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+#ifndef PURE_RUNTIME_H
+#define PURE_RUNTIME_H
+#include "flow.h"
+#include "result.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* The optional metrics profile changes PureRuntime's layout. Give its init
+ * function a distinct link name so mixed-profile objects cannot link quietly. */
+#ifdef PURE_RUNTIME_METRICS
+#define pure_runtime_init pure_runtime_init_metrics
+#endif
+
+/* One owner thread controls admission, payload credits, completion and loans.
+ * An application definition is opaque to this core. Hosts interpret it and
+ * perform effects; no parser, storage, socket or OS type is linked here. */
+typedef struct PureRuntime PureRuntime;
+typedef struct PureWork PureWork;
+typedef struct { PureRuntime *runtime; size_t slot; uint64_t generation; } PureTicket;
+typedef enum { PURE_INPUT_READ, PURE_INPUT_WRITE } PureInput;
+
+/* The host owns this resource until it successfully returns it to the core.
+ * release must end all access and free/unmap allocation exactly once. It runs
+ * while that domain is busy; calls back into the same domain are rejected. */
+typedef struct {
+    PureSpan body;
+    void *allocation;
+    size_t allocation_size;
+    void (*release)(void *allocation, size_t size);
+} PureResource;
+typedef struct {
+    void *context;
+    bool (*allocate)(void *, size_t, PureResource *);
+    PureResult (*read)(void *, const void *definition, const char *,
+                       size_t available, PureResource *, int64_t *revision);
+    /* A successful reply may borrow only from input. The runtime retains its
+     * backing until all reply consumers finish. Effect errors publish no reply. */
+    PureResult (*write)(void *, const void *definition, const char *,
+                        int64_t expected, PureSpan input, PureSpan *reply,
+                        int64_t *revision);
+} PureHost;
+typedef struct { PureResult status; int64_t revision; PureSpan body; } PureOutcome;
+
+/* Caller-provided work slots: no background thread or per-domain heap. These
+ * records are implementation storage, not an ABI or a wire representation. */
+/* Internal storage order packs the fixed key around small flags. This is not
+ * a public ABI; the layout is checked as part of the core cost gate. */
+struct PureWork {
+    PureTicket parent;
+    unsigned state;
+    PureInput input;
+    bool held;
+    char key[65];
+    int64_t expected;
+    PureOutcome outcome;
+    PureResource resource;
+    uint64_t generation;
+    size_t next, charged, pins;
+};
+struct PureRuntime {
+    const void *definition;
+    PureHost host;
+    PureWork *work;
+    size_t capacity, free_head, ready_head, ready_tail;
+    size_t budget, retained;
+#ifdef PURE_RUNTIME_METRICS
+    size_t peak_retained;
+#endif
+    size_t active;
+#ifdef PURE_RUNTIME_METRICS
+    size_t peak_active;
+#endif
+    uint64_t serial;
+#ifdef PURE_RUNTIME_METRICS
+    uint64_t accepted, commits, gets, conflicts, budget_rejections;
+    uint64_t releases, borrowed_output_bytes;
+#endif
+    bool accepting, running, async_effects;
+};
+
+/* Enforce repeated storage cost on 64-bit C hosts, including macOS where the
+ * Linux object-section checker is unavailable. */
+#if SIZE_MAX == UINT64_MAX && UINTPTR_MAX == UINT64_MAX
+_Static_assert(sizeof(PureWork) == 216, "work-slot layout exceeded its reviewed size");
+#ifdef PURE_RUNTIME_METRICS
+_Static_assert(sizeof(PureRuntime) == 192, "metrics domain layout changed");
+#else
+_Static_assert(sizeof(PureRuntime) == 120, "domain layout changed");
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/* Initialize fresh storage once. A NULL work pointer with capacity zero starts
+ * an idle domain; bind work before admission. Use restart, not init, to reuse
+ * a domain so its monotonic ticket sequence survives restart. definition is
+ * host-owned and remains alive until all work has drained. */
+bool pure_runtime_init(PureRuntime *, PureWork *, size_t capacity,
+                       const void *definition, PureHost, size_t budget);
+bool pure_runtime_restart(PureRuntime *, const void *definition, PureHost, size_t budget);
+void pure_runtime_stop(PureRuntime *); /* stop admission, allow queued work to drain */
+/* Replace caller-owned work storage only after all tickets and loans retire.
+ * A zero-capacity binding releases idle slot storage without resetting budget,
+ * ticket generation or optional metrics. The caller retains the bound array's life. */
+bool pure_runtime_bind(PureRuntime *, PureWork *, size_t capacity);
+
+/* READ queues immediately. WRITE reserves its slot, budget and host allocation
+ * before returning. Fill ingress then publish once with ready. A partial input
+ * released without ready never executes. On error, out is unchanged. */
+PureResult pure_runtime_accept(PureRuntime *, PureInput, const char *key,
+                               int64_t expected, size_t input_size, PureTicket *out);
+unsigned char *pure_runtime_ingress(PureTicket, size_t *size);
+bool pure_runtime_ready(PureTicket);
+bool pure_runtime_step(PureRuntime *); /* execute at most one ready job */
+bool pure_runtime_result(PureTicket, PureOutcome *out);
+
+/* Pin a completed reply and queue it as another domain's WRITE input, with no
+ * allocation, serialization or payload copy. Source may be released as soon
+ * as this succeeds; the core retains its backing until the consumer ends.
+ * Each domain charges its own retained input bytes as admission credits.
+ * Credits across domains are NOT distinct physical memory and must not be summed. */
+PureResult pure_runtime_forward(PureTicket source, PureRuntime *destination,
+                                const char *key, int64_t expected, PureTicket *out);
+bool pure_runtime_cancel(PureTicket); /* only before execution; keeps a completion */
+bool pure_runtime_release(PureTicket); /* invalidates caller's ticket, preserves pins */
+
+#ifdef PURE_ASYNC_EFFECTS
+/* Optional owner-thread effect suspension. Enable before accepting work. The
+ * host may complete effects in any order, but must call complete on the owner
+ * thread after workers stop accessing its borrowed spans. An in-flight effect
+ * keeps its input alive even if the caller releases the ticket. Effects
+ * borrowed by take stay valid until completion. */
+typedef enum { PURE_TAKE_EMPTY, PURE_TAKE_EFFECT } PureTake;
+typedef struct {
+    PureTicket ticket;
+    PureInput input;
+    const char *key;
+    int64_t expected;
+    PureSpan value; /* raw ingress for WRITE; empty for READ */
+    size_t available; /* remaining payload credits for READ */
+} PureEffect;
+bool pure_runtime_enable_async(PureRuntime *);
+PureTake pure_runtime_take(PureRuntime *, PureEffect *);
+/* A valid completion consumes read_resource (even on failure); a rejected call
+ * leaves it untouched. write_reply borrows from the retained ingress. */
+bool pure_runtime_complete(PureTicket, PureResult status,
+                           PureResource *read_resource, PureSpan write_reply,
+                           int64_t revision);
+#endif
+#endif