From c446d64480528d6c7c8a34144d492036b1cc010f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 22:48:06 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 01/24] feat: implement external signals ingestion pipeline
 with database integration and API support

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  |   1 +
 docs/Quickstart.md                            |  17 +
 .../Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs  |  81 +++++
 .../Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs              |  21 ++
 ...60201123714_AddExternalSignals.Designer.cs | 332 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../20260201123714_AddExternalSignals.cs      |  57 +++
 .../ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs      |  66 ++++
 .../core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs   |   8 +
 .../ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs         | 327 +++++++++++++++++
 .../ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs |  17 +
 .../AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json         |  18 +
 .../AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignal.cs |  17 +
 12 files changed, 962 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260201123714_AddExternalSignals.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260201123714_AddExternalSignals.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignal.cs

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6c8d29..fbed843 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Semantic Versioning.
 - Snapshot retention sweeper with optional S3 lifecycle configuration.
 - Supply-chain workflow for SBOM generation, cosign signing, and SLSA container provenance.
 - API key protection for telemetry ingestion and snapshot artifact endpoints.
+- External signals ingestion pipeline (RSS feeds) with persisted `external_signals` table.
 - v2.3 multimodal predictive architecture document in `docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md`.
 - v2.3 delivery roadmap in `docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md`.
 - Expanded v2.3 roadmap with model choices, data sources, and validation guidance.
diff --git a/docs/Quickstart.md b/docs/Quickstart.md
index d8718ab..02aa07c 100644
--- a/docs/Quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/Quickstart.md
@@ -35,6 +35,23 @@ Open the dashboard at `http://localhost:3000` and log in with:
 
 Open Jaeger at `http://localhost:16686` to view traces.
 
+## Optional: Enable external signals (v2.3 Milestone 0)
+
+External signals ingestion is disabled by default. To enable:
+
+```bash
+# PowerShell
+$env:ExternalSignals__Enabled="true"
+# Bash
+export ExternalSignals__Enabled=true
+```
+
+Then restart the core service. Signals are accessible via:
+
+```
+GET /api/v1/signals?limit=50
+```
+
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82e46e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+using AetherGuard.Core.Data;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Controllers;
+
+[ApiController]
+[Route("api/v1/signals")]
+public class ExternalSignalsController : ControllerBase
+{
+    private readonly ApplicationDbContext _db;
+    private readonly ILogger<ExternalSignalsController> _logger;
+
+    public ExternalSignalsController(ApplicationDbContext db, ILogger<ExternalSignalsController> logger)
+    {
+        _db = db;
+        _logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    [HttpGet]
+    public async Task<IActionResult> GetSignals(
+        [FromQuery] DateTimeOffset? from,
+        [FromQuery] DateTimeOffset? to,
+        [FromQuery] string? source,
+        [FromQuery] string? region,
+        [FromQuery] string? severity,
+        [FromQuery] int limit = 200,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        limit = Math.Clamp(limit, 1, 500);
+        var query = _db.ExternalSignals.AsNoTracking();
+
+        if (from.HasValue)
+        {
+            query = query.Where(signal => signal.PublishedAt >= from.Value);
+        }
+
+        if (to.HasValue)
+        {
+            query = query.Where(signal => signal.PublishedAt <= to.Value);
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(source))
+        {
+            query = query.Where(signal => signal.Source == source);
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(region))
+        {
+            query = query.Where(signal => signal.Region == region);
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(severity))
+        {
+            query = query.Where(signal => signal.Severity == severity);
+        }
+
+        var results = await query
+            .OrderByDescending(signal => signal.PublishedAt)
+            .Take(limit)
+            .Select(signal => new
+            {
+                signal.Id,
+                signal.Source,
+                signal.ExternalId,
+                signal.Title,
+                signal.Summary,
+                signal.Region,
+                signal.Severity,
+                signal.Category,
+                signal.Url,
+                signal.Tags,
+                signal.PublishedAt,
+                signal.IngestedAt
+            })
+            .ToListAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+        _logger.LogInformation("Returned {Count} external signals.", results.Count);
+        return Ok(results);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
index d7e72c6..d545952 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options)
     public DbSet<Agent> Agents => Set<Agent>();
     public DbSet<AgentCommand> AgentCommands => Set<AgentCommand>();
     public DbSet<CommandAudit> CommandAudits => Set<CommandAudit>();
+    public DbSet<ExternalSignal> ExternalSignals => Set<ExternalSignal>();
     public DbSet<TelemetryRecord> TelemetryRecords => Set<TelemetryRecord>();
     public DbSet<SchemaRegistryEntry> SchemaRegistryEntries => Set<SchemaRegistryEntry>();
 
@@ -87,5 +88,25 @@ protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
             entity.Property(e => e.Schema).HasColumnName("schema");
             entity.Property(e => e.CreatedAt).HasColumnName("created_at");
         });
+
+        modelBuilder.Entity<ExternalSignal>(entity =>
+        {
+            entity.ToTable("external_signals");
+            entity.HasKey(e => e.Id);
+            entity.HasIndex(e => new { e.Source, e.ExternalId }).IsUnique();
+            entity.HasIndex(e => e.PublishedAt);
+            entity.Property(e => e.Id).HasColumnName("id").ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+            entity.Property(e => e.Source).HasColumnName("source");
+            entity.Property(e => e.ExternalId).HasColumnName("external_id");
+            entity.Property(e => e.Title).HasColumnName("title");
+            entity.Property(e => e.Summary).HasColumnName("summary");
+            entity.Property(e => e.Region).HasColumnName("region");
+            entity.Property(e => e.Severity).HasColumnName("severity");
+            entity.Property(e => e.Category).HasColumnName("category");
+            entity.Property(e => e.Url).HasColumnName("url");
+            entity.Property(e => e.Tags).HasColumnName("tags");
+            entity.Property(e => e.PublishedAt).HasColumnName("published_at");
+            entity.Property(e => e.IngestedAt).HasColumnName("ingested_at");
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260201123714_AddExternalSignals.Designer.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260201123714_AddExternalSignals.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ecc710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260201123714_AddExternalSignals.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Data.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(ApplicationDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20260201123714_AddExternalSignals")]
+    partial class AddExternalSignals
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "8.0.0")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.Agent", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AgentToken")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("agenttoken");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Hostname")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("hostname");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("LastHeartbeat")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("lastheartbeat");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Status")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("AgentToken")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("agents", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.AgentCommand", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Action")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("action");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("AgentId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("agent_id");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("CommandId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("command_id");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("created_at");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ExpiresAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("expires_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Nonce")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("nonce");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Parameters")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("parameters");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Signature")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("signature");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Status")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime?>("UpdatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("updated_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("WorkloadId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("workload_id");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("agent_commands", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.CommandAudit", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Action")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("action");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Actor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("actor");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("CommandId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("command_id");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("created_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Error")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("error");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Result")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("result");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("command_audits", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.ExternalSignal", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Category")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("category");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ExternalId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("external_id");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("IngestedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("ingested_at");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("PublishedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("published_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Region")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("region");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Severity")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("severity");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Source")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("source");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Summary")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("summary");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Tags")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("tags");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Title")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("title");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Url")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("url");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("PublishedAt");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Source", "ExternalId")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("external_signals", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.SchemaRegistryEntry", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("created_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Schema")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("schema");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Subject")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("subject");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Version")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("version");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Subject", "Version")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("schema_registry", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.TelemetryRecord", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("Id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("Timestamp")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("Timestamp");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AgentId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("AgentId");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("AiConfidence")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("AiConfidence");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AiStatus")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("AiStatus");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("CpuUsage")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("CpuUsage");
+
+                    b.Property<long>("DiskAvailable")
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("DiskAvailable");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("MemoryUsage")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("MemoryUsage");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("PredictedCpu")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("PredictedCpu");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("RebalanceSignal")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean")
+                        .HasColumnName("RebalanceSignal");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RootCause")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("RootCause");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("WorkloadTier")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("WorkloadTier");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id", "Timestamp");
+
+                    b.ToTable("TelemetryRecords", (string)null);
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260201123714_AddExternalSignals.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260201123714_AddExternalSignals.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e92b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260201123714_AddExternalSignals.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Data.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class AddExternalSignals : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "external_signals",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    id = table.Column<long>(type: "bigint", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
+                    source = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    external_id = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    title = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    summary = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    region = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    severity = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    category = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    url = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    tags = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    published_at = table.Column<DateTimeOffset>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: false),
+                    ingested_at = table.Column<DateTimeOffset>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_external_signals", x => x.id);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_external_signals_published_at",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                column: "published_at");
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_external_signals_source_external_id",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                columns: new[] { "source", "external_id" },
+                unique: true);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "external_signals");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
index a5d65fb..aa841dc 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -162,6 +162,72 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
                     b.ToTable("command_audits", (string)null);
                 });
 
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.ExternalSignal", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Category")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("category");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ExternalId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("external_id");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("IngestedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("ingested_at");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("PublishedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("published_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Region")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("region");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Severity")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("severity");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Source")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("source");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Summary")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("summary");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Tags")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("tags");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Title")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("title");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Url")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("url");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("PublishedAt");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Source", "ExternalId")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("external_signals", (string)null);
+                });
+
             modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.SchemaRegistryEntry", b =>
                 {
                     b.Property<long>("Id")
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
index feba0a9..209083c 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
 
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<TelemetryStore>();
 builder.Services.AddHttpClient<AnalysisService>();
+builder.Services.AddHttpClient("external-signals", client =>
+{
+    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.ParseAdd("Aether-Guard/ExternalSignals");
+    client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
+});
 builder.Services.AddScoped<AgentWorkflowService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<TelemetryIngestionService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<ControlPlaneService>();
@@ -64,6 +69,9 @@
 builder.Services.AddHostedService<SnapshotRetentionService>();
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<AetherGuard.Core.Services.SchemaRegistry.SchemaRegistryService>();
 builder.Services.AddHostedService<AetherGuard.Core.Services.SchemaRegistry.SchemaRegistrySeeder>();
+builder.Services.Configure<AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals.ExternalSignalsOptions>(
+    builder.Configuration.GetSection("ExternalSignals"));
+builder.Services.AddHostedService<AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals.ExternalSignalIngestionService>();
 
 var otelOptions = builder.Configuration.GetSection("OpenTelemetry").Get<OpenTelemetryOptions>()
     ?? new OpenTelemetryOptions();
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc0b20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Data;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Models;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals;
+
+public sealed class ExternalSignalIngestionService : BackgroundService
+{
+    private static readonly string[] SeverityKeywords =
+    [
+        "outage",
+        "degraded",
+        "disruption",
+        "investigating",
+        "incident",
+        "partial",
+        "unavailable",
+        "restored",
+        "resolved"
+    ];
+
+    private readonly IHttpClientFactory _httpClientFactory;
+    private readonly IServiceScopeFactory _scopeFactory;
+    private readonly ILogger<ExternalSignalIngestionService> _logger;
+    private readonly ExternalSignalsOptions _options;
+
+    public ExternalSignalIngestionService(
+        IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory,
+        IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory,
+        IOptions<ExternalSignalsOptions> options,
+        ILogger<ExternalSignalIngestionService> logger)
+    {
+        _httpClientFactory = httpClientFactory;
+        _scopeFactory = scopeFactory;
+        _logger = logger;
+        _options = options.Value;
+    }
+
+    protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
+    {
+        if (!_options.Enabled)
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation("External signals ingestion is disabled.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (_options.Feeds.Count == 0)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("External signals ingestion enabled but no feeds configured.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Math.Max(60, _options.PollingIntervalSeconds));
+
+        while (!stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                await IngestOnceAsync(stoppingToken);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "External signals ingestion cycle failed.");
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                await Task.Delay(interval, stoppingToken);
+            }
+            catch (TaskCanceledException)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task IngestOnceAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        using var scope = _scopeFactory.CreateScope();
+        var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<ApplicationDbContext>();
+        var httpClient = _httpClientFactory.CreateClient("external-signals");
+
+        var lookback = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddHours(-Math.Max(1, _options.LookbackHours));
+        var maxItems = Math.Clamp(_options.MaxItemsPerFeed, 10, 1000);
+
+        foreach (var feed in _options.Feeds)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(feed.Url) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(feed.Name))
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("Skipping external signal feed with missing name/url.");
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            List<ExternalSignal> parsed;
+            try
+            {
+                var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(feed.Url, cancellationToken);
+                response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+                var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(cancellationToken);
+                parsed = ParseFeed(content, feed);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to fetch external signal feed {Feed}.", feed.Name);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (parsed.Count == 0)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            parsed = parsed
+                .Where(signal => signal.PublishedAt >= lookback)
+                .OrderByDescending(signal => signal.PublishedAt)
+                .Take(maxItems)
+                .ToList();
+
+            if (parsed.Count == 0)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var existingIds = await db.ExternalSignals
+                .Where(signal => signal.Source == feed.Name && signal.PublishedAt >= lookback)
+                .Select(signal => signal.ExternalId)
+                .ToListAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+            var existing = existingIds.ToHashSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var newSignals = parsed
+                .Where(signal => !existing.Contains(signal.ExternalId))
+                .GroupBy(signal => signal.ExternalId, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                .Select(group => group.First())
+                .ToList();
+
+            if (newSignals.Count == 0)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            db.ExternalSignals.AddRange(newSignals);
+            await db.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+            _logger.LogInformation("Ingested {Count} signals from {Feed}.", newSignals.Count, feed.Name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static List<ExternalSignal> ParseFeed(string content, ExternalSignalFeedOptions feed)
+    {
+        var document = XDocument.Parse(content);
+        var root = document.Root;
+        if (root is null)
+        {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        var items = root.Name.LocalName switch
+        {
+            "rss" => root.Descendants().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == "item"),
+            "feed" => root.Descendants().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == "entry"),
+            _ => root.Descendants().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == "item" || e.Name.LocalName == "entry")
+        };
+
+        var signals = new List<ExternalSignal>();
+        foreach (var item in items)
+        {
+            var title = GetValue(item, "title");
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(title))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var externalId = GetValue(item, "guid") ?? GetValue(item, "id") ?? title;
+            var url = GetValue(item, "link");
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(url))
+            {
+                url = GetLinkHref(item);
+            }
+
+            var summaryRaw = GetValue(item, "description") ?? GetValue(item, "summary") ?? GetValue(item, "content");
+            var summary = NormalizeText(summaryRaw);
+            var published = ParseDate(GetValue(item, "pubDate"))
+                ?? ParseDate(GetValue(item, "updated"))
+                ?? ParseDate(GetValue(item, "published"))
+                ?? DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+
+            var severity = GuessSeverity(title, summary);
+            var category = GuessCategory(title, summary);
+            var region = ExtractRegion(title, summary) ?? feed.DefaultRegion;
+
+            signals.Add(new ExternalSignal
+            {
+                Source = feed.Name,
+                ExternalId = externalId,
+                Title = title,
+                Summary = summary,
+                Region = region,
+                Severity = severity,
+                Category = category,
+                Url = url,
+                Tags = BuildTags(title, summary, severity, category),
+                PublishedAt = published,
+                IngestedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow
+            });
+        }
+
+        return signals;
+    }
+
+    private static string? GetValue(XElement parent, string name)
+    {
+        return parent.Elements().FirstOrDefault(e => e.Name.LocalName.Equals(name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))?.Value;
+    }
+
+    private static string? GetLinkHref(XElement parent)
+    {
+        var link = parent.Elements().FirstOrDefault(e => e.Name.LocalName.Equals("link", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        return link?.Attribute("href")?.Value;
+    }
+
+    private static DateTimeOffset? ParseDate(string? value)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (DateTimeOffset.TryParse(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal, out var parsed))
+        {
+            return parsed;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static string? GuessSeverity(string title, string? summary)
+    {
+        var content = $"{title} {summary}".ToLowerInvariant();
+        foreach (var keyword in SeverityKeywords)
+        {
+            if (content.Contains(keyword, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return keyword;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return "info";
+    }
+
+    private static string? GuessCategory(string title, string? summary)
+    {
+        var content = $"{title} {summary}".ToLowerInvariant();
+        if (content.Contains("maintenance"))
+        {
+            return "maintenance";
+        }
+        if (content.Contains("outage") || content.Contains("disruption"))
+        {
+            return "outage";
+        }
+        if (content.Contains("degraded"))
+        {
+            return "degraded";
+        }
+        if (content.Contains("incident") || content.Contains("investigating"))
+        {
+            return "incident";
+        }
+
+        return "notice";
+    }
+
+    private static string? ExtractRegion(string title, string? summary)
+    {
+        var content = $"{title} {summary}";
+        var match = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(content, @"\b([a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-\d)\b", System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+        if (match.Success)
+        {
+            return match.Groups[1].Value;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static string? BuildTags(string title, string? summary, string? severity, string? category)
+    {
+        var tags = new List<string>();
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(severity))
+        {
+            tags.Add(severity);
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(category) && !tags.Any(tag => string.Equals(tag, category, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+        {
+            tags.Add(category);
+        }
+
+        if (title.Contains("region", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            tags.Add("region");
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(summary) && summary.Contains("latency", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            tags.Add("latency");
+        }
+
+        return tags.Count > 0 ? string.Join(",", tags) : null;
+    }
+
+    private static string? NormalizeText(string? raw)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(raw))
+        {
+            return raw;
+        }
+
+        var decoded = WebUtility.HtmlDecode(raw);
+        var withoutTags = Regex.Replace(decoded, "<.*?>", string.Empty, RegexOptions.Singleline);
+        return withoutTags.Trim();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..663fba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals;
+
+public sealed class ExternalSignalsOptions
+{
+    public bool Enabled { get; set; } = false;
+    public int PollingIntervalSeconds { get; set; } = 300;
+    public int LookbackHours { get; set; } = 48;
+    public int MaxItemsPerFeed { get; set; } = 200;
+    public List<ExternalSignalFeedOptions> Feeds { get; set; } = new();
+}
+
+public sealed class ExternalSignalFeedOptions
+{
+    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string Url { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string? DefaultRegion { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
index dc35cd3..60a5dc2 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
@@ -70,6 +70,24 @@
     "ApplyS3Lifecycle": true,
     "S3ExpirationDays": 30
   },
+  "ExternalSignals": {
+    "Enabled": false,
+    "PollingIntervalSeconds": 300,
+    "LookbackHours": 48,
+    "MaxItemsPerFeed": 200,
+    "Feeds": [
+      {
+        "Name": "aws-status",
+        "Url": "https://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/all.rss",
+        "DefaultRegion": "global"
+      },
+      {
+        "Name": "gcp-status",
+        "Url": "https://status.cloud.google.com/en/feed.atom",
+        "DefaultRegion": "global"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   "MigrationIntervalSeconds": 10,
   "HeartbeatTimeoutSeconds": 60,
   "AllowedHosts": "*"
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignal.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignal.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..870fb36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignal.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Models;
+
+public sealed class ExternalSignal
+{
+    public long Id { get; set; }
+    public string Source { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string ExternalId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string Title { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string? Summary { get; set; }
+    public string? Region { get; set; }
+    public string? Severity { get; set; }
+    public string? Category { get; set; }
+    public string? Url { get; set; }
+    public string? Tags { get; set; }
+    public DateTimeOffset PublishedAt { get; set; }
+    public DateTimeOffset IngestedAt { get; set; }
+}

From 66be642a38af503a06d92ff8ffff26f661b08498 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 19:07:25 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 02/24] feat: Add external signal feed health tracking and
 status API

- Implemented `ExternalSignalFeedState` model to track the health of external signal feeds.
- Added `GetFeedStates` endpoint in `ExternalSignalsController` to retrieve feed health status.
- Updated `ApplicationDbContext` to include `ExternalSignalFeedState` DbSet and configured its mapping.
- Created migration for adding `external_signal_feeds` table to the database.
- Enhanced `ExternalSignalIngestionService` to update feed states based on fetch results.
- Introduced `ExternalSignalParser` for parsing RSS and Atom feeds.
- Added regression tests for feed parsing functionality.
- Updated documentation to include new API endpoint for feed health status.
---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  |   3 +
 docs/Quickstart.md                            |   6 +
 src/services/ai-engine/main.py                |  63 ++-
 .../AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj             |  19 +
 .../ExternalSignalParserTests.cs              |  71 ++++
 .../Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs  |  21 +
 .../Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs              |  16 +
 ...2103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds.Designer.cs | 379 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../20260202103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds.cs  |  48 +++
 .../ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs      |  47 +++
 .../ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs         | 208 ++--------
 .../ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalParser.cs   | 201 ++++++++++
 .../AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json         |   5 +
 .../models/ExternalSignalFeedState.cs         |  13 +
 14 files changed, 912 insertions(+), 188 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalParserTests.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260202103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260202103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalParser.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignalFeedState.cs

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fbed843..318dba0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Semantic Versioning.
 - Supply-chain workflow for SBOM generation, cosign signing, and SLSA container provenance.
 - API key protection for telemetry ingestion and snapshot artifact endpoints.
 - External signals ingestion pipeline (RSS feeds) with persisted `external_signals` table.
+- External signal feed health tracking (`external_signal_feeds`) and feed status API.
+- Parser regression tests for RSS/Atom feeds.
+- AI Engine semantic enrichment stub (`/signals/enrich`) for v2.3 pipeline integration.
 - v2.3 multimodal predictive architecture document in `docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md`.
 - v2.3 delivery roadmap in `docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md`.
 - Expanded v2.3 roadmap with model choices, data sources, and validation guidance.
diff --git a/docs/Quickstart.md b/docs/Quickstart.md
index 02aa07c..0cf0df7 100644
--- a/docs/Quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/Quickstart.md
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ Then restart the core service. Signals are accessible via:
 GET /api/v1/signals?limit=50
 ```
 
+Feed health status is available via:
+
+```
+GET /api/v1/signals/feeds
+```
+
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
index ef47ce4..9776658 100644
--- a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
+++ b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import logging
 import os
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ConfigDict
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi import FastAPIInstrumentor
@@ -14,24 +15,49 @@
 from model import RiskScorer
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("uvicorn.error")
-app = FastAPI()
 scorer = RiskScorer()
 
 
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(app_instance: FastAPI):
+    configure_tracing()
+    app_instance.state.scorer = scorer
+    logger.info("AI Engine Online.")
+    yield
+
+
+app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
+
+
 class RiskPayload(BaseModel):
     spot_price_history: list[float] = Field(default_factory=list, alias="spotPriceHistory")
     rebalance_signal: bool = Field(alias="rebalanceSignal")
     capacity_score: float = Field(alias="capacityScore")
 
-    class Config:
-        allow_population_by_field_name = True
+    model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
 
 
-@app.on_event("startup")
-def load_model() -> None:
-    configure_tracing()
-    app.state.scorer = scorer
-    logger.info("AI Engine Online.")
+class SignalDocument(BaseModel):
+    source: str
+    title: str
+    summary: str | None = None
+    url: str | None = None
+    region: str | None = None
+    published_at: str | None = Field(default=None, alias="publishedAt")
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
+
+
+class EnrichRequest(BaseModel):
+    documents: list[SignalDocument]
+
+
+class EnrichResponse(BaseModel):
+    s_v: list[float] = Field(alias="S_v")
+    p_v: float = Field(alias="P_v")
+    b_s: float = Field(alias="B_s")
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
 
 
 @app.get("/")
@@ -61,6 +87,25 @@ def analyze(payload: RiskPayload) -> dict:
     }
 
 
+@app.post("/signals/enrich", response_model=EnrichResponse)
+def enrich_signals(payload: EnrichRequest) -> EnrichResponse:
+    # Placeholder semantic enrichment: use simple heuristics until NLP pipeline is online.
+    combined = " ".join(
+        [doc.title + " " + (doc.summary or "") for doc in payload.documents]
+    ).lower()
+    negative_terms = ("outage", "disruption", "degraded", "incident", "latency", "unavailable")
+    has_negative = any(term in combined for term in negative_terms)
+
+    s_v = [0.1, 0.1, 0.1]
+    p_v = 0.15
+    b_s = 0.0
+    if has_negative:
+        s_v = [0.9, 0.2, 0.1]
+        p_v = 0.85
+        b_s = 0.2
+
+    return EnrichResponse(S_v=s_v, P_v=p_v, B_s=b_s)
+
 def configure_tracing() -> None:
     endpoint = os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT")
     if not endpoint:
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b162747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\AetherGuard.Core\AetherGuard.Core.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.11.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.6" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.6">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalParserTests.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalParserTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6c4470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalParserTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+using AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Tests;
+
+public class ExternalSignalParserTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void ParsesRssItems()
+    {
+        var rss = """
+                  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+                  <rss version="2.0">
+                    <channel>
+                      <item>
+                        <guid>aws-1</guid>
+                        <title>Service disruption in us-east-1</title>
+                        <link>https://status.aws.amazon.com/</link>
+                        <description>Investigating elevated errors.</description>
+                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
+                      </item>
+                    </channel>
+                  </rss>
+                  """;
+
+        var feed = new ExternalSignalFeedOptions
+        {
+            Name = "aws-status",
+            Url = "https://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/all.rss",
+            DefaultRegion = "global"
+        };
+
+        var results = ExternalSignalParser.ParseFeed(rss, feed);
+
+        Assert.Single(results);
+        Assert.Equal("aws-1", results[0].ExternalId);
+        Assert.Equal("aws-status", results[0].Source);
+        Assert.Equal("us-east-1", results[0].Region);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ParsesAtomEntries()
+    {
+        var atom = """
+                   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+                   <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+                     <entry>
+                       <id>tag:status.cloud.google.com,2025:feed:example</id>
+                       <title>RESOLVED: incident in us-central1</title>
+                       <link href="https://status.cloud.google.com/incident" />
+                       <updated>2025-07-23T09:26:58+00:00</updated>
+                       <summary>Service recovered.</summary>
+                     </entry>
+                   </feed>
+                   """;
+
+        var feed = new ExternalSignalFeedOptions
+        {
+            Name = "gcp-status",
+            Url = "https://status.cloud.google.com/en/feed.atom",
+            DefaultRegion = "global"
+        };
+
+        var results = ExternalSignalParser.ParseFeed(atom, feed);
+
+        Assert.Single(results);
+        Assert.Equal("gcp-status", results[0].Source);
+        Assert.Equal("us-central1", results[0].Region);
+        Assert.Equal("incident", results[0].Category);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs
index 82e46e7..536405e 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs
@@ -78,4 +78,25 @@ public async Task<IActionResult> GetSignals(
         _logger.LogInformation("Returned {Count} external signals.", results.Count);
         return Ok(results);
     }
+
+    [HttpGet("feeds")]
+    public async Task<IActionResult> GetFeedStates(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        var feeds = await _db.ExternalSignalFeedStates
+            .AsNoTracking()
+            .OrderBy(state => state.Name)
+            .Select(state => new
+            {
+                state.Name,
+                state.Url,
+                state.LastFetchAt,
+                state.LastSuccessAt,
+                state.FailureCount,
+                state.LastError,
+                state.LastStatusCode
+            })
+            .ToListAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+        return Ok(feeds);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
index d545952..04c7261 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options)
     public DbSet<Agent> Agents => Set<Agent>();
     public DbSet<AgentCommand> AgentCommands => Set<AgentCommand>();
     public DbSet<CommandAudit> CommandAudits => Set<CommandAudit>();
+    public DbSet<ExternalSignalFeedState> ExternalSignalFeedStates => Set<ExternalSignalFeedState>();
     public DbSet<ExternalSignal> ExternalSignals => Set<ExternalSignal>();
     public DbSet<TelemetryRecord> TelemetryRecords => Set<TelemetryRecord>();
     public DbSet<SchemaRegistryEntry> SchemaRegistryEntries => Set<SchemaRegistryEntry>();
@@ -108,5 +109,20 @@ protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
             entity.Property(e => e.PublishedAt).HasColumnName("published_at");
             entity.Property(e => e.IngestedAt).HasColumnName("ingested_at");
         });
+
+        modelBuilder.Entity<ExternalSignalFeedState>(entity =>
+        {
+            entity.ToTable("external_signal_feeds");
+            entity.HasKey(e => e.Id);
+            entity.HasIndex(e => e.Name).IsUnique();
+            entity.Property(e => e.Id).HasColumnName("id").ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+            entity.Property(e => e.Name).HasColumnName("name");
+            entity.Property(e => e.Url).HasColumnName("url");
+            entity.Property(e => e.LastFetchAt).HasColumnName("last_fetch_at");
+            entity.Property(e => e.LastSuccessAt).HasColumnName("last_success_at");
+            entity.Property(e => e.FailureCount).HasColumnName("failure_count");
+            entity.Property(e => e.LastError).HasColumnName("last_error");
+            entity.Property(e => e.LastStatusCode).HasColumnName("last_status_code");
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260202103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds.Designer.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260202103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97eff7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260202103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,379 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Data.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(ApplicationDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20260202103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds")]
+    partial class AddExternalSignalFeeds
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "8.0.0")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.Agent", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AgentToken")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("agenttoken");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Hostname")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("hostname");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("LastHeartbeat")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("lastheartbeat");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Status")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("AgentToken")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("agents", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.AgentCommand", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Action")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("action");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("AgentId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("agent_id");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("CommandId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("command_id");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("created_at");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ExpiresAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("expires_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Nonce")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("nonce");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Parameters")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("parameters");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Signature")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("signature");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Status")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime?>("UpdatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("updated_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("WorkloadId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("workload_id");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("agent_commands", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.CommandAudit", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Action")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("action");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Actor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("actor");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("CommandId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("command_id");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("created_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Error")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("error");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Result")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("result");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("command_audits", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.ExternalSignal", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Category")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("category");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ExternalId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("external_id");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("IngestedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("ingested_at");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("PublishedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("published_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Region")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("region");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Severity")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("severity");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Source")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("source");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Summary")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("summary");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Tags")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("tags");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Title")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("title");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Url")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("url");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("PublishedAt");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Source", "ExternalId")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("external_signals", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.ExternalSignalFeedState", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<int>("FailureCount")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("failure_count");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("LastError")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_error");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("LastFetchAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_fetch_at");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("LastStatusCode")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_status_code");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("LastSuccessAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_success_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Url")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("url");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Name")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("external_signal_feeds", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.SchemaRegistryEntry", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("created_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Schema")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("schema");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Subject")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("subject");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Version")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("version");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Subject", "Version")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("schema_registry", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.TelemetryRecord", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("Id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("Timestamp")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("Timestamp");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AgentId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("AgentId");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("AiConfidence")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("AiConfidence");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AiStatus")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("AiStatus");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("CpuUsage")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("CpuUsage");
+
+                    b.Property<long>("DiskAvailable")
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("DiskAvailable");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("MemoryUsage")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("MemoryUsage");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("PredictedCpu")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("PredictedCpu");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("RebalanceSignal")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean")
+                        .HasColumnName("RebalanceSignal");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RootCause")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("RootCause");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("WorkloadTier")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("WorkloadTier");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id", "Timestamp");
+
+                    b.ToTable("TelemetryRecords", (string)null);
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260202103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260202103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b166802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260202103549_AddExternalSignalFeeds.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Data.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class AddExternalSignalFeeds : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "external_signal_feeds",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    id = table.Column<long>(type: "bigint", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
+                    name = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    url = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    last_fetch_at = table.Column<DateTimeOffset>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: false),
+                    last_success_at = table.Column<DateTimeOffset>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: true),
+                    failure_count = table.Column<int>(type: "integer", nullable: false),
+                    last_error = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    last_status_code = table.Column<int>(type: "integer", nullable: true)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_external_signal_feeds", x => x.id);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_external_signal_feeds_name",
+                table: "external_signal_feeds",
+                column: "name",
+                unique: true);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "external_signal_feeds");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
index aa841dc..9c007b4 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -228,6 +228,53 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
                     b.ToTable("external_signals", (string)null);
                 });
 
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.ExternalSignalFeedState", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<int>("FailureCount")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("failure_count");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("LastError")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_error");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("LastFetchAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_fetch_at");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("LastStatusCode")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_status_code");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("LastSuccessAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_success_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Url")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("url");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Name")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("external_signal_feeds", (string)null);
+                });
+
             modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.SchemaRegistryEntry", b =>
                 {
                     b.Property<long>("Id")
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
index cc0b20e..d6fbb4f 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.Net;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
-using System.Xml.Linq;
 using AetherGuard.Core.Data;
 using AetherGuard.Core.Models;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
@@ -11,19 +7,6 @@ namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals;
 
 public sealed class ExternalSignalIngestionService : BackgroundService
 {
-    private static readonly string[] SeverityKeywords =
-    [
-        "outage",
-        "degraded",
-        "disruption",
-        "investigating",
-        "incident",
-        "partial",
-        "unavailable",
-        "restored",
-        "resolved"
-    ];
-
     private readonly IHttpClientFactory _httpClientFactory;
     private readonly IServiceScopeFactory _scopeFactory;
     private readonly ILogger<ExternalSignalIngestionService> _logger;
@@ -100,12 +83,15 @@ private async Task IngestOnceAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
             try
             {
                 var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(feed.Url, cancellationToken);
+                var statusCode = (int)response.StatusCode;
                 response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
                 var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(cancellationToken);
-                parsed = ParseFeed(content, feed);
+                parsed = ExternalSignalParser.ParseFeed(content, feed);
+                await UpdateFeedStateAsync(db, feed, statusCode, null, cancellationToken);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
+                await UpdateFeedStateAsync(db, feed, null, ex.Message, cancellationToken);
                 _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to fetch external signal feed {Feed}.", feed.Name);
                 continue;
             }
@@ -150,178 +136,42 @@ private async Task IngestOnceAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         }
     }
 
-    private static List<ExternalSignal> ParseFeed(string content, ExternalSignalFeedOptions feed)
+    private static async Task UpdateFeedStateAsync(
+        ApplicationDbContext db,
+        ExternalSignalFeedOptions feed,
+        int? statusCode,
+        string? error,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        var document = XDocument.Parse(content);
-        var root = document.Root;
-        if (root is null)
-        {
-            return [];
-        }
-
-        var items = root.Name.LocalName switch
-        {
-            "rss" => root.Descendants().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == "item"),
-            "feed" => root.Descendants().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == "entry"),
-            _ => root.Descendants().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == "item" || e.Name.LocalName == "entry")
-        };
-
-        var signals = new List<ExternalSignal>();
-        foreach (var item in items)
-        {
-            var title = GetValue(item, "title");
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(title))
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            var externalId = GetValue(item, "guid") ?? GetValue(item, "id") ?? title;
-            var url = GetValue(item, "link");
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(url))
-            {
-                url = GetLinkHref(item);
-            }
-
-            var summaryRaw = GetValue(item, "description") ?? GetValue(item, "summary") ?? GetValue(item, "content");
-            var summary = NormalizeText(summaryRaw);
-            var published = ParseDate(GetValue(item, "pubDate"))
-                ?? ParseDate(GetValue(item, "updated"))
-                ?? ParseDate(GetValue(item, "published"))
-                ?? DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
-
-            var severity = GuessSeverity(title, summary);
-            var category = GuessCategory(title, summary);
-            var region = ExtractRegion(title, summary) ?? feed.DefaultRegion;
-
-            signals.Add(new ExternalSignal
-            {
-                Source = feed.Name,
-                ExternalId = externalId,
-                Title = title,
-                Summary = summary,
-                Region = region,
-                Severity = severity,
-                Category = category,
-                Url = url,
-                Tags = BuildTags(title, summary, severity, category),
-                PublishedAt = published,
-                IngestedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow
-            });
-        }
-
-        return signals;
-    }
-
-    private static string? GetValue(XElement parent, string name)
-    {
-        return parent.Elements().FirstOrDefault(e => e.Name.LocalName.Equals(name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))?.Value;
-    }
-
-    private static string? GetLinkHref(XElement parent)
-    {
-        var link = parent.Elements().FirstOrDefault(e => e.Name.LocalName.Equals("link", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
-        return link?.Attribute("href")?.Value;
-    }
-
-    private static DateTimeOffset? ParseDate(string? value)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        if (DateTimeOffset.TryParse(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal, out var parsed))
-        {
-            return parsed;
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
+        var state = await db.ExternalSignalFeedStates
+            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(existing => existing.Name == feed.Name, cancellationToken);
 
-    private static string? GuessSeverity(string title, string? summary)
-    {
-        var content = $"{title} {summary}".ToLowerInvariant();
-        foreach (var keyword in SeverityKeywords)
+        if (state is null)
         {
-            if (content.Contains(keyword, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            state = new ExternalSignalFeedState
             {
-                return keyword;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return "info";
-    }
-
-    private static string? GuessCategory(string title, string? summary)
-    {
-        var content = $"{title} {summary}".ToLowerInvariant();
-        if (content.Contains("maintenance"))
-        {
-            return "maintenance";
-        }
-        if (content.Contains("outage") || content.Contains("disruption"))
-        {
-            return "outage";
-        }
-        if (content.Contains("degraded"))
-        {
-            return "degraded";
-        }
-        if (content.Contains("incident") || content.Contains("investigating"))
-        {
-            return "incident";
+                Name = feed.Name,
+                Url = feed.Url
+            };
+            db.ExternalSignalFeedStates.Add(state);
         }
 
-        return "notice";
-    }
+        state.Url = feed.Url;
+        state.LastFetchAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+        state.LastStatusCode = statusCode;
 
-    private static string? ExtractRegion(string title, string? summary)
-    {
-        var content = $"{title} {summary}";
-        var match = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(content, @"\b([a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-\d)\b", System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
-        if (match.Success)
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(error))
         {
-            return match.Groups[1].Value;
+            state.LastSuccessAt = state.LastFetchAt;
+            state.LastError = null;
+            state.FailureCount = 0;
         }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    private static string? BuildTags(string title, string? summary, string? severity, string? category)
-    {
-        var tags = new List<string>();
-        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(severity))
-        {
-            tags.Add(severity);
-        }
-
-        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(category) && !tags.Any(tag => string.Equals(tag, category, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
-        {
-            tags.Add(category);
-        }
-
-        if (title.Contains("region", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-        {
-            tags.Add("region");
-        }
-
-        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(summary) && summary.Contains("latency", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-        {
-            tags.Add("latency");
-        }
-
-        return tags.Count > 0 ? string.Join(",", tags) : null;
-    }
-
-    private static string? NormalizeText(string? raw)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(raw))
+        else
         {
-            return raw;
+            state.LastError = error.Length > 1000 ? error[..1000] : error;
+            state.FailureCount += 1;
         }
 
-        var decoded = WebUtility.HtmlDecode(raw);
-        var withoutTags = Regex.Replace(decoded, "<.*?>", string.Empty, RegexOptions.Singleline);
-        return withoutTags.Trim();
+        await db.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalParser.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalParser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab257a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalParser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Models;
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals;
+
+public static class ExternalSignalParser
+{
+    private static readonly string[] SeverityKeywords =
+    [
+        "outage",
+        "degraded",
+        "disruption",
+        "investigating",
+        "incident",
+        "partial",
+        "unavailable",
+        "restored",
+        "resolved"
+    ];
+
+    public static List<ExternalSignal> ParseFeed(string content, ExternalSignalFeedOptions feed)
+    {
+        var document = XDocument.Parse(content);
+        var root = document.Root;
+        if (root is null)
+        {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        var items = root.Name.LocalName switch
+        {
+            "rss" => root.Descendants().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == "item"),
+            "feed" => root.Descendants().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == "entry"),
+            _ => root.Descendants().Where(e => e.Name.LocalName == "item" || e.Name.LocalName == "entry")
+        };
+
+        var signals = new List<ExternalSignal>();
+        foreach (var item in items)
+        {
+            var title = GetValue(item, "title");
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(title))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var externalId = GetValue(item, "guid") ?? GetValue(item, "id") ?? title;
+            var url = GetValue(item, "link");
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(url))
+            {
+                url = GetLinkHref(item);
+            }
+
+            var summaryRaw = GetValue(item, "description") ?? GetValue(item, "summary") ?? GetValue(item, "content");
+            var summary = NormalizeText(summaryRaw);
+            var published = ParseDate(GetValue(item, "pubDate"))
+                ?? ParseDate(GetValue(item, "updated"))
+                ?? ParseDate(GetValue(item, "published"))
+                ?? DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+
+            var severity = GuessSeverity(title, summary);
+            var category = GuessCategory(title, summary);
+            var region = ExtractRegion(title, summary) ?? feed.DefaultRegion;
+
+            signals.Add(new ExternalSignal
+            {
+                Source = feed.Name,
+                ExternalId = externalId,
+                Title = title,
+                Summary = summary,
+                Region = region,
+                Severity = severity,
+                Category = category,
+                Url = url,
+                Tags = BuildTags(title, summary, severity, category),
+                PublishedAt = published,
+                IngestedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow
+            });
+        }
+
+        return signals;
+    }
+
+    private static string? GetValue(XElement parent, string name)
+    {
+        return parent.Elements().FirstOrDefault(e => e.Name.LocalName.Equals(name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))?.Value;
+    }
+
+    private static string? GetLinkHref(XElement parent)
+    {
+        var link = parent.Elements().FirstOrDefault(e => e.Name.LocalName.Equals("link", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        return link?.Attribute("href")?.Value;
+    }
+
+    private static DateTimeOffset? ParseDate(string? value)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (DateTimeOffset.TryParse(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal, out var parsed))
+        {
+            return parsed;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static string? GuessSeverity(string title, string? summary)
+    {
+        var content = $"{title} {summary}".ToLowerInvariant();
+        foreach (var keyword in SeverityKeywords)
+        {
+            if (content.Contains(keyword, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return keyword;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return "info";
+    }
+
+    private static string? GuessCategory(string title, string? summary)
+    {
+        var content = $"{title} {summary}".ToLowerInvariant();
+        if (content.Contains("maintenance"))
+        {
+            return "maintenance";
+        }
+        if (content.Contains("outage") || content.Contains("disruption"))
+        {
+            return "outage";
+        }
+        if (content.Contains("degraded"))
+        {
+            return "degraded";
+        }
+        if (content.Contains("incident") || content.Contains("investigating"))
+        {
+            return "incident";
+        }
+
+        return "notice";
+    }
+
+    private static string? ExtractRegion(string title, string? summary)
+    {
+        var content = $"{title} {summary}";
+        var match = Regex.Match(
+            content,
+            @"\b([a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-\d|[a-z]{2}-[a-z]+[0-9])\b",
+            RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+        if (match.Success)
+        {
+            return match.Groups[1].Value;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static string? BuildTags(string title, string? summary, string? severity, string? category)
+    {
+        var tags = new List<string>();
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(severity))
+        {
+            tags.Add(severity);
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(category) && !tags.Any(tag => string.Equals(tag, category, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+        {
+            tags.Add(category);
+        }
+
+        if (title.Contains("region", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            tags.Add("region");
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(summary) && summary.Contains("latency", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            tags.Add("latency");
+        }
+
+        return tags.Count > 0 ? string.Join(",", tags) : null;
+    }
+
+    private static string? NormalizeText(string? raw)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(raw))
+        {
+            return raw;
+        }
+
+        var decoded = WebUtility.HtmlDecode(raw);
+        var withoutTags = Regex.Replace(decoded, "<.*?>", string.Empty, RegexOptions.Singleline);
+        return withoutTags.Trim();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
index 60a5dc2..04115d4 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
         "Name": "gcp-status",
         "Url": "https://status.cloud.google.com/en/feed.atom",
         "DefaultRegion": "global"
+      },
+      {
+        "Name": "azure-status",
+        "Url": "https://status.azure.com/en-us/status/feed/",
+        "DefaultRegion": "global"
       }
     ]
   },
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignalFeedState.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignalFeedState.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..337a479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignalFeedState.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Models;
+
+public sealed class ExternalSignalFeedState
+{
+    public long Id { get; set; }
+    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string Url { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public DateTimeOffset LastFetchAt { get; set; }
+    public DateTimeOffset? LastSuccessAt { get; set; }
+    public int FailureCount { get; set; }
+    public string? LastError { get; set; }
+    public int? LastStatusCode { get; set; }
+}

From 8b48bee6122e56c6311d890c7f76e4747f6ae7fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 19:48:55 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 03/24] feat: add external signals and feeds integration with
 dashboard components

---
 src/web/dashboard/app/DashboardClient.tsx     | 105 +++++++++++++-
 .../dashboard/app/api/signals/feeds/route.ts  |  27 ++++
 src/web/dashboard/app/api/signals/route.ts    |  31 ++++
 .../components/ExternalSignalsPanel.tsx       | 135 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/web/dashboard/lib/api.ts                  |  33 ++++-
 src/web/dashboard/types/index.ts              |  25 ++++
 6 files changed, 351 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/web/dashboard/app/api/signals/feeds/route.ts
 create mode 100644 src/web/dashboard/app/api/signals/route.ts
 create mode 100644 src/web/dashboard/components/ExternalSignalsPanel.tsx

diff --git a/src/web/dashboard/app/DashboardClient.tsx b/src/web/dashboard/app/DashboardClient.tsx
index 201e063..84912a9 100644
--- a/src/web/dashboard/app/DashboardClient.tsx
+++ b/src/web/dashboard/app/DashboardClient.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,20 @@ import { signOut } from 'next-auth/react';
 
 import AuditLogStream from '../components/AuditLogStream';
 import ExplainabilityPanel from '../components/ExplainabilityPanel';
+import ExternalSignalsPanel from '../components/ExternalSignalsPanel';
 import FirstRunGuide from '../components/FirstRunGuide';
 import ControlPanel from '../components/ControlPanel';
 import HistoryChart from '../components/HistoryChart';
-import { fetchAuditLogs, fetchFleetStatus, fetchRiskHistory, sendChaosSignal, RiskPoint } from '../lib/api';
-import type { Agent, AuditLog } from '../types';
+import {
+  fetchAuditLogs,
+  fetchExternalSignalFeeds,
+  fetchExternalSignals,
+  fetchFleetStatus,
+  fetchRiskHistory,
+  sendChaosSignal,
+  RiskPoint,
+} from '../lib/api';
+import type { Agent, AuditLog, ExternalSignal, ExternalSignalFeedState } from '../types';
 
 interface DashboardClientProps {
   userName: string;
@@ -103,6 +112,81 @@ const buildMockPayload = (now: number, chaosActive: boolean) => {
     },
   ];
 
+  const mockSignals: ExternalSignal[] = [
+    {
+      id: 1,
+      source: 'aws-status',
+      externalId: 'aws-2026-01',
+      title: 'Elevated latency in us-east-1 availability zones',
+      summary: 'Investigating increased API latency affecting spot capacity decisions.',
+      region: 'us-east-1',
+      severity: chaosActive ? 'critical' : 'warning',
+      category: 'latency',
+      url: 'https://status.aws.amazon.com',
+      tags: 'latency,spot',
+      publishedAt: new Date(now - 18 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+      ingestedAt: new Date(now - 15 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+    },
+    {
+      id: 2,
+      source: 'gcp-status',
+      externalId: 'gcp-2026-02',
+      title: 'Compute Engine spot capacity advisory',
+      summary: 'Spot instance preemption notices increased in europe-west4.',
+      region: 'europe-west4',
+      severity: 'warning',
+      category: 'capacity',
+      url: 'https://status.cloud.google.com',
+      tags: 'capacity,preemption',
+      publishedAt: new Date(now - 55 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+      ingestedAt: new Date(now - 50 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+    },
+    {
+      id: 3,
+      source: 'azure-status',
+      externalId: 'azure-2026-03',
+      title: 'Azure spot price volatility notice',
+      summary: 'Monitoring pricing volatility in West US 2.',
+      region: 'westus2',
+      severity: 'info',
+      category: 'pricing',
+      url: 'https://status.azure.com',
+      tags: 'pricing',
+      publishedAt: new Date(now - 2 * 60_000 * 60).toISOString(),
+      ingestedAt: new Date(now - 110 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const mockFeeds: ExternalSignalFeedState[] = [
+    {
+      name: 'aws-status',
+      url: 'https://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/all.rss',
+      lastFetchAt: new Date(now - 2 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+      lastSuccessAt: new Date(now - 2 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+      failureCount: 0,
+      lastError: null,
+      lastStatusCode: 200,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'gcp-status',
+      url: 'https://status.cloud.google.com/en/feed.atom',
+      lastFetchAt: new Date(now - 5 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+      lastSuccessAt: new Date(now - 5 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+      failureCount: 0,
+      lastError: null,
+      lastStatusCode: 200,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'azure-status',
+      url: 'https://status.azure.com/en-us/status/feed/',
+      lastFetchAt: new Date(now - 4 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+      lastSuccessAt: new Date(now - 4 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+      failureCount: chaosActive ? 1 : 0,
+      lastError: chaosActive ? 'Timeout fetching feed' : null,
+      lastStatusCode: chaosActive ? 504 : 200,
+    },
+  ];
+
   if (chaosActive) {
     mockAudits.unshift({
       id: `audit-${now}-chaos`,
@@ -114,7 +198,7 @@ const buildMockPayload = (now: number, chaosActive: boolean) => {
     });
   }
 
-  return { mockHistory, mockAgents, mockAudits };
+  return { mockHistory, mockAgents, mockAudits, mockSignals, mockFeeds };
 };
 
 const formatLocalTime = (value?: string) => {
@@ -134,7 +218,10 @@ export default function DashboardClient({ userName, userRole }: DashboardClientP
   const [agents, setAgents] = useState<FleetEntry[]>([]);
   const [history, setHistory] = useState<RiskPoint[]>([]);
   const [auditLogs, setAuditLogs] = useState<AuditLog[]>([]);
+  const [signals, setSignals] = useState<ExternalSignal[]>([]);
+  const [feeds, setFeeds] = useState<ExternalSignalFeedState[]>([]);
   const [usingMock, setUsingMock] = useState(false);
+  const [signalsUsingMock, setSignalsUsingMock] = useState(false);
   const [lastUpdated, setLastUpdated] = useState<string>('');
   const [showFirstRunGuide, setShowFirstRunGuide] = useState(true);
   const mockChaosAtRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
@@ -167,15 +254,19 @@ export default function DashboardClient({ userName, userRole }: DashboardClientP
     let isMounted = true;
 
     const load = async () => {
-      const [fleetResult, historyResult, auditResult] = await Promise.allSettled([
+      const [fleetResult, historyResult, auditResult, signalsResult, feedsResult] = await Promise.allSettled([
         fetchFleetStatus(),
         fetchRiskHistory(),
         fetchAuditLogs(),
+        fetchExternalSignals(),
+        fetchExternalSignalFeeds(),
       ]);
 
       const fleetData = fleetResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? fleetResult.value : [];
       const historyData = historyResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? historyResult.value : [];
       const auditData = auditResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? auditResult.value : [];
+      const signalsData = signalsResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? signalsResult.value : [];
+      const feedsData = feedsResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? feedsResult.value : [];
 
       if (!isMounted) {
         return;
@@ -188,7 +279,12 @@ export default function DashboardClient({ userName, userRole }: DashboardClientP
       const useMockHistory = historyData.length === 0;
       const useMockAudits = auditData.length === 0;
       const useMock = useMockFleet || useMockHistory || useMockAudits;
+      const useMockSignals = signalsData.length === 0;
+      const useMockFeeds = feedsData.length === 0;
       setUsingMock(useMock);
+      setSignalsUsingMock(useMockSignals || useMockFeeds);
+      setSignals(useMockSignals ? mockPayload.mockSignals : signalsData);
+      setFeeds(useMockFeeds ? mockPayload.mockFeeds : feedsData);
       if (useMock) {
         setAgents(mockPayload.mockAgents);
         setHistory(mockPayload.mockHistory);
@@ -371,6 +467,7 @@ export default function DashboardClient({ userName, userRole }: DashboardClientP
 
           <div className="lg:col-span-1 flex flex-col gap-6">
             <ExplainabilityPanel agent={primaryAgent} usingMock={usingMock} />
+            <ExternalSignalsPanel signals={signals} feeds={feeds} usingMock={signalsUsingMock} />
             <div className="rounded-2xl border border-slate-800 bg-slate-900/70 p-6 shadow-[0_0_40px_rgba(15,23,42,0.6)]">
               <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-400">Risk Trend</div>
               <div className="mt-4">
diff --git a/src/web/dashboard/app/api/signals/feeds/route.ts b/src/web/dashboard/app/api/signals/feeds/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d10e931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/web/dashboard/app/api/signals/feeds/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+
+export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
+export const revalidate = 0;
+
+const coreBaseUrl = process.env.CORE_API_URL ?? 'http://core-service:8080';
+
+export async function GET() {
+  const response = await fetch(`${coreBaseUrl}/api/v1/signals/feeds`, { cache: 'no-store' });
+  const text = await response.text();
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: text || 'Failed to fetch feed status.' }, { status: response.status });
+  }
+
+  if (!text) {
+    return NextResponse.json([], { status: response.status });
+  }
+
+  try {
+    return NextResponse.json(JSON.parse(text), { status: response.status });
+  } catch {
+    return new NextResponse(text, {
+      status: response.status,
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': response.headers.get('content-type') ?? 'text/plain' },
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/web/dashboard/app/api/signals/route.ts b/src/web/dashboard/app/api/signals/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a52c206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/web/dashboard/app/api/signals/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+
+export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
+export const revalidate = 0;
+
+const coreBaseUrl = process.env.CORE_API_URL ?? 'http://core-service:8080';
+
+export async function GET(request: Request) {
+  const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
+  const query = searchParams.toString();
+  const url = query ? `${coreBaseUrl}/api/v1/signals?${query}` : `${coreBaseUrl}/api/v1/signals`;
+
+  const response = await fetch(url, { cache: 'no-store' });
+  const text = await response.text();
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: text || 'Failed to fetch external signals.' }, { status: response.status });
+  }
+
+  if (!text) {
+    return NextResponse.json([], { status: response.status });
+  }
+
+  try {
+    return NextResponse.json(JSON.parse(text), { status: response.status });
+  } catch {
+    return new NextResponse(text, {
+      status: response.status,
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': response.headers.get('content-type') ?? 'text/plain' },
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/web/dashboard/components/ExternalSignalsPanel.tsx b/src/web/dashboard/components/ExternalSignalsPanel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0da4c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/web/dashboard/components/ExternalSignalsPanel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+'use client';
+
+import type { ExternalSignal, ExternalSignalFeedState } from '../types';
+
+interface ExternalSignalsPanelProps {
+  signals: ExternalSignal[];
+  feeds: ExternalSignalFeedState[];
+  usingMock?: boolean;
+}
+
+const formatTimestamp = (value?: string) => {
+  if (!value) {
+    return '--';
+  }
+
+  const parsed = Date.parse(value);
+  if (Number.isNaN(parsed)) {
+    return value;
+  }
+  return new Date(parsed).toLocaleString();
+};
+
+const renderSeverity = (value?: string | null) => {
+  if (!value) {
+    return { label: 'Unknown', style: 'border-slate-700 bg-slate-900/60 text-slate-300' };
+  }
+
+  const normalized = value.toLowerCase();
+  if (normalized.includes('critical') || normalized.includes('outage')) {
+    return { label: value, style: 'border-red-500/50 bg-red-500/10 text-red-200' };
+  }
+
+  if (normalized.includes('warning') || normalized.includes('degraded')) {
+    return { label: value, style: 'border-amber-500/50 bg-amber-500/10 text-amber-200' };
+  }
+
+  return { label: value, style: 'border-emerald-500/40 bg-emerald-500/10 text-emerald-200' };
+};
+
+const renderFeedStatus = (feed: ExternalSignalFeedState) => {
+  if (feed.failureCount > 0) {
+    return { label: 'Degraded', style: 'border-amber-500/50 bg-amber-500/10 text-amber-200' };
+  }
+
+  if (!feed.lastSuccessAt) {
+    return { label: 'Pending', style: 'border-slate-700 bg-slate-900/60 text-slate-300' };
+  }
+
+  return { label: 'Healthy', style: 'border-emerald-500/40 bg-emerald-500/10 text-emerald-200' };
+};
+
+export default function ExternalSignalsPanel({ signals, feeds, usingMock }: ExternalSignalsPanelProps) {
+  return (
+    <div className="rounded-2xl border border-slate-800 bg-slate-900/70 p-6 shadow-[0_0_40px_rgba(15,23,42,0.6)]">
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3">
+        <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-400">External Signals</div>
+        <span
+          className={`rounded-full border px-3 py-1 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] ${
+            usingMock
+              ? 'border-amber-500/40 bg-amber-500/10 text-amber-200'
+              : 'border-emerald-500/40 bg-emerald-500/10 text-emerald-200'
+          }`}
+        >
+          {usingMock ? 'Simulation' : 'Live Feeds'}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="mt-4 grid gap-4 lg:grid-cols-[minmax(0,1.6fr)_minmax(0,1fr)]">
+        <div className="space-y-3">
+          {signals.slice(0, 6).map((signal) => {
+            const severity = renderSeverity(signal.severity);
+            return (
+              <div
+                key={`${signal.source}-${signal.externalId}-${signal.id}`}
+                className="rounded-xl border border-slate-800 bg-slate-950/50 px-4 py-3"
+              >
+                <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2 text-xs text-slate-400">
+                  <span className="uppercase tracking-[0.15em]">{signal.source}</span>
+                  <span className={`rounded-full border px-2 py-0.5 text-[10px] ${severity.style}`}>
+                    {severity.label}
+                  </span>
+                </div>
+                <div className="mt-2 text-sm font-semibold text-slate-100">{signal.title}</div>
+                {signal.summary && (
+                  <div className="mt-1 text-xs text-slate-400 line-clamp-2">{signal.summary}</div>
+                )}
+                <div className="mt-2 flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2 text-xs text-slate-500">
+                  <span>{signal.region ? `Region: ${signal.region}` : 'Global'}</span>
+                  <span>{formatTimestamp(signal.publishedAt)}</span>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
+          {signals.length === 0 && (
+            <div className="rounded-xl border border-slate-800 bg-slate-950/40 px-4 py-6 text-center text-sm text-slate-500">
+              No external signals ingested yet.
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
+
+        <div className="space-y-3">
+          <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-500">Feed Health</div>
+          {feeds.map((feed) => {
+            const status = renderFeedStatus(feed);
+            return (
+              <div
+                key={feed.name}
+                className="rounded-xl border border-slate-800 bg-slate-950/40 px-4 py-3 text-xs text-slate-200"
+              >
+                <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+                  <span className="font-semibold">{feed.name}</span>
+                  <span className={`rounded-full border px-2 py-0.5 text-[10px] ${status.style}`}>
+                    {status.label}
+                  </span>
+                </div>
+                <div className="mt-2 text-[11px] text-slate-400">Last fetch: {formatTimestamp(feed.lastFetchAt)}</div>
+                <div className="text-[11px] text-slate-500">
+                  Last success: {formatTimestamp(feed.lastSuccessAt ?? undefined)}
+                </div>
+                {feed.failureCount > 0 && (
+                  <div className="mt-1 text-[11px] text-amber-200">Failures: {feed.failureCount}</div>
+                )}
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
+          {feeds.length === 0 && (
+            <div className="rounded-xl border border-slate-800 bg-slate-950/40 px-4 py-6 text-center text-sm text-slate-500">
+              Feed status will appear after the first sync.
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/web/dashboard/lib/api.ts b/src/web/dashboard/lib/api.ts
index ae6a9ff..7602f1a 100644
--- a/src/web/dashboard/lib/api.ts
+++ b/src/web/dashboard/lib/api.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Agent, AuditLog } from '../types';
+import type { Agent, AuditLog, ExternalSignal, ExternalSignalFeedState } from '../types';
 
 export interface RiskPoint {
   timestamp: string;
@@ -167,3 +167,34 @@ export async function sendChaosSignal(): Promise<void> {
     throw new Error(message || 'Chaos signal failed.');
   }
 }
+
+export async function fetchExternalSignals(limit = 6): Promise<ExternalSignal[]> {
+  try {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams({ limit: limit.toString() });
+    const response = await fetch(`/api/signals?${params.toString()}`, { cache: 'no-store' });
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const data = (await response.json()) as ExternalSignal[];
+    return Array.isArray(data) ? data : [];
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('[Dashboard] Failed to fetch external signals', error);
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
+export async function fetchExternalSignalFeeds(): Promise<ExternalSignalFeedState[]> {
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch('/api/signals/feeds', { cache: 'no-store' });
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const data = (await response.json()) as ExternalSignalFeedState[];
+    return Array.isArray(data) ? data : [];
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('[Dashboard] Failed to fetch external signal feeds', error);
+    return [];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/web/dashboard/types/index.ts b/src/web/dashboard/types/index.ts
index 5861893..eec6a0f 100644
--- a/src/web/dashboard/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/web/dashboard/types/index.ts
@@ -22,3 +22,28 @@ export interface AuditLog {
   error?: string;
   timestamp: string;
 }
+
+export interface ExternalSignal {
+  id: number;
+  source: string;
+  externalId: string;
+  title: string;
+  summary?: string | null;
+  region?: string | null;
+  severity?: string | null;
+  category?: string | null;
+  url?: string | null;
+  tags?: string | null;
+  publishedAt: string;
+  ingestedAt: string;
+}
+
+export interface ExternalSignalFeedState {
+  name: string;
+  url: string;
+  lastFetchAt: string;
+  lastSuccessAt?: string | null;
+  failureCount: number;
+  lastError?: string | null;
+  lastStatusCode?: number | null;
+}

From 330de646c9e56ad0b1971a146032005acdfafb90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 14:02:34 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 04/24] feat: add support for optional HTTP listener when mTLS
 is enabled for dashboard/AI traffic

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                                 | 1 +
 README.md                                                    | 3 ++-
 docker-compose.yml                                           | 2 ++
 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs         | 5 +++++
 .../core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Security/MtlsOptions.cs     | 2 ++
 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json   | 2 ++
 6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 318dba0..c0e3b4f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Semantic Versioning.
 - v2.3 delivery roadmap in `docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md`.
 - Expanded v2.3 roadmap with model choices, data sources, and validation guidance.
 - Verification scripts now support API key headers and optional agent build flags.
+- Optional HTTP listener when mTLS is enabled to keep dashboard/AI traffic on port 8080.
 
 ### Changed
 - Agent now injects W3C trace headers for HTTP requests.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc124a7..7ad8553 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ sidecars to issue and rotate X.509 SVIDs:
 
 - Core serves mTLS on `https://core-service:8443` (host-mapped to 5001).
 - Agent uses SPIFFE-issued certs from `/run/spiffe/certs` and calls the mTLS endpoint.
-- HTTP on `http://core-service:8080` remains for dashboard/AI traffic.
+- When `Security__Mtls__AllowHttp=true`, Core also listens on `http://core-service:8080` for
+  dashboard/AI traffic (host-mapped to 5000).
 
 Disable mTLS locally by setting:
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a0a4f09..64757f9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ services:
       ArtifactBaseUrl: "https://core-service:8443"
       Security__Mtls__Enabled: "true"
       Security__Mtls__Port: "8443"
+      Security__Mtls__AllowHttp: "true"
+      Security__Mtls__HttpPort: "8080"
       Security__Mtls__CertificatePath: "/run/spiffe/certs/svid.pem"
       Security__Mtls__KeyPath: "/run/spiffe/certs/svid_key.pem"
       Security__Mtls__BundlePath: "/run/spiffe/certs/bundle.pem"
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
index 209083c..6f739c1 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 
     builder.WebHost.ConfigureKestrel(options =>
     {
+        if (mtlsOptions.AllowHttp)
+        {
+            options.ListenAnyIP(mtlsOptions.HttpPort);
+        }
+
         options.ListenAnyIP(mtlsOptions.Port, listenOptions =>
         {
             listenOptions.UseHttps(httpsOptions =>
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Security/MtlsOptions.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Security/MtlsOptions.cs
index d7e48db..32151d8 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Security/MtlsOptions.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Security/MtlsOptions.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ public sealed record MtlsOptions
 {
     public bool Enabled { get; init; }
     public int Port { get; init; } = 8443;
+    public bool AllowHttp { get; init; }
+    public int HttpPort { get; init; } = 8080;
     public string? CertificatePath { get; init; }
     public string? KeyPath { get; init; }
     public string? BundlePath { get; init; }
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
index 04115d4..85c330e 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
     "Mtls": {
       "Enabled": false,
       "Port": 8443,
+      "AllowHttp": false,
+      "HttpPort": 8080,
       "CertificatePath": "",
       "KeyPath": "",
       "BundlePath": "",

From da6c1ce26845f7378465c8fa074612d433859de7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:15:02 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 05/24] feat(v2.3): finish milestone 0 signals retention and
 normalization

- add retention cleanup for external signals
- normalize severity/region/tags in parser
- add SPIRE join-token runbook + v2.3 smoke test
- update Quickstart/SPIRE docs and parser tests
---
 docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3.md                     | 52 ++++++++++++++
 docs/Quickstart.md                            |  8 +++
 docs/Runbook-SPIRE-JoinToken.md               | 50 +++++++++++++
 docs/SPIRE-mTLS.md                            |  5 ++
 .../ExternalSignalParserTests.cs              |  2 +
 .../ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs         | 45 ++++++++++++
 .../ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalParser.cs   | 71 +++++++++++--------
 .../ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs |  2 +
 .../AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json         |  2 +
 9 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3.md
 create mode 100644 docs/Runbook-SPIRE-JoinToken.md

diff --git a/docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3.md b/docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..598ef02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# v2.3 Smoke Test Checklist (Signals End-to-End)
+
+This checklist validates the v2.3 Milestone 0 flow: external signals ingestion,
+API exposure, and dashboard proxying.
+
+## Preconditions
+
+- Docker Desktop running
+- `COMMAND_API_KEY` set (for other endpoints)
+
+## Start stack
+
+```bash
+# PowerShell
+$env:COMMAND_API_KEY="changeme"
+$env:ExternalSignals__Enabled="true"
+
+docker compose up --build -d
+```
+
+## Verify Core APIs
+
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/signals?limit=1
+curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/signals/feeds
+```
+
+Expected:
+- `signals` returns at least one item (or empty array on first run)
+- `feeds` returns AWS/GCP/Azure feed status with timestamps
+
+## Verify Dashboard proxy
+
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:3000/api/signals?limit=1
+curl http://localhost:3000/api/signals/feeds
+```
+
+Expected:
+- Dashboard endpoints return the same data as Core
+- HTTP 200 responses
+
+## Optional: UI check
+
+- Open `http://localhost:3000`
+- Confirm the External Signals panel renders items and feed health
+
+## Stop stack
+
+```bash
+docker compose down
+```
diff --git a/docs/Quickstart.md b/docs/Quickstart.md
index 0cf0df7..8b3c548 100644
--- a/docs/Quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/Quickstart.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ docker compose up --build -d
 ```
 
 For SPIRE-based mTLS details, see `docs/SPIRE-mTLS.md`.
+For SPIRE join-token recovery, see `docs/Runbook-SPIRE-JoinToken.md`.
 For observability setup, see `docs/Observability.md`.
 
 Open the dashboard at `http://localhost:3000` and log in with:
@@ -42,8 +43,13 @@ External signals ingestion is disabled by default. To enable:
 ```bash
 # PowerShell
 $env:ExternalSignals__Enabled="true"
+# Optional retention tuning
+$env:ExternalSignals__RetentionDays="30"
+$env:ExternalSignals__CleanupBatchSize="500"
 # Bash
 export ExternalSignals__Enabled=true
+export ExternalSignals__RetentionDays=30
+export ExternalSignals__CleanupBatchSize=500
 ```
 
 Then restart the core service. Signals are accessible via:
@@ -58,6 +64,8 @@ Feed health status is available via:
 GET /api/v1/signals/feeds
 ```
 
+Smoke test checklist: `docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3.md`.
+
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/Runbook-SPIRE-JoinToken.md b/docs/Runbook-SPIRE-JoinToken.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0161e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Runbook-SPIRE-JoinToken.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# SPIRE Join-Token Rotation Runbook (Docker Compose)
+
+This runbook addresses the "join token already used/expired" error when the SPIRE agent
+cannot re-attest and SVIDs stop rotating.
+
+## Symptoms
+
+- spire-agent logs show: `failed to attest: join token does not exist or has already been used`
+- core/agent mTLS requests fail due to expired SVIDs
+
+## Recovery Steps (Docker Compose)
+
+1) Stop the stack (optional but recommended):
+
+```bash
+docker compose down
+```
+
+2) Remove the cached join token from the bootstrap volume:
+
+```bash
+docker run --rm -v aether-guard_spire_bootstrap:/data alpine \
+  sh -lc "rm -f /data/join-token /data/trust-bundle.pem"
+```
+
+3) Re-run the bootstrap container to generate a fresh join token:
+
+```bash
+docker compose run --rm spire-bootstrap
+```
+
+4) Restart SPIRE agent + helpers so they re-attest and fetch new SVIDs:
+
+```bash
+docker compose restart spire-agent spiffe-helper-core spiffe-helper-agent
+```
+
+5) Verify in logs:
+
+```bash
+docker compose logs --tail=50 spire-agent
+```
+
+You should see `Node attestation was successful` and `Renewing X509-SVID`.
+
+## Notes
+
+- Join tokens are one-time use by default.
+- If the token cache persists across restarts, you must clear the bootstrap volume.
+- For production, prefer automated rotation and monitoring around SVID expiration.
diff --git a/docs/SPIRE-mTLS.md b/docs/SPIRE-mTLS.md
index ad88d3f..43d9e2f 100644
--- a/docs/SPIRE-mTLS.md
+++ b/docs/SPIRE-mTLS.md
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ docker compose exec core-service ls -la /run/spiffe/certs
 docker compose exec agent-service ls -la /run/spiffe/certs
 ```
 
+## Join-token rotation
+
+If the SPIRE agent reports `join token already used/expired`, follow the
+runbook at `docs/Runbook-SPIRE-JoinToken.md`.
+
 ## Notes
 
 - The SPIRE agent mounts the Docker Engine socket to attest workloads by label.
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalParserTests.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalParserTests.cs
index c6c4470..e9b787d 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalParserTests.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public void ParsesRssItems()
         Assert.Equal("aws-1", results[0].ExternalId);
         Assert.Equal("aws-status", results[0].Source);
         Assert.Equal("us-east-1", results[0].Region);
+        Assert.Equal("critical", results[0].Severity);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -67,5 +68,6 @@ public void ParsesAtomEntries()
         Assert.Equal("gcp-status", results[0].Source);
         Assert.Equal("us-central1", results[0].Region);
         Assert.Equal("incident", results[0].Category);
+        Assert.Equal("info", results[0].Severity);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
index d6fbb4f..2118199 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ private async Task IngestOnceAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 
             _logger.LogInformation("Ingested {Count} signals from {Feed}.", newSignals.Count, feed.Name);
         }
+
+        await CleanupOldSignalsAsync(db, cancellationToken);
     }
 
     private static async Task UpdateFeedStateAsync(
@@ -174,4 +176,47 @@ private static async Task UpdateFeedStateAsync(
 
         await db.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
     }
+
+    private async Task CleanupOldSignalsAsync(ApplicationDbContext db, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (_options.RetentionDays <= 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var cutoff = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddDays(-_options.RetentionDays);
+        var batchSize = Math.Clamp(_options.CleanupBatchSize, 50, 2000);
+        var totalRemoved = 0;
+
+        while (true)
+        {
+            var ids = await db.ExternalSignals
+                .AsNoTracking()
+                .Where(signal => signal.PublishedAt < cutoff)
+                .OrderBy(signal => signal.PublishedAt)
+                .Select(signal => signal.Id)
+                .Take(batchSize)
+                .ToListAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+            if (ids.Count == 0)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            var toRemove = ids.Select(id => new ExternalSignal { Id = id }).ToList();
+            db.ExternalSignals.RemoveRange(toRemove);
+            var removed = await db.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
+            totalRemoved += removed;
+
+            if (ids.Count < batchSize)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (totalRemoved > 0)
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation("Removed {Count} external signals older than {Cutoff}.", totalRemoved, cutoff);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalParser.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalParser.cs
index 7ab257a..782654a 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalParser.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalParser.cs
@@ -8,18 +8,9 @@ namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals;
 
 public static class ExternalSignalParser
 {
-    private static readonly string[] SeverityKeywords =
-    [
-        "outage",
-        "degraded",
-        "disruption",
-        "investigating",
-        "incident",
-        "partial",
-        "unavailable",
-        "restored",
-        "resolved"
-    ];
+    private static readonly string[] CriticalKeywords = ["outage", "disruption", "unavailable"];
+    private static readonly string[] WarningKeywords = ["degraded", "incident", "investigating", "partial"];
+    private static readonly string[] InfoKeywords = ["maintenance", "resolved", "restored", "notice"];
 
     public static List<ExternalSignal> ParseFeed(string content, ExternalSignalFeedOptions feed)
     {
@@ -60,9 +51,9 @@ public static List<ExternalSignal> ParseFeed(string content, ExternalSignalFeedO
                 ?? ParseDate(GetValue(item, "published"))
                 ?? DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
 
-            var severity = GuessSeverity(title, summary);
-            var category = GuessCategory(title, summary);
-            var region = ExtractRegion(title, summary) ?? feed.DefaultRegion;
+            var severity = NormalizeSeverity(title, summary);
+            var category = NormalizeCategory(title, summary);
+            var region = NormalizeRegion(ExtractRegion(title, summary) ?? feed.DefaultRegion);
 
             signals.Add(new ExternalSignal
             {
@@ -109,21 +100,34 @@ public static List<ExternalSignal> ParseFeed(string content, ExternalSignalFeedO
         return null;
     }
 
-    private static string? GuessSeverity(string title, string? summary)
+    private static string? NormalizeSeverity(string title, string? summary)
     {
         var content = $"{title} {summary}".ToLowerInvariant();
-        foreach (var keyword in SeverityKeywords)
+        if (CriticalKeywords.Any(keyword => content.Contains(keyword, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
         {
-            if (content.Contains(keyword, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                return keyword;
-            }
+            return "critical";
+        }
+
+        if (content.Contains("resolved", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            || content.Contains("restored", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            return "info";
+        }
+
+        if (WarningKeywords.Any(keyword => content.Contains(keyword, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+        {
+            return "warning";
+        }
+
+        if (InfoKeywords.Any(keyword => content.Contains(keyword, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+        {
+            return "info";
         }
 
         return "info";
     }
 
-    private static string? GuessCategory(string title, string? summary)
+    private static string? NormalizeCategory(string title, string? summary)
     {
         var content = $"{title} {summary}".ToLowerInvariant();
         if (content.Contains("maintenance"))
@@ -153,12 +157,7 @@ public static List<ExternalSignal> ParseFeed(string content, ExternalSignalFeedO
             content,
             @"\b([a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-\d|[a-z]{2}-[a-z]+[0-9])\b",
             RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
-        if (match.Success)
-        {
-            return match.Groups[1].Value;
-        }
-
-        return null;
+        return match.Success ? match.Groups[1].Value : null;
     }
 
     private static string? BuildTags(string title, string? summary, string? severity, string? category)
@@ -166,12 +165,12 @@ public static List<ExternalSignal> ParseFeed(string content, ExternalSignalFeedO
         var tags = new List<string>();
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(severity))
         {
-            tags.Add(severity);
+            tags.Add(severity.ToLowerInvariant());
         }
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(category) && !tags.Any(tag => string.Equals(tag, category, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
         {
-            tags.Add(category);
+            tags.Add(category.ToLowerInvariant());
         }
 
         if (title.Contains("region", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
@@ -184,7 +183,17 @@ public static List<ExternalSignal> ParseFeed(string content, ExternalSignalFeedO
             tags.Add("latency");
         }
 
-        return tags.Count > 0 ? string.Join(",", tags) : null;
+        return tags.Count > 0 ? string.Join(",", tags.Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) : null;
+    }
+
+    private static string? NormalizeRegion(string? region)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(region))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return region.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
     }
 
     private static string? NormalizeText(string? raw)
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs
index 663fba8..ab91b68 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ public sealed class ExternalSignalsOptions
     public int PollingIntervalSeconds { get; set; } = 300;
     public int LookbackHours { get; set; } = 48;
     public int MaxItemsPerFeed { get; set; } = 200;
+    public int RetentionDays { get; set; } = 30;
+    public int CleanupBatchSize { get; set; } = 500;
     public List<ExternalSignalFeedOptions> Feeds { get; set; } = new();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
index 85c330e..0ff04ea 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
     "PollingIntervalSeconds": 300,
     "LookbackHours": 48,
     "MaxItemsPerFeed": 200,
+    "RetentionDays": 30,
+    "CleanupBatchSize": 500,
     "Feeds": [
       {
         "Name": "aws-status",

From cf49688ebca58622d21c8fa20ac329fe12259192 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:28:44 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 06/24] Define and version the S_v/P_v/B_s schema

---
 docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md      |  1 +
 src/services/ai-engine/main.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md
index bdf46a0..259fb87 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Telemetry alone misses off-chart events. We introduce a semantic pipeline for cl
 - **Model**: a domain-adapted transformer (BERT-class). If economic signals are used, FinBERT is a reasonable baseline
   for finance-domain text; an LLM summarizer handles longer advisories and provider policy updates.
 - **Outputs (standardized)**:
+  - `schemaVersion`: semantic vector schema version.
   - `S_v`: sentiment vector (normalized polarity + severity).
   - `P_v`: volatility probability (0-1).
   - `B_s`: supply or capacity bias (long-horizon).
diff --git a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
index 9776658..08d0a09 100644
--- a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
+++ b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("uvicorn.error")
 scorer = RiskScorer()
+ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION = "1.0"
 
 
 @asynccontextmanager
@@ -53,9 +54,19 @@ class EnrichRequest(BaseModel):
 
 
 class EnrichResponse(BaseModel):
-    s_v: list[float] = Field(alias="S_v")
-    p_v: float = Field(alias="P_v")
-    b_s: float = Field(alias="B_s")
+    schema_version: str = Field(alias="schemaVersion", description="Semantic vector schema version.")
+    s_v: list[float] = Field(
+        alias="S_v",
+        description="Sentiment vector (normalized polarity + severity).",
+    )
+    p_v: float = Field(
+        alias="P_v",
+        description="Volatility probability in the range [0, 1].",
+    )
+    b_s: float = Field(
+        alias="B_s",
+        description="Supply or capacity bias (long-horizon signal).",
+    )
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
 
@@ -104,7 +115,19 @@ def enrich_signals(payload: EnrichRequest) -> EnrichResponse:
         p_v = 0.85
         b_s = 0.2
 
-    return EnrichResponse(S_v=s_v, P_v=p_v, B_s=b_s)
+    return EnrichResponse(schemaVersion=ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION, S_v=s_v, P_v=p_v, B_s=b_s)
+
+
+@app.get("/signals/enrich/schema")
+def enrich_schema() -> dict:
+    return {
+        "schemaVersion": ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+        "fields": {
+            "S_v": "Sentiment vector (normalized polarity + severity).",
+            "P_v": "Volatility probability in [0, 1].",
+            "B_s": "Supply or capacity bias (long-horizon signal).",
+        },
+    }
 
 def configure_tracing() -> None:
     endpoint = os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT")

From 7cc462702046e9ceef86a52f8bf0a3aca6f53d76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:38:07 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 07/24] Added FinBERT integration + rollback mechanism

---
 docs/Quickstart.md                      |  24 ++++
 docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md                    |   1 +
 src/services/ai-engine/main.py          | 165 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 src/services/ai-engine/requirements.txt |   1 +
 4 files changed, 173 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/Quickstart.md b/docs/Quickstart.md
index 8b3c548..e5d8505 100644
--- a/docs/Quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/Quickstart.md
@@ -66,6 +66,30 @@ GET /api/v1/signals/feeds
 
 Smoke test checklist: `docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3.md`.
 
+## Optional: Enable semantic enrichment (v2.3 Milestone 1)
+
+The AI engine defaults to a FinBERT-based enricher when dependencies are available.
+You can force the provider via environment variables:
+
+```bash
+# PowerShell
+$env:AI_ENRICH_PROVIDER="finbert"   # or "heuristic"
+$env:AI_FINBERT_MODEL="ProsusAI/finbert"
+
+# Bash
+export AI_ENRICH_PROVIDER=finbert
+export AI_FINBERT_MODEL=ProsusAI/finbert
+```
+
+Note: the first FinBERT run downloads model weights and can take a few minutes.
+Set `AI_ENRICH_PROVIDER=heuristic` if you need a fast, offline fallback.
+
+Schema details:
+
+```
+GET /signals/enrich/schema
+```
+
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md b/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
index d8948f6..a3e30f7 100644
--- a/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
+++ b/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ minimize integration risk while preserving backward compatibility with the v2.2
 
 - Enrichment throughput supports expected signal volume.
 - Outputs are versioned and validated.
+- FinBERT/semantic enrichment is operational (with heuristic fallback).
 
 ### Milestone 2: Fusion and Forecasting (Offline)
 
diff --git a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
index 08d0a09..6f805b7 100644
--- a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
+++ b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from functools import lru_cache
+from typing import Iterable
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ConfigDict
@@ -18,11 +21,17 @@
 scorer = RiskScorer()
 ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION = "1.0"
 
+DEFAULT_FINBERT_MODEL = os.getenv("AI_FINBERT_MODEL", "ProsusAI/finbert")
+ENRICHMENT_PROVIDER = os.getenv("AI_ENRICH_PROVIDER", "finbert").lower()
+ENRICHMENT_MAX_CHARS = int(os.getenv("AI_ENRICH_MAX_CHARS", "2000"))
+ENRICHMENT_CACHE_SIZE = int(os.getenv("AI_ENRICH_CACHE_SIZE", "1024"))
+
 
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def lifespan(app_instance: FastAPI):
     configure_tracing()
     app_instance.state.scorer = scorer
+    app_instance.state.enricher = build_enricher()
     logger.info("AI Engine Online.")
     yield
 
@@ -57,7 +66,7 @@ class EnrichResponse(BaseModel):
     schema_version: str = Field(alias="schemaVersion", description="Semantic vector schema version.")
     s_v: list[float] = Field(
         alias="S_v",
-        description="Sentiment vector (normalized polarity + severity).",
+        description="Sentiment vector [negative, neutral, positive], normalized to sum to 1.",
     )
     p_v: float = Field(
         alias="P_v",
@@ -100,22 +109,14 @@ def analyze(payload: RiskPayload) -> dict:
 
 @app.post("/signals/enrich", response_model=EnrichResponse)
 def enrich_signals(payload: EnrichRequest) -> EnrichResponse:
-    # Placeholder semantic enrichment: use simple heuristics until NLP pipeline is online.
-    combined = " ".join(
-        [doc.title + " " + (doc.summary or "") for doc in payload.documents]
-    ).lower()
-    negative_terms = ("outage", "disruption", "degraded", "incident", "latency", "unavailable")
-    has_negative = any(term in combined for term in negative_terms)
-
-    s_v = [0.1, 0.1, 0.1]
-    p_v = 0.15
-    b_s = 0.0
-    if has_negative:
-        s_v = [0.9, 0.2, 0.1]
-        p_v = 0.85
-        b_s = 0.2
-
-    return EnrichResponse(schemaVersion=ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION, S_v=s_v, P_v=p_v, B_s=b_s)
+    enricher: SemanticEnricher = app.state.enricher
+    result = enricher.enrich(payload.documents)
+    return EnrichResponse(
+        schemaVersion=ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+        S_v=result.s_v,
+        P_v=result.p_v,
+        B_s=result.b_s,
+    )
 
 
 @app.get("/signals/enrich/schema")
@@ -123,12 +124,140 @@ def enrich_schema() -> dict:
     return {
         "schemaVersion": ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
         "fields": {
-            "S_v": "Sentiment vector (normalized polarity + severity).",
+            "S_v": "Sentiment vector [negative, neutral, positive], normalized to sum to 1.",
             "P_v": "Volatility probability in [0, 1].",
             "B_s": "Supply or capacity bias (long-horizon signal).",
         },
     }
 
+
+@dataclass
+class EnrichResult:
+    s_v: list[float]
+    p_v: float
+    b_s: float
+
+
+class SemanticEnricher:
+    def enrich(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> EnrichResult:  # pragma: no cover - interface
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class HeuristicEnricher(SemanticEnricher):
+    negative_terms = ("outage", "disruption", "degraded", "incident", "latency", "unavailable")
+    supply_terms = ("capacity", "shortage", "procurement", "inventory", "supply", "quota")
+
+    def enrich(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> EnrichResult:
+        combined = " ".join([self._doc_text(doc) for doc in documents]).lower()
+        negative_hits = sum(term in combined for term in self.negative_terms)
+        supply_hits = sum(term in combined for term in self.supply_terms)
+
+        neg_score = 0.15 + 0.2 * negative_hits
+        neutral_score = 0.6 - 0.1 * negative_hits
+        pos_score = 1.0 - (neg_score + neutral_score)
+
+        s_v = normalize_vector([neg_score, neutral_score, max(0.0, pos_score)])
+        p_v = clamp(0.15 + 0.25 * negative_hits, 0.0, 1.0)
+        b_s = clamp(0.05 * supply_hits, 0.0, 1.0)
+        return EnrichResult(s_v=s_v, p_v=p_v, b_s=b_s)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _doc_text(doc: SignalDocument) -> str:
+        summary = doc.summary or ""
+        return f"{doc.title} {summary}".strip()
+
+
+class FinbertEnricher(SemanticEnricher):
+    def __init__(self, model_id: str, max_chars: int, cache_size: int) -> None:
+        from transformers import pipeline
+        import torch
+
+        device = 0 if torch.cuda.is_available() else -1
+        self._pipeline = pipeline(
+            "sentiment-analysis",
+            model=model_id,
+            tokenizer=model_id,
+            return_all_scores=True,
+            device=device,
+        )
+        self._max_chars = max_chars
+        self._cache = lru_cache(maxsize=cache_size)(self._score_text)
+
+    def enrich(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> EnrichResult:
+        scores = [self._cache(self._doc_text(doc)) for doc in documents]
+        if not scores:
+            return EnrichResult(s_v=[0.15, 0.7, 0.15], p_v=0.1, b_s=0.0)
+
+        neg = sum(score[0] for score in scores) / len(scores)
+        neutral = sum(score[1] for score in scores) / len(scores)
+        pos = sum(score[2] for score in scores) / len(scores)
+        s_v = normalize_vector([neg, neutral, pos])
+
+        volatility_boost = max(0.0, neg - pos)
+        p_v = clamp(0.1 + volatility_boost * 1.2, 0.0, 1.0)
+        b_s = clamp(self._supply_bias(documents), 0.0, 1.0)
+        return EnrichResult(s_v=s_v, p_v=p_v, b_s=b_s)
+
+    def _score_text(self, text: str) -> list[float]:
+        scores_raw = self._pipeline(text[: self._max_chars])
+        scores = self._parse_scores(scores_raw)
+        return normalize_vector(scores)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_scores(raw) -> list[float]:
+        if isinstance(raw, list) and raw and isinstance(raw[0], list):
+            entries = raw[0]
+        else:
+            entries = raw
+
+        label_map = {"negative": 0, "neutral": 1, "positive": 2}
+        scores = [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
+        for entry in entries:
+            label = entry.get("label", "").lower()
+            score = float(entry.get("score", 0.0))
+            if label in label_map:
+                scores[label_map[label]] = score
+        if sum(scores) == 0:
+            return [0.15, 0.7, 0.15]
+        return scores
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _doc_text(doc: SignalDocument) -> str:
+        summary = doc.summary or ""
+        return f"{doc.title} {summary}".strip()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _supply_bias(documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> float:
+        supply_terms = ("capacity", "shortage", "procurement", "inventory", "supply", "quota")
+        combined = " ".join([doc.title + " " + (doc.summary or "") for doc in documents]).lower()
+        hits = sum(term in combined for term in supply_terms)
+        return 0.05 * hits
+
+
+def build_enricher() -> SemanticEnricher:
+    if ENRICHMENT_PROVIDER == "finbert":
+        try:
+            logger.info("Loading FinBERT model %s for enrichment.", DEFAULT_FINBERT_MODEL)
+            return FinbertEnricher(
+                model_id=DEFAULT_FINBERT_MODEL,
+                max_chars=ENRICHMENT_MAX_CHARS,
+                cache_size=ENRICHMENT_CACHE_SIZE,
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning("Failed to load FinBERT model, falling back to heuristics: %s", exc)
+    return HeuristicEnricher()
+
+
+def normalize_vector(values: list[float]) -> list[float]:
+    total = sum(max(0.0, value) for value in values)
+    if total <= 0:
+        return [0.15, 0.7, 0.15]
+    return [max(0.0, value) / total for value in values]
+
+
+def clamp(value: float, min_value: float, max_value: float) -> float:
+    return max(min_value, min(max_value, value))
+
 def configure_tracing() -> None:
     endpoint = os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT")
     if not endpoint:
diff --git a/src/services/ai-engine/requirements.txt b/src/services/ai-engine/requirements.txt
index 680c2e1..7b736c8 100644
--- a/src/services/ai-engine/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/services/ai-engine/requirements.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
 torch
+transformers>=4.39.0
 numpy
 pandas
 scikit-learn

From d1623269f6c565e048ede386b5aa59b8b6952d74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:49:27 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 08/24] Added separate SUMMARY_SCHEMA_VERSION and
 /signals/summarize output versioning.

---
 docs/Quickstart.md             |  34 +++++++
 src/services/ai-engine/main.py | 160 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 194 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/Quickstart.md b/docs/Quickstart.md
index e5d8505..4b4b66a 100644
--- a/docs/Quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/Quickstart.md
@@ -90,6 +90,40 @@ Schema details:
 GET /signals/enrich/schema
 ```
 
+## Optional: Enable summarization (v2.3 Milestone 1)
+
+The AI engine can summarize long advisories with a built-in heuristic summarizer or a remote HTTP summarizer.
+
+```bash
+# PowerShell
+$env:AI_SUMMARIZER_PROVIDER="heuristic"   # or "http"
+$env:AI_SUMMARIZER_ENDPOINT="https://summarizer.example/api" # required for http
+$env:AI_SUMMARIZER_MAX_CHARS="600"
+$env:AI_SUMMARIZER_CACHE_SIZE="1024"
+$env:AI_SUMMARIZER_TIMEOUT="8"
+
+# Bash
+export AI_SUMMARIZER_PROVIDER=heuristic
+export AI_SUMMARIZER_ENDPOINT=https://summarizer.example/api
+export AI_SUMMARIZER_MAX_CHARS=600
+export AI_SUMMARIZER_CACHE_SIZE=1024
+export AI_SUMMARIZER_TIMEOUT=8
+```
+
+Summarize signals:
+
+```
+POST /signals/summarize
+```
+
+Example payload:
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/signals/summarize \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"documents":[{"source":"aws","title":"AWS incident update","summary":"Service degradation observed in us-east-1..."}],"maxChars":280}'
+```
+
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
index 6f805b7..c17054e 100644
--- a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
+++ b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import lru_cache
@@ -20,11 +21,17 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger("uvicorn.error")
 scorer = RiskScorer()
 ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION = "1.0"
+SUMMARY_SCHEMA_VERSION = "1.0"
 
 DEFAULT_FINBERT_MODEL = os.getenv("AI_FINBERT_MODEL", "ProsusAI/finbert")
 ENRICHMENT_PROVIDER = os.getenv("AI_ENRICH_PROVIDER", "finbert").lower()
 ENRICHMENT_MAX_CHARS = int(os.getenv("AI_ENRICH_MAX_CHARS", "2000"))
 ENRICHMENT_CACHE_SIZE = int(os.getenv("AI_ENRICH_CACHE_SIZE", "1024"))
+SUMMARY_PROVIDER = os.getenv("AI_SUMMARIZER_PROVIDER", "heuristic").lower()
+SUMMARY_ENDPOINT = os.getenv("AI_SUMMARIZER_ENDPOINT", "")
+SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS = int(os.getenv("AI_SUMMARIZER_MAX_CHARS", "600"))
+SUMMARY_CACHE_SIZE = int(os.getenv("AI_SUMMARIZER_CACHE_SIZE", "1024"))
+SUMMARY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = float(os.getenv("AI_SUMMARIZER_TIMEOUT", "8"))
 
 
 @asynccontextmanager
@@ -32,6 +39,7 @@ async def lifespan(app_instance: FastAPI):
     configure_tracing()
     app_instance.state.scorer = scorer
     app_instance.state.enricher = build_enricher()
+    app_instance.state.summarizer = build_summarizer()
     logger.info("AI Engine Online.")
     yield
 
@@ -80,6 +88,28 @@ class EnrichResponse(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
 
 
+class SummarizeRequest(BaseModel):
+    documents: list[SignalDocument]
+    max_chars: int | None = Field(default=None, alias="maxChars")
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
+
+
+class SummaryItem(BaseModel):
+    index: int
+    source: str
+    title: str
+    summary: str
+    truncated: bool
+
+
+class SummarizeResponse(BaseModel):
+    schema_version: str = Field(alias="schemaVersion")
+    summaries: list[SummaryItem]
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
+
+
 @app.get("/")
 def root() -> dict:
     return {"status": "AI Engine Online"}
@@ -143,6 +173,17 @@ def enrich(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> EnrichResult:  # pragma
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
+@dataclass
+class SummarizeResult:
+    summary: str
+    truncated: bool
+
+
+class SignalSummarizer:
+    def summarize(self, text: str, max_chars: int) -> SummarizeResult:  # pragma: no cover - interface
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
 class HeuristicEnricher(SemanticEnricher):
     negative_terms = ("outage", "disruption", "degraded", "incident", "latency", "unavailable")
     supply_terms = ("capacity", "shortage", "procurement", "inventory", "supply", "quota")
@@ -248,6 +289,97 @@ def build_enricher() -> SemanticEnricher:
     return HeuristicEnricher()
 
 
+class HeuristicSummarizer(SignalSummarizer):
+    def __init__(self, max_chars: int, cache_size: int) -> None:
+        self._max_chars = max_chars
+        self._cache = lru_cache(maxsize=cache_size)(self._summarize_text)
+
+    def summarize(self, text: str, max_chars: int | None = None) -> SummarizeResult:
+        limit = max_chars or self._max_chars
+        clean = normalize_text(text)
+        if not clean:
+            return SummarizeResult(summary="", truncated=False)
+        if limit <= 0:
+            return SummarizeResult(summary="", truncated=len(clean) > 0)
+        return self._cache(clean, limit)
+
+    def _summarize_text(self, text: str, limit: int) -> SummarizeResult:
+        if len(text) <= limit:
+            return SummarizeResult(summary=text, truncated=False)
+
+        sentences = re.split(r"(?<=[.!?])\s+", text)
+        summary_parts: list[str] = []
+        total_len = 0
+        for sentence in sentences:
+            if not sentence:
+                continue
+            next_len = total_len + len(sentence) + (1 if summary_parts else 0)
+            if next_len > limit:
+                break
+            summary_parts.append(sentence)
+            total_len = next_len
+
+        if not summary_parts:
+            return SummarizeResult(summary=text[:limit].rstrip(), truncated=True)
+
+        summary = " ".join(summary_parts).rstrip()
+        return SummarizeResult(summary=summary, truncated=True)
+
+
+class HttpSummarizer(SignalSummarizer):
+    def __init__(self, endpoint: str, fallback: SignalSummarizer, max_chars: int, cache_size: int, timeout: float) -> None:
+        self._endpoint = endpoint
+        self._fallback = fallback
+        self._max_chars = max_chars
+        self._timeout = timeout
+        self._cache = lru_cache(maxsize=cache_size)(self._summarize_remote)
+
+    def summarize(self, text: str, max_chars: int | None = None) -> SummarizeResult:
+        limit = max_chars or self._max_chars
+        clean = normalize_text(text)
+        if not clean:
+            return SummarizeResult(summary="", truncated=False)
+        if limit <= 0:
+            return SummarizeResult(summary="", truncated=len(clean) > 0)
+        return self._cache(clean, limit)
+
+    def _summarize_remote(self, text: str, limit: int) -> SummarizeResult:
+        try:
+            import requests
+
+            response = requests.post(
+                self._endpoint,
+                json={"text": text, "maxChars": limit},
+                timeout=self._timeout,
+            )
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            payload = response.json()
+            summary = str(payload.get("summary", "")).strip()
+            if not summary:
+                return self._fallback.summarize(text, limit)
+            return SummarizeResult(summary=summary, truncated=len(text) > len(summary))
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning("Summarizer remote call failed, falling back: %s", exc)
+            return self._fallback.summarize(text, limit)
+
+
+def build_summarizer() -> SignalSummarizer:
+    heuristic = HeuristicSummarizer(max_chars=SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS, cache_size=SUMMARY_CACHE_SIZE)
+
+    if SUMMARY_PROVIDER == "http":
+        if SUMMARY_ENDPOINT:
+            return HttpSummarizer(
+                endpoint=SUMMARY_ENDPOINT,
+                fallback=heuristic,
+                max_chars=SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS,
+                cache_size=SUMMARY_CACHE_SIZE,
+                timeout=SUMMARY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+            )
+        logger.warning("AI_SUMMARIZER_PROVIDER=http set but AI_SUMMARIZER_ENDPOINT is empty; using heuristic.")
+
+    return heuristic
+
+
 def normalize_vector(values: list[float]) -> list[float]:
     total = sum(max(0.0, value) for value in values)
     if total <= 0:
@@ -258,6 +390,34 @@ def normalize_vector(values: list[float]) -> list[float]:
 def clamp(value: float, min_value: float, max_value: float) -> float:
     return max(min_value, min(max_value, value))
 
+
+def normalize_text(text: str) -> str:
+    return " ".join(text.replace("\n", " ").split()).strip()
+
+
+@app.post("/signals/summarize", response_model=SummarizeResponse)
+def summarize_signals(payload: SummarizeRequest) -> SummarizeResponse:
+    summarizer: SignalSummarizer = app.state.summarizer
+    max_chars = payload.max_chars if payload.max_chars and payload.max_chars > 0 else SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS
+    summaries: list[SummaryItem] = []
+
+    for index, doc in enumerate(payload.documents):
+        source = doc.source
+        title = doc.title
+        text = f"{doc.title}. {doc.summary}" if doc.summary else doc.title
+        result = summarizer.summarize(text, max_chars)
+        summaries.append(
+            SummaryItem(
+                index=index,
+                source=source,
+                title=title,
+                summary=result.summary,
+                truncated=result.truncated,
+            )
+        )
+
+    return SummarizeResponse(schemaVersion=SUMMARY_SCHEMA_VERSION, summaries=summaries)
+
 def configure_tracing() -> None:
     endpoint = os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT")
     if not endpoint:

From 7cb95b315e76fffe605257c8d458a851e7909c70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:17:06 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 09/24] Core integration with AI Engine

---
 docs/Quickstart.md                            |  11 +
 .../Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs  |  11 +
 .../Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs              |  11 +
 ...00_AddExternalSignalEnrichment.Designer.cs | 422 ++++++++++++++++++
 ...60211152000_AddExternalSignalEnrichment.cs | 129 ++++++
 .../ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs      |  44 ++
 .../core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs   |   1 +
 .../ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs         | 215 +++++++++
 .../ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs         | 104 +++++
 .../ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs |  11 +
 .../AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json         |   8 +
 .../AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignal.cs |  11 +
 12 files changed, 978 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260211152000_AddExternalSignalEnrichment.Designer.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260211152000_AddExternalSignalEnrichment.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs

diff --git a/docs/Quickstart.md b/docs/Quickstart.md
index 4b4b66a..e1c518a 100644
--- a/docs/Quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/Quickstart.md
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ export AI_ENRICH_PROVIDER=finbert
 export AI_FINBERT_MODEL=ProsusAI/finbert
 ```
 
+Core will call the AI engine for enrichment when external signals are enabled.
+If the AI engine is not running at the default Docker host (`http://ai-service:8000`), override:
+
+```bash
+# PowerShell
+$env:ExternalSignals__Enrichment__BaseUrl="http://localhost:8000"
+
+# Bash
+export ExternalSignals__Enrichment__BaseUrl=http://localhost:8000
+```
+
 Note: the first FinBERT run downloads model weights and can take a few minutes.
 Set `AI_ENRICH_PROVIDER=heuristic` if you need a fast, offline fallback.
 
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs
index 536405e..d8540b6 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/ExternalSignalsController.cs
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ public async Task<IActionResult> GetSignals(
                 signal.ExternalId,
                 signal.Title,
                 signal.Summary,
+                signal.SummaryDigest,
+                signal.SummaryDigestTruncated,
+                signal.SummarySchemaVersion,
+                signal.EnrichmentSchemaVersion,
+                signal.SentimentNegative,
+                signal.SentimentNeutral,
+                signal.SentimentPositive,
+                signal.VolatilityProbability,
+                signal.SupplyBias,
+                signal.SummarizedAt,
+                signal.EnrichedAt,
                 signal.Region,
                 signal.Severity,
                 signal.Category,
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
index 04c7261..189de62 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
             entity.Property(e => e.ExternalId).HasColumnName("external_id");
             entity.Property(e => e.Title).HasColumnName("title");
             entity.Property(e => e.Summary).HasColumnName("summary");
+            entity.Property(e => e.SummaryDigest).HasColumnName("summary_digest");
+            entity.Property(e => e.SummaryDigestTruncated).HasColumnName("summary_digest_truncated");
+            entity.Property(e => e.SummarySchemaVersion).HasColumnName("summary_schema_version");
+            entity.Property(e => e.EnrichmentSchemaVersion).HasColumnName("enrichment_schema_version");
+            entity.Property(e => e.SentimentNegative).HasColumnName("sentiment_negative");
+            entity.Property(e => e.SentimentNeutral).HasColumnName("sentiment_neutral");
+            entity.Property(e => e.SentimentPositive).HasColumnName("sentiment_positive");
+            entity.Property(e => e.VolatilityProbability).HasColumnName("volatility_probability");
+            entity.Property(e => e.SupplyBias).HasColumnName("supply_bias");
+            entity.Property(e => e.SummarizedAt).HasColumnName("summarized_at");
+            entity.Property(e => e.EnrichedAt).HasColumnName("enriched_at");
             entity.Property(e => e.Region).HasColumnName("region");
             entity.Property(e => e.Severity).HasColumnName("severity");
             entity.Property(e => e.Category).HasColumnName("category");
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260211152000_AddExternalSignalEnrichment.Designer.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260211152000_AddExternalSignalEnrichment.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dae2ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260211152000_AddExternalSignalEnrichment.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,422 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Data.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(ApplicationDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20260211152000_AddExternalSignalEnrichment")]
+    partial class AddExternalSignalEnrichment
+    {
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "8.0.0")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.Agent", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AgentToken")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("agenttoken");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Hostname")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("hostname");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("LastHeartbeat")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("lastheartbeat");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Status")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("AgentToken")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("agents", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.AgentCommand", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Action")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("action");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("AgentId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("agent_id");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("CommandId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("command_id");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("created_at");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ExpiresAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("expires_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Nonce")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("nonce");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Parameters")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("parameters");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Signature")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("signature");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Status")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime?>("UpdatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("updated_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("WorkloadId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("workload_id");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("agent_commands", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.CommandAudit", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Action")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("action");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Actor")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("actor");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("CommandId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid")
+                        .HasColumnName("command_id");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("created_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Error")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("error");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Result")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("result");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("command_audits", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.ExternalSignal", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Category")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("category");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ExternalId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("external_id");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("IngestedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("ingested_at");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("PublishedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("published_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Region")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("region");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Severity")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("severity");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Source")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("source");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Summary")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("summary");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SummaryDigest")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("summary_digest");
+
+                    b.Property<bool?>("SummaryDigestTruncated")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean")
+                        .HasColumnName("summary_digest_truncated");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SummarySchemaVersion")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("summary_schema_version");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("EnrichmentSchemaVersion")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("enrichment_schema_version");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("SentimentNegative")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("sentiment_negative");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("SentimentNeutral")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("sentiment_neutral");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("SentimentPositive")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("sentiment_positive");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("VolatilityProbability")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("volatility_probability");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("SupplyBias")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("supply_bias");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("SummarizedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("summarized_at");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("EnrichedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("enriched_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Tags")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("tags");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Title")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("title");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Url")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("url");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("PublishedAt");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Source", "ExternalId")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("external_signals", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.ExternalSignalFeedState", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<int>("FailureCount")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("failure_count");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("LastError")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_error");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("LastFetchAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_fetch_at");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("LastStatusCode")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_status_code");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("LastSuccessAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("last_success_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Url")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("url");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Name")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("external_signal_feeds", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.SchemaRegistryEntry", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("created_at");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Schema")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("schema");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Subject")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("subject");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Version")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("version");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Subject", "Version")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("schema_registry", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("AetherGuard.Core.Models.TelemetryRecord", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<long>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("Id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<long>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("Timestamp")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("Timestamp");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AgentId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("AgentId");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("AiConfidence")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("AiConfidence");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AiStatus")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("AiStatus");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("CpuUsage")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("CpuUsage");
+
+                    b.Property<long>("DiskAvailable")
+                        .HasColumnType("bigint")
+                        .HasColumnName("DiskAvailable");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("MemoryUsage")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("MemoryUsage");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("PredictedCpu")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("PredictedCpu");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("RebalanceSignal")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean")
+                        .HasColumnName("RebalanceSignal");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RootCause")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("RootCause");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("WorkloadTier")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("WorkloadTier");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id", "Timestamp");
+
+                    b.ToTable("TelemetryRecords", (string)null);
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260211152000_AddExternalSignalEnrichment.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260211152000_AddExternalSignalEnrichment.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b487a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/20260211152000_AddExternalSignalEnrichment.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Data.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class AddExternalSignalEnrichment : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<string>(
+                name: "summary_digest",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "text",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<bool>(
+                name: "summary_digest_truncated",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "boolean",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<string>(
+                name: "summary_schema_version",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "text",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<string>(
+                name: "enrichment_schema_version",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "text",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<double>(
+                name: "sentiment_negative",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "double precision",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<double>(
+                name: "sentiment_neutral",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "double precision",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<double>(
+                name: "sentiment_positive",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "double precision",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<double>(
+                name: "volatility_probability",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "double precision",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<double>(
+                name: "supply_bias",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "double precision",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<DateTimeOffset>(
+                name: "summarized_at",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "timestamp with time zone",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<DateTimeOffset>(
+                name: "enriched_at",
+                table: "external_signals",
+                type: "timestamp with time zone",
+                nullable: true);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "summary_digest",
+                table: "external_signals");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "summary_digest_truncated",
+                table: "external_signals");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "summary_schema_version",
+                table: "external_signals");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "enrichment_schema_version",
+                table: "external_signals");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "sentiment_negative",
+                table: "external_signals");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "sentiment_neutral",
+                table: "external_signals");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "sentiment_positive",
+                table: "external_signals");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "volatility_probability",
+                table: "external_signals");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "supply_bias",
+                table: "external_signals");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "summarized_at",
+                table: "external_signals");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "enriched_at",
+                table: "external_signals");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
index 9c007b4..b8bf36d 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Data/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -205,6 +205,50 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
                         .HasColumnType("text")
                         .HasColumnName("summary");
 
+                    b.Property<string>("SummaryDigest")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("summary_digest");
+
+                    b.Property<bool?>("SummaryDigestTruncated")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean")
+                        .HasColumnName("summary_digest_truncated");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SummarySchemaVersion")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("summary_schema_version");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("EnrichmentSchemaVersion")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("enrichment_schema_version");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("SentimentNegative")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("sentiment_negative");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("SentimentNeutral")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("sentiment_neutral");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("SentimentPositive")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("sentiment_positive");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("VolatilityProbability")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("volatility_probability");
+
+                    b.Property<double?>("SupplyBias")
+                        .HasColumnType("double precision")
+                        .HasColumnName("supply_bias");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("SummarizedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("summarized_at");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("EnrichedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone")
+                        .HasColumnName("enriched_at");
+
                     b.Property<string>("Tags")
                         .HasColumnType("text")
                         .HasColumnName("tags");
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
index 6f739c1..a748da7 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     client.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.ParseAdd("Aether-Guard/ExternalSignals");
     client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
 });
+builder.Services.AddHttpClient<AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals.ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<AgentWorkflowService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<TelemetryIngestionService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<ControlPlaneService>();
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad8f569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+using System.Net.Http.Json;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Models;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals;
+
+public sealed class ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient
+{
+    private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions RequestJsonOptions = new()
+    {
+        PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase,
+        DefaultIgnoreCondition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull
+    };
+
+    private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions ResponseJsonOptions = new()
+    {
+        PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true
+    };
+
+    private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
+    private readonly ExternalSignalEnrichmentOptions _options;
+    private readonly ILogger<ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient> _logger;
+    private readonly bool _configured;
+
+    public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
+        HttpClient httpClient,
+        IOptions<ExternalSignalsOptions> options,
+        ILogger<ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient> logger)
+    {
+        _httpClient = httpClient;
+        _logger = logger;
+        _options = options.Value.Enrichment ?? new ExternalSignalEnrichmentOptions();
+        _configured = ConfigureClient(_options);
+    }
+
+    public bool IsEnabled => _options.Enabled && _configured;
+    public int MaxBatchSize => Math.Clamp(_options.MaxBatchSize, 1, 1000);
+    public int MaxConcurrency => Math.Clamp(_options.MaxConcurrency, 1, 8);
+    public int SummaryMaxChars => _options.SummaryMaxChars;
+
+    public async Task<SummarizeResponse?> SummarizeAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<ExternalSignal> signals,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!IsEnabled || SummaryMaxChars <= 0 || signals.Count == 0)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var documents = signals.Select(MapDocument).ToList();
+        var request = new SummarizeRequestDto(documents, SummaryMaxChars);
+
+        try
+        {
+            using var response = await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync(
+                "signals/summarize",
+                request,
+                RequestJsonOptions,
+                cancellationToken);
+
+            if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("Summarizer returned HTTP {StatusCode}.", response.StatusCode);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var payload = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<SummarizeResponseDto>(
+                ResponseJsonOptions,
+                cancellationToken);
+
+            if (payload?.Summaries is null || payload.Summaries.Count == 0)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("Summarizer returned an empty payload.");
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return new SummarizeResponse(payload.SchemaVersion ?? "unknown", payload.Summaries);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Summarizer request failed.");
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async Task<EnrichResponse?> EnrichAsync(ExternalSignal signal, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!IsEnabled)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var request = new EnrichRequestDto(new[] { MapDocument(signal) });
+
+        try
+        {
+            using var response = await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync(
+                "signals/enrich",
+                request,
+                RequestJsonOptions,
+                cancellationToken);
+
+            if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("Enrichment returned HTTP {StatusCode} for signal {ExternalId}.",
+                    response.StatusCode,
+                    signal.ExternalId);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var payload = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<EnrichResponseDto>(
+                ResponseJsonOptions,
+                cancellationToken);
+
+            if (payload?.SentimentVector is null || payload.SentimentVector.Length < 3)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("Enrichment payload missing S_v for signal {ExternalId}.", signal.ExternalId);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return new EnrichResponse(
+                payload.SchemaVersion ?? "unknown",
+                payload.SentimentVector,
+                payload.VolatilityProbability,
+                payload.SupplyBias);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Enrichment request failed for signal {ExternalId}.", signal.ExternalId);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private bool ConfigureClient(ExternalSignalEnrichmentOptions options)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(options.BaseUrl))
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("External signal enrichment base URL is empty.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            var baseUrl = options.BaseUrl.TrimEnd('/') + "/";
+            _httpClient.BaseAddress ??= new Uri(baseUrl, UriKind.Absolute);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Invalid external signal enrichment base URL: {BaseUrl}", options.BaseUrl);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var timeoutSeconds = Math.Clamp(options.TimeoutSeconds, 2, 60);
+        _httpClient.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeoutSeconds);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static SignalDocumentDto MapDocument(ExternalSignal signal)
+        => new(
+            Source: signal.Source,
+            Title: signal.Title,
+            Summary: signal.Summary,
+            Url: signal.Url,
+            Region: signal.Region,
+            PublishedAt: signal.PublishedAt);
+
+    public sealed record SummarizeResponse(string SchemaVersion, IReadOnlyList<SummaryItemDto> Summaries);
+    public sealed record EnrichResponse(string SchemaVersion, double[] SentimentVector, double VolatilityProbability, double SupplyBias);
+
+    public sealed record SummaryItemDto(
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("index")] int Index,
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("summary")] string Summary,
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("truncated")] bool Truncated);
+
+    private sealed record SignalDocumentDto(
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("source")] string Source,
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("title")] string Title,
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("summary")] string? Summary,
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("url")] string? Url,
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("region")] string? Region,
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("publishedAt")] DateTimeOffset? PublishedAt);
+
+    private sealed record SummarizeRequestDto(
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("documents")] IReadOnlyList<SignalDocumentDto> Documents,
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("maxChars")] int? MaxChars);
+
+    private sealed class SummarizeResponseDto
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("schemaVersion")]
+        public string? SchemaVersion { get; init; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("summaries")]
+        public List<SummaryItemDto> Summaries { get; init; } = new();
+    }
+
+    private sealed record EnrichRequestDto(
+        [property: JsonPropertyName("documents")] IReadOnlyList<SignalDocumentDto> Documents);
+
+    private sealed class EnrichResponseDto
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("schemaVersion")]
+        public string? SchemaVersion { get; init; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("S_v")]
+        public double[]? SentimentVector { get; init; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("P_v")]
+        public double VolatilityProbability { get; init; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("B_s")]
+        public double SupplyBias { get; init; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
index 2118199..de13795 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
@@ -133,11 +133,115 @@ private async Task IngestOnceAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
             await db.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
 
             _logger.LogInformation("Ingested {Count} signals from {Feed}.", newSignals.Count, feed.Name);
+
+            if (_options.Enrichment.Enabled)
+            {
+                var enrichmentClient = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient>();
+                await EnrichSignalsAsync(db, enrichmentClient, newSignals, cancellationToken);
+            }
         }
 
         await CleanupOldSignalsAsync(db, cancellationToken);
     }
 
+    private async Task EnrichSignalsAsync(
+        ApplicationDbContext db,
+        ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient client,
+        List<ExternalSignal> signals,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!client.IsEnabled || signals.Count == 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var batch = signals.Take(client.MaxBatchSize).ToList();
+        if (batch.Count == 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var summaryUpdates = 0;
+        var enrichmentUpdates = 0;
+        var summarizedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+
+        var summaryResponse = await client.SummarizeAsync(batch, cancellationToken);
+        if (summaryResponse is not null)
+        {
+            var summaryByIndex = summaryResponse.Summaries
+                .Where(item => item.Index >= 0 && item.Index < batch.Count)
+                .GroupBy(item => item.Index)
+                .ToDictionary(group => group.Key, group => group.First());
+
+            for (var index = 0; index < batch.Count; index++)
+            {
+                if (!summaryByIndex.TryGetValue(index, out var item))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(item.Summary))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                var signal = batch[index];
+                signal.SummaryDigest = item.Summary;
+                signal.SummaryDigestTruncated = item.Truncated;
+                signal.SummarySchemaVersion = summaryResponse.SchemaVersion;
+                signal.SummarizedAt = summarizedAt;
+                summaryUpdates++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        var semaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(client.MaxConcurrency);
+        var tasks = batch.Select(async signal =>
+        {
+            await semaphore.WaitAsync(cancellationToken);
+            try
+            {
+                var result = await client.EnrichAsync(signal, cancellationToken);
+                return (signal, result);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                semaphore.Release();
+            }
+        }).ToList();
+
+        var results = await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
+        var enrichedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+
+        foreach (var (signal, result) in results)
+        {
+            if (result is null || result.SentimentVector.Length < 3)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            signal.SentimentNegative = Clamp01(result.SentimentVector[0]);
+            signal.SentimentNeutral = Clamp01(result.SentimentVector[1]);
+            signal.SentimentPositive = Clamp01(result.SentimentVector[2]);
+            signal.VolatilityProbability = Clamp01(result.VolatilityProbability);
+            signal.SupplyBias = Clamp01(result.SupplyBias);
+            signal.EnrichmentSchemaVersion = result.SchemaVersion;
+            signal.EnrichedAt = enrichedAt;
+            enrichmentUpdates++;
+        }
+
+        if (summaryUpdates > 0 || enrichmentUpdates > 0)
+        {
+            await db.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Enriched external signals: summaries={SummaryCount}, vectors={VectorCount}.",
+                summaryUpdates,
+                enrichmentUpdates);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static double Clamp01(double value)
+        => Math.Clamp(value, 0.0, 1.0);
+
     private static async Task UpdateFeedStateAsync(
         ApplicationDbContext db,
         ExternalSignalFeedOptions feed,
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs
index ab91b68..e0f8819 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsOptions.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public sealed class ExternalSignalsOptions
     public int RetentionDays { get; set; } = 30;
     public int CleanupBatchSize { get; set; } = 500;
     public List<ExternalSignalFeedOptions> Feeds { get; set; } = new();
+    public ExternalSignalEnrichmentOptions Enrichment { get; set; } = new();
 }
 
 public sealed class ExternalSignalFeedOptions
@@ -17,3 +18,13 @@ public sealed class ExternalSignalFeedOptions
     public string Url { get; set; } = string.Empty;
     public string? DefaultRegion { get; set; }
 }
+
+public sealed class ExternalSignalEnrichmentOptions
+{
+    public bool Enabled { get; set; } = true;
+    public string BaseUrl { get; set; } = "http://ai-service:8000";
+    public int TimeoutSeconds { get; set; } = 8;
+    public int MaxBatchSize { get; set; } = 200;
+    public int MaxConcurrency { get; set; } = 4;
+    public int SummaryMaxChars { get; set; } = 280;
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
index 0ff04ea..38e812e 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/appsettings.json
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@
     "MaxItemsPerFeed": 200,
     "RetentionDays": 30,
     "CleanupBatchSize": 500,
+    "Enrichment": {
+      "Enabled": true,
+      "BaseUrl": "http://ai-service:8000",
+      "TimeoutSeconds": 8,
+      "MaxBatchSize": 200,
+      "MaxConcurrency": 4,
+      "SummaryMaxChars": 280
+    },
     "Feeds": [
       {
         "Name": "aws-status",
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignal.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignal.cs
index 870fb36..da21166 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignal.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/models/ExternalSignal.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ public sealed class ExternalSignal
     public string ExternalId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
     public string Title { get; set; } = string.Empty;
     public string? Summary { get; set; }
+    public string? SummaryDigest { get; set; }
+    public bool? SummaryDigestTruncated { get; set; }
+    public string? SummarySchemaVersion { get; set; }
+    public string? EnrichmentSchemaVersion { get; set; }
+    public double? SentimentNegative { get; set; }
+    public double? SentimentNeutral { get; set; }
+    public double? SentimentPositive { get; set; }
+    public double? VolatilityProbability { get; set; }
+    public double? SupplyBias { get; set; }
+    public DateTimeOffset? SummarizedAt { get; set; }
+    public DateTimeOffset? EnrichedAt { get; set; }
     public string? Region { get; set; }
     public string? Severity { get; set; }
     public string? Category { get; set; }

From 99a5864c6f92d0d8da8a5da863b2472f8e702f6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:27:04 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 10/24] feat(v2.3): implement batch enrichment endpoint and
 update enrichment logic

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  |   5 +-
 README.md                                     |   3 +-
 docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md                  |  89 ++++++++++
 docs/Quickstart.md                            |  17 ++
 docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md                          |   2 +
 src/services/ai-engine/main.py                | 102 ++++++++++-
 .../ExternalSignalEnrichmentClientTests.cs    | 167 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs         | 149 +++++++++++++++-
 .../ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs         |  87 ++++++---
 9 files changed, 583 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClientTests.cs

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0e3b4f..ae3cc1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Semantic Versioning.
 - External signals ingestion pipeline (RSS feeds) with persisted `external_signals` table.
 - External signal feed health tracking (`external_signal_feeds`) and feed status API.
 - Parser regression tests for RSS/Atom feeds.
-- AI Engine semantic enrichment stub (`/signals/enrich`) for v2.3 pipeline integration.
+- AI Engine semantic enrichment service (`/signals/enrich`) with FinBERT/heuristic fallback.
+- Batch semantic enrichment endpoint (`/signals/enrich/batch`) with schema-versioned vectors.
+- v2.3 Milestone 1 smoke-test checklist in `docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md`.
 - v2.3 multimodal predictive architecture document in `docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md`.
 - v2.3 delivery roadmap in `docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md`.
 - Expanded v2.3 roadmap with model choices, data sources, and validation guidance.
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ Semantic Versioning.
 ### Changed
 - Agent now injects W3C trace headers for HTTP requests.
 - Dashboard dependencies updated to Next.js 16.1.6.
+- Core external-signal ingestion now prefers batch enrichment and falls back to per-item enrichment.
 
 ### Deprecated
 - 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ad8553..905fdc0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ v2.2 reference architecture with a concrete implementation guide.
 
 ## Project Status
 
-- Stage: v2.2 baseline delivered (Phase 0-4). v2.3 transition roadmap in docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md.
+- Stage: v2.2 baseline delivered (Phase 0-4). v2.3 Milestone 1 delivered; Milestone 2+ tracked in docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md.
 - License: MIT
 - Authors: Qi Junyi, Xiao Erdong (2026)
 - Sponsor: https://github.com/sponsors/JasonEran
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - Observability (OpenTelemetry): docs/Observability.md
 - v2.3 architecture roadmap: docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md
 - v2.3 delivery roadmap: docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
+- v2.3 Milestone 1 smoke test: docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
diff --git a/docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md b/docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccff2f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# v2.3 Milestone 1 Smoke Test Checklist (Semantic Enrichment)
+
+This checklist validates the v2.3 Milestone 1 flow: FinBERT/heuristic enrichment,
+summary generation, schema versioning, and batch enrichment integration.
+
+## Preconditions
+
+- Docker Desktop running
+- `COMMAND_API_KEY` set
+- External signals enabled
+
+## Start stack
+
+```bash
+# PowerShell
+$env:COMMAND_API_KEY="changeme"
+$env:ExternalSignals__Enabled="true"
+
+docker compose up --build -d
+```
+
+## Verify enrichment schema metadata
+
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:8000/signals/enrich/schema
+```
+
+Expected:
+- `schemaVersion` is present
+- `batchEndpoint` is `/signals/enrich/batch`
+- `fields` contains `S_v`, `P_v`, `B_s`
+
+## Verify single enrichment endpoint
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/signals/enrich \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"documents":[{"source":"aws","title":"Service disruption in us-east-1","summary":"Investigating elevated errors."}]}'
+```
+
+Expected:
+- HTTP 200
+- Response includes `schemaVersion`, `S_v`, `P_v`, `B_s`
+
+## Verify batch enrichment endpoint
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/signals/enrich/batch \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"documents":[{"source":"aws","title":"Service disruption in us-east-1","summary":"Investigating elevated errors."},{"source":"gcp","title":"RESOLVED: incident in us-central1","summary":"Service recovered."}]}'
+```
+
+Expected:
+- HTTP 200
+- `vectors` length matches input document count
+- Each vector includes `index`, `S_v`, `P_v`, `B_s`
+
+## Verify summarization endpoint
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/signals/summarize \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"documents":[{"source":"aws","title":"AWS incident update","summary":"Service degradation observed in us-east-1 with intermittent errors and elevated latency."}],"maxChars":160}'
+```
+
+Expected:
+- HTTP 200
+- Response includes `schemaVersion` and non-empty `summaries`
+
+## Verify Core integration result
+
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/signals?limit=10
+```
+
+Expected (after at least one ingest cycle):
+- At least one signal has `summarySchemaVersion` or `enrichmentSchemaVersion`
+- Enriched vectors are persisted (`sentimentNegative`, `sentimentNeutral`, `sentimentPositive`, `volatilityProbability`, `supplyBias`)
+
+## Optional throughput sanity check
+
+Send 100+ documents to `/signals/enrich/batch` and confirm request latency remains within your
+target budget for deployment (for example, under a few seconds in local Docker with heuristic mode).
+
+## Stop stack
+
+```bash
+docker compose down
+```
diff --git a/docs/Quickstart.md b/docs/Quickstart.md
index e1c518a..adfc120 100644
--- a/docs/Quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/Quickstart.md
@@ -101,6 +101,23 @@ Schema details:
 GET /signals/enrich/schema
 ```
 
+Batch enrichment endpoint (recommended for throughput):
+
+```
+POST /signals/enrich/batch
+```
+
+Example payload:
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/signals/enrich/batch \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"documents":[{"source":"aws","title":"Service disruption in us-east-1","summary":"Investigating elevated errors."},{"source":"gcp","title":"RESOLVED: incident in us-central1","summary":"Service recovered."}]}'
+```
+
+Core prefers `/signals/enrich/batch` and falls back to `/signals/enrich` automatically.
+Milestone 1 smoke test checklist: `docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md`.
+
 ## Optional: Enable summarization (v2.3 Milestone 1)
 
 The AI engine can summarize long advisories with a built-in heuristic summarizer or a remote HTTP summarizer.
diff --git a/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md b/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
index a3e30f7..55a6bdd 100644
--- a/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
+++ b/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ minimize integration risk while preserving backward compatibility with the v2.2
 ### Milestone 0: Data Foundation (Signals Ingestion)
 
 **Goal**: Introduce external cloud signals and store them alongside telemetry windows.
+**Status**: Completed (2026-02-11)
 
 - Add connectors for provider status feeds and incident streams.
 - Normalize signal schema (timestamp, region, severity, source, summary).
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ minimize integration risk while preserving backward compatibility with the v2.2
 ### Milestone 1: Semantic Enrichment Service
 
 **Goal**: Extract semantic vectors from signals without impacting core latency.
+**Status**: Completed (2026-02-19)
 
 - Add NLP service for incident sentiment and volatility likelihood (FinBERT or domain BERT).
 - Add LLM summarizer for longer advisories and policy updates.
diff --git a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
index c17054e..28b6d18 100644
--- a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
+++ b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
@@ -74,20 +74,57 @@ class EnrichResponse(BaseModel):
     schema_version: str = Field(alias="schemaVersion", description="Semantic vector schema version.")
     s_v: list[float] = Field(
         alias="S_v",
+        min_length=3,
+        max_length=3,
         description="Sentiment vector [negative, neutral, positive], normalized to sum to 1.",
     )
     p_v: float = Field(
         alias="P_v",
+        ge=0.0,
+        le=1.0,
         description="Volatility probability in the range [0, 1].",
     )
     b_s: float = Field(
         alias="B_s",
+        ge=0.0,
+        le=1.0,
         description="Supply or capacity bias (long-horizon signal).",
     )
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
 
 
+class EnrichBatchItem(BaseModel):
+    index: int = Field(ge=0)
+    s_v: list[float] = Field(
+        alias="S_v",
+        min_length=3,
+        max_length=3,
+        description="Sentiment vector [negative, neutral, positive], normalized to sum to 1.",
+    )
+    p_v: float = Field(
+        alias="P_v",
+        ge=0.0,
+        le=1.0,
+        description="Volatility probability in the range [0, 1].",
+    )
+    b_s: float = Field(
+        alias="B_s",
+        ge=0.0,
+        le=1.0,
+        description="Supply or capacity bias (long-horizon signal).",
+    )
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
+
+
+class EnrichBatchResponse(BaseModel):
+    schema_version: str = Field(alias="schemaVersion", description="Semantic vector schema version.")
+    vectors: list[EnrichBatchItem]
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
+
+
 class SummarizeRequest(BaseModel):
     documents: list[SignalDocument]
     max_chars: int | None = Field(default=None, alias="maxChars")
@@ -140,7 +177,7 @@ def analyze(payload: RiskPayload) -> dict:
 @app.post("/signals/enrich", response_model=EnrichResponse)
 def enrich_signals(payload: EnrichRequest) -> EnrichResponse:
     enricher: SemanticEnricher = app.state.enricher
-    result = enricher.enrich(payload.documents)
+    result = sanitize_enrich_result(enricher.enrich(payload.documents))
     return EnrichResponse(
         schemaVersion=ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
         S_v=result.s_v,
@@ -149,10 +186,32 @@ def enrich_signals(payload: EnrichRequest) -> EnrichResponse:
     )
 
 
+@app.post("/signals/enrich/batch", response_model=EnrichBatchResponse)
+def enrich_signals_batch(payload: EnrichRequest) -> EnrichBatchResponse:
+    enricher: SemanticEnricher = app.state.enricher
+    vectors = [
+        EnrichBatchItem(
+            index=index,
+            S_v=result.s_v,
+            P_v=result.p_v,
+            B_s=result.b_s,
+        )
+        for index, result in enumerate(
+            [sanitize_enrich_result(result) for result in enricher.enrich_batch(payload.documents)]
+        )
+    ]
+
+    return EnrichBatchResponse(
+        schemaVersion=ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+        vectors=vectors,
+    )
+
+
 @app.get("/signals/enrich/schema")
 def enrich_schema() -> dict:
     return {
         "schemaVersion": ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+        "batchEndpoint": "/signals/enrich/batch",
         "fields": {
             "S_v": "Sentiment vector [negative, neutral, positive], normalized to sum to 1.",
             "P_v": "Volatility probability in [0, 1].",
@@ -172,6 +231,9 @@ class SemanticEnricher:
     def enrich(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> EnrichResult:  # pragma: no cover - interface
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def enrich_batch(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> list[EnrichResult]:
+        return [self.enrich([document]) for document in documents]
+
 
 @dataclass
 class SummarizeResult:
@@ -189,7 +251,18 @@ class HeuristicEnricher(SemanticEnricher):
     supply_terms = ("capacity", "shortage", "procurement", "inventory", "supply", "quota")
 
     def enrich(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> EnrichResult:
-        combined = " ".join([self._doc_text(doc) for doc in documents]).lower()
+        document_list = list(documents)
+        if not document_list:
+            return EnrichResult(s_v=[0.15, 0.7, 0.15], p_v=0.1, b_s=0.0)
+
+        # Keep the legacy aggregate behavior for backward compatibility.
+        combined = " ".join([self._doc_text(doc) for doc in document_list]).lower()
+        return self._score_text(combined)
+
+    def enrich_batch(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> list[EnrichResult]:
+        return [self._score_text(self._doc_text(document).lower()) for document in documents]
+
+    def _score_text(self, combined: str) -> EnrichResult:
         negative_hits = sum(term in combined for term in self.negative_terms)
         supply_hits = sum(term in combined for term in self.supply_terms)
 
@@ -225,7 +298,8 @@ def __init__(self, model_id: str, max_chars: int, cache_size: int) -> None:
         self._cache = lru_cache(maxsize=cache_size)(self._score_text)
 
     def enrich(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> EnrichResult:
-        scores = [self._cache(self._doc_text(doc)) for doc in documents]
+        document_list = list(documents)
+        scores = [self._cache(self._doc_text(doc)) for doc in document_list]
         if not scores:
             return EnrichResult(s_v=[0.15, 0.7, 0.15], p_v=0.1, b_s=0.0)
 
@@ -236,9 +310,20 @@ def enrich(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> EnrichResult:
 
         volatility_boost = max(0.0, neg - pos)
         p_v = clamp(0.1 + volatility_boost * 1.2, 0.0, 1.0)
-        b_s = clamp(self._supply_bias(documents), 0.0, 1.0)
+        b_s = clamp(self._supply_bias(document_list), 0.0, 1.0)
         return EnrichResult(s_v=s_v, p_v=p_v, b_s=b_s)
 
+    def enrich_batch(self, documents: Iterable[SignalDocument]) -> list[EnrichResult]:
+        results: list[EnrichResult] = []
+        for document in documents:
+            scores = self._cache(self._doc_text(document))
+            neg = scores[0]
+            pos = scores[2]
+            p_v = clamp(0.1 + max(0.0, neg - pos) * 1.2, 0.0, 1.0)
+            b_s = clamp(self._supply_bias([document]), 0.0, 1.0)
+            results.append(EnrichResult(s_v=scores, p_v=p_v, b_s=b_s))
+        return results
+
     def _score_text(self, text: str) -> list[float]:
         scores_raw = self._pipeline(text[: self._max_chars])
         scores = self._parse_scores(scores_raw)
@@ -391,6 +476,15 @@ def clamp(value: float, min_value: float, max_value: float) -> float:
     return max(min_value, min(max_value, value))
 
 
+def sanitize_enrich_result(result: EnrichResult) -> EnrichResult:
+    values = normalize_vector((result.s_v + [0.0, 0.0, 0.0])[:3])
+    return EnrichResult(
+        s_v=values,
+        p_v=clamp(result.p_v, 0.0, 1.0),
+        b_s=clamp(result.b_s, 0.0, 1.0),
+    )
+
+
 def normalize_text(text: str) -> str:
     return " ".join(text.replace("\n", " ").split()).strip()
 
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClientTests.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClientTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfdc8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClientTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+using System;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Models;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Tests;
+
+public class ExternalSignalEnrichmentClientTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task EnrichBatchAsync_ReturnsVectors_WhenPayloadIsValid()
+    {
+        var json = """
+                   {
+                     "schemaVersion": "1.0",
+                     "vectors": [
+                       { "index": 0, "S_v": [0.6, 0.3, 0.1], "P_v": 0.72, "B_s": 0.12 },
+                       { "index": 1, "S_v": [0.2, 0.5, 0.3], "P_v": 0.35, "B_s": 0.40 }
+                     ]
+                   }
+                   """;
+
+        var client = CreateClient((request, _) =>
+        {
+            if (request.RequestUri?.AbsolutePath.EndsWith("/signals/enrich/batch", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != true)
+            {
+                return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
+            }
+
+            return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+            {
+                Content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
+            };
+        });
+
+        var signals = new[]
+        {
+            CreateSignal("signal-1"),
+            CreateSignal("signal-2")
+        };
+
+        var result = await client.EnrichBatchAsync(signals, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        Assert.Equal("1.0", result!.SchemaVersion);
+        Assert.Equal(2, result.Vectors.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(0, result.Vectors[0].Index);
+        Assert.Equal(3, result.Vectors[0].Vector.SentimentVector.Length);
+        Assert.Equal(0.72, result.Vectors[0].Vector.VolatilityProbability, 3);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task EnrichBatchAsync_FiltersInvalidVectors()
+    {
+        var json = """
+                   {
+                     "schemaVersion": "1.0",
+                     "vectors": [
+                       { "index": 0, "S_v": [0.6, 0.3], "P_v": 0.72, "B_s": 0.12 },
+                       { "index": 1, "S_v": [0.2, 0.5, 0.3], "P_v": 0.35, "B_s": 0.40 }
+                     ]
+                   }
+                   """;
+
+        var client = CreateClient((_, _) => new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+        {
+            Content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
+        });
+
+        var signals = new[]
+        {
+            CreateSignal("signal-1"),
+            CreateSignal("signal-2")
+        };
+
+        var result = await client.EnrichBatchAsync(signals, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        Assert.Single(result!.Vectors);
+        Assert.Equal(1, result.Vectors[0].Index);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task EnrichAsync_ClampsOutOfRangeValues()
+    {
+        var json = """
+                   {
+                     "schemaVersion": "1.0",
+                     "S_v": [0.6, 0.3, 0.1],
+                     "P_v": 2.5,
+                     "B_s": -1.0
+                   }
+                   """;
+
+        var client = CreateClient((request, _) =>
+        {
+            if (request.RequestUri?.AbsolutePath.EndsWith("/signals/enrich", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != true)
+            {
+                return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
+            }
+
+            return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+            {
+                Content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
+            };
+        });
+
+        var result = await client.EnrichAsync(CreateSignal("signal-1"), CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        Assert.Equal(1.0, result!.VolatilityProbability, 3);
+        Assert.Equal(0.0, result.SupplyBias, 3);
+    }
+
+    private static ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient CreateClient(
+        Func<HttpRequestMessage, CancellationToken, HttpResponseMessage> responder)
+    {
+        var options = Options.Create(new ExternalSignalsOptions
+        {
+            Enrichment = new ExternalSignalEnrichmentOptions
+            {
+                Enabled = true,
+                BaseUrl = "http://localhost:8000",
+                TimeoutSeconds = 5,
+                MaxBatchSize = 200,
+                MaxConcurrency = 4,
+                SummaryMaxChars = 280
+            }
+        });
+
+        var httpClient = new HttpClient(new StubHandler(responder));
+        return new ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
+            httpClient,
+            options,
+            NullLogger<ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient>.Instance);
+    }
+
+    private static ExternalSignal CreateSignal(string externalId)
+        => new()
+        {
+            Source = "aws-status",
+            ExternalId = externalId,
+            Title = $"Signal {externalId}",
+            Summary = "Investigating elevated error rates.",
+            PublishedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow
+        };
+
+    private sealed class StubHandler : HttpMessageHandler
+    {
+        private readonly Func<HttpRequestMessage, CancellationToken, HttpResponseMessage> _responder;
+
+        public StubHandler(Func<HttpRequestMessage, CancellationToken, HttpResponseMessage> responder)
+        {
+            _responder = responder;
+        }
+
+        protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+            => Task.FromResult(_responder(request, cancellationToken));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs
index ad8f569..1b958c1 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs
@@ -114,17 +114,19 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
                 ResponseJsonOptions,
                 cancellationToken);
 
-            if (payload?.SentimentVector is null || payload.SentimentVector.Length < 3)
+            if (payload is null
+                || !TryBuildEnrichResponse(
+                    payload.SchemaVersion,
+                    payload.SentimentVector,
+                    payload.VolatilityProbability,
+                    payload.SupplyBias,
+                    out var normalized))
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning("Enrichment payload missing S_v for signal {ExternalId}.", signal.ExternalId);
                 return null;
             }
 
-            return new EnrichResponse(
-                payload.SchemaVersion ?? "unknown",
-                payload.SentimentVector,
-                payload.VolatilityProbability,
-                payload.SupplyBias);
+            return normalized;
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
@@ -133,6 +135,78 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
         }
     }
 
+    public async Task<BatchEnrichResponse?> EnrichBatchAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<ExternalSignal> signals,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!IsEnabled || signals.Count == 0)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var documents = signals.Take(MaxBatchSize).Select(MapDocument).ToList();
+        if (documents.Count == 0)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        var request = new EnrichRequestDto(documents);
+
+        try
+        {
+            using var response = await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync(
+                "signals/enrich/batch",
+                request,
+                RequestJsonOptions,
+                cancellationToken);
+
+            if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("Batch enrichment returned HTTP {StatusCode}.", response.StatusCode);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var payload = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<EnrichBatchResponseDto>(
+                ResponseJsonOptions,
+                cancellationToken);
+
+            if (payload?.Vectors is null || payload.Vectors.Count == 0)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("Batch enrichment returned an empty payload.");
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var vectors = payload.Vectors
+                .Where(item => item.Index >= 0 && item.Index < documents.Count)
+                .Select(item =>
+                {
+                    var isValid = TryBuildEnrichResponse(
+                        payload.SchemaVersion,
+                        item.SentimentVector,
+                        item.VolatilityProbability,
+                        item.SupplyBias,
+                        out var normalized);
+                    return (Index: item.Index, IsValid: isValid, Response: normalized);
+                })
+                .Where(entry => entry.IsValid && entry.Response is not null)
+                .GroupBy(entry => entry.Index)
+                .Select(group => new BatchEnrichItem(group.Key, group.First().Response!))
+                .ToList();
+
+            if (vectors.Count == 0)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("Batch enrichment payload had no valid vectors.");
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return new BatchEnrichResponse(payload.SchemaVersion ?? "unknown", vectors);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Batch enrichment request failed.");
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     private bool ConfigureClient(ExternalSignalEnrichmentOptions options)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(options.BaseUrl))
@@ -166,8 +240,47 @@ private static SignalDocumentDto MapDocument(ExternalSignal signal)
             Region: signal.Region,
             PublishedAt: signal.PublishedAt);
 
+    private static bool TryBuildEnrichResponse(
+        string? schemaVersion,
+        double[]? sentimentVector,
+        double volatilityProbability,
+        double supplyBias,
+        out EnrichResponse? response)
+    {
+        response = null;
+        if (sentimentVector is null || sentimentVector.Length < 3)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var values = sentimentVector.Take(3).ToArray();
+        if (values.Any(value => double.IsNaN(value) || double.IsInfinity(value)))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (double.IsNaN(volatilityProbability) || double.IsInfinity(volatilityProbability))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (double.IsNaN(supplyBias) || double.IsInfinity(supplyBias))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        response = new EnrichResponse(
+            schemaVersion ?? "unknown",
+            values,
+            Math.Clamp(volatilityProbability, 0.0, 1.0),
+            Math.Clamp(supplyBias, 0.0, 1.0));
+        return true;
+    }
+
     public sealed record SummarizeResponse(string SchemaVersion, IReadOnlyList<SummaryItemDto> Summaries);
     public sealed record EnrichResponse(string SchemaVersion, double[] SentimentVector, double VolatilityProbability, double SupplyBias);
+    public sealed record BatchEnrichResponse(string SchemaVersion, IReadOnlyList<BatchEnrichItem> Vectors);
+    public sealed record BatchEnrichItem(int Index, EnrichResponse Vector);
 
     public sealed record SummaryItemDto(
         [property: JsonPropertyName("index")] int Index,
@@ -212,4 +325,28 @@ private sealed class EnrichResponseDto
         [JsonPropertyName("B_s")]
         public double SupplyBias { get; init; }
     }
+
+    private sealed class EnrichBatchResponseDto
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("schemaVersion")]
+        public string? SchemaVersion { get; init; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("vectors")]
+        public List<EnrichBatchVectorDto> Vectors { get; init; } = new();
+    }
+
+    private sealed class EnrichBatchVectorDto
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("index")]
+        public int Index { get; init; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("S_v")]
+        public double[]? SentimentVector { get; init; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("P_v")]
+        public double VolatilityProbability { get; init; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("B_s")]
+        public double SupplyBias { get; init; }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
index de13795..e39c8c3 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
@@ -194,39 +194,60 @@ private async Task EnrichSignalsAsync(
             }
         }
 
-        var semaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(client.MaxConcurrency);
-        var tasks = batch.Select(async signal =>
+        var enrichedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+        var batchResponse = await client.EnrichBatchAsync(batch, cancellationToken);
+
+        if (batchResponse is not null)
         {
-            await semaphore.WaitAsync(cancellationToken);
-            try
-            {
-                var result = await client.EnrichAsync(signal, cancellationToken);
-                return (signal, result);
-            }
-            finally
+            var vectorsByIndex = batchResponse.Vectors
+                .Where(item => item.Index >= 0 && item.Index < batch.Count)
+                .GroupBy(item => item.Index)
+                .ToDictionary(group => group.Key, group => group.First().Vector);
+
+            for (var index = 0; index < batch.Count; index++)
             {
-                semaphore.Release();
-            }
-        }).ToList();
+                if (!vectorsByIndex.TryGetValue(index, out var vector))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
 
-        var results = await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
-        var enrichedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+                if (vector.SentimentVector.Length < 3)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
 
-        foreach (var (signal, result) in results)
+                ApplyEnrichment(batch[index], vector, enrichedAt);
+                enrichmentUpdates++;
+            }
+        }
+        else
         {
-            if (result is null || result.SentimentVector.Length < 3)
+            var semaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(client.MaxConcurrency);
+            var tasks = batch.Select(async signal =>
             {
-                continue;
-            }
+                await semaphore.WaitAsync(cancellationToken);
+                try
+                {
+                    var result = await client.EnrichAsync(signal, cancellationToken);
+                    return (signal, result);
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    semaphore.Release();
+                }
+            }).ToList();
 
-            signal.SentimentNegative = Clamp01(result.SentimentVector[0]);
-            signal.SentimentNeutral = Clamp01(result.SentimentVector[1]);
-            signal.SentimentPositive = Clamp01(result.SentimentVector[2]);
-            signal.VolatilityProbability = Clamp01(result.VolatilityProbability);
-            signal.SupplyBias = Clamp01(result.SupplyBias);
-            signal.EnrichmentSchemaVersion = result.SchemaVersion;
-            signal.EnrichedAt = enrichedAt;
-            enrichmentUpdates++;
+            var results = await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
+            foreach (var (signal, result) in results)
+            {
+                if (result is null || result.SentimentVector.Length < 3)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                ApplyEnrichment(signal, result, enrichedAt);
+                enrichmentUpdates++;
+            }
         }
 
         if (summaryUpdates > 0 || enrichmentUpdates > 0)
@@ -242,6 +263,20 @@ private async Task EnrichSignalsAsync(
     private static double Clamp01(double value)
         => Math.Clamp(value, 0.0, 1.0);
 
+    private static void ApplyEnrichment(
+        ExternalSignal signal,
+        ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.EnrichResponse result,
+        DateTimeOffset enrichedAt)
+    {
+        signal.SentimentNegative = Clamp01(result.SentimentVector[0]);
+        signal.SentimentNeutral = Clamp01(result.SentimentVector[1]);
+        signal.SentimentPositive = Clamp01(result.SentimentVector[2]);
+        signal.VolatilityProbability = Clamp01(result.VolatilityProbability);
+        signal.SupplyBias = Clamp01(result.SupplyBias);
+        signal.EnrichmentSchemaVersion = result.SchemaVersion;
+        signal.EnrichedAt = enrichedAt;
+    }
+
     private static async Task UpdateFeedStateAsync(
         ApplicationDbContext db,
         ExternalSignalFeedOptions feed,

From d77f3b2a4fcde3deec834ac1d1aaa1734fd23f02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:20:50 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 11/24] feat(v2.3): enhance observability with custom metrics
 and tracing for external signals

---
 docs/Observability.md                         |  37 ++++
 docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md                  |  15 ++
 src/services/ai-engine/main.py                | 203 +++++++++++++-----
 .../core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs   |   3 +
 .../ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs         | 120 +++++++++++
 .../ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs         | 189 ++++++++++------
 .../ExternalSignalsTelemetry.cs               | 134 ++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 581 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsTelemetry.cs

diff --git a/docs/Observability.md b/docs/Observability.md
index efc05b9..ffb984c 100644
--- a/docs/Observability.md
+++ b/docs/Observability.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ The Docker Compose stack includes an OpenTelemetry Collector and Jaeger for dist
 - Core API (.NET): ASP.NET Core, HttpClient, EF Core, runtime/process metrics.
 - AI Engine (FastAPI): FastAPI + requests spans.
 - Dashboard (Next.js): Node.js auto-instrumentation for server routes.
+- External Signals pipeline:
+  - Core custom traces/metrics for summarize + enrich (batch and fallback paths).
+  - AI custom traces/metrics for `/signals/enrich`, `/signals/enrich/batch`, and `/signals/summarize`.
 
 ## Configuration knobs
 
@@ -28,6 +31,32 @@ AI + Dashboard (environment):
 - `OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER`
 - `OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER`
 
+## Custom metric names (v2.3 Milestone 1)
+
+Core (`AetherGuard.Core.ExternalSignals` meter):
+
+- `aetherguard.external_signals.client.requests`
+- `aetherguard.external_signals.client.failures`
+- `aetherguard.external_signals.client.duration.ms`
+- `aetherguard.external_signals.client.documents`
+- `aetherguard.external_signals.pipeline.runs`
+- `aetherguard.external_signals.pipeline.fallbacks`
+- `aetherguard.external_signals.pipeline.duration.ms`
+- `aetherguard.external_signals.pipeline.batch.size`
+- `aetherguard.external_signals.pipeline.updates`
+
+AI (`aether_guard.ai.signals` meter):
+
+- `aetherguard.ai.signals.requests`
+- `aetherguard.ai.signals.errors`
+- `aetherguard.ai.signals.duration.ms`
+- `aetherguard.ai.signals.documents`
+
+## Trace entry points (v2.3 Milestone 1)
+
+- Core spans: `external_signals.client.*`, `external_signals.pipeline.enrich`
+- AI spans: `ai.signals.enrich`, `ai.signals.enrich.batch`, `ai.signals.summarize`
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 If traces are missing:
@@ -35,3 +64,11 @@ If traces are missing:
 - Verify `otel-collector` and `jaeger` are running: `docker compose ps`.
 - Check collector logs: `docker compose logs -f otel-collector`.
 - Ensure OTLP ports are free (4317/4318).
+
+Quick trace check:
+
+1. Trigger signal enrichment by enabling external signals and waiting for one ingest cycle.
+2. Open Jaeger (`http://localhost:16686`) and search services:
+   - `aether-guard-core`
+   - `aether-guard-ai`
+3. Validate a trace chain includes Core outbound enrichment call and AI endpoint span.
diff --git a/docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md b/docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md
index ccff2f7..554cd74 100644
--- a/docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md
+++ b/docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ Expected (after at least one ingest cycle):
 Send 100+ documents to `/signals/enrich/batch` and confirm request latency remains within your
 target budget for deployment (for example, under a few seconds in local Docker with heuristic mode).
 
+## Verify observability (traces + metrics naming)
+
+1. Open Jaeger: `http://localhost:16686`.
+2. Search traces for service `aether-guard-core` and look for spans:
+   - `external_signals.client.summarize`
+   - `external_signals.client.enrich_batch` (or fallback `external_signals.client.enrich`)
+   - `external_signals.pipeline.enrich`
+3. Search traces for service `aether-guard-ai` and look for spans:
+   - `ai.signals.enrich`
+   - `ai.signals.enrich.batch`
+   - `ai.signals.summarize`
+4. Confirm metric names are documented and exported by configured OTLP pipeline:
+   - Core: `aetherguard.external_signals.*`
+   - AI: `aetherguard.ai.signals.*`
+
 ## Stop stack
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
index 28b6d18..0e7025a 100644
--- a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
+++ b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import re
-from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+import time
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager, contextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import lru_cache
-from typing import Iterable
+from typing import Iterable, Iterator
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ConfigDict
-from opentelemetry import trace
+from opentelemetry import trace, metrics
+from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.metric_exporter import OTLPMetricExporter
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi import FastAPIInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import PeriodicExportingMetricReader
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
 
@@ -32,6 +37,14 @@
 SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS = int(os.getenv("AI_SUMMARIZER_MAX_CHARS", "600"))
 SUMMARY_CACHE_SIZE = int(os.getenv("AI_SUMMARIZER_CACHE_SIZE", "1024"))
 SUMMARY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = float(os.getenv("AI_SUMMARIZER_TIMEOUT", "8"))
+SIGNALS_TELEMETRY_METER = "aether_guard.ai.signals"
+SIGNALS_TELEMETRY_TRACER = "aether_guard.ai.signals"
+
+signals_tracer = trace.get_tracer(SIGNALS_TELEMETRY_TRACER)
+signals_request_counter = None
+signals_error_counter = None
+signals_latency_histogram = None
+signals_document_histogram = None
 
 
 @asynccontextmanager
@@ -47,6 +60,85 @@ async def lifespan(app_instance: FastAPI):
 app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
 
 
+def initialize_signals_metrics() -> None:
+    global signals_request_counter
+    global signals_error_counter
+    global signals_latency_histogram
+    global signals_document_histogram
+
+    meter = metrics.get_meter(SIGNALS_TELEMETRY_METER)
+    signals_request_counter = meter.create_counter(
+        "aetherguard.ai.signals.requests",
+        description="Count of AI signal API requests.",
+    )
+    signals_error_counter = meter.create_counter(
+        "aetherguard.ai.signals.errors",
+        description="Count of AI signal API request failures.",
+    )
+    signals_latency_histogram = meter.create_histogram(
+        "aetherguard.ai.signals.duration.ms",
+        unit="ms",
+        description="Latency of AI signal API requests.",
+    )
+    signals_document_histogram = meter.create_histogram(
+        "aetherguard.ai.signals.documents",
+        unit="documents",
+        description="Document count per AI signal API request.",
+    )
+
+
+def record_signal_request(
+    endpoint: str,
+    provider: str,
+    documents: int,
+    duration_ms: float,
+    outcome: str,
+    error_type: str | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    base_attributes = {
+        "endpoint": endpoint,
+        "provider": provider,
+    }
+    outcome_attributes = {
+        **base_attributes,
+        "outcome": outcome,
+    }
+
+    if signals_request_counter is not None:
+        signals_request_counter.add(1, outcome_attributes)
+    if signals_latency_histogram is not None:
+        signals_latency_histogram.record(duration_ms, base_attributes)
+    if signals_document_histogram is not None:
+        signals_document_histogram.record(max(0, documents), base_attributes)
+
+    if error_type and signals_error_counter is not None:
+        signals_error_counter.add(1, {**base_attributes, "error.type": error_type})
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def observe_signal_endpoint(endpoint: str, provider: str, documents: int) -> Iterator[object]:
+    start = time.perf_counter()
+    outcome = "success"
+    error_type: str | None = None
+
+    with signals_tracer.start_as_current_span(f"ai{endpoint.replace('/', '.')}") as span:
+        span.set_attribute("ai.signals.endpoint", endpoint)
+        span.set_attribute("ai.signals.provider", provider)
+        span.set_attribute("ai.signals.documents", documents)
+        try:
+            yield span
+            span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.OK))
+        except Exception as exc:
+            outcome = "error"
+            error_type = type(exc).__name__
+            span.record_exception(exc)
+            span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.ERROR))
+            raise
+        finally:
+            duration_ms = (time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000
+            record_signal_request(endpoint, provider, documents, duration_ms, outcome, error_type)
+
+
 class RiskPayload(BaseModel):
     spot_price_history: list[float] = Field(default_factory=list, alias="spotPriceHistory")
     rebalance_signal: bool = Field(alias="rebalanceSignal")
@@ -177,34 +269,39 @@ def analyze(payload: RiskPayload) -> dict:
 @app.post("/signals/enrich", response_model=EnrichResponse)
 def enrich_signals(payload: EnrichRequest) -> EnrichResponse:
     enricher: SemanticEnricher = app.state.enricher
-    result = sanitize_enrich_result(enricher.enrich(payload.documents))
-    return EnrichResponse(
-        schemaVersion=ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
-        S_v=result.s_v,
-        P_v=result.p_v,
-        B_s=result.b_s,
-    )
+    with observe_signal_endpoint("/signals/enrich", ENRICHMENT_PROVIDER, len(payload.documents)) as span:
+        result = sanitize_enrich_result(enricher.enrich(payload.documents))
+        span.set_attribute("ai.signals.schema_version", ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION)
+        return EnrichResponse(
+            schemaVersion=ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+            S_v=result.s_v,
+            P_v=result.p_v,
+            B_s=result.b_s,
+        )
 
 
 @app.post("/signals/enrich/batch", response_model=EnrichBatchResponse)
 def enrich_signals_batch(payload: EnrichRequest) -> EnrichBatchResponse:
     enricher: SemanticEnricher = app.state.enricher
-    vectors = [
-        EnrichBatchItem(
-            index=index,
-            S_v=result.s_v,
-            P_v=result.p_v,
-            B_s=result.b_s,
-        )
-        for index, result in enumerate(
-            [sanitize_enrich_result(result) for result in enricher.enrich_batch(payload.documents)]
-        )
-    ]
+    with observe_signal_endpoint("/signals/enrich/batch", ENRICHMENT_PROVIDER, len(payload.documents)) as span:
+        vectors = [
+            EnrichBatchItem(
+                index=index,
+                S_v=result.s_v,
+                P_v=result.p_v,
+                B_s=result.b_s,
+            )
+            for index, result in enumerate(
+                [sanitize_enrich_result(result) for result in enricher.enrich_batch(payload.documents)]
+            )
+        ]
 
-    return EnrichBatchResponse(
-        schemaVersion=ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
-        vectors=vectors,
-    )
+        span.set_attribute("ai.signals.schema_version", ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION)
+        span.set_attribute("ai.signals.vectors", len(vectors))
+        return EnrichBatchResponse(
+            schemaVersion=ENRICHMENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+            vectors=vectors,
+        )
 
 
 @app.get("/signals/enrich/schema")
@@ -492,38 +589,46 @@ def normalize_text(text: str) -> str:
 @app.post("/signals/summarize", response_model=SummarizeResponse)
 def summarize_signals(payload: SummarizeRequest) -> SummarizeResponse:
     summarizer: SignalSummarizer = app.state.summarizer
-    max_chars = payload.max_chars if payload.max_chars and payload.max_chars > 0 else SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS
-    summaries: list[SummaryItem] = []
-
-    for index, doc in enumerate(payload.documents):
-        source = doc.source
-        title = doc.title
-        text = f"{doc.title}. {doc.summary}" if doc.summary else doc.title
-        result = summarizer.summarize(text, max_chars)
-        summaries.append(
-            SummaryItem(
-                index=index,
-                source=source,
-                title=title,
-                summary=result.summary,
-                truncated=result.truncated,
+    with observe_signal_endpoint("/signals/summarize", SUMMARY_PROVIDER, len(payload.documents)) as span:
+        max_chars = payload.max_chars if payload.max_chars and payload.max_chars > 0 else SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS
+        summaries: list[SummaryItem] = []
+
+        for index, doc in enumerate(payload.documents):
+            source = doc.source
+            title = doc.title
+            text = f"{doc.title}. {doc.summary}" if doc.summary else doc.title
+            result = summarizer.summarize(text, max_chars)
+            summaries.append(
+                SummaryItem(
+                    index=index,
+                    source=source,
+                    title=title,
+                    summary=result.summary,
+                    truncated=result.truncated,
+                )
             )
-        )
 
-    return SummarizeResponse(schemaVersion=SUMMARY_SCHEMA_VERSION, summaries=summaries)
+        span.set_attribute("ai.signals.schema_version", SUMMARY_SCHEMA_VERSION)
+        span.set_attribute("ai.signals.max_chars", max_chars)
+        return SummarizeResponse(schemaVersion=SUMMARY_SCHEMA_VERSION, summaries=summaries)
 
 def configure_tracing() -> None:
     endpoint = os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT")
-    if not endpoint:
-        return
-
     service_name = os.getenv("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME", "aether-guard-ai")
     resource = Resource.create({"service.name": service_name})
-    provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)
-    exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=endpoint)
-    provider.add_span_processor(BatchSpanProcessor(exporter))
-    trace.set_tracer_provider(provider)
 
+    if endpoint:
+        trace_provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)
+        span_exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=endpoint)
+        trace_provider.add_span_processor(BatchSpanProcessor(span_exporter))
+        trace.set_tracer_provider(trace_provider)
+
+        metric_exporter = OTLPMetricExporter(endpoint=endpoint)
+        metric_reader = PeriodicExportingMetricReader(metric_exporter)
+        metric_provider = MeterProvider(resource=resource, metric_readers=[metric_reader])
+        metrics.set_meter_provider(metric_provider)
+
+    initialize_signals_metrics()
     RequestsInstrumentor().instrument()
     FastAPIInstrumentor.instrument_app(app)
 
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
index a748da7..c681211 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using AetherGuard.Core.Observability;
 using AetherGuard.Core.Security;
 using AetherGuard.Core.Services;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals;
 using AetherGuard.Core.Services.Messaging;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https;
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@
                 .AddHttpClientInstrumentation()
                 .AddEntityFrameworkCoreInstrumentation()
                 .AddSource("AetherGuard.Core.Messaging")
+                .AddSource(ExternalSignalsTelemetry.ActivitySourceName)
                 .AddOtlpExporter(options =>
                 {
                     options.Endpoint = new Uri(otelOptions.OtlpEndpoint);
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@
                 .AddHttpClientInstrumentation()
                 .AddRuntimeInstrumentation()
                 .AddProcessInstrumentation()
+                .AddMeter(ExternalSignalsTelemetry.MeterName)
                 .AddOtlpExporter(options =>
                 {
                     options.Endpoint = new Uri(otelOptions.OtlpEndpoint);
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs
index 1b958c1..0bfd250 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Net.Http.Json;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
 
         var documents = signals.Select(MapDocument).ToList();
         var request = new SummarizeRequestDto(documents, SummaryMaxChars);
+        const string operation = "summarize";
+        using var activity = StartClientActivity(operation, documents.Count);
+        var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
         try
         {
@@ -63,6 +67,14 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
             if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning("Summarizer returned HTTP {StatusCode}.", response.StatusCode);
+                ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                    operation,
+                    documents.Count,
+                    "http_error",
+                    stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds,
+                    (int)response.StatusCode);
+                activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, "HTTP error");
+                activity?.SetTag("http.status_code", (int)response.StatusCode);
                 return null;
             }
 
@@ -73,14 +85,36 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
             if (payload?.Summaries is null || payload.Summaries.Count == 0)
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning("Summarizer returned an empty payload.");
+                ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                    operation,
+                    documents.Count,
+                    "invalid_payload",
+                    stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds,
+                    (int)response.StatusCode);
+                activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, "Invalid payload");
                 return null;
             }
 
+            ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                operation,
+                documents.Count,
+                "success",
+                stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds,
+                (int)response.StatusCode);
+            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Ok);
             return new SummarizeResponse(payload.SchemaVersion ?? "unknown", payload.Summaries);
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Summarizer request failed.");
+            ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                operation,
+                documents.Count,
+                "exception",
+                stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
+            activity?.SetTag("exception.type", ex.GetType().FullName);
+            activity?.SetTag("exception.message", ex.Message);
+            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, ex.Message);
             return null;
         }
     }
@@ -93,6 +127,11 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
         }
 
         var request = new EnrichRequestDto(new[] { MapDocument(signal) });
+        const string operation = "enrich";
+        const int documentCount = 1;
+        using var activity = StartClientActivity(operation, documentCount);
+        activity?.SetTag("external_signals.external_id", signal.ExternalId);
+        var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
         try
         {
@@ -107,6 +146,14 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
                 _logger.LogWarning("Enrichment returned HTTP {StatusCode} for signal {ExternalId}.",
                     response.StatusCode,
                     signal.ExternalId);
+                ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                    operation,
+                    documentCount,
+                    "http_error",
+                    stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds,
+                    (int)response.StatusCode);
+                activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, "HTTP error");
+                activity?.SetTag("http.status_code", (int)response.StatusCode);
                 return null;
             }
 
@@ -123,14 +170,36 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
                     out var normalized))
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning("Enrichment payload missing S_v for signal {ExternalId}.", signal.ExternalId);
+                ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                    operation,
+                    documentCount,
+                    "invalid_payload",
+                    stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds,
+                    (int)response.StatusCode);
+                activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, "Invalid payload");
                 return null;
             }
 
+            ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                operation,
+                documentCount,
+                "success",
+                stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds,
+                (int)response.StatusCode);
+            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Ok);
             return normalized;
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Enrichment request failed for signal {ExternalId}.", signal.ExternalId);
+            ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                operation,
+                documentCount,
+                "exception",
+                stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
+            activity?.SetTag("exception.type", ex.GetType().FullName);
+            activity?.SetTag("exception.message", ex.Message);
+            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, ex.Message);
             return null;
         }
     }
@@ -150,6 +219,9 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
             return null;
         }
         var request = new EnrichRequestDto(documents);
+        const string operation = "enrich_batch";
+        using var activity = StartClientActivity(operation, documents.Count);
+        var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
         try
         {
@@ -162,6 +234,14 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
             if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning("Batch enrichment returned HTTP {StatusCode}.", response.StatusCode);
+                ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                    operation,
+                    documents.Count,
+                    "http_error",
+                    stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds,
+                    (int)response.StatusCode);
+                activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, "HTTP error");
+                activity?.SetTag("http.status_code", (int)response.StatusCode);
                 return null;
             }
 
@@ -172,6 +252,13 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
             if (payload?.Vectors is null || payload.Vectors.Count == 0)
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning("Batch enrichment returned an empty payload.");
+                ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                    operation,
+                    documents.Count,
+                    "invalid_payload",
+                    stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds,
+                    (int)response.StatusCode);
+                activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, "Invalid payload");
                 return null;
             }
 
@@ -195,14 +282,37 @@ public ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient(
             if (vectors.Count == 0)
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning("Batch enrichment payload had no valid vectors.");
+                ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                    operation,
+                    documents.Count,
+                    "invalid_payload",
+                    stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds,
+                    (int)response.StatusCode);
+                activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, "Invalid payload");
                 return null;
             }
 
+            ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                operation,
+                documents.Count,
+                "success",
+                stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds,
+                (int)response.StatusCode);
+            activity?.SetTag("external_signals.vectors.count", vectors.Count);
+            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Ok);
             return new BatchEnrichResponse(payload.SchemaVersion ?? "unknown", vectors);
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Batch enrichment request failed.");
+            ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordClientRequest(
+                operation,
+                documents.Count,
+                "exception",
+                stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
+            activity?.SetTag("exception.type", ex.GetType().FullName);
+            activity?.SetTag("exception.message", ex.Message);
+            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, ex.Message);
             return null;
         }
     }
@@ -240,6 +350,16 @@ private static SignalDocumentDto MapDocument(ExternalSignal signal)
             Region: signal.Region,
             PublishedAt: signal.PublishedAt);
 
+    private static Activity? StartClientActivity(string operation, int documentCount)
+    {
+        var activity = ExternalSignalsTelemetry.ActivitySource.StartActivity(
+            $"external_signals.client.{operation}",
+            ActivityKind.Client);
+        activity?.SetTag("external_signals.operation", operation);
+        activity?.SetTag("external_signals.documents", documentCount);
+        return activity;
+    }
+
     private static bool TryBuildEnrichResponse(
         string? schemaVersion,
         double[]? sentimentVector,
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
index e39c8c3..48b198b 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalIngestionService.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using AetherGuard.Core.Data;
 using AetherGuard.Core.Models;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ private async Task IngestOnceAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
             if (_options.Enrichment.Enabled)
             {
                 var enrichmentClient = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient>();
-                await EnrichSignalsAsync(db, enrichmentClient, newSignals, cancellationToken);
+                await EnrichSignalsAsync(db, enrichmentClient, newSignals, feed.Name, cancellationToken);
             }
         }
 
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ private async Task EnrichSignalsAsync(
         ApplicationDbContext db,
         ExternalSignalEnrichmentClient client,
         List<ExternalSignal> signals,
+        string source,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         if (!client.IsEnabled || signals.Count == 0)
@@ -161,102 +163,147 @@ private async Task EnrichSignalsAsync(
             return;
         }
 
+        var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        using var activity = ExternalSignalsTelemetry.ActivitySource.StartActivity(
+            "external_signals.pipeline.enrich",
+            ActivityKind.Internal);
+        activity?.SetTag("external_signals.source", source);
+        activity?.SetTag("external_signals.batch.size", batch.Count);
+
         var summaryUpdates = 0;
         var enrichmentUpdates = 0;
         var summarizedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+        var mode = "batch";
 
-        var summaryResponse = await client.SummarizeAsync(batch, cancellationToken);
-        if (summaryResponse is not null)
+        try
         {
-            var summaryByIndex = summaryResponse.Summaries
-                .Where(item => item.Index >= 0 && item.Index < batch.Count)
-                .GroupBy(item => item.Index)
-                .ToDictionary(group => group.Key, group => group.First());
-
-            for (var index = 0; index < batch.Count; index++)
+            var summaryResponse = await client.SummarizeAsync(batch, cancellationToken);
+            if (summaryResponse is not null)
             {
-                if (!summaryByIndex.TryGetValue(index, out var item))
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
+                var summaryByIndex = summaryResponse.Summaries
+                    .Where(item => item.Index >= 0 && item.Index < batch.Count)
+                    .GroupBy(item => item.Index)
+                    .ToDictionary(group => group.Key, group => group.First());
 
-                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(item.Summary))
+                for (var index = 0; index < batch.Count; index++)
                 {
-                    continue;
+                    if (!summaryByIndex.TryGetValue(index, out var item))
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(item.Summary))
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    var signal = batch[index];
+                    signal.SummaryDigest = item.Summary;
+                    signal.SummaryDigestTruncated = item.Truncated;
+                    signal.SummarySchemaVersion = summaryResponse.SchemaVersion;
+                    signal.SummarizedAt = summarizedAt;
+                    summaryUpdates++;
                 }
-
-                var signal = batch[index];
-                signal.SummaryDigest = item.Summary;
-                signal.SummaryDigestTruncated = item.Truncated;
-                signal.SummarySchemaVersion = summaryResponse.SchemaVersion;
-                signal.SummarizedAt = summarizedAt;
-                summaryUpdates++;
             }
-        }
 
-        var enrichedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
-        var batchResponse = await client.EnrichBatchAsync(batch, cancellationToken);
+            var enrichedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+            var batchResponse = await client.EnrichBatchAsync(batch, cancellationToken);
 
-        if (batchResponse is not null)
-        {
-            var vectorsByIndex = batchResponse.Vectors
-                .Where(item => item.Index >= 0 && item.Index < batch.Count)
-                .GroupBy(item => item.Index)
-                .ToDictionary(group => group.Key, group => group.First().Vector);
-
-            for (var index = 0; index < batch.Count; index++)
+            if (batchResponse is not null)
             {
-                if (!vectorsByIndex.TryGetValue(index, out var vector))
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
+                var vectorsByIndex = batchResponse.Vectors
+                    .Where(item => item.Index >= 0 && item.Index < batch.Count)
+                    .GroupBy(item => item.Index)
+                    .ToDictionary(group => group.Key, group => group.First().Vector);
 
-                if (vector.SentimentVector.Length < 3)
+                for (var index = 0; index < batch.Count; index++)
                 {
-                    continue;
+                    if (!vectorsByIndex.TryGetValue(index, out var vector))
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (vector.SentimentVector.Length < 3)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    ApplyEnrichment(batch[index], vector, enrichedAt);
+                    enrichmentUpdates++;
                 }
-
-                ApplyEnrichment(batch[index], vector, enrichedAt);
-                enrichmentUpdates++;
             }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            var semaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(client.MaxConcurrency);
-            var tasks = batch.Select(async signal =>
+            else
             {
-                await semaphore.WaitAsync(cancellationToken);
-                try
+                mode = "single_fallback";
+                ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordPipelineFallback(source, batch.Count, "batch_unavailable");
+                activity?.SetTag("external_signals.fallback", true);
+
+                var semaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(client.MaxConcurrency);
+                var tasks = batch.Select(async signal =>
                 {
-                    var result = await client.EnrichAsync(signal, cancellationToken);
-                    return (signal, result);
-                }
-                finally
+                    await semaphore.WaitAsync(cancellationToken);
+                    try
+                    {
+                        var result = await client.EnrichAsync(signal, cancellationToken);
+                        return (signal, result);
+                    }
+                    finally
+                    {
+                        semaphore.Release();
+                    }
+                }).ToList();
+
+                var results = await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
+                foreach (var (signal, result) in results)
                 {
-                    semaphore.Release();
-                }
-            }).ToList();
+                    if (result is null || result.SentimentVector.Length < 3)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
 
-            var results = await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
-            foreach (var (signal, result) in results)
-            {
-                if (result is null || result.SentimentVector.Length < 3)
-                {
-                    continue;
+                    ApplyEnrichment(signal, result, enrichedAt);
+                    enrichmentUpdates++;
                 }
+            }
 
-                ApplyEnrichment(signal, result, enrichedAt);
-                enrichmentUpdates++;
+            if (summaryUpdates > 0 || enrichmentUpdates > 0)
+            {
+                await db.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
+                _logger.LogInformation(
+                    "Enriched external signals: summaries={SummaryCount}, vectors={VectorCount}.",
+                    summaryUpdates,
+                    enrichmentUpdates);
             }
-        }
 
-        if (summaryUpdates > 0 || enrichmentUpdates > 0)
+            ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordPipelineUpdates(source, summaryUpdates, enrichmentUpdates);
+            var outcome = summaryUpdates > 0 || enrichmentUpdates > 0 ? "success" : "no_updates";
+            ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordPipelineRun(
+                source,
+                batch.Count,
+                mode,
+                outcome,
+                stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
+            activity?.SetTag("external_signals.summary_updates", summaryUpdates);
+            activity?.SetTag("external_signals.vector_updates", enrichmentUpdates);
+            activity?.SetTag("external_signals.mode", mode);
+            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Ok);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            await db.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
-            _logger.LogInformation(
-                "Enriched external signals: summaries={SummaryCount}, vectors={VectorCount}.",
-                summaryUpdates,
-                enrichmentUpdates);
+            ExternalSignalsTelemetry.RecordPipelineRun(
+                source,
+                batch.Count,
+                mode,
+                "error",
+                stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
+            activity?.SetTag("exception.type", ex.GetType().FullName);
+            activity?.SetTag("exception.message", ex.Message);
+            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, ex.Message);
+            throw;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            activity?.SetTag("external_signals.pipeline_duration_ms", stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsTelemetry.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsTelemetry.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23b029e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ExternalSignals/ExternalSignalsTelemetry.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals;
+
+public static class ExternalSignalsTelemetry
+{
+    public const string ActivitySourceName = "AetherGuard.Core.ExternalSignals";
+    public const string MeterName = "AetherGuard.Core.ExternalSignals";
+
+    public static readonly ActivitySource ActivitySource = new(ActivitySourceName);
+
+    private static readonly Meter Meter = new(MeterName, "1.0.0");
+    private static readonly Counter<long> ClientRequestCounter = Meter.CreateCounter<long>(
+        "aetherguard.external_signals.client.requests",
+        description: "Number of external-signal enrichment client requests.");
+    private static readonly Counter<long> ClientFailureCounter = Meter.CreateCounter<long>(
+        "aetherguard.external_signals.client.failures",
+        description: "Number of external-signal enrichment client failures.");
+    private static readonly Histogram<double> ClientLatencyHistogram = Meter.CreateHistogram<double>(
+        "aetherguard.external_signals.client.duration.ms",
+        unit: "ms",
+        description: "Latency of external-signal enrichment client requests.");
+    private static readonly Histogram<long> ClientDocumentHistogram = Meter.CreateHistogram<long>(
+        "aetherguard.external_signals.client.documents",
+        unit: "documents",
+        description: "Number of documents sent per client request.");
+    private static readonly Counter<long> PipelineRunCounter = Meter.CreateCounter<long>(
+        "aetherguard.external_signals.pipeline.runs",
+        description: "Number of enrichment pipeline runs.");
+    private static readonly Counter<long> PipelineFallbackCounter = Meter.CreateCounter<long>(
+        "aetherguard.external_signals.pipeline.fallbacks",
+        description: "Number of fallback executions in enrichment pipeline.");
+    private static readonly Histogram<double> PipelineLatencyHistogram = Meter.CreateHistogram<double>(
+        "aetherguard.external_signals.pipeline.duration.ms",
+        unit: "ms",
+        description: "Latency of enrichment pipeline runs.");
+    private static readonly Histogram<long> PipelineBatchHistogram = Meter.CreateHistogram<long>(
+        "aetherguard.external_signals.pipeline.batch.size",
+        unit: "signals",
+        description: "Batch sizes processed by enrichment pipeline.");
+    private static readonly Counter<long> PipelineUpdateCounter = Meter.CreateCounter<long>(
+        "aetherguard.external_signals.pipeline.updates",
+        description: "Number of persisted enrichment updates.");
+
+    public static void RecordClientRequest(
+        string operation,
+        int documentCount,
+        string outcome,
+        double durationMs,
+        int? statusCode = null)
+    {
+        var tags = CreateClientTags(operation, outcome, statusCode);
+        ClientRequestCounter.Add(1, tags);
+        ClientLatencyHistogram.Record(durationMs, tags);
+        ClientDocumentHistogram.Record(Math.Max(0, documentCount), tags);
+
+        if (!string.Equals(outcome, "success", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            ClientFailureCounter.Add(1, tags);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void RecordPipelineRun(
+        string source,
+        int batchSize,
+        string mode,
+        string outcome,
+        double durationMs)
+    {
+        var tags = CreatePipelineTags(source, mode, outcome);
+        PipelineRunCounter.Add(1, tags);
+        PipelineLatencyHistogram.Record(durationMs, tags);
+        PipelineBatchHistogram.Record(Math.Max(0, batchSize), tags);
+    }
+
+    public static void RecordPipelineFallback(string source, int batchSize, string reason)
+    {
+        var tags = CreatePipelineTags(source, "fallback", reason);
+        PipelineFallbackCounter.Add(1, tags);
+        PipelineBatchHistogram.Record(Math.Max(0, batchSize), tags);
+    }
+
+    public static void RecordPipelineUpdates(string source, int summaryUpdates, int vectorUpdates)
+    {
+        var summaryTags = CreateUpdateTags(source, "summary");
+        var vectorTags = CreateUpdateTags(source, "vector");
+
+        if (summaryUpdates > 0)
+        {
+            PipelineUpdateCounter.Add(summaryUpdates, summaryTags);
+        }
+
+        if (vectorUpdates > 0)
+        {
+            PipelineUpdateCounter.Add(vectorUpdates, vectorTags);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static TagList CreateClientTags(string operation, string outcome, int? statusCode)
+    {
+        var tags = new TagList
+        {
+            { "operation", operation },
+            { "outcome", outcome }
+        };
+
+        if (statusCode.HasValue)
+        {
+            tags.Add("http.status_code", statusCode.Value);
+        }
+
+        return tags;
+    }
+
+    private static TagList CreatePipelineTags(string source, string mode, string outcome)
+    {
+        return new TagList
+        {
+            { "source", source },
+            { "mode", mode },
+            { "outcome", outcome }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static TagList CreateUpdateTags(string source, string updateType)
+    {
+        return new TagList
+        {
+            { "source", source },
+            { "update_type", updateType }
+        };
+    }
+}

From 670370339eafbec6ae27edc59309cd47c832ce25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:41:06 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 12/24] feat(v2.3): add OTLP endpoint resolution for tracing
 and metrics configuration

---
 src/services/ai-engine/main.py | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
index 0e7025a..7b88fd0 100644
--- a/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
+++ b/src/services/ai-engine/main.py
@@ -612,18 +612,47 @@ def summarize_signals(payload: SummarizeRequest) -> SummarizeResponse:
         span.set_attribute("ai.signals.max_chars", max_chars)
         return SummarizeResponse(schemaVersion=SUMMARY_SCHEMA_VERSION, summaries=summaries)
 
+def resolve_otlp_endpoint(base_endpoint: str | None, signal_endpoint: str | None, signal: str) -> str | None:
+    if signal_endpoint:
+        return signal_endpoint
+
+    if not base_endpoint:
+        return None
+
+    normalized = base_endpoint.rstrip("/")
+    signal_suffix = f"/v1/{signal}"
+
+    if normalized.endswith(signal_suffix):
+        return normalized
+    if normalized.endswith("/v1"):
+        return f"{normalized}/{signal}"
+
+    return f"{normalized}{signal_suffix}"
+
+
 def configure_tracing() -> None:
-    endpoint = os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT")
+    base_endpoint = os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT")
+    trace_endpoint = resolve_otlp_endpoint(
+        base_endpoint,
+        os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT"),
+        "traces",
+    )
+    metric_endpoint = resolve_otlp_endpoint(
+        base_endpoint,
+        os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT"),
+        "metrics",
+    )
     service_name = os.getenv("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME", "aether-guard-ai")
     resource = Resource.create({"service.name": service_name})
 
-    if endpoint:
+    if trace_endpoint:
         trace_provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)
-        span_exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=endpoint)
+        span_exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=trace_endpoint)
         trace_provider.add_span_processor(BatchSpanProcessor(span_exporter))
         trace.set_tracer_provider(trace_provider)
 
-        metric_exporter = OTLPMetricExporter(endpoint=endpoint)
+    if metric_endpoint:
+        metric_exporter = OTLPMetricExporter(endpoint=metric_endpoint)
         metric_reader = PeriodicExportingMetricReader(metric_exporter)
         metric_provider = MeterProvider(resource=resource, metric_readers=[metric_reader])
         metrics.set_meter_provider(metric_provider)

From 44ced1cec83e32b2ccef46f537b6560e23e6d93d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:02:02 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 13/24] feat(v2.3): add M2 data acquisition scripts and
 provenance docs

---
 README.md                                     |   2 +
 docs/Data-Provenance-v2.3-M2.md               |  44 +++
 scripts/data_acquisition/README.md            | 117 ++++++
 .../data_acquisition/fetch_cluster_traces.py  | 246 ++++++++++++
 .../fetch_incident_archives.py                | 320 ++++++++++++++++
 .../data_acquisition/fetch_spot_history.py    | 361 ++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 1090 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/Data-Provenance-v2.3-M2.md
 create mode 100644 scripts/data_acquisition/README.md
 create mode 100644 scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_cluster_traces.py
 create mode 100644 scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_incident_archives.py
 create mode 100644 scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_spot_history.py

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 905fdc0..eafcfdd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 architecture roadmap: docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md
 - v2.3 delivery roadmap: docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
 - v2.3 Milestone 1 smoke test: docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md
+- v2.3 M2 data provenance: docs/Data-Provenance-v2.3-M2.md
+- v2.3 M2 data acquisition scripts: scripts/data_acquisition/README.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
diff --git a/docs/Data-Provenance-v2.3-M2.md b/docs/Data-Provenance-v2.3-M2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42b008c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Data-Provenance-v2.3-M2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# v2.3 M2 Data Provenance
+
+This document tracks data provenance for Milestone 2 (Fusion + Forecasting, offline replay/backtesting).
+
+## Scope
+
+The following sources are collected by scripts in `scripts/data_acquisition/`:
+
+- Spot pricing signals
+- Cluster telemetry traces
+- Cloud incident/status archives
+
+## Source Catalog
+
+| Dataset domain | Source | Access path | License / terms | License link | Notes |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| Spot pricing | AWS public spot snapshot (`spot.js`) | `fetch_spot_history.py --source spot-js` | AWS Site Terms | https://aws.amazon.com/terms/ | Snapshot feed; collect repeatedly to build local history. |
+| Spot pricing (historical) | AWS EC2 Spot Price History API | `fetch_spot_history.py --source ec2-api` | AWS Service Terms | https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/ | Requires AWS credentials and API permissions. |
+| Cluster traces | Google ClusterData 2011-2 | `fetch_cluster_traces.py` | CC-BY 4.0 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | Public trace dataset; provenance points to dataset description doc. |
+| Incident archives | AWS Service Health RSS | `fetch_incident_archives.py` | AWS Site Terms | https://aws.amazon.com/terms/ | Feed content usage follows provider terms. |
+| Incident archives | Google Cloud Status Atom | `fetch_incident_archives.py` | Google Terms of Service | https://policies.google.com/terms | Feed content usage follows provider terms. |
+| Incident archives | Azure Status feed | `fetch_incident_archives.py` | Microsoft Terms of Use | https://www.microsoft.com/legal/terms-of-use | Feed content usage follows provider terms. |
+
+## Reproducibility
+
+Each acquisition script writes:
+
+1. Data artifacts under `Data/replay/*`
+2. A machine-readable provenance manifest under `Data/replay/provenance/*_manifest.json`
+
+Manifests include:
+
+- Generation timestamp (UTC)
+- Executed command
+- Source URLs
+- Output file paths
+- Record/file counts
+- Integrity metadata (for trace archives: size + SHA-256)
+
+## Governance Notes
+
+- `Data/` is excluded from git; datasets remain local unless explicitly exported.
+- Downstream training/evaluation outputs should reference the exact provenance manifest used.
+- Before publishing derived datasets, review each provider's terms and attribution requirements.
diff --git a/scripts/data_acquisition/README.md b/scripts/data_acquisition/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ee7e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/data_acquisition/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# v2.3 M2 Data Acquisition Scripts
+
+This folder contains reproducible scripts for Milestone 2 dataset collection:
+
+- Spot pricing data (for market context features).
+- Cluster trace archives (for telemetry replay).
+- Incident/status feed archives (for semantic signals).
+
+All scripts write two outputs:
+
+1. Data files under an output root (default `Data/replay`).
+2. A provenance manifest under `Data/replay/provenance`.
+
+`Data/` is gitignored in this repository, so downloaded artifacts stay local.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Python 3.10+
+- Internet access
+- Optional for EC2 history mode in spot script:
+  - `pip install boto3`
+  - AWS credentials with `ec2:DescribeSpotPriceHistory`
+
+## Quick Start
+
+From repository root:
+
+```bash
+python scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_spot_history.py --source spot-js
+python scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_cluster_traces.py --max-files 2
+python scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_incident_archives.py --max-items-per-feed 100
+```
+
+## Script Details
+
+### 1) Spot data
+
+```bash
+python scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_spot_history.py --source spot-js
+```
+
+- `spot-js` mode: no credentials; snapshots public AWS spot price feed.
+- `ec2-api` mode: historical pull from EC2 API (needs AWS credentials).
+
+Example EC2 API pull:
+
+```bash
+python scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_spot_history.py \
+  --source ec2-api \
+  --region us-east-1 \
+  --instance-types c5.large,m5.large \
+  --start-time 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z \
+  --end-time 2026-01-31T23:59:59Z
+```
+
+### 2) Cluster traces (public sample)
+
+```bash
+python scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_cluster_traces.py --max-files 4
+```
+
+- Defaults to Google `clusterdata-2011-2` public sample files.
+- Supports custom manifests with `--manifest-file`.
+
+Manifest format:
+
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "name": "task_events_part_00000",
+    "target": "task_events/part-00000-of-00500.csv.gz",
+    "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/clusterdata-2011-2/task_events/part-00000-of-00500.csv.gz"
+  }
+]
+```
+
+### 3) Incident archives
+
+```bash
+python scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_incident_archives.py --max-items-per-feed 200
+```
+
+- Defaults to AWS/GCP/Azure status feeds.
+- Supports custom feed catalog with `--feeds-file`.
+
+Feed file format:
+
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "name": "aws-status",
+    "url": "https://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/all.rss",
+    "license": "AWS Site Terms",
+    "license_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/terms/"
+  }
+]
+```
+
+## Output Layout
+
+Default output root (`Data/replay`):
+
+```text
+Data/replay/
+  spot_history/
+  cluster_traces/
+    google_clusterdata_2011_2/
+  incident_archives/
+  provenance/
+    spot_history_manifest.json
+    cluster_traces_manifest.json
+    incident_archives_manifest.json
+```
+
+## Provenance and Licensing
+
+See `docs/Data-Provenance-v2.3-M2.md` for the source catalog, license/terms links, and governance notes.
diff --git a/scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_cluster_traces.py b/scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_cluster_traces.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f61d445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_cluster_traces.py
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Download public cluster trace files for offline replay/backtesting."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import hashlib
+import json
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
+from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+
+USER_AGENT = "Aether-Guard-Data-Acquisition/1.0"
+
+DEFAULT_FILES = [
+    {
+        "name": "machine_events_part_00000",
+        "target": "machine_events/part-00000-of-00001.csv.gz",
+        "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/clusterdata-2011-2/machine_events/part-00000-of-00001.csv.gz",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "machine_attributes_part_00000",
+        "target": "machine_attributes/part-00000-of-00001.csv.gz",
+        "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/clusterdata-2011-2/machine_attributes/part-00000-of-00001.csv.gz",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "task_events_part_00000",
+        "target": "task_events/part-00000-of-00500.csv.gz",
+        "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/clusterdata-2011-2/task_events/part-00000-of-00500.csv.gz",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "task_usage_part_00000",
+        "target": "task_usage/part-00000-of-00500.csv.gz",
+        "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/clusterdata-2011-2/task_usage/part-00000-of-00500.csv.gz",
+    },
+]
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-dir",
+        default="Data/replay",
+        help="Root output directory for trace archives and provenance metadata.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--manifest-file",
+        default="",
+        help="Optional JSON manifest to replace defaults (list of {name,target,url}).",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-files",
+        type=int,
+        default=4,
+        help="Maximum number of files to download from the manifest.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--timeout-seconds",
+        type=int,
+        default=120,
+        help="HTTP timeout per file.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--skip-existing",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Skip files already present on disk.",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def utc_now_iso() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+
+def run_id() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")
+
+
+def write_json(path: Path, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        json.dump(payload, handle, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+        handle.write("\n")
+
+
+def load_manifest(path: str) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
+    if not path:
+        return list(DEFAULT_FILES)
+
+    manifest_path = Path(path)
+    payload = json.loads(manifest_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+
+    if isinstance(payload, dict):
+        entries = payload.get("files", [])
+    else:
+        entries = payload
+
+    if not isinstance(entries, list):
+        raise ValueError("Manifest must be a list or an object with a 'files' list.")
+
+    normalized: list[dict[str, str]] = []
+    for entry in entries:
+        if not isinstance(entry, dict):
+            raise ValueError("Manifest entries must be objects.")
+        name = str(entry.get("name", "")).strip()
+        target = str(entry.get("target", "")).strip()
+        url = str(entry.get("url", "")).strip()
+        if not name or not target or not url:
+            raise ValueError("Each manifest entry requires name, target, and url.")
+        normalized.append({"name": name, "target": target, "url": url})
+    return normalized
+
+
+def hash_file(path: Path) -> str:
+    digest = hashlib.sha256()
+    with path.open("rb") as handle:
+        while True:
+            chunk = handle.read(1024 * 1024)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            digest.update(chunk)
+    return digest.hexdigest()
+
+
+def download_file(url: str, target: Path, timeout_seconds: int) -> tuple[int, str, str | None]:
+    request = Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
+    digest = hashlib.sha256()
+    total_bytes = 0
+    last_modified: str | None = None
+
+    with urlopen(request, timeout=timeout_seconds) as response:
+        last_modified = response.headers.get("Last-Modified")
+        with target.open("wb") as handle:
+            while True:
+                chunk = response.read(1024 * 1024)
+                if not chunk:
+                    break
+                handle.write(chunk)
+                digest.update(chunk)
+                total_bytes += len(chunk)
+
+    return total_bytes, digest.hexdigest(), last_modified
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    if args.max_files <= 0:
+        print("--max-files must be > 0", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    try:
+        manifest_entries = load_manifest(args.manifest_file)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print(f"Manifest load failed: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    selected_entries = manifest_entries[: args.max_files]
+    output_root = Path(args.output_dir)
+    traces_root = output_root / "cluster_traces" / "google_clusterdata_2011_2"
+    provenance_dir = output_root / "provenance"
+    traces_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    provenance_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    results: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    success_count = 0
+    failure_count = 0
+
+    for entry in selected_entries:
+        target = traces_root / entry["target"]
+        target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        if args.skip_existing and target.exists():
+            record = {
+                "name": entry["name"],
+                "url": entry["url"],
+                "target": str(target),
+                "status": "skipped",
+                "bytes": target.stat().st_size,
+                "sha256": hash_file(target),
+                "last_modified": None,
+            }
+            results.append(record)
+            success_count += 1
+            print(f"Skipped existing file: {target}")
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            total_bytes, sha256, last_modified = download_file(
+                entry["url"],
+                target,
+                args.timeout_seconds,
+            )
+            record = {
+                "name": entry["name"],
+                "url": entry["url"],
+                "target": str(target),
+                "status": "downloaded",
+                "bytes": total_bytes,
+                "sha256": sha256,
+                "last_modified": last_modified,
+            }
+            results.append(record)
+            success_count += 1
+            print(f"Downloaded {entry['name']} -> {target} ({total_bytes} bytes)")
+        except (HTTPError, URLError, TimeoutError) as exc:
+            record = {
+                "name": entry["name"],
+                "url": entry["url"],
+                "target": str(target),
+                "status": "failed",
+                "error": str(exc),
+            }
+            results.append(record)
+            failure_count += 1
+            print(f"Failed {entry['name']}: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    manifest = {
+        "dataset": "google_clusterdata_2011_2_sample",
+        "generated_at_utc": utc_now_iso(),
+        "command": " ".join(sys.argv),
+        "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
+        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
+        "source_terms_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/cluster-data/master/ClusterData2011_2.md",
+        "files": results,
+        "summary": {
+            "requested": len(selected_entries),
+            "successful": success_count,
+            "failed": failure_count,
+        },
+    }
+    manifest_path = provenance_dir / "cluster_traces_manifest.json"
+    write_json(manifest_path, manifest)
+    print(f"Wrote provenance manifest to {manifest_path}")
+
+    if success_count == 0:
+        return 1
+    if failure_count > 0:
+        return 2
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())
diff --git a/scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_incident_archives.py b/scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_incident_archives.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97e1004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_incident_archives.py
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Collect incident/status feed archives for semantic replay datasets."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import re
+import sys
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from email.utils import parsedate_to_datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
+from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+
+USER_AGENT = "Aether-Guard-Data-Acquisition/1.0"
+
+DEFAULT_FEEDS = [
+    {
+        "name": "aws-status",
+        "url": "https://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/all.rss",
+        "license": "AWS Site Terms",
+        "license_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/terms/",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "gcp-status",
+        "url": "https://status.cloud.google.com/en/feed.atom",
+        "license": "Google Terms of Service",
+        "license_url": "https://policies.google.com/terms",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "azure-status",
+        "url": "https://status.azure.com/en-us/status/feed/",
+        "license": "Microsoft Terms of Use",
+        "license_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/legal/terms-of-use",
+    },
+]
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-dir",
+        default="Data/replay",
+        help="Root output directory for incident archives and provenance metadata.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--feeds-file",
+        default="",
+        help="Optional JSON file with feed entries ({name,url,license,license_url}).",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-items-per-feed",
+        type=int,
+        default=200,
+        help="Maximum items to emit per feed.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--timeout-seconds",
+        type=int,
+        default=30,
+        help="HTTP timeout for feed requests.",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def utc_now() -> datetime:
+    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
+
+
+def utc_now_iso() -> str:
+    return utc_now().strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+
+def run_id() -> str:
+    return utc_now().strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")
+
+
+def write_json(path: Path, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        json.dump(payload, handle, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+        handle.write("\n")
+
+
+def local_name(tag: str) -> str:
+    if "}" in tag:
+        return tag.rsplit("}", 1)[-1]
+    if ":" in tag:
+        return tag.rsplit(":", 1)[-1]
+    return tag
+
+
+def first_text(element: ET.Element, names: set[str]) -> str | None:
+    for child in list(element):
+        if local_name(child.tag) in names:
+            text = "".join(child.itertext()).strip()
+            if text:
+                return text
+    return None
+
+
+def first_link(element: ET.Element) -> str | None:
+    for child in list(element):
+        if local_name(child.tag) != "link":
+            continue
+        href = child.attrib.get("href")
+        if href:
+            return href.strip()
+        text = "".join(child.itertext()).strip()
+        if text:
+            return text
+    return None
+
+
+def strip_html(text: str) -> str:
+    no_tags = re.sub(r"<[^>]+>", " ", text, flags=re.DOTALL)
+    return " ".join(no_tags.split()).strip()
+
+
+def normalize_timestamp(value: str | None) -> str | None:
+    if not value:
+        return None
+
+    raw = value.strip()
+    if not raw:
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        parsed = datetime.fromisoformat(raw.replace("Z", "+00:00"))
+        if parsed.tzinfo is None:
+            parsed = parsed.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        return parsed.astimezone(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        parsed = parsedate_to_datetime(raw)
+        if parsed.tzinfo is None:
+            parsed = parsed.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        return parsed.astimezone(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+
+
+def load_feeds(path: str) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
+    if not path:
+        return list(DEFAULT_FEEDS)
+
+    payload = json.loads(Path(path).read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    if not isinstance(payload, list):
+        raise ValueError("Feeds file must be a JSON list.")
+
+    normalized: list[dict[str, str]] = []
+    for item in payload:
+        if not isinstance(item, dict):
+            raise ValueError("Feed entries must be objects.")
+        name = str(item.get("name", "")).strip()
+        url = str(item.get("url", "")).strip()
+        license_name = str(item.get("license", "")).strip()
+        license_url = str(item.get("license_url", "")).strip()
+        if not name or not url:
+            raise ValueError("Feed entries require name and url.")
+        normalized.append(
+            {
+                "name": name,
+                "url": url,
+                "license": license_name or "Unknown",
+                "license_url": license_url,
+            }
+        )
+    return normalized
+
+
+def parse_feed_items(
+    xml_payload: str,
+    feed_name: str,
+    feed_url: str,
+    max_items: int,
+    fetched_at_utc: str,
+) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    root = ET.fromstring(xml_payload)
+    entries = [node for node in root.iter() if local_name(node.tag) in {"item", "entry"}]
+
+    records: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    for entry in entries:
+        if len(records) >= max_items:
+            break
+
+        title = first_text(entry, {"title"})
+        if not title:
+            continue
+
+        summary = first_text(entry, {"description", "summary", "content"}) or ""
+        link = first_link(entry)
+        guid = first_text(entry, {"guid", "id"})
+        published_raw = first_text(entry, {"pubDate", "published", "updated", "date"})
+        published_at = normalize_timestamp(published_raw)
+        external_id = guid or link or title
+
+        records.append(
+            {
+                "source": feed_name,
+                "source_url": feed_url,
+                "external_id": external_id,
+                "title": title.strip(),
+                "summary": strip_html(summary),
+                "url": link,
+                "published_at": published_at,
+                "fetched_at_utc": fetched_at_utc,
+            }
+        )
+
+    return records
+
+
+def fetch_url(url: str, timeout_seconds: int) -> str:
+    request = Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
+    with urlopen(request, timeout=timeout_seconds) as response:
+        return response.read().decode("utf-8")
+
+
+def write_jsonl(path: Path, rows: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
+    with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        for row in rows:
+            handle.write(json.dumps(row, ensure_ascii=False))
+            handle.write("\n")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    if args.max_items_per_feed <= 0:
+        print("--max-items-per-feed must be > 0", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    try:
+        feeds = load_feeds(args.feeds_file)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print(f"Failed to load feeds: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    output_root = Path(args.output_dir)
+    incidents_dir = output_root / "incident_archives"
+    provenance_dir = output_root / "provenance"
+    incidents_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    provenance_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    feed_results: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    total_records = 0
+    success_count = 0
+
+    stamp = run_id()
+    fetched_at = utc_now_iso()
+
+    for feed in feeds:
+        name = feed["name"]
+        url = feed["url"]
+        output_path = incidents_dir / f"{name}_{stamp}.jsonl"
+
+        try:
+            xml_payload = fetch_url(url, args.timeout_seconds)
+            records = parse_feed_items(
+                xml_payload=xml_payload,
+                feed_name=name,
+                feed_url=url,
+                max_items=args.max_items_per_feed,
+                fetched_at_utc=fetched_at,
+            )
+            write_jsonl(output_path, records)
+            feed_results.append(
+                {
+                    "name": name,
+                    "url": url,
+                    "license": feed.get("license", "Unknown"),
+                    "license_url": feed.get("license_url", ""),
+                    "status": "downloaded",
+                    "record_count": len(records),
+                    "output_jsonl": str(output_path),
+                }
+            )
+            success_count += 1
+            total_records += len(records)
+            print(f"Fetched {len(records)} records from {name} -> {output_path}")
+        except (ET.ParseError, HTTPError, URLError, TimeoutError, UnicodeDecodeError) as exc:
+            feed_results.append(
+                {
+                    "name": name,
+                    "url": url,
+                    "license": feed.get("license", "Unknown"),
+                    "license_url": feed.get("license_url", ""),
+                    "status": "failed",
+                    "error": str(exc),
+                }
+            )
+            print(f"Failed {name}: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    manifest = {
+        "dataset": "incident_archives",
+        "generated_at_utc": utc_now_iso(),
+        "command": " ".join(sys.argv),
+        "feeds": feed_results,
+        "summary": {
+            "requested_feeds": len(feeds),
+            "successful_feeds": success_count,
+            "total_records": total_records,
+        },
+    }
+    manifest_path = provenance_dir / "incident_archives_manifest.json"
+    write_json(manifest_path, manifest)
+    print(f"Wrote provenance manifest to {manifest_path}")
+
+    if success_count == 0:
+        return 1
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())
diff --git a/scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_spot_history.py b/scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_spot_history.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee19802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/data_acquisition/fetch_spot_history.py
@@ -0,0 +1,361 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Collect spot price data for v2.3 replay/backtesting."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import csv
+import json
+import re
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
+from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+
+SPOT_JS_URL = "https://spot-price.s3.amazonaws.com/spot.js"
+AWS_TERMS_URL = "https://aws.amazon.com/terms/"
+USER_AGENT = "Aether-Guard-Data-Acquisition/1.0"
+CSV_FIELDS = [
+    "timestamp_utc",
+    "region",
+    "availability_zone",
+    "instance_type",
+    "instance_family",
+    "operating_system",
+    "currency",
+    "spot_price_usd",
+    "product_description",
+    "source",
+    "source_url",
+]
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--source",
+        choices=("spot-js", "ec2-api"),
+        default="spot-js",
+        help="Data source mode. Use ec2-api for historical pulls with AWS credentials.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-dir",
+        default="Data/replay",
+        help="Root output directory for generated CSV and provenance metadata.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--regions",
+        default="",
+        help="Comma-separated region allowlist. Empty means all regions in source.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--instance-types",
+        default="",
+        help="Comma-separated instance type allowlist. Empty means all instance types.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--region",
+        default="us-east-1",
+        help="Single AWS region for ec2-api mode.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--product-descriptions",
+        default="Linux/UNIX",
+        help="Comma-separated EC2 product descriptions for ec2-api mode.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--start-time",
+        default="",
+        help="UTC start time for ec2-api mode in ISO-8601 (for example 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z).",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--end-time",
+        default="",
+        help="UTC end time for ec2-api mode in ISO-8601.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-records",
+        type=int,
+        default=500_000,
+        help="Maximum rows to emit before truncating.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--timeout-seconds",
+        type=int,
+        default=30,
+        help="HTTP timeout in seconds.",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def utc_now() -> datetime:
+    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
+
+
+def format_utc(value: datetime) -> str:
+    return value.astimezone(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+
+def run_id() -> str:
+    return utc_now().strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")
+
+
+def parse_csv_list(value: str) -> set[str]:
+    return {item.strip() for item in value.split(",") if item.strip()}
+
+
+def parse_iso8601(value: str) -> datetime:
+    normalized = value.strip().replace("Z", "+00:00")
+    parsed = datetime.fromisoformat(normalized)
+    if parsed.tzinfo is None:
+        parsed = parsed.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    return parsed.astimezone(timezone.utc)
+
+
+def parse_price(raw_value: Any) -> float | None:
+    try:
+        return float(raw_value)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+
+
+def parse_spot_js_payload(payload: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    match = re.search(r"callback\((.*)\)\s*;?\s*$", payload, flags=re.DOTALL)
+    if not match:
+        raise ValueError("Unexpected spot.js format: callback(...) wrapper not found.")
+    return json.loads(match.group(1))
+
+
+def fetch_spot_js(timeout_seconds: int) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], str | None]:
+    request = Request(SPOT_JS_URL, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
+    with urlopen(request, timeout=timeout_seconds) as response:
+        payload = response.read().decode("utf-8")
+        last_modified = response.headers.get("Last-Modified")
+    return parse_spot_js_payload(payload), last_modified
+
+
+def collect_from_spot_js(
+    timeout_seconds: int,
+    regions: set[str],
+    instance_types: set[str],
+    max_records: int,
+) -> tuple[list[dict[str, Any]], dict[str, Any]]:
+    data, last_modified = fetch_spot_js(timeout_seconds)
+    rows: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    snapshot_time = format_utc(utc_now())
+
+    for region_data in data.get("config", {}).get("regions", []):
+        region = str(region_data.get("region", "")).strip()
+        if regions and region not in regions:
+            continue
+
+        for family_data in region_data.get("instanceTypes", []):
+            family = str(family_data.get("type", "")).strip()
+            for size_data in family_data.get("sizes", []):
+                instance_type = str(size_data.get("size", "")).strip()
+                if instance_types and instance_type not in instance_types:
+                    continue
+
+                for value_column in size_data.get("valueColumns", []):
+                    operating_system = str(value_column.get("name", "unknown")).strip()
+                    for currency, raw_price in value_column.get("prices", {}).items():
+                        price = parse_price(raw_price)
+                        row = {
+                            "timestamp_utc": snapshot_time,
+                            "region": region,
+                            "availability_zone": "",
+                            "instance_type": instance_type,
+                            "instance_family": family,
+                            "operating_system": operating_system,
+                            "currency": currency,
+                            "spot_price_usd": price if currency == "USD" else None,
+                            "product_description": operating_system,
+                            "source": "aws_spot_js_snapshot",
+                            "source_url": SPOT_JS_URL,
+                        }
+                        rows.append(row)
+                        if len(rows) >= max_records:
+                            metadata = {
+                                "mode": "spot-js",
+                                "source_url": SPOT_JS_URL,
+                                "last_modified": last_modified,
+                                "spot_js_version": data.get("vers"),
+                                "truncated": True,
+                            }
+                            return rows, metadata
+
+    metadata = {
+        "mode": "spot-js",
+        "source_url": SPOT_JS_URL,
+        "last_modified": last_modified,
+        "spot_js_version": data.get("vers"),
+        "truncated": False,
+    }
+    return rows, metadata
+
+
+def collect_from_ec2_api(
+    region: str,
+    product_descriptions: list[str],
+    instance_types: set[str],
+    start_time: datetime,
+    end_time: datetime,
+    max_records: int,
+) -> tuple[list[dict[str, Any]], dict[str, Any]]:
+    try:
+        import boto3  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+    except Exception as exc:  # pragma: no cover - optional dependency
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            "ec2-api mode requires boto3. Install with: pip install boto3"
+        ) from exc
+
+    client = boto3.client("ec2", region_name=region)
+    request_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "StartTime": start_time,
+        "EndTime": end_time,
+        "ProductDescriptions": product_descriptions,
+        "MaxResults": 1000,
+    }
+    if instance_types:
+        request_kwargs["InstanceTypes"] = sorted(instance_types)
+
+    rows: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    next_token = None
+
+    while True:
+        if next_token:
+            request_kwargs["NextToken"] = next_token
+        elif "NextToken" in request_kwargs:
+            request_kwargs.pop("NextToken", None)
+
+        response = client.describe_spot_price_history(**request_kwargs)
+        for item in response.get("SpotPriceHistory", []):
+            instance_type = str(item.get("InstanceType", "")).strip()
+            row = {
+                "timestamp_utc": format_utc(item["Timestamp"]),
+                "region": region,
+                "availability_zone": item.get("AvailabilityZone", ""),
+                "instance_type": instance_type,
+                "instance_family": instance_type.split(".")[0] if "." in instance_type else "",
+                "operating_system": item.get("ProductDescription", ""),
+                "currency": "USD",
+                "spot_price_usd": parse_price(item.get("SpotPrice")),
+                "product_description": item.get("ProductDescription", ""),
+                "source": "aws_ec2_spot_price_history_api",
+                "source_url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeSpotPriceHistory.html",
+            }
+            rows.append(row)
+            if len(rows) >= max_records:
+                metadata = {
+                    "mode": "ec2-api",
+                    "truncated": True,
+                    "region": region,
+                    "start_time_utc": format_utc(start_time),
+                    "end_time_utc": format_utc(end_time),
+                    "request_product_descriptions": product_descriptions,
+                }
+                return rows, metadata
+
+        next_token = response.get("NextToken")
+        if not next_token:
+            break
+
+    metadata = {
+        "mode": "ec2-api",
+        "truncated": False,
+        "region": region,
+        "start_time_utc": format_utc(start_time),
+        "end_time_utc": format_utc(end_time),
+        "request_product_descriptions": product_descriptions,
+    }
+    return rows, metadata
+
+
+def write_rows_csv(path: Path, rows: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
+    with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as handle:
+        writer = csv.DictWriter(handle, fieldnames=CSV_FIELDS)
+        writer.writeheader()
+        for row in rows:
+            writer.writerow(row)
+
+
+def write_json(path: Path, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        json.dump(payload, handle, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+        handle.write("\n")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    if args.max_records <= 0:
+        print("--max-records must be > 0.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    output_root = Path(args.output_dir)
+    spot_dir = output_root / "spot_history"
+    provenance_dir = output_root / "provenance"
+    spot_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    provenance_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    regions = parse_csv_list(args.regions)
+    instance_types = parse_csv_list(args.instance_types)
+    command = " ".join(sys.argv)
+
+    try:
+        if args.source == "spot-js":
+            rows, metadata = collect_from_spot_js(
+                timeout_seconds=args.timeout_seconds,
+                regions=regions,
+                instance_types=instance_types,
+                max_records=args.max_records,
+            )
+        else:
+            end_time = parse_iso8601(args.end_time) if args.end_time else utc_now()
+            start_time = parse_iso8601(args.start_time) if args.start_time else end_time - timedelta(days=30)
+            product_descriptions = sorted(parse_csv_list(args.product_descriptions)) or ["Linux/UNIX"]
+            rows, metadata = collect_from_ec2_api(
+                region=args.region,
+                product_descriptions=product_descriptions,
+                instance_types=instance_types,
+                start_time=start_time,
+                end_time=end_time,
+                max_records=args.max_records,
+            )
+    except (HTTPError, URLError, TimeoutError, RuntimeError, ValueError) as exc:
+        print(f"Spot data collection failed: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+    except Exception as exc:  # pragma: no cover - safety net
+        print(f"Unexpected spot data collection failure: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    if not rows:
+        print("No spot data rows collected.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    stamp = run_id()
+    csv_path = spot_dir / f"spot_history_{args.source}_{stamp}.csv"
+    write_rows_csv(csv_path, rows)
+
+    manifest = {
+        "dataset": "spot_history",
+        "generated_at_utc": format_utc(utc_now()),
+        "command": command,
+        "record_count": len(rows),
+        "output_csv": str(csv_path),
+        "license": "AWS Site Terms",
+        "license_url": AWS_TERMS_URL,
+        "metadata": metadata,
+    }
+    manifest_path = provenance_dir / "spot_history_manifest.json"
+    write_json(manifest_path, manifest)
+
+    print(f"Wrote {len(rows)} rows to {csv_path}")
+    print(f"Wrote provenance manifest to {manifest_path}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

From 43cc805ce57d4b5d6bf1c9208c92da5639eef20c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:39:17 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 14/24] feat(v2.3): add TSMixer baseline training and ONNX
 export workflow

---
 README.md                                     |   2 +
 docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md           |  48 ++
 scripts/model_training/README.md              |  52 ++
 scripts/model_training/requirements.txt       |   5 +
 .../model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py  | 720 ++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 827 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md
 create mode 100644 scripts/model_training/README.md
 create mode 100644 scripts/model_training/requirements.txt
 create mode 100644 scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eafcfdd..171b484 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 Milestone 1 smoke test: docs/QA-SmokeTest-v2.3-M1.md
 - v2.3 M2 data provenance: docs/Data-Provenance-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 data acquisition scripts: scripts/data_acquisition/README.md
+- v2.3 M2 TSMixer baseline guide: docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md
+- v2.3 M2 model training scripts: scripts/model_training/README.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
diff --git a/docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md b/docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fda203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# v2.3 M2 TSMixer Baseline + ONNX Export
+
+This guide documents the baseline workflow delivered for issue #35.
+
+## Goal
+
+Train a lightweight time-series model for `P(preempt)` baseline inference and export ONNX artifacts for agent-side runtime integration.
+
+## Entry Points
+
+- Training script: `scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py`
+- Script usage: `scripts/model_training/README.md`
+- Dependency file: `scripts/model_training/requirements.txt`
+
+## Reproducible Training
+
+The script is reproducible by design:
+
+- Fixed seed controls Python, NumPy, and PyTorch RNG.
+- Deterministic PyTorch execution is enabled.
+- Dataset split is deterministic for the same seed and input.
+- Run configuration and metrics are written into `training_summary.json`.
+
+## Dataset Modes
+
+1. Real dataset mode: pass a spot-history CSV generated by data acquisition scripts.
+2. Synthetic fallback mode: automatically used when the input dataset cannot produce enough windows.
+
+Fallback reason is persisted in the summary metadata.
+
+## ONNX Export and Validation
+
+The script exports `tsmixer_baseline.onnx` and validates by default:
+
+1. ONNX structure check (`onnx.checker`).
+2. Inference parity check (PyTorch vs ONNX Runtime logits on held-out samples).
+
+Validation details are saved under `onnx_validation` in `training_summary.json`.
+
+## Artifacts
+
+Per run output directory contains:
+
+- `tsmixer_baseline.pt`
+- `tsmixer_baseline.onnx`
+- `training_summary.json`
+
+These artifacts should be versioned by downstream issue #38 once model governance flow is implemented.
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/README.md b/scripts/model_training/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da0ee5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/model_training/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# TSMixer Baseline Training (v2.3 M2)
+
+This folder contains the baseline training workflow for issue #35:
+
+- Reproducible TSMixer training (seeded, deterministic flags enabled).
+- ONNX export for agent-side inference.
+- ONNX validation (checker + onnxruntime parity).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Python 3.10+
+- Install training dependencies:
+
+```bash
+python -m pip install -r scripts/model_training/requirements.txt
+```
+
+## Quick Smoke Run
+
+Run with synthetic fallback dataset (always available):
+
+```bash
+python scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py \
+  --epochs 6 \
+  --batch-size 128 \
+  --output-dir .tmp/tsmixer-baseline-smoke
+```
+
+## Train With Acquired Spot Dataset
+
+```bash
+python scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py \
+  --dataset-csv Data/replay/spot_history/spot_history_spot-js_YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ.csv \
+  --epochs 20 \
+  --output-dir .tmp/tsmixer-baseline-data
+```
+
+If real dataset windows are insufficient, the script switches to deterministic synthetic fallback and records the reason.
+
+## Outputs
+
+Each run writes:
+
+- `tsmixer_baseline.pt`: PyTorch checkpoint (`state_dict` + normalization metadata)
+- `tsmixer_baseline.onnx`: exported ONNX model
+- `training_summary.json`: config, dataset source, metrics, and ONNX validation report
+
+## Reproducibility Notes
+
+- `--seed` controls Python, NumPy, and PyTorch RNGs.
+- Deterministic PyTorch mode is enabled (`torch.use_deterministic_algorithms`).
+- Data split uses deterministic shuffling with the same seed.
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/requirements.txt b/scripts/model_training/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8594f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/model_training/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+torch
+numpy
+pandas
+onnx
+onnxruntime
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py b/scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9987960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py
@@ -0,0 +1,720 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Train a reproducible TSMixer baseline and export ONNX for agent inference."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import random
+import sys
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+from torch.utils.data import DataLoader, TensorDataset
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--dataset-csv",
+        default="",
+        help="Optional spot dataset CSV path (for example Data/replay/spot_history/*.csv).",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-dir",
+        default=".tmp/tsmixer-baseline",
+        help="Output directory for model, ONNX, and training metadata.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=42, help="Global random seed.")
+    parser.add_argument("--window-size", type=int, default=24, help="Input time steps.")
+    parser.add_argument("--horizon", type=int, default=1, help="Label horizon in steps.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--label-threshold",
+        type=float,
+        default=0.03,
+        help="Future return threshold used to derive labels when label column is absent.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--epochs", type=int, default=20, help="Training epochs.")
+    parser.add_argument("--batch-size", type=int, default=128, help="Training batch size.")
+    parser.add_argument("--learning-rate", type=float, default=1e-3, help="Adam learning rate.")
+    parser.add_argument("--weight-decay", type=float, default=1e-4, help="AdamW weight decay.")
+    parser.add_argument("--dropout", type=float, default=0.1, help="Dropout in classifier head.")
+    parser.add_argument("--hidden-size", type=int, default=64, help="TSMixer hidden size.")
+    parser.add_argument("--num-blocks", type=int, default=3, help="TSMixer block count.")
+    parser.add_argument("--val-ratio", type=float, default=0.2, help="Validation split ratio.")
+    parser.add_argument("--test-ratio", type=float, default=0.1, help="Test split ratio.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target-column",
+        default="label_preempt",
+        help="Optional binary target column in source CSV.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--price-column",
+        default="spot_price_usd",
+        help="Price column used for feature extraction and derived labels.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--timestamp-column",
+        default="timestamp_utc",
+        help="Timestamp column used for deterministic ordering when available.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-rows",
+        type=int,
+        default=0,
+        help="Optional cap on loaded rows from CSV (0 means unlimited).",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--synthetic-series",
+        type=int,
+        default=32,
+        help="Synthetic series count used when real dataset has insufficient windows.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--synthetic-length",
+        type=int,
+        default=240,
+        help="Length of each synthetic series when fallback is used.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--onnx-opset",
+        type=int,
+        default=17,
+        help="ONNX opset version for export.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--skip-onnx-validation",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Export ONNX but skip checker/runtime validation.",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def now_utc_iso() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+
+def set_global_seed(seed: int) -> None:
+    random.seed(seed)
+    np.random.seed(seed)
+    torch.manual_seed(seed)
+    torch.cuda.manual_seed_all(seed)
+    torch.use_deterministic_algorithms(True, warn_only=True)
+    torch.backends.cudnn.deterministic = True
+    torch.backends.cudnn.benchmark = False
+
+
+def safe_float_series(series: pd.Series) -> np.ndarray:
+    values = pd.to_numeric(series, errors="coerce").astype(float).to_numpy()
+    return values[np.isfinite(values)]
+
+
+def build_feature_matrix(prices: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
+    if prices.ndim != 1:
+        raise ValueError("prices must be 1D")
+    if prices.size < 5:
+        raise ValueError("at least 5 points are required")
+
+    returns = np.zeros_like(prices, dtype=np.float32)
+    returns[1:] = (prices[1:] - prices[:-1]) / np.maximum(np.abs(prices[:-1]), 1e-6)
+
+    rolling_mean = pd.Series(prices).rolling(window=3, min_periods=1).mean().to_numpy(dtype=np.float32)
+    rolling_std = (
+        pd.Series(prices)
+        .rolling(window=3, min_periods=1)
+        .std()
+        .fillna(0.0)
+        .to_numpy(dtype=np.float32)
+    )
+
+    features = np.column_stack(
+        [
+            prices.astype(np.float32),
+            returns.astype(np.float32),
+            rolling_mean.astype(np.float32),
+            rolling_std.astype(np.float32),
+        ]
+    )
+    return features
+
+
+def build_derived_labels(prices: np.ndarray, horizon: int, threshold: float) -> np.ndarray:
+    labels = np.zeros(prices.size, dtype=np.float32)
+    if horizon <= 0:
+        return labels
+    for idx in range(prices.size - horizon):
+        current_price = prices[idx]
+        future_price = prices[idx + horizon]
+        future_return = (future_price - current_price) / max(abs(current_price), 1e-6)
+        labels[idx + horizon] = 1.0 if future_return >= threshold else 0.0
+    return labels
+
+
+def windows_from_series(
+    prices: np.ndarray,
+    labels: np.ndarray,
+    window_size: int,
+    horizon: int,
+) -> tuple[list[np.ndarray], list[float]]:
+    features = build_feature_matrix(prices)
+    xs: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    ys: list[float] = []
+    max_index = prices.size - horizon
+    for end_idx in range(window_size - 1, max_index):
+        start_idx = end_idx - window_size + 1
+        target_index = end_idx + horizon
+        window = features[start_idx : end_idx + 1]
+        xs.append(window.astype(np.float32))
+        ys.append(float(labels[target_index]))
+    return xs, ys
+
+
+def prepare_windows_from_dataframe(
+    df: pd.DataFrame,
+    *,
+    price_column: str,
+    target_column: str,
+    timestamp_column: str,
+    window_size: int,
+    horizon: int,
+    threshold: float,
+) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, dict[str, Any]]:
+    if price_column not in df.columns:
+        raise ValueError(f"Missing required price column: {price_column}")
+
+    working_df = df.copy()
+    if timestamp_column in working_df.columns:
+        working_df[timestamp_column] = pd.to_datetime(working_df[timestamp_column], errors="coerce", utc=True)
+        working_df = working_df.sort_values(timestamp_column)
+
+    group_columns = [column for column in ("region", "instance_type") if column in working_df.columns]
+    if group_columns:
+        grouped = working_df.groupby(group_columns, dropna=False)
+        group_frames = [frame for _, frame in grouped]
+    else:
+        group_frames = [working_df]
+
+    windows: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    labels: list[float] = []
+    series_count = 0
+
+    for frame in group_frames:
+        prices = safe_float_series(frame[price_column])
+        if prices.size < (window_size + horizon + 2):
+            continue
+
+        if target_column in frame.columns:
+            target_values = pd.to_numeric(frame[target_column], errors="coerce").fillna(0.0).astype(np.float32).to_numpy()
+            target_values = np.where(target_values > 0.5, 1.0, 0.0).astype(np.float32)
+            if target_values.size != prices.size:
+                # If coercion dropped values via safe_float_series alignment mismatch, fallback to derived labels.
+                target_values = build_derived_labels(prices, horizon, threshold)
+        else:
+            target_values = build_derived_labels(prices, horizon, threshold)
+
+        xs, ys = windows_from_series(prices, target_values, window_size, horizon)
+        if not xs:
+            continue
+
+        windows.extend(xs)
+        labels.extend(ys)
+        series_count += 1
+
+    if not windows:
+        raise ValueError("No training windows could be generated from the provided dataset.")
+
+    x = np.stack(windows).astype(np.float32)
+    y = np.asarray(labels, dtype=np.float32)
+    metadata = {
+        "source": "dataset_csv",
+        "series_count": series_count,
+        "window_count": int(x.shape[0]),
+    }
+    return x, y, metadata
+
+
+def generate_synthetic_windows(
+    *,
+    seed: int,
+    series_count: int,
+    series_length: int,
+    window_size: int,
+    horizon: int,
+    threshold: float,
+) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, dict[str, Any]]:
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
+    windows: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    labels: list[float] = []
+
+    for series_idx in range(series_count):
+        trend = rng.normal(0.0002, 0.0004)
+        noise = rng.normal(0.0, 0.01, size=series_length).astype(np.float32)
+        shocks = np.zeros(series_length, dtype=np.float32)
+        shock_positions = rng.choice(series_length, size=max(1, series_length // 60), replace=False)
+        shocks[shock_positions] = rng.normal(0.08, 0.03, size=shock_positions.shape[0]).astype(np.float32)
+
+        price = np.empty(series_length, dtype=np.float32)
+        price[0] = 1.0 + float(rng.normal(0.0, 0.05))
+        for idx in range(1, series_length):
+            drift = trend + noise[idx] + shocks[idx]
+            price[idx] = max(0.05, price[idx - 1] * (1.0 + drift))
+
+        derived_labels = build_derived_labels(price, horizon, threshold)
+        xs, ys = windows_from_series(price, derived_labels, window_size, horizon)
+        windows.extend(xs)
+        labels.extend(ys)
+
+    x = np.stack(windows).astype(np.float32)
+    y = np.asarray(labels, dtype=np.float32)
+    metadata = {
+        "source": "synthetic_fallback",
+        "series_count": series_count,
+        "series_length": series_length,
+        "window_count": int(x.shape[0]),
+    }
+    return x, y, metadata
+
+
+def split_dataset(
+    x: np.ndarray,
+    y: np.ndarray,
+    *,
+    val_ratio: float,
+    test_ratio: float,
+    seed: int,
+) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
+    if x.shape[0] != y.shape[0]:
+        raise ValueError("Feature and label count mismatch.")
+    if not (0.0 < val_ratio < 0.5) or not (0.0 <= test_ratio < 0.5):
+        raise ValueError("val_ratio/test_ratio must be in a reasonable range.")
+    if val_ratio + test_ratio >= 0.8:
+        raise ValueError("val_ratio + test_ratio is too large.")
+
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
+    indices = np.arange(x.shape[0])
+    rng.shuffle(indices)
+
+    x_shuffled = x[indices]
+    y_shuffled = y[indices]
+
+    total = x.shape[0]
+    test_count = int(total * test_ratio)
+    val_count = int(total * val_ratio)
+    train_count = total - val_count - test_count
+
+    if train_count <= 0 or val_count <= 0 or test_count <= 0:
+        raise ValueError("Dataset split is too small; increase sample size.")
+
+    x_train = x_shuffled[:train_count]
+    y_train = y_shuffled[:train_count]
+    x_val = x_shuffled[train_count : train_count + val_count]
+    y_val = y_shuffled[train_count : train_count + val_count]
+    x_test = x_shuffled[train_count + val_count :]
+    y_test = y_shuffled[train_count + val_count :]
+    return x_train, y_train, x_val, y_val, x_test, y_test
+
+
+def standardize_features(
+    x_train: np.ndarray,
+    x_val: np.ndarray,
+    x_test: np.ndarray,
+) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
+    train_mean = x_train.mean(axis=(0, 1), keepdims=True).astype(np.float32)
+    train_std = x_train.std(axis=(0, 1), keepdims=True).astype(np.float32)
+    train_std = np.where(train_std < 1e-6, 1.0, train_std).astype(np.float32)
+
+    x_train_norm = ((x_train - train_mean) / train_std).astype(np.float32)
+    x_val_norm = ((x_val - train_mean) / train_std).astype(np.float32)
+    x_test_norm = ((x_test - train_mean) / train_std).astype(np.float32)
+    return x_train_norm, x_val_norm, x_test_norm, train_mean, train_std
+
+
+class MixerBlock(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, time_steps: int, channels: int, hidden_size: int) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.time_norm = nn.LayerNorm(channels)
+        self.time_mlp = nn.Sequential(
+            nn.Linear(time_steps, hidden_size),
+            nn.GELU(),
+            nn.Linear(hidden_size, time_steps),
+        )
+        self.feature_norm = nn.LayerNorm(channels)
+        self.feature_mlp = nn.Sequential(
+            nn.Linear(channels, hidden_size),
+            nn.GELU(),
+            nn.Linear(hidden_size, channels),
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        residual = x
+        mixed_time = self.time_norm(x).transpose(1, 2)
+        mixed_time = self.time_mlp(mixed_time).transpose(1, 2)
+        x = residual + mixed_time
+
+        residual = x
+        mixed_feature = self.feature_mlp(self.feature_norm(x))
+        return residual + mixed_feature
+
+
+class TSMixerBinaryClassifier(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        time_steps: int,
+        channels: int,
+        hidden_size: int,
+        num_blocks: int,
+        dropout: float,
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.blocks = nn.ModuleList(
+            [MixerBlock(time_steps=time_steps, channels=channels, hidden_size=hidden_size) for _ in range(num_blocks)]
+        )
+        self.head = nn.Sequential(
+            nn.LayerNorm(channels),
+            nn.Flatten(),
+            nn.Linear(time_steps * channels, hidden_size),
+            nn.GELU(),
+            nn.Dropout(dropout),
+            nn.Linear(hidden_size, 1),
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        for block in self.blocks:
+            x = block(x)
+        logits = self.head(x).squeeze(-1)
+        return logits
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Metrics:
+    loss: float
+    accuracy: float
+    positive_rate: float
+
+
+def evaluate(
+    model: nn.Module,
+    x: np.ndarray,
+    y: np.ndarray,
+) -> Metrics:
+    model.eval()
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        inputs = torch.from_numpy(x)
+        labels = torch.from_numpy(y)
+        logits = model(inputs)
+        loss = nn.functional.binary_cross_entropy_with_logits(logits, labels).item()
+        probabilities = torch.sigmoid(logits)
+        predictions = (probabilities >= 0.5).float()
+        accuracy = float((predictions == labels).float().mean().item())
+        positive_rate = float(predictions.mean().item())
+    return Metrics(loss=loss, accuracy=accuracy, positive_rate=positive_rate)
+
+
+def train_model(
+    model: nn.Module,
+    *,
+    x_train: np.ndarray,
+    y_train: np.ndarray,
+    x_val: np.ndarray,
+    y_val: np.ndarray,
+    epochs: int,
+    batch_size: int,
+    learning_rate: float,
+    weight_decay: float,
+) -> tuple[nn.Module, list[dict[str, float]], float]:
+    train_dataset = TensorDataset(torch.from_numpy(x_train), torch.from_numpy(y_train))
+    train_loader = DataLoader(train_dataset, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=True, drop_last=False)
+
+    optimizer = torch.optim.AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=learning_rate, weight_decay=weight_decay)
+    positive_count = float(np.sum(y_train))
+    negative_count = float(y_train.shape[0] - positive_count)
+    if positive_count > 0 and negative_count > 0:
+        pos_weight = torch.tensor([negative_count / positive_count], dtype=torch.float32)
+        criterion = nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss(pos_weight=pos_weight)
+    else:
+        criterion = nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss()
+
+    best_val_loss = float("inf")
+    best_state: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+    history: list[dict[str, float]] = []
+
+    for epoch in range(1, epochs + 1):
+        model.train()
+        running_loss = 0.0
+        seen = 0
+        for batch_x, batch_y in train_loader:
+            optimizer.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
+            logits = model(batch_x)
+            loss = criterion(logits, batch_y)
+            loss.backward()
+            optimizer.step()
+            running_loss += float(loss.item()) * batch_x.shape[0]
+            seen += batch_x.shape[0]
+
+        train_loss = running_loss / max(seen, 1)
+        val_metrics = evaluate(model, x_val, y_val)
+        history.append(
+            {
+                "epoch": float(epoch),
+                "train_loss": float(train_loss),
+                "val_loss": float(val_metrics.loss),
+                "val_accuracy": float(val_metrics.accuracy),
+            }
+        )
+        if val_metrics.loss < best_val_loss:
+            best_val_loss = val_metrics.loss
+            best_state = {name: value.detach().cpu().clone() for name, value in model.state_dict().items()}
+
+    if best_state is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("Training finished without capturing best state.")
+
+    model.load_state_dict(best_state)
+    return model, history, best_val_loss
+
+
+def export_onnx(
+    model: nn.Module,
+    *,
+    input_shape: tuple[int, int, int],
+    output_path: Path,
+    opset: int,
+) -> None:
+    model.eval()
+    dummy_input = torch.randn(*input_shape, dtype=torch.float32)
+    torch.onnx.export(
+        model,
+        dummy_input,
+        output_path.as_posix(),
+        export_params=True,
+        opset_version=opset,
+        do_constant_folding=True,
+        input_names=["telemetry_window"],
+        output_names=["preempt_logit"],
+        dynamic_axes={"telemetry_window": {0: "batch_size"}, "preempt_logit": {0: "batch_size"}},
+        dynamo=False,
+    )
+
+
+def validate_onnx(
+    model: nn.Module,
+    onnx_path: Path,
+    sample_inputs: np.ndarray,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    import onnx
+    import onnxruntime as ort
+
+    onnx_model = onnx.load(onnx_path.as_posix())
+    onnx.checker.check_model(onnx_model)
+
+    session = ort.InferenceSession(onnx_path.as_posix(), providers=["CPUExecutionProvider"])
+    onnx_input_name = session.get_inputs()[0].name
+    onnx_output_name = session.get_outputs()[0].name
+
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        torch_logits = model(torch.from_numpy(sample_inputs)).detach().cpu().numpy().reshape(-1)
+    onnx_logits = session.run([onnx_output_name], {onnx_input_name: sample_inputs})[0].reshape(-1)
+
+    max_abs_diff = float(np.max(np.abs(torch_logits - onnx_logits)))
+    mean_abs_diff = float(np.mean(np.abs(torch_logits - onnx_logits)))
+    return {
+        "onnx_checker_passed": True,
+        "onnxruntime_parity_passed": bool(max_abs_diff <= 1e-4),
+        "max_abs_diff": max_abs_diff,
+        "mean_abs_diff": mean_abs_diff,
+        "sample_size": int(sample_inputs.shape[0]),
+    }
+
+
+def write_json(path: Path, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        json.dump(payload, handle, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+        handle.write("\n")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    args = parse_args()
+    set_global_seed(args.seed)
+
+    output_dir = Path(args.output_dir)
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    dataset_metadata: dict[str, Any]
+    x: np.ndarray
+    y: np.ndarray
+
+    dataset_path = Path(args.dataset_csv) if args.dataset_csv else None
+    if dataset_path and dataset_path.exists():
+        dataset_df = pd.read_csv(dataset_path)
+        if args.max_rows > 0:
+            dataset_df = dataset_df.head(args.max_rows)
+        try:
+            x, y, dataset_metadata = prepare_windows_from_dataframe(
+                dataset_df,
+                price_column=args.price_column,
+                target_column=args.target_column,
+                timestamp_column=args.timestamp_column,
+                window_size=args.window_size,
+                horizon=args.horizon,
+                threshold=args.label_threshold,
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:
+            print(f"Dataset windows unavailable ({exc}); switching to synthetic fallback.")
+            x, y, dataset_metadata = generate_synthetic_windows(
+                seed=args.seed,
+                series_count=args.synthetic_series,
+                series_length=args.synthetic_length,
+                window_size=args.window_size,
+                horizon=args.horizon,
+                threshold=args.label_threshold,
+            )
+            dataset_metadata["fallback_reason"] = str(exc)
+            dataset_metadata["requested_dataset"] = str(dataset_path)
+    else:
+        x, y, dataset_metadata = generate_synthetic_windows(
+            seed=args.seed,
+            series_count=args.synthetic_series,
+            series_length=args.synthetic_length,
+            window_size=args.window_size,
+            horizon=args.horizon,
+            threshold=args.label_threshold,
+        )
+        if dataset_path:
+            dataset_metadata["requested_dataset"] = str(dataset_path)
+            dataset_metadata["fallback_reason"] = "dataset path does not exist"
+
+    x_train, y_train, x_val, y_val, x_test, y_test = split_dataset(
+        x,
+        y,
+        val_ratio=args.val_ratio,
+        test_ratio=args.test_ratio,
+        seed=args.seed,
+    )
+    x_train, x_val, x_test, train_mean, train_std = standardize_features(x_train, x_val, x_test)
+
+    channels = int(x_train.shape[2])
+    model = TSMixerBinaryClassifier(
+        time_steps=args.window_size,
+        channels=channels,
+        hidden_size=args.hidden_size,
+        num_blocks=args.num_blocks,
+        dropout=args.dropout,
+    )
+    model, history, best_val_loss = train_model(
+        model,
+        x_train=x_train,
+        y_train=y_train,
+        x_val=x_val,
+        y_val=y_val,
+        epochs=args.epochs,
+        batch_size=args.batch_size,
+        learning_rate=args.learning_rate,
+        weight_decay=args.weight_decay,
+    )
+
+    train_metrics = evaluate(model, x_train, y_train)
+    val_metrics = evaluate(model, x_val, y_val)
+    test_metrics = evaluate(model, x_test, y_test)
+
+    model_path = output_dir / "tsmixer_baseline.pt"
+    torch.save(
+        {
+            "state_dict": model.state_dict(),
+            "window_size": args.window_size,
+            "channels": channels,
+            "train_mean": train_mean.squeeze(0).tolist(),
+            "train_std": train_std.squeeze(0).tolist(),
+            "created_at_utc": now_utc_iso(),
+        },
+        model_path,
+    )
+
+    onnx_path = output_dir / "tsmixer_baseline.onnx"
+    export_onnx(
+        model,
+        input_shape=(1, args.window_size, channels),
+        output_path=onnx_path,
+        opset=args.onnx_opset,
+    )
+
+    onnx_validation: dict[str, Any] = {"skipped": bool(args.skip_onnx_validation)}
+    if not args.skip_onnx_validation:
+        sample_size = int(min(16, x_test.shape[0]))
+        sample_inputs = x_test[:sample_size]
+        onnx_validation = validate_onnx(model, onnx_path, sample_inputs)
+
+    summary = {
+        "run_at_utc": now_utc_iso(),
+        "command": " ".join(["python"] + sys.argv),
+        "config": {
+            "seed": args.seed,
+            "window_size": args.window_size,
+            "horizon": args.horizon,
+            "label_threshold": args.label_threshold,
+            "epochs": args.epochs,
+            "batch_size": args.batch_size,
+            "learning_rate": args.learning_rate,
+            "weight_decay": args.weight_decay,
+            "dropout": args.dropout,
+            "hidden_size": args.hidden_size,
+            "num_blocks": args.num_blocks,
+            "val_ratio": args.val_ratio,
+            "test_ratio": args.test_ratio,
+            "onnx_opset": args.onnx_opset,
+        },
+        "dataset": dataset_metadata,
+        "shapes": {
+            "x_train": list(x_train.shape),
+            "x_val": list(x_val.shape),
+            "x_test": list(x_test.shape),
+        },
+        "label_balance": {
+            "train_positive_rate": float(np.mean(y_train)),
+            "val_positive_rate": float(np.mean(y_val)),
+            "test_positive_rate": float(np.mean(y_test)),
+        },
+        "metrics": {
+            "best_val_loss": float(best_val_loss),
+            "train": train_metrics.__dict__,
+            "val": val_metrics.__dict__,
+            "test": test_metrics.__dict__,
+        },
+        "artifacts": {
+            "torch_model": str(model_path),
+            "onnx_model": str(onnx_path),
+        },
+        "onnx_validation": onnx_validation,
+        "history": history,
+    }
+    summary_path = output_dir / "training_summary.json"
+    write_json(summary_path, summary)
+
+    print(f"Model saved: {model_path}")
+    print(f"ONNX saved: {onnx_path}")
+    print(f"Summary saved: {summary_path}")
+    print(
+        "Metrics:"
+        f" train_acc={train_metrics.accuracy:.4f}"
+        f" val_acc={val_metrics.accuracy:.4f}"
+        f" test_acc={test_metrics.accuracy:.4f}"
+    )
+    if not args.skip_onnx_validation:
+        print(
+            "ONNX validation:"
+            f" checker={onnx_validation.get('onnx_checker_passed')}"
+            f" parity={onnx_validation.get('onnxruntime_parity_passed')}"
+            f" max_abs_diff={onnx_validation.get('max_abs_diff')}"
+        )
+
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

From 8f2b5ba67fcf007e690764d213fc7be4a77b2981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:55:08 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 15/24] feat(v2.3): add fusion baseline training and input
 contract

---
 README.md                                     |   1 +
 docs/AI-Fusion-Model-v2.3-M2.md               |  76 +++++
 scripts/model_training/README.md              |  42 ++-
 scripts/model_training/requirements.txt       |   1 +
 .../model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py   | 318 ++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 437 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/AI-Fusion-Model-v2.3-M2.md
 create mode 100644 scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 171b484..bde1e36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 M2 data provenance: docs/Data-Provenance-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 data acquisition scripts: scripts/data_acquisition/README.md
 - v2.3 M2 TSMixer baseline guide: docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md
+- v2.3 M2 fusion baseline guide: docs/AI-Fusion-Model-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 model training scripts: scripts/model_training/README.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
diff --git a/docs/AI-Fusion-Model-v2.3-M2.md b/docs/AI-Fusion-Model-v2.3-M2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6616e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/AI-Fusion-Model-v2.3-M2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# v2.3 M2 Fusion Model Baseline (`P(preempt)`)
+
+This document defines the input contract and offline baseline evaluation for issue #36.
+
+## Goal
+
+Fuse telemetry windows with semantic exogenous vectors (`S_v`, `P_v`, `B_s`) and produce `P(preempt)`.
+
+## Training Entry Point
+
+- `scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py`
+
+## Input Contract (Offline CSV)
+
+### Required semantic columns
+
+- `s_v_negative`
+- `s_v_neutral`
+- `s_v_positive`
+- `p_v`
+- `b_s`
+
+### Telemetry columns
+
+Configured by `--telemetry-columns`. Default order:
+
+- `spot_price_usd`
+- `cpu_utilization`
+- `memory_utilization`
+- `network_io`
+
+At least one configured telemetry column must exist in the dataset.
+
+### Optional label
+
+- `label_preempt` (binary, 0/1)
+
+If missing, labels are derived by:
+
+- future return >= `--label-threshold` OR
+- current `p_v >= 0.75`
+
+### Windowing semantics
+
+- `window_size`: telemetry lookback length.
+- `horizon`: prediction target offset.
+- Per training sample:
+  - telemetry tensor: `[window_size, telemetry_dim]`
+  - semantic tensor: `[semantic_dim]` at the end of window
+  - label: binary target at `end + horizon`
+
+## Offline Baseline Evaluation
+
+The script trains and evaluates two models on the same split:
+
+1. Telemetry-only baseline
+2. Fusion baseline (telemetry branch + semantic branch)
+
+Outputs:
+
+- `telemetry_only_baseline.pt`
+- `fusion_baseline.pt`
+- `fusion_evaluation_summary.json`
+
+Summary includes:
+
+- train/val/test metrics: loss, accuracy, precision, recall, F1, AUROC, average precision
+- comparison deltas:
+  - `test_f1_delta_fusion_minus_telemetry`
+  - `test_auroc_delta_fusion_minus_telemetry`
+
+## Reproducibility
+
+- Fixed `--seed` for Python/NumPy/PyTorch RNG.
+- Deterministic PyTorch algorithms enabled.
+- Deterministic split and normalization based on train partition.
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/README.md b/scripts/model_training/README.md
index da0ee5d..0a6b019 100644
--- a/scripts/model_training/README.md
+++ b/scripts/model_training/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # TSMixer Baseline Training (v2.3 M2)
 
-This folder contains the baseline training workflow for issue #35:
+This folder contains the baseline training workflows for Milestone 2:
 
 - Reproducible TSMixer training (seeded, deterministic flags enabled).
 - ONNX export for agent-side inference.
 - ONNX validation (checker + onnxruntime parity).
+- Fusion baseline training with semantic vectors (`S_v`, `P_v`, `B_s`) and offline comparison.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
@@ -50,3 +51,42 @@ Each run writes:
 - `--seed` controls Python, NumPy, and PyTorch RNGs.
 - Deterministic PyTorch mode is enabled (`torch.use_deterministic_algorithms`).
 - Data split uses deterministic shuffling with the same seed.
+
+## Fusion Baseline (Issue #36)
+
+Train telemetry-only and fusion models on the same dataset, then export a comparison summary:
+
+```bash
+python scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py \
+  --epochs 12 \
+  --output-dir .tmp/fusion-baseline-smoke
+```
+
+If the provided CSV does not contain the required semantic contract columns, the script falls back to deterministic synthetic data and records the reason.
+
+### Fusion Input Contract (CSV)
+
+Required semantic columns:
+
+- `s_v_negative`
+- `s_v_neutral`
+- `s_v_positive`
+- `p_v`
+- `b_s`
+
+Telemetry columns are configurable via `--telemetry-columns` and default to:
+
+- `spot_price_usd`
+- `cpu_utilization`
+- `memory_utilization`
+- `network_io`
+
+Optional label:
+
+- `label_preempt` (binary). If missing, labels are derived from future return + `p_v`.
+
+Fusion outputs:
+
+- `telemetry_only_baseline.pt`
+- `fusion_baseline.pt`
+- `fusion_evaluation_summary.json` (contains offline baseline metrics and deltas)
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/requirements.txt b/scripts/model_training/requirements.txt
index 8594f17..7f85367 100644
--- a/scripts/model_training/requirements.txt
+++ b/scripts/model_training/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ numpy
 pandas
 onnx
 onnxruntime
+scikit-learn
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py b/scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..191e8ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py
@@ -0,0 +1,318 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Train fusion baseline (telemetry window + S_v/P_v/B_s) for P(preempt)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import random
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+import torch
+from sklearn.metrics import average_precision_score, f1_score, precision_score, recall_score, roc_auc_score
+from torch import nn
+from torch.utils.data import DataLoader, TensorDataset
+
+
+TELEMETRY_DEFAULT = ["spot_price_usd", "cpu_utilization", "memory_utilization", "network_io"]
+SEMANTIC_DEFAULT = ["s_v_negative", "s_v_neutral", "s_v_positive", "p_v", "b_s"]
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--dataset-csv", default="", help="Optional CSV with telemetry + semantics + optional label.")
+    parser.add_argument("--output-dir", default=".tmp/fusion-baseline", help="Output directory.")
+    parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=42)
+    parser.add_argument("--window-size", type=int, default=24)
+    parser.add_argument("--horizon", type=int, default=1)
+    parser.add_argument("--epochs", type=int, default=12)
+    parser.add_argument("--batch-size", type=int, default=128)
+    parser.add_argument("--learning-rate", type=float, default=1e-3)
+    parser.add_argument("--weight-decay", type=float, default=1e-4)
+    parser.add_argument("--hidden-size", type=int, default=64)
+    parser.add_argument("--dropout", type=float, default=0.1)
+    parser.add_argument("--val-ratio", type=float, default=0.2)
+    parser.add_argument("--test-ratio", type=float, default=0.1)
+    parser.add_argument("--label-column", default="label_preempt")
+    parser.add_argument("--label-threshold", type=float, default=0.03)
+    parser.add_argument("--telemetry-columns", default=",".join(TELEMETRY_DEFAULT))
+    parser.add_argument("--semantic-columns", default=",".join(SEMANTIC_DEFAULT))
+    parser.add_argument("--synthetic-series", type=int, default=48)
+    parser.add_argument("--synthetic-length", type=int, default=240)
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def utc_now() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+
+def set_seed(seed: int) -> None:
+    random.seed(seed)
+    np.random.seed(seed)
+    torch.manual_seed(seed)
+    torch.cuda.manual_seed_all(seed)
+    torch.use_deterministic_algorithms(True, warn_only=True)
+
+
+def derive_labels(price: np.ndarray, p_v: np.ndarray, horizon: int, threshold: float) -> np.ndarray:
+    y = np.zeros_like(price, dtype=np.float32)
+    for idx in range(0, len(price) - horizon):
+        f = idx + horizon
+        ret = (price[f] - price[idx]) / max(abs(price[idx]), 1e-6)
+        y[f] = 1.0 if (ret >= threshold or p_v[idx] >= 0.75) else 0.0
+    return y
+
+
+def build_windows(tel: np.ndarray, sem: np.ndarray, y: np.ndarray, window: int, horizon: int) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
+    xt: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    xs: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    yy: list[float] = []
+    for end in range(window - 1, tel.shape[0] - horizon):
+        start = end - window + 1
+        target = end + horizon
+        tw = tel[start : end + 1]
+        sv = sem[end]
+        if not np.isfinite(tw).all() or not np.isfinite(sv).all():
+            continue
+        xt.append(tw.astype(np.float32))
+        xs.append(sv.astype(np.float32))
+        yy.append(float(y[target]))
+    if not xt:
+        raise ValueError("No windows produced.")
+    return np.stack(xt), np.stack(xs), np.asarray(yy, dtype=np.float32)
+
+
+def load_dataset(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray, dict[str, Any]]:
+    telemetry_cols = [c.strip() for c in args.telemetry_columns.split(",") if c.strip()]
+    semantic_cols = [c.strip() for c in args.semantic_columns.split(",") if c.strip()]
+    path = Path(args.dataset_csv) if args.dataset_csv else None
+    fallback_reason: str | None = None
+    if path and path.exists():
+        df = pd.read_csv(path)
+        tel_cols = [c for c in telemetry_cols if c in df.columns]
+        if tel_cols and all(c in df.columns for c in semantic_cols):
+            tel = np.column_stack([pd.to_numeric(df[c], errors="coerce").to_numpy(dtype=np.float32) for c in tel_cols])
+            sem = np.column_stack([pd.to_numeric(df[c], errors="coerce").to_numpy(dtype=np.float32) for c in semantic_cols])
+            if args.label_column in df.columns:
+                y = np.where(pd.to_numeric(df[args.label_column], errors="coerce").fillna(0.0).to_numpy() >= 0.5, 1.0, 0.0).astype(np.float32)
+            else:
+                y = derive_labels(tel[:, 0], sem[:, 3], args.horizon, args.label_threshold)
+            x_tel, x_sem, y = build_windows(tel, sem, y, args.window_size, args.horizon)
+            return x_tel, x_sem, y, {
+                "source": "dataset_csv",
+                "telemetry_columns": tel_cols,
+                "semantic_columns": semantic_cols,
+                "window_count": int(x_tel.shape[0]),
+            }
+        missing_sem = [c for c in semantic_cols if c not in df.columns]
+        if not tel_cols:
+            fallback_reason = f"missing telemetry columns: {telemetry_cols}"
+        elif missing_sem:
+            fallback_reason = f"missing semantic columns: {missing_sem}"
+        else:
+            fallback_reason = "dataset windows not generated from provided CSV"
+    elif path:
+        fallback_reason = "dataset path does not exist"
+
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(args.seed)
+    tel_all: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    sem_all: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    y_all: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    for _ in range(args.synthetic_series):
+        n = args.synthetic_length
+        price = np.empty(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        cpu = np.empty(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        mem = np.empty(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        net = np.empty(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        price[0] = 1.0 + rng.normal(0, 0.05)
+        cpu[0], mem[0], net[0] = 0.45, 0.5, 0.4
+        spikes = set(rng.choice(n, size=max(2, n // 45), replace=False).tolist())
+        shock = np.zeros(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        for i in range(1, n):
+            s = float(rng.normal(0.06, 0.02)) if i in spikes else 0.0
+            shock[i] = 1.0 if s else 0.0
+            step = 0.0002 + rng.normal(0, 0.01) + s
+            price[i] = max(0.05, price[i - 1] * (1.0 + step))
+            cpu[i] = float(np.clip(0.65 * cpu[i - 1] + 0.35 * (0.45 + step * 2.2 + rng.normal(0, 0.03)), 0, 1))
+            mem[i] = float(np.clip(0.75 * mem[i - 1] + 0.25 * (0.5 + abs(step) * 2.0 + rng.normal(0, 0.02)), 0, 1))
+            net[i] = float(np.clip(0.60 * net[i - 1] + 0.40 * (0.38 + s * 1.8 + rng.normal(0, 0.03)), 0, 1))
+        ret = np.zeros(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        ret[1:] = (price[1:] - price[:-1]) / np.maximum(np.abs(price[:-1]), 1e-6)
+        vol = pd.Series(ret).rolling(window=5, min_periods=1).std().fillna(0).to_numpy(dtype=np.float32)
+        trend = pd.Series(price).rolling(window=12, min_periods=1).mean().to_numpy(dtype=np.float32)
+        s_neg = 1.0 / (1.0 + np.exp(-( -ret * 12 + shock * 1.5)))
+        s_pos = 1.0 / (1.0 + np.exp(-( ret * 10 - shock * 0.2)))
+        s_neu = np.clip(1.0 - np.abs(s_pos - s_neg), 0, 1)
+        norm = np.maximum(s_neg + s_neu + s_pos, 1e-6)
+        s_neg, s_neu, s_pos = s_neg / norm, s_neu / norm, s_pos / norm
+        p_v = 1.0 / (1.0 + np.exp(-(vol * 35 + shock * 1.8)))
+        b_s = 1.0 / (1.0 + np.exp(-((trend - price) * 4.0)))
+        tel = np.column_stack([price, cpu, mem, net]).astype(np.float32)
+        sem = np.column_stack([s_neg, s_neu, s_pos, p_v, b_s]).astype(np.float32)
+        y = derive_labels(price, p_v.astype(np.float32), args.horizon, args.label_threshold)
+        xt, xs, yy = build_windows(tel, sem, y, args.window_size, args.horizon)
+        tel_all.append(xt)
+        sem_all.append(xs)
+        y_all.append(yy)
+    x_tel = np.concatenate(tel_all, axis=0)
+    x_sem = np.concatenate(sem_all, axis=0)
+    y = np.concatenate(y_all, axis=0)
+    metadata = {
+        "source": "synthetic_fallback",
+        "telemetry_columns": TELEMETRY_DEFAULT,
+        "semantic_columns": SEMANTIC_DEFAULT,
+        "window_count": int(x_tel.shape[0]),
+    }
+    if path:
+        metadata["requested_dataset"] = str(path)
+    if fallback_reason:
+        metadata["fallback_reason"] = fallback_reason
+    return x_tel, x_sem, y, metadata
+
+
+def split_standardize(x_tel: np.ndarray, x_sem: np.ndarray, y: np.ndarray, args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[list[np.ndarray], dict[str, Any]]:
+    idx = np.arange(x_tel.shape[0])
+    np.random.default_rng(args.seed).shuffle(idx)
+    x_tel, x_sem, y = x_tel[idx], x_sem[idx], y[idx]
+    total = x_tel.shape[0]
+    n_test = int(total * args.test_ratio)
+    n_val = int(total * args.val_ratio)
+    n_train = total - n_test - n_val
+    train_tel, val_tel, test_tel = x_tel[:n_train], x_tel[n_train : n_train + n_val], x_tel[n_train + n_val :]
+    train_sem, val_sem, test_sem = x_sem[:n_train], x_sem[n_train : n_train + n_val], x_sem[n_train + n_val :]
+    train_y, val_y, test_y = y[:n_train], y[n_train : n_train + n_val], y[n_train + n_val :]
+    tel_mean = train_tel.mean(axis=(0, 1), keepdims=True)
+    tel_std = np.where(train_tel.std(axis=(0, 1), keepdims=True) < 1e-6, 1.0, train_tel.std(axis=(0, 1), keepdims=True))
+    sem_mean = train_sem.mean(axis=0, keepdims=True)
+    sem_std = np.where(train_sem.std(axis=0, keepdims=True) < 1e-6, 1.0, train_sem.std(axis=0, keepdims=True))
+    train_tel, val_tel, test_tel = (train_tel - tel_mean) / tel_std, (val_tel - tel_mean) / tel_std, (test_tel - tel_mean) / tel_std
+    train_sem, val_sem, test_sem = (train_sem - sem_mean) / sem_std, (val_sem - sem_mean) / sem_std, (test_sem - sem_mean) / sem_std
+    stats = {"tel_mean": tel_mean.squeeze(0).tolist(), "tel_std": tel_std.squeeze(0).tolist(), "sem_mean": sem_mean.tolist(), "sem_std": sem_std.tolist()}
+    return [train_tel.astype(np.float32), train_sem.astype(np.float32), train_y.astype(np.float32), val_tel.astype(np.float32), val_sem.astype(np.float32), val_y.astype(np.float32), test_tel.astype(np.float32), test_sem.astype(np.float32), test_y.astype(np.float32)], stats
+
+
+class TelemetryOnly(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, window: int, tel_dim: int, hidden: int, dropout: float):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.net = nn.Sequential(nn.Flatten(), nn.Linear(window * tel_dim, hidden), nn.GELU(), nn.Dropout(dropout), nn.Linear(hidden, 1))
+
+    def forward(self, x_tel: torch.Tensor, x_sem: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        del x_sem
+        return self.net(x_tel).squeeze(-1)
+
+
+class Fusion(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, window: int, tel_dim: int, sem_dim: int, hidden: int, dropout: float):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.tel = nn.Sequential(nn.Flatten(), nn.Linear(window * tel_dim, hidden), nn.GELU())
+        self.sem = nn.Sequential(nn.Linear(sem_dim, hidden), nn.GELU())
+        self.cls = nn.Sequential(nn.Linear(hidden * 2, hidden), nn.GELU(), nn.Dropout(dropout), nn.Linear(hidden, 1))
+
+    def forward(self, x_tel: torch.Tensor, x_sem: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        return self.cls(torch.cat([self.tel(x_tel), self.sem(x_sem)], dim=1)).squeeze(-1)
+
+
+def train(model: nn.Module, train_tel: np.ndarray, train_sem: np.ndarray, train_y: np.ndarray, val_tel: np.ndarray, val_sem: np.ndarray, val_y: np.ndarray, args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[nn.Module, list[dict[str, float]]]:
+    ds = TensorDataset(torch.from_numpy(train_tel), torch.from_numpy(train_sem), torch.from_numpy(train_y))
+    dl = DataLoader(ds, batch_size=args.batch_size, shuffle=True)
+    pos = float(np.sum(train_y)); neg = float(len(train_y) - pos)
+    crit = nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss(pos_weight=torch.tensor([neg / pos], dtype=torch.float32)) if pos > 0 and neg > 0 else nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss()
+    opt = torch.optim.AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=args.learning_rate, weight_decay=args.weight_decay)
+    hist: list[dict[str, float]] = []
+    best = None; best_loss = float("inf")
+    for ep in range(1, args.epochs + 1):
+        model.train(); total = 0.0; count = 0
+        for bt, bs, by in dl:
+            opt.zero_grad(set_to_none=True); lg = model(bt, bs); loss = crit(lg, by); loss.backward(); opt.step()
+            total += float(loss.item()) * bt.shape[0]; count += bt.shape[0]
+        val = evaluate(model, val_tel, val_sem, val_y)
+        hist.append({"epoch": float(ep), "train_loss": float(total / max(count, 1)), "val_loss": float(val["loss"]), "val_f1": float(val["f1"])})
+        if val["loss"] < best_loss: best_loss = val["loss"]; best = {k: v.detach().cpu().clone() for k, v in model.state_dict().items()}
+    if best is None: raise RuntimeError("No best checkpoint.")
+    model.load_state_dict(best)
+    return model, hist
+
+
+def evaluate(model: nn.Module, x_tel: np.ndarray, x_sem: np.ndarray, y: np.ndarray) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    model.eval()
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        lg = model(torch.from_numpy(x_tel), torch.from_numpy(x_sem))
+        loss = float(nn.functional.binary_cross_entropy_with_logits(lg, torch.from_numpy(y)).item())
+        prob = torch.sigmoid(lg).cpu().numpy().reshape(-1)
+    pred = (prob >= 0.5).astype(np.float32)
+    out: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "loss": loss,
+        "accuracy": float(np.mean(pred == y)),
+        "precision": float(precision_score(y, pred, zero_division=0)),
+        "recall": float(recall_score(y, pred, zero_division=0)),
+        "f1": float(f1_score(y, pred, zero_division=0)),
+        "positive_rate": float(np.mean(pred)),
+        "auroc": None,
+        "average_precision": None,
+    }
+    if len(np.unique(y)) > 1:
+        out["auroc"] = float(roc_auc_score(y, prob))
+        out["average_precision"] = float(average_precision_score(y, prob))
+    return out
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    args = parse_args(); set_seed(args.seed)
+    out_dir = Path(args.output_dir); out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    x_tel, x_sem, y, ds_meta = load_dataset(args)
+    splits, norm = split_standardize(x_tel, x_sem, y, args)
+    tr_t, tr_s, tr_y, va_t, va_s, va_y, te_t, te_s, te_y = splits
+    tel_dim, sem_dim = tr_t.shape[2], tr_s.shape[1]
+
+    set_seed(args.seed)
+    tel_model = TelemetryOnly(args.window_size, tel_dim, args.hidden_size, args.dropout)
+    tel_model, tel_hist = train(tel_model, tr_t, tr_s, tr_y, va_t, va_s, va_y, args)
+
+    set_seed(args.seed + 1)
+    fus_model = Fusion(args.window_size, tel_dim, sem_dim, args.hidden_size, args.dropout)
+    fus_model, fus_hist = train(fus_model, tr_t, tr_s, tr_y, va_t, va_s, va_y, args)
+
+    tel_m = {"train": evaluate(tel_model, tr_t, tr_s, tr_y), "val": evaluate(tel_model, va_t, va_s, va_y), "test": evaluate(tel_model, te_t, te_s, te_y)}
+    fus_m = {"train": evaluate(fus_model, tr_t, tr_s, tr_y), "val": evaluate(fus_model, va_t, va_s, va_y), "test": evaluate(fus_model, te_t, te_s, te_y)}
+
+    tel_path = out_dir / "telemetry_only_baseline.pt"; fus_path = out_dir / "fusion_baseline.pt"
+    torch.save({"state_dict": tel_model.state_dict(), "normalization": norm, "created_at_utc": utc_now()}, tel_path)
+    torch.save({"state_dict": fus_model.state_dict(), "normalization": norm, "created_at_utc": utc_now()}, fus_path)
+
+    summary = {
+        "run_at_utc": utc_now(),
+        "command": " ".join(["python"] + sys.argv),
+        "dataset": ds_meta,
+        "config": {k: getattr(args, k) for k in ["seed", "window_size", "horizon", "epochs", "batch_size", "learning_rate", "weight_decay", "hidden_size", "dropout", "label_column", "label_threshold"]},
+        "label_balance": {"train_positive_rate": float(np.mean(tr_y)), "val_positive_rate": float(np.mean(va_y)), "test_positive_rate": float(np.mean(te_y))},
+        "models": {"telemetry_only": {"metrics": tel_m, "history": tel_hist, "artifact": str(tel_path)}, "fusion": {"metrics": fus_m, "history": fus_hist, "artifact": str(fus_path)}},
+        "comparison": {
+            "test_f1_delta_fusion_minus_telemetry": float(fus_m["test"]["f1"] - tel_m["test"]["f1"]),
+            "test_auroc_delta_fusion_minus_telemetry": None if (fus_m["test"]["auroc"] is None or tel_m["test"]["auroc"] is None) else float(fus_m["test"]["auroc"] - tel_m["test"]["auroc"]),
+        },
+    }
+    summary_path = out_dir / "fusion_evaluation_summary.json"
+    with summary_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        json.dump(summary, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+        f.write("\n")
+
+    print(f"Telemetry-only model saved: {tel_path}")
+    print(f"Fusion model saved: {fus_path}")
+    print(f"Summary saved: {summary_path}")
+    print(
+        f"Test F1: telemetry={tel_m['test']['f1']:.4f} "
+        f"fusion={fus_m['test']['f1']:.4f} "
+        f"delta={summary['comparison']['test_f1_delta_fusion_minus_telemetry']:.4f}"
+    )
+    if summary["comparison"]["test_auroc_delta_fusion_minus_telemetry"] is not None:
+        print(f"Test AUROC delta: {summary['comparison']['test_auroc_delta_fusion_minus_telemetry']:.4f}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

From cfc80641713149145818e07be9bb86ebe98f84ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:05:51 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 16/24] feat(v2.3): add backtesting harness for fusion vs v2.2
 heuristic

---
 README.md                                     |   1 +
 docs/AI-Backtesting-v2.3-M2.md                |  56 +++
 scripts/model_training/README.md              |  17 +
 .../model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py  | 441 ++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 515 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/AI-Backtesting-v2.3-M2.md
 create mode 100644 scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bde1e36..f503235 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 M2 data acquisition scripts: scripts/data_acquisition/README.md
 - v2.3 M2 TSMixer baseline guide: docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 fusion baseline guide: docs/AI-Fusion-Model-v2.3-M2.md
+- v2.3 M2 backtesting guide: docs/AI-Backtesting-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 model training scripts: scripts/model_training/README.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
diff --git a/docs/AI-Backtesting-v2.3-M2.md b/docs/AI-Backtesting-v2.3-M2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4de31da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/AI-Backtesting-v2.3-M2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# v2.3 M2 Backtesting Harness (v2.3 Fusion vs v2.2 Heuristic)
+
+This document describes the offline backtesting runner delivered for issue #37.
+
+## Goal
+
+Validate v2.3 fusion model improvements against v2.2 heuristic decisions on held-out windows.
+
+## Runner
+
+- `scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py`
+
+## Inputs
+
+- Fusion checkpoint (`fusion_baseline.pt`) from issue #36.
+- Optional dataset CSV with telemetry + semantic columns.
+- If dataset contract is not met, deterministic synthetic fallback is used and `fallback_reason` is recorded.
+
+## Compared Strategies
+
+1. **v2.2 heuristic**
+   - Uses legacy `RiskScorer` decision (`CRITICAL` => positive preemption signal).
+2. **v2.3 fusion**
+   - Uses fusion model probability with configurable decision threshold.
+
+## Held-Out Backtest Protocol
+
+- Build chronological windows from replay dataset.
+- Reserve the tail portion (`backtest_ratio`) as held-out period.
+- Evaluate both strategies on the same held-out windows.
+
+## Metrics
+
+Reported per strategy:
+
+- Accuracy
+- Precision
+- Recall
+- F1
+- AUROC (if both classes present)
+- Average Precision (if both classes present)
+- Positive prediction rate
+
+Reported deltas:
+
+- `f1_delta_fusion_minus_v22`
+- `recall_delta_fusion_minus_v22`
+- `precision_delta_fusion_minus_v22`
+- `auroc_delta_fusion_minus_v22`
+
+## Outputs
+
+Per run output directory contains:
+
+- `backtest_summary.json`
+- `backtest_report.md`
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/README.md b/scripts/model_training/README.md
index 0a6b019..c98f8bd 100644
--- a/scripts/model_training/README.md
+++ b/scripts/model_training/README.md
@@ -90,3 +90,20 @@ Fusion outputs:
 - `telemetry_only_baseline.pt`
 - `fusion_baseline.pt`
 - `fusion_evaluation_summary.json` (contains offline baseline metrics and deltas)
+
+## Backtest Harness (Issue #37)
+
+Compare v2.3 fusion model against v2.2 heuristic on held-out windows:
+
+```bash
+python scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py \
+  --fusion-checkpoint .tmp/fusion-baseline-smoke/fusion_baseline.pt \
+  --output-dir .tmp/backtest-fusion-vs-v22
+```
+
+If checkpoint is missing, the script can auto-train a fusion baseline and then run backtest.
+
+Backtest outputs:
+
+- `backtest_summary.json`
+- `backtest_report.md`
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py b/scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61be65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py
@@ -0,0 +1,441 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Backtest v2.3 fusion model against v2.2 heuristic on held-out windows."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import random
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+import torch
+from sklearn.metrics import average_precision_score, f1_score, precision_score, recall_score, roc_auc_score
+from torch import nn
+
+
+TELEMETRY_DEFAULT = ["spot_price_usd", "cpu_utilization", "memory_utilization", "network_io"]
+SEMANTIC_DEFAULT = ["s_v_negative", "s_v_neutral", "s_v_positive", "p_v", "b_s"]
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--dataset-csv", default="", help="Optional replay dataset CSV.")
+    parser.add_argument("--output-dir", default=".tmp/backtest-fusion-vs-v22", help="Output directory for report artifacts.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--fusion-checkpoint",
+        default=".tmp/fusion-baseline-smoke/fusion_baseline.pt",
+        help="Path to fusion model checkpoint from #36 training.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=42)
+    parser.add_argument("--window-size", type=int, default=24)
+    parser.add_argument("--horizon", type=int, default=1)
+    parser.add_argument("--backtest-ratio", type=float, default=0.3, help="Fraction of timeline used as held-out backtest.")
+    parser.add_argument("--decision-threshold", type=float, default=0.5, help="Probability threshold for positive fusion decision.")
+    parser.add_argument("--label-column", default="label_preempt")
+    parser.add_argument("--label-threshold", type=float, default=0.03)
+    parser.add_argument("--telemetry-columns", default=",".join(TELEMETRY_DEFAULT))
+    parser.add_argument("--semantic-columns", default=",".join(SEMANTIC_DEFAULT))
+    parser.add_argument("--synthetic-series", type=int, default=48)
+    parser.add_argument("--synthetic-length", type=int, default=240)
+    parser.add_argument("--autotrain-if-missing", action="store_true", default=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--autotrain-epochs", type=int, default=8)
+    parser.add_argument("--autotrain-output-dir", default=".tmp/fusion-baseline-autotrain")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def utc_now() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+
+def set_seed(seed: int) -> None:
+    random.seed(seed)
+    np.random.seed(seed)
+    torch.manual_seed(seed)
+    torch.cuda.manual_seed_all(seed)
+
+
+def parse_csv_columns(value: str) -> list[str]:
+    return [item.strip() for item in value.split(",") if item.strip()]
+
+
+def derive_labels(price: np.ndarray, p_v: np.ndarray, horizon: int, threshold: float) -> np.ndarray:
+    labels = np.zeros_like(price, dtype=np.float32)
+    for idx in range(len(price) - horizon):
+        f = idx + horizon
+        ret = (price[f] - price[idx]) / max(abs(price[idx]), 1e-6)
+        labels[f] = 1.0 if (ret >= threshold or p_v[idx] >= 0.75) else 0.0
+    return labels
+
+
+def build_windows(
+    telemetry: np.ndarray,
+    semantics: np.ndarray,
+    labels: np.ndarray,
+    *,
+    window_size: int,
+    horizon: int,
+) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
+    x_tel: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    x_sem: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    y: list[float] = []
+    for end in range(window_size - 1, telemetry.shape[0] - horizon):
+        start = end - window_size + 1
+        target = end + horizon
+        tw = telemetry[start : end + 1]
+        sv = semantics[end]
+        if not np.isfinite(tw).all() or not np.isfinite(sv).all():
+            continue
+        x_tel.append(tw.astype(np.float32))
+        x_sem.append(sv.astype(np.float32))
+        y.append(float(labels[target]))
+    if not x_tel:
+        raise ValueError("No valid windows produced.")
+    return np.stack(x_tel), np.stack(x_sem), np.asarray(y, dtype=np.float32)
+
+
+def load_dataset(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray, dict[str, Any]]:
+    telemetry_cols = parse_csv_columns(args.telemetry_columns)
+    semantic_cols = parse_csv_columns(args.semantic_columns)
+    path = Path(args.dataset_csv) if args.dataset_csv else None
+    fallback_reason: str | None = None
+
+    if path and path.exists():
+        df = pd.read_csv(path)
+        tel_cols = [col for col in telemetry_cols if col in df.columns]
+        missing_sem = [col for col in semantic_cols if col not in df.columns]
+        if tel_cols and not missing_sem:
+            telemetry = np.column_stack(
+                [pd.to_numeric(df[col], errors="coerce").to_numpy(dtype=np.float32) for col in tel_cols]
+            )
+            semantics = np.column_stack(
+                [pd.to_numeric(df[col], errors="coerce").to_numpy(dtype=np.float32) for col in semantic_cols]
+            )
+            if args.label_column in df.columns:
+                labels = np.where(
+                    pd.to_numeric(df[args.label_column], errors="coerce").fillna(0.0).to_numpy() >= 0.5,
+                    1.0,
+                    0.0,
+                ).astype(np.float32)
+            else:
+                labels = derive_labels(telemetry[:, 0], semantics[:, 3], args.horizon, args.label_threshold)
+            x_tel, x_sem, y = build_windows(
+                telemetry,
+                semantics,
+                labels,
+                window_size=args.window_size,
+                horizon=args.horizon,
+            )
+            return x_tel, x_sem, y, {
+                "source": "dataset_csv",
+                "telemetry_columns": tel_cols,
+                "semantic_columns": semantic_cols,
+                "window_count": int(x_tel.shape[0]),
+            }
+        if not tel_cols:
+            fallback_reason = f"missing telemetry columns: {telemetry_cols}"
+        else:
+            fallback_reason = f"missing semantic columns: {missing_sem}"
+    elif path:
+        fallback_reason = "dataset path does not exist"
+
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(args.seed)
+    tel_all: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    sem_all: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    y_all: list[np.ndarray] = []
+    for _ in range(args.synthetic_series):
+        n = args.synthetic_length
+        price = np.empty(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        cpu = np.empty(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        mem = np.empty(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        net = np.empty(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        price[0] = 1.0 + rng.normal(0, 0.05)
+        cpu[0], mem[0], net[0] = 0.45, 0.5, 0.4
+        spike_positions = set(rng.choice(n, size=max(2, n // 45), replace=False).tolist())
+        shock = np.zeros(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        for i in range(1, n):
+            s = float(rng.normal(0.06, 0.02)) if i in spike_positions else 0.0
+            shock[i] = 1.0 if s else 0.0
+            step = 0.0002 + rng.normal(0, 0.01) + s
+            price[i] = max(0.05, price[i - 1] * (1.0 + step))
+            cpu[i] = float(np.clip(0.65 * cpu[i - 1] + 0.35 * (0.45 + step * 2.2 + rng.normal(0, 0.03)), 0, 1))
+            mem[i] = float(np.clip(0.75 * mem[i - 1] + 0.25 * (0.50 + abs(step) * 2.0 + rng.normal(0, 0.02)), 0, 1))
+            net[i] = float(np.clip(0.60 * net[i - 1] + 0.40 * (0.38 + s * 1.8 + rng.normal(0, 0.03)), 0, 1))
+
+        ret = np.zeros(n, dtype=np.float32)
+        ret[1:] = (price[1:] - price[:-1]) / np.maximum(np.abs(price[:-1]), 1e-6)
+        vol = pd.Series(ret).rolling(window=5, min_periods=1).std().fillna(0.0).to_numpy(dtype=np.float32)
+        trend = pd.Series(price).rolling(window=12, min_periods=1).mean().to_numpy(dtype=np.float32)
+        s_neg = 1.0 / (1.0 + np.exp(-(-ret * 12 + shock * 1.5)))
+        s_pos = 1.0 / (1.0 + np.exp(-(ret * 10 - shock * 0.2)))
+        s_neu = np.clip(1.0 - np.abs(s_pos - s_neg), 0, 1)
+        norm = np.maximum(s_neg + s_neu + s_pos, 1e-6)
+        s_neg, s_neu, s_pos = s_neg / norm, s_neu / norm, s_pos / norm
+        p_v = 1.0 / (1.0 + np.exp(-(vol * 35 + shock * 1.8)))
+        b_s = 1.0 / (1.0 + np.exp(-((trend - price) * 4.0)))
+
+        tel = np.column_stack([price, cpu, mem, net]).astype(np.float32)
+        sem = np.column_stack([s_neg, s_neu, s_pos, p_v, b_s]).astype(np.float32)
+        labels = derive_labels(price, p_v.astype(np.float32), args.horizon, args.label_threshold)
+        x_tel, x_sem, y = build_windows(tel, sem, labels, window_size=args.window_size, horizon=args.horizon)
+        tel_all.append(x_tel)
+        sem_all.append(x_sem)
+        y_all.append(y)
+
+    x_tel = np.concatenate(tel_all, axis=0)
+    x_sem = np.concatenate(sem_all, axis=0)
+    y = np.concatenate(y_all, axis=0)
+    metadata: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "source": "synthetic_fallback",
+        "telemetry_columns": TELEMETRY_DEFAULT,
+        "semantic_columns": SEMANTIC_DEFAULT,
+        "window_count": int(x_tel.shape[0]),
+    }
+    if path:
+        metadata["requested_dataset"] = str(path)
+    if fallback_reason:
+        metadata["fallback_reason"] = fallback_reason
+    return x_tel, x_sem, y, metadata
+
+
+class FusionModel(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, window: int, tel_dim: int, sem_dim: int, hidden: int, dropout: float) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.tel = nn.Sequential(nn.Flatten(), nn.Linear(window * tel_dim, hidden), nn.GELU())
+        self.sem = nn.Sequential(nn.Linear(sem_dim, hidden), nn.GELU())
+        self.cls = nn.Sequential(nn.Linear(hidden * 2, hidden), nn.GELU(), nn.Dropout(dropout), nn.Linear(hidden, 1))
+
+    def forward(self, x_tel: torch.Tensor, x_sem: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        return self.cls(torch.cat([self.tel(x_tel), self.sem(x_sem)], dim=1)).squeeze(-1)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class BacktestMetrics:
+    accuracy: float
+    precision: float
+    recall: float
+    f1: float
+    auroc: float | None
+    average_precision: float | None
+    positive_rate: float
+
+
+def calc_metrics(y_true: np.ndarray, y_pred: np.ndarray, y_prob: np.ndarray) -> BacktestMetrics:
+    accuracy = float(np.mean(y_true == y_pred))
+    precision = float(precision_score(y_true, y_pred, zero_division=0))
+    recall = float(recall_score(y_true, y_pred, zero_division=0))
+    f1 = float(f1_score(y_true, y_pred, zero_division=0))
+    positive_rate = float(np.mean(y_pred))
+    if len(np.unique(y_true)) < 2:
+        auroc = None
+        avg_precision = None
+    else:
+        auroc = float(roc_auc_score(y_true, y_prob))
+        avg_precision = float(average_precision_score(y_true, y_prob))
+    return BacktestMetrics(
+        accuracy=accuracy,
+        precision=precision,
+        recall=recall,
+        f1=f1,
+        auroc=auroc,
+        average_precision=avg_precision,
+        positive_rate=positive_rate,
+    )
+
+
+def ensure_checkpoint(args: argparse.Namespace) -> Path:
+    checkpoint = Path(args.fusion_checkpoint)
+    if checkpoint.exists():
+        return checkpoint
+
+    if not args.autotrain_if_missing:
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Fusion checkpoint not found: {checkpoint}")
+
+    train_script = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "train_fusion_baseline.py"
+    command = [
+        sys.executable,
+        str(train_script),
+        "--epochs",
+        str(args.autotrain_epochs),
+        "--output-dir",
+        args.autotrain_output_dir,
+        "--seed",
+        str(args.seed),
+    ]
+    if args.dataset_csv:
+        command.extend(["--dataset-csv", args.dataset_csv])
+    result = subprocess.run(command, check=False, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Autotrain failed.\nSTDOUT:\n{result.stdout}\nSTDERR:\n{result.stderr}")
+    return Path(args.autotrain_output_dir) / "fusion_baseline.pt"
+
+
+def load_v22_scorer() -> Any:
+    ai_engine_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / "src" / "services" / "ai-engine"
+    if str(ai_engine_dir) not in sys.path:
+        sys.path.insert(0, str(ai_engine_dir))
+    from model import RiskScorer  # type: ignore
+
+    return RiskScorer()
+
+
+def normalize_with_checkpoint(
+    x_tel: np.ndarray,
+    x_sem: np.ndarray,
+    normalization: dict[str, Any] | None,
+) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
+    if not normalization:
+        tel_mean = x_tel.mean(axis=(0, 1), keepdims=True)
+        tel_std = np.where(x_tel.std(axis=(0, 1), keepdims=True) < 1e-6, 1.0, x_tel.std(axis=(0, 1), keepdims=True))
+        sem_mean = x_sem.mean(axis=0, keepdims=True)
+        sem_std = np.where(x_sem.std(axis=0, keepdims=True) < 1e-6, 1.0, x_sem.std(axis=0, keepdims=True))
+    else:
+        tel_mean = np.asarray(normalization.get("tel_mean"), dtype=np.float32)
+        tel_std = np.asarray(normalization.get("tel_std"), dtype=np.float32)
+        sem_mean = np.asarray(normalization.get("sem_mean"), dtype=np.float32)
+        sem_std = np.asarray(normalization.get("sem_std"), dtype=np.float32)
+        tel_mean = tel_mean.reshape(1, 1, -1)
+        tel_std = np.where(tel_std.reshape(1, 1, -1) < 1e-6, 1.0, tel_std.reshape(1, 1, -1))
+        sem_mean = sem_mean.reshape(1, -1)
+        sem_std = np.where(sem_std.reshape(1, -1) < 1e-6, 1.0, sem_std.reshape(1, -1))
+    return ((x_tel - tel_mean) / tel_std).astype(np.float32), ((x_sem - sem_mean) / sem_std).astype(np.float32)
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    args = parse_args()
+    set_seed(args.seed)
+    output_dir = Path(args.output_dir)
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    x_tel, x_sem, y, dataset_meta = load_dataset(args)
+    total = x_tel.shape[0]
+    holdout_count = int(total * args.backtest_ratio)
+    if holdout_count < 100:
+        holdout_count = min(total, 100)
+    start = max(0, total - holdout_count)
+
+    x_tel_holdout_raw = x_tel[start:]
+    x_sem_holdout_raw = x_sem[start:]
+    y_holdout = y[start:]
+
+    checkpoint_path = ensure_checkpoint(args)
+    checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location="cpu")
+    state_dict = checkpoint.get("state_dict", checkpoint)
+    normalization = checkpoint.get("normalization")
+
+    hidden = int(state_dict["tel.1.weight"].shape[0])
+    tel_dim = int(x_tel_holdout_raw.shape[2])
+    sem_dim = int(x_sem_holdout_raw.shape[1])
+    model = FusionModel(window=args.window_size, tel_dim=tel_dim, sem_dim=sem_dim, hidden=hidden, dropout=0.0)
+    model.load_state_dict(state_dict)
+    model.eval()
+
+    x_tel_holdout, x_sem_holdout = normalize_with_checkpoint(x_tel_holdout_raw, x_sem_holdout_raw, normalization)
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        logits = model(torch.from_numpy(x_tel_holdout), torch.from_numpy(x_sem_holdout))
+        fusion_prob = torch.sigmoid(logits).cpu().numpy().reshape(-1)
+    fusion_pred = (fusion_prob >= args.decision_threshold).astype(np.float32)
+
+    scorer = load_v22_scorer()
+    heuristic_prob = np.zeros_like(y_holdout, dtype=np.float32)
+    heuristic_pred = np.zeros_like(y_holdout, dtype=np.float32)
+    for idx, window in enumerate(x_tel_holdout_raw):
+        spot_history = [float(value) for value in window[:, 0]]
+        assessment = scorer.assess_risk(
+            spot_price_history=spot_history,
+            rebalance_signal=False,
+            capacity_score=0.5,
+        )
+        is_critical = str(assessment.Priority).upper() == "CRITICAL"
+        heuristic_prob[idx] = 1.0 if is_critical else 0.0
+        heuristic_pred[idx] = heuristic_prob[idx]
+
+    fusion_metrics = calc_metrics(y_holdout, fusion_pred, fusion_prob)
+    heuristic_metrics = calc_metrics(y_holdout, heuristic_pred, heuristic_prob)
+
+    auroc_delta = None
+    if fusion_metrics.auroc is not None and heuristic_metrics.auroc is not None:
+        auroc_delta = fusion_metrics.auroc - heuristic_metrics.auroc
+
+    summary = {
+        "run_at_utc": utc_now(),
+        "command": " ".join(["python"] + sys.argv),
+        "dataset": dataset_meta,
+        "config": {
+            "seed": args.seed,
+            "window_size": args.window_size,
+            "horizon": args.horizon,
+            "backtest_ratio": args.backtest_ratio,
+            "decision_threshold": args.decision_threshold,
+            "fusion_checkpoint": str(checkpoint_path),
+        },
+        "counts": {
+            "total_windows": int(total),
+            "holdout_windows": int(len(y_holdout)),
+            "holdout_positive_rate": float(np.mean(y_holdout)),
+        },
+        "metrics": {
+            "v22_heuristic": heuristic_metrics.__dict__,
+            "v23_fusion": fusion_metrics.__dict__,
+        },
+        "comparison": {
+            "f1_delta_fusion_minus_v22": float(fusion_metrics.f1 - heuristic_metrics.f1),
+            "auroc_delta_fusion_minus_v22": auroc_delta,
+            "recall_delta_fusion_minus_v22": float(fusion_metrics.recall - heuristic_metrics.recall),
+            "precision_delta_fusion_minus_v22": float(fusion_metrics.precision - heuristic_metrics.precision),
+        },
+    }
+
+    summary_path = output_dir / "backtest_summary.json"
+    with summary_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        json.dump(summary, handle, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+        handle.write("\n")
+
+    report = output_dir / "backtest_report.md"
+    with report.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        handle.write("# Backtest Report: v2.3 Fusion vs v2.2 Heuristic\n\n")
+        handle.write(f"- Generated at UTC: {summary['run_at_utc']}\n")
+        handle.write(f"- Hold-out windows: {summary['counts']['holdout_windows']}\n")
+        handle.write(f"- Hold-out positive rate: {summary['counts']['holdout_positive_rate']:.4f}\n\n")
+        handle.write("| Strategy | Accuracy | Precision | Recall | F1 | AUROC | AP |\n")
+        handle.write("|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|\n")
+        handle.write(
+            f"| v2.2 heuristic | {heuristic_metrics.accuracy:.4f} | {heuristic_metrics.precision:.4f} | "
+            f"{heuristic_metrics.recall:.4f} | {heuristic_metrics.f1:.4f} | "
+            f"{'n/a' if heuristic_metrics.auroc is None else f'{heuristic_metrics.auroc:.4f}'} | "
+            f"{'n/a' if heuristic_metrics.average_precision is None else f'{heuristic_metrics.average_precision:.4f}'} |\n"
+        )
+        handle.write(
+            f"| v2.3 fusion | {fusion_metrics.accuracy:.4f} | {fusion_metrics.precision:.4f} | "
+            f"{fusion_metrics.recall:.4f} | {fusion_metrics.f1:.4f} | "
+            f"{'n/a' if fusion_metrics.auroc is None else f'{fusion_metrics.auroc:.4f}'} | "
+            f"{'n/a' if fusion_metrics.average_precision is None else f'{fusion_metrics.average_precision:.4f}'} |\n\n"
+        )
+        handle.write("## Deltas (fusion - v2.2)\n\n")
+        handle.write(f"- F1 delta: {summary['comparison']['f1_delta_fusion_minus_v22']:.4f}\n")
+        handle.write(f"- Recall delta: {summary['comparison']['recall_delta_fusion_minus_v22']:.4f}\n")
+        handle.write(f"- Precision delta: {summary['comparison']['precision_delta_fusion_minus_v22']:.4f}\n")
+        if auroc_delta is None:
+            handle.write("- AUROC delta: n/a\n")
+        else:
+            handle.write(f"- AUROC delta: {auroc_delta:.4f}\n")
+
+    print(f"Backtest summary saved: {summary_path}")
+    print(f"Backtest report saved: {report}")
+    print(
+        "F1 comparison:"
+        f" v2.2={heuristic_metrics.f1:.4f}"
+        f" fusion={fusion_metrics.f1:.4f}"
+        f" delta={summary['comparison']['f1_delta_fusion_minus_v22']:.4f}"
+    )
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

From 86bcc96abb1361a7141130dded8bf22ba7df489b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:15:01 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 17/24] feat(v2.3): add model artifact versioning and
 reproducibility checks

---
 README.md                                     |   1 +
 docs/AI-Artifact-Versioning-v2.3-M2.md        |  77 +++++++
 docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md           |   1 +
 scripts/model_training/README.md              |  35 ++++
 scripts/model_training/artifact_registry.py   | 163 +++++++++++++++
 .../model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py  | 111 ++++++++--
 .../model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py   | 132 ++++++++++--
 .../model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py  | 126 ++++++++---
 .../model_training/verify_reproducible_run.py | 195 ++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 776 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/AI-Artifact-Versioning-v2.3-M2.md
 create mode 100644 scripts/model_training/artifact_registry.py
 create mode 100644 scripts/model_training/verify_reproducible_run.py

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f503235..3aab2cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 M2 TSMixer baseline guide: docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 fusion baseline guide: docs/AI-Fusion-Model-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 backtesting guide: docs/AI-Backtesting-v2.3-M2.md
+- v2.3 M2 artifact versioning + reproducibility guide: docs/AI-Artifact-Versioning-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 model training scripts: scripts/model_training/README.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
diff --git a/docs/AI-Artifact-Versioning-v2.3-M2.md b/docs/AI-Artifact-Versioning-v2.3-M2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fdcbe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/AI-Artifact-Versioning-v2.3-M2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# v2.3 M2 Model Artifact Versioning + Reproducible Runs
+
+This document captures the delivery for issue #38 (`[Ops] Model artifact versioning + reproducible runs`).
+
+## Goal
+
+Make offline model artifacts release-safe and reproducible for Milestone 2.
+
+## Implemented Components
+
+- Shared utility: `scripts/model_training/artifact_registry.py`
+- Repro check runner: `scripts/model_training/verify_reproducible_run.py`
+- Integrated into:
+  - `scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py`
+  - `scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py`
+  - `scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py`
+
+## Artifact Naming / Versioning Scheme
+
+Each run computes:
+
+- `run_version` (CLI flag, default `v2.3-m2`)
+- deterministic `run_id` = `<run_version>-<12-char-fingerprint>`
+- full `run_fingerprint_sha256` derived from config + dataset descriptor + git commit
+
+Each run outputs:
+
+- base artifacts (legacy names kept for compatibility)
+- `run_manifest.json` with file hashes and provenance metadata
+- `versioned/` copies named:
+  - `<pipeline>-<run_id>-<artifact-role>.<ext>`
+
+## Run Manifest Schema (`run_manifest.json`)
+
+`schema_version: v1` payload includes:
+
+- pipeline metadata (`pipeline`, `run_version`, `run_id`, `run_fingerprint_sha256`)
+- git metadata (`commit`, `dirty_worktree`)
+- deterministic run config
+- dataset/input descriptors (including file hash when a file path exists)
+- key metrics used for promotion decisions
+- artifact inventory (`path`, `sha256`, `bytes`)
+
+## Reproducibility Verification
+
+Use `verify_reproducible_run.py` to execute the same command twice and compare artifact hashes.
+
+TSMixer example:
+
+```bash
+python scripts/model_training/verify_reproducible_run.py \
+  --script scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py \
+  --base-output-dir .tmp/repro-check/tsmixer \
+  --artifacts tsmixer_baseline.pt,tsmixer_baseline.onnx,training_summary.json,run_manifest.json \
+  -- --epochs 6 --batch-size 128
+```
+
+Fusion example:
+
+```bash
+python scripts/model_training/verify_reproducible_run.py \
+  --script scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py \
+  --base-output-dir .tmp/repro-check/fusion \
+  --artifacts telemetry_only_baseline.pt,fusion_baseline.pt,fusion_evaluation_summary.json,run_manifest.json \
+  -- --epochs 8 --batch-size 128
+```
+
+Verification report location:
+
+- `<base-output-dir>/reproducibility_check.json`
+
+Acceptance is met when `all_artifacts_identical` is `true`.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria Mapping
+
+- [x] Artifact naming/versioning scheme
+- [x] Re-run produces identical outputs (validated by hash comparison)
diff --git a/docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md b/docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md
index 0fda203..72d9ded 100644
--- a/docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md
+++ b/docs/AI-TSMixer-Baseline-v2.3-M2.md
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ Per run output directory contains:
 - `training_summary.json`
 
 These artifacts should be versioned by downstream issue #38 once model governance flow is implemented.
+Artifact versioning is now implemented in issue #38 (see `docs/AI-Artifact-Versioning-v2.3-M2.md`).
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/README.md b/scripts/model_training/README.md
index c98f8bd..624d839 100644
--- a/scripts/model_training/README.md
+++ b/scripts/model_training/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This folder contains the baseline training workflows for Milestone 2:
 - ONNX export for agent-side inference.
 - ONNX validation (checker + onnxruntime parity).
 - Fusion baseline training with semantic vectors (`S_v`, `P_v`, `B_s`) and offline comparison.
+- Artifact manifests + versioned file naming for release-safe model governance.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ Each run writes:
 - `tsmixer_baseline.pt`: PyTorch checkpoint (`state_dict` + normalization metadata)
 - `tsmixer_baseline.onnx`: exported ONNX model
 - `training_summary.json`: config, dataset source, metrics, and ONNX validation report
+- `run_manifest.json`: versioned artifact inventory with SHA256 hashes and git metadata
+- `versioned/`: deterministic names following `<pipeline>-<run_id>-<artifact>.<ext>`
 
 ## Reproducibility Notes
 
@@ -90,6 +93,8 @@ Fusion outputs:
 - `telemetry_only_baseline.pt`
 - `fusion_baseline.pt`
 - `fusion_evaluation_summary.json` (contains offline baseline metrics and deltas)
+- `run_manifest.json`
+- `versioned/`
 
 ## Backtest Harness (Issue #37)
 
@@ -107,3 +112,33 @@ Backtest outputs:
 
 - `backtest_summary.json`
 - `backtest_report.md`
+- `run_manifest.json`
+- `versioned/`
+
+## Artifact Versioning + Reproducibility (Issue #38)
+
+All model/backtest scripts now:
+
+- Accept `--run-version` (default `v2.3-m2`).
+- Produce deterministic `run_id` and `run_fingerprint_sha256`.
+- Generate `run_manifest.json` with artifact hashes and git commit metadata.
+
+Quick reproducibility check example (TSMixer):
+
+```bash
+python scripts/model_training/verify_reproducible_run.py \
+  --script scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py \
+  --base-output-dir .tmp/repro-check/tsmixer \
+  --artifacts tsmixer_baseline.pt,tsmixer_baseline.onnx,training_summary.json,run_manifest.json \
+  -- --epochs 6 --batch-size 128
+```
+
+Quick reproducibility check example (Fusion):
+
+```bash
+python scripts/model_training/verify_reproducible_run.py \
+  --script scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py \
+  --base-output-dir .tmp/repro-check/fusion \
+  --artifacts telemetry_only_baseline.pt,fusion_baseline.pt,fusion_evaluation_summary.json,run_manifest.json \
+  -- --epochs 8 --batch-size 128
+```
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/artifact_registry.py b/scripts/model_training/artifact_registry.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69615c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/model_training/artifact_registry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Utilities for deterministic model artifact versioning and run manifests."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+
+def canonical_json_bytes(payload: Any) -> bytes:
+    return json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=True, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":")).encode("utf-8")
+
+
+def sha256_bytes(payload: bytes) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha256(payload).hexdigest()
+
+
+def sha256_file(path: Path) -> str:
+    digest = hashlib.sha256()
+    with path.open("rb") as handle:
+        while True:
+            chunk = handle.read(1024 * 1024)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            digest.update(chunk)
+    return digest.hexdigest()
+
+
+def describe_dataset_file(dataset_path: Path | None) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+    if dataset_path is None or not dataset_path.exists():
+        return None
+    return {
+        "path": dataset_path.as_posix(),
+        "sha256": sha256_file(dataset_path),
+        "bytes": int(dataset_path.stat().st_size),
+    }
+
+
+def git_commit(repo_root: Path) -> str:
+    try:
+        output = subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"],
+            cwd=repo_root,
+            check=True,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+        )
+        return output.stdout.strip() or "unknown"
+    except Exception:
+        return "unknown"
+
+
+def git_is_dirty(repo_root: Path) -> bool:
+    try:
+        output = subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "status", "--porcelain"],
+            cwd=repo_root,
+            check=True,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+        )
+        return bool(output.stdout.strip())
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+
+def build_run_identity(
+    *,
+    pipeline: str,
+    run_version: str,
+    config: dict[str, Any],
+    dataset: dict[str, Any],
+    git_sha: str,
+) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    payload = {
+        "pipeline": pipeline,
+        "run_version": run_version,
+        "git_sha": git_sha,
+        "config": config,
+        "dataset": dataset,
+    }
+    fingerprint = sha256_bytes(canonical_json_bytes(payload))
+    run_id = f"{run_version}-{fingerprint[:12]}"
+    return run_id, fingerprint
+
+
+def _versioned_filename(pipeline: str, run_id: str, role: str, source_path: Path) -> str:
+    suffix = "".join(source_path.suffixes) or ".bin"
+    role_slug = role.replace("_", "-")
+    return f"{pipeline}-{run_id}-{role_slug}{suffix}"
+
+
+def materialize_versioned_artifacts(
+    *,
+    output_dir: Path,
+    pipeline: str,
+    run_id: str,
+    artifacts: dict[str, Path],
+) -> dict[str, Path]:
+    versioned_dir = output_dir / "versioned"
+    versioned_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    result: dict[str, Path] = {}
+    for role, source_path in sorted(artifacts.items()):
+        target_path = versioned_dir / _versioned_filename(pipeline, run_id, role, source_path)
+        shutil.copy2(source_path, target_path)
+        result[role] = target_path
+    return result
+
+
+def artifact_inventory(artifacts: dict[str, Path]) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+    inventory: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    for role, path in sorted(artifacts.items()):
+        inventory[role] = {
+            "path": path.as_posix(),
+            "sha256": sha256_file(path),
+            "bytes": int(path.stat().st_size),
+        }
+    return inventory
+
+
+def write_json(path: Path, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        json.dump(payload, handle, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+        handle.write("\n")
+
+
+def write_run_manifest(
+    *,
+    output_dir: Path,
+    pipeline: str,
+    run_version: str,
+    run_id: str,
+    run_fingerprint: str,
+    git_sha: str,
+    git_dirty: bool,
+    config: dict[str, Any],
+    dataset: dict[str, Any],
+    metrics: dict[str, Any],
+    artifacts: dict[str, Path],
+) -> Path:
+    manifest_path = output_dir / "run_manifest.json"
+    manifest = {
+        "schema_version": "v1",
+        "pipeline": pipeline,
+        "run_version": run_version,
+        "run_id": run_id,
+        "run_fingerprint_sha256": run_fingerprint,
+        "git": {
+            "commit": git_sha,
+            "dirty_worktree": git_dirty,
+        },
+        "config": config,
+        "dataset": dataset,
+        "metrics": metrics,
+        "artifacts": artifact_inventory(artifacts),
+    }
+    write_json(manifest_path, manifest)
+    return manifest_path
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py b/scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py
index 61be65f..7ae3150 100644
--- a/scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py
+++ b/scripts/model_training/backtest_fusion_vs_v22.py
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
-import json
 import random
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -19,6 +17,16 @@
 from sklearn.metrics import average_precision_score, f1_score, precision_score, recall_score, roc_auc_score
 from torch import nn
 
+from artifact_registry import (
+    build_run_identity,
+    describe_dataset_file,
+    git_commit,
+    git_is_dirty,
+    materialize_versioned_artifacts,
+    write_json,
+    write_run_manifest,
+)
+
 
 TELEMETRY_DEFAULT = ["spot_price_usd", "cpu_utilization", "memory_utilization", "network_io"]
 SEMANTIC_DEFAULT = ["s_v_negative", "s_v_neutral", "s_v_positive", "p_v", "b_s"]
@@ -47,13 +55,10 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser.add_argument("--autotrain-if-missing", action="store_true", default=True)
     parser.add_argument("--autotrain-epochs", type=int, default=8)
     parser.add_argument("--autotrain-output-dir", default=".tmp/fusion-baseline-autotrain")
+    parser.add_argument("--run-version", default="v2.3-m2")
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
-def utc_now() -> str:
-    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
-
-
 def set_seed(seed: int) -> None:
     random.seed(seed)
     np.random.seed(seed)
@@ -313,6 +318,8 @@ def main() -> int:
     output_dir = Path(args.output_dir)
     output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
+    dataset_path = Path(args.dataset_csv) if args.dataset_csv else None
+    dataset_file_info = describe_dataset_file(dataset_path)
     x_tel, x_sem, y, dataset_meta = load_dataset(args)
     total = x_tel.shape[0]
     holdout_count = int(total * args.backtest_ratio)
@@ -325,10 +332,44 @@ def main() -> int:
     y_holdout = y[start:]
 
     checkpoint_path = ensure_checkpoint(args)
+    checkpoint_file_info = describe_dataset_file(checkpoint_path)
     checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location="cpu")
     state_dict = checkpoint.get("state_dict", checkpoint)
     normalization = checkpoint.get("normalization")
 
+    run_config = {
+        "seed": args.seed,
+        "window_size": args.window_size,
+        "horizon": args.horizon,
+        "backtest_ratio": args.backtest_ratio,
+        "decision_threshold": args.decision_threshold,
+        "label_column": args.label_column,
+        "label_threshold": args.label_threshold,
+        "telemetry_columns": args.telemetry_columns,
+        "semantic_columns": args.semantic_columns,
+        "synthetic_series": args.synthetic_series,
+        "synthetic_length": args.synthetic_length,
+        "fusion_checkpoint": checkpoint_path.as_posix(),
+        "autotrain_if_missing": bool(args.autotrain_if_missing),
+        "autotrain_epochs": args.autotrain_epochs,
+        "autotrain_output_dir": args.autotrain_output_dir,
+    }
+    dataset_for_identity = dict(dataset_meta)
+    if dataset_file_info:
+        dataset_for_identity["dataset_file"] = dataset_file_info
+    if checkpoint_file_info:
+        dataset_for_identity["fusion_checkpoint_file"] = checkpoint_file_info
+    repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+    git_sha = git_commit(repo_root)
+    git_dirty = git_is_dirty(repo_root)
+    run_id, run_fingerprint = build_run_identity(
+        pipeline="fusion-backtest",
+        run_version=args.run_version,
+        config=run_config,
+        dataset=dataset_for_identity,
+        git_sha=git_sha,
+    )
+
     hidden = int(state_dict["tel.1.weight"].shape[0])
     tel_dim = int(x_tel_holdout_raw.shape[2])
     sem_dim = int(x_sem_holdout_raw.shape[1])
@@ -364,16 +405,18 @@ def main() -> int:
         auroc_delta = fusion_metrics.auroc - heuristic_metrics.auroc
 
     summary = {
-        "run_at_utc": utc_now(),
+        "pipeline": "fusion-backtest",
+        "run_version": args.run_version,
+        "run_id": run_id,
         "command": " ".join(["python"] + sys.argv),
         "dataset": dataset_meta,
-        "config": {
-            "seed": args.seed,
-            "window_size": args.window_size,
-            "horizon": args.horizon,
-            "backtest_ratio": args.backtest_ratio,
-            "decision_threshold": args.decision_threshold,
-            "fusion_checkpoint": str(checkpoint_path),
+        "dataset_file": dataset_file_info,
+        "fusion_checkpoint_file": checkpoint_file_info,
+        "config": run_config,
+        "reproducibility": {
+            "run_fingerprint_sha256": run_fingerprint,
+            "git_commit": git_sha,
+            "git_dirty_worktree": git_dirty,
         },
         "counts": {
             "total_windows": int(total),
@@ -393,14 +436,12 @@ def main() -> int:
     }
 
     summary_path = output_dir / "backtest_summary.json"
-    with summary_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
-        json.dump(summary, handle, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
-        handle.write("\n")
+    write_json(summary_path, summary)
 
     report = output_dir / "backtest_report.md"
     with report.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
         handle.write("# Backtest Report: v2.3 Fusion vs v2.2 Heuristic\n\n")
-        handle.write(f"- Generated at UTC: {summary['run_at_utc']}\n")
+        handle.write(f"- Run id: {run_id}\n")
         handle.write(f"- Hold-out windows: {summary['counts']['holdout_windows']}\n")
         handle.write(f"- Hold-out positive rate: {summary['counts']['holdout_positive_rate']:.4f}\n\n")
         handle.write("| Strategy | Accuracy | Precision | Recall | F1 | AUROC | AP |\n")
@@ -426,8 +467,42 @@ def main() -> int:
         else:
             handle.write(f"- AUROC delta: {auroc_delta:.4f}\n")
 
+    base_artifacts = {
+        "backtest_summary": summary_path,
+        "backtest_report": report,
+    }
+    versioned_artifacts = materialize_versioned_artifacts(
+        output_dir=output_dir,
+        pipeline="fusion-backtest",
+        run_id=run_id,
+        artifacts=base_artifacts,
+    )
+    manifest_artifacts = dict(base_artifacts)
+    for role, path in versioned_artifacts.items():
+        manifest_artifacts[f"versioned_{role}"] = path
+    manifest_artifacts["input_fusion_checkpoint"] = checkpoint_path
+    manifest_path = write_run_manifest(
+        output_dir=output_dir,
+        pipeline="fusion-backtest",
+        run_version=args.run_version,
+        run_id=run_id,
+        run_fingerprint=run_fingerprint,
+        git_sha=git_sha,
+        git_dirty=git_dirty,
+        config=run_config,
+        dataset=dataset_for_identity,
+        metrics={
+            "v22_heuristic": summary["metrics"]["v22_heuristic"],
+            "v23_fusion": summary["metrics"]["v23_fusion"],
+            "comparison": summary["comparison"],
+        },
+        artifacts=manifest_artifacts,
+    )
+
     print(f"Backtest summary saved: {summary_path}")
     print(f"Backtest report saved: {report}")
+    print(f"Run manifest saved: {manifest_path}")
+    print(f"Run id: {run_id}")
     print(
         "F1 comparison:"
         f" v2.2={heuristic_metrics.f1:.4f}"
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py b/scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py
index 191e8ce..754324d 100644
--- a/scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py
+++ b/scripts/model_training/train_fusion_baseline.py
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
-import json
 import random
 import sys
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -18,6 +16,16 @@
 from torch import nn
 from torch.utils.data import DataLoader, TensorDataset
 
+from artifact_registry import (
+    build_run_identity,
+    describe_dataset_file,
+    git_commit,
+    git_is_dirty,
+    materialize_versioned_artifacts,
+    write_json,
+    write_run_manifest,
+)
+
 
 TELEMETRY_DEFAULT = ["spot_price_usd", "cpu_utilization", "memory_utilization", "network_io"]
 SEMANTIC_DEFAULT = ["s_v_negative", "s_v_neutral", "s_v_positive", "p_v", "b_s"]
@@ -44,13 +52,10 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser.add_argument("--semantic-columns", default=",".join(SEMANTIC_DEFAULT))
     parser.add_argument("--synthetic-series", type=int, default=48)
     parser.add_argument("--synthetic-length", type=int, default=240)
+    parser.add_argument("--run-version", default="v2.3-m2")
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
-def utc_now() -> str:
-    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
-
-
 def set_seed(seed: int) -> None:
     random.seed(seed)
     np.random.seed(seed)
@@ -262,9 +267,47 @@ def evaluate(model: nn.Module, x_tel: np.ndarray, x_sem: np.ndarray, y: np.ndarr
 
 
 def main() -> int:
-    args = parse_args(); set_seed(args.seed)
-    out_dir = Path(args.output_dir); out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    args = parse_args()
+    set_seed(args.seed)
+    out_dir = Path(args.output_dir)
+    out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    dataset_path = Path(args.dataset_csv) if args.dataset_csv else None
+    dataset_file_info = describe_dataset_file(dataset_path)
     x_tel, x_sem, y, ds_meta = load_dataset(args)
+    run_config = {
+        "seed": args.seed,
+        "window_size": args.window_size,
+        "horizon": args.horizon,
+        "epochs": args.epochs,
+        "batch_size": args.batch_size,
+        "learning_rate": args.learning_rate,
+        "weight_decay": args.weight_decay,
+        "hidden_size": args.hidden_size,
+        "dropout": args.dropout,
+        "val_ratio": args.val_ratio,
+        "test_ratio": args.test_ratio,
+        "label_column": args.label_column,
+        "label_threshold": args.label_threshold,
+        "telemetry_columns": args.telemetry_columns,
+        "semantic_columns": args.semantic_columns,
+        "synthetic_series": args.synthetic_series,
+        "synthetic_length": args.synthetic_length,
+    }
+    ds_for_identity = dict(ds_meta)
+    if dataset_file_info:
+        ds_for_identity["dataset_file"] = dataset_file_info
+    repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+    git_sha = git_commit(repo_root)
+    git_dirty = git_is_dirty(repo_root)
+    run_id, run_fingerprint = build_run_identity(
+        pipeline="fusion-baseline",
+        run_version=args.run_version,
+        config=run_config,
+        dataset=ds_for_identity,
+        git_sha=git_sha,
+    )
+
     splits, norm = split_standardize(x_tel, x_sem, y, args)
     tr_t, tr_s, tr_y, va_t, va_s, va_y, te_t, te_s, te_y = splits
     tel_dim, sem_dim = tr_t.shape[2], tr_s.shape[1]
@@ -280,15 +323,40 @@ def main() -> int:
     tel_m = {"train": evaluate(tel_model, tr_t, tr_s, tr_y), "val": evaluate(tel_model, va_t, va_s, va_y), "test": evaluate(tel_model, te_t, te_s, te_y)}
     fus_m = {"train": evaluate(fus_model, tr_t, tr_s, tr_y), "val": evaluate(fus_model, va_t, va_s, va_y), "test": evaluate(fus_model, te_t, te_s, te_y)}
 
-    tel_path = out_dir / "telemetry_only_baseline.pt"; fus_path = out_dir / "fusion_baseline.pt"
-    torch.save({"state_dict": tel_model.state_dict(), "normalization": norm, "created_at_utc": utc_now()}, tel_path)
-    torch.save({"state_dict": fus_model.state_dict(), "normalization": norm, "created_at_utc": utc_now()}, fus_path)
+    tel_path = out_dir / "telemetry_only_baseline.pt"
+    fus_path = out_dir / "fusion_baseline.pt"
+    torch.save(
+        {
+            "state_dict": tel_model.state_dict(),
+            "normalization": norm,
+            "run_id": run_id,
+            "run_fingerprint_sha256": run_fingerprint,
+        },
+        tel_path,
+    )
+    torch.save(
+        {
+            "state_dict": fus_model.state_dict(),
+            "normalization": norm,
+            "run_id": run_id,
+            "run_fingerprint_sha256": run_fingerprint,
+        },
+        fus_path,
+    )
 
     summary = {
-        "run_at_utc": utc_now(),
+        "pipeline": "fusion-baseline",
+        "run_version": args.run_version,
+        "run_id": run_id,
         "command": " ".join(["python"] + sys.argv),
         "dataset": ds_meta,
-        "config": {k: getattr(args, k) for k in ["seed", "window_size", "horizon", "epochs", "batch_size", "learning_rate", "weight_decay", "hidden_size", "dropout", "label_column", "label_threshold"]},
+        "dataset_file": dataset_file_info,
+        "config": run_config,
+        "reproducibility": {
+            "run_fingerprint_sha256": run_fingerprint,
+            "git_commit": git_sha,
+            "git_dirty_worktree": git_dirty,
+        },
         "label_balance": {"train_positive_rate": float(np.mean(tr_y)), "val_positive_rate": float(np.mean(va_y)), "test_positive_rate": float(np.mean(te_y))},
         "models": {"telemetry_only": {"metrics": tel_m, "history": tel_hist, "artifact": str(tel_path)}, "fusion": {"metrics": fus_m, "history": fus_hist, "artifact": str(fus_path)}},
         "comparison": {
@@ -297,13 +365,45 @@ def main() -> int:
         },
     }
     summary_path = out_dir / "fusion_evaluation_summary.json"
-    with summary_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        json.dump(summary, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
-        f.write("\n")
+    write_json(summary_path, summary)
+
+    base_artifacts = {
+        "telemetry_model": tel_path,
+        "fusion_model": fus_path,
+        "evaluation_summary": summary_path,
+    }
+    versioned_artifacts = materialize_versioned_artifacts(
+        output_dir=out_dir,
+        pipeline="fusion-baseline",
+        run_id=run_id,
+        artifacts=base_artifacts,
+    )
+    manifest_artifacts = dict(base_artifacts)
+    for role, path in versioned_artifacts.items():
+        manifest_artifacts[f"versioned_{role}"] = path
+    manifest_path = write_run_manifest(
+        output_dir=out_dir,
+        pipeline="fusion-baseline",
+        run_version=args.run_version,
+        run_id=run_id,
+        run_fingerprint=run_fingerprint,
+        git_sha=git_sha,
+        git_dirty=git_dirty,
+        config=run_config,
+        dataset=ds_for_identity,
+        metrics={
+            "telemetry_only_test": tel_m["test"],
+            "fusion_test": fus_m["test"],
+            "comparison": summary["comparison"],
+        },
+        artifacts=manifest_artifacts,
+    )
 
     print(f"Telemetry-only model saved: {tel_path}")
     print(f"Fusion model saved: {fus_path}")
     print(f"Summary saved: {summary_path}")
+    print(f"Run manifest saved: {manifest_path}")
+    print(f"Run id: {run_id}")
     print(
         f"Test F1: telemetry={tel_m['test']['f1']:.4f} "
         f"fusion={fus_m['test']['f1']:.4f} "
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py b/scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py
index 9987960..829dccb 100644
--- a/scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py
+++ b/scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
-import json
 import random
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -18,6 +16,16 @@
 from torch import nn
 from torch.utils.data import DataLoader, TensorDataset
 
+from artifact_registry import (
+    build_run_identity,
+    describe_dataset_file,
+    git_commit,
+    git_is_dirty,
+    materialize_versioned_artifacts,
+    write_json,
+    write_run_manifest,
+)
+
 
 def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
@@ -93,13 +101,14 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
         action="store_true",
         help="Export ONNX but skip checker/runtime validation.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--run-version",
+        default="v2.3-m2",
+        help="Version prefix used by artifact naming/manifest.",
+    )
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
-def now_utc_iso() -> str:
-    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
-
-
 def set_global_seed(seed: int) -> None:
     random.seed(seed)
     np.random.seed(seed)
@@ -532,13 +541,6 @@ def validate_onnx(
     }
 
 
-def write_json(path: Path, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
-        json.dump(payload, handle, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
-        handle.write("\n")
-
-
 def main() -> int:
     args = parse_args()
     set_global_seed(args.seed)
@@ -590,6 +592,44 @@ def main() -> int:
             dataset_metadata["requested_dataset"] = str(dataset_path)
             dataset_metadata["fallback_reason"] = "dataset path does not exist"
 
+    run_config = {
+        "seed": args.seed,
+        "window_size": args.window_size,
+        "horizon": args.horizon,
+        "label_threshold": args.label_threshold,
+        "epochs": args.epochs,
+        "batch_size": args.batch_size,
+        "learning_rate": args.learning_rate,
+        "weight_decay": args.weight_decay,
+        "dropout": args.dropout,
+        "hidden_size": args.hidden_size,
+        "num_blocks": args.num_blocks,
+        "val_ratio": args.val_ratio,
+        "test_ratio": args.test_ratio,
+        "target_column": args.target_column,
+        "price_column": args.price_column,
+        "timestamp_column": args.timestamp_column,
+        "max_rows": args.max_rows,
+        "synthetic_series": args.synthetic_series,
+        "synthetic_length": args.synthetic_length,
+        "onnx_opset": args.onnx_opset,
+        "skip_onnx_validation": bool(args.skip_onnx_validation),
+    }
+    dataset_for_identity = dict(dataset_metadata)
+    dataset_file_info = describe_dataset_file(dataset_path)
+    if dataset_file_info:
+        dataset_for_identity["dataset_file"] = dataset_file_info
+    repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+    git_sha = git_commit(repo_root)
+    git_dirty = git_is_dirty(repo_root)
+    run_id, run_fingerprint = build_run_identity(
+        pipeline="tsmixer-baseline",
+        run_version=args.run_version,
+        config=run_config,
+        dataset=dataset_for_identity,
+        git_sha=git_sha,
+    )
+
     x_train, y_train, x_val, y_val, x_test, y_test = split_dataset(
         x,
         y,
@@ -631,7 +671,8 @@ def main() -> int:
             "channels": channels,
             "train_mean": train_mean.squeeze(0).tolist(),
             "train_std": train_std.squeeze(0).tolist(),
-            "created_at_utc": now_utc_iso(),
+            "run_id": run_id,
+            "run_fingerprint_sha256": run_fingerprint,
         },
         model_path,
     )
@@ -651,25 +692,18 @@ def main() -> int:
         onnx_validation = validate_onnx(model, onnx_path, sample_inputs)
 
     summary = {
-        "run_at_utc": now_utc_iso(),
+        "pipeline": "tsmixer-baseline",
+        "run_version": args.run_version,
+        "run_id": run_id,
         "command": " ".join(["python"] + sys.argv),
-        "config": {
-            "seed": args.seed,
-            "window_size": args.window_size,
-            "horizon": args.horizon,
-            "label_threshold": args.label_threshold,
-            "epochs": args.epochs,
-            "batch_size": args.batch_size,
-            "learning_rate": args.learning_rate,
-            "weight_decay": args.weight_decay,
-            "dropout": args.dropout,
-            "hidden_size": args.hidden_size,
-            "num_blocks": args.num_blocks,
-            "val_ratio": args.val_ratio,
-            "test_ratio": args.test_ratio,
-            "onnx_opset": args.onnx_opset,
-        },
+        "config": run_config,
         "dataset": dataset_metadata,
+        "dataset_file": dataset_file_info,
+        "reproducibility": {
+            "run_fingerprint_sha256": run_fingerprint,
+            "git_commit": git_sha,
+            "git_dirty_worktree": git_dirty,
+        },
         "shapes": {
             "x_train": list(x_train.shape),
             "x_val": list(x_val.shape),
@@ -696,9 +730,39 @@ def main() -> int:
     summary_path = output_dir / "training_summary.json"
     write_json(summary_path, summary)
 
+    base_artifacts = {
+        "torch_model": model_path,
+        "onnx_model": onnx_path,
+        "training_summary": summary_path,
+    }
+    versioned_artifacts = materialize_versioned_artifacts(
+        output_dir=output_dir,
+        pipeline="tsmixer-baseline",
+        run_id=run_id,
+        artifacts=base_artifacts,
+    )
+    manifest_artifacts = dict(base_artifacts)
+    for role, path in versioned_artifacts.items():
+        manifest_artifacts[f"versioned_{role}"] = path
+    manifest_path = write_run_manifest(
+        output_dir=output_dir,
+        pipeline="tsmixer-baseline",
+        run_version=args.run_version,
+        run_id=run_id,
+        run_fingerprint=run_fingerprint,
+        git_sha=git_sha,
+        git_dirty=git_dirty,
+        config=run_config,
+        dataset=dataset_for_identity,
+        metrics=summary["metrics"],
+        artifacts=manifest_artifacts,
+    )
+
     print(f"Model saved: {model_path}")
     print(f"ONNX saved: {onnx_path}")
     print(f"Summary saved: {summary_path}")
+    print(f"Run manifest saved: {manifest_path}")
+    print(f"Run id: {run_id}")
     print(
         "Metrics:"
         f" train_acc={train_metrics.accuracy:.4f}"
diff --git a/scripts/model_training/verify_reproducible_run.py b/scripts/model_training/verify_reproducible_run.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de92bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/model_training/verify_reproducible_run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Run a training/eval script twice and verify artifact hashes are identical."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from artifact_registry import sha256_file, write_json
+
+
+def parse_args() -> tuple[argparse.Namespace, list[str]]:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--script",
+        required=True,
+        help="Script path to run twice (for example scripts/model_training/train_tsmixer_baseline.py).",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--base-output-dir",
+        required=True,
+        help="Base directory where run_a and run_b outputs are generated.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--artifacts",
+        required=True,
+        help="Comma-separated artifact paths relative to each run output directory.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--python-executable",
+        default=sys.executable,
+        help="Python executable used to launch the target script.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--report-name",
+        default="reproducibility_check.json",
+        help="Output report file name written under base-output-dir.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--keep-runs",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Keep run_a and run_b folders if verification fails.",
+    )
+    args, passthrough = parser.parse_known_args()
+    if passthrough and passthrough[0] == "--":
+        passthrough = passthrough[1:]
+    return args, passthrough
+
+
+def run_once(
+    *,
+    python_executable: str,
+    script_path: Path,
+    output_dir: Path,
+    passthrough: list[str],
+) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
+    command = [
+        python_executable,
+        script_path.as_posix(),
+        "--output-dir",
+        output_dir.as_posix(),
+        *passthrough,
+    ]
+    return subprocess.run(command, check=False, capture_output=True, text=True)
+
+
+def snapshot_artifacts(*, source_dir: Path, snapshot_dir: Path, artifacts: list[str]) -> None:
+    if snapshot_dir.exists():
+        shutil.rmtree(snapshot_dir)
+    snapshot_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    for artifact in artifacts:
+        artifact_rel = artifact.strip()
+        if not artifact_rel:
+            continue
+        source_path = source_dir / artifact_rel
+        target_path = snapshot_dir / artifact_rel
+        if not source_path.exists():
+            continue
+        target_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        shutil.copy2(source_path, target_path)
+
+
+def compare_artifacts(
+    *,
+    run_a_dir: Path,
+    run_b_dir: Path,
+    artifacts: list[str],
+) -> tuple[bool, list[dict[str, Any]]]:
+    all_equal = True
+    comparisons: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    for artifact in artifacts:
+        artifact_rel = artifact.strip()
+        if not artifact_rel:
+            continue
+        path_a = run_a_dir / artifact_rel
+        path_b = run_b_dir / artifact_rel
+        exists_a = path_a.exists()
+        exists_b = path_b.exists()
+        hash_a = sha256_file(path_a) if exists_a else None
+        hash_b = sha256_file(path_b) if exists_b else None
+        identical = bool(exists_a and exists_b and hash_a == hash_b)
+        if not identical:
+            all_equal = False
+        comparisons.append(
+            {
+                "artifact": artifact_rel,
+                "run_a_exists": exists_a,
+                "run_b_exists": exists_b,
+                "run_a_sha256": hash_a,
+                "run_b_sha256": hash_b,
+                "identical": identical,
+            }
+        )
+    return all_equal, comparisons
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    args, passthrough = parse_args()
+    script_path = Path(args.script)
+    if not script_path.exists():
+        print(f"Script not found: {script_path}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    base_output_dir = Path(args.base_output_dir)
+    execution_dir = base_output_dir / "exec"
+    run_a_dir = base_output_dir / "run_a"
+    run_b_dir = base_output_dir / "run_b"
+    for run_dir in (execution_dir, run_a_dir, run_b_dir):
+        if run_dir.exists():
+            shutil.rmtree(run_dir)
+        run_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    artifacts = [item for item in args.artifacts.split(",") if item.strip()]
+
+    first = run_once(
+        python_executable=args.python_executable,
+        script_path=script_path,
+        output_dir=execution_dir,
+        passthrough=passthrough,
+    )
+    snapshot_artifacts(source_dir=execution_dir, snapshot_dir=run_a_dir, artifacts=artifacts)
+
+    if execution_dir.exists():
+        shutil.rmtree(execution_dir)
+    execution_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    second = run_once(
+        python_executable=args.python_executable,
+        script_path=script_path,
+        output_dir=execution_dir,
+        passthrough=passthrough,
+    )
+    snapshot_artifacts(source_dir=execution_dir, snapshot_dir=run_b_dir, artifacts=artifacts)
+
+    all_equal, comparisons = compare_artifacts(run_a_dir=run_a_dir, run_b_dir=run_b_dir, artifacts=artifacts)
+
+    report = {
+        "script": script_path.as_posix(),
+        "python_executable": args.python_executable,
+        "passthrough_args": passthrough,
+        "first_run_return_code": int(first.returncode),
+        "second_run_return_code": int(second.returncode),
+        "all_artifacts_identical": bool(all_equal and first.returncode == 0 and second.returncode == 0),
+        "artifacts": comparisons,
+        "first_run_stdout": first.stdout,
+        "first_run_stderr": first.stderr,
+        "second_run_stdout": second.stdout,
+        "second_run_stderr": second.stderr,
+    }
+    report_path = base_output_dir / args.report_name
+    write_json(report_path, report)
+
+    print(f"Report saved: {report_path}")
+    print(f"First run rc={first.returncode}, second run rc={second.returncode}")
+    print(f"Artifacts identical: {report['all_artifacts_identical']}")
+    for item in comparisons:
+        state = "OK" if item["identical"] else "DIFF"
+        print(f"- {state}: {item['artifact']}")
+
+    if report["all_artifacts_identical"]:
+        return 0
+
+    if not args.keep_runs:
+        for run_dir in (run_a_dir, run_b_dir):
+            if run_dir.exists():
+                shutil.rmtree(run_dir)
+    return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

From 95b4f4f6166f5e6e91c508ed4dcbe18425171a0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:31:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 18/24] feat(v2.3): extend heartbeat payload with semantic
 features

---
 README.md                                     |  1 +
 docs/PROTO-Heartbeat-Semantic-v2.3-M3.md      | 60 ++++++++++++++++
 .../Controllers/AgentController.cs            | 18 ++++-
 .../Services/AgentWorkflowService.cs          | 71 ++++++++++++++++++-
 src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto         | 13 ++++
 5 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/PROTO-Heartbeat-Semantic-v2.3-M3.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3aab2cd..fa02094 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 M2 backtesting guide: docs/AI-Backtesting-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 artifact versioning + reproducibility guide: docs/AI-Artifact-Versioning-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 model training scripts: scripts/model_training/README.md
+- v2.3 M3 heartbeat semantic payload contract: docs/PROTO-Heartbeat-Semantic-v2.3-M3.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
diff --git a/docs/PROTO-Heartbeat-Semantic-v2.3-M3.md b/docs/PROTO-Heartbeat-Semantic-v2.3-M3.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8051de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/PROTO-Heartbeat-Semantic-v2.3-M3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# v2.3 M3 Heartbeat Semantic Payload Contract
+
+This document captures issue #39: extending heartbeat payloads with semantic features while keeping backward compatibility.
+
+## Scope
+
+- Protobuf contract update: `src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto`
+- Core heartbeat response wiring:
+  - gRPC: `AgentWorkflowService`
+  - legacy REST bridge: `AgentController`
+
+## Protobuf Additions
+
+New message:
+
+- `SemanticHeartbeatFeatures`
+  - `schema_version`
+  - `s_v_negative`
+  - `s_v_neutral`
+  - `s_v_positive`
+  - `p_v`
+  - `b_s`
+  - `source`
+  - `generated_at_unix`
+  - `fallback_used`
+
+`HeartbeatResponse` additive field:
+
+- `semantic_features = 3`
+
+No existing field numbers were changed, so wire compatibility is preserved.
+
+## JSON Transcoding Shape
+
+`POST /api/v2/agent/heartbeat` response now includes:
+
+```json
+{
+  "status": "active",
+  "commands": [],
+  "semanticFeatures": {
+    "schemaVersion": "1.0",
+    "sVNegative": 0.33,
+    "sVNeutral": 0.34,
+    "sVPositive": 0.33,
+    "pV": 0.5,
+    "bS": 0.5,
+    "source": "fallback:neutral",
+    "generatedAtUnix": 1767000000,
+    "fallbackUsed": true
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Older agents that ignore unknown JSON/protobuf fields remain compatible.
+
+## Runtime Source Selection
+
+Core heartbeat selects the latest enriched external signal vector when available.  
+If no enriched signal is available, it emits a neutral fallback vector and marks `fallback_used=true`.
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/AgentController.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/AgentController.cs
index c3ca040..40f7b0f 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/AgentController.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/AgentController.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,23 @@ public async Task<IActionResult> Heartbeat([FromBody] HeartbeatRequest request,
             })
             .ToArray();
 
-        return Ok(new { status = result.Payload.Status, commands = commandPayload });
+        var semantic = result.Payload.SemanticFeatures;
+        var semanticPayload = semantic is null
+            ? null
+            : new
+            {
+                schemaVersion = semantic.SchemaVersion,
+                sVNegative = semantic.SVNegative,
+                sVNeutral = semantic.SVNeutral,
+                sVPositive = semantic.SVPositive,
+                pV = semantic.PV,
+                bS = semantic.BS,
+                source = semantic.Source,
+                generatedAtUnix = semantic.GeneratedAtUnix,
+                fallbackUsed = semantic.FallbackUsed
+            };
+
+        return Ok(new { status = result.Payload.Status, commands = commandPayload, semanticFeatures = semanticPayload });
     }
 
     [HttpGet("poll")]
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentWorkflowService.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentWorkflowService.cs
index dce0888..e6a1576 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentWorkflowService.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentWorkflowService.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,11 @@ public async Task<ApiResult<HeartbeatResponse>> HeartbeatAsync(HeartbeatRequest
 
         await _context.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
 
-        var response = new HeartbeatResponse { Status = "active" };
+        var response = new HeartbeatResponse
+        {
+            Status = "active",
+            SemanticFeatures = await BuildSemanticFeaturesAsync(cancellationToken)
+        };
         response.Commands.AddRange(pendingCommands.Select(MapCommand));
 
         return ApiResult<HeartbeatResponse>.Ok(response);
@@ -216,6 +220,71 @@ public async Task<ApiResult<FeedbackResponse>> FeedbackAsync(FeedbackRequest req
         return ApiResult<FeedbackResponse>.Ok(new FeedbackResponse { Status = command.Status });
     }
 
+    private async Task<SemanticHeartbeatFeatures> BuildSemanticFeaturesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var latest = await _context.ExternalSignals
+            .AsNoTracking()
+            .Where(signal =>
+                signal.SentimentNegative.HasValue &&
+                signal.SentimentNeutral.HasValue &&
+                signal.SentimentPositive.HasValue &&
+                signal.VolatilityProbability.HasValue &&
+                signal.SupplyBias.HasValue)
+            .OrderByDescending(signal => signal.EnrichedAt ?? signal.PublishedAt)
+            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+        if (latest is null)
+        {
+            return BuildFallbackSemanticFeatures();
+        }
+
+        var generatedAt = latest.EnrichedAt ?? latest.PublishedAt;
+        return new SemanticHeartbeatFeatures
+        {
+            SchemaVersion = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(latest.EnrichmentSchemaVersion)
+                ? "1.0"
+                : latest.EnrichmentSchemaVersion,
+            SVNegative = Clamp01(latest.SentimentNegative),
+            SVNeutral = Clamp01(latest.SentimentNeutral),
+            SVPositive = Clamp01(latest.SentimentPositive),
+            PV = Clamp01(latest.VolatilityProbability),
+            BS = Clamp01(latest.SupplyBias),
+            Source = latest.Source,
+            GeneratedAtUnix = generatedAt.ToUnixTimeSeconds(),
+            FallbackUsed = false
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static SemanticHeartbeatFeatures BuildFallbackSemanticFeatures()
+        => new()
+        {
+            SchemaVersion = "1.0",
+            SVNegative = 0.33,
+            SVNeutral = 0.34,
+            SVPositive = 0.33,
+            PV = 0.5,
+            BS = 0.5,
+            Source = "fallback:neutral",
+            GeneratedAtUnix = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds(),
+            FallbackUsed = true
+        };
+
+    private static double Clamp01(double? value)
+    {
+        var resolved = value ?? 0.0;
+        if (resolved < 0.0)
+        {
+            return 0.0;
+        }
+
+        if (resolved > 1.0)
+        {
+            return 1.0;
+        }
+
+        return resolved;
+    }
+
     private static AetherGuard.Grpc.V1.AgentCommand MapCommand(CoreAgentCommand command)
     {
         var parameters = GrpcParameterConverter.ParseJsonStruct(command.Parameters);
diff --git a/src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto b/src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto
index a92fc1c..2e69af8 100644
--- a/src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto
+++ b/src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto
@@ -77,9 +77,22 @@ message AgentConfig {
   string node_mode = 5;
 }
 
+message SemanticHeartbeatFeatures {
+  string schema_version = 1;
+  double s_v_negative = 2;
+  double s_v_neutral = 3;
+  double s_v_positive = 4;
+  double p_v = 5;
+  double b_s = 6;
+  string source = 7;
+  int64 generated_at_unix = 8;
+  bool fallback_used = 9;
+}
+
 message HeartbeatResponse {
   string status = 1;
   repeated aetherguard.common.v1.AgentCommand commands = 2;
+  SemanticHeartbeatFeatures semantic_features = 3;
 }
 
 message PollCommandsRequest {

From 0783022fbac40a6a03713033e4598923321e4dd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:50:55 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 19/24] feat(v2.3): add agent local inference runtime with
 rollout gates

---
 README.md                                     |   1 +
 docs/Agent-ONNX-Inference-v2.3-M3.md          |  51 ++++
 src/services/agent-cpp/CMakeLists.txt         |  48 ++++
 src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.cpp    | 231 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.hpp    |  46 ++++
 src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.cpp      |  36 ++-
 src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.hpp      |   5 +-
 src/services/agent-cpp/SemanticFeatures.hpp   |  16 ++
 src/services/agent-cpp/main.cpp               |  40 ++-
 .../agent-cpp/tests/InferenceEngineTests.cpp  |  76 ++++++
 10 files changed, 540 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/Agent-ONNX-Inference-v2.3-M3.md
 create mode 100644 src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.cpp
 create mode 100644 src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.hpp
 create mode 100644 src/services/agent-cpp/SemanticFeatures.hpp
 create mode 100644 src/services/agent-cpp/tests/InferenceEngineTests.cpp

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa02094..6a4cb16 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 M2 artifact versioning + reproducibility guide: docs/AI-Artifact-Versioning-v2.3-M2.md
 - v2.3 M2 model training scripts: scripts/model_training/README.md
 - v2.3 M3 heartbeat semantic payload contract: docs/PROTO-Heartbeat-Semantic-v2.3-M3.md
+- v2.3 M3 agent ONNX inference + gating: docs/Agent-ONNX-Inference-v2.3-M3.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
diff --git a/docs/Agent-ONNX-Inference-v2.3-M3.md b/docs/Agent-ONNX-Inference-v2.3-M3.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e13b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Agent-ONNX-Inference-v2.3-M3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# v2.3 M3 Agent Local ONNX Inference + Feature Gating
+
+This document captures issue #40.
+
+## Scope
+
+- Agent local inference runtime integration points.
+- Feature gate and rollback switches for safe rollout.
+
+## Implementation
+
+### New agent components
+
+- `src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.hpp`
+- `src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.cpp`
+- `src/services/agent-cpp/SemanticFeatures.hpp`
+
+### Heartbeat semantic payload consumption
+
+- `NetworkClient::SendHeartbeat(...)` now parses `semanticFeatures` from heartbeat response.
+- Parsed fields include:
+  - `schemaVersion`
+  - `sVNegative`, `sVNeutral`, `sVPositive`
+  - `pV`, `bS`
+  - `source`, `generatedAtUnix`, `fallbackUsed`
+
+### ONNX runtime integration mode
+
+- Build switch: `AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME`
+- CMake input when enabled:
+  - `ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT` (must contain `include/` and `lib/`)
+- Runtime model path:
+  - `AG_ONNX_MODEL_PATH`
+
+If ONNX runtime is unavailable (or model path invalid), the engine can fail-open to fallback scoring.
+
+## Feature Gate + Rollback
+
+- `AG_M3_ONLINE_INFERENCE_ENABLED`  
+  Enables local inference path.
+- `AG_M3_FORCE_V22_FALLBACK`  
+  Forces rollback behavior and bypasses ONNX usage.
+- `AG_ONNX_FAIL_OPEN`  
+  If `true`, agent continues with fallback scoring when ONNX init/runtime fails.
+- `AG_ONNX_DECISION_THRESHOLD`  
+  Decision threshold for preemption recommendation.
+
+## Validation
+
+- Core heartbeat contract remains compatible (semantic fields are additive).
+- Agent fallback path is covered by `AetherAgentInferenceTests`.
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/src/services/agent-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index fde1cfe..e960d2f 100644
--- a/src/services/agent-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ option(AETHER_ENABLE_GRPC "Build gRPC stubs for agent protos." ON)
 option(AETHER_USE_LOCAL_PROTOBUF "Use third_party/protobuf when available." ON)
 option(AETHER_GRPC_USE_ARCHIVE "Use gRPC release archive (no submodules)." OFF)
 option(AETHER_ENABLE_OTEL "Enable OpenTelemetry spans for the agent." OFF)
+option(AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME "Enable ONNX Runtime local inference on the agent." OFF)
 
 # CMake < 3.24 doesn't understand DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP, which breaks ExternalProject.
 set(_AETHER_FC_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP)
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ add_executable(AetherAgent
     CriuManager.cpp
     CommandDispatcher.cpp
     CommandPoller.cpp
+    InferenceEngine.cpp
     main.cpp
     LifecycleManager.cpp
     NetworkClient.cpp
@@ -268,8 +270,32 @@ target_link_libraries(AetherAgent
 target_compile_definitions(AetherAgent
     PRIVATE
     $<$<BOOL:${AETHER_ENABLE_OTEL}>:AETHER_ENABLE_OTEL=1>
+    $<$<BOOL:${AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME}>:AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME=1>
 )
 
+if(AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME)
+    set(ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT "" CACHE PATH "Path to ONNX Runtime distribution root (contains include/ and lib/).")
+    if(NOT ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME=ON requires ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT to be set.")
+    endif()
+
+    set(ONNXRUNTIME_INCLUDE_DIR "${ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT}/include")
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${ONNXRUNTIME_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "ONNX Runtime include directory not found: ${ONNXRUNTIME_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    endif()
+
+    find_library(ONNXRUNTIME_LIBRARY
+        NAMES onnxruntime onnxruntime.lib
+        PATHS "${ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT}/lib"
+        NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    if(NOT ONNXRUNTIME_LIBRARY)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find ONNX Runtime library under ${ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT}/lib")
+    endif()
+
+    target_include_directories(AetherAgent PRIVATE "${ONNXRUNTIME_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    target_link_libraries(AetherAgent PRIVATE "${ONNXRUNTIME_LIBRARY}")
+endif()
+
 if(AETHER_ENABLE_OTEL)
     set(_AETHER_OTEL_TARGETS
         opentelemetry::trace
@@ -308,3 +334,25 @@ target_include_directories(AetherAgentTests
 )
 
 add_test(NAME AetherAgentTests COMMAND AetherAgentTests)
+
+add_executable(AetherAgentInferenceTests
+    InferenceEngine.cpp
+    tests/InferenceEngineTests.cpp
+)
+
+target_include_directories(AetherAgentInferenceTests
+    PRIVATE
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+)
+
+target_compile_definitions(AetherAgentInferenceTests
+    PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME}>:AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME=1>
+)
+
+if(AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME)
+    target_include_directories(AetherAgentInferenceTests PRIVATE "${ONNXRUNTIME_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    target_link_libraries(AetherAgentInferenceTests PRIVATE "${ONNXRUNTIME_LIBRARY}")
+endif()
+
+add_test(NAME AetherAgentInferenceTests COMMAND AetherAgentInferenceTests)
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.cpp b/src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..267770e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+#include "InferenceEngine.hpp"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+#if defined(AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME)
+#include <onnxruntime/core/session/onnxruntime_cxx_api.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace {
+constexpr double kDefaultFallbackNeutral = 0.5;
+constexpr size_t kFallbackWindow = 24;
+constexpr size_t kFallbackChannels = 4;
+} // namespace
+
+struct InferenceEngine::OnnxSessionHandle {
+#if defined(AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME)
+    Ort::Env env;
+    Ort::SessionOptions options;
+    std::unique_ptr<Ort::Session> session;
+    std::string inputName;
+    std::string outputName;
+    size_t windowSize = kFallbackWindow;
+    size_t channels = kFallbackChannels;
+
+    OnnxSessionHandle()
+        : env(ORT_LOGGING_LEVEL_WARNING, "aether-agent-onnx") {}
+#endif
+};
+
+InferenceEngine::InferenceEngine(InferenceRuntimeConfig config)
+    : config_(std::move(config)),
+      initStatus_("not_initialized"),
+      onnxSession_(std::make_unique<OnnxSessionHandle>()) {}
+
+InferenceEngine::~InferenceEngine() = default;
+
+bool InferenceEngine::Initialize()
+{
+    if (!config_.enabled) {
+        initStatus_ = "feature_gate_disabled";
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (config_.forceV22Fallback) {
+        initStatus_ = "rollback_forced_v22_fallback";
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (config_.modelPath.empty()) {
+        initStatus_ = "onnx_model_path_missing";
+        return config_.failOpen;
+    }
+
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(config_.modelPath)) {
+        initStatus_ = "onnx_model_not_found";
+        return config_.failOpen;
+    }
+
+#if defined(AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME)
+    try {
+        onnxSession_->options.SetIntraOpNumThreads(1);
+        onnxSession_->options.SetGraphOptimizationLevel(GraphOptimizationLevel::ORT_ENABLE_ALL);
+        onnxSession_->session = std::make_unique<Ort::Session>(
+            onnxSession_->env,
+            config_.modelPath.c_str(),
+            onnxSession_->options);
+
+        Ort::AllocatorWithDefaultOptions allocator;
+        auto inputName = onnxSession_->session->GetInputNameAllocated(0, allocator);
+        auto outputName = onnxSession_->session->GetOutputNameAllocated(0, allocator);
+        onnxSession_->inputName = inputName.get();
+        onnxSession_->outputName = outputName.get();
+
+        auto inputType = onnxSession_->session->GetInputTypeInfo(0);
+        auto tensorInfo = inputType.GetTensorTypeAndShapeInfo();
+        auto shape = tensorInfo.GetShape();
+        if (shape.size() == 3) {
+            if (shape[1] > 0) {
+                onnxSession_->windowSize = static_cast<size_t>(shape[1]);
+            }
+            if (shape[2] > 0) {
+                onnxSession_->channels = static_cast<size_t>(shape[2]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        initStatus_ = "onnx_runtime_ready";
+        return true;
+    } catch (const std::exception& ex) {
+        initStatus_ = std::string("onnx_runtime_init_failed:") + ex.what();
+        return config_.failOpen;
+    }
+#else
+    initStatus_ = "compiled_without_onnx_runtime";
+    return config_.failOpen;
+#endif
+}
+
+InferenceDecision InferenceEngine::Evaluate(const SemanticHeartbeatFeatures& semanticFeatures) const
+{
+    if (!config_.enabled) {
+        return EvaluateFallback(semanticFeatures, "feature_gate_disabled");
+    }
+
+    if (config_.forceV22Fallback) {
+        return EvaluateFallback(semanticFeatures, "rollback_forced_v22_fallback");
+    }
+
+#if defined(AETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME)
+    if (onnxSession_ && onnxSession_->session) {
+        try {
+            const auto window = onnxSession_->windowSize;
+            const auto channels = onnxSession_->channels;
+            std::vector<float> input(window * channels, 0.0f);
+
+            for (size_t t = 0; t < window; ++t) {
+                for (size_t c = 0; c < channels; ++c) {
+                    double value = kDefaultFallbackNeutral;
+                    switch (c % 4) {
+                    case 0:
+                        value = Clamp01(semanticFeatures.pV);
+                        break;
+                    case 1:
+                        value = Clamp01(semanticFeatures.sVNegative);
+                        break;
+                    case 2:
+                        value = Clamp01(semanticFeatures.sVPositive);
+                        break;
+                    case 3:
+                        value = Clamp01(semanticFeatures.bS);
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    input[t * channels + c] = static_cast<float>(value);
+                }
+            }
+
+            const std::vector<int64_t> inputShape{
+                1,
+                static_cast<int64_t>(window),
+                static_cast<int64_t>(channels)};
+            auto memoryInfo = Ort::MemoryInfo::CreateCpu(OrtArenaAllocator, OrtMemTypeDefault);
+            Ort::Value inputTensor = Ort::Value::CreateTensor<float>(
+                memoryInfo,
+                input.data(),
+                input.size(),
+                inputShape.data(),
+                inputShape.size());
+
+            const char* inputNames[] = {onnxSession_->inputName.c_str()};
+            const char* outputNames[] = {onnxSession_->outputName.c_str()};
+            auto outputs = onnxSession_->session->Run(
+                Ort::RunOptions{nullptr},
+                inputNames,
+                &inputTensor,
+                1,
+                outputNames,
+                1);
+
+            if (outputs.empty() || !outputs[0].IsTensor()) {
+                return EvaluateFallback(semanticFeatures, "onnx_output_invalid");
+            }
+
+            auto* logits = outputs[0].GetTensorMutableData<float>();
+            const double probability = Sigmoid(static_cast<double>(logits[0]));
+            InferenceDecision decision;
+            decision.enabled = true;
+            decision.usedOnnxRuntime = true;
+            decision.fallbackApplied = false;
+            decision.probability = Clamp01(probability);
+            decision.shouldPreempt = decision.probability >= config_.decisionThreshold;
+            decision.reason = "onnx_runtime";
+            return decision;
+        } catch (const std::exception& ex) {
+            return EvaluateFallback(
+                semanticFeatures,
+                std::string("onnx_runtime_error:") + ex.what());
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return EvaluateFallback(semanticFeatures, initStatus_);
+}
+
+const std::string& InferenceEngine::InitializationStatus() const
+{
+    return initStatus_;
+}
+
+double InferenceEngine::Clamp01(double value)
+{
+    if (value < 0.0) {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+    if (value > 1.0) {
+        return 1.0;
+    }
+    return value;
+}
+
+double InferenceEngine::Sigmoid(double value)
+{
+    return 1.0 / (1.0 + std::exp(-value));
+}
+
+InferenceDecision InferenceEngine::EvaluateFallback(
+    const SemanticHeartbeatFeatures& semanticFeatures,
+    const std::string& reason) const
+{
+    const double volatility = Clamp01(semanticFeatures.pV);
+    const double negative = Clamp01(semanticFeatures.sVNegative);
+    const double supplyStress = Clamp01(1.0 - semanticFeatures.bS);
+    double probability = 0.60 * volatility + 0.25 * negative + 0.15 * supplyStress;
+    if (semanticFeatures.fallbackUsed) {
+        probability = std::max(probability, 0.5);
+    }
+
+    InferenceDecision decision;
+    decision.enabled = config_.enabled && !config_.forceV22Fallback;
+    decision.usedOnnxRuntime = false;
+    decision.fallbackApplied = true;
+    decision.probability = Clamp01(probability);
+    decision.shouldPreempt = decision.probability >= config_.decisionThreshold;
+    decision.reason = "fallback:" + reason;
+    return decision;
+}
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.hpp b/src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c09277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/InferenceEngine.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "SemanticFeatures.hpp"
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+struct InferenceRuntimeConfig {
+    bool enabled = false;
+    bool forceV22Fallback = false;
+    bool failOpen = true;
+    double decisionThreshold = 0.65;
+    std::string modelPath;
+};
+
+struct InferenceDecision {
+    bool enabled = false;
+    bool usedOnnxRuntime = false;
+    bool fallbackApplied = true;
+    bool shouldPreempt = false;
+    double probability = 0.0;
+    std::string reason;
+};
+
+class InferenceEngine {
+public:
+    explicit InferenceEngine(InferenceRuntimeConfig config);
+    ~InferenceEngine();
+
+    bool Initialize();
+    InferenceDecision Evaluate(const SemanticHeartbeatFeatures& semanticFeatures) const;
+    const std::string& InitializationStatus() const;
+
+private:
+    InferenceRuntimeConfig config_;
+    mutable std::string initStatus_;
+
+    struct OnnxSessionHandle;
+    std::unique_ptr<OnnxSessionHandle> onnxSession_;
+
+    static double Clamp01(double value);
+    static double Sigmoid(double value);
+    InferenceDecision EvaluateFallback(
+        const SemanticHeartbeatFeatures& semanticFeatures,
+        const std::string& reason) const;
+};
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.cpp b/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.cpp
index 3dfb926..04fb75d 100644
--- a/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.cpp
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.cpp
@@ -172,8 +172,12 @@ bool NetworkClient::SendHeartbeat(
     const std::string& agentId,
     const std::string& state,
     const std::string& tier,
-    std::vector<AgentCommand>& outCommands) {
+    std::vector<AgentCommand>& outCommands,
+    SemanticHeartbeatFeatures* outSemanticFeatures) {
     outCommands.clear();
+    if (outSemanticFeatures != nullptr) {
+        *outSemanticFeatures = SemanticHeartbeatFeatures{};
+    }
 
     nlohmann::json payload = {
         {"agentId", agentId},
@@ -218,15 +222,31 @@ bool NetworkClient::SendHeartbeat(
 
         if (requestOk && statusOk) {
             auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(response.text, nullptr, false);
-            if (!json.is_discarded() && json.contains("commands") && json["commands"].is_array()) {
-                for (const auto& item : json["commands"]) {
-                    AgentCommand command;
-                    command.id = item.value("id", 0);
-                    command.type = item.value("type", "");
-                    if (command.id > 0 && !command.type.empty()) {
-                        outCommands.push_back(std::move(command));
+            if (!json.is_discarded()) {
+                if (json.contains("commands") && json["commands"].is_array()) {
+                    for (const auto& item : json["commands"]) {
+                        AgentCommand command;
+                        command.id = item.value("id", 0);
+                        command.type = item.value("type", item.value("action", ""));
+                        if (command.id > 0 && !command.type.empty()) {
+                            outCommands.push_back(std::move(command));
+                        }
                     }
                 }
+
+                if (outSemanticFeatures != nullptr && json.contains("semanticFeatures") && json["semanticFeatures"].is_object()) {
+                    const auto& semantic = json["semanticFeatures"];
+                    outSemanticFeatures->present = true;
+                    outSemanticFeatures->schemaVersion = semantic.value("schemaVersion", "");
+                    outSemanticFeatures->sVNegative = semantic.value("sVNegative", 0.33);
+                    outSemanticFeatures->sVNeutral = semantic.value("sVNeutral", 0.34);
+                    outSemanticFeatures->sVPositive = semantic.value("sVPositive", 0.33);
+                    outSemanticFeatures->pV = semantic.value("pV", 0.5);
+                    outSemanticFeatures->bS = semantic.value("bS", 0.5);
+                    outSemanticFeatures->source = semantic.value("source", "");
+                    outSemanticFeatures->generatedAtUnix = semantic.value("generatedAtUnix", 0LL);
+                    outSemanticFeatures->fallbackUsed = semantic.value("fallbackUsed", true);
+                }
             }
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.hpp b/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.hpp
index 15d17b8..5e12e6b 100644
--- a/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.hpp
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "SemanticFeatures.hpp"
+
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ class NetworkClient {
         const std::string& agentId,
         const std::string& state,
         const std::string& tier,
-        std::vector<AgentCommand>& outCommands);
+        std::vector<AgentCommand>& outCommands,
+        SemanticHeartbeatFeatures* outSemanticFeatures = nullptr);
     bool PollCommands(const std::string& agentId, std::vector<CommandPayload>& outCommands);
     bool SendFeedback(const std::string& agentId, const CommandFeedback& feedback);
     bool UploadSnapshot(const std::string& url, const std::string& filePath);
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/SemanticFeatures.hpp b/src/services/agent-cpp/SemanticFeatures.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d85d1c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/SemanticFeatures.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+struct SemanticHeartbeatFeatures {
+    bool present = false;
+    std::string schemaVersion;
+    double sVNegative = 0.33;
+    double sVNeutral = 0.34;
+    double sVPositive = 0.33;
+    double pV = 0.50;
+    double bS = 0.50;
+    std::string source;
+    long long generatedAtUnix = 0;
+    bool fallbackUsed = true;
+};
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/main.cpp b/src/services/agent-cpp/main.cpp
index 049293c..966703b 100644
--- a/src/services/agent-cpp/main.cpp
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/main.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "CommandPoller.hpp"
+#include "InferenceEngine.hpp"
 #include "LifecycleManager.hpp"
 #include "NetworkClient.hpp"
 #include "Tracing.hpp"
@@ -108,6 +109,19 @@ bool GetEnvBool(const char* name, bool defaultValue) {
     return defaultValue;
 }
 
+double GetEnvDouble(const char* name, double defaultValue) {
+    EnvValue value = GetEnvValue(name);
+    if (!value.found || value.value.empty()) {
+        return defaultValue;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        return std::stod(value.value);
+    } catch (...) {
+        return defaultValue;
+    }
+}
+
 bool WaitForTlsFiles(const TlsSettings& settings, int timeoutSeconds) {
     if (settings.certPath.empty() || settings.keyPath.empty() || settings.caPath.empty()) {
         return false;
@@ -207,6 +221,21 @@ int main() {
         std::cerr << "[Agent] Pre-flight check failed. Proceeding with heartbeat in IDLE state." << std::endl;
     }
 
+    InferenceRuntimeConfig inferenceConfig;
+    inferenceConfig.enabled = GetEnvBool("AG_M3_ONLINE_INFERENCE_ENABLED", false);
+    inferenceConfig.forceV22Fallback = GetEnvBool("AG_M3_FORCE_V22_FALLBACK", false);
+    inferenceConfig.failOpen = GetEnvBool("AG_ONNX_FAIL_OPEN", true);
+    inferenceConfig.modelPath = GetEnvOrDefault("AG_ONNX_MODEL_PATH", "");
+    inferenceConfig.decisionThreshold = GetEnvDouble("AG_ONNX_DECISION_THRESHOLD", 0.65);
+
+    InferenceEngine inferenceEngine(inferenceConfig);
+    const bool inferenceInitialized = inferenceEngine.Initialize();
+    std::cout << "[Agent] Inference init status: " << inferenceEngine.InitializationStatus() << std::endl;
+    if (!inferenceInitialized && !inferenceConfig.failOpen) {
+        std::cerr << "[Agent] Inference initialization failed and fail-open is disabled. Exiting." << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     const std::string tier = "T2";
     const std::string state = "IDLE";
     CommandDispatcher dispatcher(client, lifecycle, agentId);
@@ -215,10 +244,19 @@ int main() {
 
     while (true) {
         std::vector<AgentCommand> commands;
-        bool heartbeatSent = client.SendHeartbeat(token, agentId, state, tier, commands);
+        SemanticHeartbeatFeatures semanticFeatures;
+        bool heartbeatSent = client.SendHeartbeat(token, agentId, state, tier, commands, &semanticFeatures);
 
         if (heartbeatSent) {
             std::cout << "[Agent] Heartbeat sent." << std::endl;
+            if (semanticFeatures.present) {
+                InferenceDecision decision = inferenceEngine.Evaluate(semanticFeatures);
+                std::cout << "[Agent][Inference] prob=" << decision.probability
+                          << " preempt=" << (decision.shouldPreempt ? "yes" : "no")
+                          << " mode=" << (decision.usedOnnxRuntime ? "onnx" : "fallback")
+                          << " reason=" << decision.reason
+                          << std::endl;
+            }
         } else {
             std::cerr << "[Agent] Failed to send heartbeat" << std::endl;
         }
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/tests/InferenceEngineTests.cpp b/src/services/agent-cpp/tests/InferenceEngineTests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..424459a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/tests/InferenceEngineTests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#include "InferenceEngine.hpp"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace {
+int Fail(const std::string& message) {
+    std::cerr << message << std::endl;
+    return 1;
+}
+} // namespace
+
+int main() {
+    SemanticHeartbeatFeatures semantic;
+    semantic.present = true;
+    semantic.sVNegative = 0.8;
+    semantic.sVNeutral = 0.1;
+    semantic.sVPositive = 0.1;
+    semantic.pV = 0.9;
+    semantic.bS = 0.1;
+    semantic.fallbackUsed = false;
+
+    {
+        InferenceRuntimeConfig config;
+        config.enabled = false;
+        InferenceEngine engine(config);
+        if (!engine.Initialize()) {
+            return Fail("Initialization should succeed when feature gate is disabled.");
+        }
+        const auto decision = engine.Evaluate(semantic);
+        if (decision.enabled) {
+            return Fail("Decision should be marked disabled when feature gate is off.");
+        }
+        if (!decision.fallbackApplied) {
+            return Fail("Fallback should be applied when feature gate is disabled.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    {
+        InferenceRuntimeConfig config;
+        config.enabled = true;
+        config.forceV22Fallback = true;
+        InferenceEngine engine(config);
+        if (!engine.Initialize()) {
+            return Fail("Initialization should succeed when rollback fallback is forced.");
+        }
+        const auto decision = engine.Evaluate(semantic);
+        if (!decision.fallbackApplied) {
+            return Fail("Rollback should force fallback mode.");
+        }
+        if (decision.reason.find("rollback_forced_v22_fallback") == std::string::npos) {
+            return Fail("Expected rollback reason in fallback decision.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    {
+        InferenceRuntimeConfig config;
+        config.enabled = true;
+        config.failOpen = true;
+        config.decisionThreshold = 0.7;
+        config.modelPath = "missing-model.onnx";
+        InferenceEngine engine(config);
+        if (!engine.Initialize()) {
+            return Fail("Initialization should fail-open when model file is missing.");
+        }
+        const auto decision = engine.Evaluate(semantic);
+        if (!decision.fallbackApplied) {
+            return Fail("Missing model should use fallback inference.");
+        }
+        if (!decision.shouldPreempt) {
+            return Fail("High-risk semantic vector should trigger preempt recommendation.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}

From e8178971a8ba4b317e2449578a6d9ec291925da1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:56:37 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 20/24] feat(v2.3): add per-agent inference rollout gating and
 fallback

---
 README.md                                     |  1 +
 docs/Core-Semantic-Rollout-v2.3-M3.md         | 38 +++++++++
 src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.cpp      |  1 +
 src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.hpp      |  1 +
 src/services/agent-cpp/main.cpp               |  8 +-
 .../AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj             |  1 +
 .../AgentWorkflowServiceTests.cs              | 77 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../Controllers/AgentController.cs            |  3 +-
 .../core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs   |  2 +
 .../Services/AgentInferenceOptions.cs         |  7 ++
 .../Services/AgentWorkflowService.cs          | 41 ++++++++--
 src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto         |  1 +
 12 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/Core-Semantic-Rollout-v2.3-M3.md
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AgentWorkflowServiceTests.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentInferenceOptions.cs

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a4cb16..4a95a53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 M2 model training scripts: scripts/model_training/README.md
 - v2.3 M3 heartbeat semantic payload contract: docs/PROTO-Heartbeat-Semantic-v2.3-M3.md
 - v2.3 M3 agent ONNX inference + gating: docs/Agent-ONNX-Inference-v2.3-M3.md
+- v2.3 M3 core semantic rollout + per-agent gating: docs/Core-Semantic-Rollout-v2.3-M3.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
diff --git a/docs/Core-Semantic-Rollout-v2.3-M3.md b/docs/Core-Semantic-Rollout-v2.3-M3.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff46557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Core-Semantic-Rollout-v2.3-M3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# v2.3 M3 Core Push + Per-Agent Gating
+
+This document captures issue #41.
+
+## Scope
+
+- Control-plane rollout gate for agent local inference.
+- Safe fallback behavior preserved for v2.2 compatibility.
+
+## Changes
+
+- Protobuf (`agent_service.proto`)
+  - `AgentConfig.enable_local_inference = 6` (additive field).
+- Core rollout options:
+  - `AgentInference:EnableLocalInferenceRollout`
+  - `AgentInference:RolloutPercentage`
+- Register response config now carries `enableLocalInference`.
+- Heartbeat semantic payload remains active and includes fallback vectors when enrichment is unavailable.
+
+## Rollout Logic
+
+`AgentWorkflowService` computes a deterministic per-agent rollout bucket from stable agent key (hostname):
+
+- Global rollout disabled => `enable_local_inference=false`
+- Rollout 0 => disabled for all agents
+- Rollout 100 => enabled for all agents
+- Rollout N (1-99) => deterministic subset enabled
+
+## Compatibility
+
+- New proto field is additive; existing agents remain wire-compatible.
+- Agent runtime still honors rollback (`AG_M3_FORCE_V22_FALLBACK`) and fail-open behavior.
+
+## Validation
+
+- New tests in `AetherGuard.Core.Tests`:
+  - rollout disabled -> local inference off
+  - rollout 100% -> local inference on
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.cpp b/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.cpp
index 04fb75d..771ef75 100644
--- a/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.cpp
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ bool NetworkClient::Register(
         outConfig->enableEbpf = config.value("enableEbpf", false);
         outConfig->enableNetTopology = config.value("enableNetTopology", false);
         outConfig->enableChaos = config.value("enableChaos", false);
+        outConfig->enableLocalInference = config.value("enableLocalInference", false);
         outConfig->nodeMode = config.value("nodeMode", "");
     }
     return !outToken.empty() && !outAgentId.empty();
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.hpp b/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.hpp
index 5e12e6b..bf174c2 100644
--- a/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.hpp
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/NetworkClient.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct AgentConfig {
     bool enableEbpf = false;
     bool enableNetTopology = false;
     bool enableChaos = false;
+    bool enableLocalInference = false;
     std::string nodeMode;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/services/agent-cpp/main.cpp b/src/services/agent-cpp/main.cpp
index 966703b..95b37d4 100644
--- a/src/services/agent-cpp/main.cpp
+++ b/src/services/agent-cpp/main.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ int main() {
             if (!agentConfig.nodeMode.empty()) {
                 std::cout << "[Agent] Config: snapshot=" << (agentConfig.enableSnapshot ? "on" : "off")
                           << ", ebpf=" << (agentConfig.enableEbpf ? "on" : "off")
+                          << ", local_inference=" << (agentConfig.enableLocalInference ? "on" : "off")
                           << ", node_mode=" << agentConfig.nodeMode << std::endl;
             }
             break;
@@ -222,12 +223,17 @@ int main() {
     }
 
     InferenceRuntimeConfig inferenceConfig;
-    inferenceConfig.enabled = GetEnvBool("AG_M3_ONLINE_INFERENCE_ENABLED", false);
+    const bool localInferenceRequested = GetEnvBool("AG_M3_ONLINE_INFERENCE_ENABLED", false);
+    inferenceConfig.enabled = localInferenceRequested && agentConfig.enableLocalInference;
     inferenceConfig.forceV22Fallback = GetEnvBool("AG_M3_FORCE_V22_FALLBACK", false);
     inferenceConfig.failOpen = GetEnvBool("AG_ONNX_FAIL_OPEN", true);
     inferenceConfig.modelPath = GetEnvOrDefault("AG_ONNX_MODEL_PATH", "");
     inferenceConfig.decisionThreshold = GetEnvDouble("AG_ONNX_DECISION_THRESHOLD", 0.65);
 
+    if (localInferenceRequested && !agentConfig.enableLocalInference) {
+        std::cout << "[Agent] Local inference requested but disabled by control-plane gate." << std::endl;
+    }
+
     InferenceEngine inferenceEngine(inferenceConfig);
     const bool inferenceInitialized = inferenceEngine.Initialize();
     std::cout << "[Agent] Inference init status: " << inferenceEngine.InitializationStatus() << std::endl;
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj
index b162747..ddb0829 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.11.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.6" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.6">
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AgentWorkflowServiceTests.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AgentWorkflowServiceTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ad1486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AgentWorkflowServiceTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Data;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Services;
+using AetherGuard.Grpc.V1;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Tests;
+
+public class AgentWorkflowServiceTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RegisterAsync_DisablesLocalInference_WhenRolloutDisabled()
+    {
+        await using var db = CreateDbContext();
+        var service = CreateService(
+            db,
+            new AgentInferenceOptions
+            {
+                EnableLocalInferenceRollout = false,
+                RolloutPercentage = 100
+            });
+
+        var result = await service.RegisterAsync(new RegisterRequest
+        {
+            Hostname = "agent-rollout-disabled"
+        }, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.True(result.Success);
+        Assert.NotNull(result.Payload);
+        Assert.False(result.Payload!.Config.EnableLocalInference);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RegisterAsync_EnablesLocalInference_WhenRolloutAt100Percent()
+    {
+        await using var db = CreateDbContext();
+        var service = CreateService(
+            db,
+            new AgentInferenceOptions
+            {
+                EnableLocalInferenceRollout = true,
+                RolloutPercentage = 100
+            });
+
+        var result = await service.RegisterAsync(new RegisterRequest
+        {
+            Hostname = "agent-rollout-100"
+        }, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.True(result.Success);
+        Assert.NotNull(result.Payload);
+        Assert.True(result.Payload!.Config.EnableLocalInference);
+    }
+
+    private static AgentWorkflowService CreateService(
+        ApplicationDbContext db,
+        AgentInferenceOptions options)
+    {
+        return new AgentWorkflowService(
+            db,
+            NullLogger<AgentWorkflowService>.Instance,
+            Options.Create(options));
+    }
+
+    private static ApplicationDbContext CreateDbContext()
+    {
+        var dbOptions = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<ApplicationDbContext>()
+            .UseInMemoryDatabase($"agent-workflow-tests-{Guid.NewGuid():N}")
+            .Options;
+        return new ApplicationDbContext(dbOptions);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/AgentController.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/AgentController.cs
index 40f7b0f..a21af7e 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/AgentController.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/AgentController.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ public async Task<IActionResult> RegisterAgent([FromBody] RegisterAgentRequest r
                 enableEbpf = config.EnableEbpf,
                 enableNetTopology = config.EnableNetTopology,
                 enableChaos = config.EnableChaos,
-                nodeMode = config.NodeMode
+                nodeMode = config.NodeMode,
+                enableLocalInference = config.EnableLocalInference
             };
 
         return Ok(new { token = result.Payload?.Token, agentId = result.Payload?.AgentId, config = configPayload });
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
index c681211..812ce1c 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 builder.Services.AddHostedService<AetherGuard.Core.Services.SchemaRegistry.SchemaRegistrySeeder>();
 builder.Services.Configure<AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals.ExternalSignalsOptions>(
     builder.Configuration.GetSection("ExternalSignals"));
+builder.Services.Configure<AgentInferenceOptions>(
+    builder.Configuration.GetSection("AgentInference"));
 builder.Services.AddHostedService<AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals.ExternalSignalIngestionService>();
 
 var otelOptions = builder.Configuration.GetSection("OpenTelemetry").Get<OpenTelemetryOptions>()
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentInferenceOptions.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentInferenceOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abab91b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentInferenceOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services;
+
+public sealed class AgentInferenceOptions
+{
+    public bool EnableLocalInferenceRollout { get; set; }
+    public int RolloutPercentage { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentWorkflowService.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentWorkflowService.cs
index e6a1576..33ba140 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentWorkflowService.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/AgentWorkflowService.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using AetherGuard.Grpc.V1;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
 namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services;
 
@@ -11,11 +12,16 @@ public class AgentWorkflowService
 {
     private readonly ApplicationDbContext _context;
     private readonly ILogger<AgentWorkflowService> _logger;
+    private readonly AgentInferenceOptions _inferenceOptions;
 
-    public AgentWorkflowService(ApplicationDbContext context, ILogger<AgentWorkflowService> logger)
+    public AgentWorkflowService(
+        ApplicationDbContext context,
+        ILogger<AgentWorkflowService> logger,
+        IOptions<AgentInferenceOptions> inferenceOptions)
     {
         _context = context;
         _logger = logger;
+        _inferenceOptions = inferenceOptions.Value;
     }
 
     public async Task<ApiResult<RegisterResponse>> RegisterAsync(RegisterRequest request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ public async Task<ApiResult<RegisterResponse>> RegisterAsync(RegisterRequest req
             {
                 Token = existingAgent.AgentToken,
                 AgentId = existingAgent.Id.ToString(),
-                Config = BuildAgentConfig(request.Capabilities)
+                Config = BuildAgentConfig(request.Capabilities, existingAgent.Hostname)
             });
         }
 
@@ -57,25 +63,50 @@ public async Task<ApiResult<RegisterResponse>> RegisterAsync(RegisterRequest req
         {
             Token = agent.AgentToken,
             AgentId = agent.Id.ToString(),
-            Config = BuildAgentConfig(request.Capabilities)
+            Config = BuildAgentConfig(request.Capabilities, agent.Hostname)
         });
     }
 
-    private static AgentConfig BuildAgentConfig(AgentCapabilities? capabilities)
+    private AgentConfig BuildAgentConfig(AgentCapabilities? capabilities, string stableAgentKey)
     {
         var criuAvailable = capabilities?.CriuAvailable == true;
+        var inferenceEnabled = IsInferenceEnabledForAgent(stableAgentKey);
         var config = new AgentConfig
         {
             EnableSnapshot = criuAvailable && capabilities?.SupportsSnapshot != false,
             EnableEbpf = capabilities?.EbpfAvailable == true,
             EnableNetTopology = capabilities?.SupportsNetTopology == true,
             EnableChaos = capabilities?.SupportsChaos == true,
-            NodeMode = criuAvailable ? "STATEFUL" : "STATELESS"
+            NodeMode = criuAvailable ? "STATEFUL" : "STATELESS",
+            EnableLocalInference = inferenceEnabled
         };
 
         return config;
     }
 
+    private bool IsInferenceEnabledForAgent(string stableAgentKey)
+    {
+        if (!_inferenceOptions.EnableLocalInferenceRollout)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var rolloutPercentage = Math.Clamp(_inferenceOptions.RolloutPercentage, 0, 100);
+        if (rolloutPercentage <= 0)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (rolloutPercentage >= 100)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        var key = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(stableAgentKey) ? "unknown-agent" : stableAgentKey.Trim();
+        var bucket = (int)((uint)StringComparer.Ordinal.GetHashCode(key) % 100);
+        return bucket < rolloutPercentage;
+    }
+
     public async Task<ApiResult<HeartbeatResponse>> HeartbeatAsync(HeartbeatRequest request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         if (request is null || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.Token))
diff --git a/src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto b/src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto
index 2e69af8..429a10f 100644
--- a/src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto
+++ b/src/shared/protos/agent_service.proto
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ message AgentConfig {
   bool enable_net_topology = 3;
   bool enable_chaos = 4;
   string node_mode = 5;
+  bool enable_local_inference = 6;
 }
 
 message SemanticHeartbeatFeatures {

From 71b66d419d78217bda4b27ef1b2a1cd1efeece78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:04:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 21/24] feat(v2.3): add canary rollback runbook and evaluator

---
 README.md                          |   2 +
 docs/QA-Canary-Rollback-v2.3-M3.md |  56 +++++++
 scripts/qa/README.md               |  24 +++
 scripts/qa/evaluate_m3_canary.py   | 247 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 329 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/QA-Canary-Rollback-v2.3-M3.md
 create mode 100644 scripts/qa/README.md
 create mode 100644 scripts/qa/evaluate_m3_canary.py

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a95a53..d1959ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 M3 heartbeat semantic payload contract: docs/PROTO-Heartbeat-Semantic-v2.3-M3.md
 - v2.3 M3 agent ONNX inference + gating: docs/Agent-ONNX-Inference-v2.3-M3.md
 - v2.3 M3 core semantic rollout + per-agent gating: docs/Core-Semantic-Rollout-v2.3-M3.md
+- v2.3 M3 canary + rollback plan: docs/QA-Canary-Rollback-v2.3-M3.md
+- v2.3 M3 canary evaluator script: scripts/qa/README.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
diff --git a/docs/QA-Canary-Rollback-v2.3-M3.md b/docs/QA-Canary-Rollback-v2.3-M3.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a6d654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/QA-Canary-Rollback-v2.3-M3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# v2.3 M3 Canary + Rollback Plan
+
+This document captures issue #42.
+
+## Goal
+
+Ship online inference safely with explicit rollout gates and automatic rollback triggers.
+
+## Canary Plan
+
+1. **Stage 0 (shadow)**  
+   Enable heartbeat semantic payload and local inference logging only.
+2. **Stage 1 (1-5%)**  
+   Set `AgentInference:EnableLocalInferenceRollout=true`, `RolloutPercentage=5`.
+3. **Stage 2 (10-25%)**  
+   Increase rollout only if no rollback trigger is hit for two full canary windows.
+4. **Stage 3 (50%+)**  
+   Expand progressively with the same guardrails.
+5. **Stage 4 (100%)**  
+   Promote after stable windows and no critical incidents.
+
+## Automated Rollback Triggers
+
+Use `scripts/qa/evaluate_m3_canary.py` with canary metrics input.
+
+Rollback is required when any critical threshold is breached:
+
+- `critical_incident_count > 0`
+- `heartbeat_failure_rate > 0.05`
+- `inference_error_rate > 0.02`
+- `p95_inference_latency_ms > 50`
+- `false_positive_rate_delta > 0.10`
+- `preempt_decision_rate_delta > 0.15`
+
+## Automation Output
+
+Script output:
+
+- JSON decision artifact (`promote` / `hold` / `rollback`)
+- optional markdown summary
+- exit code suitable for CI gate:
+  - `0` promote
+  - `10` hold
+  - `20` rollback
+
+## Rollback Procedure (Immediate)
+
+1. Set `AG_M3_FORCE_V22_FALLBACK=true` on canary agents.
+2. Disable local inference rollout (`AgentInference:RolloutPercentage=0`).
+3. Keep semantic heartbeat transport enabled for observability.
+4. Open incident ticket and attach decision artifacts.
+
+## Evidence Artifacts
+
+- Script: `scripts/qa/evaluate_m3_canary.py`
+- Script usage: `scripts/qa/README.md`
diff --git a/scripts/qa/README.md b/scripts/qa/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7998fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/qa/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# v2.3 M3 Canary QA Scripts
+
+## `evaluate_m3_canary.py`
+
+Evaluate canary window metrics and produce a deterministic decision:
+
+- `promote`
+- `hold`
+- `rollback`
+
+### Usage
+
+```bash
+python scripts/qa/evaluate_m3_canary.py \
+  --input .tmp/canary-input.json \
+  --output .tmp/canary-decision.json \
+  --summary-md .tmp/canary-decision.md
+```
+
+Exit codes:
+
+- `0` => promote
+- `10` => hold
+- `20` => rollback
diff --git a/scripts/qa/evaluate_m3_canary.py b/scripts/qa/evaluate_m3_canary.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c57fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/qa/evaluate_m3_canary.py
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Evaluate Milestone 3 canary metrics and emit promote/hold/rollback decision."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Threshold:
+    warning: float | int | None
+    rollback: float | int
+    direction: str  # "upper_is_bad" or "lower_is_bad"
+    label: str
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--input", required=True, help="Input canary metrics JSON.")
+    parser.add_argument("--output", required=True, help="Output decision JSON.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--summary-md",
+        default="",
+        help="Optional markdown summary output path.",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def now_utc_iso() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+
+def load_json(path: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    with path.open("r", encoding="utf-8-sig") as handle:
+        payload = json.load(handle)
+    if not isinstance(payload, dict):
+        raise ValueError("Input JSON must be an object.")
+    return payload
+
+
+def write_json(path: Path, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        json.dump(payload, handle, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+        handle.write("\n")
+
+
+def resolve_metric(metrics: dict[str, Any], key: str) -> float:
+    value = metrics.get(key)
+    if value is None:
+        return float("nan")
+    try:
+        return float(value)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return float("nan")
+
+
+def evaluate_metric(
+    *,
+    metric_key: str,
+    value: float,
+    threshold: Threshold,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    if value != value:  # NaN
+        return {
+            "metric": metric_key,
+            "label": threshold.label,
+            "status": "missing",
+            "severity": "warning",
+            "value": None,
+            "warning_threshold": threshold.warning,
+            "rollback_threshold": threshold.rollback,
+            "message": f"Metric {metric_key} is missing.",
+        }
+
+    if threshold.direction == "upper_is_bad":
+        rollback_hit = value > float(threshold.rollback)
+        warning_hit = threshold.warning is not None and value > float(threshold.warning)
+    else:
+        rollback_hit = value < float(threshold.rollback)
+        warning_hit = threshold.warning is not None and value < float(threshold.warning)
+
+    if rollback_hit:
+        status = "rollback"
+        severity = "critical"
+    elif warning_hit:
+        status = "warning"
+        severity = "warning"
+    else:
+        status = "ok"
+        severity = "info"
+
+    return {
+        "metric": metric_key,
+        "label": threshold.label,
+        "status": status,
+        "severity": severity,
+        "value": value,
+        "warning_threshold": threshold.warning,
+        "rollback_threshold": threshold.rollback,
+        "message": f"{metric_key}={value}",
+    }
+
+
+def build_thresholds() -> dict[str, Threshold]:
+    return {
+        "critical_incident_count": Threshold(
+            warning=0,
+            rollback=0,
+            direction="upper_is_bad",
+            label="Critical incidents",
+        ),
+        "heartbeat_failure_rate": Threshold(
+            warning=0.02,
+            rollback=0.05,
+            direction="upper_is_bad",
+            label="Heartbeat failure rate",
+        ),
+        "inference_error_rate": Threshold(
+            warning=0.01,
+            rollback=0.02,
+            direction="upper_is_bad",
+            label="Inference error rate",
+        ),
+        "p95_inference_latency_ms": Threshold(
+            warning=35.0,
+            rollback=50.0,
+            direction="upper_is_bad",
+            label="P95 inference latency (ms)",
+        ),
+        "false_positive_rate_delta": Threshold(
+            warning=0.06,
+            rollback=0.10,
+            direction="upper_is_bad",
+            label="False positive delta vs v2.2",
+        ),
+        "preempt_decision_rate_delta": Threshold(
+            warning=0.10,
+            rollback=0.15,
+            direction="upper_is_bad",
+            label="Preempt decision rate delta vs v2.2",
+        ),
+    }
+
+
+def decide(checks: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> tuple[str, bool, list[str]]:
+    has_rollback = any(item["status"] == "rollback" for item in checks)
+    has_warning_or_missing = any(item["status"] in ("warning", "missing") for item in checks)
+
+    if has_rollback:
+        return (
+            "rollback",
+            True,
+            [
+                "Disable AG_M3_ONLINE_INFERENCE_ENABLED for canary agents.",
+                "Set AG_M3_FORCE_V22_FALLBACK=true for immediate rollback.",
+                "Open incident and attach canary_decision.json for audit.",
+            ],
+        )
+
+    if has_warning_or_missing:
+        return (
+            "hold",
+            False,
+            [
+                "Keep canary scope unchanged.",
+                "Collect one more observation window and re-evaluate.",
+            ],
+        )
+
+    return (
+        "promote",
+        False,
+        [
+            "Increase rollout percentage in AgentInference options.",
+            "Continue monitoring rollback guardrails.",
+        ],
+    )
+
+
+def write_summary_markdown(path: Path, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        handle.write("# M3 Canary Decision Summary\n\n")
+        handle.write(f"- Generated at UTC: {payload['generated_at_utc']}\n")
+        handle.write(f"- Decision: **{payload['decision']}**\n")
+        handle.write(f"- Rollback required: {payload['rollback_required']}\n\n")
+        handle.write("| Metric | Value | Status | Rollback Threshold |\n")
+        handle.write("|---|---:|---|---:|\n")
+        for check in payload["checks"]:
+            value = "n/a" if check["value"] is None else f"{check['value']:.6f}"
+            handle.write(
+                f"| {check['metric']} | {value} | {check['status']} | {check['rollback_threshold']} |\n"
+            )
+        handle.write("\n## Actions\n\n")
+        for action in payload["actions"]:
+            handle.write(f"- {action}\n")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    args = parse_args()
+    input_path = Path(args.input)
+    output_path = Path(args.output)
+    payload = load_json(input_path)
+    metrics = payload.get("metrics")
+    if not isinstance(metrics, dict):
+        raise ValueError("Input JSON must contain object field: metrics")
+
+    checks: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    for key, threshold in build_thresholds().items():
+        value = resolve_metric(metrics, key)
+        checks.append(evaluate_metric(metric_key=key, value=value, threshold=threshold))
+
+    decision, rollback_required, actions = decide(checks)
+    decision_payload = {
+        "generated_at_utc": now_utc_iso(),
+        "input_path": input_path.as_posix(),
+        "decision": decision,
+        "rollback_required": rollback_required,
+        "checks": checks,
+        "actions": actions,
+    }
+    write_json(output_path, decision_payload)
+
+    if args.summary_md:
+        write_summary_markdown(Path(args.summary_md), decision_payload)
+
+    print(f"Decision: {decision}")
+    print(f"Rollback required: {rollback_required}")
+    print(f"Decision file: {output_path}")
+    if args.summary_md:
+        print(f"Summary file: {args.summary_md}")
+
+    if decision == "rollback":
+        return 20
+    if decision == "hold":
+        return 10
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

From 112ab1a05505041dcd3fdc48949afdeb723994c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:14:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 22/24] feat(v2.3): implement dynamic risk alpha policy with
 guardrails

---
 README.md                                     |   1 +
 docs/Core-Dynamic-Risk-v2.3-M4.md             |  61 ++++++++
 .../DynamicRiskPolicyTests.cs                 | 129 ++++++++++++++++
 .../core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs   |   3 +
 .../Services/DynamicRiskOptions.cs            |  13 ++
 .../Services/DynamicRiskPolicy.cs             | 133 +++++++++++++++++
 .../Services/MigrationOrchestrator.cs         | 140 ++++++++++++++++--
 7 files changed, 469 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/Core-Dynamic-Risk-v2.3-M4.md
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/DynamicRiskPolicyTests.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/DynamicRiskOptions.cs
 create mode 100644 src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/DynamicRiskPolicy.cs

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d1959ab..ac793df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 M3 core semantic rollout + per-agent gating: docs/Core-Semantic-Rollout-v2.3-M3.md
 - v2.3 M3 canary + rollback plan: docs/QA-Canary-Rollback-v2.3-M3.md
 - v2.3 M3 canary evaluator script: scripts/qa/README.md
+- v2.3 M4 dynamic risk allocation (core): docs/Core-Dynamic-Risk-v2.3-M4.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
diff --git a/docs/Core-Dynamic-Risk-v2.3-M4.md b/docs/Core-Dynamic-Risk-v2.3-M4.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6749fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Core-Dynamic-Risk-v2.3-M4.md
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# v2.3 M4 Dynamic Risk Allocation (Core)
+
+This document captures issue #43.
+
+## Alpha Computation
+
+Core computes dynamic `alpha` via `DynamicRiskPolicy`:
+
+```
+sentiment_pressure = max(0, S_neg - S_pos)
+alpha = clamp(
+  base_alpha
+  + volatility_weight * P_v
+  + sentiment_weight * sentiment_pressure,
+  min_alpha,
+  max_alpha
+)
+```
+
+When `rebalanceSignal=true`, `alpha` is forced to `max_alpha`.
+
+## Decision Score
+
+```
+decision_score = clamp(P_preempt * alpha, 0, 1)
+migrate if decision_score >= decision_threshold
+```
+
+`P_preempt` is derived from AI analysis confidence/prediction with fallback handling for `Unavailable`.
+
+## Guardrails
+
+Implemented in migration orchestration:
+
+- **Cooldown guardrail**: block migration if source agent migrated within `CooldownMinutes`.
+- **Max-rate guardrail**: block migration if completed migrations in the last hour exceed `MaxMigrationsPerHour`.
+
+Guardrail blocks take precedence over score-based migration.
+
+## Config Section
+
+`DynamicRisk`:
+
+- `BaseAlpha`
+- `VolatilityWeight`
+- `SentimentWeight`
+- `MinAlpha`
+- `MaxAlpha`
+- `DecisionThreshold`
+- `CooldownMinutes`
+- `MaxMigrationsPerHour`
+
+## Tests
+
+`DynamicRiskPolicyTests` cover edge cases:
+
+- alpha upper clamp
+- alpha lower clamp
+- cooldown guardrail block
+- max-rate guardrail block
+- threshold crossing migration decision
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/DynamicRiskPolicyTests.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/DynamicRiskPolicyTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a59c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/DynamicRiskPolicyTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+using AetherGuard.Core.Services;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Tests;
+
+public class DynamicRiskPolicyTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void ComputeAlpha_ClampsToMax()
+    {
+        var options = new DynamicRiskOptions
+        {
+            BaseAlpha = 1.4,
+            VolatilityWeight = 0.8,
+            SentimentWeight = 0.6,
+            MinAlpha = 0.5,
+            MaxAlpha = 1.6
+        };
+
+        var alpha = DynamicRiskPolicy.ComputeAlpha(
+            options,
+            new DynamicRiskInput(
+                PreemptProbability: 0.6,
+                RebalanceSignal: false,
+                VolatilityProbability: 1.0,
+                SentimentNegative: 1.0,
+                SentimentPositive: 0.0));
+
+        Assert.Equal(1.6, alpha, 3);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Evaluate_ReturnsCooldownBlock_WhenCooldownGuardrailActive()
+    {
+        var policy = new DynamicRiskPolicy(new DynamicRiskOptions());
+        var decision = policy.Evaluate(
+            new DynamicRiskInput(
+                PreemptProbability: 0.9,
+                RebalanceSignal: false,
+                VolatilityProbability: 0.8,
+                SentimentNegative: 0.9,
+                SentimentPositive: 0.1),
+            new RiskGuardrailState(
+                CooldownActive: true,
+                MaxRateExceeded: false,
+                RecentMigrationsLastHour: 1,
+                MaxMigrationsPerHour: 30));
+
+        Assert.False(decision.ShouldMigrate);
+        Assert.Equal("guardrail_cooldown_active", decision.Reason);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Evaluate_ReturnsMaxRateBlock_WhenRateGuardrailExceeded()
+    {
+        var policy = new DynamicRiskPolicy(new DynamicRiskOptions());
+        var decision = policy.Evaluate(
+            new DynamicRiskInput(
+                PreemptProbability: 0.9,
+                RebalanceSignal: false,
+                VolatilityProbability: 0.8,
+                SentimentNegative: 0.9,
+                SentimentPositive: 0.1),
+            new RiskGuardrailState(
+                CooldownActive: false,
+                MaxRateExceeded: true,
+                RecentMigrationsLastHour: 31,
+                MaxMigrationsPerHour: 30));
+
+        Assert.False(decision.ShouldMigrate);
+        Assert.Equal("guardrail_max_rate_exceeded", decision.Reason);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Evaluate_ReturnsMigrate_WhenScoreExceedsThreshold()
+    {
+        var policy = new DynamicRiskPolicy(new DynamicRiskOptions
+        {
+            BaseAlpha = 1.0,
+            VolatilityWeight = 0.4,
+            SentimentWeight = 0.3,
+            MinAlpha = 0.5,
+            MaxAlpha = 1.6,
+            DecisionThreshold = 0.65
+        });
+
+        var decision = policy.Evaluate(
+            new DynamicRiskInput(
+                PreemptProbability: 0.7,
+                RebalanceSignal: false,
+                VolatilityProbability: 0.9,
+                SentimentNegative: 0.8,
+                SentimentPositive: 0.2),
+            new RiskGuardrailState(
+                CooldownActive: false,
+                MaxRateExceeded: false,
+                RecentMigrationsLastHour: 0,
+                MaxMigrationsPerHour: 30));
+
+        Assert.True(decision.ShouldMigrate);
+        Assert.Equal("decision_score_above_threshold", decision.Reason);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Evaluate_RebalanceSignal_UsesMaxAlpha()
+    {
+        var policy = new DynamicRiskPolicy(new DynamicRiskOptions
+        {
+            MaxAlpha = 1.4,
+            DecisionThreshold = 0.9
+        });
+
+        var decision = policy.Evaluate(
+            new DynamicRiskInput(
+                PreemptProbability: 0.2,
+                RebalanceSignal: true,
+                VolatilityProbability: 0.1,
+                SentimentNegative: 0.1,
+                SentimentPositive: 0.9),
+            new RiskGuardrailState(
+                CooldownActive: false,
+                MaxRateExceeded: false,
+                RecentMigrationsLastHour: 0,
+                MaxMigrationsPerHour: 30));
+
+        Assert.Equal(1.4, decision.Alpha, 3);
+        Assert.True(decision.ShouldMigrate);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
index 812ce1c..5cadf5a 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Program.cs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 builder.Services.AddScoped<ControlPlaneService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<CommandService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<MigrationOrchestrator>();
+builder.Services.AddSingleton<DynamicRiskPolicy>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<DiagnosticsBundleService>();
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<SnapshotStorageService>();
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<IMessageProducer, RabbitMQProducer>();
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@
     builder.Configuration.GetSection("ExternalSignals"));
 builder.Services.Configure<AgentInferenceOptions>(
     builder.Configuration.GetSection("AgentInference"));
+builder.Services.Configure<DynamicRiskOptions>(
+    builder.Configuration.GetSection("DynamicRisk"));
 builder.Services.AddHostedService<AetherGuard.Core.Services.ExternalSignals.ExternalSignalIngestionService>();
 
 var otelOptions = builder.Configuration.GetSection("OpenTelemetry").Get<OpenTelemetryOptions>()
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/DynamicRiskOptions.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/DynamicRiskOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..023cb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/DynamicRiskOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services;
+
+public sealed class DynamicRiskOptions
+{
+    public double BaseAlpha { get; set; } = 0.8;
+    public double VolatilityWeight { get; set; } = 0.4;
+    public double SentimentWeight { get; set; } = 0.3;
+    public double MinAlpha { get; set; } = 0.5;
+    public double MaxAlpha { get; set; } = 1.6;
+    public double DecisionThreshold { get; set; } = 0.75;
+    public int CooldownMinutes { get; set; } = 2;
+    public int MaxMigrationsPerHour { get; set; } = 30;
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/DynamicRiskPolicy.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/DynamicRiskPolicy.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f860a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/DynamicRiskPolicy.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+
+namespace AetherGuard.Core.Services;
+
+public sealed record DynamicRiskInput(
+    double PreemptProbability,
+    bool RebalanceSignal,
+    double VolatilityProbability,
+    double SentimentNegative,
+    double SentimentPositive);
+
+public sealed record RiskGuardrailState(
+    bool CooldownActive,
+    bool MaxRateExceeded,
+    int RecentMigrationsLastHour,
+    int MaxMigrationsPerHour);
+
+public sealed record DynamicRiskDecision(
+    bool ShouldMigrate,
+    double Alpha,
+    double DecisionScore,
+    string Reason);
+
+public sealed class DynamicRiskPolicy
+{
+    private readonly DynamicRiskOptions _options;
+
+    public DynamicRiskPolicy(IOptions<DynamicRiskOptions> options)
+        : this(options.Value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public DynamicRiskPolicy(DynamicRiskOptions options)
+    {
+        _options = NormalizeOptions(options);
+    }
+
+    public DynamicRiskOptions Options => _options;
+
+    public DynamicRiskDecision Evaluate(
+        DynamicRiskInput input,
+        RiskGuardrailState guardrails)
+    {
+        if (guardrails.CooldownActive)
+        {
+            return new DynamicRiskDecision(
+                ShouldMigrate: false,
+                Alpha: 0.0,
+                DecisionScore: 0.0,
+                Reason: "guardrail_cooldown_active");
+        }
+
+        if (guardrails.MaxRateExceeded)
+        {
+            return new DynamicRiskDecision(
+                ShouldMigrate: false,
+                Alpha: 0.0,
+                DecisionScore: 0.0,
+                Reason: "guardrail_max_rate_exceeded");
+        }
+
+        var alpha = ComputeAlpha(_options, input);
+        var preemptProbability = Clamp01(input.RebalanceSignal
+            ? Math.Max(input.PreemptProbability, 1.0)
+            : input.PreemptProbability);
+        var decisionScore = Clamp01(preemptProbability * alpha);
+        var shouldMigrate = decisionScore >= _options.DecisionThreshold;
+
+        return new DynamicRiskDecision(
+            ShouldMigrate: shouldMigrate,
+            Alpha: alpha,
+            DecisionScore: decisionScore,
+            Reason: shouldMigrate ? "decision_score_above_threshold" : "decision_score_below_threshold");
+    }
+
+    public static double ComputeAlpha(DynamicRiskOptions options, DynamicRiskInput input)
+    {
+        var normalized = NormalizeOptions(options);
+        return ComputeAlphaInternal(normalized, input);
+    }
+
+    private static double ComputeAlphaInternal(DynamicRiskOptions options, DynamicRiskInput input)
+    {
+        if (input.RebalanceSignal)
+        {
+            return options.MaxAlpha;
+        }
+
+        var volatility = Clamp01(input.VolatilityProbability);
+        var sentimentPressure = Math.Max(0.0, Clamp01(input.SentimentNegative) - Clamp01(input.SentimentPositive));
+        var alpha = options.BaseAlpha
+                    + options.VolatilityWeight * volatility
+                    + options.SentimentWeight * sentimentPressure;
+
+        return Clamp(alpha, options.MinAlpha, options.MaxAlpha);
+    }
+
+    private static DynamicRiskOptions NormalizeOptions(DynamicRiskOptions options)
+    {
+        var minAlpha = options.MinAlpha <= 0 ? 0.1 : options.MinAlpha;
+        var maxAlpha = options.MaxAlpha < minAlpha ? minAlpha : options.MaxAlpha;
+
+        return new DynamicRiskOptions
+        {
+            BaseAlpha = Clamp(options.BaseAlpha, minAlpha, maxAlpha),
+            VolatilityWeight = Math.Max(0.0, options.VolatilityWeight),
+            SentimentWeight = Math.Max(0.0, options.SentimentWeight),
+            MinAlpha = minAlpha,
+            MaxAlpha = maxAlpha,
+            DecisionThreshold = Clamp01(options.DecisionThreshold),
+            CooldownMinutes = Math.Max(0, options.CooldownMinutes),
+            MaxMigrationsPerHour = Math.Max(1, options.MaxMigrationsPerHour)
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static double Clamp01(double value)
+        => Clamp(value, 0.0, 1.0);
+
+    private static double Clamp(double value, double min, double max)
+    {
+        if (value < min)
+        {
+            return min;
+        }
+
+        if (value > max)
+        {
+            return max;
+        }
+
+        return value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/MigrationOrchestrator.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/MigrationOrchestrator.cs
index 3f57092..7e1418a 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/MigrationOrchestrator.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/MigrationOrchestrator.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public class MigrationOrchestrator
     private readonly IServiceScopeFactory _serviceScopeFactory;
     private readonly CommandService _commandService;
     private readonly AnalysisService _analysisService;
+    private readonly DynamicRiskPolicy _dynamicRiskPolicy;
     private readonly SnapshotStorageService _snapshotStorage;
     private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
     private readonly IWebHostEnvironment _environment;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ public MigrationOrchestrator(
         IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory,
         CommandService commandService,
         AnalysisService analysisService,
+        DynamicRiskPolicy dynamicRiskPolicy,
         SnapshotStorageService snapshotStorage,
         IConfiguration configuration,
         IWebHostEnvironment environment,
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ public MigrationOrchestrator(
         _serviceScopeFactory = serviceScopeFactory;
         _commandService = commandService;
         _analysisService = analysisService;
+        _dynamicRiskPolicy = dynamicRiskPolicy;
         _snapshotStorage = snapshotStorage;
         _configuration = configuration;
         _environment = environment;
@@ -65,11 +68,12 @@ public async Task RunMigrationCycle(string sourceAgentId, CancellationToken canc
             return;
         }
 
-        if (await HasRecentMigrationAsync(context, sourceAgentId, cancellationToken))
-        {
-            _logger.LogInformation("Recent migration found for {SourceAgentId}. Skipping cycle.", sourceAgentId);
-            return;
-        }
+        var cooldownWindow = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(_dynamicRiskPolicy.Options.CooldownMinutes);
+        var cooldownActive = cooldownWindow > TimeSpan.Zero
+            && await HasRecentMigrationAsync(context, sourceAgentId, cooldownWindow, cancellationToken);
+        var migrationsLastHour = await CountRecentMigrationsAsync(context, TimeSpan.FromHours(1), cancellationToken);
+        var maxMigrationsPerHour = _dynamicRiskPolicy.Options.MaxMigrationsPerHour;
+        var maxRateExceeded = migrationsLastHour >= maxMigrationsPerHour;
 
         var latestTelemetry = await context.TelemetryRecords
             .AsNoTracking()
@@ -94,15 +98,40 @@ public async Task RunMigrationCycle(string sourceAgentId, CancellationToken canc
             diskAvailable);
 
         var riskResult = await _analysisService.AnalyzeAsync(riskPayload);
-        var isCritical = string.Equals(riskResult.Status, "CRITICAL", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-            || (rebalanceSignal && string.Equals(riskResult.Status, "Unavailable", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
-
-        if (!isCritical)
+        var semantic = await GetLatestSemanticSnapshotAsync(context, cancellationToken);
+        var preemptProbability = ResolvePreemptProbability(riskResult, rebalanceSignal);
+        var riskInput = new DynamicRiskInput(
+            PreemptProbability: preemptProbability,
+            RebalanceSignal: rebalanceSignal,
+            VolatilityProbability: semantic.VolatilityProbability,
+            SentimentNegative: semantic.SentimentNegative,
+            SentimentPositive: semantic.SentimentPositive);
+        var guardrails = new RiskGuardrailState(
+            CooldownActive: cooldownActive,
+            MaxRateExceeded: maxRateExceeded,
+            RecentMigrationsLastHour: migrationsLastHour,
+            MaxMigrationsPerHour: maxMigrationsPerHour);
+        var decision = _dynamicRiskPolicy.Evaluate(riskInput, guardrails);
+
+        if (!decision.ShouldMigrate)
         {
-            _logger.LogInformation("Risk check for {SourceAgentId} returned {Status}", sourceAgentId, riskResult.Status);
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Risk check skipped migration for {SourceAgentId}: reason={Reason}, alpha={Alpha:F3}, score={Score:F3}, status={Status}",
+                sourceAgentId,
+                decision.Reason,
+                decision.Alpha,
+                decision.DecisionScore,
+                riskResult.Status);
             return;
         }
 
+        _logger.LogInformation(
+            "Risk decision approved migration for {SourceAgentId}: alpha={Alpha:F3}, score={Score:F3}, p_preempt={PreemptProbability:F3}",
+            sourceAgentId,
+            decision.Alpha,
+            decision.DecisionScore,
+            preemptProbability);
+
         var targetAgent = await FindIdleTargetAsync(context, sourceId, cancellationToken);
         if (targetAgent is null)
         {
@@ -200,9 +229,15 @@ private async Task<bool> HasPendingCommandsAsync(
     private async Task<bool> HasRecentMigrationAsync(
         ApplicationDbContext context,
         string sourceAgentId,
+        TimeSpan window,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        var cutoff = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(-2);
+        if (window <= TimeSpan.Zero)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var cutoff = DateTime.UtcNow - window;
         return await context.CommandAudits
             .AsNoTracking()
             .AnyAsync(
@@ -212,6 +247,84 @@ private async Task<bool> HasRecentMigrationAsync(
                 cancellationToken);
     }
 
+    private async Task<int> CountRecentMigrationsAsync(
+        ApplicationDbContext context,
+        TimeSpan window,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (window <= TimeSpan.Zero)
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        var cutoff = DateTime.UtcNow - window;
+        return await context.CommandAudits
+            .AsNoTracking()
+            .Where(audit => audit.Action == "Migration Completed" && audit.CreatedAt >= cutoff)
+            .CountAsync(cancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    private async Task<SemanticSnapshot> GetLatestSemanticSnapshotAsync(
+        ApplicationDbContext context,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var signal = await context.ExternalSignals
+            .AsNoTracking()
+            .Where(item =>
+                item.SentimentNegative.HasValue &&
+                item.SentimentPositive.HasValue &&
+                item.VolatilityProbability.HasValue)
+            .OrderByDescending(item => item.EnrichedAt ?? item.PublishedAt)
+            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+        if (signal is null)
+        {
+            return new SemanticSnapshot(0.5, 0.33, 0.33);
+        }
+
+        return new SemanticSnapshot(
+            VolatilityProbability: Clamp01(signal.VolatilityProbability ?? 0.5),
+            SentimentNegative: Clamp01(signal.SentimentNegative ?? 0.33),
+            SentimentPositive: Clamp01(signal.SentimentPositive ?? 0.33));
+    }
+
+    private static double ResolvePreemptProbability(AnalysisResult riskResult, bool rebalanceSignal)
+    {
+        var confidence = Clamp01(riskResult.Confidence);
+        var prediction = Clamp01(riskResult.Prediction / 100.0);
+        var statusCritical = string.Equals(riskResult.Status, "CRITICAL", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        var unavailable = string.Equals(riskResult.Status, "Unavailable", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        var baseProbability = statusCritical
+            ? Math.Max(confidence, prediction)
+            : prediction;
+        if (rebalanceSignal && unavailable)
+        {
+            baseProbability = Math.Max(baseProbability, 0.9);
+        }
+        if (rebalanceSignal && statusCritical)
+        {
+            baseProbability = Math.Max(baseProbability, 0.95);
+        }
+
+        return Clamp01(baseProbability);
+    }
+
+    private static double Clamp01(double value)
+    {
+        if (value < 0.0)
+        {
+            return 0.0;
+        }
+
+        if (value > 1.0)
+        {
+            return 1.0;
+        }
+
+        return value;
+    }
+
     private async Task<Agent?> FindIdleTargetAsync(
         ApplicationDbContext context,
         Guid sourceAgentId,
@@ -332,6 +445,11 @@ private string BuildDownloadUrl(string workloadId)
         return $"{baseUrl.TrimEnd('/')}/download/{safeWorkloadId}";
     }
 
+    private sealed record SemanticSnapshot(
+        double VolatilityProbability,
+        double SentimentNegative,
+        double SentimentPositive);
+
     private enum CommandOutcome
     {
         Completed,

From ebb8b4ba8ebcc6d9655c88ea39fe8c2948273e4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:31:54 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 23/24] feat(m4): add dashboard explainability with alpha and
 top signals (#44)

---
 README.md                                     |   1 +
 docs/Web-Explainability-v2.3-M4.md            |  55 +++++
 .../Controllers/DashboardController.cs        |  32 ++-
 .../Grpc/ControlPlaneGrpcService.cs           |   6 +-
 .../Services/ControlPlaneService.cs           | 214 +++++++++++++++++-
 src/shared/protos/control_plane.proto         |  13 ++
 src/web/dashboard/app/DashboardClient.tsx     | 134 +++++++++++
 .../components/ExplainabilityPanel.tsx        |  70 ++++++
 src/web/dashboard/lib/api.ts                  |  16 ++
 src/web/dashboard/types/index.ts              |  13 ++
 10 files changed, 544 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/Web-Explainability-v2.3-M4.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac793df..83d7180 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 M3 canary + rollback plan: docs/QA-Canary-Rollback-v2.3-M3.md
 - v2.3 M3 canary evaluator script: scripts/qa/README.md
 - v2.3 M4 dynamic risk allocation (core): docs/Core-Dynamic-Risk-v2.3-M4.md
+- v2.3 M4 dashboard explainability: docs/Web-Explainability-v2.3-M4.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
diff --git a/docs/Web-Explainability-v2.3-M4.md b/docs/Web-Explainability-v2.3-M4.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7970a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Web-Explainability-v2.3-M4.md
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# v2.3 M4 Dashboard Explainability
+
+Issue: #44  
+Epic: #13
+
+## Goal
+
+Expose dynamic-risk explainability to operators in the dashboard:
+
+- `alpha`
+- `P_preempt`
+- top fused signals
+- decision rationale + confidence
+
+## API Surface
+
+`GET /api/v1/dashboard/latest` now returns extra fields under `analysis`:
+
+- `alpha`
+- `preemptProbability`
+- `decisionScore`
+- `rationale`
+- `topSignals[]` (`key`, `label`, `value`, `source`, `detail`)
+
+`DashboardAnalysis` in `src/shared/protos/control_plane.proto` is updated with additive fields to keep gRPC/JSON-transcoding parity.
+
+## Explainability Derivation
+
+Core computes explainability with existing dynamic-risk policy math:
+
+- `P_preempt` from AI analysis confidence/prediction + rebalance overrides.
+- `alpha` from dynamic policy (`volatility`, `sentiment pressure`, rebalance force-to-max path).
+- `decisionScore = clamp(P_preempt * alpha, 0, 1)`.
+- `topSignals` ranked from fused inputs (telemetry + AI + enriched external signal semantics).
+
+When no enriched external signal exists, semantic values use safe fallback defaults and indicate fallback source.
+
+## Dashboard UI
+
+`Explainability` panel now shows:
+
+- AI status, confidence, predicted CPU
+- `alpha`, `P_preempt`, decision score
+- top 3 fused signals with source/detail
+- decision rationale
+- root cause
+
+## Local Validation
+
+- `dotnet build src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/AetherGuard.Core.csproj -c Release`
+- `dotnet test src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj -c Release`
+- `npm run lint` (in `src/web/dashboard`)
+- `npm run build` (in `src/web/dashboard`)
+
+All commands passed.
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/DashboardController.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/DashboardController.cs
index b49dca7..6985bd8 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/DashboardController.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Controllers/DashboardController.cs
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ public DashboardController(ControlPlaneService controlPlaneService)
     }
 
     [HttpGet("latest")]
-    public IActionResult GetLatest()
+    public async Task<IActionResult> GetLatest()
     {
-        var result = _controlPlaneService.GetLatest();
+        var result = await _controlPlaneService.GetLatestAsync(HttpContext.RequestAborted);
         if (!result.Success)
         {
             return StatusCode(result.StatusCode);
@@ -43,7 +43,19 @@ result.Payload.Analysis is null
                     result.Payload.Analysis.Status,
                     result.Payload.Analysis.Confidence,
                     ClampPrediction(result.Payload.Analysis.PredictedCpu),
-                    result.Payload.Analysis.RootCause));
+                    result.Payload.Analysis.RootCause,
+                    result.Payload.Analysis.Alpha,
+                    result.Payload.Analysis.PreemptProbability,
+                    result.Payload.Analysis.DecisionScore,
+                    result.Payload.Analysis.Rationale,
+                    result.Payload.Analysis.TopSignals
+                        .Select(signal => new DashboardSignalDto(
+                            signal.Key,
+                            signal.Label,
+                            signal.Value,
+                            signal.Source,
+                            signal.Detail))
+                        .ToArray()));
 
         return Ok(response);
     }
@@ -96,7 +108,19 @@ private sealed record DashboardAnalysisDto(
         string Status,
         double Confidence,
         double PredictedCpu,
-        string RootCause);
+        string RootCause,
+        double Alpha,
+        double PreemptProbability,
+        double DecisionScore,
+        string Rationale,
+        DashboardSignalDto[] TopSignals);
+
+    private sealed record DashboardSignalDto(
+        string Key,
+        string Label,
+        double Value,
+        string Source,
+        string Detail);
 
     private sealed record TelemetryHistoryDto(
         long Id,
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Grpc/ControlPlaneGrpcService.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Grpc/ControlPlaneGrpcService.cs
index b8265d5..1310547 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Grpc/ControlPlaneGrpcService.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Grpc/ControlPlaneGrpcService.cs
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ public override async Task<QueueCommandResponse> QueueCommand(
         return HandleResult(result);
     }
 
-    public override Task<DashboardLatestResponse> GetDashboardLatest(
+    public override async Task<DashboardLatestResponse> GetDashboardLatest(
         GetDashboardLatestRequest request,
         ServerCallContext context)
     {
-        var result = _controlPlaneService.GetLatest();
-        return Task.FromResult(HandleResult(result));
+        var result = await _controlPlaneService.GetLatestAsync(context.CancellationToken);
+        return HandleResult(result);
     }
 
     public override async Task<DashboardHistoryResponse> GetDashboardHistory(
diff --git a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ControlPlaneService.cs b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ControlPlaneService.cs
index 7bc3a22..465edc2 100644
--- a/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ControlPlaneService.cs
+++ b/src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/Services/ControlPlaneService.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using AetherGuard.Core.Data;
+using AetherGuard.Core.Models;
 using AetherGuard.Grpc.V1;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
@@ -10,15 +11,18 @@ public class ControlPlaneService
     private readonly ApplicationDbContext _context;
     private readonly CommandService _commandService;
     private readonly TelemetryStore _telemetryStore;
+    private readonly DynamicRiskPolicy _dynamicRiskPolicy;
 
     public ControlPlaneService(
         ApplicationDbContext context,
         CommandService commandService,
-        TelemetryStore telemetryStore)
+        TelemetryStore telemetryStore,
+        DynamicRiskPolicy dynamicRiskPolicy)
     {
         _context = context;
         _commandService = commandService;
         _telemetryStore = telemetryStore;
+        _dynamicRiskPolicy = dynamicRiskPolicy;
     }
 
     public async Task<ApiResult<QueueCommandResponse>> QueueCommandAsync(
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ public async Task<ApiResult<QueueCommandResponse>> QueueCommandAsync(
         return ApiResult<QueueCommandResponse>.Ok(response, StatusCodes.Status202Accepted);
     }
 
-    public ApiResult<DashboardLatestResponse> GetLatest()
+    public async Task<ApiResult<DashboardLatestResponse>> GetLatestAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var latest = _telemetryStore.GetLatest();
         if (latest is null)
@@ -83,13 +87,34 @@ public ApiResult<DashboardLatestResponse> GetLatest()
         DashboardAnalysis? analysis = null;
         if (latest.Analysis is not null)
         {
+            var semantic = await GetLatestSemanticSnapshotAsync(cancellationToken);
+            var preemptProbability = ResolvePreemptProbability(latest.Analysis, latest.Telemetry.RebalanceSignal);
+            var riskInput = new DynamicRiskInput(
+                PreemptProbability: preemptProbability,
+                RebalanceSignal: latest.Telemetry.RebalanceSignal,
+                VolatilityProbability: semantic.VolatilityProbability,
+                SentimentNegative: semantic.SentimentNegative,
+                SentimentPositive: semantic.SentimentPositive);
+            var decision = _dynamicRiskPolicy.Evaluate(
+                riskInput,
+                new RiskGuardrailState(
+                    CooldownActive: false,
+                    MaxRateExceeded: false,
+                    RecentMigrationsLastHour: 0,
+                    MaxMigrationsPerHour: _dynamicRiskPolicy.Options.MaxMigrationsPerHour));
+
             analysis = new DashboardAnalysis
             {
                 Status = latest.Analysis.Status,
                 Confidence = latest.Analysis.Confidence,
                 PredictedCpu = ClampPrediction(latest.Analysis.Prediction),
-                RootCause = latest.Analysis.RootCause ?? string.Empty
+                RootCause = latest.Analysis.RootCause ?? string.Empty,
+                Alpha = decision.Alpha,
+                PreemptProbability = preemptProbability,
+                DecisionScore = decision.DecisionScore,
+                Rationale = BuildDecisionRationale(decision, latest, semantic)
             };
+            analysis.TopSignals.AddRange(BuildTopSignals(latest, latest.Analysis, preemptProbability, semantic));
         }
 
         var response = new DashboardLatestResponse
@@ -142,4 +167,187 @@ private static double ClampPrediction(double prediction)
 
     private static double ClampPrediction(double? prediction)
         => prediction.HasValue ? Math.Clamp(prediction.Value, 0, 100) : 0;
+
+    private async Task<SemanticSnapshot> GetLatestSemanticSnapshotAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var signal = await _context.ExternalSignals
+            .AsNoTracking()
+            .Where(item =>
+                item.SentimentNegative.HasValue &&
+                item.SentimentPositive.HasValue &&
+                item.VolatilityProbability.HasValue)
+            .OrderByDescending(item => item.EnrichedAt ?? item.PublishedAt)
+            .Select(item => new
+            {
+                item.Source,
+                item.Title,
+                item.SummaryDigest,
+                item.Summary,
+                item.SentimentNegative,
+                item.SentimentPositive,
+                item.VolatilityProbability
+            })
+            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+        if (signal is null)
+        {
+            return new SemanticSnapshot(
+                VolatilityProbability: 0.5,
+                SentimentNegative: 0.33,
+                SentimentPositive: 0.33,
+                Source: "fallback",
+                Detail: "No enriched external signal available.");
+        }
+
+        return new SemanticSnapshot(
+            VolatilityProbability: Clamp01(signal.VolatilityProbability ?? 0.5),
+            SentimentNegative: Clamp01(signal.SentimentNegative ?? 0.33),
+            SentimentPositive: Clamp01(signal.SentimentPositive ?? 0.33),
+            Source: signal.Source,
+            Detail: FirstNonEmpty(signal.SummaryDigest, signal.Summary, signal.Title, "Latest enriched signal"));
+    }
+
+    private static IEnumerable<DashboardSignal> BuildTopSignals(
+        TelemetrySnapshot latest,
+        AnalysisResult analysis,
+        double preemptProbability,
+        SemanticSnapshot semantic)
+    {
+        var sentimentPressure = Math.Max(0.0, Clamp01(semantic.SentimentNegative) - Clamp01(semantic.SentimentPositive));
+        var candidates = new[]
+        {
+            new SignalCandidate(
+                Key: "rebalance_signal",
+                Label: "Rebalance Signal",
+                Value: latest.Telemetry.RebalanceSignal ? 1.0 : 0.0,
+                Influence: latest.Telemetry.RebalanceSignal ? 1.0 : 0.0,
+                Source: "telemetry",
+                Detail: latest.Telemetry.RebalanceSignal
+                    ? "Provider rebalance hint is active."
+                    : "Provider rebalance hint is inactive."),
+            new SignalCandidate(
+                Key: "ai_preempt_probability",
+                Label: "AI P_preempt",
+                Value: preemptProbability,
+                Influence: preemptProbability,
+                Source: "ai",
+                Detail: $"status={analysis.Status}, confidence={Clamp01(analysis.Confidence):F2}, predicted_cpu={ClampPrediction(analysis.Prediction):F0}%"),
+            new SignalCandidate(
+                Key: "volatility_probability",
+                Label: "Volatility Probability",
+                Value: semantic.VolatilityProbability,
+                Influence: semantic.VolatilityProbability,
+                Source: $"external:{semantic.Source}",
+                Detail: semantic.Detail),
+            new SignalCandidate(
+                Key: "sentiment_pressure",
+                Label: "Sentiment Pressure",
+                Value: sentimentPressure,
+                Influence: sentimentPressure,
+                Source: $"external:{semantic.Source}",
+                Detail: $"negative={semantic.SentimentNegative:F2}, positive={semantic.SentimentPositive:F2}")
+        };
+
+        return candidates
+            .OrderByDescending(candidate => candidate.Influence)
+            .ThenByDescending(candidate => candidate.Value)
+            .Take(3)
+            .Select(candidate => new DashboardSignal
+            {
+                Key = candidate.Key,
+                Label = candidate.Label,
+                Value = candidate.Value,
+                Source = candidate.Source,
+                Detail = candidate.Detail
+            });
+    }
+
+    private static string BuildDecisionRationale(
+        DynamicRiskDecision decision,
+        TelemetrySnapshot latest,
+        SemanticSnapshot semantic)
+    {
+        if (decision.Reason == "guardrail_cooldown_active")
+        {
+            return "Cooldown guardrail is active; migration is temporarily suppressed.";
+        }
+
+        if (decision.Reason == "guardrail_max_rate_exceeded")
+        {
+            return "Migration rate guardrail is active; migration is rate-limited.";
+        }
+
+        if (latest.Telemetry.RebalanceSignal)
+        {
+            return "Rebalance signal is active, so alpha is pinned to max risk posture.";
+        }
+
+        var sentimentPressure = Math.Max(0.0, semantic.SentimentNegative - semantic.SentimentPositive);
+        return $"Dynamic alpha is derived from volatility={semantic.VolatilityProbability:F2} and sentiment pressure={sentimentPressure:F2}.";
+    }
+
+    private static double ResolvePreemptProbability(AnalysisResult riskResult, bool rebalanceSignal)
+    {
+        var confidence = Clamp01(riskResult.Confidence);
+        var prediction = Clamp01(riskResult.Prediction / 100.0);
+        var statusCritical = string.Equals(riskResult.Status, "CRITICAL", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        var unavailable = string.Equals(riskResult.Status, "Unavailable", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        var baseProbability = statusCritical
+            ? Math.Max(confidence, prediction)
+            : prediction;
+        if (rebalanceSignal && unavailable)
+        {
+            baseProbability = Math.Max(baseProbability, 0.9);
+        }
+        if (rebalanceSignal && statusCritical)
+        {
+            baseProbability = Math.Max(baseProbability, 0.95);
+        }
+
+        return Clamp01(baseProbability);
+    }
+
+    private static string FirstNonEmpty(params string?[] candidates)
+    {
+        foreach (var candidate in candidates)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(candidate))
+            {
+                return candidate.Trim();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return string.Empty;
+    }
+
+    private static double Clamp01(double value)
+    {
+        if (value < 0.0)
+        {
+            return 0.0;
+        }
+
+        if (value > 1.0)
+        {
+            return 1.0;
+        }
+
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    private sealed record SemanticSnapshot(
+        double VolatilityProbability,
+        double SentimentNegative,
+        double SentimentPositive,
+        string Source,
+        string Detail);
+
+    private sealed record SignalCandidate(
+        string Key,
+        string Label,
+        double Value,
+        double Influence,
+        string Source,
+        string Detail);
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/protos/control_plane.proto b/src/shared/protos/control_plane.proto
index 902497d..90b6333 100644
--- a/src/shared/protos/control_plane.proto
+++ b/src/shared/protos/control_plane.proto
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ message DashboardAnalysis {
   double confidence = 2;
   double predicted_cpu = 3;
   string root_cause = 4;
+  double alpha = 5;
+  double preempt_probability = 6;
+  double decision_score = 7;
+  string rationale = 8;
+  repeated DashboardSignal top_signals = 9;
+}
+
+message DashboardSignal {
+  string key = 1;
+  string label = 2;
+  double value = 3;
+  string source = 4;
+  string detail = 5;
 }
 
 message GetDashboardHistoryRequest {
diff --git a/src/web/dashboard/app/DashboardClient.tsx b/src/web/dashboard/app/DashboardClient.tsx
index 84912a9..551eeb7 100644
--- a/src/web/dashboard/app/DashboardClient.tsx
+++ b/src/web/dashboard/app/DashboardClient.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,33 @@ const buildMockPayload = (now: number, chaosActive: boolean) => {
       rootCause: 'Stable capacity',
       rebalanceSignal: false,
       diskAvailable: 180 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+      alpha: 0.86,
+      preemptProbability: 0.18,
+      decisionScore: 0.15,
+      decisionRationale: 'Dynamic alpha remains low due to calm volatility and weak sentiment pressure.',
+      topSignals: [
+        {
+          key: 'ai_preempt_probability',
+          label: 'AI P_preempt',
+          value: 0.18,
+          source: 'ai',
+          detail: 'status=LOW, confidence=0.74, predicted_cpu=28%',
+        },
+        {
+          key: 'volatility_probability',
+          label: 'Volatility Probability',
+          value: 0.22,
+          source: 'external:aws-status',
+          detail: 'Stable provider incident cadence.',
+        },
+        {
+          key: 'sentiment_pressure',
+          label: 'Sentiment Pressure',
+          value: 0.08,
+          source: 'external:aws-status',
+          detail: 'negative=0.27, positive=0.19',
+        },
+      ],
     },
     {
       agentId: 'node-zephyr-07',
@@ -68,6 +95,59 @@ const buildMockPayload = (now: number, chaosActive: boolean) => {
       rootCause: chaosActive ? 'Rebalance signal asserted' : 'Stable capacity',
       rebalanceSignal: chaosActive,
       diskAvailable: chaosActive ? 52 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 : 96 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+      alpha: chaosActive ? 1.6 : 1.03,
+      preemptProbability: chaosActive ? 0.95 : 0.46,
+      decisionScore: chaosActive ? 1.0 : 0.47,
+      decisionRationale: chaosActive
+        ? 'Rebalance signal is active, so alpha is pinned to max risk posture.'
+        : 'Dynamic alpha rises with volatility and sentiment pressure.',
+      topSignals: chaosActive
+        ? [
+            {
+              key: 'rebalance_signal',
+              label: 'Rebalance Signal',
+              value: 1,
+              source: 'telemetry',
+              detail: 'Provider rebalance hint is active.',
+            },
+            {
+              key: 'ai_preempt_probability',
+              label: 'AI P_preempt',
+              value: 0.95,
+              source: 'ai',
+              detail: 'status=CRITICAL, confidence=0.93, predicted_cpu=92%',
+            },
+            {
+              key: 'volatility_probability',
+              label: 'Volatility Probability',
+              value: 0.84,
+              source: 'external:aws-status',
+              detail: 'Elevated incident volatility in latest signal.',
+            },
+          ]
+        : [
+            {
+              key: 'ai_preempt_probability',
+              label: 'AI P_preempt',
+              value: 0.46,
+              source: 'ai',
+              detail: 'status=LOW, confidence=0.67, predicted_cpu=48%',
+            },
+            {
+              key: 'volatility_probability',
+              label: 'Volatility Probability',
+              value: 0.51,
+              source: 'external:gcp-status',
+              detail: 'Moderate volatility from capacity advisory.',
+            },
+            {
+              key: 'sentiment_pressure',
+              label: 'Sentiment Pressure',
+              value: 0.17,
+              source: 'external:gcp-status',
+              detail: 'negative=0.41, positive=0.24',
+            },
+          ],
     },
     {
       agentId: 'node-sigma-12',
@@ -82,6 +162,33 @@ const buildMockPayload = (now: number, chaosActive: boolean) => {
       rootCause: 'Checkpoint restore failed on target node',
       rebalanceSignal: true,
       diskAvailable: 12 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+      alpha: 1.6,
+      preemptProbability: 0.98,
+      decisionScore: 1.0,
+      decisionRationale: 'Rebalance signal is active, so alpha is pinned to max risk posture.',
+      topSignals: [
+        {
+          key: 'rebalance_signal',
+          label: 'Rebalance Signal',
+          value: 1,
+          source: 'telemetry',
+          detail: 'Provider rebalance hint is active.',
+        },
+        {
+          key: 'ai_preempt_probability',
+          label: 'AI P_preempt',
+          value: 0.98,
+          source: 'ai',
+          detail: 'status=CRITICAL, confidence=0.98, predicted_cpu=98%',
+        },
+        {
+          key: 'volatility_probability',
+          label: 'Volatility Probability',
+          value: 0.88,
+          source: 'external:azure-status',
+          detail: 'High volatility from spot price advisory.',
+        },
+      ],
     },
   ];
 
@@ -340,6 +447,33 @@ export default function DashboardClient({ userName, userRole }: DashboardClientP
               predictedCpu: 90,
               rootCause: 'Rebalance signal asserted',
               rebalanceSignal: true,
+              alpha: 1.6,
+              preemptProbability: 0.95,
+              decisionScore: 1.0,
+              decisionRationale: 'Rebalance signal is active, so alpha is pinned to max risk posture.',
+              topSignals: [
+                {
+                  key: 'rebalance_signal',
+                  label: 'Rebalance Signal',
+                  value: 1,
+                  source: 'telemetry',
+                  detail: 'Provider rebalance hint is active.',
+                },
+                {
+                  key: 'ai_preempt_probability',
+                  label: 'AI P_preempt',
+                  value: 0.95,
+                  source: 'ai',
+                  detail: 'status=CRITICAL, confidence=0.92, predicted_cpu=90%',
+                },
+                {
+                  key: 'volatility_probability',
+                  label: 'Volatility Probability',
+                  value: 0.82,
+                  source: 'external:aws-status',
+                  detail: 'Elevated incident volatility in latest signal.',
+                },
+              ],
             }
           : agent,
       ),
diff --git a/src/web/dashboard/components/ExplainabilityPanel.tsx b/src/web/dashboard/components/ExplainabilityPanel.tsx
index 57bfceb..3ca0366 100644
--- a/src/web/dashboard/components/ExplainabilityPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/web/dashboard/components/ExplainabilityPanel.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,21 @@ const formatPrediction = (value?: number) => {
   return `${Math.round(value)}%`;
 };
 
+const formatRatio = (value?: number) => {
+  if (value === undefined || Number.isNaN(value)) {
+    return '--';
+  }
+  const normalized = value > 1 ? value / 100 : value;
+  return `${(Math.max(0, Math.min(1, normalized)) * 100).toFixed(1)}%`;
+};
+
+const formatAlpha = (value?: number) => {
+  if (value === undefined || Number.isNaN(value)) {
+    return '--';
+  }
+  return value.toFixed(2);
+};
+
 const formatDiskAvailable = (value?: number) => {
   if (value === undefined || Number.isNaN(value)) {
     return '--';
@@ -47,9 +62,26 @@ const formatRootCause = (value?: string) => {
   return normalized;
 };
 
+const formatSignalValue = (key: string, value: number) => {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(value)) {
+    return '--';
+  }
+
+  if (key === 'rebalance_signal') {
+    return value >= 0.5 ? 'Active' : 'Inactive';
+  }
+
+  if (key.includes('probability') || key === 'sentiment_pressure') {
+    return formatRatio(value);
+  }
+
+  return value.toFixed(2);
+};
+
 export default function ExplainabilityPanel({ agent, usingMock }: ExplainabilityPanelProps) {
   const statusLabel = agent?.analysisStatus?.trim().toUpperCase() || 'PENDING';
   const statusClass = statusStyles[statusLabel] ?? statusStyles.PENDING;
+  const rationale = agent?.decisionRationale?.trim() || 'Awaiting dynamic risk decision details.';
 
   return (
     <div className="rounded-2xl border border-slate-800 bg-slate-900/70 p-6 shadow-[0_0_40px_rgba(15,23,42,0.6)]">
@@ -77,6 +109,20 @@ export default function ExplainabilityPanel({ agent, usingMock }: Explainability
                 <span className="text-slate-400">Predicted CPU: {formatPrediction(agent.predictedCpu)}</span>
               </div>
             </div>
+            <div className="space-y-3">
+              <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-500">Risk Factors</div>
+              <div className="text-sm text-slate-200">
+                alpha: <span className="text-slate-300">{formatAlpha(agent.alpha)}</span>
+              </div>
+              <div className="text-sm text-slate-200">
+                P_preempt:{' '}
+                <span className="text-slate-300">{formatRatio(agent.preemptProbability)}</span>
+              </div>
+              <div className="text-sm text-slate-200">
+                Decision Score:{' '}
+                <span className="text-slate-300">{formatRatio(agent.decisionScore)}</span>
+              </div>
+            </div>
             <div className="space-y-3">
               <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-500">Telemetry Context</div>
               <div className="text-sm text-slate-200">
@@ -91,6 +137,30 @@ export default function ExplainabilityPanel({ agent, usingMock }: Explainability
             </div>
           </div>
 
+          <div className="mt-4 rounded-xl border border-slate-800 bg-slate-950/40 p-4">
+            <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-500">Top Signals</div>
+            <div className="mt-2 space-y-2 text-sm text-slate-200">
+              {(agent.topSignals ?? []).length === 0 ? (
+                <div className="text-slate-400">Awaiting fused signal inputs.</div>
+              ) : (
+                (agent.topSignals ?? []).slice(0, 3).map((signal) => (
+                  <div key={signal.key} className="rounded-lg border border-slate-800 bg-slate-900/60 p-3">
+                    <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+                      <span className="font-medium text-slate-100">{signal.label}</span>
+                      <span className="text-slate-300">{formatSignalValue(signal.key, signal.value)}</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div className="mt-1 text-xs text-slate-400">{signal.detail}</div>
+                  </div>
+                ))
+              )}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <div className="mt-4 rounded-xl border border-slate-800 bg-slate-950/40 p-4">
+            <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-500">Decision Rationale</div>
+            <div className="mt-2 text-sm text-slate-200">{rationale}</div>
+          </div>
+
           <div className="mt-4 rounded-xl border border-slate-800 bg-slate-950/40 p-4">
             <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-500">Root Cause</div>
             <div className="mt-2 text-sm text-slate-200">{formatRootCause(agent.rootCause)}</div>
diff --git a/src/web/dashboard/lib/api.ts b/src/web/dashboard/lib/api.ts
index 7602f1a..ce1a559 100644
--- a/src/web/dashboard/lib/api.ts
+++ b/src/web/dashboard/lib/api.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ interface CoreLatestResponse {
     confidence: number;
     predictedCpu: number;
     rootCause: string;
+    alpha?: number;
+    preemptProbability?: number;
+    decisionScore?: number;
+    rationale?: string;
+    topSignals?: Array<{
+      key: string;
+      label: string;
+      value: number;
+      source: string;
+      detail: string;
+    }>;
   };
 }
 
@@ -100,6 +111,11 @@ export async function fetchFleetStatus(): Promise<Agent[]> {
         rootCause: analysis?.rootCause,
         rebalanceSignal: telemetry.rebalanceSignal,
         diskAvailable: telemetry.diskAvailable,
+        alpha: analysis?.alpha,
+        preemptProbability: analysis?.preemptProbability,
+        decisionScore: analysis?.decisionScore,
+        decisionRationale: analysis?.rationale,
+        topSignals: analysis?.topSignals,
       },
     ];
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/web/dashboard/types/index.ts b/src/web/dashboard/types/index.ts
index eec6a0f..e29b818 100644
--- a/src/web/dashboard/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/web/dashboard/types/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 export type WorkloadTier = 'T1' | 'T2' | 'T3';
 
+export interface ExplainabilitySignal {
+  key: string;
+  label: string;
+  value: number;
+  source: string;
+  detail: string;
+}
+
 export interface Agent {
   agentId: string;
   status: string;
@@ -12,6 +20,11 @@ export interface Agent {
   rootCause?: string;
   rebalanceSignal?: boolean;
   diskAvailable?: number;
+  alpha?: number;
+  preemptProbability?: number;
+  decisionScore?: number;
+  decisionRationale?: string;
+  topSignals?: ExplainabilitySignal[];
 }
 
 export interface AuditLog {

From 5887cadfbe30817b4fd1acd40e649c0bc3a36fd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JasonEran <junyi.qi@my.jcu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:40:42 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 24/24] docs(v2.3): add release notes and acceptance PR
 checklist

---
 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md    |  3 ++
 CHANGELOG.md                        |  1 +
 README.md                           | 10 ++--
 docs/PR-Template-v2.3-Acceptance.md | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md                |  3 ++
 docs/Release-Notes-v2.3.md          | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/PR-Template-v2.3-Acceptance.md
 create mode 100644 docs/Release-Notes-v2.3.md

diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 3b2f075..d1ab05d 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Pull Request
 
+For v2.3 release-track PRs, you can use:
+`docs/PR-Template-v2.3-Acceptance.md`
+
 ## Summary
 Describe the changes and their purpose.
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae3cc1e..ae7dab1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Semantic Versioning.
 - Expanded v2.3 roadmap with model choices, data sources, and validation guidance.
 - Verification scripts now support API key headers and optional agent build flags.
 - Optional HTTP listener when mTLS is enabled to keep dashboard/AI traffic on port 8080.
+- v2.3 release notes (`docs/Release-Notes-v2.3.md`) and PR acceptance template (`docs/PR-Template-v2.3-Acceptance.md`).
 
 ### Changed
 - Agent now injects W3C trace headers for HTTP requests.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83d7180..d40b3b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ v2.2 reference architecture with a concrete implementation guide.
 
 ## Project Status
 
-- Stage: v2.2 baseline delivered (Phase 0-4). v2.3 Milestone 1 delivered; Milestone 2+ tracked in docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md.
+- Stage: v2.2 baseline delivered (Phase 0-4). v2.3 Milestones 1-4 delivered.
 - License: MIT
 - Authors: Qi Junyi, Xiao Erdong (2026)
 - Sponsor: https://github.com/sponsors/JasonEran
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ This project targets a product-grade release, not a demo. The following standard
 - [x] Add snapshot retention automation and S3 lifecycle policy support.
 - [x] Generate SBOMs and sign container images with cosign in CI.
 
-## v2.3 Preview (Roadmap)
+## v2.3 Delivery (Roadmap)
 
-We keep the current README focused on v2.2 implementation details. The next evolution is documented in
-`docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md`. In brief, v2.3 moves from reactive thresholds to predictive, multimodal risk allocation:
+v2.3 architecture and delivery detail are documented in `docs/ARCHITECTURE-v2.3.md` and
+`docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md`. In brief, v2.3 moves from reactive thresholds to predictive, multimodal risk allocation:
 
 - Multimodal inputs: telemetry plus external cloud signals (status pages, incident reports, capacity advisories).
 - Lightweight time-series forecasting on agents, with semantic enrichment computed in the control plane.
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ Open the dashboard at http://localhost:3000.
 - v2.3 M3 canary evaluator script: scripts/qa/README.md
 - v2.3 M4 dynamic risk allocation (core): docs/Core-Dynamic-Risk-v2.3-M4.md
 - v2.3 M4 dashboard explainability: docs/Web-Explainability-v2.3-M4.md
+- v2.3 release notes: docs/Release-Notes-v2.3.md
+- v2.3 PR acceptance template: docs/PR-Template-v2.3-Acceptance.md
 
 If you want to simulate migrations, start at least two agents:
 
diff --git a/docs/PR-Template-v2.3-Acceptance.md b/docs/PR-Template-v2.3-Acceptance.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f58a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/PR-Template-v2.3-Acceptance.md
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# PR Template - v2.3 Acceptance Checklist
+
+Copy/paste this into your PR description for v2.3 release gating.
+
+## Scope
+
+- Release track: `v2.3`
+- Type: `feature / fix / docs / release`
+- Related issues: closes #___
+
+## What Changed
+
+- [ ] Core (.NET)
+- [ ] Agent (C++)
+- [ ] AI engine (Python)
+- [ ] Dashboard (Next.js)
+- [ ] Docs / runbooks
+
+Summary:
+
+## Acceptance Checklist (One-Click Gate)
+
+### M1 Semantic Enrichment
+
+- [ ] External signals ingestion + enrichment path is operational
+- [ ] Enrichment outputs are schema-versioned and persisted
+- [ ] Observability evidence attached (metrics/traces/dashboard)
+
+### M2 Fusion + Backtesting
+
+- [ ] Fusion/backtesting scripts run successfully
+- [ ] Artifact versioning + reproducibility evidence attached
+
+### M3 Federated Inference
+
+- [ ] Heartbeat semantic payload is compatible (additive contract)
+- [ ] Agent local inference gate + rollback gate validated
+- [ ] Canary evaluator evidence attached
+
+### M4 Dynamic Risk + Explainability
+
+- [ ] Dynamic alpha + guardrails enabled and tested
+- [ ] Dashboard shows `alpha`, `P_preempt`, top signals, rationale/confidence
+
+### Compatibility / Safety
+
+- [ ] v2.2 compatibility path verified (fallback works)
+- [ ] Rollback path verified
+- [ ] No breaking API changes without compatibility shim
+- [ ] Security checks passed (auth/mTLS/supply-chain impact reviewed)
+
+## Validation Commands
+
+- [ ] `dotnet build src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/AetherGuard.Core.csproj -c Release`
+- [ ] `dotnet test src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj -c Release`
+- [ ] `cmake --build src/services/agent-cpp/build_m3_inference --config Release --target AetherAgent AetherAgentTests AetherAgentInferenceTests`
+- [ ] `ctest --test-dir src/services/agent-cpp/build_m3_inference -C Release --output-on-failure`
+- [ ] `npm run lint` (in `src/web/dashboard`)
+- [ ] `npm run build` (in `src/web/dashboard`)
+
+Paste key output snippets:
+
+```text
+# build/test summary here
+```
+
+## Evidence Links
+
+- Jaeger trace / observability screenshots:
+- Canary evaluator report:
+- Dashboard explainability screenshot:
+- Issue comments with final evidence:
+
+## Risk / Rollback
+
+- Risk level: `low / medium / high`
+- Rollback command/runbook:
+- Guardrail impact notes:
diff --git a/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md b/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
index 55a6bdd..740757a 100644
--- a/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
+++ b/docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ minimize integration risk while preserving backward compatibility with the v2.2
 ### Milestone 2: Fusion and Forecasting (Offline)
 
 **Goal**: Train and evaluate models with historical replay.
+**Status**: Completed (2026-02-25)
 
 - Add TSMixer baseline for numerical telemetry (PyTorch), with export to ONNX for agent inference.
 - Fuse exogenous semantic vectors for `P(Preemption | Telemetry, Signals)`.
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ minimize integration risk while preserving backward compatibility with the v2.2
 ### Milestone 3: Federated Inference (Online)
 
 **Goal**: Deliver semantic vectors to agents and run local inference.
+**Status**: Completed (2026-02-25)
 
 - Extend gRPC heartbeat payload with semantic features.
 - Deploy lightweight on-agent inference (TSMixer).
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ minimize integration risk while preserving backward compatibility with the v2.2
 ### Milestone 4: Dynamic Risk Management
 
 **Goal**: Replace static thresholds with dynamic risk allocation.
+**Status**: Completed (2026-02-25)
 
 - Implement confidence score and risk allocation factor.
 - Add guardrails (max migration rate, minimum cool-down windows).
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+# Aether-Guard v2.3 Release Notes
+
+Release date: 2026-02-25  
+Release branch: `feature/v2.3`
+
+## Release Summary
+
+v2.3 upgrades Aether-Guard from static/reactive risk handling to a predictive multimodal flow:
+
+- external cloud incident signals are ingested and semantically enriched
+- offline fusion/backtesting + reproducible model artifacts are in place
+- online semantic delivery and optional agent local ONNX inference are enabled behind gates
+- dynamic risk allocation + guardrails drive migration decisions
+- dashboard explainability now exposes `alpha`, `P_preempt`, decision score, and top fused signals
+
+## Milestone Closure
+
+### M1 - Semantic Enrichment
+
+- `#33` [Obs] enrichment metrics/traces + dashboards (closed 2026-02-22)
+- `#34` [Data] acquisition scripts for spot history/traces/incidents (closed 2026-02-22)
+
+### M2 - Fusion + Backtesting (Offline)
+
+- `#38` [Ops] model artifact versioning + reproducible runs (closed 2026-02-25)
+- Epic `#11` closed (2026-02-25)
+
+### M3 - Federated Inference (Online)
+
+- `#39` heartbeat semantic payload extension
+- `#40` agent local ONNX inference + feature gating
+- `#41` core semantic push + safe fallback + per-agent rollout
+- `#42` canary + rollback plan and evaluator
+- Epic `#12` closed (2026-02-25)
+
+### M4 - Dynamic Risk Management
+
+- `#43` dynamic risk alpha + guardrails
+- `#45` guardrail regression tests
+- `#44` web explainability (`alpha`, `P_preempt`, top signals)
+- Epic `#13` closed (2026-02-25)
+
+## Validation Evidence (Local)
+
+- Core build/test:
+  - `dotnet build src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core/AetherGuard.Core.csproj -c Release`
+  - `dotnet test src/services/core-dotnet/AetherGuard.Core.Tests/AetherGuard.Core.Tests.csproj -c Release`
+- Agent build/test (M3 path):
+  - `cmake -S src/services/agent-cpp -B src/services/agent-cpp/build_m3_inference -DAETHER_ENABLE_GRPC=OFF -DAETHER_USE_LOCAL_PROTOBUF=ON -DAETHER_ENABLE_ONNX_RUNTIME=OFF`
+  - `cmake --build src/services/agent-cpp/build_m3_inference --config Release --target AetherAgent AetherAgentTests AetherAgentInferenceTests`
+  - `ctest --test-dir src/services/agent-cpp/build_m3_inference -C Release --output-on-failure`
+- Dashboard build checks:
+  - `npm run lint` (in `src/web/dashboard`)
+  - `npm run build` (in `src/web/dashboard`)
+- Canary evaluator:
+  - `python scripts/qa/evaluate_m3_canary.py ...` (promote/rollback sample evidence under `.tmp/`)
+
+## Key Documentation
+
+- v2.3 roadmap: `docs/ROADMAP-v2.3.md`
+- dynamic risk (core): `docs/Core-Dynamic-Risk-v2.3-M4.md`
+- web explainability (M4): `docs/Web-Explainability-v2.3-M4.md`
+- canary + rollback (M3): `docs/QA-Canary-Rollback-v2.3-M3.md`
+
+## Known Follow-ups
+
+- `#48` v2.3 release criteria checklist (open)
+- `#14` CI / supply-chain stabilization epic (open)
+- `#8` course/project management epic (open)