observation_readable,
+                    memory_evidence: dto.policy.memory_evidence,
+                }),
+                item: dto.body.to_item(),
+                entry_id: crate::LoggedSessionHistoryEntryId(dto.entry_id.clone()),
+                origin: dto.source.provenance.clone(),
+                dto,
+            })
+            .collect();
+        let mut overview = Vec::new();
+        let mut index = Vec::new();
+
+        for entry in &entries {
+            let item = &entry.item;
+            let entry_range = [entry.dto.order; 2];
+            let attachment_count = match entry.dto.body {
+                CaptureBody::ToolResult {
+                    attachment_count, ..
+                } => attachment_count,
+                _ => 0,
+            };
+            match item {
+                Item::Message { role, content, .. } => {
+                    let Some(kind) = message_reference_kind(&entry.origin, role, entry.use_policy)
+                    else {
+                        continue;
+                    };
+                    let text = content
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|p| p.as_text())
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                        .join("");
+                    let label = format!("{} message", kind.as_str());
+                    let summary = truncate_chars(&text, 240);
+                    let id = SessionEntryRef::from_history_entry_id(&entry.entry_id);
+                    index.push(ReferenceEntry {
+                        use_policy: entry.use_policy,
+                        attachment_count,
+                        id: id.clone(),
+                        origin: entry.origin.clone(),
+                        entry_range,
+                        kind,
+                        tool_part: None,
+                        tool_name: None,
+                        label: label.clone(),
+                        summary: summary.clone(),
+                        search_text: text.clone(),
+                    });
+                    if entry.use_policy.is_none_or(|p| p.observation_readable)
+                        && matches!(kind, ReferenceKind::User | ReferenceKind::Assistant)
+                    {
+                        overview.push(OverviewItem {
+                            id: id.clone(),
+                            origin: entry.origin.clone(),
+                            entry_range,
+                            kind,
+                            label,
+                            text,
+                            intervening_entries: 0,
+                        });
+                    }
+                }
+                Item::ToolCall {
+                    name, arguments, ..
+                } => {
+                    let text = format!("{name}\n{arguments}");
+                    index.push(ReferenceEntry {
+                        use_policy: entry.use_policy,
+                        attachment_count,
+                        id: SessionEntryRef::from_history_entry_id(&entry.entry_id),
+                        origin: entry.origin.clone(),
+                        entry_range,
+                        kind: ReferenceKind::Tool,
+                        tool_part: Some(ToolPart::Input),
+                        tool_name: Some(name.clone()),
+                        label: format!("tool input: {name}"),
+                        summary: format!("Tool call {name}"),
+                        search_text: text,
+                    });
+                }
+                Item::ToolResult {
+                    summary,
+                    content,
+                    attachments: _,
+                    ..
+                } => {
+                    let attachment_marker = if attachment_count == 0 {
+                        String::new()
+                    } else {
+                        format!("\n[{} image attachment(s)]", attachment_count)
+                    };
+                    let text = format!(
+                        "{summary}\n{}{attachment_marker}",
+                        content.as_deref().unwrap_or_default(),
+                    );
+                    index.push(ReferenceEntry {
+                        use_policy: entry.use_policy,
+                        attachment_count,
+                        id: SessionEntryRef::from_history_entry_id(&entry.entry_id),
+                        origin: entry.origin.clone(),
+                        entry_range,
+                        kind: ReferenceKind::Tool,
+                        tool_part: Some(ToolPart::Output),
+                        tool_name: None,
+                        label: "tool output".to_string(),
+                        summary: truncate_chars(summary, 240),
+                        search_text: text,
+                    });
+                }
+                Item::AssistantResponseBoundary { .. } | Item::Reasoning { .. } => {}
+            }
+        }
+
+        if overview.len() > 2 {
+            let last = overview.len() - 1;
+            overview = overview
+                .into_iter()
+                .enumerate()
+                .filter_map(|(index, entry)| {
+                    (index == 0 || index == last || index % OVERVIEW_ANCHOR_STRIDE == 0)
+                        .then_some(entry)
+                })
+                .collect();
+        }
+
+        for overview_index in 0..overview.len().saturating_sub(1) {
+            let current_entry = overview[overview_index].entry_range[0];
+            let next_entry = overview[overview_index + 1].entry_range[0];
+            overview[overview_index].intervening_entries = index
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|entry| {
+                    let entry_index = entry.entry_range[0];
+                    entry_index > current_entry && entry_index < next_entry
+                })
+                .count();
+        }
+
+        Self {
+            session_id,
+            segment_id,
+            capture_id,
+            entries: Arc::new(entries),
+            overview,
+            index,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Public source entries are immutable; callers retain their own business decisions.
+    pub fn entries(&self) -> impl ExactSizeIterator<Item = &CaptureEntryDto> {
+        self.entries.iter().map(|entry| &entry.dto)
+    }
+
+    pub fn overview(&self) -> &[OverviewItem] {
+        &self.overview
+    }
+
+    pub fn source_index_for_ref(&self, reference: &SessionEntryRef) -> Option<u64> {
+        self.index
+            .iter()
+            .find(|entry| entry.id == *reference)
+            .map(|entry| entry.entry_range[0])
+    }
+
+    pub fn search(&self, options: &SearchOptions) -> Vec<SearchHit> {
+        if self.validate_search(options).is_err() {
+            return Vec::new();
+        }
+        let query = options.query.trim().to_lowercase();
+        let limit = options
+            .limit
+            .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT)
+            .clamp(1, MAX_SEARCH_LIMIT);
+        let tool_name = options.tool_name.as_deref();
+        let min_entry_index = options
+            .from
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(|reference| self.source_index_for_ref(reference))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| options.min_entry_index.unwrap_or(0));
+        let max_entry_index = options
+            .through
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(|reference| self.source_index_for_ref(reference))
+            .unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
+        let mut skipped = 0usize;
+        let mut hits = Vec::new();
+
+        for entry in &self.index {
+            if entry.use_policy.is_some_and(|p| !p.observation_readable) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if entry.entry_range[0] < min_entry_index || entry.entry_range[0] > max_entry_index {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if let Some(kind) = options.kind {
+                if entry.kind != kind {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            if let Some(part) = options.tool_part {
+                if entry.kind != ReferenceKind::Tool {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let Some(actual) = entry.tool_part else {
+                    continue;
+                };
+                if !part.matches(actual) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            if let Some(name) = tool_name {
+                if entry.tool_name.as_deref() != Some(name) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            if !query.is_empty() && !entry.search_text.to_lowercase().contains(&query) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if skipped < options.offset {
+                skipped += 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+            hits.push(SearchHit {
+                id: entry.id.clone(),
+                origin: entry.origin.clone(),
+                kind: entry.kind,
+                tool_part: entry.tool_part,
+                tool_name: entry.tool_name.clone(),
+                entry_range: entry.entry_range,
+                label: entry.label.clone(),
+                summary: entry.summary.clone(),
+            });
+            if hits.len() >= limit {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        hits
+    }
+
+    pub fn read(&self, selector: ReadSelector<'_>, options: ReadOptions) -> ReadResult {
+        let max_items = options.max_items.clamp(1, MAX_READ_MAX_ITEMS);
+        let max_bytes = options.max_bytes.max(1);
+        let mut entries = Vec::new();
+        let mut bytes = 0usize;
+        let mut truncated = false;
+
+        let selected: Vec<&ReferenceEntry> = match selector {
+            ReadSelector::Id(id) => self
+                .index
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|entry| entry.id.as_str() == id)
+                .collect(),
+            ReadSelector::EntryRange([start, end]) => self
+                .index
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|entry| entry.entry_range[0] >= start && entry.entry_range[0] <= end)
+                .collect(),
+        };
+
+        for entry in selected {
+            if entry.use_policy.is_some_and(|p| !p.observation_readable) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if entries.len() >= max_items {
+                truncated = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            if entry.kind == ReferenceKind::Tool {
+                if !options.include_tools {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if let Some(actual) = entry.tool_part {
+                    if !options.tool_part.matches(actual) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            let Some(item) = self
+                .entries
+                .iter()
+                .find(|captured| captured.dto.order == entry.entry_range[0])
+                .map(|entry| &entry.item)
+            else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            let remaining = max_bytes.saturating_sub(bytes);
+            if remaining == 0 {
+                truncated = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            let rendered = render_item(item, entry, options.detail, usize::MAX);
+            truncated |= rendered.len() > remaining;
+            let text = truncate_bytes(&rendered, remaining);
+            bytes = bytes.saturating_add(text.len());
+            entries.push(ReadEntry {
+                id: entry.id.clone(),
+                origin: entry.origin.clone(),
+                kind: entry.kind,
+                tool_part: entry.tool_part,
+                tool_name: entry.tool_name.clone(),
+                entry_range: entry.entry_range,
+                label: entry.label.clone(),
+                text,
+            });
+            if truncated {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        ReadResult { entries, truncated }
+    }
+
+    /// Resolves the committed tool-call input for a provider call id. This is
+    /// used by explicit-memory receipts only after the containing run is durable,
+    /// so a model-authored claim can cite its own committed tool invocation
+    /// without inventing a SessionEntryRef.
+    pub fn evidence_for_tool_call(&self, call_id: &str) -> Option<SessionEntryEvidence> {
+        let captured = self.entries.iter().find(|entry| {
+            matches!(
+                &entry.item,
+                Item::ToolCall {
+                    call_id: stored_call_id,
+                    ..
+                } if stored_call_id == call_id
+            )
+        })?;
+        let reference = self.index.iter().find(|entry| {
+            entry.entry_range[0] == captured.dto.order
+                && entry.kind == ReferenceKind::Tool
+                && entry.tool_part == Some(ToolPart::Input)
+        })?;
+        self.evidence_for(reference.id.as_str())
+    }
+
+    pub fn evidence_for(&self, id: &str) -> Option<SessionEntryEvidence> {
+        let entry = self.index.iter().find(|entry| entry.id.as_str() == id)?;
+        if entry.use_policy.is_some_and(|p| !p.memory_evidence) {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let item = &self
+            .entries
+            .iter()
+            .find(|captured| captured.dto.order == entry.entry_range[0])?
+            .item;
+        let excerpt = render_item(item, entry, ReadDetail::Compact, 2 * 1024);
+        Some(SessionEntryEvidence {
+            segment_id: self
+                .entries
+                .iter()
+                .find(|captured| captured.dto.order == entry.entry_range[0])?
+                .dto
+                .source
+                .segment_id
+                .clone(),
+            entry_ref: entry.id.clone(),
+            origin: entry.origin.clone(),
+            entry_range: entry.entry_range,
+            kind: entry.kind,
+            tool_part: entry.tool_part,
+            label: entry.label.clone(),
+            summary: entry.summary.clone(),
+            excerpt,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+fn public_provenance(origin: &HistoryOrigin) -> SessionEntryProvenance {
+    match origin {
+        HistoryOrigin::HumanInput { .. } | HistoryOrigin::LocalHumanInput => {
+            SessionEntryProvenance::HumanInput
+        }
+        HistoryOrigin::WorkerInput { .. } => SessionEntryProvenance::WorkerInput,
+        HistoryOrigin::FlowInstruction { .. } => SessionEntryProvenance::FlowInstruction,
+        HistoryOrigin::BackendInstruction { .. } | HistoryOrigin::Provided { .. } => {
+            SessionEntryProvenance::BackendInstruction
+        }
+        HistoryOrigin::ModelOutput { .. } => SessionEntryProvenance::ModelOutput,
+        HistoryOrigin::ToolOutput { .. } => SessionEntryProvenance::ToolOutput,
+        HistoryOrigin::CompactionSummary
+        | HistoryOrigin::DerivedSummary
+        | HistoryOrigin::JournalContext => SessionEntryProvenance::DerivedSummary,
+        HistoryOrigin::LegacyUnknown => SessionEntryProvenance::LegacyUnknown,
+    }
+}
+
+fn message_reference_kind(
+    origin: &SessionEntryProvenance,
+    provider_role: &Role,
+    use_policy: Option<protocol::SessionEntryUsePolicy>,
+) -> Option<ReferenceKind> {
+    if use_policy.is_some() {
+        return match provider_role {
+            Role::System => Some(ReferenceKind::System),
+            Role::User => Some(ReferenceKind::User),
+            Role::Assistant => Some(ReferenceKind::Assistant),
+        };
+    }
+    match origin {
+        SessionEntryProvenance::HumanInput | SessionEntryProvenance::WorkerInput => {
+            Some(ReferenceKind::User)
+        }
+        SessionEntryProvenance::ModelOutput => Some(ReferenceKind::Assistant),
+        SessionEntryProvenance::ToolOutput => Some(ReferenceKind::Tool),
+        SessionEntryProvenance::LegacyUnknown => match provider_role {
+            Role::User => Some(ReferenceKind::User),
+            Role::Assistant => Some(ReferenceKind::Assistant),
+            Role::System => None,
+        },
+        // Flow/backend/system content remains out of the observation surface
+        // even when represented with a provider user/system role.
+        SessionEntryProvenance::FlowInstruction
+        | SessionEntryProvenance::BackendInstruction
+        | SessionEntryProvenance::DerivedSummary => None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn render_item(
+    item: &Item,
+    entry: &ReferenceEntry,
+    detail: ReadDetail,
+    max_bytes: usize,
+) -> String {
+    let text = match item {
+        Item::Message { role, content, .. } => {
+            let text = content
+                .iter()
+                .map(|p| p.as_text())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join("");
+            format!("[{} {:?}] {text}", entry.id, role)
+        }
+        Item::ToolCall {
+            name, arguments, ..
+        } => match detail {
+            ReadDetail::Compact => format!("[{} ToolInput {name}] (arguments omitted)", entry.id),
+            ReadDetail::Full => format!("[{} ToolInput {name}]\narguments: {arguments}", entry.id),
+        },
+        Item::ToolResult {
+            summary,
+            content,
+            attachments: _,
+            is_error,
+            ..
+        } => {
+            let attachment_line = if entry.attachment_count == 0 {
+                String::new()
+            } else {
+                format!("\nattachments: {} image(s)", entry.attachment_count)
+            };
+            match detail {
+                ReadDetail::Compact => format!(
+                    "[{} ToolOutput{}]\nsummary: {summary}\ncontent: (omitted){attachment_line}",
+                    entry.id,
+                    if *is_error { " error" } else { "" },
+                ),
+                ReadDetail::Full => format!(
+                    "[{} ToolOutput{}]\nsummary: {summary}\ncontent: {}{attachment_line}",
+                    entry.id,
+                    if *is_error { " error" } else { "" },
+                    content.as_deref().unwrap_or_default(),
+                ),
+            }
+        }
+        Item::AssistantResponseBoundary { .. } => {
+            format!("[{} Assistant response boundary omitted]", entry.id)
+        }
+        Item::Reasoning { .. } => format!("[{} Reasoning omitted]", entry.id),
+    };
+    truncate_bytes(&text, max_bytes)
+}
+
+fn truncate_chars(text: &str, max_chars: usize) -> String {
+    if max_chars == 0 {
+        return "… [truncated]".to_string();
+    }
+    if text.chars().count() <= max_chars {
+        return text.to_string();
+    }
+    let mut out = text.chars().take(max_chars).collect::<String>();
+    out.push_str("… [truncated]");
+    out
+}
+
+fn truncate_bytes(text: &str, max_bytes: usize) -> String {
+    if text.len() <= max_bytes {
+        return text.to_owned();
+    }
+    let marker = "… [truncated]";
+    let mut end = max_bytes.saturating_sub(marker.len());
+    while !text.is_char_boundary(end) {
+        end -= 1;
+    }
+    let mut out = text[..end].to_owned();
+    if max_bytes >= marker.len() {
+        out.push_str(marker);
+    }
+    out
+}
diff --git a/crates/session-store/src/capture/body.rs b/crates/session-store/src/capture/body.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..747586889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/session-store/src/capture/body.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,934 @@
+//! Portable public capture values. DTOs are transport data, not authorization handles.
+//! Checked construction validates an explicitly public projection; adapters must never put
+//! a provider System body or private Feature payload in `PublicSystem`.
+
+use super::*;
+use serde::de::Error as _;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::io::Write;
+
+pub const CAPTURE_VERSION: u32 = 1;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct CaptureUsePolicy {
+    pub recording_material: bool,
+    pub memory_evidence: bool,
+    pub observation_readable: bool,
+}
+
+impl CaptureUsePolicy {
+    pub const PUBLIC: Self = Self {
+        recording_material: true,
+        memory_evidence: true,
+        observation_readable: true,
+    };
+    pub fn any(self) -> bool {
+        self.recording_material || self.memory_evidence || self.observation_readable
+    }
+    pub fn allows(self, purpose: CapturePurpose) -> bool {
+        match purpose {
+            CapturePurpose::Recording => self.recording_material,
+            CapturePurpose::MemoryEvidence => self.memory_evidence,
+            CapturePurpose::Observation => self.observation_readable,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<crate::HistoryInputUsePolicy> for CaptureUsePolicy {
+    fn from(policy: crate::HistoryInputUsePolicy) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            recording_material: policy.recording_material == crate::InputEvidenceUse::Include,
+            memory_evidence: policy.memory_evidence == crate::InputEvidenceUse::Include,
+            observation_readable: policy.observation == crate::InputObservationUse::Readable,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum CapturePurpose {
+    Recording,
+    MemoryEvidence,
+    Observation,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum CaptureRole {
+    User,
+    Assistant,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "snake_case", deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub enum CaptureContentPart {
+    Text { text: String },
+    Refusal { refusal: String },
+}
+
+impl CaptureContentPart {
+    fn text(&self) -> &str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Text { text } => text,
+            Self::Refusal { refusal } => refusal,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// The type has no reasoning, raw System prompt, Feature payload, or image bytes variant.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "snake_case", deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub enum CaptureBody {
+    Message {
+        role: CaptureRole,
+        content: Vec<CaptureContentPart>,
+    },
+    PublicSystem {
+        text: String,
+    },
+    ToolCall {
+        call_id: String,
+        name: String,
+        arguments: String,
+    },
+    ToolResult {
+        call_id: String,
+        summary: String,
+        content: Option<String>,
+        is_error: bool,
+        attachment_count: usize,
+    },
+}
+
+impl CaptureBody {
+    pub(super) fn project(
+        item: &Item,
+        origin: &SessionEntryProvenance,
+        explicit: bool,
+    ) -> Option<Self> {
+        match item {
+            Item::Message { role, content, .. } => {
+                message_reference_kind(
+                    origin,
+                    role,
+                    explicit.then_some(protocol::SessionEntryUsePolicy {
+                        observation_readable: true,
+                        memory_evidence: true,
+                    }),
+                )?;
+                if *role == Role::System {
+                    if !explicit {
+                        return None;
+                    }
+                    return Some(Self::PublicSystem {
+                        text: content.iter().map(|p| p.as_text()).collect::<String>(),
+                    });
+                }
+                Some(Self::Message {
+                    role: if *role == Role::User {
+                        CaptureRole::User
+                    } else {
+                        CaptureRole::Assistant
+                    },
+                    content: content
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|p| match p {
+                            agen::ContentPart::Text { text } => {
+                                CaptureContentPart::Text { text: text.clone() }
+                            }
+                            agen::ContentPart::Refusal { refusal } => CaptureContentPart::Refusal {
+                                refusal: refusal.clone(),
+                            },
+                        })
+                        .collect(),
+                })
+            }
+            Item::ToolCall {
+                call_id,
+                name,
+                arguments,
+                ..
+            } => Some(Self::ToolCall {
+                call_id: call_id.clone(),
+                name: name.clone(),
+                arguments: arguments.clone(),
+            }),
+            Item::ToolResult {
+                call_id,
+                summary,
+                content,
+                is_error,
+                attachments,
+                ..
+            } => Some(Self::ToolResult {
+                call_id: call_id.clone(),
+                summary: summary.clone(),
+                content: content.clone(),
+                is_error: *is_error,
+                attachment_count: attachments.len(),
+            }),
+            Item::Reasoning { .. } | Item::AssistantResponseBoundary { .. } => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn to_item(&self) -> Item {
+        match self {
+            Self::Message { role, content } => Item::Message {
+                id: None,
+                status: None,
+                role: match role {
+                    CaptureRole::User => Role::User,
+                    CaptureRole::Assistant => Role::Assistant,
+                },
+                content: content
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|p| match p {
+                        CaptureContentPart::Text { text } => {
+                            agen::ContentPart::Text { text: text.clone() }
+                        }
+                        CaptureContentPart::Refusal { refusal } => agen::ContentPart::Refusal {
+                            refusal: refusal.clone(),
+                        },
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
+            },
+            Self::PublicSystem { text } => Item::system_message(text.clone()),
+            Self::ToolCall {
+                call_id,
+                name,
+                arguments,
+            } => Item::tool_call(call_id.clone(), name.clone(), arguments.clone()),
+            Self::ToolResult {
+                call_id,
+                summary,
+                content,
+                is_error,
+                ..
+            } => {
+                Item::tool_result_item(call_id.clone(), summary.clone(), content.clone(), *is_error)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn fields(&self) -> Vec<(RawField, &str)> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Message { content, .. } => content
+                .iter()
+                .enumerate()
+                .map(|(i, p)| (RawField::MessagePart(i), p.text()))
+                .collect(),
+            Self::PublicSystem { text } => vec![(RawField::PublicSystem, text)],
+            Self::ToolCall { arguments, .. } => vec![(RawField::ToolArguments, arguments)],
+            Self::ToolResult {
+                summary, content, ..
+            } => {
+                let mut fields = vec![(RawField::ToolSummary, summary.as_str())];
+                if let Some(content) = content {
+                    fields.push((RawField::ToolContent, content));
+                }
+                fields
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn metadata(&self, field: RawField) -> CaptureBodyMetadata {
+        match self {
+            Self::Message { role, content } => CaptureBodyMetadata::Message {
+                role: *role,
+                refusal: matches!(field, RawField::MessagePart(i) if matches!(content.get(i), Some(CaptureContentPart::Refusal { .. }))),
+            },
+            Self::PublicSystem { .. } => CaptureBodyMetadata::PublicSystem,
+            Self::ToolCall { call_id, name, .. } => CaptureBodyMetadata::ToolCall {
+                call_id: call_id.clone(),
+                name: name.clone(),
+            },
+            Self::ToolResult {
+                call_id,
+                content,
+                is_error,
+                attachment_count,
+                ..
+            } => CaptureBodyMetadata::ToolResult {
+                call_id: call_id.clone(),
+                has_content: content.is_some(),
+                is_error: *is_error,
+                attachment_count: *attachment_count,
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct CaptureSource {
+    pub segment_id: String,
+    pub entry_index: u64,
+    pub provenance: SessionEntryProvenance,
+    /// Full original origin when supplied by the committed-history adapter.
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "strict_origin")]
+    pub history_origin: Option<crate::LoggedSessionHistoryOrigin>,
+    pub derived_from: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+// Existing history origin types predate strict DTOs. Comparing their canonical value
+// rejects unknown nested keys instead of silently accepting/losing them at this boundary.
+fn strict_origin<'de, D: serde::Deserializer<'de>>(
+    deserializer: D,
+) -> Result<Option<crate::LoggedSessionHistoryOrigin>, D::Error> {
+    let value = Option::<serde_json::Value>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+    value
+        .map(|value| {
+            let origin: crate::LoggedSessionHistoryOrigin =
+                serde_json::from_value(value.clone()).map_err(D::Error::custom)?;
+            if serde_json::to_value(&origin).map_err(D::Error::custom)? != value {
+                return Err(D::Error::custom("noncanonical or unknown origin fields"));
+            }
+            Ok(origin)
+        })
+        .transpose()
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct CaptureEntryDto {
+    pub entry_id: String,
+    /// Position in this captured view, independent of the original segment position.
+    pub order: u64,
+    pub source: CaptureSource,
+    pub policy: CaptureUsePolicy,
+    pub body: CaptureBody,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct CaptureDto {
+    pub version: u32,
+    pub session_id: String,
+    pub segment_id: String,
+    pub entries: Vec<CaptureEntryDto>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct CaptureLimits {
+    pub max_bytes: usize,
+    pub max_entries: usize,
+    pub max_text_bytes: usize,
+    pub max_identity_bytes: usize,
+    pub max_derivation_sources: usize,
+}
+
+impl Default for CaptureLimits {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            max_bytes: 16 * 1024 * 1024,
+            max_entries: 100_000,
+            max_text_bytes: 8 * 1024 * 1024,
+            max_identity_bytes: 4096,
+            max_derivation_sources: 1024,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum CaptureError {
+    #[error("unsupported capture representation version")]
+    UnsupportedVersion,
+    #[error("capture exceeds caller resource limits")]
+    ResourceLimit,
+    #[error("invalid capture: {0}")]
+    Invalid(&'static str),
+    #[error("reference or cursor belongs to another capture/session/purpose")]
+    ForeignReference,
+    #[error("unknown entry reference")]
+    UnknownReference,
+    #[error("entry is not eligible for this purpose")]
+    PolicyDenied,
+    #[error("invalid entry range or UTF-8 byte offset")]
+    InvalidRange,
+    #[error("budget cannot fit the next item and continuation metadata")]
+    BudgetTooSmall,
+    #[error("invalid capture JSON: {0}")]
+    Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
+}
+
+struct ByteCounter {
+    bytes: usize,
+    limit: usize,
+}
+impl Write for ByteCounter {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+        self.bytes = self
+            .bytes
+            .checked_add(buf.len())
+            .ok_or_else(|| std::io::Error::other("capture byte limit"))?;
+        if self.bytes > self.limit {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::other("capture byte limit"));
+        }
+        Ok(buf.len())
+    }
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn json_size<T: Serialize>(value: &T, limit: usize) -> Result<usize, CaptureError> {
+    let mut counter = ByteCounter { bytes: 0, limit };
+    serde_json::to_writer(&mut counter, value).map_err(|_| CaptureError::ResourceLimit)?;
+    Ok(counter.bytes)
+}
+
+fn identity(value: &str, limits: CaptureLimits) -> Result<(), CaptureError> {
+    if value.is_empty()
+        || value.len() > limits.max_identity_bytes
+        || value.chars().any(char::is_control)
+    {
+        return Err(CaptureError::Invalid("identity"));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+impl CaptureDto {
+    pub fn validate(&self, limits: CaptureLimits) -> Result<(), CaptureError> {
+        if self.version != CAPTURE_VERSION {
+            return Err(CaptureError::UnsupportedVersion);
+        }
+        if self.entries.len() > limits.max_entries {
+            return Err(CaptureError::ResourceLimit);
+        }
+        identity(&self.session_id, limits)?;
+        identity(&self.segment_id, limits)?;
+        let mut ids = HashSet::new();
+        let mut sources = HashSet::new();
+        let mut previous = None;
+        for entry in &self.entries {
+            identity(&entry.entry_id, limits)?;
+            if SessionEntryRef::parse(&format!("E{}", entry.entry_id)).is_none()
+                || !ids.insert(&entry.entry_id)
+            {
+                return Err(CaptureError::Invalid("entry identity"));
+            }
+            if previous.is_some_and(|order| order >= entry.order) {
+                return Err(CaptureError::Invalid("entry order"));
+            }
+            previous = Some(entry.order);
+            identity(&entry.source.segment_id, limits)?;
+            if !sources.insert((&entry.source.segment_id, entry.source.entry_index)) {
+                return Err(CaptureError::Invalid("duplicate source position"));
+            }
+            if !entry.policy.any() {
+                return Err(CaptureError::Invalid("unusable retained entry"));
+            }
+            if entry.source.derived_from.len() > limits.max_derivation_sources {
+                return Err(CaptureError::ResourceLimit);
+            }
+            for source in &entry.source.derived_from {
+                identity(source, limits)?;
+            }
+            if let Some(origin) = &entry.source.history_origin {
+                if public_provenance(origin) != entry.source.provenance {
+                    return Err(CaptureError::Invalid("origin mismatch"));
+                }
+                json_size(origin, limits.max_text_bytes)?;
+            }
+            for (_, text) in entry.body.fields() {
+                if text.len() > limits.max_text_bytes {
+                    return Err(CaptureError::ResourceLimit);
+                }
+            }
+            match &entry.body {
+                CaptureBody::Message { content, .. } if content.is_empty() => {
+                    return Err(CaptureError::Invalid("empty message parts"));
+                }
+                CaptureBody::ToolCall { call_id, name, .. } => {
+                    identity(call_id, limits)?;
+                    identity(name, limits)?;
+                }
+                CaptureBody::ToolResult { call_id, .. } => identity(call_id, limits)?,
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+        json_size(self, limits.max_bytes)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode(&self, limits: CaptureLimits) -> Result<Vec<u8>, CaptureError> {
+        self.validate(limits)?;
+        Ok(serde_json::to_vec(self)?)
+    }
+
+    pub fn decode(bytes: &[u8], limits: CaptureLimits) -> Result<Self, CaptureError> {
+        if bytes.len() > limits.max_bytes {
+            return Err(CaptureError::ResourceLimit);
+        }
+        let dto: Self = serde_json::from_slice(bytes)?;
+        dto.validate(limits)?;
+        Ok(dto)
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn fingerprint(&self) -> String {
+        // These DTOs have only finite, infallibly serializable JSON primitives.
+        let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(self).expect("capture DTO serialization");
+        Sha256::digest(bytes)
+            .iter()
+            .map(|byte| format!("{byte:02x}"))
+            .collect()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct ScopedSessionEntryRef {
+    pub session_id: String,
+    pub capture_id: String,
+    pub entry_ref: SessionEntryRef,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum RawField {
+    MessagePart(usize),
+    PublicSystem,
+    ToolArguments,
+    ToolSummary,
+    ToolContent,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct RawRead {
+    pub reference: ScopedSessionEntryRef,
+    pub purpose: CapturePurpose,
+    pub field: RawField,
+    pub offset: usize,
+    pub text: String,
+    pub next_offset: Option<usize>,
+    pub total_bytes: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "snake_case", deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub enum CaptureBodyMetadata {
+    Message {
+        role: CaptureRole,
+        refusal: bool,
+    },
+    PublicSystem,
+    ToolCall {
+        call_id: String,
+        name: String,
+    },
+    ToolResult {
+        call_id: String,
+        has_content: bool,
+        is_error: bool,
+        attachment_count: usize,
+    },
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct CaptureCursor {
+    pub session_id: String,
+    pub capture_id: String,
+    pub purpose: CapturePurpose,
+    pub entry_position: usize,
+    pub field_index: usize,
+    pub byte_offset: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct CaptureSliceItem {
+    pub reference: ScopedSessionEntryRef,
+    pub order: u64,
+    pub source: CaptureSource,
+    pub policy: CaptureUsePolicy,
+    pub metadata: CaptureBodyMetadata,
+    pub field: RawField,
+    pub offset: usize,
+    pub total_bytes: usize,
+    /// Raw source bytes, not a rendered preview or ellipsis-bearing truncation.
+    pub text: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct CaptureSlice {
+    pub version: u32,
+    pub session_id: String,
+    pub capture_id: String,
+    pub purpose: CapturePurpose,
+    pub items: Vec<CaptureSliceItem>,
+    pub next_cursor: Option<CaptureCursor>,
+}
+
+/// Bytes and value remain paired and immutable so the size proof cannot go stale.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct BudgetedCaptureSlice {
+    slice: CaptureSlice,
+    json: Vec<u8>,
+}
+impl BudgetedCaptureSlice {
+    pub fn slice(&self) -> &CaptureSlice {
+        &self.slice
+    }
+    pub fn as_json(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.json
+    }
+    pub fn encoded_len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.json.len()
+    }
+}
+
+impl SessionCapture {
+    pub fn session_id(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.session_id
+    }
+    pub fn segment_id(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.segment_id
+    }
+    pub fn capture_id(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.capture_id
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_dto(&self) -> CaptureDto {
+        CaptureDto {
+            version: CAPTURE_VERSION,
+            session_id: self.session_id.clone(),
+            segment_id: self.segment_id.clone(),
+            entries: self.entries.iter().map(|e| e.dto.clone()).collect(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn try_from_dto(dto: CaptureDto, limits: CaptureLimits) -> Result<Self, CaptureError> {
+        dto.validate(limits)?;
+        Ok(Self::from_projected(
+            dto.session_id,
+            dto.segment_id,
+            dto.entries,
+        ))
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode(&self, limits: CaptureLimits) -> Result<Vec<u8>, CaptureError> {
+        self.to_dto().encode(limits)
+    }
+    pub fn decode(bytes: &[u8], limits: CaptureLimits) -> Result<Self, CaptureError> {
+        Self::try_from_dto(CaptureDto::decode(bytes, limits)?, limits)
+    }
+
+    pub fn scoped_ref(
+        &self,
+        reference: &SessionEntryRef,
+    ) -> Result<ScopedSessionEntryRef, CaptureError> {
+        if self.source_index_for_ref(reference).is_none() {
+            return Err(CaptureError::UnknownReference);
+        }
+        Ok(ScopedSessionEntryRef {
+            session_id: self.session_id.clone(),
+            capture_id: self.capture_id.clone(),
+            entry_ref: reference.clone(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn resolve_ref(
+        &self,
+        reference: &ScopedSessionEntryRef,
+        purpose: CapturePurpose,
+    ) -> Result<&CaptureEntryDto, CaptureError> {
+        if reference.session_id != self.session_id || reference.capture_id != self.capture_id {
+            return Err(CaptureError::ForeignReference);
+        }
+        let entry = self
+            .entries
+            .iter()
+            .find(|entry| {
+                SessionEntryRef::from_history_entry_id(&entry.entry_id) == reference.entry_ref
+            })
+            .ok_or(CaptureError::UnknownReference)?;
+        if !entry.dto.policy.allows(purpose) {
+            return Err(CaptureError::PolicyDenied);
+        }
+        Ok(&entry.dto)
+    }
+
+    pub fn checked_range(
+        &self,
+        from: &ScopedSessionEntryRef,
+        through: &ScopedSessionEntryRef,
+        purpose: CapturePurpose,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<&CaptureEntryDto>, CaptureError> {
+        let start = self.resolve_ref(from, purpose)?.order;
+        let end = self.resolve_ref(through, purpose)?.order;
+        if start > end {
+            return Err(CaptureError::InvalidRange);
+        }
+        Ok(self
+            .entries
+            .iter()
+            .map(|entry| &entry.dto)
+            .filter(|entry| {
+                entry.order >= start && entry.order <= end && entry.policy.allows(purpose)
+            })
+            .collect())
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn validate_search(&self, options: &SearchOptions) -> Result<(), CaptureError> {
+        let from = options
+            .from
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|r| {
+                self.source_index_for_ref(r)
+                    .ok_or(CaptureError::UnknownReference)
+            })
+            .transpose()?;
+        let through = options
+            .through
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|r| {
+                self.source_index_for_ref(r)
+                    .ok_or(CaptureError::UnknownReference)
+            })
+            .transpose()?;
+        if from.unwrap_or(options.min_entry_index.unwrap_or(0)) > through.unwrap_or(u64::MAX) {
+            return Err(CaptureError::InvalidRange);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn search_checked(&self, options: &SearchOptions) -> Result<Vec<SearchHit>, CaptureError> {
+        self.validate_search(options)?;
+        Ok(self.search(options))
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_checked(
+        &self,
+        selector: ReadSelector<'_>,
+        options: ReadOptions,
+    ) -> Result<ReadResult, CaptureError> {
+        match selector {
+            ReadSelector::Id(id) => {
+                let reference = SessionEntryRef::parse(id).ok_or(CaptureError::UnknownReference)?;
+                self.source_index_for_ref(&reference)
+                    .ok_or(CaptureError::UnknownReference)?;
+            }
+            ReadSelector::EntryRange([start, end]) => {
+                if start > end
+                    || !self.index.iter().any(|entry| entry.entry_range[0] == start)
+                    || !self.index.iter().any(|entry| entry.entry_range[0] == end)
+                {
+                    return Err(CaptureError::InvalidRange);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(self.read(selector, options))
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_raw(
+        &self,
+        reference: &ScopedSessionEntryRef,
+        purpose: CapturePurpose,
+        field: RawField,
+        offset: usize,
+        max_bytes: usize,
+    ) -> Result<RawRead, CaptureError> {
+        let entry = self.resolve_ref(reference, purpose)?;
+        let text = entry
+            .body
+            .fields()
+            .into_iter()
+            .find(|(f, _)| *f == field)
+            .map(|(_, text)| text)
+            .ok_or(CaptureError::InvalidRange)?;
+        if offset > text.len() || !text.is_char_boundary(offset) {
+            return Err(CaptureError::InvalidRange);
+        }
+        let mut end = offset.saturating_add(max_bytes).min(text.len());
+        while !text.is_char_boundary(end) {
+            end -= 1;
+        }
+        if end == offset && offset < text.len() {
+            return Err(CaptureError::BudgetTooSmall);
+        }
+        Ok(RawRead {
+            reference: reference.clone(),
+            purpose,
+            field,
+            offset,
+            text: text[offset..end].to_owned(),
+            next_offset: (end < text.len()).then_some(end),
+            total_bytes: text.len(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn cursor(
+        &self,
+        purpose: CapturePurpose,
+        entry_position: usize,
+        field_index: usize,
+        byte_offset: usize,
+    ) -> CaptureCursor {
+        CaptureCursor {
+            session_id: self.session_id.clone(),
+            capture_id: self.capture_id.clone(),
+            purpose,
+            entry_position,
+            field_index,
+            byte_offset,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn normalize_cursor(&self, mut cursor: CaptureCursor) -> Option<CaptureCursor> {
+        while let Some(entry) = self.entries.get(cursor.entry_position) {
+            if entry.dto.policy.allows(cursor.purpose)
+                && cursor.field_index < entry.dto.body.fields().len()
+            {
+                return Some(cursor);
+            }
+            cursor.entry_position += 1;
+            cursor.field_index = 0;
+            cursor.byte_offset = 0;
+        }
+        None
+    }
+
+    /// The returned JSON includes every item's source/policy, escaped body, and continuation.
+    /// Both the item count and the exact encoded length are bounded, with no Job-specific limit.
+    pub fn slice(
+        &self,
+        purpose: CapturePurpose,
+        cursor: Option<&CaptureCursor>,
+        max_items: usize,
+        max_bytes: usize,
+    ) -> Result<BudgetedCaptureSlice, CaptureError> {
+        if max_items == 0 {
+            return Err(CaptureError::BudgetTooSmall);
+        }
+        let start = if let Some(cursor) = cursor {
+            if cursor.session_id != self.session_id
+                || cursor.capture_id != self.capture_id
+                || cursor.purpose != purpose
+            {
+                return Err(CaptureError::ForeignReference);
+            }
+            let entry = self
+                .entries
+                .get(cursor.entry_position)
+                .ok_or(CaptureError::InvalidRange)?;
+            if !entry.dto.policy.allows(purpose) {
+                return Err(CaptureError::PolicyDenied);
+            }
+            let fields = entry.dto.body.fields();
+            let text = fields
+                .get(cursor.field_index)
+                .ok_or(CaptureError::InvalidRange)?
+                .1;
+            if cursor.byte_offset > text.len() || !text.is_char_boundary(cursor.byte_offset) {
+                return Err(CaptureError::InvalidRange);
+            }
+            Some(cursor.clone())
+        } else {
+            self.normalize_cursor(self.cursor(purpose, 0, 0, 0))
+        };
+        let mut slice = CaptureSlice {
+            version: CAPTURE_VERSION,
+            session_id: self.session_id.clone(),
+            capture_id: self.capture_id.clone(),
+            purpose,
+            items: Vec::new(),
+            next_cursor: start,
+        };
+        if json_size(&slice, max_bytes).is_err() {
+            return Err(CaptureError::BudgetTooSmall);
+        }
+        while slice.items.len() < max_items {
+            let Some(current) = slice.next_cursor.clone() else {
+                break;
+            };
+            let dto = &self.entries[current.entry_position].dto;
+            let fields = dto.body.fields();
+            let (field, text) = fields[current.field_index];
+            let reference = ScopedSessionEntryRef {
+                session_id: self.session_id.clone(),
+                capture_id: self.capture_id.clone(),
+                entry_ref: SessionEntryRef(format!("E{}", dto.entry_id)),
+            };
+            let item = CaptureSliceItem {
+                reference,
+                order: dto.order,
+                source: dto.source.clone(),
+                policy: dto.policy,
+                metadata: dto.body.metadata(field),
+                field,
+                offset: current.byte_offset,
+                total_bytes: text.len(),
+                text: String::new(),
+            };
+            slice.items.push(item);
+            let item_index = slice.items.len() - 1;
+            // Search only the partial interval: its cursor stays in the same field,
+            // making encoded size monotonic even when completing a field drops metadata.
+            let remaining = &text[current.byte_offset..];
+            let mut candidate_bytes = remaining.len().min(max_bytes);
+            while !remaining.is_char_boundary(candidate_bytes) {
+                candidate_bytes -= 1;
+            }
+            let mut boundaries: Vec<usize> = remaining[..candidate_bytes]
+                .char_indices()
+                .map(|(i, _)| i)
+                .collect();
+            boundaries.push(candidate_bytes);
+            let mut accepted = None;
+            let mut low = 0;
+            let mut high = boundaries.len();
+            while low < high {
+                let mid = low + (high - low) / 2;
+                let end = current.byte_offset + boundaries[mid];
+                slice.items[item_index].text = text[current.byte_offset..end].to_owned();
+                slice.next_cursor =
+                    Some(self.cursor(purpose, current.entry_position, current.field_index, end));
+                if json_size(&slice, max_bytes).is_ok() {
+                    accepted = Some(end);
+                    low = mid + 1;
+                } else {
+                    high = mid;
+                }
+            }
+            // A completed field can fit even when its partial continuation does not.
+            let completed = self.normalize_cursor(self.cursor(
+                purpose,
+                current.entry_position,
+                current.field_index + 1,
+                0,
+            ));
+            if remaining.len() <= max_bytes {
+                slice.items[item_index].text = remaining.to_owned();
+                slice.next_cursor = completed.clone();
+                if json_size(&slice, max_bytes).is_ok() {
+                    accepted = Some(text.len());
+                }
+            }
+            let Some(end) = accepted.filter(|end| *end > current.byte_offset || text.is_empty())
+            else {
+                slice.items.pop();
+                slice.next_cursor = Some(current);
+                if slice.items.is_empty() {
+                    return Err(CaptureError::BudgetTooSmall);
+                }
+                break;
+            };
+            slice.items[item_index].text = text[current.byte_offset..end].to_owned();
+            slice.next_cursor = if end == text.len() {
+                completed
+            } else {
+                Some(self.cursor(purpose, current.entry_position, current.field_index, end))
+            };
+        }
+        let json = serde_json::to_vec(&slice)?;
+        if json.len() > max_bytes {
+            return Err(CaptureError::BudgetTooSmall);
+        }
+        Ok(BudgetedCaptureSlice { slice, json })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/session-store/src/lib.rs b/crates/session-store/src/lib.rs
index d767defca..15abc32dd 100644
--- a/crates/session-store/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/session-store/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub(crate) fn read_without_atime_bounded(path: &Path, max_bytes: u64) -> io::Res
     }
 }
 
+pub mod capture;
 pub mod event_trace;
 pub mod fs_store;
 pub mod history;
diff --git a/crates/session-store/tests/capture_contract.rs b/crates/session-store/tests/capture_contract.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a605d6d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/session-store/tests/capture_contract.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,594 @@
+//! Public consumer boundary: real capture adapters, checked DTO codec and pure readers.
+//! No Worker, persistence, live Session provider, or substituted capture implementation.
+
+use agen::{HistoryEntry, Item};
+use protocol::{
+    SessionEntryProvenance, SessionSnapshot, SessionSnapshotEntry, SessionSnapshotEntryData,
+};
+use session_store::capture::*;
+use session_store::{
+    FeatureInputPayload, HistoryInputMetadata, HistoryInputUsePolicy, InputCompactionUse,
+    InputEvidenceUse, InputObservationUse, LoggedHistoryDerivation, LoggedSessionHistoryEntryId,
+    LoggedSessionHistoryMetadata, LoggedSessionHistoryOrigin, PublicSystemItem,
+    PublicSystemPresentation,
+};
+
+fn history(
+    id: &str,
+    item: Item,
+    input_metadata: Option<HistoryInputMetadata>,
+) -> HistoryEntry<LoggedSessionHistoryMetadata> {
+    HistoryEntry::new(
+        item,
+        LoggedSessionHistoryMetadata {
+            entry_id: LoggedSessionHistoryEntryId(id.into()),
+            origin: LoggedSessionHistoryOrigin::LocalHumanInput,
+            derivation: Some(LoggedHistoryDerivation {
+                sources: vec![LoggedSessionHistoryEntryId("earlier-entry".into())],
+            }),
+            input_metadata,
+        },
+    )
+}
+
+fn usage(recording: bool, memory: bool, observation: bool) -> HistoryInputUsePolicy {
+    HistoryInputUsePolicy {
+        recording_material: if recording {
+            InputEvidenceUse::Include
+        } else {
+            InputEvidenceUse::Exclude
+        },
+        memory_evidence: if memory {
+            InputEvidenceUse::Include
+        } else {
+            InputEvidenceUse::Exclude
+        },
+        observation: if observation {
+            InputObservationUse::Readable
+        } else {
+            InputObservationUse::Hidden
+        },
+        compaction: InputCompactionUse::Retain,
+    }
+}
+
+fn reference(capture: &SessionCapture, id: &str) -> ScopedSessionEntryRef {
+    capture
+        .scoped_ref(&SessionEntryRef::parse(id).unwrap())
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn public_consumer_roundtrip_retains_body_original_source_order_origin_and_independent_policy() {
+    let entries = vec![
+        history(
+            "recording",
+            Item::user_message("record-only"),
+            Some(HistoryInputMetadata::new(usage(true, false, false), None, None).unwrap()),
+        ),
+        history(
+            "memory",
+            Item::user_message("memory-only"),
+            Some(HistoryInputMetadata::new(usage(false, true, false), None, None).unwrap()),
+        ),
+        history(
+            "observation",
+            Item::user_message("observation-only"),
+            Some(HistoryInputMetadata::new(usage(false, false, true), None, None).unwrap()),
+        ),
+    ];
+    let capture = SessionCapture::from_history_entries("synthetic-session", "selected", entries);
+    let mut dto = capture.to_dto();
+    // The checked boundary also accepts entries retained from different original segments.
+    dto.entries[0].source.segment_id = "original-a".into();
+    dto.entries[0].source.entry_index = 80;
+    dto.entries[1].source.segment_id = "original-b".into();
+    dto.entries[1].source.entry_index = 3;
+    let capture = SessionCapture::try_from_dto(dto.clone(), CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap();
+    let encoded = capture.encode(CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap();
+    let restored = SessionCapture::decode(&encoded, CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(restored.to_dto(), dto);
+    assert_eq!(restored.capture_id(), capture.capture_id());
+    for (id, allowed) in [
+        ("Erecording", CapturePurpose::Recording),
+        ("Ememory", CapturePurpose::MemoryEvidence),
+        ("Eobservation", CapturePurpose::Observation),
+    ] {
+        let reference = reference(&capture, id);
+        assert_eq!(
+            restored.resolve_ref(&reference, allowed).unwrap(),
+            capture.resolve_ref(&reference, allowed).unwrap()
+        );
+        for purpose in [
+            CapturePurpose::Recording,
+            CapturePurpose::MemoryEvidence,
+            CapturePurpose::Observation,
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                restored.resolve_ref(&reference, purpose).is_ok(),
+                purpose == allowed
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(restored.overview().len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(restored.search(&SearchOptions::default()).len(), 1);
+    assert!(restored.evidence_for("Erecording").is_none());
+    let evidence = restored.evidence_for("Ememory").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(evidence.segment_id, "original-b");
+    assert!(evidence.excerpt.contains("memory-only"));
+    let recorded = restored
+        .slice(CapturePurpose::Recording, None, 10, 16_000)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(recorded.slice().items.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(recorded.slice().items[0].text, "record-only");
+    for (purpose, expected) in [
+        (CapturePurpose::MemoryEvidence, "memory-only"),
+        (CapturePurpose::Observation, "observation-only"),
+    ] {
+        let slice = restored.slice(purpose, None, 10, 16_000).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(slice.slice().items.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(slice.slice().items[0].text, expected);
+        assert!(
+            restored
+                .read_raw(
+                    &reference(&restored, "Erecording"),
+                    purpose,
+                    RawField::MessagePart(0),
+                    0,
+                    100
+                )
+                .is_err()
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn common_data_drops_reasoning_raw_system_and_private_payload_even_when_unindexed() {
+    let payload = FeatureInputPayload::encode(
+        "capture-test",
+        1,
+        &serde_json::json!({"secret": "PRIVATE-PAYLOAD"}),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let public = PublicSystemItem {
+        kind: "notice".into(),
+        body: "public notice".into(),
+        presentation: PublicSystemPresentation::Ignored,
+    };
+    let system =
+        HistoryInputMetadata::new(usage(true, true, true), Some(payload.clone()), Some(public))
+            .unwrap();
+    let private = HistoryInputMetadata::new(usage(true, true, true), Some(payload), None).unwrap();
+    let capture = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+        "s",
+        "segment",
+        vec![
+            history("raw", Item::system_message("RAW-SYSTEM-PROMPT"), None),
+            history("reasoning", Item::reasoning("HIDDEN-REASONING"), None),
+            history(
+                "private",
+                Item::system_message("PRIVATE-SYSTEM-BODY"),
+                Some(private),
+            ),
+            history(
+                "public",
+                Item::system_message("MODEL-SYSTEM-BODY"),
+                Some(system),
+            ),
+            history("ordinary", Item::user_message("ordinary"), None),
+        ],
+    );
+    let encoded = String::from_utf8(capture.encode(CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    let retained_debug = format!("{capture:?}");
+    for secret in [
+        "RAW-SYSTEM-PROMPT",
+        "HIDDEN-REASONING",
+        "PRIVATE-SYSTEM-BODY",
+        "MODEL-SYSTEM-BODY",
+        "PRIVATE-PAYLOAD",
+    ] {
+        assert!(!encoded.contains(secret));
+        assert!(!retained_debug.contains(secret));
+    }
+    assert_eq!(capture.to_dto().entries.len(), 2);
+    assert!(encoded.contains("public notice"));
+    // Filtered entries do not renumber the public source positions.
+    assert_eq!(capture.to_dto().entries[0].order, 3);
+    assert_eq!(
+        capture.source_index_for_ref(&SessionEntryRef::parse("Eordinary").unwrap()),
+        Some(4)
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn protocol_projection_does_not_invent_recording_permission() {
+    let capture = SessionCapture::from_session_snapshot(
+        "s",
+        "seg",
+        SessionSnapshot {
+            pending_submissions: Default::default(),
+            entries: vec![SessionSnapshotEntry {
+                entry_id: "projected".into(),
+                timestamp: 0,
+                provenance: SessionEntryProvenance::HumanInput,
+                derived_from: vec!["source".into()],
+                use_policy: Some(protocol::SessionEntryUsePolicy {
+                    observation_readable: true,
+                    memory_evidence: false,
+                }),
+                data: SessionSnapshotEntryData::Message {
+                    role: protocol::SessionMessageRole::User,
+                    content: vec![protocol::SessionContentPart::Text {
+                        text: "projected".into(),
+                    }],
+                },
+            }],
+        },
+    );
+    let reference = reference(&capture, "Eprojected");
+    assert!(matches!(
+        capture.resolve_ref(&reference, CapturePurpose::Recording),
+        Err(CaptureError::PolicyDenied)
+    ));
+    assert!(
+        capture
+            .resolve_ref(&reference, CapturePurpose::Observation)
+            .is_ok()
+    );
+    assert!(capture.evidence_for("Eprojected").is_none());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn malformed_dtos_and_oversized_representations_are_rejected() {
+    let capture = SessionCapture::new("s", "seg", vec![Item::user_message("body")]);
+    let original = serde_json::to_value(capture.to_dto()).unwrap();
+    let mut invalids = Vec::new();
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["version"] = 999.into();
+    invalids.push(value);
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["unexpected"] = true.into();
+    invalids.push(value);
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["entries"][0]["policy"]["recording_material"] = "include".into();
+    invalids.push(value);
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["entries"][0]["policy"]
+        .as_object_mut()
+        .unwrap()
+        .remove("memory_evidence");
+    invalids.push(value);
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["entries"][0]["body"] = serde_json::json!({"kind":"reasoning","text":"secret"});
+    invalids.push(value);
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["entries"][0]["body"]["feature_payload"] = serde_json::json!({"private":true});
+    invalids.push(value);
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["entries"][0]["body"]["role"] = "system".into();
+    invalids.push(value);
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["entries"][0]["source"]["unknown"] = true.into();
+    invalids.push(value);
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["entries"][0]["source"]["history_origin"] =
+        serde_json::json!({"kind":"legacy_unknown","unknown":true});
+    invalids.push(value);
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["entries"][0]["entry_id"] = "bad/id".into();
+    invalids.push(value);
+    let mut value = original.clone();
+    value["entries"]
+        .as_array_mut()
+        .unwrap()
+        .push(original["entries"][0].clone());
+    invalids.push(value);
+    for invalid in invalids {
+        let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&invalid).unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            SessionCapture::decode(&bytes, CaptureLimits::default()).is_err(),
+            "accepted {invalid}"
+        );
+    }
+    let bytes = capture.encode(CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        SessionCapture::decode(
+            &bytes,
+            CaptureLimits {
+                max_bytes: bytes.len() - 1,
+                ..CaptureLimits::default()
+            }
+        )
+        .is_err()
+    );
+    assert!(
+        capture
+            .encode(CaptureLimits {
+                max_entries: 0,
+                ..CaptureLimits::default()
+            })
+            .is_err()
+    );
+    assert!(
+        capture
+            .encode(CaptureLimits {
+                max_text_bytes: 3,
+                ..CaptureLimits::default()
+            })
+            .is_err()
+    );
+    let mut reversed = capture.to_dto();
+    let mut second = reversed.entries[0].clone();
+    second.entry_id = "second".into();
+    second.source.entry_index = 4;
+    second.order = 0;
+    reversed.entries[0].order = 1;
+    reversed.entries.push(second);
+    assert!(SessionCapture::try_from_dto(reversed, CaptureLimits::default()).is_err());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn raw_utf8_tool_input_and_result_are_lossless_without_preview_markers() {
+    let arguments = "\"quoted\"\\path\n日本語🙂".repeat(300);
+    let result = "result\n\t\\\"λ🙂".repeat(400);
+    let capture = SessionCapture::new(
+        "s",
+        "seg",
+        vec![
+            Item::tool_call("call", "tool", arguments.clone()),
+            Item::tool_result_item("call", "summary", Some(result.clone()), false),
+        ],
+    );
+    for (id, field, expected) in [
+        ("E00000000", RawField::ToolArguments, arguments),
+        ("E00000001", RawField::ToolContent, result),
+    ] {
+        let reference = reference(&capture, id);
+        let mut offset = 0;
+        let mut actual = String::new();
+        loop {
+            let part = capture
+                .read_raw(&reference, CapturePurpose::Observation, field, offset, 17)
+                .unwrap();
+            assert!(part.text.len() <= 17);
+            assert_eq!(part.offset, offset);
+            actual.push_str(&part.text);
+            match part.next_offset {
+                Some(next) => {
+                    assert!(next > offset);
+                    offset = next;
+                }
+                None => break,
+            }
+        }
+        assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+    }
+    let unicode = SessionCapture::new("s", "seg", vec![Item::tool_call("call", "tool", "🙂")]);
+    let reference = reference(&unicode, "E00000000");
+    assert!(matches!(
+        unicode.read_raw(
+            &reference,
+            CapturePurpose::Observation,
+            RawField::ToolArguments,
+            1,
+            8
+        ),
+        Err(CaptureError::InvalidRange)
+    ));
+    assert!(matches!(
+        unicode.read_raw(
+            &reference,
+            CapturePurpose::Observation,
+            RawField::ToolArguments,
+            0,
+            3
+        ),
+        Err(CaptureError::BudgetTooSmall)
+    ));
+    assert!(matches!(
+        unicode.read_raw(
+            &reference,
+            CapturePurpose::Observation,
+            RawField::ToolArguments,
+            5,
+            8
+        ),
+        Err(CaptureError::InvalidRange)
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn escaped_json_slice_budget_includes_metadata_and_bound_continuation() {
+    let body = "\"\\\n\t🙂日本語".repeat(500);
+    let capture = SessionCapture::new(
+        "synthetic-session",
+        "segment",
+        vec![Item::tool_call("call", "tool", body.clone())],
+    );
+    let other_session = SessionCapture::new(
+        "other-session",
+        "segment",
+        vec![Item::tool_call("call", "tool", body.clone())],
+    );
+    let changed = SessionCapture::new(
+        "synthetic-session",
+        "segment",
+        vec![Item::tool_call("call", "tool", "changed")],
+    );
+    let mut cursor = None;
+    let mut actual = String::new();
+    let budget = 1400;
+    loop {
+        let part = capture
+            .slice(CapturePurpose::Recording, cursor.as_ref(), 1, budget)
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(part.encoded_len() <= budget);
+        assert_eq!(part.encoded_len(), part.as_json().len());
+        assert_eq!(serde_json::to_vec(part.slice()).unwrap(), part.as_json());
+        assert_eq!(part.slice().items.len(), 1);
+        let item = &part.slice().items[0];
+        assert_eq!(item.offset, actual.len());
+        actual.push_str(&item.text);
+        cursor = part.slice().next_cursor.clone();
+        if let Some(cursor) = &cursor {
+            assert!(matches!(
+                other_session.slice(CapturePurpose::Recording, Some(cursor), 1, budget),
+                Err(CaptureError::ForeignReference)
+            ));
+            assert!(matches!(
+                changed.slice(CapturePurpose::Recording, Some(cursor), 1, budget),
+                Err(CaptureError::ForeignReference)
+            ));
+            assert!(matches!(
+                capture.slice(CapturePurpose::Observation, Some(cursor), 1, budget),
+                Err(CaptureError::ForeignReference)
+            ));
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(actual, body);
+    assert!(matches!(
+        capture.slice(CapturePurpose::Recording, None, 1, 8),
+        Err(CaptureError::BudgetTooSmall)
+    ));
+    assert!(matches!(
+        capture.slice(CapturePurpose::Recording, None, 0, budget),
+        Err(CaptureError::BudgetTooSmall)
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_immutability_and_scoped_operations_reject_foreign_or_unknown_refs_and_bad_ranges() {
+    let mut source = vec![
+        Item::user_message("before"),
+        Item::assistant_message("answer"),
+    ];
+    let capture = SessionCapture::new("s", "seg", source.clone());
+    let fixed_bytes = capture.encode(CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap();
+    let first = reference(&capture, "E00000000");
+    let second = reference(&capture, "E00000001");
+    source.push(Item::user_message("appended"));
+    source[0] = Item::user_message("compacted");
+    source.clear();
+    assert_eq!(
+        capture.encode(CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap(),
+        fixed_bytes
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        capture.clone().encode(CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap(),
+        fixed_bytes
+    );
+    let foreign = SessionCapture::new(
+        "different",
+        "seg",
+        vec![
+            Item::user_message("before"),
+            Item::assistant_message("answer"),
+        ],
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(
+        foreign.resolve_ref(&first, CapturePurpose::Observation),
+        Err(CaptureError::ForeignReference)
+    ));
+    assert!(matches!(
+        capture.checked_range(&second, &first, CapturePurpose::Observation),
+        Err(CaptureError::InvalidRange)
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+        capture
+            .checked_range(&first, &second, CapturePurpose::Observation)
+            .unwrap()
+            .len(),
+        2
+    );
+    let unknown = SessionEntryRef::parse("E99999999").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(capture.source_index_for_ref(&unknown), None);
+    assert!(matches!(
+        capture.scoped_ref(&unknown),
+        Err(CaptureError::UnknownReference)
+    ));
+    assert!(
+        capture
+            .search_checked(&SearchOptions {
+                from: Some(unknown.clone()),
+                ..Default::default()
+            })
+            .is_err()
+    );
+    assert!(
+        capture
+            .search(&SearchOptions {
+                through: Some(unknown),
+                ..Default::default()
+            })
+            .is_empty()
+    );
+    assert!(
+        capture
+            .read_checked(ReadSelector::EntryRange([1, 0]), ReadOptions::default())
+            .is_err()
+    );
+    assert!(
+        capture
+            .read_checked(ReadSelector::EntryRange([0, 99]), ReadOptions::default())
+            .is_err()
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn slices_preserve_empty_and_long_result_fields_under_item_and_metadata_budgets() {
+    let summary = "summary\n\"🙂".repeat(100);
+    let content = "content\t\\日本語".repeat(200);
+    let capture = SessionCapture::new(
+        "s",
+        "seg",
+        vec![
+            Item::tool_result_item("first", summary.clone(), Some(content.clone()), true),
+            Item::tool_result_item("empty", "", Some(String::new()), false),
+        ],
+    );
+    let mut cursor = None;
+    let mut fields: Vec<(String, RawField, String)> = Vec::new();
+    loop {
+        let part = capture
+            .slice(CapturePurpose::Recording, cursor.as_ref(), 2, 1500)
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(part.slice().items.len() <= 2);
+        assert!(serde_json::to_vec(part.slice()).unwrap().len() <= 1500);
+        for item in &part.slice().items {
+            let id = item.reference.entry_ref.to_string();
+            if let Some((last_id, last_field, text)) = fields.last_mut() {
+                if *last_id == id && *last_field == item.field {
+                    assert_eq!(text.len(), item.offset);
+                    text.push_str(&item.text);
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            assert_eq!(item.offset, 0);
+            fields.push((id, item.field, item.text.clone()));
+        }
+        cursor = part.slice().next_cursor.clone();
+        if cursor.is_none() {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(
+        fields,
+        vec![
+            ("E00000000".into(), RawField::ToolSummary, summary),
+            ("E00000000".into(), RawField::ToolContent, content),
+            ("E00000001".into(), RawField::ToolSummary, String::new()),
+            ("E00000001".into(), RawField::ToolContent, String::new()),
+        ]
+    );
+    let metadata_heavy = SessionCapture::new(
+        "s",
+        "seg",
+        vec![Item::tool_call("call", "name".repeat(200), "x")],
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(
+        metadata_heavy.slice(CapturePurpose::Recording, None, 1, 700),
+        Err(CaptureError::BudgetTooSmall)
+    ));
+}
diff --git a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/flow_transition.rs b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/flow_transition.rs
index e3a9fc196..4c9cd98e3 100644
--- a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/flow_transition.rs
+++ b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/flow_transition.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use flow::{
 use manifest::{Scope, WorkerManifest};
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use session_store::{SegmentId, SessionId, Store, collect_state};
+use session_store::{SegmentId, SessionId, Store};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::feature::builtin::session_explore::{SessionExploreFeature, SessionExploreState};
@@ -469,10 +469,15 @@ where
             .store
             .read_all(self.session_id, self.segment_id)
             .map_err(|error| format!("read committed parent session: {error}"))?;
-        let restored = collect_state(&entries);
-        Ok(SessionCapture::new(
+        let history = crate::session_history::restore_history_entries(
+            self.session_id,
+            self.segment_id,
+            &entries,
+        )?;
+        Ok(SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+            self.session_id.to_string(),
             self.segment_id.to_string(),
-            restored.history,
+            history,
         ))
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/memory_lifecycle.rs b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/memory_lifecycle.rs
index 94a2a2481..7db770eb0 100644
--- a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/memory_lifecycle.rs
+++ b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/memory_lifecycle.rs
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ impl MemoryLifecycleTask {
             return Ok(());
         }
         let view = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+            capture.session_id.clone(),
             capture.segment_id.clone(),
             capture.history[history_start..history_end].to_vec(),
         );
@@ -1556,11 +1557,14 @@ permission = "write"
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn run_committed_background_task_stages_non_empty_extraction_and_commits_pointer() {
         let source = capture(2, 250);
-        let entry_ref =
-            SessionCapture::from_history_entries(source.segment_id.clone(), source.history.clone())
-                .overview()[0]
-                .id
-                .to_string();
+        let entry_ref = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+            source.session_id.clone(),
+            source.segment_id.clone(),
+            source.history.clone(),
+        )
+        .overview()[0]
+            .id
+            .to_string();
         let client = ScriptClient::new(vec![
             stage_candidate_events("stage-1", &entry_ref),
             finish_events("finish-1", 1),
@@ -1609,11 +1613,14 @@ permission = "write"
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn subjektiv_extraction_stages_once_and_commits_its_independent_pointer() {
         let source = capture(2, 250);
-        let entry_ref =
-            SessionCapture::from_history_entries(source.segment_id.clone(), source.history.clone())
-                .overview()[0]
-                .id
-                .to_string();
+        let entry_ref = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+            source.session_id.clone(),
+            source.segment_id.clone(),
+            source.history.clone(),
+        )
+        .overview()[0]
+            .id
+            .to_string();
         let client = ScriptClient::new(vec![
             stage_candidate_events("stage-1", &entry_ref),
             finish_events("finish-1", 1),
@@ -1715,11 +1722,14 @@ permission = "write"
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn subjektiv_candidate_remains_staged_when_later_extraction_fails_without_pointer() {
         let source = capture(2, 250);
-        let entry_ref =
-            SessionCapture::from_history_entries(source.segment_id.clone(), source.history.clone())
-                .overview()[0]
-                .id
-                .to_string();
+        let entry_ref = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+            source.session_id.clone(),
+            source.segment_id.clone(),
+            source.history.clone(),
+        )
+        .overview()[0]
+            .id
+            .to_string();
         let client = ScriptClient::new(vec![stage_candidate_events("stage-1", &entry_ref)]);
         let extension_writes = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
         let (event_tx, _) = broadcast::channel(32);
diff --git a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/memory_staging_output.rs b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/memory_staging_output.rs
index ad5de09df..dd830349d 100644
--- a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/memory_staging_output.rs
+++ b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/memory_staging_output.rs
@@ -510,7 +510,11 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn state() -> MemoryStagingOutputState {
         MemoryStagingOutputState::new(
-            SessionCapture::new("segment-1", vec![Item::user_message("durable decision")]),
+            SessionCapture::new(
+                "session",
+                "segment-1",
+                vec![Item::user_message("durable decision")],
+            ),
             crate::worker::marker_workspace_client(None, "test-backend"),
             SourceRef {
                 segment_id: "segment-1".to_string(),
@@ -537,6 +541,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn render_input_uses_session_entry_refs_and_new_tool_names() {
         let view = SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
             "segment-1",
             vec![
                 Item::user_message("preference"),
@@ -586,7 +591,11 @@ mod tests {
     async fn subjektiv_destination_sends_committed_session_without_subject_scope() {
         let client = Arc::new(RecordingSubjektivClient::default());
         let state = MemoryStagingOutputState::new_subjektiv(
-            SessionCapture::new("segment-1", vec![Item::user_message("durable decision")]),
+            SessionCapture::new(
+                "session",
+                "segment-1",
+                vec![Item::user_message("durable decision")],
+            ),
             {
                 let mut host = crate::subjektiv::test_connection(client.clone());
                 host.context.session_id = "session-committed".into();
diff --git a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/session_explore.rs b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/session_explore.rs
index aacc16081..1400f51b4 100644
--- a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/session_explore.rs
+++ b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/session_explore.rs
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ use crate::feature::{
     ToolDeclaration,
 };
 use crate::session_capture::{
-    ReadDetail, ReadOptions, ReadSelector, ReferenceKind, SearchOptions, SessionCapture,
-    SessionEntryRef, ToolPart,
+    CapturePurpose, RawField, ReadDetail, ReadOptions, ReadSelector, ReferenceKind, SearchOptions,
+    SessionCapture, SessionEntryRef, ToolPart,
 };
 
 const SHOW_OVERVIEW_DESCRIPTION: &str =
     "Show a sparse, bounded index of real user and assistant session entries.";
 const SEARCH_ENTRIES_DESCRIPTION: &str = "Search or compactly list a bounded range of committed session entries. Reasoning entries are never exposed.";
-const READ_ENTRY_DESCRIPTION: &str = "Read one committed session entry by stable SessionEntryRef. Compact mode is the default; full mode includes bounded tool input or output.";
+const READ_ENTRY_DESCRIPTION: &str = "Read one committed session entry by stable SessionEntryRef. Compact mode is the default; full mode is a bounded rendering, not raw source. Raw mode requires raw_field and supports UTF-8 byte_offset/next_offset without omission; use capture_id to bind continuation to this exact capture.";
 const DEFAULT_PAGE_LIMIT: usize = 20;
 const MAX_PAGE_LIMIT: usize = 100;
 const DEFAULT_READ_ITEMS: usize = 10;
@@ -173,6 +173,38 @@ struct ReadEntryParams {
     mode: String,
     #[serde(default)]
     max_items: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    raw_field: Option<RawEntryField>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    part_index: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    byte_offset: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    max_bytes: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    capture_id: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+enum RawEntryField {
+    MessagePart,
+    PublicSystem,
+    ToolArguments,
+    ToolSummary,
+    ToolContent,
+}
+
+impl RawEntryField {
+    fn into_common(self, part_index: usize) -> RawField {
+        match self {
+            Self::MessagePart => RawField::MessagePart(part_index),
+            Self::PublicSystem => RawField::PublicSystem,
+            Self::ToolArguments => RawField::ToolArguments,
+            Self::ToolSummary => RawField::ToolSummary,
+            Self::ToolContent => RawField::ToolContent,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn default_read_mode() -> String {
@@ -243,25 +275,20 @@ impl Tool for SearchEntriesTool {
         let from = params.from.as_deref().map(parse_entry_ref).transpose()?;
         let through = params.through.as_deref().map(parse_entry_ref).transpose()?;
         let view = self.state.view();
-        if let (Some(from), Some(through)) = (&from, &through) {
-            if view.source_index_for_ref(from) > view.source_index_for_ref(through) {
-                return Err(ToolError::InvalidArgument(
-                    "SearchEntries from must not be after through".to_string(),
-                ));
-            }
-        }
         let limit = bounded_limit(params.limit, DEFAULT_PAGE_LIMIT, MAX_PAGE_LIMIT);
-        let hits = view.search(&SearchOptions {
-            query: params.query,
-            kind,
-            tool_part,
-            tool_name: params.tool_name,
-            limit: Some(limit),
-            min_entry_index: None,
-            from,
-            through,
-            offset: params.offset,
-        });
+        let hits = view
+            .search_checked(&SearchOptions {
+                query: params.query,
+                kind,
+                tool_part,
+                tool_name: params.tool_name,
+                limit: Some(limit),
+                min_entry_index: None,
+                from,
+                through,
+                offset: params.offset,
+            })
+            .map_err(|error| ToolError::InvalidArgument(error.to_string()))?;
         let entries = hits
             .iter()
             .map(|hit| {
@@ -272,6 +299,7 @@ impl Tool for SearchEntriesTool {
                     "tool_name": hit.tool_name,
                     "label": hit.label,
                     "text": hit.summary,
+                    "text_kind": "preview",
                 })
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
@@ -299,12 +327,62 @@ impl Tool for ReadEntryTool {
     ) -> Result<ToolOutput, ToolError> {
         let params: ReadEntryParams = parse_input("ReadEntry", input_json)?;
         let entry_ref = parse_entry_ref(&params.entry_ref)?;
+        let view = self.state.view();
+        if params
+            .capture_id
+            .as_deref()
+            .is_some_and(|id| id != view.capture_id())
+        {
+            return Err(ToolError::InvalidArgument(
+                "capture identity does not match".into(),
+            ));
+        }
+        if params.mode == "raw" {
+            let field = params
+                .raw_field
+                .ok_or_else(|| ToolError::InvalidArgument("raw mode requires raw_field".into()))?;
+            if params.part_index.is_some() && !matches!(field, RawEntryField::MessagePart) {
+                return Err(ToolError::InvalidArgument(
+                    "part_index is only valid for message_part".into(),
+                ));
+            }
+            let reference = view
+                .scoped_ref(&entry_ref)
+                .map_err(|error| ToolError::InvalidArgument(error.to_string()))?;
+            let raw = view
+                .read_raw(
+                    &reference,
+                    CapturePurpose::Observation,
+                    field.into_common(params.part_index.unwrap_or(0)),
+                    params.byte_offset.unwrap_or(0),
+                    params
+                        .max_bytes
+                        .unwrap_or(MAX_READ_BYTES)
+                        .clamp(1, MAX_READ_BYTES),
+                )
+                .map_err(|error| ToolError::InvalidArgument(error.to_string()))?;
+            return json_output(
+                "Read raw session source bytes.".into(),
+                serde_json::json!({
+                    "text_kind": "raw", "raw": raw,
+                }),
+            );
+        }
+        if params.raw_field.is_some()
+            || params.part_index.is_some()
+            || params.byte_offset.is_some()
+            || params.max_bytes.is_some()
+        {
+            return Err(ToolError::InvalidArgument(
+                "raw fields require raw mode".into(),
+            ));
+        }
         let detail = match params.mode.as_str() {
             "compact" => ReadDetail::Compact,
             "full" => ReadDetail::Full,
             other => {
                 return Err(ToolError::InvalidArgument(format!(
-                    "invalid ReadEntry mode {other:?}; expected compact or full"
+                    "invalid ReadEntry mode {other:?}; expected compact, full, or raw"
                 )));
             }
         };
@@ -347,6 +425,7 @@ impl Tool for ReadEntryTool {
             serde_json::json!({
                 "entries": entries,
                 "truncated": read.truncated,
+                "text_kind": "rendered",
             }),
         )
     }
@@ -408,6 +487,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn state() -> SessionExploreState {
         SessionExploreState::new(SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
             "segment-1",
             vec![
                 Item::user_message("first"),
@@ -479,4 +559,64 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap();
         assert!(output.content.unwrap().contains("second"));
     }
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn search_rejects_unknown_or_reversed_capture_endpoints() {
+        let search = search_entries_definition(state())().1;
+        for input in [
+            r#"{"from":"E99999999"}"#,
+            r#"{"through":"E99999999"}"#,
+            r#"{"from":"E00000003","through":"E00000000"}"#,
+        ] {
+            assert!(
+                search
+                    .execute(input, agen::tool::ToolExecutionContext::direct())
+                    .await
+                    .is_err()
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn raw_tool_arguments_reassemble_without_preview_or_utf8_loss() {
+        let arguments = "日本語\n\"\\".repeat(100);
+        let state = SessionExploreState::new(SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
+            "segment",
+            vec![Item::tool_call("call", "Read", arguments.clone())],
+        ));
+        let capture_id = state.view().capture_id().to_owned();
+        let tool = read_entry_definition(state)().1;
+        let mut offset = 0;
+        let mut assembled = String::new();
+        loop {
+            let input = serde_json::json!({
+                "entry_ref": "E00000000", "mode": "raw", "raw_field": "tool_arguments",
+                "byte_offset": offset, "max_bytes": 17, "capture_id": capture_id,
+            });
+            let output = tool
+                .execute(
+                    &input.to_string(),
+                    agen::tool::ToolExecutionContext::direct(),
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&output.content.unwrap()).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(value["text_kind"], "raw");
+            let raw = &value["raw"];
+            assert_eq!(raw["offset"], offset);
+            let text = raw["text"].as_str().unwrap();
+            assert!(text.len() <= 17);
+            assembled.push_str(text);
+            match raw["next_offset"].as_u64() {
+                Some(next) => {
+                    assert!(next > offset as u64);
+                    offset = next as usize;
+                }
+                None => break,
+            }
+        }
+        assert_eq!(assembled, arguments);
+        assert!(tool.execute(r#"{"entry_ref":"E00000000","mode":"raw","raw_field":"tool_arguments","capture_id":"other"}"#,
+            agen::tool::ToolExecutionContext::direct()).await.is_err());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/subjektiv_memory.rs b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/subjektiv_memory.rs
index cd82ca390..82ce970f9 100644
--- a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/subjektiv_memory.rs
+++ b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/subjektiv_memory.rs
@@ -39,13 +39,66 @@ use crate::hook::{
     HookErrorCategory, HookExecutionPolicy, HookFailurePolicy, HookPreRequestAction, PreLlmRequest,
     PreRequestContext, RunCommitted, RunCommittedContext,
 };
-use crate::session_capture::{SessionCapture, SessionEntryEvidence};
+use crate::session_capture::{CaptureBody, SessionCapture, SessionEntryEvidence};
 use crate::subjektiv::SubjektivHostConnection;
 #[cfg(test)]
 use crate::worker::WorkspaceClient;
 #[cfg(test)]
 use server_api::SubjektivMemoryBackendRequest;
 
+// Pending-commit receipt interpretation belongs to Memory, not the shared capture.
+struct CommittedMemoryCall {
+    call_id: String,
+    name: String,
+    arguments: String,
+    evidence: SessionEntryEvidence,
+}
+
+fn committed_pending_tool_calls(view: &SessionCapture, names: &[&str]) -> Vec<CommittedMemoryCall> {
+    let pending: HashSet<_> = view
+        .entries()
+        .filter_map(|entry| {
+            let CaptureBody::ToolResult {
+                call_id,
+                content: Some(content),
+                is_error: false,
+                ..
+            } = &entry.body
+            else {
+                return None;
+            };
+            (serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(content)
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|value| value.get("status").cloned())
+                .as_ref()
+                .and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str)
+                == Some("pending_commit"))
+            .then_some(call_id.as_str())
+        })
+        .collect();
+    view.entries()
+        .filter_map(|entry| {
+            let CaptureBody::ToolCall {
+                call_id,
+                name,
+                arguments,
+            } = &entry.body
+            else {
+                return None;
+            };
+            if !names.contains(&name.as_str()) || !pending.contains(call_id.as_str()) {
+                return None;
+            }
+            Some(CommittedMemoryCall {
+                call_id: call_id.clone(),
+                name: name.clone(),
+                arguments: arguments.clone(),
+                evidence: view.evidence_for_tool_call(call_id)?,
+            })
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
 const QUERY_TOOL: &str = "SubjektivMemoryQuery";
 const READ_TOOL: &str = "SubjektivMemoryRead";
 const LIST_CHANGES_TOOL: &str = "SubjektivMemoryListChanges";
@@ -518,14 +571,18 @@ impl SubjektivMemoryState {
                 .capture()
                 .map_err(|error| ToolError::ExecutionFailed(error.to_string()))?;
             let session_id = capture.session_id.clone();
-            let view = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(capture.segment_id, capture.history);
-            let committed = view
-                .committed_pending_tool_calls(&[REMEMBER_TOOL, PROPOSE_CHANGE_TOOL])
-                .into_iter()
-                .any(|call| {
-                    receipt_id(&session_id, &call.call_id)
-                        .is_ok_and(|committed_receipt| committed_receipt == expected_receipt_id)
-                });
+            let view = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+                capture.session_id.clone(),
+                capture.segment_id,
+                capture.history,
+            );
+            let committed =
+                committed_pending_tool_calls(&view, &[REMEMBER_TOOL, PROPOSE_CHANGE_TOOL])
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .any(|call| {
+                        receipt_id(&session_id, &call.call_id)
+                            .is_ok_and(|committed_receipt| committed_receipt == expected_receipt_id)
+                    });
             if committed {
                 status.status = SubjektivMemoryReceiptStatus::PendingCommit;
             }
@@ -623,10 +680,13 @@ fn replay_pending_committed_memory_with_policy(
         .capture
         .capture()
         .map_err(|error| HookError::new(HookErrorCategory::Dependency, error.to_string()))?;
-    let view =
-        SessionCapture::from_history_entries(capture.segment_id.clone(), capture.history.clone());
+    let view = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+        capture.session_id.clone(),
+        capture.segment_id.clone(),
+        capture.history.clone(),
+    );
     let mut failures = Vec::new();
-    for call in view.committed_pending_tool_calls(&[REMEMBER_TOOL, PROPOSE_CHANGE_TOOL]) {
+    for call in committed_pending_tool_calls(&view, &[REMEMBER_TOOL, PROPOSE_CHANGE_TOOL]) {
         let receipt_id = match receipt_id(&capture.session_id, &call.call_id) {
             Ok(value) => value,
             Err(error) => {
@@ -755,8 +815,11 @@ fn resolve_entry_refs(
     capture: &crate::feature::session::CommittedSessionCapture,
     entry_refs: &[String],
 ) -> Result<Vec<SessionEntryEvidence>, ToolError> {
-    let view =
-        SessionCapture::from_history_entries(capture.segment_id.clone(), capture.history.clone());
+    let view = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+        capture.session_id.clone(),
+        capture.segment_id.clone(),
+        capture.history.clone(),
+    );
     let mut seen = HashSet::new();
     entry_refs
         .iter()
diff --git a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/worker_observation.rs b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/worker_observation.rs
index 9b6d5488c..d1c4d0cce 100644
--- a/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/worker_observation.rs
+++ b/crates/worker/src/feature/builtin/worker_observation.rs
@@ -570,15 +570,8 @@ impl Tool for SearchSessionEntriesTool {
         let view = latest_view(&*self.provider, &params.subject).await?;
         let from = params.from.as_deref().map(parse_entry_ref).transpose()?;
         let through = params.through.as_deref().map(parse_entry_ref).transpose()?;
-        if let (Some(from), Some(through)) = (&from, &through) {
-            if view.source_index_for_ref(from) > view.source_index_for_ref(through) {
-                return Err(ToolError::InvalidArgument(
-                    "SearchSessionEntries from must not be after through".to_string(),
-                ));
-            }
-        }
         let entries = view
-            .search(&SearchOptions {
+            .search_checked(&SearchOptions {
                 query: params.query,
                 kind: params.kind.as_deref().map(parse_kind).transpose()?,
                 tool_part: params
@@ -593,6 +586,7 @@ impl Tool for SearchSessionEntriesTool {
                 through,
                 offset: params.offset,
             })
+            .map_err(|error| ToolError::InvalidArgument(error.to_string()))?
             .into_iter()
             .map(|entry| {
                 serde_json::json!({
@@ -604,6 +598,7 @@ impl Tool for SearchSessionEntriesTool {
                     "tool_name": entry.tool_name,
                     "label": entry.label,
                     "text": entry.summary,
+                    "text_kind": "preview",
                 })
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
@@ -687,7 +682,10 @@ async fn latest_view(
         .capture_worker_session(subject)
         .await
         .map_err(tool_error)?;
+    // Observation providers expose a stable subject scope rather than a raw
+    // Session handle. This scope is never used to select recording material.
     Ok(SessionCapture::from_session_snapshot(
+        format!("observation:{}", capture.segment_id),
         capture.segment_id,
         capture.session,
     ))
diff --git a/crates/worker/src/session_capture.rs b/crates/worker/src/session_capture.rs
index c255d7dad..979c8d44a 100644
--- a/crates/worker/src/session_capture.rs
+++ b/crates/worker/src/session_capture.rs
@@ -1,881 +1,14 @@
-//! Exploration domain for immutable Session captures, with no Workspace/Memory mutation capability.
-//!
-//! A capture is an ordered projection of committed entries; exploration excludes reasoning and
-//! system prompts, including Host compaction summaries and other derived context. Full inherited
-//! summary input belongs to compaction, not public observation or Memory evidence. Overview,
-//! search, bounded reads, and evidence conversion share `SessionEntryRef`.
-//! References identify entries in the selected Session and cannot be reused for another subject.
-//! Appends preserve existing entry identities. Sparse real user/assistant anchors and intervening
-//! entry counts index long histories. Search with an empty filter also provides bounded range lists.
-//!
-//! Host-fixed snapshot exploration, Memory candidate evidence validation, and current Worker
-//! observation share only this domain; they do not enable or modify each other's Features.
-//! The provider owns authorization to recapture a current Worker. A capture itself proves neither
-//! completion nor approval and grants no business-mutation authority.
+//! Host consumers share the pure immutable Session capture implementation.
+//! Live authorization, append fences, and recapture remain with the calling Host.
 
-use std::collections::HashSet;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-use crate::session_history::{SessionHistoryMetadata, WorkerHistoryProvenance};
-use agen::{HistoryEntry, Item, Role};
-use protocol::{
-    SessionContentPart, SessionEntryProvenance, SessionMessageRole, SessionSnapshot,
-    SessionSnapshotEntryData,
-};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-
-const DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT: usize = 20;
-const MAX_SEARCH_LIMIT: usize = 50;
-const DEFAULT_READ_MAX_ITEMS: usize = 40;
-const MAX_READ_MAX_ITEMS: usize = 80;
-const DEFAULT_READ_MAX_BYTES: usize = 32 * 1024;
-const OVERVIEW_ANCHOR_STRIDE: usize = 8;
-
-/// Append-stable exploration reference derived from an entry identity in the selected Session.
-/// Shared by overview, search, read, and evidence conversion; it does not identify other Sessions' entries.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-#[serde(transparent)]
-pub struct SessionEntryRef(String);
-
-impl SessionEntryRef {
-    pub fn from_history_entry_id(entry_id: &crate::SessionHistoryEntryId) -> Self {
-        Self(format!("E{}", entry_id.0))
-    }
-
-    pub fn parse(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
-        let suffix = value.strip_prefix('E')?;
-        if suffix.is_empty()
-            || suffix.len() > 64
-            || !suffix
-                .bytes()
-                .all(|byte| byte.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || byte == b'-')
-        {
-            return None;
-        }
-        Some(Self(value.to_string()))
-    }
-
-    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.0
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn source_index(&self) -> Option<u64> {
-        self.0.strip_prefix('E')?.parse().ok()
-    }
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Display for SessionEntryRef {
-    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        formatter.write_str(&self.0)
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub(crate) enum ReferenceKind {
-    User,
-    Assistant,
-    System,
-    Tool,
-}
-
-impl ReferenceKind {
-    pub(crate) fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
-        match self {
-            Self::User => "user",
-            Self::Assistant => "assistant",
-            Self::System => "system",
-            Self::Tool => "tool",
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn parse(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
-        match value {
-            "user" => Some(Self::User),
-            "assistant" | "agent" => Some(Self::Assistant),
-            "system" => Some(Self::System),
-            "tool" => Some(Self::Tool),
-            _ => None,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub(crate) enum ToolPart {
-    Input,
-    Output,
-    Both,
-}
-
-impl ToolPart {
-    pub(crate) fn parse(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
-        match value {
-            "input" => Some(Self::Input),
-            "output" => Some(Self::Output),
-            "both" => Some(Self::Both),
-            _ => None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn matches(self, actual: ToolPart) -> bool {
-        matches!(self, ToolPart::Both) || self == actual
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct OverviewItem {
-    pub id: SessionEntryRef,
-    pub origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
-    pub entry_range: [u64; 2],
-    pub kind: ReferenceKind,
-    pub label: String,
-    pub text: String,
-    pub intervening_entries: usize,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct ReferenceEntry {
-    use_policy: Option<protocol::SessionEntryUsePolicy>,
-    pub id: SessionEntryRef,
-    pub origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
-    pub entry_range: [u64; 2],
-    pub kind: ReferenceKind,
-    pub tool_part: Option<ToolPart>,
-    pub tool_name: Option<String>,
-    pub label: String,
-    pub summary: String,
-    search_text: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
-pub(crate) struct SearchOptions {
-    pub query: String,
-    pub kind: Option<ReferenceKind>,
-    pub tool_part: Option<ToolPart>,
-    pub tool_name: Option<String>,
-    pub limit: Option<usize>,
-    pub min_entry_index: Option<u64>,
-    pub from: Option<SessionEntryRef>,
-    pub through: Option<SessionEntryRef>,
-    pub offset: usize,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct SearchHit {
-    pub id: SessionEntryRef,
-    pub origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
-    pub kind: ReferenceKind,
-    pub tool_part: Option<ToolPart>,
-    pub tool_name: Option<String>,
-    pub entry_range: [u64; 2],
-    pub label: String,
-    pub summary: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub(crate) enum ReadSelector<'a> {
-    Id(&'a str),
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    EntryRange([u64; 2]),
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub(crate) enum ReadDetail {
-    Compact,
-    Full,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct ReadOptions {
-    pub include_tools: bool,
-    pub tool_part: ToolPart,
-    pub detail: ReadDetail,
-    pub max_items: usize,
-    pub max_bytes: usize,
-}
-
-impl Default for ReadOptions {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            include_tools: true,
-            tool_part: ToolPart::Both,
-            detail: ReadDetail::Compact,
-            max_items: DEFAULT_READ_MAX_ITEMS,
-            max_bytes: DEFAULT_READ_MAX_BYTES,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct ReadEntry {
-    pub id: SessionEntryRef,
-    pub origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
-    pub kind: ReferenceKind,
-    pub tool_part: Option<ToolPart>,
-    pub tool_name: Option<String>,
-    pub entry_range: [u64; 2],
-    pub label: String,
-    pub text: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct ReadResult {
-    pub entries: Vec<ReadEntry>,
-    pub truncated: bool,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct CommittedToolCall {
-    pub call_id: String,
-    pub name: String,
-    pub arguments: String,
-    pub evidence: SessionEntryEvidence,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct SessionEntryEvidence {
-    pub segment_id: String,
-    pub entry_ref: SessionEntryRef,
-    pub origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
-    pub entry_range: [u64; 2],
-    pub kind: ReferenceKind,
-    pub tool_part: Option<ToolPart>,
-    pub label: String,
-    pub summary: String,
-    pub excerpt: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-struct CapturedHistoryEntry {
-    use_policy: Option<protocol::SessionEntryUsePolicy>,
-    item: Item,
-    entry_id: session_store::LoggedSessionHistoryEntryId,
-    origin: SessionEntryProvenance,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct SessionCapture {
-    segment_id: String,
-    entries: Arc<Vec<CapturedHistoryEntry>>,
-    overview: Vec<OverviewItem>,
-    index: Vec<ReferenceEntry>,
-}
-
-impl SessionCapture {
-    pub(crate) fn from_session_snapshot(
-        segment_id: impl Into<String>,
-        snapshot: SessionSnapshot,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let entries = snapshot
-            .entries
-            .into_iter()
-            .filter_map(|entry| {
-                let item = match entry.data {
-                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::UserInput { segments } => {
-                        Item::user_message(protocol::Segment::flatten_to_text(&segments))
-                    }
-                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::Message { role, content } => {
-                        let role = match role {
-                            SessionMessageRole::User => Role::User,
-                            SessionMessageRole::Assistant => Role::Assistant,
-                        };
-                        Item::Message {
-                            id: None,
-                            role,
-                            content: content
-                                .into_iter()
-                                .map(|part| match part {
-                                    SessionContentPart::Text { text } => {
-                                        agen::ContentPart::Text { text }
-                                    }
-                                    SessionContentPart::Refusal { refusal } => {
-                                        agen::ContentPart::Refusal { refusal }
-                                    }
-                                })
-                                .collect(),
-                            status: None,
-                        }
-                    }
-                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::ToolCall {
-                        call_id,
-                        name,
-                        arguments,
-                    } => Item::tool_call(call_id, name, arguments),
-                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::ToolResult {
-                        call_id,
-                        summary,
-                        content,
-                        is_error,
-                        attachments: _,
-                    } => Item::tool_result_item(call_id, summary, content, is_error),
-                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::SystemItem { content, .. } => {
-                        entry.use_policy?;
-                        Item::system_message(content)
-                    }
-                    // Controller errors are not model-visible evidence.
-                    SessionSnapshotEntryData::Invoke { .. }
-                    | SessionSnapshotEntryData::Usage { .. }
-                    | SessionSnapshotEntryData::RunStats { .. }
-                    | SessionSnapshotEntryData::RunYielded { .. }
-                    | SessionSnapshotEntryData::RunResumed { .. }
-                    | SessionSnapshotEntryData::RunCancelled
-                    | SessionSnapshotEntryData::RunError { .. } => return None,
-                };
-                Some(CapturedHistoryEntry {
-                    use_policy: entry.use_policy,
-                    item,
-                    entry_id: session_store::LoggedSessionHistoryEntryId(entry.entry_id),
-                    origin: entry.provenance,
-                })
-            })
-            .collect();
-        Self::from_captured_entries(segment_id, entries)
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn new(segment_id: impl Into<String>, items: Vec<Item>) -> Self {
-        let entries = items
-            .into_iter()
-            .enumerate()
-            .map(|(index, item)| CapturedHistoryEntry {
-                use_policy: None,
-                item,
-                entry_id: session_store::LoggedSessionHistoryEntryId(format!("{index:08}")),
-                origin: SessionEntryProvenance::LegacyUnknown,
-            })
-            .collect();
-        Self::from_captured_entries(segment_id, entries)
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn from_history_entries(
-        segment_id: impl Into<String>,
-        entries: Vec<HistoryEntry<SessionHistoryMetadata>>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let entries = entries
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|entry| {
-                let (item, use_policy) = if let Some(input) = &entry.annotation.input_metadata {
-                    let is_system = matches!(
-                        entry.item,
-                        Item::Message {
-                            role: Role::System,
-                            ..
-                        }
-                    );
-                    if is_system {
-                        (
-                            Item::system_message(input.public_projection().body),
-                            Some(input.public_system_use_policy()),
-                        )
-                    } else {
-                        (entry.item, Some(input.public_use_policy()))
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    (entry.item, None)
-                };
-                CapturedHistoryEntry {
-                    item,
-                    use_policy,
-                    entry_id: entry.annotation.entry_id,
-                    origin: public_provenance(&entry.annotation.origin),
-                }
-            })
-            .collect();
-        Self::from_captured_entries(segment_id, entries)
-    }
-
-    fn from_captured_entries(
-        segment_id: impl Into<String>,
-        entries: Vec<CapturedHistoryEntry>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let segment_id = segment_id.into();
-        let mut overview = Vec::new();
-        let mut index = Vec::new();
-
-        for (idx, entry) in entries.iter().enumerate() {
-            let item = &entry.item;
-            let entry_range = [idx as u64, idx as u64];
-            match item {
-                Item::Message { role, content, .. } => {
-                    let Some(kind) = message_reference_kind(&entry.origin, role, entry.use_policy)
-                    else {
-                        continue;
-                    };
-                    let text = content
-                        .iter()
-                        .map(|p| p.as_text())
-                        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                        .join("");
-                    let label = format!("{} message", kind.as_str());
-                    let summary = truncate_chars(&text, 240);
-                    let id = SessionEntryRef::from_history_entry_id(&entry.entry_id);
-                    index.push(ReferenceEntry {
-                        use_policy: entry.use_policy,
-                        id: id.clone(),
-                        origin: entry.origin.clone(),
-                        entry_range,
-                        kind,
-                        tool_part: None,
-                        tool_name: None,
-                        label: label.clone(),
-                        summary: summary.clone(),
-                        search_text: text.clone(),
-                    });
-                    if entry.use_policy.is_none_or(|p| p.observation_readable)
-                        && matches!(kind, ReferenceKind::User | ReferenceKind::Assistant)
-                    {
-                        overview.push(OverviewItem {
-                            id: id.clone(),
-                            origin: entry.origin.clone(),
-                            entry_range,
-                            kind,
-                            label,
-                            text,
-                            intervening_entries: 0,
-                        });
-                    }
-                }
-                Item::ToolCall {
-                    name, arguments, ..
-                } => {
-                    let text = format!("{name}\n{arguments}");
-                    index.push(ReferenceEntry {
-                        use_policy: entry.use_policy,
-                        id: SessionEntryRef::from_history_entry_id(&entry.entry_id),
-                        origin: entry.origin.clone(),
-                        entry_range,
-                        kind: ReferenceKind::Tool,
-                        tool_part: Some(ToolPart::Input),
-                        tool_name: Some(name.clone()),
-                        label: format!("tool input: {name}"),
-                        summary: format!("Tool call {name}"),
-                        search_text: text,
-                    });
-                }
-                Item::ToolResult {
-                    summary,
-                    content,
-                    attachments,
-                    ..
-                } => {
-                    let attachment_marker = if attachments.is_empty() {
-                        String::new()
-                    } else {
-                        format!("\n[{} image attachment(s)]", attachments.len())
-                    };
-                    let text = format!(
-                        "{summary}\n{}{attachment_marker}",
-                        content.as_deref().unwrap_or_default(),
-                    );
-                    index.push(ReferenceEntry {
-                        use_policy: entry.use_policy,
-                        id: SessionEntryRef::from_history_entry_id(&entry.entry_id),
-                        origin: entry.origin.clone(),
-                        entry_range,
-                        kind: ReferenceKind::Tool,
-                        tool_part: Some(ToolPart::Output),
-                        tool_name: None,
-                        label: "tool output".to_string(),
-                        summary: truncate_chars(summary, 240),
-                        search_text: text,
-                    });
-                }
-                Item::AssistantResponseBoundary { .. } | Item::Reasoning { .. } => {}
-            }
-        }
-
-        if overview.len() > 2 {
-            let last = overview.len() - 1;
-            overview = overview
-                .into_iter()
-                .enumerate()
-                .filter_map(|(index, entry)| {
-                    (index == 0 || index == last || index % OVERVIEW_ANCHOR_STRIDE == 0)
-                        .then_some(entry)
-                })
-                .collect();
-        }
-
-        for overview_index in 0..overview.len().saturating_sub(1) {
-            let current_entry = overview[overview_index].entry_range[0];
-            let next_entry = overview[overview_index + 1].entry_range[0];
-            overview[overview_index].intervening_entries = index
-                .iter()
-                .filter(|entry| {
-                    let entry_index = entry.entry_range[0];
-                    entry_index > current_entry && entry_index < next_entry
-                })
-                .count();
-        }
-
-        Self {
-            segment_id,
-            entries: Arc::new(entries),
-            overview,
-            index,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn overview(&self) -> &[OverviewItem] {
-        &self.overview
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn source_index_for_ref(&self, reference: &SessionEntryRef) -> Option<u64> {
-        self.index
-            .iter()
-            .find(|entry| entry.id == *reference)
-            .map(|entry| entry.entry_range[0])
-            .or_else(|| reference.source_index())
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn search(&self, options: &SearchOptions) -> Vec<SearchHit> {
-        let query = options.query.trim().to_lowercase();
-        let limit = options
-            .limit
-            .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT)
-            .clamp(1, MAX_SEARCH_LIMIT);
-        let tool_name = options.tool_name.as_deref();
-        let min_entry_index = options
-            .from
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|reference| self.source_index_for_ref(reference))
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| options.min_entry_index.unwrap_or(0));
-        let max_entry_index = options
-            .through
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|reference| self.source_index_for_ref(reference))
-            .unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
-        let mut skipped = 0usize;
-        let mut hits = Vec::new();
-
-        for entry in &self.index {
-            if entry.use_policy.is_some_and(|p| !p.observation_readable) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            if entry.entry_range[0] < min_entry_index || entry.entry_range[0] > max_entry_index {
-                continue;
-            }
-            if let Some(kind) = options.kind {
-                if entry.kind != kind {
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-            if let Some(part) = options.tool_part {
-                if entry.kind != ReferenceKind::Tool {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                let Some(actual) = entry.tool_part else {
-                    continue;
-                };
-                if !part.matches(actual) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-            if let Some(name) = tool_name {
-                if entry.tool_name.as_deref() != Some(name) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-            if !query.is_empty() && !entry.search_text.to_lowercase().contains(&query) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            if skipped < options.offset {
-                skipped += 1;
-                continue;
-            }
-            hits.push(SearchHit {
-                id: entry.id.clone(),
-                origin: entry.origin.clone(),
-                kind: entry.kind,
-                tool_part: entry.tool_part,
-                tool_name: entry.tool_name.clone(),
-                entry_range: entry.entry_range,
-                label: entry.label.clone(),
-                summary: entry.summary.clone(),
-            });
-            if hits.len() >= limit {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        hits
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn read(&self, selector: ReadSelector<'_>, options: ReadOptions) -> ReadResult {
-        let max_items = options.max_items.clamp(1, MAX_READ_MAX_ITEMS);
-        let max_bytes = options.max_bytes.max(1);
-        let mut entries = Vec::new();
-        let mut bytes = 0usize;
-        let mut truncated = false;
-
-        let selected: Vec<&ReferenceEntry> = match selector {
-            ReadSelector::Id(id) => self
-                .index
-                .iter()
-                .filter(|entry| entry.id.as_str() == id)
-                .collect(),
-            #[cfg(test)]
-            ReadSelector::EntryRange([start, end]) => self
-                .index
-                .iter()
-                .filter(|entry| entry.entry_range[0] >= start && entry.entry_range[0] <= end)
-                .collect(),
-        };
-
-        for entry in selected {
-            if entry.use_policy.is_some_and(|p| !p.observation_readable) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            if entries.len() >= max_items {
-                truncated = true;
-                break;
-            }
-            if entry.kind == ReferenceKind::Tool {
-                if !options.include_tools {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                if let Some(actual) = entry.tool_part {
-                    if !options.tool_part.matches(actual) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            let Some(item) = self
-                .entries
-                .get(entry.entry_range[0] as usize)
-                .map(|entry| &entry.item)
-            else {
-                continue;
-            };
-            let text = render_item(item, entry, options.detail, max_bytes.saturating_sub(bytes));
-            bytes = bytes.saturating_add(text.len());
-            entries.push(ReadEntry {
-                id: entry.id.clone(),
-                origin: entry.origin.clone(),
-                kind: entry.kind,
-                tool_part: entry.tool_part,
-                tool_name: entry.tool_name.clone(),
-                entry_range: entry.entry_range,
-                label: entry.label.clone(),
-                text,
-            });
-            if bytes >= max_bytes {
-                truncated = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        ReadResult { entries, truncated }
-    }
-
-    /// Resolves the committed tool-call input for a provider call id. This is
-    /// used by explicit-memory receipts only after the containing run is durable,
-    /// so a model-authored claim can cite its own committed tool invocation
-    /// without inventing a SessionEntryRef.
-    pub(crate) fn evidence_for_tool_call(&self, call_id: &str) -> Option<SessionEntryEvidence> {
-        let entry_index = self.entries.iter().position(|entry| {
-            matches!(
-                &entry.item,
-                Item::ToolCall {
-                    call_id: stored_call_id,
-                    ..
-                } if stored_call_id == call_id
-            )
-        })?;
-        let reference = self.index.iter().find(|entry| {
-            entry.entry_range[0] == entry_index as u64
-                && entry.kind == ReferenceKind::Tool
-                && entry.tool_part == Some(ToolPart::Input)
-        })?;
-        self.evidence_for(reference.id.as_str())
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn committed_pending_tool_calls(&self, names: &[&str]) -> Vec<CommittedToolCall> {
-        let pending_call_ids = self
-            .entries
-            .iter()
-            .filter_map(|entry| {
-                let Item::ToolResult {
-                    call_id,
-                    content: Some(content),
-                    is_error: false,
-                    ..
-                } = &entry.item
-                else {
-                    return None;
-                };
-                (serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(content)
-                    .ok()
-                    .and_then(|value| value.get("status").cloned())
-                    .as_ref()
-                    .and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str)
-                    == Some("pending_commit"))
-                .then_some(call_id.as_str())
-            })
-            .collect::<HashSet<_>>();
-        self.entries
-            .iter()
-            .filter_map(|entry| {
-                let Item::ToolCall {
-                    call_id,
-                    name,
-                    arguments,
-                    ..
-                } = &entry.item
-                else {
-                    return None;
-                };
-                if !names.contains(&name.as_str()) || !pending_call_ids.contains(call_id.as_str()) {
-                    return None;
-                }
-                Some(CommittedToolCall {
-                    call_id: call_id.clone(),
-                    name: name.clone(),
-                    arguments: arguments.clone(),
-                    evidence: self.evidence_for_tool_call(call_id)?,
-                })
-            })
-            .collect()
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn evidence_for(&self, id: &str) -> Option<SessionEntryEvidence> {
-        let entry = self.index.iter().find(|entry| entry.id.as_str() == id)?;
-        if entry.use_policy.is_some_and(|p| !p.memory_evidence) {
-            return None;
-        }
-        let item = &self.entries.get(entry.entry_range[0] as usize)?.item;
-        let excerpt = render_item(item, entry, ReadDetail::Compact, 2 * 1024);
-        Some(SessionEntryEvidence {
-            segment_id: self.segment_id.clone(),
-            entry_ref: entry.id.clone(),
-            origin: entry.origin.clone(),
-            entry_range: entry.entry_range,
-            kind: entry.kind,
-            tool_part: entry.tool_part,
-            label: entry.label.clone(),
-            summary: entry.summary.clone(),
-            excerpt,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-fn public_provenance(origin: &WorkerHistoryProvenance) -> SessionEntryProvenance {
-    match origin {
-        WorkerHistoryProvenance::HumanInput { .. } | WorkerHistoryProvenance::LocalHumanInput => {
-            SessionEntryProvenance::HumanInput
-        }
-        WorkerHistoryProvenance::WorkerInput { .. } => SessionEntryProvenance::WorkerInput,
-        WorkerHistoryProvenance::FlowInstruction { .. } => SessionEntryProvenance::FlowInstruction,
-        WorkerHistoryProvenance::BackendInstruction { .. }
-        | WorkerHistoryProvenance::Provided { .. } => SessionEntryProvenance::BackendInstruction,
-        WorkerHistoryProvenance::ModelOutput { .. } => SessionEntryProvenance::ModelOutput,
-        WorkerHistoryProvenance::ToolOutput { .. } => SessionEntryProvenance::ToolOutput,
-        WorkerHistoryProvenance::CompactionSummary
-        | WorkerHistoryProvenance::DerivedSummary
-        | WorkerHistoryProvenance::JournalContext => SessionEntryProvenance::DerivedSummary,
-        WorkerHistoryProvenance::LegacyUnknown => SessionEntryProvenance::LegacyUnknown,
-    }
-}
-
-fn message_reference_kind(
-    origin: &SessionEntryProvenance,
-    provider_role: &Role,
-    use_policy: Option<protocol::SessionEntryUsePolicy>,
-) -> Option<ReferenceKind> {
-    if use_policy.is_some() {
-        return match provider_role {
-            Role::System => Some(ReferenceKind::System),
-            Role::User => Some(ReferenceKind::User),
-            Role::Assistant => Some(ReferenceKind::Assistant),
-        };
-    }
-    match origin {
-        SessionEntryProvenance::HumanInput | SessionEntryProvenance::WorkerInput => {
-            Some(ReferenceKind::User)
-        }
-        SessionEntryProvenance::ModelOutput => Some(ReferenceKind::Assistant),
-        SessionEntryProvenance::ToolOutput => Some(ReferenceKind::Tool),
-        SessionEntryProvenance::LegacyUnknown => match provider_role {
-            Role::User => Some(ReferenceKind::User),
-            Role::Assistant => Some(ReferenceKind::Assistant),
-            Role::System => None,
-        },
-        // Flow/backend/system content remains out of the observation surface
-        // even when represented with a provider user/system role.
-        SessionEntryProvenance::FlowInstruction
-        | SessionEntryProvenance::BackendInstruction
-        | SessionEntryProvenance::DerivedSummary => None,
-    }
-}
-
-fn render_item(
-    item: &Item,
-    entry: &ReferenceEntry,
-    detail: ReadDetail,
-    max_bytes: usize,
-) -> String {
-    let text = match item {
-        Item::Message { role, content, .. } => {
-            let text = content
-                .iter()
-                .map(|p| p.as_text())
-                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                .join("");
-            format!("[{} {:?}] {text}", entry.id, role)
-        }
-        Item::ToolCall {
-            name, arguments, ..
-        } => match detail {
-            ReadDetail::Compact => format!("[{} ToolInput {name}] (arguments omitted)", entry.id),
-            ReadDetail::Full => format!("[{} ToolInput {name}]\narguments: {arguments}", entry.id),
-        },
-        Item::ToolResult {
-            summary,
-            content,
-            attachments,
-            is_error,
-            ..
-        } => {
-            let attachment_line = if attachments.is_empty() {
-                String::new()
-            } else {
-                format!("\nattachments: {} image(s)", attachments.len())
-            };
-            match detail {
-                ReadDetail::Compact => format!(
-                    "[{} ToolOutput{}]\nsummary: {summary}\ncontent: (omitted){attachment_line}",
-                    entry.id,
-                    if *is_error { " error" } else { "" },
-                ),
-                ReadDetail::Full => format!(
-                    "[{} ToolOutput{}]\nsummary: {summary}\ncontent: {}{attachment_line}",
-                    entry.id,
-                    if *is_error { " error" } else { "" },
-                    content.as_deref().unwrap_or_default(),
-                ),
-            }
-        }
-        Item::AssistantResponseBoundary { .. } => {
-            format!("[{} Assistant response boundary omitted]", entry.id)
-        }
-        Item::Reasoning { .. } => format!("[{} Reasoning omitted]", entry.id),
-    };
-    truncate_chars(&text, max_bytes)
-}
-
-fn truncate_chars(text: &str, max_chars: usize) -> String {
-    if max_chars == 0 {
-        return "… [truncated]".to_string();
-    }
-    if text.chars().count() <= max_chars {
-        return text.to_string();
-    }
-    let mut out = text.chars().take(max_chars).collect::<String>();
-    out.push_str("… [truncated]");
-    out
-}
+pub use session_store::capture::*;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::session_history::WorkerHistoryProvenance;
+    use agen::Item;
+    use protocol::{SessionEntryProvenance, SessionSnapshot};
 
     #[test]
     fn flow_user_role_is_excluded_while_explicit_human_origin_remains_evidence() {
@@ -897,7 +30,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
             ),
         ];
-        let capture = SessionCapture::from_history_entries("segment", entries);
+        let capture = SessionCapture::from_history_entries("session", "segment", entries);
         let overview = capture.overview();
         assert_eq!(overview.len(), 1);
         assert!(matches!(
@@ -921,8 +54,8 @@ mod tests {
             },
         );
         let expected_ref = SessionEntryRef::from_history_entry_id(&retained.annotation.entry_id);
-        let before = SessionCapture::from_history_entries("old", vec![retained.clone()]);
-        let after = SessionCapture::from_history_entries("new", vec![retained]);
+        let before = SessionCapture::from_history_entries("session", "old", vec![retained.clone()]);
+        let after = SessionCapture::from_history_entries("session", "new", vec![retained]);
         assert_eq!(before.overview()[0].id, expected_ref);
         assert_eq!(after.overview()[0].id, expected_ref);
         assert_eq!(
@@ -963,7 +96,7 @@ mod tests {
             .iter()
             .map(|entry| SessionEntryRef::from_history_entry_id(&entry.annotation.entry_id))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        let capture = SessionCapture::from_history_entries("segment", entries);
+        let capture = SessionCapture::from_history_entries("session", "segment", entries);
         assert!(capture.overview().is_empty());
         assert!(
             capture
@@ -1102,8 +235,16 @@ mod tests {
         let snapshot: SessionSnapshot =
             serde_json::from_value(serde_json::to_value(snapshot).unwrap()).unwrap();
         for capture in [
-            SessionCapture::from_history_entries(segment.to_string(), restored),
-            SessionCapture::from_session_snapshot(segment.to_string(), snapshot),
+            SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+                session.to_string(),
+                segment.to_string(),
+                restored,
+            ),
+            SessionCapture::from_session_snapshot(
+                session.to_string(),
+                segment.to_string(),
+                snapshot,
+            ),
         ] {
             let hits = capture.search(&SearchOptions {
                 kind: Some(ReferenceKind::System),
@@ -1228,13 +369,15 @@ mod tests {
                         assert_eq!(entry.item, items[index]);
                         assert_eq!(entry.annotation, history[index].metadata);
                     }
-                    let capture = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(fork.to_string(), restored);
-                    assert!(
-                        matches!(&capture.entries[2].item, Item::ToolCall { call_id, .. } if call_id == "derived")
-                    );
-                    assert!(
-                        matches!(&capture.entries[3].item, Item::ToolResult { call_id, .. } if call_id == "derived")
+                    let capture = SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+                        session.to_string(),
+                        fork.to_string(),
+                        restored,
                     );
+                    // Private derived content must be absent even from the saved
+                    // body representation, not merely hidden by the UI index.
+                    let encoded = serde_json::to_string(&capture.to_dto()).unwrap();
+                    assert!(!encoded.contains("PRIVATE_SYNTHETIC"));
                     let snapshot = public_snapshot::project_session_snapshot(session, &saved);
                     assert!(
                         !serde_json::to_string(&snapshot)
@@ -1243,7 +386,11 @@ mod tests {
                     );
                     for capture in [
                         capture,
-                        SessionCapture::from_session_snapshot(fork.to_string(), snapshot),
+                        SessionCapture::from_session_snapshot(
+                            session.to_string(),
+                            fork.to_string(),
+                            snapshot,
+                        ),
                     ] {
                         assert_eq!(
                             capture
@@ -1315,6 +462,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn overview_contains_user_and_assistant_only() {
         let view = SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
             "segment-1",
             vec![
                 Item::system_message("sys"),
@@ -1335,6 +483,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn search_filters_tool_input_and_output() {
         let view = SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
             "segment-1",
             vec![
                 Item::tool_call("c1", "Read", "{\"file\":\"Cargo.toml\"}"),
@@ -1374,6 +523,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn read_by_entry_range_is_bounded_and_can_skip_tools() {
         let view = SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
             "segment-1",
             vec![
                 Item::user_message("one"),
@@ -1406,6 +556,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn tool_image_projection_exposes_only_bounded_metadata() {
         let view = SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
             "segment-1",
             vec![Item::tool_result_item_with_attachments(
                 "c1",
@@ -1435,6 +586,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn system_prompt_and_reasoning_are_excluded_from_every_projection() {
         let view = SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
             "segment-1",
             vec![
                 Item::system_message("raw secret system prompt"),
@@ -1472,7 +624,7 @@ mod tests {
         let items = (0..20)
             .map(|index| Item::user_message(format!("message-{index}")))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        let view = SessionCapture::new("segment-1", items);
+        let view = SessionCapture::new("session", "segment-1", items);
         let refs = view
             .overview()
             .iter()
@@ -1490,6 +642,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn append_preserves_existing_session_entry_refs() {
         let first = SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
             "segment-1",
             vec![
                 Item::user_message("first"),
@@ -1497,6 +650,7 @@ mod tests {
             ],
         );
         let appended = SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
             "segment-1",
             vec![
                 Item::user_message("first"),
@@ -1540,7 +694,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn evidence_projection_uses_entry_range_and_session_entry_ref() {
-        let view = SessionCapture::new("segment-1", vec![Item::user_message("hello")]);
+        let view = SessionCapture::new("session", "segment-1", vec![Item::user_message("hello")]);
         let source = view.evidence_for("E00000000").unwrap();
         assert_eq!(source.segment_id, "segment-1");
         assert_eq!(source.entry_range, [0, 0]);
@@ -1550,6 +704,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn committed_tool_call_can_be_resolved_by_provider_call_id() {
         let view = SessionCapture::new(
+            "session",
             "segment-1",
             vec![Item::tool_call(
                 "call-remember",
@@ -1562,4 +717,111 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(evidence.tool_part, Some(ToolPart::Input));
         assert!(view.evidence_for_tool_call("missing").is_none());
     }
+    // Real Store append and Segment replacement -> Worker replay -> the common
+    // fixed value used by Memory and compaction exploration. No live I/O remains
+    // available after the owned temporary source is removed.
+    #[test]
+    fn frozen_memory_and_exploration_survive_append_compaction_and_source_removal() {
+        use crate::feature::builtin::memory_staging_output::render_extract_input;
+        use crate::feature::builtin::session_explore::SessionExploreState;
+        use session_store::{FsStore, LogEntry, SegmentOrigin, Store};
+        let root = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let store = FsStore::new(root.path()).unwrap();
+        let session = session_store::new_session_id();
+        let first = session_store::new_segment_id();
+        let next = session_store::new_segment_id();
+        let original = crate::session_history::history_entry(
+            Item::user_message("fixed 日本語 intent"),
+            WorkerHistoryProvenance::LocalHumanInput,
+        );
+        let seed = |history, compacted_from| LogEntry::AnnotatedSegmentStart {
+            ts: 1,
+            session_id: session,
+            system_prompt: Some("PRIVATE_SYSTEM".into()),
+            config: Default::default(),
+            history,
+            forked_from: None,
+            compacted_from,
+        };
+        store
+            .create_segment(
+                session,
+                first,
+                &[seed(
+                    vec![crate::session_history::to_logged_history_entry(&original)],
+                    None,
+                )],
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        let log = store.read_all(session, first).unwrap();
+        let restored =
+            crate::session_history::restore_history_entries(session, first, &log).unwrap();
+        let fixed =
+            SessionCapture::from_history_entries(session.to_string(), first.to_string(), restored);
+        let overview = fixed.overview()[0].clone();
+        let evidence = fixed.evidence_for(overview.id.as_str()).unwrap();
+        let extract = render_extract_input(&fixed);
+        let encoded = fixed.encode(CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap();
+        let state = SessionExploreState::new(fixed.clone());
+        store
+            .append(
+                session,
+                first,
+                &LogEntry::AnnotatedAssistantItem {
+                    ts: 2,
+                    entry: crate::session_history::to_logged_history_entry(
+                        &crate::session_history::history_entry(
+                            Item::assistant_message("later append"),
+                            WorkerHistoryProvenance::LegacyUnknown,
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                },
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        let summary = crate::session_history::history_entry(
+            Item::system_message("PRIVATE_COMPACTED_SUMMARY"),
+            WorkerHistoryProvenance::DerivedSummary,
+        );
+        store
+            .create_segment(
+                session,
+                next,
+                &[seed(
+                    vec![crate::session_history::to_logged_history_entry(&summary)],
+                    Some(SegmentOrigin {
+                        segment_id: first,
+                        at_turn_index: 0,
+                    }),
+                )],
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        drop(store);
+        drop(root);
+        assert_eq!(fixed.encode(CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap(), encoded);
+        assert_eq!(render_extract_input(state.view()), extract);
+        assert_eq!(state.view().overview()[0].id, overview.id);
+        assert_eq!(state.view().overview()[0].text, overview.text);
+        let retained = state.view().evidence_for(overview.id.as_str()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(retained.entry_range, evidence.entry_range);
+        assert_eq!(retained.excerpt, evidence.excerpt);
+        assert!(
+            state
+                .view()
+                .search(&SearchOptions {
+                    query: "later".into(),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                })
+                .is_empty()
+        );
+        let restored = SessionCapture::decode(&encoded, CaptureLimits::default()).unwrap();
+        let scoped = fixed.scoped_ref(&overview.id).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            restored
+                .resolve_ref(&scoped, CapturePurpose::MemoryEvidence)
+                .unwrap()
+                .entry_id,
+            original.annotation.entry_id.0
+        );
+        assert!(!String::from_utf8(encoded).unwrap().contains("PRIVATE_"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/worker/src/worker.rs b/crates/worker/src/worker.rs
index f46be3d4a..859784866 100644
--- a/crates/worker/src/worker.rs
+++ b/crates/worker/src/worker.rs
@@ -7501,6 +7501,7 @@ impl<C: LlmClient + 'static, St: Store> Worker<C, St> {
                 crate::feature::builtin::session_explore::SessionExploreFeature::new(
                     crate::feature::builtin::session_explore::SessionExploreState::new(
                         crate::session_capture::SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+                            self.session_id().to_string(),
                             self.segment_id().to_string(),
                             entries_to_summarise.clone(),
                         ),
@@ -17374,8 +17375,9 @@ permission = "write"
                     producer: "arbitrary-context-provider".into()
                 }
             );
-            let view =
-                crate::session_capture::SessionCapture::from_history_entries("startup", replay);
+            let view = crate::session_capture::SessionCapture::from_history_entries(
+                "session", "startup", replay,
+            );
             let extract =
                 crate::feature::builtin::memory_staging_output::render_extract_input(&view);
             assert!(!extract.contains("PRIOR_JOURNAL_REFERENCE"));