Decision Records

Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for elfmem. Each file documents a significant decision: the context, the alternatives considered, the choice made, and why.

ADRs are append-only. We don't edit old decisions; if a decision is superseded, we write a new ADR that references it.

Format

# NNNN — Short title

**Status**: Accepted | Superseded by NNNN | Deprecated
**Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Deciders**: who reasoned about this

## Context
What was the situation that called for a decision?

## Alternatives considered
What options were on the table? With brief notes on each.

## Decision
What did we choose? Why?

## Consequences
What does this commit us to? What does it preclude?

## References
Links to plans, research, issues, simulation results.

Current ADRs

#	Title	Status
0001	Power-law decay rejected	Accepted
0002	v0.17 scope: bundle four scoring fixes	Accepted
0003	Defer constitutional evolution mechanisms	Accepted
0004	Manual constitutional review (v0.18)	Accepted
0005	Peer-protocol hardening (v0.19)	Accepted
0006	Defer multi-parameter self-tuning (issue #73)	Accepted
0007	Bound and checkpoint consolidation for slow LLM adapters	Accepted
0008	MCP entry generation default, drift detection, and migration	Accepted
0009	Retire decay-driven block archival trigger	Accepted
0010	Retire pairwise LLM contradiction detection at consolidate-time	Accepted
0011	Substrate migration folded into elfmem migrate, cutover deferred	Accepted
0012	Use-aware archival rejected	Accepted
0013	Substrate cutover as a second migration step	Accepted