`[2026-07-03]` **Relational-arc verify DEFERRED — `relations[]` is Bifrost-provider-only (ADR-0009), confirmed both ways.** The relational-dynamics state (relation_context tie-type / agency / warmth / trust) is NOT on the conversation-API `affect_update` snapshot for base agents (keys: pad/dominant_emotion/emotions_active/baseline_pad/mood_drift only) — only in the provider store; worldtree-dev confirmed by-design per ADR-0009 (emitted over `affect.emit`, deliberately off the SSE). So the Wave-0/1/2 verify needs the bound-provider round-trip (provider running + `--bifrost-plane affect` session), its own focused session. worldtree-dev routed the "expose relations[] to non-provider consumers" observability scope call to Vuong; my rec: keep provider-only (YAGNI — ratatoskr IS a provider, gains nothing; no speculative public surface).
