diff --git a/docs/internal/overview.md b/docs/internal/overview.md
index 78a4b0c..7b96772 100644
--- a/docs/internal/overview.md
+++ b/docs/internal/overview.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ reports these implemented packages:
 | `internal/preparation` | Coordination for expected-commit tag checkout and Go module dependency preparation. |
 | `internal/validation` | Shared Go validation with optional race, full-vet, and static package-compilation target selections, formatting, workspace-file and filesystem-replacement checks, per-blob size limits, and selected Markdown destination and fragment checking; `internal/candidate` retains capture, callback sequencing, and local-state rechecks. |
 | `internal/publish` | Publication guards, one validation run, annotated tag creation, push, and recovery state. |
-| `internal/runtimeinfo` | Private version lookup used by the runtime facade. |
+| `internal/runtimeinfo` | Injected version selection and cached fallback metadata lookup for the runtime facade. |
 | `internal/versioncontract` | Shared stable-version rules and linker-symbol identity. |
 
 The `buildinfo` facade depends only on its small runtime implementation. The
diff --git a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
index 8205c90..e9172ce 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Computational Efficiency Implementation Plan
 
-**Status:** Stages 1–9 complete; Stages 10–11 pending.
+**Status:** Stages 1–10 complete; Stage 11 pending.
 
 ## Purpose And Baseline
 
@@ -539,6 +539,19 @@ Run facade/dependency checks. Re-run version benchmarks after initializing the
 cache and report initialization separately from repeated access. The runtime
 facade and its dependency boundary retain their existing public shape.
 
+**Completion:** Complete. `Version` returns the linker-injected value before
+touching fallback state, and a private factory wraps the existing pure
+selection helper with `sync.OnceValue`. A concurrent counting-reader test
+confirms one metadata read and stable results; isolated unavailable and
+development cases continue to resolve to `dev`. Runtime, buildinfo, facade
+dependency, consumer executable, and focused race tests passed. Three version
+benchmark repetitions measured injected selection at 0.75–1.03 ns with no
+allocations, fallback initialization at 1.53–1.74 µs with 1,264 B/9 allocations,
+and warmed production fallback access at 4.54–4.91 ns with no allocations.
+The original uncached metadata call measured 1.438–1.474 µs and 1,184 B/7
+allocations per access. The internal package inventory now records the cached
+fallback behavior.
+
 ## Stage 11: Verify The Complete Implementation And Record Results
 
 **Owners:** Affected tests and canonical internal documentation; roadmap status.
diff --git a/internal/runtimeinfo/performance_test.go b/internal/runtimeinfo/performance_test.go
index ac90f24..4f1c7ad 100644
--- a/internal/runtimeinfo/performance_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtimeinfo/performance_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,19 @@ func BenchmarkPerformanceVersion(b *testing.B) {
 			}
 		}
 	})
+	b.Run("FallbackInitialization", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+		b.ResetTimer()
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			fallback := newFallbackVersion(debug.ReadBuildInfo)
+			performanceVersionSink = fallback()
+			if performanceVersionSink == "" {
+				b.Fatal("fallback returned an empty version")
+			}
+		}
+	})
 	b.Run("RealMetadataFallback", func(b *testing.B) {
+		_ = Version()
 		b.ReportAllocs()
 		b.ResetTimer()
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
diff --git a/internal/runtimeinfo/version.go b/internal/runtimeinfo/version.go
index a4e4702..0cc5dae 100644
--- a/internal/runtimeinfo/version.go
+++ b/internal/runtimeinfo/version.go
@@ -2,14 +2,26 @@
 // public buildinfo facade.
 package runtimeinfo
 
-import "runtime/debug"
+import (
+	"runtime/debug"
+	"sync"
+)
 
 var injectedVersion string
 
 // Version returns the injected version or the running executable's main module
 // version, falling back to "dev" when neither provides a release identifier.
 func Version() string {
-	return version(injectedVersion, debug.ReadBuildInfo)
+	if injectedVersion != "" {
+		return injectedVersion
+	}
+	return fallbackVersion()
+}
+
+var fallbackVersion = newFallbackVersion(debug.ReadBuildInfo)
+
+func newFallbackVersion(readBuildInfo func() (*debug.BuildInfo, bool)) func() string {
+	return sync.OnceValue(func() string { return version("", readBuildInfo) })
 }
 
 func version(injected string, readBuildInfo func() (*debug.BuildInfo, bool)) string {
diff --git a/internal/runtimeinfo/version_test.go b/internal/runtimeinfo/version_test.go
index 9d53891..5536715 100644
--- a/internal/runtimeinfo/version_test.go
+++ b/internal/runtimeinfo/version_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package runtimeinfo
 
 import (
 	"runtime/debug"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -55,3 +57,54 @@ func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFallbackVersionReadsMetadataOnceConcurrently(t *testing.T) {
+	var reads atomic.Int32
+	fallback := newFallbackVersion(func() (*debug.BuildInfo, bool) {
+		reads.Add(1)
+		return &debug.BuildInfo{Main: debug.Module{Version: "v4.5.6"}}, true
+	})
+
+	const callers = 32
+	results := make(chan string, callers)
+	var workers sync.WaitGroup
+	workers.Add(callers)
+	for i := 0; i < callers; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			defer workers.Done()
+			results <- fallback()
+		}()
+	}
+	workers.Wait()
+	close(results)
+	for result := range results {
+		if result != "v4.5.6" {
+			t.Errorf("fallback() = %q, want stable version", result)
+		}
+	}
+	if got := reads.Load(); got != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("metadata reader called %d times, want once", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFallbackVersionCachesUnavailableAndDevelopmentMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		name string
+		read func() (*debug.BuildInfo, bool)
+	}{
+		{name: "unavailable", read: func() (*debug.BuildInfo, bool) { return nil, false }},
+		{name: "development", read: func() (*debug.BuildInfo, bool) {
+			return &debug.BuildInfo{Main: debug.Module{Version: "(devel)"}}, true
+		}},
+	} {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fallback := newFallbackVersion(test.read)
+			if got := fallback(); got != "dev" {
+				t.Fatalf("fallback() = %q, want dev", got)
+			}
+			if got := fallback(); got != "dev" {
+				t.Fatalf("repeated fallback() = %q, want dev", got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}