Require manifest-backed local artifacts

docs/internal/artifacts.md

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ The internal registry recognizes these stable built-in source IDs:
 - `narratio.transcript.final_trimmed_markdown`
 - `narratio.bounds.session`
 
-Registry entries bind each ID to its producer, output kind, canonical fallback,
+Registry entries bind each ID to its producer, output kind, and content
-and content validator. The focused stage documents own their input/output flow;
+validator. The focused stage documents own their input/output flow;
 [Configuration](../config.md) owns where operators may select these IDs.
 
 ## Configured, Extraction, And Previous-Session Sources
@@ -91,8 +91,13 @@ Current provenance values:
 
 Built-ins:
 
-1. manifest producer outputs (when present)
+- resolve only from the current manifest's succeeded registered producer;
-2. canonical session-path fallback
+- require exactly one output with the registered source ID and output kind, a
+  safe session-rooted path, producer run ID, canonical checksum, and valid
+  content; and
+- verify the registered checksum against the durable bytes. Incidental files,
+  canonical filenames, duplicate outputs, failed/stale producer records, and
+  malformed evidence are unavailable.
 
 Configured sources (`narratio.artifact.*`):
 

docs/internal/stage-publish.md

@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ Exact remote placement and the operator workflow belong in
 - resolves publish output sources through runtime artifact catalog and
   manifest-aware resolution. Configured Scriptorium outputs are publishable
   only from validated `current` per-artifact analyze evidence; an incidental
-  canonical file, legacy aggregate output, stale/failed/unselected record, or
+  canonical file, aggregate output, stale/failed/unselected record, or
-  mismatched path, size, or checksum remains unavailable. This does not change
+  mismatched path, size, or checksum remains unavailable. Built-in and
-  the explicit compatibility policies owned by built-in, extraction, or
+  extraction sources likewise require their own current manifest evidence.
-  previous-session sources.
 - publishes extraction lanes only through explicit configured output rules;
   neither run-local nor durable Notarius bundles are scanned or uploaded wholesale.
 - selected artifact filter applies to configured artifact sources only.

docs/operations.md

@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ Canonical stage order:
 Execution rules:
 
 - succeeded stages are skipped unless `--force` is set; stages with semantic
-  configuration contracts additionally require matching versioned evidence,
+  configuration contracts additionally require matching versioned evidence;
-  and missing legacy evidence causes a safe one-time rerun;
 - `run` continues interrupted or partially completed sessions by running non-succeeded stages;
 - forcing a stage marks succeeded transitive dependents as `stale` before the
   replacement runs; render and extract are independent siblings; and

docs/roadmap/implementation.md

@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ path candidates or remote probing.
 
 ## Stage 6 — Make Local Artifact Evidence Manifest-Only
 
-**Status: Pending**
+**Status: Completed**
 
 ### Goal
 

docs/troubleshooting.md

@@ -428,6 +428,25 @@ narratio analyze 2026-04-04 --artifacts session_recap
 Relevant references: [Operations: Artifact Selection](./operations.md#artifact-selection)
 and [Artifact Internals](./internal/artifacts.md#resolution-rules).
 
+## Built-in transcript or bounds source is unavailable
+
+Symptom:
+
+- analyze, extract, render, or publish says a built-in source is unavailable
+  even though a file exists at its usual session path.
+
+Likely cause:
+
+- the producing stage has not succeeded, its output lacks the exact registered
+  source, run ID, or checksum, its evidence is duplicated or stale, or the
+  durable bytes no longer match the manifest checksum.
+
+Safe fix:
+
+- do not copy or rename the file to make it discoverable. Rerun the producing
+  stage to regenerate both the bytes and current manifest evidence, then retry
+  the consumer.
+
 ## Legacy aggregate analysis requires regeneration
 
 Symptom:

internal/app/artifact_evidence_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/artifacts"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/manifest"
+)
+
+func setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t *testing.T, m *manifest.Manifest, stage, kind, sourceID, path string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	checksum, err := artifacts.SHA256File(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	m.MarkStageSucceeded(stage, time.Date(2026, 5, 16, 1, 2, 3, 0, time.UTC), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{
+		Kind: kind, SourceID: sourceID, LocalPath: path, ProducerRunID: stage + "-run", Checksum: checksum,
+	}})
+}
+
+func seedCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t *testing.T, manifestPath, sessionID, campaign, stage, kind, sourceID, path string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	m := manifest.New(sessionID, time.Now().UTC())
+	m.Campaign = campaign
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, stage, kind, sourceID, path)
+	if err := (&manifest.LocalStore{}).Save(context.Background(), manifestPath, m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}

internal/app/commands_test.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/artifacts"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/config"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/manifest"
 )
@@ -126,7 +127,9 @@ func TestExecuteRunStageNormalizeIsAccepted(t *testing.T) {
 	workspaceRoot := t.TempDir()
 	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidConfigFiles(t, workspaceRoot, "https://example.com/transcribe")
 	workRoot := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03")
-	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "polished.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	polishedPath := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "polished.json")
+	mustWriteTestFile(t, polishedPath, `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	seedCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "manifest.json"), "2026-05-03", "sample-campaign", "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, polishedPath)
 
 	var stdout bytes.Buffer
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
@@ -247,7 +250,9 @@ inputs:
 	})
 
 	workRoot := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", sessionID)
-	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "base.json"), `{"schema":"seriatim-intermediate","segments":[]}`)
+	basePath := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "base.json")
+	mustWriteTestFile(t, basePath, `{"schema":"seriatim-intermediate","segments":[]}`)
+	seedCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "manifest.json"), sessionID, "sample-campaign", "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, basePath)
 	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "inputs", "glossary.yml"), "[]\n")
 
 	var stdout bytes.Buffer

internal/app/extract_lifecycle_test.go

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func TestExtractLifecyclePrepareBindsVerifiedReferenceSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("executeStages() error = %v", err)
 	}
-	if len(summary.Executed) != 2 || len(runner.requests) != 1 {
+	if len(summary.Executed) != 3 || len(runner.requests) != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("summary = %#v requests=%d", summary, len(runner.requests))
 	}
 	paths, err := artifacts.NewLocalStore(cfg.Pipeline.Workspace.Root).EnsureLayoutFor(cfg.Session.Campaign, cfg.Session.SessionID)
@@ -510,12 +510,12 @@ func TestExtractLifecycleRerunsAfterDirectTranscriptChange(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Save(mutated) error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	rerun, err := executeStages(context.Background(), cfg, plan, RunOptions{Env: env})
+	_, err := executeStages(context.Background(), cfg, plan, RunOptions{Env: env})
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "checksum mismatch") {
-		t.Fatalf("rerun executeStages() error = %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("rerun executeStages() error = %v, want stale transcript evidence rejection", err)
 	}
-	if len(rerun.Executed) != 2 || len(rerun.Skipped) != 0 || len(runner.requests) != 2 || analyzeRuns != 2 {
+	if len(runner.requests) != 1 || analyzeRuns != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("rerun summary = %#v requests=%d analyze=%d", rerun, len(runner.requests), analyzeRuns)
+		t.Fatalf("stale transcript should prevent extraction, requests=%d analyze=%d", len(runner.requests), analyzeRuns)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -645,7 +645,24 @@ func prepareExtractLifecyclePlan(t *testing.T) []stage.Stage {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("BuildSingleStagePlan(extract) error = %v", err)
 	}
-	return append(prepare, extract...)
+	return append(append(prepare, lifecycleTrimEvidenceStage{}), extract...)
+}
+
+type lifecycleTrimEvidenceStage struct{}
+
+func (lifecycleTrimEvidenceStage) Name() string { return "trim" }
+
+func (lifecycleTrimEvidenceStage) Run(_ context.Context, env *stage.Env, m *manifest.Manifest) (*stage.StageResult, error) {
+	paths := artifacts.NewLocalStore(env.Config.Pipeline.Workspace.Root).SessionPathsFor(m.Campaign, m.SessionID)
+	path := filepath.Join(paths.ArtifactsDir, "trimmed.from-manifest.json")
+	checksum, err := artifacts.SHA256File(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &stage.StageResult{Outputs: []artifacts.Ref{{
+		Kind: artifactmodel.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, SourceID: artifactmodel.SourceTranscriptFinalTrimmed,
+		AbsolutePath: path, Checksum: checksum,
+	}}}, nil
 }
 
 func configureLifecycleReferences(t *testing.T, cfg *config.Config) map[string]string {
@@ -738,9 +755,13 @@ func extractionLifecycleFixture(t *testing.T, enabled bool) (*config.Config, *st
 	}
 	m := manifest.New(cfg.Session.SessionID, time.Now().UTC())
 	m.Campaign = cfg.Session.Campaign
+	inputChecksum, err := artifacts.SHA256File(inputPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SHA256File(input) error = %v", err)
+	}
 	m.MarkStageSucceeded("trim", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{
 		Kind: artifactmodel.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, SourceID: artifactmodel.SourceTranscriptFinalTrimmed,
-		LocalPath: inputPath,
+		LocalPath: inputPath, ProducerRunID: "trim-run", Checksum: inputChecksum,
 	}})
 	if err := (&manifest.LocalStore{}).Save(context.Background(), paths.ManifestPath, m); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Save(seed) error = %v", err)

internal/app/operator_helpers_test.go

@@ -1276,13 +1276,32 @@ func TestExecutePublishLoadsRemoteLocks(t *testing.T) {
 	restoreAppConfigTestGlobals(t, fake, &storeInitCalls, []string{sessionPath})
 
 	workRoot := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03")
-	for _, stageName := range []string{"prepare", "transcribe", "merge", "polish", "normalize", "trim", "extract", "render", "analyze"} {
-		// The publish stage only checks the manifest statuses and source files.
-		_ = stageName
-	}
 	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.trimmed.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
 	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.md"), "# final\n")
 	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.trimmed.md"), "# final trimmed\n")
+	m := manifest.New("2026-05-03", time.Now().UTC())
+	m.Campaign = "sample-campaign"
+	for _, stageName := range []string{"prepare", "transcribe", "merge", "polish", "normalize", "extract", "analyze"} {
+		m.MarkStageSucceeded(stageName, time.Now().UTC(), nil)
+	}
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.trimmed.json"))
+	finalMarkdown := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.md")
+	trimmedMarkdown := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.trimmed.md")
+	finalChecksum, err := artifacts.SHA256File(finalMarkdown)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	trimmedChecksum, err := artifacts.SHA256File(trimmedMarkdown)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	m.MarkStageSucceeded("render", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{
+		{Kind: artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalMarkdown, SourceID: artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalMarkdown, LocalPath: finalMarkdown, ProducerRunID: "render-run", Checksum: finalChecksum},
+		{Kind: artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmedMarkdown, SourceID: artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmedMarkdown, LocalPath: trimmedMarkdown, ProducerRunID: "render-run", Checksum: trimmedChecksum},
+	})
+	if err := (&manifest.LocalStore{}).Save(context.Background(), filepath.Join(workRoot, "manifest.json"), m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
 	var stdout bytes.Buffer
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
@@ -1357,10 +1376,14 @@ func writeOperatorExtractionManifest(t *testing.T, workspaceRoot string) string
 	}
 	m := manifest.New("2026-05-03", time.Now().UTC())
 	m.Campaign = "sample-campaign"
+	trimmedChecksum, err := artifacts.SHA256File(trimmedPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	m.Stages["trim"] = &manifest.StageRecord{
 		Name: "trim", Status: manifest.StatusSucceeded,
 		Outputs: []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{
-			Kind: artifactmodel.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, LocalPath: trimmedPath, ProducerRunID: "trim-run-1",
+			Kind: artifactmodel.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, SourceID: artifactmodel.SourceTranscriptFinalTrimmed, LocalPath: trimmedPath, ProducerRunID: "trim-run-1", Checksum: trimmedChecksum,
 		}},
 	}
 	input, err := artifacts.ResolveExtractionInputIdentity(paths, m)

internal/app/post_publish_cleanup_test.go

@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ func publishStageCleanupFixture(t *testing.T) (*config.Config, cleanupSeed, stri
 	for _, name := range []string{"prepare", "transcribe", "merge", "polish", "normalize", "trim", "extract", "render", "analyze"} {
 		seedManifest.MarkStageSucceeded(name, time.Now().UTC(), nil)
 	}
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, seedManifest, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, filepath.Join(artifacts.SessionWorkDirForCampaign(cfg.Pipeline.Workspace.Root, cfg.Session.Campaign, cfg.Session.SessionID), "transcripts", "final.trimmed.json"))
 	setAppAnalyzeEvidence(seedManifest, "session_recap", "artifacts/session_recap.md", []byte("# recap\n"))
 	seedManifest.S3SessionPrefix = artifacts.S3SessionPrefix("dnd", cfg.Session.Campaign, cfg.Session.SessionID)
 	seedManifest.S3RunPrefix = artifacts.S3RunPrefix(seedManifest.S3SessionPrefix, runID)

internal/app/restore_workflow_test.go

@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ previous_session_id: 2026-04-26
 
 	sessionRoot := artifacts.SessionWorkDirForCampaign(workspaceRoot, cfg.Session.Campaign, cfg.Session.SessionID)
 	mustReadEquals(t, filepath.Join(sessionRoot, "transcripts", "final.trimmed.json"), `{"segments":[]}`+"\n")
+	localManifest, err := (&manifest.LocalStore{}).Load(context.Background(), filepath.Join(sessionRoot, "manifest.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("load restored manifest: %v", err)
+	}
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, localManifest, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, filepath.Join(sessionRoot, "transcripts", "final.trimmed.json"))
+	if err := (&manifest.LocalStore{}).Save(context.Background(), filepath.Join(sessionRoot, "manifest.json"), localManifest); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("save manifest evidence: %v", err)
+	}
 	previousManifestBytes, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(sessionRoot, "previous", "manifest.json"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("read restored previous manifest: %v", err)

internal/app/run_stage_test.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/artifacts"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/manifest"
 )
 
@@ -121,7 +122,9 @@ func TestRunStageExecutesOnlySelectedStage(t *testing.T) {
 	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidConfigFiles(t, workspaceRoot)
 	manifestPath := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03", "manifest.json")
 	workRoot := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03")
-	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "base.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	basePath := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "base.json")
+	mustWriteTestFile(t, basePath, `{"segments":[]}`)
+	seedCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, manifestPath, "2026-05-03", "sample-campaign", "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, basePath)
 	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "inputs", "glossary.yml"), "terms: []\n")
 
 	var out bytes.Buffer
@@ -172,11 +175,13 @@ func TestRunStageSkipAndForce(t *testing.T) {
 	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidConfigFiles(t, workspaceRoot)
 	manifestPath := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03", "manifest.json")
 	workRoot := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03")
-	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "base.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	basePath := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "base.json")
+	mustWriteTestFile(t, basePath, `{"segments":[]}`)
 	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "inputs", "glossary.yml"), "terms: []\n")
 
 	store := &manifest.LocalStore{}
 	m := manifest.New("2026-05-03", time.Date(2026, 5, 3, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, basePath)
 	m.MarkStageSucceeded("polish", time.Date(2026, 5, 3, 10, 1, 0, 0, time.UTC), nil)
 	seedCurrentSemanticEvidence(t, loadConfigForSemanticEvidence(t, pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath), m, "polish")
 	if err := store.Save(context.Background(), manifestPath, m); err != nil {
@@ -207,7 +212,9 @@ func TestRunStageForceMarksDownstreamStaleAndRunContinuesFromStale(t *testing.T)
 	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidConfigFiles(t, workspaceRoot)
 	manifestPath := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03", "manifest.json")
 	workRoot := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03")
-	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "base.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	basePath := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "base.json")
+	mustWriteTestFile(t, basePath, `{"segments":[]}`)
+	seedCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, manifestPath, "2026-05-03", "sample-campaign", "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, basePath)
 
 	store := &manifest.LocalStore{}
 	materializePrepareResumeFixture(t, pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath)
@@ -218,6 +225,7 @@ func TestRunStageForceMarksDownstreamStaleAndRunContinuesFromStale(t *testing.T)
 	for _, name := range []string{"prepare", "transcribe", "merge", "polish", "normalize", "trim", "extract", "render", "analyze", "publish", "notify"} {
 		seed.MarkStageSucceeded(name, time.Date(2026, 5, 3, 10, 1, 0, 0, time.UTC), nil)
 	}
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, seed, "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, basePath)
 	seedCurrentSemanticEvidence(t, loadConfigForSemanticEvidence(t, pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath), seed, "prepare", "transcribe", "merge")
 	if err := store.Save(context.Background(), manifestPath, seed); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("save manifest: %v", err)
@@ -257,7 +265,9 @@ func TestRunStageTrimExecutes(t *testing.T) {
 	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidConfigFiles(t, workspaceRoot)
 	manifestPath := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03", "manifest.json")
 	workRoot := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03")
-	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}`)
+	finalPath := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.json")
+	mustWriteTestFile(t, finalPath, `{"segments":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}`)
+	seedCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, manifestPath, "2026-05-03", "sample-campaign", "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, finalPath)
 
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	err := RunStage(context.Background(), []string{"trim", "2026-05-03", "--config", pipelinePath, "--campaign-file", campaignPath, "--session", sessionPath}, &out)
@@ -286,7 +296,9 @@ func TestRunStageNormalizeExecutes(t *testing.T) {
 	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidConfigFiles(t, workspaceRoot)
 	manifestPath := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03", "manifest.json")
 	workRoot := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03")
-	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "polished.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}`)
+	polishedPath := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "polished.json")
+	mustWriteTestFile(t, polishedPath, `{"segments":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}`)
+	seedCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, manifestPath, "2026-05-03", "sample-campaign", "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, polishedPath)
 
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	err := RunStage(context.Background(), []string{"normalize", "2026-05-03", "--config", pipelinePath, "--campaign-file", campaignPath, "--session", sessionPath}, &out)
@@ -312,8 +324,17 @@ func TestRunStageRenderExecutes(t *testing.T) {
 	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidConfigFiles(t, workspaceRoot)
 	manifestPath := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03", "manifest.json")
 	workRoot := filepath.Join(workspaceRoot, "work", "sample-campaign", "2026-05-03")
-	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	finalPath := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.json")
-	mustWriteTestFile(t, filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.trimmed.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":2}]}`)
+	trimmedPath := filepath.Join(workRoot, "transcripts", "final.trimmed.json")
+	mustWriteTestFile(t, finalPath, `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	mustWriteTestFile(t, trimmedPath, `{"segments":[{"id":2}]}`)
+	seed := manifest.New("2026-05-03", time.Now().UTC())
+	seed.Campaign = "sample-campaign"
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, seed, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, finalPath)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, seed, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, trimmedPath)
+	if err := (&manifest.LocalStore{}).Save(context.Background(), manifestPath, seed); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	err := RunStage(context.Background(), []string{"render", "2026-05-03", "--config", pipelinePath, "--campaign-file", campaignPath, "--session", sessionPath}, &out)

internal/artifacts/artifact_resolver.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package artifacts
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/artifactpolicy"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/fileops"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/manifest"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/pathsafe"
 )
 
 // MaxResolvedArtifactBytes bounds externally generated artifact content before validation.
@@ -178,8 +180,8 @@ func PreviousSessionArtifactName(source string) (string, bool) {
 	return artifactpolicy.ParsePreviousSessionSource(source)
 }
 
-// ResolveSessionArtifact resolves a symbolic source to a readable local session artifact path.
+// ResolveSessionArtifact resolves a symbolic source from its unique current
-// Resolution order is manifest producer outputs first, then canonical session path fallback.
+// producer output declaration in the session manifest.
 func ResolveSessionArtifact(paths SessionPaths, m *manifest.Manifest, source string) (ResolvedSessionArtifact, error) {
 	id, err := NormalizeSessionArtifactSource(source)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -187,43 +189,21 @@ func ResolveSessionArtifact(paths SessionPaths, m *manifest.Manifest, source str
 	}
 	spec := artifactRegistry[id]
 
-	for _, candidate := range manifestArtifactCandidates(paths, m, spec) {
+	candidate, err := manifestArtifactCandidate(paths, m, spec)
-		exists, isDir, statErr := pathExists(candidate.Path)
+	if err != nil {
-		if statErr != nil {
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, err
-			return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("stat %q: %w", candidate.Path, statErr)
-		}
-		if !exists || isDir {
-			continue
-		}
-		resolved := candidate
-		resolved.ID = spec.ID
-		resolved.ProducerStage = spec.ProducerStage
-		resolved.OutputKind = spec.OutputKind
-		if err := validateResolvedContent(resolved.Path, spec.ContentKind); err != nil {
-			return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("validate %q: %w", resolved.ID, err)
-		}
-		return resolved, nil
 	}
-
+	if err := validateResolvedContent(candidate.Path, spec.ContentKind); err != nil {
-	fallbackPath := filepath.Join(paths.Root, filepath.FromSlash(spec.CanonicalRelPath))
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("validate %q: %w", spec.ID, err)
-	exists, isDir, statErr := pathExists(fallbackPath)
-	if statErr != nil {
-		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("stat %q: %w", fallbackPath, statErr)
 	}
-	if exists && !isDir {
+	actualChecksum, err := SHA256File(candidate.Path)
-		if err := validateResolvedContent(fallbackPath, spec.ContentKind); err != nil {
+	if err != nil {
-			return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("validate %q: %w", spec.ID, err)
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("checksum %q: %w", spec.ID, err)
-		}
-		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{
-			ID:            spec.ID,
-			Path:          filepath.Clean(fallbackPath),
-			ProducerStage: spec.ProducerStage,
-			OutputKind:    spec.OutputKind,
-			Provenance:    "fallback.canonical_path",
-		}, nil
 	}
-
+	if actualChecksum != candidate.Checksum {
-	return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, &SessionArtifactNotFoundError{ArtifactID: spec.ID}
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("validate %q: checksum mismatch", spec.ID)
+	}
+	return candidate, nil
 }
 
 // ResolveSessionArtifactWithCatalog resolves built-in sources using existing rules and resolves
@@ -334,52 +314,74 @@ func ResolvePreviousSessionArtifactWithCatalog(
 	return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, &SessionArtifactNotFoundError{ArtifactID: source}
 }
 
-func manifestArtifactCandidates(paths SessionPaths, m *manifest.Manifest, spec artifactSpec) []ResolvedSessionArtifact {
+func manifestArtifactCandidate(paths SessionPaths, m *manifest.Manifest, spec artifactSpec) (ResolvedSessionArtifact, error) {
-	if m == nil || len(m.Stages) == 0 || spec.ProducerStage == "" || spec.OutputKind == "" {
+	if m == nil || spec.ProducerStage == "" || spec.OutputKind == "" {
-		return nil
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, &SessionArtifactNotFoundError{ArtifactID: spec.ID}
 	}
 	sr := m.Stages[spec.ProducerStage]
-	if sr == nil {
+	if sr == nil || sr.Name != spec.ProducerStage || sr.Status != manifest.StatusSucceeded {
-		return nil
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, &SessionArtifactNotFoundError{ArtifactID: spec.ID}
 	}
-
+	var selected manifest.ArtifactRecord
-	candidates := make([]ResolvedSessionArtifact, 0, len(sr.Outputs))
+	count := 0
 	for _, out := range sr.Outputs {
-		if strings.TrimSpace(out.Kind) != spec.OutputKind {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(out.Kind) == spec.OutputKind && strings.TrimSpace(out.SourceID) == spec.ID {
-			continue
+			selected, count = out, count+1
 		}
-		if strings.TrimSpace(out.LocalPath) == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		resolved := filepath.Clean(ResolveSessionLocalPathForRead(paths, out.LocalPath))
-		if resolved == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		candidates = append(candidates, ResolvedSessionArtifact{
-			Path:          resolved,
-			ProducerRunID: strings.TrimSpace(out.ProducerRunID),
-			Provenance:    "manifest." + spec.ProducerStage + ".outputs",
-		})
 	}
-	return dedupeResolvedArtifacts(candidates)
+	if count == 0 {
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, &SessionArtifactNotFoundError{ArtifactID: spec.ID}
+	}
+	if count != 1 {
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("manifest %s output evidence for %q is ambiguous", spec.ProducerStage, spec.ID)
+	}
+	if err := ValidateRunIdentity(strings.TrimSpace(selected.ProducerRunID)); err != nil {
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("manifest %s output evidence for %q has invalid producer run ID: %w", spec.ProducerStage, spec.ID, err)
+	}
+	checksum := strings.TrimSpace(selected.Checksum)
+	if len(checksum) != 64 || strings.ToLower(checksum) != checksum {
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("manifest %s output evidence for %q has invalid checksum", spec.ProducerStage, spec.ID)
+	}
+	if _, err := hex.DecodeString(checksum); err != nil {
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("manifest %s output evidence for %q has invalid checksum", spec.ProducerStage, spec.ID)
+	}
+	resolved := filepath.Clean(ResolveSessionLocalPathForRead(paths, selected.LocalPath))
+	if resolved == "" {
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("manifest %s output evidence for %q has an empty path", spec.ProducerStage, spec.ID)
+	}
+	if _, err := pathsafe.SlashRelativeFromRoot(paths.Root, resolved); err != nil {
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("manifest %s output evidence for %q has unsafe path: %w", spec.ProducerStage, spec.ID, err)
+	}
+	if err := requireSafeSessionRegularFile(paths.Root, resolved); err != nil {
+		return ResolvedSessionArtifact{}, fmt.Errorf("manifest %s output evidence for %q has unsafe path: %w", spec.ProducerStage, spec.ID, err)
+	}
+	return ResolvedSessionArtifact{ID: spec.ID, Path: resolved, ProducerStage: spec.ProducerStage, OutputKind: spec.OutputKind, ProducerRunID: selected.ProducerRunID, Provenance: "manifest." + spec.ProducerStage + ".outputs", Checksum: checksum}, nil
 }
 
-func dedupeResolvedArtifacts(values []ResolvedSessionArtifact) []ResolvedSessionArtifact {
+func requireSafeSessionRegularFile(root, path string) error {
-	seen := map[string]struct{}{}
+	relative, err := pathsafe.SlashRelativeFromRoot(root, path)
-	out := make([]ResolvedSessionArtifact, 0, len(values))
+	if err != nil {
-	for _, value := range values {
+		return err
-		key := filepath.Clean(strings.TrimSpace(value.Path))
-		if key == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		if _, ok := seen[key]; ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		seen[key] = struct{}{}
-		value.Path = key
-		out = append(out, value)
 	}
-	return out
+	current := filepath.Clean(root)
+	for _, component := range strings.Split(relative, "/") {
+		current = filepath.Join(current, filepath.FromSlash(component))
+		info, err := os.Lstat(current)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("path contains symlink %q", current)
+		}
+	}
+	info, err := os.Lstat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !info.Mode().IsRegular() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("path is not a regular file")
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func previousSessionCacheCandidatePaths(paths SessionPaths, canonicalRelPath string) []string {

internal/artifacts/artifact_resolver_test.go

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func TestResolveSessionArtifactPrefersManifestOutput(t *testing.T) {
 
 	m := manifest.New("session", time.Now().UTC())
 	m.MarkStageSucceeded("normalize", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{
-		{Kind: "transcript_final", LocalPath: manifestPath, ProducerRunID: "run-123"},
+		{Kind: "transcript_final", SourceID: ArtifactTranscriptFinal, LocalPath: manifestPath, ProducerRunID: "run-123", Checksum: resolverTestChecksum(t, manifestPath)},
 	})
 
 	resolved, err := ResolveSessionArtifact(paths, m, ArtifactTranscriptFinal)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func TestResolveSessionArtifactPrefersManifestOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestResolveSessionArtifactFallsBackToCanonicalPath(t *testing.T) {
+func TestResolveSessionArtifactRejectsIncidentalCanonicalPath(t *testing.T) {
 	workspace := t.TempDir()
 	paths := buildSessionPaths(workspace, "campaign", "session")
 	canonicalPath := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json")
@@ -216,19 +216,13 @@ func TestResolveSessionArtifactFallsBackToCanonicalPath(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("WriteFile() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	resolved, err := ResolveSessionArtifact(paths, nil, ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed)
+	_, err := ResolveSessionArtifact(paths, nil, ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed)
-	if err != nil {
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrSessionArtifactNotFound) {
-		t.Fatalf("ResolveSessionArtifact() error = %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("ResolveSessionArtifact() error = %v, want typed unavailable", err)
-	}
-	if resolved.Path != canonicalPath {
-		t.Fatalf("resolved path = %q, want %q", resolved.Path, canonicalPath)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provenance != "fallback.canonical_path" {
-		t.Fatalf("provenance = %q, want fallback.canonical_path", resolved.Provenance)
 	}
 }
 
-func TestResolveSessionArtifactFallsBackToCanonicalMarkdownPath(t *testing.T) {
+func TestResolveSessionArtifactRejectsIncidentalCanonicalMarkdownPath(t *testing.T) {
 	workspace := t.TempDir()
 	paths := buildSessionPaths(workspace, "campaign", "session")
 	canonicalPath := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.md")
@@ -239,15 +233,9 @@ func TestResolveSessionArtifactFallsBackToCanonicalMarkdownPath(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("WriteFile() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	resolved, err := ResolveSessionArtifact(paths, nil, ArtifactTranscriptFinalMarkdown)
+	_, err := ResolveSessionArtifact(paths, nil, ArtifactTranscriptFinalMarkdown)
-	if err != nil {
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrSessionArtifactNotFound) {
-		t.Fatalf("ResolveSessionArtifact() error = %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("ResolveSessionArtifact() error = %v, want typed unavailable", err)
-	}
-	if resolved.Path != canonicalPath {
-		t.Fatalf("resolved path = %q, want %q", resolved.Path, canonicalPath)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provenance != "fallback.canonical_path" {
-		t.Fatalf("provenance = %q, want fallback.canonical_path", resolved.Provenance)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -275,7 +263,8 @@ func TestResolveSessionArtifactValidatesTranscriptShape(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("WriteFile() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err := ResolveSessionArtifact(paths, nil, ArtifactTranscriptPolished)
+	m := resolverTestManifest(t, paths, ArtifactTranscriptPolished, canonicalPath)
+	_, err := ResolveSessionArtifact(paths, m, ArtifactTranscriptPolished)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
 	}
@@ -295,7 +284,8 @@ func TestResolveSessionArtifactRejectsEmptyMarkdownContent(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("WriteFile() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err := ResolveSessionArtifact(paths, nil, ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmedMarkdown)
+	m := resolverTestManifest(t, paths, ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmedMarkdown, canonicalPath)
+	_, err := ResolveSessionArtifact(paths, m, ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmedMarkdown)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
 	}
@@ -304,7 +294,7 @@ func TestResolveSessionArtifactRejectsEmptyMarkdownContent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestResolveSessionArtifactWithCatalogBuiltInBehaviorUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
+func TestResolveSessionArtifactWithCatalogBuiltInUsesManifestEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	workspace := t.TempDir()
 	paths := buildSessionPaths(workspace, "campaign", "session")
 	canonicalPath := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json")
@@ -315,18 +305,39 @@ func TestResolveSessionArtifactWithCatalogBuiltInBehaviorUnchanged(t *testing.T)
 		t.Fatalf("WriteFile() error = %v", err)
 	}
 
-	resolved, err := ResolveSessionArtifactWithCatalog(paths, nil, ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, NewArtifactCatalog())
+	m := resolverTestManifest(t, paths, ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, canonicalPath)
+	resolved, err := ResolveSessionArtifactWithCatalog(paths, m, ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, NewArtifactCatalog())
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("ResolveSessionArtifactWithCatalog() error = %v", err)
 	}
 	if resolved.Path != canonicalPath {
 		t.Fatalf("resolved.Path = %q, want %q", resolved.Path, canonicalPath)
 	}
-	if resolved.Provenance != "fallback.canonical_path" {
+	if resolved.Provenance != "manifest.trim.outputs" {
-		t.Fatalf("provenance = %q, want fallback.canonical_path", resolved.Provenance)
+		t.Fatalf("provenance = %q, want manifest.trim.outputs", resolved.Provenance)
 	}
 }
 
+func resolverTestManifest(t *testing.T, paths SessionPaths, source, localPath string) *manifest.Manifest {
+	t.Helper()
+	spec := artifactRegistry[source]
+	m := manifest.New(paths.SessionID, time.Now().UTC())
+	m.MarkStageSucceeded(spec.ProducerStage, time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{
+		Kind: spec.OutputKind, SourceID: source, LocalPath: localPath,
+		ProducerRunID: "resolver-run", Checksum: resolverTestChecksum(t, localPath),
+	}})
+	return m
+}
+
+func resolverTestChecksum(t *testing.T, path string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	checksum, err := SHA256File(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return checksum
+}
+
 func TestResolveSessionArtifactWithCatalogConfiguredAvailableGenerated(t *testing.T) {
 	workspace := t.TempDir()
 	paths := buildSessionPaths(workspace, "campaign", "session")

internal/artifacts/extraction_catalog_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ func TestInspectExtractionEvidenceClassifiesBundleStates(t *testing.T) {
 		name                   string
 		state                  ExtractionEvidenceState
 		recomputeInputIdentity bool
+		wantInputUnavailable   bool
 		mutate                 func(*testing.T, *SessionPaths, *manifest.Manifest)
 	}{
 		{name: "valid", state: ExtractionEvidenceValid, mutate: func(_ *testing.T, _ *SessionPaths, _ *manifest.Manifest) {}},
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ func TestInspectExtractionEvidenceClassifiesBundleStates(t *testing.T) {
 		{name: "obsolete version", state: ExtractionEvidenceObsolete, mutate: func(_ *testing.T, _ *SessionPaths, m *manifest.Manifest) {
 			m.Stages["extract"].Outputs[0].Contract.SchemaVersion = "99"
 		}},
-		{name: "changed direct transcript", state: ExtractionEvidenceObsolete, recomputeInputIdentity: true, mutate: func(t *testing.T, _ *SessionPaths, m *manifest.Manifest) {
+		{name: "changed direct transcript", wantInputUnavailable: true, recomputeInputIdentity: true, mutate: func(t *testing.T, _ *SessionPaths, m *manifest.Manifest) {
 			writeExtractionFixtureFile(t, m.Stages["trim"].Outputs[0].LocalPath, `{"segments":[{"id":"changed"}]}`)
 		}},
 		{name: "changed direct producer", state: ExtractionEvidenceObsolete, recomputeInputIdentity: true, mutate: func(_ *testing.T, _ *SessionPaths, m *manifest.Manifest) {
@@ -140,6 +142,12 @@ func TestInspectExtractionEvidenceClassifiesBundleStates(t *testing.T) {
 			test.mutate(t, &paths, currentManifest)
 			if test.recomputeInputIdentity {
 				input, err = ResolveExtractionInputIdentity(paths, currentManifest)
+				if test.wantInputUnavailable {
+					if !errors.Is(err, ErrSessionArtifactNotFound) && (err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "checksum mismatch")) {
+						t.Fatalf("ResolveExtractionInputIdentity() error = %v, want unavailable", err)
+					}
+					return
+				}
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Fatal(err)
 				}
@@ -271,7 +279,7 @@ func validExtractionCatalogFixture(t *testing.T) (SessionPaths, *manifest.Manife
 	m.Stages["trim"] = &manifest.StageRecord{
 		Name: "trim", Status: manifest.StatusSucceeded,
 		Outputs: []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{
-			Kind: TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, LocalPath: trimmedPath, ProducerRunID: "trim-run-1",
+			Kind: TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, SourceID: ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, LocalPath: trimmedPath, ProducerRunID: "trim-run-1", Checksum: extractionFixtureChecksum(t, trimmedPath),
 		}},
 	}
 	input, err := ResolveExtractionInputIdentity(paths, m)

internal/stage/analyze_evidence_test_helpers_test.go

@@ -43,3 +43,15 @@ func setCurrentAnalyzeEvidence(t *testing.T, m *manifest.Manifest, key, relative
 		OutputSize: info.Size(), ProducerRunID: "run-1", UpdatedAt: now,
 	}
 }
+
+func setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t *testing.T, m *manifest.Manifest, stage, kind, sourceID, absolutePath string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	checksum, err := artifacts.SHA256File(absolutePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	m.MarkStageSucceeded(stage, time.Date(2026, 5, 16, 1, 2, 3, 0, time.UTC), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{
+		Kind: kind, SourceID: sourceID, LocalPath: absolutePath,
+		ProducerRunID: stage + "-run", Checksum: checksum,
+	}})
+}

internal/stage/analyze_input_identity_test.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func TestResolveAnalyzeInputIdentitiesSupportsEverySourceKind(t *testing.T) {
 			setup: func(t *testing.T, env *Env, m *manifest.Manifest) string {
 				path := filepath.Join(sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID).TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json")
 				writeAnalyzeFile(t, path, `{"segments":[]}`)
+				setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, path)
 				return path
 			},
 			wantOutputKind: "transcript_final_trimmed",
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func TestResolveAnalyzeInputIdentitiesSupportsEverySourceKind(t *testing.T) {
 			setup: func(t *testing.T, env *Env, m *manifest.Manifest) string {
 				paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 				writeAnalyzeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+				setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json"))
 				return configureAnalyzeExtractionFixture(t, env, m)["encounters"]
 			},
 			wantOutputKind: "notarius_lane",
@@ -177,6 +179,9 @@ func TestResolveAnalyzeInputIdentitiesRejectsUnsafePathsAndFileTypes(t *testing.
 			setup: func(t *testing.T, env *Env, m *manifest.Manifest) {
 				t.Helper()
 				path := filepath.Join(sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID).TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json")
+				if err := os.Remove(path); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
 				if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0o755); err != nil {
 					t.Fatal(err)
 				}
@@ -213,6 +218,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeInputIdentityIsStableAcrossWorkspaceRelocationAndChangesWithByte
 		env, m, _ := setupAnalyzeEnv(t)
 		path := filepath.Join(sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID).TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json")
 		writeAnalyzeFile(t, path, body)
+		setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, path)
 		resolved, err := resolveAnalyzeInputIdentities(map[string]config.ScriptoriumInputConfig{
 			"transcript": {Source: "narratio.transcript.final_trimmed", Required: true},
 		}, newAnalyzeIdentityExecution(t, env, m))

internal/stage/analyze_plan_test.go

@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ func TestPlanAnalyzeWorkSchedulesEveryNonCurrentReason(t *testing.T) {
 		analyzeReconciliationStale,
 		analyzeReconciliationMissing,
 		analyzeReconciliationFailed,
-		analyzeReconciliationLegacy,
 		analyzeReconciliationNonResumable,
 	}
 	for _, reason := range reasons {
@@ -245,12 +244,12 @@ func TestPlanAnalyzeWorkProjectionPreservesOnlyValidConfiguredAuthority(t *testi
 	}
 }
 
-func TestPlanAnalyzeWorkLegacyPartialSelectionDoesNotPromoteUnselectedOutput(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPlanAnalyzeWorkNonResumablePartialSelectionDoesNotPromoteUnselectedOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	configured := map[string]config.ScriptoriumArtifactConfig{
 		"target": {Enabled: true}, "legacy_unselected": {Enabled: true},
 	}
 	reconciliation := analyzePlanningReconciliation(configured, map[string]analyzeReconciliationReason{
-		"target": analyzeReconciliationLegacy, "legacy_unselected": analyzeReconciliationLegacy,
+		"target": analyzeReconciliationNonResumable, "legacy_unselected": analyzeReconciliationNonResumable,
 	}, nil)
 	plan, err := planAnalyzeWork(&config.ScriptoriumConfig{Artifacts: configured}, []string{"target"}, false, reconciliation)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ func TestPlanAnalyzeWorkLegacyPartialSelectionDoesNotPromoteUnselectedOutput(t *
 	}
 	assertAnalyzePlanKeys(t, "execution", plan.ExecutionOrder, []string{"target"})
 	if len(plan.ProjectedRecords) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("legacy projection = %#v, want no current records", plan.ProjectedRecords)
+		t.Fatalf("non-resumable projection = %#v, want no current records", plan.ProjectedRecords)
 	}
 }
 

internal/stage/analyze_reconciliation.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const (
 	analyzeReconciliationStale        analyzeReconciliationReason = "stale"
 	analyzeReconciliationMissing      analyzeReconciliationReason = "missing"
 	analyzeReconciliationFailed       analyzeReconciliationReason = "failed"
-	analyzeReconciliationLegacy       analyzeReconciliationReason = "legacy"
 	analyzeReconciliationRemoved      analyzeReconciliationReason = "removed"
 	analyzeReconciliationNonResumable analyzeReconciliationReason = "non_resumable"
 )
@@ -109,8 +108,8 @@ func reconcileAnalyzeArtifact(
 		return result
 	}
 	if stageRecord.AnalyzeStateVersion == 0 {
-		result.Reason = analyzeReconciliationLegacy
+		result.Reason = analyzeReconciliationNonResumable
-		result.Detail = "analyze manifest uses aggregate-only legacy state"
+		result.Detail = "analyze manifest state contract is absent"
 		return result
 	}
 	if stageRecord.AnalyzeStateVersion != manifest.AnalyzeStateContractVersion {

internal/stage/analyze_reconciliation_test.go

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestReconcileAnalyzeArtifactsClassifiesStoredState(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "legacy record", want: analyzeReconciliationLegacy,
+			name: "missing state contract", want: analyzeReconciliationNonResumable,
 			mutate: func(_ *testing.T, _ *Env, m *manifest.Manifest) {
 				m.Stages["analyze"].AnalyzeStateVersion = 0
 				m.Stages["analyze"].AnalyzeArtifacts = nil

internal/stage/analyze_test.go

@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeOmitsOptionalCanonicalPreviousRecapWhenUnavailable(t *testing.T)
 	env, m, fake := setupAnalyzeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 
 	env.Config.Pipeline.Scriptorium.Artifacts["session_recap"] = config.ScriptoriumArtifactConfig{
 		Enabled:    true,
@@ -303,6 +304,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeUsesRunLocalPathsAndMaterializesCanonical(t *testing.T) {
 	m.RunID = "20260518T010203Z-abcdef12"
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json"))
 
 	result, err := (analyzeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -386,6 +388,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeIncludesCanonicalPreviousRecapWhenPreparedCacheExists(t *testing
 	env, m, fake := setupAnalyzeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 
 	previousRecapPath := mustPreviousArtifactPath(t, paths, "artifacts/session_recap.md")
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, previousRecapPath, "previous recap\n")
@@ -938,6 +941,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeFailsWhenOutputPathMissing(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAnalyzeFailsWhenTrimmedTranscriptMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, _ := setupAnalyzeEnv(t)
+	delete(m.Stages, "trim")
 	_, err := (analyzeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
@@ -964,6 +968,9 @@ func TestAnalyzeMissingOptionalBuiltInInputsAreOmitted(t *testing.T) {
 				"optional": {Source: source, Required: false},
 			}
 			env.Config.Pipeline.Scriptorium.Artifacts["session_recap"] = artifact
+			if source == artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed {
+				delete(m.Stages, "trim")
+			}
 
 			if _, err := (analyzeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m); err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Run() error = %v", err)
@@ -1000,6 +1007,9 @@ func TestAnalyzeMissingRequiredBuiltInInputsProvideExecutableGuidance(t *testing
 				"required": {Source: tt.source, Required: true},
 			}
 			env.Config.Pipeline.Scriptorium.Artifacts["session_recap"] = artifact
+			if tt.source == artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed {
+				delete(m.Stages, "trim")
+			}
 
 			_, err := (analyzeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 			if err == nil {
@@ -1020,6 +1030,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeSupportsProcessedTranscriptSourceWhenConfigured(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, fake := setupAnalyzeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 
 	artifact := env.Config.Pipeline.Scriptorium.Artifacts["session_recap"]
 	artifact.Inputs["transcript"] = config.ScriptoriumInputConfig{
@@ -1069,6 +1080,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeSupportsNormalizedTranscriptSourceWhenConfigured(t *testing.T) {
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	normalizedPath := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json")
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, normalizedPath, `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, normalizedPath)
 
 	artifact := env.Config.Pipeline.Scriptorium.Artifacts["session_recap"]
 	artifact.Inputs["transcript"] = config.ScriptoriumInputConfig{
@@ -1094,6 +1106,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeSupportsRenderedMarkdownTranscriptSourceWhenConfigured(t *testin
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	markdownPath := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.md")
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, markdownPath, "# Session Transcript\n")
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "render", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalMarkdown, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalMarkdown, markdownPath)
 
 	artifact := env.Config.Pipeline.Scriptorium.Artifacts["session_recap"]
 	artifact.Inputs["transcript"] = config.ScriptoriumInputConfig{
@@ -1243,9 +1256,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeSupportsCanonicalNormalizedTranscriptSourceFromManifestOutput(t
 	manifestPath := filepath.Join(paths.ArtifactsDir, "normalized.from-manifest.json")
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, fallbackPath, `{"segments":[{"id":999}]}`)
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, manifestPath, `{"segments":[{"id":10}]}`)
-	m.MarkStageSucceeded("normalize", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, manifestPath)
-		{Kind: "transcript_final", LocalPath: manifestPath},
-	})
 
 	artifact := env.Config.Pipeline.Scriptorium.Artifacts["session_recap"]
 	artifact.Inputs["transcript"] = config.ScriptoriumInputConfig{
@@ -1273,9 +1284,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeSupportsNormalizedTranscriptSourceFromManifestOutput(t *testing.
 	manifestPath := filepath.Join(paths.ArtifactsDir, "normalized.from-manifest.json")
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, fallbackPath, `{"segments":[{"id":999}]}`)
 	writeAnalyzeFile(t, manifestPath, `{"segments":[{"id":10}]}`)
-	m.MarkStageSucceeded("normalize", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, manifestPath)
-		{Kind: "transcript_final", LocalPath: manifestPath},
-	})
 
 	artifact := env.Config.Pipeline.Scriptorium.Artifacts["session_recap"]
 	artifact.Inputs["transcript"] = config.ScriptoriumInputConfig{
@@ -1689,6 +1698,17 @@ func setupAnalyzeEnv(t *testing.T) (*Env, *manifest.Manifest, *scriptorium.FakeR
 		Scriptorium:   fake,
 	}
 	m := manifest.New("2026-05-03", time.Now().UTC())
+	paths := store.SessionPathsFor("icewind-dale", "2026-05-03")
+	trimmedPath := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json")
+	writeAnalyzeFile(t, trimmedPath, `{"segments":[]}`)
+	checksum, err := artifacts.SHA256File(trimmedPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SHA256File(%q): %v", trimmedPath, err)
+	}
+	m.MarkStageSucceeded("trim", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{
+		Kind: artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, SourceID: artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed,
+		LocalPath: trimmedPath, ProducerRunID: "trim-run", Checksum: checksum,
+	}})
 	return env, m, fake
 }
 

internal/stage/extract_resume.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (extractStage) ValidateResume(_ context.Context, env *Env, m *manifest.Mani
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, sessionID)
 	input, err := artifacts.ResolveExtractionInputIdentity(paths, m)
 	if err != nil {
-		return ResumeValidation{}, fmt.Errorf("extract resume: resolve final-trimmed transcript identity: %w", err)
+		return NonResumable("final-trimmed transcript evidence is unavailable or changed"), nil
 	}
 	references, err := resolveExtractReferences(paths, m, cfg, sessionID)
 	if err != nil {

internal/stage/extract_test.go

@@ -1012,9 +1012,13 @@ func setupExtractEnv(t *testing.T) (*Env, *manifest.Manifest, *notarius.FakeRunn
 	m := manifest.New(sessionID, time.Now().UTC())
 	m.Campaign = campaign
 	m.RunID = runID
+	inputChecksum, err := artifacts.SHA256File(inputPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SHA256File(input) error = %v", err)
+	}
 	m.MarkStageSucceeded("trim", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{
 		Kind: artifactmodel.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, SourceID: artifactmodel.SourceTranscriptFinalTrimmed,
-		LocalPath: inputPath,
+		LocalPath: inputPath, ProducerRunID: "trim-run", Checksum: inputChecksum,
 	}})
 
 	outputRoot := artifacts.SessionRunNotariusOutputRootForCampaign(workspace, campaign, sessionID, runID)

internal/stage/normalize_test.go

@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ func TestNormalizeStageConsumesProcessedTranscriptFromManifest(t *testing.T) {
 	manifestProcessed := filepath.Join(paths.ArtifactsDir, "processed.from-manifest.json")
 	writeFile(t, manifestProcessed, `{"segments":[{"id":10}]}`)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":99}]}`)
-	m.MarkStageSucceeded("polish", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, manifestProcessed)
-		Kind:      "transcript_polished",
-		LocalPath: manifestProcessed,
-	}})
 
 	result, err := (normalizeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -41,21 +38,18 @@ func TestNormalizeStageConsumesProcessedTranscriptFromManifest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestNormalizeStageFallsBackToProcessedTranscriptPath(t *testing.T) {
+func TestNormalizeStageRejectsIncidentalProcessedTranscriptPath(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, ser := setupNormalizeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	fallback := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json")
 	writeFile(t, fallback, `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
 
 	_, err := (normalizeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "processed transcript input is required") {
-		t.Fatalf("normalize.Run() error = %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("normalize.Run() error = %v, want unavailable manifest input", err)
 	}
-	if len(ser.NormalizeRequests) != 1 {
+	if len(ser.NormalizeRequests) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("normalize requests = %d, want 1", len(ser.NormalizeRequests))
+		t.Fatalf("normalize requests = %d, want 0", len(ser.NormalizeRequests))
-	}
-	if ser.NormalizeRequests[0].InputTranscriptPath != fallback {
-		t.Fatalf("input transcript = %q, want %q", ser.NormalizeRequests[0].InputTranscriptPath, fallback)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -74,6 +68,7 @@ func TestNormalizeStageFailsWhenProcessedTranscriptInvalidJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, _ := setupNormalizeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), "not-json")
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 
 	_, err := (normalizeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -88,6 +83,7 @@ func TestNormalizeStageFailsWhenProcessedTranscriptMissingSegments(t *testing.T)
 	env, m, _ := setupNormalizeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"schema":"audita.processed.v1"}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 
 	_, err := (normalizeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -102,6 +98,7 @@ func TestNormalizeStagePassesConfiguredOutputSchemaToAdapter(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, ser := setupNormalizeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 	env.Config.Pipeline.Normalize.OutputSchema = "seriatim-full"
 
 	result, err := (normalizeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
@@ -123,6 +120,7 @@ func TestNormalizeStageRecordsNormalizedTranscriptOutputKind(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, _ := setupNormalizeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 
 	result, err := (normalizeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -140,6 +138,7 @@ func TestNormalizeStageRecordsReportLogAndGeneratedConfigRefs(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, _ := setupNormalizeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 	report := true
 	env.Config.Pipeline.Normalize.Report = &report
 
@@ -166,6 +165,7 @@ func TestNormalizeStageFailsWhenAdapterReturnsError(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, ser := setupNormalizeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 	ser.NormalizeErr = errors.New("normalize failed")
 
 	_, err := (normalizeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ func TestNormalizeStageFailsWhenNormalizedOutputInvalid(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, ser := setupNormalizeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 	badOutput := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "normalized.bad.json")
 	writeFile(t, badOutput, "not-json")
 	ser.NormalizeResult = seriatim.NormalizeResult{OutputNormalizedPath: badOutput}
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ func TestNormalizeStageReportEnabledFailsWhenReportMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, ser := setupNormalizeEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 	report := true
 	env.Config.Pipeline.Normalize.Report = &report
 	ser.NormalizeResult = seriatim.NormalizeResult{ReportPath: filepath.Join(paths.ArtifactsDir, "missing-report.json")}
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ func TestNormalizeStageUsesRunLocalPathsAndMaterializesCanonical(t *testing.T) {
 	m.RunID = "20260518T010203Z-abcdef12"
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "polish", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindPolished, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptPolished, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "polished.json"))
 
 	result, err := (normalizeStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err != nil {

internal/stage/polish_test.go

@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ func TestPolishStagePolishesMergedTranscriptAndRecordsMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	mergedPath := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json")
 	writeFile(t, mergedPath, `{"segments":[]}`)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.InputsDir, "glossary.yml"), "terms: []\n")
-	m.MarkStageSucceeded("merge", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, mergedPath)
-		{Kind: "transcript_base", LocalPath: mergedPath},
-	})
 
 	fake := &audita.FakeRunner{}
 	env.Audita = fake
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ func TestPolishStagePolishesMergedTranscriptAndRecordsMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestPolishStageFallsBackToMergedTranscriptPath(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPolishStageRejectsIncidentalMergedTranscriptPath(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m := setupPolishEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	mergedPath := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json")
@@ -95,14 +93,11 @@ func TestPolishStageFallsBackToMergedTranscriptPath(t *testing.T) {
 	env.Audita = fake
 
 	_, err := (polishStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "merged transcript input is required") {
-		t.Fatalf("polish.Run() error = %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("polish.Run() error = %v, want unavailable manifest input", err)
 	}
-	if len(fake.Requests) != 1 {
+	if len(fake.Requests) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("requests = %d, want 1", len(fake.Requests))
+		t.Fatalf("requests = %d, want 0", len(fake.Requests))
-	}
-	if fake.Requests[0].MergedTranscriptPath != mergedPath {
-		t.Fatalf("merged path = %q, want %q", fake.Requests[0].MergedTranscriptPath, mergedPath)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -125,6 +120,7 @@ func TestPolishStageFailsWhenMergedTranscriptInvalidJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m := setupPolishEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"), "not-json")
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"))
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.InputsDir, "glossary.yml"), "terms: []\n")
 	env.Audita = &audita.FakeRunner{}
 
@@ -141,6 +137,7 @@ func TestPolishStageFailsWhenGlossaryMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m := setupPolishEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"))
 	env.Audita = &audita.FakeRunner{}
 
 	_, err := (polishStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
@@ -156,6 +153,7 @@ func TestPolishStageFailsWhenAdapterFails(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m := setupPolishEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"))
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.InputsDir, "glossary.yml"), "terms: []\n")
 	env.Audita = &audita.FakeRunner{Err: errors.New("audita failed")}
 
@@ -172,6 +170,7 @@ func TestPolishStageFailsWhenProcessedOutputInvalid(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m := setupPolishEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"))
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.InputsDir, "glossary.yml"), "terms: []\n")
 	badPath := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "processed.invalid.json")
 	writeFile(t, badPath, `{"schema":"audita.processed.v1","segments":"wrong-type"}`)
@@ -190,6 +189,7 @@ func TestPolishStageFailsWhenReportInvalid(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m := setupPolishEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"))
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.InputsDir, "glossary.yml"), "terms: []\n")
 	badReport := filepath.Join(paths.ArtifactsDir, "bad.report.json")
 	writeFile(t, badReport, "not-json")
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ func TestPolishStageUsesRunLocalPathsAndMaterializesCanonical(t *testing.T) {
 	m.RunID = "20260518T010203Z-abcdef12"
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"), `{"segments":[]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "merge", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindBase, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptBase, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "base.json"))
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.InputsDir, "glossary.yml"), "terms: []\n")
 
 	fake := &audita.FakeRunner{}

internal/stage/publish_test.go

@@ -1071,6 +1071,7 @@ func publishFixture(t *testing.T) (*Env, *manifest.Manifest, string) {
 	for _, name := range publishPrerequisiteStages {
 		m.MarkStageSucceeded(name, time.Date(2026, 5, 16, 1, 2, 3, 0, time.UTC), nil)
 	}
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, filepath.Join(sessionRoot, "transcripts", "final.trimmed.json"))
 	setCurrentAnalyzeEvidence(t, m, "session_recap", "artifacts/session_recap.md", filepath.Join(sessionRoot, "artifacts", "session_recap.md"))
 
 	env := &Env{

internal/stage/render_test.go

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ func TestRenderStageResolvesManifestInputsFirst(t *testing.T) {
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":2}]}`)
 
-	m.MarkStageSucceeded("normalize", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{Kind: "transcript_final", LocalPath: manifestFinal}})
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, manifestFinal)
-	m.MarkStageSucceeded("trim", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{{Kind: "transcript_final_trimmed", LocalPath: manifestTrimmed}})
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, manifestTrimmed)
 
 	result, err := (renderStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ func TestRenderStageTitleFallsBackToSessionTitle(t *testing.T) {
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":2}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json"))
 	env.Config.Pipeline.Render.Title = ""
 	env.Config.Session.Title = "Session Title"
 
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ func TestRenderStageFailsWhenFinalTrimmedInputMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, _ := setupRenderEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
 
 	_, err := (renderStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -130,6 +133,8 @@ func TestRenderStageUsesRunLocalOutputsAndMaterializesCanonical(t *testing.T) {
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1}]}`)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":2}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "trim", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinalTrimmed, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinalTrimmed, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.trimmed.json"))
 
 	result, err := (renderStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err != nil {

internal/stage/trim_test.go

@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ func TestTrimStageConsumesNormalizedAndProducesTrimmedTranscript(t *testing.T) {
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	normalized := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json")
 	writeFile(t, normalized, `{"segments":[{"id":10},{"id":868}]}`)
-	m.MarkStageSucceeded("normalize", time.Now().UTC(), []manifest.ArtifactRecord{
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, normalized)
-		{Kind: "transcript_final", LocalPath: normalized},
-	})
 	scr.BoundsBody = `{"confidence":"high","trim_action":"trim","start_segment_id":10,"end_segment_id":868,"warnings":[]}`
 
 	result, err := (trimStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
@@ -76,6 +74,7 @@ func TestTrimStageUsesConfiguredScriptoriumInputName(t *testing.T) {
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	normalized := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json")
 	writeFile(t, normalized, `{"segments":[{"id":10},{"id":11}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, normalized)
 	scr.BoundsBody = `{"trim_action":"trim","start_segment_id":10,"end_segment_id":11}`
 
 	cfg := env.Config.Pipeline.Trim
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@ func TestTrimStageRecordsLogAndGeneratedConfigRefs(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, scr, _ := setupTrimEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
 	scr.BoundsBody = `{"trim_action":"trim","start_segment_id":1,"end_segment_id":2}`
 
 	result, err := (trimStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ func TestTrimStageRenderDebugDiagnosticsAreNotStageOutputs(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, scr, _ := setupTrimEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
 	scr.BoundsBody = `{"trim_action":"trim","start_segment_id":1,"end_segment_id":2}`
 
 	cfg := *env.Config.Pipeline.Trim
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ func TestTrimStageFailsWhenNormalizedTranscriptInvalidJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, _, _ := setupTrimEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), "not-json")
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
 	_, err := (trimStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
@@ -196,6 +198,7 @@ func TestTrimStageFailsWhenNormalizedTranscriptMissingSegmentsArray(t *testing.T
 	env, m, _, _ := setupTrimEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"schema":"audita.processed.v1"}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
 	_, err := (trimStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
@@ -209,6 +212,7 @@ func TestTrimStageFailsWhenBoundsOutputInvalidJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, scr, _ := setupTrimEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
 	scr.BoundsBody = "not-json"
 	_, err := (trimStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -223,6 +227,7 @@ func TestTrimStageFailsWhenBoundsRangeIsDescending(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, scr, _ := setupTrimEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
 	scr.BoundsBody = `{"trim_action":"trim","start_segment_id":2,"end_segment_id":1}`
 	_, err := (trimStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -237,6 +242,7 @@ func TestTrimStageFailsWhenBoundsIDsMissingFromTranscript(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, scr, _ := setupTrimEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":20},{"id":21}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
 	scr.BoundsBody = `{"trim_action":"trim","start_segment_id":10,"end_segment_id":21}`
 	_, err := (trimStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -251,6 +257,7 @@ func TestTrimStageFailsWhenScriptoriumAdapterFails(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, scr, _ := setupTrimEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
 	scr.RunErr = errors.New("bounds failed")
 	_, err := (trimStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -265,6 +272,7 @@ func TestTrimStageFailsWhenSeriatimTrimAdapterFails(t *testing.T) {
 	env, m, scr, ser := setupTrimEnv(t)
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"), `{"segments":[{"id":1},{"id":2}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json"))
 	scr.BoundsBody = `{"trim_action":"trim","start_segment_id":1,"end_segment_id":2}`
 	ser.TrimErr = errors.New("trim failed")
 	_, err := (trimStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)
@@ -282,6 +290,7 @@ func TestTrimStageDisabledCopiesNormalizedTranscript(t *testing.T) {
 	normalized := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json")
 	normalizedBody := `{"segments":[{"id":1,"text":"alpha"},{"id":2,"text":"beta"}]}`
 	writeFile(t, normalized, normalizedBody)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, normalized)
 
 	disabled := *env.Config.Pipeline.Trim
 	enabled := false
@@ -316,6 +325,7 @@ func TestTrimStageUsesRunLocalPathsAndMaterializesCanonical(t *testing.T) {
 	paths := sessionPathsForEnv(env, m.SessionID)
 	normalized := filepath.Join(paths.TranscriptsDir, "final.json")
 	writeFile(t, normalized, `{"segments":[{"id":10},{"id":11}]}`)
+	setCurrentBuiltInEvidence(t, m, "normalize", artifacts.TranscriptOutputKindFinal, artifacts.ArtifactTranscriptFinal, normalized)
 	scr.BoundsBody = `{"trim_action":"trim","start_segment_id":10,"end_segment_id":11,"warnings":[]}`
 
 	result, err := (trimStage{}).Run(context.Background(), env, m)