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Final report: + +**Phase 106 — Document dates (final verification pass; all 10 tasks already complete)** + +- Verified all phase artifacts: alembic `0020` (dev DB at `0020`), `doc_dates.py`, git `file_commit_dates`, importer `doc_dates_by_root`/`dates_updated`, both entry-point wirings, date APIs + tree `created_at`/`updated_at`, LLM surfaces (prompt block, `read` line 2, appended `ls` field), `apply_recency_boost` in `retrieve()`, UI columns/badge, admin editor, mock-LLM regex — all present and correct; no defects found, no fixes needed. +- `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → **2299 passed, TOTAL 99%** (>90% ✓) +- `uv run pytest tests/e2e/test_document_dates.py -v --no-cov` → **6/6 passed** in isolation (DB up) +- 12 regression E2E suites (retrieval_quality, whole_document_context, agent_document_tools, ls_tree_drilldown, read_truncation_cap, kb_tree, kb_tree_nav, document_viewer, edit_summaries, import_documents, sync_button, hidden_folders_toggle, smoke) → **all green in isolation** +- `uv run ruff check .` → clean; `uv run pyright` → **0 errors, 0 warnings** + +**Completion criteria:** 1) non-null `created_at` + 0020 upgrade/downgrade on dev DB ✓ (real-Alembic integration tests) 2) sync refresh/older/manual-persists/content-reset/no sources_meta bump ✓ 3) zip/tar mtime + future→today ✓ 4) LLM date surfaces + cross-check ✓ 5) UI Created/Updated/badge positions ✓ 6) admin editor set+revert round-trip ✓ 7) old-correct-beats-new-similar (defaults & boost-off) + near-tie + `BOR_RECENCY_BOOST=0` byte-identical ✓ 8) full gate ✓ 9) commit/phase-move — left to harness per instructions. + +- **Notable:** recency default tuned 0.001 → **0.0007** (task 07 step 5 explicitly permits; measured margins recorded in `test_recency_boost.py` docstring). +- **Next pending phase:** none — `todo/` holds only this phase. diff --git a/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__00_phase.a1.validate b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__00_phase.a1.validate new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4629f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__00_phase.a1.validate @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +........................................................................ 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Task complete — report: + +**Implemented (task 01 — `documents.created_at` / `created_at_manual`)** +- `app/models.py::Document` — `created_at` (DateTime tz, NOT NULL, `server_default=func.now()`) + `created_at_manual` (Boolean, NOT NULL, default `False`, server `false`), placed after `indexed_at` with D1–D4 provenance comments (module-header inventory untouched — it doesn't name `indexed_at`, so the conditional didn't apply) +- `alembic/versions/0020_documents_created_at.py` — additive, reversible (A13): adds both columns (`now()` / `false` server defaults), downgrade drops both; phase-106 provenance docstring +- `tests/integration/test_migration_0020.py` — real-Alembic house pattern: 0019→0020 contract (types/NOT NULL/defaults), pre-0019 row backfill `created_at ≈ upgrade moment` (±5 s window) + flag false, omitted-column server defaults, explicit-flag round-trip, ORM fresh-row defaults + explicit `created_at`/manual `True` round-trip, downgrade→0019 (columns gone, row/content/`indexed_at` survive), upgrade round-trip + +**Results** +- `uv run pytest tests/integration/test_migration_0020.py -v` → 4 passed +- `uv run pytest` → 2184 passed, 0 failed +- `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → TOTAL **99%** (>90% gate) +- `uv run ruff check . && uv run pyright` → clean (0 errors) +- Dev/test DB at `0020` (head); pre-existing rows read `created_at ≈ now()`, `created_at_manual = false` +- No deviations; no commit made (harness owns the commit) + +**Next pending task:** `.agents/phases/todo/106_document_dates/02_date_normalization.md` diff --git a/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__01_created_at_column.a1.validate b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__01_created_at_column.a1.validate new file mode 100644 index 0000000..413de46 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__01_created_at_column.a1.validate @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +........................................................................ 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Everything is complete and verified. + +## Report — Task 02 `02_date_normalization` + +**Implemented** +- `app/rag/doc_dates.py` (new, pure stdlib): `FUTURE_SKEW_TOLERANCE` (1 day), `normalize_doc_date` (None→now, naive→UTC-attached, aware→UTC, future-beyond-tolerance→now, full precision kept), `file_mtime_datetime` (stat→aware UTC) +- `tests/unit/test_doc_dates.py` (new): 15-test boundary matrix — None→exactly now, naive-is-UTC, aware conversion, 23h/25h future, strict-greater 1-day boundary (±1s), microsecond precision, default/naive `now`, mtime ±1s, future-mtime fidelity, stdlib-only source pin +- **Defect fix (pre-existing, found while testing):** dev DB bricked at PG's 1600-attribute cap — the house migration-test round-trips leak dropped-column placeholders (~95/full run; VACUUM can't reclaim; a concurrent pytest run raced it over the cap). Repaired `documents`/`chunks` (LIKE rebuild, FK `ON DELETE CASCADE` restored, alembic back to 0020 head) and added `tests/integration/conftest.py`: session self-heal that rewrites any `public` table with >200 dropped attrs (data-preserving, FK rewire both directions, generated-column-aware, PK renamed back). Verified end-to-end incl. repeated heals + +**Gates (all green)** +- `uv run pytest tests/unit/test_doc_dates.py -q` → 15 passed +- `uv run pytest` → 2199 passed, exit 0 +- `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → 2199 passed, TOTAL **99%** (>90%), `doc_dates.py` 100% +- `uv run ruff check . && uv run pyright` → clean, 0 errors + +**Decisions:** self-heal threshold 200 (a tenth of headroom); non-PK index/constraint names after a heal keep PG auto names (nothing references them — DDL is alembic-only). No E2E (that file is task 10's). 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Final report: + +## Task 03 — Source date extraction: complete + +**Implemented** +- `app/rag/archive_upload.py`: mtime-preserving unpack (D2) — `_unpack_zip` restores each regular file's DOS `date_time`, `_unpack_tar` restores the epoch `mtime` (via `os.utime(ns=…)` after `_write_capped`); dirs/symlinks/hardlinks untouched; all safety checks + zip-bomb cap unchanged; module docstring guarantees list updated. +- `scripts/git_sync.py`: new public `file_commit_dates(dest) -> dict[str, datetime]` — ONE `git log --name-only --format=@@%cI` through `run_git` (A11 site), pure `_parse_commit_dates` (first-sighting-wins, POSIX path normalization), fail-soft to `{}` + logged warning on missing dir / `GitSyncError` / parse anomaly; module docstring pins the verified local-full-history vs shallow-tip-date behavior (D10). +- Tests: `tests/unit/test_archive_upload_dates.py` (4) + `tests/integration/test_git_file_dates.py` (11, DB-free, git-skip guard): old zip/tar member mtimes restored (±1 s), dir members NOT utime'd; local `clone_or_pull` → true per-file dates (2020/2024 split, subdirectory); `file://` shallow clone → tip date for every file; no-`.git`/missing-dir/empty-repo/git-error/malformed-output → `{}`; parser pins (first-sighting, normalization, ValueError paths). + +**Test / lint / coverage** +- `uv run pytest tests/unit/test_archive_upload_dates.py tests/integration/test_git_file_dates.py` → 15 passed +- `uv run pytest tests/unit/test_archive_upload.py tests/unit/test_git_sync.py` → 68 passed (safety/git regressions) +- `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → **2214 passed**, TOTAL **99%** (>90% gate; `archive_upload.py` 100%) +- `uv run ruff check .` → All checks passed; `uv run pyright` → 0 errors + +**Notable decisions** +- Deviation from the task's code note: `os.utime(ns=…)` requires **integer nanoseconds** on Python 3.13 (float seconds raises `TypeError`) — seconds are converted explicitly (`int(seconds * 1_000_000_000)`); behavior is otherwise exactly as specified. + +**Next pending task:** `.agents/phases/todo/106_document_dates/04_importer_dates.md` diff --git a/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__03_source_date_extraction.a1.validate b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__03_source_date_extraction.a1.validate new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79e8257 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__03_source_date_extraction.a1.validate @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +........................................................................ 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Final report: + +**Implemented (task 04 — importer dates, D2/D4):** +- `app/rag/importer.py`: `ImportSummary.dates_updated` + `dates_updated=%d` log term (after `summary_errors`, before `formats`); `import_sources(doc_dates_by_root=…)` (str(root)-keyed, git-only, `None` = mtime fallback, pre-walk untouched); `_index_file(raw_date=…)` — added stores `normalize_doc_date(source)`, updated resets date + `created_at_manual=False`, unchanged refreshes date (may go older, never counts added/updated/pruned), manual rows skipped; module docstring date rule. +- `app/api/sync.py`: git rows feed `file_commit_dates(root)` after clone into the map → `import_sources`; success `detail` gains `dates_updated`; docstring step-4 clause. +- `scripts/import_docs.py`: `_resolve_sources` returns the date map as 4th element (git rows only; manual/fallback → `{}`); `main` passes it through; docstrings updated. `load_test_kb.py` untouched. +- New suites: `tests/unit/test_importer_dates.py` (7-test matrix: added mtime, map-beats-mtime, future→today, unchanged refresh + counter, no-op, manual lock, content-change reset) and `tests/integration/test_importer_dates.py` (real Postgres: backfill-correction 2019 refresh with `sources_meta` version pinned at 7, manual-survive, prune+manual+refresh matrix). +- Pins updated in place where they broke: `test_importer.py` log line, `test_sync_api.py` detail + 3 fake signatures, `test_sync_folder_summaries.py` key sets (×2), `test_import_docs_git.py` 4-tuple unpacks + fake (also fixed `_GatedImport`/`failing_import` TypeErrors found in `test_sync_api.py`). + +**Results:** +- `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → 2224 passed, TOTAL 99% (>90%) +- `uv run pytest tests/unit/test_importer*.py tests/integration/test_importer*.py tests/integration/test_sync_api.py tests/integration/test_import_docs_git.py -q` → 132 passed +- `uv run ruff check .` → clean; `uv run pyright` → 0 errors + +**Notes:** 3 uncovered `importer.py` lines are pre-existing defensive branches (limit-break, empty-chunks, empty-`_prune`), untouched here. 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Final report: + +**Task 05 (date APIs) complete — `106_document_dates`** + +- `GET /api/docs` + `GET /api/documents/content` now serve `created_at` (ISO-8601, verbatim); `DocSummary`/`DocContent` schemas extended +- NEW admin-only `PATCH /api/documents/date` (D7, phase-57 split): ISO date/datetime set via `normalize_doc_date` (future folds to today) + `created_at_manual=true`; null/absent clears flag only (date stands); 422 malformed (detail names field), 404 unknown pair, 403 anonymous & token user; DB-only, no-LLM (source-pinned) +- Tree (D9): `TreeDocRow` 6-tuple; file nodes carry `created_at`; folder/source nodes carry derived subtree-max `updated_at` (pure `_subtree_max`, lexicographic ISO max documented) — `null` for 0-document sources; `list_kb_tree` select/group_by updated +- Tests: extended `test_kb_tree_builder.py` (6-tuples, deep-beats-shallow, direct-wins, folder-only threading, None-for-empty, cross-check green with projections); NEW `test_docs_api_dates.py` (full PATCH matrix + reads + tree against real Postgres); updated 4 wire-additive exact-shape pins (`test_docs_api`, `test_document_content`, `test_document_viewer`, `test_auth_api`) + +- `uv run pytest tests/unit/test_kb_tree_builder.py tests/integration/test_docs_api_dates.py -q` → 34 passed +- `uv run pytest -q` (full) → all green; `--cov=app` → **TOTAL 99%** (docs.py 99%, schemas.py 100%) +- `uv run ruff check . && uv run pyright` → clean (0 errors) + +- Notable: caught a created_at/indexed_at swap in the `TreeDocRow` comprehension (unit test order fixed to canonical `(…, indexed_at, created_at)`); no next-task work started +- Next pending: `06_llm_date_surfaces.md` diff --git a/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__05_date_apis.a1.validate b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__05_date_apis.a1.validate new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7582e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__05_date_apis.a1.validate @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +........................................................................ 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Final report: + +**Task 06 — LLM date surfaces (D5) complete** + +Implemented: +- `retriever.py`: `d.created_at` added to both raw-SQL projections + both detached `Document` reconstructions (vector path free via ORM) +- `prompts.py`: HIGH `` block now carries `date="{created_at:%Y-%m-%d}"` appended after `title` (docstring updated); deflection path untouched +- `agent.py`: `read` result carries `date: YYYY-MM-DD` as second line (first line byte-identical — mock header contract, both plain + truncated); `_source_document_rows` → `(path, title, date)` triples; `group_folder_listing`/`render_folder_listing` → file 4-tuples with appended ` | date: …` (source/folder lines unchanged); header + `LS_MAX_FILE_LINES` docstrings updated +- `docs.py` cross-check docstring extended; `mock_llm.py` `_DOCUMENT_BLOCK_RE` date-tolerant optional group (`_CATALOG_LINE_RE`/`_READ_RESULT_PREFIX` untouched, verified) +- NEW `tests/unit/test_prompts_dates.py` (9) + `tests/integration/test_agent_tools_dates.py` (4); mechanical pin updates in 10 unit/integration test files + 6 E2E suites (read quotes now include the D5 date line; seeds carry fixed `created_at`) + +Gates (all green): +- `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → 2253 passed, TOTAL **99%** (>90%) +- `uv run ruff check . && uv run pyright` → clean +- E2E in isolation: `test_whole_document_context` (the named smoke) + all 10 phase-10 regression suites + `test_oneshot_llm_retry`/`test_search_tool` → 64 passed + +Decisions: mock's scripted read-quote carries the date line — its trailing newline renders as a markdown soft break (no text between date and content), so rendered-text pins are `date: 2024-06-15` + content[:63]; E2E seeds use explicit fixed `created_at` for byte-stability. `AGENT_TOOLS` teaching copy unchanged (phase 03 convention — task limited docstring updates to the two named sites). + +Next pending task: `.agents/phases/todo/106_document_dates/07_recency_boost.md` diff --git a/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__06_llm_date_surfaces.a1.validate b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__06_llm_date_surfaces.a1.validate new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd925d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__06_llm_date_surfaces.a1.validate @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +........................................................................ 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Final report: + +**Task 07 (recency boost, D6) — complete** + +- `Settings.recency_boost` (default **0.0007**, 0 = byte-identical kill switch, negative fails startup) + `recency_half_life_days` (365, `<= 0` fails startup) — validators + `.env.example` documented +- Pure `apply_recency_boost()` (settings defaults, injectable `now`, inputs unmutated, existing 4-key sort) applied **only** in `retrieve()` after `fuse()`; `eval_retrieval` prints the created date + effective score (chat API + script inherit via `retrieve()`) +- Fine-line battery (real Postgres, axis vectors): owner scenario A(2020, answers) beats B(yesterday, similar) — pre-boost fused margin **0.002628 ≥ 3×boost (0.0021)**, and with boost OFF; near-tie flips to newer on / stays older off; decay pin (730d → boost ≈ weight·e⁻², C first again); A8 cosine input byte-identical +- **Deviation (task step 5's explicit tuning clause):** default tuned 0.001 → **0.0007** — on the k=60 scale a 0.001 boost (+0.000997) would *flip* the pinned owner scenario (max realistic A−B gap 0.00263 < 3×0.001); 0.0007 keeps a 1.25× margin and a comfortable flip (recorded in test docstrings). Twin fixture uses cos 1.0 vs 0.9999 (identical vectors tie `ORDER BY distance` non-deterministically in Postgres — a permanent pin can't rely on that) + +**Results:** `uv run pytest tests/unit/test_retriever_recency.py tests/integration/test_recency_boost.py -q` → 14 passed · `uv run pytest tests/integration/test_name_hit_lexical.py tests/integration/test_chat_api.py -q` → 41 passed · `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → **2270 passed, TOTAL 99%** (>90%) · `uv run ruff check .` clean · `uv run pyright` → 0 errors + +**Next pending task:** `.agents/phases/todo/106_document_dates/08_ui_dates.md` diff --git a/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__07_recency_boost.a1.validate b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__07_recency_boost.a1.validate new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b8cc0c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__07_recency_boost.a1.validate @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +........................................................................ 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Task 08 complete. + +**Implemented (task 08 — UI dates, display only):** +- `index.html`: `Created` `` between Chunks/Indexed; `Updated` `` between Documents/Description (phase-106 comments) +- `sources.js`: `makeRow` Created cell explicit (`fmtDate` text + full-ISO `title`, before Indexed); `renderLevel` row object carries `created_at`; `makeSourceRow`/`makeFolderRow` gain the `updatedTd` (`fmtDate` / `"–"` null idiom + ISO title); module docstring note +- `document.js` (shared core, modal + page): `doc-created` badge before `doc-indexed` with full-ISO `title`; `metaBadge` optional title param +- `styles.css`: `.doc-created` rule (doc-indexed family, 5.1:1 recorded, D8 provenance); Description clamp moved to `td:nth-child(4)`; Updated-column ink pair (13.8:1) recorded +- `tests/unit/test_sources_dates.py` (new, 13 pins): header `` order in both tables, `makeRow` order/ISO title, `updatedTd` null branch in BOTH builders, badge order + template, `.doc-created` rule + clamp move + +**Results:** `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → 2283 passed, TOTAL 99% (>90%); `uv run ruff check .` + `uv run pyright` → clean (fixed 2 SIM300 from last attempt); affected E2E suites green in isolation: `test_kb_tree.py` 8 passed, `test_kb_tree_nav.py`+`test_sync_summary_visibility.py` 7 passed, `test_document_viewer.py` 7 passed; plus a throwaway browser check (since deleted) verified all four surfaces render with correct ISO titles + +**Decisions:** mechanical nth-child pin updates in 3 existing E2E suites + `test_kb_tree_ui.py` slice fixes (Description 3rd→4th, Indexed 5th→6th); no `.doc-indexed` rule existed, so `.doc-created` pins the inherited meta-row color explicitly + +**Next pending task:** `09_date_editor.md` diff --git a/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__08_ui_dates.a2.validate b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__08_ui_dates.a2.validate new file mode 100644 index 0000000..92588cc --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__08_ui_dates.a2.validate @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +........................................................................ 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Final verification of the complete gate set is done; here's the report. + +**Implemented (task 09 — admin date editor in the shared viewer core)** +- `frontend/assets/document.js`: `renderDocument` gains the admin gate right after the task-08 badge row — `void docAdminReady().then((admin) => { if (admin) wireDateEdit(metaEl, doc); })` (module-cached whoami, no extra request; non-admins keep the byte-identical badge row); new `wireDateEdit` (phase-57 idiom): `Edit date` button (`.doc-date-edit`, `aria-label="Edit creation date: /"`) after the Created badge, in-place swap editor (native `type=date` prefilled with the stored UTC date part, `aria-label="Document creation date"`, Save/Cancel, muted `Revert to sync` → `date: null`, `role=status` line, `role=alert` line); §7.4 lifecycle — controls lock before the `PATCH /api/documents/date`, empty input disables Save (Revert is the only clear), badge re-renders from the response's `res.created_at`, last-announce order, failure → server detail (apiDetail idiom) or canned copy into the alert, input reverts to stored value, re-enable in `finally`; modal gets it free (shared core). +- `frontend/assets/styles.css`: eight `.doc-date-*` rules beside the summary-editor family — phase-106 D7 provenance comment with verified pairs (5.1:1 / 5.2:1 / 9.1:1 / 16.7:1), `[hidden]` override, `cursor: wait` disabled idiom, empty live lines hidden, global `:focus-visible` ring. +- `tests/unit/test_date_editor.py` (new, 14 source-level pins: gate, single-endpoint cross-file check vs `app/api/docs.py`, response-driven render, `date: null` clear, §7.4 branches, aria strings, CSS). + +**Results** +- `uv run pytest tests/unit/test_date_editor.py tests/unit/test_sources_dates.py tests/unit/test_summary_edit_ui.py tests/unit/test_document_viewer.py -q` → 77 passed +- `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → 2299 passed, TOTAL 99% (>90%) +- `uv run ruff check . && uv run pyright` → clean (0 errors) +- Regression E2E in isolation: `test_summary_in_viewer.py` 4 passed; `test_document_viewer.py` + `test_document_summaries.py` 9 passed + +**Decisions** +- Success collapses the editor after a 2 s "confirmation stays readable" beat (phase-57 precedent); `closeEditor` is idempotent to the stale beat. +- JSON response named `res` (house `r` = fetch Response) so the badge re-render literally references `res.created_at` per the task. +- Fixed phase-57 pin in `test_summary_edit_ui.py`: its whole-file gate `find` now hits the new date-editor gate first, so the summary gate is searched after the section mount (same intent, updated comment). No `app/` code (endpoint shipped in task 05). + +**Next pending task:** `.agents/phases/todo/106_document_dates/10_e2e_document_dates.md` diff --git a/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__09_date_editor.a1.validate b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__09_date_editor.a1.validate new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4629f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__09_date_editor.a1.validate @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +........................................................................ [ 3%] +........................................................................ [ 6%] +........................................................................ [ 9%] +........................................................................ [ 12%] +........................................................................ [ 15%] +........................................................................ 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Final report: + +**Task 10 complete — phase 106 E2E + full gate** + +- Implemented `tests/e2e/test_document_dates.py` — 6 Playwright tests, 1:1 with the contract: import date-landing (D2/D3/D9 incl. future-fold + subtree-max `updated_at`), UI columns (`Created` before `Indexed`; `Updated` between `Documents`/`Description`), modal `Created` badge DOM-before `Indexed`, the owner scenario (older-correct doc = first chip over the newer similar one, real retriever + default boost), admin date edit → re-import survival (manual flag) → Revert-to-sync → re-source, and the anonymous gate + editor a11y. +- Fixture wording tuned and recorded in the docstring: mock md5-bucket geometry is deterministic — draft pinned at vector rank 4 / lexical rank 2 (cos 0.1443 vs 0.1875), fused margin 0.000334 with the full 0.0007 zero-age boost on the newer doc. + +Results (exact): +- `uv run pytest tests/e2e/test_document_dates.py -v --no-cov` → 6 passed (isolation, DB up) +- All 10 regression E2E suites green in isolation (retrieval_quality, whole_document_context, agent_document_tools, ls_tree_drilldown, read_truncation_cap, kb_tree, kb_tree_nav, document_viewer, edit_summaries, import_documents, sync_button, hidden_folders_toggle, smoke) +- `uv run pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing` → 2299 passed, TOTAL 99% (>90%) +- `uv run ruff check .` → clean; `uv run pyright` → 0 errors + +Decisions: (1) header assertions use `text_content()` (th's are CSS-uppercased); (2) created-cell text assertion is timezone-aware (browser renders local time; the ISO `title` is the pinned surface); (3) keyboard-traversal pinned through the editor's buttons — headless-CDP doesn't perform native focus moves off `type=date` inputs (harness artifact, documented). (4) No commit/phase-move per harness rules — left in the working tree for the harness's atomic phase commit. + +Next pending task: none — this is the last task of phase 106 (`todo/` will be empty once the harness moves the phase to `complete/`). diff --git a/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__10_e2e_document_dates.a1.validate b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__10_e2e_document_dates.a1.validate new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4629f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/reports/106_document_dates/106_document_dates__10_e2e_document_dates.a1.validate @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +........................................................................ [ 3%] +........................................................................ [ 6%] +........................................................................ [ 9%] +........................................................................ 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[100%] +=============================== warnings summary =============================== +.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/fastapi/testclient.py:1 + /var/home/ducoterra/Projects/Personal/brain_of_reese/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/fastapi/testclient.py:1: StarletteDeprecationWarning: Using `httpx` with `starlette.testclient` is deprecated; install `httpx2` instead. + from starlette.testclient import TestClient as TestClient # noqa + +-- Docs: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/capture-warnings.html +================================ tests coverage ================================ +_______________ coverage: platform linux, python 3.13.13-final-0 _______________ + +Name Stmts Miss Cover +-------------------------------------------------- +app/__init__.py 1 0 100% +app/api/__init__.py 0 0 100% +app/api/auth.py 52 0 100% +app/api/chat.py 181 0 100% +app/api/chats.py 110 0 100% +app/api/config.py 13 0 100% +app/api/doc_drafts.py 94 0 100% +app/api/docs.py 156 1 99% +app/api/git_sources.py 232 0 100% +app/api/health.py 10 0 100% +app/api/steering.py 42 0 100% +app/api/suggestions.py 33 0 100% +app/api/sync.py 139 0 100% +app/api/tokens.py 40 0 100% +app/api/ui_settings.py 55 0 100% +app/config.py 154 0 100% +app/core/__init__.py 0 0 100% +app/core/auth.py 45 0 100% +app/core/caching.py 124 0 100% +app/core/debugging.py 29 2 93% +app/core/docs_push.py 39 0 100% +app/core/errors.py 5 0 100% +app/core/logging.py 13 0 100% +app/core/rate_limit.py 44 0 100% +app/core/security_headers.py 20 0 100% +app/core/theming.py 38 0 100% +app/core/tokens.py 44 0 100% +app/db.py 21 0 100% +app/main.py 66 0 100% +app/models.py 128 0 100% +app/rag/__init__.py 0 0 100% +app/rag/agent.py 316 1 99% +app/rag/archive_upload.py 134 0 100% +app/rag/chunker.py 206 4 98% +app/rag/doc_dates.py 18 0 100% +app/rag/folder_summaries.py 123 0 100% +app/rag/git_sources.py 14 0 100% +app/rag/importer.py 215 3 99% +app/rag/llm.py 243 1 99% +app/rag/overview.py 71 0 100% +app/rag/prompts.py 88 0 100% +app/rag/retriever.py 172 3 98% +app/rag/scaffolding.py 55 0 100% +app/rag/source_removal.py 41 0 100% +app/rag/sources_meta.py 16 0 100% +app/rag/suggestions.py 27 0 100% +app/rag/summarizer.py 24 0 100% +app/schemas.py 327 0 100% +-------------------------------------------------- +TOTAL 4018 15 99% +coverage gate: app/ 99% (>90%) OK +All checks passed! +0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 informations +WARNING: there is a new pyright version available (v1.1.411 -> v1.1.414). +Please install the new version or set PYRIGHT_PYTHON_FORCE_VERSION to `latest` + +validation OK diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example index 56f12df..151038e 100644 --- a/.env.example +++ b/.env.example @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ BOR_EMBED_BATCH_SIZE=16 BOR_HYBRID_VECTOR_CANDIDATES=100 # cosine list width for the fusion BOR_HYBRID_LEXICAL_CANDIDATES=30 # FTS list width for the fusion BOR_RRF_K=60 # Reciprocal Rank Fusion damping constant +BOR_RECENCY_BOOST=0.0007 # max additive fused-score bonus a zero-age doc gets (phase 106); 0 = off (pre-phase ranking byte-identical) +BOR_RECENCY_HALF_LIFE_DAYS=365 # recency decay timescale, days (phase 106); the boost decays by e^-1 (~0.37x) per timescale of age # --- Agent document tools (grounded turns may extend context: ls / read / grep) --- # BOR_AGENT_MAX_ROUNDS=10 # hard cap on agent tool rounds per turn (0 = no tools) diff --git a/alembic/versions/0020_documents_created_at.py b/alembic/versions/0020_documents_created_at.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..070e849 --- /dev/null +++ b/alembic/versions/0020_documents_created_at.py @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +"""documents.created_at + created_at_manual: sourced document creation dates (phase 106) + +Revision ID: 0020 +Revises: 0019 +Create Date: 2026-09-13 + +Phase 106 (document dates end to end: sourced at sync, displayed, +editable, recency-weighted in retrieval): every ``documents`` row carries +a NOT-NULL **creation date** — sourced at sync time (the git last-commit +date for git sources, the file mtime for local dirs and unpacked uploads +— D2) and normalized by ``app.rag.doc_dates.normalize_doc_date`` +(undetermined or future → today; stored as UTC ``timestamptz`` at full +precision — D3). It is DISTINCT from ``indexed_at`` (the INDEX time, +untouched — the two concepts stay separate): + +* ``documents.created_at`` — TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL with + server default ``now()``: pre-phase-106 rows backfill to the migration + moment (≈ today — the owner's instruction, D1: "the timestamp can't be + null so just set it to today's date during the migration") and the + next sync replaces them with the real sourced date (the importer's + unchanged path, phase 106 task 04 — a sync may move a date OLDER, D4). +* ``documents.created_at_manual`` — BOOLEAN NOT NULL with server default + ``false``: ``true`` only while ``created_at`` is the OWNER'S + correction (D1 — the ``folder_summaries.manually_edited`` phase-97 + precedent). Set ONLY by ``PATCH /api/documents/date`` (phase 106 task + 05); the sync-time importer SKIPS the refresh on a manual row (the + correction survives syncs) and a content change RESETS both the date + and the flag (a new version = a new date — D4). + +One additive, fully reversible migration (A13); no other schema change. +""" +from __future__ import annotations + +import sqlalchemy as sa + +from alembic import op + +revision = "0020" +down_revision = "0019" +branch_labels = None +depends_on = None + + +def upgrade() -> None: + op.add_column( + "documents", + sa.Column( + "created_at", + sa.DateTime(timezone=True), + server_default=sa.text("now()"), + nullable=False, + ), + ) + op.add_column( + "documents", + sa.Column( + "created_at_manual", + sa.Boolean(), + server_default=sa.text("false"), + nullable=False, + ), + ) + + +def downgrade() -> None: + # Both columns are the only 0020 artefacts — dropping them leaves + # 0019's schema byte-identical (A13, fully reversible). + op.drop_column("documents", "created_at_manual") + op.drop_column("documents", "created_at") diff --git a/app/api/docs.py b/app/api/docs.py index 113b628..e48e598 100644 --- a/app/api/docs.py +++ b/app/api/docs.py @@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ update or clear ``documents.summary`` and re-embed the ``is_summary`` chunk (embed first, mutate second — a failed LLM call leaves the row and chunk untouched; the content chunks are never re-embedded, D4). +PATCH /api/documents/date — the admin document-date editor (phase 106, +D7): set the owner's corrected ``documents.created_at`` (normalized +through ``app.rag.doc_dates.normalize_doc_date`` — a manually set future +date folds to today, D3) + flag it manual, or clear the manual flag +(null date — the stored date stands until the next sync). A pure DB +write: NO LLM/embedding call — a date is never embedded (the +deliberate contrast with the phase-57 ``is_summary`` re-embed). + GET /api/docs/tree — the admin's full recursive KB tree in one fetch (phase 97, task 02): the same drill-down tree the agent's ``ls`` walks, with the file metadata the RAG view's rows and stat cards need @@ -40,10 +48,13 @@ from app.core.auth import require_admin, require_user from app.db import get_db from app.models import Chunk, Document, FolderSummary from app.rag.agent import list_source_names +from app.rag.doc_dates import normalize_doc_date from app.rag.folder_summaries import MIN_DOCS_PER_FOLDER, folder_of from app.rag.importer import match_extension from app.rag.llm import EmbeddingError, LLMClient from app.schemas import ( + DateResult, + DateUpdate, DocContent, DocList, DocSummary, @@ -101,10 +112,18 @@ def list_indexed_documents( Document.path, Document.title, func.count(Chunk.id).label("chunks"), + Document.created_at, Document.indexed_at, ) .outerjoin(Chunk, Chunk.document_id == Document.id) - .group_by(Document.id, Document.source, Document.path, Document.title, Document.indexed_at) + .group_by( + Document.id, + Document.source, + Document.path, + Document.title, + Document.created_at, + Document.indexed_at, + ) .order_by(Document.source, Document.path) ).all() return DocList( @@ -115,6 +134,7 @@ def list_indexed_documents( path=row.path, title=row.title, chunks=row.chunks, + created_at=row.created_at.isoformat(), indexed_at=row.indexed_at.isoformat(), ) for row in rows @@ -157,6 +177,7 @@ def get_document_content( title=doc.title, format=doc_format(doc.path, get_settings().import_extension_set), summary=doc.summary, + created_at=doc.created_at.isoformat(), content=doc.content, indexed_at=doc.indexed_at.isoformat(), chunks=chunks, @@ -231,6 +252,75 @@ async def update_document_summary( ) +@router.patch("/documents/date", response_model=DateResult) +def update_document_date( + payload: DateUpdate, + db: Session = Depends(get_db), # noqa: B008 + _admin: None = Depends(require_admin), # noqa: B008 +) -> DateResult: + """Set or clear the owner's correction of a document's creation date. + + Admin-only (phase 106, D7 — the phase-57 split): the document + viewer itself stays user-gated (``/documents/content`` — admin OR + token holder); only this edit affordance is admin-gated. DB-only + (the ``/documents/content`` row-lookup rule): the ``(source, path)`` + pair is looked up as a row — an unknown pair, including traversal + strings such as ``../../etc/passwd``, is simply not a row (→ 404 + ``document not found``), and there is no filesystem access. NO + LLM/embedding call — a date is never embedded (no chunk, no + retrieval role) — the deliberate contrast with the phase-57 + ``is_summary`` re-embed in :func:`update_document_summary`. + + * **Set** (``date`` present) — ``datetime.fromisoformat`` accepts a + bare ``YYYY-MM-DD`` (midnight) and full ISO datetimes; a + MALFORMED value 422s here (the model field is an unconstrained + ``str | None`` on purpose, so the detail can name the field). The + parse goes through + :func:`app.rag.doc_dates.normalize_doc_date` (D3 — the single + choke point: naive → UTC, aware → converted, a manually set + FUTURE date also folds to today — consistency with the sourced + path) and stores ``created_at`` + ``created_at_manual = True`` + (the owner's correction — the sync-time importer then SKIPS the + refresh on this row, D1/D4). + * **Clear** (``date`` null/absent — the "revert to sync" + operation) — ``created_at_manual = False`` ONLY: the stored date + stands until the next sync refreshes it (the API cannot + re-read the source, D7). + + The response echoes the stored state — ``created_at`` (ISO-8601) + + ``created_at_manual`` — the viewer re-renders its Created badge + from it (no second fetch). + """ + doc = db.scalar( + select(Document).where( + Document.source == payload.source, Document.path == payload.path + ) + ) + if doc is None: + raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="document not found") + if payload.date: + try: + parsed = datetime.fromisoformat(payload.date) + except ValueError: + raise HTTPException( + status_code=422, + detail="date must be an ISO date or datetime (e.g. 2024-06-15)", + ) from None + doc.created_at = normalize_doc_date(parsed) + doc.created_at_manual = True + else: + # The CLEAR (D7): drop the manual flag only — the stored date + # stands until the next sync refreshes it. + doc.created_at_manual = False + db.commit() + return DateResult( + source=doc.source, + path=doc.path, + created_at=doc.created_at.isoformat(), + created_at_manual=doc.created_at_manual, + ) + + @router.patch("/folders/summary", response_model=FolderSummaryResult) def update_folder_summary( payload: FolderSummaryUpdate, @@ -305,16 +395,17 @@ def update_folder_summary( #: One catalogue row the tree builder consumes: -#: ``(source, path, title, chunks, indexed_at)`` — the ``GET /api/docs`` -#: query's columns minus the document ``id`` (the tree has no document -#: ids), in the same ``(source, path)`` order; ``indexed_at`` is the -#: ISO-8601 string the endpoint converts (the builder stays pure over -#: plain types — unit-testable without a DB). -TreeDocRow = tuple[str, str, str, int, str] +#: ``(source, path, title, chunks, indexed_at, created_at)`` — the +#: ``GET /api/docs`` query's columns minus the document ``id`` (the +#: tree has no document ids), in the same ``(source, path)`` order; +#: ``indexed_at`` / ``created_at`` are the ISO-8601 strings the +#: endpoint converts (the builder stays pure over plain types — +#: unit-testable without a DB). +TreeDocRow = tuple[str, str, str, int, str, str] #: One of a source's file rows, already source-scoped: -#: ``(path, title, chunks, indexed_at)``. -TreeFileRow = tuple[str, str, int, str] +#: ``(path, title, chunks, indexed_at, created_at)``. +TreeFileRow = tuple[str, str, int, str, str] def _folder_counts( @@ -339,13 +430,13 @@ def _folder_counts( own descendants, or the file wearing its name, exist). """ folders: set[str] = set() - for path, _title, _chunks, _indexed_at in rows: + for path, _title, _chunks, _indexed_at, _created_at in rows: folder = folder_of(path) while folder: folders.add(folder) folder = folder_of(folder) counts: dict[str, int] = {folder: 0 for folder in folders} - for path, _title, _chunks, _indexed_at in rows: + for path, _title, _chunks, _indexed_at, _created_at in rows: if path in folders: counts[path] += 1 folder = folder_of(path) @@ -381,27 +472,60 @@ def _level_children( flag: the recursive count ≥ :data:`MIN_DOCS_PER_FOLDER` AND no stored ``folder_summaries`` row for ``(source, sub)`` — the same rule the source node applies (see :func:`build_kb_tree`). + + And, since phase 106 (D9), each folder node carries ``updated_at`` + = the subtree's MAX document ``created_at``: the max over this + folder's direct files' dates and its subfolder children's (already + recursive) ``updated_at`` values, via :func:`_subtree_max`. """ children: list[KbTreeFolder | KbTreeFile] = [] for sub in sorted(g for g in folders if folder_of(g) == folder): + sub_children = _level_children(source, sub, folders, counts, rows, summaries) children.append( KbTreeFolder( path=sub, documents=counts[sub], + updated_at=_subtree_max(sub_children), summary=summaries.get((source, sub)), summary_pending=counts[sub] >= MIN_DOCS_PER_FOLDER and (source, sub) not in summaries, - children=_level_children(source, sub, folders, counts, rows, summaries), + children=sub_children, ) ) - for path, title, chunks, indexed_at in rows: + for path, title, chunks, indexed_at, created_at in rows: if folder_of(path) == folder: children.append( - KbTreeFile(path=path, title=title, chunks=chunks, indexed_at=indexed_at) + KbTreeFile( + path=path, + title=title, + chunks=chunks, + created_at=created_at, + indexed_at=indexed_at, + ) ) return children +def _subtree_max(children: Sequence[KbTreeFolder | KbTreeFile]) -> str | None: + """A node's ``updated_at`` (phase 106, D9): the subtree's MAX + document ``created_at``, computed from the node's direct children — + files contribute their ``created_at``, subfolder nodes contribute + their (already recursive) ``updated_at``. + + All values share the same UTC ``isoformat()`` shape (the endpoint + converts every ``created_at`` before the builder runs), so the + LEXICOGRAPHIC max is the chronological max — ISO-8601 strings of + one offset order by instant. ``None`` when no child carries a date + (a node with no documents at all — the 0-document source). + """ + dates = [ + child.created_at if child.kind == "file" else child.updated_at + for child in children + ] + dates = [d for d in dates if d is not None] + return max(dates) if dates else None + + def build_kb_tree( names: Sequence[str], doc_rows: Sequence[TreeDocRow], @@ -413,8 +537,9 @@ def build_kb_tree( *names* — the registry source names in order (``app.rag.agent. list_source_names`` — deduped, registry order). *doc_rows* — the - catalogue ``(source, path, title, chunks, indexed_at)`` tuples in - the ``GET /api/docs`` query order (``source, path``). *summaries* — + catalogue ``(source, path, title, chunks, indexed_at, created_at)`` + tuples (both stamps ISO-8601) in the ``GET /api/docs`` query order + (``source, path``). *summaries* — ``{(source, folder_path): summary}`` over the stored ``folder_summaries`` rows (``folder_path = ""`` = the source root; rows for sources the tree does not list are simply never @@ -433,13 +558,21 @@ def build_kb_tree( source node IS the root); direct subfolders only, in path (sorted) order, a folder existing only under the phase-94 existence rule; ``documents`` = the recursive subtree count; - ``summary`` = the stored row (AI OR manual — any row) or null; - ``children`` = the folder's own subfolders + direct files, same - shape. + ``updated_at`` (phase 106, D9) = the subtree's MAX document + ``created_at`` — DERIVED as the builder recurses (the max of the + direct files' dates and the children's ``updated_at`` values via + :func:`_subtree_max`; the ISO-8601 strings share one + ``isoformat()`` shape, so the lexicographic max is the + chronological one), never stored — ``null`` when the node has no + documents at all; ``summary`` = the stored row (AI OR manual — + any row) or null; ``children`` = the folder's own subfolders + + direct files, same shape. * **File nodes** — direct files only, in input (catalog) order; - ``path`` source-relative; ``title`` / ``chunks`` / ``indexed_at`` - verbatim from the catalogue row. File nodes carry NO pending - flag (the file table has no description column). + ``path`` source-relative; ``title`` / ``chunks`` / ``created_at`` + (phase 106) / ``indexed_at`` verbatim from the catalogue row. + File nodes carry NO pending flag (the file table has no + description column) and no ``updated_at`` (a file's date IS its + ``created_at``). * **Pending** — ``summary_pending`` on the SOURCE and every FOLDER node (phase 98, decision D3 — ONE concept): true iff the node's recursive ``documents`` count ≥ @@ -460,13 +593,20 @@ def build_kb_tree( existence / count rules, so — for a single-source dataset — its level equals :func:`app.rag.agent.group_folder_listing`'s output (same subfolder ``(path, count, summary)`` triples in order, same - file ``(path, title)`` pairs in order — the "UI shows what the - agent sees" cross-check, unit-pinned at the root and a nested - level). + file ``(source, path, title, date)`` 4-tuples in order — phase + 106, D5: the agent's file lines carry the appended ``date`` field + and the tree's file nodes carry ``created_at``; the "UI shows + what the agent sees" cross-check, unit-pinned at the root and a + nested level, compares the extended shapes). + + D9 (phase 106): ``updated_at`` on every SOURCE and FOLDER node is + the subtree's MAX document ``created_at`` — derived, never stored; + ``None`` for a node with no documents at all (the registered + 0-document source). """ by_source: dict[str, list[TreeFileRow]] = {} - for source, path, title, chunks, indexed_at in doc_rows: - by_source.setdefault(source, []).append((path, title, chunks, indexed_at)) + for source, path, title, chunks, indexed_at, created_at in doc_rows: + by_source.setdefault(source, []).append((path, title, chunks, indexed_at, created_at)) tree: list[KbTreeSource] = [] listed: set[str] = set() for name in names: @@ -499,14 +639,20 @@ def _source_node( ``summary_pending`` (phase 98, D3): the whole-source count ≥ :data:`MIN_DOCS_PER_FOLDER` AND no stored ``(source, "")`` row — the source-root arm of the rule :func:`build_kb_tree` documents. + + ``updated_at`` (phase 106, D9): the source's subtree max — + :func:`_subtree_max` over the root level's children; ``None`` for a + 0-document source (no children, no dates). """ folders, counts = _folder_counts(rows) + children = _level_children(source, "", folders, counts, rows, summaries) return KbTreeSource( name=source, documents=len(rows), + updated_at=_subtree_max(children), summary=summaries.get((source, "")), summary_pending=len(rows) >= MIN_DOCS_PER_FOLDER and (source, "") not in summaries, - children=_level_children(source, "", folders, counts, rows, summaries), + children=children, ) @@ -540,15 +686,23 @@ def list_kb_tree( Document.path, Document.title, func.count(Chunk.id).label("chunks"), + Document.created_at, Document.indexed_at, ) .outerjoin(Chunk, Chunk.document_id == Document.id) - .group_by(Document.id, Document.source, Document.path, Document.title, Document.indexed_at) + .group_by( + Document.id, + Document.source, + Document.path, + Document.title, + Document.created_at, + Document.indexed_at, + ) .order_by(Document.source, Document.path) ).all() doc_rows: list[TreeDocRow] = [ - (source, path, title, chunks, indexed_at.isoformat()) - for source, path, title, chunks, indexed_at in rows + (source, path, title, chunks, indexed_at.isoformat(), created_at.isoformat()) + for source, path, title, chunks, created_at, indexed_at in rows ] summaries: dict[tuple[str, str], str] = { (source, folder_path): summary diff --git a/app/api/sync.py b/app/api/sync.py index a22c497..117791d 100644 --- a/app/api/sync.py +++ b/app/api/sync.py @@ -36,9 +36,13 @@ decisions): 4. ``import_sources(..., prune=True)`` over the single combined list (git checkouts + local dirs), honoring each row's ``ignore_paths`` (phase 89 — the per-root ignore map is built in the same per-row - loop as the source list) and its ``include_hidden`` flag (phase 105 - — the per-root hidden-folders map, same per-row construction) — - prune so files deleted upstream, out of + loop as the source list), its ``include_hidden`` flag (phase 105 — + the per-root hidden-folders map, same per-row construction), and + feeding each git checkout's per-file last-commit dates (phase 106, + D2 — the per-root date map, ``file_commit_dates`` after the clone, + same per-row construction; local rows contribute nothing and take + the importer's mtime fallback) — prune so files deleted upstream, + out of a local dir, or newly matching an ignore pattern leave the index (pruning covers the union; the CLI's no-prune default is unchanged); 5. when the import changed the KB (added + updated > 0), @@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ from app.rag.importer import ImportSummary, import_sources from app.rag.llm import LLMClient, check_models from app.rag.overview import regenerate_overview from app.rag.sources_meta import bump_sources_version, current_sources_version -from scripts.git_sync import GitSyncError, clone_or_pull +from scripts.git_sync import GitSyncError, clone_or_pull, file_commit_dates from scripts.import_docs import repo_name logger = logging.getLogger("app.api.sync") @@ -286,9 +290,17 @@ async def _run_sync() -> None: sources: list[Path] = [] ignore_by_root: dict[str, list[str]] = {} include_hidden_by_root: dict[str, bool] = {} + doc_dates_by_root: dict[str, dict[str, datetime]] = {} for row in rows: if row.kind == "git": root = clone_or_pull(row.url, sources_root / repo_name(row.url)) + # Phase 106 (D2): the checkout's per-file last-commit + # dates, keyed by the SAME root string the importer + # sees (local-path checkouts → true per-file dates, + # shallow URL checkouts → the tip date, D10). Local + # rows contribute nothing — the importer's mtime + # fallback applies to them. + doc_dates_by_root[str(root)] = file_commit_dates(root) else: # kind=local — the stored expanded path (phase 38 also # mirrors it in the NOT-NULL ``url`` location column, the @@ -329,6 +341,7 @@ async def _run_sync() -> None: summary: ImportSummary = await import_sources( sources, llm, prune=True, progress=_hook, ignore_by_root=ignore_by_root, include_hidden_by_root=include_hidden_by_root, + doc_dates_by_root=doc_dates_by_root, ) overview = False if summary.added + summary.updated > 0: @@ -431,6 +444,7 @@ async def _run_sync() -> None: "chunks": summary.chunks, "summaries": summary.summaries, "summary_errors": summary.summary_errors, + "dates_updated": summary.dates_updated, "overview": overview, "sources_version": sources_version, } diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py index 6373425..ff05eb7 100644 --- a/app/config.py +++ b/app/config.py @@ -185,6 +185,28 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings): hybrid_vector_candidates: int = 100 hybrid_lexical_candidates: int = 30 rrf_k: int = 60 + #: Recency boost on the RRF-fused retrieval score (phase 106, D6): the + #: MAXIMUM additive score a zero-age document gets — + #: ``fused + recency_boost * exp(-age_days / recency_half_life_days)`` + #: (``app.rag.retriever.apply_recency_boost``, applied in + #: ``retrieve()`` after ``fuse()``). ``0`` = off — the pre-phase + #: ranking is byte-identical (the kill switch); negative values fail + #: startup loudly (the ``agent_max_rounds`` validator pattern). + #: 0.0007 ≈ a 2-3 rank head start on a 60+ RRF scale (rank 1 vs 2 + #: in one list differs by ~0.00026, rank 1 vs 10 by ~0.0021) — + #: enough to break near-ties toward the newer document, far below + #: the gap between a document that answers and one that merely + #: resembles (the phase-106 fine-line battery pins the measured + #: margin). The design starting point was 0.001; the battery's + #: 3×-margin requirement tuned it down here (task 07 step 5) — on + #: the k=60 scale a 0.001 boost would flip the pinned owner + #: scenario (older-correct vs newer-similar). + recency_boost: float = 0.0007 + #: Age (days) over which the recency boost decays (phase 106, D6): + #: the boost multiplies by ``e**-1`` ≈ 0.37 per ``recency_half_life_days`` + #: of document age (full weight at age 0, ``weight/e`` at one + #: half-life). ``<= 0`` fails startup loudly (same validator family). + recency_half_life_days: int = 365 # --- Admin & sign-in (phase 16; A10 revised 2026-08-22) --- # Single-admin auth via a signed session cookie (Starlette @@ -351,6 +373,25 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings): raise ValueError("history_max_chars must be >= 0 (chars)") return v + @field_validator("recency_boost") + @classmethod + def _recency_boost_non_negative(cls, v: float) -> float: + """``0`` is the kill switch (pre-phase ranking byte-identical) — a + negative boost would demote fresh documents, the exact opposite + of D6 (the ``agent_max_rounds`` pattern, phase 106).""" + if v < 0: + raise ValueError("recency_boost must be >= 0 (0 = off)") + return v + + @field_validator("recency_half_life_days") + @classmethod + def _recency_half_life_days_positive(cls, v: int) -> int: + """``0``/negative would divide the decay exponent by zero — fail + loud at startup (the ``agent_max_rounds`` pattern, phase 106).""" + if v <= 0: + raise ValueError("recency_half_life_days must be > 0 (days)") + return v + @field_validator("docs_branch", "docs_base_branch") @classmethod def _docs_branch_tokens(cls, v: str, info: ValidationInfo) -> str: diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py index b0c8a76..3bb21eb 100644 --- a/app/models.py +++ b/app/models.py @@ -110,6 +110,27 @@ class Document(Base): content: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text) # full markdown — the RAG context content_hash: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(64), index=True) # sha256 for change detection indexed_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), server_default=func.now()) + #: The document's CREATION date (phase 106, D1/D2/D3) — sourced at + #: sync time (git last-commit date for git sources, file mtime for + #: local dirs / unpacked uploads), normalized by + #: :func:`app.rag.doc_dates.normalize_doc_date` (undetermined or + #: future → today; UTC). NOT NULL: pre-phase-106 rows backfill to + #: the migration moment (≈ today — the owner's instruction) and the + #: next sync refreshes them (the importer's unchanged path, + #: task 04 — a sync may move a date OLDER, D4). Distinct from + #: ``indexed_at`` (the INDEX time, untouched). + created_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column( + DateTime(timezone=True), server_default=func.now(), nullable=False + ) + #: True only while ``created_at`` is the OWNER'S correction (phase + #: 106, D1 — the ``folder_summaries.manually_edited`` phase-97 + #: precedent): set ONLY by ``PATCH /api/documents/date`` + #: (task 05); the sync-time importer SKIPS the refresh on a manual + #: row (the correction survives syncs, D4) and a content change + #: RESETS both the date and the flag (a new version = a new date). + created_at_manual: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column( + Boolean, default=False, server_default=text("false"), nullable=False + ) #: Lite-model summary, phase 30. Natural-language summary of the #: document (non-markdown A9 docs only, generated at import time by the #: aipi ``lite`` model). NULL for markdown docs, pre-phase-30 rows, and diff --git a/app/rag/agent.py b/app/rag/agent.py index ff47a14..36abb3c 100644 --- a/app/rag/agent.py +++ b/app/rag/agent.py @@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ task 04): (the count is the subfolder's recursive subtree — every document whose path equals the folder or starts with ``folder + "/"``, the same set the sync-time folder summary describes — and the file - lines ``source: X | path: Y | title: Z`` (the canonical - ``read``/``grep`` identity — the phase-63 labeled format, - unchanged) in path order (``GET /api/docs`` order), capped at + lines ``source: X | path: Y | title: Z | date: YYYY-MM-DD`` (the + canonical ``read``/``grep`` identity — the phase-63 labeled format — + plus the phase-106 D5 ``date`` field APPENDED after ``title``; only + FILE lines carry a date — source/folder lines are not documents) + in path order (``GET /api/docs`` order), capped at :data:`LS_MAX_FILE_LINES` lines + one deterministic grep-pointer note for the rest (a 500-file folder costs 50 lines, never 500); a ``source/folder`` ``path``: that folder's subfolders + own file @@ -463,7 +465,8 @@ NO_DOCUMENT_DID_YOU_MEAN_MANY = ( SUGGESTION_LIMIT = 3 #: The drill-down ``ls`` file-line cap (phase 94, task 03): a folder's -#: own files list at most this many ``source: X | path: Y | title: Z`` +#: own files list at most this many +#: ``source: X | path: Y | title: Z | date: YYYY-MM-DD`` #: lines (path order), then one deterministic grep-pointer note — a #: 500-file folder costs the model 50 lines + the note, never 500. #: Pinned module constant (no env var — the phase-94 TODO asks for a @@ -655,14 +658,17 @@ def _source_root_summaries(db: Session) -> list[tuple[str, str]]: ] -def _source_document_rows(db: Session, source: str) -> list[tuple[str, str]]: - """``(path, title)`` of every document under *source*, ordered by - ``path`` — the one bounded fetch a folder drill level lists (phase - 94 task 03; one source's paths, not the whole KB).""" +def _source_document_rows(db: Session, source: str) -> list[tuple[str, str, str]]: + """``(path, title, created_iso_date)`` of every document under + *source*, ordered by ``path`` — the one bounded fetch a folder + drill level lists (phase 94 task 03; one source's paths, not the + whole KB). The date is the row's ``created_at`` UTC date part + (``YYYY-MM-DD``, phase 106 D5 — the ``ls`` FILE line's appended + `` | date: …`` field; only file lines carry a date).""" return [ - (path, title) - for path, title in db.execute( - select(Document.path, Document.title) + (path, title, created_at.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")) + for path, title, created_at in db.execute( + select(Document.path, Document.title, Document.created_at) .where(Document.source == source) .order_by(Document.path) ) @@ -707,15 +713,17 @@ def ls_top(db: Session) -> list[tuple[str, int, str | None]]: def group_folder_listing( source: str, folder: str, - rows: Sequence[tuple[str, str]], + rows: Sequence[tuple[str, str, str]], summaries: Mapping[str, str], -) -> tuple[list[tuple[str, int, str | None]], list[tuple[str, str, str]], int]: +) -> tuple[ + list[tuple[str, int, str | None]], list[tuple[str, str, str, str]], int +]: """One level of the drill-down tree (phase 94, task 03) — pure. - Given *rows* — the source's ``(path, title)`` pairs in catalog - (path) order — and *summaries* (the source's stored - ``folder_summaries`` rows: ``folder_path → summary``), the folder - level *folder* (source-relative; ``""`` = the source root): + Given *rows* — the source's ``(path, title, created_iso_date)`` + triples in catalog (path) order — and *summaries* (the source's + stored ``folder_summaries`` rows: ``folder_path → summary``), the + folder level *folder* (source-relative; ``""`` = the source root): * **(a) direct subfolders** — the folders whose parent is exactly *folder*, in path order, each @@ -732,8 +740,10 @@ def group_folder_listing( prefix before the last ``/`` — :func:`app.rag.folder_summaries.folder_of`, the shared notion) IS *folder*, in path order (catalog order — the same order - ``GET /api/docs`` serves), as ``(source, path, title)`` triples - — the canonical ``read``/``grep`` identity, capped at + ``GET /api/docs`` serves), as ``(source, path, title, date)`` + 4-tuples — the canonical ``read``/``grep`` identity plus the + phase-106 D5 ``date`` field (the row's ``created_at`` UTC date + part, APPENDED — never inserted before ``title``), capped at :data:`LS_MAX_FILE_LINES` (the rest fold into the renderer's note; a 500-file folder never costs 500 lines). * **(c) the TOTAL direct-file count** — pre-cap, for the note. @@ -745,7 +755,7 @@ def group_folder_listing( # indexed path (the existence rule's candidate set — a folder is # present iff at least one path starts with ``folder + "/"``). folders: set[str] = set() - for path, _title in rows: + for path, _title, _date in rows: f = folder_of(path) while f: folders.add(f) @@ -755,7 +765,7 @@ def group_folder_listing( # folder + "/"`` arm (the folder's true descendants), one pass per # document. counts: dict[str, int] = {f: 0 for f in folders} - for path, _title in rows: + for path, _title, _date in rows: if path in folders: counts[path] += 1 f = folder_of(path) @@ -767,8 +777,8 @@ def group_folder_listing( for g in sorted(g for g in folders if folder_of(g) == folder) ] files = [ - (source, path, title) - for path, title in rows + (source, path, title, date) + for path, title, date in rows if folder_of(path) == folder ] return subfolders, files[:LS_MAX_FILE_LINES], len(files) @@ -776,7 +786,9 @@ def group_folder_listing( def ls_folder( db: Session, source: str, folder: str -) -> tuple[list[tuple[str, int, str | None]], list[tuple[str, str, str]], int]: +) -> tuple[ + list[tuple[str, int, str | None]], list[tuple[str, str, str, str]], int +]: """One folder level of the drill-down ``ls`` (phase 94, task 03). The source's document rows (:func:`_source_document_rows`) and @@ -793,7 +805,7 @@ def ls_folder( ) -def _folder_exists_in(rows: Sequence[tuple[str, str]], folder: str) -> bool: +def _folder_exists_in(rows: Sequence[tuple[str, str, str]], folder: str) -> bool: """The phase-94 folder-existence rule (``00_phase.md``), pure. Folder *folder* (source-relative) under a registered source @@ -805,11 +817,11 @@ def _folder_exists_in(rows: Sequence[tuple[str, str]], folder: str) -> bool: if not folder: return True prefix = folder + "/" - return any(path.startswith(prefix) for path, _title in rows) + return any(path.startswith(prefix) for path, _title, _date in rows) def _deepest_existing_ancestor( - rows: Sequence[tuple[str, str]], folder: str + rows: Sequence[tuple[str, str, str]], folder: str ) -> str: """The deepest EXISTING folder prefix of a missing *folder* (pure). @@ -854,7 +866,7 @@ def render_ls_top(entries: Sequence[tuple[str, int, str | None]]) -> str: def render_folder_listing( identity: str, subfolders: Sequence[tuple[str, int, str | None]], - files: Sequence[tuple[str, str, str]], + files: Sequence[tuple[str, str, str, str]], total_files: int, ) -> str: """One folder level of the drill-down ``ls`` (phase 94, task 03) — @@ -867,9 +879,10 @@ def render_folder_listing( below the header — a blank line, the 2-space-indented subfolder lines `` {sub}/ — {m} documents`` in path order (``: {summary}`` appended ONLY when the subfolder's summary is stored), a blank - line, the file lines in EXACTLY the existing - ``source: X | path: Y | title: Z`` format (the canonical - ``read``/``grep`` identity — unchanged), and the cap note + line, the file lines in EXACTLY the + ``source: X | path: Y | title: Z | date: YYYY-MM-DD`` format (the + canonical ``read``/``grep`` identity plus the phase-106 D5 + appended ``date`` field — the only changed part), and the cap note ``…and {hidden} more documents in this folder — use grep (pattern) to find a specific one.`` ONLY when the folder's own files outnumber :data:`LS_MAX_FILE_LINES` (*files* arrives capped; @@ -891,8 +904,8 @@ def render_folder_listing( if files or total_files > len(files): body.append("") body.extend( - f"source: {source} | path: {path} | title: {title}" - for source, path, title in files + f"source: {source} | path: {path} | title: {title} | date: {date}" + for source, path, title, date in files ) hidden = total_files - len(files) if hidden > 0: @@ -1172,15 +1185,26 @@ def _execute_tool( holder.read_truncations.append( (cast("str", raw_path), cap, len(doc.content)) ) + # Phase 106 (D5): the date rides every document the model + # sees — the ``read`` result's SECOND line; the FIRST line + # stays ``Document {source}/{path}:`` BYTE-IDENTICAL (the + # E2E mock's ``_READ_RESULT_PREFIX`` header contract). return ( f"Document {doc.source}/{doc.path}:\n" + f"date: {doc.created_at:%Y-%m-%d}\n" f"{doc.content[:cap]}\n" f"{TRUNCATION_MARKER}\n" f"{READ_TRUNCATION_NOTICE.format(shown=cap, total=len(doc.content))}" ) - # At or under the cap: byte-identical to the pre-phase-95 result - # (no marker, no notice, no holder entry, no ToolResultPiece). - return f"Document {doc.source}/{doc.path}:\n{doc.content}" + # At or under the cap: the pre-phase-95 result plus the + # phase-106 D5 date line (first line byte-identical — the + # mock's header contract; no marker, no notice, no holder + # entry, no ToolResultPiece). + return ( + f"Document {doc.source}/{doc.path}:\n" + f"date: {doc.created_at:%Y-%m-%d}\n" + f"{doc.content}" + ) if call.name == "grep": raw_pattern = call.arguments.get("pattern") pattern = raw_pattern.strip() if isinstance(raw_pattern, str) else "" diff --git a/app/rag/archive_upload.py b/app/rag/archive_upload.py index fb5cc34..d487b4e 100644 --- a/app/rag/archive_upload.py +++ b/app/rag/archive_upload.py @@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ The guarantees (phase 49 locked decisions): unpack directory, and device/FIFO members — and counting every extracted byte against a cap (zip-bomb guard). Any failure removes the partial ``target_dir`` so no half-unpacked tree survives. +* :func:`unpack_archive` also restores each regular file's member mtime + (the zip DOS ``date_time`` or the tar ``mtime``) — phase 106, D2: + uploaded archives keep their file dates, which the importer reads as + the document creation date. Directories, symlinks, and hardlinks are + untouched; the cap and every safety check above are unchanged (the + ``utime`` sits after a successful ``_write_capped``, so a failed + unpack still removes the partial tree). * :func:`swap_in` makes ``new_dir`` become ``final_dir`` with **no missing window**: the previous folder is renamed to a unique same-filesystem ``.old-`` sibling first, the new folder is renamed @@ -33,6 +40,7 @@ import stat import tarfile import uuid import zipfile +from datetime import UTC, datetime from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath from typing import IO @@ -183,6 +191,16 @@ def _unpack_zip(archive: Path, target: Path, max_extract_bytes: int) -> None: else: with zf.open(member) as src: _write_capped(src, dest, max_extract_bytes, total) + # Phase 106 (D2): restore the member's DOS mtime — a + # tz-agnostic epoch value, UTC-rendered exactly like an + # mtime — so uploaded archives keep their file dates. + # Regular files only; an OSError here still removes the + # partial tree in unpack_archive like any write failure. + # ``ns=`` takes INTEGER nanoseconds (a float seconds + # value raises TypeError), so convert explicitly. + mtime = datetime(*member.date_time, tzinfo=UTC).timestamp() + mtime_ns = int(mtime * 1_000_000_000) + os.utime(dest, ns=(mtime_ns, mtime_ns)) def _unpack_tar(archive: Path, target: Path, max_extract_bytes: int) -> None: @@ -206,6 +224,14 @@ def _unpack_tar(archive: Path, target: Path, max_extract_bytes: int) -> None: if src is None: raise ArchiveUploadError("corrupt archive member") _write_capped(src, dest, max_extract_bytes, total) + # Phase 106 (D2): restore the member's mtime (epoch + # seconds — a tz-agnostic value) so uploaded archives + # keep their file dates. Regular files only; an OSError + # here still removes the partial tree in unpack_archive. + # ``ns=`` takes INTEGER nanoseconds (a float seconds + # value raises TypeError), so convert explicitly. + mtime_ns = int(member.mtime * 1_000_000_000) + os.utime(dest, ns=(mtime_ns, mtime_ns)) else: # char/block device, FIFO raise ArchiveUploadError( "tar archives with device or FIFO members are not allowed" diff --git a/app/rag/doc_dates.py b/app/rag/doc_dates.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3c6eac --- /dev/null +++ b/app/rag/doc_dates.py @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +"""Document-creation-date sourcing + normalization (phase 106, D2/D3). + +Every document date the importer writes and every date the owner +edits passes through :func:`normalize_doc_date` — the single choke +point for the owner's rules: an UNDETERMINED date (no source signal) +and a FUTURE date (beyond a small clock-skew tolerance) both assume +the document was created TODAY (UTC). Naive source timestamps (zip +DOS mtimes, tar mtimes, git-free fallbacks) are tz-agnostic epoch- +based values rendered as UTC; aware ones are converted to UTC. + +Pure and stdlib-only by contract (unit-pinned in +``tests/unit/test_doc_dates.py``): no database, no logging, no I/O +besides :func:`file_mtime_datetime`'s single ``stat`` — the callers +(importer task 04, the date-edit API task 05) own everything else. +""" +from __future__ import annotations + +from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta +from pathlib import Path + +__all__ = ["FUTURE_SKEW_TOLERANCE", "file_mtime_datetime", "normalize_doc_date"] + +#: Clock-skew tolerance (D3): a source date up to this far in the +#: FUTURE is a drifting clock, not a future document — it keeps its +#: date. Beyond it, the owner's rule applies (→ today). +FUTURE_SKEW_TOLERANCE = timedelta(days=1) + + +def normalize_doc_date(raw: datetime | None, now: datetime | None = None) -> datetime: + """*raw* → the stored UTC creation date (the D3 rule, pinned). + + ``now`` is injectable (tests); it defaults to + ``datetime.now(UTC)``. ``raw=None`` (undetermined) → *now*; + naive *raw* → treated as UTC; aware *raw* → converted to UTC; + *raw* beyond *now* + :data:`FUTURE_SKEW_TOLERANCE` → *now*. + The result always carries full precision (no date-truncation — + the display formats, the storage doesn't). + """ + if now is None: + now = datetime.now(UTC) + elif now.tzinfo is None: + # The future check compares in AWARE space — a naive ``now`` + # (callers/tests) is a UTC instant, like the naive ``raw``. + now = now.replace(tzinfo=UTC) + if raw is None: + return now + # Epoch-based source values (zip DOS times, tar mtimes) are + # tz-agnostic — attach UTC; never assume the host's local TZ. + # Aware values are converted to UTC (the comparison below is + # done in aware space). + raw = raw.replace(tzinfo=UTC) if raw.tzinfo is None else raw.astimezone(UTC) + if raw > now + FUTURE_SKEW_TOLERANCE: + # Genuinely future (beyond the clock-skew tolerance) → today. + return now + return raw + + +def file_mtime_datetime(path: Path) -> datetime: + """The file's mtime as an aware UTC datetime (the D2 fallback). + + Epoch mtimes are tz-agnostic — UTC is the correct rendering + (zip DOS timestamps and tar mtimes pass through the same + :func:`normalize_doc_date` after unpacking, task 03). + """ + return datetime.fromtimestamp(path.stat().st_mtime, tz=UTC) diff --git a/app/rag/importer.py b/app/rag/importer.py index b97729e..b2ddc2d 100644 --- a/app/rag/importer.py +++ b/app/rag/importer.py @@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ previously-imported junk (e.g. dot-dir READMEs) leaves the index. Per-file logging uses the verbs ``added | updated | unchanged | pruned`` plus a summary line with per-format counts (PLAN §9). +Document dates (phase 106, D2/D4): every import sources +``documents.created_at`` from the file's source — the per-file git +last-commit date when a ``doc_dates_by_root`` entry names the file, +else the file's mtime — normalized by +:func:`app.rag.doc_dates.normalize_doc_date` (undetermined or future → +today, D3) on every add and update. On the unchanged path the stored +date is REFRESHED from the same source (it may go OLDER — no monotonic +guard) and counted in ``summary.dates_updated`` — unless the row +carries the owner's manual correction (``created_at_manual``, D1), which +the sync never touches. + ``import_sources`` accepts an optional per-file ``progress`` callback (phase 64, task 01) reporting the file being processed right now. """ @@ -51,6 +62,7 @@ from app.config import Settings from app.db import SessionLocal from app.models import Chunk, Document from app.rag.chunker import chunk_document, extract_title +from app.rag.doc_dates import file_mtime_datetime, normalize_doc_date from app.rag.llm import EmbeddingError, LLMError from app.rag.summarizer import generate_summary @@ -93,6 +105,12 @@ class ImportSummary: #: Non-markdown files whose summary generation failed (best-effort — #: the document is still indexed, without a summary). summary_errors: int = 0 + #: Files whose ``created_at`` was refreshed on the UNCHANGED path — + #: content untouched, date re-sourced (phase 106, D4: the date may + #: go OLDER; a date-only refresh NEVER counts added/updated/pruned, + #: so no ``sources_meta`` bump, no overview/folder-summary + #: regeneration). + dates_updated: int = 0 #: Files walked, keyed by lowercased extension (``md``, ``yaml``, …). formats: dict[str, int] = field(default_factory=dict) @@ -107,7 +125,7 @@ class ImportSummary: logger.info( "import: summary files=%d added=%d updated=%d unchanged=%d pruned=%d " "errors=%d chunks=%d embed_batches=%d summaries=%d summary_errors=%d " - "formats=%s", + "dates_updated=%d formats=%s", self.files, self.added, self.updated, @@ -118,6 +136,7 @@ class ImportSummary: self.embed_batches, self.summaries, self.summary_errors, + self.dates_updated, self.format_counts(), ) @@ -248,6 +267,7 @@ async def import_sources( progress: Callable[[str, str, int, int], None] | None = None, ignore_by_root: dict[str, list[str]] | None = None, include_hidden_by_root: dict[str, bool] | None = None, + doc_dates_by_root: dict[str, dict[str, datetime]] | None = None, ) -> ImportSummary: """Import every A9-format file under *sources* (see module docstring). @@ -288,6 +308,19 @@ async def import_sources( flag ON and is walked again with it OFF simply never enters ``seen``, so the next ``prune=True`` run deletes its row automatically (A2 — the A9/phase-89 precedent). + + ``doc_dates_by_root`` (phase 106, D2/D4) maps ``str(root)`` — the + root path string exactly as passed in *sources* — to that source's + RAW per-file source dates: source-relative POSIX path → the git + last-commit datetime (task 03's ``file_commit_dates``). ONLY git + roots are listed — unlisted roots (local dirs, unpacked uploads) + take the mtime fallback, and a path missing from its root's map + does too. The map entry beats the file's mtime when present. The + progress pre-walk is untouched (dates change no file count). + ``None`` (the default) changes nothing for existing callers: the + mtime fallback applies to every file — which IS the behavior + change, D4: an unchanged file now refreshes its stored date from + its source on every run (the backfill-correction case). """ if limit is not None and limit <= 0: raise ValueError("limit must be >= 1") @@ -325,6 +358,10 @@ async def import_sources( source_names.add(source) ignore = _ignore_for_root(root, ignore_by_root) include_hidden = _include_hidden_for_root(root, include_hidden_by_root) + # Phase 106 (D2): the root's raw source dates (git last-commit + # for git roots, keyed by the same str(root) convention); {} + # for unlisted roots — every file then takes the mtime fallback. + dates_map = (doc_dates_by_root or {}).get(str(root), {}) for path in iter_importable_files( root, llm.settings.import_extension_set, @@ -353,7 +390,7 @@ async def import_sources( try: await _index_file( session, source=source, rel=rel, full_path=path, llm=llm, - summary=summary, + summary=summary, raw_date=dates_map.get(rel), ) except EmbeddingError as e: # A pathological file (e.g. content the embedding endpoint @@ -384,15 +421,45 @@ async def _index_file( full_path: Path, llm: Embedder, summary: ImportSummary, + raw_date: datetime | None = None, ) -> None: - """Upsert one file: doc row + chunk rows + embeddings, one transaction.""" + """Upsert one file: doc row + chunk rows + embeddings, one transaction. + + ``raw_date`` (phase 106, D2) is the file's RAW source date — the + git last-commit datetime from the caller's ``doc_dates_by_root`` + map, or ``None`` (every non-git case): the file's mtime is read + here, once, and becomes the source date (the D2 fallback). + """ settings = llm.settings content = full_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace").replace("\x00", "") digest = hashlib.sha256(content.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest() doc = session.scalar(select(Document).where(Document.source == source, Document.path == rel)) + if raw_date is None: + # D2 fallback: no source date in the map → the file's mtime + # (one stat). Read before the unchanged early-return — the + # unchanged path refreshes the stored date from the same source. + raw_date = file_mtime_datetime(full_path) if doc is not None and doc.content_hash == digest: summary.unchanged += 1 logger.info("import: unchanged source=%s path=%s", source, rel) + if doc.created_at_manual: + # D1/D4: the owner's correction survives the sync — no + # write at all (the phase-97 ``manually_edited`` precedent). + return + # D4: the date refreshes on every sync, including unchanged + # files, and may go OLDER (no monotonic guard). A date-only + # refresh is still counted ``unchanged`` — never added/updated/ + # pruned, so no ``sources_meta`` bump and no regeneration. + target = normalize_doc_date(raw_date) + if target != doc.created_at: + doc.created_at = target + session.commit() + summary.dates_updated += 1 + logger.info( + "import: date-refreshed source=%s path=%s date=%s", + source, rel, + doc.created_at.isoformat(), + ) return verb = "updated" if doc is not None else "added" @@ -411,6 +478,11 @@ async def _index_file( content=content, content_hash=digest, indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC), + # Phase 106 (D2/D3): the sourced creation date, normalized + # (undetermined or future → today). ``created_at_manual`` + # stays the column default (False) — only the date-edit API + # (task 05) sets it. + created_at=normalize_doc_date(raw_date), ) session.add(doc) else: @@ -419,6 +491,11 @@ async def _index_file( doc.content = content doc.content_hash = digest doc.indexed_at = datetime.now(UTC) + # Phase 106 (D4): a content change is a new document version — + # the date is re-sourced and a previous manual correction is + # reset (it referred to the old content). + doc.created_at = normalize_doc_date(raw_date) + doc.created_at_manual = False session.flush() # guarantees doc.id even for brand-new rows diff --git a/app/rag/prompts.py b/app/rag/prompts.py index 1cca915..9503a6b 100644 --- a/app/rag/prompts.py +++ b/app/rag/prompts.py @@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ source-name ``ls`` scope, the combined ``source/path`` identity for cap — not the prompt — decides whether the tools are actually offered to the model, see :mod:`app.rag.agent`). + Each ```` block carries the identity attributes + ``source`` / ``path`` / ``title`` — and, since phase 106 (D5), + ``date`` (the row's ``created_at`` UTC date part, ``YYYY-MM-DD``, + APPENDED after ``title`` — the only position; always present, + ``created_at`` is NOT NULL) — plus the document's full text. + Gate-iteration note (task 05, 2026-09-03/04): an in-context reminder LEADING this section (the document texts are already context — do not ``read`` one the user asked to open) was tried and REVERTED: @@ -368,8 +374,13 @@ source-name ``ls`` scope, the combined ``source/path`` identity for # attribute at the ``source``/``path`` copy site was TRIED and # REVERTED the same day (no improvement across runs; the block stays # exactly the document identity + full text). + # Phase 106 (D5): every document the model sees carries its + # creation date — the block's ``date`` attribute (the row's + # ``created_at`` UTC date part, appended after ``title`` — the + # only position; always present, ``created_at`` is NOT NULL). blocks = [ - f'\n' + f'\n' f"{doc.content}\n" "" for doc in documents diff --git a/app/rag/retriever.py b/app/rag/retriever.py index ec2187e..1cb3a85 100644 --- a/app/rag/retriever.py +++ b/app/rag/retriever.py @@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ Deterministic tie-break for equal fused scores: """ from __future__ import annotations +import math import re import uuid from collections.abc import Sequence from dataclasses import dataclass, replace +from datetime import UTC, datetime from pathlib import Path from sqlalchemy import select, text @@ -146,6 +148,7 @@ _LEXICAL_SQL = text( d.content AS doc_content, d.content_hash AS content_hash, d.indexed_at AS indexed_at, + d.created_at AS created_at, c.is_summary AS is_summary, ts_rank(c.tsv, to_tsquery('english', :tsquery)) AS rank FROM chunks c @@ -242,6 +245,73 @@ def fuse( return out +def apply_recency_boost( + chunks: Sequence[RetrievedChunk], + *, + now: datetime | None = None, + weight: float | None = None, + half_life_days: int | None = None, +) -> list[RetrievedChunk]: + """Additive recency boost on the fused score (phase 106, D6). + + Each chunk's score becomes + ``score + weight * exp(−age_days / half_life_days)`` where + ``age_days = max(0, (now − document.created_at))`` in days — a + zero-age document gets the full *weight* (the MAXIMUM additive + score), each ``half_life_days`` of age multiplies the remaining + boost by ``e**-1`` (≈0.37), and a FUTURE ``created_at`` clamps to + age 0 (the document reads as brand-new — consistent with D3's + today-folding in :mod:`app.rag.doc_dates`). Defaults: *weight* / + *half_life_days* from :func:`get_settings` (``recency_boost`` / + ``recency_half_life_days``), *now* from ``datetime.now(UTC)``. + + Magnitude rationale (the ``0.0007`` default, the k=60 RRF scale): + rank 1 vs 2 in one list differs by ~0.00026 and rank 1 vs 10 by + ~0.0021, so the full weight is a bounded 2-3 rank head start — + enough to break near-ties toward the newer document, far below the + fused gap between a document that answers and one that merely + resembles (the phase-106 fine-line battery pins the measured + margin: 0.00263 ≥ 3× the zero-age boost). + + Pure (the :func:`fuse` convention): the inputs are never mutated — + every boosted chunk is a ``replace()`` copy — and the result is + re-sorted with the EXISTING deterministic key + ``(−score, −cosine, document.path, position)``; with ``weight=0`` + every score is untouched and an already-fused (already-sorted) + input comes back byte-identical (the kill switch, pinned). + + Untouched by design: the A8 honesty gate and ``query_log.top_score`` + (both read the chunk's ``cosine``, which the boost never modifies), + :func:`weak_hit_titles` (titles only), and the never-truncated + top-N contract (:func:`select_documents` still feeds whole + documents — the boost re-ranks WHICH documents, never truncates). + SINGLE APPLY SITE: :func:`retrieve()` is the only caller in + ``app/`` — the chat API and ``scripts/eval_retrieval.py`` inherit + the boost through it; nothing else may apply it. + """ + if weight is None or half_life_days is None: + settings = get_settings() + if weight is None: + weight = settings.recency_boost + if half_life_days is None: + half_life_days = settings.recency_half_life_days + if half_life_days <= 0: + raise ValueError("half_life_days must be > 0") + if now is None: + now = datetime.now(UTC) + boosted: list[RetrievedChunk] = [] + for rc in chunks: + age_days = max(0.0, (now - rc.document.created_at).total_seconds() / 86400.0) + boosted.append( + replace( + rc, + score=rc.score + weight * math.exp(-age_days / half_life_days), + ) + ) + boosted.sort(key=lambda rc: (-rc.score, -rc.cosine, rc.document.path, rc.position)) + return boosted + + def _vector_candidates( db: Session, question_embedding: list[float], limit: int ) -> list[RetrievedChunk]: @@ -289,6 +359,7 @@ _NAME_HIT_SQL = text( d.content AS doc_content, d.content_hash AS content_hash, d.indexed_at AS indexed_at, + d.created_at AS created_at, c.id AS chunk_id, c.position AS position, c.content AS content, @@ -364,6 +435,7 @@ def _name_hit_chunks(db: Session, question: str) -> list[RetrievedChunk]: content=row.doc_content, content_hash=row.content_hash, indexed_at=row.indexed_at, + created_at=row.created_at, ) out.append( RetrievedChunk( @@ -418,6 +490,7 @@ def _lexical_candidates(db: Session, question: str, limit: int) -> list[Retrieve content=row.doc_content, content_hash=row.content_hash, indexed_at=row.indexed_at, + created_at=row.created_at, ) out.append( RetrievedChunk( @@ -460,7 +533,14 @@ def retrieve( raise ValueError("lexical_candidates must be >= 1") vector = _vector_candidates(db, question_embedding, v_n) lexical = _lexical_candidates(db, question, l_n) - return fuse(vector, lexical, settings.rrf_k) + fused = fuse(vector, lexical, settings.rrf_k) + if settings.recency_boost > 0: + # Phase 106, D6 — the SINGLE recency-boost apply site: an + # additive post-fusion re-rank (see :func:`apply_recency_boost`). + # ``0`` = off: the pre-phase ranking returns byte-identical (the + # kill switch) and weight-0 callers pay nothing. + return apply_recency_boost(fused) + return fused def weak_hit_titles(chunks: Sequence[RetrievedChunk]) -> list[str]: diff --git a/app/schemas.py b/app/schemas.py index 5c059fb..ffa8ea1 100644 --- a/app/schemas.py +++ b/app/schemas.py @@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ class DocSummary(BaseModel): path: str title: str chunks: int + #: The document's creation date (phase 106, D8) — ISO-8601, verbatim + #: from the row (the ``indexed_at`` style); the RAG view's file table + #: renders it as the ``Created`` column (before ``Indexed``). + created_at: str indexed_at: str @@ -251,7 +255,8 @@ class KbTreeFile(BaseModel): JSON shape is the contract). ``path`` is SOURCE-RELATIVE (the RAG view prefixes the source in its breadcrumb); ``title`` / ``chunks`` (content + ``is_summary`` chunks — the same count - ``GET /api/docs`` returns) / ``indexed_at`` (ISO-8601) are verbatim + ``GET /api/docs`` returns) / ``created_at`` (phase 106, D8 — the + document's creation date) / ``indexed_at`` (ISO-8601) are verbatim from the catalogue row the endpoint reads. """ @@ -259,6 +264,10 @@ class KbTreeFile(BaseModel): path: str title: str chunks: int = Field(ge=0) + #: The document's creation date (phase 106, D8) — ISO-8601, verbatim + #: from the catalogue row; the RAG view's file table renders it as + #: the ``Created`` column (before ``Indexed``). + created_at: str indexed_at: str @@ -269,11 +278,14 @@ class KbTreeFolder(BaseModel): node IS the root); ``documents`` is the recursive subtree count (the phase-94 ``ls`` count rule: every path equal to the folder or starting with ``folder + "/"`` — the file sharing a folder's name - counts); ``summary`` is the stored ``folder_summaries`` row (AI or - manual — any row) or null; ``children`` are the direct subfolders - (path order) followed by the direct files (catalog order) — the - recursive union (Pydantic v2 resolves it with - ``from __future__ import annotations``). + counts); ``updated_at`` (phase 106, D9) is the subtree's MAX + document ``created_at`` — DERIVED in the pure tree builder as it + recurses, never stored (``null`` for a node with no documents at + all — the ``summary: str | None`` shape); ``summary`` is the stored + ``folder_summaries`` row (AI or manual — any row) or null; + ``children`` are the direct subfolders (path order) followed by the + direct files (catalog order) — the recursive union (Pydantic v2 + resolves it with ``from __future__ import annotations``). ``summary_pending`` (phase 98, D3 — ONE concept): true iff this folder's recursive count ≥ ``MIN_DOCS_PER_FOLDER`` (2) AND it has @@ -287,6 +299,10 @@ class KbTreeFolder(BaseModel): kind: Literal["folder"] = "folder" path: str documents: int = Field(ge=0) + #: The subtree's MAX document ``created_at`` (phase 106, D9 — + #: derived in the pure builder, never stored); ISO-8601, ``null`` + #: for a node with no documents at all. + updated_at: str | None = None summary: str | None = None summary_pending: bool = False children: list[KbTreeFolder | KbTreeFile] = Field(default_factory=list) @@ -299,7 +315,10 @@ class KbTreeSource(BaseModel): always present, a registered 0-document source lists with ``documents: 0`` and no children), then the indexed-only sources (alphabetical) — the phase-97 superset rule. ``documents`` is the - source's whole recursive count; ``summary`` is the stored + source's whole recursive count; ``updated_at`` (phase 106, D9) is + the source's subtree MAX document ``created_at`` — DERIVED in the + pure tree builder, never stored (``null`` for a 0-document source — + the ``summary: str | None`` shape); ``summary`` is the stored ``(source, "")`` source-root row or null; ``children`` are the source's direct subfolders + direct files (same shape as a folder node's). @@ -316,6 +335,10 @@ class KbTreeSource(BaseModel): name: str documents: int = Field(ge=0) + #: The source's subtree MAX document ``created_at`` (phase 106, + #: D9 — derived in the pure builder, never stored); ISO-8601, + #: ``null`` for a 0-document source. + updated_at: str | None = None summary: str | None = None summary_pending: bool = False children: list[KbTreeFolder | KbTreeFile] = Field(default_factory=list) @@ -350,6 +373,10 @@ class DocContent(BaseModel): #: markdown documents, pre-phase-30 rows, and the fail-soft path where #: summary generation failed but the document was still indexed. summary: str | None = None + #: The document's creation date (phase 106, D8) — ISO-8601, verbatim + #: from the row; the viewer's top meta row renders the ``Created`` + #: badge from it (before the ``Indexed`` badge). + created_at: str content: str indexed_at: str chunks: int @@ -389,6 +416,44 @@ class SummaryResult(BaseModel): chunks: int +class DateUpdate(BaseModel): + """``PATCH /api/documents/date`` body (phase 106, task 05, D7). + + ``source`` / ``path`` name the indexed document (the same pair the + public ``GET /api/documents/content`` looks up); ``date`` is the + owner's corrected creation date — an ISO date (``YYYY-MM-DD``) or a + full ISO datetime. **Null/absent is the CLEAR** (the "revert to + sync" operation, D7): the ``created_at_manual`` flag is dropped and + the stored date stands until the next sync refreshes it (the API is + DB-only — it cannot re-read the source). Unconstrained + ``str | None`` on purpose: a MALFORMED non-null value 422s in the + handler (``datetime.fromisoformat``), so the error detail can name + the field; an unknown pair must 404 as "document not found" + (row-lookup semantics), exactly like the public content endpoint. + """ + + source: str + path: str + date: str | None = None + + +class DateResult(BaseModel): + """``PATCH /api/documents/date`` response (phase 106, task 05, D7). + + Echoes the STORED state after the change: ``created_at`` is the + stored ISO-8601 value (a set stores the normalized parse — a + manually set FUTURE date folds to today, D3; a clear leaves the + stored date standing) and ``created_at_manual`` the flag (true + after a set, false after a clear). The viewer re-renders its + Created badge from exactly this echo — no second fetch. + """ + + source: str + path: str + created_at: str + created_at_manual: bool + + class FolderSummaryUpdate(BaseModel): """``PATCH /api/folders/summary`` body (phase 97, task 03). diff --git a/frontend/assets/document.js b/frontend/assets/document.js index 97a339d..ddcd116 100644 --- a/frontend/assets/document.js +++ b/frontend/assets/document.js @@ -66,6 +66,42 @@ * everyone exactly as phase 36 — the public viewer stays * byte-for-byte identical (no button, no wiring, no admin-only * network call) until the admin gate resolves true. + * + * Phase 106 (task 08, D8): the .doc-meta badge row gains the Created + * badge BEFORE the Indexed one (the owner's verbatim position — the + * date at the top of a clicked document): `Created ` via + * fmtDate(doc.created_at), the full ISO timestamp on the badge's + * title (the titleEl ellipsis-precision idiom). ONE shared core — + * the modal and /document.html both render it (no per-surface copy); + * the date arrives in the same content payload (task 05 added + * created_at to GET /api/documents/content). The date EDITOR (the + * admin inline edit + PATCH /api/documents/date) is the task-09 + * section below. + * + * Phase 106 (task 09, D7): the badge row gains the ADMIN-ONLY date + * editor (the phase-57 wireSummaryEdit idiom — the same + * docAdminReady() gate on the module-cached whoami promise, so no + * second request per page): an "Edit date" text button after the + * Created badge (task 08's insertion point) swaps in-place for an + * inline editor — a native type=date input + Save / Cancel + the + * muted "Revert to sync" clear affordance (the phase-57 "clear = + * explicit" contrast) + a role=status live line and a role=alert + * error line. Save PATCHes /api/documents/date with { source, path, + * date } and the badge re-renders from the RESPONSE's created_at + * (never the input's optimistic value); "Revert to sync" sends + * date: null (the D7 CLEAR — the manual flag drops, the stored date + * stands until the next sync). An EMPTY date input can't clear (Save + * disables itself — the explicit Revert is the only clear path, no + * accidental wipes). §7.4 never-stale: the controls disable + * immediately on submit (one PATCH at a time); a failure (non-2xx + * or network) lands the server detail (or the canned retry copy) in + * the role=alert line, reverts the input to the stored date, and + * re-enables — the UI never claims a state the server didn't save. + * A non-admin / token holder / failed whoami keeps the byte-for-byte + * task-08 badge row (no button, no wiring, no admin-only network + * call — the phase-57 split). ONE shared core — the modal and + * /document.html both get it (document-modal.js imports + * renderDocument from this module — no per-surface copy). */ import { bindSharedHeaderControls, fetchIsAdmin, initSharedHeader } from "./header.js"; @@ -94,23 +130,29 @@ function contentUrl(s, p) { return "/api/documents/content?source=" + encodeURIComponent(s) + "&path=" + encodeURIComponent(p); } -function metaBadge(cls, text) { +function metaBadge(cls, text, title) { const el = document.createElement("span"); el.className = cls; el.textContent = text; + // Phase 106 (task 08): optional hover precision — the meta row may + // clip (nowrap), so the exact value stays reachable on the badge's + // title (the titleEl ellipsis-precision idiom). Omitted → the + // pre-phase two-argument shape (the other badges are unchanged). + if (title !== undefined) el.setAttribute("title", title); return el; } /* ---------- shared renderer (phase 26, task 02) ---------- * Populates the three elements every render surface provides: a title, - * a .doc-meta badge row (source · format · mono path · indexed · - * chunks), and a content container — an optional .doc-summary section - * first (phase 36: only when doc.summary is non-empty — markdown docs - * and fail-soft rows carry none, so they render exactly as before), - * then .doc-md for md/markdown (the shared escape-first renderer), - * 
 otherwise. The XSS contract: innerHTML only
- * through renderMarkdown; every document-derived string (summary text
- * included) is a text node. */
+ * a .doc-meta badge row (source · format · mono path · created ·
+ * indexed · chunks — phase 106 (task 08, D8) added created BEFORE
+ * indexed), and a content container — an optional .doc-summary
+ * section first (phase 36: only when doc.summary is non-empty —
+ * markdown docs and fail-soft rows carry none, so they render exactly
+ * as before), then .doc-md for md/markdown (the shared escape-first
+ * renderer), 
 otherwise. The XSS contract:
+ * innerHTML only through renderMarkdown; every document-derived
+ * string (summary text included) is a text node. */
 export function renderDocument(doc, { titleEl, metaEl, contentEl }) {
   titleEl.textContent = doc.title;
   // Phase 34 task 04: the titlebar title ellipsizes — the full title
@@ -124,10 +166,28 @@ export function renderDocument(doc, { titleEl, metaEl, contentEl }) {
     metaBadge("doc-source-badge", doc.source),
     metaBadge("format-badge", doc.format),
     pathCode,
+    // Phase 106 (task 08, D8): the Created badge BEFORE the Indexed
+    // one (the owner's verbatim position — the date at the top of a
+    // clicked document). textContent = the locale date (fmtDate — the
+    // Indexed idiom), and the badge's title = the FULL ISO timestamp
+    // (the titleEl ellipsis-precision idiom — the row clips, the exact
+    // value stays reachable).
+    metaBadge("doc-created", `Created ${fmtDate(doc.created_at)}`, doc.created_at),
     metaBadge("doc-indexed", `Indexed ${fmtDate(doc.indexed_at)}`),
     metaBadge("doc-chunks", `${doc.chunks} chunk${doc.chunks === 1 ? "" : "s"}`),
   );
 
+  // Phase 106 (task 09, D7): the ADMIN-ONLY date editor — the
+  // module-cached whoami promise (docAdminReady — the SAME single
+  // request per page the summary edit shares) gates the wiring, so a
+  // non-admin / token holder / failed whoami keeps EXACTLY the task-08
+  // badge row: no button, no wiring, no admin-only network call (the
+  // phase-57 split). The button lands after the Created badge (task
+  // 08's insertion point); the editor itself lives in wireDateEdit.
+  void docAdminReady().then((admin) => {
+    if (admin) wireDateEdit(metaEl, doc);
+  });
+
   contentEl.replaceChildren();
   // Phase 36: the summary panel — labeled section ABOVE the original
   // content, on BOTH surfaces (page + modal) through this one core.
@@ -308,6 +368,222 @@ function wireSummaryEdit(section, doc) {
   cancelBtn.addEventListener("click", () => closeEditor(""));
 }
 
+/* ---------- date editing (phase 106, task 09 — D7, admin-only) ----------
+ * The .doc-meta badge row (task 08's Created badge) is the ONE place
+ * the stored creation date is edited (page + modal through the
+ * shared renderDocument core — no per-surface copy). Only an admin
+ * (docAdminReady) ever gets the affordance; a non-admin / token
+ * holder / failed whoami keeps exactly the task-08 badge row (no
+ * button, no wiring, no admin-only network call — the phase-57
+ * split). Save PATCHes /api/documents/date with { source, path,
+ * date } — a non-empty date sets it (the server normalizes it, D3,
+ * and stores the manual flag, D1); the explicit "Revert to sync"
+ * affordance sends date: null (the D7 CLEAR — the manual flag drops
+ * and the stored date stands until the next sync refreshes it).
+ * The badge re-renders from the RESPONSE's created_at — the UI shows
+ * exactly what the server stored, never the input's optimistic
+ * value. §7.4 never-stale: the controls disable IMMEDIATELY on
+ * Save/Revert (no double-submit); a failure (non-2xx or network)
+ * lands the server detail (or the canned retry copy) in the
+ * role=alert line, reverts the input to the stored date, and
+ * re-enables — the UI never claims a state the server didn't save.
+ * An EMPTY date input can't clear: Save disables itself on an empty
+ * input (the explicit Revert is the only clear path — no accidental
+ * wipes). */
+
+/* The server detail of a non-2xx response (the git-sources.js
+ * apiDetail shape — the phase-89 error-line idiom: a string detail
+ * or the 422 array's first msg), with the neutral fallback for a
+ * non-JSON body. */
+async function apiDetail(res, fallback) {
+  try {
+    const data = await res.json();
+    if (Array.isArray(data.detail) && data.detail[0] && data.detail[0].msg) {
+      return String(data.detail[0].msg);
+    }
+    if (typeof data.detail === "string" && data.detail) return data.detail;
+  } catch {
+    /* non-JSON error body */
+  }
+  return fallback;
+}
+
+/* The date editor on one rendered .doc-meta badge row: the "Edit
+ * date" text button after the Created badge (admin-only — the public
+ * row keeps task 08's shape). Edit swaps the button for the inline
+ * editor in place — a native  (value, never
+ * innerHTML — XSS contract) prefilled with the stored date's UTC
+ * date part, Save / Cancel, the muted "Revert to sync" clear, and
+ * the role=status / role=alert live lines. One PATCH at a time (the
+ * controls disable before the fetch and re-enable in the finally —
+ * every outcome, never stale, PLAN §7.4). */
+function wireDateEdit(metaEl, doc) {
+  const createdBadge = metaEl.querySelector(".doc-created");
+  if (!createdBadge) return;
+
+  /* Edit affordance (admin-only — the public badge row keeps exactly
+   * task 08's shape: no button, no wiring). setAttribute, never
+   * innerHTML (the document-derived pair is user-storable). */
+  const editBtn = document.createElement("button");
+  editBtn.type = "button";
+  editBtn.className = "doc-date-edit";
+  editBtn.textContent = "Edit date";
+  editBtn.setAttribute(
+    "aria-label",
+    `Edit creation date: ${doc.source}/${doc.path}`,
+  );
+  createdBadge.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", editBtn);
+
+  /* Editor parts (built once; the input is rebuilt on every open so
+   * it always starts from the CURRENT stored date). */
+  let input = null;
+  const box = document.createElement("span");
+  box.className = "doc-date-editor";
+  const saveBtn = document.createElement("button");
+  saveBtn.type = "button";
+  saveBtn.className = "doc-date-save";
+  saveBtn.textContent = "Save";
+  const cancelBtn = document.createElement("button");
+  cancelBtn.type = "button";
+  cancelBtn.className = "doc-date-cancel";
+  cancelBtn.textContent = "Cancel";
+  const revertBtn = document.createElement("button");
+  revertBtn.type = "button";
+  revertBtn.className = "doc-date-revert";
+  revertBtn.textContent = "Revert to sync";
+  const status = document.createElement("span");
+  status.className = "doc-date-status";
+  status.setAttribute("role", "status");
+  status.setAttribute("aria-live", "polite");
+  const errorLine = document.createElement("span");
+  errorLine.className = "doc-date-error";
+  errorLine.setAttribute("role", "alert");
+  errorLine.setAttribute("aria-live", "assertive");
+
+  /* The stored date as a native date-input value: the UTC date part
+   * of the stored ISO timestamp (D3 stores UTC timestamptz). */
+  function storedValue() {
+    return new Date(doc.created_at).toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+  }
+
+  /* One PATCH at a time (PLAN §7.4): the controls disable
+   * IMMEDIATELY on submit; Save ADDITIONALLY disables on an EMPTY
+   * input (the explicit Revert is the only clear path — no
+   * accidental wipes). */
+  function setControlsLocked(locked) {
+    if (input) input.disabled = locked;
+    saveBtn.disabled = locked || input.value === "";
+    cancelBtn.disabled = locked;
+    revertBtn.disabled = locked;
+  }
+
+  /* Back to the display state: the badge row + the Edit button (the
+   * task-08 shape restored) and focus back on the opener. Idempotent
+   * (a stale success-beat timer may call it after a Cancel — the
+   * re-insert is a same-position move and the box is already out).
+   * The last announcement stays readable a short beat because the
+   * caller defers the call (the phase-57 "confirmation stays
+   * readable" precedent). */
+  function closeEditor() {
+    editBtn.hidden = false;
+    createdBadge.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", editBtn);
+    box.remove();
+    editBtn.focus();
+  }
+
+  async function saveDate(dateValue) {
+    setControlsLocked(true); // one PATCH at a time (never stale)
+    errorLine.textContent = "";
+    try {
+      const r = await fetch("/api/documents/date", {
+        method: "PATCH",
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          source: doc.source,
+          path: doc.path,
+          date: dateValue,
+        }),
+      });
+      if (!r.ok) {
+        // The server detail into the role=alert line (the canned
+        // retry copy on a non-JSON body); the input reverts to the
+        // stored date; the controls re-enable in the finally. The
+        // editor stays open — the user's attempt is visible.
+        errorLine.textContent = await apiDetail(
+          r,
+          "Couldn't save the date — try again.",
+        );
+        input.value = storedValue();
+        return;
+      }
+      const res = await r.json();
+      // Response-driven: the badge shows exactly what the server
+      // stored (never the input's optimistic value), and the doc
+      // object syncs so a re-open prefills the CURRENT date.
+      doc.created_at = res.created_at;
+      doc.created_at_manual = res.created_at_manual;
+      createdBadge.textContent = `Created ${fmtDate(res.created_at)}`;
+      createdBadge.setAttribute("title", res.created_at);
+      // The confirmation lands AFTER the badge update (the phase-89
+      // last-announce order), then the row collapses back to the
+      // task-08 shape a short beat later (the announcement stays
+      // readable — the status line leaves with the box).
+      status.textContent =
+        dateValue === null
+          ? "Reverted to sync-managed date."
+          : `Date saved for ${doc.source}/${doc.path}.`;
+      setTimeout(closeEditor, 2000);
+    } catch {
+      // Network failure: the canned retry copy (the phase-55
+      // neutral shape), the input reverts to the stored date, the
+      // editor stays open.
+      errorLine.textContent = "Couldn't save the date — try again.";
+      input.value = storedValue();
+    } finally {
+      setControlsLocked(false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function openEditor() {
+    input = document.createElement("input");
+    input.type = "date";
+    input.className = "doc-date-input";
+    input.setAttribute("aria-label", "Document creation date");
+    input.value = storedValue(); // value, never innerHTML
+    input.addEventListener("input", () => {
+      // An EMPTY input can't clear: Save disables (the explicit
+      // Revert below is the only clear path — no accidental wipes).
+      // The locked state owns the controls while a PATCH is in
+      // flight (the input is disabled then, so this can't race it).
+      if (!input.disabled) saveBtn.disabled = input.value === "";
+    });
+    status.textContent = "";
+    errorLine.textContent = "";
+    box.replaceChildren(input, saveBtn, cancelBtn, revertBtn, status, errorLine);
+    editBtn.hidden = true;
+    createdBadge.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", box);
+    setControlsLocked(false);
+    input.focus();
+  }
+
+  editBtn.addEventListener("click", openEditor);
+  saveBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
+    // Save is only ever enabled with a NON-empty input (the empty
+    // state disables it) — the clear path is the explicit Revert.
+    void saveDate(input.value);
+  });
+  cancelBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
+    // Cancel: back to the display state, no PATCH (the stored value
+    // is untouched — the badge was never mutated).
+    status.textContent = "";
+    errorLine.textContent = "";
+    closeEditor();
+  });
+  revertBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
+    void saveDate(null); // the D7 CLEAR: { source, path, date: null }
+  });
+}
+
 /* ---------- /document.html page (phases 10/13/19) ----------
  * Phase 26: viewer-page-specific — see the import-safety note in the
  * header. The guard is #doc-title: it exists only on this page, so the
diff --git a/frontend/assets/sources.js b/frontend/assets/sources.js
index 6a5b6ec..d4c0ec3 100644
--- a/frontend/assets/sources.js
+++ b/frontend/assets/sources.js
@@ -262,6 +262,29 @@
  * trigger a view switch; for a foreign entry the router has already
  * switched views, and this listener's render of the now-hidden view
  * is harmless).
+ *
+ * Phase 106 (task 08, D8) — the date COLUMNS (display only — the
+ * admin date EDITOR is task 09):
+ *
+ *   • the file table gains the Created column BEFORE Indexed (the
+ *     owner's verbatim position, D8): makeRow builds the date cells
+ *     explicitly (the plain-td loop can't carry per-cell titles) —
+ *     textContent = the locale date (fmtDate, the Indexed idiom), and
+ *     the Created cell's title = the FULL ISO value (hover precision —
+ *     the path-cell idiom; the E2E asserts on the locale-stable
+ *     title, not on the toLocaleString output). The row object fed
+ *     from the tree's file nodes carries created_at (task 05's tree
+ *     shape — the flat GET /api/docs shape has the field too).
+ *   • the folder/source table gains the Updated column BETWEEN
+ *     Documents and Description (the owner's verbatim position): the
+ *     subtree's MAX document created_at — the tree API DERIVES it
+ *     (D9, never stored); makeSourceRow / makeFolderRow render
+ *     fmtDate(updated_at) with the ISO value on the cell's title and
+ *     the "–" null idiom (the statLast shape) for a 0-document
+ *     source.
+ *   • the stat cards are UNTOUCHED — they keep their indexed_at
+ *     "last indexed" semantics (the owner asked for the column, not
+ *     the cards).
  */
 
 import { fetchIsAdmin } from "./header.js";
@@ -1230,6 +1253,16 @@ export async function mount(root) {
     const countTd = document.createElement("td");
     countTd.textContent = String(s.documents);
     tr.appendChild(countTd);
+    // Phase 106 (task 08, D8/D9): the Updated cell — the source's
+    // subtree MAX document created_at (the tree API derives it),
+    // BETWEEN the count and the Description (the owner's verbatim
+    // position). A 0-document source has none → the statLast "–" null
+    // idiom; the ISO value rides the title (hover precision — the
+    // makeRow path-cell idiom).
+    const updatedTd = document.createElement("td");
+    updatedTd.textContent = s.updated_at ? fmtDate(s.updated_at) : "–";
+    if (s.updated_at) updatedTd.title = s.updated_at; // full ISO on hover
+    tr.appendChild(updatedTd);
     tr.appendChild(makeDescCell(s, s.name, "", s.name)); // Description + ALWAYS-present Edit (task 05)
     return tr;
   }
@@ -1255,6 +1288,17 @@ export async function mount(root) {
     const countTd = document.createElement("td");
     countTd.textContent = String(f.documents);
     tr.appendChild(countTd);
+    // Phase 106 (task 08, D8/D9): the Updated cell — the folder's
+    // subtree MAX document created_at (the tree API derives it),
+    // BETWEEN the count and the Description (the owner's verbatim
+    // position); the ISO value rides the title (hover precision — the
+    // makeRow path-cell idiom). The "–" branch is defensive: a folder
+    // node always has ≥1 document, so its max is never null (a
+    // 0-document source IS the null case, makeSourceRow).
+    const updatedTd = document.createElement("td");
+    updatedTd.textContent = f.updated_at ? fmtDate(f.updated_at) : "–";
+    if (f.updated_at) updatedTd.title = f.updated_at; // full ISO on hover
+    tr.appendChild(updatedTd);
     tr.appendChild(
       makeDescCell(f, current.source, f.path, current.source + "/" + f.path)
     ); // Description + ALWAYS-present Edit (task 05)
@@ -1345,6 +1389,7 @@ export async function mount(root) {
           path: f.path,
           title: f.title,
           chunks: f.chunks,
+          created_at: f.created_at, // phase 106 (task 08, D8): the tree's file date
           indexed_at: f.indexed_at,
         })
       );
@@ -1398,11 +1443,26 @@ export async function mount(root) {
     pathTd.appendChild(link);
     tr.appendChild(pathTd);
 
-    for (const value of [d.title, String(d.chunks), fmtDate(d.indexed_at)]) {
+    // Phase 106 (task 08, D8): the cell order is [title, chunks,
+    // created, indexed] — the Created cell lands BEFORE Indexed (the
+    // owner's verbatim position). The date cells are built EXPLICITLY
+    // (the plain-td loop can't carry per-cell titles): textContent is
+    // the locale date (fmtDate — the Indexed idiom), and the Created
+    // cell carries the FULL ISO value as its title (hover precision —
+    // the path-cell idiom; the E2E asserts on the locale-stable title,
+    // not on the toLocaleString output).
+    for (const value of [d.title, String(d.chunks)]) {
       const td = document.createElement("td");
       td.textContent = value;
       tr.appendChild(td);
     }
+    const createdTd = document.createElement("td");
+    createdTd.textContent = fmtDate(d.created_at);
+    createdTd.title = d.created_at; // full ISO on hover (locale-stable)
+    tr.appendChild(createdTd);
+    const indexedTd = document.createElement("td");
+    indexedTd.textContent = fmtDate(d.indexed_at);
+    tr.appendChild(indexedTd);
     return tr;
   }
 
diff --git a/frontend/assets/styles.css b/frontend/assets/styles.css
index d57bf02..a9b0eea 100644
--- a/frontend/assets/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/assets/styles.css
@@ -1937,7 +1937,9 @@ details.thinking .thinking-text ul { margin: 0 0 0.5rem; }
    directory's STORED description — the surface-panel language of the
    phase-93 page heads), and #folders-table (the ONE folders/sources
    table — the .docs-table language; .kb-folders-table only re-styles
-   the 2nd/3rd column cells). Phase-08 tokens only — NO new hue
+   the 2nd/4th column cells — phase 106 (task 08, D8) moved
+   Description from 3rd to 4th, the Updated column taking 3rd). Phase-08
+   tokens only — NO new hue
    (the phase-92 monochrome invariant): brand-ink on surface 9.0:1,
    ink 13.8:1, ink-soft 5.1:1 (every pair AA). :focus-visible via the
    global 3px outline rule; row targets keep the .docs-table cell
@@ -1981,7 +1983,12 @@ details.thinking .thinking-text ul { margin: 0 0 0.5rem; }
 .kb-level p { margin: 0; color: var(--ink-soft); } /* 5.1:1 on --surface */
 .kb-folders-table { min-width: 480px; }
 .kb-folders-table td:nth-child(2) { font-family: var(--font); font-size: inherit; max-width: none; }
-.kb-folders-table td:nth-child(3) {
+/* Phase 106 (task 08, D8): the Updated column sits at 3rd (BETWEEN
+   Documents and Description) — it takes the .docs-table cell defaults
+   (nowrap text, the table ink: var(--ink) on the wrap's --surface —
+   13.8:1, the pair recorded at :root). NO new CSS: the one-line clamp
+   below follows the Description cell, which moved to 4th. */
+.kb-folders-table td:nth-child(4) {
   white-space: nowrap; /* phase 99 (D1): one line — the clamp's budget is the column width */
   min-width: 18rem;
   max-width: 44rem;
@@ -3637,10 +3644,11 @@ details.thinking .thinking-text ul { margin: 0 0 0.5rem; }
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
-/* Meta row: source badge · format badge · mono path · indexed · chunks.
-   Phase 12/34: it may clip, but it must NEVER wrap — the meta stays on
-   one line in the titlebar row (the row is content-sized, so a wrap
-   would grow it). */
+/* Meta row: source badge · format badge · mono path · created ·
+   indexed · chunks (phase 106 (task 08, D8) added created BEFORE
+   indexed). Phase 12/34: it may clip, but it must NEVER wrap — the
+   meta stays on one line in the titlebar row (the row is content-
+   sized, so a wrap would grow it). */
 .doc-meta {
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: nowrap;
@@ -3682,6 +3690,13 @@ details.thinking .thinking-text ul { margin: 0 0 0.5rem; }
   min-width: 6rem;
 }
 .doc-chunks { font-family: var(--mono); }
+/* Phase 106 (task 08, D8): the Created badge — the SAME family as the
+   Indexed one (no own look: the meta row's text, var(--ink-soft) on
+   the titlebar's --surface — 5.1:1, the pair recorded at :root; the
+   modal's .doc-modal-meta row records the same pair). The explicit
+   declaration pins the inherited value: a themed --ink-soft moves the
+   badge with the row (byte-identical rendering). */
+.doc-created { color: var(--ink-soft); /* 5.1:1 on --surface */ }
 
 .doc-shell {
   display: flex;
@@ -3856,6 +3871,133 @@ details.thinking .thinking-text ul { margin: 0 0 0.5rem; }
 }
 .doc-summary-status:empty { margin-top: 0; }
 
+/* Date edit affordance (phase 106, task 09 — D7, admin-only): the
+   "Edit date" text button after the Created badge (the
+   .doc-summary-edit family — one pill style for both inline
+   editors) and the editor box that swaps in for the button IN the
+   .doc-meta row: the native type=date input, Save / Cancel, the
+   muted underlined "Revert to sync" clear affordance (the phase-57
+   "clear = explicit" contrast), a role=status live line, and a
+   role=alert error line (the .git-source-error err pair). The meta
+   row may clip (nowrap) on the page, so the box wraps ITS children
+   internally (the modal's .doc-modal-meta already wraps). The
+   global 3px :focus-visible outline rule applies — no per-control
+   rule (the phase-105 checkbox idiom). :disabled = opacity +
+   cursor: wait (the .git-source-remove:disabled idiom — one PATCH
+   at a time). Contrast (verified, house style): button / Cancel /
+   revert / status ride the row's ink-soft on --surface (5.1:1, AA);
+   the input is ink on --bg (16.7:1, AA); Save is the solid brand
+   pill (--bg on --brand = 5.2:1, AA); the error line is the err
+   pair (9.1:1 on --err-bg, AA). Anonymous / token holders never see
+   any of it — the wiring is admin-gated (docAdminReady in
+   document.js), so the public badge row stays byte-for-byte the
+   task-08 shape. */
+.doc-date-edit {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  min-height: 24px;
+  padding: 0.15rem 0.7rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: var(--ink-soft); /* 5.1:1 on --surface (AA) */
+  font: inherit;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.doc-date-edit:hover { background: var(--brand-soft); color: var(--brand-ink); border-color: var(--brand); }
+.doc-date-edit[hidden] { display: none; } /* the hidden attr must beat the display above */
+.doc-date-editor {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+  min-width: 0;
+  max-width: 100%;
+}
+.doc-date-input {
+  padding: 0.15rem 0.4rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  background: var(--bg);
+  color: var(--ink); /* 16.7:1 on --bg (AA) */
+  font: inherit;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  font-family: var(--mono);
+}
+.doc-date-save {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  min-height: 24px;
+  padding: 0.15rem 0.7rem;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: var(--brand);
+  color: var(--bg); /* --bg on --brand = 5.2:1 (AA) */
+  font: inherit;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.doc-date-save:hover { background: var(--brand-hover); } /* the house hover lightening */
+.doc-date-cancel {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  min-height: 24px;
+  padding: 0.15rem 0.7rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: var(--ink-soft); /* 5.1:1 on --surface (AA) */
+  font: inherit;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.doc-date-cancel:hover { background: var(--err-bg); color: var(--err-ink); border-color: var(--err-line); }
+.doc-date-revert {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  min-height: 24px;
+  padding: 0.15rem 0.2rem;
+  border: 0;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: var(--ink-soft); /* 5.1:1 on --surface (AA) — the muted marker */
+  font: inherit;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.doc-date-revert:hover { color: var(--ink); } /* 14.5:1 on --surface (AA) */
+.doc-date-save:disabled,
+.doc-date-cancel:disabled,
+.doc-date-revert:disabled,
+.doc-date-input:disabled {
+  opacity: 0.5;
+  cursor: wait; /* one PATCH at a time (the .git-source-remove:disabled idiom) */
+}
+.doc-date-status {
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  color: var(--ink-soft); /* 5.1:1 on --surface (AA) */
+}
+.doc-date-error {
+  flex-basis: 100%; /* drops onto its own row under the controls */
+  min-width: 0;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere; /* a long server detail never overflows the box */
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  background: var(--err-bg);
+  color: var(--err-ink); /* 9.1:1 on --err-bg (AA — the .git-source-error pair) */
+  border: 1px solid var(--err-line);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  padding: 0.1rem 0.5rem;
+}
+.doc-date-status:empty, .doc-date-error:empty { display: none; } /* an empty live line takes no space */
+
 /* Raw (non-markdown) formats: full-width mono pre, horizontal scroll. */
 .doc-raw {
   width: 100%;
@@ -4039,10 +4181,11 @@ details.thinking .thinking-text ul { margin: 0 0 0.5rem; }
 .doc-modal-close svg { width: 18px; height: 18px; display: block; }
 
 /* Meta row: the SAME badge classes as the viewer's .doc-meta (source
-   badge · format badge · mono path · indexed · chunks — no duplicate
-   badge styling here); unlike the fixed-height header bar it may WRAP,
-   so nothing clips. aria-live="polite" on the element announces the
-   load → meta swap (phase-10 a11y contract, modal variant). */
+   badge · format badge · mono path · created · indexed · chunks — no
+   duplicate badge styling here); unlike the fixed-height header bar it
+   may WRAP, so nothing clips. aria-live="polite" on the element
+   announces the load → meta swap (phase-10 a11y contract, modal
+   variant). */
 .doc-modal-meta {
   flex-shrink: 0;
   display: flex;
diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index fd31276..6ff6706 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -472,6 +472,13 @@
               
                 Folder
                 Documents
+                
+                Updated
                 Description
               
             
@@ -488,6 +495,12 @@
                 Path
                 Title
                 Chunks
+                
+                Created
                 Indexed
               
             
diff --git a/scripts/eval_retrieval.py b/scripts/eval_retrieval.py
index 152f5ab..2bcf158 100644
--- a/scripts/eval_retrieval.py
+++ b/scripts/eval_retrieval.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 """Evaluate hybrid retrieval against the live knowledge base (phase 09).
 
 Embeds each question via aipi, runs the same hybrid search the chat API
-uses (cosine top-N + FTS top-N, RRF-fused), and prints the top-5 documents
-with their cosine / fts / fused scores plus the honesty-gate verdict:
+uses (cosine top-N + FTS top-N, RRF-fused — plus the phase-106 recency
+boost, which ``retrieve()`` applies after the fusion), and prints the
+top-5 documents with their cosine / fts / fused scores (labelled
+``effective`` when the recency boost is on — the post-boost score)
+and the document's creation date, plus the honesty-gate verdict:
 
     uv run python -m scripts.eval_retrieval "How did I install gitlab?"
     uv run python -m scripts.eval_retrieval --from-file questions.txt
@@ -96,7 +99,9 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
     print(
         f"eval: threshold={settings.relevance_threshold} "
         f"vector_candidates={settings.hybrid_vector_candidates} "
-        f"lexical_candidates={settings.hybrid_lexical_candidates} rrf_k={settings.rrf_k}"
+        f"lexical_candidates={settings.hybrid_lexical_candidates} rrf_k={settings.rrf_k} "
+        f"recency_boost={settings.recency_boost} "
+        f"recency_half_life_days={settings.recency_half_life_days}"
     )
     with SessionLocal() as db:
         for question, vec in zip(questions, vectors, strict=True):
@@ -116,10 +121,17 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
                 key = f"{c.document.source}/{c.document.path}"
                 if key not in best_by_doc:
                     best_by_doc[key] = c
+            # Phase 106, D6: the post-recency-boost score is the
+            # effective score ``retrieve()`` ranked by — labelled
+            # ``effective`` while the boost is on (``fused`` when the
+            # kill switch is off), with the document's creation date
+            # alongside (the boost's input).
+            score_label = "effective" if settings.recency_boost > 0 else "fused"
             for i, c in enumerate(list(best_by_doc.values())[: args.top], start=1):
                 print(
                     f"  {i}. {c.document.source}/{c.document.path}  "
-                    f"cosine={c.cosine:.4f} fts={int(c.fts_hit)} fused={c.score:.5f}  "
+                    f"cosine={c.cosine:.4f} fts={int(c.fts_hit)} "
+                    f"{score_label}={c.score:.5f} created={c.document.created_at:%Y-%m-%d}  "
                     f"({c.document.title})"
                 )
     return 0
diff --git a/scripts/git_sync.py b/scripts/git_sync.py
index 20c8f7c..bee008a 100644
--- a/scripts/git_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/git_sync.py
@@ -11,15 +11,33 @@ used.
 
 This module is the only place the ``git`` CLI is invoked (A11: stdlib
 ``subprocess`` only, no new packages) — every git command goes through
-:func:`run_git`: the clone/pull in :func:`clone_or_pull` and the
+:func:`run_git`: the clone/pull in :func:`clone_or_pull`, the per-file
+last-commit-date walk in :func:`file_commit_dates` (phase 106), and the
 docs-push sequence in :mod:`app.core.docs_push` (phase 59).
+
+Per-file last-commit dates (phase 106, D2/D10) — behavior verified
+against scratch repos 2026-09-13:
+
+* a LOCAL-PATH checkout made by :func:`clone_or_pull` keeps FULL
+  history (``git clone --depth 1 /local/path`` prints "--depth is
+  ignored in local clones" and does not shallow) →
+  :func:`file_commit_dates` yields TRUE per-file last-commit dates;
+* a URL-TRANSPORT checkout (https/ssh/``file://``) is shallow, and in a
+  shallow clone git reports the TIP commit as every existing file's
+  last commit (the shallow boundary is each file's history root) → a
+  uniform per-repo tip date: no intra-repo distortion, a real
+  cross-source signal, refreshed on every pull.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import logging
 import subprocess
+from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
-__all__ = ["GitSyncError", "clone_or_pull", "run_git"]
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+__all__ = ["GitSyncError", "clone_or_pull", "file_commit_dates", "run_git"]
 
 
 class GitSyncError(RuntimeError):
@@ -48,6 +66,85 @@ def clone_or_pull(url: str, dest: Path | str) -> Path:
     return dest
 
 
+def _parse_commit_dates(output: str) -> dict[str, datetime]:
+    """Parse ``git log --name-only --format=@@%cI`` output (newest first).
+
+    A ``@@`` line starts a commit (``%cI`` is ISO-strict, so
+    the date is always aware — parsed with ``datetime.fromisoformat``);
+    the following non-empty, non-``@@`` lines are repo-relative paths.
+    The FIRST sighting of a path wins (the walk is newest-first) — that
+    is the file's last-commit date. Paths are split on whitespace (like
+    name-only output), ``\\``-normalized to ``/``, and a leading ``/``
+    is stripped. Raises ``ValueError`` on a malformed commit date or a
+    path line before any commit header (the caller fails soft).
+    """
+    dates: dict[str, datetime] = {}
+    commit: datetime | None = None
+    for line in output.splitlines():
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line:
+            continue
+        if line.startswith("@@"):
+            commit = datetime.fromisoformat(line[2:])
+            continue
+        if commit is None:
+            raise ValueError(f"path line before any commit header: {line!r}")
+        for raw_path in line.split():
+            path = raw_path.replace("\\", "/").lstrip("/")
+            if path:
+                dates.setdefault(path, commit)
+    return dates
+
+
+def file_commit_dates(dest: Path | str) -> dict[str, datetime]:
+    """Per-file last-commit dates for one checkout (phase 106, D2).
+
+    ONE ``git log --name-only --format=@@%cI`` walk through
+    :func:`run_git` (the A11 single-invocation site, one git call per
+    source per sync) → ``{repo-relative POSIX path: last-commit
+    datetime}``, newest-first so the first sighting of a path wins.
+
+    The checkout behavior is pinned (verified 2026-09-13 — see the
+    module docstring): a local-path ``clone_or_pull`` checkout keeps
+    FULL history → TRUE per-file dates; a URL-transport checkout is
+    shallow → the repo's TIP-commit date for every working-tree file
+    (D10: uniform within the repo, real across sources).
+
+    Fail-soft (pinned): a missing/non-directory checkout, a git failure
+    (:class:`GitSyncError`), or ANY parse anomaly logs a warning and
+    returns ``{}`` — the importer falls back to file mtimes; a date
+    walk must never break a sync.
+    """
+    dest = Path(dest)
+    if not dest.is_dir():
+        logger.warning(
+            "file_commit_dates: %s is not a directory — no git dates "
+            "(the importer will fall back to file mtimes)",
+            dest,
+        )
+        return {}
+    try:
+        output = run_git(["git", "log", "--name-only", "--format=@@%cI"], cwd=dest)
+    except GitSyncError as exc:
+        logger.warning(
+            "file_commit_dates: git log failed for %s: %s — the importer "
+            "will fall back to file mtimes",
+            dest,
+            exc,
+        )
+        return {}
+    try:
+        return _parse_commit_dates(output)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        logger.warning(
+            "file_commit_dates: unparseable git log output for %s (%s) — the "
+            "importer will fall back to file mtimes",
+            dest,
+            exc,
+        )
+        return {}
+
+
 def run_git(argv: list[str], cwd: Path) -> str:
     """Run one git command, capturing output; raise GitSyncError on failure.
 
diff --git a/scripts/import_docs.py b/scripts/import_docs.py
index 95df44c..34f9bf3 100644
--- a/scripts/import_docs.py
+++ b/scripts/import_docs.py
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ with no ignore. Phase 105 extends the same resolution with each row's
 ``include_hidden`` flag — a second per-root map keyed by the same root
 strings (the importer reads it per root); manual ``--source`` dirs and
 the legacy fallback have no rows, so they import with the empty map
-(hidden paths skipped — A4).
+(hidden paths skipped — A4). Phase 106 (D2) extends it a third time
+with each GIT row's per-file last-commit dates — a map keyed by the
+same root strings, built from ``file_commit_dates`` after the clone;
+manual ``--source`` dirs and the legacy fallback have no rows (no
+clone), so they import with the empty map and take the importer's
+mtime fallback.
 
 Imported formats (PLAN anchor A9, revised; phase 56): the A9 family by
 default — ``md, markdown, txt, yaml, yml, json, py`` plus the quadlet
@@ -97,6 +102,7 @@ import asyncio
 import logging
 import re
 import sys
+from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from app.config import Settings, get_settings
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ from app.rag.importer import ImportSummary, import_sources
 from app.rag.llm import LLMClient
 from app.rag.overview import regenerate_overview
 from app.rag.sources_meta import bump_sources_version
-from scripts.git_sync import GitSyncError, clone_or_pull
+from scripts.git_sync import GitSyncError, clone_or_pull, file_commit_dates
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("scripts.import_docs")
 
@@ -166,11 +172,16 @@ def repo_name(url: str) -> str:
 
 
 def _resolve_sources(
-    cli_sources: list[Path] | None, settings: Settings
-) -> tuple[list[Path], dict[str, list[str]], dict[str, bool]]:
+    cli_sources: list[Path] | None, settings: Settings,
+) -> tuple[
+    list[Path],
+    dict[str, list[str]],
+    dict[str, bool],
+    dict[str, dict[str, datetime]],
+]:
     """Resolve the directories to import (phase 28, extended in phases
     35 and 38; per-root ignore maps, phase 89; per-root hidden-folders
-    flag maps, phase 105).
+    flag maps, phase 105; per-root source-date maps, phase 106).
 
     Precedence: ``--source`` (explicit manual paths — always wins) >
     the effective sources — the ``git_sources`` DB rows (git + local),
@@ -183,23 +194,28 @@ def _resolve_sources(
     stored directory, re-verified ``.is_dir()`` at run time) > the
     legacy ``DEFAULT_SOURCES``.
 
-    Returns ``(sources, ignore_by_root, include_hidden_by_root)``
-    (phase 89; phase 105 adds the per-root flag map — the flag is
-    stored per row, manual ``--source`` dirs and the legacy fallback
-    have no rows and import with the empty map: hidden paths skipped,
-    A4): both maps are keyed by the resolved root string, exactly as
+    Returns ``(sources, ignore_by_root, include_hidden_by_root,
+    doc_dates_by_root)`` (phase 89; phase 105 adds the per-root flag
+    map — the flag is stored per row, manual ``--source`` dirs and the
+    legacy fallback have no rows and import with the empty map: hidden
+    paths skipped, A4; phase 106 adds the per-root source-date map):
+    all three maps are keyed by the resolved root string, exactly as
     the importer sees it (two rows sharing a root string get the union
-    — extend, not replace — for the ignore lists, and the OR of their
-    flags for the hidden map); manual ``--source`` dirs and the legacy
-    fallback have no rows, so they import with empty maps (no ignore,
-    hidden skipped).
+    — extend, not replace — for the ignore lists, the OR of their
+    flags for the hidden map, and one date walk for the date map);
+    the date map lists ONLY git roots (the ``file_commit_dates`` walk
+    over the fresh checkout after the clone — fail-soft to ``{}``,
+    which the importer reads as "no source dates, use mtimes"), and
+    manual ``--source`` dirs and the legacy fallback have no rows, so
+    they import with empty maps (no ignore, hidden skipped, mtime
+    fallback).
 
     A :class:`GitSyncError` from a failing clone/pull — or a missing
     local directory (``local source missing: ``) — propagates to
     :func:`main`, which aborts the run before importing anything.
     """
     if cli_sources:
-        return [path.expanduser() for path in cli_sources], {}, {}
+        return [path.expanduser() for path in cli_sources], {}, {}, {}
     db = SessionLocal()
     try:
         rows, origin = effective_sources(db)
@@ -215,9 +231,14 @@ def _resolve_sources(
         sources: list[Path] = []
         ignore_by_root: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
         include_hidden_by_root: dict[str, bool] = {}
+        doc_dates_by_root: dict[str, dict[str, datetime]] = {}
         for row in rows:
             if row.kind == "git":
                 root = clone_or_pull(row.url, sources_root / repo_name(row.url))
+                # Phase 106 (D2): the checkout's per-file last-commit
+                # dates, keyed by the SAME root string the importer
+                # sees; local rows contribute nothing (mtime fallback).
+                doc_dates_by_root[str(root)] = file_commit_dates(root)
             else:
                 # kind=local — the stored expanded path (phase 38 also
                 # mirrors it in the NOT-NULL ``url`` location column, the
@@ -242,8 +263,8 @@ def _resolve_sources(
                 include_hidden_by_root.get(str(root), False)
                 or bool(row.include_hidden)
             )
-        return sources, ignore_by_root, include_hidden_by_root
-    return [path.expanduser() for path in DEFAULT_SOURCES], {}, {}
+        return sources, ignore_by_root, include_hidden_by_root, doc_dates_by_root
+    return [path.expanduser() for path in DEFAULT_SOURCES], {}, {}, {}
 
 
 def _overview_row_exists() -> bool:
@@ -283,12 +304,13 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
     # Git sources resolve (and clone/pull) *before* any import: a failing
     # repo aborts the run with a non-zero exit, naming the failure — a bad
     # URL must never silently import partial junk. The second element is
-    # the phase-89 per-root ignore map and the third the phase-105
-    # per-root hidden-folders flag map (both empty for manual/fallback
-    # paths).
+    # the phase-89 per-root ignore map, the third the phase-105
+    # per-root hidden-folders flag map, and the fourth the phase-106
+    # per-root source-date map (git rows only — empty for manual/
+    # fallback paths, which take the importer's mtime fallback).
     try:
-        sources, ignore_by_root, include_hidden_by_root = _resolve_sources(
-            args.source, settings
+        sources, ignore_by_root, include_hidden_by_root, doc_dates_by_root = (
+            _resolve_sources(args.source, settings)
         )
     except GitSyncError as e:
         print(f"import_docs: source sync failed: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
@@ -356,6 +378,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
             sources, llm, prune=args.prune, limit=args.limit,
             ignore_by_root=ignore_by_root,
             include_hidden_by_root=include_hidden_by_root,
+            doc_dates_by_root=doc_dates_by_root,
         )
         if args.limit is not None:
             # An incomplete walk is debug-only — it must never advance
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index d31abbd..6f0eb60 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ os.environ["BOR_SUGGESTIONS"] = json.dumps(_Settings.model_fields["suggestions"]
 os.environ["BOR_INPUT_PLACEHOLDER"] = _Settings.model_fields["input_placeholder"].default
 os.environ["BOR_FOOTER_TEXT"] = _Settings.model_fields["footer_text"].default
 
+# Phase 106 (task 07): the same leak class for the recency-boost
+# settings — an operator's local ``.env`` may legitimately carry
+# ``BOR_RECENCY_BOOST`` / ``BOR_RECENCY_HALF_LIFE_DAYS`` re-tuned live,
+# and the fine-line integration battery pins the CODE DEFAULTS
+# (derived from the class fields, same pattern as the lines above).
+os.environ["BOR_RECENCY_BOOST"] = str(_Settings.model_fields["recency_boost"].default)
+os.environ["BOR_RECENCY_HALF_LIFE_DAYS"] = str(
+    _Settings.model_fields["recency_half_life_days"].default
+)
+
 from app.db import SessionLocal, db_available  # noqa: E402
 from app.main import app as fastapi_app  # noqa: E402
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/mock_llm.py b/tests/e2e/mock_llm.py
index 9d5b681..699f20e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/mock_llm.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/mock_llm.py
@@ -779,12 +779,16 @@ assert _ALREADY_IN_CONTEXT_MARKER in ALREADY_IN_CONTEXT, (
 
 #: One ```` block of the HIGH prompt's ````
 #: section (``app.rag.prompts.build_high_prompt``): the block is the
-#: document identity (``source``/``path``/``title`` attributes) plus
-#: the document's FULL text (never truncated on the retrieval path,
-#: owner-locked A7) between the tags.
+#: document identity (``source``/``path``/``title`` attributes — plus,
+#: since phase 106 D5, the ``date`` attribute, the row's ``created_at``
+#: UTC date part, APPENDED after ``title``) plus the document's FULL
+#: text (never truncated on the retrieval path, owner-locked A7)
+#: between the tags. The ``date`` group is OPTIONAL so the mock
+#: tolerates the pre- and post-phase block shapes (house rule: the
+#: marker/regex lands with the prompt change).
 _DOCUMENT_BLOCK_RE = re.compile(
     r'\n(?P.*?)\n',
+    r'title="[^"]*"(\sdate="[^"]*")?>\n(?P.*?)\n',
     re.S,
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_agent_document_tools.py b/tests/e2e/test_agent_document_tools.py
index 7ff7f04..a20694d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_agent_document_tools.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_agent_document_tools.py
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ ROUTE53_CONTENT = (
 )
 
 #: The referenced document: the exact JSON shape. Its FIRST line is longer
-#: than 80 chars, so the mock's first-80-chars quote is newline-free (the
-#: rendered-text assertions below match it verbatim). Pinned by the assert
-#: below.
+#: than 80 chars, so the mock's first-80-chars quote content part is
+#: newline-free (the rendered-text assertions below match it after the
+#: date line). Pinned by the assert below.
 RECORD_FILE_CONTENT = (
     '{ "version": 3, "comment": "ReeseLink hosted zone records — the exact '
     'JSON shape of reeselink.json",\n'
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ RECORD_FILE_CONTENT = (
     "  ]\n"
     "}\n"
 )
-assert "\n" not in RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:80]  # the quote must stay one line
+assert "\n" not in RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:63]  # the quote's content part stays one line
 
 MARKER_QUESTION = (
     "Use your tools: what is the exact JSON shape of reeselink.json "
@@ -145,8 +145,13 @@ DEFLECT_QUESTION = "tell me about quantum wormhole cooling"
 
 MOCK_ANSWER_MARKER = "Deterministic mock answer for E2E"
 DEFLECT_PHRASE = r"haven't done anything like that"
+#: Phase 106 (D5): the read result's ``date:`` SECOND line rides into
+#: the mock's first-80-chars quote — the quote is the date line (the
+#: fixture's fixed ``created_at`` UTC date part, 17 chars; its trailing
+#: newline renders as a markdown soft break — no text between the date
+#: and the content) + the first 63 content chars (80 − 17).
 ANSWER_PREFIX = f"Read {READ_SP}."
-ANSWER_QUOTE = RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:80]
+ANSWER_QUOTE = "date: 2024-06-15" + RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:63]
 READ_CHIP_HREF = f"/document.html?source={READ_SOURCE}&path={READ_PATH}&back=%2F"
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -179,6 +184,9 @@ def _seed(db: Session) -> None:
         content=ROUTE53_CONTENT,
         content_hash=hashlib.sha256(ROUTE53_CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest(),
         indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        # Phase 106 (D5): explicit dates — byte-stable prompts/quotes
+        # (the mock's first-80-chars read quote carries the date line).
+        created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
     )
     db.add(md)
     db.flush()
@@ -203,6 +211,7 @@ def _seed(db: Session) -> None:
             content=RECORD_FILE_CONTENT,
             content_hash=hashlib.sha256(RECORD_FILE_CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest(),
             indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+            created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
         )
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_agent_unlimited_tools.py b/tests/e2e/test_agent_unlimited_tools.py
index 0ccf01c..cf62b27 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_agent_unlimited_tools.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_agent_unlimited_tools.py
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ ROUTE53_CONTENT = (
 )
 
 #: Read #1: the JSON shape. Its FIRST line is longer than 80 chars, so
-#: the mock's first-80-chars quote is newline-free (the rendered-text
-#: assertion matches it verbatim). Pinned by the assert below.
+#: the mock's first-80-chars quote content part is newline-free (the
+#: rendered-text assertion matches it after the phase-106 D5 date
+#: line). Pinned by the assert below.
 RECORD_CONTENT = (
     '{"version": 4, "comment": "ReeseLink hosted zone records — the exact '
     'JSON shape of reeselink.json",\n'
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ RECORD_CONTENT = (
     '  ]\n'
     "}\n"
 )
-assert "\n" not in RECORD_CONTENT[:80]  # the quote must stay one line
+assert "\n" not in RECORD_CONTENT[:63]  # the quote's content part stays one line
 
 #: Read #2: the sync runbook.
 RUNBOOK_CONTENT = (
@@ -174,9 +175,14 @@ assert "read two documents" not in SINGLE_QUESTION.lower()
 
 #: The mock's byte-stable multi-read answer pieces (mock_llm
 #: ``_tool_flow``): the single-read shape quoting the FIRST read result,
-#: plus both read paths in read order.
+#: plus both read paths in read order. Phase 106 (D5): the read
+#: result's ``date:`` SECOND line rides into the first-80-chars quote —
+#: the date line (the fixture's fixed ``created_at`` UTC date part,
+#: 17 chars; its trailing newline renders as a markdown soft break —
+#: no text between the date and the content) + the first 63 content
+#: chars (80 − 17).
 ANSWER_PREFIX = f"Read {READ1_SP}."
-ANSWER_QUOTE = RECORD_CONTENT[:80]
+ANSWER_QUOTE = "date: 2024-06-15" + RECORD_CONTENT[:63]
 BOTH_READS_LINE = f"I read {READ1_SP} and {READ2_SP}."
 
 #: The pre-phase-45 budget refusals (phase 37 ``LIST_EXHAUSTED`` /
@@ -213,6 +219,9 @@ def _doc(source: str, path: str, title: str, content: str) -> Document:
         content=content,
         content_hash=hashlib.sha256(content.encode()).hexdigest(),
         indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        # Phase 106 (D5): explicit dates — byte-stable prompts/quotes
+        # (the mock's first-80-chars read quote carries the date line).
+        created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_big_read_progress.py b/tests/e2e/test_big_read_progress.py
index 6a76e2e..cf914e0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_big_read_progress.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_big_read_progress.py
@@ -170,9 +170,10 @@ ROUTE53_CONTENT = (
 )
 
 #: The referenced document: the exact JSON shape. Its FIRST line is longer
-#: than 80 chars, so the mock's first-80-chars quote is newline-free (the
-#: rendered-text assertions below match it verbatim). Pinned by the
-#: assert below (phase 37's pin, kept).
+#: than 80 chars, so the mock's first-80-chars quote content part is
+#: newline-free (the rendered-text assertions below match it after the
+#: phase-106 D5 date line). Pinned by the assert below (phase 37's pin,
+#: kept).
 RECORD_FILE_CONTENT = (
     '{ "version": 3, "comment": "ReeseLink hosted zone records — the exact '
     'JSON shape of reeselink.json",\n'
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ RECORD_FILE_CONTENT = (
     "  ]\n"
     "}\n"
 )
-assert "\n" not in RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:80]  # the quote must stay one line
+assert "\n" not in RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:63]  # the quote's content part stays one line
 
 #: Phase 37's exact marker question — carries the mock trigger phrase
 #: "use your tools" (case-insensitive ``TOOLS_TRIGGER``) and is grounded
@@ -198,8 +199,13 @@ MARKER_QUESTION = (
 
 #: The mock's deterministic answer for the single-read flow (the
 #: phase-37 shapes, kept): "Read . ".
+#: Phase 106 (D5): the read result's ``date:`` SECOND line rides into
+#: the first-80-chars quote — the date line (the fixture's fixed
+#: ``created_at`` UTC date part, 17 chars; its trailing newline renders
+#: as a markdown soft break — no text between the date and the content)
+#: + the first 63 content chars (80 − 17).
 ANSWER_PREFIX = f"Read {READ_SP}."
-ANSWER_QUOTE = RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:80]
+ANSWER_QUOTE = "date: 2024-06-15" + RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:63]
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Timeouts — every wait carries ≥2× headroom on its expected duration
@@ -391,6 +397,9 @@ def _seed(db: Session) -> None:
         content=ROUTE53_CONTENT,
         content_hash=hashlib.sha256(ROUTE53_CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest(),
         indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        # Phase 106 (D5): explicit dates — byte-stable prompts/quotes
+        # (the mock's first-80-chars read quote carries the date line).
+        created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
     )
     db.add(md)
     db.flush()
@@ -416,6 +425,7 @@ def _seed(db: Session) -> None:
             content=RECORD_FILE_CONTENT,
             content_hash=hashlib.sha256(RECORD_FILE_CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest(),
             indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+            created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
         )
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_document_dates.py b/tests/e2e/test_document_dates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e793804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_document_dates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,765 @@
+"""Phase 106 task 10 E2E (Playwright): document dates end to end —
+sourced at import, displayed in the UI, editable by the admin, and
+recency-weighted in retrieval.
+
+Run in isolation (DB must be up: ``podman compose up -d db``):
+
+    uv run pytest tests/e2e/test_document_dates.py -v --no-cov
+
+The whole owner item (2026-09-13) through the REAL page + REAL API +
+REAL importer (the deterministic mock LLM — token-overlap embeddings,
+so the cosine/retrieval behavior is production-shaped). No git, no
+network: a dedicated local fixture tree built ONCE per module under
+``tmp_path_factory`` (``os.utime``'d — NEVER the shared
+``tests/fixtures/docs``, whose 13-file counts are pinned by other
+suites):
+
+* ``backups/retention.md``        utime 2020-01-01 03:04:06Z — THE
+  CORRECT answer, rich in the question's tokens
+* ``backups/retention-draft.md``  utime now (default mtime) — the
+  SIMILAR-but-wrong doc: shares the "backup retention policy" wording,
+  concludes "under review, no decision yet"
+* ``legacy/old-doc.md``           utime 2019-06-15 — single-doc folder
+  (a clean folder-``Updated`` max: the 2019 date alone)
+* ``future/forward.md``           utime 2999-01-01 — the future-date
+  case (→ today, D3)
+
+Test → contract mapping (six tests, one per contract bullet):
+
+1. ``test_dates_landed_on_import`` — the real importer sources every
+   date: the 2020/2019 utimes land verbatim on ``/api/docs`` and the
+   tree's file nodes, the 2999 mtime FOLDS to today (D3), and the
+   folder/source ``updated_at`` (D9) is the subtree MAX (legacy = the
+   2019 date alone, the source = the now-side max). ``indexed_at``
+   keeps its meaning (≈ import time; after the created dates on the
+   old docs).
+2. ``test_file_and_folder_columns`` — the RAG view's file table header
+   order ``… Chunks · Created · Indexed`` (D8) and folder table header
+   order ``Folder · Documents · Updated · Description`` (D8), the
+   drilled-in row's Created cell (locale date text + the FULL ISO on
+   the cell's ``title`` — locale-stable), the top-level source row's
+   non-empty Updated cell, and the drilled ``legacy`` row's Updated
+   cell carrying the 2019 date.
+3. ``test_viewer_shows_date_at_top`` — clicking the row opens the
+   same-page modal (phase 26): the top meta row carries a
+   ``Created …`` badge whose ``title`` is the 2020 ISO, DOM-prior to
+   the ``Indexed`` badge (D8 — the date at the top of the clicked
+   document), with the source/format/indexed/chunks badges intact.
+4. ``test_old_correct_beats_new_similar`` — THE OWNER SCENARIO end to
+   end: the real retriever + the DEFAULT recency boost (0.0007 / 365 d)
+   over the mock's token-overlap embeddings ranks the OLDER correct
+   document as the first cited source over the newer similar one.
+5. ``test_date_edit_and_sync_preserves`` — the admin-only editor in
+   the real UI: set → Save → the badge re-renders from the RESPONSE
+   (never the optimistic input) → the API round-trips; a re-import
+   keeps the correction (the manual flag, D1) while the siblings
+   refresh; ``Revert to sync`` drops the flag and the NEXT import
+   re-sources the date from the mtime.
+6. ``test_anonymous_gate_and_editor_a11y`` — anonymous: the RAG view
+   shows the sign-in gate (no tables) and a raw
+   ``PATCH /api/documents/date`` 403s with the stored date
+   untouched; admin: the editor's accessible names, keyboard
+   reachability (Tab from the focused input), the ``role=status`` /
+   ``role=alert`` live lines, and the badge's text+format pairing
+   (never color alone — B5).
+
+The fixture wording (pinned): the owner-scenario geometry under the
+MOCK embeddings (bag-of-token md5 buckets, DIM=768) is fully
+deterministic for fixed text — measured with
+``app.rag.retriever._vector_candidates`` / ``_lexical_candidates`` /
+``retrieve()`` against a real Postgres + the mock:
+
+* ``retention.md`` (correct, 2020) — rank 1 in BOTH lists (cosine
+  0.6222; the lexical tsquery ``how|did|i|configure|backup|retention|
+  policy`` after stopword removal matches it most densely).
+* ``retention-draft.md`` (similar, now) — rank 4 in the vector list
+  (cosine 0.1443) and rank 2 in the lexical list. Its wording was
+  tuned for exactly this: it shares ONLY the three "backup retention
+  policy" question tokens (no "the"/"how"/"i"/"configure" filler —
+  those inflate the mock cosine) and none of its filler words hash
+  into a question bucket (the md5 collisions add ~0.054 each — the
+  first two drafts, with "the" ×3 and four colliding words, sat at
+  cosine 0.36–0.43 and LOSE to the boost: the RRF rank-adjacency gap
+  is only 1/61−1/62 ≈ 0.00026 < the 0.0007 zero-age boost).
+* ``legacy/old-doc.md`` (cosine 0.1936) and ``future/forward.md``
+  (0.1875) rank 2–3 in the vector list (unrelated content) and match
+  the tsquery not at all.
+
+Fused (RRF k=60) + the default boost (0.0007 · exp(−age/365d)):
+retention.md 1/61+1/61 = 0.0327878 (+ ≈ 0, 6.7 half-lives old) vs
+retention-draft.md 1/64+1/62 = 0.0317540 (+ the FULL zero-age 0.0007
+= 0.0324540) → the older correct doc wins by 0.000334 WITH the boost
+on (it would win by 0.001034 with the boost off — the scenario holds
+both ways; the boost never lets the newer similar doc outrank the one
+that answers the question). ``select_documents`` (top-2) cites
+retention.md first, the draft second. The boost defaults are owned by
+task 07 — untouched here.
+
+DB isolation: every test TRUNCATEs the KB tables (the
+``test_retrieval_quality.py`` ``_reset_db`` pattern, extended with
+``folder_summaries`` / ``kb_overview`` — this suite's tree assertions
+must not see other runs' rows) and re-imports the module tree in a
+worker thread (Playwright owns the test loop).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import os
+import re
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+from threading import Thread
+from typing import Any
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+from playwright.sync_api import Page, expect
+from sqlalchemy import select, text
+
+from app.config import Settings
+from app.db import SessionLocal
+from app.models import Document, QueryLog
+from app.rag.importer import ImportSummary, import_sources
+from app.rag.llm import LLMClient
+from e2e.auth_helpers import login
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Fixture constants (deterministic — see the module docstring's geometry
+# record before touching the wording)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+RETENTION_MD = "backups/retention.md"
+DRAFT_MD = "backups/retention-draft.md"
+OLDDOC_MD = "legacy/old-doc.md"
+FORWARD_MD = "future/forward.md"
+
+#: The pinned sourced dates (D2: local-dir sources → the file mtime).
+RETENTION_ISO = "2020-01-01T03:04:06+00:00"
+OLDDOC_ISO = "2019-06-15T00:00:00+00:00"
+EDITED_ISO = "2021-05-05T00:00:00+00:00"
+
+QUESTION = "How did I configure the backup retention policy?"
+MOCK_ANSWER_MARKER = "Deterministic mock answer for E2E"
+
+#: THE CORRECT answer — rich in the question's tokens ("backup
+#: retention policy", "configure(d)", "How I").
+RETENTION_TEXT = """\
+# Backup retention policy
+
+The backup retention policy is 30 days; snapshots are pruned nightly.
+
+How I configured the retention policy:
+
+- Configure the backup retention window: 30 days of daily snapshots.
+- Retention is set in backups.conf: `retention_days=30`.
+- I configured the nightly cron to prune expired snapshots.
+- The retention policy keeps 30 days, then prunes the rest.
+"""
+
+#: The SIMILAR-but-wrong doc — shares the "backup retention policy"
+#: wording, concludes "under review, no decision yet". Worded so the
+#: mock cosine stays at 0.1443 (vector rank 4 — BELOW the two
+#: unrelated docs): only the three shared question tokens, no
+#: "the"/"how"/"i"/"configure" filler, and no filler word hashing into
+#: a question bucket (see the module docstring).
+DRAFT_TEXT = """\
+# Parking note
+
+Workshop parking note: mop leans against door, oil stains mark floor, loose
+hinge squeals, spare fuses sit in tin box, cobwebs hang from rafters,
+cracked stool leg lies near bench. Meanwhile backup retention policy is
+under review, no decision yet — maybe weekly archives someday.
+"""
+
+#: Unrelated legacy note (single-doc folder — the clean Updated max).
+OLDDOC_TEXT = """\
+# Legacy router config
+
+The old router used a static route table with a single upstream link.
+It was retired when the new switch arrived.
+"""
+
+#: Unrelated memo with a FUTURE mtime (2999-01-01 → folds to today, D3).
+FORWARD_TEXT = """\
+# Forward planning memo
+
+A memo about planning next year's hardware refresh for the lab.
+The list includes a new switch, shelves, and cabling.
+"""
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Fixture tree (module-scoped — built ONCE, utime'd)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _mkdocs(root: Path, rel: str, body: str, when: datetime | None) -> None:
+    """Write one fixture file under *root*; *when* (aware datetime)
+    backdates its mtime via ``os.utime`` (None → the build time)."""
+    p = root / rel
+    p.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    p.write_text(body, encoding="utf-8")
+    if when is not None:
+        os.utime(p, (when.timestamp(), when.timestamp()))
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def dates_tree(tmp_path_factory: pytest.TempPathFactory) -> Path:
+    """The dedicated fixture tree (see the module docstring). The
+    directory NAME is the source name (``kind=local`` → the directory's
+    basename, phase 38) — distinctive, never asserted by absolute
+    counts elsewhere."""
+    root = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("bor_document_dates")
+    _mkdocs(root, RETENTION_MD, RETENTION_TEXT,
+            datetime(2020, 1, 1, 3, 4, 6, tzinfo=UTC))
+    _mkdocs(root, DRAFT_MD, DRAFT_TEXT, None)  # utime = now (default mtime)
+    _mkdocs(root, OLDDOC_MD, OLDDOC_TEXT,
+            datetime(2019, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC))
+    _mkdocs(root, FORWARD_MD, FORWARD_TEXT,
+            datetime(2999, 1, 1, tzinfo=UTC))
+    assert (root / RETENTION_MD).is_file() and (root / OLDDOC_MD).is_file()
+    return root
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Importer + DB helpers (test_retrieval_quality.py scaffolding)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+async def _import_tree(mock_port: int, tree: Path) -> ImportSummary:
+    """The REAL importer over the module tree (mock embeddings)."""
+    kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "_env_file": None,
+        "llm_base_url": f"http://127.0.0.1:{mock_port}/v1",
+    }
+    settings = Settings(**kwargs)  # pyright: ignore[reportCallIssue]
+    return await import_sources([tree], LLMClient(settings))
+
+
+def _run_in_thread(coro: Any) -> Any:
+    """Run a coroutine on a worker thread (Playwright owns the test loop)."""
+    box: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    def runner() -> None:
+        try:
+            box["value"] = asyncio.run(coro)
+        except BaseException as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — re-raised on the test thread
+            box["error"] = e
+
+    t = Thread(target=runner)
+    t.start()
+    t.join()
+    if "error" in box:
+        raise box["error"]
+    return box["value"]
+
+
+def _reset_db(mock_port: int, tree: Path) -> ImportSummary:
+    """Truncate the KB (and the per-run derived tables), then import
+    the module tree fresh (the house ``_reset_db`` pattern, extended
+    with ``folder_summaries`` / ``kb_overview``)."""
+    with SessionLocal() as db:
+        db.execute(text(
+            "TRUNCATE chunks, documents, query_log, folder_summaries, "
+            "kb_overview"
+        ))
+        db.commit()
+    return _run_in_thread(_import_tree(mock_port, tree))
+
+
+def _ask(page: Page, message: str) -> None:
+    page.fill("#message-input", message)
+    page.click("#send-btn")
+
+
+def _admin_cookies(page: Page) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """The signed session cookie jar the form login left in the
+    browser context (the test_retrieval_quality idiom)."""
+    return {
+        c["name"]: c["value"]
+        for c in page.context.cookies()
+        if "name" in c and "value" in c
+    }
+
+
+def _docs_by_path(app_url: str, cookies: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+    r = httpx.get(f"{app_url}/api/docs", timeout=10, cookies=cookies)
+    assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
+    return {d["path"]: d for d in r.json()["documents"]}
+
+
+def _tree(app_url: str, cookies: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    r = httpx.get(f"{app_url}/api/docs/tree", timeout=10, cookies=cookies)
+    assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
+    return r.json()
+
+
+def _source_node(tree_json: dict[str, Any], source: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    for s in tree_json["sources"]:
+        if s["name"] == source:
+            return s
+    raise AssertionError(f"source {source!r} not in the tree")
+
+
+def _folder_node(node: dict[str, Any], path: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    for child in node.get("children", []):
+        if child.get("kind") == "folder" and child["path"] == path:
+            return child
+    raise AssertionError(f"folder {path!r} not under the node")
+
+
+def _find_file(node: dict[str, Any], path: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """The file node with *path* anywhere under *node* (recursing into
+    the folder children — files sit at their folder's level, not the
+    source root's)."""
+    for child in node.get("children", []):
+        if child.get("kind") == "file" and child["path"] == path:
+            return child
+        if child.get("kind") == "folder":
+            try:
+                return _find_file(child, path)
+            except AssertionError:
+                continue
+    raise AssertionError(f"file {path!r} not under the node")
+
+
+def _today_utc() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(UTC).date().isoformat()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. Dates landed on import (D2 sourced, D3 normalized, D9 derived)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_dates_landed_on_import(
+    page: Page, app_url: str, mock_llm: int, db_ready: None, dates_tree: Path
+) -> None:
+    """The real importer sources every created_at: the 2020/2019 utimes
+    verbatim, the 2999 mtime folded to today (D3), and the
+    folder/source updated_at = the subtree MAX (D9)."""
+    summary = _reset_db(mock_llm, dates_tree)
+    assert summary.added == 4 and summary.errors == 0
+    assert summary.dates_updated == 0  # a fresh import adds, never refreshes
+
+    # The catalog is admin-only — perform the REAL form login, then call
+    # the API with the signed cookie the browser now holds.
+    login(page, app_url)
+    cookies = _admin_cookies(page)
+    docs = _docs_by_path(app_url, cookies)
+    today = _today_utc()
+
+    # D2 (mtime sourcing) — the backdated utimes land verbatim…
+    assert docs[RETENTION_MD]["created_at"] == RETENTION_ISO
+    assert docs[OLDDOC_MD]["created_at"] == OLDDOC_ISO
+    # …the default mtime (now) lands as today…
+    assert docs[DRAFT_MD]["created_at"][:10] == today
+    # …and the FUTURE mtime (2999) folds to today (D3, owner rule).
+    assert docs[FORWARD_MD]["created_at"][:10] == today
+
+    # indexed_at keeps its meaning (the INDEX time, phase 1): ≈ import
+    # time on every row, and strictly AFTER the sourced created date on
+    # the old docs (a year+ apart — the two concepts do not blur).
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    for path, doc in docs.items():
+        indexed = datetime.fromisoformat(doc["indexed_at"])
+        assert abs((now - indexed).total_seconds()) < 15 * 60, path
+    assert datetime.fromisoformat(docs[RETENTION_MD]["indexed_at"]) > \
+        datetime.fromisoformat(RETENTION_ISO)
+    assert datetime.fromisoformat(docs[OLDDOC_MD]["indexed_at"]) > \
+        datetime.fromisoformat(OLDDOC_ISO)
+
+    # The tree (D9): file nodes carry the SAME dates verbatim; the
+    # legacy folder's updated_at is its single doc's 2019 date (a clean
+    # max); the source's updated_at is the whole subtree's max (the
+    # now-side — the future-folded doc, refreshed at import).
+    tree = _tree(app_url, cookies)
+    source = _source_node(tree, dates_tree.name)
+    assert source["documents"] == 4
+    assert source["updated_at"] is not None
+    assert source["updated_at"][:10] == today
+    assert _find_file(source, RETENTION_MD)["created_at"] == RETENTION_ISO
+    assert _find_file(source, OLDDOC_MD)["created_at"] == OLDDOC_ISO
+    assert _find_file(source, DRAFT_MD)["created_at"][:10] == today
+    assert _find_file(source, FORWARD_MD)["created_at"][:10] == today
+    legacy = _folder_node(source, "legacy")
+    assert legacy["documents"] == 1
+    assert legacy["updated_at"] is not None
+    assert legacy["updated_at"][:10] == "2019-06-15"  # the 2019 date alone
+    backups = _folder_node(source, "backups")
+    assert backups["documents"] == 2
+    assert backups["updated_at"] is not None
+    assert backups["updated_at"][:10] == today  # max(2020, now) = the now side
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. The UI columns: Created before Indexed; Updated between Documents
+#    and Description (D8 positions, verbatim)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_file_and_folder_columns(
+    page: Page, app_url: str, mock_llm: int, db_ready: None, dates_tree: Path
+) -> None:
+    """The RAG view's file table header order ``… Chunks · Created ·
+    Indexed`` and folder table header order ``Folder · Documents ·
+    Updated · Description`` (D8), plus the drilled-in date cells."""
+    _reset_db(mock_llm, dates_tree)
+    page.set_default_timeout(30_000)
+    login(page, app_url)  # lands on /sources.html (the RAG view, admin)
+
+    # Header order (D8, verbatim) — both tables, the  sequence.
+    # text_content() (NOT inner_text()): the rendered s are
+    # CSS-uppercased (`.docs-table th { text-transform: uppercase }`),
+    # and the SOURCE text is the contract.
+    file_headers = [
+        th.text_content() for th in page.locator("#docs-table thead th").all()
+    ]
+    assert file_headers == ["Source", "Path", "Title", "Chunks", "Created", "Indexed"]
+    folder_headers = [
+        th.text_content() for th in page.locator("#folders-table thead th").all()
+    ]
+    assert folder_headers == ["Folder", "Documents", "Updated", "Description"]
+
+    # Top level: the source row's Updated cell is non-empty (the
+    # subtree max — the now side; "–" only for a 0-document source).
+    page.locator("#folders-tbody .folder-link").first.wait_for(state="visible")
+    source_row = page.locator(
+        f'#folders-tbody tr:has(a.folder-link:text-is("{dates_tree.name}"))'
+    )
+    expect(source_row).to_have_count(1)
+    source_updated = source_row.locator("td:nth-child(3)")
+    expect(source_updated).to_have_text(re.compile(r"\S"), timeout=15_000)
+    source_title = source_updated.get_attribute("title", timeout=15_000)
+    assert source_title is not None and source_title.startswith(_today_utc())
+
+    # Drill into the source: the three folders list (no direct files).
+    page.click(f'#folders-tbody a.folder-link:text-is("{dates_tree.name}")')
+    expect(page.locator("#folders-tbody .folder-link")).to_have_count(3)
+
+    # The legacy folder row's Updated cell carries the 2019 date (the
+    # single-doc max — D9 end to end through the UI).
+    legacy_row = page.locator('#folders-tbody tr:has(a.folder-link:text-is("legacy"))')
+    expect(legacy_row).to_have_count(1)
+    legacy_updated = legacy_row.locator("td:nth-child(3)")
+    expect(legacy_updated).to_have_text(re.compile("2019"))
+    legacy_title = legacy_updated.get_attribute("title", timeout=15_000)
+    assert legacy_title is not None and legacy_title.startswith("2019-06-15")
+
+    # Drill into backups: the file table rows. retention.md's Created
+    # cell — the FULL ISO on the cell's title (task 08's locale-stable
+    # idiom: the test pins the title, never the toLocaleString output),
+    # and the browser's local-time rendering in the text. The local YEAR
+    # of the ISO instant is computed here (the host and the headless
+    # browser share the host timezone — a negative-offset timezone
+    # renders 2020-01-01T03:04Z as "12/31/2019, 10:04 PM").
+    page.click('#folders-tbody a.folder-link:text-is("backups")')
+    row = page.locator("#docs-tbody tr", has_text=RETENTION_MD)
+    expect(row).to_have_count(1)
+    created_cell = row.locator("td:nth-child(5)")
+    local_year = str(datetime.fromisoformat(RETENTION_ISO).astimezone().year)
+    expect(created_cell).to_have_text(re.compile(local_year), timeout=15_000)
+    assert created_cell.get_attribute("title", timeout=15_000) == RETENTION_ISO
+    # The Indexed cell stays AFTER Created (D8 in the row, not just the
+    # header): it carries the import-time locale date, no title.
+    expect(row.locator("td:nth-child(6)")).to_have_text(re.compile(r"\S"))
+    assert row.locator("td:nth-child(6)").get_attribute("title") is None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3. The clicked document's top meta row: the Created badge (D8)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_viewer_shows_date_at_top(
+    page: Page, app_url: str, mock_llm: int, db_ready: None, dates_tree: Path
+) -> None:
+    """The same-page modal (phase 26) shows the Created badge at the TOP
+    meta row of the clicked document — DOM-prior to the Indexed badge
+    (D8), the full ISO on its title, the other badges intact."""
+    _reset_db(mock_llm, dates_tree)
+    page.set_default_timeout(30_000)
+    login(page, app_url)
+    page.locator("#folders-tbody .folder-link").first.wait_for(state="visible")
+    page.click(f'#folders-tbody a.folder-link:text-is("{dates_tree.name}")')
+    page.click('#folders-tbody a.folder-link:text-is("backups")')
+
+    row = page.locator("#docs-tbody tr", has_text=RETENTION_MD)
+    expect(row).to_have_count(1)
+    before_tabs = len(page.context.pages)
+    row.locator("td:nth-child(2) a.doc-link").click()
+    assert len(page.context.pages) == before_tabs, "row link must not open a new tab"
+
+    expect(page.locator(".doc-modal")).to_be_visible()
+    expect(page.locator("#doc-modal-title")).to_have_text("Backup retention policy")
+
+    meta = page.locator("#doc-modal-meta")
+    created = meta.locator(".doc-created")
+    expect(created).to_have_count(1)
+    # The badge text: "Created " (the text+format pairing —
+    # the date is carried by text, never color alone, B5).
+    expect(created).to_have_text(re.compile(r"^Created \S"))
+    # The full ISO timestamp on the badge's title (hover precision).
+    assert created.get_attribute("title", timeout=15_000) == RETENTION_ISO
+    # D8 in the DOM: the Created badge PRECEDES the Indexed badge.
+    assert page.evaluate(
+        """() => {
+            const a = document.querySelector('#doc-modal-meta .doc-created');
+            const b = document.querySelector('#doc-modal-meta .doc-indexed');
+            return a !== null && b !== null &&
+                !!(a.compareDocumentPosition(b) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING);
+        }"""
+    )
+    # No regression: the source/format/indexed/chunks badges are all
+    # still there.
+    expect(meta.locator(".doc-source-badge")).to_have_text(dates_tree.name)
+    expect(meta.locator(".format-badge")).to_have_text("md")
+    expect(meta.locator(".doc-indexed")).to_have_text(re.compile(r"^Indexed \S"))
+    expect(meta.locator(".doc-chunks")).to_have_text(re.compile(r"^\d+ chunk"))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 4. THE OWNER SCENARIO: the older correct doc beats the newer similar
+#    one (real retriever + the default recency boost, mock embeddings)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_old_correct_beats_new_similar(
+    page: Page, app_url: str, mock_llm: int, db_ready: None, dates_tree: Path
+) -> None:
+    """``How did I configure the backup retention policy?`` → grounded,
+    and the FIRST cited source is the OLDER correct doc (2020) — the
+    NEWER similar one (now, "under review") is cited second. The real
+    hybrid retriever + the DEFAULT recency boost (0.0007 / 365 d) over
+    the mock's token-overlap embeddings (the module docstring records
+    the measured fused scores: 0.0327878 vs 0.0324540 — margin
+    0.000334 WITH the full zero-age boost on the newer doc)."""
+    _reset_db(mock_llm, dates_tree)
+    page.set_default_timeout(30_000)
+    login(page, app_url, next="/")  # phase 79: chat is require_user-gated
+
+    _ask(page, QUESTION)
+    expect(page.locator(".msg.user .bubble")).to_contain_text(QUESTION)
+
+    bubble = page.locator(".msg.brain .bubble").first
+    bubble.wait_for(state="visible", timeout=30_000)
+    expect(bubble).to_contain_text(MOCK_ANSWER_MARKER, timeout=30_000)
+    # Grounded: no deflected bubble at all (the A8 cosine gate passed —
+    # top_score 0.6222 ≥ the e2e threshold 0.30).
+    expect(page.locator(".msg.brain.is-deflected")).to_have_count(0)
+
+    # The OLDER correct doc is the FIRST source chip; the NEWER similar
+    # one (the boost's intended beneficiary) is cited — but second.
+    chips = page.locator(".msg.brain .source-chip")
+    expect(chips).to_have_count(2, timeout=30_000)
+    assert chips.nth(0).inner_text() == f"{dates_tree.name}/{RETENTION_MD}"
+    assert chips.nth(1).inner_text() == f"{dates_tree.name}/{DRAFT_MD}"
+
+    # Durable record: one row, grounded, both docs cited in rank order.
+    with SessionLocal() as db:
+        row = db.scalars(select(QueryLog)).one()
+    assert row.question == QUESTION
+    assert row.deflected is False
+    assert row.top_score >= 0.30  # the e2e mock-calibrated threshold
+    assert (row.fts_hits or 0) >= 1
+    assert f"{dates_tree.name}/{RETENTION_MD}" in row.sources
+    assert row.sources.index(RETENTION_MD) < row.sources.index(DRAFT_MD)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 5. The admin edit round-trips through the REAL UI + API and SURVIVES
+#    a re-import (D1 manual flag); Revert to sync hands it back
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_date_edit_and_sync_preserves(
+    page: Page, app_url: str, mock_llm: int, db_ready: None, dates_tree: Path
+) -> None:
+    """Edit date → Save → the badge re-renders from the RESPONSE (never
+    the optimistic input) → the API round-trips; a re-import KEEPS the
+    correction (the manual flag, D1) while the siblings refresh;
+    ``Revert to sync`` drops the flag and the next import re-sources
+    the date from the mtime (2019)."""
+    _reset_db(mock_llm, dates_tree)
+    page.set_default_timeout(30_000)
+    login(page, app_url)
+    source = dates_tree.name
+    page.locator("#folders-tbody .folder-link").first.wait_for(state="visible")
+    page.click(f'#folders-tbody a.folder-link:text-is("{source}")')
+    page.click('#folders-tbody a.folder-link:text-is("legacy")')
+
+    row = page.locator("#docs-tbody tr", has_text=OLDDOC_MD)
+    expect(row).to_have_count(1)
+    row.locator("td:nth-child(2) a.doc-link").click()
+    expect(page.locator(".doc-modal")).to_be_visible()
+
+    # --- SET: the admin-only editor (the phase-57 idiom in the shared
+    # core — the modal is the surface here) ---
+    edit = page.locator("#doc-modal .doc-date-edit")
+    expect(edit).to_be_visible(timeout=15_000)
+    edit.click()
+    page.fill("#doc-modal .doc-date-input", "2021-05-05")
+    page.click("#doc-modal .doc-date-save")
+    # The live-region confirmation names the document…
+    expect(page.locator("#doc-modal .doc-date-status")).to_have_text(
+        f"Date saved for {source}/{OLDDOC_MD}."
+    )
+    # …and the badge re-renders from the RESPONSE's created_at (the
+    # server-normalized 2021-05-05T00:00:00+00:00 — never the input's
+    # raw string).
+    expect(page.locator("#doc-modal-meta .doc-created")) \
+        .to_have_attribute("title", EDITED_ISO)
+    # The editor collapses back to the badge-row shape a beat later.
+    expect(page.locator("#doc-modal .doc-date-editor")).to_have_count(0, timeout=8_000)
+
+    # The API round-trips the correction (the admin cookie).
+    cookies = _admin_cookies(page)
+    docs = _docs_by_path(app_url, cookies)
+    assert docs[OLDDOC_MD]["created_at"] == EDITED_ISO
+
+    # --- RE-IMPORT (same tree, mtimes untouched): the manual row is
+    # SKIPPED (D1/D4) while the siblings refresh. Exactly ONE date moves:
+    # forward.md — its 2999 mtime re-normalizes to a FRESH `now` (full
+    # precision) on every import, so it refreshes; retention/draft match
+    # their stored mtime-sourced values bit for bit. ---
+    summary = _run_in_thread(_import_tree(mock_llm, dates_tree))
+    assert summary.added == 0 and summary.errors == 0
+    assert summary.unchanged == 4  # a date-only refresh is still unchanged (D4)
+    assert summary.dates_updated == 1  # forward.md only (the future-fold)
+    docs = _docs_by_path(app_url, cookies)
+    today = _today_utc()
+    assert docs[OLDDOC_MD]["created_at"] == EDITED_ISO  # the correction SURVIVES
+    assert docs[RETENTION_MD]["created_at"] == RETENTION_ISO  # refreshed, not stale
+    assert docs[FORWARD_MD]["created_at"][:10] == today  # still today (re-folded)
+
+    # --- REVERT: the explicit clear (D7) — the flag drops; the stored
+    # date stands until the next sync refreshes it ---
+    page.click("#doc-modal .doc-date-edit")
+    expect(page.locator("#doc-modal .doc-date-input")).to_have_value("2021-05-05")
+    page.click("#doc-modal .doc-date-revert")
+    expect(page.locator("#doc-modal .doc-date-status")).to_have_text(
+        "Reverted to sync-managed date."
+    )
+    expect(page.locator("#doc-modal .doc-date-editor")).to_have_count(0, timeout=8_000)
+
+    # The NEXT import re-sources the date from the mtime — sync manages
+    # it again (old-doc + forward = two date-only refreshes).
+    summary = _run_in_thread(_import_tree(mock_llm, dates_tree))
+    assert summary.unchanged == 4
+    assert summary.dates_updated == 2
+    docs = _docs_by_path(app_url, cookies)
+    assert docs[OLDDOC_MD]["created_at"] == OLDDOC_ISO  # back to the 2019 mtime
+    assert docs[RETENTION_MD]["created_at"] == RETENTION_ISO
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 6. Anonymous: the gate + the 403; admin: the editor's a11y
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_anonymous_gate_and_editor_a11y(
+    page: Page, app_url: str, mock_llm: int, db_ready: None, dates_tree: Path
+) -> None:
+    """Anonymous: the RAG view shows the sign-in gate (no tables) and a
+    raw ``PATCH /api/documents/date`` 403s (admin-only, D7) with the
+    stored date untouched. Admin: the editor's accessible names,
+    keyboard reachability, the role=status / role=alert live lines, and
+    the badge's text+format pairing (never color alone — B5)."""
+    _reset_db(mock_llm, dates_tree)
+    page.set_default_timeout(30_000)
+    source = dates_tree.name
+
+    # --- Anonymous (a fresh context — no login) ---
+    page.goto(f"{app_url}/sources.html")
+    # The sign-in gate replaces the catalog…
+    expect(page.locator("#sources-gate")).to_be_visible(timeout=15_000)
+    # …and no tables render (the stat cards + both table wraps stay
+    # hidden; no /api/docs/tree request is made at all — the phase-16
+    # gate).
+    expect(page.locator("#folders-wrap")).to_be_hidden()
+    expect(page.locator('div[role="region"][aria-label="Indexed documents"]')) \
+        .to_be_hidden()
+    expect(page.locator("#docs-tbody tr")).to_have_count(0)
+
+    # The raw PATCH is admin-gated: 403 "admin only" (no cookie) — and
+    # the stored date is untouched.
+    r = httpx.patch(
+        f"{app_url}/api/documents/date",
+        json={"source": source, "path": OLDDOC_MD, "date": "2024-01-01"},
+        timeout=10,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 403
+    assert r.json() == {"detail": "admin only"}
+    with SessionLocal() as db:
+        doc = db.scalar(
+            select(Document).where(
+                Document.source == source, Document.path == OLDDOC_MD
+            )
+        )
+        assert doc is not None
+        assert doc.created_at.isoformat() == OLDDOC_ISO  # untouched by the 403
+        assert doc.created_at_manual is False
+
+    # --- Admin: the editor's a11y ---
+    login(page, app_url)
+    page.locator("#folders-tbody .folder-link").first.wait_for(state="visible")
+    page.click(f'#folders-tbody a.folder-link:text-is("{source}")')
+    page.click('#folders-tbody a.folder-link:text-is("legacy")')
+    row = page.locator("#docs-tbody tr", has_text=OLDDOC_MD)
+    expect(row).to_have_count(1)
+    row.locator("td:nth-child(2) a.doc-link").click()
+    expect(page.locator(".doc-modal")).to_be_visible()
+
+    # The Edit date button's accessible name carries the document pair
+    # (the aria-label — "Edit creation date: /").
+    edit = page.locator("#doc-modal .doc-date-edit")
+    expect(edit).to_be_visible(timeout=15_000)
+    assert f"{source}/{OLDDOC_MD}" in (edit.get_attribute("aria-label") or "")
+
+    # Open: the date input is focused (the keyboard entry point — the
+    # same state a real user's keyboard flow reaches after activating
+    # the button) and carries its own accessible name.
+    edit.click()
+    date_input = page.locator("#doc-modal .doc-date-input")
+    expect(date_input).to_be_visible()
+    assert date_input.get_attribute("aria-label") == "Document creation date"
+    assert page.evaluate(
+        "() => document.activeElement"
+        " === document.querySelector('#doc-modal .doc-date-input')"
+    )
+    # Keyboard traversal runs through the editor's controls (the modal
+    # focus trap): Tab from Save → Cancel, and Tab from Revert wraps to
+    # the panel's first control (the trap's edge behavior). (The CDP
+    # key dispatch of headless Chromium does NOT perform the native
+    # focus move off  itself — a harness artifact,
+    # not a product defect: the same Tab works from every text input
+    # and button in the editor, pinned here through the buttons.)
+    page.evaluate("() => document.querySelector('#doc-modal .doc-date-save').focus()")
+    page.keyboard.press("Tab")
+    assert page.evaluate(
+        "() => !!document.activeElement"
+        " && document.activeElement.classList.contains('doc-date-cancel')"
+    )
+    page.evaluate("() => document.querySelector('#doc-modal .doc-date-revert').focus()")
+    page.keyboard.press("Tab")
+    assert page.evaluate(
+        "() => !!document.activeElement"
+        " && document.activeElement.classList.contains('doc-modal-open')"
+    )
+
+    # The live lines: role=status (polite) for confirmations,
+    # role=alert (assertive) for the error path — both in the DOM
+    # (the phase-57/89 surfaces).
+    status = page.locator("#doc-modal .doc-date-status")
+    expect(status).to_have_attribute("role", "status")
+    expect(status).to_have_attribute("aria-live", "polite")
+    error = page.locator("#doc-modal .doc-date-error")
+    expect(error).to_have_count(1)
+    expect(error).to_have_attribute("role", "alert")
+    expect(error).to_have_attribute("aria-live", "assertive")
+
+    # The badge's text+format pairing (B5 — never color alone): the
+    # locale date in the TEXT plus the full ISO on the title.
+    created = page.locator("#doc-modal-meta .doc-created")
+    expect(created).to_have_text(re.compile(r"^Created .*2019"))
+    assert created.get_attribute("title") == OLDDOC_ISO
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_grep_regex_teaching.py b/tests/e2e/test_grep_regex_teaching.py
index 8a8e11a..0b37988 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_grep_regex_teaching.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_grep_regex_teaching.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ DOC1_CONTENT = (
     f"Regression sentinel line: {SEARCH_PATTERN} must stay findable "
     "by the plain search flow.\n"
 )
-assert "\n" not in DOC1_CONTENT[:80]  # the read quote stays one line
+assert "\n" not in DOC1_CONTENT[:63]  # the read quote's content part stays one line
 assert GREP_TEACH_PLAIN in DOC1_CONTENT  # the plain grep matches DOC1
 assert GREP_TEACH_PATTERN not in DOC1_CONTENT  # the regex never matches
 assert GREP_TEACH_MARKER not in DOC1_CONTENT  # the marker stays tool-side
@@ -209,9 +209,14 @@ for _other in (
 
 #: The mock's deterministic read echo (the read document reached the
 #: model and landed in the answer) — the flow reads DOC1 (the plain
-#: grep's first — only — match line).
+#: grep's first — only — match line). Phase 106 (D5): the read result's
+#: ``date:`` SECOND line rides into the first-80-chars quote — the
+#: date line (the fixture's fixed ``created_at`` UTC date part, 17
+#: chars; its trailing newline renders as a markdown soft break — no
+#: text between the date and the content) + the first 63 content chars
+#: (80 − 17).
 READ_ANSWER_PREFIX = f"Read {DOC1_SP}."
-READ_ANSWER_QUOTE = DOC1_CONTENT[:80]
+READ_ANSWER_QUOTE = "date: 2024-06-15" + DOC1_CONTENT[:63]
 
 
 def _seed_fixture(db: Session) -> None:
@@ -222,6 +227,8 @@ def _seed_fixture(db: Session) -> None:
     embedding → the trigger question cosines well past the E2E 0.30
     threshold → grounded, the ```` section rides along).
     """
+    # Phase 106 (D5): explicit dates — byte-stable prompts/quotes (the
+    # mock's first-80-chars read quote carries the date line).
     db.add(
         Document(
             source=SEED_SOURCE,
@@ -231,6 +238,7 @@ def _seed_fixture(db: Session) -> None:
             content=DOC1_CONTENT,
             content_hash=hashlib.sha256(DOC1_CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest(),
             indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+            created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
         )
     )
     doc2 = Document(
@@ -241,6 +249,7 @@ def _seed_fixture(db: Session) -> None:
         content=DOC2_CONTENT,
         content_hash=hashlib.sha256(DOC2_CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest(),
         indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
     )
     db.add(doc2)
     db.flush()
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_harness_aligned_tools.py b/tests/e2e/test_harness_aligned_tools.py
index 60c7449..f5a701c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_harness_aligned_tools.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_harness_aligned_tools.py
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ ROUTE53_CONTENT = (
 
 #: The read document (the catalog-first line the mock reads; no chunks,
 #: so retrieval never puts it in context). Its FIRST line is longer than
-#: 80 chars, so the mock's first-80-chars quote is newline-free.
+#: 80 chars, so the mock's first-80-chars quote content part is
+#: newline-free (the rendered-text assertion matches it after the
+#: phase-106 D5 date line).
 RECORD_FILE_CONTENT = (
     '{ "version": 3, "comment": "ReeseLink hosted zone records — the exact '
     'JSON shape of reeselink.json",\n'
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ RECORD_FILE_CONTENT = (
     "  ]\n"
     "}\n"
 )
-assert "\n" not in RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:80]  # the quote must stay one line
+assert "\n" not in RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:63]  # the quote's content part stays one line
 
 #: Carries ``TOOLS_TRIGGER`` (and nothing else — no multi-read, no
 #: search, no other mock marker).
@@ -156,8 +158,13 @@ for _other in (
 ):
     assert _other not in READ_QUESTION.lower(), _other
 
+#: Phase 106 (D5): the read result's ``date:`` SECOND line rides into
+#: the first-80-chars quote — the date line (the fixture's fixed
+#: ``created_at`` UTC date part, 17 chars; its trailing newline renders
+#: as a markdown soft break — no text between the date and the content)
+#: + the first 63 content chars (80 − 17).
 READ_ANSWER_PREFIX = f"Read {READ_SP}."
-READ_ANSWER_QUOTE = RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:80]
+READ_ANSWER_QUOTE = "date: 2024-06-15" + RECORD_FILE_CONTENT[:63]
 
 
 def _seed_read_pair(db: Session) -> None:
@@ -185,6 +192,9 @@ def _seed_read_pair(db: Session) -> None:
         content=ROUTE53_CONTENT,
         content_hash=hashlib.sha256(ROUTE53_CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest(),
         indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        # Phase 106 (D5): explicit dates — byte-stable prompts/quotes
+        # (the mock's first-80-chars read quote carries the date line).
+        created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
     )
     db.add(md)
     db.flush()
@@ -208,6 +218,7 @@ def _seed_read_pair(db: Session) -> None:
             content=RECORD_FILE_CONTENT,
             content_hash=hashlib.sha256(RECORD_FILE_CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest(),
             indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+            created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
         )
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_kb_tree.py b/tests/e2e/test_kb_tree.py
index a40bfc3..39a279d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_kb_tree.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_kb_tree.py
@@ -540,10 +540,10 @@ def test_top_level_lists_sources_with_descriptions(
     rows = page.locator("#folders-tbody tr")
     expect(rows.nth(0).locator("a.folder-link")).to_have_text(ALPHA)
     expect(rows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(2)")).to_have_text(str(ALPHA_COUNT))
-    expect(rows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(ALPHA_ROOT_SUM)
+    expect(rows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(ALPHA_ROOT_SUM)
     expect(rows.nth(1).locator("a.folder-link")).to_have_text(BETA)
     expect(rows.nth(1).locator("td:nth-child(2)")).to_have_text(str(BETA_COUNT))
-    expect(rows.nth(1).locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(BETA_ROOT_SUM)
+    expect(rows.nth(1).locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(BETA_ROOT_SUM)
     # The edit affordance is ALWAYS present (a description can be
     # CREATED where none is stored) — the row surface, one per row.
     expect(page.locator("#folders-tbody .kb-summary-edit")).to_have_count(2)
@@ -602,13 +602,15 @@ def test_drill_into_source(
     expect(rows).to_have_count(2)
     expect(rows.nth(0).locator("a.folder-link")).to_have_text("one")
     expect(rows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(2)")).to_have_text("2")
-    expect(rows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(ONE_SUM)
+    expect(rows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(ONE_SUM)
     expect(rows.nth(1).locator("a.folder-link")).to_have_text("two")
     expect(rows.nth(1).locator("td:nth-child(2)")).to_have_text("2")
-    expect(rows.nth(1).locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(TWO_SUM)
+    expect(rows.nth(1).locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(TWO_SUM)
 
-    # The level's direct files: root-note.md — the UNCHANGED 5-column
-    # contract (makeRow): Source | Path | Title | Chunks | Indexed.
+    # The level's direct files: root-note.md — the 6-column contract
+    # (makeRow): Source | Path | Title | Chunks | Created | Indexed
+    # (phase 106, task 08, D8: Created BEFORE Indexed — the cell
+    # carries the locale date, the full ISO on its title).
     expect(page.locator("#docs-table")).to_be_visible()
     frows = page.locator("#docs-tbody tr")
     expect(frows).to_have_count(1)
@@ -616,7 +618,7 @@ def test_drill_into_source(
     expect(frows.nth(0).locator("a.doc-link")).to_have_text(ROOT_NOTE)
     expect(frows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(3)")).to_have_text("Alpha Root Note")
     expect(frows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(4)")).to_have_text(str(root_chunks))
-    expect(frows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(5)")).not_to_have_text("")
+    expect(frows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(6)")).not_to_have_text("")
 
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -711,7 +713,7 @@ def test_edit_folder_description(
     # (the textContent re-render — the canned text is gone); the
     # always-present Edit button is back.
     expect(status).to_have_text("Description updated.")
-    expect(row.locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(NEW_ALPHA_ONE)
+    expect(row.locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(NEW_ALPHA_ONE)
     expect(row.locator(".kb-summary-edit")).to_be_visible()
 
     # The server row: the new text AND the manually_edited flag (the
@@ -754,7 +756,7 @@ def test_clear_folder_description(
     # The text is gone: the cell empties (the always-present Edit
     # button stays — a description can be re-created from the empty
     # cell).
-    expect(row.locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text("")
+    expect(row.locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text("")
     expect(row.locator(".kb-summary-edit")).to_be_visible()
 
     # The SQL assert: no row for the folder (the next KB-changing
@@ -787,7 +789,7 @@ def test_manual_description_survives_a_changed_sync(
     rows = page.locator("#folders-tbody tr")
     expect(rows).to_have_count(1)
     expect(rows.nth(0).locator("a.folder-link")).to_have_text("gamma")
-    expect(rows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(GAMMA_SUM)
+    expect(rows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(GAMMA_SUM)
 
     # The LEVEL-BLOCK Edit (the level surface — test 4 pins the row
     # surface): the static #kb-level-edit button, the source root
@@ -829,7 +831,7 @@ def test_manual_description_survives_a_changed_sync(
     expect(
         page.locator("#folders-tbody tr")
         .nth(0)
-        .locator("td:nth-child(3) span")
+        .locator("td:nth-child(4) span")
     ).to_have_text(GAMMA_SUM)
 
     # The new document landed in the tree: back to the top (the
@@ -840,7 +842,7 @@ def test_manual_description_survives_a_changed_sync(
     one_row = page.locator("#folders-tbody tr").nth(0)
     expect(one_row.locator("a.folder-link")).to_have_text("one")
     expect(one_row.locator("td:nth-child(2)")).to_have_text("3")
-    expect(one_row.locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(ONE_SUM)
+    expect(one_row.locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(ONE_SUM)
 
     # The SQL asserts: the manual row survived (text + flag), the
     # untouched rows were regenerated (the canned text, the flag back
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_kb_tree_nav.py b/tests/e2e/test_kb_tree_nav.py
index e6c065d..f27e8bb 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_kb_tree_nav.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_kb_tree_nav.py
@@ -709,8 +709,8 @@ def test_description_cell_clamps_to_one_line(
     # The measured clamp: the long-description row's Description 
     # is ONE line — its bounding-box height equals the short row's (±
     # 4 px). Without the clamp, ≥ 4 wrapped lines would stretch it.
-    one_desc = one_row.locator("td:nth-child(3)")
-    three_desc = three_row.locator("td:nth-child(3)")
+    one_desc = one_row.locator("td:nth-child(4)")
+    three_desc = three_row.locator("td:nth-child(4)")
     one_box = one_desc.bounding_box()
     three_box = three_desc.bounding_box()
     assert one_box is not None and three_box is not None
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_sync_summary_visibility.py b/tests/e2e/test_sync_summary_visibility.py
index cadf851..add32d5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_sync_summary_visibility.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_sync_summary_visibility.py
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ def test_missing_folder_summaries_read_as_pending_and_self_heal(
     src_row = page.locator("#folders-tbody tr")
     expect(src_row.locator("a.folder-link")).to_have_text(SOURCE)
     expect(src_row.locator("td:nth-child(2)")).to_have_text(str(N_FILES))
-    expect(src_row.locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(SUM_ROOT)
+    expect(src_row.locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(SUM_ROOT)
     expect(page.locator(".kb-summary-pending")).to_have_count(0)
 
     # The gap: delete the bravo row AND the source-root row directly
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ def test_missing_folder_summaries_read_as_pending_and_self_heal(
     page.click("#nav-sources")
     _wait_top_level(page)
     src_row = page.locator("#folders-tbody tr")
-    s_span = src_row.locator("td:nth-child(3) span")
+    s_span = src_row.locator("td:nth-child(4) span")
     expect(s_span).to_have_text(PENDING_COPY)
     # Phase 99 (task 01): the marker toggles onto the cell's base
     # .kb-desc-text span (the one-line clamp) — the class pair, exact.
@@ -886,13 +886,13 @@ def test_missing_folder_summaries_read_as_pending_and_self_heal(
     bravo_row = rows.nth(1)
     expect(alpha_row.locator("a.folder-link")).to_have_text(FOLDER_A)
     # The intact folder: the stored line, never the marker.
-    expect(alpha_row.locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(SUM_ALPHA)
-    expect(alpha_row.locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).not_to_have_class(
+    expect(alpha_row.locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(SUM_ALPHA)
+    expect(alpha_row.locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).not_to_have_class(
         "kb-summary-pending"
     )
     # The affected folder: the marker (copy + class + title) — the
     # class pair with the phase-99 .kb-desc-text base span, exact.
-    b_span = bravo_row.locator("td:nth-child(3) span")
+    b_span = bravo_row.locator("td:nth-child(4) span")
     expect(b_span).to_have_text(PENDING_COPY)
     expect(b_span).to_have_class("kb-desc-text kb-summary-pending")
     expect(b_span).to_have_attribute("title", PENDING_TITLE)
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ def test_missing_folder_summaries_read_as_pending_and_self_heal(
     expect(bravo_row.locator(".kb-summary-status")).to_have_text(
         "Description updated."
     )
-    b_span = bravo_row.locator("td:nth-child(3) span")
+    b_span = bravo_row.locator("td:nth-child(4) span")
     expect(b_span).to_have_text(MANUAL_BRavo)
     expect(b_span).not_to_have_class("kb-summary-pending")
 
@@ -948,14 +948,14 @@ def test_missing_folder_summaries_read_as_pending_and_self_heal(
     expect(page.locator("#kb-level-title")).to_have_text(SOURCE)
     expect(page.locator("#kb-level-summary")).to_have_text(SUM_ROOT)
     rows = page.locator("#folders-tbody tr")
-    expect(rows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(SUM_ALPHA)
-    expect(rows.nth(1).locator("td:nth-child(3) span")).to_have_text(MANUAL_BRavo)
+    expect(rows.nth(0).locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(SUM_ALPHA)
+    expect(rows.nth(1).locator("td:nth-child(4) span")).to_have_text(MANUAL_BRavo)
     expect(page.locator(".kb-summary-pending")).to_have_count(0)
     # And at the top level: the source row's cell carries the
     # regenerated root line, no marker.
     page.locator("#kb-crumb a.kb-crumb-link").nth(0).click()
     src_row = page.locator("#folders-tbody tr")
-    s_span = src_row.locator("td:nth-child(3) span")
+    s_span = src_row.locator("td:nth-child(4) span")
     expect(s_span).to_have_text(SUM_ROOT)
     expect(s_span).not_to_have_class("kb-summary-pending")
     expect(page.locator(".kb-summary-pending")).to_have_count(0)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_tool_path_teaching.py b/tests/e2e/test_tool_path_teaching.py
index 4e459a5..fe7d1af 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_tool_path_teaching.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_tool_path_teaching.py
@@ -99,9 +99,12 @@ DOC2_TITLE = "Example Record File"
 DOC2_SP = f"{SEED_SOURCE}/{DOC2_PATH}"
 
 #: The FIRST catalog line (catalog order = (source, path) — DOC1 sorts
-#: first): the mock's LS-TEACH answer quotes exactly this line.
+#: first): the mock's LS-TEACH answer quotes exactly this line. Phase
+#: 106 (D5): the FILE line's appended `` | date: …`` field rides along
+#: (the fixture's fixed ``created_at`` UTC date part).
 FIRST_CATALOG_LINE = (
-    f"source: {SEED_SOURCE} | path: {DOC1_PATH} | title: {DOC1_TITLE}"
+    f"source: {SEED_SOURCE} | path: {DOC1_PATH} | title: {DOC1_TITLE} "
+    "| date: 2024-06-15"
 )
 
 #: The catalog-first document (catalog order = (source, path) —
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ DOC1_CONTENT = (
     "A cron job pushes reeselink.json to the aws route53 hosted zone "
     "every fifteen minutes; the diff is applied through the route53 api.\n"
 )
-assert "\n" not in DOC1_CONTENT[:80]  # the quote must stay one line
+assert "\n" not in DOC1_CONTENT[:63]  # the quote's content part stays one line
 
 #: The retrievable document (the grounded seed context, the cf.
 #: test_harness_aligned_tools.py pattern): the repeated record-file
@@ -205,8 +208,13 @@ for _other in (
 #: The mock's single-read answer (the read document reached the model
 #: and landed in the answer) — DOC1 is the first catalog line, so the
 #: flow reads ``Homelab/aws-route53.md`` and quotes its first 80 chars.
+#: Phase 106 (D5): the read result's ``date:`` SECOND line rides into
+#: the first-80-chars quote — the date line (the fixture's fixed
+#: ``created_at`` UTC date part, 17 chars; its trailing newline renders
+#: as a markdown soft break — no text between the date and the content)
+#: + the first 63 content chars (80 − 17).
 READ_ANSWER_PREFIX = f"Read {DOC1_SP}."
-READ_ANSWER_QUOTE = DOC1_CONTENT[:80]
+READ_ANSWER_QUOTE = "date: 2024-06-15" + DOC1_CONTENT[:63]
 
 
 def _seed_fixture(db: Session) -> None:
@@ -225,6 +233,8 @@ def _seed_fixture(db: Session) -> None:
     fallback — deterministic.
     """
     db.add(GitSource(url=SEED_SOURCE, kind="local"))
+    # Phase 106 (D5): explicit dates — byte-stable prompts/quotes (the
+    # ls file line and the mock's read quote carry the date).
     db.add(
         Document(
             source=SEED_SOURCE,
@@ -234,6 +244,7 @@ def _seed_fixture(db: Session) -> None:
             content=DOC1_CONTENT,
             content_hash=hashlib.sha256(DOC1_CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest(),
             indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+            created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
         )
     )
     doc2 = Document(
@@ -244,6 +255,7 @@ def _seed_fixture(db: Session) -> None:
         content=DOC2_CONTENT,
         content_hash=hashlib.sha256(DOC2_CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest(),
         indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, tzinfo=UTC),
     )
     db.add(doc2)
     db.flush()
diff --git a/tests/integration/conftest.py b/tests/integration/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eebdb1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+"""Session-level DB self-heal for the integration suite (phase 106, task 02).
+
+Incident 2026-09-13: the dev DB's ``documents`` table hit PostgreSQL's
+1600-attribute hard limit and every ``ALTER TABLE … ADD COLUMN`` failed
+with ``TooManyColumns``, red-lining the full suite. Cause: the house
+migration-test pattern (A13 — every migration exercises a real
+downgrade, then repairs back to head) leaks *dropped-column
+placeholder* attributes on every downgrade→upgrade round-trip
+(``pg_attribute`` rows with ``attisdropped=true``). ``VACUUM (FULL)``
+does NOT reclaim them (verified on PG 17.11) — only a table rewrite
+does — and at ~95 leaks per full-suite run the shared dev DB bricks
+every ~17 runs (faster when two runs race, which is how the incident
+triggered).
+
+This session fixture rebuilds any ``public`` table whose dropped-
+attribute count exceeds :data:`DROPPED_ATTR_LIMIT` **before** the first
+integration test of the session runs: rename + ``CREATE TABLE
+(LIKE … INCLUDING ALL)`` + row copy + FK rewiring (both directions,
+original constraint names and actions preserved). The normal case costs
+one small catalog query per session; the heal path only fires while a
+table is far below the 1600 cap (the limit is 200 — a tenth of the
+headroom), so the migration tests never run on a near-bricked DB.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import uuid
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+
+import pytest
+from sqlalchemy import text
+
+from app.db import db_available, engine
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("bor.integration.self_heal")
+
+#: Rebuild a table once its *dropped* attribute count passes this.
+#: PostgreSQL's hard cap is 1600 TOTAL attributes (dropped included),
+#: and the migration round-trips leak ~95 per full-suite run.
+DROPPED_ATTR_LIMIT = 200
+
+_BLOATED_SQL = text(
+    "SELECT c.relname FROM pg_class c"
+    " JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace"
+    " WHERE c.relkind = 'r' AND n.nspname = 'public'"
+    " AND (SELECT count(*) FROM pg_attribute a"
+    "      WHERE a.attrelid = c.oid AND a.attnum > 0 AND a.attisdropped)"
+    "       > :limit"
+    " ORDER BY 1"
+)
+
+_FKS_SQL = text(
+    "SELECT c.conname,"
+    "       c.conrelid::regclass::text AS child,"
+    "       c.confrelid::regclass::text AS parent,"
+    "       c.confdeltype, c.confupdtype, c.confmatchtype AS matchtype,"
+    "       (SELECT string_agg(ca.attname, ', ' ORDER BY ck.ord)"
+    "        FROM unnest(c.conkey) WITH ORDINALITY ck(attnum, ord)"
+    "        JOIN pg_attribute ca ON ca.attrelid = c.conrelid AND ca.attnum = ck.attnum)"
+    "         AS child_cols,"
+    "       (SELECT string_agg(pa.attname, ', ' ORDER BY pk.ord)"
+    "        FROM unnest(c.confkey) WITH ORDINALITY pk(attnum, ord)"
+    "        JOIN pg_attribute pa ON pa.attrelid = c.confrelid AND pa.attnum = pk.attnum)"
+    "         AS parent_cols"
+    " FROM pg_constraint c"
+    " WHERE c.contype = 'f'"
+    "   AND (:t = c.conrelid::regclass::text OR :t = c.confrelid::regclass::text)"
+)
+
+#: pg_constraint confdeltype/confupdtype codes → the DDL clause (``None``
+#: = NO ACTION, the default — the clause is omitted).
+_FK_ACTION: dict[str, str | None] = {
+    "a": None,  # NO ACTION — the default, the clause is omitted
+    "r": "RESTRICT",
+    "c": "CASCADE",
+    "n": "SET NULL",
+    "d": "SET DEFAULT",
+}
+_FK_MATCH: dict[str, str] = {"f": "MATCH FULL", "p": "MATCH PARTIAL"}
+
+
+def _fk_clause(fk) -> str:
+    """The trailing ``MATCH …/ON DELETE …/ON UPDATE …`` of an FK."""
+    parts = [
+        _FK_MATCH.get(fk.matchtype, ""),
+        f"ON DELETE {_FK_ACTION[fk.confdeltype]}" if _FK_ACTION[fk.confdeltype] else "",
+        f"ON UPDATE {_FK_ACTION[fk.confupdtype]}" if _FK_ACTION[fk.confupdtype] else "",
+    ]
+    return " ".join(p for p in parts if p)
+
+
+def _rebuild_table(table: str) -> None:
+    """Rewrite *table* to purge its dropped-column placeholders.
+
+    Rename + ``LIKE … INCLUDING ALL`` (live columns, constraints,
+    indexes, defaults) + row copy + FK rewiring (incoming AND outgoing,
+    original constraint names/actions). One transaction — a failure
+    rolls the whole table's surgery back and fails the session loudly
+    (a half-healed DB must never feed the migration tests).
+
+    The staging names carry a per-run suffix: a previous (interrupted or
+    repeated) heal may still own the plain names, and a collision would
+    make PG auto-suffix the LIKE-copied constraint names (…``_pkey1``)
+    and defeat the PK rename below.
+
+    Note: the PK is renamed back to its conventional ``_pkey``;
+    other LIKE-copied objects keep PG's auto-generated names (nothing in
+    the repo references constraint/index names by name — DDL is
+    alembic-only, the ORM never issues DDL).
+    """
+    new_name = f"{table}_heal_new_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
+    old_name = f"{table}_heal_old_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
+    with engine.begin() as conn:
+        fks = conn.execute(_FKS_SQL, {"t": table}).fetchall()
+        for fk in fks:
+            conn.execute(
+                text(f'ALTER TABLE "{fk.child}" DROP CONSTRAINT "{fk.conname}"')
+            )
+        conn.execute(
+            text(f'CREATE TABLE "{new_name}" (LIKE "{table}" INCLUDING ALL)')
+        )
+        # Explicit non-generated column list (attnum order): ``SELECT *``
+        # cannot be used — chunks.tsv is a STORED generated column, and
+        # generated columns refuse explicit values (it recomputes them).
+        cols = conn.execute(
+            text(
+                "SELECT string_agg('\"' || a.attname || '\"', ', '"
+                " ORDER BY a.attnum)"
+                " FROM pg_attribute a JOIN pg_class tc ON tc.oid = a.attrelid"
+                " WHERE tc.relname = :t AND a.attnum > 0"
+                "   AND NOT a.attisdropped AND a.attgenerated NOT IN ('s', 'v')"
+            ),
+            {"t": table},
+        ).scalar()
+        conn.execute(
+            text(f'INSERT INTO "{new_name}" ({cols}) SELECT {cols} FROM "{table}"')
+        )
+        conn.execute(text(f'ALTER TABLE "{table}" RENAME TO "{old_name}"'))
+        # Drop the old table BEFORE the staging table takes its name: the
+        # old table's index/constraint names (including ``
_pkey``
+        # from a previous heal) live in the schema namespace until the
+        # DROP, and the PK rename below needs that name free.
+        conn.execute(text(f'DROP TABLE "{old_name}"'))
+        conn.execute(text(f'ALTER TABLE "{new_name}" RENAME TO "{table}"'))
+        # The rename above does NOT follow to LIKE-copied objects: put the
+        # PK back on its conventional name (every migration here auto-names
+        # PKs ``
_pkey`` — the one name tools/scripts reference).
+        has_auto_pkey = conn.execute(
+            text(
+                "SELECT 1 FROM pg_constraint c"
+                " JOIN pg_class tc ON tc.oid = c.conrelid"
+                " WHERE tc.relname = :t AND c.conname = :n AND c.contype = 'p'"
+            ),
+            {"t": table, "n": f"{new_name}_pkey"},
+        ).fetchone()
+        if has_auto_pkey:
+            conn.execute(
+                text(
+                    f'ALTER TABLE "{table}" RENAME CONSTRAINT'
+                    f' "{new_name}_pkey" TO "{table}_pkey"'
+                )
+            )
+        # FK rewiring LAST: only now does ``
`` refer to the rebuilt
+        # table with all staging names gone.
+        for fk in fks:
+            clause = _fk_clause(fk)
+            conn.execute(
+                text(
+                    f'ALTER TABLE "{fk.child}" ADD CONSTRAINT "{fk.conname}"'
+                    f" FOREIGN KEY ({fk.child_cols})"
+                    f' REFERENCES "{fk.parent}" ({fk.parent_cols})'
+                    + (f" {clause}" if clause else "")
+                )
+            )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
+def heal_bloated_tables() -> Iterator[None]:
+    """Rebuild bloated ``public`` tables before the session's first test.
+
+    One cheap catalog query per session while healthy (the normal
+    case); the rebuild path only fires when a table's dropped-attribute
+    count passes :data:`DROPPED_ATTR_LIMIT` (see the module docstring
+    for the 2026-09-13 incident this exists to outlive).
+    """
+    if db_available():
+        with engine.connect() as conn:
+            bloated = [
+                row[0]
+                for row in conn.execute(_BLOATED_SQL, {"limit": DROPPED_ATTR_LIMIT})
+            ]
+        for table in bloated:
+            logger.warning(
+                "integration self-heal: rebuilding %r (dropped attributes"
+                " > %d — migration round-trip placeholders)",
+                table,
+                DROPPED_ATTR_LIMIT,
+            )
+            _rebuild_table(table)
+    yield
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_agent_tools.py b/tests/integration/test_agent_tools.py
index 0405d6c..3f25d73 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_agent_tools.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_agent_tools.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ unknown folder → NOT-A_FOLDER with the parent's subfolders).
 (first-slash split; a bare source name and an unknown identity get the
 no-document refusal), and ``grep`` (``all_documents`` for a whole-KB
 search, ``find_document`` for a scoped one) — both byte-identical
-across the phase-94 change.
+across the phase-94 change. Phase 106 (D5): the ``ls`` FILE line ends
+with the appended `` | date: YYYY-MM-DD`` field and the ``read``
+result carries the ``date: YYYY-MM-DD`` second line (first line
+byte-identical) — the fixture documents carry a fixed ``created_at``
+so the pins stay deterministic.
 
 Requires:  podman compose up -d db
 """
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ import asyncio
 import uuid
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterator
 from copy import deepcopy
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
 
 import pytest
@@ -53,6 +58,11 @@ from app.rag.llm import (
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from app.rag.scaffolding import ScaffoldingFilter
 
+#: The fixture documents' fixed creation date (phase 106, D5) — the
+#: ``ls`` file line and the ``read`` second line format its UTC date
+#: part; a fixed value keeps the pins deterministic.
+_FIXTURE_CREATED_AT = datetime(2024, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+
 
 def _doc(db: Session, source: str, path: str, title: str, content: str) -> Document:
     doc = Document(
@@ -63,6 +73,7 @@ def _doc(db: Session, source: str, path: str, title: str, content: str) -> Docum
         title=title,
         content=content,
         content_hash="0" * 64,
+        created_at=_FIXTURE_CREATED_AT,
     )
     db.add(doc)
     return doc
@@ -121,8 +132,8 @@ def test_source_document_rows_order_by_path_within_the_source(kb, db) -> None:
     db.commit()
 
     assert agent._source_document_rows(db, "Zeta") == [
-        ("a/first.md", "Zeta A"),
-        ("b/second.md", "Zeta B"),
+        ("a/first.md", "Zeta A", "2024-06-15"),
+        ("b/second.md", "Zeta B", "2024-06-15"),
     ]
 
 
@@ -355,7 +366,7 @@ def test_ls_source_scope_lists_root_folder_through_run_agent(kb, registry, db) -
         "  backups/ — 2 documents: Backup notes.\n"
         "  networking/ — 1 documents\n"
         "\n"
-        "source: Homelab | path: readme.md | title: Readme"
+        "source: Homelab | path: readme.md | title: Readme | date: 2024-06-15"
     )
     assert holder.tool_calls == 1
     assert holder.read_docs == []
@@ -393,8 +404,8 @@ def test_ls_nested_folder_scope_drills_one_level_through_run_agent(
     assert llm2.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == (
         "Homelab/networking/lan — 2 documents, 0 folders:\n"
         "\n"
-        "source: Homelab | path: networking/lan/a.md | title: A\n"
-        "source: Homelab | path: networking/lan/b.md | title: B"
+        "source: Homelab | path: networking/lan/a.md | title: A | date: 2024-06-15\n"
+        "source: Homelab | path: networking/lan/b.md | title: B | date: 2024-06-15"
     )
     assert holder2.tool_calls == 1
 
@@ -411,8 +422,12 @@ def test_ls_folder_file_cap_through_run_agent(kb, registry, db) -> None:
     content = llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"]
     lines = content.splitlines()
     assert lines[0] == "Homelab/big — 51 documents, 0 folders:"
-    assert lines[2] == "source: Homelab | path: big/f000.md | title: T0"
-    assert lines[51] == "source: Homelab | path: big/f049.md | title: T49"
+    assert lines[2] == (
+        "source: Homelab | path: big/f000.md | title: T0 | date: 2024-06-15"
+    )
+    assert lines[51] == (
+        "source: Homelab | path: big/f049.md | title: T49 | date: 2024-06-15"
+    )
     assert lines[52] == (
         "…and 1 more documents in this folder — use grep (pattern) to "
         "find a specific one."
@@ -491,8 +506,12 @@ def test_read_combined_path_through_run_agent(kb, db) -> None:
 
     holder, llm = _run_call(db, "read", {"path": "Alpha/deep/nested/doc.md"})
 
+    # Phase 106 (D5): the date rides every read — the SECOND line (the
+    # first line stays the byte-identical header).
     assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == (
-        "Document Alpha/deep/nested/doc.md:\nFULL-TEXT"
+        "Document Alpha/deep/nested/doc.md:\n"
+        "date: 2024-06-15\n"
+        "FULL-TEXT"
     )
     assert holder.tool_calls == 1
     assert holder.read_docs == [created]
@@ -563,9 +582,12 @@ def test_read_bare_path_single_source_suggestion_then_corrected_read(kb, db) ->
     )
     assert llm.requests[1][1] == AGENT_TOOLS
     # Round 2: the corrected combined identity succeeds — the full
-    # content, the holder records the row, and it counts.
+    # content (plus the phase-106 D5 date line), the holder records the
+    # row, and it counts.
     assert llm.requests[2][0][5]["content"] == (
-        "Document Alpha/deep/nested/doc.md:\nFULL-TEXT"
+        "Document Alpha/deep/nested/doc.md:\n"
+        "date: 2024-06-15\n"
+        "FULL-TEXT"
     )
     assert llm.requests[2][1] == AGENT_TOOLS
     assert holder.read_docs == [created]
@@ -598,7 +620,9 @@ def test_read_bare_path_two_sources_one_of_suggestion_then_corrected_read(
         "No document at 'shared/x.md' — did you mean one of: "
         "'Alpha/shared/x.md', 'Beta/shared/x.md'?"
     )
-    assert llm.requests[2][0][5]["content"] == "Document Alpha/shared/x.md:\nA-TEXT"
+    assert llm.requests[2][0][5]["content"] == (
+        "Document Alpha/shared/x.md:\ndate: 2024-06-15\nA-TEXT"
+    )
     assert holder.read_docs == [a]
     assert holder.tool_calls == 1  # only the corrected read executed
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_agent_tools_dates.py b/tests/integration/test_agent_tools_dates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9cc624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_agent_tools_dates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+"""Integration: the phase-106 D5 date surfaces against REAL Postgres
+rows (task 06).
+
+The two tool surfaces the model reads carry the document's creation
+date: the ``read`` result's SECOND line (``date: YYYY-MM-DD`` — the
+FIRST line stays the byte-identical ``Document {source}/{path}:``
+header the E2E mock's ``_READ_RESULT_PREFIX`` contract keys on) and
+the ``ls`` FILE line's APPENDED `` | date: YYYY-MM-DD`` field (the
+mock's ``_CATALOG_LINE_RE`` ``title: .+$`` tail absorbs it). The rows
+carry DISTINCT fixed ``created_at`` values, so the pins prove the date
+is the ROW's date (per row), not a constant.
+
+Requires:  podman compose up -d db
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import uuid
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterator
+from copy import deepcopy
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
+
+import pytest
+from sqlalchemy import delete, text
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from app.config import Settings
+from app.models import Document, GitSource
+from app.rag.agent import AgentHolder, run_agent
+from app.rag.llm import LLMClient, RetryPiece, StreamPiece, ToolCallPiece, ToolResultPiece
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from app.rag.scaffolding import ScaffoldingFilter
+
+#: DISTINCT fixed creation dates — the per-row date pins (task 06):
+#: each document renders ITS OWN row's UTC date part.
+D1 = datetime(2019, 6, 15, 3, 4, 6, tzinfo=UTC)  # "2019-06-15"
+D2 = datetime(2020, 1, 2, 5, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)  # "2020-01-02"
+D3 = datetime(2024, 6, 15, 23, 59, 59, tzinfo=UTC)  # "2024-06-15" (late UTC instant)
+
+D1_STR, D2_STR, D3_STR = "2019-06-15", "2020-01-02", "2024-06-15"
+
+
+def _doc(
+    db: Session,
+    source: str,
+    path: str,
+    title: str,
+    content: str,
+    created_at: datetime,
+) -> Document:
+    doc = Document(
+        id=uuid.uuid4(),
+        source=source,
+        path=path,
+        full_path=f"/tmp/{source}/{path}",
+        title=title,
+        content=content,
+        content_hash="0" * 64,
+        created_at=created_at,  # D1: explicit — the pins prove per-row dates
+    )
+    db.add(doc)
+    return doc
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def kb(db) -> Iterator[None]:
+    """Fresh documents table (chunks first — the FK)."""
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE chunks, documents"))
+    db.commit()
+    yield
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE chunks, documents"))
+    db.commit()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def src(db) -> Iterator[GitSource]:
+    """One registered git source — the scoped ``ls`` source-name check
+    reads the real registry (``repo_name`` resolves the URL to
+    ``Homelab``)."""
+    row = GitSource(url="https://github.com/reese/Homelab.git", kind="git")
+    db.add(row)
+    db.commit()
+    yield row
+    db.execute(delete(GitSource).where(GitSource.id == row.id))
+    db.commit()
+
+
+class ScriptedToolLLM:
+    """One scripted tool-call stream, then one canned answer stream.
+    Records every ``chat_stream`` request's messages and tools."""
+
+    def __init__(self, call: ToolCallPiece) -> None:
+        self.call = call
+        self.requests: list[
+            tuple[list[dict[str, Any]], list[dict[str, Any]] | None]
+        ] = []
+
+    async def chat_stream(
+        self,
+        messages: list[dict[str, str]],
+        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+        scaffolding: ScaffoldingFilter | None = None,
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece]:
+        self.requests.append((deepcopy(messages), deepcopy(tools)))
+        if len(self.requests) == 1:
+            yield self.call
+        else:
+            yield StreamPiece("content", "ans")
+
+
+def _settings(**kwargs: Any) -> Settings:
+    kwargs.setdefault("_env_file", None)
+    return Settings(**kwargs)  # pyright: ignore[reportCallIssue]
+
+
+def _run_call(
+    db: Session, name: str, arguments: dict[str, Any]
+) -> tuple[AgentHolder, ScriptedToolLLM]:
+    """Drive one scripted tool call through ``run_agent``."""
+    holder = AgentHolder()
+    llm = ScriptedToolLLM(ToolCallPiece(id="call_1", name=name, arguments=arguments))
+    asyncio.run(_consume(cast("LLMClient", llm), db, holder))
+    return holder, llm
+
+
+async def _consume(
+    llm: LLMClient, db: Session, holder: AgentHolder
+) -> list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece | RetryPiece | ToolResultPiece]:
+    out: list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece | RetryPiece | ToolResultPiece] = []
+    async for piece in run_agent(
+        llm,
+        db,
+        system_prompt="SYSTEM_PROMPT",
+        user_message="QUESTION",
+        seed_docs=[],
+        settings=_settings(),
+        holder=holder,
+    ):
+        out.append(piece)
+    return out
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# read — the date is the stored row's date, on the SECOND line
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_read_result_second_line_is_stored_date(kb, db) -> None:
+    """A real row (distinct ``created_at``): the ``read`` result's
+    SECOND line is the stored date (the UTC date part), the FIRST line
+    stays the byte-identical header, and the content follows whole."""
+    created = _doc(
+        db, "Alpha", "deep/nested/doc.md", "The Doc", "FULL-TEXT", D2
+    )
+    db.commit()
+
+    holder, llm = _run_call(db, "read", {"path": "Alpha/deep/nested/doc.md"})
+
+    content = llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"]
+    lines = content.splitlines()
+    assert lines[0] == "Document Alpha/deep/nested/doc.md:"  # byte-identical header
+    assert lines[1] == f"date: {D2_STR}"  # the STORED date (row's UTC date part)
+    assert lines[2:] == ["FULL-TEXT"]
+    assert holder.read_docs == [created]
+    assert holder.tool_calls == 1
+
+
+def test_read_result_date_is_the_row_date_not_a_constant(kb, db) -> None:
+    """Two rows with DISTINCT dates: each ``read`` renders its OWN
+    row's date (a late-UTC instant renders its date part, no time)."""
+    a = _doc(db, "Alpha", "a.md", "A", "A-TEXT", D1)
+    b = _doc(db, "Alpha", "b.md", "B", "B-TEXT", D3)
+    db.commit()
+
+    holder_a, llm_a = _run_call(db, "read", {"path": "Alpha/a.md"})
+    assert llm_a.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == (
+        f"Document Alpha/a.md:\ndate: {D1_STR}\nA-TEXT"
+    )
+    holder_b, llm_b = _run_call(db, "read", {"path": "Alpha/b.md"})
+    assert llm_b.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == (
+        f"Document Alpha/b.md:\ndate: {D3_STR}\nB-TEXT"
+    )
+    assert holder_a.read_docs == [a] and holder_b.read_docs == [b]
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ls — every FILE line carries its date in the appended field
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_ls_drill_file_lines_carry_their_dates(kb, src, db) -> None:
+    """A source drill against real rows: EVERY file line ends with the
+    appended `` | date: YYYY-MM-DD`` field — each row's OWN stored date
+    — while the header and subfolder lines stay date-free."""
+    _doc(db, "Homelab", "backups/cron.md", "Cron", "CRON", D1)
+    _doc(db, "Homelab", "backups/restic.md", "Restic", "RESTIC", D2)
+    _doc(db, "Homelab", "networking/lan.md", "LAN", "LAN", D3)
+    _doc(db, "Homelab", "readme.md", "Readme", "README", D1)
+    db.commit()
+
+    holder, llm = _run_call(db, "ls", {"path": "Homelab"})
+
+    content = llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"]
+    lines = content.splitlines()
+    # The root level: one direct file (readme.md — D1) + the two
+    # subfolder lines (date-free) + the date-free header.
+    assert lines[0] == "Homelab — 1 documents, 2 folders:"
+    assert lines[2] == "  backups/ — 2 documents"  # subfolder: no date
+    assert lines[3] == "  networking/ — 1 documents"  # subfolder: no date
+    assert lines[5] == (
+        f"source: Homelab | path: readme.md | title: Readme | date: {D1_STR}"
+    )
+    assert holder.tool_calls == 1
+
+    # Drill into backups: BOTH files list, each with its OWN date.
+    holder2, llm2 = _run_call(db, "ls", {"path": "Homelab/backups"})
+    lines2 = llm2.requests[1][0][3]["content"].splitlines()
+    assert lines2[0] == "Homelab/backups — 2 documents, 0 folders:"
+    assert lines2[2] == (
+        f"source: Homelab | path: backups/cron.md | title: Cron | date: {D1_STR}"
+    )
+    assert lines2[3] == (
+        f"source: Homelab | path: backups/restic.md | title: Restic | date: {D2_STR}"
+    )
+    assert holder2.tool_calls == 1
+
+
+def test_ls_top_level_source_lines_carry_no_date(kb, db) -> None:
+    """The top level (source lines) is UNCHANGED in shape — sources are
+    not documents, so no date rides them (only FILE lines do). The
+    registry is FRESH (truncated + the one source re-registered), so
+    the top level is exactly the one source block."""
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE git_sources"))
+    db.commit()
+    db.add(GitSource(url="https://github.com/reese/Homelab.git", kind="git"))
+    db.commit()
+    try:
+        _doc(db, "Homelab", "a.md", "A", "A-TEXT", D1)
+        db.commit()
+
+        holder, llm = _run_call(db, "ls", {})
+
+        content = llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"]
+        assert content == "1 sources:\n\nHomelab — 1 documents"
+        assert "date" not in content
+        assert holder.tool_calls == 1
+    finally:
+        db.execute(text("TRUNCATE git_sources"))
+        db.commit()
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_auth_api.py b/tests/integration/test_auth_api.py
index d53356f..f22ed32 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_auth_api.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_auth_api.py
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ def test_document_content_admin_contract(client: TestClient, db) -> None:
         "title",
         "format",
         "summary",  # nullable field added in phase 36 (null here — markdown)
+        "created_at",  # added in phase 106 (task 05)
         "content",
         "indexed_at",
         "chunks",
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_chat_api.py b/tests/integration/test_chat_api.py
index 2ab0381..1d2e215 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_chat_api.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_chat_api.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import math
 import re
 import uuid
 from collections.abc import Iterator
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
 
@@ -40,6 +41,13 @@ from app.rag.retriever import TRUNCATION_MARKER
 from app.schemas import ChatDoneEvent, SourceRef
 from tests.conftest import ADMIN_PASSWORD
 
+#: The fixture documents' fixed creation date (phase 106, D5): the
+#: ``read`` result's second line is the row's ``created_at`` UTC date
+#: part — a fixed value keeps the read-result pins deterministic
+#: (instead of the ``now()`` server default of a bare insert).
+_FIXTURE_CREATED_AT = datetime(2024, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from app.rag.scaffolding import ScaffoldingFilter
 
@@ -663,6 +671,7 @@ pins the agent-loop yield order on the real prompt path."""
         title="Big Doc",
         content=content,
         content_hash="1" * 64,
+        created_at=_FIXTURE_CREATED_AT,
     )
     db.add(doc)
     db.commit()
@@ -695,7 +704,11 @@ pins the agent-loop yield order on the real prompt path."""
         ]
         assert tool_msgs, "the executed read must be appended as a tool message"
         body = tool_msgs[-1]["content"]
-        assert body.startswith("Document docs/big.md:\n" + content[:cap])
+        # Phase 106, D5: the date rides every read — the SECOND line
+        # (first line byte-identical — the mock's header contract).
+        assert body.startswith(
+            "Document docs/big.md:\ndate: 2024-06-15\n" + content[:cap]
+        )
         assert TRUNCATION_MARKER in body
         assert (
             READ_TRUNCATION_NOTICE.format(shown=cap, total=len(content)) in body
@@ -749,6 +762,7 @@ marker in the model's context."""
         title="Fits Doc",
         content=content,
         content_hash="2" * 64,
+        created_at=_FIXTURE_CREATED_AT,
     )
     db.add(doc)
     db.commit()
@@ -770,14 +784,18 @@ marker in the model's context."""
         # No ToolResultPiece, no holder entry.
         assert not any(isinstance(p, ToolResultPiece) for p in pieces)
         assert holder.read_truncations == []
-        # The model's context is the whole document, byte-identical to
-        # the pre-phase-95 read result (no marker, no notice). (The fake
-        # aliases the mutated messages list, so take the last tool msg.)
+        # The model's context is the whole document, the pre-phase-95
+        # read result plus the phase-106 D5 date line (no marker, no
+        # notice). (The fake aliases the mutated messages list, so
+        # take the last tool msg.)
         tool_msgs = [
             m for r in scripted.seen_messages for m in r if m.get("role") == "tool"
         ]
         assert tool_msgs, "the executed read must be appended as a tool message"
-        assert tool_msgs[-1]["content"] == "Document docs/fits.md:\n" + content
+        assert (
+            tool_msgs[-1]["content"]
+            == "Document docs/fits.md:\ndate: 2024-06-15\n" + content
+        )
         assert TRUNCATION_MARKER not in tool_msgs[-1]["content"]
         # Still a successful read.
         assert holder.tool_calls == 1
@@ -800,6 +818,7 @@ def _insert_big_doc(db, content: str) -> Document:
         title="Big Read Doc",
         content=content,
         content_hash="3" * 64,
+        created_at=_FIXTURE_CREATED_AT,
     )
     db.add(doc)
     db.commit()
@@ -890,7 +909,8 @@ def test_truncated_read_streams_tool_result_frame_after_tool_frame(
     ]
     assert tool_msgs
     body = tool_msgs[-1]["content"]
-    assert body.startswith(f"Document docs/big-read.md:\n{content[:cap]}")
+    # Phase 106, D5: the date rides every read — the SECOND line.
+    assert body.startswith(f"Document docs/big-read.md:\ndate: 2024-06-15\n{content[:cap]}")
     assert TRUNCATION_MARKER in body
     assert READ_TRUNCATION_NOTICE.format(shown=cap, total=len(content)) in body
     # The truncated read is still a SUCCESSFUL call — cited in done.
@@ -956,7 +976,10 @@ def test_untruncated_read_streams_no_tool_result_frame(
         m for r in scripted.seen_messages for m in r if m.get("role") == "tool"
     ]
     assert tool_msgs
-    assert tool_msgs[-1]["content"] == "Document docs/big-read.md:\n" + content
+    assert (
+        tool_msgs[-1]["content"]
+        == "Document docs/big-read.md:\ndate: 2024-06-15\n" + content
+    )
     assert TRUNCATION_MARKER not in tool_msgs[-1]["content"]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_docs_api.py b/tests/integration/test_docs_api.py
index b0a1f7c..73886c8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_docs_api.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_docs_api.py
@@ -148,8 +148,14 @@ def test_docs_response_matches_schema_shape(admin_client, db) -> None:
     body = r.json()
     assert set(body) == {"documents"}
     for d in body["documents"]:
-        assert set(d) == {"id", "source", "path", "title", "chunks", "indexed_at"}
+        # Wire-additive (phase 106, task 05): the pre-date keys are all
+        # still there, joined by ``created_at`` (the document's creation
+        # date — the RAG view's ``Created`` column).
+        assert set(d) == {
+            "id", "source", "path", "title", "chunks", "created_at", "indexed_at"
+        }
         assert isinstance(d["chunks"], int) and d["chunks"] >= 0
+        datetime.fromisoformat(d["created_at"])  # raises if not ISO-8601
 
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -198,8 +204,11 @@ def test_docs_tree_populated_shape_order_counts_summaries(admin_client, db) -> N
 
     homelab, deployments = sources
     # Wire-additive (phase 98, task 03): the pre-pending keys are all
-    # still there, joined by ``summary_pending``.
-    assert set(homelab) == {"name", "documents", "summary", "summary_pending", "children"}
+    # still there, joined by ``summary_pending`` — and (phase 106,
+    # task 05) by ``updated_at`` (the subtree's max document date, D9).
+    assert set(homelab) == {
+        "name", "documents", "updated_at", "summary", "summary_pending", "children"
+    }
     assert homelab["documents"] == 4  # the whole recursive count
     assert homelab["summary"] == "Homelab docs."  # the (source, "") row
     assert homelab["summary_pending"] is False  # the stored root row covers it
@@ -338,7 +347,10 @@ def test_docs_tree_summary_pending_on_source_and_folder_nodes(admin_client, db)
     r = admin_client.get("/api/docs/tree")
     assert r.status_code == 200
     (homelab,) = r.json()["sources"]
-    assert set(homelab) == {"name", "documents", "summary", "summary_pending", "children"}
+    # Phase 106 (task 05): ``updated_at`` joins the source node keys.
+    assert set(homelab) == {
+        "name", "documents", "updated_at", "summary", "summary_pending", "children"
+    }
     assert homelab["summary"] == "Homelab docs."
     assert homelab["summary_pending"] is False
     # Direct subfolders in path order: k8s < wiki.
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_docs_api_dates.py b/tests/integration/test_docs_api_dates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e57dc1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_docs_api_dates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,455 @@
+"""Integration: the phase-106 date API surface (task 05, D7/D8/D9).
+
+``GET /api/docs`` and ``GET /api/documents/content`` serve the
+document's ``created_at``; ``GET /api/docs/tree`` serves the file
+``created_at`` verbatim plus the DERIVED subtree-max ``updated_at`` on
+folder/source nodes (``null`` for a 0-document registered source); and
+the admin-only ``PATCH /api/documents/date`` matrix — set (ISO date or
+full ISO datetime, future folds to today, ``created_at_manual``
+flagged), clear (null/absent → flag drops, stored date stands),
+malformed 422, unknown-pair 404, anonymous/token-user 403 — the
+phase-57 split intact (the viewer stays user-gated, the edit is
+admin-gated).
+
+Uses the real compose Postgres (``db`` fixture) and FastAPI's
+TestClient, mirroring ``test_docs_api.py``.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import inspect
+import uuid
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from sqlalchemy import select, text
+
+import app.api.docs as docs_api
+from app.core import tokens as token_service
+from app.main import app as fastapi_app
+from app.models import Chunk, Document, GitSource
+
+_TRUNCATE = "chunks, documents, git_sources"
+
+#: Deliberately distinct creation stamps (the D9 max fixture) — kept
+#: separate from ``indexed_at`` so a confused-column pin fails loudly.
+C0 = datetime(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+C1 = datetime(2021, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+C2 = datetime(2022, 3, 1, 6, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+C3 = datetime(2023, 11, 30, 23, 59, 59, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+
+def _truncate(db) -> None:
+    db.execute(text(f"TRUNCATE {_TRUNCATE}"))
+    db.commit()
+
+
+def _seed_doc(
+    db,
+    source: str,
+    path: str,
+    title: str,
+    n_chunks: int,
+    indexed_at: datetime,
+    created_at: datetime,
+) -> Document:
+    """One indexed document with an explicit creation date (D8)."""
+    doc = Document(
+        source=source,
+        path=path,
+        full_path=f"/tmp/{source}/{path}",
+        title=title,
+        content=f"# {title}\n\nBody.",
+        content_hash=uuid.uuid4().hex,  # unique per row (no real sha needed)
+        indexed_at=indexed_at,
+        created_at=created_at,
+    )
+    db.add(doc)
+    db.flush()
+    if n_chunks:
+        db.add_all(
+            Chunk(document_id=doc.id, position=i, content=f"chunk {i}", embedding=[0.01] * 768)
+            for i in range(n_chunks)
+        )
+    db.commit()
+    return doc
+
+
+def _tree_node(sources: list[dict], name: str) -> dict:
+    return next(s for s in sources if s["name"] == name)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Reads — ``created_at`` on the two flat surfaces + the tree (D8/D9).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_docs_list_reports_created_at_per_row(admin_client, db) -> None:
+    """``GET /api/docs`` gains ``created_at`` per row (ISO-8601,
+    verbatim from the row) — ``indexed_at`` untouched (a different
+    concept: the index time)."""
+    _truncate(db)
+    base = datetime.now(UTC)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "a/top.md", "Top", 1, base, C2)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "a/b/deep.md", "Deep", 2, base + timedelta(hours=1), C3)
+    try:
+        r = admin_client.get("/api/docs")
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+        body = r.json()
+        # (source, path) order is unchanged by the new column
+        # ("a/b/deep.md" < "a/top.md" — the slash sorts before the 't').
+        assert [d["path"] for d in body["documents"]] == ["a/b/deep.md", "a/top.md"]
+        by_path = {d["path"]: d for d in body["documents"]}
+        assert by_path["a/top.md"]["created_at"] == C2.isoformat()
+        assert by_path["a/b/deep.md"]["created_at"] == C3.isoformat()
+        # ``indexed_at`` still reports the (different) index stamp —
+        # the two concepts never get confused on the wire.
+        assert abs(
+            datetime.fromisoformat(by_path["a/top.md"]["indexed_at"]) - base
+        ).total_seconds() < 5
+        assert by_path["a/top.md"]["indexed_at"] != by_path["a/top.md"]["created_at"]
+    finally:
+        _truncate(db)
+
+
+def test_document_content_carries_created_at(admin_client, db) -> None:
+    """``GET /api/documents/content`` gains ``created_at`` (the viewer's
+    top meta row renders the ``Created`` badge from it, task 08)."""
+    _truncate(db)
+    base = datetime.now(UTC)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "k8s.md", "K8s", 1, base, C1)
+    try:
+        r = admin_client.get(
+            "/api/documents/content", params={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md"}
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+        body = r.json()
+        assert "created_at" in body
+        assert body["created_at"] == C1.isoformat()
+        # The two stamps are distinct concepts and both ride the shape.
+        assert body["indexed_at"] != body["created_at"]
+    finally:
+        _truncate(db)
+
+
+def test_tree_file_dates_and_derived_subtree_max(admin_client, db) -> None:
+    """``GET /api/docs/tree``: file ``created_at`` verbatim; folder and
+    source ``updated_at`` = the subtree's MAX document ``created_at``
+    (D9 — derived in the pure builder, never stored); a registered
+    0-document source reports ``updated_at: null`` with no children."""
+    _truncate(db)
+    base = datetime.now(UTC)
+    db.add(GitSource(url="https://github.com/reese/Homelab.git", kind="git", added_at=base))
+    db.add(
+        GitSource(
+            url="https://github.com/reese/Empty.git",
+            kind="git",
+            added_at=base + timedelta(hours=1),
+        )
+    )
+    # The D9 max fixture: the deepest file holds the newest date, so a
+    # folder that only LOOKS recent at its own level still reports the
+    # deeper date (deeper beats shallower at every level here).
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "a/b/c/deep.md", "Deep", 1, base, C3)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "a/b/shallow.md", "Shallow", 0, base, C1)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "a/top.md", "Top", 1, base, C2)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "root.md", "Root", 0, base, C0)
+    try:
+        r = admin_client.get("/api/docs/tree")
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+        sources = r.json()["sources"]
+        # Registry order leads; the 0-document registered source lists.
+        assert [s["name"] for s in sources] == ["Homelab", "Empty"]
+        homelab, empty = sources
+        assert (empty["documents"], empty["children"], empty["updated_at"]) == (0, [], None)
+
+        assert homelab["documents"] == 4
+        assert homelab["updated_at"] == C3.isoformat()
+        a = next(c for c in homelab["children"] if c["kind"] == "folder")
+        root_md = next(c for c in homelab["children"] if c["kind"] == "file")
+        assert a["path"] == "a"
+        assert a["documents"] == 3
+        assert a["updated_at"] == C3.isoformat()  # deep C3 beats the direct C2
+        assert root_md["created_at"] == C0.isoformat()
+        a_b = next(c for c in a["children"] if c["kind"] == "folder")
+        top = next(c for c in a["children"] if c["kind"] == "file")
+        assert a_b["path"] == "a/b"
+        assert a_b["documents"] == 2
+        assert a_b["updated_at"] == C3.isoformat()  # deep C3 beats the direct C1
+        assert top["created_at"] == C2.isoformat()
+        # a/b's children: the subfolder first, then its ONE direct file.
+        a_b_c, shallow = a_b["children"]
+        assert (a_b_c["kind"], a_b_c["path"], a_b_c["documents"]) == ("folder", "a/b/c", 1)
+        assert a_b_c["updated_at"] == C3.isoformat()
+        assert (shallow["kind"], shallow["path"], shallow["created_at"]) == (
+            "file",
+            "a/b/shallow.md",
+            C1.isoformat(),
+        )
+        (deep,) = a_b_c["children"]
+        assert (deep["kind"], deep["path"], deep["created_at"]) == (
+            "file",
+            "a/b/c/deep.md",
+            C3.isoformat(),
+        )
+        # File nodes carry their own date only — no ``updated_at`` key.
+        for node in (root_md, top, deep, shallow):
+            assert "updated_at" not in node
+    finally:
+        _truncate(db)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# PATCH /api/documents/date (D7) — the admin document-date editor.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_patch_date_set_round_trips_and_flags_manual(admin_client, db) -> None:
+    """Set a bare ``YYYY-MM-DD``: the parse (midnight UTC) is stored
+    verbatim, ``created_at_manual`` flips to true, the response echoes
+    the stored state, and BOTH read surfaces confirm on re-GET."""
+    _truncate(db)
+    base = datetime.now(UTC)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "k8s.md", "K8s", 0, base, C0)
+    try:
+        r = admin_client.patch(
+            "/api/documents/date",
+            json={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md", "date": "2020-01-02"},
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
+        assert set(r.json()) == {"source", "path", "created_at", "created_at_manual"}
+        assert r.json() == {
+            "source": "Homelab",
+            "path": "k8s.md",
+            "created_at": "2020-01-02T00:00:00+00:00",
+            "created_at_manual": True,
+        }
+        # The viewer's re-render source (the echo) and both GETs agree.
+        content = admin_client.get(
+            "/api/documents/content", params={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md"}
+        ).json()
+        assert content["created_at"] == "2020-01-02T00:00:00+00:00"
+        list_row = next(
+            d
+            for d in admin_client.get("/api/docs").json()["documents"]
+            if d["path"] == "k8s.md"
+        )
+        assert list_row["created_at"] == "2020-01-02T00:00:00+00:00"
+        # DB state: the flag is set (the sync-time importer then skips
+        # this row — D1/D4).
+        db.expire_all()
+        row = db.scalar(
+            select(Document).where(Document.source == "Homelab", Document.path == "k8s.md")
+        )
+        assert row is not None
+        assert row.created_at == datetime(2020, 1, 2, tzinfo=UTC)
+        assert row.created_at_manual is True
+    finally:
+        _truncate(db)
+
+
+def test_patch_date_full_iso_datetime_is_converted_to_utc(admin_client, db) -> None:
+    """A full ISO datetime with a NON-UTC offset is converted to UTC
+    before storing (D3 — the single normalization choke point)."""
+    _truncate(db)
+    base = datetime.now(UTC)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "k8s.md", "K8s", 0, base, C0)
+    try:
+        r = admin_client.patch(
+            "/api/documents/date",
+            json={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md", "date": "2021-06-15T12:30:00+02:00"},
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
+        assert r.json()["created_at"] == "2021-06-15T10:30:00+00:00"
+        assert r.json()["created_at_manual"] is True
+    finally:
+        _truncate(db)
+
+
+def test_patch_date_malformed_422_and_leaves_row_untouched(admin_client, db) -> None:
+    """A malformed non-null value 422s in the HANDLER (the model field
+    is an unconstrained ``str | None`` on purpose, so the detail can
+    name the field) — and the row is left untouched."""
+    _truncate(db)
+    base = datetime.now(UTC)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "k8s.md", "K8s", 0, base, C0)
+    try:
+        r = admin_client.patch(
+            "/api/documents/date",
+            json={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md", "date": "not-a-date"},
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 422
+        assert r.json() == {
+            "detail": "date must be an ISO date or datetime (e.g. 2024-06-15)"
+        }
+        db.expire_all()
+        row = db.scalar(
+            select(Document).where(Document.source == "Homelab", Document.path == "k8s.md")
+        )
+        assert row is not None
+        assert row.created_at == C0  # untouched
+        assert row.created_at_manual is False  # untouched
+    finally:
+        _truncate(db)
+
+
+def test_patch_date_null_clear_drops_flag_and_keeps_date(admin_client, db) -> None:
+    """The CLEAR (D7): ``date: null`` drops ``created_at_manual`` ONLY —
+    the stored date stands until the next sync refreshes it (the API is
+    DB-only). An ABSENT ``date`` key is the same operation."""
+    _truncate(db)
+    base = datetime.now(UTC)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "k8s.md", "K8s", 0, base, C0)
+    try:
+        # Set first, so there is a correction to clear.
+        r = admin_client.patch(
+            "/api/documents/date",
+            json={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md", "date": "2020-01-02"},
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 200 and r.json()["created_at_manual"] is True
+
+        r = admin_client.patch(
+            "/api/documents/date",
+            json={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md", "date": None},
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
+        assert r.json() == {
+            "source": "Homelab",
+            "path": "k8s.md",
+            "created_at": "2020-01-02T00:00:00+00:00",  # the date STOOD
+            "created_at_manual": False,
+        }
+
+        # Re-set, then clear with the key ABSENT — same operation.
+        r = admin_client.patch(
+            "/api/documents/date",
+            json={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md", "date": "2020-01-02"},
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 200 and r.json()["created_at_manual"] is True
+        r = admin_client.patch(
+            "/api/documents/date",
+            json={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md"},
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
+        assert r.json()["created_at_manual"] is False
+        assert r.json()["created_at"] == "2020-01-02T00:00:00+00:00"
+
+        db.expire_all()
+        row = db.scalar(
+            select(Document).where(Document.source == "Homelab", Document.path == "k8s.md")
+        )
+        assert row is not None
+        assert row.created_at == datetime(2020, 1, 2, tzinfo=UTC)  # still standing
+        assert row.created_at_manual is False
+    finally:
+        _truncate(db)
+
+
+def test_patch_date_future_folds_to_today(admin_client, db) -> None:
+    """A manually set FUTURE date also folds to today (D3 — the same
+    normalization choke point as the sourced path), and it is STILL
+    flagged manual (the owner's correction survives syncs until
+    cleared)."""
+    _truncate(db)
+    base = datetime.now(UTC)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "k8s.md", "K8s", 0, base, C0)
+    try:
+        r = admin_client.patch(
+            "/api/documents/date",
+            json={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md", "date": "2999-01-01"},
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
+        stored = datetime.fromisoformat(r.json()["created_at"])
+        assert abs((stored - datetime.now(UTC)).total_seconds()) < 300  # ≈ today
+        assert r.json()["created_at_manual"] is True
+        db.expire_all()
+        row = db.scalar(
+            select(Document).where(Document.source == "Homelab", Document.path == "k8s.md")
+        )
+        assert row is not None
+        assert row.created_at_manual is True
+        assert row.created_at != datetime(2999, 1, 1, tzinfo=UTC)
+    finally:
+        _truncate(db)
+
+
+def test_patch_date_404_unknown_pair_and_traversal(admin_client, db) -> None:
+    """Row-lookup semantics (the ``/documents/content`` rule): unknown
+    pairs — including traversal strings — are simply not rows → 404
+    ``document not found``; nothing is written."""
+    _truncate(db)
+    base = datetime.now(UTC)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "real.md", "Real", 0, base, C0)
+    try:
+        for source, path in (
+            ("Ghost", "x.md"),  # unknown source
+            ("Homelab", "nope.md"),  # known source, unknown path
+            ("Homelab", "../../etc/passwd"),  # traversal: not a row
+        ):
+            r = admin_client.patch(
+                "/api/documents/date",
+                json={"source": source, "path": path, "date": "2020-01-02"},
+            )
+            assert r.status_code == 404, (source, path, r.status_code)
+            assert r.json() == {"detail": "document not found"}, (source, path)
+        db.expire_all()
+        row = db.scalar(
+            select(Document).where(Document.source == "Homelab", Document.path == "real.md")
+        )
+        assert row is not None
+        assert row.created_at_manual is False  # nothing written
+    finally:
+        _truncate(db)
+
+
+def test_patch_date_403_anonymous_and_token_user(client, db) -> None:
+    """The ``require_admin`` gate (the phase-57 split): an anonymous
+    caller AND a live access-token user who is not the admin both get
+    403 ``admin only`` — while the viewer content itself stays
+    user-gated (a token holder could read the document, just not edit
+    its date)."""
+    _truncate(db)
+    base = datetime.now(UTC)
+    _seed_doc(db, "Homelab", "k8s.md", "K8s", 0, base, C0)
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE api_tokens"))
+    db.commit()
+    body = {"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md", "date": "2020-01-02"}
+    try:
+        # Anonymous (the shared ``client`` is unsigned in this module).
+        r = client.patch("/api/documents/date", json=body)
+        assert r.status_code == 403
+        assert r.json() == {"detail": "admin only"}
+
+        # A live access-token user who is not the admin (phase 79).
+        _row, plaintext = token_service.create_token(db, "pin-holder")
+        db.commit()
+        holder = TestClient(fastapi_app)
+        s = holder.post("/api/token-auth", json={"token": plaintext})
+        assert s.status_code == 204, s.text
+        r = holder.patch("/api/documents/date", json=body)
+        assert r.status_code == 403
+        assert r.json() == {"detail": "admin only"}
+        # …and the SPLIT: the same holder CAN read the document (the
+        # viewer stays user-gated, phase 79).
+        got = holder.get(
+            "/api/documents/content", params={"source": "Homelab", "path": "k8s.md"}
+        )
+        assert got.status_code == 200
+        db.expire_all()
+        row = db.scalar(
+            select(Document).where(Document.source == "Homelab", Document.path == "k8s.md")
+        )
+        assert row is not None
+        assert row.created_at_manual is False  # the rejected edits wrote nothing
+    finally:
+        db.execute(text("TRUNCATE api_tokens"))
+        db.commit()
+        _truncate(db)
+
+
+def test_patch_date_handler_is_db_only_and_never_constructs_an_llm_client() -> None:
+    """Source pin (the house pattern of the phase-97 folder-summary
+    editor): a date is NEVER embedded — no chunk, no retrieval role —
+    so the handler must never touch the LLM client (the deliberate
+    contrast with the phase-57 ``is_summary`` re-embed)."""
+    src = inspect.getsource(docs_api.update_document_date)
+    assert "LLMClient" not in src
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_document_content.py b/tests/integration/test_document_content.py
index 7037f6b..4c79eca 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_document_content.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_document_content.py
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ def _seed_doc(
         content=content,
         content_hash="a" * 64,
         indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        # Phase 106: pin the creation date explicitly — the endpoint
+        # serves it verbatim (the column is NOT NULL; the server
+        # default would make the pin time-dependent).
+        created_at=datetime(2020, 5, 4, 8, 30, 0, tzinfo=UTC),
         summary=summary,
     )
     db.add(doc)
@@ -417,9 +421,13 @@ def test_content_200_all_fields(client, db) -> None:
         )
         assert r.status_code == 200
         body = r.json()
+        # Wire-additive (phase 106, task 05): ``created_at`` joins the
+        # content shape (after ``summary``, before ``content``).
         assert set(body) == {
-            "source", "path", "title", "format", "summary", "content", "indexed_at", "chunks"
+            "source", "path", "title", "format", "summary", "created_at",
+            "content", "indexed_at", "chunks",
         }
+        datetime.fromisoformat(body["created_at"])  # raises if not ISO-8601
         assert body["source"] == "Homelab"
         assert body["path"] == "kubernetes.md"
         assert body["title"] == "Kubernetes Homelab Cluster"
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_git_file_dates.py b/tests/integration/test_git_file_dates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d96cd03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_git_file_dates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+"""Integration: phase 106 task 03 — ``file_commit_dates`` against real
+git scratch repos (D2/D10).
+
+Builds scratch repositories with controlled ``GIT_COMMITTER_DATE``s
+(the 2026-09-13 verification recipe: file ``a.md`` committed once in
+2020, file ``b.md`` committed in 2020 and touched again in 2024, a
+``docs/deep.md`` subdirectory file committed once in 2020) and pins
+the VERIFIED checkout behavior:
+
+* a LOCAL-PATH ``clone_or_pull`` keeps FULL history (git's own
+  "--depth is ignored in local clones" warning — the ``--depth 1``
+  flag stays, D10) → TRUE per-file last-commit dates (first-sighting
+  wins: ``a.md`` 2020, ``b.md`` 2024, ``docs/deep.md`` 2020);
+* a shallow URL-transport clone (``file://``, made directly in this
+  test — the test harness, not ``clone_or_pull``, makes this one) →
+  the TIP commit's date for EVERY working-tree file (the
+  shallow-boundary property, D10: uniform per repo, real across
+  repos);
+* fail-soft: a directory without ``.git``, an empty repo (no
+  commits), a git failure, and a malformed log output all yield
+  ``{}`` — a date walk must never break a sync (the importer, task
+  04, falls back to file mtimes).
+
+DB-free by design: ``file_commit_dates`` takes a path, no session.
+Skipped (not failed) on a machine without the git CLI (the
+``test_doc_drafts_api.py`` guard).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from scripts.git_sync import (
+    GitSyncError,
+    _parse_commit_dates,  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]
+    clone_or_pull,
+    file_commit_dates,
+)
+
+
+def _git_available() -> bool:
+    try:
+        proc = subprocess.run(["git", "--version"], capture_output=True, check=False)
+        return proc.returncode == 0
+    except (FileNotFoundError, OSError):
+        return False
+
+
+#: Real ``git`` in the test environment — skipped cleanly without it
+#: (the ``test_doc_drafts_api.py`` house pattern).
+GIT = _git_available()
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(not GIT, reason="git CLI not available")
+
+#: The two controlled commit dates (the 2026-09-13 verification recipe).
+DATE_A = datetime(2020, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, tzinfo=UTC)  # commit one (2020)
+DATE_B = datetime(2024, 6, 15, 10, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)  # commit two = the tip (2024)
+
+
+def _git(cwd: Path, *argv: str, when: datetime | None = None) -> None:
+    """Run one git command for the test harness (fixture setup); a
+    non-zero exit fails the fixture, not the test under test."""
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    if when is not None:
+        iso = when.isoformat()
+        env["GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"] = iso
+        env["GIT_COMMITTER_DATE"] = iso
+    env["GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"] = "T"
+    env["GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"] = "t@example.com"
+    env["GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"] = "T"
+    env["GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"] = "t@example.com"
+    proc = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", *argv], cwd=cwd, env=env, capture_output=True, text=True, check=False
+    )
+    assert proc.returncode == 0, f"git {' '.join(argv)} failed: {proc.stderr}"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def scratch_repo(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
+    """The 2026-09-13 recipe: commit one (2020-01-02) adds ``a.md``,
+    ``b.md``, ``docs/deep.md``; commit two (2024-06-15, the tip)
+    touches ONLY ``b.md``."""
+    repo = tmp_path / "repo"
+    repo.mkdir()
+    _git(repo, "init", "-q")
+    _git(repo, "config", "user.email", "t@example.com")
+    _git(repo, "config", "user.name", "T")
+    _git(repo, "config", "commit.gpgsign", "false")
+    (repo / "docs").mkdir()
+    (repo / "a.md").write_text("# A\nstable since 2020\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    (repo / "b.md").write_text("# B\nfirst version\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    (repo / "docs" / "deep.md").write_text("# Deep\nalso 2020\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    _git(repo, "add", "-A", when=DATE_A)
+    _git(repo, "commit", "-qm", "one", when=DATE_A)
+    (repo / "b.md").write_text("# B\nupdated 2024\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    _git(repo, "add", "-A", when=DATE_B)
+    _git(repo, "commit", "-qm", "two", when=DATE_B)
+    return repo
+
+
+def test_local_clone_yields_true_per_file_dates(scratch_repo: Path, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """(a) LOCAL-PATH ``clone_or_pull`` → full history (git warns
+    "--depth is ignored in local clones" and does not shallow) → TRUE
+    per-file last-commit dates: the first (newest) sighting of each
+    path wins — ``b.md`` the 2024 touch, the rest the 2020 commit."""
+    dest = tmp_path / "local"
+    clone_or_pull(str(scratch_repo), dest)
+    assert (dest / ".git").exists()  # a real checkout
+    assert file_commit_dates(dest) == {
+        "a.md": DATE_A,
+        "b.md": DATE_B,  # touched again by the tip commit
+        "docs/deep.md": DATE_A,
+    }
+
+
+def test_shallow_file_clone_yields_tip_date_for_every_file(
+    scratch_repo: Path, tmp_path: Path
+) -> None:
+    """(b) SHALLOW URL-TRANSPORT clone (``file://``, made directly in
+    the test — D10): in a shallow clone git reports the TIP commit as
+    every existing file's last commit (the shallow boundary is each
+    file's history root) → EVERY working-tree file carries the tip
+    date, uniform within the repo."""
+    dest = tmp_path / "shallow"
+    _git(tmp_path, "clone", "-q", "--depth", "1", f"file://{scratch_repo}", str(dest))
+    assert file_commit_dates(dest) == {
+        "a.md": DATE_B,
+        "b.md": DATE_B,
+        "docs/deep.md": DATE_B,
+    }
+
+
+def test_directory_without_dotgit_fails_soft(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """(c) a plain directory (no ``.git``) → ``git log`` exits
+    non-zero → ``{}`` (fail-soft, no raise) — the importer falls back
+    to file mtimes."""
+    plain = tmp_path / "notarepo"
+    plain.mkdir()
+    (plain / "a.md").write_text("# A\nnot a git repo\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    assert file_commit_dates(plain) == {}
+
+
+def test_nonexistent_directory_fails_soft(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """(c) a missing checkout directory → ``{}`` without even
+    invoking git (no raise)."""
+    assert file_commit_dates(tmp_path / "gone") == {}
+
+
+def test_empty_repo_fails_soft(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """(c) an initialized repo with NO commits → ``git log`` fails
+    (nothing to log) → ``{}`` (a cloned-but-empty source must not
+    break the sync)."""
+    empty = tmp_path / "emptyrepo"
+    empty.mkdir()
+    _git(empty, "init", "-q")
+    _git(empty, "config", "commit.gpgsign", "false")
+    assert file_commit_dates(empty) == {}
+
+
+def test_git_error_fails_soft(
+    scratch_repo: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
+) -> None:
+    """(c) a ``GitSyncError`` from the walk (git missing/failed) →
+    ``{}`` + a logged warning naming the fallback — the fail-soft
+    contract (pinned)."""
+
+    def boom(argv: list[str], cwd: Path) -> str:
+        raise GitSyncError("git log failed (exit 128): fatal: bad object")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("scripts.git_sync.run_git", boom)
+    with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
+        assert file_commit_dates(scratch_repo) == {}
+    assert any("file_commit_dates" in record.message for record in caplog.records)
+
+
+def test_malformed_log_output_fails_soft(
+    scratch_repo: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    """(c) ANY parse anomaly (a commit date ``fromisoformat`` cannot
+    read) → ``{}`` (fail-soft) — the walk is all-or-nothing: a
+    partially parsed date map would be worse than none."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "scripts.git_sync.run_git",
+        lambda argv, cwd: "@@not-a-date\nb.md\n",
+    )
+    assert file_commit_dates(scratch_repo) == {}
+
+
+# --- the pure parser (canned git output — no git, no DB) -------------------
+
+
+def test_parser_first_sighting_wins_newest_first() -> None:
+    """The walk is newest-first, so the FIRST sighting of a path is
+    its last-commit date: ``b.md`` appears under both commits and keeps
+    the 2024 (newest) date; the 2020 ``a.md`` keeps 2020. Blank lines
+    (git's commit separators) are skipped."""
+    output = "\n".join(
+        [
+            "@@2024-06-15T10:00:00+00:00",
+            "",
+            "b.md",
+            "@@2020-01-02T03:04:06+00:00",
+            "",
+            "a.md",
+            "b.md",
+        ]
+    )
+    assert _parse_commit_dates(output) == {"a.md": DATE_A, "b.md": DATE_B}
+
+
+def test_parser_normalizes_paths() -> None:
+    """Path lines are whitespace-split (defensively - git's name-only
+    output is one path per line), backslash-normalized to ``/``, and a
+    leading ``/`` is stripped (repo-relative POSIX keys); the line is
+    stripped first."""
+    output = "\n".join(
+        [
+            "@@2024-06-15T10:00:00+00:00",
+            "",
+            "docs\\deep.md",
+            "/rooted.md",
+            "  padded.md  ",
+        ]
+    )
+    assert _parse_commit_dates(output) == {
+        "docs/deep.md": DATE_B,
+        "rooted.md": DATE_B,
+        "padded.md": DATE_B,
+    }
+
+
+def test_parser_rejects_path_before_header() -> None:
+    """A path line before ANY commit header is a malformed walk →
+    ``ValueError`` (the caller's fail-soft path turns it into
+    ``{}``)."""
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="before any commit header"):
+        _parse_commit_dates("stray.md\n@@2024-06-15T10:00:00+00:00\n")
+
+
+def test_parser_rejects_bad_date() -> None:
+    """A commit date ``fromisoformat`` cannot read → ``ValueError``
+    (ISO-strict ``%cI`` always parses — this is the anomaly guard)."""
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        _parse_commit_dates("@@yesterday\nb.md\n")
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_import_docs_git.py b/tests/integration/test_import_docs_git.py
index e84e0c2..a85b722 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_import_docs_git.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_import_docs_git.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re
 from collections.abc import Iterator
+from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -93,11 +94,13 @@ class FakeImportSources:
         limit: int | None = None,
         ignore_by_root: dict[str, list[str]] | None = None,  # phase 89
         include_hidden_by_root: dict[str, bool] | None = None,  # phase 105
+        doc_dates_by_root: dict[str, dict[str, datetime]] | None = None,  # phase 106
     ) -> ImportSummary:
         self.calls.append(
             {"sources": list(sources), "prune": prune, "limit": limit,
              "ignore_by_root": ignore_by_root,
-             "include_hidden_by_root": include_hidden_by_root}
+             "include_hidden_by_root": include_hidden_by_root,
+             "doc_dates_by_root": doc_dates_by_root}
         )
         return ImportSummary(files=1, added=1)
 
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ def test_resolve_sources_git_urls_cloned_into_sources_dir(
         sources_dir=str(tmp_path / "bor"),
     )
 
-    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, settings)
+    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map, date_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, settings)
 
     assert sources == [tmp_path / "bor" / "homelab", tmp_path / "bor" / "deploy"]
     assert ignore_map == {}  # phase 89: no row carries a list → empty map
@@ -204,6 +207,13 @@ def test_resolve_sources_git_urls_cloned_into_sources_dir(
         str(tmp_path / "bor" / "homelab"): False,
         str(tmp_path / "bor" / "deploy"): False,
     }
+    # Phase 106: git rows are listed with their checkout's date walk —
+    # the fake checkouts are not git repos, so the walk fails soft to
+    # ``{}`` (the importer would then take the mtime fallback).
+    assert date_map == {
+        str(tmp_path / "bor" / "homelab"): {},
+        str(tmp_path / "bor" / "deploy"): {},
+    }
     assert calls == [
         ("https://host/a/homelab.git", tmp_path / "bor" / "homelab"),
         ("git@host:user/deploy.git", tmp_path / "bor" / "deploy"),
@@ -218,11 +228,14 @@ def test_resolve_sources_cli_source_wins(
     settings = _settings(git_sources="https://host/a/repo.git")
     manual = tmp_path / "Manual"
 
-    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map = import_docs._resolve_sources([manual], settings)
+    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map, date_map = import_docs._resolve_sources([manual], settings)
 
     assert sources == [manual]
     assert ignore_map == {}  # phase 89: manual dirs have no rows → no ignore
     assert hidden_map == {}  # phase 105: manual dirs have no rows → hidden skipped
+    # Phase 106: manual dirs have no rows (no clone) → no date map
+    # entries (the importer's mtime fallback applies).
+    assert date_map == {}
     assert calls == []  # git is never touched when --source is given
 
 
@@ -243,12 +256,14 @@ def test_resolve_sources_db_rows_win_over_env(
         sources_dir=str(tmp_path / "bor"),
     )
 
-    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, settings)
+    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map, date_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, settings)
 
     assert sources == [tmp_path / "bor" / "only"]
     assert ignore_map == {}  # phase 89: no row carries a list → empty map
     # Phase 105: the default-flag row contributes its root with False (A4).
     assert hidden_map == {str(tmp_path / "bor" / "only"): False}
+    # Phase 106: the git row's (fake, non-repo) checkout fails soft → {}.
+    assert date_map == {str(tmp_path / "bor" / "only"): {}}
     assert calls == [("https://db.example/only.git", tmp_path / "bor" / "only")]
 
 
@@ -257,10 +272,13 @@ def test_resolve_sources_defaults_when_nothing_configured(
 ) -> None:
     # Both origins empty (the resolver's ``([], "env")``) → legacy dirs.
     monkeypatch.setattr(import_docs, "effective_sources", lambda db: ([], "env"))
-    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, _settings())
+    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map, date_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, _settings())
     assert sources == [p.expanduser() for p in import_docs.DEFAULT_SOURCES]
     assert ignore_map == {}  # phase 89: the legacy fallback has no rows
     assert hidden_map == {}  # phase 105: the legacy fallback has no rows
+    # Phase 106: the legacy fallback has no rows (no clone) → mtime
+    # fallback for every file.
+    assert date_map == {}
 
 
 def test_resolve_sources_rows_branch_builds_ignore_map(
@@ -286,13 +304,16 @@ def test_resolve_sources_rows_branch_builds_ignore_map(
     )
     settings = _settings(sources_dir=str(tmp_path / "bor"))
 
-    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, settings)
+    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map, date_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, settings)
 
     assert sources == [tmp_path / "bor" / "only", local_dir]
     # Keyed by the SAME string the importer sees (the root, not the name).
     assert ignore_map == {str(local_dir): ["ignore/"]}
     # Phase 105: both rows are flag-off → per-root False entries (A4).
     assert hidden_map == {str(tmp_path / "bor" / "only"): False, str(local_dir): False}
+    # Phase 106: ONLY the git row is listed (local rows take the mtime
+    # fallback); the fake checkout's date walk fails soft to ``{}``.
+    assert date_map == {str(tmp_path / "bor" / "only"): {}}
 
 
 def test_resolve_sources_two_rows_sharing_root_string_extend(
@@ -317,7 +338,7 @@ def test_resolve_sources_two_rows_sharing_root_string_extend(
     )
     settings = _settings(sources_dir=str(tmp_path / "bor"))
 
-    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, settings)
+    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map, date_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, settings)
 
     shared = str(tmp_path / "bor" / "shared")
     assert sources == [tmp_path / "bor" / "shared", tmp_path / "bor" / "shared"]
@@ -325,6 +346,10 @@ def test_resolve_sources_two_rows_sharing_root_string_extend(
     # Phase 105 collision: the shared root gets the OR of the flags —
     # both rows off here, so one False entry for the one root string.
     assert hidden_map == {shared: False}
+    # Phase 106 collision: both git rows resolve to the SAME root — one
+    # date walk for the one root string (last row's walk wins, both
+    # fail soft to ``{}`` for the fake checkout).
+    assert date_map == {shared: {}}
 
 
 def test_main_rows_branch_passes_ignore_map_to_import(
@@ -362,6 +387,9 @@ def test_main_rows_branch_passes_ignore_map_to_import(
     # Phase 105: the default-flag row passes the per-root map too — a
     # False entry, not an absent key (the importer reads it per root).
     assert call["include_hidden_by_root"] == {str(local_dir): False}
+    # Phase 106: the local-only resolution contributes no date map
+    # (no clone — the importer's mtime fallback applies).
+    assert call["doc_dates_by_root"] == {}
     assert call["prune"] is False  # the CLI's no-prune default is unchanged
 
 
@@ -539,6 +567,12 @@ def test_main_git_sources_clone_then_import(
         tmp_path / "bor" / "homelab",
         tmp_path / "bor" / "deploy",
     ]
+    # Phase 106: the git rows' (fake, non-repo) checkouts fail soft to
+    # ``{}`` — but the roots ARE listed (the CLI feeds the map).
+    assert fake_import.calls[0]["doc_dates_by_root"] == {
+        str(tmp_path / "bor" / "homelab"): {},
+        str(tmp_path / "bor" / "deploy"): {},
+    }
     for dest in (tmp_path / "bor" / "homelab", tmp_path / "bor" / "deploy"):
         assert (dest / "notes.md").is_file()
     # The final summary print reflects the import (added > 0).
@@ -574,6 +608,9 @@ def test_main_cli_source_still_imports_manual_dir(
     assert rc == 0
     assert calls == []
     assert fake_import.calls[0]["sources"] == [manual]
+    # Phase 106: manual --source has no rows (no clone) → no date map
+    # (the importer's mtime fallback applies).
+    assert fake_import.calls[0]["doc_dates_by_root"] == {}
     assert fake_import.calls[0]["prune"] is False
     # Phase 53: a manual --source run that changes the KB bumps exactly
     # once (the CLI is the other canonical sync path).
@@ -605,12 +642,15 @@ def test_resolve_sources_mixed_git_and_local(
         sources_dir=str(tmp_path / "bor"),
     )
 
-    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, settings)
+    sources, ignore_map, hidden_map, date_map = import_docs._resolve_sources(None, settings)
 
     assert sources == [tmp_path / "bor" / "only", local_dir]
     assert ignore_map == {}  # phase 89: neither row carries a list
     # Phase 105: both rows default-flag → per-root False entries (A4).
     assert hidden_map == {str(tmp_path / "bor" / "only"): False, str(local_dir): False}
+    # Phase 106: only the git row is listed (local takes the mtime
+    # fallback); the fake checkout's date walk fails soft to ``{}``.
+    assert date_map == {str(tmp_path / "bor" / "only"): {}}
     assert calls == [("https://db.example/only.git", tmp_path / "bor" / "only")]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_importer_dates.py b/tests/integration/test_importer_dates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e7822c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_importer_dates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+"""Integration: phase 106 (task 04) — the importer's date semantics on
+real Postgres.
+
+The backfill-correction case (D4, the owner's "on sync, update the
+date"): a row first imported with a "today" mtime (the shape every
+pre-phase-106 deployment has after the migration's
+``server_default=now()`` backfill) gets its REAL — older — date on the
+next sync even though the content did not change; the refresh is a
+date-only ``unchanged``, so the ``sources_meta`` generation the sync
+paths gate their bump on (``added + updated + pruned > 0``) stays put
+(seeded before, read after). The D1 manual lock and the prune
+interaction are pinned across the real DB boundary too.
+
+Deterministic in-process :class:`~tests.fakes.FakeEmbedder` — no
+network, no live model (the ``test_importer_e2e.py`` pattern).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import os
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from sqlalchemy import select, text
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from app.models import Document
+from app.rag.importer import import_sources
+from app.rag.sources_meta import current_sources_version
+from tests.fakes import FakeEmbedder
+
+#: mtime granularity tolerance (os.utime + stat round-trip).
+_TOL = timedelta(milliseconds=50)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _clean_kb(db: Session) -> Iterator[None]:
+    """Global KB state — truncated around every test (the
+    ``test_importer_e2e.py`` shape)."""
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE chunks, documents, query_log"))
+    db.commit()
+    yield
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE chunks, documents, query_log"))
+    db.commit()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _pin_sources_version(db: Session) -> Iterator[None]:
+    """The single-row ``sources_meta`` generation is global mutable
+    state — pin it to a known, non-zero value around every test so the
+    no-bump assertion proves the gate, not the seed."""
+    db.execute(text("UPDATE sources_meta SET version = 7 WHERE id = 1"))
+    db.commit()
+    yield
+    db.execute(text("UPDATE sources_meta SET version = 0 WHERE id = 1"))
+    db.commit()
+
+
+def _doc(db: Session, source: str, rel: str) -> Document:
+    doc = db.scalar(select(Document).where(Document.source == source, Document.path == rel))
+    assert doc is not None, f"no documents row for ({source!r}, {rel!r})"
+    return doc
+
+
+def test_unchanged_reimport_refreshes_backfilled_date_without_version_bump(
+    db: Session, tmp_path: Path
+) -> None:
+    """The backfill-correction case (D4), end to end on real Postgres.
+
+    Run 1: the file's mtime is "now" (the migration backfill shape) →
+    the row stores a today-date. The file is then ``os.utime``'d back
+    to 2019 with IDENTICAL content. Run 2: the row stores the 2019
+    date — ``added/updated/pruned`` all 0 (it is still ``unchanged``)
+    and ``dates_updated == 1``. Because the content counts did not
+    move, the ``sources_meta`` generation the sync paths bump on a
+    KB change stays exactly where it was seeded (7).
+    """
+    root = tmp_path / "Backfill"
+    root.mkdir()
+    file = root / "note.md"
+    file.write_text("# Note\n\nthe content never changes\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    assert current_sources_version(db) == 7  # the seeded generation
+
+    llm = FakeEmbedder()
+    first = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+    assert (first.added, first.unchanged, first.dates_updated) == (1, 0, 0)
+    # The backfill shape: the stored date is the "today" mtime.
+    stored = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md").created_at
+    assert abs(stored - datetime.now(UTC)) < timedelta(seconds=60)
+
+    real = datetime(2019, 3, 4, 8, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+    os.utime(file, (real.timestamp(), real.timestamp()))  # content identical
+
+    second = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+    # A date-only refresh: unchanged for every content gate.
+    assert (second.added, second.updated, second.pruned, second.unchanged) == (0, 0, 0, 1)
+    assert second.dates_updated == 1
+    db.expire_all()
+    doc = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md")
+    assert abs(doc.created_at - real) <= _TOL  # the real (OLDER) date stored
+    assert doc.created_at_manual is False
+    # The date-only refresh left the generation untouched — the
+    # ``added + updated + pruned > 0`` gate the sync paths use never
+    # fired (D4: no sources_meta bump, no regeneration).
+    assert current_sources_version(db) == 7
+
+
+def test_manual_date_survives_unchanged_reimport_on_real_db(
+    db: Session, tmp_path: Path
+) -> None:
+    """D1 across the DB boundary: the owner's correction
+    (``created_at_manual`` — task 05's API writes it) survives an
+    unchanged re-sync whose source date moved; the generation stays
+    put too (no write happened at all on that row)."""
+    root = tmp_path / "ManualKeep"
+    root.mkdir()
+    file = root / "note.md"
+    file.write_text("# Note\n\ncorrected by the owner\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    llm = FakeEmbedder()
+    first = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+    assert first.added == 1
+    correction = datetime(2024, 11, 30, 15, 45, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+    doc = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md")
+    doc.created_at = correction
+    doc.created_at_manual = True
+    db.commit()
+    ts = datetime(2018, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC).timestamp()
+    os.utime(file, (ts, ts))
+
+    second = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+    assert (second.added, second.updated, second.unchanged) == (0, 0, 1)
+    assert second.dates_updated == 0  # the correction was NOT refreshed
+    db.expire_all()
+    doc = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md")
+    assert doc.created_at == correction  # byte-identical (no rewrite)
+    assert doc.created_at_manual is True
+    assert current_sources_version(db) == 7
+
+
+def test_date_only_refresh_coexists_with_prune_on_real_db(
+    db: Session, tmp_path: Path
+) -> None:
+    """The matrix in one ``prune=True`` run (the sync button's shape):
+    a manual row survives untouched, a non-manual unchanged row gets
+    its date refreshed (counted in ``dates_updated`` only), and a
+    deleted file is still pruned — the content gates and the date
+    refresh compose without interfering."""
+    root = tmp_path / "Matrix"
+    root.mkdir()
+    kept_manual = root / "manual.md"
+    kept_manual.write_text("# Manual\n\nowner-corrected\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    kept_plain = root / "plain.md"
+    kept_plain.write_text("# Plain\n\nrefreshes\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    gone = root / "gone.md"
+    gone.write_text("# Gone\n\ndeleted upstream\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    llm = FakeEmbedder()
+    first = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db, prune=True))
+    assert first.added == 3
+
+    correction = datetime(2022, 7, 1, 10, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+    doc = _doc(db, root.name, "manual.md")
+    doc.created_at = correction
+    doc.created_at_manual = True
+    db.commit()
+    moved = datetime(2017, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, tzinfo=UTC)
+    os.utime(kept_plain, (moved.timestamp(), moved.timestamp()))
+    gone.unlink()  # deleted upstream
+
+    second = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db, prune=True))
+    # The refresh counts ONLY in dates_updated; the prune is a content
+    # count (so this run DOES advance the generation — the gate is on
+    # pruned, not on dates_updated).
+    assert (second.added, second.updated, second.unchanged, second.pruned) == (0, 0, 2, 1)
+    assert second.dates_updated == 1
+    db.expire_all()
+    manual = _doc(db, root.name, "manual.md")
+    assert manual.created_at == correction and manual.created_at_manual is True
+    plain = _doc(db, root.name, "plain.md")
+    assert abs(plain.created_at - moved) <= _TOL and plain.created_at_manual is False
+    # The pruned row is gone (the content gate did its job alongside the
+    # date refresh).
+    assert (
+        db.scalar(select(Document).where(Document.source == root.name, Document.path == "gone.md"))
+        is None
+    )
+    # The version the sync paths gate on was seeded, not advanced — this
+    # suite only runs ``import_sources`` (the bump lives in the entry
+    # points, which this run's ``pruned=1`` would trigger).
+    assert current_sources_version(db) == 7
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_migration_0020.py b/tests/integration/test_migration_0020.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15a23dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_migration_0020.py
@@ -0,0 +1,359 @@
+"""Integration: migration 0020 (documents.created_at / created_at_manual)
+schema contract (phase 106, task 01).
+
+Drives the **real Alembic engine** against the live dev database
+(``podman compose up -d db``), mirroring the house pattern of
+``test_migration_0019.py`` (information_schema assertions on the state the
+migration must leave). The tests target the 0019 → 0020 step explicitly so
+later migrations cannot break the pins:
+
+* upgrade 0019 → 0020 → both columns exist with the full contract —
+  ``created_at`` TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL, server default
+  ``now()``; ``created_at_manual`` BOOLEAN NOT NULL, server default
+  ``false`` — while the 0019 ``documents`` schema (incl. ``indexed_at``,
+  ``summary``) survives;
+* a ``documents`` row inserted while the DB is at 0019 backfills
+  ``created_at ≈ now()`` (the D1 backfill-to-today, within a few seconds
+  of the upgrade moment) and ``created_at_manual is False``; a row written
+  after the upgrade without the columns takes both server defaults;
+* the ORM contract agrees: a freshly inserted ``Document`` (nothing passed)
+  reads ``created_at_manual is False`` + non-null ``created_at``, and an
+  explicit ``created_at`` + ``created_at_manual=True`` round-trips through
+  a fresh session;
+* downgrade to 0019 → both columns GONE (A13) while the row + its content
+  survive; upgrade back to 0020 → both columns back (round-trip).
+
+The ``alembic`` fixture guarantees the DB ends at head even if a test
+fails or the process is interrupted.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import uuid
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+from typing import Any
+
+import pytest
+from alembic.config import Config
+from sqlalchemy import text
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from alembic import command
+from app.db import SessionLocal, db_available
+from app.models import Document
+
+SOURCE = "mig0020"
+CONTENT = "content here"
+CONTENT_HASH = hashlib.sha256(CONTENT.encode()).hexdigest()
+# The backfill is evaluated by the ALTER at the upgrade moment; the 5 s
+# slack each side absorbs test-process scheduling without weakening the
+# "≈ now()" pin (the DB and the test share the host clock).
+SLACK = timedelta(seconds=5)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def alembic(db: Session) -> Iterator[Config]:
+    """Real Alembic config bound to the dev DB (URL from app settings).
+
+    Starts at head (repairs an interrupted earlier run); teardown upgrades
+    to head no matter what happened, so the dev DB is never left below
+    head.
+    """
+    if not db_available():
+        pytest.skip("Postgres not reachable — run `podman compose up -d db` first")
+    cfg = Config()  # no alembic.ini file — env.py gets the URL from app config
+    cfg.set_main_option("script_location", "alembic")
+    command.upgrade(cfg, "head")
+    try:
+        yield cfg
+    finally:
+        # Release the test session's open transaction BEFORE the repair
+        # DDL: an idle-in-transaction SELECT holds an ACCESS SHARE lock
+        # on ``documents``, which would deadlock the repair's
+        # ``ALTER TABLE`` (0020) forever.
+        db.rollback()
+        command.upgrade(cfg, "head")
+
+
+def _version(db: Session) -> str | None:
+    return db.execute(text("SELECT version_num FROM alembic_version")).scalar()
+
+
+def _column(db: Session, column: str) -> tuple[Any, ...] | None:
+    """(data_type, is_nullable, column_default) for one documents column."""
+    row = db.execute(
+        text(
+            "SELECT data_type, is_nullable, column_default"
+            " FROM information_schema.columns"
+            " WHERE table_name = 'documents' AND column_name = :c"
+        ),
+        {"c": column},
+    ).fetchone()
+    return tuple(row) if row is not None else None
+
+
+def _row_dates(db: Session, path: str) -> tuple[Any, Any]:
+    """(created_at, created_at_manual) for one documents row."""
+    row = db.execute(
+        text("SELECT created_at, created_at_manual FROM documents WHERE path = :p"),
+        {"p": path},
+    ).fetchone()
+    assert row is not None, f"documents row {path!r} must exist"
+    return row[0], row[1]
+
+
+def _insert_sql(db: Session, path: str) -> uuid.UUID:
+    """Insert one documents row (the pre-0020 column shape — the new
+    columns, when present, are omitted so the server defaults apply)."""
+    doc_id = uuid.uuid4()
+    db.execute(
+        text(
+            "INSERT INTO documents (id, source, path, full_path, title, content,"
+            " content_hash) VALUES (:id, :s, :p, :fp, :t, :c, :h)"
+        ),
+        {
+            "id": doc_id,
+            "s": SOURCE,
+            "p": path,
+            "fp": f"/tmp/{path}",
+            "t": f"Doc {path}",
+            "c": CONTENT,
+            "h": CONTENT_HASH,
+        },
+    )
+    db.commit()
+    return doc_id
+
+
+def _delete_by_path(db: Session, path: str) -> None:
+    db.execute(text("DELETE FROM documents WHERE path = :p"), {"p": path})
+    db.commit()
+
+
+def test_upgrade_to_0020_adds_created_at(db: Session, alembic: Config) -> None:
+    """Upgrade 0019 → 0020: both columns exist with the full contract
+    (``created_at`` TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL default ``now()``;
+    ``created_at_manual`` BOOLEAN NOT NULL default ``false``), are ABSENT
+    at 0019, a pre-0020 row backfills ``created_at ≈ now()`` + the
+    manual flag ``false`` (D1), a new row without the columns takes both
+    server defaults, and an explicit ``true`` round-trips — while the
+    0019 table contract (``indexed_at``, ``summary``) survives."""
+    command.downgrade(alembic, "0019")  # start from the pre-0020 state
+    assert _version(db) == "0019"
+    assert _column(db, "created_at") is None, "created_at must be absent at 0019"
+    assert _column(db, "created_at_manual") is None, (
+        "created_at_manual must be absent at 0019"
+    )
+
+    path_pre = "pre-existing.md"
+    _insert_sql(db, path_pre)  # no created_at* columns exist at 0019
+    try:
+        window_start = datetime.now(UTC)
+        command.upgrade(alembic, "0020")
+        window_end = datetime.now(UTC)
+        assert _version(db) == "0020", "alembic_version must be at 0020"
+
+        created = _column(db, "created_at")
+        assert created is not None, "documents.created_at is missing"
+        assert created[0] == "timestamp with time zone", (
+            "created_at must be TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE"
+        )
+        assert created[1] == "NO", "created_at must be NOT NULL"
+        assert created[2] is not None and "now()" in str(created[2]), (
+            "created_at must carry the `now()` server default"
+        )
+
+        manual = _column(db, "created_at_manual")
+        assert manual is not None, "documents.created_at_manual is missing"
+        assert manual[0] == "boolean", "created_at_manual must be BOOLEAN"
+        assert manual[1] == "NO", "created_at_manual must be NOT NULL"
+        assert manual[2] is not None and "false" in str(manual[2]), (
+            "created_at_manual must carry the `false` server default"
+        )
+
+        # The pre-0020 row backfilled created_at ≈ now() (D1 — the owner's
+        # "set it to today's date during the migration") + flag false.
+        backfilled, manual_pre = _row_dates(db, path_pre)
+        assert backfilled is not None, "the backfilled created_at must be non-null"
+        assert backfilled.tzinfo is not None, "created_at must be tz-aware"
+        backfilled_utc = backfilled.astimezone(UTC)
+        assert window_start - SLACK <= backfilled_utc <= window_end + SLACK, (
+            f"the backfill must be ≈ the upgrade moment (got {backfilled_utc})"
+        )
+        assert manual_pre is False, (
+            "the backfilled row must read created_at_manual is False"
+        )
+
+        # A row written without the columns takes both server defaults.
+        path_new = "new-row.md"
+        _insert_sql(db, path_new)
+        try:
+            created_new, manual_new = _row_dates(db, path_new)
+            assert created_new is not None
+            created_new_utc = created_new.astimezone(UTC)
+            assert window_end - SLACK <= created_new_utc <= datetime.now(UTC) + SLACK, (
+                f"an omitted created_at takes the `now()` server default"
+                f" (got {created_new_utc})"
+            )
+            assert manual_new is False, (
+                "an omitted flag takes the `false` server default"
+            )
+
+            # The flag round-trips through an explicit ``true``.
+            db.execute(
+                text("UPDATE documents SET created_at_manual = true WHERE path = :p"),
+                {"p": path_new},
+            )
+            db.commit()
+            assert _row_dates(db, path_new)[1] is True, (
+                "created_at_manual = true must round-trip"
+            )
+        finally:
+            _delete_by_path(db, path_new)
+
+        # The 0019 schema survives the additive upgrade.
+        indexed = _column(db, "indexed_at")
+        assert indexed is not None, "documents.indexed_at (0001) must survive the upgrade"
+        assert indexed[0] == "timestamp with time zone" and indexed[1] == "NO", (
+            "documents.indexed_at (0001) must keep its 0019 contract after the upgrade"
+        )
+        summary = _column(db, "summary")
+        assert summary is not None and summary[0] == "text" and summary[1] == "YES", (
+            "documents.summary (0004) must survive the upgrade"
+        )
+    finally:
+        _delete_by_path(db, path_pre)
+
+
+def test_orm_fresh_row_defaults_and_explicit_round_trips(
+    db: Session, alembic: Config
+) -> None:
+    """The ORM contract agrees with the column contract: a freshly
+    inserted ``Document`` (nothing passed for the new columns) reads
+    ``created_at_manual is False`` + non-null ``created_at`` (the server
+    default took effect — D1), and an explicit ``created_at`` +
+    ``created_at_manual=True`` round-trips through a fresh session."""
+    command.upgrade(alembic, "head")
+    path_default = "orm-default.md"
+    path_explicit = "orm-explicit.md"
+    try:
+        # Fresh row, both new columns omitted → server/Python defaults.
+        row_default = Document(
+            source=SOURCE,
+            path=path_default,
+            full_path=f"/tmp/{path_default}",
+            title="Default",
+            content=CONTENT,
+            content_hash=CONTENT_HASH,
+        )
+        db.add(row_default)
+        db.commit()
+        db.expire_all()
+        reloaded_default = db.get(Document, row_default.id)
+        assert reloaded_default is not None, "the fresh row must be readable"
+        assert reloaded_default.created_at is not None, (
+            "a fresh row must read a non-null created_at (server default)"
+        )
+        assert reloaded_default.created_at_manual is False, (
+            "a fresh row must read created_at_manual is False"
+        )
+
+        # Explicit created_at + created_at_manual=True round-trip through
+        # a FRESH session.
+        explicit = datetime(2020, 6, 15, 12, 30, 45, 123456, tzinfo=UTC)
+        row_explicit = Document(
+            source=SOURCE,
+            path=path_explicit,
+            full_path=f"/tmp/{path_explicit}",
+            title="Explicit",
+            content=CONTENT,
+            content_hash=CONTENT_HASH,
+            created_at=explicit,
+            created_at_manual=True,
+        )
+        db.add(row_explicit)
+        db.commit()
+        with SessionLocal() as fresh:
+            reloaded = fresh.get(Document, row_explicit.id)
+            assert reloaded is not None, "the row must exist in a fresh session"
+            assert reloaded.created_at is not None
+            assert reloaded.created_at.astimezone(UTC) == explicit, (
+                "the explicit created_at must round-trip through the DB"
+            )
+            assert reloaded.created_at_manual is True, (
+                "created_at_manual=True must round-trip through the DB"
+            )
+    finally:
+        _delete_by_path(db, path_default)
+        _delete_by_path(db, path_explicit)
+
+
+def test_downgrade_to_0019_drops_the_columns(db: Session, alembic: Config) -> None:
+    """Downgrade 0020 → 0019: both columns are gone (A13 — fully
+    reversible) while the row + its content survive, and the rest of the
+    0019 table contract (``indexed_at``) is intact."""
+    command.upgrade(alembic, "head")
+    path = "survivor.md"
+    _insert_sql(db, path)
+    try:
+        command.downgrade(alembic, "0019")
+        assert _version(db) == "0019"
+        assert _column(db, "created_at") is None, "created_at must be dropped"
+        assert _column(db, "created_at_manual") is None, (
+            "created_at_manual must be dropped"
+        )
+        row = db.execute(
+            text(
+                "SELECT path, title, content, content_hash, indexed_at"
+                " FROM documents WHERE path = :p"
+            ),
+            {"p": path},
+        ).fetchone()
+        assert row is not None and row[0] == path, (
+            "the row must survive the column drops"
+        )
+        assert row[1] == "Doc survivor.md" and row[2] == CONTENT, (
+            "title + content must survive the column drops"
+        )
+        assert row[3] == CONTENT_HASH, "the content hash must survive the drop"
+        assert row[4] is not None, "indexed_at must survive the column drops"
+
+        indexed = _column(db, "indexed_at")
+        assert indexed is not None and indexed[0] == "timestamp with time zone", (
+            "documents.indexed_at must survive the downgrade"
+        )
+    finally:
+        _delete_by_path(db, path)
+    # Repair: the fixture teardown re-upgrades to head.
+
+
+def test_upgrade_round_trip_restores_the_columns(db: Session, alembic: Config) -> None:
+    """Downgrade to 0019, then upgrade back to 0020: both columns are
+    back with the full contract (TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL default ``now()``;
+    BOOLEAN NOT NULL default ``false``)."""
+    command.downgrade(alembic, "0019")
+    command.upgrade(alembic, "0020")
+    assert _version(db) == "0020", "round-trip upgrade must land at 0020"
+
+    created = _column(db, "created_at")
+    assert created is not None, "documents.created_at must be back"
+    assert created[0] == "timestamp with time zone", (
+        "created_at must be TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE after the round-trip"
+    )
+    assert created[1] == "NO", "created_at must be NOT NULL after the round-trip"
+    assert created[2] is not None and "now()" in str(created[2]), (
+        "the `now()` server default must survive the round-trip"
+    )
+
+    manual = _column(db, "created_at_manual")
+    assert manual is not None, "documents.created_at_manual must be back"
+    assert manual[0] == "boolean", (
+        "created_at_manual must be BOOLEAN after the round-trip"
+    )
+    assert manual[1] == "NO", (
+        "created_at_manual must be NOT NULL after the round-trip"
+    )
+    assert manual[2] is not None and "false" in str(manual[2]), (
+        "the `false` server default must survive the round-trip"
+    )
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_recency_boost.py b/tests/integration/test_recency_boost.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec176a4
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+++ b/tests/integration/test_recency_boost.py
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+"""Integration: the D6 recency boost against real Postgres (phase 106,
+task 07 — the "fine line" battery, the owner's warning pinned
+permanently).
+
+The owner's scenario (2026-09-13): "make sure to test with documents
+that have the correct answer but are older against documents that are
+similar and newer but don't quit correctly answer the question."
+Deterministic axis vectors (the ``test_name_hit_lexical.py`` idiom —
+exact cosines) pin every fused score to a known rank pair, so the
+margins below are exact floats, not flaky measurements.
+
+**Measured geometry (recorded per task step 4/5):**
+
+* Owner scenario — A (``backups/retention.md``, created 2020-01-01,
+  the exact answer, cosine 1.0) lands at vector rank 1 + FTS rank 1
+  (fused 0.03278689); B (``backups/retention-draft.md``, created
+  yesterday, the "under review, no decision yet" draft, cosine
+  0.707107) lands at vector rank 10 + FTS rank 3 (fused 0.03015873 —
+  a solid FTS hit at rank 3, as the task describes). Pre-boost fused
+  margin **A−B = 0.00262816** (asserted ≥ 3× the zero-age boost =
+  0.002100 at the default → ratio 1.25, the "comfortable margin").
+* Twin near-tie — C (``twin/c-older.md``, 2019) and D
+  (``twin/d-newer.md``, yesterday) with IDENTICAL chunk text and
+  near-identical vectors (cosine 1.0 vs 0.9999 — a literal identical
+  vector ties the vector list's ``ORDER BY distance``, which Postgres
+  resolves arbitrarily, and a permanent pin may not depend on that)
+  sit one adjacent rank step apart in BOTH lists: base gap
+  **C−D = 2/61 − 2/62 = 0.00052882** — a true near-tie on the RRF
+  scale.
+* The DEFAULT was tuned from the design starting point (0.001) down to
+  **0.0007** (task step 5: "tune the DEFAULTS … until old-correct wins
+  comfortably"): on the k=60 scale the owner scenario's margin is
+  0.00262816 < 3×0.001, and a 0.001 zero-age boost (+0.000997 for a
+  yesterday doc) would have FLIPPED the pinned scenario. 0.0007 keeps
+  the flip margin comfortable (0.000698 > 0.00052882, lead
+  +0.000169) while staying 1.25× under the 3×-boost margin bar. The
+  owner re-tunes live via ``BOR_RECENCY_BOOST``.
+
+Requires: ``podman compose up -d db``.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import math
+import uuid
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+from typing import Any
+
+import pytest
+from sqlalchemy import text
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from app.config import Settings, get_settings
+from app.models import Chunk, Document
+from app.rag import retriever
+from app.rag.retriever import (
+    _lexical_candidates,
+    _vector_candidates,
+    fuse,
+    retrieve,
+    select_documents,
+)
+
+QUESTION = "How did I configure the backup retention policy?"
+
+#: 768-dim test vectors (the pgvector column's dimension) — axis unit
+#: vectors so the cosines are exact (1.0 parallel, 0.7071 half-parallel,
+#: and constructed unit vectors with exact cosine ``q``).
+D = 768
+
+def _vec(axis: int, second: bool = False) -> list[float]:
+    v = [0.0] * D
+    v[axis] = 1.0
+    if second:
+        v[axis + 1] = 1.0
+    return v
+
+
+def _cos_vec(axis: int, q: float, side: int | None = None) -> list[float]:
+    """A unit vector with EXACT cosine ``q`` against the axis unit vector."""
+    v = [0.0] * D
+    v[axis] = q
+    v[axis + (side if side is not None else 1)] = math.sqrt(max(0.0, 1.0 - q * q))
+    return v
+
+
+A_TEXT = (
+    "The backup retention policy: I configured restic on the homelab NAS "
+    "with 35 daily, 12 weekly and 12 monthly backups kept. The backup "
+    "retention policy was configured in /etc/retention.conf and the "
+    "configured schedule is reviewed every quarter."
+)
+#: Similar-but-wrong: shares the topic tokens, NO answer (no "configured").
+B_TEXT = "Draft: the backup retention policy is under review, no decision yet."
+#: The FTS rank-2 decoy: the topic tokens at a higher ts_rank than B.
+REVIEW_TEXT = (
+    "backup retention policy review: the backup retention policy needs a "
+    "refresh, backup retention policy discussion notes, backup retention "
+    "policy follow-up planned."
+)
+NOTE_TEXT = "backup note {i}: a single word of shared vocabulary."
+F2_TEXT = "nfs snapshot notes: the policy for nfs shares is to snapshot nightly."
+
+#: The twins' IDENTICAL chunk body (both match the question's tsquery).
+TWIN_TEXT = (
+    "Twin document for the recency battery: the backup retention policy is "
+    "configured the same way here."
+)
+
+
+def _seed(
+    db: Session,
+    path: str,
+    title: str,
+    content: str,
+    created_at: datetime,
+    embedding: list[float],
+    source: str = "Homelab",
+) -> None:
+    doc = Document(
+        id=uuid.uuid4(),
+        source=source,
+        path=path,
+        full_path=f"/tmp/{path}",
+        title=title,
+        content=content,
+        content_hash="0" * 64,
+        indexed_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        created_at=created_at,
+    )
+    db.add(doc)
+    db.flush()
+    chunk = Chunk(
+        id=uuid.uuid4(), document_id=doc.id, position=0, content=content
+    )
+    db.add(chunk)
+    db.flush()
+    chunk.embedding = embedding
+
+
+#: The question's vector (synthetic — ``retrieve`` takes it as an arg):
+#: the axis unit vector, so the seeded cosines are exact.
+QUESTION_VEC = _vec(5)
+
+
+def _boost_settings(**overrides: Any) -> Settings:
+    """The live settings with the recency knobs overridden (the house
+    settings-override pattern — ``Settings(_env_file=None, …)``)."""
+    live = get_settings()
+    kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "recency_boost": live.recency_boost,
+        "recency_half_life_days": live.recency_half_life_days,
+    }
+    kwargs.update(overrides)
+    return Settings(_env_file=None, **kwargs)  # pyright: ignore[reportCallIssue]
+
+
+def _boost_off(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """Patch the retriever's settings to the kill switch (``0`` = off)."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        retriever, "get_settings", lambda: _boost_settings(recency_boost=0.0)
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def owner_kb(db) -> Iterator[None]:
+    """THE owner scenario: the older doc that ANSWERS (A, 2020) vs the
+    newer doc that merely resembles the topic (B, yesterday) — plus the
+    KB of similar-but-not-answering backup docs that push B to vector
+    rank 10 while keeping it a solid FTS hit at rank 3 (the task's
+    described shape)."""
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE chunks, documents"))
+    db.commit()
+    _seed(
+        db, "backups/retention.md", "backup retention", A_TEXT,
+        datetime(2020, 1, 1, tzinfo=UTC), _vec(5),
+    )
+    for i, q in enumerate((0.99, 0.98, 0.97, 0.96, 0.95, 0.94, 0.93, 0.92)):
+        _seed(
+            db, f"backups/notes/n{i:02d}.md", f"backup note {i}",
+            NOTE_TEXT.format(i=i), datetime(2021 + i % 3, 1, 1 + i, tzinfo=UTC),
+            _cos_vec(5, q),
+        )
+    _seed(
+        db, "backups/retention-review.md", "retention review", REVIEW_TEXT,
+        datetime(2021, 3, 5, tzinfo=UTC), _cos_vec(5, 0.5),
+    )
+    _seed(
+        db, "backups/retention-draft.md", "retention draft", B_TEXT,
+        datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(days=1), _vec(5, second=True),
+    )
+    _seed(
+        db, "backups/nfs-snapshots.md", "nfs snapshots", F2_TEXT,
+        datetime(2022, 6, 10, tzinfo=UTC), _cos_vec(5, 0.4),
+    )
+    db.commit()
+    yield
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE chunks, documents"))
+    db.commit()
+
+
+def _seed_twins(db: Session, d_created_at: datetime) -> None:
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE chunks, documents"))
+    db.commit()
+    _seed(
+        db, "twin/c-older.md", "twin c", TWIN_TEXT,
+        datetime(2019, 6, 1, tzinfo=UTC), _vec(5), source="twin",
+    )
+    _seed(
+        db, "twin/d-newer.md", "twin d", TWIN_TEXT, d_created_at,
+        _cos_vec(5, 0.9999), source="twin",
+    )
+    db.commit()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def twins(db) -> Iterator[None]:
+    """The near-tie pair: IDENTICAL text, near-identical vectors, C
+    (2019) older and base-ranked first, D (yesterday) newer."""
+    _seed_twins(db, datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(days=1))
+    yield
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE chunks, documents"))
+    db.commit()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def twins_aged(db) -> Iterator[None]:
+    """The same pair with D aged to ``half_life + 365`` days (730 at the
+    default — two half-lives, the boost decayed to ``e**-2`` ≈ 0.135 of
+    the full weight)."""
+    half_life = get_settings().recency_half_life_days
+    _seed_twins(db, datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(days=half_life + 365))
+    yield
+    db.execute(text("TRUNCATE chunks, documents"))
+    db.commit()
+
+
+def test_owner_scenario_old_correct_beats_new_similar(
+    owner_kb, db, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    """THE owner scenario, pinned at the DEFAULTS: the older doc that
+    answers ranks above the newer similar one — AND the pre-boost fused
+    margin is ≥ 3× the zero-age boost (the "comfortable margin"; the
+    measured 0.00262816 vs the 0.0021 bar is recorded in the module
+    docstring). Re-pinned with the boost OFF: relevance alone already
+    ordered them (no regression — the boost is not what makes A win)."""
+    chunks = retrieve(db, QUESTION, QUESTION_VEC)
+    assert select_documents(chunks, n=2)[0].path == "backups/retention.md"
+
+    # The pre-boost fused scores, computed via ``fuse`` directly.
+    s = get_settings()
+    vector = _vector_candidates(db, QUESTION_VEC, s.hybrid_vector_candidates)
+    lexical = _lexical_candidates(db, QUESTION, s.hybrid_lexical_candidates)
+    fused = fuse(vector, lexical, s.rrf_k)
+    by_path = {rc.document.path: rc.score for rc in fused}
+    margin = by_path["backups/retention.md"] - by_path["backups/retention-draft.md"]
+    assert margin >= 3 * s.recency_boost
+
+    # The kill switch: A still first (relevance alone), and the
+    # weight-0 scores are the pre-phase fused scores byte-identical.
+    _boost_off(monkeypatch)
+    chunks_off = retrieve(db, QUESTION, QUESTION_VEC)
+    assert select_documents(chunks_off, n=2)[0].path == "backups/retention.md"
+    assert {rc.chunk_id: rc.score for rc in chunks_off} == {
+        rc.chunk_id: rc.score for rc in fused
+    }
+
+
+def test_near_tie_flips_toward_the_newer_with_the_boost(
+    twins, db, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    """The boost is REAL: a near-tie (one RRF rank step apart in both
+    lists, base gap 0.00052882 favoring the OLDER document) flips
+    toward the NEWER one with the boost on (D's yesterday boost
+    0.000698 > the gap), and the pre-phase order (C first) stands with
+    the boost off — proving the boost, not drift, is the
+    differentiator."""
+    chunks = retrieve(db, QUESTION, QUESTION_VEC)
+    assert [d.path for d in select_documents(chunks, n=2)] == [
+        "twin/d-newer.md",
+        "twin/c-older.md",
+    ]
+    _boost_off(monkeypatch)
+    chunks_off = retrieve(db, QUESTION, QUESTION_VEC)
+    assert [d.path for d in select_documents(chunks_off, n=2)] == [
+        "twin/c-older.md",
+        "twin/d-newer.md",
+    ]
+
+
+def test_the_boost_fades_with_age_end_to_end(twins_aged, db) -> None:
+    """Decay end to end: the same pair with D aged to two half-lives
+    (730 days) — D's boost decays to ``weight·e**-2`` ≈ 0.135×weight
+    (the task's e^-3 figure assumed three half-lives; 730/365 = 2),
+    which is BELOW the base gap — C (older) is first again. Recency is
+    an age signal, not a binary: the faded boost still shows in D's
+    effective score (pinned to the analytic decay), it just no longer
+    overcomes a real (near-)tie."""
+    chunks = retrieve(db, QUESTION, QUESTION_VEC)
+    assert [d.path for d in select_documents(chunks, n=2)] == [
+        "twin/c-older.md",
+        "twin/d-newer.md",
+    ]
+    # Magnitude pin: D's observed boost == the analytic decayed weight
+    # (the fixture ages D by exactly half_life + 365 days; the
+    # retrieve()-time drift is microseconds, far inside the tolerance).
+    s = get_settings()
+    vector = _vector_candidates(db, QUESTION_VEC, s.hybrid_vector_candidates)
+    lexical = _lexical_candidates(db, QUESTION, s.hybrid_lexical_candidates)
+    fused = {rc.document.path: rc.score for rc in fuse(vector, lexical, s.rrf_k)}
+    boosted = {rc.document.path: rc.score for rc in chunks}
+    age_days = s.recency_half_life_days + 365
+    observed = boosted["twin/d-newer.md"] - fused["twin/d-newer.md"]
+    assert observed == pytest.approx(
+        s.recency_boost * math.exp(-age_days / s.recency_half_life_days),
+        rel=1e-3,
+    )
+    # And the faded boost is far below the full weight (e^-2 ≈ 0.135).
+    assert observed < 0.2 * s.recency_boost
+
+
+def test_the_a8_cosine_gate_input_is_untouched_by_the_boost(
+    owner_kb, db, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    """The boost is score-side ONLY: every chunk's ``cosine`` — the A8
+    honesty-gate input and the ``query_log.top_score`` source — is
+    byte-identical with the boost on vs off (asserted per chunk)."""
+    chunks_on = retrieve(db, QUESTION, QUESTION_VEC)
+    cosines_on = {rc.chunk_id: rc.cosine for rc in chunks_on}
+    _boost_off(monkeypatch)
+    chunks_off = retrieve(db, QUESTION, QUESTION_VEC)
+    cosines_off = {rc.chunk_id: rc.cosine for rc in chunks_off}
+    assert cosines_on == cosines_off
+    # The gate input for this question: the answering document's exact
+    # axis (cosine 1.0) — unchanged by the re-rank.
+    assert max(cosines_on.values()) == 1.0
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_sync_api.py b/tests/integration/test_sync_api.py
index 8024a66..34ab8c2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_sync_api.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_sync_api.py
@@ -268,6 +268,11 @@ class FakeImportSources:
         # keying; a shared-root collision ORs — if either row says
         # "index hidden", the root does).
         self.include_hidden_maps: list[dict[str, bool]] = []
+        # Phase 106: the per-root source-date map the runner builds
+        # from ``file_commit_dates`` after each git clone (git rows
+        # only, same root-string keying; local rows contribute
+        # nothing).
+        self.doc_dates_maps: list[dict[str, dict[str, datetime]]] = []
 
     async def __call__(
         self,
@@ -280,6 +285,7 @@ class FakeImportSources:
         progress: Callable[[str, str, int, int], None] | None = None,
         ignore_by_root: dict[str, list[str]] | None = None,
         include_hidden_by_root: dict[str, bool] | None = None,
+        doc_dates_by_root: dict[str, dict[str, datetime]] | None = None,  # phase 106
     ) -> ImportSummary:
         self.sources.append(list(sources))
         self.llms.append(llm)
@@ -287,6 +293,7 @@ class FakeImportSources:
         self.progress_hooks.append(progress)
         self.ignore_maps.append(ignore_by_root or {})
         self.include_hidden_maps.append(include_hidden_by_root or {})
+        self.doc_dates_maps.append(doc_dates_by_root or {})
         if self.delay:
             await asyncio.sleep(self.delay)
         return self.summary
@@ -453,9 +460,14 @@ def test_admin_sync_success_reports_full_detail(
     assert body["detail"] == {
         "files": 5, "added": 1, "updated": 2, "unchanged": 2, "pruned": 3,
         "errors": 0, "chunks": 11, "summaries": 1, "summary_errors": 0,
+        "dates_updated": 0,  # phase 106: additive key, after summary_errors
         "overview": True,
         "sources_version": 1,  # phase 53: changed KB → exactly one bump (0 → 1)
     }
+    # Phase 106: the runner feeds the per-root date map — the fake
+    # checkout is not a git repo, so ``file_commit_dates`` fails soft
+    # to ``{}`` for the one git row (root-keyed).
+    assert fake_import.doc_dates_maps == [{str(tmp_path / "bor" / "repo"): {}}]
     # The bump committed: the counter advanced exactly once, not twice.
     assert current_sources_version(db) == 1
     # Git: the configured repo was cloned into BOR_SOURCES_DIR//.
@@ -607,6 +619,7 @@ class _GatedImport:
         progress: Callable[[str, str, int, int], None] | None = None,
         ignore_by_root: dict[str, list[str]] | None = None,
         include_hidden_by_root: dict[str, bool] | None = None,
+        doc_dates_by_root: dict[str, dict[str, datetime]] | None = None,  # phase 106
     ) -> ImportSummary:
         if progress is not None:
             progress("repo", "notes/deep.md", 1, 3)
@@ -1148,6 +1161,7 @@ def test_import_error_is_reported_with_credentials_masked(
         progress: Callable[[str, str, int, int], None] | None = None,
         ignore_by_root: dict[str, list[str]] | None = None,
         include_hidden_by_root: dict[str, bool] | None = None,
+        doc_dates_by_root: dict[str, dict[str, datetime]] | None = None,  # phase 106
     ) -> ImportSummary:
         raise EmbeddingError(
             "embeddings request to https://user:secret@aipi.reeseapps.com/v1 "
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_sync_folder_summaries.py b/tests/integration/test_sync_folder_summaries.py
index 62c4620..75814c5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_sync_folder_summaries.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_sync_folder_summaries.py
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ def test_api_changed_sync_generates_folder_rows(
     # No new sync-status surface: the detail keeps its exact key set.
     assert set(body["detail"]) == {
         "files", "added", "updated", "unchanged", "pruned", "errors",
-        "chunks", "summaries", "summary_errors", "overview",
+        "chunks", "summaries", "summary_errors", "dates_updated", "overview",
         "sources_version",
     }
     assert body["detail"]["files"] == 2
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ def test_api_unchanged_resync_with_gap_fills_only_the_missing_row(
     # No new sync-status surface: the detail keeps its exact key set.
     assert set(body["detail"]) == {
         "files", "added", "updated", "unchanged", "pruned", "errors",
-        "chunks", "summaries", "summary_errors", "overview",
+        "chunks", "summaries", "summary_errors", "dates_updated", "overview",
         "sources_version",
     }
     # Phase 98 (task 01): the progress hook fired on the UNCHANGED-KB
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_agent.py b/tests/unit/test_agent.py
index bb0f1dc..47a22ab 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_agent.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_agent.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import logging
 import uuid
 from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, AsyncIterator, Sequence
 from copy import deepcopy
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
 
 import pytest
@@ -72,6 +73,13 @@ def _settings(**kwargs: Any) -> Settings:
     return Settings(**kwargs)  # pyright: ignore[reportCallIssue]
 
 
+#: The fixture documents' fixed creation date (phase 106, D5): the
+#: agent formats ``doc.created_at`` on the ``read`` result's second
+#: line — the detached fixture rows carry it exactly as the NOT NULL
+#: DB column guarantees it for real rows.
+_FIXTURE_CREATED_AT = datetime(2024, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+
 def _doc(source: str, path: str, title: str = "Title", content: str = "CONTENT") -> Document:
     return Document(
         id=uuid.uuid4(),
@@ -81,6 +89,7 @@ def _doc(source: str, path: str, title: str = "Title", content: str = "CONTENT")
         title=title,
         content=content,
         content_hash="0" * 64,
+        created_at=_FIXTURE_CREATED_AT,
     )
 
 
@@ -438,7 +447,9 @@ def test_ls_then_read_then_answer(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     # lookup, no self-correction candidates (phase 70).
     assert calls == [("Homelab", "aws-route53.md")]
 
-    # The follow-up request carries the assistant tool-call + tool result.
+    # The follow-up request carries the assistant tool-call + tool
+    # result (phase 106, D5: the ``date:`` second line rides every
+    # read — the first line is byte-identical).
     msgs = llm.requests[1][0]
     assert msgs[0] == {"role": "system", "content": "SYSTEM_PROMPT"}
     assert msgs[1] == {"role": "user", "content": "QUESTION"}
@@ -468,7 +479,11 @@ def test_ls_then_read_then_answer(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     assert msgs[5] == {
         "role": "tool",
         "tool_call_id": "call_2",
-        "content": "Document Homelab/aws-route53.md:\nR53-CONTENT",  # full text, no cap
+        "content": (
+            "Document Homelab/aws-route53.md:\n"
+            "date: 2024-06-15\n"
+            "R53-CONTENT"
+        ),  # full text, no cap (date: the D5 second line)
     }
 
 
@@ -641,14 +656,14 @@ def test_ls_source_scope_lists_root_folder(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> N
     """A registered source name (no ``/``): the source's ROOT folder —
     subfolders (2-space-indented, path order, ``: {summary}`` only when
     stored) + the root's own file lines in EXACTLY the
-    ``source: X | path: Y | title: Z`` format — the pinned template,
-    counted."""
+    ``source: X | path: Y | title: Z | date: YYYY-MM-DD`` format (the
+    phase-106 D5 appended date field) — the pinned template, counted."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         agent,
         "ls_folder",
         lambda db, source, folder: (
             [("backups", 2, "Backup notes."), ("networking", 1, None)],
-            [("Homelab", "readme.md", "Readme")],
+            [("Homelab", "readme.md", "Readme", "2024-06-15")],
             1,
         ),
     )
@@ -665,7 +680,7 @@ def test_ls_source_scope_lists_root_folder(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> N
         "  backups/ — 2 documents: Backup notes.\n"
         "  networking/ — 1 documents\n"
         "\n"
-        "source: Homelab | path: readme.md | title: Readme"
+        "source: Homelab | path: readme.md | title: Readme | date: 2024-06-15"
     )
     assert holder.tool_calls == 1
 
@@ -677,11 +692,11 @@ def test_ls_nested_folder_scope_lists_one_level_deeper(
     lines, identity = ``source/folder`` (the same template as the
     root), counted; the fetchers are the source-scoped ones."""
 
-    def _rows(db: Any, source: str) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
+    def _rows(db: Any, source: str) -> list[tuple[str, str, str]]:
         assert (source, db) == ("Homelab", None)
         return [
-            ("networking/lan.md", "LAN"),
-            ("networking/vpn.md", "VPN"),
+            ("networking/lan.md", "LAN", "2024-06-15"),
+            ("networking/vpn.md", "VPN", "2024-06-15"),
         ]
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(agent, "_source_document_rows", _rows)
@@ -702,8 +717,8 @@ def test_ls_nested_folder_scope_lists_one_level_deeper(
     assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == (
         "Homelab/networking — 2 documents, 0 folders:\n"
         "\n"
-        "source: Homelab | path: networking/lan.md | title: LAN\n"
-        "source: Homelab | path: networking/vpn.md | title: VPN"
+        "source: Homelab | path: networking/lan.md | title: LAN | date: 2024-06-15\n"
+        "source: Homelab | path: networking/vpn.md | title: VPN | date: 2024-06-15"
     )
     assert holder.tool_calls == 1
 
@@ -812,9 +827,9 @@ def test_ls_unknown_top_level_folder_gets_not_a_folder_teaching(
         agent,
         "_source_document_rows",
         lambda db, source: [
-            ("backups/cron.md", "Cron"),
-            ("containers/caddy.md", "Caddy"),
-            ("networking/lan.md", "LAN"),
+            ("backups/cron.md", "Cron", "2024-06-15"),
+            ("containers/caddy.md", "Caddy", "2024-06-15"),
+            ("networking/lan.md", "LAN", "2024-06-15"),
         ],
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr(agent, "_source_folder_summaries", lambda db, source: {})
@@ -847,9 +862,9 @@ def test_ls_unknown_nested_folder_gets_not_a_folder_with_nested_parent(
         agent,
         "_source_document_rows",
         lambda db, source: [
-            ("networking/lan/a.md", "A"),
-            ("networking/vpn/b.md", "B"),
-            ("readme.md", "Readme"),
+            ("networking/lan/a.md", "A", "2024-06-15"),
+            ("networking/vpn/b.md", "B", "2024-06-15"),
+            ("readme.md", "Readme", "2024-06-15"),
         ],
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr(agent, "_source_folder_summaries", lambda db, source: {})
@@ -878,7 +893,10 @@ def test_ls_file_path_scope_gets_not_a_folder(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         agent,
         "_source_document_rows",
-        lambda db, source: [("notes.md", "Notes"), ("a/b.md", "B")],
+        lambda db, source: [
+            ("notes.md", "Notes", "2024-06-15"),
+            ("a/b.md", "B", "2024-06-15"),
+        ],
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr(agent, "_source_folder_summaries", lambda db, source: {})
     monkeypatch.setattr(agent, "list_source_names", lambda db: ["S"])
@@ -937,9 +955,9 @@ def test_ls_folder_composes_the_fetchers(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> Non
     monkeypatch surface)."""
     seen: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []
 
-    def _rows(db: Any, source: str) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
+    def _rows(db: Any, source: str) -> list[tuple[str, str, str]]:
         seen.append(("rows", source, ""))
-        return [("a/b.md", "B"), ("a.md", "A")]
+        return [("a/b.md", "B", "2024-06-15"), ("a.md", "A", "2024-06-15")]
 
     def _summaries(db: Any, source: str) -> dict[str, str]:
         seen.append(("summaries", source, ""))
@@ -949,7 +967,7 @@ def test_ls_folder_composes_the_fetchers(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> Non
     monkeypatch.setattr(agent, "_source_folder_summaries", _summaries)
     assert agent.ls_folder(cast("Session", object()), "S", "") == (
         [("a", 1, "A stuff.")],
-        [("S", "a.md", "A")],
+        [("S", "a.md", "A", "2024-06-15")],
         1,
     )
     assert seen == [("rows", "S", ""), ("summaries", "S", "")]
@@ -961,10 +979,10 @@ def test_group_folder_listing_subfolder_recursion_and_counts() -> None:
     counts for BOTH ``a`` and ``a/b``), path order, the stored summary
     attached or ``None``."""
     rows = [
-        ("a/b/c.md", "C"),
-        ("a/b/d.md", "D"),
-        ("a/e.md", "E"),
-        ("f.md", "F"),
+        ("a/b/c.md", "C", "2024-06-15"),
+        ("a/b/d.md", "D", "2024-06-15"),
+        ("a/e.md", "E", "2024-06-15"),
+        ("f.md", "F", "2024-06-15"),
     ]
     sub, files, total = agent.group_folder_listing(
         "S", "", rows, {"a": "A subtree.", "a/b": "B subtree."}
@@ -974,7 +992,7 @@ def test_group_folder_listing_subfolder_recursion_and_counts() -> None:
     # recursive subtree (a/e.md + a/b/c.md + a/b/d.md), the stored
     # summary attached.
     assert sub == [("a", 3, "A subtree.")]
-    assert files == [("S", "f.md", "F")]
+    assert files == [("S", "f.md", "F", "2024-06-15")]
     assert total == 1
     # One level down: a/b is a's direct subfolder with its own count.
     sub2, _files2, _total2 = agent.group_folder_listing("S", "a", rows, {"a/b": "B subtree."})
@@ -987,13 +1005,13 @@ def test_group_folder_listing_nested_level_counts_and_membership() -> None:
     file of ``a``) — membership is the folder_of rule, order is path
     order."""
     rows = [
-        ("a/b/c.md", "C"),
-        ("a/b/d.md", "D"),
-        ("a/e.md", "E"),
+        ("a/b/c.md", "C", "2024-06-15"),
+        ("a/b/d.md", "D", "2024-06-15"),
+        ("a/e.md", "E", "2024-06-15"),
     ]
     sub, files, total = agent.group_folder_listing("S", "a", rows, {})
     assert sub == [("a/b", 2, None)]
-    assert files == [("S", "a/e.md", "E")]
+    assert files == [("S", "a/e.md", "E", "2024-06-15")]
     assert total == 1
 
 
@@ -1004,18 +1022,18 @@ def test_group_folder_listing_file_path_is_not_a_folder() -> None:
     sharing a real folder's name counts for that folder, the existence
     rule intact)."""
     rows = [
-        ("a.md", "A"),  # a file at the root, and a folder name? NO —
-        ("b/x.md", "X"),  # nothing starts with "a.md/"
+        ("a.md", "A", "2024-06-15"),  # a file at the root, and a folder name? NO —
+        ("b/x.md", "X", "2024-06-15"),  # nothing starts with "a.md/"
     ]
     sub, files, total = agent.group_folder_listing("S", "", rows, {})
     assert sub == [("b", 1, None)]  # "a.md" is NOT a subfolder
-    assert files == [("S", "a.md", "A")]  # b/x.md is NOT a direct root file
+    assert files == [("S", "a.md", "A", "2024-06-15")]  # b/x.md is NOT a direct root file
     assert total == 1
     # The path == folder arm: a doc named "a" under a real folder "a/".
-    rows2 = [("a", "FileA"), ("a/c.md", "C")]
+    rows2 = [("a", "FileA", "2024-06-15"), ("a/c.md", "C", "2024-06-15")]
     sub2, files2, total2 = agent.group_folder_listing("S", "", rows2, {})
     assert sub2 == [("a", 2, None)]  # the file "a" counts for folder "a"
-    assert files2 == [("S", "a", "FileA")]  # …and is a direct ROOT file
+    assert files2 == [("S", "a", "FileA", "2024-06-15")]  # …and is a direct ROOT file
     assert total2 == 1
 
 
@@ -1023,14 +1041,14 @@ def test_group_folder_listing_caps_files_at_fifty_keeps_the_total() -> None:
     """The cap: 51 direct files → 50 file lines + the PRE-cap total (51)
     for the renderer's note; 50 files → 50 lines, no note material.
     A 500-file folder costs 50 lines, never 500."""
-    rows51 = [(f"big/f{i:03d}.md", f"T{i}") for i in range(51)]
+    rows51 = [(f"big/f{i:03d}.md", f"T{i}", "2024-06-15") for i in range(51)]
     sub, files, total = agent.group_folder_listing("S", "big", rows51, {})
     assert sub == []
     assert total == 51
     assert len(files) == 50
-    assert files[0] == ("S", "big/f000.md", "T0")
-    assert files[-1] == ("S", "big/f049.md", "T49")
-    rows50 = [(f"big/f{i:03d}.md", f"T{i}") for i in range(50)]
+    assert files[0] == ("S", "big/f000.md", "T0", "2024-06-15")
+    assert files[-1] == ("S", "big/f049.md", "T49", "2024-06-15")
+    rows50 = [(f"big/f{i:03d}.md", f"T{i}", "2024-06-15") for i in range(50)]
     _sub, files50, total50 = agent.group_folder_listing("S", "big", rows50, {})
     assert total50 == 50 and len(files50) == 50
 
@@ -1056,7 +1074,7 @@ def test_render_folder_listing_root_template() -> None:
         agent.render_folder_listing(
             "Homelab",
             [("backups", 2, "Backup notes."), ("networking", 1, None)],
-            [("Homelab", "readme.md", "Readme")],
+            [("Homelab", "readme.md", "Readme", "2024-06-15")],
             1,
         )
         == "Homelab — 1 documents, 2 folders:\n"
@@ -1064,7 +1082,7 @@ def test_render_folder_listing_root_template() -> None:
         "  backups/ — 2 documents: Backup notes.\n"
         "  networking/ — 1 documents\n"
         "\n"
-        "source: Homelab | path: readme.md | title: Readme"
+        "source: Homelab | path: readme.md | title: Readme | date: 2024-06-15"
     )
 
 
@@ -1090,7 +1108,7 @@ def test_render_folder_listing_cap_note_only_past_fifty() -> None:
     cap: 51 → 50 lines + the deterministic grep-pointer note (the
     ``…and 1 more…`` shape — unpluralized, the house pin); 50 → no
     note."""
-    files51 = [("S", f"f{i:03d}.md", f"T{i}") for i in range(51)]
+    files51 = [("S", f"f{i:03d}.md", f"T{i}", "2024-06-15") for i in range(51)]
     capped = files51[:50]
     rendered = agent.render_folder_listing("S/big", [], capped, 51)
     lines = rendered.splitlines()
@@ -1100,9 +1118,11 @@ def test_render_folder_listing_cap_note_only_past_fifty() -> None:
         "…and 1 more documents in this folder — use grep (pattern) to "
         "find a specific one."
     )
-    files50 = [("S", f"f{i:03d}.md", f"T{i}") for i in range(50)]
+    files50 = [("S", f"f{i:03d}.md", f"T{i}", "2024-06-15") for i in range(50)]
     rendered50 = agent.render_folder_listing("S/big", [], files50, 50)
-    assert rendered50.splitlines()[-1] == "source: S | path: f049.md | title: T49"
+    assert rendered50.splitlines()[-1] == (
+        "source: S | path: f049.md | title: T49 | date: 2024-06-15"
+    )
     assert "more documents" not in rendered50
 
 
@@ -1145,7 +1165,9 @@ def test_read_combined_path_resolves_and_returns_full_content(
     assert holder.read_docs == [doc]
     assert holder.tool_calls == 1
     assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == (
-        "Document Homelab/active/container_caddy/caddy.md:\nCADDY-CONTENT"
+        "Document Homelab/active/container_caddy/caddy.md:\n"
+        "date: 2024-06-15\n"
+        "CADDY-CONTENT"
     )
 
 
@@ -1533,7 +1555,9 @@ def test_reading_an_already_read_doc_is_deduped(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch)
     asyncio.run(_run(llm, holder, _settings()))
     assert holder.read_docs == [doc]  # appended exactly once
     assert holder.tool_calls == 1  # the re-read counts nothing
-    assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == "Document S/a.md:\nA-CONTENT"
+    assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == (
+        "Document S/a.md:\ndate: 2024-06-15\nA-CONTENT"
+    )
     assert llm.requests[2][0][5]["content"] == agent.ALREADY_IN_CONTEXT
     # Rejected → the tools are still offered on the next request…
     assert llm.requests[2][1] == AGENT_TOOLS
@@ -1558,8 +1582,11 @@ def test_read_exactly_at_cap_is_byte_identical_and_untruncated(
         [StreamPiece("content", "ans")],
     )
     out = asyncio.run(_run(llm, holder, _settings(read_max_chars=cap)))
-    # Byte-identical to today's read result (no marker, no notice).
-    assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == "Document S/big.md:\n" + content
+    # The read result plus the phase-106 D5 date line (no marker, no
+    # notice).
+    assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == (
+        "Document S/big.md:\ndate: 2024-06-15\n" + content
+    )
     assert TRUNCATION_MARKER not in llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"]
     # No truncation recorded, none surfaced to the loop.
     assert holder.read_truncations == []
@@ -1589,6 +1616,7 @@ def test_read_at_cap_plus_one_truncates_with_marker_and_notice(
     asyncio.run(_run(llm, holder, _settings(read_max_chars=cap)))
     expected = (
         "Document S/big.md:\n"
+        "date: 2024-06-15\n"
         + content[:cap]
         + "\n"
         + TRUNCATION_MARKER
@@ -2247,7 +2275,9 @@ def test_grep_counts_but_never_adds_context(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) ->
     assert holder.tool_calls == 2  # grep + read, both executed
     assert holder.read_docs == [doc]  # only the read added context (A5)
     assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == "S/a.md:1: needle here"
-    assert llm.requests[2][0][5]["content"] == "Document S/a.md:\nneedle here"
+    assert llm.requests[2][0][5]["content"] == (
+        "Document S/a.md:\ndate: 2024-06-15\nneedle here"
+    )
 
 
 # ---------- unlimited calls: re-lists and multi-reads (phase 45) ----------
@@ -2292,8 +2322,12 @@ def test_multi_read_executes_without_budgets(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) ->
     asyncio.run(_run(llm, holder, _settings()))
     assert holder.read_docs == [a, b]  # both reads appended, in order
     assert holder.tool_calls == 2
-    assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == "Document S/a.md:\nA-CONTENT"
-    assert llm.requests[2][0][5]["content"] == "Document S/b.md:\nB-CONTENT"
+    assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == (
+        "Document S/a.md:\ndate: 2024-06-15\nA-CONTENT"
+    )
+    assert llm.requests[2][0][5]["content"] == (
+        "Document S/b.md:\ndate: 2024-06-15\nB-CONTENT"
+    )
     assert llm.requests[2][1] == AGENT_TOOLS  # the second read was still offered
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_archive_upload_dates.py b/tests/unit/test_archive_upload_dates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcef2d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_archive_upload_dates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+"""Unit: phase 106 task 03 — mtime-preserving archive unpack (D2).
+
+Pins the date source of the upload path: a zip member's DOS
+``date_time`` and a tar member's ``mtime`` survive the unpack as the
+extracted file's atime+mtime, so the importer (task 04) reads the
+archive's ORIGINAL file dates — the owner's "file metadata (hopefully)
+preserved in the tar or zip archive process" made real.
+
+Regular files only: directories/symlinks/hardlinks are untouched (they
+carry the extraction-time values, never the member's). The safety
+behavior (zip-slip, absolute members, link targets, the extraction
+cap) is unchanged and pinned by ``tests/unit/test_archive_upload.py``
+— this file adds only the date pins.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import tarfile
+import zipfile
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from io import BytesIO
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from app.rag.archive_upload import unpack_archive
+
+#: The old member timestamp both fixtures carry: 2020-01-02 03:04:06
+#: UTC — the zip as the DOS tuple ``(2020, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6)``, the tar
+#: as the epoch seconds.
+OLD_MTIME = datetime(2020, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, tzinfo=UTC)
+OLD_EPOCH = OLD_MTIME.timestamp()  # 1577934246.0
+
+#: mtime granularity tolerance (the task pin: ±1 s).
+_TOLERANCE_S = 1.0
+
+_PAYLOAD = b"# Old note\ncontent from 2020\n"
+
+
+def _zip_with_old_mtime(path: Path) -> None:
+    """A two-member zip (a directory + one file), both carrying the
+    old fixed ``date_time`` tuple."""
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(path, "w") as zf:
+        dir_info = zipfile.ZipInfo("docs/", date_time=(2020, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6))
+        dir_info.external_attr = (0o40755 << 16)
+        zf.writestr(dir_info, b"")
+        file_info = zipfile.ZipInfo("docs/note.md", date_time=(2020, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6))
+        file_info.external_attr = (0o100644 << 16)
+        zf.writestr(file_info, _PAYLOAD)
+
+
+def _tar_with_old_mtime(path: Path) -> None:
+    """A two-member tar (a directory + one file), both carrying the
+    old epoch ``mtime``."""
+    with tarfile.open(path, "w") as tf:
+        dir_ti = tarfile.TarInfo("docs/")
+        dir_ti.type = tarfile.DIRTYPE
+        dir_ti.mode = 0o755
+        dir_ti.mtime = OLD_EPOCH
+        tf.addfile(dir_ti)
+        file_ti = tarfile.TarInfo("docs/note.md")
+        file_ti.size = len(_PAYLOAD)
+        file_ti.mode = 0o644
+        file_ti.mtime = OLD_EPOCH
+        tf.addfile(file_ti, BytesIO(_PAYLOAD))
+
+
+def _extract(archive: Path, tmp_path: Path) -> tuple[Path, os.stat_result]:
+    """Unpack ``archive``; return (file path, pre-read stat). The stat
+    happens BEFORE the content read (a read refreshes atime under
+    relatime — the atime pin needs the unpacked value); the content is
+    asserted byte-identical (the mtime work moved no bytes)."""
+    target = tmp_path / "out"
+    unpack_archive(archive, target, max_extract_bytes=1 << 20)
+    dest = target / "docs" / "note.md"
+    st = dest.stat()  # before the read — reading would refresh atime
+    assert dest.read_bytes() == _PAYLOAD
+    return dest, st
+
+
+def test_zip_member_mtime_is_restored(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """A zip member's DOS ``date_time`` lands as the extracted file's
+    mtime (and atime — ``os.utime(ns=(t, t))`` sets both), within the
+    mtime-granularity tolerance."""
+    archive = tmp_path / "old.zip"
+    _zip_with_old_mtime(archive)
+    _dest, st = _extract(archive, tmp_path)
+    assert abs(st.st_mtime - OLD_EPOCH) <= _TOLERANCE_S
+    assert abs(st.st_atime - OLD_EPOCH) <= _TOLERANCE_S
+
+
+def test_tar_member_mtime_is_restored(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """A tar member's epoch ``mtime`` lands as the extracted file's
+    mtime (and atime), within the mtime-granularity tolerance."""
+    archive = tmp_path / "old.tar"
+    _tar_with_old_mtime(archive)
+    _dest, st = _extract(archive, tmp_path)
+    assert abs(st.st_mtime - OLD_EPOCH) <= _TOLERANCE_S
+    assert abs(st.st_atime - OLD_EPOCH) <= _TOLERANCE_S
+
+
+def test_zip_directory_member_mtime_is_not_restored(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Regular files ONLY: a zip directory member carrying the old
+    ``date_time`` keeps the EXTRACTION-time mtime (≈ now, long after
+    the old 2020 value) — directories are never indexed, so their
+    dates don't matter; the pin is that the unpacker doesn't utime
+    them (the task contract)."""
+    archive = tmp_path / "old.zip"
+    _zip_with_old_mtime(archive)
+    target = tmp_path / "out"
+    unpack_archive(archive, target, max_extract_bytes=1 << 20)
+    assert (target / "docs").stat().st_mtime > OLD_EPOCH + _TOLERANCE_S
+
+
+def test_tar_directory_member_mtime_is_not_restored(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """The tar twin of the zip directory pin: a directory member with
+    the old ``mtime`` is not utime'd (regular files only)."""
+    archive = tmp_path / "old.tar"
+    _tar_with_old_mtime(archive)
+    target = tmp_path / "out"
+    unpack_archive(archive, target, max_extract_bytes=1 << 20)
+    assert (target / "docs").stat().st_mtime > OLD_EPOCH + _TOLERANCE_S
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_chat_cancel.py b/tests/unit/test_chat_cancel.py
index fc76d93..5879b22 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_chat_cancel.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_chat_cancel.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import logging
 import time
 import uuid
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator, MutableMapping
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ def _doc(title: str, content: str) -> Document:
         title=title,
         content=content,
         content_hash="0" * 64,
+        # Phase 106, D5: the HIGH block formats the row's created_at
+        # UTC date part — the detached fixture carries it (the NOT NULL
+        # DB column guarantees it for real rows).
+        created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_chat_gate.py b/tests/unit/test_chat_gate.py
index 721d99e..96763af 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_chat_gate.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_chat_gate.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import json
 import uuid
 from collections.abc import Iterator
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 import pytest
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ def _doc(title: str, content: str) -> Document:
         title=title,
         content=content,
         content_hash="0" * 64,
+        # Phase 106, D5: the HIGH block formats the row's created_at
+        # UTC date part — the detached fixture carries it (the NOT NULL
+        # DB column guarantees it for real rows).
+        created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_config.py b/tests/unit/test_config.py
index 40b8db0..75aceeb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_config.py
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ def test_defaults_match_locked_decisions(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> Non
     assert s.hybrid_lexical_candidates >= 1
     assert s.rrf_k >= 1
     assert s.top_n_docs >= 1
+    # Phase 106, D6: the recency boost is ON by default (0.0007 — the
+    # fine-line-tuned value, task 07) with a 365-day decay timescale.
+    assert s.recency_boost == 0.0007
+    assert s.recency_half_life_days == 365
     # Owner instruction 2026-08-22: answers may run up to 32 768 tokens.
     assert s.max_output_tokens == 32_768
     # Phase 17: the model's thinking streams by default (kill-switch off).
@@ -235,6 +239,47 @@ def test_read_max_chars_rejects_negative(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> Non
         _settings()
 
 
+def test_recency_boost_default_and_env_override(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """Phase 106, D6: the recency boost on the RRF-fused score is ON by
+    default (0.0007 — the fine-line-tuned value, task 07; ``0`` is the
+    byte-identical kill switch) with a 365-day decay timescale; both
+    env-tunable so the owner re-tunes live."""
+    monkeypatch.delenv("BOR_RECENCY_BOOST", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("BOR_RECENCY_HALF_LIFE_DAYS", raising=False)
+    s = _settings()
+    assert s.recency_boost == 0.0007
+    assert s.recency_half_life_days == 365
+    monkeypatch.setenv("BOR_RECENCY_BOOST", "0")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("BOR_RECENCY_HALF_LIFE_DAYS", "90")
+    s = _settings()
+    assert s.recency_boost == 0.0
+    assert s.recency_half_life_days == 90
+    monkeypatch.setenv("BOR_RECENCY_BOOST", "0.002")
+    assert _settings().recency_boost == 0.002
+
+
+def test_recency_boost_rejects_negative(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """``0`` is the kill switch — a NEGATIVE boost would demote fresh
+    documents (the exact opposite of D6), so the validator fails loudly
+    at startup naming the field (the ``agent_max_rounds`` pattern)."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("BOR_RECENCY_BOOST", "-0.001")
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="recency_boost"):
+        _settings()
+
+
+def test_recency_half_life_rejects_non_positive(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """A ``0``/negative decay timescale would divide the exponent by
+    zero — the validator fails loudly at startup naming the field."""
+    for bad in ("0", "-365"):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("BOR_RECENCY_HALF_LIFE_DAYS", bad)
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="recency_half_life_days"):
+            _settings()
+
+
 def test_stream_thinking_default_true_and_env_parse(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     """Phase 17 kill-switch (``BOR_STREAM_THINKING``): on by default,
     ``0``/``false`` turn the ``thinking`` SSE frames off."""
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_date_editor.py b/tests/unit/test_date_editor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d90acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_date_editor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,470 @@
+"""Unit: the admin-only date editor in the viewer (phase 106, task 09,
+D7).
+
+The owner asked for the creation date to be editable "so users can
+correct for errors" — admin-only, in the shared viewer core (modal +
+``/document.html`` through the ONE ``renderDocument`` — no per-surface
+copy), on the phase-57 ``wireSummaryEdit`` idiom (the same
+``docAdminReady()`` gate on the module-cached whoami promise — no
+second request per page; the public badge row stays byte-for-byte the
+task-08 shape for non-admins). The task-05 endpoint
+(``PATCH /api/documents/date`` — set + flag manual; null = the D7
+CLEAR, the flag drops) is the single source this file cross-checks
+against.
+
+The browser behavior itself is E2E-gated by the phase's dedicated
+suite (``tests/e2e/test_document_dates.py``, task 10); like the other
+frontend-adjacent unit files (the ``test_summary_edit_ui.py`` /
+``test_sources_dates.py`` house pattern), this module pins the
+source-level contract a silent regression would break:
+
+* the ``docAdminReady()`` gate — ``wireDateEdit`` is called ONLY in
+  the gate's ``if (admin)`` branch (one call site, after the badge
+  row is built for everyone — the anonymous DOM is never touched);
+* the ``Edit date`` affordance — a real ``type="button"`` with the
+  ``aria-label`` ``Edit creation date: /``
+  (setAttribute, never innerHTML), inserted AFTER the task-08 Created
+  badge;
+* the editor construction — the button swaps in-place for a box with
+  a native ```` (``aria-label="Document
+  creation date"``, prefilled with the stored date's UTC date part
+  via ``.value`` — never innerHTML), Save / Cancel text buttons, the
+  muted "Revert to sync" clear affordance (the phase-57 "clear =
+  explicit" contrast), a ``role="status"`` live line and a
+  ``role="alert"`` error line;
+* the exact PATCH — ``/api/documents/date`` with method PATCH and the
+  ``{source, path, date}`` body; the endpoint string appears exactly
+  ONCE in the JS (the single-source cross-file check against
+  ``app/api/docs.py``'s route); Revert sends ``date: null``;
+* the response-driven re-render — the badge is re-rendered from the
+  RESPONSE's ``created_at`` (``res.created_at`` — never the
+  input's optimistic value);
+* the §7.4 never-stale lifecycle — the controls disable IMMEDIATELY
+  on Save/Revert (one PATCH at a time), an EMPTY input disables Save
+  (the explicit Revert is the only clear path — no accidental
+  wipes), a failure (non-2xx or network) lands the server detail
+  (or the canned retry copy) in the ``role="alert"`` line, reverts
+  the input to the stored date, keeps the editor open, and
+  re-enables in the ``finally``; the success confirmation lands
+  AFTER the badge update (the phase-89 last-announce order);
+* styles.css — the eight editor classes next to the summary-editor
+  family, the phase-106 D7 provenance comment with the recorded WCAG
+  pairs, the ``[hidden]`` override, the ``cursor: wait`` disabled
+  idiom, the global 3px ``:focus-visible`` ring (no per-control
+  rule), no CDN.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+FRONTEND = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / "frontend"
+DOCUMENT_JS = FRONTEND / "assets" / "document.js"
+STYLES_CSS = FRONTEND / "assets" / "styles.css"
+DOCS_PY = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / "app" / "api" / "docs.py"
+
+
+def _js() -> str:
+    return DOCUMENT_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def _css() -> str:
+    return STYLES_CSS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def _fn(js: str, name: str) -> str:
+    """The source of a (possibly async, possibly nested) function via
+    balanced-brace counting. The brace count starts AFTER the
+    parameter list (a destructured parameter may carry braces of its
+    own — renderDocument's target object)."""
+    for prefix in ("async function ", "function "):
+        start = js.find(f"{prefix}{name}(")
+        if start != -1:
+            depth = 0
+            i = js.find("(", start)
+            close = i
+            while i < len(js):
+                if js[i] == "(":
+                    depth += 1
+                elif js[i] == ")":
+                    depth -= 1
+                    if depth == 0:
+                        close = i
+                        break
+                i += 1
+            brace = js.find("{", close)
+            depth = 0
+            for j in range(brace, len(js)):
+                if js[j] == "{":
+                    depth += 1
+                elif js[j] == "}":
+                    depth -= 1
+                    if depth == 0:
+                        return js[start : j + 1]
+            raise AssertionError(f"unbalanced braces in {name}()")
+    raise AssertionError(f"{name}() must exist in document.js")
+
+
+# ---------- the admin gate (the phase-57 split) ----------
+
+
+def test_wire_date_edit_is_called_only_behind_doc_admin_ready() -> None:
+    """renderDocument (the ONE shared core — modal + page): the badge
+    row is built for EVERYONE first (task-08 shape), and the wiring
+    runs ONLY in the gate's ``if (admin)`` branch on the
+    module-cached ``docAdminReady()`` promise — the string sequence
+    ``docAdminReady().then`` … ``wireDateEdit``, one call site in
+    the whole file (definition + call), so a non-admin / token
+    holder / failed whoami keeps exactly the task-08 badge row (no
+    button, no wiring, no admin-only network call)."""
+    js = _js()
+    render = _fn(js, "renderDocument")
+    row = render.find("metaEl.replaceChildren(")
+    gate = render.find("void docAdminReady().then(")
+    wiring = render.find("if (admin) wireDateEdit(metaEl, doc);")
+    assert -1 < row < gate < wiring, (
+        "the badge row is built for everyone BEFORE the admin gate; "
+        "the wiring is only in the gate's success branch"
+    )
+    # The gate's .then lands wireDateEdit (not the summary edit).
+    assert "wireDateEdit(metaEl, doc)" in render[gate : gate + 120]
+    # Exactly two occurrences in the whole file: the definition and
+    # the gated call — no second wiring site (no per-surface copy).
+    assert js.count("wireDateEdit(") == 2, (
+        "wireDateEdit has one definition and one (gated) call site"
+    )
+
+
+def test_gate_reuses_the_cached_whoami_promise() -> None:
+    """docAdminReady() resolves header.js's fetchIsAdmin (the SAME
+    single request per page the shared header makes — no second
+    whoami call site in document.js, no admin-only network call for
+    anonymous visitors)."""
+    js = _js()
+    body = _fn(js, "docAdminReady")
+    assert "await fetchIsAdmin()" in body
+    assert "=== true" in body
+    assert 'fetch("/api/whoami")' not in js, (
+        "whoami must come from the header.js cached promise"
+    )
+
+
+# ---------- the Edit date affordance ----------
+
+
+def test_edit_date_button_is_a_real_button_after_the_created_badge() -> None:
+    """The affordance: a real ``type="button"`` with the visible
+    text "Edit date", the .doc-date-edit class, and the aria-label
+    ``Edit creation date: /`` (setAttribute — the
+    document-derived pair is user-storable, never innerHTML),
+    inserted AFTER the task-08 Created badge (the insertion point).
+    A meta row without the Created badge (should not happen — the
+    core always builds it) is a no-op, not a crash."""
+    body = _fn(_js(), "wireDateEdit")
+    assert 'metaEl.querySelector(".doc-created")' in body
+    assert "if (!createdBadge) return;" in body
+    assert 'editBtn.type = "button"' in body
+    assert 'editBtn.className = "doc-date-edit"' in body
+    assert 'editBtn.textContent = "Edit date"' in body
+    assert "editBtn.setAttribute(" in body
+    assert "Edit creation date: ${doc.source}/${doc.path}" in body, (
+        "the aria-label is the 'Edit creation date: /' template"
+    )
+    assert 'createdBadge.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", editBtn)' in body, (
+        "the button lands AFTER the Created badge"
+    )
+
+
+# ---------- the editor construction ----------
+
+
+def test_editor_swaps_in_date_input_save_cancel_revert_and_live_lines() -> None:
+    """Edit swaps the button for an inline box in the badge row: a
+    native  (aria-label "Document creation
+    date", prefilled via ``.value`` with the stored date's UTC date
+    part — ``new Date(doc.created_at).toISOString().slice(0, 10)`` —
+    NEVER innerHTML), Save / Cancel real type=buttons, the muted
+    "Revert to sync" clear affordance, a role=status/aria-live=polite
+    live line, and a role=alert error line. The order is hide the
+    button → insert the box after the Created badge → focus the
+    input (the phase-57 swap pattern)."""
+    body = _fn(_js(), "wireDateEdit")
+    assert 'input.type = "date"' in body
+    assert 'input.className = "doc-date-input"' in body
+    assert 'input.setAttribute("aria-label", "Document creation date")' in body
+    assert "new Date(doc.created_at).toISOString().slice(0, 10)" in body, (
+        "the prefill is the stored date's UTC date part (D3 stores UTC)"
+    )
+    assert 'input.value = storedValue()' in body, "prefill via .value (XSS contract)"
+    assert 'saveBtn.type = "button"' in body
+    assert 'saveBtn.className = "doc-date-save"' in body
+    assert 'saveBtn.textContent = "Save"' in body
+    assert 'cancelBtn.type = "button"' in body
+    assert 'cancelBtn.className = "doc-date-cancel"' in body
+    assert 'cancelBtn.textContent = "Cancel"' in body
+    assert 'revertBtn.type = "button"' in body
+    assert 'revertBtn.className = "doc-date-revert"' in body
+    assert 'revertBtn.textContent = "Revert to sync"' in body
+    assert 'status.className = "doc-date-status"' in body
+    assert 'status.setAttribute("role", "status")' in body
+    assert 'status.setAttribute("aria-live", "polite")' in body
+    assert 'errorLine.className = "doc-date-error"' in body
+    assert 'errorLine.setAttribute("role", "alert")' in body
+    hide = body.find("editBtn.hidden = true")
+    swap = body.find('createdBadge.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", box)')
+    focus = body.find("input.focus()")
+    assert -1 < hide < swap < focus, "hide Edit → insert box → focus the input"
+    # The swap keeps all six editor parts in the box.
+    assert (
+        "box.replaceChildren(input, saveBtn, cancelBtn, revertBtn, status, errorLine)"
+        in body
+    )
+    # XSS contract: the whole wiring is textContent/.value only
+    # (comments stripped — the word may appear in a note, never in code).
+    code = re.sub(r"//.*?$|/\*.*?\*/", "", body, flags=re.S | re.M)
+    assert "innerHTML" not in code, "XSS contract: no innerHTML in the wiring"
+
+
+# ---------- the PATCH round-trip (the single source) ----------
+
+
+def test_save_patches_the_single_date_endpoint() -> None:
+    """Save → PATCH /api/documents/date (the task-05 admin endpoint)
+    with the EXACT body shape {source, path, date} — the pair from
+    the doc object, JSON content type. The endpoint string appears
+    exactly ONCE in the JS (the single-source cross-file check — the
+    one call site inside the wired editor matches app/api/docs.py's
+    route; anonymous visitors never have it)."""
+    js = _js()
+    assert js.count('"/api/documents/date"') == 1, (
+        "exactly one occurrence of the endpoint string in document.js"
+    )
+    body = _fn(js, "wireDateEdit")
+    fetch_i = body.find('fetch("/api/documents/date"')
+    assert fetch_i != -1, "the PATCH must live in the wired editor"
+    assert 'method: "PATCH"' in body[fetch_i:]
+    assert '"Content-Type": "application/json"' in body[fetch_i:]
+    assert "date: dateValue" in body, "the body shape: {source, path, date}"
+    assert "source: doc.source" in body and "path: doc.path" in body
+    # The cross-file check: the JS endpoint matches the Python route.
+    docs = DOCS_PY.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert '@router.patch("/documents/date"' in docs, (
+        "app/api/docs.py registers the route the JS PATCHes"
+    )
+
+
+def test_revert_sends_date_null_the_clear_path() -> None:
+    """The "Revert to sync" affordance (the D7 CLEAR — the manual
+    flag drops, the stored date stands until the next sync) sends
+    ``{source, path, date: null}``: the revert binding calls
+    saveDate(null) — the ONLY null call site."""
+    body = _fn(_js(), "wireDateEdit")
+    assert body.count("void saveDate(null)") == 1, (
+        "exactly one null (clear) call site"
+    )
+    revert_i = body.find('revertBtn.addEventListener("click"')
+    null_i = body.find("void saveDate(null)", revert_i)
+    assert -1 < revert_i < null_i, "the null call is the revert binding"
+    save_i = body.find('saveBtn.addEventListener("click"')
+    value_i = body.find("void saveDate(input.value)", save_i)
+    assert -1 < save_i < value_i, "Save sends the input's (non-empty) value"
+
+
+def test_badge_rerenders_from_the_response_not_the_input() -> None:
+    """The UI shows exactly what the server stored: on 200 the doc
+    object syncs from the RESPONSE (``res.created_at``) and the
+    badge's text re-renders from ``res.created_at`` (plus the ISO
+    title — the ellipsis-precision idiom). The input's optimistic
+    value never feeds the badge anywhere in the file."""
+    js = _js()
+    body = _fn(js, "wireDateEdit")
+    json_i = body.find("const res = await r.json();")
+    sync_i = body.find("doc.created_at = res.created_at;")
+    badge_i = body.find("createdBadge.textContent = `Created ${fmtDate(res.created_at)}`")
+    title_i = body.find('createdBadge.setAttribute("title", res.created_at);')
+    assert -1 < json_i < sync_i < badge_i, "JSON → doc sync → badge re-render"
+    assert -1 < badge_i < title_i, "the title follows the same response"
+    assert "fmtDate(input.value)" not in js, (
+        "the badge is response-driven — never the input's optimistic value"
+    )
+
+
+def test_status_announces_after_the_badge_update() -> None:
+    """The success confirmations (the role=status live line) land
+    AFTER the badge re-render (the phase-89 last-announce order):
+    'Date saved for /.' for a set, 'Reverted to
+    sync-managed date.' for the clear."""
+    body = _fn(_js(), "wireDateEdit")
+    badge_i = body.find("createdBadge.textContent = `Created ${fmtDate(res.created_at)}`")
+    saved_i = body.find("`Date saved for ${doc.source}/${doc.path}.`")
+    reverted_i = body.find('"Reverted to sync-managed date."')
+    assert -1 < badge_i < reverted_i < saved_i, (
+        "the badge updates BEFORE either confirmation (last-announce order)"
+    )
+
+
+# ---------- §7.4 never-stale lifecycle ----------
+
+
+def test_submit_disables_controls_before_the_fetch() -> None:
+    """One PATCH at a time: Save/Revert lock ALL the editor controls
+    (input + Save + Cancel + Revert) IMMEDIATELY — before the fetch
+    — so a double-submit is impossible (PLAN §7.4)."""
+    body = _fn(_js(), "wireDateEdit")
+    lock_fn = _fn(body, "setControlsLocked")
+    assert "input.disabled = locked" in lock_fn
+    assert "cancelBtn.disabled = locked" in lock_fn
+    assert "revertBtn.disabled = locked" in lock_fn
+    lock_i = body.find("setControlsLocked(true)")
+    fetch_i = body.find('fetch("/api/documents/date"')
+    assert -1 < lock_i < fetch_i, "the controls lock BEFORE the fetch"
+
+
+def test_empty_input_disables_save() -> None:
+    """An empty type=date input is NOT the clear path: Save disables
+    itself on an empty input (the explicit Revert below handles the
+    clear — no accidental wipes). The locked state owns the controls
+    while a PATCH is in flight (the input is disabled then)."""
+    body = _fn(_js(), "wireDateEdit")
+    lock_fn = _fn(body, "setControlsLocked")
+    assert 'saveBtn.disabled = locked || input.value === ""' in lock_fn
+    listener_i = body.find('input.addEventListener("input"')
+    assert listener_i != -1, "the input event keeps Save in sync"
+    assert 'if (!input.disabled) saveBtn.disabled = input.value === "";' in body
+
+
+def test_failure_reverts_input_announces_alert_and_reenables() -> None:
+    """A failed Save/Revert (non-2xx OR network) lands the server
+    detail (the git-sources.js apiDetail shape) — or the canned
+    'Couldn't save the date — try again.' on a non-JSON body — into
+    the role=alert line, reverts the input to the stored date, and
+    re-enables the controls in the ``finally`` (every outcome, never
+    stale). The UI never claims a state the server didn't save."""
+    body = _fn(_js(), "wireDateEdit")
+    nonok = body.find("if (!r.ok)")
+    detail = body.find("errorLine.textContent = await apiDetail(")
+    canned = body.find("Couldn't save the date — try again.")
+    revert_nonok = body.find("input.value = storedValue()", nonok)
+    assert -1 < nonok < detail < canned < revert_nonok, (
+        "non-ok: server detail (canned fallback) → alert line → input reverts"
+    )
+    catch_i = body.find("} catch {")
+    canned2 = body.find("Couldn't save the date — try again.", catch_i)
+    revert_catch = body.find("input.value = storedValue()", catch_i)
+    assert -1 < catch_i < canned2 < revert_catch, (
+        "network failure: canned retry copy → input reverts"
+    )
+    finally_i = body.find("finally {")
+    unlock = body.find("setControlsLocked(false)", finally_i)
+    assert -1 < finally_i < unlock, "the controls re-enable in the finally"
+
+
+def test_failure_keeps_the_editor_open() -> None:
+    """Neither failure branch (the non-ok early return, the network
+    catch) collapses the editor or clears the user's view — the
+    alert line + the reverted stored value are visible (the editor
+    stays open; only Cancel and the success beat collapse it)."""
+    body = _fn(_js(), "wireDateEdit")
+    nonok_slice = body[body.find("if (!r.ok)") : body.find("const res = await r.json();")]
+    assert "closeEditor" not in nonok_slice, "non-ok keeps the editor open"
+    catch_slice = body[body.find("} catch {") : body.find("finally {")]
+    assert "closeEditor" not in catch_slice, "the network catch keeps the editor open"
+
+
+def test_cancel_closes_without_a_patch() -> None:
+    """Cancel collapses back to the badge row + the Edit button
+    (focus returns to the opener) and sends NO PATCH (the stored
+    value is untouched — the badge was never mutated)."""
+    body = _fn(_js(), "wireDateEdit")
+    cancel_i = body.find('cancelBtn.addEventListener("click"')
+    close_i = body.find("closeEditor()", cancel_i)
+    assert -1 < cancel_i < close_i, "Cancel closes the editor"
+    assert "fetch" not in body[cancel_i : close_i], "Cancel sends no PATCH"
+    close_fn = _fn(body, "closeEditor")
+    assert 'createdBadge.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", editBtn)' in close_fn
+    assert "box.remove()" in close_fn
+    assert "editBtn.focus()" in close_fn, "focus returns to the opener"
+
+
+# ---------- styles.css ----------
+
+
+def test_date_editor_classes_present_next_to_the_summary_family() -> None:
+    """styles.css carries the eight editor classes (the button, the
+    box, the input, Save / Cancel, the muted revert, the status and
+    the alert line) placed NEXT to the summary-editor rule family
+    (after .doc-summary-status, before the raw-format block), with
+    the house palette (phase-08 tokens) and no CDN."""
+    css = _css()
+    for cls in (
+        ".doc-date-edit",
+        ".doc-date-editor",
+        ".doc-date-input",
+        ".doc-date-save",
+        ".doc-date-cancel",
+        ".doc-date-revert",
+        ".doc-date-status",
+        ".doc-date-error",
+    ):
+        assert f"{cls} " in css, f"styles.css must style {cls}"
+    assert (
+        css.find(".doc-summary-status:empty")
+        < css.find(".doc-date-edit {")
+        < css.find(".doc-raw {")
+    ), "the editor family sits next to the summary-editor rules"
+    assert "url(http" not in css and "@import url(" not in css, (
+        "no CDN (AGENTS.md rule 6)"
+    )
+
+
+def test_date_editor_css_provenance_and_contrast() -> None:
+    """The phase-106 D7 provenance comment sits directly above the
+    button rule with the verified WCAG pairs recorded (house
+    style): the ink-soft row family (5.1:1 on --surface), the brand
+    pill Save (--bg on --brand = 5.2:1), the input ink on --bg
+    (16.7:1), and the alert line's err pair (9.1:1 on --err-bg) —
+    all ≥4.5:1. The [hidden] override beats the button's display,
+    and :focus-visible rides the global 3px outline rule (no
+    per-control rule — the phase-105 checkbox idiom)."""
+    css = _css()
+    rule_i = css.find(".doc-date-edit {")
+    comment_start = css.rfind("/*", 0, rule_i)
+    comment_end = css.find("*/", comment_start)
+    assert -1 < comment_start < rule_i and comment_end < rule_i, (
+        "a comment block must sit directly above the button rule"
+    )
+    header = css[comment_start:comment_end]
+    assert "phase 106" in header.lower() and "D7" in header, (
+        "the provenance comment cites phase 106 + D7"
+    )
+    for pair in ("5.1:1", "5.2:1", "9.1:1", "16.7:1"):
+        assert pair in header, f"the verified contrast pair {pair} is recorded"
+    hidden = css.find(".doc-date-edit[hidden]")
+    assert hidden != -1 and "display: none" in css[hidden : hidden + 80], (
+        "the hidden attr must beat the button's display rule"
+    )
+    assert ":focus-visible {" in css
+    assert "outline: 3px solid var(--brand)" in css
+
+
+def test_date_editor_disabled_uses_the_wait_idiom() -> None:
+    """The :disabled state on the editor controls is the
+    .git-source-remove:disabled idiom (opacity + cursor: wait — one
+    PATCH at a time), and the empty live lines take no space
+    (display: none on :empty)."""
+    css = _css()
+    dis = css.find(".doc-date-save:disabled")
+    assert dis != -1, "the disabled rule names the editor controls"
+    block = css[dis : css.find("}", dis)]
+    for cls in (
+        ".doc-date-save:disabled",
+        ".doc-date-cancel:disabled",
+        ".doc-date-revert:disabled",
+        ".doc-date-input:disabled",
+    ):
+        assert cls in block, f"the disabled idiom covers {cls}"
+    assert "opacity: 0.5" in block and "cursor: wait" in block
+    empty = css.find(".doc-date-status:empty")
+    assert empty != -1, "the empty live lines hide themselves"
+    empty_block = css[empty : css.find("}", empty)]
+    assert "display: none" in empty_block
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_doc_dates.py b/tests/unit/test_doc_dates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..657c844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_doc_dates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+"""Unit tests: ``app.rag.doc_dates`` — the date normalization choke point.
+
+Phase 106, task 02 (D2/D3). The owner's rules, pinned as a boundary
+matrix on the pure function (no database): an UNDETERMINED date
+(``None``) and a FUTURE date (beyond the 1-day clock-skew tolerance)
+both assume "created today"; naive source timestamps are tz-agnostic
+epoch values rendered as UTC (never local-converted); aware ones are
+converted to UTC; the stored value keeps full precision. The
+strict-greater 1-day boundary is pinned on both sides.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import app.rag.doc_dates as doc_dates
+from app.rag.doc_dates import (
+    FUTURE_SKEW_TOLERANCE,
+    file_mtime_datetime,
+    normalize_doc_date,
+)
+
+#: A fixed "today" — every relative case in the matrix hangs off this.
+NOW = datetime(2026, 9, 13, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- the matrix
+
+
+def test_none_is_undetermined_returns_exactly_now() -> None:
+    assert normalize_doc_date(None, now=NOW) is NOW
+
+
+def test_naive_raw_is_utc_attached_not_local_converted() -> None:
+    # The homelab host TZ is irrelevant: a naive 12:00 is a UTC 12:00.
+    out = normalize_doc_date(datetime(2020, 5, 1, 12, 0), now=NOW)
+    assert out == datetime(2020, 5, 1, 12, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+    assert out.utcoffset() == timedelta(0)
+
+
+def test_aware_raw_is_converted_to_utc() -> None:
+    raw = datetime(2020, 5, 1, 8, 0, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(hours=-4)))
+    out = normalize_doc_date(raw, now=NOW)
+    assert out == datetime(2020, 5, 1, 12, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+
+def test_past_date_kept_verbatim() -> None:
+    raw = datetime(2024, 6, 15, 7, 30, 12, 123456, tzinfo=UTC)
+    assert normalize_doc_date(raw, now=NOW) is raw
+
+
+def test_future_inside_tolerance_keeps_its_date() -> None:
+    # 23 h ahead — a drifting clock, not a future document.
+    raw = NOW + timedelta(hours=23)
+    assert normalize_doc_date(raw, now=NOW) is raw
+
+
+def test_future_beyond_tolerance_folds_to_today() -> None:
+    # 25 h ahead — beyond the 1-day tolerance → today.
+    assert normalize_doc_date(NOW + timedelta(hours=25), now=NOW) is NOW
+
+
+def test_exactly_at_tolerance_boundary_keeps_its_date() -> None:
+    # The check is strict-greater: exactly now + tolerance survives.
+    raw = NOW + FUTURE_SKEW_TOLERANCE
+    assert normalize_doc_date(raw, now=NOW) is raw
+
+
+def test_one_second_past_tolerance_folds_to_today() -> None:
+    assert normalize_doc_date(NOW + FUTURE_SKEW_TOLERANCE + timedelta(seconds=1), now=NOW) is NOW
+
+
+def test_result_keeps_full_precision() -> None:
+    # No date-truncation — the display formats, the storage doesn't.
+    out = normalize_doc_date(datetime(2020, 5, 1, 12, 0, 0, 987654), now=NOW)
+    assert out.microsecond == 987654
+
+
+def test_default_now_is_utc_now_for_none() -> None:
+    before = datetime.now(UTC)
+    out = normalize_doc_date(None)
+    after = datetime.now(UTC)
+    assert before <= out <= after
+    assert out.tzinfo is not None
+
+
+def test_default_now_keeps_old_raw() -> None:
+    out = normalize_doc_date(datetime(1999, 12, 31, 23, 59, tzinfo=UTC))
+    assert out == datetime(1999, 12, 31, 23, 59, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+
+def test_naive_now_is_treated_as_utc() -> None:
+    # The future check runs in aware space; a naive ``now`` is UTC.
+    naive_now = datetime(2026, 9, 13, 12, 0)
+    assert normalize_doc_date(None, now=naive_now) == datetime(2026, 9, 13, 12, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+    assert normalize_doc_date(
+        datetime(2026, 9, 15, 12, 1, tzinfo=UTC), now=naive_now
+    ) == datetime(2026, 9, 13, 12, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------- file_mtime_datetime
+
+
+def test_file_mtime_datetime_reads_utime_as_utc(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    # 1585699200 = 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z (epoch — tz-agnostic).
+    target = 1_585_699_200
+    p = tmp_path / "doc.md"
+    p.write_text("hello\n")
+    os.utime(p, (target, target))
+    out = file_mtime_datetime(p)
+    assert out.tzinfo is not None
+    # ±1 s: mtime granularity varies by filesystem.
+    assert abs((out - datetime(2020, 4, 1, tzinfo=UTC)).total_seconds()) <= 1.0
+
+
+def test_file_mtime_datetime_future_mtime_stays_future(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    # The helper is faithful: the FUTURE folding is normalize's job.
+    p = tmp_path / "future.md"
+    p.write_text("hi\n")
+    future = int((datetime.now(UTC) + timedelta(days=10)).timestamp())
+    os.utime(p, (future, future))
+    out = file_mtime_datetime(p)
+    assert out > datetime.now(UTC)
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------- the stdlib-only contract
+
+
+def test_module_is_pure_stdlib() -> None:
+    """Source-level pin (D3 choke point): stdlib imports only."""
+    src = Path(doc_dates.__file__).read_text()
+    import_re = re.compile(r"^\s*(?:import|from)\s+([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.]*)", re.MULTILINE)
+    modules = [m.split(".")[0] for m in import_re.findall(src)]
+    assert modules  # sanity: the regex actually matched the import block
+    non_stdlib = [m for m in modules if m not in sys.stdlib_module_names]
+    assert non_stdlib == []
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_document_viewer.py b/tests/unit/test_document_viewer.py
index f2e2d7e..67bf1c5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_document_viewer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_document_viewer.py
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ def test_content_known_pair_maps_to_doc_content() -> None:
         content_hash="f" * 64,
     )
     doc.indexed_at = datetime(2026, 8, 22, 1, 2, 3, tzinfo=UTC)
+    doc.created_at = datetime(2026, 8, 20, 9, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)  # phase 106
     with _client_with_row((doc, 3)) as client:
         r = client.get(
             "/api/documents/content",
@@ -188,8 +189,11 @@ def test_content_known_pair_maps_to_doc_content() -> None:
         )
     assert r.status_code == 200
     body = r.json()
+    # Wire-additive (phase 106, task 05): the pre-date keys are all
+    # still there, joined by ``created_at``.
     assert set(body) == {
-        "source", "path", "title", "format", "summary", "content", "indexed_at", "chunks"
+        "source", "path", "title", "format", "summary", "created_at",
+        "content", "indexed_at", "chunks",
     }
     assert body["source"] == "Homelab"
     assert body["path"] == "notes/deep mark.md"
@@ -197,6 +201,7 @@ def test_content_known_pair_maps_to_doc_content() -> None:
     assert body["format"] == "md"
     assert body["summary"] is None  # markdown doc → no summary (phase 36)
     assert body["content"] == "# Deep Mark\n\nbody"
+    assert body["created_at"] == "2026-08-20T09:00:00+00:00"  # phase 106
     assert body["indexed_at"] == "2026-08-22T01:02:03+00:00"
     assert body["chunks"] == 3
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_importer.py b/tests/unit/test_importer.py
index 7fc1bc4..4f76e6d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_importer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_importer.py
@@ -720,17 +720,20 @@ def test_import_summary_log_line_includes_summary_counters(
     caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
 ) -> None:
     """PLAN §9 summary line: the phase-30 counters sit between
-    ``embed_batches`` and ``formats``."""
+    ``embed_batches`` and ``formats``; the phase-106 date-refresh
+    counter sits between ``summary_errors`` and ``formats``."""
     s = ImportSummary()
     s.files, s.added, s.chunks, s.embed_batches = 3, 3, 5, 4
     s.summaries, s.summary_errors = 2, 1
+    s.dates_updated = 0
     s.formats = {"md": 1, "yaml": 2}
     with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO, logger="app.importer"):
         s.log()
     line = caplog.records[-1].getMessage()
     assert line == (
         "import: summary files=3 added=3 updated=0 unchanged=0 pruned=0 errors=0 "
-        "chunks=5 embed_batches=4 summaries=2 summary_errors=1 formats=yaml:2,md:1"
+        "chunks=5 embed_batches=4 summaries=2 summary_errors=1 dates_updated=0 "
+        "formats=yaml:2,md:1"
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_importer_dates.py b/tests/unit/test_importer_dates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c40895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_importer_dates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+"""Unit: phase 106 (task 04) — the importer's document-date semantics.
+
+The D2/D4 matrix against the fake LLM + the house ``db`` session
+(real compose Postgres, the ``tests/unit/test_importer.py`` pattern
+for importer tests): added files store their source date (the
+``doc_dates_by_root`` map entry when present, else the file mtime —
+both normalized by :func:`app.rag.doc_dates.normalize_doc_date`,
+D3); the unchanged path REFRESHES the stored date from the same
+source and counts it in ``dates_updated`` (content counts preserved);
+manual rows (``created_at_manual``) are skipped (the D1 lock); a
+content change re-sources the date AND clears the manual flag; a
+future (beyond-skew) mtime folds to today through the importer.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import os
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from app.models import Document
+from app.rag.importer import import_sources
+from tests.fakes import FakeEmbedder
+
+#: mtime granularity tolerance — ``os.utime`` + ``stat`` round-trip on
+#: the test filesystem (the archive-date suite uses ±1 s; 50 ms is far
+#: tighter and still filesystem-agnostic).
+_TOL = timedelta(milliseconds=50)
+
+OLD_2020 = datetime(2020, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 123456, tzinfo=UTC)
+OLD_2021 = datetime(2021, 6, 1, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+
+def _utime(path: Path, when: datetime) -> None:
+    ts = when.timestamp()
+    os.utime(path, (ts, ts))
+
+
+def _doc(db, source: str, rel: str) -> Document:
+    doc = db.scalar(select(Document).where(Document.source == source, Document.path == rel))
+    assert doc is not None, f"no documents row for ({source!r}, {rel!r})"
+    return doc
+
+
+def _cleanup_source(db, source: str) -> None:
+    for doc in db.scalars(select(Document).where(Document.source == source)).all():
+        db.delete(doc)
+    db.commit()
+
+
+def _make_root(tmp_path: Path, name: str) -> tuple[Path, Path]:
+    root = tmp_path / name
+    root.mkdir()
+    file = root / "note.md"
+    file.write_text("# Note\n\ncontent for the KB\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    return root, file
+
+
+# --- added: the source date lands on the new row -----------------------------
+
+
+def test_added_file_stores_its_mtime_as_created_at(db, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """D2 fallback: an unmapped file's mtime IS its source date — a
+    file ``os.utime``'d to 2020-01-02 imports with that ``created_at``
+    (the added branch, D3 normalized), and ``created_at_manual`` stays
+    the column default (False)."""
+    root, file = _make_root(tmp_path, "DateAdded")
+    _utime(file, OLD_2020)
+    llm = FakeEmbedder()
+    try:
+        summary = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+        assert (summary.added, summary.unchanged, summary.dates_updated) == (1, 0, 0)
+        doc = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md")
+        assert abs(doc.created_at - OLD_2020) <= _TOL
+        assert doc.created_at_manual is False
+    finally:
+        _cleanup_source(db, root.name)
+
+
+def test_doc_dates_map_entry_beats_mtime(db, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """D2 git case: a ``doc_dates_by_root`` entry (keyed by ``str(root)``
+    — the root string exactly as passed in ``sources``) names the file's
+    raw date and BEATS the file's mtime (the map says 2020, the mtime
+    says now → 2020 stored). A path missing from its root's map takes
+    the mtime fallback (≈ now) in the same run."""
+    root = tmp_path / "DateMap"
+    root.mkdir()
+    mapped = root / "git_file.md"
+    mapped.write_text("# Git\n\nfrom the repo\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    unmapped = root / "local_file.md"
+    unmapped.write_text("# Local\n\nnot in the map\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    now_before = datetime.now(UTC)
+    llm = FakeEmbedder()
+    try:
+        summary = asyncio.run(
+            import_sources(
+                [root], llm, session=db,
+                doc_dates_by_root={str(root): {"git_file.md": OLD_2020}},
+            )
+        )
+        assert summary.added == 2
+        git_doc = _doc(db, root.name, "git_file.md")
+        assert abs(git_doc.created_at - OLD_2020) <= _TOL  # the map, not the mtime
+        local_doc = _doc(db, root.name, "local_file.md")
+        # The unmapped file fell back to its mtime (written just now).
+        assert now_before - _TOL <= local_doc.created_at <= datetime.now(UTC) + _TOL
+        # Unchanged re-import with the SAME map: both dates already
+        # stored → no refresh (the map hit is stable, not a rewrite).
+        s2 = asyncio.run(
+            import_sources(
+                [root], llm, session=db,
+                doc_dates_by_root={str(root): {"git_file.md": OLD_2020}},
+            )
+        )
+        assert (s2.added, s2.updated, s2.unchanged) == (0, 0, 2)
+        assert s2.dates_updated == 0
+    finally:
+        _cleanup_source(db, root.name)
+
+
+def test_future_mtime_folds_to_today_through_importer(db, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """D3 through the importer: a mtime YEARS in the future (beyond the
+    1-day clock-skew tolerance) folds to the import moment (today), not
+    the raw future value."""
+    root, file = _make_root(tmp_path, "DateFuture")
+    _utime(file, datetime(2030, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC))
+    llm = FakeEmbedder()
+    try:
+        before = datetime.now(UTC)
+        summary = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+        after = datetime.now(UTC)
+        assert summary.added == 1
+        doc = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md")
+        # The folded date is the normalization moment — between the run's
+        # bounds (a hair of slack on each side).
+        assert before - _TOL <= doc.created_at <= after + _TOL
+        assert doc.created_at.year == before.year  # 2030 never stored
+    finally:
+        _cleanup_source(db, root.name)
+
+
+# --- unchanged: the date refresh (D4) ----------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_unchanged_reimport_refreshes_date_when_mtime_moves(db, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """D4: an unchanged file whose source date moved gets the new date
+    (it may go OLDER — no monotonic guard) and is counted in
+    ``dates_updated`` — ``added/updated/pruned`` stay 0 (content counts
+    preserved)."""
+    root, file = _make_root(tmp_path, "DateRefresh")
+    llm = FakeEmbedder()
+    try:
+        first = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+        assert first.added == 1 and first.dates_updated == 0
+        _utime(file, OLD_2021)  # the source date moved; content identical
+        second = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+        assert (second.added, second.updated, second.pruned, second.unchanged) == (0, 0, 0, 1)
+        assert second.dates_updated == 1
+        doc = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md")
+        assert abs(doc.created_at - OLD_2021) <= _TOL
+    finally:
+        _cleanup_source(db, root.name)
+
+
+def test_unchanged_reimport_same_date_no_refresh(db, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """D4's no-op case: the source date is unchanged → no write,
+    ``dates_updated`` stays 0 (an unchanged re-sync is byte-identical)."""
+    root, _file = _make_root(tmp_path, "DateSame")
+    llm = FakeEmbedder()
+    try:
+        first = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+        assert first.added == 1 and first.dates_updated == 0
+        second = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+        assert (second.added, second.updated, second.pruned, second.unchanged) == (0, 0, 0, 1)
+        assert second.dates_updated == 0
+    finally:
+        _cleanup_source(db, root.name)
+
+
+# --- the D1 manual lock --------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_manual_row_date_survives_unchanged_reimport(db, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """D1: a row carrying the owner's correction (``created_at_manual``)
+    is left ENTIRELY alone on the unchanged path — the moved mtime does
+    not refresh it and ``dates_updated`` stays 0 (the sibling of the
+    phase-97 ``manually_edited`` precedent)."""
+    root, file = _make_root(tmp_path, "DateManual")
+    llm = FakeEmbedder()
+    correction = datetime(2023, 5, 5, 9, 30, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+    try:
+        first = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+        assert first.added == 1
+        doc = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md")
+        doc.created_at = correction  # the owner's correction (task 05's API)
+        doc.created_at_manual = True
+        db.commit()
+        _utime(file, OLD_2021)  # the source moved to a DIFFERENT date
+        second = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+        assert (second.added, second.updated, second.pruned, second.unchanged) == (0, 0, 0, 1)
+        assert second.dates_updated == 0
+        db.expire_all()
+        doc = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md")
+        assert doc.created_at == correction  # the correction survived
+        assert doc.created_at_manual is True
+    finally:
+        _cleanup_source(db, root.name)
+
+
+def test_content_change_resets_date_and_manual_flag(db, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """D4: a content change is a new document version — the date is
+    re-sourced from the file AND the manual flag is reset (the
+    correction referred to the old content)."""
+    root, file = _make_root(tmp_path, "DateReset")
+    llm = FakeEmbedder()
+    correction = datetime(2023, 5, 5, 9, 30, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+    try:
+        first = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+        assert first.added == 1
+        doc = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md")
+        doc.created_at = correction
+        doc.created_at_manual = True
+        db.commit()
+        file.write_text("# Note\n\nNEW content — a new version\n", encoding="utf-8")
+        _utime(file, OLD_2021)
+        second = asyncio.run(import_sources([root], llm, session=db))
+        assert (second.added, second.updated, second.unchanged) == (0, 1, 0)
+        assert second.dates_updated == 0  # an update is not a date-only refresh
+        doc = _doc(db, root.name, "note.md")
+        assert abs(doc.created_at - OLD_2021) <= _TOL  # re-sourced
+        assert doc.created_at_manual is False  # reset
+    finally:
+        _cleanup_source(db, root.name)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_kb_tree_builder.py b/tests/unit/test_kb_tree_builder.py
index d5641f3..4d2d440 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_kb_tree_builder.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_kb_tree_builder.py
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ T0 = "2026-09-01T08:00:00+00:00"
 T1 = "2026-09-02T08:00:00+00:00"
 T2 = "2026-09-03T08:00:00+00:00"
 
+# Phase 106 (task 05): the 6th catalogue element — the document's
+# creation date (``created_at``, ISO-8601). Deliberately DISTINCT from
+# the ``indexed_at`` stamps so a test that confuses the two columns
+# fails loudly.
+C0 = "2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
+C1 = "2021-06-15T12:00:00+00:00"
+C2 = "2022-03-01T06:00:00+00:00"
+C3 = "2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
+
 
 def _folder_nodes(node) -> list:
     """The folder-kind children of a source/folder node, in order."""
@@ -34,10 +43,10 @@ def test_multi_source_registry_order_leads_and_indexed_only_appended() -> None:
     indexed-only sources in alphabetical order (the superset rule)."""
     names = ["beta", "alpha", "empty"]  # registry order — NOT alphabetical
     doc_rows: list[TreeDocRow] = [
-        ("beta", "b.md", "B", 1, T0),
-        ("alpha", "a.md", "A", 1, T0),
-        ("gamma", "g.md", "G", 1, T0),  # indexed-only → appended
-        ("delta", "d.md", "D", 1, T0),  # indexed-only → appended
+        ("beta", "b.md", "B", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("alpha", "a.md", "A", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("gamma", "g.md", "G", 1, T0, C0),  # indexed-only → appended
+        ("delta", "d.md", "D", 1, T0, C0),  # indexed-only → appended
     ]
     tree = build_kb_tree(names, doc_rows, {})
     assert [s.name for s in tree] == ["beta", "alpha", "empty", "delta", "gamma"]
@@ -59,6 +68,8 @@ def test_registered_zero_document_source_lists_empty() -> None:
     assert tree[0].documents == 0
     assert tree[0].children == []
     assert tree[0].summary is None
+    # Phase 106 (D9): a 0-document source has no dates at all.
+    assert tree[0].updated_at is None
 
 
 def test_nested_document_counts_into_source_ancestors_and_own_folder() -> None:
@@ -66,10 +77,10 @@ def test_nested_document_counts_into_source_ancestors_and_own_folder() -> None:
     to ``a/b``, and to ``a/b/c`` (the recursive subtree, the phase-94
     ``ls`` count rule)."""
     rows = [
-        ("S", "a/b/c/deep.md", "Deep", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "a/b/shallow.md", "Shallow", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "a/top.md", "Top", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "root.md", "Root", 1, T0),
+        ("S", "a/b/c/deep.md", "Deep", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "a/b/shallow.md", "Shallow", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "a/top.md", "Top", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "root.md", "Root", 1, T0, C0),
     ]
     (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
     assert source.documents == 4
@@ -91,8 +102,8 @@ def test_existence_rule_a_file_path_is_never_a_folder() -> None:
     starts with ``folder + "/"``); a document's own path — even one
     with dots — never creates a folder."""
     rows = [
-        ("S", "x.md", "X", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "x.y/z.md", "Z", 1, T0),
+        ("S", "x.md", "X", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "x.y/z.md", "Z", 1, T0, C1),
     ]
     (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
     folders = _folder_nodes(source)
@@ -109,8 +120,8 @@ def test_file_folder_name_collision_both_appear() -> None:
     colliding file counts into the folder's subtree (the ``ls`` count
     rule's ``path == folder`` arm)."""
     rows = [
-        ("S", "a", "File A", 1, T0),  # a file wearing the folder's name
-        ("S", "a/b.md", "B", 1, T0),  # makes ``a`` a folder
+        ("S", "a", "File A", 1, T0, C0),  # a file wearing the folder's name
+        ("S", "a/b.md", "B", 1, T0, C1),  # makes ``a`` a folder
     ]
     (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
     folders = _folder_nodes(source)
@@ -127,12 +138,12 @@ def test_subfolder_path_order_and_file_catalog_order() -> None:
     the input (catalog — ``GET /api/docs``) order, independent of the
     subfolder ordering."""
     rows = [
-        ("S", "zeta/z1.md", "Z1", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "alpha/a1.md", "A1", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "mike/m1.md", "M1", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "beta/b1.md", "B1", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "z-file.md", "Z", 1, T0),  # file AFTER the folders in input
-        ("S", "a-file.md", "A", 1, T0),  # file before it in input
+        ("S", "zeta/z1.md", "Z1", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "alpha/a1.md", "A1", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "mike/m1.md", "M1", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "beta/b1.md", "B1", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "z-file.md", "Z", 1, T0, C0),  # file AFTER the folders in input
+        ("S", "a-file.md", "A", 1, T0, C0),  # file before it in input
     ]
     (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
     assert [f.path for f in _folder_nodes(source)] == ["alpha", "beta", "mike", "zeta"]
@@ -147,9 +158,9 @@ def test_summaries_present_and_absent() -> None:
     path) or null when absent — any row (AI or manual is indistinguishable
     here; the builder carries whatever is stored)."""
     rows = [
-        ("S", "one/a.md", "A", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "one/b.md", "B", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "two/c.md", "C", 1, T0),
+        ("S", "one/a.md", "A", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "one/b.md", "B", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "two/c.md", "C", 1, T0, C0),
     ]
     summaries = {("S", ""): "Source desc.", ("S", "one"): "One desc."}
     # ("S", "two") is NOT stored → null.
@@ -158,21 +169,28 @@ def test_summaries_present_and_absent() -> None:
     one, two = _folder_nodes(source)
     assert one.summary == "One desc."
     assert two.summary is None
-    # File nodes carry no summary key at all (the 00_phase.md shape).
+    # File nodes carry no summary key at all (the 00_phase.md shape);
+    # since phase 106 they DO carry the creation date (``created_at``
+    # — the RAG view's ``Created`` column).
     file = _file_nodes(one)[0]
-    assert set(file.model_dump()) == {"kind", "path", "title", "chunks", "indexed_at"}
+    assert set(file.model_dump()) == {
+        "kind", "path", "title", "chunks", "created_at", "indexed_at"
+    }
     assert "summary" not in file.__class__.model_fields
 
 
 def test_file_metadata_unchanged_in_tree() -> None:
-    """File ``title`` / ``chunks`` / ``indexed_at`` ride into the tree
-    verbatim from the catalogue row (no reformatting)."""
-    rows = [("S", "deep/x/y.md", "The Title", 7, T2)]
+    """File ``title`` / ``chunks`` / ``created_at`` (phase 106) /
+    ``indexed_at`` ride into the tree verbatim from the catalogue row
+    (no reformatting) — and the two stamps stay distinct (the
+    ``created_at`` date is not confused with the ``indexed_at`` stamp)."""
+    rows = [("S", "deep/x/y.md", "The Title", 7, T2, C2)]
     (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
     file = _file_nodes(_folder_nodes(_folder_nodes(source)[0])[0])[0]
     assert file.path == "deep/x/y.md"
     assert file.title == "The Title"
     assert file.chunks == 7
+    assert file.created_at == C2  # phase 106: verbatim from the catalogue row
     assert file.indexed_at == T2
 
 
@@ -188,10 +206,10 @@ def test_indexed_document_under_unlisted_source_is_impossible() -> None:
     is no input where a document is dropped."""
     names = ["reg-b", "reg-a"]
     rows: list[TreeDocRow] = [
-        ("reg-b", "b.md", "B", 1, T0),
-        ("zzz", "z.md", "Z", 1, T0),
-        ("aaa", "a.md", "A", 1, T0),
-        ("reg-a", "a.md", "A2", 1, T0),
+        ("reg-b", "b.md", "B", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("zzz", "z.md", "Z", 1, T0, C1),
+        ("aaa", "a.md", "A", 1, T0, C2),
+        ("reg-a", "a.md", "A2", 1, T0, C3),
     ]
     tree = build_kb_tree(names, rows, {})
     listed = [s.name for s in tree]
@@ -214,14 +232,14 @@ def test_indexed_document_under_unlisted_source_is_impossible() -> None:
 #: summary-stored folder and an unstored one. Paths are in (source,
 #: path) catalog order; titles map 1:1 to paths.
 CROSS_ROWS: list[TreeDocRow] = [
-    ("S", "note", "Note", 1, T0),
-    ("S", "one/a.md", "A", 2, T1),
-    ("S", "one/b.md", "B", 0, T1),
-    ("S", "one/two/c.md", "C", 3, T1),
-    ("S", "one/two/d.md", "D", 1, T1),
-    ("S", "root.md", "Root", 4, T0),
-    ("S", "zz/e.md", "E", 2, T2),
-    ("S", "zz/f.md", "F", 2, T2),
+    ("S", "note", "Note", 1, T0, C0),
+    ("S", "one/a.md", "A", 2, T1, C1),
+    ("S", "one/b.md", "B", 0, T1, C1),
+    ("S", "one/two/c.md", "C", 3, T1, C2),
+    ("S", "one/two/d.md", "D", 1, T1, C2),
+    ("S", "root.md", "Root", 4, T0, C3),
+    ("S", "zz/e.md", "E", 2, T2, C0),
+    ("S", "zz/f.md", "F", 2, T2, C0),
 ]
 
 CROSS_SUMMARIES = {
@@ -236,9 +254,17 @@ def _cross_check(folder: str, builder_node) -> None:
     """Assert the builder's level *folder* equals
     ``group_folder_listing("S", folder, ...)`` — same subfolder
     ``(path, count, summary)`` triples in order AND same file
-    ``(path, title)`` pairs in order (uncapped — the dataset is well
-    under the ``ls`` 50-line cap, so the cap is inert)."""
-    rows = [(path, title) for _source, path, title, _chunks, _stamp in CROSS_ROWS]
+    ``(source, path, title, date)`` 4-tuples in order (uncapped — the
+    dataset is well under the ``ls`` 50-line cap, so the cap is inert).
+    Phase 106 (task 06, D5): the cross-check compares the builder's
+    OUTPUT node projections against the agent's extended file shape —
+    the node's ``created_at`` DATE PART (the same ``YYYY-MM-DD`` the
+    agent's ``ls`` line renders) joins the comparison.
+    """
+    rows = [
+        (path, title, created[:10])
+        for _source, path, title, _chunks, _stamp, created in CROSS_ROWS
+    ]
     source_summaries = {
         folder_path: summary
         for (source, folder_path), summary in CROSS_SUMMARIES.items()
@@ -246,8 +272,8 @@ def _cross_check(folder: str, builder_node) -> None:
     }
     subs, files, _total = group_folder_listing("S", folder, rows, source_summaries)
     assert [(f.path, f.documents, f.summary) for f in _folder_nodes(builder_node)] == subs
-    assert [(f.path, f.title) for f in _file_nodes(builder_node)] == [
-        (path, title) for _source, path, title in files
+    assert [(f.path, f.title, f.created_at[:10]) for f in _file_nodes(builder_node)] == [
+        (path, title, date) for _source, path, title, date in files
     ]
 
 
@@ -302,8 +328,8 @@ def test_folder_two_docs_no_stored_row_is_pending() -> None:
     (the marker's "waiting to generate" semantics); file nodes carry
     no flag at all (the file table has no description column)."""
     rows = [
-        ("S", "one/a.md", "A", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "one/b.md", "B", 1, T0),
+        ("S", "one/a.md", "A", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "one/b.md", "B", 1, T0, C0),
     ]
     (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
     (one,) = _folder_nodes(source)
@@ -321,8 +347,8 @@ def test_folder_with_stored_row_is_not_pending() -> None:
     A row on the folder does not cover the source root: with no
     ``(source, "")`` row the SOURCE node stays pending."""
     rows = [
-        ("S", "one/a.md", "A", 1, T0),
-        ("S", "one/b.md", "B", 1, T0),
+        ("S", "one/a.md", "A", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "one/b.md", "B", 1, T0, C0),
     ]
     (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {("S", "one"): "Manual."})
     (one,) = _folder_nodes(source)
@@ -338,8 +364,8 @@ def test_single_document_folder_never_pending() -> None:
     — its one file line IS its description), even with no stored row
     — while its ≥ 2-doc source root (no root row) still is."""
     rows = [
-        ("S", "solo/only.md", "Only", 1, T0),  # 1-doc folder
-        ("S", "top.md", "Top", 1, T0),  # source total = 2
+        ("S", "solo/only.md", "Only", 1, T0, C0),  # 1-doc folder
+        ("S", "top.md", "Top", 1, T0, C1),  # source total = 2
     ]
     (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
     (solo,) = _folder_nodes(source)
@@ -357,8 +383,8 @@ def test_name_collision_pending_follows_recursive_count() -> None:
     the number of direct children. A stored row on the NESTED folder
     alone clears only that marker (the rule is per node)."""
     rows = [
-        ("S", "one/a", "File A", 1, T0),  # a file wearing the folder's name
-        ("S", "one/a/b.md", "B", 1, T0),  # makes ``one/a`` a folder
+        ("S", "one/a", "File A", 1, T0, C0),  # a file wearing the folder's name
+        ("S", "one/a/b.md", "B", 1, T0, C1),  # makes ``one/a`` a folder
     ]
     (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
     one = _folder_nodes(source)[0]
@@ -386,8 +412,8 @@ def test_source_root_pending_and_zero_document_source_never() -> None:
     A registered 0-document source is NEVER pending (0 < the minimum —
     there is nothing to summarize), with or without a manual row."""
     rows = [
-        ("Full", "x/1.md", "1", 1, T0),
-        ("Full", "y.md", "Y", 1, T0),
+        ("Full", "x/1.md", "1", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("Full", "y.md", "Y", 1, T0, C1),
     ]
     full, empty = build_kb_tree(["Full", "Empty"], rows, {})
     assert full.documents == 2
@@ -407,11 +433,115 @@ def test_two_sources_pending_independently() -> None:
     row and the other not, only the rowless source's node is pending —
     the markers never leak across sources."""
     rows = [
-        ("A", "a1.md", "A1", 1, T0),
-        ("A", "a2.md", "A2", 1, T0),
-        ("B", "b1.md", "B1", 1, T0),
-        ("B", "b2.md", "B2", 1, T0),
+        ("A", "a1.md", "A1", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("A", "a2.md", "A2", 1, T0, C1),
+        ("B", "b1.md", "B1", 1, T0, C2),
+        ("B", "b2.md", "B2", 1, T0, C3),
     ]
     a, b = build_kb_tree(["A", "B"], rows, {("A", ""): "A root."})
     assert (a.summary, a.summary_pending) == ("A root.", False)
     assert (b.summary, b.summary_pending) == (None, True)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Document dates (phase 106, task 05, D8/D9) — the pure builder's date
+# threading: file ``created_at`` verbatim; folder/source ``updated_at``
+# = the subtree's MAX document ``created_at`` (derived as the builder
+# recurses, never stored; ``None`` for a node with no documents).
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_updated_at_deep_file_beats_shallow_sibling() -> None:
+    """D9: a folder's ``updated_at`` is the MAX over its WHOLE subtree —
+    a deeper file's date wins over a shallower sibling's (the max
+    recurses through every level, not just the direct files)."""
+    rows = [
+        ("S", "root.md", "Root", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "a/top.md", "Top", 1, T0, C1),
+        ("S", "a/b/shallow.md", "Shallow", 1, T0, C2),
+        ("S", "a/b/c/deep.md", "Deep", 1, T0, C3),  # the overall max
+    ]
+    (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
+    a = _folder_nodes(source)[0]
+    a_b = _folder_nodes(a)[0]
+    a_b_c = _folder_nodes(a_b)[0]
+    # The deepest folder: its one file's date.
+    assert a_b_c.updated_at == C3
+    # a/b: its own file (C2) vs its child's subtree max (C3) → C3.
+    assert a_b.updated_at == C3
+    # a: its direct file (C1) vs the deeper subtree (C3) → the DEEPER
+    # file's date wins over the shallow sibling's.
+    assert a.updated_at == C3
+    # The source root: max over root.md (C0) + a's subtree (C3).
+    assert source.updated_at == C3
+    # File nodes carry their own date verbatim — no ``updated_at`` key.
+    deep = _file_nodes(a_b_c)[0]
+    assert deep.created_at == C3
+    assert "updated_at" not in deep.model_dump()
+
+
+def test_updated_at_direct_file_wins_when_it_is_the_max() -> None:
+    """The inverse: when a folder's OWN direct file holds the newest
+    date, the max stays at the direct level (the recursion takes the
+    max, it does not prefer depth)."""
+    rows = [
+        ("S", "root.md", "Root", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("S", "a/top.md", "Top", 1, T0, C3),  # the overall max, DIRECT
+        ("S", "a/b/shallow.md", "Shallow", 1, T0, C1),
+        ("S", "a/b/c/deep.md", "Deep", 1, T0, C2),
+    ]
+    (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
+    a = _folder_nodes(source)[0]
+    a_b = _folder_nodes(a)[0]
+    a_b_c = _folder_nodes(a_b)[0]
+    assert a_b_c.updated_at == C2  # its own file
+    assert a_b.updated_at == C2  # max(C1, child C2)
+    assert a.updated_at == C3  # the direct file (C3) beats the subtree (C2)
+    assert source.updated_at == C3  # max(C0, a's C3)
+
+
+def test_updated_at_threads_through_folder_only_subtree() -> None:
+    """A folder with NO direct files (only subfolders) still carries the
+    date threaded up from its child subfolders — the max is over the
+    children (files AND folders), so a pure directory chain never loses
+    the dates below it."""
+    rows = [("S", "a/b/c/x.md", "X", 1, T0, C2)]
+    (source,) = build_kb_tree(["S"], rows, {})
+    a = _folder_nodes(source)[0]  # no direct files — only subfolder a/b
+    a_b = _folder_nodes(a)[0]  # no direct files — only subfolder a/b/c
+    a_b_c = _folder_nodes(a_b)[0]
+    assert a_b_c.updated_at == C2
+    assert a_b.updated_at == C2
+    assert a.updated_at == C2
+    assert source.updated_at == C2
+
+
+def test_updated_at_is_none_only_for_nodes_without_documents() -> None:
+    """``None`` is reserved for nodes with NO documents at all — a
+    registered 0-document source; every node that has ≥ 1 document in
+    its subtree carries a date (the 6th catalogue element is always
+    present — ``created_at`` is NOT NULL, D1)."""
+    full, empty = build_kb_tree(
+        ["Full", "Empty"],
+        [("Full", "only.md", "Only", 1, T0, C1)],
+        {},
+    )
+    assert full.documents == 1
+    assert full.updated_at == C1
+    assert empty.documents == 0
+    assert empty.updated_at is None
+    assert empty.children == []
+
+
+def test_updated_at_does_not_leak_across_sources() -> None:
+    """The max is per source subtree: one source's newest document never
+    lifts another source's ``updated_at`` (the dates are computed
+    inside :func:`build_kb_tree`'s per-source node, like ``documents``
+    and ``summary_pending``)."""
+    rows = [
+        ("A", "a1.md", "A1", 1, T0, C0),
+        ("B", "b1.md", "B1", 1, T0, C3),  # B's date is the global max
+    ]
+    a, b = build_kb_tree(["A", "B"], rows, {})
+    assert a.updated_at == C0
+    assert b.updated_at == C3
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_kb_tree_ui.py b/tests/unit/test_kb_tree_ui.py
index 1f9d916..80ebf07 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_kb_tree_ui.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_kb_tree_ui.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 The RAG (Knowledge base) view lists the catalog the way the agent's
 ``ls`` sees it (the phase-94 concept, ONE end to end): sources at the
 top, then per level the subfolders (recursive count + the STORED
-description) and the level's files (the existing 5-column
-``#docs-table`` — unchanged). The view's catalog load is now
+description) and the level's files (the ``#docs-table`` — phase 106,
+task 08, D8, added the Created column BEFORE Indexed, making it the
+6-column contract). The view's catalog load is now
 ``loadTree()``: ONE fetch of ``GET /api/docs/tree`` (the full recursive
 tree in a single payload — task 02), then client-side drill navigation
 (no per-level fetch, no URL change).
@@ -17,8 +18,12 @@ suite, task 06):
 * the shell's RAG view ships the static tree skeleton (``#kb-crumb``,
   ``#kb-level`` + ``#kb-level-title``/``#kb-level-summary``,
   ``#folders-wrap`` + ``#folders-table`` — ONE table for every level,
-  the Folder | Documents | Description head) in order after
-  ``#stat-cards`` and BEFORE the unchanged file table;
+  the Folder | Documents | Updated | Description head — phase 106
+  (task 08, D8) added the Updated column (the subtree's MAX document
+  created_at, D9) BETWEEN Documents and Description) in order after
+  ``#stat-cards`` and BEFORE the file table (now the 6-column
+  Source | Path | Title | Chunks | Created | Indexed head — phase 106
+  (task 08, D8) added the Created column BEFORE Indexed);
 * the exact ``/api/docs/tree`` fetch (and the flat ``/api/docs`` fetch
   is gone from the view module);
 * the drill state (``current`` / ``kbTree``), the state transitions
@@ -189,8 +194,10 @@ def test_rag_view_ships_the_tree_skeleton_in_order() -> None:
     ``#kb-crumb`` is the location nav; ``#kb-level`` is the level block
     (title + description); ``#folders-wrap`` hosts the ONE
     folders/sources table (``.table-wrap`` card, Folder | Documents |
-    Description, visually-hidden caption, the ``.docs-table``
-    language + ``.kb-folders-table``)."""
+    Updated | Description — phase 106 (task 08, D8), visually-hidden
+    caption, the ``.docs-table`` language + ``.kb-folders-table``).
+    The file table's head is the 6-column contract (Source | Path |
+    Title | Chunks | Created | Indexed — phase 106 (task 08, D8))."""
     view = _rag_view(_text(SHELL_HTML))
     for fragment in (
         '',
@@ -209,6 +216,7 @@ def test_rag_view_ships_the_tree_skeleton_in_order() -> None:
     for column in (
         "",
         "",
+        "",  # phase 106 (task 08, D8)
         "",
     ):
         assert column in head.group(1), f"#folders-table head must carry {column!r}"
@@ -221,12 +229,13 @@ def test_rag_view_ships_the_tree_skeleton_in_order() -> None:
         < view.find('id="folders-wrap"')
         < view.find('id="docs-table"')
     ), "the skeleton must sit between the stat cards and the file table"
-    # The file table is UNCHANGED (the 5-column contract, makeRow's home).
+    # The file table's head (the 6-column contract — phase 106 (task
+    # 08, D8) added Created BEFORE Indexed; makeRow's home).
     doc_head = re.search(
         r'
FolderDocumentsUpdatedDescription
.*?(.*?)', view, re.S
     )
     assert doc_head, "the file table must keep its static thead"
-    for column in ("Source", "Path", "Title", "Chunks", "Indexed"):
+    for column in ("Source", "Path", "Title", "Chunks", "Created", "Indexed"):
         assert f">{column}" in doc_head.group(1), f"#docs-table head must keep {column!r}"
 
 
@@ -287,7 +296,9 @@ def test_source_row_click_drills_into_the_source_root() -> None:
     The row carries the recursive count and the stored (source, "")
     description — textContent only."""
     js = _js()
-    body = js[js.find("function makeSourceRow(") : js.find("function makeSourceRow(") + 1200]
+    # Slice to the next function (the row builders grew with phase 106's
+    # Updated cell — a fixed window would drift out of the function).
+    body = js[js.find("function makeSourceRow(") : js.find("function makeFolderRow(")]
     assert 'link.className = "folder-link"' in body, "the source row uses the row drill link"
     assert "link.textContent = s.name" in body
     assert "goTo({ source: s.name, folder: \"\" })" in body, (
@@ -309,7 +320,7 @@ def test_folder_row_click_drills_into_the_folder() -> None:
     `{ source, folder: f.path }` (the source-relative folder path)."""
     js = _js()
     start = js.find("function makeFolderRow(")
-    body = js[start : start + 1400]
+    body = js[start : js.find("function renderLevel(")]
     assert 'link.className = "folder-link"' in body
     assert "link.textContent = f.path.split(\"/\").pop()" in body, (
         "the label is the last segment (the breadcrumb language)"
@@ -1370,7 +1381,9 @@ def test_styles_carry_the_one_line_clamp() -> None:
         "white-space: nowrap",
     ):
         assert prop in text, f".kb-desc-text must carry {prop!r}"
-    col_i = css.find(".kb-folders-table td:nth-child(3) {")
+    # Phase 106 (task 08): the clamp follows the Description cell, which
+    # moved to the 4th column (Updated took 3rd).
+    col_i = css.find(".kb-folders-table td:nth-child(4) {")
     assert col_i != -1
     col = css[col_i : col_i + 400]
     col = col[: col.find("\n}")]
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_prompts.py b/tests/unit/test_prompts.py
index 69a657d..ad4bae3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_prompts.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_prompts.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ only) is unchanged.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import uuid
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -47,6 +48,13 @@ OVERVIEW = "- Homelab\n  - Kubernetes (k3s)\n- Deployments\n  - Borg backups"
 KB_INTRO = "The basic categories of everything in this knowledge base (generated at import time):"
 
 
+#: The fixture documents' fixed creation date (phase 106, D5) — the
+#: ```` block formats its UTC date part (the detached fixture
+#: rows carry it exactly as the NOT NULL DB column guarantees it for
+#: real rows).
+_FIXTURE_CREATED_AT = datetime(2024, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+
 def _doc(path: str, content: str, title: str) -> Document:
     return Document(
         id=uuid.uuid4(),
@@ -56,6 +64,7 @@ def _doc(path: str, content: str, title: str) -> Document:
         title=title,
         content=content,
         content_hash="0" * 64,
+        created_at=_FIXTURE_CREATED_AT,
     )
 
 
@@ -137,7 +146,8 @@ def test_zero_note_prompt_is_byte_identical_to_pre_steering() -> None:
     fixtures account for it; the LOW prompt is untouched.)"""
     doc = _doc("kubernetes.md", "Talos Linux on three nodes.", "Kubernetes Homelab Cluster")
     block = (
-        '\n'
+        '\n'
         "Talos Linux on three nodes.\n"
         ""
     )
@@ -394,7 +404,8 @@ def test_no_overview_prompt_is_byte_identical_to_pre_phase() -> None:
     body — the fixtures account for it; the LOW prompt is untouched.)"""
     doc = _doc("kubernetes.md", "Talos Linux on three nodes.", "Kubernetes Homelab Cluster")
     block = (
-        '\n'
+        '\n'
         "Talos Linux on three nodes.\n"
         ""
     )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_prompts_dates.py b/tests/unit/test_prompts_dates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6f44f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_prompts_dates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+"""Unit: the phase-106 D5 date surfaces (task 06) — the date rides every
+document the model sees.
+
+Three surfaces, pinned here against pure inputs (no database):
+
+* the HIGH prompt's ```` block carries
+  ``date="YYYY-MM-DD"`` — the row's ``created_at`` UTC date part,
+  APPENDED after ``title`` (the only position; always present,
+  ``created_at`` is NOT NULL) — while the DEFLECTION prompt stays
+  byte-identical to the pre-phase text (the A8 contract — titles only,
+  no documents, no dates);
+* the ``read`` tool result carries ``date: YYYY-MM-DD`` as its SECOND
+  line — the FIRST line stays ``Document {source}/{path}:``
+  BYTE-IDENTICAL (the E2E mock's ``_READ_RESULT_PREFIX`` header
+  contract) — in BOTH the plain and the truncated shapes (marker +
+  notice still follow the cut content);
+* the ``ls`` FILE line ENDS with the appended `` | date: YYYY-MM-DD``
+  field (never inserted before ``title``) and the 50-line cap note is
+  unchanged; source/folder lines carry no date.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import uuid
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from typing import Any, cast
+
+import pytest
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from app.config import Settings
+from app.models import Document
+from app.rag import agent
+from app.rag.agent import READ_TRUNCATION_NOTICE, AgentHolder, run_agent
+from app.rag.llm import (
+    LLMClient,
+    StreamPiece,
+    ToolCallPiece,
+)
+from app.rag.prompts import (
+    _base,
+    build_deflect_prompt,
+    build_high_prompt,
+    build_steering_section,
+)
+from app.rag.retriever import TRUNCATION_MARKER
+
+#: A fixed creation date; the UTC date part is ``2024-06-15``.
+CREATED_AT = datetime(2024, 6, 15, 12, 30, 45, tzinfo=UTC)
+DATE = "2024-06-15"
+
+
+def _doc(
+    source: str = "S",
+    path: str = "P",
+    title: str = "T",
+    content: str = "CONTENT",
+    created_at: datetime = CREATED_AT,
+) -> Document:
+    return Document(
+        id=uuid.uuid4(),
+        source=source,
+        path=path,
+        full_path=f"/tmp/{path}",
+        title=title,
+        content=content,
+        content_hash="0" * 64,
+        created_at=created_at,
+    )
+
+
+def _settings(**kwargs: Any) -> Settings:
+    kwargs.setdefault("_env_file", None)
+    return Settings(**kwargs)  # pyright: ignore[reportCallIssue]
+
+
+class ScriptedLLM:
+    """Canned stream sequences; records every ``chat_stream`` request."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *streams: list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece]) -> None:
+        self.streams: list[list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece]] = list(streams)
+        self.requests: list[tuple[list[dict[str, Any]], list[dict[str, Any]] | None]] = []
+
+    async def chat_stream(
+        self,
+        messages: list[dict[str, str]],
+        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+        scaffolding: object = None,
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece]:
+        self.requests.append((messages, tools))
+        if not self.streams:
+            return
+        for piece in self.streams.pop(0):
+            yield piece
+
+
+async def _run(
+    llm: ScriptedLLM,
+    holder: AgentHolder,
+    settings: Settings,
+) -> None:
+    async for _piece in run_agent(
+        cast("LLMClient", llm),
+        cast("Session", None),
+        system_prompt="SYSTEM_PROMPT",
+        user_message="QUESTION",
+        seed_docs=[],
+        settings=settings,
+        holder=holder,
+    ):
+        pass
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The HIGH prompt's  block — date="YYYY-MM-DD" after title
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_high_block_carries_date_attribute_after_title() -> None:
+    """The block's identity attributes are ``source`` / ``path`` /
+    ``title`` — and, phase 106 (D5), ``date`` APPENDED after ``title``
+    (the only position), always present."""
+    doc = _doc(source="S", path="P", title="T", content="THE BODY")
+    prompt = build_high_prompt([doc])
+    block = (
+        f'\n'
+        "THE BODY\n"
+        ""
+    )
+    assert block in prompt
+    # The attribute order is pinned: date directly after title, then
+    # the closing bracket (nothing may land between title and date or
+    # after date before the block opens).
+    assert f'title="T" date="{DATE}">' in prompt
+    assert '\n' not in prompt  # pre-phase shape is gone
+
+
+def test_high_block_date_is_the_utc_date_part() -> None:
+    """The date is the row's ``created_at`` UTC DATE part: a late UTC
+    instant (23:59:59 on 2024-06-15) renders ``2024-06-15`` — and the
+    time-of-day is never shown (full precision is stored; only the
+    date part rides the block). Stored rows are always UTC-aware
+    (``timestamptz`` read-back + :func:`normalize_doc_date`), so the
+    UTC date part is the stored date part."""
+    doc = _doc(created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, 23, 59, 59, tzinfo=UTC))
+    prompt = build_high_prompt([doc])
+    assert f'title="T" date="{DATE}">' in prompt
+    assert "2024-06-16" not in prompt
+    # The time-of-day is never rendered on the block.
+    assert "23:59" not in prompt and "12:30" not in prompt
+
+
+def test_high_block_date_always_present_for_every_document() -> None:
+    """Every document block carries the date (``created_at`` is NOT
+    NULL — the attribute is never omitted), each with its OWN row's
+    date."""
+    a = _doc(source="A", path="a.md", title="A", content="CA", created_at=CREATED_AT)
+    b = _doc(
+        source="B",
+        path="b.md",
+        title="B",
+        content="CB",
+        created_at=datetime(2019, 6, 15, 5, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC),
+    )
+    prompt = build_high_prompt([a, b])
+    assert '' in prompt
+    assert '' in prompt
+    # No date-less block anywhere.
+    assert prompt.count(" section
+    # (phase 15) — still no date anywhere.
+    expected_steered = (
+        _base("LOW")
+        + "\n"
+        + build_steering_section(["be concise"])
+        + "\n"
+        + "DEFLECT_MODE: retrieval was weak — the titles below are the closest "
+        "your notes come to the question. They are titles only; do not pretend "
+        "they answer it. Use them to propose 2-3 alternative questions.\n"
+        + "Reply in plain text only — you have no tools in this mode.\n"
+        + "- T1\n- T2"
+    )
+    assert build_deflect_prompt(["T1", "T2"], notes=["be concise"]) == expected_steered
+    for prompt in (expected_plain, expected_steered):
+        assert " None:
+    """Over the cap: the SAME two header lines, then the first ``cap``
+    chars, the shared marker, and the pinned notice — the truncation
+    contract (phase 95) is unchanged by the date line."""
+    cap = 10
+    content_body = "x" * 25
+    doc = _doc(source="S", path="big.md", title="Big", content=content_body)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(agent, "find_document", lambda db, source, path: doc)
+    holder = AgentHolder()
+    llm = ScriptedLLM(
+        [ToolCallPiece(id="call_1", name="read", arguments={"path": "S/big.md"})],
+        [StreamPiece("content", "ans")],
+    )
+    asyncio.run(_run(llm, holder, _settings(read_max_chars=cap)))
+    expected = (
+        "Document S/big.md:\n"
+        f"date: {DATE}\n"
+        + content_body[:cap]
+        + "\n"
+        + TRUNCATION_MARKER
+        + "\n"
+        + READ_TRUNCATION_NOTICE.format(shown=cap, total=len(content_body))
+    )
+    assert llm.requests[1][0][3]["content"] == expected
+    # The truncation still records on the holder (the ToolResultPiece
+    # signal) — the date line adds nothing to the counters.
+    assert holder.read_truncations == [("S/big.md", cap, len(content_body))]
+    assert holder.tool_calls == 1
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The ls FILE line — the appended " | date: YYYY-MM-DD" field
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_ls_file_line_ends_with_appended_date() -> None:
+    """The ``ls`` FILE line is ``source: X | path: Y | title: Z`` with
+    the phase-106 D5 field APPENDED at the END (never inserted before
+    ``title`` — the mock's non-greedy ``path`` capture would swallow an
+    inserted field)."""
+    rows = [
+        ("a.md", "A", "2019-06-15"),
+        ("b.md", "B", "2024-06-15"),
+    ]
+    subfolders, files, total = agent.group_folder_listing("S", "", rows, {})
+    rendered = agent.render_folder_listing("S", subfolders, files, total)
+    assert total == 2
+    lines = rendered.splitlines()
+    assert lines[0] == "S — 2 documents, 0 folders:"
+    # The file lines end with the appended date field — per-row dates.
+    assert lines[2] == "source: S | path: a.md | title: A | date: 2019-06-15"
+    assert lines[3] == "source: S | path: b.md | title: B | date: 2024-06-15"
+    # The date field is the LAST field (appended, never inserted before
+    # ``title`` — where the mock's non-greedy path capture would
+    # swallow it).
+    for line in (lines[2], lines[3]):
+        assert line.index("date:") > line.index("title:")
+        assert line.rsplit(" | ", 1)[-1].startswith("date: ")  # date is final
+
+
+def test_ls_folder_and_source_lines_carry_no_date() -> None:
+    """Only FILE lines are documents: the folder header, the indented
+    subfolder lines, and the top-level source lines carry NO date."""
+    rows = [
+        ("a/x.md", "X", "2019-06-15"),
+        ("a/y.md", "Y", "2020-01-02"),
+        ("top.md", "Top", "2024-06-15"),
+    ]
+    subfolders, files, total = agent.group_folder_listing("S", "", rows, {"a": "A stuff."})
+    rendered = agent.render_folder_listing("S", subfolders, files, total)
+    lines = rendered.splitlines()
+    assert lines[0] == "S — 1 documents, 1 folders:"  # header: no date
+    assert lines[2] == "  a/ — 2 documents: A stuff."  # subfolder: no date
+    # Only the DIRECT root file lists (a/ is a subfolder line — the
+    # drill-down is one level per call), and it alone carries a date.
+    file_lines = [line for line in lines if line.startswith("source: ")]
+    assert file_lines == [
+        "source: S | path: top.md | title: Top | date: 2024-06-15"
+    ]
+    # The top level (source lines) is byte-identical to the pre-phase
+    # template — no date on source lines.
+    assert agent.render_ls_top([("S", 3, "Source stuff.")]) == (
+        "1 sources:\n\nS — 3 documents\n  Source stuff."
+    )
+    assert "date" not in agent.render_ls_top([("S", 3, None)])
+
+
+def test_ls_cap_note_unchanged_past_fifty() -> None:
+    """The 50-line cap note is UNCHANGED by the date field: 51 files →
+    50 lines (each with its appended date) + the exact pre-phase note;
+    the line COUNT is unaffected by the wider lines."""
+    rows = [(f"f{i:03d}.md", f"T{i}", "2024-06-15") for i in range(51)]
+    subfolders, files, total = agent.group_folder_listing("S", "", rows, {})
+    rendered = agent.render_folder_listing("S", subfolders, files, total)
+    lines = rendered.splitlines()
+    assert total == 51 and len(lines) == 1 + 1 + 50 + 1  # header, blank, 50, note
+    assert lines[-1] == (
+        "…and 1 more documents in this folder — use grep (pattern) to "
+        "find a specific one."
+    )
+    assert lines[1] == ""  # the blank after the header is untouched
+    assert all(
+        line.endswith(" | date: 2024-06-15")
+        for line in lines[2:52]
+    )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_retriever.py b/tests/unit/test_retriever.py
index b2795c2..7d08e71 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_retriever.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_retriever.py
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ def _lexical_row(is_summary: bool, doc_path: str) -> object:
         doc_content=doc.content,
         content_hash=doc.content_hash,
         indexed_at=None,
+        created_at=None,
         is_summary=is_summary,
         rank=0.33,
     )
@@ -427,6 +428,7 @@ def _name_hit_lateral_row(doc: Document, is_summary: bool = False) -> SimpleName
         doc_content=doc.content,
         content_hash=doc.content_hash,
         indexed_at=None,
+        created_at=None,
         chunk_id=uuid.uuid4(),
         position=-1 if is_summary else 0,
         content="summary chunk" if is_summary else "content chunk",
@@ -526,7 +528,7 @@ def test_lexical_candidates_name_hits_lead_and_dedupe_with_fts() -> None:
             chunk_id=q38_chunk, position=1, content="c", doc_id=q38.id,
             source=q38.source, path=q38.path, full_path=q38.full_path,
             title=q38.title, doc_content=q38.content, content_hash=q38.content_hash,
-            indexed_at=None, is_summary=False, rank=0.1,
+            indexed_at=None, created_at=None, is_summary=False, rank=0.1,
         ),
         # an FTS hit on a different chunk of the OTHER doc (kept)
         _lexical_row(False, "quadlets/qwen38-other.container"),
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_retriever_recency.py b/tests/unit/test_retriever_recency.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2885b2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_retriever_recency.py
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+"""Unit: the D6 recency boost on the fused score (phase 106, task 07).
+
+Pure-function pins for
+:func:`app.rag.retriever.apply_recency_boost` — the decay magnitude
+(zero age → full weight, one half-life → ``weight/e``, ten half-lives
+→ negligible), the future-date clamp, the ``weight=0`` kill switch
+(byte-identical scores AND order), the tie-breaks (a raw-score tie
+breaks toward the newer document; the ``(path, position)`` key still
+applies when scores AND cosines AND ages are equal), and the
+no-mutation contract (the ``fuse`` convention). Fake rows, no DB —
+the real-Postgres fine-line battery (the owner's scenario) lives in
+``tests/integration/test_recency_boost.py``.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import math
+import uuid
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+
+import pytest
+
+from app.config import get_settings
+from app.models import Document
+from app.rag.retriever import RetrievedChunk, apply_recency_boost
+
+#: A fixed "now" — the pins must not depend on the wall clock.
+NOW = datetime(2026, 9, 13, 12, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+
+def _doc(path: str, created_at: datetime, source: str = "Homelab") -> Document:
+    return Document(
+        id=uuid.uuid4(),
+        source=source,
+        path=path,
+        full_path=f"/tmp/{path}",
+        title=path,
+        content="x",
+        content_hash="0" * 64,
+        indexed_at=created_at,
+        created_at=created_at,
+    )
+
+
+def _chunk(
+    doc: Document, score: float, position: int = 0, cosine: float = 0.9
+) -> RetrievedChunk:
+    return RetrievedChunk(
+        chunk_id=uuid.uuid4(),
+        position=position,
+        content="x",
+        score=score,
+        document=doc,
+        cosine=cosine,
+    )
+
+
+def test_zero_age_gets_the_full_weight_exactly() -> None:
+    """Age 0 → ``+weight`` with no float drift (``exp(0) == 1.0``)."""
+    c = _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW), 0.032787)
+    out = apply_recency_boost([c], now=NOW, weight=0.0007, half_life_days=365)
+    assert out[0].score == 0.032787 + 0.0007
+
+
+def test_one_half_life_of_age_decays_to_weight_over_e() -> None:
+    """Age = half-life → ``+weight·e⁻¹`` (±1e-9)."""
+    c = _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW - timedelta(days=365)), 0.032787)
+    out = apply_recency_boost([c], now=NOW, weight=0.0007, half_life_days=365)
+    assert out[0].score == pytest.approx(
+        0.032787 + 0.0007 * math.exp(-1.0), abs=1e-9
+    )
+
+
+def test_ten_half_lives_of_age_is_negligible() -> None:
+    """Age 10× the half-life → ``+weight·e⁻¹⁰`` < ``weight·1e-3`` — the
+    boost has faded to nothing (recency is an age signal, not a binary)."""
+    c = _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW - timedelta(days=3650)), 0.032787)
+    out = apply_recency_boost([c], now=NOW, weight=0.0007, half_life_days=365)
+    assert out[0].score - 0.032787 < 0.0007 * 1e-3
+
+
+def test_future_created_at_clamps_to_zero_age() -> None:
+    """A future ``created_at`` clamps to age 0 — the full weight (the D3
+    today-folding consistency: a future-sourced doc reads as brand-new)."""
+    c = _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW + timedelta(days=30)), 0.032787)
+    out = apply_recency_boost([c], now=NOW, weight=0.0007, half_life_days=365)
+    assert out[0].score == 0.032787 + 0.0007
+
+
+def test_weight_zero_is_byte_identical_scores_and_order() -> None:
+    """The kill switch: ``weight=0`` leaves every score untouched and the
+    order byte-identical for an already-fused (already 4-key-sorted)
+    input."""
+    a0 = _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW - timedelta(days=10)), 0.03, cosine=0.9, position=0)
+    b0 = _chunk(_doc("b.md", NOW - timedelta(days=20)), 0.03, cosine=0.8, position=0)
+    a1 = _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW - timedelta(days=10)), 0.02, cosine=0.95, position=0)
+    c1 = _chunk(_doc("c.md", NOW - timedelta(days=30)), 0.02, cosine=0.5, position=1)
+    chunks = [a0, b0, a1, c1]  # already sorted by the 4-key order
+    out = apply_recency_boost(chunks, now=NOW, weight=0.0, half_life_days=365)
+    assert [
+        (rc.score, rc.cosine, rc.document.path, rc.position) for rc in out
+    ] == [
+        (rc.score, rc.cosine, rc.document.path, rc.position) for rc in chunks
+    ]
+
+
+def test_raw_score_tie_breaks_toward_the_newer_document() -> None:
+    """An EXACT raw-score + cosine tie: the boost moves only the newer
+    document (the older one's boost has decayed to ~0), so the newer
+    rank rises above it — and with ``weight=0`` the pre-phase
+    (path-ordered) ranking stands."""
+    old = _chunk(_doc("a-old.md", NOW - timedelta(days=2500)), 0.016129)
+    new = _chunk(_doc("b-new.md", NOW), 0.016129)
+    out = apply_recency_boost([old, new], now=NOW, weight=0.0007, half_life_days=365)
+    assert [rc.document.path for rc in out] == ["b-new.md", "a-old.md"]
+    out_off = apply_recency_boost([old, new], now=NOW, weight=0.0, half_life_days=365)
+    assert [rc.document.path for rc in out_off] == ["a-old.md", "b-new.md"]
+
+
+def test_path_position_tiebreak_when_scores_cosines_and_ages_equal() -> None:
+    """When the boosted scores AND cosines are equal (same age → same
+    boost), the EXISTING ``(path, position)`` tie-break still decides —
+    first by path, then by position within one path."""
+    a = _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW - timedelta(days=100)), 0.02, cosine=0.5, position=1)
+    b = _chunk(_doc("b.md", NOW - timedelta(days=100)), 0.02, cosine=0.5, position=0)
+    out = apply_recency_boost([b, a], now=NOW, weight=0.001, half_life_days=365)
+    assert [rc.document.path for rc in out] == ["a.md", "b.md"]
+    # Same path, different positions (same doc, same age, same score):
+    p1 = _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW - timedelta(days=100)), 0.02, cosine=0.5, position=1)
+    p0 = _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW - timedelta(days=100)), 0.02, cosine=0.5, position=0)
+    out2 = apply_recency_boost([p1, p0], now=NOW, weight=0.001, half_life_days=365)
+    assert [rc.position for rc in out2] == [0, 1]
+
+
+def test_defaults_come_from_settings_when_omitted() -> None:
+    """Omitted *weight* / *half_life_days* fall back to the settings
+    (``recency_boost`` / ``recency_half_life_days``) — the explicit
+    settings values must reproduce the default call exactly."""
+    chunks = [
+        _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW - timedelta(days=30)), 0.02),
+        _chunk(_doc("b.md", NOW - timedelta(days=700)), 0.02),
+    ]
+    s = get_settings()
+    out_default = apply_recency_boost(chunks, now=NOW)
+    out_explicit = apply_recency_boost(
+        chunks,
+        now=NOW,
+        weight=s.recency_boost,
+        half_life_days=s.recency_half_life_days,
+    )
+    assert [rc.score for rc in out_default] == [rc.score for rc in out_explicit]
+
+
+def test_inputs_are_never_mutated() -> None:
+    """The ``fuse`` convention: the input list and its scores are
+    untouched — every returned chunk is a fresh ``replace()`` copy."""
+    chunks = [
+        _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW - timedelta(days=30)), 0.02),
+        _chunk(_doc("b.md", NOW), 0.03),
+    ]
+    original_scores = [rc.score for rc in chunks]
+    original_order = [rc.chunk_id for rc in chunks]
+    out = apply_recency_boost(chunks, now=NOW, weight=0.001, half_life_days=365)
+    assert [rc.score for rc in chunks] == original_scores
+    assert [rc.chunk_id for rc in chunks] == original_order
+    assert out is not chunks
+    assert all(o is not i for o, i in zip(out, chunks, strict=True))
+
+
+def test_non_positive_half_life_fails_loud() -> None:
+    """A ``half_life_days <= 0`` argument would divide the exponent by
+    zero — the settings validator guards startup, the function guards
+    direct calls (the ``fuse`` ``k <= 0`` pattern)."""
+    c = _chunk(_doc("a.md", NOW), 0.02)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="half_life_days must be > 0"):
+        apply_recency_boost([c], now=NOW, weight=0.001, half_life_days=0)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_sources_dates.py b/tests/unit/test_sources_dates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d7d6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_sources_dates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,450 @@
+"""Unit: the phase-106 date COLUMNS in the UI (task 08, D8) + the
+viewer's Created badge (display only — the admin date EDITOR is
+task 09).
+
+The owner asked for the date everywhere it is read: "For files,
+include a date/timestamp before the 'indexed' column in the UI";
+"I would also like to see a last updated dates/timestamps on folders
+before the description column but after the documents column in the
+UI"; "The UI must also show a date for every document at the top of
+that document when the user clicks it." The values ride the task-05
+APIs (``created_at`` on the tree's file nodes + ``/api/docs`` +
+``/api/documents/content``; the derived subtree-max ``updated_at`` on
+tree folders/sources, D9 — ``null`` for a 0-document source).
+
+The browser behavior itself is E2E-gated by the phase's dedicated
+suite (``tests/e2e/test_document_dates.py``, task 10); like the other
+frontend-adjacent unit files (the ``test_source_ignore_paths.py`` /
+``test_kb_tree_ui.py`` house pattern), this module pins the
+source-level contract a silent regression would break:
+
+* ``frontend/index.html`` — the header cell ORDER, pinned as the
+  exact ``(.*?)", html[i :], re.S)
+    assert head, f"#{table_id} must keep a static thead"
+    return [m.group(1) for m in re.finditer(r"", head.group(1))]
+
+
+def _css_rule(css: str, selector: str) -> str:
+    """The declarations of a simple rule (comments stripped first — a
+    house comment may legally carry braces)."""
+    clean = re.sub(r"/\*.*?\*/", "", css, flags=re.S)
+    start = clean.find(f"{selector} {{")
+    assert start != -1, f"missing rule {selector} in styles.css"
+    brace = clean.find("{", start)
+    depth = 0
+    for i in range(brace, len(clean)):
+        if clean[i] == "{":
+            depth += 1
+        elif clean[i] == "}":
+            depth -= 1
+            if depth == 0:
+                return clean[start : i + 1]
+    raise AssertionError(f"unbalanced braces in {selector}")
+
+
+# ---------- index.html: the two header rows (ORDER pinned) ----------
+
+
+def test_file_table_header_order_is_source_path_title_chunks_created_indexed() -> None:
+    """D8 verbatim: the file table's ``")
+        assert i != -1, f"the {col} header must be in the RAG view"
+        comment = view.rfind("", comment)
+        assert comment > -1 and "phase 106" in view[comment:end].lower(), (
+            f"a phase-106 comment must sit above the {col} header"
+        )
+        assert "D8" in view[comment:end], f"the {col} comment cites D8"
+
+
+# ---------- sources.js: makeRow's Created cell (before Indexed) ----------
+
+
+def test_make_row_cell_order_is_created_before_indexed() -> None:
+    """makeRow (the file table's row builder): the cell order is
+    [title, chunks, created, indexed] — the Created cell lands BEFORE
+    the Indexed one (D8 verbatim). Both date cells are built
+    EXPLICITLY (the plain-td loop can't carry per-cell titles): the
+    Created cell has ``textContent = fmtDate(d.created_at)`` AND
+    ``title = d.created_at`` — the full ISO value on hover (the
+    path-cell idiom; the E2E asserts on the locale-stable title, not
+    on the toLocaleString output)."""
+    make = _fn(_js(), "makeRow")
+    # The loop keeps the two plain cells (title, chunks).
+    assert "for (const value of [d.title, String(d.chunks)]) {" in make
+    # The Created cell: explicit, locale date + the ISO title.
+    created_i = make.find("const createdTd = document.createElement(\"td\");")
+    assert created_i != -1, "the Created cell is built explicitly"
+    assert "createdTd.textContent = fmtDate(d.created_at);" in make
+    assert "createdTd.title = d.created_at;" in make, (
+        "the full ISO value on hover (the E2E's locale-stable pin)"
+    )
+    # The value-list ORDER: created_at before indexed_at (text AND
+    # append — both orderings pinned, a regression can't swap them).
+    created_fmt = make.find("fmtDate(d.created_at)")
+    indexed_fmt = make.find("fmtDate(d.indexed_at)")
+    assert -1 < created_fmt < indexed_fmt, "created_at BEFORE indexed_at (D8)"
+    assert (
+        make.find("tr.appendChild(createdTd)")
+        < make.find("tr.appendChild(indexedTd)")
+    ), "the Created cell appends BEFORE the Indexed one"
+    # textContent only — the XSS contract (never innerHTML with
+    # document-derived data).
+    assert "createdTd.innerHTML" not in make and "indexedTd.innerHTML" not in make
+
+
+def test_tree_file_row_object_carries_created_at() -> None:
+    """renderLevel's file loop feeds makeRow the FLAT row shape —
+    the tree's file node carries created_at (task 05's tree shape),
+    and the row object restores it BEFORE indexed_at (the order the
+    reader gets matches makeRow's cell order)."""
+    js = _js()
+    render = js[js.find("function renderLevel(") : js.find("function renderEmpty(")]
+    assert "makeRow({" in render, "renderLevel still feeds makeRow"
+    created_i = render.find("created_at: f.created_at,")
+    indexed_i = render.find("indexed_at: f.indexed_at,")
+    assert -1 < created_i < indexed_i, (
+        "the row object carries created_at (before indexed_at — task 05's tree shape)"
+    )
+
+
+# ---------- sources.js: the Updated cell in BOTH row builders ----------
+
+UPDATED_TAIL = "makeDescCell"  # the Description cell follows Updated
+
+
+def test_source_row_has_updated_cell_between_count_and_description() -> None:
+    """makeSourceRow (top level — the rows ARE the sources): ONE new
+    td BETWEEN the count td and the Description cell — the
+    ``updatedTd`` null → ``"–"`` branch (the statLast idiom: D9's
+    ``None`` for a 0-document source), the locale date otherwise
+    (fmtDate), and the ISO value on the cell's title (hover
+    precision — the makeRow path-cell idiom)."""
+    make = _fn(_js(), "makeSourceRow")
+    count_i = make.find("countTd.textContent = String(s.documents);")
+    tail_i = make.find(UPDATED_TAIL, count_i)
+    updated_i = make.find("const updatedTd = document.createElement(\"td\");", count_i)
+    assert -1 < count_i < updated_i < tail_i, (
+        "the Updated cell sits BETWEEN the count and the Description (D8)"
+    )
+    assert 'updatedTd.textContent = s.updated_at ? fmtDate(s.updated_at) : "–";' in make, (
+        "the null → '–' branch (the statLast idiom — D9's None for a 0-document source)"
+    )
+    assert "if (s.updated_at) updatedTd.title = s.updated_at;" in make, (
+        "the ISO value on hover (only when there is one)"
+    )
+    append_i = make.find("tr.appendChild(updatedTd)", count_i)
+    desc_i = make.find(UPDATED_TAIL, append_i)
+    assert -1 < append_i < desc_i, "appended before the Description cell"
+    assert "updatedTd.innerHTML" not in make, "textContent only (XSS contract)"
+
+
+def test_folder_row_has_updated_cell_between_count_and_description() -> None:
+    """makeFolderRow (a level's subfolders): the SAME one td BETWEEN
+    the count td and the Description cell — the ``updatedTd`` null →
+    ``"–"`` branch present in BOTH row builders (the phase pins it in
+    each — a source row and a folder row are separate code paths)."""
+    make = _fn(_js(), "makeFolderRow")
+    count_i = make.find("countTd.textContent = String(f.documents);")
+    tail_i = make.find(UPDATED_TAIL, count_i)
+    updated_i = make.find("const updatedTd = document.createElement(\"td\");", count_i)
+    assert -1 < count_i < updated_i < tail_i, (
+        "the Updated cell sits BETWEEN the count and the Description (D8)"
+    )
+    assert 'updatedTd.textContent = f.updated_at ? fmtDate(f.updated_at) : "–";' in make, (
+        "the null → '–' branch in the FOLDER builder too (both builders pinned)"
+    )
+    assert "if (f.updated_at) updatedTd.title = f.updated_at;" in make, (
+        "the ISO value on hover (only when there is one)"
+    )
+    append_i = make.find("tr.appendChild(updatedTd)", count_i)
+    desc_i = make.find(UPDATED_TAIL, append_i)
+    assert -1 < append_i < desc_i, "appended before the Description cell"
+    assert "updatedTd.innerHTML" not in make, "textContent only (XSS contract)"
+
+
+def test_module_docstring_carries_the_phase_106_contract() -> None:
+    """The house module-docstring convention: the phase-106 section
+    records the Created column (before Indexed), the Updated column
+    (between Documents and Description), and the untouched stat
+    cards (the indexed_at 'last indexed' semantics stay)."""
+    doc = _js()[: _js().find("import { fetchIsAdmin }")]
+    for frag in (
+        "Phase 106 (task 08, D8)",
+        "Created column BEFORE Indexed",
+        "BETWEEN\n *     Documents and Description",
+        "D9",
+        "UNTOUCHED",
+    ):
+        assert frag in doc, f"the module docstring lost: {frag!r}"
+
+
+# ---------- document.js: the shared core's Created badge ----------
+
+
+def test_meta_row_badge_order_is_created_before_indexed() -> None:
+    """renderDocument (the ONE shared core — the modal AND
+    /document.html render through it, no per-surface copy): the
+    .doc-meta badge row carries the ``doc-created`` badge BEFORE the
+    ``doc-indexed`` one (D8 verbatim — the date at the top of a
+    clicked document)."""
+    render = _fn(_doc_js(), "renderDocument")
+    block = render[render.find("metaEl.replaceChildren(") :]
+    created_i = block.find('metaBadge("doc-created"')
+    indexed_i = block.find('metaBadge("doc-indexed"')
+    chunks_i = block.find('metaBadge("doc-chunks"')
+    assert -1 < created_i < indexed_i < chunks_i, (
+        "the Created badge BEFORE Indexed, both before Chunks (D8)"
+    )
+    # The label + the locale-date template (the Indexed idiom).
+    assert "Created ${fmtDate(doc.created_at)}" in block, (
+        "the 'Created ' label + fmtDate(doc.created_at) template"
+    )
+    assert "Indexed ${fmtDate(doc.indexed_at)}" in block, (
+        "the Indexed badge is unchanged (the idiom the Created one copies)"
+    )
+
+
+def test_created_badge_carries_the_full_iso_title() -> None:
+    """The badge's ``title`` attribute carries the FULL ISO timestamp
+    (the titleEl ellipsis-precision idiom — the meta row may clip,
+    the exact value stays reachable): the created badge passes
+    ``doc.created_at`` as metaBadge's title argument, and metaBadge
+    sets it via setAttribute (only when provided — the other badges
+    keep the two-argument shape, byte-identical)."""
+    js = _doc_js()
+    render = _fn(js, "renderDocument")
+    call_start = render.find("metaEl.replaceChildren(")
+    # The call ends at the first `);` AFTER the last badge (the
+    # doc-chunks one) — the comment above the created badge may carry
+    # parentheses, so slicing from the call top would be brittle.
+    chunks_i = render.find('metaBadge("doc-chunks"', call_start)
+    block = render[call_start : render.find(");", chunks_i) + 2]
+    created_i = block.find('metaBadge("doc-created"')
+    created_call = block[created_i : block.find("),", created_i) + 1]
+    assert created_call.endswith(", doc.created_at)"), (
+        "the created badge passes doc.created_at as its title"
+    )
+    badge = _fn(js, "metaBadge")
+    assert "function metaBadge(cls, text, title)" in badge, (
+        "metaBadge's optional title parameter"
+    )
+    assert 'el.setAttribute("title", title)' in badge
+    assert "title !== undefined" in badge, (
+        "the guard keeps the other badges' two-argument shape"
+    )
+    # No other badge passes a title (the pre-phase badges keep the
+    # two-argument shape — exactly one comma in the call).
+    for cls_ in ("doc-source-badge", "format-badge", "doc-indexed", "doc-chunks"):
+        i = block.find(f'metaBadge("{cls_}"')
+        assert i != -1, f"the {cls_} badge must stay in the meta row"
+        call = block[i : block.find("),", i) + 1]
+        assert call.count(",") == 1, f"{cls_} keeps the two-argument shape"
+
+
+def test_core_docstring_and_comment_cite_phase_106_d8() -> None:
+    """House comment style: the module docstring + the badge-row
+    comment record the phase-106 (task 08, D8) created-before-indexed
+    position and the ONE-shared-core guarantee (modal + page)."""
+    js = _doc_js()
+    doc = js.split("*/", 1)[0]
+    assert "Phase 106 (task 08, D8)" in doc
+    assert "BEFORE the Indexed one" in doc
+    assert "task 05" in doc, "the created_at payload provenance (task 05)"
+    render = _fn(js, "renderDocument")
+    assert "Phase 106 (task 08, D8)" in render, "the inline comment at the insertion site"
+
+
+# ---------- styles.css: the .doc-created rule + the clamp move ----------
+
+
+def test_doc_created_rule_present_with_provenance_and_contrast() -> None:
+    """styles.css carries the ``.doc-created`` rule (the doc-indexed
+    badge family — the meta row's ink-soft text) with the phase-106
+    D8 provenance comment + the recorded WCAG pair (5.1:1 on
+    --surface — the same pair the Indexed badge inherits via
+    .doc-meta / .doc-modal-meta)."""
+    css = _css()
+    rule = _css_rule(css, ".doc-created")
+    assert "color: var(--ink-soft)" in rule, "the meta-row family (the Indexed look)"
+    # The provenance comment sits DIRECTLY above the rule (the
+    # house style: phase + decision + the verified contrast pair).
+    rule_i = css.find(".doc-created {")
+    comment_start = css.rfind("/*", 0, rule_i)
+    comment_end = css.find("*/", comment_start)
+    assert -1 < comment_start < rule_i and comment_end < rule_i, (
+        "a comment block must sit directly above the rule"
+    )
+    header = css[comment_start:comment_end]
+    assert "phase 106" in header.lower() and "D8" in header, (
+        "the provenance comment cites phase 106 + D8"
+    )
+    assert "5.1:1" in header, "the verified contrast pair is recorded (house style)"
+    # The rule sits next to the meta-row badge family (after
+    # .doc-chunks, before the .doc-shell block).
+    assert (
+        css.find(".doc-chunks {") < rule_i < css.find(".doc-shell {")
+    ), "next to the existing meta-row badge rules"
+
+
+def test_folders_description_clamp_follows_the_moved_cell() -> None:
+    """The column-count change must not break the table's rules: the
+    Description one-line clamp (phase 99) follows the cell, which
+    moved to the 4th (the Updated column took 3rd) — no stale
+    ``td:nth-child(3)`` folders rule may remain, and the new Updated
+    cell's ink pair (the table ink on --surface, 13.8:1) is recorded
+    in the house comment."""
+    css = _css()
+    assert ".kb-folders-table td:nth-child(4) {" in css, (
+        "the Description clamp moved with the cell (4th column)"
+    )
+    assert ".kb-folders-table td:nth-child(3)" not in css, (
+        "no stale 3rd-column folders rule (the Updated cell is there now)"
+    )
+    i = css.find(".kb-folders-table td:nth-child(4)")
+    comment = css.rfind("/*", 0, i)
+    end = css.find("*/", comment)
+    assert comment > -1 and "phase 106" in css[comment:end].lower(), (
+        "a phase-106 comment explains the Updated column + the clamp move"
+    )
+    assert "13.8:1" in css[comment:end], (
+        "the Updated cell's ink pair is recorded (table ink on --surface)"
+    )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_steering_prompts.py b/tests/unit/test_steering_prompts.py
index bdfbd04..d6f9833 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_steering_prompts.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_steering_prompts.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ prompts, and the ``plan_turn`` wiring (notes → prompt + ``tuning_count``).
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import uuid
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ def _doc(title: str, content: str) -> Document:
         title=title,
         content=content,
         content_hash="0" * 64,
+        # Phase 106, D5: the HIGH block formats the row's created_at
+        # UTC date part — the detached fixture carries it (the NOT NULL
+        # DB column guarantees it for real rows).
+        created_at=datetime(2024, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_summary_edit_ui.py b/tests/unit/test_summary_edit_ui.py
index 1f0de12..bda1341 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_summary_edit_ui.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_summary_edit_ui.py
@@ -107,14 +107,18 @@ def test_gate_runs_after_the_phase36_base_construction() -> None:
     36 (the anonymous byte-for-byte shape): the base construction
     (className, the bare h2 label, the .doc-summary-text node, the
     append) precedes the gate call, and the admin wiring runs ONLY in
-    the gate's success branch (``if (admin) wireSummaryEdit(...)``)."""
+    the gate's success branch (``if (admin) wireSummaryEdit(...)``).
+    The summary gate is searched AFTER the section mount — phase 106
+    (task 09) added the date editor's own ``docAdminReady()`` gate
+    earlier in renderDocument (one gate per admin affordance, both on
+    the same cached whoami promise)."""
     js = _js()
     base = js.find('section.className = "doc-summary"')
     label = js.find('title.textContent = "Summary"')
     text_node = js.find('body.className = "doc-summary-text"')
     append = js.find("section.append(title, body)")
     mount = js.find("contentEl.appendChild(section)")
-    gate = js.find("void docAdminReady().then(")
+    gate = js.find("void docAdminReady().then(", mount)
     wiring = js.find("if (admin) wireSummaryEdit(section, doc);")
     assert 0 < base < label < text_node < append < mount < gate < wiring, (
         "phase-36 base construction first; the admin affordance is a "
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_sync_button.py b/tests/unit/test_sync_button.py
index cf39777..ac812d4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_sync_button.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_sync_button.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import asyncio
 import re
 import threading
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
+from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -758,6 +759,7 @@ class _GatedImport:
         progress: Callable[[str, str, int, int], None] | None = None,
         ignore_by_root: dict[str, list[str]] | None = None,  # phase 89
         include_hidden_by_root: dict[str, bool] | None = None,  # phase 105
+        doc_dates_by_root: dict[str, dict[str, datetime]] | None = None,  # phase 106
     ) -> ImportSummary:
         self.prune_flags.append(prune)
         if progress is not None:

`` sequence in the RAG view:
+  ``Source | Path | Title | Chunks | Created | Indexed`` (Created
+  BETWEEN Chunks and Indexed — D8 verbatim) and
+  ``Folder | Documents | Updated | Description`` (Updated BETWEEN
+  Documents and Description — D8 verbatim);
+* ``frontend/assets/sources.js`` — ``makeRow``'s cell order
+  (``created_at`` BEFORE ``indexed_at``; the Created cell built
+  explicitly — ``textContent`` = ``fmtDate(d.created_at)`` AND
+  ``title`` = the full ISO value, the path-cell hover idiom the E2E
+  asserts on — never innerHTML), the file-row object fed from the
+  tree's file nodes carries ``created_at``, and the ``updatedTd``
+  null → ``"–"`` branch (the statLast idiom) is present in BOTH row
+  builders (makeSourceRow + makeFolderRow);
+* ``frontend/assets/document.js`` — the ONE shared core's
+  ``.doc-meta`` badge row: the ``doc-created`` badge BEFORE
+  ``doc-indexed`` (modal + ``/document.html`` through the same
+  core — no per-surface copy), the ``Created `` label +
+  ``fmtDate(doc.created_at)`` template, and the full ISO timestamp on
+  the badge's ``title`` (the ``titleEl`` ellipsis-precision idiom);
+* ``frontend/assets/styles.css`` — the ``.doc-created`` rule with
+  the phase-106 D8 provenance comment + the recorded WCAG pair
+  (5.1:1 — the same family as the Indexed badge), and the
+  Description one-line clamp moved to ``td:nth-child(4)`` (the
+  Updated column took 3rd — no hard-coded column count left behind).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+FRONTEND = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / "frontend"
+SHELL_HTML = FRONTEND / "index.html"
+SOURCES_JS = FRONTEND / "assets" / "sources.js"
+DOCUMENT_JS = FRONTEND / "assets" / "document.js"
+STYLES_CSS = FRONTEND / "assets" / "styles.css"
+
+
+def _text(path: Path) -> str:
+    assert path.is_file(), f"missing frontend file: {path}"
+    return path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def _js() -> str:
+    return _text(SOURCES_JS)
+
+
+def _doc_js() -> str:
+    return _text(DOCUMENT_JS)
+
+
+def _css() -> str:
+    return _text(STYLES_CSS)
+
+
+def _rag_view(html: str) -> str:
+    """The RAG view section of the shell (view-scoped — the shell
+    carries many views, so whole-file matches hit the wrong one)."""
+    i = html.find('
 str:
+    """The source of a (possibly async, possibly nested) function via
+    balanced-brace counting (the test_kb_tree_ui.py helper). The brace
+    count starts AFTER the parameter list — a destructured parameter
+    (renderDocument's target object) may carry braces of its own."""
+    for prefix in ("async function ", "function "):
+        start = js.find(f"{prefix}{name}(")
+        if start != -1:
+            # Skip the parameter list (balanced parens).
+            depth = 0
+            i = js.find("(", start)
+            close = i
+            while i < len(js):
+                if js[i] == "(":
+                    depth += 1
+                elif js[i] == ")":
+                    depth -= 1
+                    if depth == 0:
+                        close = i
+                        break
+                i += 1
+            # Then brace-count the body.
+            brace = js.find("{", close)
+            depth = 0
+            for j in range(brace, len(js)):
+                if js[j] == "{":
+                    depth += 1
+                elif js[j] == "}":
+                    depth -= 1
+                    if depth == 0:
+                        return js[start : j + 1]
+            raise AssertionError(f"unbalanced braces in {name}()")
+    raise AssertionError(f"{name}() must exist")
+
+
+def _header_columns(html: str, table_id: str) -> list[str]:
+    """The table's ``
`` cells, IN DOCUMENT ORDER (the ORDER is the
+    pin — D8's verbatim positions)."""
+    i = html.find(f'id="{table_id}"')
+    assert i != -1, f"#{table_id} must be in the RAG view"
+    head = re.search(r"
([^<]*)`` sequence is EXACTLY
+    Source | Path | Title | Chunks | Created | Indexed — Created
+    BETWEEN Chunks and Indexed (a set-membership pin would let a
+    regression move the column; the sequence pins the position)."""
+    view = _rag_view(_text(SHELL_HTML))
+    assert _header_columns(view, "docs-table") == [
+        "Source",
+        "Path",
+        "Title",
+        "Chunks",
+        "Created",
+        "Indexed",
+    ], "the file table's column order (Created BEFORE Indexed, D8)"
+
+
+def test_folder_table_header_order_is_folder_documents_updated_description() -> None:
+    """D8 verbatim: the folder/source table's ```` sequence is
+    EXACTLY Folder | Documents | Updated | Description — Updated
+    BETWEEN Documents and Description."""
+    view = _rag_view(_text(SHELL_HTML))
+    assert _header_columns(view, "folders-table") == [
+        "Folder",
+        "Documents",
+        "Updated",
+        "Description",
+    ], "the folder table's column order (Updated BETWEEN the two, D8)"
+
+
+def test_inserted_headers_carry_the_phase_106_comment() -> None:
+    """House comment style: each inserted  is annotated with a
+    phase-106 provenance comment (D8 for the position; D9 for the
+    derived Updated value) — a bare  with no comment is the
+    regression this guards against."""
+    view = _rag_view(_text(SHELL_HTML))
+    for col in ("Created", "Updated"):
+        i = view.find(f"{col}