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@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 # Runic Gateway Installer — plan
 
-Status: **planning**. No installer code exists yet. This document is the design of record; it
-supersedes the informal overview it grew out of, which described a ServUO integration that does not
-match how `servuo-plugins` actually ships (see [Corrections](#corrections-to-the-original-overview)).
+Status: **Phase 0 in progress.** No installer code exists yet. This document is the design of record;
+it supersedes the informal overview it grew out of, which described a ServUO integration that does
+not match how `servuo-plugins` actually ships (see
+[Corrections](#corrections-to-the-original-overview)).
+
+| Phase 0 item | State |
+|---|---|
+| 0.1 `servuo-plugins` release workflow | 🟨 In review — [servuo-plugins#7](https://gitea.whitlocktech.com/RunicGateway/servuo-plugins/pulls/7) |
+| 0.2 `link` installable (data paths + `--print-config`) | ⬜ Not started |
+| 0.3 Bundle CI in the installer repo | ⬜ Not started |
+| 0.4 This file + `INSTALL.md` | 🟦 This file exists; `INSTALL.md` waits on the shape settling |
+| — Repo bootstrap (governance + CI) | 🟨 [`RunicGateway/installer`](https://gitea.whitlocktech.com/RunicGateway/installer) created; workflows in [installer#1](https://gitea.whitlocktech.com/RunicGateway/installer/pulls/1) |
 
 ---
 
@@ -134,15 +143,16 @@ operators.
 
 ### 2.6 Prerequisites the overview assumed away
 
-- **`servuo-plugins` has no release workflow.** Only `link` does. "Pull latest repository" is
-  replaced by a release tarball, which has to be built first (Phase 0).
+- **`servuo-plugins` had no release workflow.** Only `link` did. "Pull latest repository" is replaced
+  by a release tarball, which had to be built first — Phase 0 item 1, now in review
+  ([servuo-plugins#7](https://gitea.whitlocktech.com/RunicGateway/servuo-plugins/pulls/7)).
 - **arm64 is not buildable today.** `link/release.yml` cross-compiles only
   `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` and `x86_64-pc-windows-gnu`. An arm64 `.deb` needs another cross
   toolchain.
-- **The compat matrix has no home.** `PROTOCOL_VERSION` currently lives only in
-  `link/sidecar/src/main.rs`. The sidecar publishes it via `X-UOLink-Version` and `/health`, and the
-  website stores an expected value — but the *plugin's* protocol version is not queryable before
-  boot. See §7.
+- **The compat matrix has no home.** `PROTOCOL_VERSION` lives in `link/sidecar/src/main.rs`. The
+  sidecar publishes it via `X-UOLink-Version` and `/health`, and the website stores an expected
+  value — but the *plugin's* protocol version is not queryable before boot. Phase 0 item 1 gives it
+  a home: `servuo-plugins/overlay.toml`, declared into the overlay manifest. See §7.0 / §7.1.
 
 ---
 
@@ -157,7 +167,7 @@ Runic Gateway Installer v1.0.0
 ├── runicgateway-installer-linux-x86_64
 └── SHA256SUMS
 
-uo-link v3.x.y                        (existing release, extended)
+uo-link v0.x.y                        (existing release, extended)
 ├── uo-link-sidecar-windows-x86_64.exe
 ├── uo-link-sidecar-linux-x86_64
 ├── runicgateway-link_<ver>_amd64.deb        (Phase 5)
@@ -222,6 +232,26 @@ Repo work that must land before an installer can exist.
    consume only `{version, changelog, artifacts}`). The adapter half produces
    `runicgateway-overlay-<ver>.tar.gz` containing `overlay/`, `patches/`, and a `manifest.json`
    (version, commit, per-file SHA256, declared protocol version, minimum ServUO version).
+
+   As built ([servuo-plugins#7](https://gitea.whitlocktech.com/RunicGateway/servuo-plugins/pulls/7)),
+   with three deviations from `link`'s copy that each fell out of the repo rather than being chosen:
+
+   - **No build gates, structural gates instead.** Nothing in that repo can be compiled without
+     ServUO reference assemblies, so CI asserts what it honestly can: `Bridge.cfg` and the Bridge
+     scripts present, `Scripts.csproj` present (its absence ships code that never compiles while
+     ServUO reports success — §2.1), every `.patch` parseable via `git apply --stat`, and each
+     patch's companion `.cs` present.
+   - **No bump commit, so no push to `main`.** `link` writes the version into `Cargo.toml` because
+     the binary embeds it; the tarball embeds nothing but the generated manifest, so the tag *is*
+     the version. That workflow needs no branch-protection exception.
+   - **`overlay.toml` at the repo root** holds the declared `protocol` and the ServUO compatibility
+     values, read by CI into the manifest. It exists because the number needs one maintained home —
+     see §7 for why the plugin cannot simply be asked.
+
+   The tarball uses a **fixed** top-level directory, `runicgateway-overlay/`, not a versioned one:
+   the installer looks for `overlay/`, `patches/` and `manifest.json` at known paths rather than
+   parsing the version it is trying to read. Member order, mtime and ownership are pinned, so a
+   given tree yields a byte-identical tarball and its checksum moves only when its contents do.
 2. **`link`: make the sidecar installable.** Confirm/settle default data paths, and add a way to
    read back config non-interactively (e.g. `--print-config` emitting JSON: bind addresses, token,
    protocol version, db path) so the installer does not have to scrape logs for the token.
@@ -262,9 +292,9 @@ degrade loudly rather than silently.
 
 ```
 ✓ ServUO found            /opt/ServUO  (57.4)
-✓ Overlay in sync         23 files, all hashes match install.json
+✓ Overlay in sync         30 files, all hashes match install.json
 ⚠ Patch tier              1 of 3 applied — vendor.sale unavailable
-✓ uo-link installed       3.0.1
+✓ uo-link installed       0.3.0
 ✓ Service                 running, enabled
 ✓ Sidecar reachable       127.0.0.1:8080  /health ok
 ✓ Protocol                sidecar 3 = overlay manifest 3
@@ -342,6 +372,41 @@ Three components version independently, bound by a protocol contract:
 - **plugin overlay** — has no queryable version before ServUO boots. The overlay release
   `manifest.json` declares it, and `install.json` records what was deployed.
 
+### 7.0 The overlay manifest
+
+Shipped inside every `runicgateway-overlay-<ver>.tar.gz`, generated by that repo's release workflow:
+
+```json
+{
+  "component": "servuo-plugins-overlay",
+  "version":   "0.1.0",
+  "commit":    "968b526…",
+  "repo":      "RunicGateway/servuo-plugins",
+  "protocol":  3,
+  "servuo": { "min_version": "57.4", "patches_verified_against": "57.4" },
+  "files":  { "overlay/Config/Bridge.cfg": "32718424…", "patches/…": "…" }
+}
+```
+
+`version` and `commit` come from the release engine; `protocol` and the `servuo` block are read from
+`servuo-plugins/overlay.toml`; `files` is a SHA256 per shipped file.
+
+Two of these carry weight beyond documentation:
+
+- **`protocol` is a hand-maintained declaration, and has to be.** The plugin announces no version on
+  the wire and none is queryable before ServUO boots, so nothing in CI can derive it — which makes
+  this line the only thing §7.1's gate 1 has to compare the sidecar against. The duty is stated in
+  `overlay.toml` and in that repo's README: **bump it in the same PR that changes the emitters**, the
+  way `link` bumps `PROTOCOL_VERSION`.
+- **`files` is what makes `doctor` able to tell "the operator edited a deployed file" from "the
+  overlay moved on"** (§5, Phase 4). The installer copies these hashes into `install.json` at deploy
+  time; a later mismatch against *both* the manifest and `install.json` means upstream changed, a
+  mismatch against `install.json` alone means local edits.
+
+`min_version` and `patches_verified_against` are separate on purpose. The base overlay only *adds*
+files and is expected to work broadly; the patch tier diffs stock ServUO files and is verified
+against exactly one version (§2.2).
+
 ### 7.1 The bundle manifest
 
 **The bundle is the compat matrix.** Rather than the installer hardcoding versions or blindly
@@ -351,8 +416,8 @@ resolving "latest", CI publishes a small manifest naming an exact, checked combi
 {
   "bundle": "2026.08.01",
   "protocol": 3,
-  "link":    { "version": "3.0.1", "sha256": "a91f..." },
-  "overlay": { "version": "2.4.0", "commit": "a81f42c", "sha256": "7c3e..." }
+  "link":    { "version": "0.3.0", "sha256": "a91f..." },
+  "overlay": { "version": "0.1.0", "commit": "968b526", "sha256": "7c3e..." }
 }
 ```
 
@@ -372,7 +437,7 @@ Two gates run at compose time, both cheap and both worth it:
 | Trigger | Why |
 |---|---|
 | `link` publishes a release | Its release job `POST`s to the installer repo's workflow-dispatch endpoint as its final step. `link/.gitea/workflows/release.yml` already declares `workflow_dispatch: {}` and already holds a `write:repository` token |
-| `servuo-plugins` publishes a release | Same, once Phase 0 gives it a release workflow |
+| `servuo-plugins` publishes a release | Same. Phase 0 item 1 gave it the release workflow; the dispatch step is marked as a TODO in that workflow's header and lands with the bundle CI it would call (item 3) — a step that `404`s on every release is worse than no step |
 | Nightly cron on the installer repo | Recomputes from whatever the latest releases actually are, so a missed or failed dispatch self-heals instead of silently pinning operators to a stale sidecar |
 
 `repository_dispatch` is deliberately avoided — support for it is uncertain on this Gitea version,
@@ -401,11 +466,12 @@ rather than being silently retriggered every night forever.
 
 ### 7.4 Open risk
 
-The v3 cutover is mid-flight — protocol work landed on `edge` branches with the `edge → main`
-cutover still open across four repos. Until that lands, `main` and `edge` disagree about
-`PROTOCOL_VERSION`, so the installer must not hardcode a version anywhere; it reads what the
-artifacts declare, and §7.1's gate 1 is what stops a mismatched pair from being published as a
-bundle. See `docs/link/v3.md`.
+**Settled as of the v3 cutover.** Protocol work landed on `edge` branches and the `edge → main`
+cutover has now merged, so `main` speaks protocol 3 consistently across the repos. The rule it
+motivated stands regardless and is not a temporary measure: **the installer hardcodes no protocol
+version anywhere.** It reads what the artifacts declare, and §7.1's gate 1 is what stops a
+mismatched pair from being published as a bundle — which is the mechanism that will matter at the
+*next* protocol bump, not just this one. See `docs/link/v3.md`.
 
 ---
 
@@ -421,12 +487,14 @@ bundle. See `docs/link/v3.md`.
 3. **Co-location assumption** — the shard dials out to the sidecar on loopback `127.0.0.1:7788`, so
    sidecar and ServUO must share a host. Should the installer support installing only uo-link on a
    different host, or hard-assume co-location?
-4. **Branch targeting for the new repo** — `link`, `website`, `servuo-plugins` and `docs` are
-   mid-cutover between `edge` and `main`. The installer repo starts clean on `main`; the Phase 0
-   `servuo-plugins` release workflow needs a target branch decision.
-
 Resolved and moved into §1 / §2.2 / §5: uninstall scope, and minimum ServUO version.
 
+**Resolved — branch targeting for the new repo** (was question 4). The v3 cutover landed:
+`servuo-plugins#6` merged, so that repo's `main` and `edge` agree at protocol 3. The release
+workflow targets `main`, and the installer repo starts clean on `main`. §7.4's caution still applies
+in principle — the installer hardcodes no protocol version, it reads what the artifacts declare —
+but the specific `edge`/`main` disagreement that motivated it is gone.
+
 ---
 
 ## 9. Administrator experience